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Design: Jean-Marie Massaud (2016)
Wood and by-products
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Double Chocolate Bundt Cake
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- 1 cup buttermilk (or use 1 Tb white vinegar plus enough regular milk to make 1 cup)
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1 3/4 cups Janie’s Mill Frederick Cake flour
- 1 1/2 cups sugar
- 3/4 cups cocoa powder
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil
- 2 large eggs
- 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
- 1 cup freshly brewed hot coffee (or hot water if you are avoiding caffeine)
For Ganache Frosting:
- 1 cup (8 oz) heavy cream
- 8 oz bittersweet chocolate (chopped), or dark chocolate chips
For Garnish (optional): raspberries or strawberries, chocolate shavings or chocolate chips, mint leaves
- Heat oven to 350°F. Grease a bundt pan with butter and dust with flour.
- Stir baking soda into buttermilk, set aside.
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Let cake cool completely before frosting it with ganache, and adding berries and chocolate if desired.
- Place the chopped chocolate or chocolate chips into the bowl of a food processor.
- Heat the cream in a quart-sized, microwaveable container in the microwave oven for 3 or 4 minutes, or until it just begins to simmer. Don't let it boil!
- Pour the hot cream over the chocolate in the food processor and let stand about 2 minutes to allow the chocolate to slowly melt.
- Process by pulsing a few times, until chocolate mixture is smooth. Drizzle the warm ganache over the cool cake.
- Garnish with berries and chocolate shavings or chocolate chips
- Serve with whipped cream if desired.
Posted on January 30 2020
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6.Give and get some recommendations as soon as possible.
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Your potential connections like to see what kind of person you are and what your professional interests are so give them an idea. Join at least a few groups relevant to what you do. Each of the terms in this section will be hyper-linked and will take you to other users in the network who share these interests.
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Updated: Feb 17, 2022
An intensive care nurse in Jersey has set up a charity to support people leaving intensive care.
The Jersey Critical Care Survivors charity wants to raise £50,000 a year to help people with their recovery after being in intensive care.
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Holly Fisher, Intensive Care Nurse
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Titanium and Gold Unique Ring Band
Titanium and 14K White Gold Unique Wedding Ring
This ring features beautifully hand braided and classic design elements. The center section shows a twist hand braided white gold cord on a brushed finish base titanium.
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April 23, 1955 ~ July 2, 2023 (age 68) 68 Years Old
William Todd Barnes, 68, of Toronto, OH, passed away Sunday, July 2, 2023 in the Valley Hospice Care Center in Steubenville, OH.
Todd was born April 23, 1955 in Steubenville, son of the late William M. and Barbara J. (Jelea) Barnes.
Todd and his wife Michele started, owned, and operated Conveyor Equipment and Supply Co. in Empire, OH since April of 1991. He also worked for Gipson Bearing where he specialized in Industrial Sales until leaving in 2004.
He was a 1973 graduate of Toronto High School. Todd attended St. Francis Catholic Church in Toronto. He was Chairman of the former Steubenville Regatta and Racing Assoc, an executive on the board for the Jefferson Co. Republic Party, and a liaison to Congressman Bill Johnson.
In his early years Todd loved going boating on the Ohio River. He loved spending time with his family at the beach for summer vacations, both in Myrtle Beach and Florida. The joy of his life was his daughter Ashley and grandson Luca with whom he loved spending his time. Todd was also an avid Green Bay Packer fan and he loved to watch NASCAR on Sundays.
Todd leaves behind his wife, Michele M. (Zimnox) Barnes, whom he married August 24, 1990; daughter, Ashley M. (Jeremy) Fabian and grandson, Luca, of Bloomingdale, OH; brother, Gregg (Judy) Barnes of Toronto; one sister in Calcutta; nieces and nephews, Zackary Green, Joshua Barnes, Mallory Ludwig and Alyson Dunn.
Visitation for Todd will be held Thursday, July 6 from 4 PM to 7 PM at the J.E. Foster Funeral Home in Toronto. Funeral Liturgy with Mass will follow on Friday at 11 AM at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Toronto. Additional viewing on Friday in the rear of the church will take place from 10 AM to 11 AM. Fr. Thomas Vennitti will celebrate, and burial will follow in Mt. Calvary Cemetery in Steubenville, OH.
Memorial donations may be directed to Valley Hospice or the UPMC Hillman Cancer Center. www.jefosterfh.com
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Today I am going to share some lovely embroidery pieces with you. We'll start off with the work of one of my students, then we'll have a look at some new pieces I made and we'll finish with a new initiative to bring Mastercrafts People together. Let's start with a stunning blackwork piece:
This piece has been embroidered by Anja from the Netherlands. She started it last year during one of my week-long embroidery retreats. Anja worked from a picture and translated the different textures and shades beautifully into blackwork's geometric patterns. Anja will add some white highlights to the eyes to make the birds even more life-like. I so enjoy seeing a finished piece which started under my tuition!
Next up is another piece by Anja. She started it last week during another one of my embroidery retreats. We had great fun designing this piece by using a piece by Hazel Blomkamp as the base. Then we added two flowers from a colouring book by Millie Marotta and a pomegranate from an older embroidery book. Just to illustrate that you don't need to be able to draw your own design from scratch. Mix and match often produces a stunning new design. I have a feeling this piece will turn out great as well!
As most of you know by now, I have a subscription to the Broderibox by Nordic Needle. Although I used all threads present in the May box, I wasn't sure what to do with the purse clasp. I am an embroideress and I can mount a finished piece satisfactorily. However, I am not good at finishing. Mainly because I do it so rarely. Time to change that! There are so many lovely products out there to turn your embroidery into something other than a framed picture. Time to become acquainted with the clasp.
Luckily for me, there was a website listed on the back of the clasp's packaging: Zakka Workshop. Do visit their website as they have some adorable stuff on there. And best of all, they have a really good Youtube video on how to install the clasp. As I wasn't confident that I could come up with the right size embroidered purse, I ordered their instructions for the simple patchwork pouch. It provided me with a template for the purse and then it was just a matter of adding a cute bird, do some Schwalm embroidery, add some beads and best of all: use a House of Embroidery hand-dyed perle #12 in a colour combination that's totally out of your comfort zone :).
Worked a treat so far. Installing the clasp wasn't as easy as the video makes you believe. Especially not as I've probably used the wrong interfacing between the embroidery and the lining of the purse. Mine is probably too thick/stiff. That's the challenge when using instructions from another country. However, I am quite pleased with the result! I will tinker with the purse design and write up instructions at a later date. Just keep an eye out for them on this blog :)!
Another great way to finish your embroidery (and really hot on Instagram!) is to use a tiny wooden hoop by Dandelyne. Since I really like my Schwalm butterfly, I wondered if I could shrink the piece enough to go into a 4cm hoop. Guess what? I could! I used a combination of House of Embroidery hand-dyed fine silk and raw silk as well as paper covered wire to stiffen the upper-wings. I've now worn the piece around my neck for two days straight (I did put it down for sleeping...) and it holds up beautifully. As I had some trouble adding my finished embroidery to the hoop using the instructions provided, I will write a blog on this alternative method soon. It will help others mount embroidery on thin fabrics into a Dandelyne hoop. By the way, you can get your Dandelyne hoops here in Germany from the lovely Nadine from Zur lila Pampelmuse. That's where I got mine :).
Still reading? Good reader! There is one last thing I want you to go and check out: the Mad' in Europe initiative. It is a website where you can find European Mastercrafts People. Please do visit my page and leave a review! It will not only earn you my eternal gratitude, but it will also help to make my work more visible. And don't forget to check this initiative for local crafts people near you or your next holiday destination! (and do apply for membership if you are a fellow European artisan; it's free!).
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Yup, that’s me. Our black cat named Two prefers my husband, Hank any day, any time, except when he’s not around, of course. I’ve learned to accept it.
Actually, right now as I write this post, Two is sitting on my lap. It is morning. I am drinking coffee. Usually, Hank is sitting across the table with the cat on his lap, but he’s away. So, I guess I’m good enough.
We found Two nearly ten years ago at the Taos Feral Feline Friends shelter run by Leanne Mitchell. Two wasn’t feral, but declawed by a previous owner — a cruel thing to do to a cat — and relegated to the old and fat room. (There are no cages at this shelter, just rooms in the Mitchell home.) The cat came right up to me. I told Hank this is the one. He chose to look around a bit, a fact I remind the cat from time to time to no avail.
Leanne gave us a bit of the cat’s history and also her real name, Dusty. We decided to name her Two because she reminded us of our two best cats, Amos and Lewis. Her full name is Dusty Two Cats.
Two settled in rather quickly. We discovered she is a talker. I’m not really nuts, but she can say, “no” and “I don’t wanna” — Hank can’t get her to say “yes” — and knows what “out” and “eat” means.
And she took to Hank, largely, I believe, because I was working and he was home. Also when he had surgery, she stuck to him like his little nurse.
When we are watching TV, Two will lie on Hank’s outstretched legs for an hour or more. I can only manage ten minutes, which might account for her preference. Then there’s the lap sitting at breakfast. She will do the same when he’s reading. (See the photo above.)
Two and I have our things. She will go a bit nuts on me with play biting and swats when I rub her down. When we drove 2,400 miles from New Mexico to Western Massachusetts this summer, she was glued to my lap almost the entire trip. Of course, I make sure she has enough food and fresh water all the time. And right now, she’s still on my lap.
But I’ve learned you can’t make a cat do what she doesn’t want to do. It’s strictly on her terms.
There have been times Hank has not been around because he was traveling to help one of our kids. The longest was six months last year. I was surprised how quickly she adapted to making me her one and only. I joked with Hank over the phone, “You are now dead to her.”
But, no surprise here, she dumped me as soon as he returned. I wasn’t hurt. It’s just the way things are with this cat.
ONE MORE THING: Thanks to the owners and authors of Crooked Cat Publishing for making me feel most welcome. For this who missed the last post, Crooked Cat will be publishing my mystery, Chasing the Case in May or June. Yes, given this post, I recognize the irony in the publishing house’s name.
ONE LAST THING: Here is a link for my books for sale on Amazon, including my most recent, The Sweet Spot, set in Western Mass. They’re not free, but they are for the taking. Check them out: https://www.amazon.com/Joan-Livingston/e/B01E1HKIDG
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spring to mind when I see an over filled trout pout or a face that resembles a lioness. Although it is becoming ubiquitous, there is still something about drastic cosmetic work that stops you in your tracks when you see it. It can look strange. Have the aesthetics of maturity changed, and is it a cosmetic club we are all destined to join? Certainly no one wants to come across as desperate. As style icon Inès de La Fressange once commented, “Nothing gives the impression that you’re old more than being obsessed by looking young. It’s very ugly when women refuse to get old.” Perhaps we should not be judging the older woman who has altered her looks. Everyone is entitled to age the way they want. “I’m actually annoyed at myself that I even care,” says an artist friend who is in her mid-sixties and is resisting any anti-ageing intervention, albeit somewhat reluctantly. “As a feminist, I thought we were supposed to be above all that, and be all Zen and accept that ageing is just part of life. Weearned these lines and wrinkles and supposed aws. In my experience, the people who really love us prefer us the way we are.” But society is sending mixed messages about what 50-plus years should, or could, look like. We can choose whether to age like Katharine Hepburn or like Kris Jenner. It is a dilemma that previous generations did not necessarily face, given they did not have access to the advanced and comparatively safe and a ordable cosmetic procedures available today. “Generally, Western cultures and social norms have placed value on the youthful and lithe, not the wisdom of maturity and the contribu- tion humans make with their careers and endeavours,” says psycholo- gist Jocelyn Brewer. “To a degree, it’s only in the last 100 or so years that humans live regularly into their eighties and nineties, so it’s rela- tively new to think of women in their sixties as still having value to contribute to society and therefore in competition, to a degree, with much younger women.” If older women are indeed still in the game, it is natural, then, that we may feel the pressure to have a few needles, nips and tucks. Personally, I have no intention of denying my age or playing the role of some delusional coquette, but my eyes are disappearing, ditto my jawline, and I’ve started avoid- ing mirrors. At this point in my life, I feel I could go either way — I could accept the passing of time, or I could go for the full wind-tunnel facelift. But while surgery may be the ultimate option, there are a lot of anti-ageing strategies to attempt before one heads for the general anaesthetic, and so I start with skin.
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While genetics, sunscreen and a balanced lifestyle play big roles in how well we age, the years eventually exact their price, no matter how many resurfacing treatments we have or topical creams we apply. is is where injectables come into play, and the point at which it can, in some instances, all go horribly, Real Housewives-style wrong. Dr Joseph Hkeik is an aesthetic physician who owns the All Saints Skin Clinic and the man behind some of the best- kept faces in Sydney. I ask him about the di erence between old and weird. “Good work,” he replies succinctly. “Just because someone has a medical licence to hold a syringe, it doesn’t qualify them as an artist. You are asking someone to create a sculpture, and that sculpture is 3-D, on a human, a face that is forever changing every minute.” Dr Hkeik is very much a proponent of the less is more approach. “As an aesthe- tician I can see in 10 seconds what is missing from a face. If you only replace what’s missing and don’t add one tiny bit more, you can achieve a subtle, beautiful, symmetrical result.”
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Pinterest is the world’s most used visual bookmarking site. It’s the brainchild of founder Ben Silbermann and came about when he teamed up with college buddies Evan Sharp and Paul Sciarra.
Since 2010 it’s been allowing everyone from foodies to fashionistas to save and share image collections of their favourite niche through their phones, computers and devices.
But the well-known site you see today, didn’t get to where it is without a few bumps in the road.
After less than 9 months of launching, Pinterest had 10,000 users - this paled in comparison to its social media counterparts.
But Silbermann was no stranger to hard work.
Before Pinterest he worked in product design for none other than Google. It was this experience that inspired him to think big from then on in.
As the world continued into the 3rd industrial revolution - the digital revolution – the rise of Pinterest was a testament to the innovation of its creators. Silbermann effectively curbed the trend for content and messages in a saturated market, by instead thinking visually.
Pinterest used their USP - tapping into its smaller community user base and utilising word of mouth to get them noticed.
Instead of trying to compete with social media sites with a much bigger following, Pinterest got clever with its marketing.
By inviting people to use the app as part of their own personal marketing campaigns, this in turn encouraged more interest and time spent on Pinterest’s site. This led to a much more engaged audience, and the mass sharing even went on to get big brands involved in the conversation.
Plenty of image based social sites have come and gone since Pinterest’s inception, yet Pinterest remains due its strong and engaged user base.
Boasting over 200 million users, the app is available in over 27 languages and today has an estimated worth of $12.7 billion. Not bad for a start-up.
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I ask because I can often be found agonising over the "more". If only I posted on Instagram more, I'll think in the bath. I'd have more followers if I pitched to more publications. I need to post 2 more times a week, minimum. I could go on...
Between you and me, I've got frustrated with myself for browsing Facebook or watching too much TV more times than I can remember.
And I'm not alone. So many of us are terrified of taking a break, creatively speaking. We won't let a moment pass without listening to a podcast, consuming an article or sharing something.
The cognitive load is real, y'all.
But like Vitamin D, sleep and good food, it's not only ok to take a break, it's essential.
Living a successful life is also about knowing when not to work. For your best output, you need to focus on your input, too.
The world won't end if you disappear from the internet for a week or so. Your creativity won't suddenly stop. Your time is now, but your time was also then and it will be again.
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When you leave your laptop behind, something always happens. A new idea or a fresh perspective appears.
Take proper breaks, often. Completely clear your mind. Your next best idea depends on it.
By taking this 10-min test I can set myself up for success
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RightNow’s Customer Experience Impact 2010 report shows that 82 percent of consumers in the U.S. said they’ve stopped doing business with a company because of a poor customer service experience. The main reason for that defection in 73 percent of cases was rude staff and in 55 percent of situations it was the company’s failure to resolve the customer’s problems in a timely manner.
When was the last time a company impressed you with the courteousness of their staff and the timeliness of meeting your need?
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The Daydream is not just another bench, nor a seat nor a chaise lounge - it's a perception. I want users to be able to feel the sensation that our product provides - that for several minutes they are able to connect to themselves and to other users. I want them to fully enjoy that innovative way of lounging, gaining a new perspective on the meaning of 'living in the moment" .
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The importance of daydreaming has already been proven in studies. It comes to remind us that every good thing needs its own time. When we are not obsessed by challenges, our brains make cognitive leaps. After thinking about this for some time I had a vision of a fragile-looking object, with a strong feel of hovering. The Daydream is designed for mental and physical relaxation. It is an object that allows us to break away from the hectic reality and remind ourselves how important it is to enjoy the moment
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JoyoPlayer is a professional media player that possesses the ability to play almost all common audio and video files for free. Thanks to its built-in codecs, you can add video individually or in batch to watch in superb high resolution.
Without third-party plug-in installation requirement, JoyoPlayer shows an incredibly straightforward solution to play all popular media files with designated play mode. Best of all, it permits you to display internal CC (Closed Caption) subtitles, take snapshots in the form of JPG and PNG and more.
As a versatile media player, JoyoPlayer supports not only all standard audio and video formats, such as MP4, MOV, WMV, AVI, FLV, MKV, M4A, M4R, MP3, AAC, OGG, etc., but also other HD, 4K UHD, and web formats, for example, HD MKV, HD TS, HD TRP, HD AVI, HD MP4, FLV, F4V, SWF, etc. Namely, taking the aid of this trouble-free workaround, you can get all possible misgivings away to play files in various formats.
Among so many media players in the market, one of the most important reasons that JoyoPlayer stands out is the ability to play CC captions, which makes it convenient for most people, especially for those with hearing impairments. You can easily turn on or turn off it as you wish. Besides, you're also freely to manage caption and subtitle settings, such as position, transparency, margin, scale, etc.
As a versatile multimedia player, JoyoPlayer gives you full control over video and audio settings. You can make the most of all available options and set your preferences handily.
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In separate incident along southern border, large explosion targets IDF along Gaza border, causes no injuries.
By JPOST.COM STAFF
Four masked individuals infiltrated the IDF's Naftali camp near the Golani junction in the North early Friday morning and stole four weapons.The infiltrators tied up the soldier on guard duty, stealing his and three other weapons before escaping.According to Army Radio, military police investigating the incident believe that the infiltrators received assistance from within the base, and are searching the area for the suspects.In the South, terrorists detonated a large explosive device targeting an IDF operation along the Gaza security fence Friday. No soldiers were injured in the attack, but light damage was caused to an IDF vehicle and to the fence itself, Israel Radio reported.IDF tanks fired toward the suspected positions of the terrorists.
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The End is Nigh
Note: The following post was taken from China Daily.
Peggy Liu said she believes the world may have only five years to avert an environmental disaster.
The internationally renowned environmental champion, who now heads a joint Sino-American clean energy body, said that time is running out fast.
"The scary thing is that five years is just the blink of an eye in energy terms. Two years ago, we perhaps thought we had 10 years," she said in an interview in Beijing last week.
Liu's key focus is clean energy and its efficient use, a major plank of which is making sure that new buildings that are being constructed now use energy efficiently.
An adviser to former US President Bill Clinton's climate change initiative and honored last year by Time magazine as an "environmental hero", Liu now chairs JUCCCE (Joint US-China Cooperation on Clean Energy), a non-profit body aimed at pushing the use of clean technologies in China.
We feel that the single biggest lever when it comes to pollution is China. If you don't fix it in China, then what you do in the rest of the world is not going to help. So we are focused on China and want to change the way it creates its energy," she said.
A major part of JUCCCE's work will be in bringing experts to speak at training sessions at existing mayoral training programs in Beijing.
It will be these key decision-makers attending these programs who will be overseeing China's rapidly accelerating urbanization - it is estimated that 350 million people in China, more than the population of the United States - will move to cities over the next 20 years.
"That will mean 50,000 skyscrapers getting built, 170 new public transport systems and the creation of 12 megatropolises of 60 million people or more," she said.
Liu, who is now based in Shanghai, said that if this new infrastructure is built efficiently then the carbon dioxide levels in the world's atmosphere could reach the 50 parts per million, which climate scientist perceive to be the tipping point.
"At this level you get all these catastrophic scenarios of polar bears having no glaciers to sit on, " said Liu.
Liu, a former management consultant at McKinsey & Co, said planners and those taking decisions need to be aware of the business case of putting up energy-efficient buildings.
The economic case, she said, is that it costs considerably more to retrofit buildings to any future environmental standards than to build them with the right efficiency specification in the first place.
"Return on investment on infrastructure can fall by as much as 30 percent if you have to retrofit it. We see now in the US how difficult it is to retrofit. China has the opportunity to leapfrog all of that and achieve energy efficiency at a tenth of the cost," she said.
Liu's work is also focused on encouraging greater use of Smart Grid technologies when laying new power lines. By the end of 2007 China had an installed electricity capacity of 713 GW but by 2020 this will need to grow to 1,000 GW, some 30 per ent greater capacity. JUCCCE has its own Smart Grid Cooperative.
Liu is insistent that new power lines need to be capable of operating with the new technology.
"In China they are building new power lines everywhere but if they put in old-style power lines it is very difficult to retrofit them," she said.
JUCCCE, which has offices in Beijing, Shanghai and San Francisco, has partnered with Duke Energy, a leading US Smart Grid technology company, to help get its message across. Smart Grid's success also depends on developers embracing the relevant technology.
Liu, a graduate of MIT in electrical engineering and computer science, went on to become a dotcom entrepreneur in Silcon Valley in the 1990s, before getting involved in the environmental field.
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As part of the mayoral training program, Liu said she hopes to reach mayors and vice mayors of 683 cities and up to 1,000 heads of State-owned enterprises over the next three years.
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Chicago, IL: $200,000, 20% down, 30 year fixed mortgage, All Points, Credit score 740+. Loans Above $417,000 May Have Different Loan Terms: If you are seeking a loan for more than $417,000, lenders in certain locations may be able to provide terms that are different from those shown in the table above.
Let’s say you’d borrowed $400,000 over 30 years and your rate fell from 3.09% to 2.84%. Also, check that you have a.
30 Yr Fixed Fha Mortgage Rate Lowest Mortage Interest Rate · Mortgage points, and why they matter. In the simplest terms, a point is an upfront fee paid to lower your interest rate by a fixed amount (usually 0.125 percent). For example, if you take out a $200,000 loan at 4.25 percent interest, you might be able to.
Advantages of a 30-Year Fixed Your monthly payments will be less for a 30-year fixed than a 15-year fixed mortgage, even though interest rates for a 15-year fixed are generally a little lower.That’s because your payments will be spread out over a longer period.
The mortgage rate rose slightly in the United States last week, the U.S. Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, commonly.
30-year fixed On Friday, Sept. 27, 2019, the average rate on a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage was unchanged at 4.08%, the rate on the 15-year fixed fell one basis point to 3.62% and the rate on the.
Mortgage rates fell more in the past week than they have in any one-week period in more than a decade. The average 30-year fixed loan has dropped 22 basis points to 4.06%, while 15-year fixed loans.
Mortgage rates held steady today–a welcome development after yesterday’s move higher. In the bigger picture, rates have done an acceptable job of moving.
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Research conducted in the Young Cognition Laboratory
My primary lines of research fall into the area of judgment and decision making, especially in complex dynamic environments (typically, video game tasks). My active program of research involves impulsive and risky choice, but I also am actively examining new quantitative methods for describing complex behavior. Please consult my vita for a sampling of recent publications to better understand the scope of projects currently being pursued in my laboratory.
Doctoral tudents in my laboratory are free to pursue a variety of topics that intersect with my areas of expertise. These topics have included EEG and error processing, the impact of difficulty/effort on choice, reinforcement learning, solicitation and use of advice, creativity, categorization of objects based on their motion, time discrimination, and evaluation of statistical methodologies.
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New Student Orientation
Welcome to Kansas State University! Congratulations on your decision to join the K-State family. Your first step to becoming a wildcat is attending Orientation and Enrollment.
The K-State Office of Admissions provides you with an orientation program that offers a glimpse into life as a K-State student. Whether you're a freshman, transfer, or an international student, we're here to help you transition into this amazing university.
Putting Together the Financial Puzzle
The Office of Student Financial Assistance, the Cashier's & Student Accounts Office, the Office of Veterans Affairs, and Powercat Financial have partnered to present on the necessary steps to receive and manage your financial aid, how the financial aid process works, how aid is disbursed, and how it applies to your bills. You will also learn about free resources that can assist your student in making wise financial choices throughout their K-State experience.
Student financial assistance resources
Below are a few of the common links to resources for K-State students and their families
The Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA is the application used by K-State to determine eligibility for federal grants, work-study and loans. The FAFSA should be completed each year by K-State students.
The confirmation through documentation that the information provided on a student's Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) is correct.
The K-State Student Information System, or KSIS provides students, faculty, and staff with access to student data including admissions, academics, financial information, and more. KSIS also serves designees -- parents or others -- who have been granted access by their student.
Allows students to grant others permission to access their student records. Students can give parents or others the ability to pay bills, view tax information, and view financial aid.
First-time borrowers who accept a Federal Direct Subsidized or Unsubsidized Loan will be required to complete an entrance counseling session and sign a master promissory note.
The Federal Direct Parent PLUS Loan is an educational loan for parents or step-parents of dependent undergraduate students.
If the parent who signed the Federal Direct Parent PLUS Loan application is approved to borrow the loan, he or she must complete a Federal Direct Parent PLUS Loan Master Promissory Note.
Direct Deposit or Electronic Fund Transfer (EFT) is the preferred method of refund for Kansas State University. It is the quickest and safest way to receive money that is due to you. If you are not signed up for EFT a refund check will be made available to you.
Parents can have Parent PLUS Loans deposited directly to their bank by completing the form through the Cashiers Office and submitting a voided check.
If a scholarship is received from a source other than Kansas State University the award should be reported to the Office of Student Financial Assistance as soon as possible.
Many students work part-time on the K-State campus through the Federal Work-Study program to earn money for personal and educational expenses. Student can earn Federal Work-Study funding by working.
The Career Center offers an extensive career library, job search training, career advising, employer connections, and a staff dedicated to assisting students in the career development process.
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2 years & up. Endless playtime opportunities are guaranteed with this all-in-one sports climber. Tiny athletes are sure to have a blast as they climb, dunk, slide, kick and crawl. Youngsters can shoot some hoops with the built-in basket, kick a goal through the crawl through space and tally up the points with the scoreboard. Children will develop their gross motor skills by climbing up the ladder and sliding down the slide. Adult assembly is required. 62"W x 42.5"H x 30.5"D.
18 months - 5 years. On the outside, toss balls on roof and watch as they fall through the maze of activities, making fun plinking sounds as they go. On the inside, place balls on the counter and watch as they zig zag. Flip the balls into the house or into the maze with the included flipper. Helps toddlers develop fine motor skills with put and take play. Working Dutch door provides open and close play. Open design provides adults with a fun view of all the laughter and play taking place. When playtime… More »
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Rectangular glass vase with 24 holes
Truly a beautiful vase!
This 24 hole glass centrepiece is perfect for dinner parties - low in height so no struggling to converse with your dinner guests!
Also works superbly along the top table at a wedding - filled with roses or peonies - gorgeous
As the flowers are cut short they will last twice as long
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Gold and greenback prices have an inverse relationship. As the dollar strengthens against other currencies, gold prices will fall as they become more expensive in other currencies, reducing demand. As with other publicly traded assets, the price of gold fluctuates every day at the whim of supply and demand market forces. The price may drop on any given day, simply because there were more gold sellers than there were buyers of gold on the stock exchanges that day.
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As people have become more open to expressing themselves with body modifications, the number of different types of piercings has increased. One of the newest and most exotic piercings is the smiley piercing, a piercing through the frenulum inside the center of your upper lip that is only visible when you are smiling. As with any piercing, it is important to clean your smiley regularly to avoid infection.
When a smiley piercing is first getting pierced it will likely be tender, swollen and itchy. This is normal and it will gradually get better as time goes on. In the meantime, you should be cleaning it twice a day with saline solution or salt water to prevent any bacteria from growing in the area and causing an infection.
You should also avoid smoking or anything that could irritate the piercing as it heals. Doing so can cause vasoconstriction, which can restrict blood flow to the piercing and delay healing. You should also avoid any foods that are overly spicy, sour or acidic as these can aggravate the piercing as it heals.
A lot of people wonder if a smiley piercing hurts and the answer is yes. Although the pain is typically mild, a lot of people are very sensitive to any type of mouth or lip piercing and it can be quite painful for them.
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South Dakota Trip – Part Two
In our first full day in South Dakota we hiked up to
Black Elk Peak, which is the highest point east of the Rockies. At it’s summit we are talking 7,244 feet, and we hiked it. It was glorious, as the pictures will show.
That wasn’t the only part of our adventure though. We ended the day in the town of Hill City, SD, eating buffalo burgers at the
Bumpin’ Buffalo Bar and Grill (which sits across the street from the Mangy Moose), sampling wine at the Twisted Pine Wine Shop, and buying too much jerky at the Beef Jerky Experience. All and all, a lovely day.
I don’t recall how long the hike was, but I do know it was beautiful and a ton of fun to accomplish with two of my closest friends.
On our way to the trailhead, we drove through this fun little tunnel that reminded me of the opening of a James Bond flick.
Early going was relatively flat and sandy. Little did we realize this was the exception, not the rule.
I could spend the rest of my life trying to capture this in paint and canvas and never come close to that sky.
On this trip, we had to go down first before we got up onto the mountain.
For some reason I was particularly fascinated by this rock.
Seriously, look at that sky!
From our parking spot we had a short trip down hill to this trail head, which would eventually connect us up with the other trails that would take us up to the summit.
Tanarra early in the hike at our first short break. Still looking fresh and ready.
At one point we stopped at this rock outcropping to have a snack, a little hidden away from the trail, where we got to overhear some assholes argue on the trail. It was amusing to say the least.
Felipe at that first stop looking all determined and serious. The opposite of his natural disposition.
I got these special attachments for my iPhone to modify my shots. This one is some lichen taken with a macro lens. I need to find those attachments.
We started really getting up there and got hit with these amazing views.
I have no idea at what point I took this shot. On this trip I was less concerned with documenting everything and more in enjoying the moment.
This rocky hide away reminded me of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid for some reason.
A moment to capture us for posterity.
Shrek and Donkey ride again.
Felipe looking all kings of majestic.
Can’t do a trip these days without taking a selfie.
I sometimes forget that in national parks you can camp in lots more places than you can in state parks.
Black Elk Peak used to be named after a white dude who claimed to be the first to find something that other people used to just call “that big rock in our backyard.”
For a part of the hike you enter the Black Elk Wilderness. Some absolutely beautiful terrain during this segment of the hike.
We saw both sides of these teeth like peaks on our hike. It was crazy to realize that.
This terrain was like out of every western I have ever seen.
This Towering Rock had a small campsite set up with stumps to sit around. You could imagine a ritual or ceremony happening here, either religious or something nefarious.
This little tree was growing out of that towering rock, defying the gods with her temerity.
I took this pano near the Towering Rock at this precarious overhang. Worth the risk.
Things get steep the closer we got to the top. Lots more rugged bits of the trail.
To get up to the peak you enter this little cave and eventually take some stairs until you are at this most magnificent view.
I took two panoramic pictures here. One away from the lookout castle, and this one.
When Flip moved out towards the edge, I just couldn’t help but think of the line from Shrek, “I’m a donkey on the edge!”
These kids literally had to leap to get to some of these spots hey are standing on. The one kid was straight nuts and terrifying his friends. Damn Cody.
How the crap they built this thing on the peak is beyond me.
Ironically, despite loving hiking in the mountains and climbing rocks, I have the worst vertigo that drives me to want to leap off into the air.
I took this panorama photo from the castle. Unfortunately there were other people there, but still came out nice.
The crazy thing about this loop is that on our way back we could see the peak across the valley. Didn’t even realize how far we had come.
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Kelsey is a visual artist from Rockville, Maryland. She specializes in oil painting and pencil drawing with a focus in figure art and florals. Her work reflects studies from some great artists like Georgia O'Keeffe and Frida Kahlo. Kelsey is inspired by art from her parents home country, El Salvador - She likes to create work that speaks to first generation Americans and the Salvadoran community. She graduated from Montgomery College in 2014 with a Studio Art Associates and is currently pursuing her Studio Art B.A at the University of Maryland.
Her work has been exhibited in the Maryland and DC. She accepts commissions and provides Paint & Sip services in the DMV area.
Exhibitions & Art Festivals
Sept. 2021 - Wheaton Arts Parade and Festival - Wheaton, MD
Sept. 2019 - Adams Morgan Day Festival - Washington, DC
Apr. - Jun. 2019 - "Alchemical Vessels - The Transformative Power of the Written Word" Exhibit - Joan Hisaoka Healing Arts Gallery at Smith Center - Washington, DC
Jan. 2019 - "Pink Power Art Show" Group Exhibit - Corinto Gallery - Washington, DC
Sept. 2018 - Adams Morgan Day Festival - Washington, DC
Sept. 2017 - Adams Morgan Day Festival - Washington, DC
March 2023 - Emerging Artist of the Year - SheROCKS
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August, a month synonymous with warmth, adventure, and a vibrant energy, has arrived with its unique charm and allure. As the sun-soaked days stretch on, August offers us the perfect opportunity to slow down, bask in the warmth, and appreciate the simple pleasures that life has to offer us. As always, we have curated a collection of recommended reads, thought-provoking articles, and noteworthy resources to expand your knowledge and stimulate your curiosity.
Real Estate in the News
Selling Your House? Check Your Feelings at the Door
Selling your home can be a very emotional decision because this is where many milestones in your life occurred. Perhaps it was your very first home, or the first home you bought with your significant other. And if you’ve lovingly and painstakingly made renovations and upgrades, the home may hold even more significance. However, when you decide to put your home on the market, it's best to keep your feelings in check.
AUG 5TH, 11AM - 5PM
San Diego Soul Food Fest
Started to highlight the cuisine of the African Diaspora, this event aims to reinvent what most people think about when it comes to soul food. Tickets provide you with access to all food vendors plus three free tastings of your choosing.
AUG 5-6TH, 10AM - 6PM
Fine Art Festival at Liberty Station
Go downtown to discover the creative genius of artists from around North America including paintings, jewelry, sculptures, and plenty of vendors!
AUG 12TH, 11AM - 6PM
Chula Vista Lemon Festival
Once known as the "Lemon Capital of the World", Chula Vista is hosting their 26th annual fest of agricultural history, live music, lemon cook-off, a wine & beer garden, plus plenty of other zesty opportunities!
AUG 20TH, 6:15AM - 11AM
America's Finest City Run
Put on your sneakers for the 46th annual half-marathon and 5k, starting at Cabrillo National Monument and ending at Balboa Park -- iconic San Diego views, perfect for an early morning jog.
Lifestyle Tips and Tricks
5 Summer Approved, "Coastal Grandma' Decor
Think back to this time last year when the “coastal grandma” trend was influencing both how people dress and how they decorate their homes. In the fashion world, this look falls somewhere between beachy and bougie, with pieces like a chunky-knit sweater layered over flowing white linen pants. (Think: Diane Keaton on the beach in the movie “Something’s Gotta Give.”)
The Best Paint Colors for Every Room
Paint colors matter. They convey a mood and a sense of style and can define a space.
What to Know About Your Homes Property Lines
Learn how to find out where your property lines are, and why property lines are so important.
9 Contemporary Interior Design Tips You Haven't Heard Before
Current contemporary spaces have an easy, warm feel to them. Far from formulaic, they can be eclectic or even fun.
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by Lynn Cahoon
So did I. I used to read a few books a week. Then I became a published author so when I’m reading, it’s my own book. But I love getting lost in a story so I needed to find a way to make reading a larger part of my day or week or month.
These are a few strategies I use to increase my reading time. Maybe some of these will work for you too.
Don’t shy away from audio books.
I can hear the groans now. Listening isn’t reading, but in a way, it is. It’s getting involved in the story. As someone who has published an audio book, I know authors (and narrators) take care in making the audio book match the digital or print book. And bonus, you can listen when you’re doing other things. Like driving. I tend to hear descriptions that I might skip over while I’m reading. And, unlike the movie version, they usually don’t cut out the best parts.
Speaking of other formats, don’t discount digital.
I have a reading app on my phone and it’s filled with books. Ones I bought at a can’t-pass-up low price or bought to support an author friend or are part of my Amazon Prime account. I don’t read digitally much (as it reminds me of working on my own books, LOL) but I always have a book in case I’m in a long line or dining alone.
Break up your annual goal into weekly, monthly, or quarterly goals.
I have all of the above goals. Sometimes a week isn’t enough time to finish a book. But if I have the intention listed on my weekly goals, I’m more likely to pick up a book after dinner and get at least a few pages or chapters in.
Switch up what you’re reading.
I go through stages, but give me a good time-travel book? I’m in love. I like reading a fiction and non-fiction book at the same time. It helps me break up the time and if I can’t get into one, I have the other right there. I don’t read as many cozies as I did before, but give me a good paranormal woman’s fiction and I’ll be happy.
Don’t overwhelm your TBR.
Okay, I get it. I’m not saying don’t buy books. I buy way too many books and I can’t leave a bookstore without one or two new discoveries. My husband just shakes his head and mutters something about Not another book. I tell him, and myself, that’s it’s part of my job to stay up on what’s being published. And if I love reading the book too? That’s a bonus. On the other hand, experts say that when you have too many choices, you can get overwhelmed and do nothing. So limit your TBR to no more than five books you can see. Then make a second (or third) TBR pile that’s not right at your fingertips.
Keep a list of what you want to read and what you own.
If you follow me on Facebook (Lynn Cahoon, Author) you’ll know I love to read series. I’ve read the JD Robb series a few years ago (but now I’m behind again), the Dresden Files, and now I’m reading Heather Graham’s Krewe of Hunters. But I’ve got books all over in that 32 (33?) book series. I made a list I keep in my planner with the books I own and those I’ve read. That way, when one goes on sale, I’m there. Or if I’m in a bookstore. (Okay, you get my drift here.)
Finally, keep a list of what you’ve read.
This could be a reading journal. I’ve seen some cute ones on Amazon. One easy way to do this is to join a yearly challenge like the one on Goodreads. That way, you have a visual list of all the books you read over the year. It’s fun to look back and remember the books you loved. And when you read then. A lot of times, I think I’ve just read something when it was actually years ago.
Anyway, there’s a few ideas on how to increase your reading for 2022. I hope you consider one or more of my books for that list, like A Fatal Family Feast in the Farm to Fork series. Angie and the gang are putting on a wedding in this one. If they can keep the groom out of jail.
What are some of your hints on increasing your reading output?
Angie Turner’s Idaho restaurant, the County Seat, is the perfect site for a picturesque country wedding, but the party planning skids to a halt when the groom-to-be is implicated in a murder investigation…
When Angie’s best friend and business partner, Felicia Williams, picks the County Seat to host her upcoming nuptials, Angie wants it to feel like a family affair–especially since Felicia is set to marry the farm-to-fork restaurant’s talented sous chef, Estebe Blackstone. Unfortunately, the bride’s actual family is far less enthusiastic about the union. They’re pulling out all the stops to cancel the couple’s wedding, even arranging for a surprise visit from Felicia’s ex-fiancé (and her father’s current lackey). But when her ex is killed days before the ceremony and Estebe is framed for the crime, Angie and the County Seat crew must scramble to solve the murder and save the wedding . . .
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A pair of Retro ropetwist gold earrings of winged and swirled design designed to wear up the ear, in 18k. Sterlé, Paris. #2385
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WebLogic Server 12.2.1 is now generally available, and the significant new capabilities offered in this release are huge. Number one among them is multi-tenancy. Multi-tenancy allows customers to take two (or more) existing WebLogic servers that are not running at full capacity and consolidate them, through the use of “partitions”.
Partitions allow a set of related applications and all their dependent services to be treated as one entity. Customers can “unplug” an application and its services from a WebLogic instance, move it somewhere else and quickly reload it to start running again. Each application requiring services will get them from the same instance, while still maintaining its separation from the other applications also using them.
This is a major architectural change that provides complete portability, helping companies efficiently manage their platforms. For example, today most of our customers are investing in cloud platforms. However, this does not mean that they are throwing out or ignoring the on-premise (i.e. data center) investments they have already made. They run in hybrid cloud environments; they need to scale to the cloud when needed, and they are looking for middleware-oriented solutions that can help them build bridges between the two environments. The WebLogic platform is definitely an extremely important component in the development of this bridge. It helps drive innovation and plays a crucial role in hosting all the middleware platforms. These capabilities allow our customers to run the same platform in either an on-prem or cloud environment, ultimately helping accelerate cloud adoption.
Benefits of Multi-tenancy
The addition of multi-tenancy made in WebLogic have huge benefits for our customers, since application migration (in the form of partitions) from one instance to another is possible across private cloud, public cloud and on-prem platforms. It provides complete portability and provides businesses with the agility, flexibility, efficiency that they need to improve their time to market and better manage their capital expenditures (capex) and operational expenditures (opex).
Multitenancy provides the business agility that our customers need. Companies need to innovate, and they need IT to use their environments to deliver things faster. Multitenancy provides IT with this capability. Groups can now self-administer, develop, manage, and then provide the working bits and port them across a wide variety of platform instances (desktop, cloud, on-premise).
So if the line of business demands an application, the development teams can administer a pluggable partition to better manage projects in development. The IT department no longer has to worry about creating, provisioning and funding new development and production systems. The total agility and flexibility that this generates for our customers is unparalleled.
Time to Market
Using the multi-tenant capabilities in Oracle WebLogic improves time to market. Agile businesses can quickly respond to changes in the marketplace. If IT is agile enough to move resources around, the company is able to support the development of new products and the movement into new markets. They are able to not only respond but stay ahead of the competition curve. Agility enables change, which in turn creates market leaders.
Better Management of Capex and Opex
The flexibility and efficiency offered by this new WebLogic release will also help companies better manage their capex and opex. Using the multi-tenant capabilities found in WebLogic can enable up to 3x hardware consolidation which can reduce data center sprawl (a significant cost savings since datacenter construction costs run about $1000/sq. foot). Power consumption costs plummet; server administration costs decrease and manpower hours shrink. In all, operating expenses can be reduced by 25%.
Even capital costs can be significantly impacted. Hardware assets can be better utilized by bringing lots of domains into a fewer numbers of domains. Companies are even finding that they can slow (or eliminate) the purchase of additional servers and storage and lower power and cooling costs.
Here at Keste, we believe that multitenancy is going to be a big theme. We have been evaluating this newest release and are very excited about the features found in this release. We encourage you to learn more about the multi-tenant capabilities of WebLogic. A great place to start is the WebLogic 12cR2 Product Launch video – featuring myself and Oracle’s Mike Lehmann.
If you like what you read, and would like to get more information, please contact us today!
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Despite the rise of digital marketing, print collateral still works wonders for small businesses. It’s a traditional, yet highly effective way to reach your target audience and get people talking about your business. The only thing is, you want to make sure people are saying the right things.
That’s where we come in.
Our writing process is like following a recipe. All of our content is started from scratch and we add something different to every project. Mix in some marketing spice—and a whole lot of love from our writers—and you’re left with a beautifully written, driven piece that will speak volumes about your capabilities.
Writing for print is one of our favorite pastimes at KickCharge® Creative. Call us old-school, but our experience tells us that a tangible, creative piece is sometimes all your customers need to pick up the phone and call.
From logo development to design and content, we put your brand front and center. We treat each brand as an individual story that has yet to be told. So when you’re looking for writers who will do their homework and become experts on your business, we’re your trusted sidekicks.
Our print expertise includes, but is not limited to:
Got a project in mind? Contact us online to learn more about our print and collateral services or call KickCharge Creative at 908.835.9000.
"I was very impressed by your creativity and quick response to our logo design, website and sales brochure project." Read more
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DC Super Hero Girls Super Beats!
DC Super Hero Girls love music so much, that they can turn the day into a holiday whenever they want. You have to help them activate tunes and make the music sound cool. Charge the bar and press buttons in time to get points for making it loud and fun.
Kids Game Statistics
- Rated 5
- Played 55
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Testimonials from around the world about Steiner’s education
Katie talks about her children’s experience while attending Kildare Steiner School.
“The beauty of the Waldorf school is that it is designed entirely to keep children intact until they are ready to move out into the world as whole individuals.”
Joseph Chilton Pearce, Author: “The Magical Child”, “The Crack in the Cosmic Egg”.
“If I had a child of school age, I would send him to one of the Waldorf Schools.”
Saul Bellow (1915-2005), 1976 Nobel Literature Laureate.
“The advent of the Waldorf Schools was in my opinion the greatest contribution to world peace and understanding of the century.”
Willy Brandt, former Chancellor of West Germany. Former Waldorf parent, 1971 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate.
“Being personally acquainted with a number of Waldorf students, I can say that they come closer to realizing their own potential than practically anyone I know.”
Joseph Weizenbaum, Professor (now emeritus), MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), author of “Computer Power and Human Reason”.
“We love Waldorf kids. We reject some students with 1600s on their SATs and accept others based on other factors, like the creative ability Waldorf students demonstrate.”
Donna Badrig, Associate Director of Undergraduate Admissions for Columbia University USA.
“Waldorf education enables young people to be in love with the world as the world should be loved.” Marjorie Spock, Author: “Teaching as a lively art”.
“Waldorf Education… has been extraordinarily successful for my son. In three years, the remarkable, dedicated faculty has directed his attitude and energies toward academic achievement and civic responsibility… The school draws out the best of qualities in young people… In summary this system works!”
Gilbert H. Grosvenor (1875-1966), President & Chairman, National Geographic Society, former Waldorf parent.
“I have the grand total of fourteen cousins who are all Steiner educated. They range in age from 21 to 38. Before choosing a school for our own children my husband and I questioned them to find out how it had been for them. We were overwhelmed, not only by what they said but also by who they were and what they had become. We were left in no doubt, based on our experience of these fourteen cousins and their varied testimonies: we want this education for our children.”
Becky Morrow. Biodynamic and Organic retailer and mother of three.
“My daughter’s experience at the Waldorf school has been both exciting and mind opening. I hope that more people can make Waldorf education available to their children.”
Russell Schweickart, Apollo 9 astronaut, NASA Astronaut Technical Advisor, California Energy Commission, former Waldorf parent.
“What I like about the Waldorf School is, quite simply, its graduates…They are interesting people. They can converse intelligently on almost any issue, because they have been taught to examine. They can be enormously sympathetic to almost anyone’s plight because they have been taught to tolerate. They can gracefully dance or score a goal because they have been taught to move. They can circulate among the various groups on campus and engage in a variety of activities because they have been taught to harmonize.”
James Shipman History Department, Marin Academy, San Raphael, California.
“The students that come to us from the local Steiner school are better prepared than the ones who come from the local state schools.”
Steven Jones. Principal, King Edward VI Community College, Devon.
“Waldorf School graduates see behind the facts that often must be repeated or explained on examination. They are keenly interested in the macrocosm of the universe and the microcosm of the cell’s ultrastructure, but they know that Chemistry, Biology and Physics can’t tell them much about the nature of love… I feel certain that all Waldorf School graduates believe in the orderliness of our universe, and they believe the human mind can discern this order and appreciate its beauty.”
Dr. W. Warren B. Eickelberg Professor of Biology, Director, Premedical Curriculum, Adelphi University, Garden City, New York.
“Those in the public school reform movement have some important things to learn from what Waldorf educators have been doing for many years. It is an enormously impressive effort toward quality education, and schools would be advised to familiarize themselves with the basic assumptions that under gird the Waldorf movement.”
Ernest L Boyer (1928-1995), Former President, Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.
“No other educational system in the world gives such a central role to the arts as the Waldorf school movement. Even mathematics is presented in an artistic fashion and related via dance, movement or drawing, to the child as a whole. Anything that can be done to further these revolutionary educational ideas will be of the greatest importance.”
Konrad Oberhuber (1925-2007), world leading expert on Raphael, former Director of the Museum of Art Albertina in Vienna, former Professor of Fine Arts, Harvard University, then at International Christian University, Mitaka, Tokyo.
“Based on a comprehensive, integrated understanding of the human being, a detailed account of child development, and with a curriculum and teaching practice that seeks unity of intellectual, emotional and ethical development at every point, Waldorf education deserves the attention of all concerned with education and the human future.”
Douglas Sloan, Ph D, Professor [Emeritus] of Education, Teachers College, Columbia University.
“Waldorf education has been an important model of holistic education for almost a century. It is one of the very few forms of education that acknowledges the soul-life of children and nurtures that life. It is truly an education for the whole child and will continue to be an important model of education as we move into the 21st century.”
Jack Miller, Professor, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education the University of Toronto.
“The importance of storytelling, of the natural rhythms of daily life, of the evolutionary changes in the child, of art as the necessary underpinning of learning, and of the aesthetic environment as a whole – all basic to Waldorf education for the past 70 years – are being “discovered” and verified by researchers unconnected to the Waldorf movement.”
Paul Bayers, Professor at Teachers College, Columbia University.
“I think the Steiner school is a place where a child can learn real self sufficiency, and an ability and encouragement to think for themselves. I wish I had gone to a Steiner school.”
Tilda Swinton, actress and parent.
“There is no task of greater importance than to give our children the very best preparation for the demands of an ominous future, a preparation that aims at the methodical cultivation of their spiritual and their moral gifts. As long as the exemplary work of the Waldorf School Movement continues to spread its influence as it has done over the past decades, we can all look forward with hope. I am sure that Rudolf Steiner’s work for children must be considered a central contribution to the twentieth century and I feel it deserves the support of all freedom-loving thinking people.”
Bruno Walter (1876-1962), composer and conductor.
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Bitcoin will crash 85% from its highs, this time is no different from past – Richard Heart
Bitcoin has historically corrected 85% from its highs, and right now, the coin is still in a bear market, said Richard Heart, founder of Hex.
“I think Bitcoin will tap $10,000 from its high of $65,000 because that’s what it normally does, it drops 85%. Ethereum usually drops 95% because it has lower liquidity so it acts like a leverage position on Bitcoin, to some degree,” Heart told David Lin, anchor for Kitco News.
Heart doesn’t agree with the notion that more institutional adoption of Bitcoin will likely make the market less volatile.
“In a reflective system, you have a parabolic rise up,” he said. “When you finally fall out of the parabola, the rule of thumb is that you drop 85% of the move. But in Bitcoin, you don’t just drop 85% of the move normally, you drop 85% of the total. So we have seen hockey stick run-up, fall out and drop 85%, over and over again.”
For more information on Hex and Heart’s views on the broader crypto market, watch the video above. Follow David Lin on Twitter: @davidlin_TV (https://twitter.com/davidlin_TV).
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Anti-look film is a uni mirror film. Actually intended as a sun-blocking film, but it also inhibits viewing.
Obstructs the inside view when the space inside is darker than outside. If the same situation is desired in the evening, when it is dark, the window must be lit.
There is an anti-glare variant for the car that is tinted black.
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Krakow-based NGO Interkulturalni PL has produced a report looking at how well the city’s institutions are prepared to deal with foreigners visiting and living in the city. The Krakow Post spoke to the organisation about the challenges of coping with a growing foreign population and their own efforts to help the process.
Tourism has long been the main reason for non-Poles to visit Krakow, but several factors now mean that an increasing number of foreigners are coming here to live or stay for extended periods of time.
In 2010 Krakow was named the world’s top global outsourcing city in a ranking produced by industry experts. This means jobs for locals, but also greater immigration. In difficult economic times a job at a company such as Shell or Cap Gemini in a location like Krakow is looking more and more attractive to people both outside and inside the EU.
From January 1 to July 2 this year immigrants currently living in Poland illegally will be able to apply to regularise their stay under an amnesty introduced by the Ministry of the Interior. This is also likely to encourage others, particularly from the countries outside the EU to the east of Poland, to try their luck here.
In June and July Krakow will be home base for at least three national teams competing in Euro 2012 and tens of thousands of fans are also expected to visit.
Taken together, these factors indicate that Poland in general and Krakow in particular are likely to see a growing population of temporary and permanent foreign residents in the future. Many of these people will interact with the city’s services, including public transport, law enforcement and local government offices. Are these institutions ready for the challenges ahead?
Founded by a group of young professionals with experience in the fields of psychology, training, law and cultural studies, Interkulturalni PL describe their mission as: “developing an open, multi-cultural society in Poland.”
The group has conducted a number of projects in recent years in pursuit of their aims. Krakow: Foreigner Friendly is a 134-page report subtitled: ‘An assessment of Krakow’s institutions and their adjustment to the needs of foreigners living in or visiting Krakow.’
The study employed questionnaires and anonymous visits carried out by the group’s members to examine the work of the Office for Foreigners’ Affairs, the Border Guard, the Regional Bus Station, Polish State Railways and other offices in Krakow. The group also interviewed employees at these offices and institutions to discover how well they felt they had been trained and equipped to deal with foreigners.
The report concludes that Krakow has made changes to cope with foreign residents and visitors, but that problems remain because of complex and unclear legislation and a general failure to provide information in languages other than Polish or language training for frontline staff. The full report is available for download in Polish or English at interkulturalni.pl.
Iga Machalewska, Vice-President of Interkulturalni PL, underlined the importance of encouraging openness and tolerance in Krakow: “We had a meeting with the Office for Foreigners’ Affairs about the upcoming amnesty and they estimate there could be tens of thousands of non-Poles living in the city.”
As reported in the October edition of the Krakow Post, Interkulturalni PL has also been involved in the Krakow Open Your Mind project, which provides on online forum where racist or xenophobic incidents can be reported. The project’s website (href=”http://open-krakow.pl/”>open-krakow.pl) includes an ‘Alley of Shame’ displaying photos of racist graffiti reported by members of the public.
As the Krakow Post went to print there were 18 photos in the Alley of Shame, 10 of which are struck through indicating that the grafitti has been erased.
“The project is about developing a strategy for the city. It’s an experiment. A big problem at the moment is that the city police say they do not have the legal powers to clean up graffiti when it is on private property,” said Interkulturalni PL President, Anna Kostecka. She continued: “In January we will present the city with anti-graffiti methods that have been used in other cities around the world in the hope that they can start using them here.”
Anna Kostecka is passionate about the importance of developing a coherent national immigration strategy for Poland. She said: “I think that Poland is in a great position in the sense that we can see the experience of other countries, but right now we don’t have so many foreign immigrants. If we prepare ourselves, learning from the experience of others, we will be in a very good position. And yet we are not doing it.”
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Why is history important to today's engineer-part two "the Wrong Type of Snow" and other excuses.
If you have checked out my web site-and thank you for doing so !- you may have noticed the nice photograph of three Atlantic Coast Line diesel locomotives sitting at Harrison NJ in February 1958. While not only a nice photograph, it has a lot to do with the theme of this, my third blog.
If you look closely, you will see that these diesel units are sitting under an overhead electric power system. Normally, these locomotives would be exchanged for electric locomotives some 210 miles south of this point at Washington DC. So what are they doing this far north? The simple answer-snow of a type that was not designed for and which ended up crippling a railroad.
From February 14 to 17, 1958, the eastern United States was hit by several snow storms. One of the storms produced a very fine variety of snow-named “Diamond Snow” which was of a very fine, crystalline variety. The electric locomotives then used by the Pennsylvania Railroad on its electrified line between Washington DC were known as GG-1 units. All 139 of the locomotives had large air intakes which were used to send large amounts of air to cool the electric motors. In order to prevent dust, dirt, and snow from entering into the sir cooling system, the air intakes were equipped with filters. These filters worked very well, until the day that the diamond snow started to fall.
The snow particles were small enough to be easily ingested by the air intakes despite the presence of the filters. They proceeded to enter the interior of the motor cooling systems, where the heat melted them and then the water dripped onto the electric motors and shorted them out. Within a few hours, 138 of the 139 locomotives were disabled. In order to maintain some resemblance of service, the railroad used diesel locomotives for most of the route between Washington and NY, only changing power outside of Penn station since diesel locomotives were not permitted to operate in the under river tunnels.
After studying the problem and trying several different types of filter material, the railroad settled upon fine French linen filter material, along with using the then new epoxy resin to provide a better insulation coating on the motors.
The problem and the solution were widely reported in the professional press at the time, and many other railroads pre-emptively adopted similar solutions in order to prevent damage to their locomotives.
Now let us fast forward to February 1991and cross the Atlantic. The London area was experiencing an unusually cold and snowy winter. Many cars in the fleet of electric trains were experiencing failures in their electric motors, leading to massive disruptions. During an interview with a newspaper, a senior railroad official stated that British Rail was having problems with the type of snow which was not usually encountered in the UK. The newspaper man stated that it was “The wrong type of snow” and this remark was then mistakenly attributed to British Rail. Again, the snow was extremely fine and the existing air filters were not designed to exclude the fine crystals. Here again, the snow melted and despite the improvements in electrical motor insulation, the water dripping onto the motors caused short circuits which severely damaged the motors. Eventually some old timers remembered the 1958 snow storms in the US and new filter material of a type to exclude the fine snow was adopted.
Now let us fast forward to December 2009. A series of heavy snow storms affected the British Isles and France. Several Eurostar trains operating in the Channel Tunnel experienced traction motor failures while operating through the tunnel. Some 2000 passengers were trapped in the dark. The investigation afterwards revealed that fine snow was ingested into the air cooling ducts and between the heat of the motors and the internal heat of the Channel Tunnel, the snow melted, water dripped onto the motors and caused them to short out.
I think that you may guess by now where I am going with this! The winter of 2013-2014 has been one of the harshest in many years. Much new equipment has been designed and put into service on the railroads, and still, we hear of stories of equipment problems during cold weather.
Not all of the problems have to do with traction motors or fine snow. But cold weather has been around a long time. Railroads such as the Canadian Pacific, Canadian National, Great Northern, etc. have long operated during some of the harshest winters and managed to perform well. They designed their equipment with piping vulnerable to freezing being located inside equipment, heat tracing was applied on outside lines and several back up heat systems were used to prevent freeze ups. Yet, when new equipment is placed in service, it seems as if no one goes back and tries to see what was done in the past. Yes, diamond snow is rare, but it does happen. Below zero temperatures are rare in some areas, but they do occur. So why do we still have problems with equipment in cold, snowy weather? Why are exquisitely engineered cars built to the latest standards of rider safety knocked out of service because water gets ingested in their cooling systems? Wrong kind of snow? Wrong kind of cold? Wrong winter?
Anyway, another winter storm is upon us and I have to go out and clear my driveway of the wrong kind of snow. The kind that falls on MY driveway!
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The clients already had an idea of the look and feel in mind as a lot of development work had already been done for the hotel. Their vision was for muted tones, natural fabrics and textures with a mixture of antique pieces to sit alongside new items. They wanted to create a space of calm with a welcoming and relaxed environment with a simple aesthetic, focusing on small but beautiful features.
I created a simple wordmark with the ‘Yard’ being at the centre of the logo, reflecting the courtyard at the centre of the building. The simple line-only illustration of the building’s facade is used as an additional identifier, adding a little charm to the identity.
The illustration style used on other collateral like the postcards, has a modern yet old-time feel that reflects the hotel and its past, while still feeling contemporary to reflect the new owner’s vision for the hotel.
The Yard in Bath has featured in Conde Nast Traveler, the Independent, The Sunday Times and National Geographic Traveler.
Visit the Yard website
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An Old-School Entertainer, Making Jazz In The Present Tense
When he sits down to do an interview, jazz pianist Stefano Bollani wants you to know who he is and what he's about.
"Hello, hello!" he exclaims. "My name is Stefano Bollani. I'm a human being."
Though he does look a bit like the Cheshire Cat, with a big grin, a beard and a bushy ponytail a la Frank Zappa (one of his big influences), Bollani is also a natural-born entertainer. As a kid, he idolized old-school showmen like Frank Sinatra, as well as Italian pop star Renato Carosone.
"He was a piano player, a singer, a funny guy, but also graduated in classical music," Bollani says. "So he was kind of a complete musician. And that's what I wanted to be."
Jazz has become international music since it was born in the U.S. a century ago, and in Europe, Bollani has become one of its leading lights. In his native Italy, where he's also a beloved television personality, he sells out major concert venues like a rock star. On latest album, Joy in Spite of Everything, he's back by a crack quintet that includes American guitarist Bill Frisell, another of his boyhood heroes.
"I started playing classical music like any good boy, but then I discovered jazz music when I was 11 years old," he says. "At first, I fell in love with the bebop — so it was Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Bud Powell, all these cats of the '50s. Then it just went on, and I started listening to everything I could about jazz music. I started improvising."
Bollani started playing professionally when he was 15, and by 18 he was backing up Italy's biggest pop stars. In 1996, everything changed thanks to trumpet player Enrico Rava, an Italian jazz icon. In what would turn out to be the first of many collaborations, Rava called Bollani up to play a gig he'd booked in Paris.
"He told me he couldn't do it, because he had this tour with this Italian kind of popular singer," Rava says. "I told him: 'Listen, if you do it because you like it, OK, do it. But if you do it for the bread ... you can do much, much, much better as a jazz musician.
"About 15 minutes later, he called me and said: 'OK, you're right. I come to Paris.' That's exactly the way it happened."
Bollani has a seemingly encyclopedic knowledge of music, spanning well beyond jazz. Randall Kline, the founder and artistic director of the San Francisco Jazz Festival, has booked the pianist and seen his ability up close.
"He had this audience free-for-all, where the audience shouted out any song from any genre they wanted to hear," Kline says. "It went from arias to national anthems to pop tunes, jazz songs, Great American Songbook. And he stitched together a medley of 10 songs in order, and played a medley from memory. That kind of risk-taking requires a lot of confidence."
Bollani is nothing if not confident, which is very evident on his popular TV show: In one episode, he played movie themes off the top of his head as actors improvised characters. Rava says he witnessed another of Bollani's talents while on tour: Rava was driving when Italian radio called asking for an interview — so he handed Bollani his cellphone.
"So he did this whole ... interview, talking like me, saying the same things I would say," Rava says. "When he imitates, he's so good, because he doesn't just imitate your voice. He enters in your brain and says what you would probably say. Nobody ever found out. It was absolutely incredible."
Rava says he worries that Bollani is getting distracted by too many different endeavors; on top of his music and TV careers, the pianist also recently published a novel. But Bollani says seeing and hearing the possibilities in many different things is what jazz is all about.
"Jazz music is exactly made of the present tense. I wanna go there," he says. "[If] I wanna improvise, and play a chord which is a strange chord, I play a strange chord. I wanna sing a song, I sing a song. I want to play a popular song from the '20s, I do it. I wanna play some Brazilian music even if I'm not Brazilian, yes! You know, just live your own music."
With seemingly boundless curiosity, Stefano Bollani has made a wide range of music his own.
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Image-to-text and Document AI models have gotten much better in the past few years. The techniques that dominated industry for a long time (template matching and text-based rules) have been overpowered first by language models and now by new document models that consider not only text but visual properties of the document as well.
Visual indicators possess key context for understanding documents - what a document looks like, where certain pieces of text are on the page (bottom versus top, small versus large). The same type of document (e.g. invoice) can have a huge variety of formats, requiring a more contextually-enriched understanding of the document. Prior state-of-the-art approaches (pre-2022) perform OCR (text extraction on documents) and plug the resulting text into a language model, discarding any visual information.
LayoutLMv3 and Donut (OCR-Free Document Understanding Transformer) are two new models (released second half of 2022) that attain higher levels of document understanding by considering not just document text but the visual features of the document. LayoutLMv3 uses OCR data (text on the page including its position and size) plus a low-resolution picture of the document, from which it’s able to learn different layouts.
Donut is OCR-Free, meaning that the only input is a picture of the document itself (a document being a single page). With higher resolution (~1920p), the Donut model is able to perform text extraction from the document internally, and the extracted text is enriched with all the visual features of the document.
Either of these groundbreaking models can be trained to perform almost any document task you desire. Training both to perform the same task and using an ensembling approach (ask them both the same question as see if they agree) can make them even more powerful.
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No one really wants to end up in the hospital. So if your doctor told you that you have high blood pressure and high cholesterol and that if you don’t do something about it you’ll end up in the hospital, you’d listen, right? So why is it that so many patients, told by a New Orleans vein specialist that they have signs of vein disease that will eventually put them in the hospital, do nothing – they ignore the doctors, and avoid seeking the treatment they need.
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IGNORE YOUR VEIN DISEASE, AND YOU’LL PROBABLY LAND IN THE HOSPITAL
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Next will come other diseases, which you are more at risk of acquiring because the same disease that is crippling your circulation and causing your varicose veins is also crippling your immune system. One of the most dangerous of such diseases is deep vein thrombosis, or DVT, which can lead to stroke or pulmonary embolism, both potentially fatal. Untreated varicose veins also greatly increase your risk of heart attack, diabetes, and stroke, all of which can land you in the hospital…or worse. We don’t want to scare you, but as Louisiana vein doctors we really do have to tell you the truth – there are many practical reasons to find out whether you have vein disease, and to have it treated if you do.
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Where do we go after this world? Does our soul live on? Can we communicate with ghosts and those who have died before us?
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Suzn Quilts Christmas Greetings Pattern
Perfect for 12 step Block-of-the-Month or Mystery Clubs! Original pieced & appliqued quilt 57 1/2 in x 63 1/2 in OR make 5 individual quilts, 18 1/2 in x 24 1/2 in, 15 1/2 in x 30 1/2 in, 15 1/2 in x 33 1/2 in & 2, 15 1/2 in x 39 1/2 in. Using the new Tiny Tree Template Set SUZ286, Tiny Dresden Template SUZ216 and Mini Dresden Template SUZ186.
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Product Dimensions 11.5 x 8.5 x 0.15 inches
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Indiana Stormwater Quality Manual
Here, you will find guidelines and specific measures for controlling erosion, reducing run-off, and managing water post-construction. This is the state’s technical manual for construction and post-construction activities as they relate to storm water.
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Situated on 1,800 acres just northeast of Bend, Oregon, Brasada Ranch is truly one of the premier resort communities in the Pacific Northwest. With its open spaces and rural personality, Brasada Ranch’s working ranch heritage is clearly evident. The Ranch life is only enhanced by the limitless recreational options that are available from their equestrian facilities, to biking, hiking, golf and the always popular athletic center and pool.
The community features estate sized lots, many custom new homes and The Brasada Club, where owners may become athletic or golf members. With more than $3 million in recent upgrades to the resort, Brasada Ranch has positioned itself to be a world class resort and community for years to come.
As custom new home builders at Brasada Ranch, and the surrounding Central Oregon area, we are able to produce a home that is a reflection of your dreams, your tastes and your personality. A home that will be unique, and accommodate seamlessly the way you and your family live at The Ranch. We understand the vision at Brasada Ranch and have familiarized ourselves with the design review process as well as the construction guidelines.
Larraneta & Company’s hands on, personal approach is here to walk you through the home building process, step by step, until you are completely satisfied with everything from selection of finishes to the final product. You’ll have the piece of mind that we only take on a limited number of projects so that we can concentrate on each client individually and serve their needs at the highest level. Rest assured that you will receive our full commitment to the success of your project.
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Global High-Roller’s Trail Ends in a Mystery : Japan: Slain real estate tycoon and gambler Akio Kashiwagi left a seedy reputation and millions in debts. His career is being likened to his nation’s ‘bubble’ economy.
He would bet $200,000 a hand at the baccarat table in Atlantic City, sometimes gambling for 80 hours at a time. He would carry as much as $1.5 million in cash stuffed in two bags on gambling trips from his native Japan to the casinos of Europe, Australia, the United States.
Akio Kashiwagi was known as a “whale,” a member of the super-elite class of international gamblers with casino credit lines of more than $1 million. Donald Trump and others wooed him with penthouse suites and first-class air tickets, even flying the chef and tableware of Kashiwagi’s favorite restaurants with him during his gambling excursions abroad.
But just as quickly as a roll of the dice, Kashiwagi’s luck suddenly changed. In a matter of months, his stupendous casino earnings faded into staggering debt. In business, the man who had ridden Japan’s real estate boom to millionaire status was caught in plummeting land values amid the collapse of the superheated “bubble” economy.
And in an abrupt conclusion to his spectacular life, Kashiwagi was found dead in his kitchen Jan. 3, stabbed 20 times with an object resembling a Japanese sword. The white paper screens in his sumptuous home near Mt. Fuji were splattered with what one weekly magazine called a “shower of blood.”
Kashiwagi, 54, left behind an ex-geisha wife and three children, a seedy reputation--and gambling debts in Europe and the United States estimated at $19 million.
Because the crime occurred shortly after Kashiwagi reportedly told his European creditors he could not come up with $10 million he owed, some of the Japanese media speculated that he was killed by a hit man sent to make an example of him.
But last Saturday, police arrested Kodo Saiki, 44, a reputed local gangster known to be acquainted with Kashiwagi’s eldest son, and charged him with the murder. Emi Miyashita, 23, a nurse, was also arrested and charged with helping Saiki conceal the evidence. The motive is not yet clear. Although Saiki was reportedly deeply in debt, Kashiwagi’s killer did not ransack his house or touch the diamonds, antiques or $770,000 in cash Kashiwagi kept there.
Whoever killed Kashiwagi, those in Fujiyoshida, his hometown of 50,000 in the shadow of Mt. Fuji, say the murder was almost certainly committed by a close acquaintance. Police say there was no sign of forced entry, indicating that the killer may have had a key or that Kashiwagi--a nervous man who always kept his doors locked--let the person in.
Kashiwagi was murdered between 7 p.m. and 8 p.m., after returning from a dinner of noodles with a friend and watching a TV samurai drama about one of Japan’s famous shoguns, Ieyasu Tokugawa.
When Kashiwagi’s friends try to piece together the murder puzzle, they say that although he was generous to friends, he also had plenty of enemies.
“To good people, he was good, but to bad people, he was bad,” said Kunitoshi Kajiwara, smoking Mild Seven cigarettes as he described the man he first met more than 30 years ago as a fellow worker in the Mt. Fuji tourist trade.
Kashiwagi, whose photographs show a broad face and close-cropped hair, hailed from a town once known for its paper mills and now its semiconductor industry. There, he was known as narikin-- a somewhat condescending term for new rich.
Few people knew much about the gambler who was known abroad as “The Warrior.” But they all knew of him.
How could they miss the flash? He and his family owned a Rolls-Royce, a BMW and a Jaguar. He collected antiques and diamonds, many worth $385,000 per stone, Kajiwara said. He also favored traditional art by the Japanese painter Taikan Yokoyama, and his pieces were so rare that on occasion he lent them to local museums.
But Kashiwagi’s most conspicuous luxury was a monument to himself that came to be known as the “Kashiwagi Castle.”
The lavish home was enclosed by a high concrete wall and topped with traditional Japanese tiles. Kashiwagi scoured the country for the perfect wood--zelkova--for the home and built his own lumber mill nearby to finish the wood. He spent $38 million and more than 10 years on the house.
His personal style, however, was conservative. He disdained jewelry, shunning even tie tacks and cuff links. He almost always wore blue-and-white striped shirts and somber ties.
And despite his international gambling jaunts, he was very much a traditional Japanese man, friends say. For daily use, he almost always passed up his fleet of foreign cars in favor of a Nissan President, saying that Japanese cars are best. His favorite food was udon , a Japanese noodle dish, and he made his own oshinko , or pickled vegetables. His favorite television programs were samurai dramas. He wore a kimono during the New Year’s season. And with the exception of the kitchen, all rooms in his castle were furnished with tatami mats and traditional Japanese furniture.
“Only his hobby, baccarat, was Western,” said one close friend, who asked for anonymity.
Friends say he was extremely stubborn, and that his biggest regret in life was the feeling that he had raised his eldest son too strictly, creating a lifelong estrangement. The son hung out with unsavory types, they say, and lifted jewelry and antiques from the house to sell for cash. Kashiwagi gave him $150,000 to start a foreign car dealership, but the son squandered the money, Kajiwara said.
Kashiwagi’s own childhood is obscure. The middle child in a family of 10, he dropped out of high school but later lied on a resume that he had graduated. After junior high school, he worked as a farmhand. His father was a skilled carpenter who specialized in temples and shrines.
But what the younger Kashiwagi lacked in formal schooling he made up for with guts, hard work and a knack for business, friends say. He started his rise to success around age 20, when he became a mountain guide and luggage handler at Mt. Fuji. It was there, local residents speculate, that he made the contacts and gained the knowledge of local land deals that launched him in real estate.
Others speculate that his wife, a popular former geisha six years older than he, provided the network of contacts.
Whoever his backers were, Kashiwagi moved to the nearby town of Kawaguchiko and suddenly shifted into real estate in the 1960s. His timing was impeccable. In 1963, the Fuji Subaru Highway reaching halfway up Mt. Fuji was completed. In 1971, a bridge over Kawamuchi Lake was finished. The developments turned the sleepy area into a tourist hot spot, and real estate values zoomed up a million-fold, according to Japanese press reports.
Although Kashiwagi had started his firm with a mere $600 deal, he rode the wave to fortune and “couldn’t stop laughing” all the way to the bank, Kajiwara recalled.
He also began a money-lending business. Using tactics that would bring a reputation as a shady dealer, he reportedly would disappear on the due dates of loans so that the debtors could not pay him back. Trapping them in arrears, some accounts said, Kashiwagi would seize their property.
“He made money by hooking people,” one local resident told a Japanese magazine. “If you went to his office, everyone would think you were penniless, so people avoided socializing with him.”
Local newspapers began to cover his business, and stories of dirty deeds began appearing. After opening a Tokyo branch in 1985, Kashiwagi reclaimed land on which a kindergarten stood when the owner couldn’t repay a loan. Over vociferous community protests, he evicted the children, tore down the kindergarten and built an apartment complex.
He also purchased land from 60 families in one area of Tokyo and allegedly began a campaign of harassment against the single family that refused to sell. The family, which ran a pharmacy, occupied the first floor of a building whose second floor was purchased by Kashiwagi. Even though the family stayed there, he tore down the second story. After enduring that and other forms of harassment, the family took Kashiwagi to court and won a restraining order.
But friends say Kashiwagi softened his business practices in the last few years. Indeed, he began helping friends in financial trouble, said one who had benefited from his generosity.
Both age and declining health helped mellow him, friends say. Doctors diagnosed both diabetes and gallstones a few years ago, and Kashiwagi lost considerable weight. As a result, he gave up his favorite drink, whiskey and water, and sipped green tea or water at the baccarat table. But he still chain-smoked his favorite Mild Seven cigarettes.
Kashiwagi burst onto the international gambling scene in 1990. In a splashy January debut, he won $22 million in Australia. The notoriety attracted the attention of Trump, who invited him to the Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City. Kashiwagi went in February and won $6 million in 10 hours. He was surrounded by up to 10 hotel bodyguards, his private table roped off in red velvet.
Dennis Gomes, president of the Trump Taj Mahal casino in Atlantic City, said that when he was an official at the Dunes in Las Vegas, he saw Kashiwagi bet $100,000 a hand for 80 hours at baccarat, the high-risk, high-reward game that was his favorite.
“He’d play two days straight without sleeping, go to bed, get up and gamble some more,” Gomes told the Associated Press.
But, just as Japan’s overheated real estate market collapsed, so did Kashiwagi’s winning streak.
In May, 1990, Kashiwagi lost $9.4 million in Atlantic City after Trump lured him back for a rematch. Trying to figure out how to beat him, Trump had hired a mathematician with a background in nuclear physics. The mathematician recommended a long match, saying the odds of winning dropped as more hands were played.
A friend who accompanied Trump on that trip hotly disputes the $9.4-million loss figure. The friend maintains that Kashiwagi was forced to quit when he was behind, but Trump officials say he left in a huff after six days of play.
One close friend, who accompanied Kashiwagi on some of his gambling trips, says he did not leave any significant gambling debts behind. But others tell a different tale. According to Japanese press reports, Kashiwagi flew to Europe to try to recoup the money lost in the United States in May--only to lose another $15.4 million. After paying his European creditors approximately $5.3 million, he told them he could pay no more. At that time, he was said to owe the Las Vegas Hilton $5 million and the Trump Plaza and Casino $4 million.
In Japan, Kashiwagi’s business was also reportedly in the red. Property sales began dipping after 1988. A $131-million bank loan reportedly exceeded his assets.
Hunted by creditors around the globe, the high-roller was spending the day alone in his one refuge--the Kashiwagi Castle--while his family went strawberry picking on Jan. 3. When they came home, they found him dead.
Japanese commentators have painted his life and death as a symbol of Japan’s “bubble” economy, growing spectacularly because of inflated gains in real estate and stock values, then collapsing.
Likewise, few traces of Kashiwagi’s splashy lifestyle were evident in the end.
The day of his funeral was dreary with snow. “It was,” one magazine reported, “a truly lonesome affair.”
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Sure to put a smile on faces on Christmas morning, this elf sack is suitable for confident beginner knitters.
Made in two parts, you knit the body of the sack before creating a ‘crown’ top which is stitched on afterwards. You then create a cord, add pompoms and if you like, you can personalise the sack with an initial or name.
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A federal judge on Friday ordered the Justice Department to file a brief on President Donald Trump’s exact intentions when he tweeted about declassifying all information related to the federal probe into Russian interference in the 2016 election, finding comments from the White House counsel’s office were not enough to decide the matter.
Parties seeking the release of documents tied to Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s probe, including the full Mueller report, last week filed an emergency motion citing Trump’s tweets on the declassification of the material in requesting U.S. District Judge Reggie Walton of the District of Columbia order the release of more of those materials.
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Not a User but Caught with Drugs?
Jan. 2, 2018
Picture this; it’s your first week on campus, and you meet a couple of other students at the cafeteria. You start to hang out together and go to a couple of parties. Later on in the week, one of them asks you to deliver a sealed envelope to the other acquaintance. You think nothing of it, but maybe you should think again.
Consequences of Possession and Distribution
If the envelope holds a controlled substance, you may still get in trouble with the law even if you didn’t know what was in the package. Possessing a controlled substance with intent to distribute can apply in this case, even if you’re unknowingly doing a favor between two friends.
The penalties involved are less than if you were receiving payment for the delivery, but you can be charged with a crime nonetheless. Possession of illegal drugs is a jail term of no more than 180 days, but the delivery of controlled substances is for at least 180 days and could be up to a year.
Extra Penalties when Minors and Larger Quantities Are Involved
Do you know if your friend is a minor? If they are and you get caught delivering a controlled substance, law enforcement could charge you with a 2nd-degree felony. You will be fined for up to 10,000 dollars and have to spend at least two years in jail.
The quantity and type of drugs found on your person may indicate a felony charge. Marijuana possession in smaller amounts classifies as a misdemeanor, but in larger amounts of more than four ounces and less than 5 pounds qualifies as a felony.
Because it’s possible that you can trouble even if you don’t use drugs, the best policy is knowing who your friends are. If you find out they’re involved with controlled substances or marijuana, stay away.
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Lawrence & Associates Accident and Injury Lawyers, LLC Helps a Client in a Car Accident Get a Settlement For His Surgery, Time Off Work, and Pain and Suffering!
Posted on Wednesday, September 3rd, 2014 at 3:31 pm
At the firm of Lawrence & Associates Accident and Injury Lawyers, LLC in Fort Mitchell, Kentucky, we fight for the rights of people who have suffered serious injuries and the families of fatal accident victims. We work tirelessly to help our clients get compensation and deal with the medical, financial and emotional effects of serious accidents. We want to share with you the results of a case we oversaw in September of 2011. We will supply as many details as possible while still respecting our clients need for privacy.
Our client was in a motor vehicle accident in November 2011. The other driver failed to yield the right of way and hit the left rear of of our client’s vehicle.
A few days after the accident, our client developed numbness and tingling in his arm and severe jaw pain. He was 58 years old at the time of the accident and had been diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis. Our client’s numbness was diagnosed as carpal tunnel syndrome, which his doctor thought came from clenching the steering wheel when the collision occurred. The doctor also said the jaw pain was related to the impact.
Our client initially came to Lawrence & Associates Accident and Injury Lawyers, LLC because he had no way to get the medical treatment he needed. Lawrence & Associates Accident and Injury Lawyers, LLC was able to get him the surgery his doctor recommended, which was fully paid for by the other driver’s insurance company. Our client also got paid for his time off work and for his pain and suffering.
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Russellville, Civil War Era
News and Gossip of Russellville 1838-1867
September 29, 1838 Western Sun Married on Tuesday evening, the 25th of September,1838, by the Rev. Mr. Bayles, Mr. Augustus V. Russell, of Russellville, Ill to Miss Jane Bonner, of Vincennes, Ind.
August 27, 1859 Weekly Sun W. B. Emmons, an intelligent and reliable farmer, living near Russellville, gives us a rather gloomy account of the prospect in his vicinity for the growing crops. The dry, hot weather has injured a great deal of the corn past redemption; a good many fields will make nothing but nubbins. The potatoes are also unpromising. Acorn mast is very scare and poor in his neighborhood.
December 22, 1860 Weekly Sun Wheat is worth 90 cents and corn, 20 cents a bushel at Russellville.
October 11, 1862 Weekly Sun On Monday, John Hallet and Hugh and Persley Benton were arrested at Russellville on a charge of stealing several horses from Crawford County. The men were taken to the Lawrence County jail.
July 11, 1863 Weekly Sun The citizens of Lawrence and Crawford counties united in celebrating the Fourth in a grand style, in a beautiful grove near Russellville. We have heard the crowd estimated at from 3 to 4000 and we never witnessed a better state of feeling that was at this good old-fashioned barbecue. The exercises were opened with prayer, followed by the reading of the Declaration of Independence. The crowd then adjourned to dinner and in the spite of the immense throng, there was an abundance of everything with enough to spare. The whole affair passed off delightfully, and all who participated will not doubt always refer to it as one of the happiest and most pleasant events of their whole lives.
September 1, 1866 Weekly Sun Let all those from Vincennes who desire to attend the Democratic and Conservative rally and basket dinner planned near Russellville, on the 8th of September, remember that the steamer Mate, with Capt. Dick Eastham will carry parties to and return on that occasion.
September 15, 1866 Weekly Sun Saturday morning broke bright and beautiful upon Russellville for their grand Democratic and Conservative rally. At an early hour, the various delegations began to arrive, with music and banters and Hoke’s Grove was soon crowded. There were at least 5,000 to 6,000 people on the ground including a great number of ladies. There were hickory wagons, full of pretty girls, (the one from Russell Township being particularly conspicuous) and Hickory poles bearing aloft the star- spangled banner. The excellent brass band from Lawrenceville elicited much praise for their fine performances and did much to enliven the scene.
November 23, 1867 Weekly Sun A man named Jas. Clark, driving a wagon of movables from Vincennes toward Russellville on Thursday last, met another wagon on the road. Neither of the drivers would turn off, and the wheels of their vehicles locked. The horses became unmanageable, rearing and plunging furiously. Clark was thrown out of his wagon; two of the wheels passed over him, injuring him very seriously. (Ed Note: Is this they called “road rage” in 1867?)
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The law firm of Temple & Temple, located in East Syracuse, has been serving the legal needs of people in central New York for more than 50 years. We believe that client service begins with attorneys who treat clients with respect and courtesy, no matter how large or small the case. Our firm is dedicated to the pursuit of justice on behalf of people throughout central New York.
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Our steampunk version of a traditional lantern is bold and striking. Our small Mason Outdoor Sconce shows plenty of craftsmanship, from the thick blown glass bell to the metallic curves of support arm and handle, to the details of the riveted collar-this has it all.
- Finish: Coastal Burnished Steel
- Glass: Clear
- Meterial: Aluminum
- Voltage: 120V
- Width: 7.2"
- Height: 9.7"
- Projection: 8"
- Backplate: 5.1" H x 4.5" W
- Vertical Mounting Height: 4.6"
- Product Weight: 3.4 lbs.
- 1 x 40W G9 Halogen (Included)
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Editor’s Note: This article originally ran on LDS Living in January 2021.
When Steven Sharp Nelson, cellist for The Piano Guys was just 2 years old, his mother was diagnosed with a brain tumor. She outlived all medical prognoses but passed away 18 years later. However, at a recent TEDx event, Nelson testified of the power of music to bring those we love back to us.
Speaking of his mother, he said, “She’s one of the greatest lyrical sopranos that’s ever lived—ineffably gifted with the voice of an angel. She could’ve had center stage anywhere, anywhere in the world, but she gave that up to be my mom. She gave me this stage with you today.
“She’s been by my side when I’ve been particularly nervous for a big performance touring the world with the Piano Guys, or when I’ve been off the stage and at the mercy of anxiety and depression. Or when I’ve felt like I’m under the thumb of this perniciously pervasive demon known as inadequacy that so many of us are fighting. She’s gently nudged me forward, right at the moment when I felt like giving up. So I am a musician today, not only because of what she gave up for me but also because of what she continues to give me.”
Nelson explained that following his mother’s passing, he grieved the experiences he would never have with his mother.
“When her final curtain call came, I couldn’t applaud because I wasn’t ready for it to end. So, after she passed away, I spent some time being angry, bitter, resentful, confused at these years that were stolen from me—at the chance I never had to know the soprano in this beautiful woman, to hear her sing in full voice without pain, to perform with her,” he said. “Oh, I would’ve loved that, just me playing the cello right next to her, just looking up at her beautiful face—I would’ve loved that chance.”
And while the thought of never getting to perform with his mother brought him sadness, Nelson also found healing through music.
“Isn’t it true that our life’s most sublime melodies tend to be written during the dark symphonies of our struggle?” he asked the TEDx audience. “And in this dark symphony, I found a healing fermata. The very thing that had wounded me was the same thing that healed me: the power of music.
“You see, since then I have spent some very special time with my mom. Through music, I’ve discovered that the people we’ve lost aren’t lost at all. And the holes their absence leaves inside us are not meant to be filled by someone or something else. Instead, they are intentional, mindful places meant for us to go, to take refuge, to reconnect and reunite with our loved ones—to find them there, still interested, still invested, and somehow still involved in the details of our lives. That is where I found my mom.”
Nelson explained that this ability music holds to bring the people we love back to us is not something that can be proved with science. And that while spirituality helped him take the first step, ultimately it is something you have to experience for yourself. Inviting the TEDx audience to join him, Nelson led a meditation of sorts as he asked those watching to close their eyes, think of a loved one they’d like to connect with, picture a favorite or relaxing place, and picture the person you love standing across from you with as much detail as possible. He then proceeded to play his mother’s favorite piece of music, “Nessun Dorma,” which he had never before performed publicly, and said he has found that his mother’s voice “is still sweet and rings with a resounding relevance. As I play, I hope you can hear the voice of your own angel, and let music find someone you’ve lost.”
You can hear more about Nelson’s mother’s miraculous life and her influence on him in this All In podcast episode at the 25-minute mark.
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A Guide to Guerilla Marketing for Businesses
Competition for ad space is fierce in today’s world. From their TV and phone screens to radios and billboards, consumers are constantly bombarded with ads. Companies need to be creative in devising unconventional methods of promotion to maintain the public’s interest. Often, guerilla marketing is employed to beat out the competitor.
The ingenuity and fresh tactics employed with this form of marketing can build up a positive image of one’s brand. However, this marketing technique needs to be done with enough planning to ensure smooth and flawless execution.
What is guerrilla marketing? We explore this popular form of marketing and how it can be used to drive sales and growth for your business.
What is Guerilla Marketing and Why Does It Work?
Guerilla marketing is an advertising strategy in which a company uses surprise or unconventional marketing methods to promote a product or service. These methods are often low-cost but yield maximum results largely due to the element of surprise.
If you’re thinking of guerrilla warfare, you’re on the right track. “Guerilla warfare marketing” draws its inspiration from the tactics in a warfare context, only this time you are ambushing, sabotaging, or raiding your target audience.
Guérilla marketing can be an effective marketing tactic if companies come up with imaginative campaigns. The element of surprise not only increases your customer’s engagement with the product or service, it also makes a big impression which means they are more likely to remember your brand. It’s low-cost, high reward ratio makes it an ideal strategy for small businesses or those with a tight marketing budget.
The History of Guerilla Marketing
The guerilla marketing definition was curated by the late business writer Jay Conrad Levinson in his 1984 book Guerilla Marketing. He was the first to use the term in describing unconventional marketing methods.
Being an ad-man himself with a background in psychology, Levinson understood the need for businesses to turn to innovation where financial or other resources were limited. The term grew in popularity among the industry. The book sold over 21 million copies and Time magazine named it one of the top 25 best business books. Today, guerilla marketing is one of the best-known brands in history. Levinson taught guerilla marketing at the University of California in Berkeley for 10 years and even went on to write several books in other professional areas. His guerrilla concepts have influenced marketing all over the world—his books appear in 62 languages and are required reading in MBA programs worldwide.
Types of Guerilla Marketing
Guerilla marketing tactics fall under several categories:
Guerilla Marketing Examples
Most tactics of guerilla marketing employ more than one category at a time and various organizations even include them in larger campaigns. Some examples are:
Guerilla marketing is a go-to tactic for most companies for its ability to efficiently sell products and services. If you’re exploring different marketing strategies like guerilla marketing, LeadJig can take your efforts to the next level. We’re transforming the way financial professionals identify, target, and deploy marketing. Talk to us to learn more about how we can help your business.
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Skin tags, or acrochordons, are benign, flesh-colored growths that most commonly occur in creased areas of skin, such as the neck, under the arms and breasts, in the groin and on eyelids. Skin tags often grow on a small stalk (peduncle) and range from 2 mm to 5 cm in size. They are common in people with diabetes, and incidence increases with age and pregnancy. According to J.A. Neville and G. Yosipovitch in "Manual of Dermatologic Therapeutics," a study of skin tags showed that 80 percent were associated with human papillomavirus.
While skin tags are rarely malignant, you might decide to have them removed for cosmetic reasons or to reduce irritation if they are in an area where clothes or body parts rub against them. Everyday Health (Harvard Health Publications) outlines different removal procedures. Once properly removed, skin tags rarely recur in the same site, but others might develop elsewhere.
Skin tags are often very small, especially on the neck and under arms and breasts; these often can be snipped off with sterile scissors. A small dressing may be sufficient to stop any bleeding. However, if the lesion is larger, you might receive a local anesthetic before removal, and the doctor may cauterize, or burn, the open area to seal it. Slight scars may remain after removal of larger lesions.
Small skin tags with stalks may be tied off with suture material or copper wire. This cuts off circulation so that the skin tag dies and eventually falls off. This works well with very small skin tags and leaves little scarring but is painful for larger lesions.
Cryosurgery also successfully removes skin tags and may be used for slightly larger lesions. You may receive a local anesthetic before the procedure. The doctor sprays the skin tag with liquid nitrogen for 30 seconds, waits 2 to 5 minutes and then sprays again, sometimes repeating the procedure a third time. Cryosurgery freezes the tissue, which dies over about 24 hours and then begins to slough off. The area usually heals completely in four to six weeks.
Curettage with Cauterization
The doctor may use a special curved curette to scoop out and/or scrape away a skin tag. Then, an electrodessication tool cauterizes and seals the open areas. This method is particularly useful for multiple lesions of various sizes. Healing occurs in two to four weeks. Currettage with cauterization is usually used on areas of the body that are not exposed, because it may result in scarring.
Very large (2 cm to 5 cm) skin tags may require excision. The doctor administers a local anesthetic and cuts away the lesion with a scalpel and sutures the wound, leaving a scar after healing is complete.
You should not attempt to remove skin tags yourself because of the danger of infection and bleeding. Also, if the skin tag is not completely removed, it may recur.
Wanda Lockwood has an R.N., a B.A. in humanities, and M.A.s in TESOL from Monterey Institute of International studies and humanities from California State University, Dominguez Hills. She has worked as a medical writer for six years, writing more than 100 continuing education courses for nurses and writing and editing medical study materials.
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- On Thursday, May 18, the Africa Magic Viewers’ Choice Awards officially kicked off, with Opening Night and Cultural Day
- The event saw several celebrities sporting vibrant and regal traditional ensembles
- At the end of the night, Venita Akpofure and Yemi Cregx emerged as the best-dressed stars
The Cultural Day, a part of the 3-day series of events leading to the Africa Magic Viewers’ Choice Awards (AMVCA) 2023, saw beautiful and talented stars turn up in style.
With the ladies and gentlemen bringing their fashion A-game to the event, fans were undoubtedly impressed with their sense of style.
Interestingly, the event witnessed two celebrity guests in attendance, Venita Akpofure and Yemi Cregx, emerge as the Best-Dressed stars.
Venita Akpofure in pink look
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She sported a baby pink dress with gold embellishment and a floor-length train.
The outfit was designed by @amyaghomi.
Yemi Cregx stuns in red look
The BBTitans star embodied the elegance of Yoruba royalty.
He sported a red agbada ensemble with a furry piece hanging over his shoulders, and coral beads around his neck.
The look was designed by @jenrewa.
Watch the moment they were awarded as best dressed below:
AMVCA Cultural Day: Social media users react as Venita and Yemi Cregx emerge as best-dressed
"Is it only big brother ex housemates that attended?"
"Liquor best dressed pls."
"I love Yemi look,he look dapper and handsome in this ensembles."
"Is saga a joke to you guys?"
"It’s Yemi and Liquorose !!! Venita looks good yea but na regular wedding style we see everyday."
"Liquorose best dressed for me."
"Of course my Yemi will always Eat and leave no crumbs for haters."
"Liquorose and Thabang for me."
AMVCA 2023: 10 beautiful looks rocked by celebrities at Cultural Day event
Meanwhile, several beautiful celebrities were in attendance, each rocking a regal traditional look.
From traditional brides to gorgeous royalty-inspire ensembles, the ladies slayed their looks.
In this article, Legit.ng compiles a list of eight stars who slayed effortlessly in gorgeous cultural pieces.
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Chris Moses, MD, Personnel Advice & Solutions Ltd
Town and Parish Councils know that it would be good practice to conduct appraisals, but struggle to overcome hurdles, such as Employee reluctance, finding the time and knowing how to do it confidently.
This 90-minute presentation helps Clerks and Councillors overcome these concerns, as well as;
- Helps the Council to understand the purpose of Appraisals and their benefit to the Council.
- Address Employee concerns and reluctance.
- Plan effectively to ensure they conduct a professional and effective Appraisals.
- Design an Appraisal Form that is right for their Council.
- Produce effective and workable action plans.
- Address issues within the Council regarding the role of Appraisals in Managing Performance.
- Ensure Appraisals are conducted in a confidential manner an comply with GDPR obligations.
£40 per delegate (member rate)
£115 per delegate (non member rate)
12th September 2023, 1.30pm - 3.00pm
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The Corona pandemic has turned the world of work upside down and led to an involuntary test of how well companies are positioned for remote work. Due to the positive results, many suspected that employees would only work remotely in the future and predicted the end of the office. However, as we also suspected last year, the current trend is that the work of the future will be hybrid. So what does hybrid work mean? And how can companies optimally position themselves for the flexible world of work?
Hybrid work refers to a time- and location-independent form of work in which employees no longer spend every day in the office, but work both in and out of the office. The home office in the home study is only one possible alternative to the office. The café around the corner, co-working spaces, the home office abroad and any other place that enables productive work can also be used for work. The same applies to working hours. The classic 9-to-5 job is giving way more and more to individual time management in the context of hybrid work.
However, there is no concrete definition of the distribution of days of presence and days with remote work. Instead, the concrete design of hybrid work will differ from company to company or even between individual departments. This is because the degree of flexibility depends on different factors, such as the role in the company and the area of responsibility.
Hybrid work combines the advantages of office work and mobile work. If the necessary conditions are created in the company, hybrid work offers numerous advantages for employees, employers and society.
For a long time, it was assumed that employees in particular would benefit from flexible working models. However, the forced home office showed that companies also benefit from the new approach.
Hybrid work also offers advantages for society as a whole. The elimination of commuting to the place of work and unnecessary business trips, which are sometimes accomplished by domestic flights, not only saves time, nerves and money, but also reduces CO2 emissions. Hybrid working thus effectively contributes to climate protection.
The possibility of remote work also increases flexibility in the choice of place of residence. Skilled workers are no longer forced to move to metropolitan regions for qualified work, which leads to a higher social mix and consequently a strengthening of rural areas.
Despite all the opportunities that hybrid working offers, it turns out that it also brings different challenges. Managers are therefore faced with the task of optimally positioning the culture and the organisation in the company for digitalisation.
Suitable processes and structures must ensure that employees are integrated into all processes regardless of where they work and have (timely) access to all information. Only in this way is optimal collaboration between distributed teams possible. At the same time, all colleagues must be empowered for digital collaboration. Because not every employee is already confident in using technology and tools.
Another challenge is maintaining the company and work culture. Already today, many employees complain that they feel less connected to their company and the vision due to permanent remote work. At the same time, team spirit decreases when colleagues only see each other via video conferences. This makes it all the more important for managers to encourage and demand communication within the company and between colleagues.
Last but not least, companies fear losing innovative power through distributed working. While standard tasks can easily be done from anywhere, regular exchanges, creative sessions or joint brainstorming sessions are indispensable for innovative ideas.
The transformation to a hybrid company is not a process over a few days or weeks. Rather, it is characterised by constant learning and regular adjustments. Nevertheless, companies should think about a successful transformation and create the necessary conditions. So what does it take to overcome the challenges of hybrid work and reap all its benefits?
First of all, decision-makers need to be clear about the role remote work should play in their own company. Is the primary goal a possible cost saving or are the employees and their individual needs the focus of hybrid work?
Based on this vision, specific roles can be defined for employees, which clearly define how many days they work remotely. Criteria for this are, for example:
Accordingly, roles can be defined for individual departments, teams or even at staff level.
Optimal equipment is necessary for successful collaboration of hybrid teams. Thanks to mobile devices such as laptops, smartphones or tablets, remote workers are empowered to be productive outside the office. Digital tools for project management and communication enable quick and easy collaboration between all participants.
In contrast, the office will serve primarily as a social meeting place in the future and must facilitate exchange between employees. As a result, office space must be redesigned. Instead of individual workstations, lounge areas and numerous meeting possibilities offer space for creative exchange. Modern office technology such as smartboards allows simultaneous collaboration with remote colleagues.
With the help of Lendis OS, you can optimally equip your employees for hybrid work. You save a lot of effort and have time for the important tasks.
Thanks to a modern technical infrastructure, everyone in the company has access to the information they need. All documents are stored in a central location and can be accessed via secure connections from anywhere in the world. Thanks to zero-touch hardware, employees are suitably equipped and ready for action in just a few minutes.
Companies that position themselves for the future of work at these different levels create the conditions for a successful transformation to a hybrid company.
Further information (external link): BCG Study - Remote Working and the Platform of the Future
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The Lennox City Council met Monday, July 10 to discuss agenda items including outstanding bills, real estate discussion and public comment.
Bret Wynja joined the meeting during the public comment period.
“First, I want to thank you guys for getting involved on the third and fourth with the dunk tank, it was a nice addition and raised money for the park. Second, I’m going to jump the gun and on the fourth of July for next year, and ask if you guys are looking to change the fireworks ordinance for the town? I noticed a lot of neighboring communities changed their ordinances a little bit to allow some fireworks on certain days and certain times just to try to cut down on calls to the city and give people a little freedom since the town has an old fashioned fourth of July, it would be nice to look into at least. The last thing, when I was sitting in the park for the community worship, I noticed the trees are getting pretty rough and I don’t know what you guys have going on looking into it, but I would be willing to volunteer to help trim what we do have and maybe raise some money to try and get some decent trees put in,” Wynja said.
Alderman Chad Swier asked Wynja what he saw in neighboring communities with their fireworks.
“I didn’t pay too close of attention because I don’t really light fireworks off, I don’t have time, and my kids are a little too young yet, but I think it depends on when the fourth is, and I think they looked into when people are probably going to get together, and they said it has to be done at 10:30 or 11 p.m. and stick a little harder to the time,” Wynja said.
The Council thanked Wynja for his time.
City Administrator, Nate Vander Plaats shared with the council two requests for assistance with long-standing bills due to the City ambulance service, Dells Ambulance Service.
“Dells Ambulance Service forwarded to the City of Lennox two applications for financial assistance for ambulance bills that are both over 180 days old. In order to protect confidentiality, the applications and supporting materials have been added to your packets under executive content only,” Vander Plaats said.
The two long-standing bills were for $755.30 and $346.14. VanderPlaats is attempting to work on payment plans with the applicants.
“Without evidence of additional hardship, it is difficult to justify a write-off of these amounts. Both applicants are employed at full-time positions and appear capable of making minimum payments on the amount due. I would prefer to make arrangements for a payment plan for both applicants, even if those monthly payments are minimal. Such a plan would allow us to pull the bills back from collections,” he said.
Vander Plaats recommended denying both applications for financial assistance. Motion to deny passed.
The City of Lennox owns two properties in Lennox that are of minimal use to the City as a local government
“I would like to have a discussion to see what the council would like to see happen with the two properties. The first one is at 505 South Garfield, it was first bought as use for an eventual west bound Fifth Avenue, but I do think that would be next to impossible. The next one is the two lots on Second Avenue, it was demolished last winter and we don’t have any use for it at this point,” Vander Plaats said.
“Could you use the lot at South Garfield to put a house on it,” Swier asked.
Vander Plaats told him it appeared to meet the standards for a residence. Vander Plaats is going to get market analysis done on the property.
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The Guest Programme of the Max Planck Institute for European Legal History enables scholars from Germany and abroad to use of the institute’s resources.
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Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the NBA. Each week, we send out questions to the most plugged in Philadelphia 76ers fans, and fans across the country. Sign up here to join Reacts.
With just over a week remaining in the 2021-22 NBA regular season, the race for the No. 1 seed in the Eastern Conference remains bunched up. At 49-28, the Miami Heat currently hold the top spot, but the 48-28 Milwaukee Bucks are in hot pursuit, especially after a pair of impressive wins over the Sixers and Brooklyn Nets this week.
A little further back are the 47-30 Boston Celtics (two games behind) and 46-30 Sixers (2.5 games behind). Some fortuitous breaks would have to land their way for either team to claim the top seed, but they’re certainly still in contention.
In a recent national poll, 41 percent of voters selected Boston as their favorite to end the regular season with the No. 1 seed. The Celtics entered Monday with that crown, but a couple losses from them, as well as a couple Heat wins, saw them fall to the three seed.
They’ll also be without starting center Robert Williams III for the foreseeable future after he suffered a torn meniscus in Sunday’s victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves. Concluding next week atop the East isn’t implausible for Boston, but looks much tougher than five days ago. I’d wager this survey was finalized before Williams’ injury broke and amid Miami’s four-game slide last week.
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Lifecycles COO, Kelvin Chaffer, recently shared his views on the issue of telecom fraud and what can be done to contain it with telelcom.com
Fraudulent activity is nothing new within the telecom industry. Over the years, however, it has grown in its complexity, with the schemes dreamt up by fraudsters becoming more and more convoluted. The Covid-19 pandemic only exacerbated the issues, presenting fraudsters with a whole new range of schemes and targets. In the 12 months since the start of the pandemic, operators reported a 75% increase in incidences of fraud & security threats to their network had increased by 61%. Consumers were also targeted, with 82% of phone owners reporting they were targeted by suspicious SMS messages.
Now in 2022, the Russian invasion of Ukraine has opened another door for fraudsters to try and exploit. The most popular of these scams involves setting up fake charity pages to dupe members of the public into donating. As the volume and complexity of these scams increase there is additional pressure on telecoms to stay agile, informed and to manage these threats as they occur.
Where are Your Vulnerabilities
It is essential in the fight against fraud that telecoms know where their vulnerabilities lie, in doing so they can turn responsive measures into pre-emptive ones. It is however difficult to pre-empt fraudulent attacks due to their constantly changing nature. As a result, the losses suffered due to fraudulent activities have stretched into the billions. One of the most powerful ways fraudsters can target a telecom is to attack its infostructure at multiple points. This is particularly effective if systems are outdated or disconnected from one another. These vulnerabilities, create the opportunities scammers needed to successfully conduct payment, identity or account fraud. This can have a long-term impact on network bandwidth waste, the cost of customer support and significant damage to a telecom's reputation and service quality.
Over the last decade, phishing and spam messages have also increased. With these scams, fraudsters will look to funnel funds illegally into their own account with redirected calls and SMS messages. Subscriber fraud has also become a major vulnerability for telecoms. The main concern for telecoms with this fraud is that the services gained are often used to benefit more serious offences, eg organised crime or terrorist groups. By using fraudulent details to take out a contract, the fraudster is able to resell the device while the provider is forced to wipe the bad debt.
The Ongoing Methodology of Fraud
There are various methods used to conduct fraud. SIM Farms are becoming more and more common, this is where scammers will send out hundreds of SMS messages, with the aim of getting the personal details of a handful of recipients. This information can then be used for a SIM swap. This is a kind of digital identity theft, in which the fraudster takes over a mobile number and accesses one-time passwords to break into banking, social media and other accounts.
Phishing SMS techniques have recently become more sophisticated and can tap into real-life events to add a layer of conviction. For example during Covid-19 many would pretend to be offering vaccination bookings, only to then request payment before completing the fake booking. Fraudsters are also becoming more knowledgeable in spotting gaps in the law. For example in the UK there is no need for an individual to provide identification when purchasing a SIM, making it an easy gap to target. Telcos themselves are also reluctant to put these checks in place for fear of putting up what could be considered consumer “red tape” worrying that customers will just take their business to another telecom that doesn't impose these checks.
Early Warning of an Attack.
One of the best defences telcos have against fraudsters is to preempt what tactics and situations frauds are likely to deploy next. An example of this is when the war in Ukraine broke out many providers introduced zero rate calls. This greatly limited the ability of scammers to exploit the situation for their own gain. It also allowed telecoms to enact a fair usage policy control for their customers, allowing them to monitor the network and partner data sources for abnormal or suspicious activity.
Another form of network monitoring needed for early warning is advanced algorithms. These can scout a network in real-time and pinpoint SIM cards or devices being used in abnormal fashions. Types of activity these algorithms can detect large volumes of traffic, data consumption, SMS messaging or multiple SIM registrations in a short length of time. Automated workflows can then determine the next appropriate step. Transactions can be blocked and network users banned to limit the damage.
As Artificial Intelligence becomes more accessible and easier to deploy, it could be key to protecting both providers and subscribers. Fraudulent behaviour will be able to be detected in real-time and fraudsters and transactions can be immediately blocked. As the intelligence analyses more examples of fraudulent behaviour it is predicted it will be able to learn the behavioural patterns leading up to an attempt at fraud and block it before any damage is done.
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Yesterday, it was spring – warm weather, wildflowers, sunshine. This morning, I woke up and there was a kid sledding down the street in front of my house. Just a reminder that weather can change quickly in the mountains, and just because the calendar says it is now spring, doesn’t mean diddly squat in terms of what to prepare for outside.
This morning Badger Pass was buried under 18 inches of new snow (at 7200 ft), we had around a foot here at our house in Yosemite West (~5300 ft), and someone in the Valley said that they even had accumulations of 5 inches or so. I wonder if it snowed down as far as the bright fields of poppies that everyone has been so crazy about lately, and also whether any intrepid soul managed to get a picture of the poppies with some snow on them. That would have been a unique picture to get.
There was, unfortunately, so much snow that Badger Pass didn’t open today – much to the chagrin of DP who is here from FL and was hoping to get a day of skiing in during his trip. I hope he’ll be able to squeeze some time in tomorrow to get a few runs. Tom and I are planning to have dinner with him this evening at the Mountain Room. I love the food at the Mountain Room, and I’m looking forward to that for sure!
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Trends for 2018 Pharmaceutical Industry
The pharmaceutical industry enters 2018 with an optimistic mood: new drugs enter the market faster than ever before. In the past few years, large and small drug developers have been successfully researching their products in a number of therapeutic areas, investors are actively supporting companies in the field of health care. However, will these trends continue over time or will pharmaceutical market players have to experience turbulence in their operations? Analysts point to both statements.
It is unlikely that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will take a more conservative position. Over the past few years, a number of measures have been taken to accelerate the launch of new drugs, including low-cost generics.
For EU countries, the situation is more uncertain due to the relocation of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) as part of Brexit. However, the EMA states that a number of steps have been taken to increase transparency and improve the performance of the regulator. Over the past few years, regulatory agencies in the US and the EU have released innovative drugs that promise to change the prospects for patients with various chronic and acute diseases. Many of these developments are expected to quickly become commercially successful. As for mergers and acquisitions (M&A), a surge in the activity of large pharmaceutical and biotechnological companies is also forecasted in this direction in 2018.
Focus on the latest pharmaceuticals
Before speaking about the future, we will summarize the preliminary results of 2017 regarding the R&D activity of pharmaceutical companies in order to understand what baggage companies came to the beginning of 2018. Evaluating the preliminary results of the FDA’s efforts to bring innovative drugs to the US market based on the results 2017, we can argue that the field of biopharmacy is at its peak. It is expected that by the end of 2017, the FDA will approve 43 new drugs that will bring their developers 31.6 billion dollars within 5 years after the launch.
Oncopathology is among the most promising areas for the development of innovative drugs. Nevertheless, it is expected that in 2018 the world pharmaceutical market will also be replenished with promising new pharmaceuticals for the treatment of HIV infection, diabetes mellitus, multiple sclerosis, orphan diseases, etc.
Top 10 most promising products that will be launched in 2018
- Biktegravir / Emtricitabine / Tenofovir (manufactured by Alafemide Gilead Sciences, for treatment of HIV)
- Semaglutide (manufactured by Novo Nordisk, for treatment of diabetes)
- Epacadostat (manufactured by Incyte Corporation, for treatment of melanoma)
- Rova-T (Rovalpituzumab Tesirin) (manufactured by Abbvie, for treatment of lung cancer)
- Ozanimod (manufactured by Celgene Corporation, for treatment of multiple sclerosis)
- Apalutamide (manufactured by Johnson & Johnson, for treatment of prostate cancer)
- Elagolix (manufactured by Abbvie, for treatment of endometriosis)
- AVXS-101 (manufactured by AveXis, for treatment of spinal muscular atrophy)
- Lanadelumab (manufactured by Shire, for treatment of hereditary angioedema)
- Epidiolex (cannabidiol) (manufactured by GW Pharmaceuticals, plc., for treatment of Lennox syndrome)
It is important to note that in the coming year the US expects patent protection for a number of drugs of biological origin to expire, which will potentially open the door to the market for their biosimilars.
M&A deals: will the temporary respite end?
The mergers and acquisitions sector in the healthcare sector was paused in 2016 due to the election of the US president. With the presidency of Donald Trump, analysts predicted some surge in M&A transactions in early 2017. However, assessing the quarterly activity of pharmaceutical and biotechnological companies in this direction, the expected surge did not occur. In general, 2017 was not very fruitful both in terms of the number of transactions and the volume of investments in them. However, a number of major agreements were concluded, including the agreement on the acquisition of the American pharmaceutical company Gilead Sciences, Inc. Kite Pharma, Inc. for 11.9 billion dollars ($ 180 per share in cash).
Many explain the lull in M&A as a lack of clarity regarding tax reform in the United States. In addition, potential buyers indicate the overvaluation of shares of companies that are willing to sell their assets. Analysts suggest a break in M&A in 2016–2017 may become a trigger for increasing the activity of pharmaceutical companies in this direction in 2018. The focus is supposed to be on companies that maufacture drugs for the treatment of cardiovascular diseases and diabetes. Pfizer is the greatest enthusiast in terms of willingness to conclude deals. In turn, Bristol-Myers Squibb and Biogen are likely to be the most sought-after shopping goals. Other major companies are Merck & Co and Gilead Sciences, Inc. They’ll also look around for suitable assets, analysts say.
Who will get “the laurel wreath”?
According to forecasts, the sales volume of each of the top 10 best-selling drugs in monetary terms on the world market in 2018 will exceed $6 billion. The laurels of the winner in this rating are likely to traditionally go to the AbbVie company Humira (adalimumab) with a projected sales volume of more than $20 billion. Thus, the gap in the income from sales of Humira (adalimumab) from the next drug in the top 10 – the drug Revlimid (lenalidomide) by Celgene – will exceed 10 billion dollars.
In general, the top 10 best-selling drugs on the world market in 2018 are projected to be able to accumulate sales revenue of $80.9 billion. The drugs of the Roche company – Avastin (bevacizumab), Rituxan (rituximab), Herceptin (trastuzumab) – will be able to immediately take 5th, 6th and 7th places in this list, respectively. By tradition, the main “cream” in the global pharmaceutical market will be collected by drugs that have long been familiar to patients. The relative newcomers to the potential top 10 best-selling drugs will be only the Merck & Co antitumor drug Keytruda (pembrolizumab), approved by the FDA in 2014.
As for the most profitable companies in the world market, in 2018 it is expected that the top three leaders from the list of top 10 will not undergo changes compared to previous years – Pfizer will remain the winner with sales revenue (prescription and over-the-counter drugs) at the level of 47.6 billion dollars. Novartis will take the second place with an indicator of 42.8 billion dollars, Roche will take the third place with an indicator of 42.4 billion dollars.
Predicting the situation on the global pharmaceutical market for 2018, analysts believe that not only US financial markets will influence the “climate” for biopharmaceutical companies – tightening control over drug pricing in the United States (the most profitable drug market in the world) will also remain a pressing issue. However, most likely, the debate regarding the strengthening of this control by the government will not go into action since even US President D. Trump, who previously made high-profile statements on this topic on Twitter, seems to have lost interest in this. In turn, the appointment of Alex Azar, the former top manager of the pharmaceutical company Elli Lilly, to the post of secretary of the administration (minister) for health and social services, is certainly a positive sign for the players of Big Pharma.
Along with pharmaceutical industry concerns over US government intervention in drug pricing, there is ongoing talk of a new strong player entering the market – the online giant Amazon. The company’s silence about its plans to enter the pharmaceutical market stimulated a lot of speculation around this topic, and analysts suggest that Amazon can expect different scenarios for participating in the drug supply chain: from launching an online pharmacy to pharmacy management. Nevertheless, this is more of a concern to the retail and wholesale segments of the pharmaceutical market than pharmaceutical manufacturers since Amazon is likely to become their client, rather than a competitor. The way the situation around the online giant will develop in 2018 is of great interest to the pharmaceutical industry.
As for the pace of research and development of new drugs, probably 2018 will be quite successful in this field. If we add here the expectation of concluding several major transactions and the absence of aggressive rhetoric regarding drug pricing policies, the prospects for the development of the global pharmaceutical market will seem even more cloudless.
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Enjoying the benefit of a massive, strong, and light 30mm crank spindle in your BB86 frame is possible with this kit. Press in the cups, set up the wave washer, add spacers if necessary, and torque down.
CeramicSpeed’s bottom bracket is also stiff and light, but it’s biggest benefits are from drag reduction. Standard Bearings with stock grease typically have frictional drag of 0.3-0.4 watts per set. That’s in the range of a 75% drag reduction compared to conventional bottom brackets. The bearings last at least three times longer than other bearings.
Performance can be tuned by grease choice. All Round comes with, but you can change it to TT and Track Grease for less drag or to LongLife for greater durability.
The PF4130 bottom bracket is Press Fit into 41mm diameter shells that are 86.5mm wide and mate most cranks with a 30mm spindle to that standard. If you have a BB86 frame and want to install a 386EVO crank or Rotor 30mm crank, this is the kit you need.
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Clairvoyance is the first thing people think of when they hear the word psychic. Initially, they think of someone who sees dead people walking around everywhere and admittedly, I used to think the same. In fact, I thought I wasn’t a good medium because I didn’t see ghosts walking around anymore at all (I saw full figures as a kid). So if it’s not seeing ghosts walking freely among us, then what is clairvoyance and how does it work? Visual people are more often than not, clairvoyant people. We have vivid dreams and when we explain something to you we use metaphors or vivid imagery to get our point across. Our stories take longer than most because we are trying to paint a picture for you because this is how we tend to process information. When we hear songs or when you tell us a story we can see it unfolding in our minds-eye.
Clairvoyants tend to learn best by watching; I was never a read a book and take a test kind of girl, I had to see it. While other kids were taking notes I was drawing pictures and diagrams. I eventually learned that if I took a mental image of something I could then drum it back up and my grades improved dramatically!
Creativity is perhaps one of the most dominant ways that clairvoyance manifests! Think about it… an artist drums up a picture from within before it is ever put to paper. As I’ve told you before I loved art, I had planned to be an artist since childhood. I took every art class there was to take throughout high school and I went to college for art. While I always had the inclination that I was a psychic of some sort, I never thought that my ability to paint and draw was my clairvoyance popping through.
Instead of thinking of clairvoyance as looking into a crystal ball and seeing the future, try to look at it from a more familiar viewpoint. Clairvoyant imagery more often than not shows up just like memories or daydreams would. It can look like images or movie-like scenes inside the minds-eye. This is also known as your third-eye chakra or the pineal gland. When people work to clear and decalcify the pineal gland their images become even more vivid!
Clairvoyance also manifests in other significant ways aside from seeing faces when you fall asleep, having telling dreams, and seeing energy. People who are clairvoyant can not only see images of people who have passed but they can also see through all the bull-sh*t.
That’s right, Clairvoyant people tend to see situations more clearly than most.
If you’re the friend that gets constant phone calls for your great advice it’s likely because you call them as you SEE them. You can see situations for what they really are and not just from outside appearances. Sometimes, you may wonder why your friend’s even call you for your advice because you give it to them straight…whether they want to hear it or not. The funny thing is, they will keep coming back because they realize you’re able to SEE the situation from all angles…without smoke and mirrors.
If throughout this article you’ve been saying to yourself “OMG THIS IS TOTALLY ME” or you’ve been seeing situations in the past where this has happened it may be time to dig a little deeper! Most of the time people who are clairvoyant don’t even know it but in fact, clairvoyance is a skill that can be honed in on, managed, and strengthened. As a clairvoyant myself, I eventually hit a brick wall with reading books and I needed something more. I needed a mentor and I needed practical exercises, once I had those things the wall was chopped down and I was using my gifts regularly and effectively!
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Roberto C. Segura
Robert is an Advocate
My personal method of seeing life came from an advisor I had while I was a community college student at Skyline College. I was struggling to maintain my GPA, and I felt like I wasn’t working hard enough because of all my other commitments different from my coursework. My advisor told me that education is like an Olympic swimming race; the contestants keep their heads down, but they keep working at the task at hand until they hit the finish line. Since hearing that, I have used that train of thought to propel myself through the struggles I’ve faced since then. I acknowledge that things are going to be rough, but if I keep at it, I will prevail.
The most important part of accelerating the development of science is the inclusion of new and diverse mindsets. These mindsets can come from many different sources, and first-generation college students are an abundant source of fresh minds. Plus, a recent 2017 study showed that nearly a quarter of students pursuing higher education identify as first-generation students, and the needs of these students must be met. These are students that have no prior knowledge about navigating the education system; in my case, I became the beacon that younger siblings and cousins would follow as they pursue their educations. By supporting these torch bearers, we can ensure that future generations of students will also encounter successful academic careers.
Science is one of the few truths that exist in this world, it is one of the few things that can be quantified in concrete values. Inherently, numbers will not lie to you unless they are forced to; this is why the integrity of science must be advocated for and protected. Along with this, science is the path that brings society to higher levels because it is the source of health and technological advancements. In essence, supporting science is supporting the future of our society.
An issue that many first-generation students in science face are the ominous “filter classes” that are perceived as methods to weed out the students that are “unfit” for STEM careers. The classic example of this is the calculus I class that many students take in their first semesters as STEM majors. I recall having self-doubt upon the completion of those classes. To address this issue, I became a supplemental instructor in mathematics and chemistry to facilitate the successes of other students going through those classes. Over the course of my three years at community college, two and a half of them were committed to being a source of support for students going through difficult courses. Coming out of that experience, I occasionally run into students that I had supported in class, and it gives me a sense of accomplishment to have had a positive impact on the experiences of other students. Presently, I advocate for the inclusion of undergraduate minority students in science, and I help bring students to the lab setting by introducing them to the NIH Bridges to the Baccalaureate Program.
Roberto C. Segura
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Dog noise phobia is very common. it can be triggered by pretty much anything loud - fireworks, thunderstorms, traffic, gunshots, and even bird noises. Yes, you heard that right. Some dogs are scared of birds. Usually, it's the other way around. Whatever the trigger for your dog's phobia, the result is the same: fear and anxiety.
The last thing you want is for your canine companion to feel this way. But what can you do about the noise? It's true, the noise is often out of your control. What you can do is help them deal with their fear. Here are a few ways that you can manage dog noise phobias:
Signs Of Noise Phobia In Dogs
Before you start treating a problem, you should be sure you know what you're dealing with. A few of the most common signs that your dog has a noise phobia are:
Urinating or defecating
Trying to escape
If you notice your dog behaving like this every time they're exposed to loud noises, then it's probably noise phobia.
Get A Check Up
Sometimes, there's a medical condition underlying a dogs fear of noise. This is especially the case when the phobia appears out of nowhere. Your first step in treating a noise phobic dog should be to take them for a vet checkup. That way, you'll be able to rule out a serious medical condition being the real problem.
Give Them A Safe Space
A fearful dog will naturally seek out a safe place. Some dogs want to hide somewhere small and dark. Some just want to be next to their owners. This won't fix the underlying issues, but it will ensure that the phobia doesn't get any worse.
If your dog is the hiding type, make sure they have a safe place to do this. Preferably a secure crate. Similarly, if your dog seeks out your companionship, then make sure you are there to comfort them. This can require some foresight — and a bit of sacrifice — on your part. If they're triggered by fireworks, for example, make sure you're around on the 4th of July.
Another thing to keep in mind is that the worst thing you can do to a fearful dog is to scold them. This will just escalate the phobia. In some cases, it may even cause them to become fearful of you, which is dangerous for everyone involved.
Counterconditioning is the process of associating fearful stimuli with something positive. As an example, say you have a dog who is scared of construction noise. In order to train them to associate positive feelings with construction noise, you can expose them to it in a controlled environment while feeding them their favorite treats. Over time, your dog will come to realize that construction noise means that it's time for a treat.
If you've exhausted all of your other options, then it may be time to consider medication. There are a number of medications available to treat noise phobias. Many of them have unpleasant side effects and some can even alter the personality of your dog. Still, in cases of severe phobia, the side effects may be worth it. In some cases, the phobia can't be cured. It's more a matter of managing it. With these techniques, you can help them live a healthy, happy life even with a noise phobia. It just requires you to put in a little work. And really, it's the least you can do to pay them back for all of the love and joy they provide you.
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I've edited the conf and sh file. Added my wireless interface name. Still for some reason when I execute the bash command it shows an error. And my network manager goes down. Is it happening beacuse of my network adapter?
Source - https://github.com/sensepost/manaDeprecation Notice
At Defcon 26 we talked about how we're deprecating mana-toolkit in favour of bettercap and berate-ap. The core of mana, hostapd-mana is still under active development. This repo isn't going anywhere, and can still be used, but it hasn't been actively maintained for some time. Keep an eye on w1f1.net for more info.
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Like no other olive oil you’ve ever experienced. Because nobody else blends at the exact moment of pressing — with freshly picked olives and oregano married in the olive mill.
Look for the complex co-mingling of olive fruitiness, oregano, and silky, pepper finish.
Join Us on the Experience of a Lifetime
Experience True Cultural Immersion Adventuring through the Beautiful & Historically-Significant Cities of Greece
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Moxie Multiply Programme | Monthly Debit Order
Fitness and wellness expert, Lisa Raleigh, brings you the Moxie Programme. Looking for a lifestyle change? The Moxie Programme is your fitness and wellness solution, providing you with this amazing opportunity to thrive in the new year!
On top of 16 home workouts loaded every month, the Moxie Programme also gives you access to Lisa’s 20 years of wellness guidance.
This means that you will get 4 new workouts every week, as well as exclusive exercise videos, downloadable PDF instruction sheets, daily inspiration, delicious healthy recipes and regular wellness advice from Lisa herself. That’s essentially everything you need to change your life for the better whenever you want, from wherever you are!
Regular member wellness challenges will keep you connected, accountable and able to track your performance and progress. You can also gain support for your new and improved lifestyle, and social interaction, through posting on the platform.
This convenient workout programme allows you to train effectively from anywhere, including home, the office or on holiday – so you don’t even need access to a gym! Lisa’s incredibly versatile workouts cater to both men and women, from beginners through to fitness fanatics. The Moxie programme brings you minimal equipment and zero excuses!
So, what are you waiting for? Set your intentions and begin your wellness journey with the Moxie Programme, and turn "one day" into "Day One".
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We have received news from MCU and Cricket Ireland that we can return to training, for a return to training having met the necessary protocols. Big thank you to Dan, Ben, Michael, Suzanne, Paddy and Renny who helped get the club ready.
The main reason why these protocols are in place is to keep us all safe, minimise risk of infection and enable contact tracing to work if someone has fallen ill. So here’s what you need to know:
Lismore Cricket Club are proud to unveil their new league and cup jerseys –
Designed by Club Member Dan Dixon (http://www.dandixondesign.com/) the Jersey sport our new Club Logo, with our iconic Lismore Blue Emblem. The Jerseys are now available in our regular white, and the new colour T20 one will be available shortly.
With COVID restrictions, we are are only going to get a limited amount of Cricket in this year, if any at all. This means that activity and participate around the club has been non existent up until the end of may and will be reduced for the remainder of the summer months. As a result, we have not had the opportunity to collect membership and match fees from everyone.
With a lot of people on a reduced working schedule, we recognise those additional financial difficulties. However costs of running the club still remain, with spending on insurance, grounds maintenance and upgrading the club house to make it suitable for COVID guidelines that may be put in place. We thank all members who have paid memberships already and encourage all other members to support the club over the coming season.
Junior Cricket in Lismore – a call for players and coaches
2019 has been a success in the continued recovery of Lismore Cricket Club. We have fielded two adult teams and increased participation in the club. It is heartening to see interest out there, and we must look to developing youth cricket and giving the game to the next generation of players.
We are proud to announce that we are hosting a Cricket Easter Camp on the Monday 15th April with Kevin O’Brien.
The club’s annual general meeting will be held in the Red House on Friday 8th February, from 7.30pm to 9.30pm.
The 2018 Minutes have been circulated already and will be taken as read on the night. If you would like a copy of the minutes, please email email@example.com
Things that will be covered include..
- Entering 2 teams into the League and Cup, and a social team to play RTE, The Cavs etc.
- Kevin O’Brien Easter cricket camp (to be held on the 15th 16th April)
- Under 15 and U13 League
- Election of club officers.
- Club development plans.
If you are interested in playing cricket with us for the coming season either as a new member or a rejoining member, then this is the perfect opportunity to meet some of the other members and get involved.
Look forward to seeing you.
The 2018 Committee!
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4 Steps to Getting Married in Mexico
Wedding planning is never easy. Arranging a wedding in a country other than your own can be downright terrifying. But once you’ve decided where to get married in Mexico, it’s time to start organizing. Here is a list of all the legal requirements for your Mexican wedding to help it go off without a hitch!
Step 1. Before the Marriage
In order to obtain your marriage license, you need to arrive in Mexico at least three days before the ceremony. Both you and your partner are required by law to undergo health tests, to check for blood type and sexually transmitted disease, and the waiting period once you’ve applied for your license will vary depending on where you marry.
You may need to arrive earlier if you’re marrying a Mexican national, as you need permission from Mexico’s Interior Ministry (Secretaria de Gobernacion – Oficina de Migracion). You need to get this from the office that has jurisdiction over the place you are getting married in.
If you’re divorced you need to check the rules in the state you’re marrying; most say that you both need to be divorced for at least one year before remarrying, but laws can differ slightly.
Step 2. Your Documents
You’ll need to get all your documents in order to get your marriage license. These include:
- Marriage application forms from the local registry office,
- Your passports (valid for at least six months, with a copy) and tourist cards from entering the country, plus birth certificates translated by an approved translator and certified (and copies),
- The health certificate you obtained from the health exams,
- Single status affidavits and, if you’re divorced, a divorce decree (women only) or death certificate if either of you is widowed,
- Originals and copies of ID for your four witnesses.
You’ll then pay a marriage license fee of about US$30 and wait for your license to be issued; this could take anywhere from half an hour to a few days.
Step 3. The Ceremony
Only civil ceremonies are recognised as legal in Mexico and will be recognised when you go home. You can have a religious ceremony in addition, but the civil ceremony is necessary. You need to have four witnesses to your ceremony, all with identification (usually a passport). They can be friends or family. At last you get to the beautiful part, when you forget about paperwork and exchange your vows! Your ceremony will likely be conducted in Spanish and translated into English, unless of course you feel confident enough in your Spanish so as to not require a translator.
Step 4. Going Home
You will be sent your marriage certificate The United States Department of State requires that all wedding certificates from ceremonies performed in Mexico have the Apostille Seal. The Office of Authentication at State Department is responsible for making sure your marriage is legal in the USA. If you’re going home to Canada, your marriage will be automatically recognised, but it’s a good idea to have your certificate translated and certified by a translator.
Is all this hard work worth the effort, or is it better to get married in your home country and have an easy symbolic ceremony in Mexico? Learning Spanish will make all the arrangements much easier – test your language level before planning starts!
Did you get married abroad? Tell us about your experience below!
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Art & Artists
Art Studios for Rent in Bushwick, Williamsburg, and ManhattanBy Mayela Rodriguez
February 7, 2022
Dozens of artists find and share art studio spaces every week on Listings Project. These artists are the lifeblood of our communities, keeping us connected to and engaged with the things that matter most. In this series, we showcase some of these art studios that were listed with us recently. To see our current available art studio listings, check out our most recent newsletter.
A Shared Photo Studio in Bushwick, Brooklyn
Oscar Ouk is a photographer working in Bushwick, Brooklyn.
“I have a gorgeous space located right off the Jefferson L train in Bushwick.The space will be shared with myself (a photographer as well) and we will specify our shooting days via a shared google calendar” - Oscar Ouk
A Recording Studio in Midtown, Manhattan
Ben C. is the founder of Studio One NYC in Midtown, Manhattan. You can also find Ben on Instagram.
“Our music studio was custom built by hand, with all gear and equipment in the room brand new. We welcome artists, producers, podcasters, audio/visual editors, voice actors, gamers with our unique space that has the look of your garden and the smell of Tulum!” - Ben C.
A Ceramic Studio in Williamsburg, Brooklyn
Victor Serrano runs NY Handcrafted in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. You can find Victor on Instagram.
“NY Handcrafted is a ceramic studio based in Brooklyn, NY founded in 2017 and is now open as a shared space. It is the home of a community of ceramists and artists with different levels of experience and expertise. A space where you can create, practice, fail, sell, and grow.” - Victor Serrano
Feature Photo by Oscar Ouk
Mayela Rodriguez, our Editorial Designer, works closely with the team to create designs for the website, newsletter, and user experience. A self-proclaimed “media-agnostic” artist, Mayela received her MFA from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. You can learn more about her work at www.mayelarodriguez.com.
Mayela Rodriguez | July 5, 2022
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There are over 16,000 Bitcoin ATMs scattered throughout the world. However, finding a local Bitcoin ATM can still be difficult depending on where you live. Bitcoin ATMs are a great hassle-free way to buy and sell cryptocurrency.
They operate in much the same manner as a traditional ATM but with a few select differences. There are a few different types of Bitcoin ATMs put out by different service providers, but they all function in essentially the same way.
If you are wondering how to find a Bitcoin ATM, this guide will point you in the right direction.
What Is a Bitcoin ATM?
A Bitcoin ATM is a kiosk that allows you to trade cryptocurrency. If you have ever used a traditional ATM with your bank card you are familiar with how they work.
Instead of linking to your bank account, Bitcoin ATMs link to a crypto exchange or private crypto wallet.
How Do Bitcoin ATMs Work?
All you need to do to operate a Bitcoin ATM is input your payment method. Most often this is a credit or debit card. Then you select how you want to buy or sell Bitcoin. You can do this on an exchange, or through a private wallet.
Enter the denomination you wish to purchase and the funds will be transferred from your card into your Bitcoin wallet in the form of crypto. If you need additional guidance on how to use a Bitcoin ATM check www.bytefederal.com.
Where Can I Find a Local Bitcoin ATM
If you live in a major metropolitan area, chances are you have many different options for Bitcoin ATMs. If you live in a more rural area, you may need to travel to a more populous area to find a Bitcoin ATM.
However, Bitcoin ATMs are now becoming more and more prevalent in rural areas. Here are some common ways to find a Bitcoin ATM near you.
Many different websites show the location of Bitcoin ATMs in your geographic area. Try doing a bit of research to find out where the closest one to your locale is.
Check Your Supermarket
Bitcoin ATMs are popping up all over the place. One of the most popular locations for them is the local supermarket. Check by the video rental RedBox, vending machines, or coin conversion kiosk and you might see one.
Check a Corner Store
Many corner stores such as 7/11 and even gas station stores now have Bitcoin ATMs. If you have a few corner stores in your town, scope them all out to see if they have a Bitcoin ATM.
Give Bitcoin ATMs a Try
Bitcoin ATMs are the most recent addition to the science fiction novel that our lives have become. If you see this space-age contraption at your local supermarket, you may stand in awe of its glory for a few moments.
If you know how to use Bitcoin in a conventional sense, your next step is to try purchasing some on a Bitcoin ATM. Use the information in this guide to find a local Bitcoin ATM near you. For other relevant information, check out our site.
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AI represents the next step in service transformation. It’s a hotter topic now than IoT. Indeed, many companies have already been hard at work for months if not years in putting together an AI program. The work has been tedious, lengthy and expensive. Man years have been spent:
- Pulling historical data together
- Optimizing it (defining, organizing, eliminating null sets, cleaning things up)
- Loading it into a data warehouse
Once this multi-year exercise has been completed, these companies then go about the process of:
- Hiring data scientist(s)
- Having the scientists look through the data and identify trends
This takes at least another year before any kind of meaningful results emerge. And mostly what they’re after is the ability to look at their products’ performance in the field and try to establish some predictive models around the data. The goal is to be able to look at a machine’s performance and be able to predict failure.
The price? 3 years and $3,000,000. Just a guess, but I bet I’m close.
This is the hard way. And until recently, it’s been the only way.
RevTwo has developed an AI solution that utilizes product data at the time of the support event, combined with visual and tactile observations, to provide solutions or guidance towards a solution, usually within minutes. As RevTwo AI gets exposed to more service events, it gets smarter and smarter and more capable of dealing with a growing variety of machines and use cases. And this expertise becomes available to your entire service and support organization, in effect making everyone individually as knowledgeable as the collective team.
By the way, RevTwo was started by the same group who started the company with the first IoT platform – Axeda. We grew that company to more than 200 customers, and the technology is reliable and still largely in use today.
So we’ve proven that we can build solutions that work and scale.
Here are some examples of the challenges RevTwo AI is helping customers with:
- Experienced FSEs are retiring, taking years of knowledge with them
- You have to download and send log files back and forth
- Different FSEs fix the same problem different ways
- High number of “No Problem Found” service calls
- Parts are needlessly replaced
- As product complexity increases, the demands on the FSE increase and the number of SME’s is shrinking
- Call center agents spend valuable time simply trying to understand the status of the device
- Many calls are for issues your customers could have fixed
- Calls are escalated when they don’t have to be
RevTwo can even help with agent retention. See one of our recent posts where we talk about how.
All of this can be done without spending all that time with the data. Without an expensive data scientist. Without spending 3 years and $3 million. And this solution is available today.
Join the service transformation movement and reach your goals quickly. Don’t do it the hard way. Check us out at www.revtwo.com.
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Peucestas was born in the Macedonian town Mieza (modern Naousa) as the son of an otherwise unknown Alexander. The stages of his early career are unknown to us and it is possible that he joined Alexander at a later stage of his campaign. However this may be, Peucestas was present during the return from the Punjab, which started in the summer of 326.
In a valuable document (quoted here), he is mentioned as one of the thirty-three trierarchs of the fleet that Alexander had built to ship his men to the Indian Ocean. The word "trierarch" means "captain" but it seems that something more important was meant in the present case, because all members of Alexander's inner circle are mentioned as trierarchs. This makes it clear that Peucestas was an important member of the royal court, and since he did nothing special during the earlier campaigns, we may assume that he was a member of the highest Macedonian nobility. Perhaps he was a younger youth friend of the Macedonian crown prince.
The nations along the Indus offered resistance against Alexander's navy and army. In January 325, the Macedonians had to fight themselves a way through the country of the Mallians (Indian Mâlava). During the siege of their capital, modern Multan, Alexander was seriously wounded. He owed his survival to Leonnatus, Abreas and Peucestas, who protected the king with a sacred shield that Alexander had taken away from Troy.
One year later, Peucestas was rewarded with a golden diadem. This was an exceptionally high honor, because only three others received this sign of esteem (text). He was also appointed satrap of the heartland of the former Achaemenid empire, Persis. In this quality, he commanded a company of Persian soldiers that were to replace the Macedonian veterans (early 323).
Peucestas was still one of the members of Alexander inner when the great conqueror died: he was present at the drinking party of Medius that was to be Alexander's last supper, and he slept in the temple of Serapis, hoping to receive in his dreams instructions about the cure of the king (go here for the text about and a discussion of this incident).
In the confused period of the Diadochi, which began with the death of Alexander (June 11, 323), Peucestas remained satrap of Persis. Both Perdiccas and Antipater, who served as regents for Alexander's brother Arridaeus, reinvested him in his function (at the settlements of Babylon in June 323 and Triparadisus). It must have been difficult to ignore him, because he was the only Macedonian who had taken the trouble to learn the Persian language.
In 317, one of Alexander's successors, Peithon the satrap of Media, tried to subdue the leaders of the eastern provinces. Peucestas and the other satraps united and offered resistance. Their common army was still at Susa when Eumenes arrived, the former secretary of Alexander. The regent Polyperchon had appointed him as commander of an army in Asia that had to resist Antigonus Monophthalmus, a general with plans identical to Peithon's.
Peucestas wanted to remain neutral, but was forced to join Eumenes' army. After all, Eumenes was still fighting for the sake of the Macedonian royal house. Antigonus and Eumenes joined battle in Paraetacene (near modern Esfahan), but the engagement remained undecided. In the spring of 316, a second battle was fought in the district of Gabiene (near Susa). Peucestas, who was an unwilling ally of Eumenes, deliberately retreated from the battle field, which gave Antigonus an opportunity to defeat his enemy.
After the battle, Peucestas surrendered to Antigonus, but he was not reinstated. Peucestas' later career is unknown, but is seems that he survived Antigonus and was one of the favorites of his son Demetrius.
Peucestas is not to be confused with his namesake, a military commander of Egypt.
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The latest news and key topics for businesses looking to locate and grow in Kent.
Demelza Hospice Care for Children is working with an award-winning Kent housebuilder to bring forward plans for vital nursing accommodation.
Pioneering logistics provider Europa Worldwide Group which has its headquarters based at Shield Road, Dartford, Kent, has appeared for the first time in The Sunday Times Profit Track 100 2021, which ranks Britain’s 100 private companies with the fastest-growing profits (over their latest three years).
A Kent council looks set to become the first in the county to formally commit to helping small and medium-sized house builders for the benefit of the community.
Leading South East law firm Thomson Snell & Passmore has appointed Tom Hall as a Partner to its Court of Protection department.
Specialist 3pl logistics provider Europa Warehouse which has a site based at its headquarters in Shield Road, Dartford, Kent, is celebrating the success of its Management Trainee programme, designed to give graduates an opportunity to fast track a career in logistics.
Leading South East law firm Thomson Snell & Passmore has been appointed to specialist bank Shawbrook’s legal panel. The firm’s commercial property department will advise the bank on a wide range of development finance matters going forward.
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KNAPP AG has won a major order to automate the new Campus North distribution centre of the adidas Group in Germany, which supports the companys European e-commerce business. Adidas has commissioned KNAPP to automate its new e-commerce centre in Rieste, near Osnabrück in northwest Germany. With the provision of a new, high-performance all-in-shuttle solution, KNAPP will support the adidas Group in handling the flow of e-commerce goods, enabling strong growth in the business and making it possible for the organisation to react flexibly to the changing demands in the sportswear sector.
With more than 55,000 employees in over 160 countries, the adidas Group produces a wide range of articles each year. In peak periods, more than 350,000 products a day leave the groups largest distribution centre worldwide. The expansion of the facility with KNAPPs automation solution will allow the constantly growing volume of e-commerce orders to be handled effectively. Alongside managing the large quantities of outgoing deliveries and the constantly changing assortment, the adidas Group has a strong focus on customer service. Fast transit times and high levels of flexibility were therefore crucial in the choice of system.
The e-commerce solution being delivered by KNAPP, particularly its OSR ShuttleTM technology, fits the bill precisely for these requirements. Thanks to the design of the Pick-it-Easy Shop workstations, order picking is carried out ergonomically according to the goods-to-person principle in an intuitive, error-free workflow. The warehouse logistics software, KiSoft, guarantees efficient processing for every article in the online shop.
Start-up of the new system is planned for 2018. Gerald Hofer, CEO of KNAPP AG, is delighted about the new order: This project is a prime example of our philosophy of making complexity simple. The flexible OSR ShuttleTM solution provides access at all times to all articles and gives the adidas Group the independence needed for future business development. The entire solution is modularly constructed and can be easily expanded. We look forward to the collaboration with the adidas Group and the successful realization of this all-in-shuttle project.
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Denmark: Torm buys two new MR resale vessels3.08.2017 Denmark: Torm buys two new MR resale vessels
Berlingske, 03 Aug 2017, online:-
Danish shipping company Torm has announced that it has signed an agreement to buy two fuel-efficient and high-specification MR resale vessels. The two 50,000 dwt vessels are currently under construction at the Korean yard Hyundai Mipo and will be delivered to Torm later this quarter.
Torm has bought a total of six MR vessels for a total consideration of USD 185mn (EUR 157.42mn) during the third quarter of 2017.
Link to original article
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Lokoloko ecological wallpaper
Loko Loko wallpaper is completely ecological, meeting the expectations to decorate any space as it is completely free of PVC and is printed with nickel-free eco inks, therefore it is ideal for sanitary and children's spaces.
Variety in designs, patterns and textures
At Lokoloko we have created a wide variety of designs classified by categories that make it easy for you to find the one that best suits your decoration.
The diversity of designs range from printed textures that imitate materials such as concrete and cement of different colors and textures, geometric patterns of different styles, sizes and colors, textures that imitate terrazzo, fabrics as well as abstract or figurative images of all kinds.
Designs of varied decorative lines that cover neutral styles with a reduced color palette to chromatic designs with a wide color palette that allow you to play with the different tones that the decoration presents.
The wide variety of designs according to decorative trends, make our wall papers a potential bet to achieve a multitude of styles that cover the deco trends that dominate the most current market, such as Nordic, Minimalism, Mediterranean, Industrial, Boho styles. , Wabi Sabi, Minimalist, Industrial, Boho Chic, Navy, Eclectic, Retro... Loko Loko accommodates a huge variety of currents.
Why buy self-adhesive ecological wallpaper?
Wallpaper is a quick and economical solution for any decorative project, for very little you can cover large walls from floor to ceiling with the pieces without works.
You do not need to buy a multitude of tools, just a water sprayer, forgetting about the complicated, slow and dirty process of gluing both walls and pieces of paper, this translates into cleanliness and a great saving of material, labor and time in the work process.
Characteristics of our eco-friendly wall paper
The paper is ecological, a PVC-free material printed with nickel-free eco inks, soft and pleasant to the touch, making it an ideal material for children's and sanitary spaces.
Its technology is patented, the dry back has an adhesive that is activated by spraying water on it, thus eliminating the traditional, cumbersome and slow gluing process.
During installation, it is a material that can be repositioned as many times as you want until the installation of the pieces is perfect. If the material dries out during installation it loses its adhesive properties, to recover them it is enough to spray water again on the back and surface.
All Lokoloko paper designs are original and exclusive to the brand, so if you want any changes you can request it with a prior estimate.
If you need special measures larger than those offered, they can be made on request.
The material and design are of European manufacture, complying with all the necessary regulations for interior design and various types of quality certificates, which we can offer if you need them so that you can attach them to your projects.
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2023-10-01T06:32:27Z
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William Stuart Lock Maxwell was born in Brixton, one of the six children of William Henry Maxwell (1864-1938) and Agnes Sarah Maxwell née Lock (1864-1953). His birth was registered in 4th quarter of 1892 in the Lambeth registration district.
The Redbridge Museum website gives much detail about this man.
The 1901 census shows him living at 20 Thornton Street, Brixton, with his parents and four siblings: Nellie Elizabeth Maxwell (b.1888), Bernard Maxwell (1895-1970), Charles Stewart Maxwell (1897-1973) and Ada Blanche Maxwell (1899-1980). His father was described as a foreman carpenter.
When his father completed the 1911 census return form he is shown as a railway clerk living in a six room property called Mayville, West Grove, Woodford Green, London, with his parents and three siblings: Bernard, Charles and Ada. His father described himself as a foreman carpenter employed at Kennel & Poultry Houses. His brother Charles was a confectioner's clerk, whilst his other siblings were shown as still at school.
He enlisted in 1914 at Bow into the 17th (County of London) Battalion, The London Regiment, (Poplar and Stepney Rifles), service number 2417 and entered France on 24 June 1916. On 25 November 1916 he and his battalion were sent to Salonika (now called Thessaloniki), Greece, where he arrived on 1 December 1916. On 1 January 1917 Territorial Force service numbers were changed and his became 570655. The battalion was moved on 15 June 1917 to Egypt where he arrived on 18 June 1917.
Having risen to the rank of Serjeant he was serving in the regiment's 2nd/17th (County of London) Battalion) when he died of wounds, aged 25 years, on 18 November 1917 at the British Red Cross Hospital, Giza, Egypt and was buried in Row F, Grave 348 in the Cairo War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt. His army effects totalling £13-17s-8d were sent to his father on 5 April 1918 and his £17-10s-0d war gratuity was also despatched to his father on 20 November 1919 at 34, West Grove, Woodford Green, Essex. He was posthumously awarded the British War Medal 1914-1918 and the Victory Medal.
He is commemorated as W. S. L. Maxwell on the St Barnabas, Woodford Green, war memorial and as W. Maxwell on the WW1 Monument at Liverpool Street Station. He is also commemorated on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission's website and in the Imperial War Museum's Lives of the First World War website.
Credit for this entry to: Andrew Behan.
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The elegant intricate patterns in this Hand-woven Silapacheep Silk from Her Majesty Queen Sirikit’s Silapacheep Arts and Handicrafts Center draws sophisticated attention to this Clutch Bag design. Painstaking designed and crafted with a Gold Plated Sterling Silver four finger ring that allows a graceful grip on the clutch with the ornamental blossomed Gold and Diamond five Flower petaled with Pearl Center and Scarab, set on 18K Gold.
Inspired by the foundation laid by Her Majesty Queen Sirikit the Queen Mother, widely known as "The Patroness of Thai Crafts" for her dedication to preserving and supporting folk handicrafts, the Silapacheep Silk patterns were selected and woven into this elegant clutch.
From artistic conceptualization to design to collaboratively finishing this Handbag took more than 4 months to complete with over 18 craftsmen involved at various stages.
White Rose Cut Diamonds: 2.97 cts.
Pearl: 1.69 gms.
Size: 25.0 (L) x 20 (H) x 9 (W) cms.
Weight: 688.46 gms.
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It was 2012 when Jeremy Bolm (Touché Amoré), Jay Weinberg (Slipknot), Neeraj Kane (Hope Conspiracy) and Stephen ‘Scuba’ LaCour (ex-Trap Them) fused their talents.
This is their first full-length release and leverages each member’s influences to form a raw but curiously cohesive whole. Teeth is a good example of the heavy, messy post-hardcore they favour.
Guthrie opens at full speed, closes with powerful, drawn-out vocals, and features an aggressive almost- chorus in between. Ends (Pt. 2) and Away feature compelling drum work as they take on a sombre tone but, unfortunately, the emotional vocals get drowned out. For the most part, though, Jeremy’s vocals are impressive, swinging from moody to fiercely raucous. This takes a pleasing few listens to fully appreciate; while it’s a touch self-indulgent, it’s angry, honest, and free of reservation or rules.
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Aggressively Defending You In Your Time Of Need
Facing criminal charges can feel like a low point in your life. At Randle & Randle Attorneys At Law, LLC, we know that mistakes happen and bad things happen to innocent people. We can protect you with a zealous and aggressive criminal defense.
At our law firm, we walk by faith, not by sight. This means we take control of your situation through strong legal advocacy.
Knowledgeable Defense Makes A Difference
Because Lorenzo Randle has decades of experience in criminal law, there are few problems he has not encountered. Our attorneys will carefully assess your case and help you understand your options. Once we determine the right approach for you, we will aggressively pursue it. We handle felonies and misdemeanors, including:
- Assault, domestic violence
- Burglary felonies
- Traffic violations, including driving with a suspended license
Ready For Trial
Not every criminal case needs to or should go to trial. But if going to trial is in your best interests, we will not hesitate to defend you in front of a jury or judge. With decades of experience, we know what it takes to present a compelling argument. We will do everything in our power to protect your rights and your freedom.
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While a recently purchased New England style cottage was classically charming, the newly acquired residence somehow just didn’t match the modern sensibilities of the owner. The existing residence had demure spaces, limited views, and nothing seemed to flow; and while the bones of the house seemed promising it simply was just too confining to be comfortable. And while we all agreed that the residence had good bones, it was quickly understood that some radicle procedures would be necessary. The first step was to rework the floor plan, the changes focused on a central spine that would organize the program and allow for the main spaces to be revealed. The second step was to add a bit of square foot to help open the house, this created some accessible outdoor spaces and a more classically modern approach to the exterior could be developed around an indoor/outdoor approach. Properly appointing the residence was the final step, with the introduction of a neutral textured pallet, elegant livable furnishings, and a backdrop of cabinetry the home was able to realize a more modern sensibility. In the end, all of these moves, helped to reveal the essence of the home; now not confined by tradition, the home could actually breathe, free to bring the outdoors in while still maintaining the warmth and charm of the original.
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The abundant life in Christ is an ever-changing and developing life. That’s because it’s based on a relationship and not on a list of do’s and don'ts. For instance, in a marriage you feel as though you love your mate to the full at first, but then you realize years later that you love her more now than you did then. Why is that? It’s because the relationship grew and matured as you spent more time with each other getting to know one another more intimately. This is what will happen as we have a growing relationship with Jesus. Now, even though life with Jesus is not about a list of do’s and don’ts, like any relationship, there are some guardrails that must be present to enhance the relationship. For instance, a husband should only flirt with his wife (a do) and not with another woman (a don’t). His job is to do things to pursue her, and likewise, for her to pursue him. Jesus has already shown that He has and does pursue us, so it’s our job to pursue Him as well. As we are consistent in our pursuit of Him, we will experience love, joy, peace, and contentment in a way that could never happen without Jesus. Jesus will bring and reveal purposes to our lives that go beyond the norm. True blessings, ones that last, will be experienced in a way that material wealth and worldly success cannot bring. Does that mean this life will be easy and free from pain or difficulties? No. We live in a fallen world, so until we are in Heaven we will have to deal with the results of a fallen and sin-filled world. However, the difference is in the hope and assurance we have in Jesus. Jesus will see us through those times, and He will teach us and use us in and through those times to make us more like Him and point others to Him. Jesus said in John 16:33, “These things have I spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.” Also, three times in Scripture we are told that the Lord will never leave us or forsake us. (See Deuteronomy 31:15, Joshua 1:5, and Hebrews 13:5.) These are comforting words and words of divine hope when things are hard, but only for those who have the abundant life in Jesus.
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Every time I post screenshots of my iPhone homescreen here on MacStories, I get comments and emails asking me about “that blue icon” next to Captio in my dock. Since I wasn’t able to reply to all those comments and emails and I love to talk about apps that change my workflow, I want to clear the air on this app and write about it.
The app is called “Favorites”, it’s been around for a while in the App Store and it’s developed by Matt Legend Gemmell over at Instinctive Code. It’s a very straightforward app that lets you create shortcuts for your favorite contacts and tap on them to initiate a phone call. Think of it as a homescreen for your contacts.
I fire up the app every day, every hour, to load up my favorite contacts and call them when I need to. Favorites comes with a grid layout that arranges your contacts visually by using the photo assigned to them in Address Book, and the more contacts you add via the “+” button, the smaller they become in the grid. You can set a custom wallpaper, if you don’t like standard black.
You can tweak the app in the Settings. You can decide to show names and change the default behavior from Phone to, say, SMS (I just use the app to quickly start phone calls), change the trigger to double tap and even set the double tap interval.
So why do I use this, instead of skimming through contacts in the Phone app? Because it’s easier, it’s visual – I got used to it. $1.99 in the App Store.
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Website Address: http://www.sharkeyewheelaligners.com
We build high quality wheel aligners. These are mainly made from steel and use lasers and CNC to add the magic. We design, manufature and assemble in Sheffield City Region.
We are working on Quality all the time. Our product rivals Snap-On & Supertracker (world leaders) for quality.
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Cleaning your patio cover is a lot like going to the dentist; its not fun but it has to be done. Here are a few tip that might help and after its over, you will get to pick a small toy out the the surprise box!
The ceiling does not need too much attention; perhaps just once a year, wipe it down with a kitchen spray cleaner with bleach to prevent mold and algae from forming. If you use a smoker or BBQ (grill for you Southerners) then the ceiling of your patio cover may become sooty and greasy. In this case, a de-greasing detergent might be necessary. Magnum Patio Covers Company uses high quality aluminum materials which are professionally powder coated and can handle most kitchen grade cleaners. If you have to step up to something stronger, acetone can be used however only sparingly and know that if you scrub too hard acetone can remove the paint.
On The Top
The top of your patio cover can be a challenge. Leaves and fir needles make a mess quickly so its best to use your blower and blow them off as often as you can. Then, two or three times a year you will want to use a car wash brush and car wash soap to keep it looking good. Add some bleach to it to fight the mold and moss. If you pressure wash, be sure not to hit the caulking that is over the screws. The gutters are narrow, so its best to hose everything down to each end and then scoop it out.
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