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Vannarah Riggs (June 30, 1989), better known under her ring name Su Yung, is an American female professional wrestler, currently signed to Impact Wrestling. She is also known for her time in WWE's developmental territory, FCW, under the name Sonia. She also currently competes at Shine Wrestling.


Riggs got her start in wrestling after moving to Memphis, Tennessee in 2007 to become a professional wrestler. She has worked for several promotions including Lady Sports, MLL, GCW, and Jerry Lawler's Memphis Wrestling. In February 2010, Riggs made her debut for Main Event Championship Wreslting as a villainess under the name Su Yung and defeated Tracy Taylor.


In May 2010, Riggs was signed to a developmental contract with WWE. On September 18, 2010, she made her debut at FCW house show under the name Vannah, sharing ring announcing with Matt Martlaro. The next month her name was changed to Sonia. She made her FCW in-ring debut as a heel on December 2, 2010 at a house show losing to AJ Lee. In mid-2011, Sonia teamed up with Audrey Marie in a losing effort against AJ and Aksana. On July 8, Sonia was defeated by Aksana in a triple-threat match for the FCW Divas Championship that also included Naomi. On August 8, 2011, she was released from her developmental contract.


Su debuted for Shine Wrestling as a babyface along with Tracy Taylor to form The West Coast Connection on July 20, 2012. On that evening, the duo lost to Made In Sin (Allysin Kay and Taylor Made) at SHINE 1. A month later at SHINE 2, Su picked up her first Shine victory by defeating Kimberly and she and Tracy defeated Gabby Gilbert and Luscious Latasha at SHINE 3. Su's winning streak continued with victories over Rhia O'Reilly and Josie, but it came to an end at SHINE 6 in January 11, 2013 when she was defeated by Ivelisse. At SHINE 7 on February 22, Su teamed up with Tracy and Mia Yim in a losing effort to Valkyrie members Made In Sin and April Hunter. A month later, Su defeated Brittney Savage via submission with her Yellow Fever finisher.


At SHINE 9, Su was defeated by Saraya Knight in a SHINE Championship Tournament qualifying match. In the tournament at SHINE 11 on July 12, Su was defeated by LuFisto in a four-way qualifying match that also included Nikki Roxx and Mercedes Martinez. At SHINE 12 on August 23, Su again teamed with Tracy Taylor in a losing effort to Daffney's All-Star Squad members Nikki Roxx and Solo Darling. However, at SHINE 13, Su defeated La Rosa Negra, Taeler Hendrix, and the debuting Xandra Bale in a four-way match. Su competed against Solo Darling in back-to-back Shine events; losing at 14 and winning at 15. At SHINE 16 on January 24, 2014, Su was defeated by Mercedes Martinez. At SHINE 17 on February 28, Su and Tracy Taylor teamed up in a losing effort to Made In Sin in the quarterfinals of the SHINE Tag Team Championship Tournament.


On April 18, Su defeated Rhia O'Reilly via submission at SHINE 18 and was attacked by Saraya Knight after the match. Later in the event, Su turned into a villainess by aligning with Valkyrie and attacking Ivelisse in the ring, and later attacking her tag team partner, Tracy Taylor, ending The West Coast Connection in the process. At SHINE 19 on May 23, the evil Su eliminated Taylor in a ten-woman elimination tag team match, which was won by Valkyrie. At SHINE 20 on June 27, Su competed in her first singles match as a villainess and defeated Justine Silver via submission; using the new finisher, The Purge. At SHINE 21 on August 22, Su was defeated by Nevaeh in a #1 Contender's four-way match that also included Amazing Kong and Leah Von Dutch. At SHINE 22 on October 10, Su defeated Amanda Rodriguez via submission.


On December 10, 2017, Swann was arrested in Gainesville, Florida on charges of battery and kidnapping/false imprisonment. She was identified as his wife. According to the arrest report, Swann and Riggs had gotten into an argument over Swann critiquing Riggs' performance at a show that night. When Riggs tried to get away from Swann, witnesses state that he grabbed her in a headlock and dragged her back into his car. On January 25, 2018, all charges against Swann were dismissed after prosecutors determined that there was “insufficient evidence” to move forward with the case.<|endoftext|>Maryland to receive $10M from EpiPen maker Mylan in Medicaid fraud settlement - Carroll County Times


The state of Maryland will receive nearly $10 million from Epipen maker Mylan, part of the company’s $465 million settlement with the Department of Justice over allegations that it overbilled Medicaid for the life-saving allergy medication injections, Maryland Attorney General Brian Frosh announced Thursday.


The settlement resolved allegations that Mylan improperly classified EpiPens, a brand-name drug, as a generic medication between 2010 and 2016 to avoid paying higher rebates on the epinephrine-filled devices — overcharging state Medicaid programs while raising the price of the medication in the private market.


“Mylan illegally reduced its rebate obligations to the Medicaid program while increasing the cost of its EpiPen for consumers in the private market,” Frosh said in a statement. “Every drug manufacturer must report honest and accurate information, and Mylan must pay the cost for failing to do so.”


The Pennsylvania-based phamaceutical company did not respond to a request for comment Thursday. Instead, a company spokeswoman referred The Sun to a press release Mylan issued last August when the terms of the settlement were finalized.


“The settlement does not contain an admission or finding of wrongdoing by Mylan or any of its affiliates or personnel,” the statement said. “The U.S. Department of Justice’s own press release announcing the agreement stated that the settled claims were ‘allegations only’ and that there was ‘no determination of liability.’ ”


Maryland will receive about $9.98 million of the settlement money that will be shared by the participating states, Frosh said.


Mylan drew public ire for its decision to raise the price of a two-pack of EpiPens to $600 last year, up from $100 in 2007, and the company’s unpaid rebates totaled as much as $1.27 billion between 2000 and 2016, according to a report by the Department of Health and Human Services.


Evan Smith, 9, of Manchester, competes in the Public Relations category during the Alpaca judging at the 4H & FFA Fair on Saturday.


Students took their alpacas through public relations training. The fuzzy animals were taken through a course that simulated opening umbrellas, clanging cans in a trash bag and being petted the wrong way.<|endoftext|>This Thursday, Sept 14th, don't miss guitar ace Ray Obiedo with Peter Horvath, Dewayne Pate, Alex Murzyn, Colin Douglas and Jon Bendich.


Media portrayal of cosmetic procedures can lead to patients being misinformed with unrealistic expectations and little understanding of risk-factors. Miss Julie Brackenbury discusses how this can affect the patient practitioner relationship


With a growing influx of cosmetic television programmes, most aesthetic practitioners would agree they have noticed a shift in their practice trends. As well as affecting the consultation process and the patient’s perception of procedures, we may need to be prepared to make a few changes to clinical practice.


Arguably, we now live in a beauty- and youth-focused society. With cosmetic surgery and non-surgical procedures not only available to the rich and famous anymore, we now see people in their 30s or even younger, wanting to slow down the ageing process. This is indicative of how our society, values and expectations have been indoctrinated by the media in our culture. Without doubt, television is one of the most intrusive of the various media tools available and what television portrays can have major effects on our values and behaviour.


With the advent of the internet, information is now easily accessible in our contemporary society so practitioners know and should expect that many patients research procedures before seeking a consultation. Irrespective of the source, or whether the information is accurate or not,


1255499  Area Chamber of Commerce hosted the 2018 Economic Summit, presented by TexasBank, on Tuesday, February 20th, from 8 to 11 a.m. at the Howard Payne University Mabee Center.


Event speakers included U.S. Congressman Mike Conaway, Brownwood Municipal District Director Guy Andrews, Ann Jones with the Heartland Association of Realtors, and Texas State Demographer Dr. Lloyd Potter. Sponsors for the event included Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices, Coldwell Banker – Mark Campbell and Associates, and the Brownwood Municipal Development District.


First to speak was Congressman Conaway, to give an overview of the national economy and recent activity in Washington under President Trump’s administration. Congressman Conaway is pictured at top.


Press Release – The Brownwood Area Chamber of Commerce announced this week that registration for the 2018 Economic Summit is currently underway. The event will feature Texas State Demographer Dr. Lloyd Potter as the keynote speaker. The summit will be held on Tuesday, February 20th at Howard Payne University’s Bullion Suites in the HPU Mabee Center from 8:00 AM to 11 AM.


Lloyd Potter was appointed State Demographer on June 4, 2010. He is a professor in the Department of Demography at The University of Texas at San Antonio where he also serves as the director of the Institute for Demographic and Socioeconomic Research (IDSER). He has extensive experience working as an applied demographer in several settings.


Dr. Potter will outline current demographic and population trends in the state of Texas and specifically Brown County and how they may impact the economic future.


AUSTIN, Texas - The Texas Commission on Public School Finance met for the first time Tuesday. The panel has been tasked with coming up with recommendations to overhaul what's been deemed a "broken" school finance system, and it's dredging up old feuds over how best to fund public education in Texas.


Public school advocates are pushing for more funding overall, while some lawmakers continue to question whether more money will lead to better outcomes.


"We're spending a lot of money," said state Sen. Larry Taylor, R-Friendswood. "We need to make sure that every dollar we spend gets the most bang for the buck out of it."


The population of the state of Texas is growing faster than any other state, a state demographer said.


According to the U.S. Census Bureau report, nearly 400,000 more people became Texans in 2017. That equals out to about 1,000 people per day.


SAN ANTONIO - Texas grew by more than one-thousand people per day last year, according to a U.S. Census Bureau report. The report, which looked at the population from July 1, 2016 to July 1, 2017, also said Texas saw the most numerical growth in the country, but compared to years past, it was lower.


“There still are people moving to Texas, [but] not as many as there were moving in 2015,” State Demographer Lloyd Potter said.


According to the report, 399,734 people became Texans. More than half of the new Texans were newborn babies, which Potter said was growing at a steady pace. The rest were people moving to Texas, which has actually declined.<|endoftext|>“Just trust your gut” is great advice when your instincts tell you to run from a lion in the jungle. But when it comes to thinking innovatively about your business, those same instincts can be your own worst enemy. Cognitive biases—the instinctual mental shortcuts we all have in our brains that shape how we see and respond to the world around us—can also be the archnemeses of innovation/innovative thinking. New ideas appear too risky. Data gets discounted if it doesn’t match the hypothesis of the researcher. And even like-minded innovation enthusiasts can find that enacting disruptive change is tough when they all see things the same way.


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The only constant in Summer St. Clare's life is Paladin, the fictional hero who's becoming more real with every kiss.


Struggling novelist Summer St. Clare can't remember her murdered mother's face, or most of her childhood before the age of twelve. The only constant in her life is Paladin, once her imaginary childhood friend, now the handsome detective of her urban fantasy series.


There's nothing imaginary about Paladin now. Hot, seductive and dangerous, Paladin blurs the line between fantasy and reality. The passion Summer experiences in his arms makes her question what's real -- or whether she cares.


Someone else believes in Paladin, and he wants Summer dead. Her confusion mounts when she fights off five attackers with a display of dazzling martial arts skills she doesn't remember acquiring. As she searches for answers and runs for her life, her dream lover becomes more real with every kiss.<|endoftext|>San Francisco, California—April 30, 2014—Red Giant Universe, a revolutionary new community with access to an ever-expanding library of new tools and effects for filmmakers and motion graphic artists, is available today. Membership in Red Giant Universe is free and it allows our members to take control of the future of Universe development. Available now are 50 Free and Premium visual effects plugins built on a brand new platform—Supernova. Red Giant Universe is available at redgiant.com/universe for $10/month, $99/year or $399 for a lifetime license.


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Red Giant is a software company made up of talented artists and technologists who collaborate to create unique tools for filmmakers, editors, VFX artists and motion designers. Over the last decade, our products (like Magic Bullet


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Oliver slams 'radical groups' Canada's natural resources minister is on the warpath against what he calls "environmental and other radical groups" that are getting in the way of forestry, mining and energy projects.


As The Globe and Mail's John Ibbitson reports today, Joe Oliver takes a particularly harsh approach in a letter that warns projects are taking far too long to get off the ground, thus threatening the economy. He doesn't only take on tree huggers in the letter, but also celebrities who throw their weight behind causes.


The letter doesn't mention the Northern Gateway pipeline projects, but does come just one day ahead of hearings.


Mr. Oliver says Canada has to diversify beyond the United States, and find new markets in the Asian-Pacific region, for example. But he rails against groups he says want to block that no matter the cost "to Canadian families in lost jobs and economic growth."


The minister notes that the western expansion of the Canadian Pacific Railway under John A. Macdonald took four years, while the review of the Mackenzie Valley pipeline took nine. And he uses what of course is a ridiculous example of the government having to approve an ice rink on a frozen pond in Banff.


"These groups threaten to hijack our regulatory system to achieve their radical ideological agenda," he says of those he doesn't name.


"They seek to exploit any loophole they can find, stacking public hearings with bodies to ensure that delays kill good projects. They use funding from foreign special interest groups to undermine Canada's national economic interest. They attract jet-setting celebrities with some of the largest personal carbon footprints in the world to lecture Canadians not to develop our natural resources. Finally, if all other avenues have failed, they will take a quintessential American approach: sue everyone and anyone to delay the project even further. They do this because they know it can work. It works because it helps them to achieve their ultimate objective: delay a project to the point it becomes economically unviable."


If Mr. Oliver is simply seeking sanity in the regulatory process, he's absolutely right. His letter does say reviews should hear "different viewpoints," including those of First Nations, but doesn't otherwise specify which radicals want to kill our economy and jobs.


Is he referring to all of the 4,000 or so people, companies, villages, regions and other interested groups that want to speak on Northern Gateway in the hearings that begin tomorrow in British Columbia? Or just the radicals? Or those being funded by foreign groups?


If he wants something that's credible, he should separate the "radicals" from those with justifiable concerns, and allow the joint review panel from the National Energy Board and Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency to do its job as cleanly as possible.


CP rebuffs Ackman New York investor activist Bill Ackman said he is preparing to launch a proxy contest to replace the directors of Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. , The Globe and Mail's Jacquie McNish and Brent Jang report.


The comments by Mr. Ackman, the activist chief of Pershing Square Capital Management LP who has been pushing for a new CEO, came after he was rebuffed by the railway today.


Mr. Ackman wants to replace the current chief executive officer, Fred Green, with Hunter Harrison, the retired CEO of rival Canadian National Railway Co.


But in a letter to shareholders, CP fully backed Mr. Green, though it again invited Mr. Ackman to join the board so a discussion could take place there.


"Having considered Pershing Square's demand, the board came to the unanimous conclusion that replacing the company's chief executive officer, and thereby jeopardizing the successful execution of the multiyear plan, is not in the best interests of CP or its shareholders," chairman John Cleghorn said in the letter.


"Pershing Square did not provide a credible, detailed plan to improve CP's operations or make any concrete suggestions - either in the presentation or in subsequent discussions


SNB chief quits The head of the Swiss National Bank has resigned amid a burgeoning scandal over a currency trade made by his wife.


Philipp Hildebrand has been under pressure after a currency trade by his wife last summer, which happened to be made just a few weeks before the central bank slapped on a cap on the Swiss franc. He has said he knew nothing of his wife's trade of more than $500,000 (U.S.), and an independent investigation found no wrongdoing.


Kashya Hildebrand is a former hedge fund trader, and now the owner of an art gallery in Zurich. She bought U.S. dollars in mid-August, before the central bank moved to halt the surge in the franc.


"In view of the continued public debate centred on these financial transactions and following detailed examination of all documentation and reflection since the news conference, I have come to the conclusion it is not possible to provide conclusive and final evidence that my wife did initiate the transaction without my knowledge," Mr. Hildebrand said.


Mr. Hildebrand also said he had donated money to charity to make up for the profit, though she was not aware of what the central bank had discussed.


Teck strikes SilverBirch deal Teck Resources Ltd. has struck a cash-and-stock deal to acquire SilverBirch Energy Corp., its partner in Canada's oil sands.


SilverBirch was formed from the remains of UTS Energy Corp., and now holds stake in the Frontier and Equinox oil sands project. Teck is a partner in the project, and said it has opted for a simpler structure with today's deal.


"For a net cash outlay of $435-million , this transaction strengthens the Frontier project," said Teck CEO Don Lindsay. "The Frontier ownership structure is simplified, our exposure to oil sands leases not amenable to mining is reduced, and Teck now has the opportunity to explore new potential partnerships and other alternatives to move Frontier towards development."


SilverBirch shareholders will get $8.50 a share in cash and one share of a new company that will hold SilverBirch assets except for the 50-per-cent stake in Frontier and Equinox. Teck will also pump $25-million in working capital into the new company, as well as half-stakes in a bunch of oil sands leases it already co-owns with SilverBirch.


RIM 'backed into corner' Investors will be watching Research In Motion Ltd. at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this week, and while analysts expect nothing new in the way of products they are flagging "incremental news" for the BlackBerry maker.


RIM did say today, however, it was unveiling a wide range of software improvements for its BlackBerry 7 models and its PlayBook.


Regardless, RIM faces "tough slogging" over the next six to nine months with little in the product pipeline until its new BlackBerry 10 smartphones launch later this year, though the second version of its PlayBook tablet could be unveiled next month.


In the short term, shareholders demanding change at the embattled technology company will have their eyes on corporate governance. A committee is due to report at the end of the month, and is expected to recommend separating the jobs of chief executive officer and chairman, The Globe and Mail's Iain Marlow reported last week.


Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie are now co-CEOs, and also chair the board. But the betting is that Barbara Stymiest, formerly of Royal Bank of Canada and TMX Group Inc., will be named the new chair, though analysts suggest there's little she can do in the short term.


"Ms. Stymiest has been on RIM's board for four years and we remain skeptical such a move will produce significant change," analysts Phillip Huang and Amitabh Passi of UBS Securities Canada said in a report today.


"In the meantime, we believe the next six to nine months will be tough slogging for RIM with no new, major product cycle till BB10 later this year."


The UBS analysts said RIM is "backed into a corner," and isn't likely to attract a potential buyer, even if it wants to, in the near term."


Businesses downbeat Canadian business are becoming more downbeat, though there's slightly better news on the jobs front.


A Bank of Canada business outlook survey, which polls 100 companies, shows businesses expect to see slower growth over the next year, compared to the past year, The Globe and Mail's Jeremy Torobin writes.


"Responses to the winter survey suggest that the global economic outlook and concerns about demand continue to weigh on firms' expectations for business activity," the central bank said.


"While the indicator of past sales activity has held up, the balance of opinion on future sales has turned slightly negative, as firms in Western Canada expect sales growth to slow from the recent strong pace and those elsewhere generally expect growth to remain modest. Firms still expect to increase investment and employment, although the balances of opinion remain below the high levels reached earlier in the year."


The results are down somewhat from the central bank's earlier survey, but the details aren't as bad as the overall sentiment.


"While the BOS headline index was a disappointment, with some slowing of sales envisioned, the activity indicators within the survey itself (investment, hiring, current capacity levels) did not reflect the same degree of pessimism and generally carry a bit more weight at the central bank," said Mark Chandler, head of Canadian fixed income and currency research at RBC Dominion Securities.


"At the margin, the results are not markedly different from those seen in Q3, which were enough to keep the BoC firmly pinned to the sidelines. Some trends that are worth


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Sara Moret earned a spot among Poets & Quants' Best & Brightest MBAs in the Class of 2016. The 100 honorees were chosen from a pool of student nominees representing 62 leading full-time MBA programs worldwide. The winners exemplify the best of their programs: they demonstrate academic prowess, leadership in extracurricular activities, and personal excellence.


Moret, ’16 MBA, earned a BA in economics from the University of Minnesota and began her career at financial services start-up Brightpeak Financial. She first envisioned herself as a consultant when she served as a client for the Carlson Consulting Enterprise—a one-of-a-kind program in which Carlson MBA students assess, break down, and solve real business challenges for premiere client organizations.


“I experienced the value of the Enterprise projects from the client perspective. I got to see my future self sitting across the table grappling with these hard issues, and I was so impressed,” she says.


“I really stated focusing on what I was passionate about, what things kept me working until six o' clock at night without realizing the day had gone by,” she says. “It became obvious that strategic problem solving really excited me.”


Moret soon made the leap from client to MBA student. She embraced opportunities to lead projects in the Consulting Enterprise, served as president of the Carlson Consulting Club, and helped her peers break into consulting.


"Sara supported students in the Carlson Part-Time MBA, Full-Time MBA, undergraduate, and Executive MBA programs with their consulting career searches," says Director of Student Affairs Patrick McCarthy. "Over the last year alone, Sara has met with approximately 75 students to support them in this all-important aspect of the program—the career search."


Thanks to the skills and knowledge she cultivated through the Carlson MBA Program, Moret earned a coveted internship at Bain & Co. Given her performance that summer, Bain & Co. offered Moret a full-time position with the firm, where she will begin working this year.


This is the second year Carlson MBA students have received this honor. In 2015, Tim O’Neil, '15 MBA; and Alyssa Callister, '15 MBA; were named to Poets & Quants' list.<|endoftext|>If you're looking to work with a talented team, at a fast-growing company, in a rewarding work environment, with the opportunity to impact the health of millions of people…we want to hear from you!


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I had an idea a while ago that I was hoping to do sometime in Ramadan to surprise H with. As I’ve mentioned in previous posts, we’ve been dabbling with the Arabic alphabet for the past few years, but this year, I’m trying to reinforce what she already knows through various different games so that she can move on to start formally learning how to read the Quran.


So far, she has seen the Arabic letters in print (books and posters), on screens (often accompanied by a song) and on these cute wooden blocks I used to sell. (Note: I still have them in a variety of languages, other than Arabic so please contact me if you’re interested- the Farsi and Hindi ones are especially beautiful!)


I love the idea of a tactile resource so a few weeks ago, I finally decided to print the Arabic alphabet on rocks! I used paint pens I had previously purchased from Michaels.


How cute would these be to make as a gift for someone? Slip them into a canvas bag and give a child in your life a unique and functional play resource.


And because I like open-ended items and play things that can be used in multiple ways, I decided to paint moons and stars on the back of some of the rocks. I did this so that H could play a variation of Tic-Tac-Toe, a game she discovered a few months ago and loves playing on a dry-erase board.


Someone could just as easily paint or draw whatever might capture the interest of their child: animals, geometric designs or just leave them in their beautiful, natural state. I love the variety of colour, shape and size!


H found these photos on my phone last week (before I had a chance to add them into her Ramadan Calendar) so we decided to play with them. She was so excited!


And she went about ordering the alphabet (though as you can see, she doesn’t yet know that Arabic is written and read from right to left).


When I started Discovery Dome, it was my dream to offer activities and storytelling to the larger community. Having children and managing all of the logistics that went hand in hand with that, made me put that dream on pause, but about once a year, someone reaches out to me to do some sort of storytelling or children’s program.


This year, it was my pleasure to do some creative storytelling for the ICNA Sisters Wing – Calgary branch at their Welcome Ramadan event.


I read one of my favourite Ramadan stories, written by Na’ima B Roberts called Ramadan Moon. The story is a piece of lyrical beauty that is wonderfully complimented by the mixed media illustrations.


I told the Famous Donkey Story through flannel board which I’ve done a few times in the past. This short story is always a hit with children and has a beautiful moral.


The last story I told was something new I created. I learned about the tradition of the mosaharati (drummers who would walk through traditional villages to awaken fasters for their early morning meal) two years ago when I bought this book: The Little Green Drum.


I wanted to have a more interactive element to my storytelling session. Initially, I wanted a gross motor experience but given the number of children (there were roughly 40), I knew that would get tricky. Instead, I


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Most of all, I want to instill confidence in women all around me. I am always drawn to models who have hardly any experience. Helping women find their creative light, by leading the path with my camera. That is why I take photographs.


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As a new patient, your first appointment will be a consultation and full dental health examination. We will check your teeth, gums, oral hygiene, soft tissues, bite and any crowns or fillings that you already have. We will look for signs of dangerous diseases like oral cancer and other systemic diseases that can present in the mouth. We will also make a note of how susceptible you are to tooth decay and gum disease and set an appropriate interval for prevention visits, routine examinations and x-rays.


We will take your medical and dental history and any concerns you have about dentistry into account when planning a course of dental treatment for you. We will take some X rays and discuss a provisional treatment plan. You may be shown images on the intra oral camera or x rays on screen if it helps you to understand why certain treatments are being prescribed. A printed estimate will be provided at this time and you will be asked to sign it to show you understand what treatment is being prescribed and agree to any relevant costs.


Treatment plans and estimates: Sometimes a written treatment plan needs to be updated part way through the course of treatment as more information is gathered and more appropriate treatments discussed and advised. Examples of this are when a tooth with a large cavity is estimated as a large filling. It is possible that once the decay has been removed from the tooth further treatment requirements may become apparent such as the need for root canal treatment and a crown. Long complicated treatment plans are much more likely to need modification part way through a course of treatment than short simple treatment plans. If this occurs we will discuss the changes with you and produce another written estimate.


Regular Dental Care: Once you have completed your first course of treatment you have the opportunity of receiving regular dental care at this practice. You also have access to the emergency care scheme which means that if you ring up in pain you will be seen quickly, often within 24 hours. As long as you attend your regular examinations your remain registered here. If you do not attend appointments for over 18 months your registration may lapse and not only do you have to repeat the new patient procedure but you do not have access to the emergency care scheme.


Referrals: Certain treatments are not carried out here and patients are referred to specialists. These treatments include, orthodontics, implants, complex surgical, complex bite, complex root canal, complex aesthetic, tempero-mandibular joint problems, snoring problems and second opinions.


Veneers are made of either porcelain or composite resin material. Your dentist will help you choose the material that is best for you. Each type of veneer has its own benefits.


1. To prepare the teeth, the dentist usually removes a small amount of enamel from the front and sides of the teeth. This makes room for the veneers so that your teeth look natural.


2. The dentist makes an impression, or mold, of the prepared teeth. The dentist also decides on the veneer shade that will be best for your smile.


3. The impression is sent to a dental lab that custom-makes the porcelain veneers to fit your teeth. This may take several days. The dentist may give you temporary veneers to wear in the meantime.


4. At the next visit, the dentist places the veneers on the teeth to check the fit and shape. After any adjustments, the teeth are cleaned and the veneers are bonded to the tooth.


are easy to fix if they get damaged; although composite veneers are generally not as strong or wear-resistant as porcelain veneers, composite veneers can be repaired easily and quickly


1. After the teeth are prepared or reshaped, the dentist carefully bonds and sculpts the composite material using a color that is best for you.


Veneers are not always a good choice for patients who clench or grind their teeth, because the thin veneers may chip or break. If you clench or grind your teeth, your dentist may suggest you wear a plastic dental night guard while sleeping.


As with all your dental care, discuss all your expectations and treatment options with your dentist. Regular dental visits are a must for keeping your teeth and gums healthy.


Veneers can chip or break under pressure. Avoid biting your fingernails and chewing on hard objects, such as pencils or ice.


It may take you a few days to get used to the feel of your veneers. But do let your dentist know if your bite does not feel right after the veneer has been placed. He or she will correct it before you leave the office.


Keep your teeth and gums clean by brushing and flossing each day. You can still get cavities under or around veneers. Look for dental care products that show the American Dental Association’s Seal of Acceptance. This says that a product has met ADA standards for safety and effectiveness.<|endoftext|>I would like to illustrate the nature of instant learning through contextual intelligence aided by SONEL (Self Organized Nemetic Environment for Learning) through a story written by Leo Tolstoy.


The basic objective of SONEL is instant learning through real life situations (praxis). This is done by applying contextual intelligence through the NEME process to gain new knowledge. The NEME process may be briefly described as:


Notice — changes in the dynamics of a situation in a given context generally observed through movements


Exchange — create new value and behavior from the new knowledge gained (from the context) in the form of adaptation or re-design or destroying earlier understanding, paradigms, assumptions and systems.


How do we gain new knowledge (emergence) gained through interactions of various elements in a given context (event)? The generator of learning is an event, which in Nemetics is called the R wave. The aim of the learner is to learn from the R wave to change his/her B wave (collective understanding of an individual or a group) to modulate the G wave (new behavior and actions).


How do learners and facilitators create the quality of a story or the learning process from the R wave? I would like to illustrate through Tolstoy’s story how the process evolves by changing direction several times bringing Energy, Damping and Constraints (EDC) into a well coordinated play.


Tolstoy designed a unique form of story telling for children – sometimes half a page (The Mother Eagle – the present story) and at times even in four to five lines (‘The Indian Elephant’). Despite their unusual shortness, his stories are divided into three innate interlinked parts that gives rise to new knowledge and behavior. These are as follows:


The mother eagle had built her nest atop a tree next to the highway, a long distance from the sea. Having laid the eggs, she started raising the little birds that hatched out of those.


One day, the mother eagle came flying back from the distant sea with an enormous fish hooked to her claws, and found some people busy doing something underneath the tree. Spotting the huge fish in the eagle’s claws, they surrounded the tree and started throwing stones at her, making a great noise all the while.


As soon as the tired mother-eagle perched on the edge of her nest, the little ones raised their heads and began clamoring for food.


But the mother eagle was so tired that she no longer had the strength to return to the sea. So she hopped down into the nest and spreading here wings to cover her babies, started petting them. She carefully arranged and smoothened their tiny feathers, as though telling them – wait a little longer babies, just a little longer. But the more she tried to soothe them, the more they cried in their treble voices.


Then she spread her wings and dragging her heavy body, flew off towards the sea. She came back well after nightfall, flying very low on slowly beating wings. But, like the last time, she had a big fish hooked to her claws.


Having reached the tree she looked around her carefully, checking for humans in the vicinity. Then she swiftly folded her wings and perched on the edge of her nest.


The eaglets parted their beaks and held up their open mouths. Their mother tore up the fish into little bits and fed them to their heart’s content.


Notice that this short story has been told in three separate sections (Event, Experience, New Behavior), which is structurally the strongest point of story telling or any process for that matter more so for creating the Nemetic environment for learning.


The middle section contains the vital reaction of the mother eagle that leads to new knowledge. There lies the greatness of Tolstoy. It is from the reaction of an interaction that new knowledge emerges (Knowledge as emergence).


In the middle portion (Experience), Tolstoy has inserted part of the eagle’s reactions with an account of her movements; how the exhausted mother eagle tries, for some time at least, to use affection as a substitute for food (the determining authentic constraint in this context, which can’t be ignored, how much we wish in a Complex Creative System


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Joy Davis, manager of CSI's online programs, conducted a demonstration during a seminar she presented recently at a CSI Chapter meeting. Her presentation was about use of social media in the construction industry. So she incorporated social media by simultaneously sharing her slideshow and talk with specifiers across the nation via webiar. Participants were also encouraged to engage in side conversations via Twitter.


A transcript of the Twitter feeds is at http://storify.com/csiconstruction/csis-first-tweetchat. While some of the comments are just chatter, serious information is also being exchanged, and relationships are being fostered. The tweets were projected on a screen at the live CSI meeting so the people in seats could benefit from the comments, and I suspect a few people in the physical audience were also conversing online.


Like it or not, this type of interactivity and further social media innovations will affect your business in the near future. Since anyone can create a hashtag to start a side conversation during a webinar, it might as well be you -- at least you will know about the conversation and be able to follow-up. Used wisely, Twitter feeds like this can be an important way to extend your sales effectiveness.<|endoftext|>: given a character, appearance, or expression appropriate to or typical of Sunday the solemn silence and Sundayfied air … seeming to forbid any levity— F. T. Bullen


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NEW DELHI: Observing the rise in accidents involving people with fake driving licences, Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (MACT) has directed the Delhi Police commissioner to order a probe into the fake licence racket in the city.


The order was passed while disposing of a compensation plea filed by the family of a man who was killed in a road accident after being hit by a vehicle driven by a certain Jai Pal Mehto, who was found to have two fake driving licenses.


MACT judge Rajendra Kumar Shastri observed that the case cannot be treated as just another case of accident and added that Mehto should be booked for “causing “deliberate wrong” and should be dealt with sternly.


“The accused driver was driving offending vehicle, knowing well that he failed to undergo a prescribed test of driving.Such a driver should have been booked not merely for accident but a deliberate wrong,” the court said.


Stating that menace of “daily massacre on road” is to be curbed at any cost, the judge said, “India has got a dubious distinction of being a country, having largest number of road accidents. This is high time that law enforcing agencies including courts, should not show sympathy towards these culprits of society.”


The judge also filed a complaint with the police chief against Mehto. “To forge a document like a driving license and to use such forged document in a court of law, knowing well that same was forged and fake is a criminal offence.”


The victim Ashok Kumar, who was driving a tempo died on June 6, 2010 after being hit by a Mahendra Champion, driven by Mehto. Observing that both licenses possessed by Mehto appeared to be fake,the tribunal issued a show-cause notice to Mehto, directing him to explain why legal action should not be initiated against him for using a forged driving license as genuine but Mehto did not reply to this. Earlier, the court had directed Mehto to give a compensation of Rs 12,33,840 to the bereaved family while observing that Kumar was the only breadwinner of the family.<|endoftext|>On “Free Smoke” Drake introduces his More Life playlist by asserting his dominance over the rap game; displaying his mixtape style bars and flow.


Drizzy takes shots at Meek Mill and references Jay Z; while alluding to several media stories about himself throughout 2016, including his affiliations with singer Jennifer Lopez.


“Free Smoke” was first premiered, along with the rest of the More Life playlist, on OVO Sound Radio’s episode 39 on March 18, 2017.


“Free smoke” is a term coined by Drake himself back on his 2016 remix of Dave’s “Wanna Know”. It is more or less a statement challenging any rapper


1255505  Source: Maximizing Your Results – With and Without Orthopedic Surgery, said it was a contoured memory pillow "to support the curve in your neck" that rescued him from his own neck pain years ago, and he still uses that pillow today.


To be clear, sleeping on your stomach isn't going to do your neck pain any favors, says Alex Tauberg, D.C., a chiropractor at Tauberg Chiropractic & Rehabilitation in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.


But still, if you've been a stomach sleeper for, well, ever, you're probably not going to easily change now. In that case, it's important to choose a pillow that can accommodate that position, says Tauberg.


Before buying a pillow, it's important to review the warranty and return policy carefully, says Anand. "There are often fees for returning a pillow or mattress, and they grow more expensive the longer you wait," he says. "Most policies also have strict rules about the condition the pillow/mattress must be in to be covered and/or returned"—yes, even if you get excruciating neck pain from using it.


If you can, Anand recommends heading to the store to try out pillows before buying. "Spending the time upfront can save you money–and aches–in the long run," he says.


If you're a tried-and-true feather pillow person, but your neck is always killing you, switch it up.


Your comfort is more dependent on the pillow's support, rather than what it's made of, anyway, says Tauberg, who suggests being adventurous and trying one of the newer styles of pillows out there (think: silk, bambooo, or latex).


So, for a firmer mattress, you'll need a thicker pillow. "There is less cushion for your shoulder to sink into and thus there is a greater space between your mattress and head," says Anand.


On the other hand, Anand says for a softer mattress you will need a thin pillow to "compensate for your shoulders sinking into the bed."


A thick pillow makes the space between your head and the mattress too wide, essentially elevating your neck to an uncomfortable position.


Like Romano, Anand says he, too, is a big fan of cervical contour pillows because "your neck rests on a less elevated side when lying on your back, or on a more elevated side when sleeping on your side."


The key here is to focus on alignment. You want to make sure your neck and back are aligned, and neck stays parallel to the mattress, to avoid pain, says Anand.


Specifically, texting. If you're a tech junkie, Anand says to avoid a pillow that causes your head to bend forward while lying on your back, or that causes your head to bend significantly to the side while lying on your side. This will only exacerbate the neck pain you probably have from bending your head forward to look at your phone all day.<|endoftext|>I was blessed to visit Emirates Palace in early August, 2015. Opulent and utterly stunning, this Palace lies in the Heart of Abu Dhabi Emirate and is simply incredible – this little film can only give the briefest of glimpse at the sheer magnificence of the size and lush wealth the building entails – with pure marble floors and gold embellishment throughout, filled with luxurious comfort throughout, fine furniture and artworks – there is no denying that this building is simply breathtaking.


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We went camping for the 4th of July and the fur babies had a blast. I'm not sure if they even knew they were camping :D They looked like they were having a rough time...


Yeah my husband gives me a hard time for taking them with us, but I don't trust anyone to watch them at home. Then to prove him wrong, we were eating breakfast Tues. morning watching everyone pack up and leave for home. The folks across from us were packing and the wife came out of the RV with her two dogs, what appeared to be male and female. (blue and pink collars) Black poodles I belive, then she hauled out a huge crate and put it in her car, yeah... a crate full of PUPPIES!!!!! So I told him not to give me a hard time anymore because I just brought our two...


Plus they have such a fun time when they go, it would be hard to make them stay at home icon_whistling icon_whistling icon_whistling I don't see it happening...


That's right...dogs are part of the family so if every1 is goin on vacation then the furry kids should b goin to...everytime my family goes anywhere if dogs re allowed King is coming even if its for the day he comes


Your right about that... icon_whistling I don't think they should have to say home. They enjoy them selves when we go. My husband feels it is a hassle because they have to stay on leashes. Puzzles is really bad on recall. When she is off the leash she is a gonner :bang: it kills me because I don't know how to fix her from doing that. Plus I don' t trust anyone to watch her right now because she is expecting :lotsaluv: I have to give her extra special attention and special food and belly rubs and I don't expect anyone to do that but me... :flwr:


what's a camping trip without a dog? that's what dogs are for, the great outdoors! great fun. i sympathize about the recall thing. still the fresh air is so good for her, and the unborn... good for you for insisting. :)


You also answered my question in one of your posts - I was going to ask if your little girl was expecting, you can see she's got a tummy full of babies - how many is she expecting? Any idea?


Not sure how many we are expecting this time... our vet will not do and x-ray to confirm until 5 days before the puppies are due. He said that the bones are calicified enough to see for sure how many there are. She is due July 27th, about 2 1/2 weeks. I am a bit worried about her as she is much bigger this time compared to the last time she was pregnant. Last time she had 6 puppies :flwr: I am so excited!!! Can't hardly wait ... :D :D :D


I sure will post some pics. I am very excited to see the puppies... I thought I was excited last time... I am way more excited this time cause I know what I am about to get into... puppies puppies puppies ;) ;) ;) ;) My sister in law is due to have a litter any day (Not Cavaliers) and she VERY POORLY :sl*p: planned this litter. I shouldn't even say planned because it was her fault it happened because she didn't separate her dogs... :bang: I am very worried about her dog. She got pregnant on her first heat, she is only 9 months old, which put her at 7 months old when she got pregnant... She is due any day and my sister in law has a trip she is going on, leaving today and coming back next week! :yikes :yikes :yikes She just wanted to leave her at home too!!! :yikes :yikes :yikes I told her that since I have a bit more experience with birthing puppies than she does that I would be more than happy to have her stay at my house she she can be monitored closely. :flwr: I am very worried that something could go wrong since she is so young. But it is hard to get that into some peoples heads... :sl*p: :sl*p: :sl*p: So I will be a mini maternity ward for the next couple of weeks. I am also worried about her dog because she don't know me very well and that will probabaly cause her some stress to be in such a new environment being that close to birth. I am a really worried about the situation, but I am trying to help the best that I can. :hug: :hug:<|endoftext|>"Senate Spy" is the fourth episode in Season Two of the Star Wars: The Clone Wars television series. It is the twenty-sixth episode of the series overall. It is the first in a five part storyline.


Anakin discreetly returns to Coruscant to his wife Padmé's apartment. They prepare for a romantic evening, when Anakin gets signaled by the Council to return to the Jedi Temple, forcing him to cut his evening short


1255506  Ridge Trail for just over a mile. You will then see a fire road that descends down the ridge to the left; this is the Little Canyon trail. The trail makes a steep descent down the trail for about ½ mile until it intersects with Telegraph Canyon trail. Little Canyon is a nice trail to see examples of various types of vegetation plus oak and walnut woodlands.


If you are want to hike a little further, it is recommended that you turn right at Telegraph Canyon trail and hike another mile until you come to the shaded rest area in the middle of an oak woodland.


Telegraph Canyon trail is one of two trail options if you enter through the Carbon Canyon entrance. This trail works its way east through a beautiful canyon and is relatively flat. If you would like an easy hike with little elevation gain, this hike is recommended for you. Since it borders a riparian zone, you will see lots of vegetation and trees, such as willows and sycamores. Also as you begin your hike if you look south up the hills you will see large patches of prickly pear cactus. This trail continues for about six miles until you reach the Four Corners rest area. Also, this is one of the more popular trails for mountain bikers, so be on the look out for bikes going very fast.


If a strenuous uphill hike is something you are looking for, then it is recommended that you try the North Ridge Trail. The trail makes a fairly steep climb until you reach the ridgelines. This is maybe the only trail in the Park that is positioned on the north side of the slope. For this reason you will encounter more vegetation than other ridge trails and will also encounter more shade as you hike up the steep portions of the trial.


YORK, SC – “All for Liberty,” a 2009 Revolutionary War action-adventure film, will be shown 7-8:30 p.m. Friday, March 19, at the McCelvey Center theater, 212 E. Jefferson St. in York. An optional 6 p.m. heavy hors d’oeuvres reception and coffee and dessert following the screening will give guests an opportunity to meet some of the film’s stars and local re-enactors.


The movie stars Clarence Felder, a veteran television and Broadway actor/producer who is also the great grandson of Captain Henry Felder. The indie epic was shot at 14 historic sites throughout Georgia and the Carolinas, including Historic Brattonsville. It features a professional cast as well as local volunteer re-enactors.


“All for Liberty” has won eight international awards and audience acclaim. Costumed local re-enactors and other actors from the movie will attend the reception.


Captain Henry Felder arrived in South Carolina in 1735 and became a leader in his community. In May 1776, Felder wrote the Address and Declaration of Separation from the English King for South Carolina. He was mortally wounded near the end of the Revolutionary War.


COST $10 for the movie only; $8 for CHM members. Movie plus 6 p.m. reception with beer, wine and heavy hors d’oeuvres and coffee and dessert following the show, $30; $25 for CHM members. For tickets, call 803.329.2121.


The Culture & Heritage Museums is a linked system of cultural institutions in York County, SC, which includes Historic Brattonsville, McCelvey Center, Museum of York County, the future museum on the Catawba River and the new children's museum in Old Town Rock Hill.<|endoftext|>Hello dear blog readers and members of AVALO-energy, the "revolution" around the Hambacher Forst is decided for now.…<|endoftext|>flow: complexity & skill. You grow into flow by mastering challenges, or in the words of the big guru on flow: Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi a single-minded immersion in performing and learning. You need a combination of progressive complexity and skill to reach the ‘flow-state-of-mind’. In fact flow is already there when the challenges we encounter match our ability. […]


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Join us for the latest in our spring research seminar series when we welcome speaker Dr Dominic Williams, Montague Burton Fellow in Jewish Studies in the School.


Filip Müller, a rare survivor of the Auschwitz Sonderkommando or ‘Special Squad,’ is one of the key witnesses in Claude Lanzmann’s film Shoah. Lanzmann identifies him as one of the film’s heroes whose ‘voice of bronze’ guides viewers round the gas chambers of Birkenau. Kent Jones describes him as sounding like someone ‘reciting to a child from a book of wonders’. But his silences are also significant.


In this talk, Dominic Williams will consider ways in which they can be read as indices of the Shoah. It will consider the most famous of these silences – his momentary inability to go on talking about the liquidation of part of the Czech family camp in March 1944 – alongside the outtakes and editing process of the film. In one outtake in particular, Müller reads someone else’s story aloud. ‘The 600 Boys,’ attributed by the Auschwitz Museum to Zalman Lewental, another member of the ‘Special Squad,’ was written probably within Crematorium III, buried in its grounds, and only discovered in 1962.


Mueller’s reading at times comes close to breaking down, but these latter points cannot be described as breakthroughs into ‘incarnation.’ The stumbles are indexes of Mueller’s own emotional difficulties in reading this story, but also traces of the materiality of the original, partially damaged, text, inscribed in the editorial marks of the German translation over which Mueller hesitates. This paper traces the route of this story through various languages and media, from Yiddish manuscript, to Polish and German translations, to Lanzmann’s recording of Müller’s performance.


This talk also attends to the technological production of Müller’s voice, the matching of image and sound that was achieved by the editor Ziva Postec in part by splicing in silences that slow down his words and rhyme with the emptiness of the landscapes of the sites of death. Rather than speaking to a simple state of unspeakability or unrepresentability, therefore, the silences are shown to have been produced, through a process of material transformation, transmission and editing


This weekend I have a little adventure planned with friend and fellow blogger Diary of a Francophone. Who knows what will happen; who knows where we will go! I am one who loves to just get in the car and make it up as I go along. While we don’t know where we are going, we will be on a bit of a scavenger hunt. I am helping her find a little piece of France right here in Florida and she is helping me find adventure and something beautiful.


Since we are talking about France, I thought I’d share a few photos from my trip to Paris. Don’t worry, it’s not another standard photo of the Eiffel Tower or Arc de Triomphe that you’ve seen a thousand times before. Like I mentioned in a previous post, I have this silly habit of taking photos from moving vehicles, so most of my Paris photos are from the top of a big, red double decker tour bus.<|endoftext|>Scholar Award recipient (outstanding performance and participation) and clinical research graduate at Harvard School of Public Health. Next step Masters in Public Health #fortheloveofscience #perpetualstudent #HARVARD #HSPH


So often, people focus on one aspect of their health as the magic piece that will solve all their fertility issues. There are so many different minor factors that can contribute to the reason couples experience fertility issues, and it’s hardly ever just a single one. That's why I created the Fertility Scorecard Test to help identify these minor factors for couples all around the world. Curious what your score is? My Fertility Scorecard Test does a comprehensive assessment of your fertility - and it’s entirely free. Click the link in my profile bio to get started! Please note, the test takes about 20 minutes and should be done together with your partner. I can't wait to share your results with you! ❤


What a special honour to be able to call this INCREDIBLE artist and doctor, Dr Moises Vasquez aka @pencilgram and @worldofartists a friend. If you appreciate beautiful things, you can’t go passed appreciating his work and profiles ❤


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Harvard really went OTT on this choice of educational destination. I promise I’ll study REALLY HARD this week 😬🤦🏻♀😍❤ This is my rooms balcony �


2. The deadline for submitting the application form and related documents in Romanian or in English is August 1st, 2017, 11:59 PM CET, at the e-mail address: concurs@bucharestcompetition.ro and bucharestcompetition@gmail.com or by post at the following address:ELITE ART Club UNESCO


c. A short updated biography containing information about your artistic work, 1 letter of recommendation from teachers or conductors, copies of diplomas and prizes (if applicable).


d. A recent photo of 300 dpi resolution in .TIF or .jpg format sent by e-mail, which will be used in the competition program and press releases.


4. The number of participants admitted to the first stage of the competition will be limited to maximum 50 competitors. The jury may draw up a reserve list of participants.


5. The participants admitted in the competition will be announced until August 15th, 2017 on the competition website www.bucharestcompetition.ro.


6. The participants qualified for the first round of the competition must be present at the office of the International Conducting Competition Jeunesses Musicales Bucharest on September 26th, 2017 at 9 a.m. and must provide their identity card (identity card or passport).7. The application fee is 100 Euros and will be paid until August 1st, 2017 in the following account:


8. The participants who will send their documents before June 1st, 2017 will benefit from a 25% discount of the application fee.


9. The competition fee for the admitted participants in the first round of the competition, is 140 Euros and will be paid on September 26th, 2017 at the competition office, before entering the competition.


10. Expenses related to accommodation and meals lie entirely on the competitors (we can help you with find accommodation at a good price – please ask).


13. Additional information about the International Conducting Competition Jeunesses Musicales Bucharest can be obtained from the office, at the phone number +40 742 355 775 or by e-mail at concurs@bucharestcompetition.ro and bucharestcompetition@gmail.com


1. The participants taking part in the competition will be graded by a jury of experts formed of Romanian and foreign conductors who are important representatives of the contemporary musical scene.


2. The lowest and the highest grade assigned by the jury members to each participant shall be eliminated from the grades total for that participant, and the average of the remaining grades is to be calculated as the final assessment. The grading system is from 1 to 20 (where 1 represents the lowest grade).


3. The 3 participants admitted in the last round („the finalists”), will be chosen by the jury based on the arithmetic mean of the grades obtained in the intermediate rounds (2nd and 3rd round). The final assessment will be given after a careful analysis of their evolution throughout the competition (rounds 1, 2 and 3) and their performance during the 3rd round.


4. The participants will be graded based on the following criteria: conducting technique, knowledge of the musical text, expressivity and capacity of communicating with the ensemble/orchestra.


7. Participants will transfer to ELITE ART Club UNESCO, free of charge, all property rights for the artistic performances recorded during the competition and the Gala, unlimited in time or territory, in the following situations:


8. The participants consent to the use of their images in all the materials regarding the competition.


1. No more than 15 minutes are provided for each participant. The preliminary stage will use reductions for one or two pianos.


The candidates selected in round III, will conduct the orchestra for maximum 20 minutes. One work will be selected by drawing lots, from the following list:


In the section which will take place in the morning, each competitor will have 45 minutes for rehearsal and will conduct one of the following works. The works will be selected by drawing of lots:


In the section that will take place in the evening, 3 finalists will conduct in a Gala Concert the works that were rehearsed during the morning.


The concert will take place at the Romanian Athenaeum Grand Hall at the lectern of the George Enescu Philharmonic Orchestra from Bucharest and will start at 7 p.m.


4. The organizer is responsible with presenting all the prizes and with paying all the necessary taxes.


5. Following the final number of points, the jury can change the prize system provided that the total amount of awards will remain unchanged. The jury may offer additional, non-monetary prizes.


1. In all matters not covered by the competence of the jury, the project manager reserves the right to make decisions that are irrevocable.


2. All disputes relating to provisions in the Statute will be resolved based on the text in the Romanian version of the Statute.<|endoftext|>Are you frustrated that the days when you could publish a website for your photography business and be confident of[...]


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A statement following the latest meeting of the Monetary Policy Committee reveals that policymakers voted unanimously to retain present policy parameters: a 0.25% Bank Rate, an incremental GBP 60 billion program of gilt purchases bringing such to a new limit of GBP 435 billion, and the planned purchase of GBP 10 billion of corporate debt. Officials saw no reason to change the overall framework of policy considerations nor the broad macroeconomic forecast of slower growth next year and a fairly rapid return of CPI inflation from 1.2% now to 2.0% within six months. Sterling depreciation is fueling higher inflation, but the impact will be temporary.


Sterling’s effect on CPI inflation will ultimately prove temporary and fully offsetting it would require exerting further downward pressure on domestic costs, including wages, and would therefore involve lost output and higher unemployment. The Committee continues to judge that such outcomes would be undesirable and, consistent with its Remit, that it would therefore be appropriate to set policy so that inflation returns to its target over a longer period than the usual 18-24 months.


Officials are watching the evolution of growth, inflation, supply, and sterling. The next policy change will hinge on the interplay of these factors and, at this point, officials are uncommitted to whether that change will involve less or more accommodation.


This entry was posted on Thursday, December 15th, 2016 at 1:58 pm	and is filed under Central Bank Watch. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.<|endoftext|>The Wall Street Journal was first to report that Verizon Wireless and AT&T will offer the next edition of Apple's iPad to run on their newest 4G wireless networks.<|endoftext|>Welcome to Sophia's tailor! She is the best tailor in the town and she is a well known model too. She is going to attend a fashion Show tonight. You must design and sew a dress for her. After sewing dress you must choose a nice bag and a pair of cool shoes for her.<|endoftext|>Journey through the Declaration of Independence at Fort Mifflin, a site that defended Philadelphia against the greatest bombardment of the American Revolution. Participate in the flag raising ceremony, then stay to enjoy guided tours, blacksmithing and heritage craft demonstrations plus hands-on living history activities, uniform, weapon and cannon demonstrations. Join the Army (circa 1777) and learn to drill with a wooden musket! Explore 18th century scientific discoveries with Founding Father Benjamin Franklin. Enjoy the view and the breeze in the riverfront picnic area. FREE parking. Rain or shine! Many activities are indoors or under cover.


Incorporated in 1986, Fort Mifflin on the Delaware (FMOD) manages operations, preservation and programming at National Historic Landmark Fort Mifflin. The organization was born from the Preservation Committee of the Olde Fort Mifflin Historical Society in order to more effectively raise funds for necessary restoration and program management.


The organization is governed by a Board of Directors and supported by paid staff who manage operations, programming and continued restoration. Significant restoration projects include the stabilization of the structure and restoration of the roof and cupola of the Commandant’s House, the centerpiece of Fort Mifflin and the excavation and preservation of Casemate 11, believed to be the Fort’s original Powder Magazine. Programming initiatives support the mission and vision of the organization, continuing a close association with the Olde Fort Mifflin Historical Society.


During the American Revolutionary War, the British Army bombarded and captured the fort as part of their conquest of Philadelphia in autumn 1777. The United States Army began to rebuild the fort in 1794 and continued to garrison and build on the site through the 19th century. It housed prisoners during the American Civil War. The army decommissioned Fort Mifflin in 1962 and returned it to the City of Philadelphia. Historic preservationists have restored the fort.


Ice cream fanatics rejoice! The best of Philadelphia’s ice cream artisans will be gathering at the Reading Terminal Market to celebrate Philly’s rich ice cream heritage. Come enjoy the City’s favorites: Bassetts, Franklin Fountain, Little Baby’s, Lil’ Pop Shop and Zsa’s! Enjoy ice cream specials or win prizes in the ice cream eating contest. Ever been curious how the pros make your favorite sweet treat? Don’t miss the ice cream demonstrations throughout the day! Make some ice cream arts & crafts, get your photo taken in the photo booth or enjoy a game of ice cream shuffleboard.<|endoftext|>Iowa senior forward Jarrod Uthoff has been named one


1255508  on Brisbane’s artsy South Bank, take advice from a local and find the ideal eating spot on Little Stanley or Great Street. Treat mum to breakfast, brunch, lunch or dinner in this chic and attractive precinct.


Puffing Billy has been carrying passengers on the same scenic route through Victoria’s Dandenong Ranges from as early as the 1900’s and is heralded as Australia’s favourite Steam Train. Treat mum and the family with a memorable scenic train journey through the forest and mountains of Victoria.


Coffee fanatics will be overjoyed with a café culture tour of Melbourne, the coffee capital of Australia is peppered with buzzing kitsch cafes that will make for an exciting and delicious day out.


To treat mind, body and soul book in a Yoga& Kayaking day tour. Participants salute the Melbourne sun with half an hour of yoga before setting off on a Kayaking trip along the cities great Yarra River.


Embrace the relaxed outdoor lifestyle in Australia’s sunniest capital, Perth. These streets were made for exploring and a day spent in the city will provide an abundance of amazing things to see and do to make an ideal Mothering Sunday.<|endoftext|>A lot of people prefer the French press to brew the perfect cup of coffee, but everybody can agree the cleaning is difficult and cumbersome. It's messy, takes time, a lot of tap water and will in time automatically clog your drain. Instead of turning to make a new costly French press with an integrated grounds collector, we wanted to make something more simple and universal for the millions or rather billions of beakers already in the market from Ikea, Bodum, Stelton, Cafetiere etc.


This was the basis for Grums (Danish for grounds) , which is basically also just a small "cup". The small grounds container might look simple at a first glance, but there is a good deal of engineering involved to avoid vacuum build up, unwanted deformation during use and the perfect balance of friction and slide. It took us about two years and dozens of prototypes to get it right. The positive side effects of reducing water usage and saving CO2 are crazy big when we started adding it up. Coffee grounds are not good for your drain and not good for the sewer system in general, but turns out that there are many ways to utilize coffee grounds, for example to fertilize your plants or make exfoliating soap.


Tobias Henius, who conceived the idea more than 20 years ago, gave up his preferred method of coffee making because of the mess, the time it took to clean, and waste of water. Two years ago, after shelving his idea for nearly two decades, he discovered a Danish company that was his perfect cup of tea—or coffee, that is. With the help of engineer, Lars Forsberg, they embarked on a quest to clean up the mess of French press brewing.


French press brewing has always been a popular method of coffee making both at home and in fine dining restaurants. The hot water mixed directly into the roasted beans provide a rich and aromatic coffee taste made popular by the French aristocracy as coffee slowly found its way to Europe in the late middle ages.


Even today, many coffee connoisseurs consider the French press brewing method the ultimate process to bring out the best flavor from coffee beans. While there are thousands of different beaker designs and an nearly an equal number of manufacturers, they all share one common problem–cleaning the messy beaker after use. Washing is time consuming, uses an excessive amount of water, and the leftover grounds can clog your sink. Aluminum capsules or plastic pods may provide a quick solution to the mess, but the costs and cup-by-cup preparation can't replace the taste and convenience of preparing 6-8 cups of French press coffee table-side.


With the Grums grounds keeper eliminates the need to remove the coffee grounds out by a spoon or flush with excessive amounts of water. After your have finished your coffee drinking simply press the plunger into the small Grums container, lift it up and twist it off. The leftover grounds can be tapped into your bin, or saved to fertilize your garden, make peeling soap, or a decorative mushroom farm. GRUMS team has supplied 20 good reasons to save and reuse your coffee grounds written here.


By using Grums you will not only save the hassle of cleaning but save more than 90 % tap water to re-clean and use your French press. Grums can be wiped off with a small piece of tissue or flushed with minimal water usage and will also go into the dishwasher. When we calculated the savings in water and CO2, we were flabbergasted.It turns out a tiny little idea can save more than 100 billions liters of tap water, and more to this is the 100,000 tons of CO2 used to pump, deliver and drain this volume.


I've used a french press daily for 20+ years and have never experienced any of the hassles described in this article. After brewing, add enough water to the grounds to get them mobile and pour out through a cheap stainless steel strainer. An additional swill of water is all that's needed to prepare he french press for the next brewing. The strainer is easily emptied in your garden, compost or wherever else you need spent coffee grounds.


By the first picture, it looks like there is still sediment on the french press. Honestly, looks like another thing to clean. "Grums can be wiped off with a small piece of tissue or flushed with minimal water usage and will also go into the dishwasher"


Travel by horse-drawn carriage along the picturesque streets of Charleston and take in the history of this South Carolina city. See highlights such as historically significant homes, churches and gardens while listening to informative commentary about the