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Get a refreshing experience of Unforgettable train tour of machu picchu in peru. Take an all-inclusive holiday trip to breathtaking Machu Picchu independently exploring the "land of the Incas" including Lima, Lake Titicaca, Cusco. Machu Picchu, an Inca citadel located in the Andes Mountains of Peru, is one of the world’s most well known sacred places. Have a tour by comfortable trenes or trains in Machu Picchu of peru, one of the world’s true treasures of travel exeperience. In colonial Cusco, once the epicentre of the Inca Empire, you’ll spend a day exploring its Spanish, indigenous and natural highlights. The train journey from Cusco to Machu Picchu is a highlight of any trip to the Andes. The 3 and a half to four hours journey takes you through a changing landscape. First there is a steep climb out of Cusco into the surrounding hillside, by means of a series of switchback turns known locally as “the zig zag”.You’ll ride the rails through the spectacular Urubamba Valley to Machu Picchu, perched on a mountain ridge. Then, let your local guide explain the site. You’re free to explore this Incan masterpiece before catching your train back to Cusco. You will enjoy the luxury amenities of train with reasonable tickets from cusco to machu picchu, peru. Explore ruins and haggle at local markets in the Sacred Valley, take in the views on two spectacular train journeys, stand in awe of the famed Machu Picchu. Visit the highest lake in the world and discover the unique city of Puno before hopping on the Andean Explorer tren train for the scenic journey into the Andes to Cusco.This tour gives you the very best of Peru by tren or train. Completed in approximately 1450 at the height of the Incan empire, Machu Picchu was abandoned less than 100 years later following the Spanish conquest of Peru. Today it is considered by many to be the new spiritual center of the world. From Cusco, you’ll be transferred to the railway station to enjoy your 2-hour scenic rail tour to Aguas Calientes. In order to meet various customer needs, you can choose from three different types of options.The Backpacker option was created for adventurous passengers seeking comfort and security without the extra frills. Departing from Poroy tren or train station, located approximately 15 minutes outside of Cusco, your journey to Machu Picchu begins! The seats have been reupholstered with indigenous fabrics, giving them a touch of local flavor. Snacks are available for purchase, as you as additional storage space for backpacks. If you stay in cusco, you have to start from San Pedro tren or train station for your 4 hour journey to Aguas Calientes having proper tickets. Along the way, you will see many beautiful sights such as Ollantaytambo and the hydro electric stations. You will see massive mountains, dense jungle vegetation and the Vilcanota River. Then you will arrive in Aguas Calientes at about 10:40am and ascend to Machu Picchu by bus. You will be given a 2 hour guided tour of places such as the Sacred Solar Clock, the Principal Palace, The Watch Tower, 3 Window Temple, the Cemetary and much more. You will then go to the world famous Sanctuary Lodge for lunch with a great view of the ruins. We will then take the bus back down to Aguas Calientes and board the train for your return to Cusco. Share the post "Cusco to Peru’s Machu Picchu Tours by Trains or Trenes"

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NuSound's Network and VPN solutions allows your business to connect multiple offices and enjoy the simplicity of combining your voice, data and Internet traffic over a single connection. Whether you have two sites or 200, NuSound can customize a secure, reliable solution to maximize your networking investment. And you can choose to manage your own network connections - or have NuSound take on this responsibility. The decision is yours. MPLS is used to enhance the flow of traffic on a network by making better use of available network paths. MPLS creates labels for IP packets or Ethernet frames. These MPLS labels inherit Quality of Service (QoS) tagging or Class of Service (CoS) priority, which network designers use to schedule the packet's movement across a network. NuSound's Partnership with best in class service provider's will simplify your network using MPLS Technology. This new solution will enable your business to more quickly deploy powerful business applications like VoIP, supply chain management and CRMs. NuSound's extensive fiber footprint within all metro areas we serve enables us to offer a wide variety of access types and speeds including fiber, Ethernet Solutions and Traditional Telephony.

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Oceans Deeply is designed to help you understand the complex web of environmental, social and economic issues facing the world’s oceans. As a mysterious but persistent pathogen threatens the last remaining healthy coral ecosystem in the continental United States, researchers are struggling to understand how the disease spreads and to devise ways to stop it. In 2014, coral reefs in Florida started to turn bright white. But this was not the heat-stress bleaching that has become a familiar and deadly phenomenon in recent years – this was a disease. Coral tissue sickened and died, leaving a bare white skeleton. Like a contagious flu strain, it spread quickly through the corals of southeast Florida and the upper Florida Keys. Then, unlike almost every other coral disease scientists know of, it refused to go away. Four years later, the mysterious disease – one of a group of tissue-loss diseases that affect corals – continues to spread, though its precise cause is still unidentified. On some reefs it has reached, between 60 and 100 percent of corals are infected; many eventually die. A group of scientists, government agencies and nonprofits, backed by an emergency $1 million grant from the state, is now trying to understand the disease as it moves toward the lower Florida Keys, where it threatens the healthiest remaining stretch of coral reef in the continental United States – and the estimated $6 billion that reef-related activities bring to the state. For more of the story, read the full article here. Photo on front of news item – photo credit Phil Dustan.

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Say hello to summer with today’s summer citrus wedding inspiration! A bright and cheerful palette of coral and yellow gets a fresh twist with pops of pale aqua. This combination has become the unofficial palette of my summer – if you follow me on Instagram, you’ve seen that my feed has been full of peonies and South African pin cushions, gemstone details, and hints of mint! From fresh flower deliveries to The Sketchbook Series, these colors have been everywhere, and who am I not to listen? Today’s inspiration board is the cool younger sister to last year’s A Splash of Summer – the mint, coral, and gold palette was romantic and sophisticated, while Summer Citrus is relaxed, playful, and unabashedly modern. Billy balls and the sharp yellow of citrus fruit add a pop of sunny color to summery coral, while splashes of aqua add cool, soothing tones. Such a fun, easy-going wedding design doesn’t require too much structure – loose, overflowing arrangements of full-blown summer blooms with clean, minimalist place settings evoke an upscale backyard party. Sparkling cocktails with patterned straws, strands of bistro lights glowing overhead, and my current favorite, marquee lighting, finish off the welcoming, homey atmosphere!

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Did you know that it’s possible to combine your natural gas furnace with an air-conditioning unit for central cooling? It’s true! Because most natural gas furnaces are also compatible with air-conditioning, you can experience climate control year-round in your home. With a natural gas furnace/air-conditioning combination, no back-up heating source is required. You can enjoy the comfort and convenience of natural gas and save money. Natural gas is about one-third the cost of electricity, and is the most cost-effective fuel. Based on current gas rates, a single family home with average energy use can expect to save up to $250 per year in fuel costs1 by choosing to cool the home with a natural gas furnace/air-conditioning combination. If you’re not already connected to gas, the process is simple. Find out how you can get up to $2,700 in rebates when you install a natural gas heating system, or a heat and hot water system. If you’re an existing natural gas customer, learn about our rebates & offers. Want to know how much you can expect to save in fuel costs by pairing a natural gas furnace with an air-conditioning unit? Check out our handy home energy calculator. If you’re switching to gas, you’ll need a licensed professional to install your natural gas heating system. The FortisBC Trade Ally Network directory provides you with easy access to trained and certified gas contractors in your community. 1These are approximate annual costs for space heating and cooling of a typical household in Victoria. A typical household is defined as a single family house approx. 2,300 square ft. with average insulation. Anticipated savings will be the difference between annual natural gas and electricity. Calculations compare a 95% efficient natural gas furnace paired with Central AC with a SEER of 16, and an electric air source heat pump with an HSPF of 9.5 and SEER of 16. Comparisons are based on FortisBC natural gas rates as of September 2018, BC Hydro electricity rates as of April 2018. Both gas and electric prices are subject to change. These include applicable carbon tax. Savings may vary by household and do not include potential rebates and/or incentives.

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I have been contemplating putting together an Ethereum based sidechain that runs natively on 0xBitcoin to pay for transactions for a couple of days now. There has been a considerable amount of work done over the past several months on improved consensus algorithms for Ethereum networks, namely HBBFT, Istanbul BFT, Raft and PoA. POA network bridged ERC20 platform: This has the most promise in my opinion, because it has all of the components required to set up a sidechain, bridge it to a mainnet ERC20 and have a fully running stack out of box. Sort of feels like a ‘white label ERC20 bridged side chain’. So standing up “0xBitChain” would include all of the shiny Dapps out of box, including the token bridge, consortium management Dapps, a really nice block explorer called Blockscout and considerable documentation and support. I have reached out to the team, and they’ve documented the entire journey that brought DAI onto their own sidechain in the same manner. That’s the good news. The bad news: the setup is pretty complicated and it looks like they only support Azure for the moment. I am not an infra guy, so there was likely a lot of pitfalls there, that are mere bumps in the road to more seasoned devops folks. @Mikers pointed me to Istanbul BFT, which is really, really cool. It takes a little effort to set things up, but it offers Byzantine Fault Tolerance for a side chain. Great for decentralization, but I was seeing some issues when deploying test contracts. It may simply be my config. This configuration would provide a great decentralized base layer, but we still require connectivity back to mainnet. POA Network has done a really good job of modularizing their token bridge, so I don’t think it would take that much effort to include it as part of a sidechain. Contribute to jlogelin/0xBitchainPOC2 development by creating an account on GitHub. In a similar vein, the IBFT has been built and supported by MorganStanley to be compatible with their Ethereum instance Quorum. Before you get all up in arms about the philosophical juxtaposition of a bank developing an Ethereum network fork, what they’ve done is actually very comprehensive and impressive. They offer out of box Raft and IBFT consensus, and the speed of going this route is unparalleled. If we are looking for speed and privacy, this seems like a viable solution. Big banks are fascinated by blockchain technology. J.P. Morgan Chase partnered with Ethereum Enterprise Alliance to develop Quorum - a private blockchain that will be the bank's new brain. Geth can be quickly and easily configured as a PoA out of box. There are several resources online supporting this. I was able to stand up a testnet very quickly, but again, this would only supply the base layer without bridging as above. Just this morning I discovered Keleido and have been playing around with it. It’s a cloud hosted solution for creating private Ethereum networks like Ethereum. I wish I would have found this first, because it offers a great place to stand up a consortium, and test out different ethereum protocols including Quorum IBFT, standard PoA, and Quorum Raft. This is probably the best place to go to test out the tech and then go from there. The downside, is that you don’t have access to network parameters of the genesis block, so configuring gasLimit, seeded accounts, and chainIds ( 918, right Mike? ) is not possible. For everyone’s benefit, @mikers and I had a chat to further the conversation around bridging 0xbitchain. We would like to use 0xbitcoin’s proof of work to secure these side channels. Normally, with payment channels, you would use a multisig between two parties interacting with the channel. This works, because it is in both parties best interest to maintain and validate the true balances in order to check value back into the mainnet. When dealing with a single party that is crossing value between chains, a new attack vector is introduced. Since there is only one signatory, they could manipulate the payload and receive more tokens on mainnet than were exported from the sidechain bridge. An obvious solution is to centralize this operation with one or many cosigners of the txn. Of course this is not desirable, since human actors are susceptible to nefarious inconsistencies especially when it comes to financial gain. It would also be possible to create a decentralized network of cosigners that validate the transactions on both sides of the bridge, however on it’s own this network is susceptible to 51% attacks. This leaves us with Proof of Stake or Proof of Work to de-incentivize attacks on the bridge network. Using Proof of Stake, bridge validators would be required to lock a significant amount of 0xbitcoin into the bridge and be subject to financial disciplinary action when consensus skews from the norm. To further the idea a trusted data oracle whose sole purpose is to verify transaction state only in the scenario of a dispute, would automatically punish bad actors in the verification network. This, however, adds a central component to an otherwise decentralized network. Using pure Proof of Work to secure the bridge would also be possible. Merge mining the bridge requests with 0xbitcoin within the contract is possible, but might be a little difficult to produce a fair and accessible decentralized validator network, if the requirement to validate a bridge transaction ( or transaction block ) is to mint a 0xbitcoin block.( currently at difficulty of ~818m ) This can be mitigated and fragmented with pooled verification, as with pool mining. Just as miners submit partial solutions of fractional difficulty to a mining pool to prove their hashing power to a pool, validators could cast validation votes in the form of difficulty, receiving a single vote per difficulty solved per 0xbitcoin block. An added benefit of this architecture would allow bridge verifiers to merge mine with 0xbitcoin offchain, instead of through the bridge contract. The attack vector of the above scenario involves a 51% attack on the 0xbitcoin network. Given the current relatively small size, it would be possible for a large mining operation to take over 95% of the hashpower of the network for a period of time, thereby controlling the vast majority of the bridge votes. In this scenario, an attacker could submit inaccurate, co-signed withdrawal requests to the mainnet bridge at will. Again, mitigation for this scenario could be the use of the aforementioned trusted ‘dispute oracle’. Actually this is not entirely true. If we chose to dig deeper, we could look at native consensus mechanisms for this middle layer, such as BFT, Raft or honeybadger. I started to develop a sidechain concept around 0xBitcoin.Exchange (CEX vs. DEX -> a hybrid?), and the idea started to grow. I’m happy to find the momentum around 0xBTC sidechain. My individual contribution only - happy to discuss! In my opinion, cost on transactions is bad business logic. It hinders innovation and growth. Instead, with a sidechain and free ETH other revenue models could be developed. In my approach, producing processing capacity (adding nodes) would be rewarded, and that could make 0xBitChain the most robust blockchain in the world! Profits should be collected from value creation (DApps, services using 0xBTC as a currency) and value transfer (exchange fee) - both of these take place AFTER value creation. Tx cost happens BEFORE value creation, and that’s why I think it is bad logic. One of the greatest barriers of the Ethereum adoption is gas fee (in addition to slowness); people get innovative to circumvent that and it provides no value whatsoever. I’m fully on board with securing the gateway somehow. You guys seem to have valid ideas for that. I have been mostly: “Let’s adopt ChainLink as soon as it gets on production.” And perhaps earning some extra LINKs by running a ChainLink node pool as an integral component of 0xBitChain’s architecture? @icinsight There is no reason why we could not bridge into ChainLink if there is a need to do so.

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A personal bankruptcy declared by Angela Callen, who is under investigation for embezzling some $150,000 from the Red Brick Council for Arts, unveils a financial picture clouded by the purchase of a snowboard gear company. Callen and her husband, James, filed for joint Chapter 7 bankruptcy Tuesday in Denver, court records show. The bankruptcy filing notes it was declared in part because of a lawsuit pending in Eagle County District Court. That suit was carried out in August by Silverthorne businessman Fintan Doyle, who has accused the Callens of breach of contract over an outstanding balance he claims is owed to him over the couple’s acquisition of his Bomber Industries snowboard company’s retail and operations. Bomber, which filed for Chapter 7 protection Oct. 20, has an outstanding promissory note of $210,672 to Doyle, who could not be reached for comment Thursday. Doyle started the company in 1993, selling its two divisions to the Callen couple in 2015 and 2016. Bomber disputes the debt, according to a Nov. 3 filing in Denver bankruptcy court. A filing in the Callens’ personal bankruptcy case also suggests they will contest the outstanding balance. “We have grounds for a counterclaim to this lawsuit but do not have the funds to move forward with the litigation, so Ch 7 is the only option to avoid future action by the plaintiff,” notes the bankruptcy’s statement of financial affairs for the Callens. A future action by the Callens against Doyle would include a $400,000 claim “due to misrepresentation of property he purported to own during the transfer of the sale of Bomber Industries to us,” according to a filing in the Callens’ personal bankruptcy case. Bomber’s bankruptcy action also allowed it to stave off a hearing in Pitkin County District Court prompted by Alpine Bank, which tried to force it into receivership. The bank alleged the couple owed $51,570 on a $90,000 business loan they obtained in May 2015. Had the court approved the receivership, Doyle would have taken control of the finances and operations of Bomber, which currently is dormant. At the time of the purchase, Angela Callen, who has not responded to interview requests by The Aspen Times, was executive director of the Red Brick Council for the Arts. In June, the nonprofit, after learning of embezzlement allegations, fired Callen, who had served as its executive director since 2013. Through a contract with the city of Aspen, the Red Brick Center for the Arts — a venue for artists and nonprofit organizations — is managed by the Red Brick Council. The city on Sept. 28 announced the Pitkin County District Attorney’s Office was investigating Callen for embezzlement from the Red Brick Council. Callen has yet to be charged with any crime related to the investigation. In the meantime, the Chapter 7s will allow both Bomber and the Callens to liquidate their assets. Angela Callen has been working for two months from her home as vice president of Carson City-based Nevada Business Center LLC, according to the bankruptcy. The couple at one time owned three vehicles, but on Oct. 18 Ford Motor Credit repossessed their 2015 Ford Transit 350T, according to the filing. The Bomber bankruptcy lists its assets as $160,335 and its liabilities as $400,992.

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How do I become a councillor in West Sussex? What matters to you in your local area? Is it giving children the best start in life, ensuring local residents feel safe and secure in their communities, a stronger local economy or helping ensure people can remain independent in later life Whatever needs changing in your local area, you could be the person to change it by becoming a county councillor. West Sussex County Council can only be as effective, relevant and vibrant as the people elected to run it. The Council needs councillors who are capable, energetic and engaged, with a commitment to local people and a passion for change. Decisions made by councillors affect the lives of everyone in the area in countless ways. Representing the population of over half a million across West Sussex, understanding the issues and concerns they face and taking action are the most important tasks that any councillor undertakes. If you think being a West Sussex County Councillor is for you, test your eligibility to stand and find out more. County councillors are the elected representatives of West Sussex County Council. They are elected for four years unless they are elected at a by-election, in which case they must stand again at the next normal election for the seat. Representing people in West Sussex, understanding the issues and concerns they face and taking action is the most important task that any councillor undertakes. Significantly, it is also often the role that local people value most. West Sussex County Council covers a large geographical area, which, from May 2017, will be broken down into 70 electoral divisions. County councillors are elected to serve West Sussex and to specifically represent one of these electoral divisions on the council – making a total of 70 councillors. You can find out about the current political make-up of the council here. In order to stand at the elections you must first a set of nomination papers from the elections officer at your local district or borough council, which will explain the nomination process. These packs are available nearer the election date. I’m still not sure about whether I am eligible to be a councillor at the 2017 election. How can I find out? For contact information about each of the political groups, please see the tab above this one named ‘How do I become a councillor in West Sussex’. Councillors are not paid a salary but they are entitled to receive a ‘basic allowance’ which is intended to recognise the time devoted to their work on behalf of the people of West Sussex and in connection with council business. How much time you spend on your duties as a councillor is largely up to you and will depend on the particular commitments you take on. The precise amount of time will depend on the roles and commitments each councillor takes on and can vary. 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According to Statistics Netherlands (CBS), unemployment declined to 4.9 percent of the labour force in June. For the first since the summer of 2011, less than 5 percent of all people in the labour market are looking and immediately available for work. Between April and June, unemployment declined by an average of 6 thousand per month and stood at 446 thousand in June. The number of people in paid employment grew by an average of 11 thousand per month. At the end of June, the Employee Insurance Agency (UWV) paid 372 thousand unemployment (WW) benefits. In June, just as in previous months, the number of current unemployment benefits declined compared to the preceding month. UWV reported a total number of 372 benefits this month, i.e. a decrease of 13 thousand (-3.5 percent). There was a sharper decrease among young benefit claimants under the age of 25 (-5.4 percent) than in the age group 55 years and over (-2.7 percent). Furthermore, the decline in number of unemployment benefits compared to May was sharper among men (-4.8 percent) than among women (-2.2 percent). The number of benefits dropped substantially compared to June 2016 (-15.1 percent). Construction companies saw a more than average decline relative to one year previously (-42.5 percent). In the first six months of this year, UWV provided 208 thousand new unemployment benefits: a decline of 20.7 percent compared to the first half of 2016. In nearly all sectors, the number of new benefits decreased year-on-year. The drop was above average in the sector construction (-48.7 percent) and retail chains (-47.8 percent). The banking sector shows a different trend: the number of new benefits was up by 18.8 percent in the first six months of 2017 compared to the same period in 2016. Nearly six years ago was the last time when the unemployment rate fell below 5 percent. Unemployment went up after that until the beginning of 2014 and subsequently declined again. It declined more rapidly among the youngest age group than among people aged 45 and over. Youth unemployment amounted to 8.9 percent in June, which was also lower than six years ago (9.5 percent). The unemployment rate in the age group 45 years and up, however, was still higher than in 2011 (4.7 against 4.1 percent). Furthermore, youth unemployment has declined more rapidly over the past three months than unemployment in older age categories. The decline in the latter group in fact levelled out at the beginning of 2017. There are 12.9 million people in the Netherlands in the age category 15-74 years. In June, 66.6 percent of them were in paid employment. This is equivalent to 8.6 million people (4.6 million men and 4 million women). Between April and June, the number of people in paid employment has grown by an average of 11 thousand per month. Altogether 4.3 million people aged 15-74 are not in paid employment; 446 thousand of them are unemployed. In Q1 2017, nearly 3.9 million people were not looking or not immediately available for work. Out of this group, 3.2 million people indicated that they were not willing or able to work due to education or training, care for others, sickness or old age. The remaining more than 600 thousand people were either not available or not looking for a job. The main reason for the decline in unemployment is that more unemployed find work than workers lose their job. In June, there were 118 thousand people in work who were still unemployed three months previously. In the same period, 81 thousand people who were still in paid employment three months previously had become unemployed. The decline in unemployment was slightly tempered as the number of jobseekers who could not find work (167 thousand) exceeded the number of unemployed who gave up looking for work (148 thousand).

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Viitri Storage Containers: what’s in the box? Sometimes when we want to organize our stuff we put them inside containers; most of the time we find ourselves with mountain of boxes that we don’t even remember what’s inside. The Viitri Storage Container Set is one of the best choices out there to keep your space both organized and ever-so-stylish, whether it’s the kitchen, office, or bathroom – it’s entirely up to you. These decorative storage containers are made from a transparent heat-resistant borosilicate glass that comes with three different colors: clear glass for those who want to keep it clean and simple, smoke glass for a more exclusive look, and if you want to be more creative you can choose the beautiful blue glass. Another great thing that makes these containers so chic is the different glass effect, you see when the containers are filled with items the glass mirrors the light and seem to change its color. We all know that most containers are poor in preserving our ingredients because the lack of a good sealing method, but the Viitri has an integrated silicon ring that takes care of that and it’s even safe for storing liquids. It is so transparent these containers are going to be on your next shopping list.

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72410 currently has 1 residential homes for sale on the market. The median list price is $74,900 or $50 / ft². These listings range from $74,900 in the lower quartile to $74,900 in the upper quartile. The average home currently for sale in 72410 is around 13 years old and 1,500 ft². There are currently 1 studio, 0 one-bedroom, 0 two-bedroom, 0 three-bedroom, and 0 four+ bedroom listings for sale. This search area is located within 72410. 72410 has 387 residents in 195 households. The median age of this zipcode is 48.8 with a majority of inhabitants unmarried. At least 76.92% of those living in this zipcode currently own their homes. Roughly 0% of population here speak a language other than English at home. The median income in this zipcode is $23,942, with an employment rate of 50.6%. It tends to take those living in 72410 an average of 22.2 minutes to get to work, with a majority commuting by car. Out of the total population of those 25 and older, 1.97% have a master’s or above, 8.55% have a bachelor’s, and 36.84% have a high school degree. More broadly, 72410 is a part of Lawrence County, Arkansas. Lawrence County, Arkansas has around 16,915 residents, or 6,603 households with a median age of 41.8. Residents in this county have a median income of $33,381 and a home ownership rate of 67.67%. Searching on Zillow 72410, Trulia, or Realtor.com? RealtyHop has the most comprehensive mortgage and property record data to help you make the best buying decision.

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ARTIST WALLS 2017: This year’s live performance art features ‘artist walls’, which will be created over the two-day event by local artists capturing the atmospheric vibe, unique charm and history of Dania Beach. There will be a total of 5 walls and guests of the festival can provide their support and input, and add their very own inspired touches. Marcos Conde is an artist living and working in South FL. He was born in Lima, Peru and has lived in different cities since moving to the U.S at the age of five. There are no artists in his family nor has he received a formal art education but rather, art became a part of his life in his early twenties, as a therapeutic method to counteract years of drug abuse. Since then, he has continued self-study and practice to develop his body of work. The figure and surreal paintings he creates aim to develop a sense of movement, energy and emotion. The mediums he uses are Oil, Acrylic & Spray Paint. Marcos has exhibited in the Orlando Museum of Art, and different venues in West Palm Beach, Ft. Lauderdale, and Miami. Marcos currently works as a illustrator, graphic designer and visual artist. Born June 25, 1982 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. At the age of 11, I developed my love for art from watching my older brother Darin L. Gilbert draw. I begged him to teach me how to draw, so he gave me a pencil and paper, and then told me to draw what I see. I was accepted at the Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale, so I took a chance with my art. I bought some paint brushes and began to paint. I admit it was very challenging at first, because I was used to seeing results within the first few minutes. Through painting I learned how to be patient. My work has been exhibited at the Midtown Art Business center and at the 5:01 networking event at the 6th St Plaza in Fort Lauderdale. I also have an exhibit at Studio 5 Ten in Lauderhill. I’ve been blessed to donate paintings to the Muscular Dystrophy Association for a fundraising event and speak to students at summer camp in Fort Lauderdale about painting and pursuing my Passion in the arts. My name is Robert Moreschi, born and raised in here in South Florida. I have always had a passion for art, starting at a young age. My brother and I would sit around and draw for hours at a time. At the age of 13 I picked up my first spray can to paint my go-kart . At that moment I became eager to learn everything there was to know about painting. A few years later I began to experiment with airbrushing on motorcycles and cars, but my true passion was spraypainting. Now that I am older I am interested in pursuing my dreams. In the past few years I’ve painted several designs some office buildings, painted a mural for Live Fit gym and Xtreme Indoor Action park in Fort Lauderdale. My most recent mural and largest yet is featured in Fort Lauderdale International Airport, terminals 1 and 4. Painting has always been my dream and have no plans on stopping until the world knows my name.

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Invoking the right to counsel. 31 Jenkins v. Anderson , 447 U.S. 231 (1980) (accused failed to inform police about his self-defense claim for at least two weeks after murder. Prosecutor used this silence in his cross-examination of the defendant and in his closing argument); Brecht v. Abrahamson , 507 U.S. 619 (1993) (defendant failed to tell anyone that the victim’s shooting was an accident prior to receipt of the warnings). See also State v. Easter , 922 P.2d 1285 (Wash. 1996) (finding that the accused’s pre-arrest silence cannot be used against him). In Easter , the accused was questioned at the accident scene, but he refused to answer any questions (not a custodial interrogation). During trial, the prosecutor argued that the accused’s silence indicated he was being evasive to avoid alcohol detection. The Washington Supreme Court held that an accused’s pre-arrest silence cannot be used against him/her. The court found that the right to silence is derived from the Fifth Amendment and not Miranda , and applies before an accused is in custody or is the subject of an investigation. United States v. Gilley , 56 M.J. 113 (C.A.A.F. 2001). The standard for determining whether mentioning an accused’s invocation of his right to counsel is improper is the same standard used for mentioning an accused’s invocation of his right to remain silent. Here, no reversible error where: 1) defense counsel first elicited evidence of his client’s invocation on cross-examination and did not object to the witness’s response; 2) defense’s theory “invited response” from trial counsel about accused’s invocation; and, 3) invocation was not used as substantive evidence against accused.

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Like the massive earthquake in Japan earlier this year, the floods in Thailand are again exposing the vulerabilities of fragmented global supply chains. Last month, a team of economists from PREM’s International Trade Department encountered some flooding side-effects during a visit to the Indonesian production site for ECCO, a Danish company that manufactures footwear. In order to transfer production to the factory in Indonesia, the workers needed the specific shoe molds used in the Thai factory. But there was a problem: The Thai factory was under three meters of water. These specialized molds manufactured in the Thai factory would have taken several weeks to manufacture, which would have further delayed production. So ECCO hired scuba divers to enter the Thai factory and recover the molds. They then shipped them via air to other factories around the region, including ECCO Indonesia. Shoemakers are not the only businesses with drowned components. Automotive producers are also hiring divers to rescue molds from underwater Thai factories, according to the Financial Times . Honda, for one, has said it will cut worldwide production by 50 percent because of a shortage of specialty parts. Reuters reports that computer hard drive prices have gone up 20 to 50 percent because of the flooding in Thailand, the world’s number-two hard drive producer. The disruption is reminiscent of March, when the devastating earthquake and tsunami in Japan left the auto industry temporarily paralyzed for a lack of specialty parts. In the month after the earthquake, auto production in the U.S. declined by 12 percent, according to one World Bank report . These natural disasters have exposed vulnerabilities in supply chains that rely on the clustering of resources and technical expertise in small geographic areas. There has been much discussion about how global firms will respond to the perception of growing risk in supply chains. Possible adjustments may include making greater use of multiple-sourcing (reversing the trend toward supplier concentration in recent years), insisting on maintaining suppliers from geographically diverse areas, and even simply holding greater inventories across the global supply chain. Rising transportation costs. Rising oil prices are hitting transport costs and are expected to be long-lasting. This will make it increasingly more expensive to maintain widely dispersed production networks; andRegionalism in trade policy. Growth in regional trade agreements mean that it is easier to trade in intermediate goods within trade blocs. As the World Bank’s Jean-Pierre Chauffour and Jean-Cristophe Maur note in their recent book, Preferential Trade Agreements for Development: A Handbook, these agreements have multiplied in the last two decades, and are expected to continue to dominate in the absence of a Doha agreement. So, while natural disasters provide a dramatic backdrop for a discussion of supply chain vulnerabilities, perhaps their importance in shifting production networks is overblown. Private sector actors, after all, will make expensive supply-chain adjustments based on long-term calculations, not short-term risk. Indeed, they may look to address changing consumer demand, take advantage of declining real wages at home, cut transport costs, or benefit from recently established regional agreements. If this helps them avoid the wrath of Mother Nature and scuba-diving for parts, all the better.

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SOS Forum • How would you mic this theatre stage (for filming)? How would you mic this theatre stage (for filming)? A separate team will manage live sound and can give me a feed of 12 radio mics, the orchestra, plus some boundary mics around the stage. I can add some mics of my own to capture audience sound, but would also like to pick-up chorus (non mic) performers singing, mainly either side of the stage and towards the end of the stage 'walk way'. Just to highlight, my own mics won't be feeding the PA. 1. Can I expect to do better than the boundary mics on stage? I want to make sure the musical pieces aren't 'solo-heavy' from the radio mics. What about some SDC mics placed at key areas? 2. Maybe just a stereo-pair out front would blend well with the radio mics? 3. Audience mics - stereo pair at the back of the venue? A better option? Any advice would be appreciated. I understand there will be established ways of doing this properly with a better budget and the right experience - here, the hire budget is minimal (a few mics and small mixer) and I'm having to multi-task somewhat, so I'd appreciate more imaginative ideas/suggestions relevant to this scale. Re: How would you mic this theatre stage (for filming)? If your budget is limited and you're likely to be multi-tasking I'd try and keep it as simple as possible - stereo pair and omni outriggers perhaps (should pick up some audience). But that's just a wild guess smarter folks will be along soon. The real problem with recording any theatre performance, is getting mics close enough to the source to end up with something useful, without having them in the way! That's part of why boundary type mics are so commonly used, it's more of a compromise with what looks right than what works best in terms of high quality recording. The last show I recorded I used a pair of Crown PCCs to mic the ensemble, for exactly the same reason (only some of the cast were on radios), and it worked really nicely, and was visually very subtle. For the audience, as blinddrew suggested, a pair of omnis out in the house will be good, if it's just to capture some applause then any relatively sensible position should work fine! Apologies as I'm sure you're already aware of this, but in terms of feeds from the sound team, if it's just a mirror of the main mix, then what's going to the room is likely to be rather different to what you would like to end up at your rig. Having a separate mix would depend greatly on how much time you have to set up, how busy those guys are already etc (and sometimes how helpful they are as people in general!). If you don't have much choice about what's coming from the board, then it might be best to record it to a separate device to add later if it's useful, rather than mixing it with what you provide for yourself and being stuck with it. As has been said, it would be best if you can get these as individual direct feeds if their main purpose is for the house PA. The reason is that a mixed PA feed will be balanced for the room, taking into account the contribution of acoustic spill from the orchestra and performers in that room. As a result, the sound might be fantastic in the room for the live audience, but the mix off the PA desk may well sound rather odd and unbalanced and not very useful for a video soundtrack! Also, with the radio mic feeds, if the PA person is late on fading up a cue it will tend to be overlooked in a live show that the audience only see that one night, but it will ruin a video production that may be watched over and again. So discrete feeds, rather than a full mix or stems, are important for a high quality end result.... and of course the time to do a full remix for the video production. The problem with more conventional miking is obstructing sight-lines with mic stands. Boundary mics don'y have that problem, and can five surprisingly good and even sound coverage with very natural perspectives. Just take care to mechanically isolate the mics from the staging to avoid emphasising the footfalls. Placing the mics on foam or similar is usually sufficient. What about some SDC mics placed at key areas? Yes... but you will then have to take care panning the radios to match the spatial positions picked up by the stereo pair to avoid a confusion and muddled sound stage. Sounds great when done well, but it will add to the mix-down complexity and time. Not sure I'd want mics at the back of the venue. They'll be a significant time delay for on-stage sounds arriving at the mics at the back of the room, and when mixed in that will lead to unwanted colouration. Also, people are directional, and audience reaction (applause, shouts, laughter etc) sounds very different when heard from behind compared to the front! I'd go for mics in front of the stage, high up, and facing the back of the hall, or maybe omni outriggers at the sides of the room roughly half way down the thrust stage as a reasonable compromise. Thanks for your really thoughtful responses, folks. Yes, I’ll have pre-fade stems from the mixer, probably just lavs, boundaries and orchestra. Flown mics not possible for this one, sadly. I think I’ll just trust the boundary mics for chorus stage sound, perhaps supported by something out front.

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Our client is a leading architecture and design firm based in Manhattan. They are seeking a Senior Project Manager with healthcare experience to join their growing team. This person will be responsible for managing all aspects of healthcare projects including client liaison, scheduling and budgeting. Additionally the PM will assist the Principal with creating design proposals. This is a fantastic opportunity for a skilled manager to join a prestigious firm.

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Our friend Debbie Adams adopted another pair of Wombies, Cookie and Chewy. They join Tink and Dink, the Wombies Deb adopted in February of 2012. You can read all about the adoption and see everything those lucky Wombies got over at Deb’s Meet Cookie and Chewy post on the Deb Adams Art blog. Yep! Doing what they do naturally: eating! I’m part of that clan, but I’m not in that picture. I came later. You’ll get your own page soon. Shadow.

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We gather as a church on Sunday evenings at 6:00PM for our congregational prayer meeting. This is not a repeat of the morning service, but is our time to hear about the various things going on in the life of the church, and to pray together for them as a church. Our service begins with a time of singing, and this usually is a time where we get to learn new songs. Then, we have a time of sharing, led by the pastor, where we hear from members about various corporate or individual ministries and needs that exist within our church. After the sharing is finished, we then move into a time of prayer, where people pray as they feel led for all the items that were shared. If you’re a visitor or uncomfortable with praying in public, don’t worry… You won’t be called on to pray! After our time of prayer, one of the men of the church will lead us in a short 15-minute devotional from God’s Word. If you’re interested in learning more about the community of Waverly Place Baptist Church, our Sunday evening service would be a great way to do that. All are welcome!

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Markets evolve and change. That is never truer than in the case of the UK biomass market. Before the introduction of the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) in November 2011 it was a pretty small sector, and an insignificant part of UK renewables. The RHI created a boom with numerous new market entrants and investment in the technology. Then we saw the market develop in 2013-14, with changes to the RHI, principally around air quality, coupled with new sustainability criteria for RHI certified wood – namely the introduction of the Biomass Suppliers List (BSL). The BSL ensures that all wood fuel registered meets the sustainability requirements of the RHI scheme. Suppliers have to apply to be members of the scheme meaning their wood must be legal, sustainable and within prescribed levels of CO2 from the supply chain. Customers must record BSL numbers attributed to every single separate wood fuel delivery in order to receive RHI payments. In addition to ensuring sustainability standards, the BSL should also be a vital support to the industry in making the case to the Government that ‘wood is good’ in relation to renewable heat. However, whilst the principle is good, the scheme has not evolved with the market, and its structures and remit have proved onerous for both customers and industry. In fact, the only significant change has been that industry now finance the BSL rather than government. In short, I believe the BSL needs to be more responsive and accountable to its members, to remain relevant and effective. In order to do this, I think it is time for a full review of the BSL to ensure it achieves what it was set out to do. I would like to help effect that change, which is why I’m standing for election as a member of the BSL Advisory Panel which closes on Monday July 9th. Having spoken to other members of the BSL, there appears to be some consensus that the processes and structures could be reviewed. For example, every time a fuel suppler wants to produce or sell a new product they must apply, and pay for, a BSL number. This can create hundreds of numbers for suppliers and the subsequent administration to go with it. This is not only time consuming for the supplier but the customer too. This can create a situation where a customer can have multiple deliveries of fuel with multiple different numbers, which all have to be recorded separately in order to receive RHI payments. The biomass market is still developing, and it is important to ensure that current regulations are working with, rather than against, industry. Going forwards, a simplification of BSL processes could reduce costs and red tape, in turn making the scheme more effective. Whether it is evolution or a complete reform, it would benefit customers and suppliers to explore options to make the BSL fit for purpose in today’s biomass market. You can vote in the election for the BSL Advisory Board Panel by downloading and completing the BSL Voting Form and returning it to bslhelpdesk@gemserv.com.

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Graham taking the photos – doing what he does best! The bottom photo is an area we cleared – and the top left, a Christmas tree! That’s all for now – may be? Tidy Stourbridge January 8th Continued. For some reason this photo was missed off, so here it is. David, Colin, Garry, Geoff, Craig, Matt, Helen, Andy, Pat, Dawn, Vanessa, Steph, Holly, Rachael, Graham (Todays Photographer), and a welcome to our latest recruit Sophie C. Approximately 26 Bags of rubbish, 2 sacks of crushed cans, 4 tyres, 1 office chair, 5 Green fabric/plastic bread or fruit vegetable boxes and other miscellaneous objects. The general feelings are that not much has changed. it is sad to see Lye always in this state. For the newer members the feeling was – how much rubbish is around. There are businesses who look after the outside premises and keep them clean as best as they can. A few of the volunteers took the opportunity to cut back brambles in order to stop them encroaching on the footpath. The next Tidy Stourbridge Litter Pick will be on Sunday 22nd January from 10.00am at The Thorns Inn, The Thorns, Quarry Bank, Dy5 2JY. Tidy Stourbridge Litter Pick, Tuesday 16th August: Waterfront Car Park where Waterfront Way joins The Gateway. 7.00pm. We split up again looking for any areas that required attention. Some of the group worked as a team – others on a solo basis. After as above. It helps to see what we drag out from one area. In total we collected the following: 4 wooden packing cases, fence posts with wire netting attached, 3 signs, upholstery foam, 1 divan bed, 1 bin full of crushed cans. 16 bags of rubbish. We did come across a settee but were unable to retrieve it as it was well and truly stuck behind a hedge down a dip. Not a bad nights collection for 10 of us. There seem to be some ghosts about this evening! Hey Ho, Hey Ho, its off to work we go! The next Tidy Stourbridge Litter pick takes place on Wednesday 31st August at an earlier time of 6.30pm on account of the nights closing in. Venue: We will meet up at The Ten Arches Car Park, Penfields Road, Stourbridge, DY8 4UZ. 6.30PM. Winter Planning Meeting: The meeting will take place on Sunday 11th September. The Ten Arches, Penfields Road, Stourbridge, DY8 4UZ. Time: 7.30pm. Tidy Stourbridge Litter Pick: Wednesday 20th July 2016 at 7.00pm. Bromley Street Lye DY9 8JA at its junction with the A458 The Hayes. Behind the hoarding A458 The Hayes. Green land off Lye bypass. Fly Tipping just rotting away just off Lye Bypass. Hi Ho – Hi Ho, Tis a litter picking that we go, Hi Ho Hi hoooooh Ohhhh! A total of 13 of us managed to collect 23 bags of rubbish and apart from this and what you can see above, we also found 1 sleeping bag, 2 large signs 3 foot x 3 foot, several large pieces of plastic and 3 wheel hub caps. Also 1 disgusting black rubbish sack was found on the dual carriage way full of dirty nappies. There is no need for this – why do people do it. In the middle of the road??? We were longer out this evening . David took these photos, myself – (Rachael) and Graham were not back when this photo was taken and 2 of the team had to leave before it was taken. The usual drink cans, plastic bottles, glass bottles, sweet / snack wrappers. My thanks go out to all who turned up this evening as I know Davids thanks do. The evening started with the old spit spots of rain just as we were getting all of the equipment together. It looked like it would set in at one point – but it did not – at least not too much. We were delighted to see such a turn out of support. Cllr Paul Bradley asked if he could join us for the evening to see how we operated and as to what it was all about. He seemed rather delighted to see we were well organised. We either went in pairs or went in our own different directions depending if any of us had anywhere specifically in mind. The litter collected this week were the same types. Not as much by way of large items I am happy to report. It consisted of sweet wrappers, drink cans, small spirit bottles, many cigarette buts, fast food containers, plastic bottles, 2 tyres, 1 traffic cone, 20 Bags of litter. So not a bad day, but most of the litter was quite small. Otherwise, the next Litter pick for Tidy Stourbridge, will be Wednesday 6th July 7.00 pm, Corbett Hospital, John Corbett Drive, Amblecote, DY8 4BJ. We had a combined effort today when Transition Stourbridge came along and helped us to tidy the rubbish and filth that is around our River Stour and the Canal. We came across many areas of rubbish. A huge thank you to all who came along to help. Many Thanks to Rosanne Adams. The Next date for Tidy Stourbridge litter pick is as follows: Sunday 7th February. 10.00am start. Corbett Hospital Gates, High Street, Amblecote, DY8 4DG. David and Geoff clearing some of the grot from the rubble.

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The inspiration for Receptions for Research: The Greg Olsen Foundation began when Greg experienced the effects of cancer. In September 2001, Greg's mother, Susan Olsen, was diagnosed with breast cancer. Greg witnessed his mother’s courageous fight. Not only was Susan a loving wife, she was also a dedicated mother. While enduring several rounds of chemotherapy, Susan stayed strong, waking up every day and living life as close as she could before her diagnosis. Although she was physically and emotionally drained, Susan attended every sporting event and school function her three boys participated in. Every Friday night, Susan threw on a Wayne Hills Football hat over her blonde wig and sat in the bleachers to watch her two sons, Greg and Chris, play. Her youngest son, Kevin, was the ball boy. Her husband, Chris, was the head football coach. Greg fondly remembers looking up in the stands, rain or shine, and seeing his mother cheering on the team as she always did. Susan is now a survivor, but Greg will never forget what his mother did for him and the family. It is in Susan's honor that Greg started Receptions for Research: The Greg Olsen Foundation. Greg saw how difficult it was for his mother to battle breast cancer, and he wants to make sure that everyone who is affected by cancer has a second chance in life, just like Susan had.

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Hey! You have a fire in your head! Yup...that's what it means......wanna borrow H2? That means he's thinking really hard.

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Mt. Cleverest's climb to the top will be documented. Forming in 2016, the band have quickly gained momentum as their robust alt-rock indie-rap sound has spread through the scene like wildfire. The boys from Perth have impressed locally with singles like "That Girl" and garnered international praise with the recent single "These Nights". With the release of their debut EP 'Money' in 2018, Mt. Cleverest aren't showing any signs of slowing down. Recorded and mixed by Andrew Lawson (Debaser Studios) and mastered by William Bowden, 'Money' serves as the professional introduction to the band's genre-blending sound, tied together by themes of mortality, greed, money, love and power. The EP explores these heavy themes in a highly listenable sense, with infectious guitars and catchy hooks sprawled throughout the project.

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I'm so excited to announce that Cristina Auffant is the winner for Julia Contacessi's Print Giveaway!! Wohoo!!! Julia picked the winner and I was thrilled to learn that my good friend Cristina was the lucky one. What a coincidence! I loved sharing with all you readers Julia's beautiful work. Even if you didn't win Julia has generously extended a 15% discount to all Mimosa Lane readers with code ARTLOVEX15 (code expires 9/2115). View her prints here. Yeay! Leaves have not started turning quite yet here in Dallas, but this doesn't mean I can't indulge in the idea of it....I love the red and oranges of Fall and have been inspired to pick pieces in this palette today. I'm dying over t-strap and mary jane flats this season. I adore these cute red calf hair ones from J.Crew. Also, this Clover Canyon skirt is magnificent- girly and elegant all in one. The red top is glamorous with the flared cuffs. The fire orange fringed bag is marvelous. It almost seems as if it were melting. The orange stingray wrap with snake end caps is so luxurious and chic and the bejeweled cuff is fun. Lastly, you all know I adore rimmed glasses especially if they are $35 for a set of 4. I don't hate deals like this.

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Gracious God, bless our seminarians, may the Holy Spirit inspire and give them the courage and enthusiasm for their vocation. Guide them to become prayerful and holy priests, men with hearts like our Lord, prepared to serve the Church and give their lives for Christ. We ask this through Christ Our Lord. Amen. Lord Jesus Christ, we bring to You in prayer the children of our family. Give them hearts open to hear Your voice. Help them to be generous in responding to Your call. Give them the grace to persevere in overcoming all the pressures in our world that keep them from embracing and truly living their vocation. Graciously grant we parents a living faith and an ardent love, which will inspire our children to live holy lives. May we genuinely encourage and foster the God-given vocations of our children and help them to respond generously. Let us rejoice when a child of ours is called to be a priest or religious. Amen. I glorify You, God in all that I do. I give my best to you. To seek grace from above. to face my perils alone. Amen. Vianney Vocations offers a large selection of vocation specific prayer cards for both women and men. Take a look at their selection, and order quantities according to your needs..

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Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday criticized the Punjab government for not acting against the killers of two Sikhs who died during protests against the sacrilege of Guru Granth Sahib three years ago.Krishan Bhagwan Singh and Gurjit Singh died in police firing in October 2015 in Faridkot district.On the third anniversary of the killings, Kejriwal offered his condolences to the victims' families and expressed disappointment with the Punjab government for "failing to punish the culprits".Taking to Twitter, Kejriwal said: "I offer condolences to the families of Krishan Bhagwan Singh and Gurjit Singh. Highly unfortunate that Captain Amarinder Singh's government has badly failed to punish the culprits of sacrilege of Shri Guru Granth Sahibji and the murderers of two innocents."Police had booked its officers on charges of murder and attempt to murder in connection with the firing in Behbal Kalan village.In September this year, the Punjab and Haryana High Court stayed the proceedings against three Punjab Police officers booked in connection with the firing.

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Philips Sonicare HealthyWhite+ is built in with a 2 minute timer to assure dental professional recommended brushing time , and the Quadpacer, which is a 30 second interval timer that indicates when you need to move to the next quadrant of your mouth for a thorough clean. I like its DiamondClean whitening brush head which is comfortable and its' Diamond shape, long and slim bristles is easy to brush the hard-to-reach places than manual brushing. It is advisable to change the brush heads every 3 months to achieve optimal results. Philips Sonicare HealthyWhite+ users say that it will whiter teeth after 1 week use, but for my case, my teeth is brighter even after just one use. After using it for 3 weeks now, my teeth is bright and shine just like after going through a scaling treatment. The clean, sleek and modern design of the Sonicare HealthyWhite+ electric rechargeable toothbrush has compliment my modern bathroom. Selling at RM 439, the Philips Sonicare HealthyWhite+ Box contains 1 Philips Sonicare HealthyWhite+ rechargeable toothbrush; 1 DiamondClean brush head (Standard); 1 charger; 1 hard travel case and 1 hygienic travel cap. Philips Sonicare HealthyWhite+ rechargeable toothbrush comes with 2 years warranty, it is available at the Philips Brand Store in Publika Shopping Gallery Kuala Lumpur and Sutera Mall Johor Bahru and the Philips Experience Store in Bayan Lepas, Penang. Now, we could all smile with our perfect white teeth and feeling good everyday. RM439 is good investment for a clean and white set of teeth! Let me check it out at the shops. Wow, it really makes ur teeth look brighter btw, nice nice! Wish to have one also! definitely a good tool to keep our teeth clean and fresh. thanks for recommending!

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Now that April has rolled around, online soccer betting players are one step closer to betting on the 2018 World Cup. We’ve already taken a look at some previews, particularly regarding Groups A, B, and C. Therefore, it is now the time to breakdown the riveting action that Group D has in store for bettors. Afterwards, we’ll take a look at the early World Cup betting odds as well as some parlay and picks players can make on the 2018 World Cup. One burning question comes to mind when pondering Argentina’s chances in this year’s World Cup. Specifically; will Messi finally be able to cement himself as the GOAT by leading his country to a World Cup? Considering that the Argentinians are currently facing +855 odds to win this year’s tournament, it doesn’t seem like online soccer betting sites think they’ll get the job done. Notwithstanding getting snubbed for absolute favorites, Messi & Co. are still facing some of the best odds of the field. Last time around, Argentina made it all the way to the finals before falling short against Germany. Now, more offensive-sided than anything else, we’ll have to wait and see what the South American country can do. Players to Watch: Lionel Messi (Barcelona), Sergio Aguero (Manchester City), and Angel Di Maria (PSG). We’re all anxiously awaiting to see what kind of acoustics the thunder clap can deliver in Russia this summer. However, since Iceland is currently pegged at +15000 odds to win the tournament, it appears that betting sportsbooks don’t think the thunder clap will make it out of the group stage. Needless to say, those early World Cup betting odds ranks on the lower end of field. But those odds aren’t all that surprising, considering this is Iceland’s fist ever draw into the World Cup. While most of their players might be relatively unknown, betting sportsbook players should know that the team turned to 9 different players to score goals in order to make it thus far. Players to Watch: Gylfi Sigurdsson (Everton), Alfred Finnbogason (FC Augsburg), and Kolbeinn Sigborsson (Nantes). Croatia has been living in the past. The reason being that the country has failed to qualify for the World Cup ever since their first draw back in 1998. Now, 20-years later, the Croatians are looking to make a splash. It’s significantly obvious that the country has a hard time making it here, so they’ll be looking to make the best of this year’s draw. Luckily for Croatia, they enter with one of the best midfields in international soccer. Croatia is currently facing +3050 odds to win the World Cup. Players to Watch: Mario Mandzukic (Juventus), Luka Modric (Real Madrid) and Ivan Rakitic (Barcelona). Online soccer betting players will recall the thrilling goal Alex Iwobi scored over Zambia to secure Nigeria’s berth into the 2018 World Cup. Iwobi further displayed their prowess in a friendly match versus Argentina last November. Behind two goals from Iwobi, the Nigerians came out on top 4-2. Notwithstanding that performance, the Nigerians are still facing +18000, even worse early World Cup betting than Iceland. All in all, this is Nigeria’s 6th World Cup. Players to Watch: Alex Iwobi (Arsenal), Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester City), and Ahmed Musa (CSKA Moscow). All things considered, it’s looking like taking Argentina or Croatia in this group is the best choice. Both countries wield considerable talent and they’ll be going up against less-favored opponents. Moreover, the odds out on the Argentinians make them one of the most appealing teams to back at the current moment. Sign up now to make this prediction on the 2018 World Cup!

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Franke, J-H., and Kosov, D.S. (2013) Enantioselectivity of (321) chiral noble metal surfaces: a density functional theory study of lactate adsorption. Journal of Chemical Physics, 139 (22). 224709. pp. 1-5. The adsorption of the chiral molecule lactate on the intrinsically chiral noble metal surfaces Pt(321), Au(321), and Ag(321) is studied by density functional theory calculations. We use the oPBE-vdW functional which includes van der Waals forces on an ab initio level. It is shown that the molecule binds via its carboxyl and the hydroxyl oxygen atoms to the surface. The binding energy is larger on Pt(321) and Ag(321) than on Au(321). An analysis of the contributions to the binding energy of the different molecular functional groups reveals that the deprotonated carboxyl group contributes most to the binding energy, with a much smaller contribution of the hydroxyl group. The Pt(321) surface shows considerable enantioselectivity of 0.06 eV. On Au(321) and Ag(321) it is much smaller if not vanishing. The chiral selectivity of the Pt(321) surface can be explained by two factors. First, it derives from the difference in van der Waals attraction of L- and D-lactate to the surface that we trace to differences in the binding energy of the methyl group. Second, the multi-point binding pattern for lactate on the Pt(321) surface is sterically more sensitive to surface chirality and also leads to large binding energy contributions of the hydroxyl group. We also calculate the charge transfer to the molecule and the work function to gauge changes in electronic structure of the adsorbed molecule. The work function is lowered by 0.8 eV on Pt(321) with much smaller changes on Au(321) and Ag(321).

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SMU Associate Professor of Political Science Dennis Simon died Sunday, Feb. 12, 2017 in Dallas after a long illness. An SMU faculty member since 1986, he was a recognized expert on the American presidency, national elections, women and the political glass ceiling, and the politics of change in the United States. Passionate about his students and his work, he continued to teach and present lectures on the presidential elections to the SMU community through fall of 2016. The Texas House of Representatives “gaveled out” its regular session Tuesday, Feb. 14, in Simon’s memory on a motion by State Rep. Morgan Meyer. Services for Simon are pending. Simon was quick to say that his proudest and most impactful work came in guiding since 2008 both undergraduate and graduate students on SMU’s annual Civil Rights Pilgrimage to historical sites across the south. The 7-8 day bus trip occurs during Spring Break every year, creating an immersive learning experience that “pilgrims” describe as life changing. During Simon’s 31 years as an SMU faculty member, he received nearly every teaching award offered by the University, including the “M” Award, the Willis Tate Award and President’s Associate Award. In 2005 he received the Altshuler Distinguished Teaching Professor Award, given to just four professors each year for their commitment to student learning. Known for his mentorship and dedication to teaching, he used U.S. elections as a living laboratory, teaching his popular course, “Presidential Elections,” every four years. Simon’s other teaching and research interests included presidential-congressional relations, public opinion, electoral behavior and research methodology. His research appeared in leading journals such as the American Political Science Review, American Journal of Political Science, and the Journal of Politics. He was the recipient of the Pi Sigma Alpha award given by the Southern Political Science Association for his study of national forces in state legislative elections, and twice the Miriam Irish award given by the Southern Political Science Association for his study (with Assoc. Prof. Barbara Palmer) of the emergence of women in U.S. electoral politics. His most recent book, with co-author Palmer, Women and Congressional Elections: A Century of Change (Lynne Reinner Publishers) was published in May of 2012. The book’s first edition was published in 2006. Simon’s recent research projects included “The Perilous Experiment,” a historical and quantitative study tracing the evolution of popular and legislative leadership in the American presidency and “Southerners in the United States House of Representatives,” a history of electoral and ideological change in the South since 1930, supported by a grant awarded by the Dirksen Congressional Center. He earned his B.A. from Wittenberry University in Springfield, Ohio, and his M.A. and Ph.D. from the department of political science at Michigan State University. Before joining SMU, Simon was an assistant professor of political science at the University of Minnesota. Simon was a founding member of SMU’s John Goodwin Tower Center for Political Studies, where he served as a member of the Tower Center Faculty Advisory Board and as a senior fellow. The Tower Center was created in 1992 to promote the study of politics and international affairs and stimulate an interest in ethical public service. Simon also joined the faculty of SMU’s Master of Liberal Studies (MLS) program when he arrived in in 1986, teaching courses such as “Politics and Film,” and “The American Presidency” to hundreds of graduate students in the predominantly evening program. He began teaching “The Politics and Legacies of the Civil Rights Movement,” to both MLS students and undergraduates in 2008, combining it with an existing trip organized through the SMU Chaplain’s Office to historic sites in civil rights history. Simon never tired of sharing with an audience the “power of place” he said came with combining a semester-long course with personal experiences shared at the sites of civil rights violence and struggle. With his Chaplain’s Office partner, Ray Jordan, and student leaders chosen each year, the trip featured stops at sites Simon described as “ground-zero,” in the civil rights movement, such as Little Rock High School, the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s home in Montgomery. History came alive at each spot, thanks to Simon’s friendships with original participants he called “foot soldiers” in the civil rights movement, who shared their recollections with students, sometimes hopping aboard the bus to lead tours. The class and trip, sponsored by the Embrey Human Rights Program and SMU’s Office of the Chaplain and Religious Life, are now a core requirement of SMU’s human rights undergraduate major and the human rights emphasis in SMU’s Master of Liberal Studies program. Each year students share their thoughts and memories of the trip on an online blog. “I will always be thankful to Dr. Simon for showing us all what it looks like to not only celebrate the light, but to be the light in situations where it seems like the darkness might swallow us up,” said Michelle Anderson ’15, who served as student leader of the pilgrimage in 2015. “I’m missing our fearless leader already. Keep marching, pilgrims.” Anderson is pursuing a Ph.D. in media studies with a focus in transitional justice at the University of Cape Town, South Africa. Simon also generously shared his expertise with the news media, serving as an expert on the 50th anniversary of “Bloody Sunday” in Selma, Alabama, the impact of the John F. Kennedy assassination, the changing role of women in politics, and trends in presidential and mid-term elections. He regularly presented lectures to the community and served as a panel member at lecture series throughout the Dallas area. This years travelers with the SMU Civil Rights Pilgrimage will experience a different kind of spring break. They’ll join 50 others on an eight-day bus journey (March 4-12) to experience the history of the civil rights movement firsthand. I will be one of those lucky travelers. This program, started in 2004, continues to grow each year. In 2008, the pilgrimage joined forces with Dr. Dennis Simon‘s Political Science course. Now the trip is also a requirement for undergraduate human rights majors and is offered to students in the Master of Liberal Studies Program. Ray Jordan, trip leader, pastor and professor, came to our first class to discuss the pilgrimage. I wasn’t too excited about having a night class during my last semester in college, but Jordan made me excited about what was to come this semester. I was amazed by how far back the history of the pilgrimage went. This spring break, I’ll not only be experiencing years of American history but also years of SMU history. I’ll take part in an experience that is an integral part of what being an SMU student is all about. Our journey will take us through the history of the civil rights movement. We’ll begin in Little Rock and visit Central High School and then move to Selma and walk across the Edmund Pettus Bridge. We’ll be around for the anniversary of Bloody Sunday and then continue on through Alabama, Mississippi and Tennessee. We’ll meet former marchers, journalists, and activists. We’ll be meeting, as Dr. Simon describes, “the ordinary who accomplished extraordinary things.” Even with the itinerary in hand, I still am not sure what all I’ll be experiencing, but I’m sure it will all be worthwile. In just two weeks, I’ll be able to attach a face and a story to the names Dr. Simon has repeatedly mentioned in our Thursday night class. As a book worm myself, I’m most excited to meet those whose memoirs we’ve read throughout the semester. Their stories of struggle and triumph are invigorating and well-written. They’re able to recount painful memories with eloquence and charge. For example, on March 8, we’ll be visiting with Rev. Robert Graetz, the author of A White Preacher’s Memoir. Graetz was assigned as pastor to Trinity Lutheran Church in the black community in Montgomery, Alabama. His memoir honestly retells the “brutal and dehumanizing treatment” of blacks and has already left an impact on my classmates and I. I can’t even imagine what it will be like to hear his experiences in person. I’ve wanted to take part in this trip since I was a freshman, but it wasn’t until I declared my human rights major last spring that I knew for a fact that this is how I would spend my last spring break in college. I don’t think there could be a better way to round off my experience as a political science and human rights student at SMU. Students on this year’s pilgrimage have every intent of recording events as they take place, so keep an eye out to hear about their emotional, educational and impactful experiences throughout the week. Click here to learn more about SMU’s Civil Rights Pilgrimage and stay tuned to hear about this year’s pilgrims. Nearly 50 SMU community members will leave campus March 6 for a journey into living history. The 2009 Civil Rights Pilgrimage departs at 3 p.m. for an 8-day bus ride to the South’s civil rights landmarks. This year’s contingent includes 18 undergraduates and 8 Master of Liberal Studies students, as well as 20 staff and other SMU community members, says Dennis Simon. Simon and Matthew Wilson, both associate professors of political science in SMU’s Dedman College, will make the pilgrimage, along with CRP Trip Coordinator Ray Jordan of the Office of the Chaplain and Religious Life. The 8-day journey includes stops in Little Rock, Arkansas; Selma (for the Bloody Sunday anniversary), Montgomery, Tuscaloosa and Birmingham, Alabama; Oxford, Mississippi; and Memphis, Tennessee.

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TETAF provides a live webcast of all GETAC meetings free of charge. Stakeholders can also access past webcasts via our USTREAM account. In 2012, the Trauma Division developed a guide to help hospital executives understand why trauma center designation is important, how it is achieved and maintained and what their role is in the process. Copies of the guide are now provided free of charge and are available for download online. The Trauma Division has developed a publication regarding trauma team activations. The publication provides information regarding criteria for trauma team activation and development of hospital policies. Available at no charge as a benefit of TETAF membership, the publication includes a list of online resources as well as sample policies from several Texas hospitals. The publication is now available for download. Clicking on this link takes you to the Texas Trauma Coordinators Forum’s Trauma Registrar Committee’s website. You can connect with colleagues and access data dictionaries, education and other resources to help you maintain the highest quality of data in your facility’s trauma registry. TETAF has published the Burn Clinical Practice Guideline to provide clinical guidance to hospitals in Texas regarding the treatment of burn patients. The information will help hospitals develop clinical policies and protocols for assessing, classifying and treating patients with burn injuries. While patients with severe burns usually are transferred to burn centers, all hospitals should be prepared to assess and provide initial treatment to any burn patient who may present. The Burn Clinical Practice Guideline may be downloaded and printed for use within individual hospitals. TETAF provides complimentary access to The Electronic Library of Trauma Lectures® by the Society of Trauma Nurses. Each presentation contains learning objectives, a detailed lecture format with built-in instructor notes and discussion questions. Additionally, there are posttest questions and answers for each presentation that may be used for self-assessment purposes. TETAF has been authorized to share the Inter Facility Transfer Toolkit for the Pediatric Patient toolkit. The nationally developed downloadable resource is based on hospital best practices and current literature. Some 10,000+ plus children are transferred annually to access higher levels of care and specialty services. Such moves are stressful for the patient and his/her family as well as for caregivers and facilities. The Inter Facility Transfer Toolkit for the Pediatric Patient toolkit provides resources to support the establishment of agreements or memorandums of understanding to facilitate transfer of children to specialty resources when need. Organized in 10 sections, the toolkit will aid in the development of pediatric transfer guidelines to assist staff to accomplish a safe and timely transfer. Content is based on the best practices at hospitals across the U.S. and the current literature. The downloadable toolkit was developed by the Emergency Nurse Association Pediatrics Committee, the Pediatric Special Interest Group of the Society of Trauma Nurses and EMS for Children National Resource Center. The incidence of geriatric trauma admissions is increasing. Texas trauma care providers should be aware of the differences in the triage and management of this patient population. Health care providers with additional knowledge and training in the principles of geriatric medicine will ensure this population receives optimal patient-centered care. The links below provide research, nationally accepted guidelines, protocols, tool development and best practices. The American College of Surgeons’ Trauma Quality Improvement Program has developed evidence-based protocols and practices to improve trauma care in elderly patients. ACS TQIP Geriatric Trauma Management Guidelines. The American Geriatrics Society provides Beers Criteria for Potentially Inappropriate Medication Use in Older Adults. The late Mark Beers, MD, cataloged medications that can cause adverse drug events in older adults due to their pharmocologic properties and the physiological changes of aging. “Cognitive Screening Tools,” an article in the January 2013 issue of Clinician Reviews provides helpful information regarding the early recognition of cognitive changes and possible underlying dementia. The Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma updates its “2001 Geriatric Trauma Practice Management Guideline” based on more current research with the goal of providing more specific guidance regarding triage issues, correction of medication-induced bleeding risk and end-points for resuscitation. The Eastern Association for the Surgery of Traumaprovides triage guidelines for decision-making in the care of geriatric patients. “In-Facility Delirium Prevention Programs as a Patient Safety Strategy – A Systematic Review,” an article published in the March 5, 2013 issue of the Annals of Internal Medicine reports that evidence from 19 studies that met the inclusion criteria suggests that most multicomponent interventions are effective in preventing onset of delirium in at-risk patients in a hospital setting. “Risk and clinical-outcome indicators of delirium in an emergency department intermediate care unit (EDIMCU): an observational prospective study” was published by Bio Med Central in 2013. The aim of the research was to determine delirium prevalence in an EDIMCU (Hospital de Braga, Braga, Portugal) and assess routine biochemical parameters that might be delirium indicators. The Society of Trauma Nurses’ Guideline for the Care of the Geriatric Patient Taking Anti-Coagulants Who Sustains a Traumatic Brain Injury will help trauma providers decrease the risk of a life-threatening hemorrhage in geriatric trauma patients who are on anticoagulation therapy. Vanderbilt University has published a manual, Confusion Assessment Method for the ICU, which will be helpful in treating geriatric trauma patients who may have delirium. The American Heart Association has online stroke hospital-based care and acute stroke courses for a fee. Continuing education credit is provided. For more information, go to www.onlineaha.org.

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When Jessica Seidlitz was shopping for her first house, she got some advice from her dad. Houses, he told her, are like buses: If you miss one, there’s another right around the corner. Now it’s Seidlitz’s turn to dispense the home-buying advice, and with inventory levels still at historic lows in Minneapolis, the Edina Realty agent tells buyers to know what they want and act quickly when they see it. Seidlitz suggested buyers focus on the location and condition of the home and be willing to concede on cosmetic issues that can be fixed with a bit of remodeling. For first-time homebuyers, those opportunities have already disappeared in much of Minneapolis. As the lack of supply pushes prices higher, there are fewer and fewer starter homes in the hottest spots in the local market, places like Southwest Minneapolis. In this region, $250,000 is generally considered affordable for a family earning the median income, said David Arbit, director of research and economics for the Minneapolis Area Association of Realtors. In Southwest Minneapolis, the median sales price for a single-family home was recently at about $390,000. The median sales price for a townhome, by comparison, was $246,000, and condos were even more affordable at a median price of $168,00. But those opportunities remain rare; over the last 12 months, Southwest Minneapolis saw 852 single-family home sales but only 7 townhome and 66 condo sales, Arbit said. “There are still some limited condo and townhome sale where people are able to find affordability — but not much,” he said. The median sales price of a Twin Cities home reached an all-time high in 2017, and inventories hit a 15-year low. As of February, the Minneapolis housing market had just one month of supply, far less than the four to six months of supply in what is considered a balanced market. Herb Tousley, director of real estate programs at the University of St. Thomas’ Shenehon Real Estate Center, said prices in the housing market are rising faster than area incomes, creating an “affordability gap” that can be difficult for would-be homebuyers to overcome. As of February, Twin Cities sales prices were up 12.8 percent year over year. “People are either going to have to come up with more money down, or they’re going to have to dedicate a bigger percentage of their income to housing,” Tousley said. Housing supply remains at historically low levels across the Twin Cities. Buyers are more likely to be facing off against multiple bidders, especially for low- to mid-priced homes, he said. “Getting into that first home or that first move up is pretty hard right now,” Tousley said. Jesse Godzala, another Edina Realty agent, said the combination of short supply and high demand for single-family homes has made this the most frustrating year in the last decade for his team. It’s now normal for houses to attract multiple bids and sell for over list price. Godzala said he bought Chaska townhome for $163,000 as an investment property last year. This year, a unit in the same development sold for $190,000. The monthly residential real estate index issued by the Shenehon center notes that fees, higher land prices, increasingly expensive building materials and a labor shortage are all driving up the cost of new home construction in the Twin Cities metro area. The effect is minimal in a built environment like Minneapolis, since most new home construction is happening outside of the metropolitan core. Tousley said there’s also a trend — especially pronounced among members of the baby boom and millennial generations — of choosing urban over suburban locations to cut down on commute times and be closer to jobs and amenities. “I see more people going that way, which puts more pressure on the housing stock there,” he said. Arbit said that back-to-the-city movement is one of the factors driving what he calls a “spatial mismatch” in the metro-area market. Arbit said there were some early indications of “some slight demand softening” in Minneapolis, but that’s not necessarily good news. It may instead be a sign of just how tough the market has gotten for potential buyers. “You can be in multiple offers and be over list price on all of them and still not win the day. It’s those folks who are feeling a little bit sidelined, and they’re kind of waiting,” Arbit said. Arbit said early March numbers showed a 2-percent dip in pending sales from March 2017. Closings were down about 1.5 percent over that same period. The economy hasn’t dipped back into recession, interest rates remain historically low and showings are still drawing strong foot traffic, Arbit noted. So the slight sales drop may be a measure of frustration. “The one thing that’s changed is that this supply shortage has gotten so tight and has started to squeeze so many buyers that I think we are starting to see it influence our sales numbers,” Arbit said.

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WeWoreWhat Founder and Hamptons regular Danielle Bernstein recently added an array of fashionable items to her private collection, SSO by Danielle - an exclusive collection of overalls. We caught up with Bernstein to learn more about her adoration for overalls, her collaborations with Onia Swimwear + Lulu DK, trends she's digging, and more. What inspired the SSO by Danielle collection? DB: I started my blog, WeWoreWhat eight years ago with the tagline: 'overalls are my second skin'. Overalls were a staple in my wardrobe that I loved to wear because of their simplicity, comfort and versatility - I wore them casually and at night. I collected vintage pairs and bought new styles from both high street and luxury brands, but never found a pair that was perfect in fit and price. I was eager to create the perfect overall and jumpsuit that my followers would feel good in. SSO by DB has since designed over 15 styles in a range of colors and fabrics. Nearly every style has sold out within 24 hours and the overall has resonated with a wider audience of all ages and sizes. SSO by DB continues to grow and we have many new styles on the horizon - some exciting Fall pieces will launch at the end of August, exclusively at SSO by Danielle. Tell us a bit about your collaborations with Onia Swimwear + Lulu DK. DB: This was my second collection with Onia. It is such a fun, seamless collaboration both times and the Onia team made the entire process easy and always does such a great job at making my vision come to life. Lulu DK approached me about creating a collection of simple, gold jewelry that was not only affordable, but looked of a higher price point. This was my first time doing a jewelry collaboration and it was really fun and different for me. DB: Biker shorts and big sleeved tops. I've been loving blazer dresses, as well. When curating an outfit, where do you start? DB: I usually plan an outfit after seeing a photo that inspires me or if I have a new piece I really want to wear, like a pair of pants or shoes. I'll start with one piece and plan the rest of the look around that. For those looking to up their fashion game, what advice would you offer? DB: Take risks - it's fun stepping out of your comfort zone every once in a while. Also, don't be intimidated by designer looks. There's always a way to recreate a look for less! When in the Hamptons, what are your go-to spots? DB: I love going to dinner at Crow's Nest and then of course drinks and out at Surf Lodge! There's always the lunch staples Lobster Roll and Wölffer Kitchen. DB: So many! Stay tuned! For more information about SSO by Danielle, visit ssobydanielle.com.

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"Magosaburo" located in Singapore prestige shopping mall ION. Their unique selling point is Japan made Kuroge Wagyu beef purchased whole cow. Budget per person is around S$120 and gaining its popularity by high status group in South East Asia. The restaurant has started off in Hong Kong and flagship store is located in Singapore which is opened as their 3rd branch. They had newly opened in Bangkok, Thailand in February and planning for another expansion in Manila, Philippine in May this year. CEO, Mr. Sato is assembling and fully utilizing investor to achieve fast growth business. Mr. Sato Akira on center, Singapore general manager Mr. Takatsuki Toshiki on left and Manila general manager Mr. Motomatsu Takashi. Mr. Takatsuki and Mr.Motomatsu is chef. "Magosaburo" is a new and young joiner in overseas since December 2011. They had opened 333 square meter size branch in huge food section located in IFC mall at Pundong district, Shanghai. The restaurant is attracting many tourists and business men from financial district. Followed by that, they had opened another casual concept branch in Kowloon district, Hong Kong near youngster city of Yau Tsim where Ganroku Sushi used to be located as well. In December 2012, they had opened luxurious concept flagship store at prestige shopping mall in Singapore. Cutting cost by purchasing whole A5 grade cow from Japan and achieve good cost performance within the budget of S$120 per person which attract high status customers. There are tons of Australian made marbled beef tagged as "WAGYU" sold in overseas market. However "Magosaburo" uses authentic Japan made. According to them, South East Asian high status group of people recognize its difference. They act as concept of "Wagyu hunter" and supply different kinds of beef from Japan every monthly. Only small portion of 20% is Japanese customers. Originally, "Magosaburo" is chained yakiniku restaurant managing 5 outlets in Kumamoto, Japan. They offer best quality Kurogewagyu "Kurokaba Gyu" purchased whole cow. Mr.Sato who is also originated from Kumamoto has licensing for overseas development. Mr.Sato's career started off as advertising industry. He is still taking charge in advertising for successful Japanese F&B firm in Asia, "Ajisen Ramen" which is also from Kumamoto. When he started to visit Hong Kong and Shanghai, He also involved in the start-off of "Itamae Sushi" in Hong Kong, which company is popular in Japan for Tsukiji market betting competition. After many experiences in Japan as well as in Asia, He had founded his own F&B company INSHOCK HONG KONG in October 2012. He is managing "Smile curry" offering Japanese family taste curry rice in Juju mall shopping center located in Zhong Shan district Shanghai and affordable Sushi restaurant "Tairyo Naruto Ichiba". Beside these restaurants, he is intending to open 7 outlets by its original concept of represent Kyoto utilizing whole floor in Juju mall. Restaurants owned under the group is divided into 2 groups. One is direct management and another one is own brand franchising done by assembling capitals from investors. Mr. Sato said "There is owner (investor) station in each franchising outlet and INSHOCK HONG KONG provides someone in house to manage. The manager will take charge of operating the restaurant. Manager is preferably a chef who can forecast on financial matters. Group will receive accidence fee and loyalty from franchisers." He also runs business for restaurant interior design and distributing meats from Japan. "Eat-out frequency is high in Asia. It is the place where you can make successful F&B business. There are millions of opportunities that will appreciate in Asia although it is something common in Japan. It is matter of how to present it and having a good concept and good knowledge on trading is required." He impresses Asia by Japan made Wagyu beef. "We would like to expand Magosaburo to many more countries and hopefully extend into 3 to 5 outlets per country. Smile curry and other original branding is a processing step for Magosaburo further expansion. We have already achieved to manage several outlets in Shanghai so next destination is Singapore. Gathering local investors and expand our outlets. Our focus is not on raising spending of customer because we want to make long-lasting restaurants." It is common in Asia to have business by gathering capitals from investor to create restaurants. Mr.Sato who is expert in this industry has been successfully expanding its outlets with speed. This fast pace is what is exactly required to meet fast growing Asia market today.

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Join us in celebrating our sea otters and sea otters around the world during Sea Otter Awareness Week beginning Sept. 24 through Sept. 29! Special educational activities will take place in our atrium on Sept. 29 from 11:30 a.m. until 2:30 p.m. Our Cold Water Quest is home to four Southern sea otters, one of which arrived when the Aquarium opened in 2005 and three others who were rescued in 2010. You will have the opportunity to learn more about our Southern sea otters and additional information about how you can help with the conservation of sea otters. Our rescued sea otters, Bixby, Cruz and Brighton, are named after geographical locations along the California coast, the natural habitat of a Southern sea otter. Brighton was found at 12-weeks-old, and believed to have been orphaned or weaned prematurely from her mother. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service deemed Brighton non-releasable. She was examined and treated by the Sea Otter Research and Conservation (SORAC) program at Monterey Bay Aquarium before coming to her forever home at Georgia Aquarium. Sea otters Bixby and Cruz were rescued in August of 2010, Bixby a four-week old pup and Cruz a two-week-old pup, were found separately along the California coast. It was determined that both pups had lost their mothers to fatal shark attacks. Fortunately, both pups were found in fairly good health. However, the SORAC team had no females available in their surrogate program, so both pups were deemed non-releasable. Both Bixby and Cruz arrived at Georgia Aquarium in September of 2010, where they received 24-hour specialized care. Brighton, Bixby, and Cruz are now seven years old and are thriving. Sea otter Oz arrived when Georgia Aquarium opened in 2005. Sixteen-year-old male sea otter, Oz, has the distinction of being the world’s first Southern sea otter conceived, born and raised by its mother in a zoo or aquarium. Oz arrived at Georgia Aquarium in October of 2005 after living at the Oregon Zoo. Join us beginning Sept. 24 to learn more about Southern sea otters. Included with General Admission, guests will have the opportunity to interact with our team members daily throughout the week to discuss sea otters and learn interesting facts. On Friday, Sept. 29 from 11:30 a.m. until 2:30 p.m., you can participate in a wide variety of activities including playing with sea otter enrichment devices, learning the difference between sea otters and river otters, coloring activities, and many more. For more information, visit us online at www.georgiaaquarium.org/sea-otter-awareness-day. While Sea Otter Awareness Week is a nationally recognized week, zoos and aquariums spend 365 days working tirelessly to educate and inspire guests, while providing the best veterinary and nutritional care. For more Sea Otter Awareness Week coverage, follow us on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. One way or an otter, we hope to sea you there!

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Steeped in tradition and rooted in 400 years of shipbuilding history. The Bath Ale Works brewery and tap room will soon be under construction at 8 State Road in Bath, Maine, with a Fall 2019 opening! Being located in The City of Ships, the BAW motif, and many of our beer names, will reflect Bath's and the Midcoast's long maritime heritage and atmosphere. BAW beers will be hand crafted from an all-malt barley base in our new 7 bbl brewhouse. Our brewing process will be a combination of the time-honored art of traditional craft brewing and carefully applied state-of-the-art modern methods, with beer recipes that are true to the originally known and traditionally defined styles. Named for the class of ship designed and built in Bath towards the end of the Age of Sails. We hope this to be our flagship beer, a perfectly balanced, golden Pale Ale. Named for the U.S. Navy destroyer class built by Bath Iron Works, this will be an IPA true to the original style, which was brewed with extra malt and hops in order to survive the long voyage from England to British troops stationed in India. Named for the famous island and lighthouse that sits at the mouth of the Kennebec, this will be a light golden ale that will be lower in alcohol and easier on the taste buds. Named for the newest U.S. Navy destroyer class being built by Bath Iron Works, this will be a dark beer, and again true to the original Porter style. Named for a common work activity at Bath Iron Works, this stout will be a tasty black ale, with a nice roasted barley bite. Anyone who has captained a boat knows this beer’s name comes from the mnemonic that helps to remember an important navigation rule! This beer perfectly balances its hop and malt flavors, with a generous portion of rye malt contributing a somewhat spicy, dry flavor and feel. Named for one of Bath Iron Works’ iconic shipbuilding cranes and brewed to traditional British Strong Ale standards, this dark, strong ale will take you higher! Inspired by the thick, romantic fogs that often shroud the Midcoast, this beer will be an enticingly cloudy wheat ale brewed in the German hefe style. Named for Maine’s famed North Woods and the many spruce that grow there, this may be BAW’s most unique and challenging beer, taste-wise, brewed with real spruce tips and essence, which was common in Colonial New England when hops and other spices were in short supply. A dark, seasonal, lightly spiced but stronger ale, perfect for sipping by the fire during a New England winter. Named for the hill just up the street from BAW, this seasonal ale will use pumpkins and spices in the mash to create a delightful fall brew. Follow Us...Contact Us...Let's Talk Beer!!

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In the fourteenth century, in northern India, a female mystic named Lalla achieved fame with her lucid aphoristic verses that have made her one of Kashmir’s favourite poets. Little is known of Lalla’s life, and what is known is apocryphal. It is said that she was born in a village near Srinagar around 1320 and died in 1391. Her husband and his family mistreated her, but she never complained and meditated instead at holy shrines whenever she could. One day her husband believed she was wasting time, and as she returned home from fetching water he struck the pot with a stick. The pot shattered, but the water remained intact above her head and became a sacred lake.

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Operating since November 2010, Game Goat is one of the market leaders in providing legitimate digital codes. We specialize in selling digital codes and gift cards for Xbox, PlayStation and PC games, including Steam codes, PSN Plus membership, XBOX Live subscriptions and Software. From small beginnings come great things, and Game Goat is no different. Not satisfied with taking a small slice of the market, it is our mission to grow into the largest online retailer of digital codes and products. Currently we have more than 31 web shops, operating over 11 countries and serving over 1 million customers in 10 different languages! It’s very easy for us to tell you how amazing we are! But, don’t just take our word for it. We value all of our customer’s feedback, whether it be negative or positive. TrustPilot, the leading online regulator of e-commerce sites has us rated consistently no lower than 9/10, with over 5,000 votes at this time! Seeing is, as they say, believing, and as you can see, we are a name that you can trust! We believe that any business is only as good as its customer support. That’s why we are proud to say that Game Goat offers online customer support, across all our sites, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week! All support is carried out in English by REAL and passionate customer service agents, whose one goal is to make sure that all queries, questions and complaints are dealt with swiftly and professionally. In today’s modern world it is important to be flexible, that’s why we offer many different ways of safely paying for your purchases. Whether you wish to use a credit or debit card from Visa, Mastercard or American Express, your PayPal account or newer methods such as Bancontact/Mister Cash, iDeal or even Bitcoin! You can be rest assured that we take your online safety seriously, and you can make purchases swiftly with total piece of mind. We are not going to stop until our name is the first you think of when it comes to buying digital codes, no matter where in the world you are! You may contact us in email by filling out our contact form or by sending an email. Please keep in mind, in some rare cases Live Chat may not be able to resolve the issue fully due to company regular working hours. If this occurs, a note will be made and your issue will be taken care of first thing upon resuming regular working hours. In the event that something is wrong with the product ordered, do not forget to send your order number!

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Thoughts on Education Policy: I'm Back . . . Hello again, everybody. The last six months have been busy and eventful, but things are settling down enough now for me to resume writing in this space. The major update in my life is that I am now an Assistant Professor of Leadership and Policy at Niagara University (just up the road from the eponymous falls). I'm excited to work with their new PhD program in Leadership and Policy, and I'm particularly excited to work at a college with such a deep commitment to serving the community -- especially the poor and the oppressed. The city of Niagara Falls has fallen on hard times, and the University's tireless work to help revitalize the community is one of the major reasons that it's among only 24 schools in the country to be recognized as a "Best College" for service learning. Anyway, I have a number of great posts in store for you as I face new challenges and embrace new opportunities. I hope you'll come along for the ride. Why Not Blame Principals and Superintendents? Instability: Deal With It, or Address It?

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Nigerian Canadian Singer and song writer Kelvin Sean has been on a roll since the latter part of 2017; dropping hits after hits. In 2018 he has released hit songs like Wayo, Nobody, Balance, and The Zone. Vybz King as he is often referred to by his fans; drops this brand-new banging track “Vybz”. Vybz is a song written by Kelvin Sean and produced by Mebiloz who was also enlisted for the production of “Nobody”. Vybz is a groovy song which will definitely be an addiction and should be added straight into your playlist.

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BOSTON - Predicting the foreclosure crisis will worsen in Massachusetts next year, Patrick administration officials called on the state Legislature to step up consumer protection regulations, but industry officials cautioned lawmakers not to overreach and take away borrowing options. Massachusetts lenders filed nearly 19,500 foreclosure statements in 2006 and foreclosures as so concentrated in several urban communities that Patrick administration officials are concerned about entire neighborhoods becoming economically and socially destabilized, Tina Brooks, state undersecretary of Housing and Community Development, told the Legislature’s Financial Services Committee Wednesday. She gave the committee maps pinpointing foreclosure trends in Holyoke, Lawrence, Lowell, Lynn, New Bedford, Springfield and Worcester. “We haven’t seen the worst of the wave yet,” said Brooks. Based on the volume of adjustable rate loans written in late 2006, Brooks predicted 2008 will be a “very difficult year” for foreclosures as interest rates rise on those loans. Committee co-chairman Rep. Ronald Mariano, D-Quincy, said he would produce an anti-foreclosure bill that incorporates provisions from proposals already put forth by Attorney General Martha Coakley, the Housing Committee, and the Patrick administration “within two weeks.” After a hearing that featured testimony on Patrick’s bill, Mariano said he was concerned by the drastic rise in foreclosures during the subprime lending crisis. “I think the fact that a lot of the foreclosures have come through ... less than scrupulous loan originators, I think that we have to take a hard look at how people are getting into this market,” he said, adding, “I don’t think you can look at this issue enough.” Mariano said his staff had been working with the Housing Committee to formulate a fresh bill. “I think there are ways to define some of these things that would allow some creativity in the marketplace and still protect consumers who are getting in for the first time,” he said. Patrick’s bill, filed three months ago, creates criminal penalties for mortgage fraud, requires a 90-day notice of intent to foreclose, prohibits foreclosure rescue schemes, and increases counseling for consumers considering subprime, variable rate mortgage loans. The bill also establishes a state database to help analyze foreclosure trends in Massachusetts. The bill is based on the recommendations of non-profit agencies, government agencies and mortgage lending industry representatives who formed a partnership known as the Mortgage Summit Group. Committee members had few questions for Brooks or Banking Commissioner Steven Antonakes and Consumer Affairs Director Dan Crane. Rep. Joseph Driscoll, D-Braintree, did ask whether individuals likely to face foreclosures next year are actively looking for more “stable options” before their interest rates rise. “It depends on what’s available to those folks,” Brooks said, adding that some may be able to access fixed rate loans. The option of selling homes in the face of a foreclosure is not as palatable as it has been, Brooks said, because sellers may not be able to generate enough revenue to cover their debts. “The market is not as strong as it has been in Massachusetts,” said Brooks. Allison M. Staton, director of advocacy at the Massachusetts Association of Community Development Corporations, said the association supports most of the key elements of Patrick’s bill and told committee members they should enact an “immediate and comprehensive” response to the unfolding foreclosure crisis. Based on tours over the summer, foreclosures rate with alongside crime and jobs among top community concerns, Staton said. The governor’s bill would compliment Senate-approved legislation aimed at preventing mortgage foreclosures. “We urge the House to consider consolidating these to create a comprehensive bill,” Staton said. The Senate bill makes mortgage fraud a felony and requires mortgage originators to be licensed. It also includes an “in-person” counseling requirement to educate borrowers considering variable or adjustable interest rate loans, calls for the state Division of Banks to rate mortgage lending companies on lending practices, and requires the foreclosure database recommended by Patrick. Industry stakeholders told lawmakers they support many components of Patrick’s bill but warned against efforts to over-regulate, saying such a move will take away lending options that could be beneficial to borrowers looking to get into the Massachusetts housing market as prices come down. Industry officials say that in the wake of the national foreclosure crisis, the industry has self-regulated while facing a blitz of new state and federal regulations. Denise Leonard, executive director of the Massachusetts Mortgage Association, said the trade group supports the licensing of loan originators and portions of Patrick’s bill. But Leonard cautioned against “duplicative and excessive” regulations that she said could constrain access to credit in an already “limited credit environment.” Efforts to crack down on subprime loans, she said, could also end up discouraging jumbo and portfolio loans. “It will end up doing more harm than good as it is currently proposed,” she said of the governor’s bill. The mortgage lending industry has “changed dramatically” due to the foreclosure crisis, both due to government regulation and self-regulation, said Kevin Cuff, executive director of the Massachusetts Mortgage Bankers Association. Those changes, including enhanced education requirements on both lenders and borrowers, have “captured a lot of behavioral issues that are out there.” He urged lawmakers to consolidate industry regulation. Commissioner Antonakes told lawmakers a hotline set up in April to help individuals in foreclosure proceedings has taken 1,000 calls. He said that in many cases where proceedings had been initiated, the division obtained stays of those proceedings to review transactions and determine whether loan modifications were possible. Earlier this month, banking regulators set higher net worth and bond requirements for licensed mortgage brokers and lenders.

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Futura Pro Automotive is a unique electronic key cutting machine combining two cutting stations in one user-friendly, easy to transport tool. Ideal for locksmiths and key cutters offering roadside services, the machine is also perfect for garages and car workshops who want to enter the profitable business of automotive key replacement. Now even faster than before, Futura Pro Automotive stands out for the quality of its key cuts, its small footprint and its easy access to the widest vehicle key database available on the market via the integrated tablet. Exclusive double cutting station: Futura Pro Automotive is unique in having two cutting stations so flat and laser vehicle keys can be cut using a single machine. The machine comes with a set of accessories to duplicate special keys, such as Huf®, Witte®, BMW®, Simplex®, Ford®, and Mercedes® type keys. Practical and easy to operate: Futura Pro Automotive is controlled by a removable, 10” touch-screen tablet, which guides the user step-by-step in all key cutting operations (e.g. selection of make, model and year of the vehicle, choice of the right cutter, key clamping, etc.). The tablet integrates Silca software’s main functions and a specific automotive key database covering over 90% of vehicle models currently available worldwide. The software provides an extensive range of data cards and code tables. Faster cutting cycles: Futura Pro Automotive features faster cutting cycles thanks to the motors that deliver up to three times more power and cutters that reach speeds of 1585 rpm for flat keys and 12100 rpm for laser keys. A new tablet together with upgraded electronics deliver both faster response times and an all-round improvement in the machine performance. Improved hardware and connectivity with 2 USB ports: All exposed screws are made of stainless steel for better resistance to wear and a longer life. The machine is equipped with 2 USB ports at the rear: one for the tablet battery charger and one for the tethering connection so the Futura Pro Automotive and tablet remain connected and operational even when the Wi-Fi connection is lost or unstable. The second USB port can also be used to connect the USB flash drive supplied with Futura Pro Automotive to import code tables or machine software updates. Space-saving and portable solution: Futura Pro Automotive is compact, lightweight and easy to carry. Featuring a safety shield that slides within the machine body and an ergonomic grip, it is perfect for small shops and vans. Functional and stylish: Silca prides itself not only on the outstanding quality of its products but also on their unique design. Futura Pro Automotive’s “total black” new look is both distinctive and stylish. Revamped details include the new tool holder mat on the top of the machine and the protective motor cover made of polished steel. Guided updating procedure: Keeping abreast of the machine’s continuous upgrades has become easier with the new guided updating procedure. The software leads the user step-by-step through all the operations required for updating the machine (via Wi-Fi, via web with Silca Remote Service and via ethernet). Cutter motor (laser cuts): 24V d.c.

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Wishing everyone all the best in 2009 HAPPY NEW YEAR! Finally, finally, finally... here are the pics to my xmas cookie creations. If you are interested in any of these little beauties or any others for a special occasion or holiday e-mail me! Not too long ago a I had a post on lemon posset cause I can't get enough lemon... love the little yellow things. Now, I've made a good ol' lemon meringue pie minus the meringue.... so maybe lemon tart then. I'm not the biggest fan of meringue, I love the look and taste only if its cooked well. But for me and only me, considering I think I almost ate most of the pie, I did a slightly sweet whip cream top - very nice! ps. doesn't this pic remind you a little of pac man?

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The New Zealand Rugby Union has re-signed five All Blacks, continuing its effort to staunch a flow of players to European clubs which usually gains pace in a World Cup year. Prop Owen Franks, centre Richard Kahui, utility back Isaia Toeava, winger Zac Guildford and scrumhalf Andy Ellis have all agreed to continue playing in New Zealand, at both Super Rugby and international level, beyond this year. Franks, who has played 23 Tests since his debut in 2009, has re-signed with New Zealand and the Crusaders for three years. Ellis and his Crusaders and All Blacks teammate Guildford have signed for two years, while Kahui, who scored a try in the All Blacks' 18-5 loss to South Africa on Saturday, has signed with the Chiefs through 2013. Toeava, who also played in the loss to the Springboks in Port Elizabeth, has extended his contracts with New Zealand and the Auckland Blues to the end of 2012. The five join a long list of current All Blacks who have agreed to remain in New Zealand after the September 9 to October 23 World Cup. They include captain Richie McCaw and star flyhalf Dan Carter, hookers Keven Mealamu and Andrew Hore, props Tony Woodcock, Ben Franks and Wyatt Crockett, lock Ali Williams and centres Ma'a Nonu and Conrad Smith. NZRU chief executive Steve Tew said the latest signings were fantastic news for New Zealand rugby. "We always knew that it was critical to retain as many All Blacks as possible post-Rugby World Cup 2011 to ensure continuity for both the franchises and the national team," he said. "It's encouraging to see that the All Blacks jersey means so much to our top echelon of players. We have worked very hard to achieve this result and it's incredibly pleasing to have all of these form players on board next year."

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Set in a prime location within the urban heart of the city of Mendoza, The Huentala Hotel is located just one block from the main street of Mendoza, San Martin Street, and two blocks from the pedestrian and commercial and financial center Mendoza city between reference points is only 600 meters from Independence Square to the airport 10minutes and major shopping malls. The traditional Huentala Hotel was founded in 1976, becoming a landmark hotel in the province of Mendoza. It is one of the first two 4-star hotels of Mendoza in providing services in the city of Mendoza. Today reformed in a luxury hotel a few meters from the main street and the pedestrian street of the city of Mendoza. In 2004 the Hotel Huentala held the remodeling of the building, with a total transformation of its architecture, with substantial improvements in infrastructure and services, as well as decoration, furniture, equipment, presentation rooms, new services and event spaces. Recently, a few months in early 2013, Huentala Hotel completed its second renovation, including at this stage, the remodeling of the front and back of the hotel lobby. Also, the creation of a new salon, Pincanta, with capacity for 150 people, given the combination and demand for its strategic Tranquility and discretion guaranteed hotel among hotels in Mendoza. Art is one of the characteristics that describe the hotel. Decorated with important works of art and sculpture, hotel framed in a high level. Walking along the public areas, lobby, and on the concourse, you can find various tables, lamps, sculptures, and antiques, to behold. The non-smoking rooms at Hotel Huentala decorated in soft tones and are equipped with air conditioning and desks. Some have private spa baths. The Chimpay Bistro is one of the 3 restaurants of Huentala it serves a daily buffet breakfast and a wide variety of dishes for dinner. The hotel also features local wine cellars. Guests can enjoy a drink in the Kunuk Bar and poolside. The hotel also features art gallery, a swimming pool with sun loungers, sauna and gym.

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Big Beat kicks off a projected series of 7-inch vinyl to excite even the most hardened collector of 60s garage rock. We’ve got a bevy of exciting two-siders in the pipeline, all showcasing killers that are either unavailable on vinyl or so rare you need a second mortgage to even think about owning them. The small but perfectly formed discography of the mighty Zakary Thaks contains some of the most sought-after discs in garagedom. The Corpus Christi, Texas quintet remains amongst the most beloved of all 60s garage bands. This very special addition to their catalogue delivers two unknown, unreported and unbelievable gems. The 1966-era monster ‘She’s Got You’ is as good as anything they ever released at the time. Here is it backed with a noisy ad for Gulf Coast tipple Jax Beer, set to the tune of the group’s classic ‘Face To Face’.

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57 pesos. The archaeological zone offers irregular hours after 17:00 for a cost of 191 pesos. While flying over Palenque, travelers see an abandoned city, a city that does not seem to ever have been inhabited by human beings. They see pyramids and plazas covered by wilderness over a thousand years ago. The even treetops embrace the pyramids, which show their moss-covered peaks. The true name of the ancient city of Palenque is Lakamha, which translates as “Big Water”. Although, eventually, the archaeological zone took its name from the neighboring community founded towards the end of the 16th Century, Santo Domingo de Palenque. Palenque means “Stake” which refers to a wooden circle built to protect the site. Palenque, declared a World Cultural Heritage of Humanity in 1987, was the most important city of the low western lands during the late Classic period. It reached its peak between 600 and 800 A.D. It began to decline at the beginning of 900 A.D., and was eventually devoured by the jungle, until 1784, when José Antonio Calderón conducted the first official exploration of the site and, a year later, Antonio Bernasconi conducted a detailed study of its buildings. Palenque was, along with Tikal and Calakmul, one of the most powerful Classic Mayan cities. It was the seat of one of the most distinguished dynasties, which Pakal belonged to. Very well preserved, the abundance of archaeological, architectural, pictorial, and written remains, among others, have made Palenque a required place for archaeologists to come and decipher the lines of Mayan writing and its cosmological tales. It is also, from a monumental point of view, a landmark for Mayan culture, due to the quality of its architecture as well as the originality of its constructions. Its original architecture include the tilted façades on the buildings upper parts and panels with stucco embossing. It was one of the most important Mayan cities of the Classic period and today, it is a renowned archaeological zone thanks to its architecture, sculptures and the vast group of hieroglyphic inscriptions that tell us about its long and fruitful history. The Temple of the Inscriptions, built in front of the Great Palace, is located in the upper part of a staggered pyramid. It has five entrances, an unusual trait in Mayan architecture. It is actually a funeral temple filled with inscriptions that live up to its name, with a carved tile inside which leads to a stairway which, in turn, leads to a funeral chamber, located in the depths of the building. Inside the mortuary chamber, which is seven meters high, there is a beautiful decoration and a richly carved sarcophagus containing the remains of Pakal II or K’inich Janahb Pakal II (Sun Shield Bird-Janahb), who lived between 603 and 683 A.D. and ruled for 67 years. The Palace, in front of the Temple of the Inscriptions, is more than just a building, it is a magnificent group of interconnected structures on an artificial terrace, which were built, remodeled, and modified over the course of four hundred years. It is one of the most beautiful and complex structures of the Mayan World due to the diversity of its elements. It consists of hallways, staggered bases, subterranean galleries, courtyards, panels with hieroglyphics and other sculptural elements, such as the Oval, which displays the enthronement of Pakal next to his mother Zac Kuk. Alongside the Temple of the Inscriptions, stand the Temple of the Skull and the Red Queen Temple, laid over a wide platform; at the top, the buildings reveal the remnants of temples, which served as tombs for important people of the site’s dynasty. The Cross Group consists of the Temple of the Cross, Temple of the Sun, and Temple of the Foliated Cross, three staggered pyramids with temples that commemorate the ascension to the throne, after the death of Pakal the Great and Lord Chan Bahlum II, displaying the new lord receiving greatness from the hands of his predecessor. The Temple of the Sun is distinguishes for having the best preserved of all site cresting, which is over 4 meters high, and the panel of the Sun rests in its interior, carved in limestone. The Temple of the Cross is the tallest in the group. The entrance to the premises is flanked by two carved tombstones that display two richly-dressed men, the first is the Jaguar-Serpent ruler and the second is an underworld deity. The Temple of the Foliated Cross was built at the peak of a small hill. Its front façade and cresting have completely collapsed. The North Group is located away from the plaza, to the north. It consists of five aligned buildings over the same base. To the west, the Temple of the Count can be seen with its five-body base. At the peak is a small temple that retains a large part of its original architecture, except for the cresting. This is where several almost intact tombs with offerings were found. Temple XIX, a throne decorated with two carved panels, is one of the most interesting structures in recent findings. While on the site, a visit to the onsite museum is a must. The museum is named after the eminent archaeologist Alberto Ruz Lhuillier, who discovered the Tomb of Pakal II. Carved tombstones, stucco and ceramic figures, incense holders, as well as obsidian, jade and seashell jewels can be appreciated –all these pieces are rescued objects from the Palenque archaeological zone. In 2007 opened a replica of the burial chamber and the sarcophagus of Pakal, with the intention of safeguarding the original monument located in the Temple of the Inscriptions. Wear comfortable footwear, preferably something sporty, pants, preferably cotton, a long-sleeve shirt, and a bandana or hat. Remember to bring mosquito repellent, as you’ll be in the jungle. Prior to your arrival, check the weather conditions and choose the right time by clicking here. The city of Palenque is located in the northern part of the state, in the jungle region. It can be reached by highways 190 and 199, with an approximate 6-hour journey time, leaving from Tuxtla Gutiérrez, the state capital.

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A Great Ride:My basement bike - how many Transport cargo bikes do we build? As the president of Trek Bicycle, I’d like to share my stories about interesting people, places, and the bicycle with hope of inspiring you to find your great ride. My basement bike - how many Transport cargo bikes do we build? Once a week, I have a meeting with the forecasting group. We look at shipments, orders, and new products to make decisions on units to build for each bike model. 95% of the time, everyone agrees on the decision. However, once in a while there is a disagreement. One of the disagreements this year is the Transport Plus. A new, super-cool, utility cargo bike that can carry 150 pounds of cargo in the back and 25 pounds in the rack up front. It also features an electric assist. Perfect for getting around town, going shopping, or replacing your car! It is AWESOME. Unfortunately, Jennifer Garner, who is in charge of forecasting for this product category, does not share my enthusiasm. Jennifer and I have placed a bet for a case of beer. Winner's choice with an over/under number. If you think this is a cool product, would you please send Jennifer an email and let her know? I want to make sure that we are producing enough of these bikes!!! P.S. I received this e-mail from one of our top engineers today. To: "L, Michael", "Burke, J" I just rode the ride plus Transport with Keith Von Huben on the back. All I am gonna say is holy sh*t and hallelujah that bike is F'n awesome!!!!!!!! Now I know these are on back order. Can we start an employee purchase back order list? Seriously this is my next family bike...my farmers market bike...my take my son to the Monona pool bike...my next bike that my wife fights me to ride to the Y. This would be a great bike to go to the beach with all that gear that family need. Coolers, folding chairs, towels, maybe a cranky kid. I think you have the minivan of bicycles. Cool bike!! I want one!!! super cool bike, I want one. I would think the world would buy one, especially bicycle specific use countries - I imagine the cost puts it out of range for many, even if it were a couple of hundred dollars let alone whatever it is you guys might be asking. Bikes like these are the future either way! i could use it to get carry wood for bates crates and i little birdie told me that it has the same rack as the Belleville to crate i build for the Belleville will fit perfect. It looks a lot better than the Surly Xtracycle and is motorized with the best kit--Bionx which I have owned. The competition is around $1700 without the motor, I think. As cool as that bike is: it will not fit in my apartment. You need a garage to store it. I will stick with my Burley Trovois. more good if i can get free one of the mtb.. I'm with Joel B... if this thing is trail worthy could be the perfect solution for MTB trail building and maintenance. Stefan here from Engineering... I have built up one of the first proto-types and have been riding it for a couple weeks now. I cannot tell you the number of people who have come up and asked me about this bike. I feel like a Transport ambassador for this bike.....This ride is a perfect excuse to leave the car keys at home and ride to the grocery store. My kids ride on the modified back and love to be chauffeured around the bike path. It is a great bike to get people back on the bike, which is exactly what we as a company have been focusing on for so long. Long live the Transport !!! My girlfriend would be offended. I just sent Jennifer an email. My wife has the Valencia+ and LOVES it. I wanted the GF Transport+ and its greater capacity. My dealer says it will be at least late October before we could get one. I'm very interested in buying one and think Trek has a winner here. It is an nice idea, but I think it is more versatile to ride a mountainbike plus carring a trekking backpack for heavy goods. I'm passing the summer without a car on French Yeu Island in the Atlantic this way. Saw it at TW and LOVED it! It's the future of tailgating! It's a copy of the Xtracycle or the Big Dummy by Surly. If they ride like those mentioned it will be fun. I will send Jennifer an email - HOWEVER, the poor thing, does she have such a public forum for "paybacks"?! This bike sounds absolutely AWESOME! Sent a note to Jennifer. Was hoping she could be more helpful as to where to see one in person. This is exactly what I could use alot, so being able to see one in person would be a big help. In the Saint Louis, MO area, but would be willing to travel to Chicago or any other nearby city to at least give it a demo. After riding this bike at TW the first word to jump in my head was "Viable". Extremely useful, I think it should be available as a stand alone bike from the rest of the + series bikes. I think J.B. & I both need something larger than a 20" frame.

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Since 1964 the MCW Group has built a solid reputation for the delivery of Professional Consulting Engineering Services, Energy Management Services, and Engineering Development Services. The systems designed by the MCW Group of Companies are built to deliver energy effectively in the form of lighting, heating and cooling, as well as information in the form of voice and data. By the very nature of the solutions provided, the MCW Group of Companies help to create the environments required for Clients to live, educate, work, play and heal. We have created for our clients the largest block of verified carbon emissions savings of any Canadian consulting firm. For more than two decades MCW Consultants Ltd., and its sister company, MCW Custom Energy Solutions Ltd. have been providing sustainable building designs with the goal to permanently reduce our clients' environmental footprint and create sustainable communities. 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It's not easy being an expert at something. Especially when God calls you out as one. That is some high expectations. And Moses called Bezalel and Oholiab and every wise hearted man into whose heart the Lord had given wisdom, everyone whose heart lifted him up to approach the work to do it. So there were more people that could perform this work, yet only the 2 of them were named. And so it continues today in business. Clients have a problem and they say, let's get some help. Then that leads to let's get some help from a specific Company. That may lead to asking for help from a specific distributor or business partner and that in turn may lead to we want Jeff to handle this for us. If you are the owner of a business, this is what you strive to reach. Either on a personal or a company level. You want clients to ask for you by name. It helps to have the publicity of course, but you still must get the job done and grow the respect of your peers. In this case Bezalel and Oholiab had been given the talent they needed by God, so is it any wonder God would point them out as the designer and builder of the Tabernacle? If we all work on becoming that expert we will find not only our calling, but others calling us as well.

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Free People | Just Jess Fashion! While I have had many a discussion lately about taking my wardrobe to a more “grown up/ mature” level, there’s still that little hippy in me that every now and again likes to make an appearance. And today, when the weather was practically a million and ten degrees out and one of my favorite Free People tops kinda poked out of my closet I couldn’t help but release my inner Karen Arnold. And one of my favorite parts of dressing in a boho/ hippy vibe? There is no such thing as too many accessories. I even brought out the hoops today! And I never wear hoops (especially big ones for fear my ear is gonna get caught on something and torn off.) Added bonus of this ensemble? My favorite Dolce Vita sandals! I always love the response I get from people when I wear them. I’ve been stopped a few times by people who thought I wasn’t even wearing shoes. One notorious characteristic of a hippy is free love, free speech and freedom to wear whatever. I think freedom from wearing restrictive shoes is a under appreciated but yet equally important variable in achieving the perfect vintage 60’s look. Peace and love dear readers! Do you ever face a day of chores and housework and loath the attire that traditionally comes with that? OK, I’m not gonna lie typically my chore days start with PJ’s, no makeup, hair up in a messy pony tail and that’s it. But then eventually that little voice inside of me says “get in the shower, put some makeup up on and make the world your runway!” Even though my flowers and the ducks at the pond were the only ones to see this attire (minus the heels by the time I got to to the duck pond to walk my puppy, cause not even I am up for that) I still felt significantly more confident in completing today’s task list. Hey even Cinderella had some stellar shoes and a beautiful dress. I just happen to believe in looking good even while you do your chores, that’s all. One of the key’s though to a successful outfit for chore day, lazy days or just days off in general is comfort. Trust me, and learn from my experience you get no where cooking and cleaning in skin tight leather pants. In fact that just proves to be a recipe for disaster. Speaking of RIP yellow APC leather pants. Alas, today’s basic chore outfit is anything but. I’ve got my super comfy Free People drawstring pants that remind me for some reason of a piñata, A top in a neutral shade of beige by Vince (literally this has been my go to top) especially on these random chilly May/ June days, and of course my accessories. Let’s just say I like to keep even my most basic days anything but.

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Honour Each Day as a New Day! Saturday, 28 January 2017 marks the first day of the Chinese New Year. In the days leading up to the Chinese New Year, it is tradition for every family that celebrates the Chinese New Year to clean the house thoroughly, and to “get rid of the old to make way for the new”. Very often, new material things (such as clothes, shoes, bedsheets, furniture, etc) are bought to mark a new beginning. While it is always nice to have new materials things, it is even more important to take the time to renew our thinking and mindsets. As we had mentioned on page 89 of “Winning with Honour”, it is important to renew our minds as our thoughts lead to our choices, which lead to our actions, and ultimately forms our destiny. “When the New year comes, we feel the sense of a fresh start, an embarking on a new endeavor, the turning over of a new leaf. Fresh starts, new ventures are what we celebrate, not only at New Year’s but at any time. “The year starts with New Year’s Day, and each day begins when we awake. The dawn of the New Year seems in some way special, even though it is actually the same as any other day. If we could wake up with that sense of starting fresh every morning, then every day would be a kind of New Year. “Greeting every day as a new start can help us think of it as fresh and special, a day to be celebrated. “Yesterday is yesterday. Today is today. There is no need to let the woes of yesterday weigh down our step today. Let bygones be bygones, and look well to every new day and the new turn of fortune that it brings. It is too much to dwell on the burdens of yesterday; better to meet each morning anew, each as a fresh departure. “Most of us have been abused in our lives in one way or another at some point in our lives, be it psychologically, mentally, emotionally, physically, etc. “What has happened has happened. There is nothing that we can do about the past. We can choose to react by letting the abuses from the past negatively affect our future, or we can choose to respond maturely by learning from the past to forge a better future. Remember that life does not owe us anything. No one owes us anything. We are not entitled to anything. We reap what we sow in thoughts and deeds. Every day is a new day is another chance to change your life. Take it, seize it, and try your best to be the best that you can be. If you try your best every day to be the best that you can be, 2017 will surely be your best year yet! Wishing all our readers who celebrate the Chinese New Year a Blessed Lunar Year of the Rooster…may it be filled with good health, peace, and joy!

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The pkg_create command is used to create packages that will subsequently be fed to one of the package extraction/info utilities. The input description and command line arguments for the creation of a package are not meant to be human-generated, though it is easy enough to do so. It is more expected that you will use a front-end tool for the job rather than muddling through it yourself. Nonetheless, a short description of the input syntax is included in this document. Fetch "packing list" for package from the file packinglist or stdin if packinglist is a - (dash). Fetch package "one line description" from file desc or, if preceded by -, the argument itself. This string should also give some idea of which version of the product (if any) the package represents. 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Note: if the -I option is not given, this script will serve as both the pre-install and the post-install script for the package, differentiating between the functionality by passing the keywords PRE-INSTALL and POST-INSTALL respectively, after the package’s name. Set the initial package conflict list to conflicts. This is assumed to be a whitespace separated list of package names and is meant as a convenient shorthand for specifying multiple @conflicts directives in the packing list (see PACKING LIST DETAILS section below). Set the initial package dependency list to pkgs. This is assumed to be a whitespace separated list of package names and is meant as a convenient shorthand for specifying multiple @pkgdep directives in the packing list (see "PACKING LIST DETAILS" section below). Each argument from the pkgs list could be in the form pkgname [:pkgorigin], where optional pkgorigin element denotes origin of each dependency from the list and it is recorded into the packing list along with the pkgname using @comment directive. Set prefix as the initial directory "base" to start from in selecting files for the package. Set dscript to be the de-install procedure for the package. This can be any executable program (or shell script). It will be invoked automatically when the package is later (if ever) de-installed. It will be passed the package’s name as the first argument. Note: if the -K option is not given, this script will serve as both the de-install and the post-deinstall script for the package, differentiating between the functionality by passing the keywords DEINSTALL and POST-DEINSTALL respectively, along with the package’s name. Set pdscript to be the post-deinstall procedure for the package. This can be any executable program (or shell script). It will be invoked automatically when the package is later de-installed. It will be passed the package’s name as the first argument. Set rscript to be the "requirements" procedure for the package. This can be any executable program (or shell script). It will be invoked automatically at installation/deinstallation time to determine whether or not installation/deinstallation should proceed. To differentiate between installation and deinstallation, the keywords INSTALL and DEINSTALL are passed respectively, along with the package’s name. Use template as the input to mktemp(3). By default, this is the string /tmp/instmp.XXXXXX, but it may be necessary to override it in the situation where space in your /tmp directory is limited. Be sure to leave some number of ‘X’ characters for mktemp(3) to fill in with a unique ID. Pass excludefile as a -exclude-from argument to tar when creating final package. See tar man page (or run tar with --help flag) for further information on using this flag. Display the file (by concatenating it to stdout) after installing the package. Useful for things like legal notices on almost-free software, etc. Run mtree(8) with input from mtreefile before the package is installed. Mtree is invoked as mtree -u -f mtreefile -d -e -p prefix, where prefix is the name of the first directory named by a @cwd directive. .Fx "Ports Collection". It should be in the form MASTERCATEGORY/PORTDIR. -j Use bzip2(1) utility to compress package tarball instead of gzip(1). Please note that this option is a NO-OP if the format of the resulting archive is explicitly specified by the recognizable suffix of pkg-filename. Currently pkg_create recognizes the following suffixes: .tbz, .tgz and .tar. -y Compatibility synonym for -j . -z Use gzip(1) utility to compress package tarball. Create package file from a locally installed package named pkg-name. If the pkg-filename is not specified, then resulting archive will be created in the current directory and named pkg-name with an appropriate extraction suffix applied. -R When creating package file from a locally installed package also create package files for all packages required by pkg-name. Resulting archive(s) will be created in the current directory and named using name of the respective package with appropriate extraction suffix applied. Set the internal directory pointer to point to directory. All subsequent filenames will be assumed relative to this directory. Note: @cd is also an alias for this command. Set the internal directory pointer for _creation only_ to directory. That is to say that it overrides @cwd for package creation but not extraction. Execute command as part of the unpacking process. If command contains any of the following sequences somewhere in it, they will be expanded inline. For the following examples, assume that @cwd is set to /usr/local and the last extracted file was bin/emacs. "%D" Expand to the current directory prefix, as set with @cwd, in the example case /usr/local. "%B" Expand to the "basename" of the fully qualified filename, that is the current directory prefix, plus the last filespec, minus the trailing filename. In the example case, that would be /usr/local/bin. "%f" Expand to the filename part of the fully qualified name, or the converse of %B, being in the example case, emacs. Execute command as part of the deinstallation process. Expansion of special % sequences is the same as for @exec. This command is not executed during the package add, as @exec is, but rather when the package is deleted. This is useful for deleting links and other ancillary files that were created as a result of adding the package, but not directly known to the package’s table of contents (and hence not automatically removable). The advantage of using @unexec over a deinstallation script is that you can use the "special sequence expansion" to get at files regardless of where they have been potentially redirected (see -p ). Set default permission for all subsequently extracted files to mode. Format is the same as that used by the chmod command (well, considering that it is later handed off to it, that is no surprise). Use without an arg to set back to default (extraction) permissions. Set internal package options, the only two currently supported ones being extract-in-place, which tells the pkg_add command not to extract the package’s tarball into a staging area but rather directly into the target hierarchy (this is typically meant to be used only by distributions or other special package types), and preserve, which tells pkg_add to move any existing files out of the way, preserving the previous contents (which are also resurrected on pkg_delete, so caveat emptor). Set default ownership for all subsequently extracted files to user. Use without an arg to set back to default (extraction) ownership. Set default group ownership for all subsequently extracted files to group. Use without an arg to set back to default (extraction) group ownership. Imbed a comment in the packing list. Useful in trying to document some particularly hairy sequence that may trip someone up later. Specify that the package would have installed file if option had been specified at build time. The action of @noinst is the same that @comment (which is doing nothing, it is just additional information). Used internally to tell extraction to ignore the next file (do not copy it anywhere), as it is used for some special purpose. Similar to @ignore, but the ignoring of the next file is delayed one evaluation cycle. This makes it possible to use this directive in the packinglist file, so you can pack a specialized datafile in with a distribution for your install script (or something) yet have the installer ignore it. Set the name of the package. This is mandatory and is usually put at the top. This name is potentially different from the name of the file it came in, and is used when keeping track of the package for later deinstallation. Note that pkg_create will derive this field from the package name and add it automatically if none is given. Declare directory name to be deleted at deinstall time. By default, directories created by a package installation are not deleted when the package is deinstalled; this provides an explicit directory cleanup method. This directive should appear at the end of the package list. If more than one @dirrm directives are used, the directories are removed in the order specified. The name directory will not be removed unless it is empty. Declare name as an mtree(8) input file to be used at install time (see -m above). Only the first @mtree directive is honored. Declare name as the file to be displayed at install time (see -D above). Declare a dependency on the pkgname package. The pkgname package must be installed before this package may be installed, and this package must be deinstalled before the pkgname package is deinstalled. Multiple @pkgdep directives may be used if the package depends on multiple other packages. Declare a conflict with the pkgcflname package, as the two packages contain references to the same files, and so cannot co-exist on the same system. The environment variable PKG_TMPDIR names the directory where pkg_create will attempt to create its temporary files. If PKG_TMPDIR is not set, the directory named by the contents of TMPDIR will be used. If neither of PKG_TMPDIR and TMPDIR are set, the builtin defaults are used. 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Ademero has announced the release of Content Central version 4.1, an update that adds many productivity-boosting features to this browser-based document management software application. One of the more exciting updates to Content Central is called Workflow rules, providing a means to automatically advance documents from one user to another. A method commonly used in approval processing, workflow lets users complete work-related tasks normally triggered by the content of documents. Users can approve or reject documents that arrive in their work queue using a user-friendly interface. Content Central expands the boundaries of the office by letting permitted users access documents for review, management and modification from any computer on the web. Content Central can also help businesses comply with state and federal document-retention regulations like the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. Administrators can define the period of time documents should be retained. When they expire, they are automatically removed from the system. Ademero has also added the Zonal OCR engine, which extracts text from scanned document pages to automatically populate document property fields during the capture process. This feature will make for less data entry requirements, which means less human typing errors. Users can keep a complete revision history for each document, from content modifications up to document approval. A new XML capture engine lets both scanned images and electronic-document formats be captured with ease. An XML file describing the content type, document properties, and destination of a document can be dropped into the XML-based capture folder. All these features add up to a solid document management offering. Check out the Ademero site for more information.

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The National Audit Office (NAO) has said energy regulator Ofgem that it needs to prove it is protecting consumers. The warning came alongside criticism for three other regulators – water watchdog Ofwat, communications body Ofcom and the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). The NAO said regulators need to measure their own performance. Auditors said the biggest problem facing consumers was debt caused by rising prices, with gas up 28% and electricity up 37% in real terms since 2007. The NAO said: “The regulators in this review have good insight into consumer concerns and issues." “However, they are not sufficiently specific and targeted in setting out what overall outcomes they want to achieve for consumers, and therefore what information they need to evaluate and report on their overall performance robustly." “We agree with the National Audit Office that regulators need to effectively measure their impact to help deliver the best possible outcomes for consumers. Ofgem has already made progress in this area; last year for example we published our first Consumer Impact Report measuring how much our regulatory decisions were expected to benefit consumers and we also publish annual reports on the state of the energy market and on the situation of vulnerable consumers."

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ATLANTA/MACON – Mercer University professor Dr. David Gushee was elected vice president of the American Academy of Religion (AAR) Board of Directors on Thursday. The AAR is the world's largest professional association of scholars who study religion, with 9,000 members representing some 900 colleges, universities, seminaries and schools in North America and abroad. “I am grateful for this vote of confidence from my colleagues in religious studies, and I very much look forward to taking up these new responsibilities with the American Academy of Religion,” said Dr. Gushee, who serves as Distinguished Professor of Christian Ethics and director of the Center for Theology and Public Life at Mercer. He joins the association's governing board, which is responsible for meeting the AAR's legal fiduciary obligations as well as guiding its strategic direction through planning, policy development, assessment and advocacy. His appointment is a three-year commitment, as he will serve one year each as vice president, president-elect and president. He is the author or editor of 20 books and hundreds of articles in his field, including Righteous Gentiles of the Holocaust, Kingdom Ethics, The Future of Faith in American Politics, The Sacredness of Human Life, Changing Our Mind and Evangelical Ethics. Dr. Gushee has always accompanied his scholarly production with church work; activism related to issues such as human rights, creation care, the death penalty and LGBT acceptance; opinion writing for Religion News Service and previously for The Washington Post, Huffington Post and Baptist News Global; board service with Sojourners and the Center for Victims of Torture; and domestic and global media consultation. He has lectured on every continent, including endowed lectures in New Zealand and Holland in 2015. Dr. Gushee earned his Bachelor of Arts at the College of William and Mary (1984), Master of Divinity at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary (1987) and both a Master of Philosophy (1990) and Doctor of Philosophy (1993) in Christian ethics at Union Theological Seminary in New York.

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Like most festive holidays, Chinese New Year typically involves a lot of decorations but that doesn't mean we should forget about how it could possibly affect our environment. It's easy to buy any decorations we see and like, in hopes of it ushering just a bit of that auspicious luck. But hold that thought and think again—is 'this' good for the Earth? Just recently, an article published in Star2 revealed that "Malaysia has been rated as one of the world's worst countries for plastic pollution". The writer of said article starts off with an observation from a Facebook post that people are buying a lot of packet drinks ahead of Chinese New Year and her friend suggested brewing a pot of tea would be a better alternative. True. And then we take a look at how the malls are splashed with that familiar bright shade of red, the shops that sell these vibrant decorations; and we wonder—how many people actually keep these and how many people actually junk them after 15 days of the celebration? Here at Buro Malaysia, we've talked a lot about plastic pollution (and how it's not the plastic straws and bags that are harming the ocean the most) as well as a range of topics related to sustainability. It's only natural that we wonder if it applies to decorations for the festive season too. Juliana Adam, General Manager of Me.reka Makerspace, a co-working space for makers that regularly advocates for sustainability (they're also run by the team behind local social enterprise Biji-biji Initiative), answers our musings. How can people decorate for Chinese New Year in an eco-friendly way? Always re-use whenever you can. Decorations don't necessarily need to be new. They just need to 'look' new. If you absolutely have to buy them, make sure they are not single-use ones. Store them properly after the festive season and just use them again the following year. Also, look for decorations that are not 'dated' like those that don't mention "Year of so-and-so". Since we're a multiracial nation, it's also good to look for decorations that are versatile and multi-purpose so we can use them for more than one national holiday. If there is a need for single-use decor, get those that are made out of recyclable, biodegradable or compostable materials. Don't forget the right steps to discard them properly after use though! My last tip is to get creative and up-cycle. You can easily make your own decorations using everyday items. For instance, hang up decorated plastic bottles in place of tanglung lanterns. Of course, not everything can be 100% eco-friendly. In that case, what would be three huge don'ts? Alternatively, what are three pieces of CNY decorations that can be recycled or reuse? Angpows — You can use them for many things, including acting as a form of decoration. Best of all, they can be easily re-used. Make sure to get the kinds without the adhesive as that makes them reusable and recyclable. Tanglungs — With just a bit of creativity and basic skills, you can turn it into a pretty pendant light for your home. Look up some inspirations online and up-cycle your tanglungs into unique designer lamps! Mini tanglungs — If you have those that come with fairy lights, you can easily turn them into little planters. Just paint over them in a colour that fits your home palette and start your own indoor succulent garden. As for the fairy lights, you can use them as mood lighting in the house or make mini ketupat pieces to replace the tanglungs for the next festive season. A lot of CNY snacks are sold in plastic boxes—what's your take on it and what alternative would you suggest? It makes me cringe, especially those that come in plastic packaging where each item is individually wrapped in plastic. Why do oranges need to be wrapped? It is a bigger battle to solve this issue as it involves the bigger corporates; however, I do believe that with a louder voice from the consumers, they will change their ways. Smaller enterprises like those that operate from home can easily change the game. I would definitely support businesses like these. Another alternative is to buy in bulk which consumes less plastic. If you're making these snacks yourself, why not explore the possibility of using beeswax paper wrap (which you can totally DIY) when giving them as gifts? It looks pretty and is reusable. Generally, just be wary of your consumption in any way. What extra wastes/non-recyclables come with this item that I am purchasing? Do I actually need to buy this? Is there an alternative? Just be conscious of your decisions, and the consequences of your actions. Happy Chinese New Year to all!

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When you’re undergoing treatment for infertility it can be difficult to put your fears to rest. After all, you’ve already experienced the frustration and heartache caused by roadblocks you’ve encountered along your journey to having a baby. You surely don’t want to come so far, only to find out there’s a serious threat to your future baby. If your personal experience includes difficulties and doubt due to genetic or chromosomal conditions, you may be hesitant to pursue pregnancy because of the risks. Especially when more than 80% of all first trimester miscarriages are caused by genetic/chromosomal abnormalities. The potential loss can be too much for some individuals, or couples, to bear. With the advances being made in reproductive health and solutions to aid in your fertility, there are ways to help ensure the health of your future baby through embryo testing. For those undergoing IVF, who have reason to be concerned about the viability of their embryos, embryo testing is a sure way to put your mind at ease. Genetic counseling is the first step in making sure a successful outcome is realized for couples and individuals who want to begin a family. Based on the genetic risks brought to a pregnancy by both parents, genetic screening can be an extremely useful tool in determining the potential for certain birth defects and genetic diseases. There are a number of specific reasons that make pre-pregnancy genetic screening a good idea. Age may play a significant role in the health and viability of the egg, there may be sperm abnormalities, or a risk for certain genetic conditions and diseases, such as Tay-Sachs, Cystic Fibrosis, Sickle Cell Anemia, and Thalassemia. Any of these factors could increase the risk for birth defects. Many of these same reasons apply when couples, or individuals, opt to pursue IVF. To ensure a healthy pregnancy and healthy baby, and ease your concerns and fears, it’s wise to consider embryo testing. Pre-implantation genetic diagnosis/screening/testing (PGD/PGS/PGT), is a useful tool for screening embryos to check for specific genetic diseases. PGT, which is the latest terminology, is used in IVF to test the embryos, prior to implantation in the uterus. Embryo testing via PGT significantly lowers your risk of having a child with a genetic birth defect. When an embryo is created through IVF it grows in the lab for 5-6 days, in order to reach the blastocyst stage. At that point, removal of a single cell can be done with a low risk of disrupting the development of the embryo. The cell’s DNA is analyzed and compared to standard DNA to determine the genetic health of the embryo. Once declared sound in genetic health, the embryo can then be implanted in the uterus. By using a combination of genetic screening you can prevent passing on any of literally hundreds of genetic conditions, far more than the ones mentioned above. Not only will you lower the risk of having a child with a birth defect, but you will encourage a much healthier pregnancy and lower your risk for miscarriage. For those who struggle with infertility due to advanced maternal age, male factor infertility, or unsuccessful prior IVF attempts, embryo testing is extremely useful in promoting a successful outcome. Testing your embryos prior to implantation means you can be assured of the health of your future child. The prognosis is excellent for a successful outcome, and for those couples, or individuals who are aware of a hereditary genetic condition, and want to avoid passing that condition onto a future child, embryo testing is invaluable. The peace of mind is priceless.

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Kindle 1.07 MB This is an E-book formatted for Amazon Kindle devices. In this month’s Liberty Matters online discussion we reassess the economic ideas of John Stuart Mill as found in his classic work Principles of Political Economy (1st ed. 1848, 7th ed. 1871) and other writings. In the Lead Essay by Steven Kates of the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology it is argued that in the light of the evident failures of Keynesian economics to solve the problems of the boom and bust cycle, and that of ongoing high unemployment and economic stagnation, that we should go back to Mill’s “Four Propositions on Capital” for enlightenment. The commentators are Nick Capaldi, the Legendre-Soulé Distinguished Chair in Business Ethics at Loyola University New Orleans; Richard M. Ebeling, the BB&T Distinguished Professor of Ethics and Free Enterprise Leadership at The Citadel in Charleston, South Carolina; and Sandra J. Peart, who is dean of the Jepson School of Leadership Studies at the University of Richmond.

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H.E. Ms Frances Kiernan, Ambassador of Ireland to Estonia, visited the Baltic Defence College (BALTDEFCOL) on 27th of March 2019. After the welcome address by Major General Andis Dilāns, Commandant of BALTDEFCOL, the visit continued with briefings by the leadership of BALTDEFCOL. Ms Kiernan received a general overview of the historical background, mission and tasks of the College and learned about the various courses and related activities conducted at the BALTDEFCOL. She expressed great interest in the delivery of education by BALTDEFCOL as a multinational professional military education institution. The visit proved to be a valuable opportunity for exchange of ideas and engaging discussions.

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Personal injury is a very difficult thing to deal with. Aside from the physical pain that you’re experiencing, there are countless ways that this incident will impact your life and you should be prepared for them. At Woods & Thompson P.A. we have played a part in numerous personal injury cases and have seen the damage that these cases can causes. Continue reading so that you can get a glimpse of how your life could change after you’ve had an accident. Without a doubt, one of the first things that we need to cover will be physical ailments that could happen from the accident. The type of injury that occurs is going to be different for everyone. Accidents could lead to immobility, physical deformities, broken bones, surgeries, and more. If you’re already dealing with a personal case, then there’s a good chance that you’re already aware that there are going to be physical ways that your body is affected by this accident. The one thing that you should be prepared for with these physical ailments: the bills. Accidents bring unexpected injuries which could lead to a trip to the emergency room, a couple of surgeries, but at the very least some type of visit to a doctor. That means that there will be bills that are headed your way. A majority of the bills that come from medical offices are far from small or cheap. Depending on the care that you received, it may just be one bill that you receive or a couple, and that can be stressful if you haven’t accounted for a way to cover the bills. With your medical bills, the one thing that does need to happen will be paying them. If you aren’t able to find a way to pay for them or you’re currently unable to work and bring in money, then it’s time to reach out to a personal injury lawyer. Having a professional on your side can help ensure that you get the compensation that you need to take care of these bills. One of the most frustrating parts of personal injury accidents is the chance of a break in your income. This isn’t something that happens for all personal injuries, but there is a chance of it happening if the injuries from the accident make it difficult for you to work. Your income is something that you need to provide for yourself, provide for your family, take care of your rent, and the like. So, when you are told that you need to take some time off of work or that it could be months before you’re able to return to work, what do you do? There’s no way to prepare for this truly, but if you have recently been in an accident that could potentially lead to this — it’s time to start budgeting. There will be bills, both medical and personal, that come in and require you to take care of them, so what are you going to do? The good news is that most personal injury cases will lead to some sort of compensation when the individual injured has lost income because of their injury. The only issue here is waiting until they’ve locked the case down. Everything that we’ve mentioned above is extremely stressful. It’s so challenging to deal with as is, but when you factor in the fact that it’s an accident that you had no way to prepare for, it immediately becomes all the more stressful. A component of many personal injury cases is compensation for pain and sufferings that come with the accident. Any losses or mental and emotional struggles that may stem from the accident could also fall into the pain and suffering claims that you make toward the accident. These types of claims are more difficult to stand by if you don’t have any way to back them up. That being said, if there’s anything you think might be considered pain and suffering, talk to your lawyer and figure out a way that you can defend the claims that you’re making so that you are entirely able to defend them. The various things that we’ve touched on above are all things that you can anticipate after a personal injury case, but can you really prepare for them? Personal injury cases are built to help those injured in an accident get the care and assistance that they deserve. The team at Woods & Thompson P.A. have helped countless residents of the Twin Cities area get the compensation that they are entitled to. Let us look at your case and find a way to assist you. Contact our team today to set up a time for a consultation on your case.

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Liat was born and raised in the Los Angeles area to an Israeli father and an American mother. She attended California State University Northridge (CSUN) where she received her Bachelors in Arts in Communication Studies and her Masters in Arts in Education. Through her involvement with a variety of leadership programs while studying at the university, she sparked her passion for experiential education and service learning. Upon graduating from CSU Northridge, she was hired to work on campus at the International and Exchange Student Center to support the international population which consisted of over 3,000 students. She was then recruited to work at CSU Dominguez Hills, first as the International Student Coordinator followed by the Leadership and Student Engagement Coordinator. Engaging with students and encouraging them to think about the impact they can make on this world is a passion of Liat’s, so working for the Builders of Jewish Education (BJE) as the Program Director for March of the Living is a dream job for her. Being Jewish is an important part of Liat’s identity and she has found ways to stay connected to the community by working at Camp JCA Shalom, staffing the March of the Living, teaching at Shomrei Torah and as a member of her local Hadassah chapter. Her role at the BJE will allow her to combine her passions of empowering youth and her commitment to her Jewish identity. Liat is married to Ukrainian-born Realtor, Michael Vorobiev and together they have two children, Isabella and Elon. As parents, they believe that Jewish learning is the foundation of vibrant Jewish living and are committed to promoting life-long learning.

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For months, NARAL Pro-Choice Oregon PAC and other leading reproductive rights groups have called on Republican gubernatorial candidate Knute Buehler to answer for public statements condemning abortion despite his alleged “pro-choice” choice position. It is now clear that Buehler told anti-abortion supporters he would ban 80 percent of abortions statewide, according to new audio released by Eugene Republican Senate candidate Scott Rohter. “Knute has promised that he will sign a pain-capable bill that at that point, abortion is no longer allowed,” Rohter said. The exchange on conservative talk radio exposed a key problem in Buehler’s bid for statewide office: Buehler tells some voters that he’s pro-choice and then tells others that he will work to restrict access to abortion. Buehler is trying to win votes, but can’t be trusted to do the right thing. The pledge flies in the face of Buehler’s campaign rhetoric, which attempts to wipe away his vote against protecting abortion rights in the Oregon Legislature. Full audio of Rohter’s interview with 104.3 FM KSLM is available here. NARAL Pro-Choice Oregon PAC has endorsed Governor Kate Brown based on her longtime support of reproductive rights and abortion access. Governor Brown signed the Reproductive Health Equity Act in 2017, the most comprehensive piece of reproductive health legislation in the country, which codified the right to legal abortion in Oregon.

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Philando Castile's father, who is serving a life term in federal prison, is fighting for a portion of the $3 million settlement reached in the fatal shooting of his son. A Hennepin County judge Wednesday said she was likely to approve Valerie Castile's proposal to receive the funds in their entirety after her legal team is paid, the Star Tribune reported. In a July petition written by attorney Robert Bennett, Castile claimed her son's father, Phelix H. Frazier Sr., was not present and made no claims to any of the money. Frazier said he was "totally blindsided by (Valerie Castile's) lack of compassion," adding he believed she would fairly distribute the settlement money to family members, including her daughter and Philando's half-sister, Allysza Castile. He added he felt they both deserved $500,000 apiece. "It was not just Valeries' loss," he wrote from a Greenville penitentiary, noting that while he and his son did not maintain the strongest relationship, that he did deserve a portion of the funds. "On some level I believe I will miss Philando (more) than most because of what we 'were not' able to do together." Bennett previously reached out to 16 of Castile's relatives, asking if they'd like to make a claim on the funds. Frazier wrote back July 5, only crediting Valerie Castile with raising their son. Philando Castile was fatally shot by former St. Anthony police officer Jeronimo Yanez during a traffic stop last year. In June, the officer was acquitted on charges of manslaughter and reckless discharge of a firearm. Philando's girlfriend and her young daughter were in the vehicle during the fatal traffic stop in July 2016. District Judge Susan Robiner Wednesday offered her condolences to Valerie Castile. She said she would take the proposal under advisement and intends to issue her decision promptly, the Tribune reported. Robiner said that while she was "impressed" with Frazier's objections to the proposal, that he did not qualify for any of the funds. He's currently serving a life sentence for a heroin trafficking ring described by the Eighth Circuit court as "an organized and complex enterprise," according to the newspaper. In the plan outlined by Bennet, they also said Allysza Castile was not fit to receive any of the money due to "elements" in her life "that are not conducive to her receipt of a large sum of money at this time." Robiner on Wednesday said the younger Castile was a strong candidate for the money, but Allysza said she trusted her mother, before breaking down in tears, according to the Tribune. "They've always taken care of me," she told the judge. "I don't feel I need anything distributed to me."

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A native of northern Minnesota, New Jersey Symphony Orchestra trumpet player DAVID LARSON received a Bachelor of Science degree in Instrumental and Vocal Music from Bemidji State University in Minnesota and a Master of Music degree in trumpet from Indiana University, where he studied with Herbert Mueller. While in high school, Larson performed solo trumpet on the “Original Ted Mack Amateur Hour” in New York. He was also a member of the National Orchestral Association of New York (where he received the Outstanding Musician’s Award) and participated in the Aspen Music Festival for seven summers. Larson has studied privately with James Pandolfi of the New York Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Edward Treutel of The Juilliard School, Robert Sullivan and Vincent Penzarella of the New York Philharmonic and former Seattle Symphony Music Director Gerard Schwarz. He maintains an active teaching studio; his students have achieved high honors in state and national competitions and have continued their studies at The Juilliard School, Oberlin Conservatory of Music and other distinguished institutions. Outside of music, Larson enjoys photography, gourmet cooking, scuba diving and traveling, with a partiality towards Norway, his wife’s country of origin.

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Advisory lanes are a form of bicycle infrastructure consisting of an unlaned road with dashed lines and often colored pavement on the outside of a center zone. The dashes are meant to suggest areas in which bikes should ride and thus, areas cars are meant to stay out of should there be a bike present. However, if there is not a bike filling the advisory lane, cars are permitted to — and often need — to enter the advisory lane. Throughout our two-day bike tour of the Delft area, we visited three advisory lane sites: Hugo de Grootstraat, Adriaan Pauwstraat, and Delfgauw. Advisory lanes are particularly interesting due to the fact that despite their relative simplicity, they are one of the hardest forms of bicycle infrastructure to grasp by those who have never seen them before, such as in the United States. The roads on which advisory lanes are implemented can vary in their function and width, from small roads barely wide enough for two cars to pass, to larger neighborhood principles nearly wide enough for two dedicated bike lanes. Site 7, Adriaan Pauwstraat, fits the former of these descriptions: its center zone, at ten and a half feet, its center zone is not wide enough for two cars. However, the road seems exceptionally safe for pedestrians, bicycles, and cars. The segment of road shown in the photo below includes elements that contribute to the safety of all three. The advisory lanes give bikes a priority space that separates them from cars. Also shown is a crossing island, which affords pedestrians the luxury of crossing only one half of the street at a time. These islands are not normally seen on roads with advisory lanes, but this particular road is very long and straight (without many crosswalks), so the median also acts as a traffic calming measure. Hugo de Grootstraat fits the latter of the two descriptions above: it is much wider than Adriaan Pauwstraat and much more trafficked. Instead of a ten and half foot center zone, Grootstraat has a sixteen and a half foot median, which is almost wide enough to constitute a 1+1 street. In addition, due to the width, Grootstraat’s speed limit is higher than Pauwstraat’s (50 kph vs. 30kph respectively). Despite this, and despite that there are no significant traffic calming techniques, Grootstrat does not feel any more dangerous than Pauwtraat. I attribute this its width; because Grootstraat is both unlaned and relatively wide, cars give bicycles quite a wide berth. That being said, Grootstraat is long and straight, so during peak hours it has the potential to feel unsafe. It could benefit from traffic calming elements. The final advisory lane visited, Delfgauw, was on a rural road where the bicycle infrastructure is not up to the standard seen within cities. As it is a rural road, the updating of Delfgauw’s bicycle infrastructure is not likely a top priority. However, it riding on the road does not feel particularly unsafe despite their measly two-foot advisory bike lanes. The only time I felt unsafe on Delfgauw was when a car sped by at about twenty kph over the speed limit. Bike lanes are a step up from advisory lanes. Traditional bike lanes are street-level bike infrastructure that is separated from traffic by painted lines only, there is no vertical separation. New bike lanes are not being build much in the Netherlands because generally they are considered slightly more stressful and dangerous than cycle tracks due to the lack of separation from traffic. However, it is possible for bike lanes to provide defensible space to cyclists and they are acceptable for new road in the Netherlands if the road meets two main criteria. Namely, if the new road is only one lane in each direction and has no on-street parking, it is acceptable for bike lanes (some on street parking is sometimes permitted if it is low-turnover). On our bike tour, we visited a total of three sites at which bike lanes were implemented: Buitenhofdreef, Julianalaan, and Nassaulaan, all in Delft. Some of these roads are compliant with the Dutch criteria for new bike lanes, and some are grandfathered in to the rules. The first site, Buitenhofdreef, seems to fit the acceptable criteria for bike lanes. It is likely classified as a local distributor/collector. However, it is only one lane in each direction and limited access. This creates a continuous bike lane on one side for cyclists which reduces stress. However, because the road is for through traffic only, cars tend to go quite quickly, which makes it uncomfortable to ride on this road. Furthermore, instead of trying to calm traffic, the Dutch, in an effort to ensure safety, seem to try to make the bikes as predictable as possible. This is achieved by having strictly one-way cycle tracks, including one way crossings for bikes trying to cross this street. While this likely does help with safety somewhat, it makes riding on the street more inconvenient. The next site does not at all fit the criteria set forth by the Dutch government. Julianalaan is a 1+1 arterial, but has parking on the side and splits into several lanes at large intersections. This site, however, is a good example of the use of pocket bike lanes. Pocket bike lanes are bike lanes that are in between two traffic lanes and are intended to minimize conflict between bikes and cars at intersections. However, if there are too many lanes, pocket lanes cannot do enough to completely alleviate stress. When bike lanes come to intersections, the Dutch are particularly clever at making sure everything stays safe and low-stress for both bikes and cars. Nassaulaan is a good example of this. At the site, bike lanes run into a roundabout. To keep people from breaking any rules, accidentally or not, each of the one-way bike lanes become two-way once in the roundabout. The bike lanes then run on the outside of the roundabout and cars must yield to them at all times. This in turn acts an additional traffic calming measure as cars must slow and stop for passing bikes. Cycle tracks are, in more than one sense, a step up from bike lanes. Not only because they are safer and less stressful, but because in many cases, they are literally a curb step up from the road. Cycle tracks are defined as bike paths that are separated from the road by some kind of vertical elements (flexposts, curbs, trees, parked cars, etc.). On our tour, we also visited three sites at which cycle tracks were located: Ruys de Berrenbrouckstraat, Papsouwselaan, and Voorhofdreef. Ruys de Berrenbrouckstraat (known henceforth as Ruys de B-straat) is the best example of classic, well-designed cycle tracks. B-straat used to be an important east-west route in Delft with cars going quite fast. Residents of the street soon complained and a great design was implemented that still allows for through traffic, but limits the traffic’s speed and keeps things very safe for pedestrians and bicycles. Sometimes, cycle tracks arise because roads are narrowed and extra room on the side is converted. This looks to be the case in the next photo of Voorhofdreef, which shows the road narrowing from two lanes to one, and a two-way cycle track on the right. Two-way cycle tracks are sometimes considered unfavorable because they create complications at intersections. However, in this case, two-way tracks are favorable because the intersection ahead is one of the most complicated and well designed in Delft. It is a sort of a roundabout in which public transit is given absolute priority, followed by bikes and pedestrians, and finally cars. On the other side of that same roundabout, cycle tracks are found on a commercial street. In this case, I think the main purpose of the cycle tracks is to separate the storefronts and sidewalks from the street, while still allowing cars access to the shops. In the photo, one can see a massive space between the shops and the road and tram. This makes shopping, walking, and cycling much more pleasant as no one has to worry about cars. A bike boulevard, according to the city of Berkeley, CA, is defined as “a low-speed, low-volume street which has been optimized for bicycle traffic.” Bike boulevards are designed to discourage motorized through traffic, but encourage bicycle through traffic. There are many different way in which this can be accomplished, two of which can be seen in the two boulevard sites visited in Delft: Buitenwatersloot and Abtswoude path. Buitenwatersloot used to be the most popular thoroughfare that connected the center of Delft to the main train station. However, as cars got faster and bigger, a new road was needed and built. The municipality then wanted to discourage use of the old route and convert it into a bike boulevard. This was accomplished through a permeable barrier. This barrier allows bikes and buses through but has a camera fitted to catch any cars trying to go through the barrier. This makes the road discontinuous and therefore not attractive to through traffic. The Abtswoude path employs similar permeable barrier techniques, but this time instead of breaking up a continuous road, these barriers connect neighboring roads. That way bikes can easily go from one neighborhood to another (in this case, to and from TU Delft) by cutting from road to road, while cars must wind around discontinuous roads. Service roads are a form of infrastructure that allows slower traffic to separate themselves from through traffic. They are small roads that are no more than a block long that split from a main through road. There are many uses for service roads, such as allowing delivery trucks to stop without holding people up, allowing residents of the street a quiet place to park or play on the street, or allowing bikes a low-stress and safe place to ride. The service road we visited in Delft could serve any of these purposes, but is especially good for bikes, as it employs similar bike connectors seen in the Abstwoude path above. Bicycle highways are very similar to the highways on which we are all familiar driving, in that they are wide, smooth roads designed to connect more distant points of interests to one another with faster riding. The bike highway we visited, the N470, connects Delfgauw to Delft and ran parallel to a traditional auto highway. It felt the safest of all the sites we visited due to the thorough separation between bikes and cars, and the width of the bike track.

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STEPANAKERT — Within the scope of cooperation of the Defense Ministries of Armenia and NKR, RA Defense Minister Seyran Ohanyan paid a working visit to the Defense Army, RA MOD Press Office informed. Accompanied with NKR Defense Minister Movses Hakobian, the RA Defense Minister toured several parts of the front line. Ohanian and Hakobian also looked into the state of improving ‘engineering facilities’ along with other measures designed to beef up border protection in connection with latest attempts by Azerbaijani sabotage groups to infiltrate into Nagorno-Karabakh territory. The defense ministers also attended the groundbreaking ceremony for building a military town in the village of Kolatak of Martakert region. The funds were released by philanthropist Hayk Makhakelian.

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Similarly, with 2004 being the fifth year of blind prediction, we note from the chart that 2004 predicts generally below average for all but the July-August months coinciding with the 30 year average mid-summer peaks (comment 20040210). Note comment 20050211 on parent page, Georgia, for 2005 and 2006 year narrative interpretations. 200612 will complete the 7th year of blind prediction when initial posting was intended to be 3 years. This 'worst weather' among continental US climate divisions will be retired after December 2006.

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If you're looking for a fresh start and flexible work, live in and around Trafford, have a wealth of experience behind and would like to share your knowledge with both the children and fellow staff, Protocol Education wants to hear from you! The usual shifts are between the times of 7.30am-6pm in private nurseries. You will be asked to support the team and supervise children aged 8 months to 4 years. You will ensure children's safety and make of their academic and social development. The ideal candidate will ideally be also keen to undertaken necessary training in order further grow in their career in education. - Experience in working in a Nursery or Early years setting as a Nursery Nurse.

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Merethe Lindstrøm was born in Bergen in 1963. She made her debut with the short story collection “Sexorcisten og andre fortellinger” in 1983, and has since written several other collections of short stories, novels and a children's book. A characteristic of Merethe Lindstrøm's writing is her focus on modern people's quest for others and for meaning. She has received most recognition for her collection of short stories “Svømme under vann” (1994) and novels “Steinsamlere” (1996) and “Stedfortrederen” (1997). She was nominated for the Nordic Council Literature Prize in 2008 for her collection of short stories “Gjestene” (2007) and nominated for the Norwegian Critics Prize for best adult book in 2007. Merethe Lindstrøm was awarded the Dobloug Prize in 2008 for her entire literary work. An elderly couple have silently agreed to not discuss their past. While he shuts himself away more and more, she tries to break out of the isolation and silence. Who was the housekeeper that they were both very close to for a while before abruptly dismissing her? Merethe Lindstrøm's writing projects a strong, tense family drama about silence and secrecy. It is about the love between two people who have made important choices that define their entire existence, just to realize that some things cannot be ignored. The past not only resurfaces, it has been there all along. In a gentle, precise and thoughtful prose Lindstrøm relates how a dramatic past slowly breaks into an elderly woman's life and consciousness.

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The Sisters of St Anne work for the Lord through pastoral care, with an option for the poor and catechesis for all ages. Do you feel called to this kind of ministry? The Sisters are women who have taken vows to commit themselves to Christian values. They wish to live a life both spiritual and practical, which drives them to serve the sick, the older person and the less fortunate in our society. Through this practical care the love of Christ is shared. The Sisters of St Anne serve the Lord by teaching catechesis to all ages. To join the Sisters desire to serve Christ is essential, but your age and qualifications are not important as all training can be provided. If you join the Sisters, you will live in one of the small communities but the first step is to make a call to discuss your desire. There's no obligation and it's possible to arrange a short stay for you to experience what religious life is like for you. Each 'house' has its own apostolate. There is an open invitation to come and see for yourself and experience the life of the sisters in Wimbledon in an informal way.

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November 11, 2008 | LOGAN -- A 20-year-old-male was arrested on suspicion of possession of marijuana Tuesday by the Logan City Police. Officers responded to complaint by a resident near 62 E. 300 North that they could smell marijuana coming from next door. When the police arrived at the location, they could smell marijuana when the residents of the home opened their door. Police said Zachary K. Yocom admitted to participating in the use of the drug. He was arrested and booked on counts of possession of marijuana, a third-degree felony, and drug paraphernalia, a class A misdemeanor.

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Its no secret that nurses are on their feet for up to 12 hour nursing shifts (or longer!). So it is imperative that nurses wear shoes that are able to support their intensive and often arduous nursing shifts. Having a great nursing shoe can make all the difference in how good you feel after a long 12 hour shift. Foot pain, back pain and achy joints are just a few of the side effects that many nurses deal with on a regular basis. And having the proper footwear can make all the difference in the world. What Makes A Great Nursing Shoe? I have been wearing NIKE shoes at the hospital for as long as I have been a registered nurse and I recommend them to other nurses looking for great support and durability. After all, our jobs are highly physical and we need all the help we can get! The NIKE shoes that made this list are offered in several different colors so if you love the style but not the shade then find the color that suits you! When it comes to picking a great pair of nursing shoes, impact absorption, secure fit, and flexibility are very important aspects to consider. The Nike Women’s Free Running 2018 Shoe is great for nurses who spend 12+ hours a days on their feet, as I do as an ER nurse. And this shoe comes in over 25 different colors to boot! This shoe is great for the cross-fit type of workout, which is why they also make a great nursing shoe. The Nike Women’s Metcon 4 Shoes provide a level of balance and sturdiness that many other shoes do no provide. They offer a stable heel and flexible forfoot which make moving in many directions much easier. Many nurses say that these are the best shoes for RN’s on the market. Not only are they a durable and quality made shoe shoe, but when they finally do wear out, many nurses purchase them a second time. If your feet are consistently tired after being on your feet for 12+ hours a shift these are a great shoe to consider. As an added bonus, the Nike Women’s Revolution 3 Running Shoes are cute outside of the workplace as well. You can wear them with almost anything, from athletic wear to skinny jeans! These shoes are perfect for nurses who are constantly on the move as well as for the gym on your days off. They offer great support, cushioning and durability. As a cross training shoe the Nike Women’s Flex Supreme Shoes are designed for moving in multiple different directions, which is something nurses do all day long! The Nike Women’s Free RN Fly Running Shoe is a great choice for active people, especially nurses! But main reason this shoe made the list is that they have a zip pocket on the back to help your carry keys or money. Nurses can wear these durable and comfortable shoes at work and for an outdoor run on their days off. And they come in 18 pretty colors to chose from. The Nike Air Zoom Pegasus Running Shoe has great cushioning and are often worn by runners training for and running in marathons. They have great cushion and arch support without being too heavy. In addition, the cushion provides additional support for the knees and ankles. That is why these shoes are also great for nurses who often walk 15,000-20,000 steps or more in a single shift. If pink is not your color, there are over 25 other great colors to choose from. The waffle outsoles on the Nike Women’s Are Max Running Shoes are great for durability and multi-surface traction. This feature is especially helpful for nurses who are often exposed to walking over wet floors. These shoes made the top 10 list because of their durability, supportive fit and floor traction. The Nike Women’s Air Max Sequent Shoe is an absolute favorite NIKE shoe for nurses. Not only are they stylish but they have a partial bootie which gives them a more secure feel and fit. Which is essential for nurses who are on their feet for long 12 hour shifts. They are also lightweight and offer great cushioning – a helpful solution for achy joints and sore feet! The Nike Women’s Air Zoom Vomero Shoes are very sturdy, durable shoes, which is exactly what the busy nurse needs. In addition, the NIKE Women’s Air Zoom Vomero Shoes offer soft, push cushioning – which can help with sore joints and achy feet! The reviews on the Nike Women’s Air Max LW Running Shoes speak volumes. Customers use phrases such as “I love these shoes,” “super comfortable,” and “I just got my second pair!” Its a great feeling to know you found a great nursing shoe that you can stick with over the years as a nurse. Because lets be honest, nurses are on there feet more then any other occupation. And we need to be taking better care of our feet, joints and backs. These are very modern looking shoes that make a statement for both style and practicality.

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OMG, that means Trump's sons will also be Presidents some day. Simple musings. Maybe it's the weather, it's just kind of sad to see.

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Pioneering microcomputer advocate and engineer Lee Felsenstein paid us a visit at our most recent MARCH club event June 30 / July 1st 2012. That's me in the middle. Click image for larger view. This is a picture of the vintage tech we have on display at my repair shop in Wilmington. IBM CP/M-86 v. 1.0 boot screen. Click image for larger view. The original Apple ][ e computer. Not much to say here, this is the original version of the Apple IIe, and this particular unit has a 64K card. I spent some time working through the 7 or so Apple IIe's I have, some need work. I'd like to get this one running with the Microsoft Softcard, so that I can run CP/M. The Apple III Plus Computer. This unit is configured to use three drives. The highlight of the 2012 Vintage Computer Festival East 8.0 was this beautifully restored original PDP 8 computer. David Geeswein is the exhibitor and he demonstrated to onlookers how to load programs from papertape and interface the PDP 8 with an oscilloscope. Click image for larger view. I wanted to see if I could do more than boot my MAX 80 using LDOS 5.1.3. A Lobo Max 80 with a Lobo twin 8" drive, TRS 80 5Meg hard drive, and a set of Percom double density drives all attached to the back of the computer. The system is booting off the Percom drives using LDOS 5.1.3. Click image for larger image. Close up of the drives.

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Only 450 metres away from Riga’s Old Town, the Antik is a small and quiet family hotel offering rooms with a flat-screen TV, a double bed and a private bathroom with a shower. The rooms of the Antik feature individual designs. Free WiFi is featured. Breakfast is served in the rooms. Many restaurants and cafés are within walking distance. The main train station is only 150 metres away from the Antik. The House of the Blackheads is within 900 meters. Pokoj typu Basic se vzorovanými tapetami. Breakfast is served between 07:00 and 10:00 in the hall or, on request, on your room. Many restaurants and cafés are within walking distance.

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Need help with leveling requirements or deciding which dragon to even try to breed? Choose a dragon's name at Amoeba Studios' site to see a table of it's stats such as Damage, Health, Food & XP needed to level up, from level 1 to expert. ​If you don't find a dragon you need there, you can look at the official War Dragons site for latest dragons!

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It’s our pride that when it comes to grocery delivery services, there is no competitor of Iowa African Market in Iowa City, Cedar Rapids and Waterloo. It didn’t happen overnight. We started our business several years ago and it took long time to get this place. Today we have the biggest network of product suppliers and thus you can get fresh, premium quality and fully organic grocery items from us along with grocery home delivery service. It all started with our aim to provide people with a breath of fresh air, where they can get the right assurance of healthy items along with relief from the stress of high price. Though we don’t offer online grocery shopping free shipping, you can always enjoy a good amount of saving on every purchase through our deals and offers. Our aim at Iowa African Market is to ensure 100% customer satisfaction. All our employees and suppliers are bound to abide by our stringent business procedure to confirm that every customer who places order for grocery home delivery in Iowa City, Cedar Rapids or Waterloo get premium quality service. How it started? During market research we came to know that a major percentage of people aren’t happy with the product quality, service or the price or all about the grocery stores that deliver near me. While most of them are ready to pay more, it’s really tough for them to find out a store that they can rely. So, after long planning, we established Iowa African Market. At the starting, we had a physical store only at Iowa City. But, with increasing demand, we opened more stores at Cedar Rapids and Waterloo. We have plan to cover up more cities in the USA in the near future so that we can serve a bigger number of customers. For any query, suggestion or complaint, feel free to get in touch with us at any point of time. We were desperately looking for some online grocery store like this. Fresh products, reasonable price and fast delivery made us impressed. I shop all my grocery items from this store. Highly recommend! We have been purchasing grocery products from this website since last year and we havn’t still got any change to complaint against their service or products. It made my life easier with faster delivery system. I can’t think a day without this online market. I have become obsessed with their products and pricing. I can’t find fresher products even in the local market. And then you get everything delivered at your doorstep at highly reasonable price. It’s just great!

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Well, Tuesday is another working day when we have to complete a plenty of assignments and some of the crucial official works and it is the time when we look forward for some Tuesday Motivation which can also gives us and increase our Tuesday thought, alongside, the Tuesday Motivation. The Tuesday Motivation is something very inspiring and imaginative, something, excellent thing trend on the twitter and social site and also goes viral on the social site, which includes, Facebook, Twiter, Instagram, Pinterest, Tumblir and so on, with the hash tag, #TuesdayMotivation, which is enough to give us Tuesday Motivation and inspiration so that we can complete our official work anyway, easily and a without doubt. In this article you will get some collected of inspiring goals, motivational thoughts, success mantras, love messages, quotes, wishes, greetings and so on. The #TuesdayMotivation is something very beautiful and creative though process, which is also help office going lad and lady to pass their hectic day lightly and easily and also the #TuesdayMotivation help them to deal with the chaotic and complicated work, without any trouble effortlessly. The #TuesdayMotivation is a beautiful thing, amazing feelings, awesome thinking and inspiring attitude which is enough to give goose bumps to the netizens and fellow people of the society. 1). The #TuesdayMotivation is something which is very creative and set us our life and mood, during days, especially, in weekdays.

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Day 17 – UBC – Follow That Blog! I don’t care that today is the twenty-third day of the Ultimate Blog Challenge (July) and I’m officially six days behind – I’m persevering, right to the end. The challenge for Day 17 is to make a list of blogs that I follow. So, rather than giving you a list of my favourites, I’m going to explain why you should follow that blog you’ve been reading. We all have favourite authors – I know I have – but are we as loyal to bloggers? My favourite author is Bryce Courtenay, and before he sadly passed from his earthly existence a few years ago, he was publishing a book every year. I read almost every one of them. He was my favourite author because I had come to expect a certain style in his writing and I trusted that every book would hold my attention. Before technology took such a formidable hold on our lives, bookshelves bulged at the seams with our favourite books. Most of us collected the works of a few authors, but we probably had a smattering of non-descript interest books as well. I know my shelves had their fair share of DIY projects; recipe books; self-help books; and anything else that held my interest long enough to read about it. Gradually, my bookshelves gave way to a Kindle e-Reader. Technology had opened up a world of reading. I could search the Internet for e-books (electronic books) and download them to my Kindle with just one click. But the best thing was, e-books cost a whole lot less than hard-copy books and I didn’t need a lot of shelves to hold them. E-books gather no dust! The Kindle eventually gave way to a Kindle App on my iPad and iPhone. My i-devices are just as portable as the Kindle, but much more versatile. I can choose any book from my e-book library, wherever I am; I always have at least one of my i-devices with me. Another advantage is, whichever device I am using, the reader automatically opens the book at the page I was up to on the other device. Alas, I now have a box full of redundant bookmarks that I have collected over the years. But, that’s a small price to pay for convenience. Technology is marching on, and we now have Bloggers – and God Bless every one of them. We no longer have to search for and buy books on every subject from Arthropod to Zephyr. All we need to do is find a blogger whose expertise matches our interest, and Voila!, we have an endless supply of reading material. Not only can we read about our favourite subject, we can interact with it. Bloggers usually provide a section somewhere on the page that allows you to ask questions and/or make comments. Bloggers usually have a wealth of information up their sleeve. Their blogs might provide an overview, or a sample of a much longer discourse on the subject. And they often write e-books. By reading their blogs, you can get a feel for their knowledge and expertise, and make an informed decision about buying their e-book. It’s kind of a try-before-you-buy offer. So, rather than just read a blog that you like, FOLLOW the blog. That way, you’ll keep up with current information; get to know the writer’s style and level of expertise; and, buy their e-book with confidence, if they have written one. Perhaps the Comment Section on their blog site would be a good place to suggest an e-book, if they don’t already have one. An e-book would be everything you wanted to know about the subject, in one handy format, rather than wait for the daily/weekly/monthly instalment in blog form. All you have to do is search for blogs on your favourite subject, read a few, decide which one meets your needs, then Follow That Blog!

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Social media is a great thing, but it is also limiting. Not everyone has Facebook or Twitter or wants to log into places like Caring Bridge…so, I’ve decided to start a blog that I think will be very helpful to help spread the word about Trey’s situation, as well as allow me opportunity to share devotional thoughts and things God is teaching me. I will continue to post to the Pray for Trey Freeman event page on Facebook, as well as my personal Facebook page, along with the Caringbridge site…but for those who want a simple way to access information, I’m hoping this blog will help. I will also be able to post more things here like videos, articles, etc. I think it will be a great thing. This blog will be linked to our church web site here: http://www.fbcnewcastle.com/explore/our-staff/ (under my staff picture), and on our church app (which can be downloaded for free for iPhone/Android devices). When you download our church app, the link to this blog is under my staff picture there as well. Feel free to pass this blog site on to as many people as your know. I pray God uses it to be a blessing to many! Also feel free to send me a friend request on Facebook or follow me on Twitter @JeremyFreeman_. Don’t forget about our http://www.pray4trey.com web site as well. Thanks for following our journey and praying for us! We need each of you!

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