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A Windsor, Ontario, Canada, company, JF Industrial Systems Inc. has been convicted of charges related to performing electrical work illegally and fined $25,000. The illegal work came to light after one of the company's employees suffered an electrical contact and was seriously burned when a machine on which he was doing electrical work exploded, showering him with molten metal.
JF Industrial Systems Inc. was found guilty on one count of performing electrical work without an electrical contractor's licence. By law, only Licensed Electrical Contractors are permitted to contract to perform electrical work in Ontario.
In October 2011, JF Industrial Systems (Windsor) Inc. was hired to install new electrical equipment to existing machines at a local company. In January 2012, a young apprentice, in his 20s, was removing a piece of electrical equipment from a machine, when the equipment caught fire and showered him with molten metal. The worker suffered severe burns and is not yet medically cleared to return to work. JF Industrial Systems (Windsor) Inc. did not hold a valid electrical contractor licence and was not legally allowed to perform the electrical work.
"It's extremely unfortunate that this incident resulted in a young man sustaining serious injuries with long-term effects that may change the course of his chosen career," says Scott Saint, ESA's Chief Public Safety Officer. "However, it is encouraging to see that the courts have sent such a strong message that doing electrical work without a licence has serious consequences. I believe that this case will serve as a deterrent to others who consider ignoring the law."
ESA reminds anyone considering hiring an individual or company to do electrical work to follow 'the three Cs':
- check to ensure the contractor holds a valid electrical contractor licence (you can search the database at www.esasafe.com);
- confirm that they are arranging the appropriate inspections from ESA;
- and call ESA at 1-877-ESA-SAFE (1-877-372-7233) if you suspect a company is misrepresenting itself or performing work that must be done by a contractor licensed by the Electrical Safety Authority.


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We love our pets and we wouldn't say a bad word about them…. except when they come back inside after exploring and they are covered in muck! This is especially common in winter when our feline and canine friends traipse in with all sorts on their fur: mud, slush, snow, damp from the rain and other mystery dirt.
While you can do your best to clean them before they enter the living room and snuggle up by the fire, sometimes it is inevitable that your dog, cat, rabbit or ferret brings in dirt that gets on the carpet; it's a tough job trying to shift those stains or marks. You can scrub away at the carpet and use all sorts of carpet cleaner products, but sometimes the best approach is simply to call in a professional carpet cleaner to ensure those stains are eradicated and your carpet is soon back in pristine condition! Professional carpet cleaning is much more efficient than using the hoover. It kills dust mites, germs and bacteria, removes flea eggs from areas favoured by your pets, and gives your carpets improved colour and softness.
So if Fido or Topsy has left your carpet in a dirty state, don't delay, act swiftly and get that mess cleaned up! Simply searching or finding a localised carpet company close to you can offer that perfect solution for cleaning those dirty stained carpets from those muddy paws!
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UK National Mentoring Scheme launches with WinWeb Cloud Solutions.2011-07-13
From today, businesses will be able to find assistance through a brand new online portal, www.mentorsme.co.uk. This brings together leading mentoring organisations, including the Institute of Enterprise and Entrepreneurs, and allows companies to search for and locate their local group. It also includes a section to recruit would be mentors and a range of helpful [...]
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Joshua 3-4/
"For the LORD your God dried up the waters of the Jordan for you until you passed over, as the LORD your God did to the Red Sea" (4:23). God divided the Red Sea and led the people of Israel across it when they were fleeing Egypt. Now, as they entered the Promised Land, God parted the Jordan River in the same way. But this time, they were not escaping an enemy; they were claiming their future.
The same God who saves us also empowers us "to walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God" (Col 1:10).


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Why this man is wanted by police in two states
JOSHUA Waters has a number of outstanding arrest warrants in both NSW and Queensland for failing to appear at court for such offences as break, enter, steal and assaults.
He is known to frequent Northern NSW and the Gold Coast area.
Police are requesting any information on his whereabouts are to be forwarded to Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.


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Hop to the Call of Conservation
Roger Williams Park Zoo is seeking volunteer "citizen scientists" to participate in the fifth season of its state-wide FrogWatch USA program. Program participants attend a training that discusses the importance of amphibians in the environment, how to tell the frog species apart by their calls and how monitoring our local population helps to protect them. Citizen scientists commit to monitoring a local amphibian habitat (such as a pond or lake) and collecting data on what they hear, approximately once a week for about 15 minutes.
Amphibian species are disappearing at an alarming rate across the globe due to a number of factors such as habitat loss, pollution, and disease. This has led to what many conservationists call a global amphibian crisis, with one third to one half of all amphibian species facing possible extinction.
Though there don't appear to be any immediate threats to the species found locally in New England, the monitoring and data collected through the FrogWatch program will help conservationists to keep tabs on these populations and react to any decline much more quickly.
"Amphibians act as an important indicator species for healthy environments and are a vital part of the food chain, making up the diet of many other species; some that rely on amphibians as a sole source of food," said Lou Perrotti, Director of Conservation Programs at the Zoo.
"Without amphibians, insect populations could grow out of control and potentially spread disease that could threaten human populations and agriculture. The loss of the entire class of amphibians would have a catastrophic effect on the ecosystem. FrogWatch is an easy, enjoyable way for people who have an interest in amphibians and the environment to help."
The Zoo is holding training sessions for the 2013 program on March 16 from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., March 24 from 1 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. and April 2 from 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. To help defray the cost of running this important project, a $10 materials fee will be charged per participating household to cover training materials. Registration can be done online at www.rwpzoo.org/352/be-frogwatcher.


text: Over recent decades theres been a lot of fairly heated rhetoric about the growing traffic crisis on U.S. Route 7, and as so frequently is the case, a look at the numbers doesnt support the rhetoric. Unlike the public schools, the State Highway Department (its name is now the more-prestigious-sounding Agency of Transportation) hasnt yet decided to keep its numbers secret so as to prevent unwanted analysis by outsiders, and so you can go to the web site to see the daily traffic count for, say, various points along the one-time great Road (meaning a six-rod right-of-way, or 99 feet) in recent years. In the Middlebury area, the numbers vary from less than 10,000 to about 15,000, and, interestingly, they havent been growing in unsustainable (ya gotta love that word) manner in recent years; some points have actually shown a minor year-to-year decline. Brandon scores at the low end of that range, Rutland at more than twice as much. Nevertheless, in politics ( yes, Virginia, there is an element of politics in publicly-funded road design and construction), facts count for less than perceptions, and so the belief that Middleburys Route 7 traffic crisis is real and growing trumps the reality of the fairly light actual daily traffic volume. In fairmess to the gridlock-predicting doomsayers, Middleburys 18th century downtown road layout isnt particularly conducive to efficient modern vehicular flow, and so the multiple right-angle turns (and turn-offs) around the former courthouse site, now a tiny little green just south of the Middlebury Inn do indeed present an insoluble traffic engineering problem. Yes, you can design a more efficient highway through the center of the village, provided youre willing to place the pavement close to, if not touching, some architecturally commanding old buildings, pave the green, put in some cuts and fills so the taller trucks can wheel through the curves without overturning as they now occasionally do, and so on. If youre not so willing, you can choose to let things stay as they are (beneficial side effect, according to some in town: visible congestion prevents further unwanted growth) or you can try something different. Thirty years ago, for example, a well-known College on the west side of the village tried (and failed, for reasons I wont recite here) to facilitate a bypass on the east side. A west side bypass is (understatement) unlikely; an overhead road equally so. That leaves a tunnel. Id propose one which goes underground at the north end near the industrial park, has a station stop somewhere within walking distance of downtown (smart-growthers love pedestrianism) and emerges somewhere near the retail commercial park on the south end. It could underlie the less-developed lots just east of downtown, thus enabling cut-and-cover construction using relatively low-cost pre-cast concrete square-arch forms, where backyards and parking lots would be only temporarily torn up. The cost would be paid by users, under the Congestion Pricing principle: if you want to save time and stress navigating through Middlebury (older traffic counts showed that most drivers in the corridor do, although contemporary data dont differentiate between through and local traffic) you can pay a small fee for the benefit. With contemporary electronic technology, no toll-booths are needed: vehicle license plates will be videoed and their owners billed, as is currently done on Torontos Highway 407. From an engineering point of view, the tunnel idea is eminently feasible; the Dutch, who know a thing or two about saving the centers of old villages and the outlying farmland by putting traffic underground, have been doing it for decades. But engineering doesnt control; politics does. Since this is an opinion piece, heres my opinion: there is a dominant (not majority, perhaps, but certainly forceful) anti-infra-structure-investment mindset in Middlebury which would skillfully oppose it, and would rather see continued congestion as a growth suppressor rather than a tunnel as a traffic facilitator. Even when they wouldnt have to pay for it.


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This is the first piece in a three-part series featuring Shirley Jackson's lectures on writing. They are drawn from "Let Me Tell You: New Stories, Essays, and Other Writings," a collection of Jackson's work. Part two of the series is "On Fans and Fan Mail."
The children around our house have a saying that everything is either true, not true, or one of Mother's delusions. Now, I don't know about the true things or the not-true things, because there seem to be so many of them, but I do know about Mother's delusions, and they're solid. They range from the conviction that the waffle iron, unless watched, is going to strangle the toaster, to the delusion that electricity pours out of an empty socket onto your head, and nothing is going to change any one of them.
The very nicest thing about being a writer is that you can afford to indulge yourself endlessly with oddness, and nobody can really do anything about it, as long as you keep writing and kind of using it up, as it were. I am, this morning, endeavoring to persuade you to join me in my deluded world; it is a happy, irrational, rich world, full of fairies and ghosts and free electricity and dragons, and a world beyond all others fun to walk around in. All you have to do—and watch this carefully, please—is keep writing. As long as you write it away regularly, nothing can really hurt you.
My situation is peculiarly poignant. Not, perhaps, as sad as that of an orphan child condemned to sweep chimneys, but sadder than almost anything else. I am a writer who, due to a series of innocent and ignorant faults of judgment, finds herself with a family of four children and a husband, an eighteen-room house and no help, and two Great Danes and four cats, and—if he has survived this long—a hamster. There may also be a goldfish somewhere. Anyway, what this means is that I have at most a few hours a day to spend at the typewriter, and about sixteen—assuming that I indulge myself with a few hours of sleep—to spend wondering what to have for dinner tonight that we didn't have last night, and letting the dogs in and letting the dogs out, and trying to get the living room looking decent without actually cleaning it, and driving children to dance class and French lessons and record dances and movies and horseback riding lessons and off to town to buy a Ricky Nelson record, and then back into town to exchange it for Fats Domino, and over to a friend's house to play the record, and then off to buy new dancing shoes.... It's a wonder I get even four hours' sleep, it really is. Particularly, I might add, since I can't use the telephone. There is always someone using the telephone. The best I can manage to do is shout out the front door to the grocer's son when he drives past in his hot rod, and tell him to ask the grocer to have fourteen lamb chops ready when I come by later.
Actually, if you're a writer, the only good thing about adolescent children is that they're so easily offended. You can drive one of them out of the room with any kind of simple word or phrase—such as "Why don't you pick up your room?"—and get a little peace to write in. They go storming upstairs and don't come down again until dinner, which usually gives me plenty of time in which to write a short story.
At any rate, assuming that I am paying for my mistakes in judgment and never have enough hours in a day to spend at the typewriter, I would like to pass on a few things I have learned from those harassed, tense, welcome moments when I finally sit down to write. This, by the way, is what makes for Mother's delusions. All the time that I am making beds and doing dishes and driving to town for dancing shoes, I am telling myself stories. Stories about anything, anything at all. Just stories. After all, who can vacuum a room and concentrate on it? I tell myself stories. I have a whopper of a story about the laundry basket that I can't tell now, and stories about the missing socks, and stories about the kitchen appliances and the wastebaskets and the bushes on the road to the school, and just about everything. They keep me working, my stories. I may never write down the story about the laundry basket—as a matter of fact, I'm pretty sure I won't—but as long as I know there's a story there I can go on sorting laundry.
I cannot find any patience for those people who believe that you start writing when you sit down at your desk and pick up your pen and finish writing when you put down your pen again; a writer is always writing, seeing everything through a thin mist of words, fitting swift little descriptions to everything he sees, always noticing. Just as I believe that a painter cannot sit down to his morning coffee without noticing what color it is, so a writer cannot see an odd little gesture without putting a verbal description to it, and ought never to let a moment go by undescribed.
I was playing bridge one evening with a musician, a chemistry teacher, and a painter when, during a particularly tense hand, a large porcelain bowl that we kept on the piano suddenly shattered. After we had all calmed ourselves down, we found four completely individual reactions. Looking at all the tiny scattered pieces, I thought that I had never realized before how final a metaphor a broken bowl could be. The chemistry teacher pointed out that someone had emptied an ashtray into the bowl with a cigarette still burning, and of course the heat had shattered the bowl. The painter said that the green of the bowl was deepened when the light caught the small pieces. The musician said that the sound it made when it broke was a G sharp. Then we went back and finished our bridge hand.
Someday I know that I am going to need that broken bowl. I will keep the recollection of those scattered pieces, lying on the piano, and someday when I want a mental image of utter destruction the bowl will come back to me in one of a dozen ways. Suppose, for instance, that someday I had occasion to describe a house destroyed by an explosion; the manner of destruction would be different, of course, but what I can remember is the way the little pieces of the bowl lay there so quietly after they had been for so long parts of one unbroken whole; now, not one of them could have found its place again, and the compactness that had held them together no longer existed in this world.
Suppose I wanted to describe the effect of a sudden shock—I had just played a jack of spades when the bowl broke, and for what must have been three or four seconds I sat staring at the jack of spades uncomprehendingly before I caught my breath again. Suppose someday I want to describe the sense of loss over a treasured and valuable article—my green bowl was not particularly valuable, or I wouldn't have let people dump ashtrays into it, but I can remember how I felt when I swept up the pieces and put them in the garbage and how entirely destroyed the pieces looked.
The act of remembering is in itself an odd thing, of course. I had not thought of that green bowl for weeks, until I wanted a vivid image to explain how all things are potential paragraphs for the writer. I have been struggling against an odd memory effect for quite a while now; perhaps if I describe it, it may show more clearly what I mean when I say that nothing is ever useless, and certainly is never lost.
I was talking casually one evening recently to the husband of a friend of mine, and he mentioned his service in the Marines. I said, "Oh, yes, your rifle number was 804041," and then we kind of stared at each other dumbfounded, since one does not usually just happen to know the rifle numbers of the husbands of friends. We finally remembered that some months before, during a similar conversation after another bridge game, he had mentioned his Marine service, and remarked that one thing he would never forget was his rifle number, 804041. Well, it was reasonable for him never to forget his rifle number, but hardly likely that I would remember it. However, I couldn't forget it. I caught myself reciting it to myself over and over again, wondering why on earth I bothered.
I was having a good deal of trouble at the time, working over a new novel that somehow refused to go together right. I could not make my central character sound true, somehow; there was something basically at odds between her personality as I saw it and the actions she was called on to perform. One night I gave up; I shoved the typewriter away and kicked the dog and snarled that I was giving up on the book and would never write another, and furthermore it was hopeless and I might better be doing anything else in the world and who would choose such a nerve-racking profession anyway, and I was going to bed. So I stamped upstairs and went to bed, somehow forgetting to set the alarm clock.
When I came rushing downstairs the next morning, half an hour late for school, and scrambled wildly around the kitchen trying to get everybody dressed and washed, and also feeling very bad-tempered, I did not go at once into the study. As a matter of fact, it was not until much later in the morning that I went near my desk, but when I did, I got one of the really big shocks of my life. A sheet of paper had been taken from the pile of copy paper and put directly into the center of the desk, right where it would be most visible. On this sheet of paper was written, in large figures, and in my own writing with my own pencil, 804041.
Now, I have walked in my sleep frequently, particularly when I am under pressure with a book, and have often done odd things in my sleep, but I have rarely taken to writing notes to myself, and particularly not in code. What I finally did was what I should have done long before, which is get myself another cup of coffee and sit down quietly and think. Clearly, I was remembering this number as a clue to something else, and it must be something from the conversation when I first heard the number—or at least that seemed the likeliest place to start. I tried to reconstruct the conversation exactly. I could not remember what we had been talking about; I remembered the bridge table and the cards on it and that we had been waiting for the four at the other table to finish a rubber, and I remembered that except for our voices, which were low, the room was so quiet that I could hear my daughter's radio going upstairs. But I could not remember what we had been talking about. All I could remember was 804041.
I assumed that we had talked about the cards, and the game we had just finished, and then what? What do people usually talk about when they are killing time with conversation? Their children … small incidents that have happened … gossip … And then of course I had it, and I knew just why I had had such trouble remembering it. The former Marine had met an old friend of ours in New York, had run into him casually on the street, and had gone to have a drink with the old friend and his new wife, an Italian girl who had been in an anti-Fascist organization and had been caught and tortured. He had made some remark about being sick when he looked at her hands, and I had stopped him from saying anything more, but he had gone on to say that she spoke frankly about her experiences and particularly about a kind of schooling she had gone through to teach her to undergo torture without yielding, a schooling that trained her to withdraw her mind from her body, so that the physical pain was remote and could, by an act of superlative willpower, be endured. He had gone on from this to refer to his own war experiences, and had then remarked that he would never forget the number of his rifle, 804041.
When I remembered all of this and went back to my book again, I found that the trained ability to separate mind and body, a deliberate detachment, was the essential characteristic I had been looking for for my heroine, and was what I had been trying to tell myself by saying the number over and over again. I had made myself forget the woman's frightful experiences because the thought of them was horrible, but the important lesson, the one I needed, was there. What bothers me now is that I still can't forget 804041; I wonder what else he said?
That is one half of writing, of course. The lower depths, as it were. The other half is what I might delicately call information. Henry James got the idea for The Spoils of Poynton from a single remark heard at dinner, but he also had to find out somehow what lovely possessions looked and felt and smelled like, the tapestries splendidly toned by time, the thrilling touch of the old velvet brocade.
Among other invaluable items of useless information, I recall a book written by an English lady of the eighteenth century, which dwelt long and lovingly on the evils of education for women. This lady deplored the growing desire among the girls of her time to be educated and learn to read and write; her theory was that once a girl started filling her mind with facts instead of fancy embroidery methods and seven easy tunes on the harp, she would turn into an attic storehouse of miscellaneous knowledge, tending to decrease her matrimonial value and rendering her almost useless as a wife and mother, and even, possibly, delusional.
_Read Shirley Jackson's stories "Paranoia" and "The Man in the Woods," an interview with her son _Laurence Jackson Hyman, and Ruth Franklin on the torrent of letters The New Yorker received upon publishing "The Lottery."


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The secret of shiny and strong hair hide in these tips. Nutrients are also playing an important role for making your hair shiny and strong. The Right type of food can also enhance your hair's quality. No matter what your hair type, check out the following simple do's and don'ts for healthier, happier and more manageable tresses and banish bad hair days forever…..
- Too much washing of hairs is bad
Wash your hairs two or three times a week only Hair's natural oils are designed to condition your hair. When you shampoo daily, it strips these vital oils away.
- Take into account your hair type and lifestyle choices Washing of hair also depends on what type of hair you have. The curlier hairs are less oily so this type of hair requires one – time wash in a week. If you have straight hairs, faster the oil wicks down on your scalp that can make it oilier faster. If you have super-straight hair, you may not be able to go more than two days without washing.
- Avoid hot shower
Never use hot water for washing hairs, hot water has a harmful effect on hairs.
- Aim for the scalp not the ends
Using a good shampoo and how much quantity of shampoo for one time wash is important but where should these shampoos apply is very important. Use shampoo on the scalp only – not on the ends of your hair.
- Massage your scalp to encourage circulation
"Giving your head an invigorating massage as you shampoo is a good way to encourage blood circulation and helps to detoxify the scalp. Having strong, healthy hair is the best way to make any hair look expensive. A lot of it is about properly shampooing and conditioning and taking care of your scalp – massage it well while washing to get the circulation going.
- Towel-dry your hair before applying conditioner
Make sure you towel-dry hair after shampooing and before you applies conditioner: excess water in your hair means the conditioner won't be able to penetrate the hair shaft and deliver the necessary moisture to keep hair looking healthy and shiny.
- Avoid the roots and concentrate on the ends
"Try not to put the conditioner on the roots, because that can cause your scalp to get greasy faster.
- Comb wet hair, don't brush it
"When your hair is soaking wet, it is weaker, fragile and more susceptible to breakage. Try not to rough-dry hair with a towel, and instead gently press the water out. Also, do not brush your hair while it is wet. Use a wide-tooth comb, working from the ends of your hair on up.
- Oil your hair
Oiling is good for hair. It will regulate blood circulation. If you have oily hair so use oil only once a week but if you have dry hair then you should use oil twice a week.


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Why America is rejecting Felon Bernard Kerik
The general public has a great BS meter. In the last two years since felon phony fraudster liar on probation Bernard Kerik has been released from Federal Prison, Bernie Kerik has intentionally and carefully crafted his "new and reformed" public image for the same old reasons Bernie Kerik is motivated to do anything; Money, Sex, feeding his "self-minded arrogance"… He's playing with an old deck of cards and Bernard Kerik hasn't changed so it's not going to work. The public is calling BS on Kerik.
What has deflated Bernie Kerik's "Comeback Bigger than Martha Stewart"?
No Post Prison Apology: Bernard Kerik has never ever ever said he was sorry and ashamed for the crimes to which he plead and swore to in open court of his own free will. Bad. Real bad. No one likes a smug thug, BB.
Friends in Low Places: It appears Bernie has taken public relations advice from all the wrong people: has-been selfie king media hacks, old white guy retired racist public relations NYPD guys, old white guys inside the beltway who pretend not to know Bernie, old white guy local New Jersey police chiefs, crooked lawyers who work for headlines, the NYC gay contingent of the "non-profit" shakedown sect, perhaps very phony New Jersey housewives and their scheming husbands as well as perhaps the usual many dumb old hood goomahs whose specialty are licking holsters and anything remaining below Bernie Kerik's belt. Wrong! Wrong! Wrong! Names were omitted to protect the innocent from the thugs. The Southern District of New York Judge Preska recently denied Bernard Kerik early release from his probation. That says a great deal about Bernard Kerik's redemption and willingness to pay his debt to society.
Joe Tacopina Defamation Cases: Bernie Kerik came out of jail angry at many of us who helped along the way and he has screwed over. Bernie reportedly colludes with the New York Daily News and some of its sports reporters to print lies and deceptions about his former attorney/friend, Joe Tacopina. Attorney, Judd Burstein has been making great strides in bringing these two major defamation cases in front of a jury later this year. BB, when are you going to learn that threats, lies and intimidation don't always bring people around to your side? Those jury trials and the monetary damages attachment may be overwhelming and well-deserved for felon liar Bernard Kerik.
New book Whiplash and constant Loyalty Flip Flop: Felon on probation, Bernie Kerik, is allegedly permitted to profit off his crime by selling a book on criminal justice reform and his experiencein Federal prison. Bernard Kerik is suffering whiplash between his old allegiance and loyalty to the Right, Conservative, God, Country, the Police demographic VERSUS his new, more lucrative felon, thug, poor Bernie, "Criminal Justice Avenger", non-profit status. The real problems with Bernie Kerik are ones that has existed for years : Bernard Kerik is "libel proof" (as defined by Judd Burstein, attorney to Joe Tacopina) and suffers from "self-minded arrogance" (defined by his Federal Court Judge Stephen Robinson during USA v Bernard Kerik)
Social Media Backlash: Public lies and deceptions so obvious even Bernie's former peer cops and Twitter can't contain themselves: Bernie Kerik went on his "volunteer" televised criminal justice reform appearances and social media erupted in the most dismissive fashion! Take a peek from @Twitter and NYPD peers from the popularcop message board, Thee Rant
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Coming from a childhood of poverty and homelessness was significant in shaping my worldview. It was through the difficult times of my youth that I developed a vivid imagination in order to cope with the harsh realities of daily life. I hope to spark young readers imagination as well with fun and creative stories that unlock Biblical truths.
From the age of 19 I have been a lover of Jesus Christ. God has truly transformed my life and blessed me with one worth living. I am married to a wonderful wife, and we have three beautiful daughters. My wife and I serve as Associate Pastors of Harvest Vineyard Church in Waterloo, IA. My desire is to see lives changed by the power of the Gospel. Jesus is LORD and I pray everyone who reads my books will come to understand and receive this truth.


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Gemstones and birthstones and their meanings
Lisette Fee
Since the dawn of time, humans have been fascinated with stones, colorful gems and creating objects/adornment with them.
Even more fascinating are the meanings and how gems can have an affect on the wearer and their feeling. In this blog series I'll be giving you insight into how gems can help you and give you clarity. I'll also point you towards our new Pinterest board that shows the beautiful colors and quality of gemstones.
In the first part of this blog post I'll give you a more personal insight into how gems and their color have affected my own life.
The color red and garnet have always held a deep fascination for me; there is this mysterious quality to the stone. I began working with garnet when I was first beading. I loved mixing it with darker stones such as peridot and other agates. And one of the first necklaces I strung held these gorgeous stones. I was so proud of this necklace and ironically enough it was one of the first necklaces I sold.
Here is a bit of history and meaning behind the name:
The name "garnet" comes from the Medieval Latin word, "granatum", which is an adjective meaning "dark-red". It is thought that this adjective could have been extracted from the word "pomegranate", due to the colour of the seed coats or shape of the seeds. However, the word could also have come from another Medieval Latin word; "granum", referring to red dye. The use of red garnet dates back thousands of years, when it was used by Egyptian pharaohs for both decorative and ceremonial purposes.


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Our FASDO Dancers "Quality Boys" performances at Maisha Club, Dar es Salaam Tanzania. In this opportunity, our dancers won the battle !
Marieta by Quality Boys featuring Ibrahim Sudi Mlilo. "Marieta" is the first single and first music video to be released by "HIV" and the Quality Boys. Marieta brings a fresh change to the average urban African music scene.
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|from Tom Swanson's science cartoons
scientism Pronunciation: /ˈsʌɪəntɪz(ə)m/
Bad science can be a sound career choice. Feyerabend was right – scientists are opportunists.
|from Tom Swanson's science cartoons
"climate scientists can't do experiments on the climate, so they never get to do proper science where they might actually test a theory with an experiment."
Well, they can of course do observation, which puts them in the same situation as most sociologists and economists, but also the astronomers. I think the honest thing to do would be to say that these subjects aspire towards the scientific rigour established in the controlled experiment, but that there are a number of issues with the subject matter which militate against this. Huge complexity, of course, which stacks up the uncontrolled and unknown variables. But the main one seems to be lack of clear definitions of key concepts. Nobody is going to volunteer to be the first to say that there is no agreement on what "money supply", "alienation", or "poverty" actually mean.
There are plenty of examples of subjects which seem to lie on the borderline between science and non-science.
On that I'd say most definitely it's not a science.
Sam - astronomy has a long history of successful and accurate prediction which isn't so true of the other borderline sciences.
I think there is a problem with the aspiration side of it. Do you aspire to good science or a good career? Possibly both, but possibly not.
James - I think economics could be and should be, but isn't.


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April 13
11:30 am Lunch
12:30 Lecture, Whiteman Hall
2nd Wednesday
Fashion Perspectives
Featuring news from inside the Museum and around the world, Curator of Fashion Design, Dennita Sewell shares information about the world of fashion. The lecture is preceded by the Annual General Meeting and Election of ACI board of directors. All those attending the luncheon will receive a special goodie bag.


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INVITED KEYNOTE SPEAKERS: Alexandre Meybeck, Jessica Duncan and Inge Van Oost
Alexandre Meybeck
Senior Policy Officer on Agriculture, Environment and Climate Change, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Alexandre Meybeck is Senior Adviser on Agriculture, Environment and Climate Change to the Assistant Director General in charge of the Agriculture and Consumer Protection Department of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations. He is the coordinator of the FAO/UNEP Sustainable Food Systems programme.
He has worked extensively on issues related to sustainability, food security and nutrition at both national and international levels with numerous publications on climate change and agriculture, sustainable food systems, sustainable diets.
Prior to joining FAO he served in the French Ministry of Agriculture as Head of the Environment and Rural Areas Unit and Head of the Environmental Strategies and Climate Change Unit.
Jessica Duncan
Jessica Duncan is an Assistant Professor in the Rural Sociology Group. Originally from Canada, she lived in France, Spain and the UK before coming to the Netherlands. She holds a PhD in Food Policy from City University London and is the author of the book Global Food Security Governance: Civil society engagement in the reformed Committee on World Food Security (Routledge, 2015).
Her research areas include: food policy; food security; global governance; environmental policy; participation; gender; and, rural sociology. Specifially, she researches the science-policy-participation interface by studying the relationships between global governance organizations, systems of food provisioning, the environment, and the actors engage in and across these spaces. More specifically,she is interested in better understanding ways in which non-state actors participate in supra-national policy making processes and analysing how the resulting policies are shaped, implemented, challenged and resisted and what this means for societal transformation.
She is an Associate Editor of the journal Food Security and the co-chair of the ECPR Food Policy and Governance Research Network.
Inge Van Oost
European Commission, DG Agriculture and Rural Development
Inge Van Oost is policy officer at the European Commission, Directorate General Agriculture and Rural Development (DG AGRI).
She has been setting up and is now supporting the implementation of the European Innovation Partnership "Agricultural Productivity and Sustainability" (EIP-AGRI), in particular as regards cross-cutting aspects and rural development. As member of the DG AGRI Taskforce "Research and Innovation" she was instrumental in shaping DG AGRI's research and innovation approach and Horizon 2020 work programmes, and developed the new concepts "multi-actor approach" and "thematic networks". In her former post at the Commission she was policy officer in the Direct Support Unit and the Cross Compliance Unit, responsible for cross-compliance, the Farm Advisory System and interlinking with the Rural Development policy.
Erik Mathijs
Project coordinator
KU Leuven
Joost Vervoort
Assistant professor of Foresight for Environmental Governance
Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development, Utrecht University
Environmental Change Institute, University of Oxford
Andre Deppermann
Francesca Galli
Giacomo Lepri
Coop Coraggio
Luca Colombo
Paul Hebinck
Wageningen University
Erik Mathijs
KU Leuven
Tjitske Anna Zwart
KU Leuven
Mikelis Grivins
Baltic Study Center
Pedro Cerrada Serra


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Known as a fierce competitor and as one of the best iron players on tour, Lanny Wadkins compiled an impressive career record topped off by his play in the Ryder Cup. Wadkins first gained notice by winning the prestigious Southern Amateur, a feat he repeated in 1970.
He attended Wake Forest University on a scholarship acquired for him by Arnold Palmer, a Wake Forest alum. He was a collegiate All-American in 1970 and 1971, and hewon the U.S. Amateur Championship in 1970. Wadkins turned professional in 1971. His first tour victory was at the Sahara Invitational in 1972. He won multiple times in 1973 and his last season of multiple wins was 1988.
Wadkins was co-leader in victories on the PGA Tour in 1983 with two and 1985 with three. He finished second on the money list in 1985, his best showing, and was third on the money list two other times. Wadkins' final win on the PGA Tour was the 1992 Greater Hartford Open. He won his debut on the Champions Tour in 2000, but did not win again on the senior circuit. His play there was curtailed first by nagging injuries, then by his duties as the lead analyst on CBS' golf broadcasts from 2002-06. Wadkins' lone major championship came in the 1977 PGA Championship, where he defeated Gene Littler in the first-ever sudden death playoff at that event. He also won the 1979 Players Championship.
Wadkins was a Ryder Cup stalwart for the U.S. side throughout his career. He played on eight teams, tied for the American record, winning 20 matches and 21.5 points, both among the highest totals for Americans. His overall Ryder Cup record was 20-11-3. Wadkins left CBS' golf telecasts at the end of 2006. He designs golf courses through his company, Lanny Wadkins Design Group. He was elected to the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2009.
Birthplace: Richmond, Virginia
Born: December 5, 1949
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Clemson University
USC brings back Tigerburn tradition
USC is renewing its traditional Tigerburn pep rally, held during the week before the annual football game with Clemson.
USC and Clemson held alternate celebrations last year as a result of the N.C. beach house fire that killed seven students -- six from USC and one from Clemson.
It wasn't known Thursday whether Clemson would resume its annual Big Thursday event in which a mock funeral is held after Cocky, the USC mascot, is burned.
According to USC, Tigerburn will begin at 5:30 p.m. Monday in the gravel lot at Greene and Gadsden streets, near the Colonial Life Arena.
The event, free and open to the public, will feature Cocky and the Gamecock cheerleaders, the marching band, the burning of the tiger and more.
This year's nearly 20-foot tiger was designed and built by a team of students under the direction of Dr. Abdel Bayoumi, professor of mechanical engineering.


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- Hyperkalemia is a common electrolyte disorder that may be defined as a plasma potassium (K) concentration >5.5 mEq/L (>5 mmol/L).
- Hyperkalemia depresses cardiac conduction and can lead to fatal arrhythmias.
- Normal K regulation
- Ingested K enters portal circulation; pancreas releases insulin in response. Insulin facilitates K entry into cells.
- K in renal circulation causes renin release from juxtaglomerular cells, leading to activation of angiotensin I, which is converted to angiotensin II in lungs. Angiotensin II acts in adrenal zona glomerulosa to stimulate aldosterone secretion. Aldosterone, at the renal collecting ducts, causes K to be excreted and sodium to be retained.
- Four major causes
- Increased load: either endogenous from tissue release or exogenous from a high intake, usually in association with decreased excretion
- Decreased excretion: due to decreased glomerular filtration rate or impaired aldosterone secretion
- Cellular redistribution: shifts from intracellular space (majority of K is intracellular) to extracellular space
- Pseudohyperkalemia: related to red cell lysis during collection or transport of blood sample, thrombocytosis, or leukocytosis
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Increased risk for hyperkalemia because of decreases in renin and aldosterone as well as comorbid conditions
- 1–10% of hospitalized patients
- 2–3% in general population but as high as 50% in patients with chronic kidney disease (1)
- Predominant sex: male = female
- No age-related predilection
Etiology and Pathophysiology
- Pseudohyperkalemia
- Hemolysis of red cells in phlebotomy tube (spurious result is most common)
- Thrombolysis
- Leukocytosis
- Thrombocytosis
- Hereditary spherocytosis
- Infectious mononucleosis
- Traumatic venipuncture or fist clenching during phlebotomy (spurious result)
- Familial pseudohyperkalemia
- Transcellular shift (redistribution)
- Metabolic acidosis
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Risk Factors
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LORETTA DEVINE RETURNS AS MISSOURI MOSLEY – When her friend is murdered by a wraith (guest star Jon Cor) with a taste for psychics, Missouri (guest star Loretta Devine) enlists the help of Dean (Jensen Ackles) and Jody (guest star Kim Rhodes) to protect her granddaughter, Patience (guest star Clark Backo), who has no idea she shares her grandmother's trait and could be next on the wraith's hit list. Meanwhile, Sam (Jared Padalecki) continues to work with Jack (Alexander Calvert) on learning how to control his powers. Robert Singer directed the episode written by Robert Berens (#1303). Original airdate 10/26/2017.
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My late father, whenever it rained, would crow, "It's raining." And then he would open the door and say, "Listen to the music."
A couple of weeks ago, I went mulberry picking. Plenty of trees grow wild along the road or irrigation ditches, and they produce among the first fruits of spring. I don't know how, but within the past decade, some mulberry trees are growing white or pale pinkish fruit. Always before, the berries were all black and long, like caterpillars. These white berries are shorter and fatter, like grubs. I don't mean to gross anyone out, but that's what they remind me of, and it doesn't stop me from enjoying them. (I later discovered that white mulberries come from Asia, and both berries and leaves are particularly good for controlling blood sugar.)
The wind was stiff when I ventured forth, so I opted to walk instead of ride my bike. I was moving on to my third tree, which grew along an irrigation ditch, when the wind really picked up. It didn't gust. It just blew like an air hose. The leaves on this particular tree were numerous enough to hide the fruit, so I had to part them as I picked. But with the increase in wind speed, I found it not only difficult to reach the fruit among the flailing leaves, but the branches were whipping, and I grabbed on, uncomfortably close to a ditch of rushing water. Never had I felt so fierce a wind. It lasted for perhaps five minutes, but it was enough to let me know my berry picking was over.
With all this wind, we hoped for rain. And maybe we would smell the rain that fell elsewhere. Only a smattering of drops, too few to settle the dust, would tease us. And then…nothing.
A week later, however, the radio announced a severe storm warning for our area.
Would it come? Or would it be an electrical storm, delivering no moisture?
That afternoon lavender clouds mounted, looking at first like pulled wool, and then wadded into heavy masses. We saw the flash of sheet lightning and heard the jet airplane rumble that seemed non-ending. On and on. Hubby and I stood on the porch or at the door or in the yard.
"Come on. Come on. You can do it," we urged the heavens.
We counted the drops dancing in the bird bath, stopping and several minutes later starting again, only to stop.
"Come on."
Count to 12.
And before it died, more lightning.
The thunder grumbled on in rain-fragrant air.
By the time I retired to bed, we heard the downpour. There was no wind. A flash filled the bedroom, and we heard what sounded like a refrigerator falling and bumping the house. Then the thunder.
And we fell asleep to the music of rain.


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Bobby Boswell
Height: 6'2"
Weight: 185
Born: 3/15/1983
Hometown: Austin, TX
Acquired: Selected in stage 1 of the MLS Re-Entry Draft on December 12, 2013
D.C. United today announced the club has selected defender Bobby Boswell in Stage 1 of the 2013 Major League Soccer Re-Entry Draft. Boswell played 32 games (32 starts) with the Dynamo in 2013, notching one assist while anchoring the back line.
Boswell earned 2006 MLS Defender of the Year while with D.C. United, as well as an MLS All-Star and MLS Best XI selection that year. After being signed to a developmental contract in 2005, Boswell quickly earned a starting spot for the Black-and-Red. In 2008, the talented defender joined the Houston Dynamo and enjoyed success there as well, making 197 appearances for Houston since 2008, netting nine goals and 6 assists.
"We are pleased to welcome Bobby back to United," said General Manager Dave Kasper. "Bobby is seasoned veteran and a winner, and he will provide our back line with solid leadership."


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News Hub: AT&T to Buy T-Mobile USA for $39 Billion
AT&T said it was buying T-Mobile USA from Deutsche Telekom for $39 billion in cash and stock, a move that would create the nation's largest wireless carrier and shift the competitive landscape of the U.S. industry. Shayndi Raice has details.
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Jordan is passionate about dance. She trained in all dance styles with Dancers' Alley for 14 years before moving to Denver, Colorado for school, where she has been the Ballet Mistress at Cutting Edge Dance and Acro for the past 3 years. Jordan is very excited about moving back to her hometown and to continue her dance career at 5-6-7-8 Dancenter as the Advanced Tap teacher.


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The Health Architecture Laboratory
The Health Architecture Laboratory (HeAL) is an applied Computer Science research group within the UKZN/CSIR Meraka Centre for Artificial Intelligence Research (CAIR) located at the University of KwaZulu-Natal's Westville campus in Durban. The lab was established and is currently supported by grants from the Rockefeller Foundation and Canada's International Development Research Centre (IDRC).
Its goal is to provides a research and development space to apply and advance the state of the art in Computer Science to transform health care in Africa. HeAL works with several local and international organizations to provide support for practical research projects to develop architectural artifacts and software building blocks at various levels in the healthcare system. The lab's research is influencing the architecture of countrywide computer systems in a number of developing countries, including South Africa, Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Rwanda.


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I tell my friend I am afraid of dying and she shrugs it off, says you will remember your forties as the salad days – when you were vital, strong, and young enough to wear cute shoes.
And smart enough, she says, to never wear anything with "JUICY" written across the ass.
I talk about age all the time. Throw numbers around to anyone who will listen. It seems like the only conversation I have. Like when I was in NY and the only thing anyone ever talked about was real estate, the buying and selling. On the playground, at dinner parties, in the narrow aisles of D'Agostino fussing over lemon biscuits: "Nearly two thousand square feet, but in the meatpacking district?"
Michael always threatened to build a log cabin off the grid: "For the price of a studio apartment on Third and 82nd, I could build a four-bedroom house in the Catskills."
But this was in 1997 and who among us is still the same?
Buildings have come down and buildings have risen up and monuments and we all have adjusted our desires.
"I'll take a no doorman building, as long as it's pre-war."
"I'll go as far down as 32nd Street, but I'm not going further than that."
Anyway, most of us are in Brooklyn now, pushing out into Red Hook.
Michael bought a condo in Harlem instead. "It was not that bad," he says of the purchase price. "Nineteen hundred square feet, but don't ask what I pay in taxes," so I don't.
Here, I bought you this pair of shoes!
Look, I got you this scarf, this vintage record player!
Here, I found this ukulele and it made me think of you!
Take this plate shaped like a cabbage leaf! This pillow shaped like a dog! This dog shaped like a dog!
The worst wedding gift we received was a china plate with glossy ceramic lemons molded on it. For a time, we gave it a place of honor, dubbed it Prince Lemon of Lemonia and later, when we exchanged it, it fetched us a handsome haul: a set of wine glasses, a tea service for six.
Anyway, my point was: I have never been above attempting to buy affection.
I keep my data in a little address book. Phone #s, birthdays, social security #s. All the passwords for all the accounts. I write down the account #s in one place (B for banking; S for shopping) and the passwords in another, to try to trick any potential robbers, but you can imagine how often I end up forgetting my own foolish logic.
My shorthand: "standard" for the six-character password I have committed to memory. "Standard plus" for that with an additional four characters that I can also remember. But there are some that I need to write out in their entirety – special characters like ! and @ and ^. Next to these, I have made notations, prompts to help me remember: "Not primary," I have written. Or my mother's maiden name, underlined twice. Or, I'll have drawn an arrow pointing off the page.
We sit at the bar. Gina takes a survey on her phone. "You know how much I care about giving feedback," she says. I drink a gin cocktail and wait, scowling.
"How often do I attend the opening of a new exhibit? Twice a month? Monthly? Every six months?"
The trouble with friends is that sometimes, you have to tell each other things that neither of you want to hear. Like that sweater is a little tight. Or you're showing a bit of gray in your hair. Or you know that even if he goes through with this divorce, it does not mean that he will stay with you.
Thirty-nine, forty, forty-one.
Children: two.
Six. Sixteen (then, seventeen). Class of twenty fourteen.
Three-fifteen across the street from the school. Five forty-five at the playground. Seven fifty-five at the train station.
Eight-fifteen at the gym.
Four fifty-eight, before the alarm: Another morning, another set of hours in which to accumulate desires.
Later, we will let them fall to the floor as we shed our sweaters and we will leave them there, still buttoned, to approximate this fragile human form.


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A Great home in Newport Beach Bluffs
I usually try to keep you updated on the golf and Beach Properties in Newport Beach Area. Today I'd like to tell you about a great listing in Newport Beach that doesn't have a view (except for small greenbelt) but it also doesn't cost millions of dollars. This one is close to a great private Tennis Club and walking distance to the Back Bay and the biking/hiking trails. It is 3 bedrooms, 2 1/2 baths with a GREAT wrap around patio to enjoy our beautiful "year round" weather. It has been upgraded with thermo-pane doors and windows, granite counters in the kitchen, recessed lighting, crown moulding, new carpet and paint. It sits at the end of the cul-de-sac and it light and bright! And….what is best….it is listed at $825,000.
It is a great opportunity to own a home in Newport Beach. Especially for those of you that are dying from the heat in Palm Springs/Desert, Las Vegas, Phoenix etc. Write or call and I'll take you to look at it!
Have a great evening, Sue


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It looks great on my hard floors but it does have quite a few loose fibres that come off it. That is the nature of that type of material though so I doubt it's a fault, just something to be mindful of.


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by Roger Pratt
A remarkable number of composers over the years have died very young.
The list of those who died in their 30's is long – Mozart, Bellini, Mendelssohn, Chopin, Bizet, Schubert, Purcell, Gershwin.
The Spanish composer Arriaga, often known as the 'Spanish Mozart', died when he was only 19, and yet still managed to complete an opera, a symphony, several string quartets and a range of church music.
The strangest of the lot was probably the English composer Jeremiah Clarke. Suffering from unrequited love for an aristocratic lady, he decided to commit suicide. He considered either drowning or hanging himself, and tossed a coin to decide. The coin landed in the mud on its side, so he shot himself instead – aged only 23.


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Roosevelt Takes Oath Again Today; Gay Throngs Wait:
Record Crowd Descending on Capital is Threatened With Rain, Sleet and Snow: Population is Doubled: President to Emphasize Same Passage in Bible He Did at 1933 Inauguration:
Will go to Church First: Address is Keenly Awaited in Other Parts of the World, as Radio Requests Show.
President's Speech To Outline His Course For Next Four Years:
He is Expected to Expand His Ideas on Judicial Authority and Ask Broad Power to Protect Recovery Achievements - Europe is Eagerly Awaiting Foreign Views
Sloan To Attempt A Strike Solution At Capital Today:
G.M.C. President to Confer With Secretary Perkins and Governor Murphy: Talk With Lewis Hinted: Action Follows 8-Hour Parley of Governor, C.I.O. Chief and Labor Secretary:
Plan Parley Here First: Company Leaders Are on Way - Gas Bombs are Used in Bridge Factory Clash in Detroit.
Eden Tells Reich Britain Will Help If It Cooperates:
But Warns Political Good-Will Without 'Evasion' Must Go With Economic Aid: Sees Less Peril in Spain: Accord With Italy, He Says, Gives No Right to Step in No
Matter What Regime Arises
Soviet Tries Radek And 16 On Saturday As Trotsky's Aides:
Former Moscow Commentator and Other Prominent Men Are Accused of Treason: Bukharin Loses His Post: Removal as Izvestia Editor Is Believed Linked With the Charges Against
Pope Worse Again After Poor Night:
Pain in His Right Leg Becomes Acute and Right Arm is Also Reported Affected: Doctors in Consultation: Pontiff is Said to Be in Less Favorable Condition Than at Any Time
in a Week
Tokyo Sets Guard On Diet Tomorrow:
1,500 Men Enrolled and Armed to Keep Order as Wild Session is Foreseen: Arms Budget an Issue: Foreign Policy and Tax Scheme to Be Under Fire - Cabinet Expected to Survive
Long Flood Siege Menaces Midwest:
New Rains Are Forecast in Ohio Valley as Waters Push On to Swell the Mississippi: Levees Burst in Missouri: Northern Arkansas Also Hard Hit - 2,650 WPA Men Ordered into
the Rescue Forces
Cafe Racket Trial Made 'Labor' Case:
Waldman in Long Questioning of Talesmen Stresses Union Rights as the Issue: Dewey Voices a Protest: Lamont Secretary Challenged Despite Belief in Bargaining - Only One
Juror Chosen
Drive To Cut Tax Limit Opens In Albany; Amendment Asked To Fix Realty Top At 1 3/4 %
All landplane distance speed records were broken yesterday by Howard Hughes, millionaire sportsman pilot, who reached Newark Airport 7 hours 28 minutes and 25 seconds after he took off from Los Angeles,
Calif. He was then forced to stay aloft until the runway at the field was clear and landed at 1:03 P. M. His average speed was 332 miles an hour for the 2,490 miles he traveled.
Grimy from the smoke of his exhaust stacks the lanky pilot climbed out of his cramped cockpit and grinned. In recounting his experiences on the flight he said that the skies were overcast all the way
and he had to fly on top of the clouds. He saw the ground only twice west of the Ohio Valley, once at Winslow, Ariz. and again as he roared across the Mississippi River.
It was 2:14 o'clock in the morning and pitch dark when opened the throttle at the Union Air Depot at Burbank and released the 1,100 horsepower sealed in the fourteen cylinders of his supercharged
Twin Row Wasp engine. The sleek gray and blue low-winged monoplane, designed and built under his own direction, staggered, accelerated and then literally vaulted into the air. Within a few seconds
Hughes climbed into low-hanging clouds swung eastward and headed for the San Bernardino Pass.
At 14,000 feet, at which altitude he flew most of the way, he passed over the clouds, set his course and leveled off. He throttled his engine back until it was delivering only 375 horsepower and hunched
himself over his instrument panel.
He was wearing a new type oxygen mask for high altitude flying. With nothing to see except the top of the cloud stratum he began experimenting with it. He finally adjusted it so that it fed too much
air and not enough oxygen and he began to feel faint. Over the Sierras he had fears for a moment that his attempt might not be a success, but at last re-adjusted the mask so that the gas revived
In what seemed to him an incredibly short time he caught a glimpse of Winslow, Ariz., through a hole in the clouds. He had plotted his course out through the pass, over Arrowhead Lake and Needles and
was anxiously seeking a landmark to check it. During his faintness he had screamed to equalize the pressure from within his head and the rarified air outside and was beginning to feel better. His
check on the course at Winslow further heartened him and he knew he was picking up a full gale on the tail of the ship.
That gale carried him with the speed of a rifle bullet all the way to Ohio. He had not been able to recalibrate his radio to pick up the recently rearranged airline radio beams and kept on coming through
by dead reckoning. He is not yet sure at just what point he flicked across the Mississippi, but figures it was just north of St. Louis. He was unreported by ground stations all the way, as he had
no radio transmitter and could not let airports know his progress.
More Breaks in Clouds
The holes in the clouds became more numerous as his racer reached out for the miles to the Alleghanies. When he rechecked near Indianapolis he found that his tailwind was veering off into the southwest
quadrant and had to crab the ship at a twenty-degree angle for the balance of the flight. When he crossed high above the army field at Middletown, Pa., near Harrisburg, he depressed the nose of the
plane and started his long glide down to Newark. The plane, built to withstand stress up to 550 miles an hour, reached 380 on the long power dive.
His arrival at Newark was unheralded and a surprise. It had been thought that he was going to land at Chicago. The new United Air Lines extra-fare plane was loaded for its initial run and already had
its door locked when the propeller whir of the hurling racer apparently made the buildings tremble from sound vibration as Hughes swept low across the field. William Zint of the Longines Watch Company,
official timer for the National Aeronautic Association, noted the time. It was exactly 42 minutes and 25 seconds after noon.
Hughes then pulled up in a sweeping chandelle maneuver and circled. The United Air Liner was already on the runway when Hughes swung back toward the field and lowered the flaps on his wing to slacken
speed for landing. The wing carries a greater load square foot than any other plane heretofore except the Schneider Trophy racers of Italy and England, thirty-seven pounds in the case of Hughes's
ship, and the plane settled fast toward the earth. Still the pilot had no signal from the control tower where the dispatchers act as traffic patrols at the busiest airport in the world. Hughes had
to open his throttle again and cruise around the field for some time before the green light at last came on. The United plane was then well on its course toward Chicago. Hughes's plane slid
in over the airport boundary, dropped its retractable undercarriage and tail wheel and touched both wheels and tail wheel in a perfect three-point landing at 1:02:30 P. M.
He minimized his achievement. He said that he did not know he was to make the flight until a few hours before he started but that he heard somebody was going out to lower his previous record of 9 hours 26 minutes and 10 seconds. He decided to wheel out
the ship and give them something better than that mark to shoot at, he said. Mechanics had been at work through the night grooming the plane, the winds were perfect for a west-east flight and he
got off as soon as possible.
Set Speed Mark With Plane
The plane is the same one in which Hughes established the world speed record of 352 miles an hour at Santa Ana, Calif., but has been cleaned up in its streamlining since then and has a new motor. Although
its wing loading of thirty-seven pounds is very high its power-load of seven pounds per horsepower is very low and it is practically a "flying engine."
For navigating equipment he uses a gyro compass, a Sperry artificial horizon and the usual blind flying instruments. The ship fitted for an automatic pilot but up until now it has not been installed, so the pilot had to fly it manually all the way yesterday.
The landing speed of the plane is just under eighty miles an hour with flaps down but its extremely high undercarriage, which folds underside of the low wing, gives the wing a high angle of attack
as the ship lands and it slows up fast. The height of the landing gear also serves to prevent nosing over.
Hughes will be in New York for some time. He will officiate with Mayor La Guardia at the opening of the National Aviation Show on Jan. 28 at Grand Central Palace. He denied reports that he was in any
danger during the flight but added that his oxygen ran out over Indiana and that he came on through at the high altitude without it.


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Diversion routes will be via N31 (Old Dunleary Road, Longford Terrace, Seapoint Avenue) and York Road, Mounttown Road Upper, Monkstown Avenue, Stradbrook Road, Frascati Road.
A Traffic Management Plan will be in operation and local access will be maintained.
Monkstown Road will be reopened earlier if progress with the works allows.


text: Levi & Korsinsky announces that a class action lawsuit has been commenced in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York on behalf of investors who purchased China Sky One Medical, Inc. ("China Sky One" or the "Company") (Nasdaq: CSKI) stock between April 16, 2009 and February 14, 2012 (the "Class Period"). For more information, click here: http://www.zlk.com/china-sky-one-medical-cski. There is no cost or obligation to you. The Complaint alleges that defendants misrepresented and/or failed to disclose that China Sky One's earnings and gross margins were inflated, and that the Company lacked adequate internal and financial controls. On May 19, 2011, China Economic Review published an article warning that China Sky One's financial results were suspect, based on a comparison of the Company and its competitors. On February 15, 2012, the Company announced that its Chief Executive Officer was being treated for a life threatening illness and was taking a medical leave of absence, and that 26 middle-management level employees, including nine from the accounting department, had resigned. As a result of the foregoing disclosures, the price of China Sky One common stock fell approximately 28%, from $1.53 per share on February 14, 2012 to close at $1.10 per share on February 15, 2012. If you suffered a loss in China Sky One you have until April 24, 2012 to request that the Court appoint you as lead plaintiff. Your ability to share in any recovery doesn't require that you serve as a lead plaintiff. To obtain additional information, contact Joseph E. Levi, Esq. either via email at email@example.com or by telephone at (877) 363-5972, or visit http://www.zlk.com. Levi & Korsinsky has expertise in prosecuting investor securities litigation and extensive experience in actions involving financial fraud and represents investors throughout the nation, concentrating its practice in securities and shareholder litigation. Attorney advertising. Prior results do not guarantee similar outcomes.


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26 Oct What are the best foods in Rome during winter?
Travelling is one of the people's ways of spending their leisure time and releasing stress from work aside from indulging in telenovelas like Uzalo. They travel to different countries and visit famous places to enjoy the wonders of the world. One of the famous destinations is Italy. It is known for its western culture and cuisine. Its capital city is Rome which is known as the home of Vatican. A lot of people visit Rome to see the different form of arts, architecture, culture, and mouthwatering cuisine.
Delectable Dishes of Rome in Winter
Foreigners love trying various dishes in places they visit and the food that is served to them also differs on the weather. Here are some of Rome's delectable dishes in winter.
Polenta Taragna
It is a dish that can be either served as a porridge or loaf which can be fried, grilled or baked. It is made of boiled cornmeal which is historically made from other grains. The name polenta means fine flour from the Latin word "pollen" and Taragna means stir which was derived from the verb "tarare".
This is a typical winter dish which has a strong flavor and is a favorite dish a known writer. It was even called as the "noble, ancient Milanese dish". It is made of pig's meat which hangs while being sliced to enhance the flavor. The meat could be from the pig's head, ribs, rind, trotters, ears, nose, and trail. Other choices of meat could be chicken or goose. Cassouela is best served with polenta and red wine.
It is a Tuscan soup which is made of bread and vegetables. You can cook this with leftover bread including cabbage, cannellini beans, Lacinato Kale, carrots, chard, celery, potatoes, and onions. This dish began in the process of reheating or reboiling in the middle ages.
Melanzane alla parmigiana
Derived from the word Parma which means eggplant is the main ingredient of this cuisine. The eggplant is sliced and deep fried after which layered with a tomato sauce and cheese then baked.
When you visit Rome during the Winter, try these dishes out. You will surely try cooking one of these recipes by yourself when you get to taste the flavorful taste and the comfort it brings in every spoonful of goodness.


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Yesterday, I made the drawing for it (I don't always draw before painting but I felt that this was a little too complex to skip the drawing):
I wet the paper to wash away the extra graphite and grease, and since the paper was wet, went ahead and put some color on:
Once it dried, I did another wash:
And after this one was dry, another one:
And that's kind of where I am tonight (one wash ahead, but I'm waiting for it to dry). Started another portrait, too! Pictures tomorrow.
Oh, and by the way, this is the tiny little space I have to work in while we're waiting on our house to close...:


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Metadata – The Data About Data
Metadata is a word that seems to elude most people when they're trying to understand how information management functions. Metadata, obviously couldn't exist without the data that is created and collected by individuals within an organization. Metadata is also data that can be decided upon, configured, and applied to information. To begin this quick journey to a basic understanding of metadata, let's start with a breakdown. Metadata effectively provides insights about other data through two forms: structural metadata and descriptive metadata. Descriptive metadata utilizes specific examples of application data or data content to provide more information about the data you're focusing on. Structural metadata describes the types, versions, relationships or other characteristics of the information at hand.
Descriptive Metadata: Consider for example, the album title to a favorite song of yours. You can't remember the song name but know the title. You search for the song by typing in the album title into your search browser and it pulls up everything you own relating to those words. Your favorite song is the third result and that's due the song's relationship with the title of the album, the album name functioning as a specific descriptive metadata to your favorite song.
Structural Metadata: Now consider for example that favorite song again. Its structural metadata would include information such as it being a media file, the second version you purchased, contain relationship information to the album and artist, as well as the fact that it's in the R&B genre.
Purpose of Metadata: The core purpose of metadata is to enable the discovery of relevant information. Metadata can help organizations organize their electronic and physical records, providing digital identification, and helping to support the archival and preservation of the information.
How Metadata Looks: Below, metadata collected displays the name of a publication associated with the article linked in conjunction to: the location, date, time and time zone.
Types of Metadata Collected: These are common metadata collections for most organizations.
- sender's name, email and IP address
- recipient's name and email address
- recipient's name and email address
- phone number of every caller
- unique serial numbers of phones involved
- time of call
- activity including pages you visit and when
- user data and user login details with auto-fill feature
- IP address, internet service provider, device hardware details,
- operating system and browser version
How Metadata Helps Organization: Metadata is a critical tool within information management and governance. Metadata is second in command to an effective taxonomy system. Once a taxonomy system is set, metadata classifications should be defined and agreed upon within organizations to aid in data discovery, archival, and preservation. Whether your records are digital or physical, the application of metadata tags, is a strategic and proactive method within good information management practices.


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Working as a legal librarian
Helen Marshall works in the knowledge and information team at the law firm Harvey Ingram LLP. 400 staff are spread across the head office in Leicester and the four other offices in the Midlands.
The legal profession relies on up-to-date and accurate information to research and prepare cases. Many law firms have library staff although, nowadays, they are sometimes known by a different name.
The job of a legal librarian
"As well as providing books, we manage current awareness among the staff. Staff flag up areas of interest and we keep them informed.
"This might be tracking the passage of a piece of legislation through Parliament or monitoring an important case as it goes to appeal. Staff also pick things up on the grapevine which we then circulate to others with an interest.
"In fact, we do not have a central library area. Nor do we have an issues desk. All the books are in the team areas or partners offices where they can be accessed constantly.
"Some teams have a trainee who researches cases. More difficult questions are referred to our team which includes a professional support lawyer. We might be asked to find cases or citations on particular topics. We use online legal databases such as PLC or LexisNexis.
"Most of our reference books are in loose leaf format so amendments can be added as needed. We have over 60, most in multiple volumes, so there's a lot of updating to do.
It's a tedious, clerical job, but it has to be done. I know the importance of legal information being up to date – a case could stand or fall on the accuracy of the information."
Becoming a legal librarian
"I started to look into librarianship, following a suggestion by the university careers service. Doing work experience at the British Library at Boston Spa started me thinking about the legal aspects of the work.
"Don't be afraid to approach people, for work experience or later on. Most people are willing to help."
"After I graduated, I worked as an information assistant at BPP Law School in Leeds. I loved the mix of corporate and academic work.
"I studied for an MA in Information and Library Management at Loughborough. One of the outside speakers on the course was from Harvey Ingram LLP (and is now my boss!)
"While he was there, I asked him for some work experience. This resulted in a two-week (unpaid) internship. After my course, they offered me 12 weeks paid work, undertaking a knowledge and book audit.
"I got to know the stock, everyone in the firm and the layout and set up of each office. While I was there, they offered me the job I do now."
Building professional links
"I was member of CILIP (Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals) but as I specialised, I switched to BIALL (British and Irish Association of Law Librarians).
"I serve on the PR and Promotions Committee which is committed to publicising BIALL across the profession. This includes visits to library schools – I've been back to speak on my course at Loughborough.
"ALLICE (the Association of Law Librarians in Central England), provides a local forum. We share professional practice and career concerns through meetings and social events as well as via our blog.
"I value these professional links as I build my career. My boss encourages my memberships as they're a good source of contacts for research and resources.
Developing a librarian career
"I value these professional links as I build my career. They're a good source of contacts for research and resources."
"I think I'd miss the legal world if I moved away from it – and I'd start to lose my speciality.
"I like being able to use my librarianship in a corporate environment. But who knows? At the moment, I'm just glad to have a job.
"I'd say to anyone starting out, be enthusiastic and eager to learn. And don't be afraid to approach people, for work experience or later on. Most people are willing to help."


text: Just consider the case of an ice cream we have to wait until it gets frozen,But we will be delivered a good one… Similar is the case of Vikram.We have to wait 1-2 years for a Vikram Movie.. But a good one will be delivered.Kanthaswamy will be released post august or spetember. Shreya is also along with Vikram. Here are some Kanthaswamy photos


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* Assets under administration 82 bln stg
* Net new business 1.5 bln stg
* 30,000 new clients (Adds detail from statement, bullet points)
By Simon Jessop
LONDON, Oct 11 (Reuters) - Fund supermarket Hargreaves Lansdown on Wednesday posted a 4 percent rise in first-quarter assets under administration, boosted by market gains and a rise in client numbers.
Assets under administration in the three months to end-September were 82 billion pounds ($108.21 billion), it said in a statement, helped by the addition of 30,000 new clients and net new business of 1.5 billion pounds.
Rising demand for its services, which include helping retail clients pick investment funds, follows a move by Britain's regulator to launch a study into the platform industry to ensure customers are getting a good deal.
After cancelling a special dividend in August to help shore up its balance sheet, Hargreaves said that year-to-date total net revenue was up 15 percent on the year, helped by the new business wins and market gains.
Total clients at the end of September were 983,000, it added.
"I'm pleased to report a solid start to the new financial year for net new business and revenue," Chief Executive Chris Hill said.
"We continue to place clients at the centre of what we do and our relentless focus on the level of service that we provide is enabling both existing and new clients to save and invest with confidence." ($1 = 0.7578 pounds) (Reporting by Simon Jessop; editing by Clara Denina)