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"What did Zweig have that brought him the fanatical devotion of millions of readers, the admiration of Herman Hesse, the invitation to give the eulogy at the funeral of Sigmund Freud? To learn that, we would have to have a biography that illuminated all aspects of his work, that read all of his books, and that challenged, rather than accepted, the apparent modesty of his statements about his life and work." – Benjamin Moser, Bookforum
Zweig's readability made him one of the most popular writers of the early twentieth century all over the world, with translations into thirty languages. His lives of Mary Stuart and Marie Antoinette were international bestsellers." - Julie Kavanagh, The Economist Intelligent Life
'Zweig's accumulated historical and cultural studies, whether in essay or monograph form, remain a body of achievement almost too impressive to take in… Full-sized books on Marie-Antoinette, Mary Stuart, and Magellan were international best sellers." - Clive James, Cultural Amnesia
'Stefan Zweig cherished the everyday imperfections and frustrated aspirations of the men and women he analysed with such affection and understanding." - Paul Bailey, Times Literary Supplement
"To read Zweig is to be in the presence of a properly mature writer, for all that his characters are often in the grip of highly inappropriate desires. (…) These are unforgettable stories, beautifully translated. Anthea Bell is a first-rate translator; she brings out the humour as well as the anguish that make Zweig's work so sympathetically acute." – Nicholas Lezard, Guardian
"Touching and delightful. Those adjectives are not meant as faint praise. Zweig may be especially appealing now because rather than being a progenitor of big ideas, he was a serious entertainer, and an ardent and careful observer of habits, foibles, passions and mistakes." — A.O. Scott, The New York Times

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Raúl gets Ramos up and running
Wednesday 10 December 2008
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Real Madrid CF 3-0 FC Zenit St. Petersburg
Raúl González gave the new regime at Madrid a sense of familiarity with a starring role as the Merengues finished Group H with an impressive victory.
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Raúl González turned in a starring performance, scoring two goals and teeing up Arjen Robben for a third as Juande Ramos got his Real Madrid CF reign off to an impressive start at home to FC Zenit St. Petersburg.
Fine goals
The new Madrid coach had called for focus and commitment ahead of Los Merengues' final UEFA Champions League Group H encounter and got just that as his charges dominated from the start. Raúl profited from a Vyacheslav Malafeev error to break the deadlock on 25 minutes but from then on the hosts did all the hard work themselves. The lively Robben doubled the advantage five minutes after the restart with an adroit chip and, soon after, Raúl sealed the victory in similar fashion. It was the cue to ease off as Ramos rang the changes and though Zenit twice hit the woodwork in the closing stages, it was too little, too late.
Top target
With Zenit guaranteed to finish third in Group H, the only thing to be determined on Matchday 6 was in which order the top two would finish – Madrid needed to win and hope Juventus lost at home to FC BATE Borisov to progress from pole position. The hosts certainly began with purpose, and were almost ahead inside the first minute when a poor Aleksandr Anyukov clearance fell kindly for Gonzalo Higuaín, but the striker could not get his shot away. He had no such problems soon after as he burst through the middle and, with the crowd urging him to try his luck, he duly obeyed, Malafeev tipping over the bar.
Old spice
The local press have hailed the dawn of 'The Juande Era' in the 36 hours since Ramos's appointment, yet the first player to score under the new regime was an old favourite. Rafael van der Vaart's deep cross did not look threatening, but Malafeev fumbled and the ball fell kindly for Raúl, who had the easiest of finishes from point-blank range. The Zenit custodian soon set about making amends, twice denying Robben as white shirts surged forward.
Early double
There was no let-up in pressure after the restart either, and it was Robben who showed much of the menace. The winger drew a save from Malafeev and, from the subsequent corner, only the goalline intervention of Ivica Križanac prevented Raúl from turning home Fabio Cannavaro's header. Such dominance soon told as the tireless Robben received a pass from Raúl and dinked a lovely effort over Malafeev to make it 2-0. Seven minutes later the Dutchman returned the compliment, his pass finding Raúl with time and space inside the area and the Madrid captain outwitting the exposed Zenit keeper with another deft chip.
No consolation
With an eye on Saturday's Liga meeting with FC Barcelona, Ramos took off Raúl and his team eased their relentless attacking. It allowed Zenit previously unknown freedom and Viktor Fayzulin and Danny both saw efforts cannon back off the crossbar late in the match. It was Madrid's night, however, even if Juventus's draw meant they had to settle for second in the section.


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MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — The Minnesota Twins are taking donations at this weekend's games to benefit Puerto Rico.
Four of the team's players are from the island.
The Minnesota Twins Wives Organization is using game time to help the people in need, collecting goods and money at this weekend's games to be shipped to Puerto Rico as soon as possible.
Players will sign autographs and meet fans who give to the cause.
Designated hitter and first baseman Kennys Vargas is one of four players from Puerto Rico.
"It's been hard, it's been very sad to see the island the way it is now," Vargas said. "We're here, obviously we have to do our job but we are doing it with heavy hearts in that the island is suffering so much and we are trying to play every single game for them."
His hometown of San Juan is at the center of much destruction from hurricane Maria.
Food, fuel, and even water have been hard to come by for days on the island.
"Whether you are American or you're from another country, it shouldn't matter," Vargas said. "People should help other people."
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Woman sues manufacturer over faulty hip implant
BRIDGEPORT -- A Stratford woman is suing the maker of a recalled hip-replacement implant after her implant failed three years after it was surgically installed in her at Milford Hospital.
Patricia Sorrentino-Galello, an early childhood curriculum specialist with the Bridgeport Board of Education, claims in her lawsuit filed Tuesday in Superior Court that she was forced to undergo a second, painful hip replacement surgery after her first implant failed.
The maker of Sorrentino-Galello's first implant, DePuy Orthopaedics, recalled the implant last August after failures were reported in 1 in 8 patients that had received it.
"The company distributed a defective product throughout the United States and unfortunately Mrs. Sorrentino-Galello is a victim of that product," said her lawyer, Harold Rosnick.
In addition to DePuy and its parent company, Johnson & Johnson, the lawsuit names Milford Hospital as a defendant.
This is the first lawsuit against DePuy in connection with the faulty hip-replacement implant filed in a Connecticut court.
According to the lawsuit, on Sept. 11, 2006, Dr. John Irving installed the DePuy hip replacement into Sorrentino-Galello's right hip at Milford Hospital. Three years later Sorrentino-Galello's right hip became infected and high concentrations of metal from the implant were found in her blood.
As a result, the suit states that in January 2010, Irving removed the DePuy implant from Sorrentino-Galello's hip and replaced it with another hip implant.
Rosnick said the second surgery was difficult for his client because her body had fused to the first implant.
Spokesmen from DePuy and Milford Hospital did not immediately return calls for comment.
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Junior VFX Artist – Cheshire
Do you have the fire of ambition in your eyes? Or … hang on … is that also the reflected light from the screen, on which rests your latest, sizzling new VFX project?
You've put the screen-time, the work hours, the blood, the sweat and the tears into your studies. Your trembling fingers have toiled to produce a mind-blowing portfolio of visual effects that wouldn't look out of place in the published, award-winning games you play in your spare time. You've just graduated, and now you're dying to put everything you've learned into practice out in the – *clears throat* – "Real World".
And who can blame you, with cracking opportunities like this one up for grabs?
As the savvy gamer you are, I'm sure you'll have heard of TT Games. This award-winning studio is best known as a purveyor of all things Lego – from Lego Marvel Heroes all the way through to Lego Harry Potter – and they're looking for a new Junior VFX Artist to join them.
With a competitive graduate salary on offer, loads of support and the chance to work on up to 5 projects per year in one of the UK's most prolific games studios, what more could you want?
You'll be working with the Lead VFX Artist at their Knutsford site, conceptualising and creating a wide range of visual effects for environments, characters, weapons, cut scenes and more, which will give you the chance to work across a plethora of new projects!
You'll have:
- A portfolio demonstrating high-quality Real-Time Gameplay VFX
- Unity and Unreal experience
- Strong experience with Maya
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PresidentSouth Florida Hospital & Healthcare AssociationJaime Caldwell is currently the president of the South Florida Hospital & Healthcare Association (SFHHA). The SFHHA is a trade association representing the interests of hospitals and healthcare providers in southeast Florida. Mr. Caldwell is responsible for supporting the mission of the association to "Improve the efficient delivery of quality healthcare services to our communities by championing collaboration and communication among leaders across the healthcare continuum."Mr. Caldwell holds a Bachelor's degree in both Government and Economics and a Master's Degree in Economics from Florida State University. Mr. Caldwell is also a member of the American College of Healthcare Executives and the Healthcare Financial Management Association with over 30 years of health care experience including health care regulation with the Florida Department of Health, managing multi-state emergency medical transportation for a private national ambulance company and, now, health care policy analysis with the Association.


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Although I am a relief printmaker, I work with transparent ink that is traditionally made for lithographers. Inks when fresh from the can are very concentrated, and like other media, some are more transparent than others. If you print too concentrated a color, it can be very difficult to cover that color over with a subsequent color, even if the color on top is very opaque.
When I talk about inks to non-printmakers, I explain that the transparent base in what holds all the pigment in. Here is what two types of transparent base look like, with and without some pigment added:
|Handschy transparent base (left) vs. Graphic Chemical transparent base (right)
My inks are by Handschy, purchased from Graphic Chemical. I the past I have used Handschy transparent base as well (on the left), purchasing it in 5 lb tubs. It has the consistency of honey (very sticky), and while it is very transparent, it has a tendency to impart its yellowish tone to my ink mixes. So it was hard to get any delicate purplish-blue layers. And it became difficult to purchase.
So I've just started using a transparent base made by Graphic Chemical (on the right). As you can see from the picture, it is stiff and white! It seems to be almost as transparent when rolled out, and it does allow those delicate blue layers I'd been hoping for. I have to mix it with some of Daniel Smith's Miracle Gel to get it to a consistency where it can be rolled out. So far the layers are still transparent, and the ink seems to adhere to the layer on the paper well.
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Ms. Sarah Waggoner
Running and athletics have been a passion of mine since I was young. I have experience participating in and coaching girl's track, XC, and basketball. It takes dedication, self-motivation and hard work to become a successful runner. I look forward to watching my team grow, as not only strong athletes, but as academic leaders in the classroom as well.
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For years jojoba and argan oil were considered to be the miraculous oils for skin care.
However, things seem to be changing.
Consumers are getting more and more aware of the value of hemp oil and of its benefits for the skin. On the other hand, the cosmetics industry are re-evaluating the ingredients used up to now and turning to hemp oil using it as an essential ingredient of skin care cosmetics.
Why do hemp oil cosmetics rock?
Because they contain this awesome gift, nature provides us.
What is hemp oil?
As many of you know, hemp oil ( or hemp seed oil ) comes from the cold press of the Cannabis Sativa seed (also known as industrial hemp or just Hemp).
Packed with nutrients, minerals, essential fatty acids and antioxidants, hemp seed oil is considered to be one of the most nutritious oils for the skin.
It contains Vitamins A, C, D and E and it has an optimum ratio of omega-6 and omega-3 fatty acids (3:1). A typical American consumes between 20-25 times more Omega-6 than Omega-3. This unbalanced ratio results in serious and harmful consequences to metabolic, hormonal, and cardiovascular health.
It has a comedogenic rating of zero. This means that there is no chance of breaking you out or clogging your pores.
Its light consistency makes it perfect for all skin types, especially those who have oilier skin. It is absorbed immediately after you apply it and goes well under your makeup. It can, also, be used on acne prone skin.
The hemp oil used for cosmetic production is 100% legal and won't get you high because it doesn't contain THC (well, to be precise if your hemp oil comes from the seeds of the plant it contains 0.00% THC. But if it comes from the leaves it may contain an insignificant amount of less than 0.03% THC.)
What did I say? It won't get you high?
I lied.
It WILL get you high!
It will get you high on healthy, beautiful and radiant skin !!!
So, which are the benefits your skin can get if you decide to use hemp oil, either as a cosmetic ingredient or as part of your diet?
Ready, Steady, GO!!!
1. It Improves the Condition of the Skin in case of Psoriasis
Psoriasis is believed to be caused by a deficiency of omega–3 fatty acids and elevations of omega–6 fatty acids, which increase inflammation. Hemp oil is packed with omega 6 fatty acids and other essential fatty acids which can fight inflammatory skin conditions such as psoriasis.
Include hemp seeds or hemp seed oil in your diet. They will help you fight psoriasis and why not? prevent it.
Apply hemp seed oil salves or creams to moisturize soothe and calm your dry inflamed dry and itchy skin and calm inflammation.
2. It Alleviates Atopic Dermatitis
The plethora of omega-6 and omega-3 fatty acids in hemp seed oil alleviates and soothes atopic dermatitis because it is rich in omega-6 and omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs).
A study, conducted in 2015 for 20 weeks, discovered that "dietary hemp seed oil caused significant changes in plasma fatty acid profiles and improved clinical symptoms of atopic dermatitis. It is suggested that these improvements resulted from the balanced and abundant supply of PUFAs in this hemp seed oil."
Include hemp seeds or hemp seed oil in your diet. They will help you alleviate Atopic Dermatitis.
Apply salves, creams or lotions that contain hemp oil to moisturize soothe and calm your dry, inflamed and itchy skin.
3. It Heals Eczema
Daily Mail claims that hemp seed oil HEALS eczema !!!
Eczema affects a lot of people out there. I wonder how many of them know about the power of hemp?
Medical researchers at the University of Kuopio, Finland, have found evidence of the positive effects of hemp seed oil on eczema.
Hemp oil is packed with omega-6 and omega-3 which are responsible for its anti-inflammatory and anti-bacterial properties. EFAs (essential fatty acids) in hemp oil act as an internal moisturizer for your skin. They can help combat, prevent and soothe eczema flare-ups.
Hemp Seeds do good to your body working from inside and outside.
Apply hemp seed oil or lotion on your skin to nourish, protect it and alleviate eczema flare-ups
Incorporating hemp seeds into your diet is considered an efficient way to treat eczema.
In case cannabis products are forbidden in your country, don't be discouraged! My friend Joo is an eczema warrior and her website is really an "eczema encyclopedia" This article of hers will give you information on other natural ways to treat your ailment!
4. It Cleanses your Skin
Hemp seed oil is a number one skin cleanser.
As I have already mentioned, it has a comedogenic rating of 0. To be precise it will balance out your excess sebum.
When there is a lack of linoleic acid in your skin, the sebaceous glands produce sebum with oleic acid, which is different from healthy sebum; oleic acid sebum is drier and firmer and forms blackheads and whiteheads.
Hemp seed oil contains a perfect ratio of EFAs (essential fatty acids) and provides your skin with the linoleic acid if it is lacking. In fact, hemp seed oil contains a huge percentage of linoleic acid : 57% !!!!
Furthermore, hemp seed oil can be used to remove makeup
Apply a hemp cleanser
Use the oil cleansing method. (it's secret! don't tell anyone!!)
What to do: Massage the hemp oil into your skin, 3-4 minutes are enough. Then, run a clean washcloth under as hot water as your skin can stand and, after wringing it out, leave it on your face for a couple of minutes. This will open up your skin's pores. Then gently dab your face and wipe off the residue. The process of soaking wringing and dabbing should be 3 to 4 more times until the excess oil is wiped off. Finally, you pat your face dry.
To remove makeup you don't have to use the oil cleansing method. Just apply the oil on your face, wait for a couple of minutes and gently wipe it off with a clean cotton towel or cotton ball.
5. It Improves the Balance of Oily Skin
Hemp seed oil has a light, thin consistency and is considered a 'dry' oil. This makes it a great moisturizer for oily and greasy skin. It has astringent properties and helps your skin control any excess sebum production, the major problem of an oily skin
Apply a hemp moisturizer
6. It Tightens and Shrinks Large Pores
As mentioned above, the light and thin consistency of hemp seed oil tightens, tones and firms skin. Its astringent properties can help minimize large pores that secrete excess sebum causing greasy skin, blackheads and pimples.
Use hemp seed oil cosmetics to shrink and tighten large pores.
7. It Soothes Skin Rashes
Hempseed oil has great anti-inflammatory properties which combined with its moisturizing properties are able to heal and soothe red skin rashes.
8. It Softens Dehydrated Parts of your Body
Hemp seed oil is considered an excellent emollient because its composition is similar to the sebum produced by your skin It is rich in essential fatty acids and has the ability to "lock" moisture into the skin.
As a result, rough and dehydrated parts of your body like elbows, heels etc are softened and moisturized .
9. It is an Amazing Moisturizer
Hemp seed oil seals moisture into the skin which makes it an amazing moisturizer for all types of skin, even for acne prone skins. How does it do it? His EFAs (essential fatty acids) do it! They manage to create a protective shield over the skin and, thus, any moisture loss is prevented. It also increases your skin's elasticity.
Use a hemp moisturizer
10. It Controls Acne
One of the most effective benefits of hemp seed oil for skin is it can be used to control acne
Hemp oil can reduce the redness and irritation of acne and heal and calm acne prone skin. Its astringent properties along with its ability to balance excess sebum production control acne and keep your skin healthy
Use hemp seed oil cosmetics
Incorporate hemp seeds in your diet if your acne is hormonal. Hemp oil helps regulate hormones
11. It has Anti-Aging Properties
Hemp seed oil contains a great amount of antioxidants, which prevent or slow the damage of your skin cells. It helps improve your skin's elasticity. It, actually, improves the composition of the lipids found in the outermost layer of your skin and improves the overall functioning of your skin giving you a radiant, wrinkle-free skin.
Bonus: It has toning, firming and tightening properties. Result? No sagging skin !
12. It Prevents Varicose Veins
I bet you didn't know it!
No more varicose veins !
Varicose veins are caused by the built-up of the blood on top of the valve.
Hemp oil has anticoagulant properties because it's rich in omega 3 and omega 6 fatty acid. These EFAs can prevent the blood built up on top of the valve.
Add hemp seeds/hemp seed oil to your diet
Apply a hemp oil cream on your varicose vein.
Attention though!! If you take any blood thinning medicine, before adding either the seeds or the oil deriving from hemp to your every day diet, PLEASE, consult your doctor.
13. It Has Anti-Inflammatory Properties
Hemp Seed Oil contains the optimal 3:1 ratio of omega-6 to omega-3 which has been scientifically proven to be anti-inflammatory.
To optimize its effects use it as a food supplement and as topical.
14. It Fights Free Radicals
THE eternal enemy of our skin health and beauty. Girls know that! I'm not sure about the boys.
Their production is a natural process and happens in our cells. Energy and waste products are produced by our cells. These waste products are called free radicals.
The body can be stimulated to over-produce free radicals by multiple factors:
- environmental toxins (smog)
- ingested toxins (fluoride)
- smoking
- radiation
- certain meds
- excessive physical exercise
To prevent excessive production of free radicals our body needs antioxidants.
Yes, you are right! Hemp oil is full of them !
15. It Minimizes Cell Oxidation
I heard the question!!
You cut an apple. A couple of hours later the apple turns brown. This process is similar to cell oxidation.
Excessive oxidation will probably make you old and sick before your time. Being able to fight free radicals, hemp oil is a natural way to minimize your cells' oxidation.
This is important not only for your skin health but for the health of your nervous system and overall health as well. Too much oxidation can cause cancer, Alzheimer's disease, atherosclerosis, heart disease, Parkinson's and other age-related, inflammatory and autoimmune diseases.
What are you waiting for?
Aren't all these reasons enough to make you want to throw your ordinary, full of harmful ingredients and ridiculously expensive cosmetics in the bin? Don't you feel the urge to replace them with all-natural hemp oil based cosmetics?
Don't waste your time. DO IT NOW !!!
If you have any questions or want to share your personal experience with CBD, leave a comment below.
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DISCLAIMER: The content of this article is for informational purposes only. It is not meant to substitute professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. The information provided is not meant to alleviate or cure any disease or disorder. Always seek the advice of a qualified health provider for any medical condition.


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Witness Statement: Alfred Tibb's continued statement, with further justification for identifying Wright Beatty as the man he saw firing.
14 [Page number top centre] of his dress, it was not a time to take many - observations. I was standing close to him about as far from him as I am now, so close to him that I knew him perfectly well, there were persons round me, I saw the Prisoner and I knew him very well. a great number of persons were around me - but I can't say whether there were any between me and him. I was not examined as a witness at the Special Commission at Monmouth . I shortly afterwards gave information to Mr Hopkins the Superintendant of Police of my having seen the Prisoner firing at the Westgate . I did not at any time reduce into writing what I had seen at the Westgate. It was too deeply impressed on my mind to forget it, it was almost impossible to forget it. When I saw the Prisoner in the Town a week or 10 days ago, I saw the - Superintendant of Police and told him of my having seen him & he told me it was his intention to take him. I was not at all alarmed at the time. I saw the mob coming


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This collection consists of anti-slavery tracts, pamphlets and journals from the Library of the Society of Friends. Also included is the Thompson-Clarkson Collection of autograph letters, portraits, and printed material relating to Thomas Clarkson's "The history of the rise, progress and accomplishment of the abolition of the African slave-trade." Originals are in the Library of the Religious Society of Friends, Friends House, London, England.
The collection includes annual reports, 1883-2000, submissions to the United Nations Commission on Human Rights (UNCHR) and other related bodies, 1965-2000, ephemera & publications of Anti-Slavery International, 1980-2000, and publications and reports of Anti-Slavery International and its predecessors, 1880-1979.
A singular resource for the study of English provincial philanthropic societies. The collection includes documents on Africa, the West Indies, and the American Civil War. Also included are the Raymond English collection of the letters, diaries, pamphlets and press cuttings of the abolitionist George Donisthorpe Thompson and his son-in-law F. W. Chesson and the H. J. Wilson anti-slavery collection of 19th century pamphlets.
Books, pamphlets and other documents outlining the moral, religious, economic and legal aspects of the slavery debate. Includes anti-slavery society records, campaign literature and speeches made in and out of Congress, children's literature, sermons and theological works, proslavery literature, and more. There are 7,235 fiches, accompanied by a printed guide.
The Yale University Art Gallery holds numerous bronze and copper tokens related to slavery and abolition, including this one, which was manufactured in the United States and issued by the American Anti-Slavery Society in 1838.


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Evangeline Lilly is channeling Robin Hood in The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug. The actress appears in the upcoming sequel as a warrior elf called Tauriel. She's a master archer and trained to take down any and every opponent. She's also a new creation for the Hobbit universe, as the character isn't featured in J.R.R. Tolkien's original novel.
Tauriel was invented by director Peter Jackson and screenwriters Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens because they wanted to pump some girl power into the male-dominated Hobbit. As expected, Tauriel will be especially close to Legolas and his family.
"Tauriel's relationship with Legolas is significant. They've known each other since they were children, and Legolas' dad, [Elven king] Thrandruil, has a soft spot for Tauriel and sees something very special in her," Lilly reveals. "So if you grow up side by side, and your dad has a very special spot in his heart for this young woman who's a fantastic warrior, I think it's hard not to notice her."
But don't let that fool you -- Tauriel can be as dangerous as she is beautiful. "She's slightly reckless and totally ruthless and doesn't hesitate to kill," Lilly says. And for those diehard fans who may feel Tauriel doesn't belong, the actress is ready for the fan hate.
"I kind of got prepped for that being on Lost, because we had avid fans who were really extreme in their feelings about the show and its characters. But I think if anyone knows how to respect Tolkien, it's Peter, Fran and Phil. And Tauriel fits perfectly in that world."
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug opens in theaters Dec. 13.
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Rev. Dr. Deborah D. Jenkins is Founding Pastor of Faith @Work Christian Church, Coop City, Bronx. She has been an Adjunct Professor at both the College of New Rochelle and New York Theological Seminary since 2007. She has earned B.A., M.A., MDiv. and DMin. Degrees. She has been married to Min. Frank Jenkins for 22 years and they are blessed to be parents to Jason A. and Jaala A. Jenkins. She has authored two books, Leading through Adversity: Lessons from the Prophets and Preparing the Princess to be Queen: With 33 Successpirations for the Princess.
Dr. Jenkins has synergized her life to include three priorities, God (Worship to God/Loving Commitment to Family/Ministry), Wealth Creation (Through her company The Sable Collective, LLC); and serving the children of the formerly incarcerated (Through her not-for-profit, The Pressley Family Institute). She loves her life, working with and empowering women and children to be the best they can be.


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In a letter Tuesday, Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx warned the Obama administration will begin delaying reimbursements to states for infrastructure projects on Aug. 1 if Congress cannot come up with a solution to replenish the diminishing Highway Trust Fund. This move could create problems for highway and road construction profits at the height of the summer travel season.
Foxx's letter, which was directed to state transportation officials, said checks to states will only be sent twice a month and will only be partial reimbursements. States typically receive "same day" reimbursements for many construction projects.
The Department of Transportation is undertaking the new procedures to keep a positive balance in the Highway Trust Fund, in which the department expects a shortfall beginning sometime in August. The fund is financed through gasoline taxes, which have not been raised in decades and currently provide inadequate revenue. Both parties in Congress disagree on how to solve the problem. In his letter, Foxx said states will experience cuts in federal funding until Congress finds a long-term solution to the crisis.
"The Department will continue to take every possible measure to fully reimburse your State for as long as we can. However, as we approach insolvency, the Department will be forced to limit payments to manage the reduced levels of cash available in the Trust Fund," Foxx wrote in the letter. "This means, among other things, that the Federal Highway Administration will no longer make 'same-day' payments to reimburse States."
The Department of Transportation said, on average, states should expect a 28% cut in federal funds for construction projects. This dire warning comes as President Barack Obama is set to ramp up pressure on Congress to find a solution to the shortfall. Obama is set to speak about the issue Tuesday on the Georgetown waterfront with the Key Bridge in the background. The bridge connects Rosslyn, Virginia, with the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington.
The Highway Trust Fund is a transportation and infrastructure fund financed by gasoline taxes. But the government now spends more money on those projects than it collects from the gas tax, which has not been raised in over 20 years.
Republicans and Democrats in Congress are still divided on both a short-term solution to finance projects through the rest of the year and a long-term fix for the shortfall. Two senators introduced a bipartisan plan to incrementally raise the 18.4 cents-per-gallon gas tax, but there is little political inclination to make such a move in an election year.
Sen. Patty Murray (D-Washington), who has taken the lead on the issue among Democratic leadership, has said Congress should get rid of "wasteful" tax loopholes to offset more funding for the Highway Trust Fund. House Republicans rallied around a proposal to offset the fund's expenditures by scaling back U.S. Postal Service deliveries on Saturdays, but that proposal has been largely abandoned.
"The clock is winding down for Congress to avoid lurching toward another unnecessary crisis – this time with a construction shutdown," Murray said in a statement on Tuesday. "States and businesses need certainty to create jobs and grow local economies, and as today's announcement shows, failing to solve the shortfall would mean the exact opposite. Workers and businesses shouldn't have to pay the price for another manufactured crisis out of Washington, D.C. – so I hope Republicans find a way to push the Tea Party aside and avoid this crisis."
Here's a chart from the Department of Transportation projecting how the fund will run dry near the end of August:


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A unique and eclectic assortment of women's casual apparel and accessories, home furnishings and a diverse array of gifts and decorative items. The home furnishings range from furniture, rugs, lighting, and antiques to tabletop items, bedding, and gifts.
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AnthropologieRecent Reviews
Morgan Stephens
I love this store and frequently shop here. However, during my last visit I couldn't help but hear who I'm guessing was the on duty manager complain about the customers. I work in customer service as well and I understand how infuriating it can be to deal with the general public, but if you're going to rant and rave then please do it in the back. It was unprofessional and really dampened my shopping experience.
michael miller
Very eclectic Style has a little bit of everything from furniture to accessories to candles. The store has its own signature scent it's called Volcano it's very relaxing and it encourages you to buy more stuff which is very smart, very helpful staff very considerate as well price point is right about what you would expect for the quality
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I love anthropologie.great selection .a little pricey but worth it.sales people were great .used coupon and had a great time.my favorite place
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I like the look of the store and everyone is very nice. I bought a great skirt from them. The perfume my husband bought me there is my favorite ever!
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ncredibly rude staff. Also there's one chick in particular who really really really needs to dress better considering the clothing there is so expensive. She look like she just rolled out of bed and hadn't brushed her hair in days. If I'm spending $300 on a dress then the employees should at least look nice. Also, get your roots done and get a better attitude. Also, the entire time I was in there you acted like you were better than me. A newsflash, no one's better than anyone. The only person who is decent was the manager. Like if I can rate this store zero stars then I would
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The 2016 Casino Night Fundraiser is now posted on Facebook. Use the link below to access the event page and stay up to date on prizes, sponsors and news. Tickets will be available starting February 3rd. Members will have tickets available or tickets can be purchased online at Eventbrite. The Eventbrite link is on the Facebook page. Promotion of the fundraiser will extend to other social media platforms over the next few weeks. If you are on Twitter, Instagram, Google+ or others, follow the club's respective accounts for more information.
The event promises to be another great night. See below for photos of last year's event:


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Enrong Wang et al. Attended the 6th International Conference on International Vehicle and Mechanical Engineering
At the invitation of the Organizing Committee, Prof. Wang Enrong, Associate Prof. Yan Wei and Associate Prof. Zhang Hailong went to Switzerland for the 2019 International Automobile and Mechanical Engineering (AME) from July 7 to July 12.
AME brings together experts in the field of international vehicle engineering, focusing on advanced technologies in power, chassis and smart vehicles, as well as the latest research. Zhang Hailong was invited to be the session chair and gave an oral presentation on the "Research on the Reliability of the Novel Magnetorheological Energy-regenerated Suspension System". Wang Enrong and Yan Wei discussed with the peers the frontier direction of the vehicle's controllable suspension and the electromagnetic compatible technologies of the vehicular electronic.
The conference strengthened the overseas academic exchanges, and broadened the ideas of the key technologies of the new generation of intelligent regenerative suspension.


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Fairhaven Pole House
The Pole House at Fairhaven Beach is the most photographed house on the Great Ocean Road, and probably Australia!
Suspended 40 metres above Fairhaven Beach, the Pole House is one of Australia's most iconic homes. The vision of architect and engineer Frank Dixon, the pedestal house, completed in 1978, juts out from the cliff side, giving it a spectacular right-on-ocean feel.
An ode to all things '70s, classic touches include Berber carpeted walls and orange bubble reading lamps. Featuring a bedroom area, bathroom, kitchen and sitting area with a walkway connecting to solid ground, it's a perfect retreat for couples.
Sleeps 4. Features include: views, wood fire.
Overnight stays available - Mon. to Thurs. LINEN PROVIDED
* Sensational views from every angle
* The Pole House has a queen bed and bathroom.
* Lounge area has open fire, LCD TV, DVD and sound system.
* At the end of the walkway there is a 2nd Bedroom with queen bed and separate bathroom.
New house to take pole position
ONE of the Great Ocean Road's most photographed attractions is about to be demolished . The 1970s pole house at Fairhaven is to be torn down, but it will be replaced by an architect-designed house on top of the 15-metre platform.
The new house will feature retractable floor-to-ceiling windows, a perimeter walkway with a glassed balustrade, and a floating fireplace in the living area. It is due to be completed before Christmas and is likely to be put back on the holiday rental market.
The tiny house (8x8 metres) will include a bedroom with queen-size bed, bathroom and kitchenette.
'' I have always thought it is a cute '70s love shack with Berber carpet on the walls and original orange bubble lights,'' said owner Kathi Adams.
But the original house has drawbacks. None of the windows open, so it gets hot and stuffy in summer, people sitting at the old fireplace have their back to the view, and Ms Adams wants to improve wheelchair access for her husband , Roger.
The couple bought the house in 2005 for $1.75 million but won't disclose the renovation cost, which will also includea two-storey , threebedroom house on the land behind the pole house.
'' The demolition should start within a month,'' Ms Adams said. '' Most of it will be done by hand because we can't reach the house with cranes or machinery.''
The house fetches $550 a night in high season.
The original pole house was built in 1978 by engineer and architect Frank Dixon, who came up with the idea of a house on a concrete pole while he was recovering from a surfing accident.
By ROBERT UPE
The Age - 5-6-2012
The house on a pole to be replaced by...
a house on a pole
Architect Frank Dixon, who designed and built one of the Great Ocean Road's most-photographed attractions, the Fairhaven pole house, is '' sad'' but resigned it will be torn down this week.
The house built by Mr Dixon in the 1970s on top of a 15-metre concrete pole has commanding 360-degree views of one of the state's most popular stretches of coastline.
The tiny eight-metre by eightmetre timber structure will be replaced by a similar-sized , architect-designed , steel-clad house on the same platform.
'' In many ways it is a sad thing. I've got used to the idea of losing it now, but initially I was fairly concerned ,'' Mr Dixon said.
Pole house owner Kathi Adams told The Age last year the new home will feature retractable floorto-ceiling windows, a perimeter walkway with a glassed balustrade, and a floating fireplace in the living area.
The original house had drawbacks : none of the windows opened, making it hot and stuffy in summer and occupants sitting at the old fireplace had their back to the view, Ms Adams said.
Another two-storey , three bedroom dwelling will be built on the cliff-top behind.
But the Dixon family, who sold the holiday home in 2005 for $1.75 million, have objected to the pole house's destruction.
The family lodged an interim protection order against the demolition with Victoria's Heritage Council last July and applied to have the home put on the state heritage list.
An expert witness at the December hearing, architect Nigel Lewis, suggested there was '' clear evidence'' the home fitted the list's criteria.
'' The Dixon pole house is one of the most striking and unusual examples of an 'experimental house' which takes risks and which may serve as a design prototype,'' Mr Lewis said.
'' The design of a dwelling on a pole is unique in Victoria, and rare elsewhere,'' he said.
But the Heritage Council rejected the application, saying it was '' not of importance above a local level"and should be included by the local Surf Coast Council in its heritage overlay.
Ms Adams declined to comment on the controversy.
Surf Coast CEO Stephen Wall said the rebuilding work would retain the pole structure, walkway and silhouette of the house.
Mr Dixon, who turns 90 on Australia Day, said: '' My family did the best they could to try and preserve it and failed.
'' The heritage panel in their wisdom decided it was not good enough to preserve.''
While the house is unlikely to survive demolition, it has outlasted three bushfires, including the infamous 1983 Ash Wednesday blaze which razed many coastal homes in the area.
'' It was designed with bushfires very much in mind,'' Mr Dixon said.
As a rental property, it fetches $550 a night in high season.
And while popular with tourists, '' there's a proportion of locals who would be very glad to see it go,'' Mr Dixon said.
'' They considered it an eyesore, a blight on the neighbourhood. My personal attitude is that it makes the district more attractive.''
Mr Dixon, who conceived the house while recovering from a surfing accident, said it always attracted interest from passers-by .
'' Even at 2 o'clock in the morning they'd walk around the balcony on the outside and make comments that wouldn't be printable.
'' We heard the whole lot, of course,'' he said.
By SIMON JOHANSON
Property Editor for The Age - 23-1-2013
* Rumour File on 3AW reported the house would be demolished on Wednesday 23rd January 2013, but the pole would remain. A new house will be erected on the existing pole.
* Note: This article used to be titled Pole House, but we noted more and more publications refer to it as Fairhaven Pole House.
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For as long as I can remember, certain relatives of mine were always dismayed and often enraged by the daily headlines and nightly news stories of crime. As a kid I heard countless tales of the terrible outrages visited on black people by other black people: burglarizing homes, pulling guns and shooting at one another, too often claiming innocent bystanders in the crossfire. Some of these stories were personal testimonies of victimization. In my '70s childhood on Chicago's South Side, I was taught that some black people behaved despicably.
Punitive roots run deep in American soil. Black anti-crime attitudes are among the many branches. So too is an abiding faith that respectability, lawfulness and personal responsibility are the bases of good citizenship. In the late-19th-century South, newly emancipated African-Americans used the law to regulate behavior and enforce community norms in spite of state-sanctioned racial terror. In the great migration north, they often advocated for more law enforcement, even though law enforcement typically meant policing the boundaries of white neighborhoods. And in postwar cities from California to Florida, blacks joined law enforcement agencies, just as my uncle did in 1981, weathering prejudice directed at them by white officers and harboring aspirations to protect the innocent and punish the guilty.
The history of black people's ability to express and to act on their punitiveness — to be tough on crime — is at the heart of a fascinating though severely flawed new book by Michael Javen Fortner, an assistant professor of urban studies at the School of Professional Studies at the City University of New York.
Until the civil rights movement, the law-and-order ethos of African-Americans was known mostly within black civil society and largely invisible to white America. By contrast, crimes of all kinds — from the real to the imagined to the political act of casting a ballot or simply maintaining one's dignity — were hypervisible. Indeed a common and enduring myth was that black people coddled and protected criminals, as one Chicago judge explained in 1928, "simply because of the black man's color." The myth legitimized racial criminalization, branding all African-Americans as criminal. It abetted state failure to provide public safety. And it enshrined second-class citizenship in every sphere of black life — a never-ending feedback loop for a population deemed undeserving of equal protection under the law.
During the convict-leasing era, the lynching epoch and decades of Jim Crow repression, punishment was never meant to serve black interests and mostly underwrote their oppression. Yet, according to Fortner, everything changed between the 1960s and the 1970s. African-American law-and-order advocates vaulted suddenly onto the national stage, shaping drug and punishment policy and ushering in the era of mass incarceration. Fortner sees their involvement as a good thing, a triumph of political agency for black families like his that "were not deeply invested in civil rights or the politics of race."
He finds inspiration in Daniel Patrick Moynihan. In a 1970 memo to President Richard Nixon, Moynihan, former assistant secretary of labor, followed up his controversial 1965 "tangle of pathology" report — on the high percentage of black female-headed households (a number comparable among white women today) — with the claim that dangerous young black men were among the greatest challenges facing black America. Moynihan coined the term "silent black majority" to convince Nixon he should court middle-class black people who were "politically moderate" and fed up with "antisocial behavior." Translation: The "system" was fine; it was crime and disorder that kept people up at night. "This black silent majority did not blame their problems on white racism or capitalism," Fortner writes. "When they thought about the black underclass, they did not see brothers. They saw hoods. They saw monsters." Here was the perfect black complement to Nixon's law-and-order agenda and Southern strategy.
"Black Silent Majority: The Rockefeller Drug Laws and the Politics of Punishment" is the first book to argue that the origins of the war on drugs lie as much with hard-working, respectable African-Americans as with resurgent white conservatives intent on imposing a new racial order. "It finds that mass incarceration had less to do with white resistance to racial equality and more to do with the black silent majority's confrontation with the 'reign of criminal terror' in their neighborhoods," Fortner writes. A regime of harsh mandatory-minimum sentences started with the Rockefeller drug laws of 1973, which spread from New York to a total of 48 states. Fortner says this was the black anti-crime movement's "greatest legislative victory" — a decade before Ronald Reagan's now infamous crack cocaine bill of 1986, co-sponsored by 13 members of the Congressional Black Caucus. Most of the story is told through the narrow lens of Harlem's pioneering battle with what the caucus member Charles Rangel once called "king heroin."
Heroin users became Public Enemy No. 1. They burglarized barbershops and beauty parlors, stole typewriters from job training centers, robbed bank depositors and evening churchgoers. Speaking for crime victims everywhere, Lou Borders, whose clothing store had been burglarized 12 times, said, "That soul brother stuff — you can forget about it." The black weekly New York Age agreed: "Clean out this scum — and put them away as long as the law will allow." Echoing such sentiments, a columnist for The Amsterdam News was unsparing: "I'm in favor of burning them alive." The catalog of tough-on-crime rhetoric that Fortner unearths in "Black Silent Majority" would have made the early residents of Long Island's white-by-design Levittown blush.
With the gubernatorial elections of 1962, many of Harlem's small-business owners, ministers and elected officials seized the moment and started petitioning the liberal Republican governor, Nelson Rockefeller, demanding aggressive policing and hard time. Over the next several years, the colorful, gun-toting Rev. Oberia Dempsey, a former youth minister at the famed Abyssinian Baptist Church, organized antidrug rallies locally and nationally. "Instead of fighting all the time for civil rights," he said, "we should be fighting civil wrongs." In 1969, Assemblyman Hulan Jack called for life in prison for muggers. Facing Goldwater and Reagan Republicans on his right and President Nixon as the wily incumbent, Rockefeller, with national aspirations, heeded the law-and-order call and signed the notorious drug bill into law.
In Harlem as elsewhere, black residents had witnessed enough victimization at the hands of a "dangerous minority," Fortner argues. "They felt imprisoned by drug addicts. And they responded in kind. They now believed policing and prisons" would save them. Choosing "class-based values" over racial solidarity, they cast their lot with cops and white suburbanites.
In Fortner's attempt to outflank Michelle Alexander's widely acclaimed book "The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness," in which she argues that white Americans didn't end racial caste in the 1960s but simply "redesigned it" with the drug war, he misreads and exaggerates the complex and divergent realities of Northern blacks, increasingly divided by work, class identities and crime insecurity. Post-World War II economic prosperity certainly opened up blue-collar jobs, government work and professional opportunities that were previously closed to them. Fortner is right to point out that in New York alone, black workers' pay tripled, as did the number of accountants. The population of black teachers more than doubled, and black men in uniforms, driving buses and subway trains, swelled to numbers never seen before. But they started from next to nothing, outside of domestic work and unskilled labor. Gains were fragile and often fleeting: hard come, easy go within a generation of white flight, predatory real estate schemes and factory closings. Fortner doesn't address this shared vulnerability. There isn't a syllable of skepticism in his prose when he quotes a 1953 Time magazine article that describes how a "forest" of rooftop TV antennas and Cadillacs "so commonplace that nobody turns to look at them anymore" became the symbols of a new black middle class.
Nowhere does Fortner find the visible hand of racism: "The surveys do not indicate a desire among white ethnics to deploy police and prisons to maintain the old racial order or to suppress a population of surplus black labor." There are only things that happened: a "seemingly inexplicable rise" in drugs and crime alongside "chronic joblessness and racial segregation." There's little mention and even less analysis of police brutality, housing discrimination, redlining, educational tracking or the like. There's no research on all the federal and state investments in white housing and educational subsidies — or what the historian Ira Katznelson has called white affirmative action. There's no Dr. King turning his sights on systemic discrimination in the North, remarking that Chicago's racism was more vicious than Birmingham's. There's no consideration of the riots and rebellions that ripped through Harlem, Watts, Baltimore, Chicago, Detroit and Washington, D.C., leading to the "two societies, one black, one white — separate and unequal" conclusion of the 1968 Kerner report. There's no blood on Rockefeller's hands for the greatest act of state violence against protesting prisoners at Attica in 1971, two years before the draconian drug laws.
In the end, it is undoubtedly true that black people dislike criminal behavior. But to say, as Fortner does, that working- and middle-class black folks "renounced racial ties and denounced previously held progressive beliefs" in the 1960s because of crime victimization overstates the case and oversimplifies black life. Black people despair and hope, crave vengeance and forgive, seek security and justice — sometimes all at once and almost always beyond the reach of the bulk of evidence, consisting of news stories and survey results, presented here. Given a real choice between a war on poverty and a war on drugs, most would have chosen better economic policy over militarized policing. Instead the only choice was fewer cops and fewer prisons or more cops and more prisons. "Black Silent Majority" perpetuates a newer myth of post-civil-rights America: that nothing stands in the way of racial equality except black people's own choices and behavior. The Moral Mondays and the Black Lives Matter movements certainly argue otherwise.


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Waitrose (UK) supermarket Sea Bass (Dicentrarchus labrax), Butter, Rocket, Parmigiano Reggiano Cheese, Basil, Garlic Purée, Cornflour, Black Pepper
Culmarex improved the process and competitiveness with StreamLine intelligent trimming solution (video)
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When Culmárex installed a StreamLine intelligent trimming solution at their seabass and seabream processing facility, they noticed improvements in productivity, yield and quality right away.
Culmárex Group is a leading Spanish seabass and seabream farmer and processor that was founded in 1986 in Águilas, southern Spain, where its headquarters remain. They produce bulk fillets—from 90 to 200 g—primarily for the European market.
After Cooke Aquaculture bought Culmárex in 2011, the company expanded its Águilas plant facility by 2,000 m2 in 2014, making it the largest fish packing plant of sea bass and sea bream in the Mediterranean Region.
Marel StreamLine at Culmárex
Early in 2019, Culmárex announced it would be expanding its marine farming facilities to increase production incrementally. Their processing facility would need to be ready for this jump in production volumes too.
As well as increasing throughput, they would need greater production control and high yield and quality—while keeping production costs as low as possible.
A 12-station StreamLine intelligent trimming concept from Marel has delivered these benefits at Culmárex. "The new StreamLine offers us control in real time of the filleting process," explains Emilio Salas García, Production Manager at the Águilas factory. "We don't have to wait to the end of the production to know what has happened during the day. Additionally, it offers us performance data of each operator."
The decision to invest in a StreamLine was made after Salas visited Marel's stand at the annual Brussels Seafood Expo and discussed the company's needs with Diego Lages, Sales Director for Marel's fish division.
"This isn't the first time we've teamed up with Culmárex, and it's a real treat to work with customers over years—sometimes decades!—and grow with them," said Lages after signing the 2019 contract with Ana María Jorquera Sánchez, General Manager of Culmárex.
Culmárex chose the new StreamLine for whitefish in order to achieve more efficient flow, throughput and quality, to reduce labor dependence and maximize yield. Soon after the installation, they were running 5,000 kg of fillets through the StreamLine per week.
"We could see the value of the StreamLine very quickly, almost from the first day," says Salas.
The StreamLine's real-time production data gives Culmárex the tools needed to make adjustments for maximizing the value of their production. Before installing the StreamLine in Águilas, manual filleting and trimming was done at tables, so productivity, yield and quality were much more difficult to control, measure and improve.
"The StreamLine has given us better results in all these aspects," says Salas, "and the operator performance control allows us to provide our operators with better training so they can improve."
Marel StreamLine at Culmárex
Real-time performance monitoring encourages operators to perform at their best. Accurate tracking also makes it possible for managers to install bonus payments as an additional incentive.
"StreamLine gives operators individual control and that helps improve throughput and yield," Salas explains.
Marel StreamLine: The Innova Trimming module controls and monitors flow lines and manual trimming lines in real-time.
Importantly, employees have welcomed the new system and are enjoying the greater transparency of their own performance. Friendly rivalry between coworkers has boosted both results and morale, with top performers rewarded with the respect—and sometimes even the applause!—of their colleagues.
In addition to better training and real-time performance monitoring, the StreamLine takes a lot of the strain out of filleting. "In our opinion, the most relevant advantages of using a StreamLine are ergonomics, individual operator control and cost saving," Salas says.
When it was first up and running, the main problem was that the usual volume of fish no longer kept operators busy for long enough. This was soon remedied as volumes increased, and Salas expects this cycle will repeat when the capacity increases once more: "We have the option of upgrading to a 20-station StreamLine," he explains, "And we expect to take advantage of that option."
YouTube video: Marel Fish Trimming Flowline – Compact Flowline
The main benefit of the Marel flowline concept compared to a pan-based system is that fillets flow directly from filleting through trimming without being stacked or placed in intermediate storage.
Culmárex are using Marel's StreamLine production control software, which is a major element of the StreamLine system, designed to help monitor raw material and suppliers. Being able to monitor suppliers early on in the process means producers can get production information by periods and make comparisons.
Salas says that the best way to get control of production in real time and avoid errors is to secure real-time monitoring. They've already seen good improvements in cost savings, and look forward to being able to set benchmarks for their suppliers too.
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Improving the process was key, but the solution also needed to offer lower production costs in order to safeguard the company's competitive edge and maximize profits. "This investment was essential for our production, making it possible for us to offer our customers a better product with a higher profit for us," says Salas.
"We are producing the same products as before, but we are more competitive now in both quality and price," says Salas. He says the StreamLine has enabled the company to reduce the cost/kg, thereby putting them ahead of their competitors in price/kg.


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Pinehurst legislature approaching to opinion shortly on changes to Village Green
December 31, 2012
PINEHURST – The ancestral Village Green this winter is blanketed with brownish-red hunger straw, that stays composed even as Pinehurst residents and visitors suffer a beauty and control business in a surrounding downtown shops.
Come spring, parking spaces and a grassy park will have been combined to a 7.3-acre teardrop-shaped landmark if a encampment legislature votes Jan. 8 after a open conference to ensue with designed renovations.
The due changes are partial of an bid to accommodate a village's growth
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When it comes to having a sick day all of my very own, it would seem I'm always the bridesmaid, never the bride. No sooner have I come down with something, at least one member of my family is sure to follow quickly behind, most likely my husband who will get it much much worse than I. Always. And then suddenly, there I am, playing nurse, when I really just wanted to be the patient.
Anyway, just the other day, I found myself feeling very poorly indeed. I'll spare you the details, but let's just say that every toilet trip I made was punctuated with cries of "It burns! It burns!". And no, I didn't have the clap. Hell, I don't even really know what the clap is, except perhaps a good name for a "The Clash" coverband, don't you think?
ANYWAY, turns out that the very same morning where all I wanted to do was lie in bed and feel incredibly sorry for myself, Mr Justice bounded out of bed shouting for a sick bucket. After spitting in said bucket a few times and doing a poo which was allegedly "a bit dribbly", he entered his claim that he was "too sick to go to school" and then proceeded to chow down breakfast, tourment his siblings with a stick and run around the back yard. And yet, every time any mention was made of going to school, he had an instant relapse. Just like that.
Now, I have a number of litmus tests I perform when faced with a child who claims to be ill but without displaying obvious symptoms of illness – e.g. fever, vomiting, rash or singing Bindi and The Croc Men songs.
The first is to remind them gently of my rules of No TV, No Computer, No Wii. Instead, I announce, we shall dedicate the day to quiet contemplation and gentle convalescence in a semi-darkened room. When faced with this bleak prospect, school suddenly looks like the Warner Brothers' Movie World in comparison and an ailing child, previously unable to to even lift their weary head from the pillow, can make a miraculous recovery.
The second is to say something like "Oh, what a shame. I had planned to have [insert best friend's name] over for a playdate this afternoon but I guess I'll have to wait until tomorrow when you're feeling better."
The third is to casually lay a five cent coin on the table and say "Oh, I thought that I would award this generous cash prize to the child deemed to be Most Well today…"
Mr Justice maintained that he was Truly Sick through all three tests. And yet he seemed perfectly fine. Still, I kept him home from school since the last time I doubted him, it ended spew-tacularly (see "The Boy Who Cried Sick"). And so it came to pass that I, who was actually sick, found myself with one extra child at home and one step even further away from having a sick day of my own. The injustice of it all.
Perplexed and somewhat broken, I sought counsel from my friend The Suburban Diva about my son's mysterious ailment.
"Ah, it's just Thirdtermitis," she pronounced. "This has been a long term and it's the arse-end of the cold and flu season. Everyone's officially Over. It."
And that's when I really started to panic because Everyone Knows that a common complication of Thirdtermitis is School Holidayalgia, which can quickly develop into premature Fourthtermosis and progress into Summerholidayrhhea. And then, before you know it, it's advanced into full-blown Teenagalgia, a condition from which no-one apparently ever really recovers. Neither parent nor child. No-one.
Better get some Actual Sick Days in before that one hits. I'll need my energy.


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GRAND JUNCTION, Colo.—As many as 300 patients could be involved in the case against two Western Slope doctors charged with overprescribing painkillers.
According to court filings reported by The Daily Sentinel on Friday ( http://goo.gl/mBGt0), prosecutors said the patients could be used to support drug charges and fraud charges against Dr. Sam Jahani and Dr. Eric Peper.
The filing offers a first glimpse of the case against the doctors who operated clinics in Grand Junction, Delta and Montrose. The clinics were closed after raids in October 2009
Jahani and Peper are accused of overprescribing several narcotics, resulting in the deaths of four patients. They're also accused of fraudulently billing government health care programs. In some cases, Jahani billed for services he claimed to have provided after the patients' deaths, according to prosecutors.
The doctors pleaded not guilty last month and are free on bond.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Michelle Heldmyer wrote in the court filings that an expert witness would testify to "concerning treatment" practices involving 47 of those patients.
The case does not have a scheduled trial time. The location also has not been set. Prosecutors want to present the case to a Grand Junction jury, while the defense wants the case tried in Denver.
A defense filing raised suggestions of ethnic and religious bigotry with a potential western Colorado jury.
"Although Dr. Jahani is a Christian, he is often assumed to be a Muslim based on his name and ethnic origin, and he has been the subject of anti-Muslim comments in Western Slope communities," according to the defense filing.
Prosecutors noted in response that a Grand Junction jury pool would draw from residents in 14 counties.
Information from: The Daily Sentinel, http://www.gjsentinel.com


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Here's What Markets Have Missed By Overlooking The VBI Vaccines CMV News
During the middle of last month, VBI Vaccines, Inc. (VBIV) announced a phase 3 clinical program for its lead hepatitis B asset, Sci-B-Vac. The program, and perhaps rightly so, is picking up a considerable amount of attention and VBI now has a clear path to commercialization in three major markets for the vaccine in question. Shortly after its releasing of the details for this program, however, the company also released news related to the ongoing development of one of its deeper pipeline assets. Perhaps because of the impact of the Sci-B-Vac news, markets seem to have overlooked the latter release.
Here is a look at what was missed and what it might mean for VBI and its shareholders going forward.
The release details interim data from a phase 1 study of a preventative cytomegalovirus (CMV) vaccine. For those not familiar with this company, VBI has developed a technology called the enveloped Virus like Particle (eVLP) platform. The platform is designed to allow for the creation of a new generation of vaccines; vaccines that seek to improve on the immunogenicity of current standard of care options or that aim to serve as a preventative option in areas of healthcare for which there currently exists no alternative treatment. They seek to achieve this by mimicking as closely as possible the virus against which they are trying to protect the individual being dosed.
With its eVLP platform, VBI is able to achieve this goal through a couple of different avenues. First, and primarily, the vaccines that the platform creates express numerous antigens associated with the target virus. The more antigens that are present, the more the vaccine looks like the virus to the immune system and the more antibodies the immune system creates that will then target the virus on infection. Second, the virus is constructed using mammalian cells as opposed to the plant cells used to construct many current standard of care vaccines. The mammalian nature of the vaccine, just as with the multiple antigen approach, serves to increase the similarity between a virally infected host cell and the preventative vaccine that VBI has created and with which patients are treated.
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Sci-B-Vac has been in my news feed for a while. I remember the first time I heard of it was at a cocktail party last year. What surprises me is that $VBIV has made remarkable progress on this drug. I think I need to pay it forward and tell my friends about its coming clinic trials this year.
What'd you hear about them? Any insider tips? ;-) $VBIV


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JAKARTA -- Hary Tanoesoedibjo has built a sprawling media conglomerate, partnered with U.S. President Donald Trump, and hinted at running for the presidency himself in Indonesia's 2019 election.
But in recent weeks, Tanoesoedibjo has been forced to defend himself against a string of allegations of intimidation and corruption. He claims the accusations are politically motivated, and continues to run his business as usual. On Friday, his property development company MNC Land announced that American golfer Phil Mickelson will redesign a golf course in Bali as part of a Trump-branded luxury resort.
But lingering legal risks may hamper his ambitions in both business and politics. Tanoesoedibjo spent eight hours at the prosecutor's office in Jakarta on Thursday, answering questions about his involvement in Mobile-8 Telecom, a telecommunications company in which his investment vehicles once held a stake. Prosecutors are investigating allegations of corruption linked to tax refunds that Mobile-8 received in 2009.
"This case is the domain of taxation, not the authority of the prosecutor," Tanoesoedibjo told reporters after the examination. His lawyer, Hotman Paris Hutapea, said the investigation intensified after the Jakarta governorship election in April, during which Tanoesoedibjo supported a candidate backed by the opposition to Indonesia's President Joko Widodo. "Why is the case suddenly open again after the Jakarta elections?" Hotman said.
Separately, the police named Tanoesoedibjo over alleged intimidation in a case involving text messages he sent to a prosecutor handling the investigations into Mobile-8. The immigration office on Thursday said they had imposed a six-month overseas travel ban on him in relation to the case, based on a police request. Tanoesoedibjo has confirmed that he sent the text -- in which he writes that he will clean up corruption "if I am the leader of this country." But he denies that it was meant to intimidate.
Media empire
Tanoesoedibjo, a former stock trader, built a media empire by snapping up television networks owned by family members of late President Suharto after the regime collapsed in the wake of the 1997-98 financial crisis. His flagship media company Media Nusantara Citra runs three free-to-air national television networks that command some 40% of prime-time audience share. He has expanded into property and in 2015 partnered with Trump to develop luxury resorts in Indonesia -- a move that boosted his international profile after Trump won the U.S. presidential election.
Business success laid the ground for Tanoesoedibjo's foray into politics. He chairs his own political party and supported President Widodo's rival during the 2014 election. While Widodo won the presidency, Tanoesoedibjo scored a victory in April when he backed the winning candidate in the Jakarta governorship race, who defeated a key Widodo ally. While most political analysts see Tanoesoedibjo's chances of becoming president as slim, he is likely to play a major role in the financing and media campaigns in the 2019 election.
The investigations surrounding Tanoesoedibjo, who has held a tight grip on his businesses, are creating uncertainty over MNC's future. MNC and other businesses under Tanoesoedibjo's control are currently negotiating a debt refinancing with the aim of reducing interest payments and exposure to swings in foreign exchange rates.
Earlier this week, Suharto's daughter Siti Hardiyanti Rukmana, who claims ownership rights to one of MNC's TV stations, reportedly hired people to forcibly take over one of the buildings. The move "is taking advantage of the current momentum against him," said an analyst at a local brokerage.
Analysts have already raised concerns over MNC's ability to defend its market share after a rival TV operator acquired a production house that previously made some of the most popular soap operas for MNC. MNC chief executive David Fernando Audy brushed off such concerns in June, pointing to the strong ratings generated by dramas produced by its internal production house, MNC Pictures.
"We prioritize in-house production and no longer depend on third parties," he said. "And it turns out that MNC Pictures shows much better performance."
Shares of MNC have been almost flat since the end of 2016, while Indonesia's benchmark stock index has gained 10%.
Erwida Maulia in Jakarta contributed to this story.


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Gluten free cookie dough is delicious by the spoonful, in bite-sized balls, or spread onto your favorite gluten free crackers or cookies! You have seen those shops that serve edible cookie dough like ice cream. Now you can enjoy that fun idea at home!
Learning how to eat gluten free doesn't have to be difficult, and as this easy edible cookie dough recipe proves, eating gluten free is delicious, too!
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My cookie dough recipe also makes the perfect frosting for any cake, cupcake, cookie, or even donut! If you love cookie dough as much as my family does, you will want to check out all of these yummy gluten free cookie dough recipes!
It seems that eating raw flour is no longer advised. Check below for an easy way to toast the flour so that it is safe to use in this recipe.
This dessert recipe was created for my son's birthday last week. Gluten free chocolate chip cookie dough is one of his favorite things to steal when I am not looking.
Is cookie dough safe to eat?
I have lectured my son many times about raw eggs and not eating the batter when I am baking. It doesn't matter. My words seem to fall on deaf "teen" ears.
Cookie dough without eggs is so easy to make and enjoy in just minutes! There are no worries about this edible cookie dough recipe because it is egg free! It is so easy to make cookie dough without eggs :-).
Is it bad to eat raw flour?
A new warning about eating raw flour has come out. To keep this cookie dough safe, I highly advise you do one of these things to toast the flour before using it in this recipe:
- Toast the flour for 5 minutes. Just spread the flour out thinly on a piece of parchment paper-lined baking sheet. Cook on 325 for 5-8 minutes. This will cook out any potential bacteria issues.
- You can also toast raw flour in a frying pan. Cook while whisking constantly over medium heat for 5 minutes. Cook in small batches so that all flour toasts.
- Check out these tips to bake your flour.
Thankfully, he hasn't become sick from the dough, but I think this edible cookie dough is going to help matters.
That is why this gluten free chocolate chip cookie dough recipe is perfect. He can dig in and safely eat this cookie dough."
I may need to make this "as is" and let him just eat it out of the bowl. The brown sugary flavor is just that good.
I bet you thought this was ice cream... did you know there are shops that sell scoops of edible cookie dough? Believe me, it is sooo yummy!
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You can slather this cookie dough in anything...like this Edible Cookie Dough Fudge.
Gluten Free Cookie Dough from Scratch with 5 Simple Ingredients
- gluten free flour
- brown sugar
- butter softened
- vanilla extract
- chocolate chips
Once the ingredients are mixed, stir in chocolate chips, and you are just minutes away from enjoying this frosting. If you want to get really good, you can add pecans or walnuts too!
If you like chocolate, this easy gluten free chocolate cookie dough is amazing too!
Can this cookie dough spread like frosting?
With a slight reduction in the total amount of flour, this edible cookie dough is smooth enough to frost a cake with. Will you eat it with a spoon, or use it as a frosting? You get to choose, or make a double batch and do both!
What will you spread this cookie dough frosting on?
I am thinking of cakes, cupcakes, cookies, brownies...the possibilities are making me hungry! If you don't want to spread it onto anything, that is okay too. Just eat it out of the jar!
You will remember this delicious post from last week. The cookie dough frosting was amazing on these gluten free chocolate donuts. These disappeared so quickly. Next time I will make a double batch.
Ways to Enjoy Edible Cookie Dough:
- Gluten Free Cookie Dough Magic Bars
- Easy Gluten Free Cookie Dough Fudge
- Cookie Dough Pie Crust (for an ice cream cake!)
Can you refrigerate this cookie dough?
You can definitely refrigerate this dough, but it can make your dough hard and a bit crumbly. Let it get to warm up a bit to eat.
You can roll this dough into balls and eat as "bonbon style" treats, or dip them in dark chocolate for gluten free cookie dough truffles!
Can you bake this edible cookie dough?
No, this dough has no eggs and no leavener so it will not bake into cookies very well. If you want to have baked gluten free chocolate chip cookies, check out all of my delicious gluten free cookie recipes.
- Mixing bowl. I have said this in a few posts, but I am convinced this bowl with a rubber bottom is the best invention, EVER. No sliding when you mix!
- Electric mixer. I love the versatility of this mixer. I used regular paddles.
- Bob's Red Mill 1 to 1 gluten free flour. This flour is great for this recipe, and the cookie dough is not grainy at all!
📋 Recipe
Gluten Free Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Frosting
Easy edible gluten free chocolate chip cookie dough. Egg free cookie dough that is safe to eat by the spoonful.
- 1 stick butter, softened
- 3/4 cup brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 3/4 cup gluten free flour blend
- chocolate chips, I used mini chocolate chips so it wouldn't affect how this frosting spreads.
- Toast the raw flour: Toast the flour for 5 minutes. Just spread the flour out thinly on a piece of parchment paper lined baking sheet. Cook on 325 for 5-8 minutes. This will cook out any potential bacteria issues. You can also toast raw flour in a frying pan. Cook while whisking constantly over medium heat for 5 minutes. Cook in small batches so that all flour toasts.
- Put all ingredients into a mixer or large bowl and mix.
- Spread onto cakes, cupcakes, cookies, brownies, or even donuts!
Feel free to add chopped nuts!
Nutrition Information:Yield: 8 Serving Size: 1
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 360Total Fat: 21gSaturated Fat: 12gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 7gCholesterol: 30mgSodium: 108mgCarbohydrates: 46gFiber: 2gSugar: 34gProtein: 3g
Please note this nutrition information is calculated by a recipe plugin and is an estimate based on the ingredients used in this recipe.


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Meet our team dedicated to helping companies flourish
At Williams Ross we have a genuine interest in people. Our team will offer you a high level of technical ability and years of experience. This personal approach means that we understand your needs and can respond to situations in a way that suits your circumstances.
John has been providing advice and support to a wide range of organisations and individuals for 30 years. Whilst still dealing with a spread of clients he has, in more recent years , specialised in business and tax planning together with providing assurance and related services to the 'not for profit' sector.
He is a board member of Wales Co-operative Centre and Merthyr Valleys Homes.
John takes a keen interest in watching (but not taking part in) sport. He is an avid reader of fiction and non-fiction.
Owen specialises in the medical sector and in business development advice. He enjoys helping clients achieve their goals and ambitions and ensuring they keep more of what they have earned.
A keen sportsman Owen's rugby playing days were cut short due to injury and is now a frustrated fan.
He enjoys holidaying in West Wales, cycling and spending time with his young family
Sian is an Executive Manager at Williams Ross. Sian assists clients with all Accounts and Taxation requirements, Preparation of Management Accounts and Forecasts, assisting in R&D Tax Credit Claims, managing work for staff and trainees and responsible for the recruitment and development of Trainee Accountants.
Sian has a young family so most of her spare time is spent with them, but when she does get some "me time" enjoys reading and cooking.
As Executive Manager at Williams Ross, Rhian manages the preparation of Accounts and Personal, Partnership and Corporation Tax Returns. Rhian also advises owner managed businesses on Auto Enrolment, accounting software and bookkeeping.
Outside of work Rhian likes to socialise with friends and spend time with family.
Graham's role as Executive Manager at Williams Ross involves accounts preparation and personal tax, partnership tax and corporation tax. He also has a keen interest in the medical and farming sectors.
Outside of work Graham likes to keep active by playing cricket and football whenever he can and is a member of a local golf course playing off a single figure handicap. He also enjoys visiting West Wales with his wife and daughter.
Kath's role as Personal Tax Technician at Williams Ross is to assist Personal Tax clients and provide support to other departments within the firm.
In her spare time Kath enjoys Zumba classes, walking the dog, reading and going to the cinema.
Harriet has recently qualified as an ACCA Accountant.
Her duties at Williams Ross include preparing accounts for Sole Traders, Partnerships and Limited Companies, VAT returns, personal tax returns and bookkeeping.
Outside of work Harriet spending time with her nephews, socialising with friends, cooking, reading and films at the cinema.
Andrea has worked in payroll for 30 years, gaining experience both in manufacturing and the public sector. Andrea's roles have included running weekly and monthly payrolls and dealing with pension auto-enrolment. She has recently joined Williams Ross in running the payroll department. Her current duties include running the monthly payrolls, auto enrolment and various administrative duties.
In her spare time Andrea enjoys following rugby union, walking and spending time with her family.
Pam's role as Receptionist at Williams Ross includes telephonist, typing and general secretarial office duties. Pam is the front of house at Williams Ross and is available to meet and greet our clients and hopefully provide an enjoyable tea or coffee!!!
Pam loves spending her spare time with her family, and enjoys walking, travelling and dancing.
Kelly's role at Williams Ross is Office Administrator where she assists the Directors in all administrative tasks, including accounts payable. Kelly is also Health and Safety Officer for the business.
Kelly speaks fluent Welsh and is a big Liverpool Football Club supporter. In her spare time Kelly enjoys beach days and camping trips with her husband and young son, and tries to spend as much time as she can with her family in Anglesey.
Gosia joined Williams Ross in August 2017 and is an Accounting and Finance graduate, currently studying towards her ACCA qualifications.
In her role as a Trainee Accountant, Gosia is involved in accounts preparation, audit work, and various aspects of administrative duties.
Outside of work Gosia enjoys walks with her husband, reading, playing board games and watching NFL.
Greg joined Williams Ross in November 2018 as a Forensic Accountant Graduate from USW. Greg is working towards the ACCA qualification, his role within the company includes the preparation of financial accounts, preparation of VAT and Tax returns, the weekly shop and other administrative duties.
Greg is the youngest and best looking in the office and is a fluent Welsh speaker. Outside of work Greg is a sports enthusiast, in particular rugby, enjoying both watching and participating when not injured.
Richard joined Williams Ross in August 2018 as an Accounting and Finance graduate and is working towards the ACCA qualification. Richard is a fluent welsh speaker, his role within the company consists of preparing financial accounts, preparation of VAT and Tax returns, doctor's surgery payroll and other administrative duties.
Richard enjoys playing football for a local team, socialising with friends and family, which normally consist of trips to the cinema or playing games.
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