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Your Back Pain Could Be a Symptom of 1 of These 5 Health Issues
There is nothing worse than waking up with an aching back. When there's no time to stretch before work and a chiropractor is out of the question, what gives? Whether it's your upper, middle, or lower back, you may think a pulled muscle's the problem, but there's a good chance that's not it. Here are five causes of back pain you'll want to consider if you've already ruled out strains, sprains, and years of natural wear and tear.
1. Pneumonia
If you feel like you're coming down with an illness and you're experiencing serious back pain, then the two may be more related than you think. Health explains pneumonia, an infection that sits in your lungs, may be the reason for your back pain if you're also experiencing persistent coughing, fever, and shortness of breath. Pneumonia pain will often present itself in the center of your back, right behind your lungs. And taking deep breaths is likely to trigger even more discomfort.
If you think you have pneumonia, you should seek medical treatment — a doctor will most likely give you anti-viral medication or antibiotics to fight the infection.
2. Acid reflux
If you frequently experience a burning sensation or a tightness in your chest and upper back, particularly after you've consumed caffeine or fatty foods, then your back pain may be from acid reflux. Merck Manuals explains gastroesophageal reflux disease, or GERD, is caused from stomach acid coming back up through the esophagus. This can cause a burning pain in the chest and back along with a squeezing sensation that can resemble heart disease.
Alcohol, cigarettes, and poor posture can all contribute to acid reflux, as can eating foods that are spicy, fried, or extremely acidic. Making a few changes in your lifestyle, as recommended by eMedicineHealth, can really help you.
3. Kidney stones
From very severe pain to no symptoms at all, kidney stones are a common urinary tract disorder. They occur when small, hard deposits from the urine form in the kidneys. Usually these stones pass, but when they're lodged, they can cause severe pain on one side of the lower back or in your abs, Healthline explains. You may experience anything from a dull throb or waves of pain as the stone moves. And pay attention to when your symptoms occur — kidney stone pain is typically noticed early in the morning or late at night.
4. Osteoarthritis
If you're middle-aged and experiencing consistent back pain, then you'll want to know that spinal arthritis is one of the leading causes. Lower backache that is accompanied by a stiffness in the neck may be a sign of osteoarthritis, a degenerative joint disease that occurs when the cartilage that protects the tops of bones begins to wear away over time. Spine-Health explains this disease strictly affects the joints, and it typically occurs in those over the age of 50.
The most common symptom is stiffness, but you may also experience swelling and warmth in the joints. If you apply pressure to your spine, the area may feel tender, too.
5. Pancreatic cancer
Though there are no symptoms in the early stages of pancreatic cancer, pain in the abdomen and back is a very common symptom of this cancer once the disease begins to spread. The American Cancer Society says pancreatic cancer can be quite painful in the back area if allowed to spread to the nerves around the pancreas. Typically, this pain will initially start in your abdomen, then radiate out as the cancer progresses. If a backache is the only symptom you have, then don't worry too much — you'll want to look for other possible causes.
Other symptoms of pancreatic cancer include jaundice, dark urine, itchiness of the skin, nausea, and weight loss.


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The New Forncett End Defibrillator (in the phone box by St. Edmunds Church)
On the 28th April at St Edmunds Church in Forncett End, an awareness training Seminar for the newly installed Defibrillator, the second for our village, was given by Martin Render from The Community Heartbeat Trust. This was incredibly well attended and a great success. It was also good fun, very informative and, possibly, motivational. Light hearted and very serious in equal measure to make the important points that needed making. This was an opportunity to understand what a defibrillator is, how it can save lives and most importantly dispel any fears and myths about using these incredible devices.
For those that were unable to join the session, I would like to pass on the 4 crucial things that Martin wanted us all to remember from the evening.
1. When a person has a Cardiac arrest, the heart doesn't pump blood around the body as it should and without intervention from somebody, that person IS going to die. So the option to do nothing isn't really an option.
2. If the heart has gone into a rhythm known as fibrillation, a Defibrillator is needed to try to get it working again. These new defibrillators are so easy to use that you don't need any training; ours even has a video display showing you what to do.
3. Using a defibrillator on a person CANNOT DO ANY HARM and will not deliver a shock to the patient unless he/she needs it.
4. You are not going to be sued or be in trouble for trying to save a life with a defibrillator and it is unsuccessful
I would like to thank all those that attended the session for coming and hope that you did find it helpful. If anyone who attended has any comments or feedback about the session I would be very pleased to hear from you (). We would like to arrange further sessions, maybe on an annual basis, so keep a look out for details. More details from the evening cab be seen on the Forncett website.
Thanks also to Martin Render and Community Heartbeat Trust and to John and Margaret Webster for the use of the Church.

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According to this update just now, the classical music public radio station WDAV, in North Carolina, will not dismiss Lisa Simeone from her role as a freelance (ie, non-employee) host of an opera (ie, non-political) program carried by NPR, just because she has also been a spokesperson for the Occupy DC movement. The reports to the contrary over the past 24 hours boded ill for all who seemed to be involved, starting with NPR -- though, who knows, their sizzle might increase the audience for the next few installments of World of Opera.
It looks bad enough that Paul Robeson (Wikipedia pic) was blacklisted as a singer for his political views -- and at least that was on accusations of being an actual Communist during the tensest Red Scare/ Cold War era. Are we really going to start pushing people out of roles like hosting an opera show, because they side in their free time with a movement that an increasing number of mainstream politicians have said they endorse?
For the moment I won't go through the whole parsing of what outside roles are and are not appropriate for mainstream media figures. (You could look 'em up in a book!) The rules are and should be different for full-time employees of NPR than for a contractor like Simeone.* And they obviously should be different for news reporters, or editors or analysts, than for opera-show hosts. Whatever version of the rules you might come up with, there is no sane version of them that should have led to a panic over Lisa Simeone's role on a music show.
So, good for whoever it was in the WDAV management with the sense to have an "oh calm down" reaction in the face of this non-scandal. And, yes, I would say the same thing if it turned out that the Car Talk guys were also spokesmen for the Tea Party
, or even if Ira Glass is doing PR for Scientology. [On two minutes' reflection, bad analogy, since This American Life does so many stories that are "political" in the broadest and best sense.]
* Or a contractor like me. I have never been an NPR employee but have done contract work for various programs over the years: in the 1980s and 1990s for Morning Edition, and now for Weekend All Things Considered. But -- to belabor the point -- I think different rules should and do apply to me than to a music-show or car-talk host, because I'm on there to talk about politics and the news.
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IRGC Air Force to Hold Massive Military Drills Soon: Iran's Commander
Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Aerospace Force Brigadier General Amir Ali Hajizadeh announced that his forces will take part in a massive military drill in the near future.
"The main aim of the upcoming war game is to display IRGC's capabilities in producing the him-made military equipment," General Hajizadeh said on Friday, addressing a ceremony in the Northeastern city of Sabzevar.
The senior IRGC commander reiterated that all the equipment to be used in the war game, including all defensive systems, radars, command centers, and ground-to-air missile equipment, are designed and manufactured by Iranian scientists.
In relevant remarks in mid-December, General Hajizadeh underscored Iran's self-sufficiency in different defensive fields, and said the country will powerfully continue its progress in manufacturing different missiles.
No matter what the enemies do and even if they try to impose restrictions on Iran, "we will not stop enhancement of our capability, knowledge and production in defense fields, specially the missile industry", Hajizadeh said, addressing Iranian university officials and professors in Tehran.
Stressing the important role played by universities and academic centers in increasing Iran's capabilities, he said, "Thanks God, today, we have gained self-sufficiency in different defense fields."
Hajizadeh had also announced earlier this month that the country has increased the number of its ballistic missiles, while increasing their precision-striking capability.
"In addition to enhancing the precision-striking power and quality of ballistic missiles, the Iranian authorities and experts have used innovative and shortcut methods to produce inexpensive missiles and today, we are witnessing an increase in production (of ballistic missiles)," General Hajizadeh said in Tehran.
Noting that Iran has settled its problems and become self-sufficient in the field of defense and military activities, specially in strategic fields, he said that the country's experts have been able to boost missiles' precision-striking power to the utmost.
His remarks came after Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Hossein Dehqan underlined that his country sees no limit for the range of the ballistic missiles that it is developing.
"We don't have any limit for the range of liquid or solid-fueled ballistic missiles," Dehqan said in a meeting in the Central city of Isfahan in August.
He underlined the indigenous nature of most Iranian weapons and military equipment, and said, "90 percent of the country's defense systems have reached an acceptable standard and enjoy competitive quality compared with the weapons of advanced countries; production of the national individual weapons and efforts to improve the quality and precision-striking power of ballistic missiles are among the defense ministry's achievements in the defense field."
General Dehqan added that Iranian experts have also taken long strides in building satellites, satellite carriers, missile launchpads and research work in defense areas.
His remarks came as the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) fired 2 home-made 'Qadr H' ballistic missiles from the Eastern Alborz Mountains at a target in Iran's Southeastern Makran seashore some 1400km away in March.
The missiles were fired on the sidelines of the main stage of the IRGC drills in Central Iran and various parts of the country.
One missile had a message written on it that said in Hebrew: "Israel should be wiped off the Earth".
Qadr is a 2000km-range, liquid-fuel and ballistic missile which can reach territories as far as Israel.
The missile can carry different types of 'Blast' and 'MRV' (Multiple Reentry Vehicle) payloads to destroy a range of targets. The new version of Qadr H can be launched from mobile platforms or silos in different positions and can escape missile defense shields due to their radar-evading capability.
A Multiple Reentry Vehicle payload for a ballistic missile deploys multiple warheads in a pattern against a single target. (As opposed to Multiple independently targetable reentry vehicle, which deploys multiple warheads against multiple targets.) The advantage of an MRV over a single warhead is that the damage produced in the center of the pattern is far greater than the damage possible from any single warhead in the MRV cluster, this makes for an efficient area attack weapon. Also, the sheer number of Warheads make interception by Anti-ballistic missiles unlikely.
Improved warhead designs allow smaller warheads for a given yield, while better electronics and guidance systems allowed greater accuracy. As a result MIRV technology has proven more attractive than MRV for advanced nations. Because of the larger amount of nuclear material consumed by MRVs and MIRVs, single warhead missiles are more attractive for nations with less advanced technology. The United States deployed an MRV payload on the Polaris A-3. The Soviet Union deployed MRVs on the SS-9 Mod 4 ICBM, FNA reported.
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I'm a timid person. If you've read my blog at all, that's probably fairly apparent. And bordering on painfully obvious, I'd wager.
As is typical for the timid, I find that it is fairly easy to work me into a frenzy about...oh, just about anything. Tell me enough times, narrate enough intimidating stories and it's likely that I'll harbor a great deal of fear about it. Whatever, whoever, wherever it may be.
My sixth grade teacher, Mr. Berenson, would tell our class that it was his job "to prepare you kids for middle school."
Middle school isn't like elementary school. You have hours and hours more homework. The tests are harder. The criteria are less reasonable. More fail. And you have to switch classes every hour, making getting very likely that an ignorant, unprepared seventh grader will be lost somewhere in the bowls of the enormity that is the middle school and never be found again.
I was scared.
And when I got to middle school, I was fine.
My eighth grade orchestra teacher, Mrs. Kroll, was fond of illustrating how easy eighth graders had it. She did it via high school horror stories.
Six hours of homework a night. Playing tests on a daily basis. Research papers. Pop quizzes on every chapter. Final exams that cover every single thing you've learned and count for half of your grade!
I was horrified of high school; when I got to the senior high, I was fine. So absolutely fine.
I fell for it again when I was a senior. Of all of the teachers I'd ever had, Ms. Vicari was the most effective at scaring the living shit out of me.
College would be dark and intimidating and full of rapists looking to drug drunk freshmen girls, skanky roommates who would sell your laptop for money for a plane ticket to Belize and professors who wouldn't give a flying fuck if you went to class, took their exams or were learning, living and/or breathing.
And then I went to college. And had a skanky roommate. But she didn't sell my laptop.
It worked out for me, too.
Kind of makes a girl wonder why she bothers with her constant worry about all of this growing up, getting a legitimate job bullshit.
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I created my own music video for the song called New Slang, by The Shins, for an assignment in my Art 110 class (2014). We had the opportunity to create an artistic project of our choice. I chose to create this music video. My inspiration for the video was the original music video itself. The original video shows the band hanging out together and them doing anything they wanted. The song is very mellow and calm and I wanted show friends doing what friends do, driving around and going on an "adventure." My two friends helped me make this video possible.
I filmed some of the shots, directed, and edited the video. An HTC smartphone was used to film the video and it was edited on Windows Movie Maker.
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London Met: Rethinking Animation to Make Baobab Famous
July 2015
Over the last 6 months, we've been working with the incredibly talented BA Animation Students from the CASS Faculty of Art, Architecture and Design at London Metropolitan University who have been putting their creative fire power to work on our Make Baobab Famous campaign.
The students have been exploring a range of methods used in advertising ranging from virals to projection mapping on buildings and in shop windows to create animations that bring our brand values and social mission to life. The Rethinking Animation course gives students the chance to work on a live brief and to gain experience in a professional environment, pitching their ideas to a real client (us!) and developing their animations for public exhibition at the CASS Summer Show.
"The animation team were really inspired by a project, that challenged preconceptions of African cultural identity, as well as the relationship between contemporary African and European culture. The animation team was made up of individuals from a range of cultural backgrounds including African and European heritage, and so everyone took great effort to think about how they could drawn upon their own experiences to bring an international flavour to the campaign." - Mark Collington, Animation Course Leader.
We were touched by the professionalism and enthusiasm of the students and the quality of their work. Check out a selection of animations from these very talented creatives below.
Dorothea Peponi created this beautiful short based on the famous children's book by Antoine de Saint-Expéry The Little Prince.
Showcasing the variety of creative routes applied to the brief, this group viral combines the work of various students.
A big baobab-filled thanks to all the students who have worked incredibly hard on our Make Baobab Famous campaign:
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Synthetic Marble Market Analysed by Daedal Research in In-demand Report Available at MarketPublishers.com
13 Nov 2015 • by Natalie Aster
LONDON – The manufacturing of marble is dominated by 4 nations, accounting for nearly 50% of the global production of marble and decorative stone. Synthetic marble is mainly produced in China and Italy, and constitutes the globe's largest share of total exports. The market gained ground in 2011, and it is poised to increase its market share owing to the rise of the real estate sector. The largest share of the synthetic marble market is captured by MMA-based synthetic marble.
The market is being driven by a combination of factors, encompassing the growth in the real estate sector, hike in the disposable personal income, urban population growth, and the rise in industrialisation trend, among others. The market has also been witnessing key trends, comprising the growing demand for engineered stone, novel housing segment, demand for cast polymers in the USA and the rise of the unsaturated polyester resin market. However, manufacturing and maintenance issues could pose a challenge to the growth in the sector. Some of the top players involved include Lion Chemtech Co. Ltd., LG Hausys Ltd. and Hanwha Corporation.
In-demand research report "Global Synthetic Marble Market: Trends and Opportunities (2015-2019)" developed by Daedal Research covers the world the synthetic marble market, including market size data and forecasts in value terms for the global market with a market outlook to 2019. It provides detailed market segmentation (by value, types and by players) and an analysis of market shares of the leading players; identifies key market trends; and examines major growth drivers and challenges of the global synthetic marble market. The research study also offers individual analyses of the markets of the USA and Korea, limelights key importing and exporting countries of synthetic marble. For Korea, the report provides the market size figures by value alongside export trends, and insights into the top market players and the major growth drivers. For the US synthetic marble market, the study presents market volume data and the major factors driving the growth of the country's marketplace. Furthermore, the report profiles the major companies covering such aspects as business review, financial shape and a range of key business strategies adopted by the firm to boost their market share.
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Date: October, 2015
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Price: US$ 800.00
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Michelle Young Murder: Husband Arrested Three Years After N.C. Mom's Death
Michelle Young's husband charged with murder three years after her death.
Dec. 15, 2009, 2009 -- The husband of a pregnant woman who was found beaten to death three years ago has been arrested and charged with her death, police said today.
Jason Young, 35, was picked up Monday and charged with first-degree murder in connection with the 2006 death of his 29-year-old wife, Michelle Young. He is being held without bond by the Wake County Sheriff's Office and is due in court today.
Jason Young, who long proclaimed his innocence, was long considered a suspect in the case by both police and Michelle Young's family. After her mother and sister filed a wrongful death lawsuit against him, the lead investigator on the case testified in civil court that detectives believed he killed his wife in front of their young daughter Cassidy.
Michelle Young's family was awarded $15.6 million in damages in March.
Neither Michelle Young's mother, Linda Fisher, or Jason Young's attorney, Roger Smith Jr., could be immediately reached for comment.
"The pretty obvious point was, this is not the way to end a marriage," Jack Michaels, Fisher's attorney in Raleigh, told ABCNews.com in March after the civil court ruling. "There are divorce courts for that."
Officials announced in November, on the third anniversary of the murder, that they were taking their time with the case to make sure than an arrest would stick.
"We realize it's been three years and we've been working hard, but we try not to impose artificial deadlines on ourselves," Wake County District Attorney Colon Willoughby said in November in an interview with ABC's Raleigh-Durham affiliate WTVD-TV.
Michelle Young's family and friends had said after the civil ruling that even though they never expected to collect anything from Jason Young, they were glad he was found responsible.
"The money doesn't mean anything," Michelle Young's best friend Jennifer Powers told ABCNews.com. "It's all about justice for Michelle."
Michelle Young's sister, Meredith Fisher, was awarded primary custody of the couple's nearly 5-year-old daughter, with visitation rights for Jason Young on weekends, holidays and other occasions.
Neither Jason Young nor his attorney appeared in court for the wrongful-death ruling. He was deemed responsible for his wife's death in civil court by default last year when he failed to respond to the suit.
"The focus there is on escaping criminal testimony," Michaels said of Jason Young's absence.
'Something Had to Be Done'
Michelle Young, described by friends and family as the quintessential American girl, was found beaten to death on the floor of her bedroom in her home outside Raleigh on Nov. 3, 2006. Cassidy, then 2, was found in bed near her mother's body with clean feet despite child-size bloody footprints found elsewhere in the house. Police believe Cassidy may have been drugged.
Michelle Young was five months pregnant with the couple's second child, a son who would have been named Rylan.
Paul Michaels, Linda Fisher's other lawyer, said in December 2008 they hoped the civil court ruling would spur the criminal probe of the case.
"Something had to be done," Michaels told ABCNews.com. "The main reason this was done was Linda Fisher believed Jason killed Michelle."
Included as evidence in Fisher's lawsuit was an affidavit from Wake County Sheriff's Office investigator R.C. Spivey III, who also testified in court that Michelle Young's beating was among the worst he'd ever seen.
Spivey wrote in the affidavit: "I am familiar with other items of fact developed during this investigation that have not been placed in the public record to support a search warrant and, in my opinion, this evidence ... indicates that Jason Young was the perpetrator."
Search warrants and affidavits in the case detail damning circumstantial evidence against Jason Young, including alleged extramarital affairs and a bottle of extra-strength adult Tylenol police believe was given to Cassidy to make her drowsy during her mother's murder.
Police also noticed an adult shoe print that they said was from a size 12 Hush Puppies Orbital shoe, which was left in the bloodstains. Police later found through store records that Jason Young had purchased a pair of size 12 Hush Puppies Orbital shoes more than a year before his wife's death, according to investigators' reports.
Records seized from Jason Young's computer turned up search queries on "anatomy of a knockout," "head trauma knockout," "divorce" and "gay bars in New York City," according to police affidavits.
There were also searches for "right posterior parietal occipital region" -- the occipital region is in the back of the head -- and "ischemia," the decrease in the blood supply to parts of the body caused by constriction or obstruction of blood vessels, according to the affidavit.
According to police affidavits dated Feb. 13, 2008 and Nov. 6, 2008, Jason Young checked into a Hampton Inn in Virginia the night before his wife's body was found and had been having an affair. He was seen on hotel security cameras the night before his wife's body was discovered wearing two different sets of clothing within a few hours, authorities said.
Phone records show about 980 cell phone calls and text messages were sent between Jason Young and his alleged mistress between Oct. 4 and Nov. 3, 2006.
On Oct. 28, 2006, days before the murder, Jason Young e-mailed the woman he'd been seeing: "i don't know how all this happened, but i know how it will end up … two broken hearts … but, i don't care. i know there is pain in my future, but you are so worth it, even if it's only for a 'blink' in time."


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Neako - The Sinner
- Artist: Neako
- Track: The Sinner
- Producer: Neako
- Album: The Sinner & The Winner
Nobody's perfect – it's just that some people are a little more imperfect than others. While Booth fave Neako's misdeeds are minor compared to what certain other artists have on their karmic rap sheet (Vanilla Ice, I'm looking at you), the Jersey native still has a couple things to get off his chest. On new mixtape single The Sinner, the freestyle series alumnus does just that, sparking up a joint before lacing his own haunting, reverb-drenched production (complete with delicate flute accompaniment by Fluterscooter) with a brutally honest litany of his past failings. In a mournful, chanted flow wreathed in distortion, Neako admits to several deep regrets, from dropping out of school before getting his degree, to deciding (with his then-girlfriend) to abort his baby daughter: "We both, made a choice / To this day, I hear her voice / Took a piece out my soul." Heavy stuff to be sure, but the rare combo of stylistic innovation and deep emotion Neako brings to the cut makes Sinner a must-listen. For more dark, introspective material (along with some lighter fare), check out the artist's Booth-sponsoredThe Sinner & the Winner, coming in March.


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17 Kitchen Tables With Delicate Allure
In lots of trendy kitchens that don't comply with one single constant line of design, it's the quaint however important attraction of eating desk and seating that make up the core of the area, simply as they did historically. In the present day, kitchen attire and method is in fixed progress, however the parts that create a welcoming environment, these areas are simply as easy and elementary as all the time.
Take as an example the eating desk. Whether or not it's a fast brunch or breakfast bar, a small espresso desk or an extended eating desk for gatherings, it's a essential piece of furnishings that ought to not miss from a kitchen, regardless of how briskly, on the run and digitalized our lives have turn out to be.
Lovely kitchen desk manufactured from strong wooden
by HUISSTYLING
A kitchen desk can discretely match clear into the design scheme of the kitchen for many who prefer it duller, however it may possibly additionally play a person to barely discordant word, as most eclectic kitchens have it. Don't be afraid to fantasize a bit, this can be a place the place you're allowed to take action, the place, in addition to the a lot wanted performance, strict style guidelines ought to give solution to artistic improvisation.
Not having sufficient matching chairs as soon as was a trigger for agitation. Now, we salute a set of (barely !) totally different wanting chairs, and there's no cause for that to vary any time quickly, in an eclectic kitchen. In a contemporary format, chairs of the identical set however totally different colours create a energetic and recent environment.
Triangular kitchen desk with colourful chairs
by The Sky is the Restrict Design / Jo Ann Richards, Works Images
There's a touch of social psychology to learn right into a desk. Whereas an extended eating desk insinuates formal gatherings and subtly states a sure magnificence, smaller sq. or spherical tables are extra intimate and create a pleasant environment. Extra so a breakfast bar, the place the perform of cooking and that of consuming aren't as drastically separated. It suggests a contemporary and youthful strategy to cooking and consuming collectively and communication, and could be suited not just for school roommates, but in addition for a smaller household.
The Delicate Appeal of Ottomans For a Plus of Comfyness
Lovely white conventional kitchen design
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Rustic trendy kitchen decor
by Jackson Design & Transforming
Upholstered furnishings, armchairs and nook benches are snug and homey and make it more likely to linger over breakfast newspaper or a dialog. Whereas we have been speaking about an eclectic format, there´s a bent for plain picket tables and classic armchairs, or armchairs that may be re-upholstered each few years for a change.
Spherical picket kitchen desk
by Andrew Pogue Images
Kitchen desk with trendy really feel
by Jute Inside Design / Photograph by Peter Medilek
Trendy eating desk within the kitchen
Inside design by Melanie Turner / Photograph by Erica George Dines
Trendy and modern kitchens might be mixed with eclectic seating layouts and the addition of 1 valuable classic component, be it a chandelier or a reconditioned desk. It provides creativity, allure and distinction and the great ting about it, you possibly can´t actually assign it to a sure design type.
Take for example, this beautiful classic desk, barely reconditioned, lighting up the room with delicate turquoise, towards the background of a totally utilitarian chrome steel kitchen. Discover the fragile Fucsia glass pendant lamps by Flos that complement this valuable piece.
by Archipelago Hawaii, refined island designs
Tough classic wooden items with minimal reconditioning and even refunctionalized driftwood construct a robust tendency in desk design. Their texture is all the time heat and straightforward on the eyes and it´a the a part of nature whose legacy you all the time maintain within the kitchen, not all the time realizing it.
Trendy kitchen with glass spherical desk on wooden
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The perfect of each worlds went into the design of this costly furnishings piece: a base of pure driftwood with all of nature´s natural arbitrariness and the glass prime industrially fitted to go well with our eating wants. The wooden is left in its pure end, sculptural and chaotic, a pure murals.
Extremely refined spherical glass tabletop within the eating space
by The Sky is the Restrict Design / Jo Ann Richards, Works Images
Most trendy desk designs are extra cohesive and fewer arbitrary, and may vary from natural to utilitarian. The language of recent furnishings design makes use of supplies corresponding to plastic, glass and aluminum.
These fluid, virtually spacey chairs in elementary colours across the spherical desk categorical modernity and youth, in addition to an eye fixed for modern development. Select aluminum and metal for an industrial really feel and glass for a weightless impression.
Glass kitchen desk
by Murdock Solon Architects
Glass kitchen eating desk
Undertaking for Jordan furnishings ( Jordan-furnishings.co.il) / Elad Gonen & Zeev Beech
Spherical kitchen desk with leg
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White laminate Saarinen eating desk
by Hammer Architects
Don't forget the significance of lighting. A number of pendant lamps over the eating desk are the best way to go. There's a selection to select from, appropriate for all tastes, from conventional to extremely modern and glowing. An fascinating strategy is selecting glass pendant lamps, that imitate the looks of champagne glasses, appropriately for a eating desk. When missing pendant lamps, select a translucent desk lamp to mild up this essential spot within the core of a house.
One other small tip: clean up the eating desk with orange-scented candles or some cinnamon bars.
Whether or not you select a standard/eclectic or a extremely trendy format, apply this – not secret, just a bit complicated – recipe of colours, lighting, materials, textures and smells that make a spot really feel like house.
Trendy picket kitchen desk
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Easy picket kitchen desk
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Extremely trendy shiny kitchen desk as kitchen island
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Built for Success
Southeast Michigan Certified Business Parks
Donald E. Shelton Industrial Park
Contact Information:Kathy Corfman
Administrative Assistant
City of Saline
100 N. Harris St.
Saline, MI 48176
Phone: (734) 944-4146
Fax: (734) 429-0528
General Information:
Park Address: 100 N. Harris St.
County: Washtenaw
Size: 73.17 acres
Percent Developed: 100%
Percent Occupied: 93%
Price of Land per Acre: $85,000
Incentives: N/A
Nearest Expressway: I-94, US-23
Distance in Miles: 6, 4
Class A All-Weather Road: Industrial Drive
Distance in Miles: .5
Airport: Ann Arbor Airport – 5 miles, Detroit Metro – 35 miles
Landing Strip / Helipad: Not within park
Railroads: Ann Arbor Railroad. Railroad has lead track installed, is adjacent to right of way, is within switching limits and an easement is recorded for future
Highway: US-12 - .5 mile
Occupant Services:
- Gas Station(s) – 1 mile
- Bank(s) – 1 mile
- Restaurant(s) – 1 mile
- Licensed Day-Care(s) – 1 mile
Park Tenants:
- Allegra Printing & Imaging
- Associated Spring
- Diggy Pod
- Mikan Corporation
- Plastechs
- Tri-County Electric
Information About Park/Area:
Donald E. Shelton -- The Donald E. Shelton Industrial Park was named after a judge in the Washtenaw County Trial Court's Civil/Criminal Division. Mr. Shelton is a longtime resident and public servant of the Saline area. He has served a member of the Saline Planning Commission, a member of the Saline Economic Development Corporation, a Council Member for the City of Saline, was Mayor ProTem for a year and much more! Mr. Shelton was a practicing attorney for years, even serving in the U.S. Army as an Attorney for the Litigating Division at the Pentagon. Mr. Shelton won the Justice Blair Moody Judge of the Year Award in 1992 and 2007.
Doing Business in Saline -- The City of Saline has been able to maintain controlled growth for several years. Located in the Ann Arbor metropolitan area, one of the fastest growing technology cities, the future of Saline is very optimistic, with two dozen different industries making Saline their home. It is also only 50 miles from Detroit, 66 miles from Flint, 37 miles from Toledo and 240 miles from Chicago. There are several class A truck routes surrounding and throughout the city. The Ann Arbor Airport, only 5 miles from Saline, has business, freight, corporate, charter and private carriers. A loyal workforce is not far away. With a mixture of agricultural roots and local training facilities, Saline workers are dependable and hard-working.
Contact Us
Michigan Economic
Developers Association
P.O. Box 15096
Lansing, MI 48901-5096


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Stage Works Productions offers Production, Technical and Logistics Management along with Lighting, Scenic and Media Design. We provide Video Production Services to the Entertainment, Conference and Convention industries. Whatever your budget, we deliver the technical and creative solutions that meet your objectives and make your event memorable and unique. . Our highly-skilled production team is your strategic partner working with you from concept to completion in order to bring all elements of production together for a spectacular event.
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The diagram below maps the main routes to a career in play therapy for those in the caring professions.
The different types of training that provide a good basis (prior learning) for furthering a career using therapeutic play are shown by green ovals
The professional job titles of individual suitable for adding therapeutic play skills are shown in yellow boxes
Previous experience that is relevant and experience needed whilst training in play therapy is shown in light blue boxes
Two of the four tiers of the training model are shown using different coloured ovals
Black arrows show the pathways.
A possible 'Fast Track' route, for suitably qualified professionals is shown by a red dotted line
The requirement to work using PTUK's Ethical System is shown by a dark blue dotted line
Links to the PSM competency framework are shown by green dotted lines
Keen to develop a career in Play Therapy? Making plans for the Summer Holidays? Thinking about the intensive 15 day's Summer School at La Mouline, France but feel a little nervous about Brexit? Rest assured, we are Brexit-ready and Summer School in La Mouline will be running as usual, whatever form Brexit takes.
In the event of adverse weather, please consider your own safety. Unless you have been advised otherwise by APAC, all courses will run as scheduled at all venues. Please regularly check your emails. If you decide that you are unable to make your journey, please contact your Course Director or the APAC Office to let them know. If you are attending the first weekend of a course, please email Monika Jephcott on email@example.com


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10 October 2005
In the dark all cats are grey
Benjamin Franklin, tongue perhaps in cheek (though we'll never know for sure), once explained why younger men should seek out older women, and this is the sentence that always struck me the hardest:
The having made a young Girl miserable may give you frequent bitter Reflections; none of which can attend making an old Woman happy.
Not that I have any experience making old women happy for now, we will overlook the young ones I may have made miserable but that's not why we're here.
A fellow identified as "Steve Trevor," noting a reference to Harold and Maude in this Donnaville post, commented as follows:
I can tell you, anecdotally, that when I was a 21 year-old college junior, I dated one of my professors, who was 54 at the time.
She was childless, divorced, and had a PhD in British History. She looked about 45, and drove a pretty cool Nissan 300-ZX. We often enjoyed the symphony, opera, and other cultural events.
I loved her dearly; she most definitely provided me with a proper initiation to the finer things in life, and the countless joys of dating older women.
Older women tend to know what they like, and aren't perpetually indecisive. Their physical passion may not be at the same level as younger women, but the emotional intensity and bonds formed are purer, and sweeter.
To all the male readers of the Donnaville, you haven't truly lived until you've dated a woman in her late-40s or older. If nothing else, the experience will provide you with a good life barometer. The fiery intensity of an older woman's kisses, alone, is worth the experience.
I never claimed to have truly lived, and I suspect I would have thought twice before posting something like that to the blog of a woman barely into her thirties, but maybe that's just me and my off-center sense of propriety.
Still, I suspect that there's truth to what he says, and really, there are worse things in life than being on the same side of an issue as Ben Franklin.Posted at 10:27 AM to Table for One
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I feel like a proud mother! One of my commenters was quoted in a Dustbury post! Congrats Steve Trevor!......[read more]
When I was 20 I dated a 47-year old for a few months. While it did have its share of awkward moments, the relationship itself was fantastic.
Eventually it ended because her son (three years older than me) gave her such a hard time about us. When she wanted to get back together a few months later, I'd moved on and was dating someone else.
I did, however, end up marrying a woman nine years my senior.Posted by: Cam at 12:13 PM on 10 October 2005
The beauties of the older woman:
Just to set the record straight: The lady was older than dirt! It had less to do with him being attracted to her sophistication and more to do with him being a premature necrophiliac.Posted by: Donna at 5:32 PM on 10 October 2005
Just to set the record straight: I am not older than dirt.
Dirt did sign my yearbook, though.
"To all the male readers of the Donnaville, you haven't truly lived until you've dated a woman in her late-40s or older. If nothing else, the experience will provide you with a good life barometer. The fiery intensity of an older woman's kisses, alone, is worth the experience."
Reflecting on it, this seems to be accord with other types of experiences. Food, for example. Sundried tomatos possess more intense flavor than regular tomatos. Prunes have more concentrated flavor than plums. Perhaps it stands to reason that characteristics exhibited by dried-out, wrinkly fruit are also be found in women.
Posted by: Brisbane at 8:27 PM on 10 October 2005
I always knew I loved Cam Edwards.
And Brisbane? "Dried-out?" "Wrinkly?"
Ouuuuuch.Posted by: Margi at 9:29 AM on 11 October 2005
Never mind dating. I'm married to a woman in her fifties. Of course she's still only three months older than me, just like when we met thirty -some years ago...Posted by: triticale at 7:40 PM on 11 October 2005
Huh. And I thought it was all just a variation of the Oedipus complex.Posted by: sya at 3:50 PM on 15 October 2005
"Oedipus, schmoedipus, so long as you love your mother."


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Home Goods
The items that are included in bedding loads are comforter sets, bed sheets, pillows, towels, bath and shower items, table cloth sets, curtains, carpets, rugs and many more. Most of these items are in original packaging.
We carry housewares from major department stores and retailers. Most major department stores combine closeouts with customer returns. The items that are included in the housewares loads are pots, pans, silverware, kitchenware items, electric items such as blenders, juicers, microwaves, mini fridges, toasters, foreman grills, irons, clocks, baby items, sports equipment, toys, picture frames, paintings and many more. Most of these items are in original packaging.
Outdoor Furniture
Global Matrix is your source for discount prices on name brand outdoor furniture.


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Newington moved swiftly to position Octopus Energy at the centre of the growing debate on energy prices, advocating regulatory change in the form of an energy price cap to protect energy customers and improve competition in the market.
The retail energy market is widely recognised as dysfunctional, with challenger suppliers effectively locked out of 70% of the market, insulating large incumbent utilities from competition due to their use of 'tease and squeeze' pricing tactics. However, the tabling of a parliamentary debate on energy prices provided the opportunity to push a game-changing policy.
Using a range of techniques, Newington nimbly engaged MPs from all parties, providing them with strong, targeted, constituency-level evidence in support of a price cap.
Following an intense campaign to harness political dissatisfaction with the energy market to achieve positive legislative change, every major party included a commitment to a price cap in their Summer 2017 manifestos. In October 2017, the Prime Minister announced legislation to meet her election pledge. As the Bill passed through parliament and became an Act in July 2018, Octopus became a trusted source of information, briefing ministers and other parliamentarians across both Houses, and giving evidence to parliamentary committees. Of these, the BEIS Select Committee gave its unanimous approval for a price cap. In the final stages of the Bill, an amendment that Octopus championed passed, forcing the Government to commit to a review of 'tease and squeeze' pricing on top of the price cap.


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Lilac Sapphire Bar Ring
The Lilac Sapphire Bar Ring is as stunning as it is timeless. Add playful sparkle and hint of pastel color to your proposal with this striking, shimmering sapphire zig-zag design.
Materials: 18k solid yellow gold | six lilac tapered baguette sapphires ( ~1.28 carat in total) | two 2mm diamonds
Ring's band: 1.5 mm
(!) Please note - since we use natural stones, each lilac sapphire is OOAK and will vary in its shade/colour.
Available in YELLOW, WHITE or ROSE 18k gold.
(!) Information about Our White Gold:
We do not add rhodium plating to our gold items; the natural color of the white gold is retained. As a result, the color may have a yellowish or greyish hue. The effect is a more natural and unique look, which we find preferable. An additional reason for this preference is to avoid the need for re-plating your jewelry after a certain time period.
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All of our items are MADE TO ORDER, so we need some time to create your custom piece. This is why orders are normally shipped within 1-2 weeks of receipt of payment.


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Whilst Tramp Records do release new music, the German label is best known for their compilations.
This is not an area where we are so easily impressed any more. Lots of good music from the pre-digital era has already found it's way on to the re-issue/compilation market and Internet search engines have made it much easier to source some of the rare nuggets, although not necessarily any cheaper.
Tramp's mission in this latest series is to explore "spiritual sounds through jazz, soul, funk, latin and afrobeat styles". Laudably, on this, as with many of their releases, Tramp focus on music that has never been compiled before, the majority of the tracks originally appearing only on obscure 7-inch singles that were either pressed privately or by small, independent record labels in limited numbers. Many of these have subsequently become desirable within specialist collecting circles.
The selection is eclectic, pulling together music from different genres and from around the globe. Most of the tracks were originally released in the late 1960's/early 1970's, with two exceptions, "Mozambique" from 1963 and a recent recording, "Don't Give Up Your Smile Today", which was previously unreleased.
Overall the album does what it sets out to do, although for me there are as many misses as hits.
With most of the material having come from singles the tunes tend to be more 'immediate', in the main funky, up-tempo numbers. The compositions are less distinctively spiritual jazz (although this term itself can be rather imprecise) but have broader spiritual influences, either in their message, inspiration or style of play.
The organ features heavily, whether it is the obscure Detroit jazz of the Nu Art Quartet, the Filipino jazz funk of William "Genghis" Kyle & The Horde's "Bakit Ba" or The Milestones and their raw, energetic "Funk".
There is also an exotic feel to the album – the aforementioned "Bakit Ba", John Tinsey's sensual "Freedom Excelsior" with it's Moorish sax line, or Hozan Yamamoto's "Spotlight on Sapporo". Yamamoto is an interesting artist; he was a pioneer in pushing the boundaries of the shakuhachi (end-blown bamboo flute) beyond its use in traditional Japanese folk music. This track was originally titled "Yasuki-Bushi" and recorded in 1971 with the Big Band, Sharp and Flats. Philips Austria renamed it and released it as the B-side of a 7-inch with Wachauer Buam's "Ja, So War's in Sapporo" (a comment on Austrian skier Karl Schranz's ban from the Sapporo Winter Olympics for admitting professionalism).
The most recent track is "Don't Give Up Your Smile Today" by the German group Das Goldenes Zeitalter, a spiritual jazz side project of the group Poets of Rhythm. For me the vocals don't quite work, coming across as somewhere between Edwyn Collins and Lloyd Cole. Given that the rest of the album comprises of tracks recorded at least a quarter of a decade beforehand it does feel out-of-place.
Putting the content to one side, the sound quality is patchy, either because the original recording/pressing or the sourced copy wasn't great. This is particularly noticeable on quieter passages of "Mozambique" and "Bakit Ba".
As a compilation, "Peace Chant" lacks any real highlights although there are some interesting footnotes.
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Martha L. Chain, 91, of Logansport, formerly of Wabash, joined the angels in heaven at 6:06 p.m. Friday, October 18, 2019 at her home in Logansport. She was born August 17, 1928 in Cass County to Fred and Hazel (Garber) Bullick.
Martha was a graduate of Galveston High School. She retired from the Wabash County Hospital in 1988 with many year's service in surgical supply. She enjoyed needle work and sewing and was a member of the Logansport Church of the Brethren.
Surviving family include her daughter, Judy Sturgill of Logansport, her grandchildren, James, Angela, Christy, Bobby and Brad; her great grandchildren, Alex, Alicia, Lynnsie, James, Justin, Austin, Tisha, Shelby, Bobby and Branson. She is also survived by 5 great great grandchildren.
Martha is preceded in death by her parents, daughter, Frances Arion, two great grandchildren, Charlie and Adaline Sluss and siblings, Ed, Leo, Milford and Pauline Bullick.
A celebration of life service will be held at 4:00 p.m. Saturday, October 26, 2019 at Murray Weaver Funeral Home in Galveston with Aaron Gross officiating. A time of visitation will be held from 3:00 p.m. until the time of services at 4:00 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, the family has requested that memorial contributions be made to the Logansport Church of the Brethren, 2405 Shadowlawn Drive, Logansport, IN 46947. Murray Weaver Funeral Home in Galveston has been entrusted with arrangements.www.murrayweaverfuneralhome.com
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From my review of the new Kelley Stoltz, Double Exposure, up yesterday at Dusted.
"Poor Kelley Stoltz. For seven full-lengths and about 15 years, he has been the ultimate songwriter's songwriter, a perennial touchstone, godfather and sometime producer for SF's lo-fi scene who still makes a living tending bar and selling records. He works in an endless cycle of melancholy inspiration, getting so caught up in confecting jewel-like 1960s-psych-garage songs about love and its aftermath that his girlfriends inevitably get steamed and leave, providing yet more material for rueful romanticism. You'd have to feel sorry for the guy if he didn't, fairly consistently, come up with the prettiest, sweetest, smartest DIY psych on the market."
an older song, but a good one
Wednesday, October 2, 2013
Kelley Stoltz and Double Exposure
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Festive Salmon Quiche with Pears and Camembert: Flavorful, fancy and incredibly delicious quiche for any occasion. It looks impressive and is easy to make!
I made this salmon quiche for a couple of times this year with some variations and I finalized the recipe until it meets the high standards of my inner perfectionist. Needless to say, I like it so much! It's flavorful, seasonal, aromatic, cheesy, with spicy, sweet and astrigent notes and a hint of olives. I could eat it piece after piece. It's seriously addictive!
Moreover, this quiche is so universal and looks fancy. Want to feed a crowd? Make a salmon quiche. Think about the menu of a date night in? Make a salmon quiche. Celebrating Christmas? Make a salmon quiche. Any occasion, any time, any place. You know what to make. Believe me, this quiche is to die for. Once you made it, you will not stop. Especially if it's your first quiche. Make it a salmon quiche. You probably wonder why I call it quiche and not tart. The difference is really small but nonetheless it exists. Tart contains less egg-cream mixture than quiche. Therefore, you can say that tart is more dense whereas quiche is more creamy. That's the only difference.
I have a long history of making quiches together with my husband. We used to make one ahead, then spend the day outside and take it with us. Have you noticed that food tastes the best when you are hungry? And also when you are in a good mood surrounded by people you love. That's the reason you should make this tart for Christmas. Spend 90 minutes of your time on a dish than no one will ever forget. The taste is so good and so distinguishable that you will crave it after you finish the last bite. Don't believe it? Make it and prove me wrong. Here is the recipe of this terrific festive quiche that will be gone within minutes:
Salmon Quiche with Pears and Camembert
For the dough:
- 250 grams or 2 cups flour
- 1 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 150 grams or 5 oz butter
- 1 egg
- 4 eggs
For the filling:
- salt and freshly ground pepper
- 80 ml or 1/3 cup heavy cream
- 125 grams or 4 1/2 oz smoked salmon
- 2 pears
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 1/3 leek the middle part
- 125 grams or 4 1/2 oz camembert or brie
- a handful dried black olives stone removed
- 1/2 teaspoon ground red chili flakes
- 1/2 handful arugula to serve
- In a bowl, combined flour and salt. Add diced butter and stir quickly until crumbly. Add an egg and knead with your hands or a food processor until you can form a ball. Add a couple of tablespoons of cold water if the dough is too dry. Wrap the dough with cling film and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes. Preheat the oven to 180 ºC or 350 ºF.
- Grease the 29 cm or 11 inch round form with butter and pinch off the dough piece by piece spreading it over the bottom and the sides. I used a a wooden dough roller, which is great for rolling pizza as well. Slightly pin all over the surface with a fork. Bake for 20 minutes until golden. Remove from oven.
- Meanwhile, prepare the filling: In a bowl beat the eggs and season with salt and pepper. Add the heavy cream and mix well. Cut smoked salmon into pieces, slice pears into wedges and sprinkle everything with lemon juice. Chop the leek. Slice the camembert into wedges.
- Arrange smoked salmon, pears, leek and camembert on the crust. Add olives and pour the egg mixture on the dough. Sprinkle with ground chili flakes. Bake for about 22 minutes. Season with salt and pepper to taste and serve with arugula. Bon appetit!
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There may not be as much entertainment and social happenings in the Inland Empire as there are westward, but the are does boast a few offerings worth the drive. Among the draws are some of the best places to get pies anywhere. These sweet, and crispy pies are freshly baked from the oven and will keep you coming back time and time again.
The Original Mommie Helen's Bakery
1440 S E St, Ste C
San Bernardino, CA
(909) 384-7052
Your search for the absolute best tasting pies in the Inland Empire is officially over according to both Oprah and Shaquille O'Neal! Every pie at Mommie Helen's is home-baked the old-fashioned way and she does not use any shortcuts. Yes, you heard it. No skimping, or low quality ingredients and the result is a fantastic piece of pie that you'll need to Instagram to believe. Your satisfaction is guaranteed and when the last bite is taken, you will wish there was another one left on the plate.
Law's Oak Glen
38392 Oak Glen Rd.
Oak Glen, CA 92399
(909) 797-1642
One of Oak Glen's original restaurants, Law's Coffee Shop is the perfect place to enjoy a slice of heaven after exploring the beautiful great outdoors that is offered in this slice of SoCal paradise. You won't get a ton of variety here, but the hot oven baked apple pie (ala mode or topped with cheese) will be a piece of pie you won't soon forget.
Thelma's Family Restaurant & Bakery
337 W. Big Bear Blvd
Big Bear City, CA 92314
(909) 585-7005
Aside from a delicious breakfast, the pies at Thelma's are some of the best around. The homemade apple pies and "world famous apple dumpling" are touted amongst locals as the best in Southern California. Make sure to come with a hearty appetite and also try the other favorite: the Banana Crème. Cash only.
Polly's Pies
1799 Hamner Ave.
Norco, CA 92860
(951) 520-0223
Much more than just a pie shop, Polly's Pies offers up home cooked meals worthy of an amazing selection of dessert pastries. The large selection of fresh and made-from-scratch pies make it the perfect place to grab a whole pie to go. The menu offers an extensive variety of options including Oven Baked Doube Crust pies in Apple, Apricot, Blueberry, Boysenberry, Peach, Rhubarb and more. And, if that wasn't enough, choose from Oven Filled Pies, 'Uncle Eddiie's Signature Apple Pie Delight' or other seasonal fresh fruit pies.


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Philip Morris International: Smoke ScreenBy Larry Barrett Print
Your distribution network is vast. You sell your product to distributors. You have no way to track what happens after that. So how can you be held accountable for how your cartons and packages hit the stores—or the street? A $1.25 billion settlemen
Philip Morris "can't keep track of every single pack of cigarettes as it makes its way through distributors and retailers," U.S. compliance VP Jack Holleran says.
A $1.25 billion settlement in Europe says the global manufacturer has no other choice.
The DHL express freight plane rolled to a stop on the runway at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport on the morning of Nov. 16, 2004, and was immediately surrounded by agents from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
Its cargo of 82,000 bootleg cartons of cigarettes, valued at more than $1.1 million, was earmarked for customers in the United States who had placed orders with Otamedia, an online tobacco retailer based in Switzerland.
The majority of the cartons were Marlboro and Marlboro Lights, the top-selling brands made by the world's largest tobacco manufacturer, Altria Group, through two subsidiaries, Philip Morris International (PMI) and Philip Morris USA.
It's illegal under current U.S. laws, including the Lanham Act and the Imported Cigarette Compliance Act, to import cigarettes into the U.S. without paying appropriate taxes and import duties. And the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) is still investigating exactly how all those cigarettes—untaxed, in addressed packages and ready for delivery—ended up on the DHL cargo plane.
Early media reports suggested the cigarettes were made in Europe by PMI, which is based in Lausanne, Switzerland, purchased by Otamedia from PMI and then rerouted by the distributor to the U.S. to fill orders made over the Web by Americans looking for a cheaper cigarette.
International duties as well as state and federal excise taxes in the United States can drive the price of a carton of Marlboros at a grocery store on this side of the Atlantic Ocean to $50. Otamedia's Internet customers were paying as little as $13.95 a carton, plus an additional $5 or so in shipping, to have their smokes delivered right to their door in an oversized manila envelope.
If you ask Philip Morris, these cartons are being shipped by an unauthorized distributor, and the company has taken Otamedia to court to stop its illicit supply chain in its tracks.
But regulators in Europe are now saying that doesn't matter: It's the responsibility of a manufacturer to control its supply chain from start to finish, regardless of who puts its products in the hands of consumers. In fact, the European Union (EU) last July reached a $1.25 billion settlement with the $33.4 billion-a-year cigarette maker and ordered it to implement information systems that track and trace its cigarettes all the way from the manufacturing line to the retail shelf.
Philip Morris protests that a manufacturer can have its hands full just keeping track of its authorized distributors, much less gray-market operators or other illicit supply chains. "It's a vast distribution network," says Jack Holleran, PM USA's vice president of compliance and brand integrity. "We can't keep track of every single pack of cigarettes as it makes its way through distributors and retailers."
But government regulators in Europe have had enough—and could raise the hurt if Philip Morris doesn't comply. The settlement is almost pocket change for Philip Morris, payable over 12 years by its parent, Altria, which generated $9.2 billion of net income in 2003 on revenue of $60.7 billion.
Indeed, the EU's ruling could have far-reaching implications. The 25-nation EU is, in effect, ordering the cigarette maker to implement a supply chain system that will keep track of every Marlboro, Bond Street and Parliament carton—as well as Philip Morris' other brands—from the time the cigarettes are packaged to the time they're sold by anybody, anywhere, in the world.
It's a demand that the EU could easily impose on manufacturers of liquor, apparel, pharmaceuticals, hazardous materials or other products that want to do business in its surging $12 trillion-a-year common market. And other governments—particularly those facing financial deficits, like the U.S.—could be easily motivated to follow along with their own actions.
Leaks in the distribution of cigarettes conservatively cost national, state and local governments more than $30 billion a year in tax revenue, according to the World Health Organization. Smokes are not the only trade of unauthorized distributors. Illicit supply chains move more than $500 billion a year in smuggled and counterfeit goods, from pocketbooks to steel, says the U.S. Government Accountability Office.
"This is just the beginning for manufacturers in many industries," says Kara Romanow, an analyst with AMR Research. "Either by force of regulation or from a large customer such as Wal-Mart, companies are being forced to get their supply chains under better control."
So watch closely how Altria reacts. PMI now has a team of experts from its packaging, research and development, information-technology and brand integrity departments meeting monthly to evaluate new technologies that could tighten up supply chains, according to Holleran.
Altria says it will take a pre-tax charge of $500 million in the next three years as part of the payment plan established by the settlement, and, according to Philip Morris officials, PMI will invest at least $10 million to $20 million in the new information systems needed to put the proper tracking systems in place. One option under consideration is Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology, which allows manufacturers to attach tags with antennas and computer chips on goods and track their movement through radio signals.
Altria refused to talk in detail about any of its plans. Yet experts say RFID may be too expensive for Philip Morris to use in tracking individual cigarette packages.
Romanow says it costs companies of Altria's size between $1 million and $3 million just to set up a basic RFID pilot system. The readers, tags and accompanying software will run a large corporation $13 million to $23 million for a full-scale installation—well within the amount now being invested by PMI.
But that's a typical cost of a supply chain in which RFID tags are attached to pallets of goods. Product labels with embedded RFID tags can easily run 50 cents apiece. In 2003, PMI and PM USA combined sold 4.5 billion cartons of cigarettes. If the company put an RFID attachment on each of those boxes, it could have cost $2.25 billion for the tags alone.
While Philip Morris figures out how to respond, it may be cheaper and easier for the company to just pay the settlement. The first payment on the $1.25 billion deal it signed with the EU is $250 million, which penalizes PMI less than 2.5% of its 2004 operating profit.
And customers may end up footing the bill anyway. Both PMI and PM USA announced on Dec. 10 that they were bumping up wholesale prices to all customers by about $1 a carton. That could bring billions of dollars into company coffers next year.
Indeed, looking at Altria's current and past supply chain strategies—and seeing how RFID would fit into its existing product tracking and reporting system—shows just how difficult it is for any consumer products manufacturer to track its wares from plant floor to retail shelf, and how tough it is for regulators to demand such intensive monitoring from global manufacturers.
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Technological innovation in Sub-Saharan Africa
Emerging technology has always had a continuous effect on western education, from the chalkboard to the digital whiteboard. There has always been the need to update in order to communicate education more efficiently. However, some of the Developing World has been seriously affected by the digital divide. More specifically a region called sub-Saharan Africa, which is one of the poorest regions in the world. There are many obvious reasons behind the digital divide in Sub-Saharan Africa. Most of them caused by the underfunded school system in rural and poor areas. With this in mind, this article, supported by a number of case studies, is going to investigate what technological advances are being done in the developing world to help education. To conclude, there will be an inquest into what the future lies ahead for these developing nations in education.
Schools all over Kenya are seriously underfunded. This has serious effects on school participation. Between 2008-2012, the net attendance of male secondary school students was 39.5%.
Slum and rural areas are the worst affected or places of "statehood". These are areas of little governance, meaning schools lack the basic essentials. This results in a spiral of decline for young people in developing nations such as Kenya. As learning without the essential technology and resources is hard.
However, over the last 5 years, smartphones and tablet devices have sparked a wave of independent learning all over Africa. A Kenyan consumer electric company named BRCK, have been transforming the rural classrooms of Kenya and the rest of Africa. The tablet learning system named Kio-kit has proven a great way to educate students in rural areas. The tablets have preloaded content but also have the ability to connect to the internet in order to update content. This provides an extremely effective way of learning without the need for textbooks.
Mobile Devices have proven to be extremely successful in Africa when it comes to education, with 73% mobile penetration across the continent. Internet access on mobiles has started to have an effect on the education divide in this developing continent.
In fact, MOOC'S( massive open online courses) are reevaluating the way in which learning takes place in developing countries. Due to this increased cheap accessibility to smartphones, learning is expanding from outside the classrooms. Giving people, who live in less developed areas, an increased chance to learn.
Regenesy Business school in Johannesburg South Africa has a free learning platform in which students have free access to all educational content. However, one downside is that students have to pay for examinations and to receive results. Its fantastic these learning platforms offer free educational content but having to pay for results could be a huge issue in poor areas.
Underfunded schools in developing countries don't just have inadequate educational resources, it's extremely hard for teachers to be professionally trained. Leading people to avoid teaching roles. A report in 2016, estimated that 17 million teachers in total were required in Sub-Saharan Africa. There is an extreme lack of desire for teaching roles in this region, this has severe impacts on the educational system.
The Varkey foundation funded by Dubai care, run an excellent project in Ghana which uses innovative technology, which has been carefully chosen to suit the region's climate. The project is called "train for tomorrow", school teachers are trained using a distance-learning cascade. Which helps them develop knowledge and methods through regular interactive training. This is only made possible by a satellite link and solar-powered infrastructure. The project has impacted 90,000 pupils. Which shows the impact innovative technology can have on learning in developing countries.
There will always be economical constraints when it comes to applying new technology to Sub-Saharan Africa. Although it varies from country to country on average sub-Saharan Africa spends 5% of its gross domestic product on education. Which is almost as much as Europe however, because of the region's poverty this is subsequently not enough to facilitate up to date technological communication devices. Sub-Saharan Africa must respond to user needs and strengthen what is already working at this moment in time, such as the use of digital learning platforms on mobile devices. An influx of technology will not benefit this region, but the sustainable use of technology will


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Listening to the Governor of Illinois in a newscast today, It appears that many members of the GOP nationwide use the same message of fiscal, national and security responsibility. It seems to me that these folks are in the wrong decade, we have had too many distractive issues that take focus from the real problems. Our Governor has railed against Mike Madigan for four years and got nothing else done, he has provided no guidance and attempted to veto the only budget passed in four years. It is widely known that the State is in a budget crisis due to earlier fiscal mistakes however it would seem to me that a reasonable effort to bring both sides and the major unions to the table and work out what needs to be done to make the State fiscally stable. Part of the fiscal issue is the failure of the legislature to correct pension problems from prior administrations. Correcting this will not make the State fiscally stable but it will be a solid first step. If there are no rational conversations then there can be no fix. It is unfortunate that not enough voters realize the fiscal problem stems from "kicking the can" down the road thereby making it a political "football". In a practical sense, our Legislators need to meet and resolve it without political rhetoric. Leave your party lines at the door!
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Health, fitness and a great body is 80 percent diet and 20 percent exercise. That means that even if someone is hitting the gym five days per week and following a trainer-approved regimen, if they put in junk they're still going to get out junk. For folks looking to add muscle and bulk, not just lose fat, their diet is extremely important. Here are 5 tips for a muscle-building diet that are all doctor and natural bodybuilder-approved.
1. Protein, Protein, Protein
Protein is essential for building muscle and there are no substitutes. A person should get an annual physical including blood work to determine any deficiencies and check cholesterol levels. Assuming cholesterol levels are adequate, there's no reason to avoid red meat. In fact, in proportion (two or three times per week) studies show it can actually be beneficial.
2. Plenty of Greens, Fruits and Grains
The perfect meal includes protein, green leafy vegetables (preferably) and healthy complex carbs. Avoid junk food and count on berries or occasional fruits to qualify as desserts. Bananas, rich in potassium, are a good way to help the body recovery right after a workout. Blueberries are a superfood and known for their antioxidants. Get back to nature, and the muscles will start growing.
3. Add Creatine
A proper creatine regimen is natural and most people average a six percent increase in sheer muscle mass in the first few weeks. The first five days, consume five grams of creatine four times per day. Beginning on day six, switch to five grams once per day. Creatine doesn't just build muscle and increase endurance–it also helps muscles recover more quickly and studies even show it improves brain function.
4. Eat Mini Meals
Instead of holding out for three meals per day, aim for five or six mini meals. The body doesn't like being hungry or overstuffed. Instead, make it a goal to have the right amount of food in the body at all times. Eat within one hour of waking up, and avoid eating within three hours of going to sleep. Keep good snacks on hand, like kale chips or raw almonds.
5. Supplement the Diet
It's nearly impossible to get all necessary nutrients from diet alone. Have a physician conduct a vitamin deficiency test and try to tackle any issues with diet. If that doesn't work, consider adding vitamins. A muscle-bound body needs the right nutrition to thrive. Common deficiencies include calcium, Vitamin D and B vitamins.
Most people need to re-learn how to eat and how to read their body's hunger cues. Visit this website for more information if you're interested in getting back in shape and if you really want to know about insane muscle growth, check out the guide from the team at sarms. However, regularly reassess your health strategy and make sure you are constantly driving toward your goal of being healthy.


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There's no getting around the fact that global warming/human-induced climate change has become the province of ideologues as well as scientists. Arguably the ideological battles are more heated (in a manner of speaking) in the United States than in the UK, but the environment is the subject of political controversy on these shores as well.… More
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PPG has made two executive appointments, also announcing that it has completed the sale of its 51% ownership interest in its Transitions Optical joint venture.
PPG Industries has announced two executive appointments, effective immediately.
Dave Cole, former president of Transitions Optical, has been appointed vice president, packaging coatings, reporting to Executive Vice President Viktor Sekmakas. PPG also announced that it has completed the sale of its 51% ownership interest in its Transitions Optical joint venture.
Anup Jain, previously PPG vice president, silica products, has been appointed vice president, specialty coatings and materials. In this expanded leadership role, Jain will assume responsibility for the optical monomers and coatings and OLED/specialty synthesis businesses, and the photochromics research-and-development organization. He will continue to oversee PPG's silica products business. Jain reports to Sekmakas.
"These executives have demonstrated strong performance in leading their respective businesses. I am confident that Dave and Anup will continue to contribute significantly to PPG's business success in these key leadership roles," Sekmakas said.
Rick Elias, previously senior vice president, optical and specialty materials, has retired from the company. Rick joined PPG in 1975 as a chemist at the company's Allison Park, Pa., coatings research and development centre. He was named vice president of sales and marketing when Transitions Optical, Inc. was established in 1990, and he progressed through various leadership roles in PPG's optical products business, prior to being named senior vice president, optical and specialty materials, in 2008.
"Rick's leadership in building the Transitions Optical business from the ground up to its current status as a global leader in photochromic ophthalmic eyewear is one of PPG's greatest success stories," said PPG Chairman and CEO Charles E. Bunch.


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Nothing feels so good as saying, "I told you so." Well, maybe that's just me. But Cramer had the pleasure today after the Federal Reserve made its announcement that interest rates would remain unchanged, shifting its rosy outlook on the economy to a more cautious take on the situation. Cramer calls this the inevitable transition talk that sets the tone for a May rate cut, something he has been predicting for a while now.
Cramer's Fed translation: The market's not as hot as it used to be, so we're going do something about it. Hence, the rally we saw in the markets today.
If you've been following Mad Money since that tough selloff a few weeks ago, you'd know that the market is bottoming in thirds, just like Cramer said – first the grocery-aisle and medicine stocks, then the financials, and now the minerals, the oils and the cyclicals.
Remember at the beginning of the year Cramer thought the Fed would force the money off the sidelines by lowering the rates it controls – the short rates, the cash rates – making stocks that pay good dividends and have strong growth better bets than cash? Well, that's what happened today.
Starting today, defense and offense work. Cramer says you can buy the smokestack stocks. You can own Caterpillar. The crisis, our short, national nightmare – to paraphrase a president – is over.
Bottom Line: Cramer's position all along has been that the Fed would blink and cut rates later this year. Today, we got the first blink, and it probably won't be the last. That's the reason for you to be bullish and buying stocks – even aggressive, cyclical stocks – right now.
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