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What is Chemical Peel?
Chemical Peels is a very effective cosmetic and medical procedure that has been commonly used throughout the world for over past 100 years. Chemical Peels contains acid solution which is applied to the skin to remove dead skin cells, revealing the fresh newer skin underneath.
Benefits of Chemical Peels
- Will make uneven skin tones more uniform
- Can brighten and lighten the color of your skin
- Refine wrinkle lines
- Improve skin tightness and makes firmer
- Reduces visible pores
- Controls active acne
- Removes facial blemishes
- Improves skin discoloration and freckles
- Gives glow and shine to dull skin
- Improves melasma and pregnancy mask
- Improves acne scar
We Offer free consultation for chemical peel
At our office during consultation your skin is going to be evaluated by Dr. Shafa and you will be educated about chemical peel risk and benefit. After understanding your need and goal a treatment plan will be discussed with you. You may be a candidate for one session of peel or a series of chemical peels. During such a visit you will be also informed about alternative treatments.
Schedule your complimentary consultation for chemical peels
Chemical Peels- Before and After
Regain your fresh youthful skin and look with our customized "secret Chemical peel" as the above photo
How effective is the chemical peel?
Experience and knowledge for chemical peel is needed to achieve the best result with no complication!!
The procedure is very effective if:
Multiple factors define the final outcome of chemical peel result. When we perform chemical peel it is not only about the name of the acid we used but the key of success is the expertise and experience of the physician in:
- The correct candidate is chosen
- The skin is prepped correctly if needed
- Type of acid and strength of acid is customized
- Post peel treatment is individualized
- Combine with other procedures for the optimal end point result
- Number of layer of solution applied to the skin
- Post peel treatment is individualized
- Combine with other procedures for the optimal end point result
Our dermatologist Dr. Parvin Shafa has been treating chemical peel patients in Irvine, Orange County for decades. Ask question or schedule a complimentary consultation to see
Why choosing us with "secret chemical peel"?
Not everyone get the same treatment plan at our practice. Dr. Shafa will have an individual plan with a custom blend of acids that will suit your needs and goal. The key of our success is our expertise to properly prep your skin prior to the treatment which can take weeks, perform the customized peel and treat the skin after the procedure in order to obtain and maintain the optimal result.
Type of Acids used commonly
1) Glycolic acid
2) Salicylic acid
Combo peels
1) Our "Secret peel"
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2) VI peel or VI peel
3) Jessner peel
Light chemical peels
Light chemical peels gives you a bright, fresh and smooth look to your skin with a very short recovery time. This procedure can be performed with different type of acids, however a lower strength acid is chosen and the contact time of acid with the skin is shorten. Such a quick peel limit the penetration as well as the down time of the procedure. Light peel or "lunch hour" Peel can be performed with the following acids:
- glycolic acid (Alpha hydroxy Acid) – most commonly used as a light peel
- Salicylic acid (Beta hydroxy Acid) – used for oily and acne
- lower strength, thinner layer of TCA which is a stronger acid
- Topical customized liquid Retinoic acid
- Milder strength of premade or custom made combo acids
Medium chemical Peel is used to treat acne scars, moderate sun damage, fine lines and weathered skin. This type of procedure usually needs advance consultation, skin preparation and one week recovery time. Commonly used acids for this level peel are as following:
- TCA (Trichloroacetic Acid) or multiple layer application obagi blue peel
- Our "secret peel", a customized combo peel
To obtain a deeper peel for our secret peel we use higher strength of different acids, apply multiple layers to the skin with a longer contact time of the solution with the skin. Again type of acid and the level of the peel or using customized peel is going to be defined by Dr. Parvin Shafa during your consultation.
Phenol Peel is the strongest form of acid that has been used in history started in germany over 100 years ago. This was used in the past to correct deeper wrinkles, severe sun damage, acne scar and more aggressive skin rejuvenation. Phenol peel can achieve the most dramatic rejuvenation however the risk of complication is not justified today since we can offer fractionated deep laser treatment for deeper skin rejuvenation with minimal or no risk of complications. Phenol peel risk and benefit is more comparable with old ablative CO2 laser resurfacing downtime, risks and benefit. At this time we use lower strength phenol in our customized combo peel to have the benefit and not the risk.
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The "On Your Own" problems need to be worked out on a sheet of paper that you will turn in the next time we meet as a class. Make sure to show your work. The answers are provided so that you are able to check your work.
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Near to 90 years of business under the management of the Veronelli's family, Pelosi company has constantly grown and achieved experience and know-how in many industrial sectors. Originally founded in 1928 as manufacturer of leather transmission belts and gaskets, Pelosi has developed to become a reference's supplier in the production of:
A full range of gaskets and industrial packaging
Spare parts for any industry, making use of new technology: waterjet and cnc cutting machineries
Elastomer thermoplastic by extrusion
Conveyor, transmission belts and accessories for conveyor
The experience reached over the years is of high value for Pelosi and thanks to this experience we are developing the market in the emergent countries.
Pelosi is not only about gaskets supply, but also and above all, is focused on plant's performance improvement, and support on maintenance strategy planning; from problems analysis to solutions: a method and a creative process composed of technology, technique, intuition, knowledge and experience put at the service of the customers.
Defined corporate procedures ensure an adeguate flow of information and work, in order to guarantee the best result.
Fulfilling the declared requirements, the quality of materials, and services.
An in-house research centre develops new materials and own manufacturing processes.
Each employee is focused on offering the best responses and support to the customers, through a constant technical training.
Products are manufactured with the best raw materials, in order to ensure the quality standard through time.
PELOSI is structured in 3 Business Unit, with a unique management and production coordination, even thanks to an internal Engineering & Design Department
EXTRUDINGSKILL is Pelosi company business unit that produces thermoplastic extrusion profiles
The compound is the seed from which our production process starts. We can assure our production of polyurethane profile, and not only but also developing a shape profile starting from a sketch or a sample
BELTINGSKILL is Pelosi Company Business Unit that produces conveyor and transmission belts.
Beltingskill is able to perform all necessary operations in its highly automated workshops including cutting, skiving and gluing, punching for the production of endless manufacture.
Special conveyor can also be manufactured complete with: guides, profile and sidewall fitted by means of high frequency and hot air welding machine; perforations.
SHAPINGSKILL is Pelosi company Business Unit that deals with cut, incision, modeling of several plastic and natural materials and even with prototypes. Our technical department is at disposal of customers to make technical drawings and renderings for 3D view of the articles to be produced.
PELOSI is an Italian manufacturing company, born in Milan in 1928, located in the area where the most important technologies for the processing of gaskets and many other special materials have been improved.
In 1978 Veronelli family, already on the market with company "Transmission Belt's Veronelli" as manufacturer of leather transmission belts, has incorporated below his management the company Pelosi.
After 90 years of experience, Pelosi is now on the global market an official partner of the biggest brands in the nautical industry, supply of spare parts for machinery for processing wood, textile, glass and ceramic. Pelosi has always been sure reference for company of manufacture and production of plants, supplying products which are manufactured with the best raw materials, in order to ensure the quality standard through time.
PELOSI, accordingly to the "MADE IN ITALY" tradition, makes every day better the quality of its produtcs, investing in new machinery and adding in its production cycle, when permitted, new forefront technologies.
Pelosi has always been characterized by everyday research of innovation and quality investment in new technology and attention towards a deep control of raw materials, today important support for the biggest Italian and European producers of machinery in different business industry.
In its Business Unit EXTRUDING SKILL, Pelosi proposes advances technical solution for: Technical planning and taylor support throughtout the project/each new phase of product.
Expert assistance in choosing the most suitable plastic to personalize the product Extrusion with modern profile procedures, starting from 2 grams and up.
Ability of making a wide range of colours Pantone colour system, Ral or samples Cutting based on measurements or packing on spools, skeins, reels Heat sealing and high frequency Welding Digital Printing on products
In its Business Unit SHAPINGSKILL, Pelosi proposes advanced technical solutions for high quality result.
Once studied the customer's drawing, Pelosi R&D dept. is able to offer and produce several materials, soft or compact, following the different requirements. Maximum precision in each type of manufacturing thanks to propose technologies: KNIFE CUTTING TABLE, solid structure and cutting precision even for field different from soft rubber, asbestos-free, rubber, silicon, foam, leather goods; CNC PROCESSING MACHINE for the manufacturing of products for the packaging, visual communication (signs, prints, etc.), building (indoor and outdoor flooring, acoustic insulation, etc.) and industry (filters, gaskets, etc.) sectors, which process expanded and compact plastic materials, composite materials, cardboard; WATERJET MACHINE, Cutting is performed by means of a supersonic jet with a pressure of approx. 413.7 MPa (approx. 60,000 psi), which can consist of pure water, for cutting soft/flexible materials, or water mixed with abrasive for cutting medium and high density materials. Machining operations can be performed on 3 or 5 axes, using one or more heads. Cutting parameters are managed by a software program and can be changed at any time. The software includes a nesting module to optimise waste and operate in multi-head mode.
Pelosi is today present in the 5 continents, with more than 400 customers in 30 countries followed directly from its sales manager, branches and partners in the world. It has 2 main production plants in Milan and in Onore (Bergamo), a branch office in Moscow and a production plant in Klimovsk in Moscow region in Russia.


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News and Insight On Winbak FarmRead below for the latest on Winbak Achievements and graduates. Stories are from the leading industry news sources.
Who is New York Trainer, Brandon Loomis?
Winbak graduate: Ticker Tape
Just over a year ago at Saratoga Raceway Brandon Loomis trained and drove his first winner. Now some 13 months later the 27-year-old New York native is experiencing more highs in harness racing. On November 23 Oneida born and educated Loomis bolstered his small stable to five by purchasing Magical Mike gelding, Ticker Tape.
At that stage the 6-year-old bay had won three of his 51 starts. Now under Loomis's care Ticker Tape has won two out of three. He was also victorious at Monticello Raceway on December 18.
"It was a great feeling to win first-up with him. I've wanted to be a trainer and driver for a long time now and it's a great thrill to own, train and drive a winner. He's going really well at the moment and can win again soon," Loomis told Harnesslink.
Loomis trained and drove his first winner on November 24 last year at Saratoga Raceway behind pacer Miracle Freeluck.
He has now trained 15 winners (eight in 2011) since getting his license in 2009. He's also reined home six winners - five of them this year.
It's not an easy job but it's one that I really love. Actually it's something I have always wanted to do. I just want to build up my name and get more people to know who I am and what I can do.
"In saying that, I enjoy watching and listening to other horsemen. You never stop learning in this game and at this stage of my career I just want to take it all in," Loomis said.
Loomis wasn't born into a harness racing family but his father's side of the family were keen on the sport until they got out of it in the 1980s.
"I grew up hearing stories about dad and his family's involvement in horses. It really intrigued me. That's why I didn't finish College. I couldn't resist jumping boots 'n all into harness racing," Loomis said.
Loomis studied equine science and management, which included a harness racing course, but he was too keen to get his hands dirty.
"I had enough of all the studying and talking about horses. I was already doing part-time stable work for Clint Galbraith and couldn't wait to get out there and make a full-time career of it.
"So that's what I did."
Loomis started working for the Jack Bailey stable and also worked for other horsemen including Chip Zombick.
He has been working on his own for three seasons now and as he looks to 2012 Loomis said he wanted to keep improving.
"I want to get more exposure and I can only do that by winning more races. I know I will have to keep upgrading my stock and I'm really prepared to make a real good go of it all," Loomis said.
Before the interview ended on December 23 we asked Loomis a few other questions.
What do you want for Christmas? A Hambletonian winner.
What will you do Christmas Day? Have a quiet relaxing dinner with my family.
Are you married? No.
High School? Oneida Senior High. Class of 2003.
Interests outside racing? Camping, cycling, horseback riding.
Interests inside racing? Vice president of the Onondaga Harness Horseman's Association.
Music likes? Country, rock, classic rock, Anna Eriksson, Reba McEntire.
Favorite driver or trainer? There are so many and I've learnt a lot from them just by watching. But anyone can look good on a good horse and the opposite on a bad horse.
Favorite movies? Pearl Harbor, Enemy At The Gates, Knowing.
Favorite TV shows? Bones, 24, House, PA Harness Week, NCIS.
Website? http://loomisracingstable.weebly.com/
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Alexander: $30.8 Million Heads to Tennessee Communities on Front Lines of Opioid Crisis
Posted on September 19, 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C., September 19, 2018 – Senate health committee Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) today said that Tennessee is set to receive $30.8 million to combat the opioid crisis.
"Our communities are on the front lines of fighting the opioid crisis," Alexander said. "This funding will help health centers in Tennessee, from Chattanooga to Memphis, hire more staff and ensure they are equipped to fight the crisis; provide more medication-assisted treatment to patients; help our rural communities tackle opioid addiction; and support programs that prevent more Tennesseans from becoming addicted to opioids. These grants are funded by appropriations legislation passed by Congress in March—we have placed unprecedented amounts of federal dollars toward the opioid crisis."
Alexander added: "Yesterday, the Senate passed an appropriations bill for the coming year that provides another $3.8 billion to fight opioids nationwide. On Monday, the Senate passed 'landmark legislation' I sponsored to help Tennessee succeed in combatting the worst public health crisis our nation is facing."
The $30.8 million in grants announced today by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services are part of the $4.7 billion included in the Fiscal Year 2018 Omnibus Appropriations Bill Congress passed in March to fight the opioid crisis, of which $1 billion was for grants to states. The grants include$18.5 million from the State Opioid Response Grant to expand access to medication-assisted treatment and fund programs to reduce opioid overdose deaths, $6.1 million for 23 Tennessee health centers, $800,000 to give rural communities more tools in their fight against opioid, and $5 million for Centers of Disease Control and Prevention programs that aim to prevent more people from becoming addicted to opioids.
On Tuesday, the Senate passed the Fiscal Year 2019 Health and Human Services Appropriations Bill, which includes $3.8 billion to help combat the opioid crisis. This would mean Congress has approved roughly $8.5 billion for the opioids crisis within a few months. According to Senator Roy Blunt (R-Mo.), the chairman of the Appropriations subcommittee responsible for this bill, federal funding to help combat the opioid crisis has increased by nearly 1,300 percent over the past 4 years.
On Monday, the Senate passed 99-1 the Opioid Crisis Response Act, which Alexander has been the lead sponsor on, and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) called "landmark legislation."


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How to Get Wax out of Curtains & Carpet
Candles are often used as accent pieces, they can provide lighting, mask odors and some even absorb smells. As a candle burns, some of its wax melts, forming a hot liquid. As long as the melted wax remains in the candle or its container, it does not present a problem. When someone accidentally bumps a burning candle, it can fall and spill liquid wax over furniture, carpets, curtains and anything else in its path. You can save items covered in spilled wax using supplies you may already have in your home.
Remove the wax-covered curtains from the rod. Stuff the curtains into a plastic grocery sack or a large food storage bag. Place the bag in the freezer to harden the wax. Depending on the amount of wax, this should only take five to six minutes, maybe less.
Lay the curtain on a hard surface after you remove it from the freezer and plastic bag. Scrape excess wax from the surface of the curtain with a hard plastic pot scraper, plastic gift card, edge of a credit card or the back of a butter knife.
Cut open paper grocery sacks and cut off their bottoms, so you have long sheets of brown paper. Lay the paper sack with the print side down on an ironing board. Place the waxed covered area of the curtain on top of the paper sack. Lay another open sack on top of the curtain with the print side facing you.
Set your clothes iron to medium-high. Press the iron to the paper on top of the curtain. The heat of the iron melts the remaining wax on the curtains and the paper absorbs it. Move the paper between each pressing, so you do not transfer the wax back onto the curtains. Continue to press the curtains between the paper sacks until the sacks absorb all the wax.
Blot the wax stain with professional dry cleaning fluid before washing. Take the curtains to a dry cleaner to clean them if you are uncomfortable with using the fluid, or if you are not sure if your curtains are machine washable. Make sure the cleaner is aware of the stain and what caused it.
Fill a 1-gallon food storage bag with ice. Seal the bag and lay it on top of the spilled wax. Leave the bag on the carpet for about 10 to 15 minutes to harden the spilled wax.
Remove the bag of ice from the carpet. Use your fingers to remove as much of the hardened wax as possible from the carpet. Rub your hand back and forth over the surface to loosen any addition wax. Vacuum the area to remove the loose pieces of wax.
Cut open brown paper grocery sacks and remove the bottoms. This gives you a larger piece of brown paper than leaving it in sack form.
Lay the brown paper over the wax on the carpet. Make sure the ink printed on the sack faces up to avoid ink transfer.
Set your clothing iron on medium-high heat. Press the iron onto the paper. The heat of the iron melts the remaining wax and the paper absorbs it from the carpet. Lift the iron from the paper. Adjust the paper sack, so a clean area is over the stain. Press the iron to the paper once again. Repeat pressing the iron to the paper until the paper no longer absorbs any wax.
Clean the area with your choice of carpet stain removers.
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- 1-gallon food storage bag
- Hard plastic pot scraper, plastic gift card, credit card or butter knife
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- Clothes iron
- Professional dry cleaning fluid
- Ice
- Vacuum
- Carpet stain remover
- The Old Farmer's Almanac: Clothing Stain Removal
- The Queen of Clean's Complete Cleaning Guide; Linda Cobb
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Sheby - Se prepoznaš?
We teamed up with Slovenian upcoming artist Maja Šebenik – Sheby in April 2017 to come up with the music video for "Se prepoznaš" (eng. "Do you recognize yourself"), as part of the "Girls Rule Trilogy" of her three soon-to-be singles.
The music video was suggested for the 'song of the week' on Val 202, was number 6 on RTV's music board "Točka" and also appeared on YouTubes trending page at 40th place.
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Director: Žiga Radulj
DOP: Tilen Bačar
Producer: Miha Drnovšek
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Warm this lotion bar in your hands, the natural moisturizing oils absorb quickly and deeply leaving your skin feeling soft and silky. Perfect for healing eczema or cracked dry skin. Our unscented bar is also ideal for the most sensitive skin. Contains: Pure Beeswax, Shea Butter, Sweet Almond Oil and the highest quality Vitamin E. This large bar is beautifully packaged in it's own carrying tin for only $9.95.
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I'm reviewing for the math GRE (it's been 8+ years since I took abstract algebra) and came across this question:
A cyclic group of order 15 has an element $x$ such that the set $\{x^3, x^5, x^9 \}$ has exactly two elements. The number of elements in the set $\{x^{13n}: n \text{ a positive integer } \}$ is what?
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Baby sandals. Very soft chrome free eco leather. Easy to get on & off!17 (0/3 months) 18 (6/9 months)19 (9/12 months) 20 (+12 months) Easy Peasy is a French brand that seeks to give meaning to creation by offering an eco-designed collection: vegetable tanned chrome-free leather, water glue, organic cotton packaging ...The production of slippers is made in the factory 'Noel' in Tunisia, which respects the social norms of the country as well as the ISO 9001 Standard. The company provides ethical production in accordance with the UN International Charter. Their packaging has a second life. After having protected the little slippers, they turn into little treasure bags. Always in respect for nature, these bags are made from organic cotton, with Ecocert certification, undyed and unbleached, and ecological printing.


text: sn0wl 0 Posted April 14, 2005 Report Share Posted April 14, 2005 (edited) If you have Synaptics drivers and suddenly scrolling stops working with your favourite browsers (mostly after updating drivers), read on. First, try reinstalling Firefox or Opera. They will modify SynTPEnh.ini file located C:\Program Files\Synaptics\SynTP folder on install so it should work fine. After reinstalling if you still have problems or do not want to reinstall them for any reason download this; nvaio.cmd unzip and copy the SynTPEnh.ini to C:\Program Files\Synaptics\SynTP folder replacing the old one then restart your computer. If you are still having problems you can try using latest drivers here. There seems to be issues with some Synaptics Drivers (7.12.7, 22.214.171.124HP for example). If you are still having problems it is recommended to use Synaptics Drivers v7.10.8 to solve these issues. Download Synaptics Drivers 7.10.8 RC1 here. Before changing drivers, uninstall previous one, restart then install new drivers. SynTPEnh.zip Edited January 27, 2006 by sn0wl Quote Link to post Share on other sites


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Today, 13th June, is National Pigeon Appreciation Day, and this is surely something to celebrate!
...whereas gulls have a mixed reception in Whitby - their sound is very evocative of a seaside town, but they are hooligans - noisy, aggressive (don't eat chips outside) and messy (despite what's said to the contrary, very unlucky, as the stains tend to be on the permanent side). Still, worth a photo, though...Read: Welcome to our B & B
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Our clients run the full range of project management maturity, and they are in different maturity levels in their experience with Microsoft's Enterprise Project Management tools like Microsoft Project, Excel, SharePoint Services, and Project Server, and they are often implementing Microsoft Project Sever to reach quite different organizational goals.
We use these models to help us position our consulting services and set realistic EPM pilot and deployment goals.
Initially, we always help a client determine their functional maturity so that they can set obtainable implementation goals, and select the Enterprise Project Management feature set that would be most useful for their organization.
View the EPM/Project Server/SharePoint Functional Maturity Model below to gain a perspective regarding our idea of functional maturity.
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Dita 'Hurricane' statement cat-eye sunglasses, featuring black acetate angular frames. Worn by names such as Beyonce, Giovanna Battaglia and Jessica Hart, Dita Hurricane frame became immediately popular with a very unique and cool style.
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Good year for Birr Motor Club
2011 was a good year for Birr Motor Club and its members with another two new events introduced on top of the usual busy calander..
These new events consisted of a multi venue auto test and another loose surface autocross, that took place in August.
In February all roads led to Abbeyleix where the Birr club hosted the first round of the Dunlop national rally championship. This event was ran out of the Manor hotel in Abbeyleix, which were main sponsors of the event. A total of 161 competitors started this event with a series of overseas crews partaking. Crews from all corners of Ireland along with local competitors were all out for the action packed stages.
Meath driver and national championship winner Tim McNulty co-driven by Paul Kiely in their Subaru world rally car emerged victorious with over a minute lead after the final sixth stage. Mark Kane was the highest finishing club member co-driving for Mark Sheehan in a Citroen C2R2.Highest finishing Birr crew were Nenagh's Andrew Slattery/Shaun Forde in a Subaru Imprezza. Knockaroo's Bill Ryan was the clerk of the course for this event and Bill and his team will be returning to Abbeyleix on February 26 for next years stages rally.
Next on the calendar was the grass surface autocross which took place in March just outside Cloughjordan by kind permission of farmer Martin Hogan. Fastest time of the day went to Brendan Whyte in a Kawasaki special with Ger Brennan taking fastest saloon in his fiesta. Whitby Moynan in his Mazda special won his class on the day.
In August the newly introduced multi venue auto test took place in Birr. This event consisted of 10 different tests repeated twice in farm yards gravel lanes and concrete yards around Birr and Killyon. Eoin Longworth was the clerk of the course and Eamonn Byrne won the event in a Toyota starlet. We also had club members who competed this event for the first time and they were, Charlie Cavanagh,Greg Starr, Stephan Molloy, Dervla Garahy, Kieren Garahy,Tristan Horan,Trevor O Callaghan and Davey Forde.
August was a busy month for the club and its members. The Tom O Reilly memorial car treasure hunt took place in Birr. The route left Dooley's hotel on the evening of August 8 going through the village of Riverstown back over to Shinrone, arriving back to Dooley's later that evening. Club member Ronan Shanahan and Niamh Ryan emerged as winners with a total of 775 points.
Also in August the first loose surface autocross took place in the usual quarry at glasshouse Shinrone by kind permission of A&R Poole. Whitby Moynan was the highest finishing club member with young Birr driver Liam Higgins winning his class along with regular forestry competitor Mick Nevin coming second in his class. Charlie Cavanagh experienced some mechanical trouble but managed to finish the event. This was Pat Gubbins first event to act as clerk of the course and the day went very well.
In October the club held its night navigation trial for the second year running. Eoin Longworth was the event organiser and it was run out of the community hall in Dunkerrin village. The route went through Cloughjordan, Nenagh, and Templemore while finishing up back in Dunkerrin in the early hours of Sunday morning. Cork crew David Beamish and Muireann Hayes took the overall win scoring maximum points on the night with Davey Forde and Sean Henehan the highest placed club members. Ronan Shanahan and Robert Nolan had to settle for best Birr motor club crew award after dropping from an early 10th place to 29th following an excursion with a dyke after time point 19.
The final event of the year took place just a few weeks ago on November 20. The second of the loose surface autocrosses took place again in the Shinrone pit. Ronan Shanahan was the clerk of the course.
Club championship leader Whitby Moynan scored maximum points on this event by taking the overall win on the day. Cloughjordans Gordon Percy driving Benny Kennedy's special took home 3rd in class 6 while Davey Forde won class 5.Young Killeen driver Johanaton Carroll in his Nova won class 7. Rathcabbins Trevor Hogan claimed 2nd in class 5 and Mick Nevin also came 2nd in class 2.
Also in November the club had some of its members nominated for the Sports Star Awards organised by the Birr chamber of commerce.
Longstanding club member Mick Boland from Killyon was nominated for club person of the year, while Cloughjordans John Cavanagh, Mick Nevin from Blueball, and Aglish's Pat Horan were all nominated for competitor of the year. Congradulations to Pat Horan who took home the award at the recent presentation night held in the county arms hotel Birr.
This year the club introduced a club championship for its members. There were various rounds to score points on around the country either by marshalling or competing on. The provisional top 3 after the final round in Cork this weekend are Whitby Moynan on a total of 101 points followed by runner up Davey Forde on 76 points closely followed by Ronan Shanahan on 75 points. It is hoped that a presentation of awards will take place in February at the launch night for the stages rally wit some other awards to be handed out on the night for driver of the year and club member of the year to name but a few.
This year we had members who won class awards in various championships around the country. Starting with the Midlands East rally championship
Davey Forde winner of class 8,Mike Garahy/Sean Heenahan winners of class 10, Donald Powell/Robert Lewis winners of class 2 and Benny Kennedy / Brendan Ryan 3rd in class 11.
Mick Nevin /Mike Garahy claimed 2nd in class 2 in the national forestry championship, while Davey Percy won class 13 in the west coast rally championship.
Congratulations to all on their awards.


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We all know how healthy Aloe Vera is for our skin and our organism. Today, read about the following 8 amazing reasons why we should all drink Aloe Vera juice. You will learn in few simple steps how to make the juice at home. The minerals, vitamins and anti-inflammatory powers stand out among the numerous benefits of this plant. Plus, you won't forget what a big help it can be for the weight loss process!
One of the most well-known plants in world is the Aloe Vera plant. Not only because the gel has a great cosmetic uses but also because it's full of nutrients which are very beneficial to our health. Rich in antioxidants, water, fiber and other healthy components, people used this plant for ages as a remedy against a lot of illnesses. In fact, the cosmetic and pharmaceutical industry still uses those natural extracts to make enormous treatments and products. However, the best choice is still to use it in its natural state . That is in fact the most efficient way to benefit and enjoy 100% of its properties.
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If you want to improve weight loss diet plans, let the Aloe Vera juice consumption become everyday habit. The recommendation is to start consuming it before starting a diet because it acts as a natural purifier. That means that can remove toxins that affect metabolism and digestion. In addition, you can take in small quantities to control hunger without actually adding too many calories.
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The only survivors of the generation that had escaped from Egypt were
Caleb and Joshua. All the rest had offended God by murmurings, rebellion,
idolatries, and sundry offenses, by which they were not deemed worthy to
enter the promised land. Even Moses and Aaron had sinned against the Lord.
So after forty years' wanderings, and the children of Israel were
encamped on the plains of Moab, Moses finally addressed them, forbidding
all intercourse with Jews with other nations, enjoining obedience to God,
requiring the utter extirpation of idolatry, and rehearsing in general,
the laws which he had previously given them, and which form the substance
of the Jewish code, all of which he also committed to writing, and then
ascended to the top of Pisgah, over against Jericho, from which he
surveyed, all the land of Judah and Napthali, and Manasseh and Gilead unto
Dan--the greater part of the land promised unto Abraham. He then died, at
the age of 120, B.C. 1451 and no man knew the place of his burial.
The Lord then encouraged Joshua his successor, and the conquest of
the country began--by the passage over the Jordan and the fall of Jericho.
The manna, with which the Israelites for forty years had been miraculously
fed, now was no longer to be had, and supplies of food were obtained from
the enemy's country. None of the inhabitants of Jericho were spared except
Rahab the harlot, and her father's household, in reward for her secretion
of the spy which Joshua had sent into the city. At the city of Ai, the
three thousand men sent to take it were repulsed, in punishment for the
sin of Achan, who had taken at the spoil of Jericho, a Babylonian garment
and three hundred sheckels of silver and a wedge of gold. After he had
expiated this crime, the city of Ai was taken, and all its inhabitants
were put to death. The spoil of the city was reserved for the nation.
The fall of these two cities alarmed the Hamite nations of
Palestine west of the Jordan, and five kings of the Amorites entered into
a confederation to resist the invaders. The Gibeonites made a separate
peace with the Israelites. Their lives were consequently spared, but they
were made slaves forever. Thus was fulfilled the prophecy that Canaan
should serve Shem.
Meantime the confederate kings--more incensed with the Gibeonites than with
the Israelites, since they were traitors to the general cause, marched
against Gibeon, one of the strongest cities of the land. It invoked the
aid of Joshua, who came up from Gilgal, and a great battle was fought, and
resulted in the total discomfiture of the five Canaanite kings. The cities
of Makkedah, Libnah, Gizu, Eglon, Hebron, successively fell into the hands
of Joshua, as the result of their victory.
The following year a confederation of the Northern kings, a vast
host with horses and chariots, was arrayed against the Israelites; but the
forces of the Canaanites were defeated at the "Waters of Merom," a small
lake, formerly the Upper Jordan. This victory was followed by the fall of
Hazor, and the conquest of the whole land from Mount Halak to the Valley
of Lebanon. Thirty-one kings were smitten "in the mountains, in the
plains, in the wilderness, in the south country: the Hittites, the
Amorites, the Canaanites, the Perizites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites."
There only remained the Philistines, whose power was formidable. The
conquered country was divided among the different tribes, half of which
were settled on the west of Jordan. The tabernacle was now removed to
Shiloh, in the central hill country between Jordan and the Mediterranean,
which had been assigned, to the tribe of Ephraim. Jacob had prophetically
declared the ultimate settlements of the twelve tribes in the various
sections of the conquered country. The pre-eminence was given to Judah,
whose territory was the most considerable, including Jerusalem, the future
capital, then in the hands of the Jebusites. The hilly country first fell
into the hands of the invaders, while the low lands were held tenaciously
by the old inhabitants where their cavalry and war chariots were of most
The Israelites then entered, by conquest, into a fruitful land,
well irrigated, whose material civilization was already established, with
orchards and vineyards, and a cultivated face of nature, with strong
cities and fortifications.
Joshua, the great captain of the nation, died about the year 1426
B.C., and Shechem, the old abode of Abraham and Jacob, remained the chief
city until the fall of Jerusalem. Here the bones of Joseph were deposited,
with those of his ancestors.
The nation was ruled by Judges from the death of Joshua for about
330 years--a period of turbulence and of conquest. The theocracy was in
full force, administered by the high priests and the council of elders.
The people, however, were not perfectly cured of the sin of idolatry, and
paid religious veneration to the gods of Phoenicia and Moab. The tribes
enjoyed a virtual independence, and central authority was weak. In
consequence, there were frequent dissensions and jealousies and
The most powerful external enemies of this period were the kings of
Mesopotamia, of Moab, and of Hazor, the Midianites, the Amalekites, the
Ammonites, and the Philistines. The great heroes of the Israelites in
their contests with these people were Othnie, Ehud, Barak, Gideon,
Jepthna, and Samson. After the victories of Gideon over the Midianites,
and of Jepthna over the Ammonites, the northern and eastern tribes enjoyed
comparative repose, and when tranquillity was restored Eli seems to have
exercised the office of high priest with extraordinary dignity, but his
sons were a disgrace and scandal, whose profligacy led the way to the
temporary subjection of the Israelites for forty years to the Philistines,
who obtained possession of the sacred ark.
A deliverer of the country was raised up in the person of Samuel,
the prophet, who obtained an ascendancy over the nation by his purity and
moral wisdom. He founded the "School of the Prophets" in Kamah, and to him
the people came for advice. He seems to have exercised the office of
judge. Under his guidance the Israelites recovered their sacred ark, which
the Philistines, grievously tormented by God, sent back in an impulse of
superstitious fear. Moreover, these people were so completely overthrown
by the Israelites that they troubled them no longer for many years.
Samuel, when old, made his sons judges, but their rule was venal
and corrupt. In disgust, the people of Israel then desired a king. Samuel
warned them of the consequences of such a step, and foretold the
oppression to which they would be necessarily subject; but they were bent
on having a king, like other nations--a man who should lead them on to
conquest and dominion. Samuel then, by divine command, granted their
request, and selected Saul, of the tribe of Benjamin, as a fit captain to
lead the people against the Philistines--the most powerful foe which had
afflicted Israel.
After he had anointed the future king he assembled the whole nation
together, through their deputies, at Mizpeh, who confirmed the divine
appointment. Saul, who appeared reluctant to accept the high dignity, was
fair and tall, and noble in appearance, patriotic, warlike, generous,
affectionate--the type of an ancient hero, but vacillating, jealous, moody,
and passionate. He was a man to make conquests, but not to elevate the
dignity of the nation. Samuel retired into private life, and Saul reigned
over the whole people.
His first care was to select a chosen band of experienced warriors,
and there was need, for the Philistines gathered together a great army,
with 30,000 chariots and 6,000 horsemen, and encamped at Michmash. The
Israelites, in view of this overwhelming force, hid themselves from fear,
in caves and amid the rocks of the mountain fastnesses. In their trouble
it was found necessary to offer burnt sacrifices; but Saul, impulsive and
assuming, would not wait to have the rites performed according to the
divine direction, but offered the sacrifices himself. By this act he
disobeyed the fundamental laws which Moses had given, violated, as it
were, the constitution; and, as a penalty for this foolish and rash act,
Samuel pronounced his future deposition; but God confounded, nevertheless,
the armies of the Philistines, and they were routed and scattered. Saul
then turned against the Amalekites, and took their king, whom he spared in
an impulse of generosity, even though he utterly destroyed his people.
Samuel reproved him for this leniency against the divine command, Saul
attempted to justify himself by the sacrifice of all the enemies' goods
and oxen, to which Samuel said, "Hath the Lord as great delight in burnt
sacrifices and offerings as in obeying the voice of the Lord? Behold! to
obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams; for
rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness as iniquity and
idolatry." Most memorable words! thus setting virtue and obedience over
all rites and ceremonies--a final answer to all ritualism and phariseeism.
The remainder of the life of Saul was embittered by the
consciousness that the kingdom would depart from his house; and by his
jealousy of David, and his unmanly persecution of him; in whom he saw his
successor. He was slain, with three of his sons, at the battle of Gilboa,
when the Philistines gained a great victory--B.C. 1056.
David, meanwhile had been secretly anointed by Samuel as king over
Israel. Nothing could exceed his grief when he heard of the death of Saul,
and of Jonathan, whom he loved, and who returned his love with a love
passing that of women, and who had protected him against the wrath and
enmity of his father.
David, of the tribe of Judah, after his encounter with Goliath, was
the favorite of the people, and was rewarded by a marriage with the
daughter of Saul--Michal, who admired his gallantry and heroism. Saul too
had dissembled his jealousy, and heaped honors on the man he was
determined to destroy. By the aid of his wife, and of Jonathan, and
especially protected by God, the young warrior escaped all the snares laid
for his destruction, and even spared the life of Saul when he was in his
power in the cave of Engedi. He continued loyal to his king, patiently
waiting for his future exaltation.
On the death of Saul, he was anointed king over Judah, at Hebron;
but the other tribes still adhered to the house of Saul. A civil war
ensued, during which Abner, the captain-general of the late king, was
treacherously murdered, and also Ishboseth, the feeble successor of Saul.
The war lasted seven and a half years, when all the tribes gave their
allegiance to David, who then fixed his seat at Jerusalem, which he had
wrested from the Jebusites, and his illustrious reign began, when he was
thirty years of age, B.C. 1048, after several years of adversity and
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The Summer Date Paper Dolls are Saalfield #2587 from the year 1948. Here is the front cover. This was obviously a double date with two guys and two girls. It looks as if they are having a cookout picnic in somebody's yard.
Here is the back cover of this set. It looks as if they are getting ready to do some canoeing. I love the swim trunks and the ankle socks on the guy on the left. Ha ha.
Here is the first set of clothes for this set of paper dolls. Three for the girls and two for the guys. The girls have a casual brown dress with a bow at both the collar and waist. There is also a long summer evening dress in pink and white that comes with long pink gloves and a draw string purse. There is also a white mink coat (I guess in case it gets extremely chilly on this summer date). The guys outfits on this page include a green shirt and tie, and then a brown suit complete with jacket, shirt and tie, matching shoes and a handkerchief in the pocket. We all know what gentlemen all the guys were in the forties.
This second page of clothes is almost all for the ladies. There is a casual day green dress with a matching hat. The hat could also match the orange suit below it. The orange skirt and jacket make for a bit of a formal daytime outfit. There is a casual pants and shirt for one of the guys next. Now that looks very comfortable. Then there is what can only be described as a candy striper's dress for one of the gals. There are two pink hats as well. There is a pair of shorts and a shirt with a tennis racket behind the back. I think this is an outfit for one of the guys.
This page starts off with a gentleman's evening outfit - a pair of pants with a long overcoat and an ascot at the neck. There is a green dress for one of the ladies and a fur coat as well. There is a yellow sweater with what looks like a tie at the neck, so I am going to assume it is for one of the guys. There is also a blue and red dress. Also included is another long evening dress. I love these long evening dresses. This one is pink and green striped with a green top and pink necklace.
This page is all about the evening, I think. There is a green dress with white lace trim. The guys have a black tuxedo! There is a red and white dress with matching red jacket. But my favorite on this page is another long evening dress. This one is blue with red trim. So adorable!
The Summer Date Paper Dolls really keep busy. Here is another evening dress - pink and black, my favorite colors. There is also a blue daytime dress and a brown daytime dress. There is another suit (gray and blue) for the guys.
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Trump administration looks to military bases in Texas to house immigrant children
Faced with tens of thousands of children crossing the border alone in 2014, in what President Barack Obama deemed a "humanitarian situation," the government temporarily housed them on three military bases, including one in San Antonio.
Now President Donald Trump's administration is considering doing so again, eyeing several in Texas. But this time the need is fueled largely by the White House's controversial new policy to criminally prosecute parents illegally entering the country and take away their kids.
"The government is rendering kids, who come with parents, unaccompanied," said Jennifer Podkul, director of policy at the advocacy group Kids in Need of Defense. "They have manufactured a crisis."
Attorney General Jeff Sessions said last week the government's goal is to prosecute anyone crossing the border illegally, an enormous undertaking in a federal court system already swamped by such offenses. He said he would send more U.S. attorneys and judges to aid the effort.
"We are not going to let this country be invaded," he said. "If you are smuggling a child, then we will prosecute you and that child will be separated from you as required by law."
During the Obama administration, undocumented parents who crossed the border with children were typically detained with their children, processed and then released with instructions to appear at a future date at an immigration proceeding, during which most made claims for political asylum. They were not criminally charged with an illegal border crossing.
Trump derided this practice during the 2016 presidential campaign as "catch and release" because many undocumented immigrants, he said, simply disappeared and remained in the country illegally. He vowed to stop that practice.
The ramped-up prosecutions will force thousands more underage children into government custody. With their parents in federal prison, minors are considered unaccompanied and transferred to protective care under the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, which keeps them until they can be placed with an adult relative or transitioned to more permanent foster care.
Kenneth Wolfe, a spokesman for the department's Administration for Children and Families, said its shelters for minors have enough bed space for 10,846 unaccompanied children, which are currently at 90 percent capacity. The nation's three residential detention centers, handled by a different agency, can hold an additional couple of thousand parents and children.
Wolfe said in a statement that its program "requires routinely evaluating the needs and capacity of an existing network of approximately 100 shelters in 14 states. Additional properties with existing infrastructure are routinely being identified."
Though overall border crossings are at their lowest in decades, nearly 14,000 families and children, many of them seeking asylum from Central America, were detained in April, reaching levels last seen during Obama's administration.
At the height of that child immigration crisis, about 10,600 unaccompanied children and 16,300 families arrived in June 2014 alone. Bases in Oklahoma, Texas and California were used to house nearly 6,800 unaccompanied children over a period of several months, Wolfe said.
Podkul, from Kids in Need of Defense, said the government sent older children to the bases who they knew could quickly be placed with an adult sponsor, usually a relative already in the United States, which applies to the vast majority of children coming here alone. Most of them are being sent to the U.S. to reunite with a family member.
"It was an emergency facility," she said. "They didn't hold kids for longer than a few weeks because of licensing issues."
Now, children will be separated from their parents, which could make it more difficult to place them with relatives, she said, meaning longer stays at bases not licensed for childcare.
"The person who would be the most likely sponsor is now sitting in U.S. Marshal custody because of criminal prosecution," Podkul said.
She said the agency in charge of children, the Office of Refugee Resettlement, last month entered into a tentative written agreement with Immigration and Customs Enforcement to share information about relatives or other sponsors in the U.S. who agree to take in the children. In the past that information was not used for enforcement purposes.
"The government is dumping all these kids into (federal care) who shouldn't be there in the first place and scaring sponsors from coming forward," she said.
CENTRAL AMERICA: Trump administration ends temporary protection for 57,000 Honduran immigrants
Federal officials have struggled for several years to manage the increase of Central American families, the fastest-growing demographic at the southern border.
Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen told senators in testimony this week that families with children and unaccompanied minors made up just 10 percent of apprehensions five years ago, Today, they account for 40 percent of those detained by border agents, she said.
Until Trump's new policy was announced, most parents with no serious records who were caught crossing illegally with their children were not charged with the crime, which is a misdemeanor for first-time violators. The sheer number of offenders meant prosecutors typically prioritized immigrants with more serious criminal histories.
Families were instead kept in residential detention centers and either deported together or released to fight their immigration cases.
A decades-old federal court settlement prevents the prolonged detention of children. But critics complain many families don't show up at court hearings if they are freed.
Soon after taking office, Trump threatened to separate parents and children at the border, sending the number coming here plummeting. Frustrated by their rising arrivals last summer, however, the administration began ramping up the prosecutions of parents, forcing the removal of their children and allowing adults to be detained until they are deported.
Nielsen has argued Americans who commit crimes are also taken from their children.
"That's no different than what we do every day in every part of the United States when an adult of a family commits a crime," she said last week. "You will be incarcerated by police and thereby separated from your family."
Advocates say immigrant parents are not reunited with their children after their criminal sentence, which is usually just a few days or weeks. Instead they are placed in civil detention centers and sometimes even quickly deported without their children.
"Reunification after these kinds of separations are very difficult," said Michelle Brané, executive director of the migrant rights program at the Women's Refugee Commission, a national advocacy group. "Even finding each other after separation is exceedingly difficult."
It involves coordination between the Departments of Justice, Homeland Security, and Health and Human Services, which Brané said do not systematically track such separations or coordinate.
Supporters argue that prosecuting parents prevents others from bringing their children on the dangerous journey north.
"Part of it is to provide a message of deterrence also to people who are attempting to enter the country illegally and exploit this gap in our immigration laws," said Texas Sen. John Cornyn, a Republican. "If you simply catch people and let them go and they succeed in melting into the great American landscape, then they've basically gamed the system."
He said temporarily housing such children on military bases made sense.
"I would assume they would use federal property where they could house people in a humane and appropriate sort of way, and so a military base would seem to fit that description," he said.
The Department of Homeland Security confirmed one possibility is Goodfellow Air Force Base in San Angelo. Dyess Air Force Base near Abilene and the U.S Army's Fort Bliss in El Paso have also been floated as options, according to the Washington Post.
Kevin Diaz and Sig Christenson contributed to this report.


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Moments ago we showed that despite the rosy headline data reported by the NAR in tabulating its existing home sales, things below the surface for the US housing market were far worse than the soundbites indicate, as the only "stable" segment when it comes to existing home sales is that capturing transactions in the $1 million+ price bucket which corresponds to just 2.4% of all transactions.
Then, we decided to drill down a little more, because while the average number is certainly jarring, when it comes to housing, the US is hardly a homogeneous market, and where every region has its own supply and demand issues. And by and far, the one region that has always stood out the most when it comes to abnormalities in US housing was the "West", largely a name for the state of California: the same place where the housing bubble was spawned back in the early 2000s, and where it first popped some time around 2006.
What we found when looking at just the "West" was that the distribution of sales by price bucket is beyond ridiculous in this state. The table (from the NAR) below summarizes the results:
What stands out is that while California is by far the most vibrant market when it comes to the most expensive segment (at +6%, the highest in the nation), it is shambles when it also comes to the two lowest price buckets, both of which blow out any myth of a recovery for the "non-1%" out of the water, with a collapse of 40% in sales in the $0-100K range, and a 20% plunge in the prime $100-$250K market (the Median existing home price across the US in May was $213,400).
As usual the best way to get a sense of the surprising divergence in the Western housing market is visually. The following chart, shows the sales by bucket in the West, as well as across the US.
Clearly, something very disturbing is happening in the California housing market: on one hand the latest housing bubble for the bulk of the market has clearly burst, on the other, the bubble for the ultra-luxury segment keep soaring to new highs.
Sustainable? Or just more "noise?"
Source: NAR


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Popular Kitchen Remodeling Trends You can have in Your Own Homes.
Every homeowner from Boston, Massachusetts, all the way to the people of Alaska or even as far off as Hawaii wants to have a home improvement in one form or another performed in their own homes. Whatever their reasons may be, whether it is for future investment purposes or simply to improve the place where they spend most of their time, a home remodeling or a renovation project would be a welcome sight.
However, the harsh economic times prevent homeowners from spending as much as they want on a total renovation package. Most would opt to focus only in certain portions or sections of their homes as a start just like in a kitchen remodeling project and then move on to other sections of the house subsequently.
A kitchen remodeling project is a great way to start as kitchens play a vital and central role in today's modern homes. Gone are the days of the secluded role of the kitchen, which has evolved into absorbing other facets of family and home living.
The following serves as a guide to help homeowners in deciding which trends or innovative ideas they can do for their kitchen remodeling venture.
The Evolving Role of the Kitchen
For several decades and perhaps centuries to be more specific, the kitchen played the basic role as the area in the home where food preparation and cooking are done. In those olden days, the kitchen is secluded and closed off from other sections of the home, where other family members who were not involved in food preparation are shunning away from or where prohibited from loitering in.
Those days are gone now, except maybe if more traditional and old-fashioned homes. The kitchen has opened itself up and has become the new living room of today's modern homes. From a basic food preparation area, it has evolved into a more interactive living space where the rest of the family or the household can get-together, entertain themselves, or simply to hang out. Even guests can come into the house and mingle with their hosts inside the kitchen. Such is the role of the kitchen now and this would call for some innovative and totally space-efficient kitchen remodeling ideas and suggestions.
Kitchen Remodeling Ideas for Your Home
If you cannot decide for yourself what particular kitchen remodeling ideas you would like to try out for your home, you can seek assistance from your interior designers or even from qualified custom home builders from Divisions Unlimited Incorporated to help you decide which renovation or remodeling trends would best fit your home. Some of these ideas include the following:
* You can create more usable space by getting rid of old, bulky and space consuming kitchen cabinets and replace them with custom-built, recessed and space-saving cabinets that would also add up to the elegance of your new kitchen.
* A great way to make your kitchen appear bigger would be to change the colors and light in this particular room. Simply brightening the room up with better lighting systems can do wonders. Remove the dull and old-looking wallpapers and customize your walls with light and lively layers of paint. This also applies to your tops and cabinets.
* The central point in the modern kitchen is the cook top range. If the kitchen is the new or the extended living room, the area within the cook top range is the new fireplace. Household members and guest can gather around this area to mingle and do their stuff. In line with this, the area should be elegantly built to make it a central point of interest within the kitchen.
* Counter tops, hoods, islands and the cook range surfaces should be elegantly done with customized surfaces of using innovative materials like granite, marble and other alternative building materials. This will not only add elegance and style to the kitchen, but these materials are more durable and can increase the value of the home in general more dramatically.
The role of the kitchen has changed from a secluded cooking area into the new living and gathering area in the modern home. A kitchen remodeling project applying new trends and innovative ideas can give your home a fresh and very welcoming new look.
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We're excited to announce a new common core curriculum that integrates research and practice skills while preparing students to solve our most complex public health problems! These new common core courses, effective in the fall of 2020 and totaling 23 credits, will expose students to diverse perspectives of public health, rigorous training and exciting field opportunities.
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Rescuers Search Rubble of Latvian Supermarket
Rescue and recovery efforts continued in the wake of a roof collapse at a supermarket in the Latvian capital of Riga, with the death toll at 47 and expected to rise. Via The Foreign Bureau, WSJ's global news update.
This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.
... the rule I the eye ... the Stuart recovery operations continued after a roof collapse at the supermarket in Riga Latvia ... killed at least forty seven people one Thursday evening ... two sections of the roof fell in separate incidents ... with the second section for your rescue workers as they search for survivors of the first incident ... three firefighters were killed ... it's not yet clear what caused the collapse ... of the store had been having a garden playground on the roof ... which were under construction were collapse occurred ... one official called the event the worst loss of life of Latvian citizens since the sinking of the M S Estonia in nineteen ninety four killed eight hundred fifty two people ... including seventeen lesbians ... roughly one-third of the Falun risks still remain to be searched as of Friday evening ... and officials expect the death toll for us ... this is the forum Juro Billy USG's global news update ...


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T.H.E. Show at Newport Beach: Julie Mullins on Electronics $20k and Up|Five Best-Sounding Rooms Cessaro Wagner speakers with TW Acustic and MBL Noble electronics When things go awry at shows, it's good to have friends. After experiencing some preamplifier misbehavior, Jeffrey Catalano of High Water Sound ...read more
Munich High End 2016: Electronics $15k and Up|Ah, to be in Munich in May—home to the fabulous High End Audio Show at the atrium-filled, convention-center-style building known as MOC. An international hi-fi show like no other, it's the one everyone—dealers, manufacturers, press, ...read more
D'Agostino Master Audio Systems Open House: At Audio Concepts, Dallas, TX. Sat., May 21st, 2pm - 6pm|The following is a press release/special invitation issued by D'Agostino Master Audio Systems. May 18, 2016 - Stop by Audio Concepts in Dallas and audition the newly upgraded D'Agostino Momentum M400 mono amplifiers, paired with ...read more
Munich High End 2016: Loudspeakers $20k and Up|Though I expected nothing less, this year's edition of the Greatest Audio Show on Earth proved to be great all over again. Not only were there more products on display—imagine a collision between CEDIA and ...read more
Audio Research Introduces Foundation Series|The following is a press release issued by Audio Research. May 5, 2016 - Audio Research is pleased to introduce the Foundation Series. From the same engineering and design team responsible for the award-winning Reference ...read more
AXPONA 2016: Electronics $20k and Up|Most Significant New Debuts Aesthetix Atlas Mono Eclipse Amplifier Musical Surroundings debuted its 300-watt Aesthetix Atlas Mono Eclipse amplifiers ($25k/pr.). After being teased by their appearances in static displays—at this year's CES, for one—it was ...read more
Audio by Van Alstine Vision Phonostage|Visually, the Vision phonostage appears to be a pretty simple affair: a small black box powered by an external transformer. The latter is a small 15V AC "wall wart," which by virtue of its location ...read more
Zanden Audio Systems 120 Phonostage|Many months ago I reviewed the companion pieces to this phonostage—the all-tube Zanden Audio Model 8120 stereo power amplifier and the all-tube Model 3100 linestage preamplifier. To refresh you on what I said in that ...read more
Brinkmann Stars at 2016 CES|The following is a press release issued by Brinkmann Audio. Las Vegas, NV | January 6, 2016 - Brinkmann Audio, the world's leading designer and manufacturer of State-of-the-Art analog products, will be exhibiting in Venetian ...read more
Dealer Event at Command Performance AV Virginia|The following is a press release issued by Command Performance AV. Decemer 7, 2015 - Command Performance AV (115 Park Avenue, Suite 2, Falls Church, VA 22046) is holding a Clearaudio event on Saturday December ...read more
New York's Audioarts and the Return of FM Acoustics|While I was in New York City recently for the unveiling of B&W's 800-Series Diamond 3 speakers, I stopped by the Audioarts showroom on 5th Avenue. I had several reasons for doing so. For one ...read more
RSVP Now – Innovative ReDesigned Events: November 12-14|The following is a press release issued by Innovative Audio Video. Our new story begins Thursday, 12 November 2015. Join us. INNOVATIVE is proud to unveil our fully renovated showrooms, highlighting the very finest in ...read more
The Tokyo International Audio Show|Most audio trade shows are held in nondescript hotels—Munich's MOC being the exception—so any venue that doesn't smack of immovable headboards, dusty wall-mount 21-inch panel TVs, and carpeting that looks like something out of The ...read more
2015 RMAF Show Report - Show Highlights|At this year's Rocky Mountain Audio Fest, there were no fewer than eight members of the TAS reporting corps in attendance to cover the show. Given the number of writers in the queue, others were ...read more
Bryston Introduces Compact Form Factor Phono Preamplifiers|The following is a press release issued by Bryston. Peterborough, Ontario | October 12, 2015 — Bryston has announced the introduction of four high-performance compact analog solutions for vinyl enthusiasts—three phono stage preamplifiers and a ...read more


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Genforeningen 2020 will be based on nine themes, each of which puts the historic events in 1920 into perspective and connects them with the present. The themes are broad and illustrate the great scope and significance of the reunion not just on local and regional levels, but also nationally and internationally.
The activities in the programme for Genforeningen 2020 will in different ways be based on the nine themes.
It Is up to the People?
Referenda on the location of national borders have experienced a comeback in recent years with the referenda in the Crimea and in Scotland. But can referenda be used as a political instrument? And how have other border regions also facing their centenary managed to create stability and cooperation across divides?
Denmark's Large Neighbour to the South
For centuries the relationship between Denmark and Germany was characterised by tension and armed conflict. Also after 1920 the partition of Schleswig caused disagreement. In 2020 we will celebrate the good relationship between Denmark and Germany, just as the year has been appointed Danish-German friendship year. But what caused this remarkable development, and can we make more use of its opportunities?
Is the Dream of the Nation State Still Alive?
In the 1800s the nation state was a great ideal. Has the idea of the nation state been overtaken by internationalisation and globalisation, or should we continue to safeguard the progress secured by the nation state in the 20th century? This is one of the great contentious political issues of today put into perspective by the reunion in 1920.
Artistic Inspiration
Romanticism and the pursuit of an identity rooted in Danish and Nordic qualities peaked at the time of the reunion. Among other things, it provided inspiration for the unique Danish songbook, just as prominent authors and poets drew inspiration from the situation in the border region.
The Border – Force or Obstacle?
The new 1920 border cut the commercial market in the region in two. Later agriculture grew in size, and strong global companies emerged in Southern Jutland. Still, the growth and financial situation in the region are under pressure. Can we use the national border to stimulate growth? And how do we get the most out of the border region in the years after 2020?
Did the New Border Distort the Country?
After the 1920 demarcation the balance in Denmark tilted towards the east and the north, and especially Copenhagen and Aarhus have experienced extensive growth. A pertinent question is whether the large-scale relocation of state jobs away from the main cities is able to recreate a more balanced Denmark?
Cultural Characteristics of Southern Jutland
Southern Jutland still holds a series of characteristics that point to its historic relation to the duchies and Prussia – or its resistance to them. Genforeningen 2020 is a good chance to experience the interplay between Danish and Prussian architecture, tilting at the ring, traditional coffee and cake in Southern Jutland and other characteristics unique to the region.
Personal and Local Stories
The events in connection with the reunion hold lots of small and great stories. Local communities experienced great change, some families rejoiced, while others were disappointed, and a series of institutions and associations were formed and can soon celebrate their 100th anniversary. We would also like to hear your story.
Let Us Meet, Talk, Sing and Celebrate
People's meetings and reunion parties were part of the events celebrating the reunion in 1920. In 2020 we still have good reason to party and celebrate the successful demarcation and everything the border region has succeeded in doing the past 100 years.


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Skills & Qualities for a Retail Job
The retail industry accounts for more than 40 million U.S. jobs that have a direct or indirect link to retail, according to the National Retail Federation. The industry includes people with a wide range of expertise. However, jobs most closely associated with everyday retail activities are in management, sales, merchandising and marketing. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics indicates that more than 4 million people work in retail sales alone.
Retail-management jobs may involve overseeing a department, one store or several stores in a region. Managers at all levels need good communication and organizational skills to direct workflow and provide clear instructions to employees. Managers must display patience because they're often required to settle customer complaints. Analytical skills are particularly important for managers who are responsible for sales forecasting. They must analyze past sales data to estimate sales over a specified future period to manage inventory and cash flow.
Salespeople don't just operate cash registers. It's important that they make good first impressions because they usually have the most contact with a store's customers. Salespeople should enjoy working with the public, thrive on solving problems and maintain their patience when things get hectic. Salespeople also need to be knowledgeable about the products they sell to provide good customer service, which can bolster a store's profits.
Buyers analyze sales levels, consumer trends and competitors' merchandise to select products for their stores. Purchasing the wrong mix of merchandise can hamper a store's profits and its reputation with its core customers. Buyers must be good negotiators who can build reliable merchandise supply channels with vendors in the United States and in other countries. Organizational skills are critical for buyers because they develop merchandise-distribution plans to keep store inventories at proper levels. Buyers employed by large companies may specialize in selecting a specific line of merchandise, but buyers at small companies may choose a store's entire inventory.
Marketing professionals in retail analyze factors that influence consumer purchases to develop strategies for advertising campaigns. For example, National Retail Federation statistics show that parents indicated that their children influence at least 50 percent of the purchases made for school supplies and clothing. In such cases, retail marketers need to be versatile to create ad campaigns that appeal to parents shopping on a budget and children who want the latest styles for school. Marketers also need technical knowledge to combine company websites, social media and mobile phone applications with traditional advertising methods to promote their stores in several venues simultaneously.
Visual Merchandisers
Visual merchandisers create in-store displays designed to entice customers to make purchases. A furniture store merchandiser may display a sofa with a coordinating rug, end tables, lamps and artwork to encourage shoppers to purchase all of the items in the display. Visual merchandisers also plan displays based on analyses of how consumers shop. For example, chewing gum and magazines are displayed near checkout counters because shoppers often buy those items on impulse as they wait in line to pay for other items.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2010-11 Edition
- National Retail Federation: Retail Creates Jobs
- National Retail Federation Foundation: Retail Career Areas
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: Occupational Employment Statistics
- National Retail Federation: Back-to-School Sales Expected to be Flat as Parents Practice Restraint
- BusinessDictionary.com: Impulse Buying
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