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Tile and Grout Cleaning Mount Barker Summit. Marks Tile Grout Cleaning provides best tile and grout cleaning in Mount Barker Summit. We use best tile cleaning products and tile cleaning products to provide best residential tile cleaning services. Give us a call today @ 1800 441 506 to get best services at best rates.
Residential Tile and Grout Cleaning Services in Mount Barker Summit
Your bathroom should look neat all the times. If your bathroom is fitted with tiles, chances are they are easily soiled. As a result, you must keep them clean at all times.
It is a common experience that your tiles will lost their shine and glare. They start looking dull as the cleaning agents you use at your home to clean tiles affect them adversely. As a result, it is almost impossible to clean.
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Marks Tile Grout Cleaning has been serving in the city of Mount Barker Summit for quite a while now. Over the years, we've made quite a name for ourselves. This has been due to ever increasing customers. We provide them with top class services. Hence, the people of Mount Barker Summit know that we are the best tile and grout firm in Mount Barker Summit.
- When you hire our tile cleaning experts in Mount Barker Summit, we'll make sure that your tiles look shinier, cleaner and newer. The fact is that our methods are quite effective and bring back the original glare of the tiles.
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Tiles often get stained over time. If you do not have the time to clean them regularly, then chances are high that they may get stained. The marks may be yellow or off-white in color. As the tiles are not cleaned regularly, you should hire us to get your tiles cleaned. With services, the tiles would be free from any spots and stains, looking brand new.
People often think that they can clean the tiles on their own. They are not well aware of the correct cleaning methods. Also, sometimes they use incorrect cleaning agents. This results in their tiles getting yellow stained.
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Marks Tile and Grout cleaners offer the best services for shower tile cleaning. Your shower tiles are one of the most overlooked areas in the home, that becomes dirty and mouldy over the time. If you have forgotten the real colour of your shower tiles, it's high time you clean them. And for the best cleaning, it is important that you hire professionals like us.
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We first visit the house and perform our survey. We examine the type of tile. Our cleaning process depends on the nature of the surface- whether it is limestone, porcelain or ceramic.
Our team of tile cleaning professionals in Mount Barker Summit checks the tiles for any internal breakage. They check the area for any future breakages.
We then move onto the cleaning of tiles. We use mechanical equipment that efficiently cleans the tiles. Also, the chemical cleaning agent we use is a quite strong disinfectant. It helps clean the tiles.
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If there's an "it" girl in publishing right now, it's Amanda Knox.
As soon as she was cleared of murder charges in Italy on Monday, she became the most sought-after interview, with ABC, CNN, CBS, NBC and others clamoring to get the first lucrative sit-down with the American exchange student.
Almost as quickly, publishing insiders began jockeying for position for a possible – some say inevitable – book deal.
There's plenty to write about. A salacious story of sex, drugs, and murder abroad, Ms. Knox's case has attracted international fascination. The American exchange student was acquitted Monday in a Perugia, Italy, court of the murder of Meredith Kercher, her British roommate, bringing an end to a four-year case that whipped up a media frenzy in its final months. In the case, and in breathless media reports about it, Knox "was variously portrayed as a lying, manipulative temptress or an innocent abroad who became unwittingly caught up in a gross miscarriage of justice," writes the Monitor's Nick Squires.
Already, at least 10 books on the market deal with Knox's case, including "Angel Face: The True Story of Student Killer Amanda Knox," "The Fatal Gift of Beauty: The Trials of Amanda Knox," "The Monster of Perugia: The Framing of Amanda Knox," and "Murder in Italy: The Shocking Slaying of a British Student, the Accused American Girl, and an International Scandal" among others.
But if Knox pens her own account, she will have a chance to tell her side of the story. Perhaps more pressingly, a book deal will help the Knox family pay off the more than $1 million they've reportedly spent on her legal fees. (According to news reports, friends have emptied their pockets, relatives have taken out second mortgages and an ad-hoc group, Friends of Amanda, has raised some $80,000 to help fund travel costs.
A six-figure book deal would go a long way toward paying legal fees. And Knox may even have most of the book written already. In her prison diary, leaked by the press years ago, Knox kept a meticulous record of events since the day she was arrested. In it, she recorded a poignant and dramatic account of the trial and her own personal trials, including repeated professions of her innocence. "I am innocent so I will be free. Free. Free. Free. Freedom. I will have freedom," she reportedly wrote in one entry. Another states, "Do you know me? Open your eyes and see that when it is said I am an angel, or I am a devil, or I am a lost girl, recognize that what is really lost is: the truth!"
She also chronicled her prison routine ("I do exercises, sing, write, read, sleep, eat, drink and think. I can go to the library. I have eight television channels I can watch in the cell, I have a bath and a lamp for reading"), and documented the seven men she had slept with and the 35 suitors who wrote to her in the first weeks after her arrest.
At this point, all signs point to a Knox memoir in the future, but there are some doubts whether there will be an appetite for it. This past summer, another young woman who had attracted media attention and was found innocent of murder could have gotten as much as $750,000 for a book deal. But "the public had little sympathy for [Casey] Anthony, whose young daughter disappeared under mysterious circumstances and was later found dead," wrote The LA Time's Jacket Copy. In a Jacket Copy poll, 80 percent of respondents said they weren't interested in a book from Ms. Anthony.
Will Amanda Knox face the same fate?
Husna Haq is a Monitor correspondent.

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Chocolate Ganache Hearts
My hopes were high. My ambitions were big. My plans were tight. My petit fours were going to be elegant, cute and sexy, just like the girl I was envious of in highschool. I was going to make four. Four petit fours. Fitting, no?
All this in pursuit for this month's Sugar High Friday, hosted by Jeanne of Cooksister!. A worthy pursuit! After I was done however, I must admit that I was tempted to announce never to attempt petit fours again, such a disaster as I had. I am not one to say never, though. So I'll leave that open.
In the end I think I became a bit overwhelmed. Same day I had fruit mince to bottle, and on request cheesey scones AND rhubarb crumble cupcakes. My timing was not the best. In the end, the best looking plate were these chocolate ganache hearts. Simply two layers of chocolate sponge with ganache poured over the top to produce a glistening layered effect. The ganache was definitely the tastiest bit about it and I literally had to stop myself from diving into it. I should have just re-made these as a petite four, they were much more impressive!


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MONTREAL (AP) Mikhail Grigorenko's shootout goal lifted the Buffalo Sabres to a 5-4 win over the Montreal Canadiens in the preseason opener for both teams on Sunday night.
Grigorenko beat Zachary Fucale with a backhand on Buffalo's second attempt in the tiebreaker.
The Sabres, who never led, erased four one-goal deficits. Colton Gillies got the Sabres even at 4 with 4:24 left in regulation.
Zemgus Girgensons scored two goals in the second for Buffalo, making it 3-3 at 11:51 on the first shot faced by Fucale. Jamie McBain also scored for the Sabres.
Michael Bournival scored twice for the Canadiens. Martin St-Pierre netted Montreal's second power-play goal at 12:59 into the third to give the Canadiens a 4-3 lead.
Erik Nystrom added a power-play goal for Montreal.


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World Health Day 2011
Combat drug resistance: no action today means no cure tomorrow
Statement by WHO Director-General, Dr Margaret Chan
When the first antibiotics were introduced in the 1940s, they were hailed as "wonder drugs", the miracles of modern medicine. And rightly so. Widespread infections that killed many millions of people every year could now be cured. Major diseases, like syphilis, gonorrhoea, leprosy, and tuberculosis, lost much of their sting. The risk of death from something so common as strep throat or a child's scratched knee virtually vanished.
The powerful impact of these medicines sparked a revolution in the discovery of new drugs. The human condition took a dramatic turn for the better, with significant jumps in life expectancy.
The message on this World Health Day is loud and clear. The world is on the brink of losing these miracle cures.
The emergence and spread of drug-resistant pathogens has accelerated. More and more essential medicines are failing. The therapeutic arsenal is shrinking. The speed with which these drugs are being lost far outpaces the development of replacement drugs. In fact, the R&D pipeline for new antimicrobials has practically run dry.
The implications are equally clear. In the absence of urgent corrective and protective actions, the world is heading towards a post-antibiotic era, in which many common infections will no longer have a cure and, once again, kill unabated. The implications go beyond a resurgence of deadly infections to threaten many other life-saving and life-prolonging interventions, like cancer treatments, sophisticated surgical operations, and organ transplantations. With hospitals now the hotbeds for highly-resistant pathogens, such procedures become hazardous.
While hospital "superbugs" make the biggest headlines, these especially deadly pathogens are just the extreme expression of a much broader, and more disturbing picture.
The development of resistance is a natural biological process that will occur, sooner or later, with every drug. The use of any antimicrobial for any infection, in any dose, and over any time period, forces microbes to either adapt or die in a phenomenon known as "selective pressure". The microbes which adapt and survive carry genes for resistance, which can be passed on from one person to another and rapidly spread around the world.
This natural process has been vastly accelerated and amplified by a number of human practices, behaviours, and policy failures. Collectively, the world has failed to handle these fragile cures with appropriate care. We have assumed that miracle cures will last forever, with older drugs eventually failing only to be replaced by newer, better and more powerful ones. This is not at all the trend we are seeing.
Faulty practices and flawed assumptions have clearly made the inevitable development of drug resistance happen much sooner, rather than later. For some diseases, like malaria, our options are very limited as we have only a single class of effective drugs - artemisinin-based combination therapies - with which to treat more than 200 million falciparum cases each year. Although new drugs are under development, especially through the Medicines for Malaria Venture, a public-private partnership, early signals of artemisinin resistance have already been detected.
Similarly, gains in reducing child deaths due to diarrhoea and respiratory infections are at risk. And, while TB deaths are declining, in just the past year nearly half a million people developed multidrug-resistant TB, and a third of them died as a result. These are just a few of the stark warnings that must be heeded.
The responsibility for turning this situation around is entirely in our hands. Irrational and inappropriate use of antimicrobials is by far the biggest driver of drug resistance. This includes overuse, when drugs are dispensed too liberally, sometimes to "be on the safe side", sometimes in response to patient demand, but often for doctors and pharmacists to make more money.
This includes underuse, especially when economic hardship encourages patients to stop treatment as soon as they feel better, rather than complete the treatment course needed to fully kill the pathogen. This includes misuse, when drugs are given for the wrong disease, usually in the absence of a diagnostic test.
In many countries, this includes a failure to keep substandard products off the market, to ensure that antimicrobials are dispensed only by a licensed prescriber, and to stop over-the-counter sales of individual pills.
And this includes the massive routine use of antimicrobials, to promote growth and for prophylaxis, in the industrialized production of food. In several parts of the world, more than 50% in tonnage of all antimicrobial production is used in food-producing animals. In addition, veterinarians in some countries earn at least 40% of their income from the sale of drugs, creating a strong disincentive to limit their use. The problem arises when drugs used for food production are medically important for human health, as evidence shows that pathogens that have developed resistance to drugs in animals can be transmitted to humans.
On this World Health Day, WHO is issuing a policy package to get everyone, especially governments and their drug regulatory systems, on the right track, with the right measures, quickly. Governments can make progress, working with health workers, pharmacists, civil society, patients, and industry. We all can plan and coordinate our response. We can expand surveillance efforts. We can improve drug regulatory and supply systems. We can foster improved use of medicines for human and animal health. We can actively prevent and control infections in health services and beyond. And, we must stimulate a robust pipeline for new antimicrobials, diagnostics and vaccines.
Drug resistance costs vast amounts of money, and affects vast numbers of lives. The trends are clear and ominous. No action today means no cure tomorrow. At a time of multiple calamities in the world, we cannot allow the loss of essential medicines – essential cures for many millions of people – to become the next global crisis.
Important Links
Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Govt. of India
National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority
Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals
Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences


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Congressional affairs, including requests for information, are handled by the Office of Legislative Affairs (OLA). OLA also articulates the Department's position on legislation proposed by Congress, facilitates the appearance of Department witnesses at congressional hearings, and manages the interagency clearance process led by OMB. Additionally, OLA coordinates the Department's responses to congressional committee oversight requests and other inquiries from individual Members and congressional staff. OLA also participates in the Senate confirmation process for federal judges and Department nominees, such as Assistant Attorneys General and United States Attorneys. These functions are important to the Department's cooperative and productive relationship with Congress.
OLA is a small office, headed by a presidentially appointed, Senate-confirmed Assistant Attorney General. OLA coordinates the clearance within the Executive Branch, the Department Statements for the Record of Hearings, and letters setting forth the Department's positions on legislation, which are available on the OLA Web site.
Letters from Members of Congress are directed to the Department's Executive Secretariat for assignment to components with substantive knowledge of the underlying matters. Those components prepare responses, which are reviewed by other components, cleared by the Office of Management and Budget as needed, and ultimately transmitted to the Congress by OLA.
The Office of Legislative Affairs uses the Department's Records Management System (RMS), as one of its two major information management systems, to manage the flow of legislative correspondence, hearing requests and related materials, and other requests concerning legislative matters, including internal DOJ communications, addressed to and emanating from the Office of Legislative Affairs.
The RMS system allows the Office of Legislative Affairs to control and track all legislative requests originating within or outside the Department and to control other related items in RMS, when appropriate for internal coordination needs.
Among the items tracked by this system are:
- pending congressional bills;
- draft legislative proposals developed within the Department;
- requests for comments or views on legislative proposals from congressional Committees and Members, the Office of Management and Budget, or other Federal agencies;
- hearing testimony and hearing follow-up questions;
- Presidential proclamations; and similar items.
When a legislative or hearing request is received and logged into RMS, a database record is created. Each record contains information such as the sender's name and organizational affiliation; the bill or proposal number; the bill, hearing or proposal title; a descriptive summary; various tracking dates; action required; assignments to components; and in some instances, notes concerning the action or response.


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Always aim high, work hard, and care deeply about what you believe in. When you stumble, keep faith. When you're knocked down, get right back up. And never listen to anyone who says you can't or shouldn't go on.Hillary Rodham Clinton
If you're a single mother with two childrenwhich is the toughest job in America, as far as I'm concernedyou're working hard to put food on your family.George Walker Bush
We are working hard to convince both the Indians and the Pakis there's a way to deal with their problems without going to war.George Walker Bush
I'm a very talented person, I know that. I'm a very gifted person. I have a lot of imagination. I work hard. I feel I have the attributes within myself to have achieved what I have done. There has been no luck, no miracles. The only miracle has been this voice.Sarah Brightman
You see, if you take pains and learn in order to get a reward, the work will seem hard; but when you work... if you love your work, you will find your reward in that.Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy
To make our way, we must have firm resolve, persistence, tenacity. We must gear ourselves to work hard all the way. We can never let up.Ralph Bunche
Hard work and training. There's no secret formula. I lift heavy, work hard and aim to be the best.Ronald Dean Coleman
Perseverance is the hard work you do after you get tired of doing the hard work you already did.Newt Gingrich
I just think people have a lot of fiction. But, you know, I mean, the real story of Facebook is just that we've worked so hard for all this time. I mean, the real story is actually probably pretty boring, right? I mean, we just sat at our computers for six years and coded.Mark Zuckerberg
Nothing is harder to understand than a symbolic work. A symbol always transcends the one who makes use of it and makes him say in reality more than he is aware of expressing.Albert Camus
I am always giving advice to young players about how things are, how important it is to work hard every day to reach the glory days.Milagros Cabral
You don't have to go to college to be a success ... We need the people who run the offices, the people who do the hard physical work of our society.George Herbert Walker Bush
In no direction that we turn do we find ease or comfort. If we are honest and if we have the will to win we find only danger, hard work and iron resolution.Wendell L. Willkie
It really is strange the way I work for success but when I get there cannot appreciate it. I enjoy the road to success and the struggle even when it gets hard. But when I achieve my goal, I feel suddenly and totally stressed. Only in retrospect can I begin to enjoy the moment and admit just how great it was.Sarah Brightman
A name is more than just a noun, verb, or adjective. Its your life, your legacy, your journey, sacrifices, and everything youve worked hard for every day of your life as and adolescent, young adult and adult.Christopher Jordan Dorner
In order to excel, you must be completely dedicated to your chosen sport. You must also be prepared to work hard and be willing to accept destructive criticism. Without 100 percent dedication, you won't be able to do this.Willie Mays
Nothing ever comes to one, that is worth having, except as a result of hard work.Booker T. Washington
Hard work spotlights the character of people: some turn up their sleeves, some turn up their noses, and some don't turn up at all.Sam Ewing
There is no royal flower-strewn path to success. And if there is, I have not found it for if I have accomplished anything in life it is because I have been willing to work hard.Madam C.J. Walker
Religion is hard work. Its insights are not self-evident and have to be cultivated in the same way as an appreciation of art, music, or poetry must be developed.Karen Armstrong
There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work learning from failure.General Colin Powell
Although I may find the type of programming seen during the 2004 Super Bowl and the 2003 Golden Globe Awards disgusting and disturbing, we must always work hard to defend the cherished freedoms so clearly outlined in our Constitution, including a healthy and free press.Mike Rogers
The harder you work, the luckier you get.Unknown
As you become older, you become less judgmental and take offense less. But marriage is hard work; the illusion that you get married and live happily ever after is absolute rubbish.Julie Andrews
But sometimes in the midst of worry, anxiety and hard work, it has been pretty hard to bear all these false reports going about the country - to see my friends alienated and being made to believe things that were absolutely false.John Harvey Kellogg
Some missionaries are giants in the Spirit and pygmies in skills in the Spirit. Work hard to develop a balance. Your leaders, and you, should teach the skills to each other.Richard G. Scott
To make our way, we must have firm resolve, persistence, tenacity. We must gear ourselves to work hard all the way. We can never let up.Ralph Bunche
Jujitsu is blood, sweat and tears. It takes hard work, perseverance and tenacity to be successful.Jose Ortiz
After a hard day's of work,the night gives us an opportunity to take rest and relax. Thus, our batteries are re-charged and we are ready for the challenges of the next day.Sam Veda
Each of us is a part of a great family - the human family, sons and daughters of God, and therefore brothers and sisters. We must work harder to build mutual respect, an attitude of tolerance with forbearance one for anoter regardless of the doctrines and philosophies we may espouse individually. Concerning these, you and I may disagree, but we can do so with respect and civility.Gordon B. Hinckley
Photography to the amateur is recreation, to the professional it is work, and hard work too, no matter how pleasurable it my be.Edward Weston
Football is like life - it requires perseverance, self-denial, hard work, sacrifice, dedication and respect for authority.Vince Lombardi
When you buy Fairtrade products you can guarantee that the farmers who have worked hard to grow them get a minimum price. Fairtrade is a way of giving regular support and enjoying delicious high quality foods at the same time.Emma Thompson
He said until they played Kentucky, they had been working so hard that they didn't even think about racism. They were just too busy working to try to win.Derek Luke
The health care system is really designed to reward you for being unhealthy. If you are a healthy person and work hard to be healthy, there are no benefits.Mike Huckabee
We are working hard to build a service that everyone, everywhere can use, whether they are a person, a company, a president or an organization working for change.Mark Zuckerberg
Plans are only good intentions unless they immediately degenerate into hard work.Peter Drucker
Teaching was the hardest work I had ever done, and it remains the hardest work I have done to date.Ann Richards
Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don't recognize them.Ann Landers
There have been a number of us working very, very hard to bring myth and fairy tales into public consciousness, through fantasy literature and other media. I hope we're succeeding in some small way.Terri Windling
We do a hard fantasy as well as hard science fiction, and I think I probably single-handedly recreated military science fiction. It was dead before I started working in it.Jerry Pournelle
The right to private property meant at the same time the right and duty to be personally concerned about your own well-being, to be personally concerned about your family's income, to be personally concerned about your future. This is hard work.Mikhail Khodorkovsky
It seems as if an age of genius must be succeeded by an age of endeavour; riot and extravagance by cleanliness and hard work.Virginia Woolf
The painter is, as to the execution of his work, a mechanic; but as to his conception and spirit and design he is hardly below even the poetFriedrich von Schiller
Life is not a continuum of pleasant choices, but of inevitable problems that call for strength, determination, and hard workIndian Proverb
Striving for success without hard work is like trying to harvest where you haven't planted.David Bly
Football is like life -- it requires perseverance, self-denial, hard work, sacrifice, dedication and respect for authority.Vince Lombardi
I never knew an early-rising, hard-working, prudent man, careful of his earnings, and strictly honest who complained of bad luck.Henry Ward Beecher
Ultimately, literature is nothing but carpentry. With both you are working with reality, a material just as hard as wood.Gabriel Garcia Marquez
I never diet. I smoke. I drink now and then. I never work out. I work very hard, and I am worth every cent.Naomi Campbell
Talent is cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work.Stephen King
There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, learning from failure.Colin Powell
In order to excel, you must be completely dedicated to your chosen sport. You must also be prepared to work hard and be willing to accept destructive criticism. Without 100 percent dedication, you won't be able to do this.Mays, Willie
All of a sudden to get all of this attention, and to be away from home and working all the time was hard. I was on planes all the time. I didn't see my friends. I cried a lot. It was quite terrifying.Kate Moss
I've made all my money on my own without my family and I work very hard, ... Just listening to my father . . . So just basically following that and following my heart.Paris Hilton
Every weekend we have been trying to go out of town, to let people know about this album. I have been trying to host parties. It is hard, because it is a lot of work to do both.Angie Martinez
I'm impressed by her tenacity. She worked hard to put things together -- and without a doubt she has talent.Ron Garrett
It is not work that kills men, it is worry. Work is healthy; you can hardly put more upon a man that he can bear. Worry is rust upon the blade.Henry Ward Hughes
I believe in work, hard work, and long hours of work. Men do not breakdown from overwork, but from worry and dissipation.Charles Evans Hughes


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New England Patriots honor first responders from Boston Marathon bombings and manhunt
FOXBOROUGH — Patriots fans adore owner Robert Kraft, and rarely miss an opportunity to thank him for making the team into a winning franchise.
But on Thursday night during the team's annual Draft Party, Kraft and the crowd got to thank 25 men and women who were first responders to the Boston Marathon bombings and its aftermath.
As they filed onto and the stage, they were given a raucous ovation that grew louder and louder, with claps and whistles and fans getting close to the stage with their smartphones to snap pictures of the proud group — something they'd normally do if it was Tom Brady or Vince Wilfork in front of them.
Each honoree received a blue Patriots game jersey, with BOSTON across the shoulders and the No. 1 under it.
The day after the bombings, the Patriots announced they were starting a donations page on the team website, and the Kraft family would match up to $100,000.
But on Thursday night, Kraft announced that a $617,000 donation would be made to the One Fund Boston.
"Six-one-seven. There's no better area code in the country,'' Kraft declared.
Asked how it came to be that his family added more money, Kraft told reporters, "We were a little over $600,000 and I just felt it was right, that was karma to go to 617. But if anyone wants to keep contributing, we'll pass it on. What's another [area code]? 781? We want to make 781, everybody!''
At the podium, Boston Police Superintendent-in-Chief Dan Linskey thanked Kraft for the support he has long showed his department and the city at large.
"You need a time like this to take a break and relax for a minute or two, because since Monday, they've been dealing with things that no one should ever have to deal with,'' Linskey said. "Ordinarily I would say Robert Kraft and the coach here [Bill Belichick] have the best team in the entire country, but I gotta tell you, Mr. Kraft, I'm privileged to be involved with the best team in the entire country.''
Linskey spoke a bit about what each of the officers had done over the last week-plus.
"Our team includes the men and women of the Boston Police Department, whether they were down at the finish line who, when the bombs tore through and injured and killed our children, injured and hurt our people, and tried to attack and kill our cops, they ran into harm's way and they applied tourniquets by taking off their belts, and those officers were joined by other members of the team, from the EMS side, who raced over, firefighters raced over, medical professionals who raced over, people in the stands, enjoying a family day and had training, or no training, to help.
"There were kids who were Iraq and Afghanistan veterans who were watching the race, but knew that they had been in combat and they could help and they jumped into the fray. The community, what Joe [Andruzzi, former Patriot] did, to jump in and carry that victim, they came together with us as a team and it was phenomenal. Within 22 minutes, every victim was in a hospital. Every victim.''
That was met with another round of applause.
Linskey continued: "With me today are people who were at that finish line that saved lives. With me today are our bomb techs, who when we were at the finish line we were pretty sure that if the terrorists do what they usually do, they were going to get us in there to help victims and then detonate another bomb. I put that on the radio — 'Be aware, we probably have additional devices here' — and the officers kept coming. They didn't care. We had to get those people out.
"There are men and women with me here tonight who were in Watertown the other night and exchanged gunfire with the individuals who were trying to kill us that night, after murdering an MIT police officer. And there were men and women with me today who, since 6 in the morning until 7 at night, wore SWAT uniforms, carried heavy equipment, and went house to house, room to room to make sure women and children were safe and these animals could kill no more.
"And there are men and women here who stood post and guarded the crime scene to make sure if there's a fingerprint linking somebody in Tajikistan to building that battery, we will hold them accountable.
"There are detectives here tonight, who as our investigation unfolded we assigned out to do surveillance on subjects, assigned them out do surveillance on a house we thought might be filled with explosives and they approached the house and waited for the appropriate team to help out. There are civilian analysts here tonight that as we were identifying subjects and running down leads they went through thousands and thousands of computer databases to make sure we had accurate information. And that's my team. My team worked with the entire community.''
Linskey praised Kraft as a leader and partner of the Boston Police Department, Mayor Thomas Menino, and the people of Boston "for years.''
"Right now we're in the spotlight and a lot of people have done amazing things to thank our people for their bravery and courage under fire; Mr. Kraft was doing that when there wasn't a spotlight. When we needed leadership training and team development training for our supervisors, Mr. Kraft said, 'What can I do?'
"He came over and brought 400 of our supervisors together and shared with them what he does to build a team, what he does to lead his organization. And those are steps that our officers and our supervisors have taken back to make our organization a better organization, that was prepared to do what they had to do on Monday.''


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I once was a smooth haired girl, but that was many moons ago. The last decade of hardcore hair dyeing, perms and straightening treatments means that without a decent shampoo and conditioner, my hair is basically a mass of frizzy brown fluff.
I need conditioner. The most effective ones I find are not the pricey ones I find. Dove's Nourishing Oil Care Shampoo and Conditioner range is a one of their newer ranges which promises to 'smooth up to 100% of roughness and frizz [when using the products together]'.
They say; Dove's unique nourishing care system contains a weightless blend of natural almond and coconut oils which are rapidly absorbed to deeply nourish and replenish essential nutrients.
Firstly I like the packaging. It's kind of old school but retro too. The product smells nice, as expected and it's quite a foamy shampoo. Regular readers will know I tend to steer away from shampoo that has SLS although I've now figured out that a small amount used towards the ends is ok on me.
Otherwise I would generally just buy the conditioner however I wanted to try the range together (the conditioner is pretty good too, I have extremely knotty hair and after 2 minutes I could run my fingers through).
I let my hair air dry afterwards to see how much it would frizz up (or not). I was surprised by how good the product is! Don't get me wrong; it doesn't leave you with straight hair (my hair is wavy) instead it leaves everything that bit smoother and easier to manage.
For example if I use a random shampoo and conditioner my hair quite a frizzy 'top layer' which can give me the mushroom head effect and with the Dove range, it was quite a lot 'flatter' so there was none of that going on. For completely smooth hair I would still use a styling product and straighteners but I can imagine using this duo at the weekends when I just want my hair to dry naturally and have a loose wave.
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text: Job Discussion Forums :: View topic - English teachers found dead in Bangkok Get TEFL Certified & Start Your Adventure Today! Job Discussion Forums"The Internet's Meeting Place for ESL/EFL Students and Teachers from Around the World!" FAQ Search Memberlist Usergroups Register Profile Log in to check your private messages Log in English teachers found dead in Bangkok Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> Thailand View previous topic :: View next topic Author Message riouxJoined: 26 Apr 2012Posts: 794 Posted: Sat Dec 08, 2012 11:49 pm Post subject: English teachers found dead in Bangkok http://nz.news.yahoo.com/a/-/world/15586499/english-teachers-found-dead-in-bangkok/ BANGKOK (AFP) - Two English teachers, one American and the other British, have been found dead sitting side-by-side in the living room of an apartment on the outskirts of Bangkok, Thai police said. The men, aged 40 and 35 respectively, were discovered in the early hours of Saturday morning, according to Lieutenant Colonel Chamnong Kongtapan, chief investigator at the local police station in Pathum Thani province. Police, who are investigating the cause of death, found an empty medicine bottle in the room from a government-run drug rehabilitation centre. "The name of the British man was on the bottle but we don't know yet what kind of drug (was) inside," he said, adding there was no sign of injuries on the men's bodies, or that a struggle had taken place. Back to top plumpy nutJoined: 12 Mar 2011Posts: 1652 Posted: Sun Dec 09, 2012 4:00 pm Post subject: They probably weren't drug addicts and had a low tolerance to the drug which was for addicts and overdosed. It's really sad that something like this would happen so unexpectedly to these individuals. A total tragedy. Back to top MaiPenRaiJoined: 17 Jan 2006Posts: 390Location: BKK Posted: Sat Dec 15, 2012 3:17 am Post subject: It seems like there are more and more news stories of foreigners getting stabbed, beaten, robbed, etc., BUT also more stories about teachers having problems (not all make the news though). In this case, I heard through a friend that at least one of the teachers found dead was known to be a frequent drug abuser. Didn't ask for details. I think this is important because, using and/or abusing drugs is one thing, but I also think that half the crap floating around Thailand is of a dubious concoction and can be even more dangerous than usual. RIP to the two unfortunate teachers and condolences to their families and friends. Back to top Display posts from previous: All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> Thailand All times are GMT Page 1 of 1 Jump to: Select a forum Where to Begin----------------General DiscussionNewbie ForumCurrent Events ForumTechnology ForumOnline Teaching Forum Africa Forums----------------General Africa Forum Asia Forums----------------CambodiaChina (Job-related Posts Only)China (Off-Topic)Hong KongIndiaIndonesiaJapanMalaysiaPhilippinesSingaporeTaiwanThailandGeneral Asia ForumVietnam Caribbean Forums----------------General Caribbean Forum Europe Forums----------------Czech RepublicFranceGermanyGreeceItalyMacedonia and the BalkansPolandRomaniaRussia & C.I.S.SpainTurkeyUkraineUnited KingdomGeneral Europe Forum Latin America Forums----------------ArgentinaBrazilChileColombiaCosta RicaMexicoMexico (off-topic)PeruGeneral Latin America Forum The Middle East Forums----------------BahrainEgyptIsraelKuwaitOmanQatarSaudi ArabiaUnited Arab EmiratesGeneral Middle East Forum North America Forums----------------General North America Forum Oceania----------------Australia/New Zealand You cannot post new topics in this forumYou cannot reply to topics in this forumYou cannot edit your posts in this forumYou cannot delete your posts in this forumYou cannot vote in polls in this forum This page is maintained by the one and only Dave Sperling. Contact Dave's ESL Cafe Copyright © 2018 Dave Sperling. All Rights Reserved. Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2002 phpBB Group Teaching Jobs in China


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New projects from the likes of Joe Dante, Andrzej Zulawski, Buddy Giovinazzo and Bobcat Goldthwait [pictured] among the lineup for the genre festival's second co-production market.
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Montreal's Fantasia International Film Festival has announced the official selection of the second edition of its Frontières International Co-Production Market.
Among the selection are new projects from the likes of Joe Dante (Casting The Runes), Andrzej Zulawski (Dark Matter), Buddy Giovinazzo (Oktoberflesh) and Bobcat Goldthwait (Schoolboys in Disgrace).
Also included are two first features from Québec's Izabel Grondin (Le Quartier des Oubliés) and the UK's Michael Kinirons (Frost Island).
Speaking to ScreenDaily, Frontières market director Stephanie Trepanier commented: "We are very happy with the yield of the 2013 Frontières selection. We're presenting projects from world-renowned masters of cinema, from filmmakers that are long-time members of the Fantasia family and from up-and-coming talents repped by skilled producers.
She continued: "Choices were hard to make and we already have a few great projects up our sleeve for the Off-Frontières selection."
Last week it was announced that Frontières will expand to Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival (BIFFF) in 2014, effectively becoming a circuit between Fantasia in July and BIFFF in April.
The market takes place as part of the Fantasia Industry Rendez-Vous, which runs July 25-28 during the upcoming Fantasia International Film Festival taking place from July 18-Aug 6 in Montreal.
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Casting The Runes (Canada / Germany / USA)
- Director: Joe Dante
- Writer: David Tully based on the short story by M.R. James
- Producers: Rob Heydon Ecstasy Film, Daniela Tully Shivertownroad Films, Suzanne Berger Rossetta Media
- Executive Producer: Tim Smythe FilmWorks Group
- Cast: Simon Pegg
The Colour Out Of Space (France)
- Director: Richard Stanley
- Writers: Richard Stanley & Scarlett Amaris based on the story by H.P. Lovecraft
Dark Matter (Poland)
- Director / Writer: Andrzej Zulawski
- Producer: Marcin Wierzchosławski Metro Films
Frost Island (UK)
- Director: Michael Kinirons (first feature)
- Writer: Mia Ylönen
- Producer: Katie Holly Blinder Films
Harry's Blonde (UK)
- Director / Writer: Caradog James
- Producer: Julie Baines Dan Films
The Lighthouse (Spain)
- Writers: David Matamoros & Richard Hobley
- Producer: David Matamoros Zentropa International Spain
Le Quartier Des Oubliés (Québec)
- Director / Writer: Izabel Grondin (first feature) based on a novel by Madeleine Robitaille
Oktoberflesh (Germany / USA)
- Director / Writer: Buddy Giovinazzo
- Producer: Matthias Georg Nerlich Little Kong Films
Schoolboys in Disgrace (USA)
- Director / Writer: Bobcat Goldthwait
- Producer: Andrew Tenenbaum, Creative Management and Productions
- Executive Producer: Raymond Douglas Davies
- Music and Lyrics by Ray Davies, The Kinks
Souvenir (Québec)
- Director / Writer: Alex Epstein
- Producer: Anne-Marie Gélinas EMA Films
Stealing Is Bad (Canada)
- Director / Writer: Jason Lapeyre
- Producer: Randall Okita
The Void (Canada)
- Directors / Writers: Steven Kostanski & Jeremy Gillespie
- Producers: Colin Geddes & Peter Kuplowsky
- Director of Photography: Karim Hussain


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NEW YORK September 22, 2012, 07:23 pm ET
NEW YORK (AP) — Raul Ibanez hit his second home run of the game during a dramatic rally in the 13th inning, then the New York Yankees won a thriller when Ichiro Suzuki scored on first baseman Brandon Moss' two-out error in the 14th to beat the Oakland Athletics 10-9 Saturday.
The AL East leaders held their one-game edge over Baltimore. Down 9-5 in the 13th, the Yankees won for just the second time in team history after trailing by at least four runs in extra innings.
Oakland began the day with a 3 1-2 game lead over Los Angeles for the second AL wild-card spot, and blew a huge opportunity.
Moss let a bases-loaded grounder by Eduardo Nunez skip off his glove, ending a game that took 5 hours, 43 minutes.


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Crawfish Etouffee
Adapted from Emeril Lagasse
- 1 stick (1/4 pound) butter
- 4 ounces all-purpose flour
- 2 cups chopped onions
- 1/2 cup chopped bell peppers
- 2 cloves of garlic
- 1 pound peeled crawfish tails
- 2 bay leaves
- 2 cups chicken stock
- 1 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 1 teaspoon of black pepper
- 2 tablespoons chopped parsley leaves
- 3 tablespoons chopped green onions
- Cooked white rice, for serving
Melt the butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the flour and cook until the roux is a peanut butter color, about 5 minutes. Do not walk away from your roux, once it begins to turn brown it cooks very quickly and if you don't constantly stir it you will risk burning the crucial ingredients.
Add the onions, garlic, and bell peppers and saute until soft and golden, 10 to 12 minutes.
Add the crawfish and bay leaves. Reduce the heat to medium.
Stirring occasionally, cook until the crawfish begin throwing off a little liquid, 10 to 12 minutes.
Add the chicken stock to the crawfish mixture and season with salt, black pepper and cayenne pepper.
Stir until the mixture thickens, about 4 minutes. Add the parsley and green onions and cook for about 2 minutes.
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DENVER Cities such as Durango, Cortez and Pagosa Springs will have to give up some of their sales-tax powers if Colorado is to be able to tax Internet purchases, a senior lawmaker said Thursday.
Speaker of the House Mark Ferrandino, D-Denver, said city and state officials have been working quietly for about a year to figure out how to harmonize the way they collect sales taxes.
A bill in Congress known as the Marketplace Fairness Act would allow states to tax Internet sales from out-of-state businesses, but only if they make it easy for retailers by letting the state be the sole tax collector and creating a common list of items taxed.
Colorado has a very complex and intricate sales-tax system. We would need to see changes, Ferrandino said.
The state already collects taxes for its 64 counties and many towns, but home-rule cities such as Durango can collect their own taxes and set their own list of items that are taxed. And theyre not in a hurry to give up that power.
Ferrandino is not sure if the sides will be able to reach consensus this year, but he said Thursday that he would take the discussion public within the next month.
No pen has gone to paper in terms of a bill, but its a conversation that needs to move forward, Ferrandino said.
Legislators chiefly Democrats have been trying to tax Internet sales for several years. An Amazon tax bill from 2010 was thrown out in federal court when Internet businesses sued.
Also Thursday, Ferrandino threw cold water on the top-priority bill by Senate Democrats. Senate Bill 1 would give out three tax credits to the working poor, at a possible cost to the state treasury of tens of millions of dollars.
Ferrandino said that could be problematic because school spending is $1 billion below where it should be, and it needs to be restored.
We need to understand the budgetary picture before we jump on any tax policy, be it Senate Bill 1 or anything else, he said.


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Rabobank has published a report on the global dairy industry, looking at supply and demand conditions and the consequent impact on pricing among various product lines and regional markets.
In the report authored by Rabobank's global Food & Agribusiness Research and Advisory, the bank says that the global dairy market tightened considerably in mid-March, and looks set to remain tight throughout the next six months. While demand remained weak in the EU and U.S., importers continued to search for increased quantities, led by a surge in Chinese buying. The strength of Chinese buying and the sharp deterioration in the New Zealand season created a huge premium for wholesale market prices (WMP) over other product prices, and for international market prices over domestic U.S. wholesale prices.
As anticipated, the back end to the Southern Hemisphere season has been poor, exacerbated by the arrival of extreme weather in several regions, particularly in New Zealand. With the weak close to the Southern Hemisphere season expected to overlap with a weak Northern Hemisphere supply peak (in May), total milk production in export regions in the first half of 2013 will fall below prior year levels.
Rabobank believes that lower milk production will not be much of a problem in surplus regions, where demand remains weak. Instead, it will reduce supply availability for the international market, even after accounting for stock sales from the United States. Moreover, while Chinese buying will inevitably slow somewhat in the coming months, buyers in other import regions will be looking for additional supply to top-up local market requirements.
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"The quest for additional supply should ensure a tight global market environment through Q2 and Q3 2013, before a new Southern Hemisphere season and an easing of global feed prices enables the market to balance at somewhat lower prices in Q4," said Tim Hunt, Rabobank global dairy strategist. "The sharp divergences in prices evident between different product lines and regional markets should slowly abate as 2013 progresses. In particular, U.S. wholesale market prices, significantly discounted in early 2013, should move back to lower discounts by mid-year as the global market tightens and U.S. stocks are cleared. But regional market rigidities will likely ensure that normal relativities are not fully restored until late in 2013."
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"We are making important investments in our business and our facilities that will improve how we work with our dealers and enhance the experience our customers have with the Yamaha brand," said Bryan Seti, Yamaha national marketing manager, in a statement.The Kennesaw facility occupies some 33 acres and includes 80,000 square feet of office space and 192,000 square feet of warehouse space. The expansion, to be completed in March, will increase warehouse floor space to about 400,000 square feet, along with an expanded mezzanine with additional storage capacity of 22,000 square feet. The company also expects efficiency gains of 20 to 25 percent from new tracking and conveyance systems for parts and accessories.Yamaha will also install a new lighting system designed to be 50 percent more efficient than the current system. As a result, power use for the expanded facility is not expected to increase over that of the current facility.
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BERNINA 3 Series 1912 party dress
Added Nov 24, 2010
by abiah88
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The early 1900's has always been my favorite era in fashion. I found my inspiration from old advertisements, fashion magazines, art prints, and the marriage of the art deco and art nouveau periods. I LOVE this dress, although the pictures did not come out quite so well. I did not use a pattern but it fits perfectly and is the first dress that is anywhere near an evening gown that I have ever made…but now I will definitely be making more!
Material Notes
I used lace, created beaded strands for the neckline, and used a light chiffon along with a couple other fabrics for the body of the dress.
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May 28, 2011, 04.34 AMby Samoha
wow I am speetchless
Dec 12, 2010, 07.29 AMby benew
What DRAPING! I have never seen a twenty's frock look so true to the time and yet so modern. The low back and ruffled sleeves are genius. You didn't use a pattern? I am so amazed. What was the hardest part?
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Dec 24, 2010, 05.02 AMby abiah88
thank you so much! i didn't use a pattern but oddly enough the hardest part was attaching the top to the bottom (especially in the back!!!). thanks again, your compliments were everything i was trying to achieve!
Dec 2, 2010, 09.38 AMby ambermarks
WOWOWOW So beautiful! This is the best what I see today:)
Nov 27, 2010, 09.54 AMby sartina
love it!!!!
Nov 26, 2010, 10.25 PMby sandrasews
Absolutely gorgeous. Elegant, sophisticated.
Nov 25, 2010, 11.21 PMby citycat
wow! i have no words, this is so amazing and elegant! and beautiful fabrics
Nov 25, 2010, 09.47 PMby angekronaus
so chanel darling….simply gorgeous!
Nov 25, 2010, 04.12 PMby jay283
Simply amazing!
Nov 25, 2010, 01.49 AMby scarletohara
wow, this is precious!!!! :D
Nov 24, 2010, 07.06 PMby luaxea
I want the same !!!!
Nov 24, 2010, 07.03 PMby Natasha Venzke
That's very cool
Nov 24, 2010, 05.48 PMby momsgotanewhobby
Nov 24, 2010, 05.06 PMby smallone
wow amazing. First for making such a complex gament with no pattern! second for totally getting the essence of the era…third for making something that is totally wearable today.
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Nov 24, 2010, 06.09 PMby abiah88
thank you!!! that's exactly what i was trying to accomplish!
Nov 24, 2010, 02.43 PMby laglov
Beautiful and inventive…love the flow and drape. It's timeless.
Nov 24, 2010, 01.34 PMby mandrych
Elegant! Just thought it was beautiful. Keep making them!
Nov 24, 2010, 01.19 PMby melonhead
Wow simply gorgeous!! This dress is so amazing and I love your inspiration!! Beautiful job!
Nov 24, 2010, 12.38 PMby shellster
just gorgeous – how long did it take to design and create this masterpeice?
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Nov 24, 2010, 06.08 PMby abiah88
thank you so much! it did not end up taking me as much time as i thought, fortunately i didn't seem to encounter any problems or mishaps along the way (love it when that happens!). i started with a completely different idea but while on the dress form it transformed into this along the way. probably took about 12 hours, i just plunged right into it!
Nov 24, 2010, 10.34 AMby ichigogirl
Wow, beautiful. Another of the pieces that are clearly inspired by a decade but at the same time very modern, well done! I want one too… :-)! I'd love to see your inspiration-board, and I think you need to add one for it to be a valid entry (has it disappeared?)! I want to vote for you!
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Nov 24, 2010, 06.04 PMby abiah88
Thank you so much! And i didn't even realize that I didn't upload my inspiration…thanks for reminding me!! just uploaded it now…
Nov 24, 2010, 08.08 AMby margrietmg
Very very chique!
Nov 24, 2010, 06.51 AMby loyl8
very beautiful! good job!
Nov 24, 2010, 06.34 AMby mathildeaparis
You looks like Kate Winslet in Titanic!
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Nov 24, 2010, 06.04 PMby abiah88
haha you're right…i didn't even think of the comparison!
Nov 24, 2010, 05.05 AMby prairieponygirl
Totally gorgeous! I simply can't believe how beautiful it is! Great job and beautiful execution. And I love your inspiration. You've got my vote! ;D
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As with so many public works projects in a time of austerity, the city of Durangos reconstruction of 32nd Street near Main Avenue is overdue. Relief that it is about to happen, however, should negate any complaints.
Now, if the Colorado Department of Transportation and maybe even Kroger could see fit to help out, that entire intersection could be improved. Such cooperation is unlikely, but one can hope.
Action Line, Herald columnist Mike Smedleys weekly mix of wit and information, reported Monday that the city plans to rebuild the portion of 32nd Street from Main to the Animas River bridge. The work should be done in October and is expected to take no more than a week or two.
The timing makes sense, coming as it does after the summer tourist season and before it typically snows. There is no way such a project will not disrupt traffic, but scheduling it for October should result in less pain than other times of year.
It is unfortunate that the whole 32nd Street-Main Avenue mess cannot be cleaned up all at once. The road needs major work at least as far as East Third Avenue. The intersection of 32nd and Main could certainly be improved. And the access points to north City Market allow dangerous and dumb behavior. There are, however, reasons why that is not going to happen some of them good.
The city plans to fix the street as far as East Third as part of the project to extend the Animas River Trail to the north. That makes sense and probably is more cost effective. It also is slated for next year, so it is not delayed indefinitely.
The other issues could be. City Market is private property, and its turn-ins have been there for years. The city cannot just order the stores parent company, Kroger, to improve its existing access points.
At some point, though, it might be in Krogers interest to approach the city with ideas for improved access. The company might at least consider the idea.
More disturbing is CDOTs position. The city bought land on the northeast corner of the 32nd Street-Main intersection some years ago with the idea of using it to add a dedicated right-turn lane for traffic turning north onto Main. It was to be a joint project between the city and CDOT. And now would be the perfect time to incorporate it in the reconstruction project.
But CDOT now says it lacks the money. (Interjection centered on Bridge to Nowhere goes here.) And the city, quite rightly, says it cannot wait.
In any case, that 32nd Street will be rebuilt is good news. And the city says it will be properly reconstructed and not just resurfaced. Asphalt quality has improved greatly in the 20 years or so since 32nd Street last was repaved, and the new asphalt will be almost twice as thick. The rutting problem that has plagued that section is not expected to recur.
Concrete was rejected in part for time considerations but also because the size and proximity of City Market keeps that section of road almost completely in shade for much of the winter. Asphalt is easier to keep free of ice and the city saw no point in replacing one problem with another.
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Washington Police at a press conference say there is no indication of terrorism.
New Jersey's Congressional delegation were among those who took to Twitter with comment. South Jersey Congressman Frank LoBiondo (R) tweeted that he and his staff are OK as did Rep. Rush Holt (D) thanking Capital Police for their "diligent work." Frank Pallone from the 6th Congressional District tweeted that he was "especially grateful today to the Capitol Police and all those who work every day to keep us safe.
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by Lou Mancinelli
Years ago when he was a young man, Mt. Airy children's author, award-winning illustrator and painter Gary Bernard wandered through Paris making sketches of landmarks like the Cathedral of Notre Dame and other famous sights. The way he formed the scenes of the city was with small series of dots. It's a technique called stippling that you might not notice if you didn't know that's how it was done.
"The Moth and the Sun," Bernard's third book, will be self-published this month. It is the second book Bernard, 47, has both written and illustrated himself. "Pemba Sherpa" (Odyssey Books) was the first book he illustrated. Written by award-winning Philadelphia author Olga Cossi and published in 2009, it won a Junior Library Guild Award.
"Ollie and Tugg" (Odyssey Books) is the first book Bernard wrote and illustrated himself. It was published in 2010 and was inspired by a question Bernard's son asked him: "Can T-rex dinosaurs swim?" Bernard's picture and short story book, "Salted Water," was featured in "Amazing Grace: Jeff Buckley," a 2004 documentary about the musician.
"The Moth and the Sun" is a picture book Bernard started over 20 years ago and features drawings he created while he lived in Paris with his wife, Sophie, in his late 20s and early 30s.
Bernard launched a Kickstarter campaign Sept. 1 so that he can self-publish the book. (Kickstarter is an American-based private for-profit company founded in 2009 that provides tools to raise funds for creative projects via crowd funding through its website.) He says it will give him more control over releasing the story the way he thinks it is supposed to be presented. In the past, he has experienced publishers and literary agents who tend to direct an author's work to fit into a certain niche. By self-publishing, he thinks he can avoid that.
To accompany the drawings, Bernard has included stories written by children he has met over the past two decades while sharing the images with students in classrooms in Philadelphia, Los Angeles, South Jersey and Paris. When he visits classrooms, Bernard asks children to write stories based on the pictures.
Each page of the story is written in English, French and Spanish and follows a moth's flight around Paris. As it flies, it struggles to realize its dreams. It questions and doubts itself. The story appears to have been written in 1860 by an illustrator who traveled extensively.
While Bernard traveled, he showed children everywhere the delicately drawn images in his book and asked children to complete the stories. The second part of the book includes stories the traveler gleaned from the children. The last few pages of the book are blank, so that readers can fill in their own stories.
Based on his experiences in the classrooms, Bernard wrote the back-story for "The Moth in the Sun" about the flight of the moth 20 years after he first conceived of the idea for the picture book. Looking back, he realized the story was in some ways a reflection of himself. "I kind of equate all of us to the moth," Bernard said. "There's a certain fragility there."
There's also a bond that Bernard found in his travels. that the adults and children he met were largely the same, aside from some of their experiences.
"I'm trying to offer up something to people with more depth," Bernard said. "Especially in the digital age, that would encourage kids to dream."
Children's dreams and aspirations today concern Bernard, a father of two children, Goran, 14, and Nolwen, 9, both of whom are fluent in French. He is worried technology might replace the hopes and dreams kids have always had.
Depending on the Kickstarter campaign, "Moth" should be available in five languages. It was translated by Bernard's wife, who is also a yoga teacher.
Bernard, a graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design, has made a living in graphic design. After graduation he moved to California, where he met his wife.
The North Ridge earthquake in 1994 prompted the two to return to France, where Sophie had been born and raised. They stayed for three years, but French law made it difficult for Bernard to find work. So during the internet boom in the mid-90s, the two moved to South Jersey and later to Mt. Airy.
Bernard currently works for Chase Bank and is designing an app to work in conjunction with the Bloomberg business apps. "I would love for people to join me on this," he said about possible community support for his most recent book.
For more information on the Kickstarter campaign for "The Moth in the Sun," visit kickstarter.com/projects/658699367/the-moth-and-the-sun. More information at themothinthesun.blogspot.com. Both "Pemba Sherpa" and "Ollie and Tugg" are available online at Amazon.com.


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