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As Men Shop More, Packaging Aims to Win Them Over; 'Inner Abs' Appeal
Yogurt for men is radically different from the yogurt women buy: The label is black.
Food makers, including giants Kraft Foods Group Inc. and General Mills Inc., eager for any potential new sales, are trying to win over men. Research indicates men are doing a greater share of the grocery shopping and meal preparation.
In a June survey of 900 meat-eating men ages 18 to 64, 47% were deemed "manfluencers" by Midan Marketing LLC, a Chicago market research group focused on the meat industry. Manfluencers are responsible for at least half of the grocery shopping and meal preparation for their households.
Food company executives hope more men shopping means new opportunities for foods some men have traditionally shied away from in this country, including yogurt and hard cider. The changes are often cosmetic: larger portions or darker color schemes instead of recipes on the backs of packages.
Lots of products on food shelves are big no-nos to men, says Lu Ann Williams, head of research for Netherlands-based Innova Market Insights. Others help men feel more, well, manly. "A beer or soda in a long-necked, brown bottle makes a man feel like a man. Drinking out of a straw does not—puckered lips and sunken cheeks are not a good guy look."
Which helps explain Powerful Yogurt, a Greek yogurt launched in March featuring a bull's head symbol on red-and-black packaging and an image of stomach muscles next to the slogan "Find Your Inner Abs."
A single-serving yogurt cup is a hefty eight ounces, compared with the more typical five to six ounces, and features 20 to 25 grams of protein.
The yogurt shelf "is light blue, light pink, white, and everyone's talking to women and their digestive health," says Carlos Ramirez, chief executive of the Miami-based company. "The amount of protein is what guys are looking for."
Men also shy away from frozen yogurt, says Nathan Carey, founder of Twin Cups LLC, which makes Pro Yo, a frozen yogurt geared specifically for men that launched in August. Mr. Carey ran a frozen-yogurt kiosk in Santa Barbara, Calif., and marveled at how the vast majority of his frozen-yogurt customers were women. The men who came with them would just have coffee.
He decided to instruct his employees on using different sales pitches on men.
"If it's a male, we'd say, 'This product tastes like a premium ice cream, it's high in protein and has live active cultures,' and we'd get immediate buy-in. But if you told a guy it was low fat before he knew it tasted like premium ice cream, he'd never buy it," Mr. Carey recalled.
Using what he learned, he came up with a frozen yogurt meant to have macho appeal without turning off potential female customers. A black box with "Pro Yo" in boldface contains three tubes of frozen yogurt in flavors such as Vanilla Bean and Blueberry Pomegranate. "On the box, the first thing it says isn't 'frozen yogurt,' " he says. "It's 'high protein.' "
In the end, about half his customers are male, he says. The product, introduced two months ago, is sold in California supermarkets and gyms; Mr. Carey says he is in discussions with supermarkets in other regions of the country.
Larger players in the food industry also see new potential in men. General Mills went on a nationwide summer tour to introduce its newly rebranded Helper product line to more men.
Representatives in a red truck offered samples of Crunchy Taco and Ultimate Three Cheese Marinara at fire stations, Nascar races and a Real Men Cook event for fathers in Chicago. ("Ultimate" is a male-friendly buzzword appearing regularly in products like these.)
Part of the appeal, says Elizabeth Laughlin, General Mills marketing manager, is the lineup's ability to produce difficult-sounding dishes like Sweet & Sour Chicken in three steps: Brown, simmer and serve.
That's the draw for Jeremy Alinder, a 39-year-old, recently divorced father to three daughters, ages 4 to 9, in Minneapolis. He says he stashes 10 or so boxes at a time in the kitchen cupboard. He prepares dishes like Cheddar Broccoli or Creamy Stroganoff twice a week, when the girls start to tire of his homemade chili. "It's nutritious enough for the kids, they enjoy it and it's quick and easy for myself," he says.
Kraft's Velveeta Shells and Cheese used to aim for busy moms in its advertising. But research about two years ago turned up a previously unnoticed type of consumer: "We found a segment of men already making and cooking Shells and Cheese that we frankly weren't talking to," says Tiphanie Maronta, senior brand manager for Velveeta meals. "They are not a chef. They are not a foodie. It's somebody who is starting to cook."
Typically, they're men in their 20s and 30s, half of whom are married and likely don't have kids yet. Since August 2012, Kraft has been targeting these men in its advertising with the Eat Like That Guy You Know TV ads, featuring slacker heroes such as one who sells model helicopters at a mall.
Coffee shops have found a macho answer to sugary, flavored lattes: Cold-brewed coffee, steeped anywhere from 10 to 24 hours and typically served black and cold.
"Some [coffeehouses] put it in kegs. Some are even adding nitrogen so it pours like a Guinness, which is totally appealing to guys," says Darleen Scherer, co-owner of Gorilla Coffee Inc., which roasts its own coffee and sells it out of its Brooklyn, N.Y.-based coffee shop, as well as supermarkets in the Northeast.
Gorilla is relaunching its cold-brew coffee this spring. Her shelf-stable cold-brews, in red-and-black cartons with no-spill screw tops, launched in 2012 in 40 Northeastern stores, but supply couldn't keep up with demand, she says, so production stopped. She expects the product will return by March.
Portland, Ore.-based Stumptown Coffee Roasters began serving cold-brew coffee in its eight cafes in 2011 and began distributing it to upscale grocery stores and restaurants nationally a year later.
It is packaged in a vintage-looking, dark-amber beer bottle, where the black coffee accentuates a "smokiness," says Joth Ricci, president of the company.
At MillerCoors LLC, executives see opportunity in hard cider, a category that currently feels "very female-focused" says Rita Patel, director of new product development. "There is a big unmet need."
The challenge: combating the stigma in the U.S. that real men drink beer, not cider. The company next year will launch Smith & Forge, a cider brand that "has a masculine tone to it," says Ms. Patel.
It will retail only in cans—not bottles—and the alcohol level of 6% will be slightly higher than the average of 5%, she says. Black and orange cans declare the product is "Made Strong" in boldface letters.
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INDIANAPOLIS, IN – Vancouver Whitecaps FC announced this morning that they have acquired the fourth overall pick in today's 2013 MLS SuperDraft from Toronto FC in exchange for the tenth overall pick and allocation money. With the fourth overall pick in the 2013 MLS SuperDraft, Vancouver Whitecaps FC selected Generation adidas striker/winger Kekuta Manneh from Austin Aztex of the United Soccer Leagues (USL) Premier Development League (PDL).
Kekuta Manneh – striker/winger
- Youngest player selected in the 2013 MLS SuperDraft
- Member of the Gambia's U-20 national team
- 12 goals and nine assists in 13 appearances with Austin Aztex
- Scored 58 goals over the last two United States Soccer Development Academy (USSDA) seasons
Manneh, 18, joins Whitecaps FC after last playing for Austin Aztex in the United Soccer Leagues (USL) Premier Development League (PDL). The native of Bakau, The Gambia, was named to the 2012 PDL All-Central Conference team after leading the Aztex with 12 goals and nine assists in 13 matches.
"Kekuta brings great pace out wide and is a natural goalscorer," said Rennie. "He is a versatile player with a natural ability to play on the left or on the right, which isn't easy to find. I'm very pleased that we were able to select Kekuta."
Prior to playing in Austin, Manneh scored 23 goals for Lonestar SC U-17/18 in the 2011-12 United States Soccer Development Academy (USSDA) season. In the 2010-11 season, the 5-foot-9, 140-pound striker scored 35 goals in 23 games for USSDA club Texas Rush AJ Auxerre U-15/16.
To start his career, The Gambia U-20 national team member played for Steve Biko in the Gambian top flight, where he scored 17 goals in 12 matches in his lone season with the club.
This past December, the young African was in Vancouver to train with Whitecaps FC. Previously, Manneh trained with MLS clubs Colorado Rapids, LA Galaxy, and Colorado Rapids, as well as clubs in Germany and England.
Kekuta Manneh
Pronunciation: keh-KOO-tuh MY-nay
Position: Striker/winger
Twitter: @Kekuta16
Height: 5-09
Weight: 140 lbs.
Date of Birth: December 30, 1994 in Bakau, The Gambia
Hometown: Bakau, The Gambia
Citizenship: The Gambia, United States (Permanent Resident Card)
Last Club: Austin Aztex (USL PDL)
How Acquired: Signed a Generation adidas contract on January 10, 2013. Selected fouth overall in the 2013 MLS SuperDraft by Whitecaps FC on January 17, 2013

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Mattingly Baseball Charities Launch Party tonight
If you're a Dodger fan in New York and can find a way to get out from under the snow, head to Mickey Mantle's tonight for the Mattingly Baseball Charities launch dinner.
Details can be found here and it seems many baseball legends will be in attendance.
Donnie's charity was created to serve underprivileged youth by supporting programs which promote baseball and softball participation. Many of you may know that he has donated bats and other equipments to our most recent Dodgers Dreamfields and took part in the grand opening of the DDF Dreamfield at the L.A. Boys & Girls Club.
He's a very community-minded person and having spoken with him several times in the past month, he cannot wait to get to Camelback Ranch. He's actually heading to Arizona early to get settled in and will make a trip back to join the annual Dodger Caravan on Feb. 14.
Details on Caravan stops and the incredible lineup of players and former players who will be taking part should be coming out next week, so keep an eye on dodgers.com.
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Woohoo! I cannot wait for Caravan Day! In a few minutes I will head to Dodger Stadium for Select A Seat. I know Deuce and dad will be there.
Wish the SABR Day on Saturday. in the LA area was at Dodger Stadium. The one in Boston is at Fenway and in several states they are having it at the team's FanFest. I'll be at Ervine on Saturday.
Oh and why not Caravan Day on a weekend. Also why not a FanFest. I'll take another vacation day to go to Caravan Day. OK, got to get out of here, have coffeee and head to Dodger Stadium.
I'm all in support of charities, but I find something inherently wrong with publicizing first Torre's now Matingly's charitable efforts in New York City. We are Los Angeles and deserving of promotion for LA charities, unless of course Frank abuses his charitable efforts by paying some front office guy an outrageous sum of money that defeats any charitable intention in the first place.
So, F New York, and Boston for that matter!
Pitcher Spurns $12 Million, to Keep Self-Respect
Too bad that Jason Scmidt and Andrew Jones were not more like this guy.
Josh, have the Dodgers ever discussed having a fan fest type of event?
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This particular beast is protected by the endangered species act. [ ITD code #90090 ]
Any use other than those deterrents approved by fish and wildlife are strictly prohibited. [ per section 99 of your fish and game handbook ]
Although pepper spray has been known to work in certain areas of the country and stop, drop and cover should always be your last effort. This unique and highly regarded beast has been known to have a penchant for an open can of Frank and Beans.
We highly advise you to surrender your Frank and Beans and back away slowly!! This is the only known method to have shown a success rate of 100%, in our geographical region!!
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Deptoffishnwildlife, LMAO!
My friend Alex posted this on FB:
cute line of the day…noting that 500 truckloads of dirt were spread over Dodger Stadium for a supercross race and a monster-truck show, reader Doug Thomson of West Los Angeles e-mails to ask, "Did all that dirt come from the McCourt divorce trial?"
LMAO, deptoffishnwildlife!!!!!!
Ah,ha….deptoffishnwildlife transformed into messagebearcub! LOL
Cute sound effects.
When I refer to Frank or Ned, think of me using a growl and fart combination.
I did not see you yesterday but I did have a nice chat with Mark Langill.
Love the gift I got yesterday (an Andre Either blanket)!
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Its a Linux Ruby/Sinatra/Activerecord web application designed to run on a local network (Not tested/secure enough yet to consider for public facing and no auth mechanism)
It uses an sqlite development DB by default but can be configuration modified to work with any DB as it uses ActiveRecord
Its designed specifically to work with Deluge.
It has a post processing mechanism to trigger Sickbeard post processing (Although Sickbeard does not expose it through the API I found a way) you setup a single line script to curl http://localhost/process when downloads are finished in Deluge and sickbeard will process all the new items.
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You can set a blacklist to help remove certain titles containing strings that you would never want considered
I'll continue to develop it and add more features.
- Add items through the sickbeard API.
- "Checkboxes" to edit multiple items (currently history/item list has a delete button next to each item)
The github project page explains how to set it up if your not used to Linux.
If you find a bug and lodge it, Ill get to it within days. I plan to work on this quite a lot now I'm a freelancer.
This is a great way to stop your wife making you find all the torrents.
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Justice Society of America #50
Written by Marc Guggenheim
Art by Tom Derenick, Howard Chaykin, George Perez, Freddie Williams II, and Scott Koblish
So Martha Kent designed the Superman costume? I am pretty sure that flys in the face of continuity. Also I am pretty sure Alan Scott was in retirement when Hal got the ring right? Does DC not have editors? That being said it is always cool to see how the modern heroes knew about the Justice Society growing up which is what the first part of this anniversary issue focuses on. The secon story has something to do with Per Degaton traveling between universes. The third is the JSA vs. the House on Un-American Activities in the fifties being retold, and then finally the modern day JSA sets up shop in Monument Point just as Jay Garrick is sworn in as mayor. I really liked how Guggenheim threaded all of these stories together and it all lead up to certain events in the modern story. This issue mattered and that is so important in serial storytelling.
Justice Society of America #51
Written by Marc Guggenheim
Art by Tom Derenick
At one point in this issue it says Jay Garrick is the first superhero to be elected to office. That is not true I know at least Green Arrow became mayor of Star City but maybe the person didn't know. Anyways Lightning makes it out of the after life okay and alive and there is a touching moment between her and Doctor Fate. Also, Jay Garrick kicks into gear as the Mayor of Monument Point and we get hints that there is a strange history behind the city that I am excited to find out about. Derenick draws the shit out of this book and does a wonderful job. I sometimes feel his facial expressinos always seem menacing though when the story doesn't call for it.
Justice Society of America #52
Written by Marc Guggenheim
Art by Tom Derenick
This was another good issue. Mr. Terrific finds out the man who took away his intelligence is a deranged original Mr. Terrific fan kind of like the same guys who complain whenever a hero is replaced meanwhile the JSA and the Challengers of the Unknown go deep underground Monument Point to learn about its ancient mysteries. I enjoyed it.
Justice Society of America #53
Written by Marc Guggenheim
Art by Jerry Ordway
Wow Jerry Ordway sure is a breath of fresh air. Why can't he be the book's regular artist? He is perfect for the JSA and while I have liked what Derenick has done lately he really only draws menacing facial expressions even on the good guys. This was a fun issue where the JSA accidentally release a God who draws his power from metahumans. I can't believe this is the penultimate issue of this series though.
Justice Society of America #54
Written by Marc Guggenheim
Art by Jerry Ordway
Damn…just damn. This was clearly not Guggenheim's plan to have a rushed ending to this arc and have Alan Scott sacrifice his life so quickly and without much fanfare. The fact of the matter is that the true JSA Villain is Dan fucking Didio who has no respect for the DC Universe and has publicly complained about the JSA "being old" in interviews. He is responsible for the awful New 52 and I am so glad the real JSA will be coming back soon. I wonder how much will remain in continuity but I have to say Guggenheim's run could have been great but it was cut off too soon.


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The musical A Catered Affair will open at Utah State University's Caine Lyric Theatre (28 W. Center, Logan) Oct. 29 with a 7:30 p.m. curtain. The production runs nightly through Saturday, Nov. 2, with a 2 p.m. matinee the last day.
"The musical introduces our students and audience to the work of composer John Bucchino," said Ken Risch, theatre department head in the Caine College of the Arts and the show's director. "His subtle and deeply personal style pairs well with this delicate piece about a family needing to embrace change forced upon it by the death of their son who was killed while serving in Korea."
The musical tells the story of a Bronx mother's efforts to give her only daughter the elaborate wedding she — the mother — never had, and her daughter never asked for. A Catered Affair is based on the book by Harvey Fierstein with music and lyrics by John Bucchino.
Risch said the cast of A Catered Affair feels strongly that although the play is set in 1953, the issues confronting the family are universal and highly relevant.
"It's touching, very human and takes the audience on a journey that is often heartbreaking but ultimately heartwarming," said Risch.
The musical has a unique mother-daughter relationship that the actors believe is very relatable for the audience.
"The relationship between the mother and daughter could be a reflection of any relationship that has been distanced because one preferred someone else," said Katie Marsh, who plays the daughter in the production. "Since we all relate to each other differently, there is going to be another love that transpires between each new and old relationship."
Marsh hopes people are able to make a connection in their own lives when they see the musical and embrace any experience they're going through.
"This is a love story, plain and not so simple," said Sydnee Fullmer who plays the mother in A Catered Affair. "Old and tired love, new and hopeful love, the love between a brother and sister, love that is lost, the love between a parent and child and the healthy love of oneself."
Part of the theme of the 2013-14 theater season is "To create something new, you must first love what is old." Fullmer believes this musical fits perfectly within the theme.
Tickets for A Catered Affair are $18 adults, $15 seniors and youth, $10 USU faculty and staff and free for USU students with ID. For more information or tickets, contact the Caine College of the Arts Box Office in room 139-B of the Chase Fine Arts Center on USU's campus, call 435-797-8022, or check the college's Production Services website.
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LA JOLLA, California -- Decades ago, marine scientists made a startling discovery in the deep sea. They found environments known as hydrothermal vents, where hot water surges from the seafloor and life thrives without sunlight.
Then they found equally unique, sunless habitats in cold areas where methane rises from seeps on the ocean bottom.
Could vents and seeps co-exist in the deep, happily living side-by-side?
No one thought so. Until now.
That's exactly what researchers uncovered during a submersible expedition off Costa Rica. They've coined a new term to describe the ecosystem: a hydrothermal seep.
A description of the scientists' findings, including a large number of deep-sea species that previously had not been described, is published in a paper by Lisa Levin of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in La Jolla, Calif., and colleagues.
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Levin and the team were surprised to find a hybrid site in an area where only cold seeps had been reported.
"The discovery shows that we still have much to learn about hydrothermal vents and methane seeps and about the vast depths of the oceans," said David Garrison, director of the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Biological Oceanography Program, which funded the research.
"We need to re-think the boundary," he said, "of where a vent begins or a seep ends."
The most interesting aspects of the site, said Levin, "are the presence of vent-like and seep-like features together, a vast cover of tubeworms across large areas, and a wealth of new species."
Called Jaco Scar, the site lies at a tectonic plate margin off Costa Rica. There an underwater mountain, or seamount, is moving under the tectonic plate.
Jaco Scar's animals range from those that inhabit hot vents or cold seeps, to species that exist in both settings.
In addition to tube worms, the team documented deep-sea fish, mussels, clam beds and high densities of crabs.
Because so little is known about the deep ocean, the researchers say it's likely that other hybrid or "mosaic" ecosystems remain undiscovered, possibly with marine life specialized to live in such environments.
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The human presence in Alvin, a submersible, deep-diving research craft was key to the findings.
"The site had been visited by other researchers using remotely-operated vehicles," said Levin, "but it wasn't until human eyes saw shimmering water flowing under a tubeworm 'bush' that we really understood how special Jaco Scar is."
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MilitaryBenefitsReport.com is billed as the first comprehensive benefits reporting system for all branches of the military. Founded by an Iraq combat veteran and Purple Heart recipient Wolfgang Ward, the service is designed to serve active service members, veterans and their families by generating free personalized reports that detail which military benefits they could be entitled to and how they can claim them.
"After being discharged from the military, I had an incredibly hard time tracking down all the benefits I should have been able to take advantage of," said Ward in a statement. "The United States does an amazing job of taking care of its service members at all levels, providing them with an incredible array of opportunities. The only problem is that it can be very difficult to find and take advantage of them."
Ward founded MilitaryBenefitsReport.com in 2011 with the goal of ensuring that every service member and their families are able to know about, understand and receive all the benefits that they are entitled to. He added, "Our goal is for MilitaryBenefitsReport.com to be the only website the military community needs to find ALL their benefits, services and programs in one place."
MilitaryBenefitsReport.com uses a custom software solution that scans a complete and constantly updated database of servicemember, and family, benefits to generate personalized benefits reports for each visitor to the site, based on their answers to a quick and easy online questionnaire.
According to the website, custom reports generated from the questionnaire responses can average between 200–400 pages. Visitors to the site can read their reports online, or download them for printing. Since benefits and programs change, the website is updated constantly; military personnel and their families can return to the website and request an updated report once a year.


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GreatResponder.comon July 12, 2012 : According to 1&1 the global leader of Web hosting providers research released today that the American Internet users still suffering from website gripes. 68 % of US users are more critical towards website errors today than they were five years ago. As a result, 1&1 advises US firms that choosing a hosting provider has never been so important as today.
1&1's 'US Reliability Survey' of 1,340 consumers finds that 65 % of US Web users are still regularly inconvenienced by faulty websites. Over half (58 %) see large variations in the reliability of the websites which they use. America's Top 5 'Common Website Faults' as found by Web users are:
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In an era when consumers rely on around-the-clock e-commerce and online banking, more Americans than ever are being frustrated by websites that are faulty or taken off-line during the night for maintenance to be performed. A key finding is that 58 percent of consumers have decided to avoid a company in the future as a result of finding a faulty website.
Oliver Mauss, CEO 1&1 Internet, inc., said, "Unreliable websites continue to reflect badly upon businesses of all types and sizes. It is clear that when faced with a faulty or off-line website, consumers will turn elsewhere. Perhaps more surprising is the proportion that will be unwilling to return. With this in mind, businesses must ensure their websites are well designed, have robust functionality, and benefit from the most reliable Web hosting infrastructure available to them."
Website faults such as these have led more than 1 in 3 (58 %) to decide not to use a company again as a result of its faulty website. Frustrations with a business website have led 72 % of Web users to abandon a company website for a competitor's. While most website owners aim to schedule maintenance and upgrades at traditional down times to minimize disruption, it appears this has done little to appease almost a third of consumers (28 % ), who feel regularly inconvenienced by the issue.
Interestingly, most respondents (49 %) believe that websites for small and large companies are equivalent in terms of frequency of errors. 68 % of Americans are more critical towards website errors today than they were five years ago. During that time, 56 % believe that they have become better able to judge whether a website contains faults. Nearly half of Americans (42 % ) report that they regularly feel anger, worry or stress as a result of using a faulty website. The most worrisome aspect is doubts over whether an online transaction has been completed properly, with 58 % having been affected.
1&1 Web hosting uses geo-redundancy to help enhance the reliability of its customers' websites. All data and processes are mirrored and operated synchronously in different data centers. If there should be any unexpected problems at one of the locations, such as an electricity or failure, all upcoming processes are automatically taken over by the other data center – meaning maximum protection from downtime. 1&1 carries out updates and planned maintenance work without any disturbance to servers by switching between the two identical platforms. Thus, 1&1 websites will not become unavailable as a result of hosting maintenance.
Graham Jones, Internet Psychologist, advises, "Users of your website are less likely to return if your site breaks or doesn't work properly. People get frustrated by slow loading and by the addition of technologies that work only in certain circumstances. If you have shopping carts or other 'add-on' services, test them and test them again to be sure they cannot break or cause problems. Similarly, if you have forms – make sure they work."


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Restored to its former glory, this public house wood floor looks like new!
We use Manchester Wood Floor Renovators regularly over a number of years on both our Managed and Tenanted premises. They are extremely professional, competitive and work very well along side our other refurbishment contractors. The nature of the work they do for us means that they have to carry out the finishing of the floors outside normal working hours, often working into the evening. This allows the floor coating/polish to dry during the night and can be walked on the next morning. Such working practices are essential to maintain the strict deadlines associated with the Pub refurbishment.


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Luxury for Sale: Price, Only $19,200 (Jan, 1948)
Luxury for Sale: Price, Only $19,200
THE dignified products of Britain's Rolls-Royce, Ltd., cost from two to three times as much as the most expensive American car. What does a buyer get when he planks down $18,450 to $19,200 for a Rolls-Royce, or $12,900 to $17,700 for its faster, slightly smaller sister, the Bentley?
He receives one of the most carefully engineered automobiles in the world, with such refinements as separate high- and low-pressure oil systems, a vibration-reducing
spring drive between engine and cam shaft, servo-controlled brakes, and a one-push pedal that grease-guns the car. Five months' handwork will have finished the body to his personal taste—in England the customer is invited to the factory to check on progress. But although the buyer pays heavily for tradition and mechanical beauty, he gets quality and performance that are timeless.


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State expands availability of flu vaccine
In response to continued widespread flu activity in the state, the Connecticut Department of Public Health (DPH) today announced that it has temporarily expanded the availability of state-supplied seasonal flu vaccine to include all children 5 through 18 years of age, regardless of their insurance status.
Residents who have not yet been vaccinated are encouraged to get the flu vaccine.
"The flu can cause severe illness and complications among our most vulnerable residents, including children," Gov. Dannel P. Malloy said. "We must be proactive in protecting our children from the flu and continue to vaccinate as many children as we can, which is why we are making the state's vaccine supply available to all of Connecticut's children."
DPH's most recent flu activity report shows that emergency department visits and outpatient visits related to influenza and influenza-like illness remain at high levels throughout the state. The state has seen a large increase in influenza-related hospitalizations during the past six weeks. By Jan. 12, there have been 2,456 laboratory confirmed reports of influenza, including 691 in Fairfield County and 467 influenza-related hospitalizations.
"We continue to see widespread flu activity and high levels of flu-related hospitalizations across the state,"DPH Commissioner Dr. Jewel Mullen said. "Getting a flu shot is still the best tool we have to protect people from the flu and prevent serious flu-related illness."
Before the recent announcement, seasonal flu vaccine was available through DPH's Connecticut Vaccine Program (CVP) to all children aged 6 months to 59 months of age and Medicaid-enrolled, uninsured or underinsured children 5 through 18 years of age. For the remainder of the influenza season, seasonal flu vaccine will be available to providers who are enrolled in the CVP for all of Connecticut's children.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) encourage all people over the age of six months old to be vaccinated. Vaccines are encouraged for everyone, but especially for high-risk groups, including children from 6 months to 18 years of age, women who will be pregnant during the flu season, people at least 50 years old, anyone with certain chronic medical conditions and people who live in nursing homes or long-term care facilities.
Residents of the state's largest cities, especially those who are poor and live in densely populated areas, may be at more risk of developing serious complications from the flu than other state residents. People living in urban communities are strongly encouraged to get vaccinated for the flu.
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• Check with your regular heath care provider to see if they have the flu vaccine available.
• Visit the HealthMap Vaccine Finder at http://flushot.healthmap.org/ to find a flu clinic near you.
• Check with your local health department. You can find your local health department at www.ct.gov/dph/localhealth.
Whether you get the flu vaccine or not, there are ways you can avoid the flu this year and stay healthy:
• Wash your hands often with soap and water or with an alcohol-based hand sanitizer when soap and water are not available.
• Avoid close contact with people who are sick. When you are sick, keep your distance from others to protect them from getting sick, too.
• Stay home when you are sick. If possible, stay home from work, school, and errands when you are sick. You will help prevent others from catching your illness.
• Avoid touching your eyes, nose or mouth. Germs are often spread when a person touches something that is contaminated with germs and then touches his or her eyes, nose, or mouth.
Call your healthcare provider immediately if you develop flu symptoms to determine if a medical evaluation is necessary; antiviral medications can help if taken early in the illness.
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Brunswick is a town in Essex county, Vermont. It was formed in 1761 in N.H. Orange county. The probate and court district for Brunswick is Essex,. For more information, contact the town at 994 VT Rt. 102, Guildhall 05905. On the attached map, Brunswick is shown as 12 in Essex county.
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I was excited and nervous (as I am when I'm a newbie in a place where regulars obviously know what they're doing) to try Puerto Rican spot Sol Food in San Rafael. I'd never been, but knew I was in the right place when I drove by and spotted a huge line that snaked out of the restaurant and half way down the block.
In front, we noticed a framed hand-written letter from a miffed San Rafael resident who was greatly offended at the restaurant's bright green exterior and threatened to stop eating there unless it was repainted. (Hilarious!) Which in turn, made me think of what kind of letter I would write, if I had to.
Dear Sol Food,
I am writing to ask that you add a San Francisco location. My boyfriend and I tried your restaurant for the first time last month and completely loved it. Everything about your establishment – from the vibrant environment to the friendly service to the happy patrons and great value – made for a wonderful experience.
Did I mention it was also our first time having Puerto Rican food? We split the pollo al horno and bistec encebollado and loved every tender, flavorful, garlicky bite. The tostones and plantains were the perfect sweet/savory accompaniment. Your housemade hot sauce should be bottled and sold (oh wait, I think it already is!) And the tangy, zippy limeade served in mason jars (so clever!) was nothing less than a treat.
The only drawback for me is the location, as I am rarely in the North Bay. So again, please consider opening a location somewhere, anywhere in San Francisco. I promise to frequent your business on weekly basis and will encourage all my many friends, numerous co-workers and countless relatives to do so as well.
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We're only planting about 300 this year.
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Here is Pip at the start of the day! She was excited to have her own shovel.
After 10 trees she decided she was hot and needed to change.
And of course, being the diva she is she changed back for the last set up trees we put in. At least it was the same outfit as earlier in the day!
I have a new friend on instagram and she always does these really fun selfies with just the top of her head. I had to do just one of me driving the Kubota 900.
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Architecture: Park 1 Stockholm by White Arkitektur: "..white arkitectur's 'park 1' is a new typology for a civic structure, one that contributes to the greenery of the urban environment while dutifully performing the functions of an infrastructural complex. designed to house a traffic and emergency management center in addition to a fire station, the building serves kungsholmen, an island district of a historical province in stockholm city, Sweden. in a bid won with associates at AG arkitekter, the pragmatic program of 1200 new workplaces is bolstered by the dynamic inclusion of a restaurant, cafe, conference facilities and exhibition areas, all open to the public. the active spaces are arranged in five layers, with the fire station at the bottom level and the civic services center and office at the top, sandwiching the public floors. the architecture inclines back from the busy street of lindhagensgatan and cantilevers over the essingeleden highway– a poetic gesture that expresses a self-conscious sense of aestheticism. the building transcends purely functional geometry with a generous green roof, affording views from an impressive 50 meter height and acting as a foliage-filled oasis of rest and recreation. the structure complies with the eco-certification BREEAM and sweden's own sustainability policy miljöbyggnad; the public rooftop park acting as a particular contributor to the biodiversity of the site and significant producer of solar energy. developed with london-based engineers at AKT, a double-skinned facade is informed by the intricate shapes of a circuit board, itself characterized by myriad nodes and synapses individually simple but infinitely combinable. the conceptual pattern describes the coordination center's round-the-clock functions and connects the building activities of coordination, management and infrastructure with the architectonics of the exterior.."
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Arabella's Tea Room
Arabella's Volunteers, in period costume, cordially invite you to Afternoon Tea between the hours of 2 and 4 during their open season. This turn-of-the-century cottage is part of the Port Colborne Historical and Marine Museum Heritage Village.
Arabella's Tea Room began in 1977 with the formation of a Museum Auxiliary willing to operate a tea room on a volunteer basis. It was originally a small house, built in 1915, as a rental home on the William's Estate. Arabella Williams lived in the main house which is now the Museum. The rental house was deemed to be the perfect location for a tea room, and after much research, it was decided that an Edwardian Era theme for afternoon tea would be ideal in creating an authentic atmosphere. After several months of restoration and deliberation, Arabella's Tea Room was officially opened. Lieutenant-Governor, Pauline McGibbon cut the opening ribbon, held by Florence Neff Young and H.H. Knoll, on July 1st, 1978.
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Private train companies have received £billions in bailouts 💷💸💰 Public body Transport for London needs fair funding too! We're supporting National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT) demands for fair funding for London's public transport network 🚍🚇🚆Coalition of Londoners calls for an end to 'appalling attack' on the Capital's transport
A coalition of organisations have today joined together in a letter to Prime Minister Boris Johnson, calling on him to end his government's attack on the capital's transport system, 48 hours before negotiations between the government and TfL over a new funding deal are due to end.
The letter, signed by 13 organisations representing London's transport workers, passenger groups, children, young people, students, pensioners, disabled people and anti-poverty campaigners, condemns the government for imposing what is in effect 'a new round of austerity cuts that will throw more families into poverty and increase hardship for ordinary working people and small businesses across the capital.'
The signatories condemn the government's 'offer' – reported to be £1 billion over 6 months, conditional on TfL imposing driverless trains, attacks on pensions in retirement, fare and tax rises and cuts to concessions for children, young people and pensioners - saying:
"This package of cuts is punitive, cruel and unnecessary. It's an open attack on the livelihoods of 9 million Londoners who are being punished because, unlike other major cities our capital's transport system has been forced to become overly dependent on fare revenue, leaving it exposed to the shocks of the pandemic".
The letter says,
"We call on the Prime Minister to abandon this appalling attack on the livelihoods of London's people and its transport workers and immediately agree a proper funding package that fully supports public transport in our capital during the current crisis and also reinstates government grant to a level that allows for the retention and expansion of safe, sustainable and affordable public transport for the future."
The signatories to the letter are: ASLEF, RMT, TSSA, Unite the Union, National Union of Students, London, East and South East TUC, London Region National Pensioners Convention, Child Poverty Action Group, Age UK London, Disabled People Against the Cuts, We Own It, the Association of British Commuters and Bring Back British Rail.
The full letter, send to the Prime Minister today, can be read below:
29th October, 2020
Dear Prime Minister,
Listen to London: Stop the austerity attack and properly fund London Transport
As we move into a hard winter and a second wave of Covid-19 infections, Londoners who have done everything asked of them during this crisis, including transport keyworkers who have put their lives on the line to keep the capital moving, are facing a new round of austerity cuts that will throw more families into poverty and increase hardship for ordinary working people and small businesses across the capital.
The cuts being proposed will:
Increase child and pensioner poverty in London by cutting access to free travel concessions; Increase hardship for London's working families and small businesses through fare rises and council tax supplements; Unfairly target the 55,000 keyworkers who have worked heroically throughout the crisis by attacking their jobs, wages, conditions of employment and their pension provision for old age; Damage passenger safety and confidence in public transport through the loss of jobs that are vital to clean, safe and orderly travel; Lead to a degradation of our transport system which will reduce accessibility for disabled people, prevent us from meeting our decarbonisation goals and improving air quality and public health in the capital drive London's economy further into recession.
This package of cuts is punitive, cruel and unnecessary. It's an open attack on the livelihoods of 9 million Londoners who are being punished because, unlike other major cities our capital's transport system has been forced to become overly dependent on fare revenue, leaving it exposed to the shocks of the pandemic. This is a broken funding model, but instead of working to fix it, your government appears to be using it to inflict yet more austerity on people who have done what they have been asked to do and endured great hardship in the process.
We call on your government to abandon this appalling attack on the livelihoods of London's people and its transport workers and immediately agree a proper funding package that fully supports public transport in our capital during the current crisis and also reinstates government grant to a level that allows for the retention and expansion of safe, sustainable and affordable public transport for the future.
Yours sincerely,
Mick Cash, General Secretary, RMT
Mick Whelan, General Secretary, ASLEF
Manuel Cortes, General Secretary, TSSA
Len McCluskey, General Secretary, Unite the Union
Larissa Kennedy, President, NUS
Sam Gurney, Regional Secretary, London, East and South East TUC
Cat Hobbs, Director, We Own It
Abigail Wood, Chief Executive, Age UK London
Alison Garnham, Chief Executive, Child Poverty Action Group
Barry Todman, London Region, National Pensioners Convention
Paula Peters, National Steering Group Member, Disabled People Against the Cuts
Emily Yates, Co-Founder, Association of British Commuters
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But that would defeat the government's entire purpose of forcing the Mayor of London to renege on his election pledge of freezing fares, forcing him to introduce unpopular measures like removing free under-18s travels or extending the congestion charge and potentially forcing a confrontation with the unions, all in the run-up to the next Mayoral election.
Johnson is a criminal who uses public money for fun. The cost of retiring bendy buses for NBfL was so high. Then his bike scheme was a sham compared to Paris. Then his cable cars. Then his Garden Bridge debacle. Remember as mayor he also pumped up bus fares to £1.50 from £1 straight away. But people are so blindsided.
Bring back Corbyn first...
The rail industry just got nationalised and direct control of the dft. Same for tfl?!
Has privatised rail systems worked? Never since Stagecoach was awarded the franchise followed by it's 70 train driver redundancy packages.
Why? We chose not to live there.
London moaning again....spend a bit more north of the Watford gap.
Look after your members first
Then again train drivers on £80000 a year hasn't helped
No more bailouts to failing private transport companies 💰💸 The Welsh Government are set to re-nationalise their railways 🚉 The Scottish Government must stop bailing out Dutch company Abellio and #MakeScotrailPublic now. Take action 👉 you.38degrees.org.uk/p/publicrailwayscotland ...
Transport for Wales rail services to be nationalisedMinisters step in to "stabilise the network and keep it running" as income plummets due to Covid.
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DfT is already making it clear that as it gets control it's coming after staff wages and Ts & Cs... Then it wants to increase (yes INCREASE) fares to lower the cost of rail to taxpayers. It has said that the current measures already end the ability of train companies to run special offers with reduced fares etc. This is what is coming - congratulations BBBR - it's what you've been calling for.
My office is next to the main GWR line to London, almost every train that comes past is virtually empty, it is unfair to expect the tax payer many of whom never use a train to fund this. There will be huge cuts and huge fare rises.
I experienced it and your memory is playing you tricks if you think that what we have now is better, it wasn't perfect but at least the carriages were clean and the toilets functioned!
This reminds me of a comment made by an old British Rail employee who I asked if they still did specials to Blackpool for the lights. His reply was; no, they were too popular, so they stopped them!
I remember British Rail with the dirty carriages and disgusting toilets!
Yeah, because BR under public ownership was so great, what could go wrong? #RoseTintedSpectacles
'Ticket sales have plummeted.' but strangely 'Up to 8% of trains [are] overcrowded'.-
Remember the soggy BR sandwiches? Terry Wogan had a pet hate about them! ☺
Run it properly without restrictive working practices like most other infrastructure services and this doesn't happen, Who pays for it going forward as it continues to lose money ?
BBBR how about doing some research before such a sweeping statement. and of course this isnt the BR you wished for is it , this will come with massive cuts that can now be made without having to compensate the franchise hlders and the customers will be the ones to suffer thats the few that remain after 6 months of a DON NOT TRAVEL message from the Welsh assembley
Next in line like Northern Ireland Railways or East Coast Main line may we hope....?
Please no not British Rail please - be careful what you wish for - those of us who experienced British Rail never want it back again
I was going to say I'd be happy with the RENFE or SNCF model here but I see they've just flogged off SNCF and in Spain Sanchez of all people is going ahead with the PP scheme to do the same in spite of warnings citing Major. It seems they don't learn .
Everything should be re nationalised with no payouts to shareholders !
Wales leading the way. 👍
That what we want 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧💙💙
Bring back british rail and run the railways for the people not share holders
This is great news 👏
They brought back LNER back into national ownership it ran at profit for years. It was so successful the tories fell over themselves to privatise it again.....and it failed again.
Great news for Welsh passengers and another sign of a progressive government in Wales.
One day this scabrous bunch shits will realise that railways cannot be run at a profit and without considerable investment. What it does is vastly improve air quality, save a fortune on roads and greatly reduce the carbon footprint. The cost to the NHS, Police and Emergency services will be hugely reduced. Funny how to them money spent on roads is called investment and on a nationalised rail system it's called subsidy.
Good for our Welsh Assembly
Make sure cant be sold off again
Paying shareholders profits for passengers but owning the tracks and infrastructure is one of the biggest con jobs in modern history. Foriegn national rail operations owning the franchises and using the income to subsidise their own passengers is the second. If the British Media wasn't owned by Conservative Party donors, perhaps this would be newsworthy?
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I wonder if new train investments under privatisation have now proved to be a costly disaster with fall in passenger numbers in the wake of COVID 19 . If this is it, it might be a similar case with the Modernisation Plan, Beechingisation and National Traction Plan. A recent case could mean large number of under-utilised IEPs being stored after only around three years service.
i wonder just how much this totally unsuccessful privatisation has cost taxpayers over the years........
the infrastructure company is already dividing itself under the guise of putting passengers first splitting itself into what resembles the original BR regions - of course the chairman of said infrastructure company comes from a non railway background and will be doing the bidding of his masters at westminster - nobody from a truly railway background doesnt put passengers first no matter what company they work for.
What I am hoping for, at the very least, is something akin to ITA powers. That are right across, the nation. Here in Essex, all the towns. That are at end of branch lines, have more or less doubled in size. Therefore, the services need to be doubled in frequency.
Bailing out their chums with public money. Again.
Let's have a truly joined up system with all parts of the system under one organisation unless it's Serco
Let's have that lovely blue back. Seriously though, the privatised rail network and that dreadful Railtrack were an absolute failure.
The redundancies have already started . Anybody who thinks this is good news or some kind of victory is sadly deluded . The decsion take today is not a reaction to a failed venture it's purely down to the pandemic. As predicated they tried to bury It into todays news but unfortunately it will be all to obvious in a few weeks when the hatchet falls on many many jobs around the country there will little the unions can do to stop it as there will be a severe lack of public support and of course ot as much disruption can be caused with the new way of working and travel not recommended. So you got what you wanted but the outcome wont be what we needed . RIP the railway of 2020.
A single unified system even if there was private sector delivery is a compromise I would settle for if we have to keep privatisation.
It's been an unnecessarily complex mess from the start.
Why should public money fund their failure any more than it has!
And now get rid off South Western Failure and Abellio.
I cautiously welcome this news, let's see what they come up with. Bring Back BR!
Hopefully no compensation for shareholders
I'll be buying 'Private Eye' to find out the whole story. I don't trust the media to give us what is really happening, and in fact I don't really think we get the whole story for the railway press.
Keep fighting Ellie, because we're not really there yet.
Unfortunately, I don't quite believe it. I'm pretty sure they will carry on giving huge sums of taxpayers money to private firms. Which I wouldn't mind, except they never get a value for money, and they just license the firms to rip off me, the passenger . However I'm now getting my revenge as I work from home. And I have no intention of paying those people any of my hard earned money directly ever again.
Money spaffed on the line.
Good! XX
Bringing back a monolith like BR is not realistic. But placing infrastructure; operations and rolling stock under one roof is vital. Incentives to renew and replace rolling stock in a 15 year rolling time frame, starting with the not-fit-for-purpose stock -Pacers etc. - keep open access services, to provide some competition and give the Train Companies incentives to reopen closed branches where possible.
Can't help but feel this is an exercise in bullshit. The tories and the Blairites are both obsessed with privatisations and will just change the name not the policy.
Without taking action against the spiv hedge fund and bank owned ROSCOS it will have little meaning.
Soon as they've used public money to patch it up they'll be flogging it off to their city mates - who will then have free rein to run it into the ground while lining their pockets for another 10-20 yrs before it needs "rescuing" by taxpayers again. We ARE the magic money tree for the 1%
The word is concession contracts in which HMG take all the risk or profit and the operator runs the service. It jerks the cost of capital (rolling stock) off the government's books as that remains the property of the train leasing companies. This is as near a nationalisation as you're going to get as Network Rail remains state owned.
Not a chance I'm afraid just imagine the big boys missing out of their big fat bonuses and the dividends
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"Ministers are ready to seize control of the railways after more than a quarter of a century of private ownership" reports today's The Telegraph. Look out for Grant Shapps' announcement this week. It's time to stop the bailouts and #TakeBackOurTrains 🚉 weownit.org.uk/take-back-our-trains ...
Franchises to be scrapped as lockdown rail costs riseGrant Shapps is expected to make an announcement in days on a long-term solution to a troubled industry
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somehow I am thinking this is too good tobe true. Usually the Tories only adopt the wording of Labour policies not the intent! e.g. community care sounds good so close all the special schools, etc. etc. but then don't fund the actual care in the community! So watch this space!
I hope ministers don't actually try to run the railways - with this bunch of incompetents that would lead to chaos.
If a Tory is doing it, you can be sure it will be to further one of their principles: they're making hay out of it one way or other at public expense.
jesus. When are people going to learn? The Tories NEVER govern in the national interest. A quick look at who funds the party should tell you everything. I'd stake the house that when the final details are published this move will prove to be nothing more than a revised way of loading their mates' pockets.
Seeing this government makes a big thing of patriotism, how about a suitably patriotic name for the new setup, such as...er.... British Railways?
They have control. It's just funded differently and allows them to start to make the cutbacks. Read it and weep.
Privatisation of BR has been a costly failure. I remember when Stagecoach was awarded the franchise for South West Trains and what a laugh, they choose to make surplus to requirements of 70 train drivers, it caused so many cancellations of services and other problems.
More likely franchisees are queuing up to hand back their franchises. And with no franchise agreements there are no performance targets to hit, so why even try and get the things functional? Commuting, in election terms, is somewhere near the bottom of the list and we can tell this because the discussion is always about whether it will be an "above inflation fare increase" or a "below inflation fare increase". Quality and value really don't feature.
The ultimate Tory U-Turn! 41 years of social lies. economic lies, lies about socialism and lies about the lies, they really are a shower of shit, but I fear the damage elsewhere is already done!
who will they get to run it all? The "government" have sacked or redeployed to brexit roles all the civil servants that knew how to run a railway......
The story about the whole network in England being nationalized in all but name isn't new - RAIL were talking about it in their 12-AUG-2020 edition. The DfT are getting fed up with carrying trains full of air, rather than people. Problem comes in that there will be loads of services and routes cut to make the whole thing pay, enough to making Beeching "look like an aperitif ". Be careful what you wish for in these crazy days.
Only so they can sell them off again to get an injection of cash once this is over.
just another selservative con job, bailed out by the taxpayer, and sold off later to their mates.
Notice BBBR just linked to the report . No usful comment as is the normal . I suspect they see this as some kind of victory but this couldnt be further from their vision of a BR of 1985
If so, does this not prove once and for all, that dogmatic privatisation and resultant fragmentation of what are "natural monopolies", will always ultimately fail.
Just wait till they start cutting duplicated services on routes where more than one operator compete against each other. I can see huge redundancies
That's the way to do it, when the money runs out, nationalise the railways. !947 revisited.
I wonder whether that will include Manchester Metrolink, the pilot scheme for railway privatisation
Where's the money coming from? Watch it be fare increases leading to lower demand, service cuts, less staff and more unemployment. Far better to scrap HS2 and admit demand isn't there as the way things are going we won't be travelling in vast numbers for a long while yet. Tories all about ruining the UK whilst watching their bank balance grow!
should never hav been privatised , nor the us industry
Make British Rail Great Again?🤔
Fabulous news, let's get back to running an integrated network that is ran for passengers not profit.
Pay wall. Imagine having to pay for the privilege of knowing how the Tories are going to wreck us....again..... Apparently, only people with money are to be educated. #GTTO of all ilks
It still won't be proper public ownership the services will still be operated by private companies but hey it is a step in the right direction
A quick Google of the phrase "rail franchises to be scrapped" shows headlines saying almost exactly the same thing about an announcement "in days" in Feb 2020, Dec 2019, October 2019, April 2019, May 2018...
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http://mmajunkie.com A light-heavyweight bout between former champion Rafael "Feijao" Cavalcante (10-3 MMA, 3-2 SF) and newcomer and Olympian Yoel Romero (4-0 MMA, 0-0 SF) will be part of September's "Strikeforce: Heavyweight Grand Prix Semifinals" event.
Sources close to the negotiations told MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) verbal agreements are in place for the right.
It's not clear if it'll be part of the Showtime-televised main card of the Sept. 10 event.
As MMAjunkie.com reported earlier today, the show takes place at U.S. Bank Arena in Cincinnati. It features the semifinal round of the organization's eight-man heavyweight grand prix.
Cavalcante fights for the first time since losing his light-heavyweight title via TKO to Dan Henderson in March. The loss snapped a three-fight winning streak for the Black House fighter, who won the title from Muhammed "King Mo" Lawal in August 2010.
Romero heads to Strikeforce with a perfect 4-0 record on the German fight circuit. Prior to launching his MMA career, which has included four dominating knockout victories (two via his opponents quitting), Romero won a silver medal in wrestling at the 2000 Summer Olympics.
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Hi i know i haven't been on for some time now but everyone seems to have gone, i suppose we only come on when we are having trouble or in a lot of pain.
Hi i know i haven't been on for some time now but everyone seems to have gone, i suppose we only come on when we are having trouble or in a lot of pain.
hello dianne. most of the neuropathy folks post on emotional support forum or the pain forum. I look forward to hearing more frrom you here or any other place. i do not sit at computer as much as I use too. it just makes ity unbeaRABLE TO DO MUCH THESE DAYS. HEARING FROM OTHERS IS ALWAYS A PERK ME UP FOR ME THO. oops sorry about the caps
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Welcome Back to BrainTalk!
Unfortunately, many of BrainTalk's members moved on to Facebook, other forums, or just stopped posting altogether, after BrainTalk's last crash. We are blessed with new management: Mike Weins, David Hosobuchi, and Dr. Dan Hoch. Slowly it seems that folks are finding their way back here. If more members, like you, returned after a long absence, the forums would be active again. The light is always on here, and we live in hope.
Don't be discouraged. Check out other forums, as joy suggested, to see it you can find old friends or meet new ones.
Love & Light,
Mom to Jon, 49, and Michael, 32, who were born with an undiagnosed progressive neuromuscular disease and courageous spirits. Our Angel Michael received his wings in 2003. Our Angel Jon received his wings April 2019. April 2020, Jim, the world's most wonderful Dad, joined them. Now, they all watch over me.
I too just found my way back to the BrainTalk Communities. I see that it's on a different website, and I hope it's a better one than the last one. Just got my profile reactivated and updated, and hope to be checking in more often.
Welcome robert. It is great to see a new members posting. Not great that you have burning tho. My burning started in feet years ago nd as neurasthenic progressed so did the burning It is not unusual for the tops of my thighs to be very hot especial
L at nighttime. I hope you continue to post and if not under the peripherial neuropathy use the emotional super forum as I always suggest. There is a good number of people whoosh there with all kinds people who are fami
Oar with pain. Take care
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Welcome back, Robert L!
I have peripheral neuropathy due to Type 2 diabetes. I haven't concerned myself with it much but I probably should pay more attention to it now that some toes are deformed and there are some other symptoms as well.
I do get diabetic shoes and special orthotic inserts (heat-molded) on a regular basis, and these seem to help.
I've been a member of the MS board here at BrainTalk for 16 years.
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Privacy group sues Britain over NSA surveillance
A London-based advocacy group filed suit over America's international data dragnet Monday, a complaint which one expert says could have significant ramifications for the future of U.S.-British intelligence-sharing.
In a complaint filed with the Investigatory Powers Tribunal, Britain's interception watchdog, Privacy International alleges that the National Security Agency and its British counterpart GCHQ are spying on one another's citizens and swapping the intercepted information without proper oversight. The complaint also accuses GCHQ of overstepping British law through the mass monitoring of U.K communications.
"It is a fundamental breach of the social contract if the government can operate with unrestrained power in such an arbitrary fashion," Privacy's Eric King said in a statement.
Over the past month, both the NSA and GCHQ have seen details of their globe-spanning intelligence-gathering efforts splayed across the pages of the Guardian newspaper and other outlets - leaks which have lifted the curtain on a series of programs apparently aimed at securing access to as big a chunk as possible of the world's communications.
Some in Britain have expressed concerns that GCHQ is drawing on the NSA's massive data pool to dodge restrictions on domestic espionage. In its complaint, Privacy said it was concerned that its own communications had been intercepted by the Americans and subsequently handed to British authorities. It demanded an immediate end to GCHQ's exploitation of NSA-obtained intelligence on British residents and an injunction against the blanket interception of U.K. data over fiber optic cables.
GCHQ declined to comment on the suit. U.K. officials have repeatedly insisted their spies work within the law.
Legal experts say Privacy's complaint faces long odds at Britain's Investigatory Powers Tribunal, where only 10 out of more than 1,000 complaints have ever been upheld. They're divided as to its prospects should it make its way to the European Court of Human Rights - a Strasbourg, France-based, body whose rulings have occasionally frustrated U.K. leaders.
Simon McKay, a British human rights lawyer and an authority on surveillance law, said the failure of British officials to regulate the acquisition of foreign intelligence means it's "almost without question" that they're breach of European human rights law. He said GCHQ could well see itself rebuffed in Strasbourg, something which could lead to a dramatic change in the way Britain swapped intelligence with its American ally.
Ian Walden, a professor of information communications law at Queen Mary, University of London, was more pessimistic, saying the otherwise robust European Court tended to be "quite deferential to member states with regard to national security."
"I don't think this is a slam-dunk," he said.
Privacy's suit is one of several which have been spawned by NSA surveillance revelations.
In the United States, groups including the Electronic Privacy Information Center and the American Civil Liberties Union have said they are suing over the agency's spying. In Britain, civil liberties group Liberty says it is finalizing its own complaint before the Investigatory Powers Tribunal.
Privacy International: https://www.privacyinternational.org/
Investigatory Powers Tribunal: https://www.ipt-uk.com/
GCHQ: https://www.gchq.gov.uk/
NSA: https://www.nsa.gov/
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After the success with the Claude Von Stroke tour blog, we now give you the Spank Rock/Ninjasonik European tour diary which showcases a whole other level of shenanigans.
"What happens when you take a group of insane punk rock black dudes from Brooklyn and two smelly white DJs on the road(house) in Europe for the first time ever with one HeavyMetalVomitArtFag/Total Wigger named Spank Rock as their party guide? Bebe's kids go to Europe and party till they puke. Too Many DJs or Too Many BJs? Watch and see for yourselves what it really looks like to be 24 hour party people."
"With each video segment we're also including a track we made on the tour. This first track was made in the Hotel Room in Porto, Portugal at an ungodly hour. Roadhouse!"


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Montréal, Québec
After my tennis match with MC on a Sunday morning, we grabbed breakfast at Le Valois in the Hochelaga-Maisonneuve neighbourhood. The HoMa neighbourhood had sparked my interest when I read about ArHoMa on Lake Jane. Le Valois also happened to be in Place Valois. We were nicely surprised that it offered a beautiful terrace so we could enjoy breakfast outside.
Terrasse at Le Valois.
After our workout, we both enthusiastically ordered a fresh juice to hydrate ourselves. The Elixir ($4.95), a blend of mango, orange juice and strawberry juice was quite refreshing. We also noticed other patrons ordering sangria, maybe an idea for next time.
The refreshing Elixir juice.
MC was intrigued by the croquette de chèvre, served with a beet sauce ($9.50). While she enjoyed the fried croquette of goat cheese, she was disappointed by the small portion. It would have been nice if it had come with a more filling salad, or a piece of bread.
Croquette de chèvre.
I ordered the Spécial du Valois ($8.95), which consisted of 2 eggs, sausage, bacon, a baguette and potatoes. I had assumed correctly that "oeufs miroir" meant sunny side up. Good to know for next time as I don't like my eggs that runny. The special was quite enough to fill me up, having both bacon and sausage on the dish. My favourite part was the pommes de terre rissolées; they were well cooked, well seasoned with a good amount of onion.
Spécial du Valois.
Le Valois is a good place for breakfast, especially if you're looking to sit on a terrace on a sunny morning. They also offer a late dinner special that would be nice to check out one day. Place Valois seems to have a lot offer when it comes to food. I'll just have to come back to check out ArHoma another time (and fine sausages at William J. Walter).
P.S. this post is my first post using my i-phone and Instagram for pictures. This might be my preferred means of taking pics as it is much more convenient than carrying a camera all the time!


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"About That KKK Dox" Doubts about the list.
"Was the Russian Metrojet plane shot down by Israeli or American missile during "Blue Flag 2015" exercises?" If the evidence shows it was shot down, there aren't many possible culprits. Therefore, it is necessary to prove that it was not shot down: "Report: U.S. Satellites Detected Heat Around Russian Jet Just Before Break Up Over Sinai" The American data that was impossible to find in Ukraine shows up awfully quickly in Sinai.
"Zionist propaganda ploys: (from Jadaliyya)" The deep roots of Bibi's Mufti play.
"BREAKING NEWS: Russia's Position On Assad Unchanged Since 2011 - Reuters, BBC" Classic propaganda technique of the lying Jew-controlled mainstream media.
"Bloomberg's int'l editor to host event on 'incredible courage' of Israeli soldiers (including Netanyahu)"
"Human Rights Watch stumbles in pinning "war crimes" on Russia"
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Author: Hover, L. H.
Date: October 24, 1856
This claim, against the funds being distributed by the State Central Committee, was filed by L. W. Hoover, a farmer and freestater who had settled at Wakarusa on June 1, 1856. His crops, etc., were destroyed while he was serving in the militia during "the Washington Creek difficulty" and he had since fallen quite ill and was dependent on help from his neighbors.
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Keywords: Free state settlers; National Kansas Committee; Relief funds; Wakarusa River; Washington Creek, Kansas Territory
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This year's w h o k i l l by Tune-Yards could well be one of the best of 2011. Dom Gourlay wrote in his review that "as long players go, 2011 won't get much better than this, and with whokill, Merrill Garbus has somehow managed to encompass more ideas into just over 40 minutes than most artists manage in a lifetime. It goes without saying the bar has been raised, both in terms of Garbus and the rest of the competition".
You'll have to see if it makes it to anywhere near the top of our albums of the year in the next couple of weeks, though. I'm not giving anything away, either. What we can tell you, though, is that Merrill Garbus has added a couple of UK shows and an Irish one at the start of her upcoming European tour. All dates on that jaunt now listed below:
12 - Dublin, Button Factory
13 - Leeds, The Cockpit
15 - London, Shepherd's Bush Empire
16 - Lille, Grand Mix
17 - Rennes, UBU
18 - Paris, Maroquinerie
19 - Grenoble, Le Ciel
20 - Dudigen, Bad Bonn
22 - Brussels, Botanique (Orangerie)
23 - Amsterdam, Melkweg
25 - Oslo, Blå
26 - Malmö, Debaser
28 - Berlin, Festsaal Kreuzburg
29 - Munich, Rote Sonne
1 - St. Gallen, Palace
2 - Turin, Hiroshima
3 - Rome, Lanificio
4 - Milan, Tunnel
6 - Bologna, Locomotiv
7 - Zagreb, Tvornica Kulture
8 - Ljubljana, Menza Pri Koritu
10 - Istanbul, Salon
13 - Tel Aviv, Barby Theatre
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So I actually posted my question to StackOverflow, but did not really get an answer.
Basically, I want to write an image to disk in parallel with an algorithm that is processing that same image. The code is really simple:
Code:string ProcessImage(System::Drawing::Bitmap ^bmp, System::String^ targetFile) { bmp->Save(targetFile); System::Drawing::Bitmap^ bmp8 = BitmapConvertPixelFormat(bmp, 8); //<-- a function I wrote which converts the 32bpp I am passed into an 8bpp one string results = Analyze(bmp8); //<--- takes a good bit of time return results; }
What would be the fastest way to do this? Please let me know of any libraries you recommend with a code sample. I would prefer one that is within .NET or native C++ just to avoid having to link into many different libraries.
Thanks in advance!