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Do you feel that your home's plumbing is in good condition? You can learn how to do it yourself. If this is for you, you have found the right information! The following article has advice for making plumbing repairs efficiently.
Get to know the tools and how they are used for the most success in plumbing. You should read the manual with any new tool you purchase. If you don't have the manual, look online or at your local library for more information. You should do the same amount of research on the steps required for your project. Have everything you need by way of tools and information before you attempt a repair on your own.
If the water in your toilet is low along with the toilet being clogged, pour some extra water in the bowl to make the plunger effective again. Repeat this once your water goes back to a lower level.
Never reach into a garbage disposal that you think isn't working. Your garbage disposal is a dangerous device, even when turned off. You can search online to get schematics or troubleshooting advice for your garbage disposal.
To make sure your garbage disposal last a long time, clean it regularly. In order to keep it clean, you can use a mixture of dish soap, cherry pits and lemon rinds which will keep the disposal running smooth and smelling fresh.
Have all your plumbing needs scheduled all at once. While you may be tempted to call the plumber whenever you have a slight problem, scheduling it all at once gives you the opportunity to save money to pay for the repairs. It is a lot more cost effective as you will only be paying for one call-out fee instead of multiple trips.
Swapping out old shower heads for energy-efficient ones can save you money on the energy bill. Most households use a lot of hot water in the shower. By installing an energy-efficient shower head that might cost a few dollars, you could save at least $100 a year per person who showers in your house.
Don't throw trash down your toilet. Doing so can clog the drain and cause plumbing problems. Don't flush anything that is unlikely to dissolve and wind up clogging pipes, such as diapers, tissues, paper towels and cotton balls. As well, keep your toilet paper usage to as little as possible.
Enzyme-based products are often superior to other options when your drains are clogged. Enzyme based cleaners work by using natural bacteria that turns the sludge clogged in your pipes into a liquid, allowing it to flow down the drain with ease. Cleaners containing enzymes are some of the best you can buy.
If you don't want to spend a lot on repairing plumbing problems, learn to prevent problems before they occur. One of the most common repairs involves fixing drain clogs. You can clog your drains with hair. A drain cover or screen can be used to stop hair from going down the drain and into the pipes. It's a lot simpler to eliminate hair that is on a screen than eliminating it off a pipe.
After reading this article, you should be a little excited to start handling plumbing projects on your own. This article has given you advice that will be efficient for your needs. If not, continue to research more tips and learn more about plumbing.


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Ryan Murphy, creator of American Horror Story and Scream Queens, recently announced the focus of season 9 of American Horror Story on social media. AHS: 1984 will be an homage to classic slasher films from the 1980s, like A Nightmare on Elm Street, Friday the 13th, and Halloween.
The teaser dropped by Murphy shows a very 80s looking teenager running through the woods and into a very Camp Crystal Lake-esque summer camp. A large, knife-wielding assailant follows closely behind her as the teaser comes to a close. While the trailer doesn't show any of the familiar faces from American Horror Story's past, it has been officially announced that Emma Roberts will be returning to star in the upcoming season, and Gus Kenworthy, Olympic silver medalist, will be playing her boyfriend.
Within the past few weeks, it was announced that Evan Peters, who has been present in every season of American Horror Story so far, will not be making an appearance in season 9. Sarah Paulson, who, similarly to Peters, has appeared in the past eight seasons, has yet to confirm or deny whether or not she will play a part in 1984.
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Country : a cantata in three phases for baritone, oboe and piano / music by Don Kay, words by John Honey.
by Don Kay (2015)
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Country, which was to become the third and final phase
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Had lunch with my girlies today and then went over to Centre City to try on head wear for Ladies Day!
Need some Gatsby inspiration? Goooo!
OK, so it's no secret I'm a fan of fashion, but lets face it, my wardrobe is very "St Lukes" and not a lot of "Newmarket". For one I don't have the budget for high end designer threads, and for the most part I'm so used to wearing stuff that 'fits' that I haven't been fashion conscious for myself – just others.
My Second Life wardrobe is AMAZING! In a world where EVERYTHING fits, and you can change your shape, skin tone, make up, hair, shape, and even your eye colour with just a few clicks of the mouse it's very very easy to live a fantasy life of clothing you would never wear, or mostly could never afford to wear, in real life.
But Second Life is hard, it's time consuming – incredibly time consuming, and well 'who got time for dat', so I guess I've been looking for a surrogate, that whilst no where near the calibre of SL, this app does lend itself to fantasy wardrobes, instant transformations, and the opportunity to own items you never could in the real world. Introducing Covet Fashion.
Thanks to Donna, I know have a new app addiction, and it's right up my alley.
The website declares
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Covet Fashion is a personalized styling experience that allows you to pick pieces from the best virtual closet. I think it has the potential to change the way people discover and interact with fashion. – Rachel Zoe
Let's face it, most of use would love a bigger wardrobe and having this virtual closet is the closest most of us are going to get to owning the designer labels on the site – given that, if you have the $$$ you can buy directly from the game and have the item delivered right to your door. I have a feeling this game is just the beginning of our future online shopping experience. We'll eventually be able to dial in our digits, put on an outfit and get a digital impression of what it would look like on us. Add to that the ability to mix and match what is already in your RL wardrobe and BOOM! A whole new way to online shop.
Covet gives you the opportunity to express your fashion styling with a series of Events to style your client for. Some have very flexible criteria, and others what seems like ridiculously strict criteria. Event themes range from Navy Seal to Ingenue. 1920's photographer to CEO. Then you are judged by your fellow Coveters. In order to enter events you vote of the looks entered by other app users. Herein lies my only issue with the game. We each have our own interpretation of the theme, and whilst some of them are WTF were you thinking (and I include myself in that group on occasion), some of the looks entered are determined by the budget you have, what you have in your closet, who you can borrow from (one item her event), but a lot of it comes down to what you think the look is. That being said, the hair, skin, and make up are all FREE so why would you enter a 1920's photographer using a 1980's Farrah hair do? Yep, none of those looks got my vote!
So there it is, my current, There's An App For That!
Golden Globes fashion always sets the tone for the fashion for the coming year, and this year is no exception.
There are always fabulous gowns, completely clangers, and then a few stunners.
This year I have to say I loved what Guiliana was wearing, the dress added a bit of 'body' to her and there was lovely movement, and I thought her gorgeous bob really set the dress off.
Margot Robbie,in Gucci, wore my absolute favourite dress. What a stunner!
I've never been a fan of dresses that don't offer 'support', such as the dress Amy Adams wore, and personally I don't think the two tones go well together.
My girl crush, Sofia Vergara, wore another stunner, seriously she would look fabulous in a sack.
Hair was an mix of both gorgeous up-do's and casual down. I think I least liked Hayden Panettere, looks like she didn't have time to dry it. I did love Julia Roberts' up-do (although the pic doesn't do it justice) and I thought Kaley Cuoco-Sweeting's hair was very blah – too 'everyday' for my liking.
Jewellery was it's usually major bling! I did notice that many of them were wearing their rings on the exterior fingers, first and little mostly. Glad to see I'm still rocking that trend.
All images courtesy of goldenglobes.com
I spent the best part of Sunday trawling through Pinterest getting inspiration for this year's Christmas, yes I do mean the Christmas that is 353 days away! I've decided that as it's such a busy time at work for me I need to have a plan to ensure my Christmas is how I want it this year. So each room has a theme, I have an ideas list, a things to buy list, and most importantly – a 'things to make' list. These Things To Make will be a fundamental part of my Handmade Christmas.
During my browsing I came across some great inspiration including crafts, Christmas decor ideas, fabulous things to make, and of course diet and exercise motivation. The below quote really struck me as it can relate not only to the things you think you'll want to give up such as exercising, or your weight loss regime, but also those other little things that might not be as easy as we would like them to be and the 'CBF' thought goes through our mind.
So this is the first Motivation Monday for the year and I want you to take it with you throughout the year and when you hit a wall remember the quote, and keep going!
I've copied by blog post from the first of January this year and through it might be a good idea to review what I have and haven't done and use this to form part of my resolutions and goals for 2014.
The first day of the year always offers us a chance for a fresh start, to refocus our goals and plans. I've previously outlined my resolutions for this year but today I want to outline my personal 'goals'.
Most people have a weight loss goal for the new year and I'm no different, unfortunately this is a roll over from 2012 but I am determined to reach my goal this year – and my reward? Being able to fit into the clothes in my wardrobe! I cannot wait – I have some super cute clothes and I want to be able to wear them. So the goal is to lose 20kgs.
Well for those of you who have followed my journey this year I have well and truly gone past the 20kg goal and even reached 30kgs!
Goal for 2014 – 40kgs!
My next goal is to do with photography – I'm actually quite a poor photographer [I particularly suck at selfies] and part of my new role at TTR is to take photos of the race days and my failings were highlighted when I uploaded the photos. Yes, some of this was a learning curve about what images to capture but also about how to capture great shots, so this year I want to learn how to take better photos, and ideally I would like to upgrade my camera too. The second part of this goal is about photos of me. I am not photogenic and usually hate photos taken of me, however I want to at least occasionally have some nice photos so my other goal is to learn how to be photographed.
Whilst I did do a bit of research about what photography courses there are, I didn't actually do any classes!
Goal for 2014 – complete at least one class.
My third goal is a new car – the one I drive at the moment, to put it politely, is a piece of shit! It's reliable [thankfully] but it's as old as dial up internet, and I'm embarrassed to be seen in it! Hopefully I can get some savings under my belt this year to upgrade.
No new car in 2013, other priorities. Let's see what 2014 brings.
My fourth goal is to launch a little sideline project I have bubbling away. I don't want to say too much about it just yet, but as soon as it's ready to go I'll let you know.
This little project is on hold at present while I work on a potentially huge project connected to work.
My final goal for 2013 is to maintain and build this blog. I'd like to find a real rhythm this year and offer something new and fresh for the year, but for now, I wish you all a very Happy New Year, and hope you have a wonderful 2013 full of achieved resolutions and goals that have been reached.
The blog was going really well earlier in 2013, but I have to admit that the latter half of the year it has slipped, however now we are in a new house, work is under control (mostly), and life is settling down I feel like I have the time and the motivation to kick it up a gear in 2014.
Skinny Love is all self love. No matter where you are in your journey, perhaps you haven't even started yet, the first step is to believe in yourself. No matter how many obstacles are put in your way if you believe you can overcome them you will.
Some obstacles will be small, choosing whether to have that piece of cake, some will be big, such as the loss of a loved one, but each of these events help to make us stronger – mentally, emotionally, and sometimes physically.
'Cause if it wasn't for all that you tried to do, I wouldn't know
Just how capable I am to pull through
So I wanna say thank you
'Cause it
Makes me that much stronger
Makes me work a little bit harder
It makes me that much wiser
So thanks for making me a fighter
Christina Aguilera
Winter officially started this week and yet it's still warm enough to sit outside, with a book and beer and enjoy the warmth (some days anyway).
Winter to me always means 'boots' – I usually have three or four pairs (not many compared to most) but this year at the moment I have one and they are at least two years old! I just haven't been able to find the right pair for me – not last winter, not this one so far! Hope I find some soon because it's starting to get a little ridic!
Anyway, if opportunity and finances were no object here are some boots I would love to have in my wardrobe.
These are the type of boots I am looking for!
I definitely want a pair of pink cowgirl boots someday!
If you're going to wear gumboots they might as well make a statement!
Oh yeah some uggs for those eskiho days!
I would never wear this outside the house but every girl should have a pair of CFM boots!
Something simple and creative today all about 'Change'


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One of my favorite guilty pleasures are watching the Real Housewives franchises. I keep to three which is my policy in life - give me three to support your reasoning. And on the Orange County one they have a woman named Peggy with her husband Diko. Immigrants who apparently have lived in the United States for most of their lives and Peggy is a graduate of UCLA so she went to a well regarded American school. So she should be proficient in English both in speaking and writing as her degree was in English!
I work with many English language learners and as children who come from singular language homes so the proficiency in the language is challenging but over time they will learn to speak fluent English and be able to both speak and write in English as well as their primary language given its use at home and in the community. And that adaptability enables a child to pick up another third language as that flexibility allows a more fluid connection to language acquisition. My Lyft driver yesterday immigrated here 12 years ago from Serbia with his family. His daughters were 6 and 3 and they speak English and Serbic with his eldest learning Spanish right now well enough to be proficient in it thanks to the TV, shops and kids she interacts with. But he and his wife also learned English with the children in order to be function and assimilate with ease. But for many families he knows that is not always easy nor necessary and it makes it harder for them and in turn their children.
This Peggy and Dika person own a million dollar business have three children with one going to College and they all speak English in the home. Yet again she seems to use that she is Armenian as a some way to justify, excuse or explain why she doesn't get the hysterical, drunk and angry women with whom she is cast with. Any expression, idiom or even some words seem literally be foreign to her. I suggest given her degree she could become Donald Trump's speechwriter.
I was inspired by John Oliver to actually read the transcripts of Trump's speeches and yes they are utterly illogical, often incomplete with thoughts, rambling reasoning's and well idiocy. It is as if Trump only speaks Armenian! Then when he goes off script to ramble which are not on the text and you must watch YouTube to see the bizarre incoherent connections and thoughts that emerge from that aging brain you realize why he loves Twitter. The limited amount of characters have somehow enabled him to use the cover of grammatical errors and limitations the result of the medium when in fact they are his unfiltered thoughts and manner of speech.
Below is the most recent speech. There are those interviews where he rambles most incoherently and in turn demonstrate his clear mental health issues that I am sure is pre dementia. But I suspect that he has always been that erratic and temperamental and he is not bright a trait clearly shared by the family. It explains Jared Kushner a mediocre student who bought his way into Harvard. Wherever Jared goes trouble is sure to follow, Saudi Arabia anyone? I don't think I need to explain Donald Jr. or Eric. And Ivanka is the smart one and that is the most tragic as she is simply there to self preserve and has no other interests other than the family, again that is a shared trait as they are family first people and they have no problem exploiting anyone, any country in which to do so.
Here is a speech by Trump. It has some clear points and some rambling ones. I have attempted to highlight in the same way I would a student's piece of writing in which to offer suggestions, edits and queries as to improve the work to make it logical and more sensible. Traits Trump has neither.
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you very much.
Last night, I returned from a historic 12-day trip to Asia. This journey took us to five nations to meet with dozens of foreign leaders, participate in three formal state visits, and attend three key regional summits. It was the longest visit to the region by an American President in more than a quarter of a century.
Everywhere we went, our foreign hosts greeted the American delegation, myself included, with incredible warmth, hospitality, and most importantly respect. And this great respect showed very well our country is -- further evidence that America's renewed confidence and standing in the world has never been stronger than it is right now.
When we are confident in ourselves, our strength, our flag, our history, our values -- other nations are confident in us. And when we treat our citizens with the respect they deserve, other countries treat America with the respect that our country so richly deserves.
During our travels, this is exactly what the world saw: a strong, proud, and confident America.
Today, I want to update the American people on the tremendous success of this trip and the progress we've made to advance American security and prosperity throughout the year.
When I came into office, our country was faced with a series of growing dangers. These threats included rogue regimes pursuing deadly weapons, foreign powers challenging America's influence, the spread of the murderous terror group ISIS, and years of unfair trade practices that had dangerously depleted our manufacturing base and wiped out millions and millions of middle-class jobs.
The challenges were inherited, and these products really showed what previous mistakes were made over many years -- and even decades -- by other administrations. Some of these mistakes were born of indifference and neglect. Others from naïve thinking and misguided judgement. In some cases, the negative influence of partisan politics and special interests was to blame. But the one common thread behind all of these problems was a failure to protect and promote the interests of the American people and American workers.
Upon my inauguration, I pledged that we would rebuild America, restore its economic strength, and defend its national security. With this goal in mind, I vowed that we would reaffirm old alliances and form new friendships in pursuit of shared goals. Above all, I swore that in every decision, with every action, I would put the best interests of the American people first.
Over the past 10 months, traveling across the globe and meeting with world leaders, that is exactly what I have done.
Earlier this year, in Saudi Arabia, I spoke to the leaders of more than 50 Arab and Muslim nations about our strategy to defeat terrorists by stripping them of financing, territory, and ideological support. And I urged the leaders to drive out the terrorists and extremists from their societies. Since that time, we have dealt ISIS one crushing defeat after another.
In Israel, I reaffirmed the unbreakable bond between America and the Jewish State, and I met with leaders of the Palestinian Authority and initiated an effort to facilitate lasting peace between the Israelis and the Palestinians.
In Brussels, I urged our NATO allies to do more to strengthen our crucial alliance and set the stage for significant increases in member contributions. Billions and billions of dollars are pouring in because of that initiative. NATO, believe me, is very happy with Donald Trump and what I did.
In Warsaw, I declared to the world America's resolve to preserve and protect Western civilization and the values we hold so dear.
In Rome, Sicily, Hamburg, and Paris, I strengthened our friendships with key allies to promote our shared interests of security and prosperity.
In September, at the United Nations General Assembly in New York, I urged that the nations of the world join in confronting rogue regimes that threaten humanity and laid out a model for international cooperation grounded in respect for sovereignty and the responsibilities that come with it.
On each trip, I have worked to advance American interests and leadership in the world.
And to each of these places, I have carried our vision for a better -- a vision for something stronger and sovereign -- so important -- sovereign and independent nations, rooted in their histories, confident in their destinies, and cooperating together to advance their security, prosperity, and the noble cause of peace.
It was this same vision that I carried to Asia two weeks ago. And it was this same commitment to you, the American people, that was always at the forefront of my mind and my thinking.
Our trip was defined by three core goals. First: to unite the world against the nuclear menace posed by the North Korean regime, a threat that has increased steadily through many administrations and now requires urgent action.
Second: to strengthen America's alliances and economic partnerships in a free and open Indo-Pacific, made up of thriving, independent nations, respectful of other countries and their own citizens, and safe from foreign domination and economic servitude.
And third: to finally -- after many years -- insist on fair and reciprocal trade. Fair and reciprocal trade -- so important. These two words -- fairness and reciprocity -- are an open invitation to every country that seeks to do business with the United States, and they are a firm warning to every country that cheats, breaks the rules, and engages in economic aggression -- like they've been doing in the past, especially in the recent past.
That is why we have almost an $800-billion-a-year trade deficit with other nations. Unacceptable. We are going to start whittling that down, and as fast as possible.
With these goals, it was my profound honor to travel on this journey as your representative. I explained to all of the world leaders, and across Asia, how well the United States is doing. Economic growth has been over 3 percent the last two quarters and is going higher. Unemployment is at its lowest level in 17 years. The stock market has gained trillions of dollars in value since my election and has reached record highs. We are massively increasing our military budget to historic levels. The House has just passed a nearly $700 billion defense package, and it could not come at a better time for our nation.
Once again our country is optimistic about the future, confident in our values, and proud of our history and a role in the world.
I want to thank every citizen of this country for the part you have played in making this great American comeback possible. In Asia, our message was clear and well received: America is here to compete, to do business, and to defend our values and our security.
We began our trip in Hawaii to pay our respects to brave American servicemembers at Pearl Harbor and the United States Pacific Command, the guardian of our security and freedom across the Indo-Pacific region.
our country prepared to observe Veterans Day, we remembered the incredible sacrifices and courage of all of the veterans whose service has preserved our liberty and a way of life that is very special. We also thanked military families for their support for our brave servicemen and women.
From Hawaii, we traveled to Japan, a crucial U.S. ally and partner in the region. Upon landing in Japan, my first act was to thank the American servicemembers and Japanese Self-Defense Forces who personify the strength of our enduring alliance.
Prime Minister Abe and I agreed on our absolute determination to remain united to achieve the goal of denuclearized North Korea. Shortly following our visit, Japan announced additional sanctions on 35 North Korean entities and individuals. Japan also committed to shouldering more of the burden of our common defense by reimbursing costs borne by American taxpayers, as well as by making deep investments in Japan's own military. This will include purchases of U.S. advanced capabilities -- from jet fighters to missile defense systems worth many, many billions of dollars -- and jobs for the American worker.
The Prime Minister and I also discussed ways we can deepen our trade relationship based on the core principles of fairness and reciprocity. I am pleased that since January of this year, Japanese companies have announced investments in the United States worth more than $8 billion -- 17,000 jobs. Thank you.
Oh, they don't have water? That's okay. What? That's okay.
(Drinks water.) (The Marco Rubio moment that he mocked during his campaign)
THE PRESIDENT: Japanese manufacturers, Toyota and Mazda, announced that they will be opening a new plant in the United States that will create 4,000 jobs.
We also signed agreements between our nations to enhance infrastructure development, increase access to affordable energy, and advance our foreign policy goals through economic investment.
From Japan, we traveled to another key American ally in Asia -- the Republic of Korea. My official state visit to South Korea was the first by an American President in 25 years.
Speaking before the National Assembly of the Republic of Korea, I spoke the truth about the evil crimes of the North Korean regime, and I made clear that we will not allow this twisted dictatorship to hold the world hostage to nuclear blackmail.
I called on every nation, including China and Russia, to unite in isolating the North Korean regime -- cutting off all ties of trade and commerce -- until it stops its dangerous provocation on -- and this is the whole key to what we're doing -- on denuclearization. We have to denuclearize North Korea.
We have ended the failed strategy of strategic patience, and, as a result, we have already seen important progress -- including tough new sanctions from the U.N. council -- we have a Security Council that has been with us and just about with us from the beginning.
South Korea agreed to harmonize sanctions and joined the United States in sanctioning additional rogue actors whose fund and funds have helped North Korea and North Korea's nuclear and ballistic missile programs. It's unacceptable to us.
The United States welcomed the decision of President Moon to remove the payload restrictions on missiles to combat the North Korean threat. And together we reaffirmed our commitment to a campaign of maximum pressure.
Like Japan, South Korea is increasing its defense contributions. During our meetings, President Moon acknowledged his desire for equitable cost-sharing for the United States military forces stationed in South Korea. And I visited soldiers at Camp Humphreys, a brand-new, joint American-South Korean base, paid for almost entirely by the South Korean government. At that base, I discussed with the United States and South Korean military leaders both military options and readiness to respond to North Korean provocation or offensive actions.
During our visit, President Moon and I also discussed America's commitment to reducing our trade deficit with South Korea. At my discretion and direction, we are currently renegotiating the disastrous U.S.-Korea trade agreement signed under the previous administration. It has been a disaster for the United States.
Last week, 42 South Korean companies announced their intent to invest in projects worth more than $17 billion dollars in the United States, and 24 companies announced plans to purchase $58 billion dollars in American goods and services.
From South Korea, Melania and I traveled to China, where, as in Japan and South Korea, we were greatly honored by the splendor of our reception. Our trip included the first official dinner held for a foreign leader in the Forbidden City since the founding of the modern China, where we enjoyed a very productive evening hosted by President Xi and his wonderful wife, Madam Pung.
During our visit, President Xi pledged to faithfully implement United Nations Security Council resolutions on North Korea and to use his great economic influence over the regime to achieve our common goal of a denuclearized Korean Peninsula.
President Xi recognizes that a nuclear North Korea is a grave threat to China, and we agreed that we would not accept a so-called "freeze for freeze" agreement like those that have consistently failed in the past. We made that time is running out and we made it clear, and all options remain on the table.
I also had very candid conversations with President Xi about the need to reduce our staggering trade deficit with China and for our trading relationship to be conducted on a truly fair and equitable basis. We can no longer tolerate unfair trading practices that steal American jobs, wealth, and intellectual property. The days of the United States being taken advantage of are over.
In China, we also announced $250 billion worth in trade-investment deals that will create jobs in the United States.
From China, I flew to the city of Da Nang in Vietnam, to attend the Leaders Meeting for APEC -- Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation. There, I spoke to a major gathering of business leaders, where I reminded the world of America's historic role in the Pacific as a force for freedom and for peace.
Standing on this proud history, I offered our vision for robust trading relationships in which Indo-Pacific nations can all prosper and grow together. I announced that the United States is ready to make bilateral trade deals with any nation in the region that wants to be our partner in fair and reciprocal trade.
We will never again turn a blind eye to trading abuses, to cheating, economic aggression, or anything else from countries that profess a belief in open trade, but do not follow the rules or live by its principles themselves.
No international trading organization can function if members are allowed to exploit the openness of others for unfair economic gain. Trade abuses harm the United States and its workers -- but no more. No more.
We will take every trade action necessary to achieve the fair and reciprocal treatment that the United States has offered to the rest of the world for decades.
My message has resonated. The 21 APEC leaders -- for the first time ever -- recognized the importance of fair and reciprocal trade, recognized the need to address unfair trade practices, and acknowledged that the WTO is in strong need of reform. These leaders also noted that countries must do a better job following the rules to which they agreed.
I also made very clear that the United States will promote a free and open Indo-Pacific in which nations enjoy the independence and respect they deserve.
In Vietnam, during a state visit in Hanoi, I also met with President Quang and Prime Minister Fook to discuss the growing friendship between our countries. Our Vietnamese partners are taking new actions to enforce sanctions on North Korea. In addition, we committed to expand trade and investment between our countries, and we pledged to address the imbalances. I am particularly pleased that the United States and Vietnam recently announced $12 billion in commercial agreements, which will include $10 billion in U.S. content.
Finally, I visited the Philippines, where I met with numerous world leaders at the U.S.-ASEAN and East Asia Summits. At ASEAN -- the Association of Southeast Asian Nations -- we made it clear that no one owns the ocean. Freedom of navigation and overflight are critical to the security and prosperity of all nations.
I also met with the Prime Ministers of India, Australia, and Japan to discuss our shared commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific.
During our visit, President Duterte of the Philippines thanked the American people and our armed forces for supporting the recent liberation of Marawi from ISIS. We pledged to strengthen and deepen our long-standing alliance.
At the East Asia Summit, the United States negotiated and signed four important leaders' statements on the use of chemical weapons, money laundering, poverty alleviation, and countering terrorist propaganda and financing.
And crucially, at both summits and throughout the trip, we asked all nations to support our campaign of maximum pressure for North Korean denuclearization. And they are responding by cutting trade with North Korea, restricting financial ties to the regime, and expelling North Korean diplomats and workers.
Over the last two weeks, we have made historic strides in reasserting American leadership, restoring American security, and reawakening American confidence.
Everywhere we went, I reaffirmed our vision for cooperation between proud, independent and sovereign countries -- and I made clear that the United States will be a reliable friend, a strong partner, and a powerful advocate for its own citizens.
The momentum from our trip will launch us on our continued effort to accomplish the three core objectives I outlined: to unite the world against North Korean nuclear threat, to promote a free and open Indo-Pacific region, and to advance fair and reciprocal economic relations with our trading partners and allies in the region.
We have established a new framework for trade that will ensure reciprocity through enforcement actions, reform of international organizations, and new fair trade deals that benefit the United States and our partners.
And we have laid out a pathway toward peace and security in our world where sovereign nations can thrive, flourish, and prosper side-by-side.
This is our beautiful vision for the future. This is a where this vision -- this dream -- is only possible if America is strong, proud, and free.
long as we are true to ourselves, faithful to our founding, and loyal to our citizens, then there is no task too great, no dream too large, no goal beyond our reach.
My fellow citizens: America is back. And the future has never looked brighter.
Thank you. God Bless you and God Bless the United States of America. Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you all.
I elected to not highlight the pronouncements of these "deals" that are both unclear and unsubstantiated as they have their own issues and problems, I simply focused on the logic, coherence and some of the more obvious errors that affect overall quality of a paper. This is one that is not as bad as some of them I have read or watched. And you too can do the same as the link to Trump's official speeches and remarks are here. Cannot wait for the Trump Library!
Day after day I listen to the media trying to digress or digest the idiocy that comes from Trump et. al and in turn the comics that rip to pieces the embarrassment that defines this Presidency. I think the Guardian does a way better job doing so and they are not American press.
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The Growth of Christianity
You can find three main related factors that caused the growth and continuing development of Christianity, and finally its success. They were a mix of political, social and economic factors. The increase of early Christianity continues to be the topic of much debate and historical analyses. I am attempting to simply outline and comment on a few of the main social factors that lead to the rise of Christianity.
Christianity have come in the correct time, at a time where life was uncertain and many circumstances couldn't be controlled such as the barbarians invading; fires home whole cities and plagues killing off a lot of the people, whether you were rich or poor it made no difference, life in the Greco-Roman world was very fragile and short. Life-span has not been great as well as the average person lived until across the day of 30 as well as much less. Life expectancy was suprisingly low along with what could possibly have drawn pagans was that the Christian religion and doctrines offered hope and certainty within the afterlife and even some personal divine protection in this world. These new doctrines would have seemed appealing to pagans, when there was clearly growing discontent with pagan practices along with a general spiritual unrest. Like Christianity the Roman Religion was to the ordinary man but interest was waning and also the mystery religions were too complicated for your common Roman, thus the people's choice was likely to be Christianity.
Christianity also offered wish to a usually pessimistic society that thought that their destinies were fixed, with the idea to take the Gods' favour as well as to be out of it, with no hope of redemption. Christianity offered an alternate with the much desired chance of salvation.
Christianity was primarily an urban movement, over these urban centre's Christianity grew with a steady pace, the urban areas of cities including Antioch, were very condensed with folks roughly there have been 117 people per acre. In comparison with modern cities today this can be rather overcrowded. The overcrowding was extreme, entire families were living together in single room apartments; this left little personal space and allowed everyone to know each other's business. Since urban centre's were dramatically overcrowded which early Roman Greco cities had minimal sanitation or sewerage for the average apartments people would often just throw their bodily waste out your window of these apartments to the streets. Starks describe the specific situation over these urbanized areas as:
Given limited water and way of sanitation along with the incredible density of humans and animals, most people from the Greco-Roman world could have lived in filth beyond our imagining.
Apartments or condos were often Smokey, dark, damp and try to dirty. Mid-air was full of the odor of sweat, urine and faces. Onto of the conditions the rodents and bugs were everywhere over these apartments. Town streets are not much better they had open sewers, animal manure and crowds from time to time it turned out so bad there were dead human corpses abandoned in the streets. When cities were within a constant state of filth, insects and crowding, disease was rife during these conditions, particularly when these Roman societies didn't have any antibiotics or understanding of germs. Often plagues would strike and physical illness was most likely an element of everyday life. Among it was your analysis of human faeces which are within a cesspit in Jerusalem showed large amounts of tapeworm and whipworm eggs, which shows poor sanitary conditions where humans often arrived to connection with human faeces.
Christianity revitalized the clear way of life in Greco-Roman society offering social change, which managed a few of the consequences of urban problems. Charity and hope was wanted to homeless and also the poor, often the cities were full of newcomers and strangers and Christianity offered a long family as well as a base for attachments as well as effective nursing services in times of disaster, that have been often attributable to plagues, earthquakes and fires.
Christianity's attitude towards society and its particular social impact greatly led to the increase and success in the church. The church was particularly well-known for its acts of charity, it's likely that this charity itself was probably the most influencing factors to the expansion of Christianity.
The church offered this charity to every one, including pagans and Jews. Through the third century the Church was caring for one thousand 400 widows in need of funds. The church itself was wealthy and in accordance with Eusebius, with the year 251 the church in Rome supported the bishop, 46 presbyters, 7 deacons, 7 sub deacons, 42 acolytes and 52 exorcists, reader and doorkeepers, but in addition over 1500 widows and needy persons. The churches obvious financial stability leads so that it is popular also it successfully expanded given it helped those involved with need, it offered help and often everyone was converted to Christianity as a result of the kindness and a focus they received. However the Roman Empire had some charitable services including the bread dole, Christian charity far outweighed the state's charity.
Throughout the first century for the fourth century there was clearly government enforced persecution of early Christianity, though not constantly. Persecution and martyrdom became a sign of great and bad Christianity, which regularly shows when the movement was attracting attention in the Roman state. Such emperors that instigated severe persecution were Decius and Diocletian. There have been sufficient amounts of Christians in North Africa for martyrdoms being noticed, one of these brilliant martyrdoms were Perpetua and her slave girl, Felicity who had been thrown to the lions following a trial.
Tertullian wrote that "the blood of Christians is seed" and this can be misquoted as "the blood from the martyrs will be the seed from the church." Tertullian may have been saying this as he believed that martyrdoms created new converts or could possibly have strengthened the church.
The Roman Empire planned to exterminate this new religion immediately and it seems it tried in the beginning to exterminate every Christian they may find but later under Decius they started new techniques to attempt to exterminate Christianity a proven way was by removing the clergy along with the bishops and in addition removing lands and churches in the Christians, no matter rank while forcing these to sacrifice for the states pagan gods or be punished severely with torture, exile, slavery and sometimes execution, according to numerous reasons and the duration of persecution.
This could have experienced to provide this new religion much publicity, particularly if it turned out within the circus arenas being killed by wild beats could have been creating attention, it appears many might have seen these peculiar people ready to suffer excruciating torture and even die for his or her God and religion, this will need to have left the pagan with something further to consider and consider whenever they were prepared to die for pagan gods.
The Christians may even have won converts in most areas, for their courage throughout the persecutions, the potency of their faith and the support they showed the other person, Tertullian said that pagans had exclaimed from the arenas during martyrdoms "See how these Christians relative another" this indicated the social nature of the Christian faith. The persecutions also created apologists these were people who would be writing trying to convince the police that they had done no problem, get the job done Emperors read these long letters of apology no person knows, it seems rather unlikely however you are able to suggest State officials having read these letters of apology.
Another facet of Christian growth was that Christianity and it is friendships formed from the inside of the Church lead to its successful growth because people who had become a Christian felt them to be to fulfil the truly amazing commission as taught by Jesus and the apostles and so they could pass the content onto their family and friends, this frequently generated an end knit community and also this was appealing in an era in the event it was expected person to provide for yourself. Within this Greco-Roman era religious and social life was very much interlinked. It absolutely was taught from the church when Christian travellers came from away from the city or were strangers to a different city, Christians were to provide their requirements and offer shelter to those Christians, it was not just taught inside the teachings of Jesus but in addition from the apostle Paul. So that it was a motivation to become Christian concerning was always help and internet sites that may give you support within a large empire. It absolutely was such as an nuclear family where ever you went within the Roman Empire. Eusebius writes that the Christian missionaries were so inspired by the Holy Spirit they saw mass conversions occur, this may also be a contributing factor.
Christianity also gained some favour in society due to the improvement inside the management of women, plus it elevation of the social status. Christianity taught that marital unfaithfulness in a single partner as serious such as another and that in in accordance with the New Testament, husbands should treat their wives with such consideration and love as Christ manifested for his Church, though women were considered homemakers and wives. It really is thought that Christianity made its way into the aristocracy in Rome during the time through the influence of the wives.
The Greco-Roman world was quite different woman had much less expensive rights than men. It absolutely was an extremely male orientated society where male babies were wanted and feminine babies rejected this ended in infant side of female babies. Some excavations have found a huge selection of babies bones within an underground sewer thought to be female babies. It was not uncommon that ladies were offered in marriage before they'd reached puberty to older men and the cultural custom was that the women were the property in the man, either the dad or even the husband. Women played a major role in the early Christian church this may have been because they received more rights within the Christian community when compared with women inside the Greco-Roman world. We percieve in some early writings regarding the persecution of Christians that many more females clothing were stored or found than men's, over double, this may suggest there are much more females than males in early church.
If this describes genuine that there was far more females than males noisy . church then that permits for many secondary conversions. Secondary conversions are the ones which can be a consequence of another person being converted because of the first conversion, say for example a woman is converted however soon after her husband is converted which most likely would not have occurred if the woman was not originally converted. Christian doctrines were against abortion and infanticide. This could have experienced some impact on the birth-rates of Christian woman when compared with their pagan counterparts.
The spread of Christianity also involved Christian writings after the 1st century the writings of Paul and also the apostles of Jesus was spread sporadically through the Roman Empire. Apart to the early apostolic writers, others go about advocating, defending and propagating Christianity. Justin Martyr who lived around Ad 100–160 would be a Christian teacher and philosopher, he wrote the second apology. There are many subsequent Christian writers throghought the first years of the church, most often they were well-educated, such as Origen, Tertullian and many more. From the pagan mystery religions merely the elite could browse the sacred and secret texts, playing with Christianity usually the Gospels and Paul's epistles were read out aloud for many to listen to inside the church, this may have drawn the pagans when contemplating an alternative in further religious observance. The Christian writings also acted as a technique of spreading the Gospel message around town, often reaching more the Roman Empire itself.
Overall there are many factors that led to the achievements the church. The looking after widows, the indegent as well as the sick, the Christians attitudes to death, when dealing with martyrdom, better equality among women and men along with the management of slaves, pretty much everything made a direct effect on society were these items were rare. Christianity was less likely to succeed by any ordinary standard of expectation however it did through the Christian application of charity as well as simple self-help guide to salvation. We simply cannot say or point to one cause and voice it out was the only real reason why Christianity was obviously a successful religion; the complexities mentioned create a substantial cumulative case for the rise of Christianity.


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The effect of pictures on students' achievement in economics in secondary schools in Abakaliki Local Government Area of Ebonyi State.
1.1 Background to the Study
Economics is a recognized course of study and has a worldwide effect on the individual as well as the nations. It is the bedrock of human and economic development of any nation. No wonder schools and colleges teach economics and many students offer economics at least for self-management of life situations and personal emancipation. All these are so because economics deals with the concept of choice amongst needs in a scarce means. All these may also have informed the opinion of Dwivedi (2004) lat economics is an important course in the socio-economic development of any nation, Nigeria inclusive. Davies (2003) also maintains that economics is helpful to all and sundry-individuals, students, group, associations, political class and even government to make choice, allocate and economize resources for the well being of all.
Sequel to the above importance of economics, the subject is offered as one of the subjects in secondary schools in Nigeria. According to the Federal Republic of Nigeria's National Policy on Education (2004) economics when taught in secondary schools will bring about allocation, planning, decision-making, organization and management of available scarce resources.
Many scholars as well as students have been wondering over the year on the nature of economics in which some definitions were given by them, but the definitions did not embrace all the aspect of economics. These scholars include Alfred Marshall, Adam Smith and Lionel Robbins. The appropriate definition of economics is important because it will give direction to the appropriate instruction to be used in teaching the subject. But to some extent it was accepted.
Marshall (1956) defined economics as a study of man's actions in the ordinal business of life. This definition draws attention to the unique feature of man, which unlike other animals provides his everyday needs by means of a complex pattern of production, distribution and exchange.
Robbins (1953) defined economics as the science, which studies human behaviour as a relationship between ends and scarce means, which have alternative uses. He emphasized economics as a science and that economic analysis should be based on scientific and logical processes rather than on value judgment.
Furthermore, economics as a field of study has two broad divisions; that is the microeconomics and the macroeconomics. Micro economics as a branch of economics is concerned primarily with the economic behaviour of small units such as individual households, business firms, markets and government with the economic system while macro economics is defined as the branch of economics that deals with the performance of the economy as a whole such as, economic aggregates such as inflation, growth of national output, unemployment, the general price level and balance of payments. Interestingly, economics is a social science and any attempt to separate it from science will undermine the purpose and nature of economics teaching and learning.
The methods of teaching economics are necessary as it affects the performance of candidates. Most teachers' methods use Lecture method/teaching approach, Demonstration, Tutorial and Seminar, Problem-solving, Dictation, Question and Answer, Audio visual aids, Group or Project and Field trip in teaching economics thereby writing copious notes to the students; to the neglect of problem solving approach. Do not forget that economics is mathematically related. Some do not provide charts or models in teaching the subject such that the question of the use of instructional materials like pictures remains a fundamental issue in teaching economics in post primary schools.
The teaching and learning of economics as a social science has in most cases failed to yield very positive results as a result of these informal approaches of presenting instruction in economics. The situation has resulted in low performance of candidates in economics in WAEC Examinations (WAEC, 2006). The Chief examiner's Annual Report on the students performance in economics from (2004 – 2005) according to statistical unit of WASC Enugu which also covers Abakaliki indicated thus: a total of 16,006 students registered for economics from (2004 – 2005, the SSCE. Of this number, 639 students scored distinction, 1357 credit, 3,622 came out with pass and 10,394 failed in the examination. This shows that only 89.6% passed the examination while 10.4% failed.
The extent to which the teachers teach what is to be taught and the extent to which the students learn what is to be learnt depend largely on the availability of resources materials. Majority of secondary schools in Abakaliki metropolis do not have enough resource materials. Some of them that had fie materials or equipment in abundance had majority or ail of such equipment vandalized by thieves and students (Ike, 1995).
There are also cases where these laxities result in a situation where teachers are not paid, school programmes are disturbed by incessant unrest and strike actions. Liman (1997) stated that the effect of these developments has reduced commitments from teachers. Asobie (1997) confirmed the above statements. He appealed to the government to increase the level of funding to schools to enable them habilitate dilapidating facilities and aid them in their profession. He also believed that the conditions of teachers are improved, brain drain currently witnessed in our educational sector will be reduced and the teachers retained to give the best to students. He went further to point out that the ugly scenario noticeable in most public schools especially has led to the massive failure by students in public examinations. The results as showed in the tables and 2 below give the trends of the performance of students in WAEC examinations in 2004 and 2005.
Table 1: Some SSCE Economics Results for 2004 and 2005
|Sex of Students
|Scores from Public Schools
|2 2005
Source: WAEC Enugu (2004 & 2005). See more results on appendix D
The poor results as shown in the tables have been attributed to ineffective teaching method (Okwo, 1995). In the event of the ineffectiveness of the conventional methods of teaching economics and lack of the use of instructional materials in bringing about better performance of students in economics in SSCE. This researcher feels that the introduction of audio materials with Pictures would be a good innovation in the methods of teaching and learning economics and effective ones for better performance of students. The following levels of treatments were involved in this study- Audio Picture Synchronized, Audio Picture, Picture Audio and Audio-no Pictures (as Control). Audio materials are instructional materials, which are perceived and stimulated by thesensation of hearing. They include radio, tape recorder, car horn andteacher's voice.
There, are chapters or topics in economics that have pictures and students must learn to use pictures in learning. Through the use of diagrams and pictures for demonstration, practical ideas in economics should be taught. This therefore, provides the learners with tangible objects and creates contact with reality from the abstract language of economics. Olarinonye (1979) states that for a student to make discoveries he has to make certain mental process such as observations, classification, measuring, predicting and inferring. This again is where pictures become very important in the teaching/learning process.
Therefore, teaching and learning of economics topics of demand could be done through exposing students to picture experiences with information of finger drawings, Picture demonstration or activity which permits exploration learning activities and hypothesis formulation. The number of visual aids required in teaching the concepts is planned in sequences for presentation after which the exposed picture is then put into frame for lesson instructions.
Wren and Banks (1981) say that good drawings are of key importance to students in their economics study. They went on to say that the teacher has considerable responsibility to take pains to make their own model and chalkboard drawings carefully.
Any figure drawn on a paper or chalkboard is a tangible aid to the understanding of the learner. Economics models are needed in economics lessons for tasks involving elasticity, which include the use of pictures. The practical experience enables learners to understand the abstract modes in the structure of the subject.
Economics has two parts, practical and abstract, each with its own appeal connected by the inner structure of the economics. The teacher must be aware of both the instructive and the abstract aspects, which therefore, calls for the use of pictures.
The pictures approach experience is a factor, which affects directly the rigours that characterize the activities of the brain of the learners in trying out the shapes imagined and identification of processes that yields better results. Furthermore, the development of pictures and improvisation does not form part of most teachers' educations programme in secondary schools, Hence, the lack of picture usage in economics. But, there is obvious need to ascertain how pictures on elasticity will affect students' performance in learning of the concept.
It is a pity, that many students who offer economics in examinations have complained of not having good results on the subject and this has made those students to become frustrated and disillusioned and made their ambition of having economics as a career to collapse at the first attempt, which brings about the need to find out the effect of pictures on students' achievement in economics in secondary schools.
1.2 Statement of the Problem
The study investigated the performance of students in economics when taught with the pictures in audio automated manner in some selected secondary schools in Abakaliki Local Government Area of Ebonyi State. Economics education is very important both in the secondary school system and for the economic development of any nation in a world dominated by science and technology. Economics is offered in secondary schools and this level is regarded as the foundation of educational system.
This is because this level of education receives the primary school leavers and produces students for institutions of higher learning.
Government has established several hundreds of these secondary schools. At the end of their career in the secondary school, students of economics are examined by WAEC in the Senior Secondary Certificate Examination (SSCE) as candidates. In recent times, there has been increasing poor performance of economics candidates at the SSCE (Okwo, 1995). This low achievement has been attributed to lack of innovative teaching methods or better teaching facilities (Dwyer, 1968).
One may then ask, is the performance of economics students from secondary schools in Abakaliki Metropolis, actually going to be better if instructional materials like pictures are used in addition to the audio materials. This is what this study sought to answer.
1.3 Purpose of Study
The main purpose of this study is aimed at investigating the effect of pictures on students' achievement in economics in secondary schools in Abakaliki Local Government Area of Ebonyi State. Specifically, the study was aimed at determining if:
Student performance in economics in SSCE would be better when they are taught with:
Audio picture synchronized
Audio picture
Picture audio, and
Audio no picture modes of instruction.
Boys will perform better than the girls using the four modes of instruction?
1.4 Significance of the Study
It is the greatest expectation that this study would be of educational and social science inclined benefits by providing results on the effect of pictures on students' achievement in economics among others. Other benefits include the following:
It would serve as a motivator to students towards improved study and understanding of elasticity of demand in economics.
It would enable education policy makers to appreciate the need for establishing scientific laboratory in schools for storing and manipulating instructional materials and picture models.
It would encourage teachers to use pictures in the process of teaching abstract concepts, so as to make students acquire problem- serving skills and to have clear mental pictures of the concept learned at the end.
This research as a matter of fact would add to existing library of knowledge and serve as a reference point to academic scholars.
One thing is to identify a problem and the other is how to get the problem solved. Consequently, this research work would not only identify the factors critically, it would open operational pattern that would be used in eliminating the problems.
It is also strongly believed that this study when completed would be immense benefits to the government of Ebonyi State in providing instructional materials to schools especially facilities for pictures for use in lessons.
1.5 Delimitation (Scope of the Study)
The study is restricted to some aspects of the topic "elasticity of are topics in SS III economics of selected schools for the demand was chosen because of its composite abstract c component nature.
In fact elasticity of demand has been reported to pose a serious threat to students in the West African School Certificate Examinations (WASC E).
SS III students are chosen for the study because their operational stage and experience can cope with various attributes of the concepts involved in the study. The study would be conducted in four-selected secondary schools in Abakaliki Local Government Area of Ebonyi State.
1.6 Research Questions
The research questions that guided the study are as follows:
- What is the mean achievement score of students taught elasticity of demand using?
- Audio picture synchronized, approach
- Audio picture
- Picture audio modes, and
- Audio- no picture modes (Control; conventional method).
- Among the two groups girls /boys, which group performs better using the four modes?
1.7 Hypotheses
H01: There is no significant difference in the mean achievement of students in economics when they are taught demand elasticity using:
- Audio picture synchronized, approach
- Audio picture
- Picture audio modes, and
- Audio- no picture modes (Control; conventional method).
H02: There is no significant difference in mean achievement of boys and girls in economics when they are taught demand elasticity using:
- Audio picture synchronized, approach
- Audio picture
- Picture audio modes, and
- Audio- o picture modes (Control; conventional method).


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- ↑ Fagan, Sean (2005-01-16). "George Lovejoy". rl1908.com. Archived frae the oreeginal on 2010-12-31. Retrieved 1 January 2011.
[George Lovejoy] coined the expression 'Rugby League – The Greatest Game of All'
- ↑ Grasso, Robert (2008-07-28). "Simply a mess: rugby league now the game forgotten by all". SBS World News. Australia: SBS. Archived frae the oreeginal on 2010-12-31. Retrieved 28 August 2010.
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- Bellew, T. J. (1984). Laws of the game of rugby league football. Australian Rugby Football League.
- A. N., Gaulton (1968). Encyclopaedia of Rugby League Football. London: Robert Hale. ISBN 978-0-7091-0377-6.
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- John Nauright & Charles Parish (2010). Sports around the World. USA: ABC-CLIO, LLC.
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- ↑ Dept. Recreation and Sport. "Dimensions for Rugby League". Government of Western Australia. Archived frae the oreeginal on 2010-12-31. Retrieved 28 July 2009.


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We are well and truly into party season – and Ooni is great for making all sorts of hors d'oeuvres. Get festive and make these little Christmas Dough Baubles for your office party.. or snack on them while you wrap up your presents!
Christmas Dough Baubles Recipe
Classic Dough
Good quality packet of honey roast ham, finely chopped (you can also use quorn)
Packet of dried cranberries
Packet of camembert (for the veggie options)
Light up your Ooni.
Have your classic dough at the ready and start to tear off small sections. Each section should be flattened into a circle that's about 5cm (2") in diameter and no more than a third of a centimeter thick.
Once you've used up all the dough you can start stuffing each circle. Place a small pinch of ham and a cranberry on each circle, fold over and shape into a ball. We experimented with some cranberry sauce, which was delicious!
You can use a teaspoon of Camembert instead of the ham for the veggie baubles. But make sure you do something to differentiate between veggie and meat though, as once sealed it will be hard to tell!
Once you've crafted all of your Christmas dough baubles you can place them in a pan and put them into the Ooni to cook for about 3 minutes. Be sure to keep turning the dough balls to give them an even colour.
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Warehouse Team Member (Immediate Openings)
Company: Amazon
Location: Garland
Posted on: September 11, 2020
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Warehouse Team Members
Overnight, Early Morning, Day, Evening, Weekend
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Job opportunities vary by location. We update postings daily with open positions.
Hourly pay rate:
Earn $15/hr or more
Immediate openings available now.
Become part of the dedicated team that gets orders ready for people relying on Amazon's service. From flexible part-time roles to full-time set schedules with health care benefits, Amazon has a variety of jobs. Find the right Amazon opportunity for you today.
Amazon remains open as an essential business to serve our communities delivering critical supplies directly to the doorsteps of people who need them. Find out what Amazon is doing to provide a safe environment for employees at this time on our
COVID-19 FAQ page.
Candidates must be 18 years or older with the ability to read and speak English for safety purposes.
Reasons you'll love working here:
Health and safety are a top priority with all of our roles and sites. We continue to consult with medical and health experts, and take all recommended precautions in our buildings and stores to keep people healthy.
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You can expect a competitive wage and reliable paycheck when you work for Amazon.Career development:
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Our range of benefits can include health care starting on day one, employee discounts, 401(k) savings plans, paid time off and more! Find out which benefits you'll get after you choose your role with us.Stay active:
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- Work inside an Amazon warehouse, selecting, packing and shipping customer orders. If you like a fast-paced, physical position that gets you up and moving, then come help bring orders to life. Work a set, full-time schedule. Shift options include overnight and days, and usually at least one weekend day.
FULFILLMENT CENTERS (MERCH) - Merch by Amazon gives artists, game developers, and content creators a platform for selling original designs-art printed directly onto T-shirts-as Amazon products. A Merch by Amazon team member works in a warehouse, selecting, packing, and shipping customer T-shirt orders. In addition to standard fulfillment center tasks, team members learn how to operate a garment press and a T-shirt folding machine, and work in a fast-paced environment.
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- Amazon's delivery stations are the final stop before an order heads out for delivery to the customer's door. In this active job you sort packages into delivery routes. To ensure we meet customer-promised delivery times, shift times will vary. Depending on your location, you'll work a set schedule with hours that range between full-time and part-time.
DELIVERY STATIONS (Heavy Bulky) - This is the final stop for larger items, like large screen TVs, furniture, and refrigerators, before they head out for delivery to the customers' doors. In this active job, you will sort our heavier and bulkier packages into delivery routes. Our teams work overnight shifts to meet customer-promised delivery times during the day. You'll work up to 19 hours per week on the days you choose.
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As drivers, there are a lot of things we can practically do in our sleep (but no, driving isn't one of them).
If you are not sure what we mean, ask yourself: How many buttons and toggles are in your car? And how many of those can you manipulate without looking? After years behind the wheel, we develop a sort of muscle-memory for things like adjusting the radio volume or lowering our window without having to look away from the road.
In many ways, this can help us become better drivers. Anything that takes your eyes off the road is a potentially dangerous distraction, and while hands-free options are risky, tasks like adjusting the radio generally require low brain activity and thus don't often cause as much of a distraction. The catch is, you have to develop that ability to safely hit those buttons without looking.
Practice while you're parked
It's the sort of thing that only comes from spending day after day getting comfortable with your car, which means new teen drivers will lack this skill. But here's a way to help them get better: practice while you're parked.
Just have your teen get in the driver's seat, buckle up and start the vehicle as normal. Instead of driving, however, have your teen practice adjusting the car's:
Initially, your teen will have to look around for the right buttons but with plenty of practice he or she will learn to adjust these things on the fly.
Analog practice only
Here, however, is the big caveat: this applies to old school physical knobs and buttons only, not the complex digital infotainment systems built into many new cars. While physical buttons generally require little cognitive focus, manipulating the digital systems in modern cars demands high levels of attention. And the more attention your teen has to put into adjusting the radio, the less attention they'll have on the road.
It's why you should remind your teen to never adjust their digital systems while driving. It can be helpful to know how to activate the windshield wipers without looking away when a rain shower crops up, but it's only safe to adjust the GPS and similar systems when the car is safely parked. This can be a slippery slope, so be sure to make these limits clear and follow them yourself.
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Figures from the General Statistics Office (GSO) for the first seven months of this year show that Vietnam imported $35.8 billion worth of goods and services from China during the period, an increase of 13.1 per cent year-on-year, while exporting $19.5 billion, up 24.7 per cent. The trade deficit was therefore $16.3 billion, a 1.6 per cent increase over the same period last year.
Certain imported items accounted for much more than others, with spending on gasoline up 101.4 per cent, fabric 18.8 per cent, phones and accessories 6.6 per cent, machinery, equipment and spare parts 5.1 per cent, and steel 11.8 per cent.
Exports of phones and components rose 193.6 per cent, electronics, computers and components 26.7 per cent, and fruit and vegetables 10.8 per cent.
With South Korea, Vietnam imported VND26.5 billion ($1.13 million), up 0.2 per cent. Export turnover was $10.2 billion, for a trade surplus of $16.3 billion, down 13 per cent.
Exports of electronics, computers and components increased 59.2 per cent, phones and accessories 28 per cent, and textiles 21.8 per cent.
Though recording large trade deficits with South Korea and China, high exports to the US and the EU, according to the GSO, meant Vietnam recorded an overall trade surplus of $3.1 billion in the first seven months.
Among main export items, phones and components earned $26.1 billion, up 15.8 per cent, textiles $16.5 billion, up 16.2 per cent, electronics, computers and components $15.7 billion, up 14.8 per cent, footwear $9.1 billion, up 8.9 per cent. and machinery and equipment $9 billion, up 27.1 per cent.


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New Pair Of Glasses
I know it's already been more than a week but still I want to blog about this, it's about my new pair of glasses.
I bought my self a pair of glasses the week before last week at 27 June Saturday, the decision was made so suddenly, I was thinking like "How long since the last time I changed my glasses, 3 years??", then I called up my friend and asked him to go 1 Utama with me.
Initially I planned to get an Oakley glasses, but found out that the designs are too extreme, they are mainly for sunglasses, and the price also too much for me, around RM1k for a pair of glasses, I say screw it.
So I keep looking for other frames and found this one from Japan called "Less Than Human" which I never heard before but the design is very nice, so without thinking much I bought the glasses, it cost me RM625 after some discount. 😛
The box is made out of wood and to me it's looks like a coffin, maybe that's why they called "Less Than Human"? 😆