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Vernon Motor Products began in 1949 by a gentleman, Murray Gee. In 1965 Mr. Gee passed the dealership down to his sons, Harvey and Doug Gee. With no successors interested in carrying on ownership of Vernon Motor Products, Harvey Gee sold the business to Lyn Bannister in 1990. August 18, 1990 Bannister Chevrolet Oldsmobile was incorporated.
Lyn Bannister had owned and operated a Pontiac Buick GMC dealership in a small farming community in Northern Alberta. With children interested in getting involved with the business Lyn and his wife Joanne decided to move to a community they knew their children would want to come back to.
In 1996, after a committed 17 years to the automotive industry, Lyn Bannister was honored the McLean's Dealer of Excellence Award in the province of British Columbia, recognizing the best new car dealers across Canada. "Lyn captured the Province of British Columbia Dealer of Excellence Award by outperforming in three important areas: business acumen, association involvement and community contribution."
In 1999 Lyn Bannister decided to take a "back seat" to the business and is now leading his children, Mark, Chad and Mary-Jo in running the four auto dealerships the Bannister Automotive Group successfully owns and operates.
In 2010 Bannister Chevrolet was awarded the Buick and GMC franchises. The dealership is now the only General Motors dealership in the Vernon/North Okanagan area. The name changed from Bannister Chevrolet to Bannister GM Vernon.
In 2018 Bannister GM Vernon was one of only 50 Dealers in Canada to get the most prestigious award from GM, the GM President Club Award. The GM President's Club Award is for excellence in customer satisfaction and dealership growth. Our dedicated staff and loyal customers are the reason for this award, we will continue to proudly serve our customers for their sales and service automotive needs.


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Throughout the years, horror films have strived to take advantage of the fears, both rational and irrational, that plague humankind. Whether it be eight-legged, fang-brandishing, giant alien arachnids, murderous clowns, or simply being plunged into darkness, genre masters from Carpenter ...Read More »
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The Chamber (2016) is a taut, often bleak horror-cum-thriller set in the claustrophobic environment of a mini-submersible. Tensions run high both inside and out, with the conflicting politics of an ambiguous mission clashing with the need to survive, all set ...Read More »

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So do you remember that review on GateKeeper (I posted a LONG time ago), that was their first campaign on kickstarter and a success with 700+ backers. They exceeded there goal then since by 333% and each backer then received a Gen 1 GK-Chain shipped on time. Well they returned to a FULLY FUNDED Kickstarter this past December to introduce Halberd. The world's most advanced NextGen smart Bluetooth key and lock for automatically locking your PC every time you walk away.
Forget timeout policies, have the GateKeeper and Halberd continuously authenticate your presence and remain signed in. Easily automate HIPAA and CJIS compliance.
What has changed since the GK-CHAIN?
The largest difference is the focus and direction of the GateKeeper platform. The GK-Chain could have simply stopped at locking PCs. However, both the demand and constant threats to our privacy and data have made locking PCs simply a baseline standard.
In 2016, there were 82,000 cyber incidents and over 4,100 confirmed breaches worldwide. These incidents included:
- access to a system or device and its data
- extraction, deletion or damage to any form of data
- disruption of availability of any business operation or service
- activities causing financial or reputational harm
Even more, astonishing is that 74,000 of these incidents were avoidable. The culprits were typically internal actors making a poor security decision.
With the Halberd and GateKeeper, you no longer have to choose between security and convenience have it and your coffee and donut.
Using Halberd is SUPER EASY.
Very chill and good friend of DPNHTECH, Jamel above using his Halberd to effortlessly log in and out of his computer.
How is Halberd different from GK Chain, GateKeeper 2.5 or the Trident App?
The Halberd is the flagship key fob for accessing your computer. The larger design provides additional power to guarantee improved performance and accuracy without sacrificing battery life.
Untethered Labs, Inc have added an accelerometer for motion detection and a button on the side to lock the computer with a click of a button while in range. It also sports a more powerful processor for faster processing of secure cryptographic key exchange.
The Trident app allows your Android or iOS device with 4.0 Bluetooth to act as the authenticator token. This allows your phone to communicate with the GateKeeper software as if it were the Halberd. Halberd and Trident will be your smart keys for our continuously developing software.
So how does it all work?
In order to use the GateKeeper's proximity authentication you'll need the following:
- 1 Halberd Smart Bluetooth Key or Trident App (the key)
- 1 USB lock (Included with Halberd) or internal 4.0 BLE chip (the lock)
- GateKeeper Single-user Authentication Software (the code)
Learn more about GateKeeper on Wikipedia.
Awards and Recognition
Untethered Labs, Inc has also won a few start-up competitions including the TechLaunch Business Accelerator's bullpen at the New Jersey Institute of Technology. Check out the story here.
The New Jersey Technology Council gave not one but two awards to Untethered Labs, Inc. We were judged the Investors' Choice company and the Best Information Technology Company at an event in May 2017.
Here is how our GateKeeper Software makes the Halberd a potent protection device
Do you use multiple computers at the same time?
If you do, Halberd and GateKeeper Enterprise provides a secure way for you to access all your computers with the same ease as with a single workstation.
Check out how Halberd can log in and out of two computers AT THE SAME TIME!
Do I Need a GateKeeper USB?
In order to use Trident or GateKeeper's Multi-User feature, the computer must have Bluetooth 4.0. If not, then a GateKeeper USB lock is required.
What about my phone? Of course they have an app for that.
With the Arkham app, you can now lock your Android phone when your Halberd moves away. This instant lock feature can be quite useful if someone snatches your most valuable digital asset while you wait for a taxi. Halberd locks down the phone so that nobody can get your data, and then you can later disable it.
Check out this video to see how moving the Halberd out of range locks the computer and the smartphone.
Computer Access: Check. Web Access? Yes, it's coming!
Untethered Labs, Inc are introducing a web-credentials management with integrated one-time-password (OTP) based two-factor authentication with the Halberd. The GateKeeper Enterprise software, in conjunction with the Halberd, will allow you to securely access your favorite websites by proximity and OTP based 2FA.
Check out how GateKeeper Enterprise and our web-plugin allows the user to log on to a Bitcoin exchange with one-time-password based two-factor authentication.
Are you a Healthcare professional? Law enforcement official? Work in manufacturing? If yes, this is for you!
Many industries have employees moving from computer to computer all day. Doctors log in and out of computers upwards of 50 times a day. So do law enforcement officials, and manufacturing plant workers, and many others. HALBERD with GateKeeper Enterprise allows you to move from computer to computer, or have many users access the same computer with EASE.
Check out how Lara and Abhinav access the same workstation with their Halberds for short amounts of time. HALBERD gets you in and out quickly without any fuss.
Enterprise-Level Security and Management
GateKeeper Enterprise provides organizations with a centralized management console to administer all Halberds on the network. GateKeeper Enterprise scales from a 5-person office to a 5,000 employee organization with ease. Use the same HALBERD with our enterprise application for work, and the basic application for home!
A Glance into GateKeeper Security:
How secure are GateKeeper and Halberd?
The beauty of GateKeeper is that NO private information is transmitted over the air. Halberd simply acts as a beacon NEVER storing usernames and passwords within the devices.
Are you using encryption?
Yes, GateKeeper's software uses military-grade encryption to store your credentials using AES-256 encryption using the AesCryptoServiceProvider class that is part of Windows SDK and is FIPS compliant.
They use the PBKDF2 (Password-Based Key Derivation Function 2) with up to 100,000 iteration counts to generate an encryption key. The key derivation function operates on the GateKeeper Keyfob's MAC address, a randomly generated SALT, and the user-generated PIN
How are you planning to advance your security?
Blockchain-level security is coming to GateKeeper in 2018. They have also partnered with Stratus Cyber for advanced employee training on cybersecurity best practices. Including confirming are benefits for NIST-800, HIPAA and CJIS compliance.
Check this rig out.
With the support of their KIckstarter backers, the first GK Blockchain applications GateKeeper will be two-factor authentication emails. Every email sent out will carry the "Authenticated with GateKeeper" message so that the recipient knows that the email came from you, and not someone who may have gained access to your account.
Still have questions? Contact Untethered Labs, Inc and they will be sure to help out


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"We should be dreaming. We grew up as kids having dreams, but now we're too sophisticated as adults, as a nation. We stopped dreaming. We should always have dreams." - Herb Brooks
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Jan 2019
Capitol Grand is officially on the map as the latest and largest in upscale South Yarra living located at 625 Chapel Street South Yarra.
One of the drawbacks to apartment living can be the established floor plans that must be accepted when bought off the plan, yet with Capitol Grand that's not the case. The elite team behind South Yarra's latest luxury apartment development have catered for each individual apartment to be tailored to each buyer's specific desires.
That's right - at Capitol Grand, apartments are able to be augmented by the individuals who intend to live within, allowing future residents of South Yarra's premier building to work with the development team in order to create an optimal living space.
The tower's registration and sales were uniquely promoted by actress Charlize Theron, who was the face of the project bringing a new level to branding style that residential developments and projects had not yet seen before, changing the game of registration and sales forever.
This cemented the public trust and also conveyed the sense of luxury and exclusivity the tower provides with highly desired penthouses, spacious and personal floor plans and extravagant amenities.
Amenities include:
The benefits of Capitol Grand do not stop with its bespoke architecture and exclusive amenities. Multiple transport links can which you to Melbourne's CBD which is a short four kilometres away, making long commutes a distant memory. The Yarra River and Royal Botanic Gardens are virtually next door, ready for an early morning stroll, post-workday exercise or lazy weekend picnics under the warm Melbourne sun.
The enviable location provides effortless access to Toorak Road, Chapel Street, and the exclusive surrounding suburbs of Toorak and Prahran, whose tree lined streets and luxury boutiques lead to Capitol Grand.
Capitol Grand will become South Yarra's tallest building at an astonishing 172 metres tall signifying the immense development boom in the suburbs, establishing its place as an important activity centre and emphasising the need for high quality residential apartment living to curb urban sprawl.
As South Yarra's tallest building, Capitol Grand offers stunning views, only paralleled by its indoor and outdoor entertaining areas and amenities. Capitol Grand has successful taken any of the perceivable cons out of apartment living.
Acclaimed architecture firm Bates Smart have designed the tower led by the developer: LK Property Group.
Multiplex is constructing the tower and has incorporated multiple building techniques and innovations such as the use of cantilevered offset grillages on cranes minimising the impact to permanent structures, a temporary shield structure to protect overhead services during crane lifts from Chapel Street and the installation of the facade behind formwork protection screens to mitigate the risk of falling objects.
The tower is an exemplary piece of architectural sophistication and high quality apartment living.
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Homeowners have two major options to consider when dealing with unwanted stumps. Whether they are trying to avoid the hazards with rotting wood or removing the unattractive stump from their landscape. Property owners have to then choose between hiring a professional stump grinding contractor or doing it themselves. Benefits of Hiring a Pro A stump…Read More


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Graignamanagh all set for Arsenic & Old Lace
The cast for Duiske Players production of Arsenic & Old Lace in Duiske Hall this week
All roads lead to Graignamangh (via Brooklyn, New York) on Thursday, Friday and Saturday for the Duiske Players wonderful production of "Arsenic & Old Lace". This production is being directed by group stalwart Helen Kavanagh who is putting the cast through their final rehearsals at the minute.
The play is a farcical black comedy revolving around the "seemingly well-to-do" Brewster family, who were descended from the Mayflower, but now composed of a host of other attributes!
The leading ladies - two spinster sisters Abby & Martha Brewster ( Edel Bolger & Stas Bolger) have developed very bad habits with their homemade elderberry wine, which some could only describe as lethal.
Their nephew Teddy Brewster (Paul Hickey), who believes he is Theodore Roosevelt, also lives with the sisters and assists them in their daily duties and is on hand to help when his brother Johnathan (Peter Prendergast) and his alcoholic accomplice, Dr. Einstein (Pat Kavanagh) come to visit.
Mortimer Brewster (Edward Hayden), is a dramatic critic who must deal not only with his crazy family but also the regular visits from the local police officers (John Meaney, Jim Whelan, Jim Kielthy, Nathan Dunne) in Brooklyn, New York, and also continue to make plans to marry the woman he loves, Elaine Harper (Brid Maloney), much to the disgust of her father Rev Harper (Tommy Prendergast). With all this action unfolding the chaos is accelerated by the respective arrivals of Miss Witherspoon (Lily Brennan) and Miss Gibbs (Anna Malone).
A wonderful authentic Victorian Set has been designed by Helen Kavanagh and Eamonn Doherty, Lighting is by Feekie O'Brien, Sound is by Mark Bolger, Make Up is by Deborah Murray with Bonnie Prendergast, Maura Gahan, Marian Kielthy and Liz Whelan leading the front of house team.
Admission is €10 and doors open at 7pm. Large crowds are expected for these shows and seating will be allocated on a first come, first served basis.


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How to win the Tour de France (with seven other guys)
The greatest trick Lance Armstrong ever pulled was convincing America he won the Tour de France by himself. Nobody wins the Tour by themselves, even the guys who do it clean.
In just a few days, the 2013 cycling season starts in Australia with a multi-day stage race called Tour Down Under (a lot of races are called Tour [Blank]. You'll get used to it.) A lot of teams are already there, riding the roads, doing recon, acclimatizing to the insane heat. Only one rider is said to be the winner, but teams race together.
A professional cycling team has anywhere from 20-30 riders on its roster. But not everyone rides every race. You don't send a climber to a one-day Classic. You don't send a time trialist up a mountain. The seven-man teams in Australia will consist of a leader, a sprinter, a lead-out man, a climber, a rookie, and a couple of domestiques.
(Longer multi-day races also include a time trial, which means the team also includes a time trial specialist. Tour Down Under is only six stages, not quite enough time, but it's also in Australia, while most teams are based in Europe. A time trial means a whole other set of bikes for the team, and can you imagine the shipping costs?)
The leader of a team races for the general classification. He is racing to win. The GC guy has to be an all-around rider. He has to be great on the flats, in the mountains, able to stay at the front of the peloton, and kill a time trial, if he has to. He's the quarterback of the team, too, calling the play from on the road.
A GC rider can be flashy like Lance Armstrong or Alberto Contador, the centre of attention. Or riding under the radar, like Cadel Evans or Ryder Hesjedal, blowing past the field and winning because no one was paying attention. Every team wants to win, but the kind of GC rider they choose says everything about how they want to win.
Most teams bring along a rookie rider who might ride GC in the future. Young, but good at everything. This is how he gets the experience you need to win. Fostering new talent in this way has become such an important part of the sport, race organisers began awarding a jersey to the best young rider.
There are a lot of wins to go around in cycling. Climbers have their own prize, a polka-dotted jersey, which makes them the easiest rider to pick out of the group. There aren't as many or as gruelling mountains in Australia as in the Alps, but climbing mountains on a bike is an integral part of the sport. It's a point of pride for the climbers and necessary survival for the sprinters.
Sprinters go for the win at the end of every stage, forget about the end of the race. But a sprinter in cycling isn't the same as a sprinter on the track. Before he even gets to the 100m line, he has to survive the four hours in the saddle, in the wind, in the mountains. Then, after he's exhausted, a final burst of speed is needed to get him across the finish line. That's what a sprinter does on a bike. He, more explicitly than any other rider, is helped across the line by his lead-out man. The lead-out is a sprinter in his own right, but here, plays a supporting role. He rides at the front of the group, allowing the sprinter to draft as long as possible, then the lead-out gets out of the way.
The lead-out man is really a specific kind of domestique. From the French word for servant, domestiques are every rider who helps another rider to the finish. They ferry water bottles from the team car at the back, through the peloton of more than a hundred riders, all the way to the front where the team is riding. They wait for you when you need a nature break. They give you their own bike when yours breaks down.
A rider with a specific skill might find his job done before the race is over. Fabian Cancellara is a time trialist who often takes the first stage win at the Tour de France, rides in the yellow leader's jersey for a few days, but when the race moves into the mountains, he becomes a domestique.
Jens Voigt wins Classics, the one-day races on mostly flat roads. Which doesn't make him seem like the kind of rider a team wants on their team for three weeks in the mountains. Jens Voigt is a super-domestique. I think they invented the name just for him. At 41, he'll be riding his 16th Tour de France this year. There's no doubt in my mind his team will take him. He's a big guy who can ride forever without complaining. Put him at the front of the peloton for hours, and he'll take the wind for everyone. Jens does the hard riding so his guys don't have to. He also does it with the best attitude, the best sense of humour, and the best sense of morals in the peloton.
A few hundred words ago, I wrote that the general classification rider was the leader of his team, the quarterback. When the quarterback is someone like Lance Armstrong, the whole team suffers. Sure, they won a few races, but ask George Hincapie, ask Levi Leipheimer, ask Christian Vande Velde if Lance still invites them to his Superbowl party.
Someone like Jens, like Cadel, like Ryder, lifts their teams higher on their own victories. When confronted with praise, they point it elsewhere. Cycling is a team sport first, because no one can get through those long days and mountains alone. You need the guy to ride draft, and the one who brings you a bottle, and the other, your partner, to lead you out to fly across the finish line.
Even Lance figured out you can't win alone. Except he picked doctors and bullies, instead of riders and domestiques. He picked the wrong kind of team.


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But then, the sun shined. And my husband decided to harvest what survived, the mini radish.
|The first harvest, radish.
|Freshly-picked cherries
|Of course, the girls are up on the trees this time.
|The strawberries are coming.
|Fewer cherries and some strawberries were harvested a few days after the big flood.
|A few weeks after the big flood and after a short heat wave, the strawberries were aplenty
and there were spinach and rucola, too.
The tomatoes are growing, and I could still see the red beets trying to survive, together with the chard (mangold). The paprika, chinese cabbage, and pepperoni were mostly eaten by the snakes, the peas and beans might just survive but the radish have given up, as well as the zucchini, cucumber, etc.
And we can't wait to harvest from the fruit trees!


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Doctorate of Nursing Practice: Primary Care--Family Nurse Practitioner, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
Elizabeth Luke earned her Doctorate of Nursing Practice in Primary Care from Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan. She has worked in labor and delivery for 12 years, where she developed a passion for recognizing and assisting with postpartum depression. In her free time, she enjoys crochet and needlework, cheering on her kids in sports, plus biking and hiking with her two dogs.


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Man Chops off Wife's Arms for #Dowry
Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, Jan 30, 2013
Shaikh Bibijan had married Chinna Qasim in 2005, a man she thought was in love with her. However, Chinna started harassing and abusing her for dowry. Bibijan complied with his demands for money a few times, by approaching her aged mother. However when the demands continued, Bibijan left Chinna and returned to her mother's home with her two children in 2012. She attempted to file a dowry harassment case with the local police, but as is so often the case, they ignored her and did not file her complaint. One evening Chinna arrived at Bibijan's parents home, drunk and angry, and with a butcher's knife attacked his wife chopping off her arms. Bibijan used to stitch clothes to earn an income, which she can't any more. Her mother is very old and poor, and struggles to work to take care of her daughter and grandchildren, who often go hungry. And the family still awaits justice. Report here.
For other newspaper reports of incidents of violence against women and girls in India CLICK HERE. What are the 6 Ways Women and Girls are Killed in India? To watch a video CLICK HERE.
Sue permalinkFebruary 4, 2013 1:10 pm
why is this an accepted thing for Indian men to do? Come here my deear. I will protect the woman and cut the dick off off the creep. icky gross evil
February 4, 2013 1:18 pm
We have to study the recent ordnance signed by president if there is any provision for such crime
February 5, 2013 3:15 am
I remain amazed and horrified by the elected officials of the Indian government, both male & female, who don't seem to give a FIG about their most important resource: Their mothers, wives, sisters & daughters! The entire world needs to make their feelings known about this very appalling situation! For the sake of decency and honor, DEFEND your women with appropriate laws and adherence to those laws!
Lusina permalinkFebruary 6, 2013 6:36 pm
I am shocked, shocked again and again by reading these posts.
What the hell Indian men do with their women – wives, mothers, daughters?????? This is a horrifying story, one of millions of which we do not know about…. And what is being done to stop it? Only by writing or knowing, or crying about the thread called DOWRY, nothing essential will be done. I suppose Indians need to do something to cancel this OLD and TERRIBLE LAW which is a shame. I pray God this poor lady finds something good in her life. God help Indian women…
Padmanabhan Jaikumar permalinkFebruary 7, 2013 5:15 pm
Changes will come later than sooner and now a days SC has been very critical on these issues but that do not change society and crime unless there is awareness and harsh punishment.The locals where such crime or any atrocity on women noticed should take immediate action in the initial stage itself so that the crime can be checked.Once a crime is committed the things can not be reversed though the person may get punishment
Linda permalinkApril 26, 2013 1:21 am
Could 'SAVE THE CHILDREN HELP ', Surely someone, somewhere should be helping to take this child to safety.
Padmanabhan Jaikumar permalinkApril 27, 2013 12:09 pm
There is no end of crime against women and these type of cruelty have to dealt with stern punishment with proper compensation to enable the lady to spend her life without depending on others


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Lauren Quinn Design's first official wedding set! I loved working on these. The bride selected a green and silver color-scheme and wheat theme that she wanted carried through all of her wedding pieces which included the invitation, reception card, reply card, website card, program and place cards. The green envelope really stood out in the mail and made this set special. It was lined with metallic silver paper to match the belly band that held the pieces together.
When you have a bride and groom who are avid sailors, it makes it easy to decide how to decorate for their wedding weekend. I'm a total sucker for red, white and blue, so working on this nautical-themed bridal luncheon was so much fun for me! For this invitation set we printed front and back, created matching coasters for the event day, and sealed the envelopes with a custom-designed sailing flag sticker.
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I'm so in love with white foil pressed invitations! White has become a very popular color to use in design and the only way to truly achieve it is with a foil press. It looks fantastic on any color card stock. For this custom invitation, white foil on kraft paper, string lights, and elegant script made for a beautiful rehearsal dinner invitation for a special couple. I was so happy with the way these turned out and blended with the insert card we printed in a reverse design.
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Zimbabwean pastor Philip Mugadza has failed in his bid to have a case against him for prophesying that President Robert Mugabe will die on October 17 thrown out.
He had appealed to Zimbabwe's Constitutional Court. However, Chief Justice Luke Malaba ruled that the case was brought before him through a flawed process.
He therefore referred it back to the magistrates court.
Pastor Mugadza, leader of The Remnant Church, predicted in January this year that President Mugabe will die in October.
The country's authorities subsequently hauled him in court on charges of "causing offence to persons of a particular race and religion or alternatively causing criminal nuisance."
When he was arrested, his lawyer Gift Mnisi said: "He's admitting to the facts. He says he didn't lie – that's a message from God. Police will have to prove God didn't say it."
While the prosecution argued that pastor Mugadza insulted Christianity and African tradition by making the prediction, his lawyers said the case violated his freedom of speech.


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UCSF Mourns Loss of Andrew S. Grove (1936-2016)
The UC San Francisco community is deeply saddened by the passing of Andrew S. Grove, a Silicon Valley pioneer who applied his drive for innovation to advocacy for advancements in health care and the treatment of cancer and Parkinson's disease.
A longtime resident of the Bay Area, Grove was former CEO and chairman of Intel Corp., one of the world's largest manufacturers of semiconductors. His impact extended into philanthropic and volunteer endeavors, including at UCSF, where he helped lead a fundraising effort in the late 1990s that was integral to establishing the UCSF Mission Bay campus. He also supported a number of groundbreaking research and educational programs.
"Andy Grove was a champion of innovation in the health sciences," said UCSF Chancellor Sam Hawgood, MBBS. "His generous and tireless support of UCSF has transformed our university and helped accelerate our research into breakthrough treatments and better patient care."
Grove generously supported several significant research programs at UCSF, which underwrote innovative research projects, helped recruit world-class scientists, and funded the technology and facilities that enable their work.
Most recently, his support was instrumental in the 2012 launch of the Center for Healthcare Value (CHV), an initiative that focuses on advancing rational, science-driven, and clinical health care solutions that reduce cost and improve quality.
"He wanted clinicians to account for cost in addition to quality, and he hoped that sharing performance information and prices with patients would allow consumers to drive the system to better outcomes," said CHV Director R. Adams Dudley, MD. "Andy was passionate about change and disruption, and that helped the CHV be a catalyst at UCSF and beyond. He will be missed."
The Masters in Translational Medicine degree program, a Grove brainchild launched jointly at UCSF and UC Berkeley after his gift to the two universities, also aimed at accelerating care for patients. The program addresses the critical need for expediting new therapies to treat devastating diseases such as cancer, neurological disorders, and diabetes by teaching the critical-thinking skills needed to maneuver new treatments from the lab bench to the patient's bedside, through various obstacles along the way.
"What we have learned from decades of rapid development of information technology is that the key is relentless focus on 'better, faster, cheaper' – in everything," Grove said when the program launched in 2010. "The best results are achieved through the cooperative efforts of different disciplines, all aimed at the same objective."
Born András Gróf in Budapest, Hungary, in 1936, Grove survived the Nazi occupation and immigrated to the United States in the 1950s. He attended City College of New York, where he studied chemical engineering. He completed his PhD at UC Berkeley in 1963.
Grove, one of the first hires at Intel, became president of the technology company in 1979 and CEO in 1987. He served as board chairman from 1997 to 2005.
In 2000, Grove was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, after which he championed many research programs seeking a cure. At UCSF, he established the Kinetics Foundation Chair in Translational Research to support research in translational neuroscience with a special emphasis on Parkinson's disease.
Grove's generous support for UCSF also included funding for the UCSF Prostate Cancer Center, the Helen Diller Family Cancer Research Building, obstetrics and gynecology research and programs, the Clinical & Translational Science Institute, and general surgery initiatives.
In addition to his generous philanthropy, Grove donated his time to UCSF, serving as national chair of the seven-year Campaign for UCSF, which raised more than $1.6 billion in support of research, education, and patient care programs, as well as UCSF's expansion to Mission Bay. He was also a lifetime director of the UCSF Board of Overseers.


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Wholesome Consuming Habits For Kids
With the following, I hope you're feeling empowered and impressed to take a couple of simple steps to higher well being, for you and your kids!
The American Academy of Pediatrics, in collaboration with the broader medical group, is educating doctors and nurses throughout the country about weight problems to make sure that they regularly monitor kids's BMIs, provide counseling for wholesome consuming early on, and, for the first-time ever, write a prescription for fogeys laying out the simple issues they can do to extend healthy consuming and active play.
Great lens and so essential to concentrate on how and why our youngsters eat what they eat. Thanks so much for visiting my Youngsters Can Cook lens. This topic suits proper in with the message I'm making an attempt to get out. Educate your kids to cook and they'll have a greater understanding and appreciation of what they put in their mouths. Thanks, an enormous 5 stars!
I completely love this venture and it's an ideal share for teachers who do activities with my book THESE SEAS COUNT! (Albert Whitman & Co. 2012) Within the book, the children are cleaning a unclean seaside and I like discovering ways to repurpose items in a useful or artistic approach, particularly plastics which are dangerous to our oceans and seas.
Get pleasure from your meals, however eat less: Take the time to completely get pleasure from your food as you eat it. Eating too quick or when your attention is elsewhere might lead to eating too many calories. Pay attention to starvation and fullness cues earlier than, throughout, and after meals. Use them to acknowledge when to eat and when you've had enough.


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MEI Online: Plant Operation News: North America: August 19, 2008
:: Sale of Stock Mill to Apollo Completed
St Andrew Goldfields of Oakville, Ontario, has completed the previously announced sale of its Stock mill complex to Apollo Gold Corp. of Denver, Colorado, for gross proceeds of $20.13 million, including interest of $130,000.
The sale involves the mill building, related equipment, infrastructure, laboratory and tailings facilities, all located near Timmins, Ont. Apollo owns the Black Fox gold project, also near Timmins. Production there is to begin at the end of Q1 2009. Indicated resources that can be recovered by open pit mining are 4.8 million tonnes grading 5.3 g/t Au and by underground methods are 1.7 million tonnes grading 11.4 g/t Au. There is also an inferred resource totalling 3.5 million tonnes.
Combined proven and probable reserves (both open pit and underground) are 6.46 million tonnes averaging 6.4 g/t Au and containing 1.33 million oz of gold.
Visit www.ApolloGold.com to view a drawing of the proposed pit and underground mine.
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George Washington's Headquarters Tent:
Saturday, 10 am–6 pm;
Sunday, 11 am–5 pm
Field Music on the March: 11 am–3 pm
Free with Museum Admission, all ages
March along to Revolutionary War field music performed by the drum and fife musicians of Hearts of Oak and the New Jersey Field Music Group. You'll follow in formation from the Museum, to Washington's Headquarters Tent in the courtyard, and back again!
Check out Revolutionary Summer for a full roster of related programs for all ages.
Enjoy outdoor refreshments! Light snacks and beverages, including beer and wine, are available for cash purchase. All ages, but ID required to purchase alcohol
George Washington's Headquarters Tent
Step inside the world of General George Washington as he leads the Continental Army to victory. The centerpiece of Revolutionary Summer, a replica of Washington's Headquarters Tent is on display in our outdoor courtyard on select weekends this summer. On loan from the Museum of the American Revolution (MoAR), the painstakingly detailed, hand-sewn replica was created in a collaboration between MoAR and Colonial Williamsburg. The Tent is staffed by MoAR educators, who lead visitors on an immersive tour through history.
Living History programming takes place in the courtyard, weather permitting.
In case of severe weather, it might be relocated to Smith Gallery.
Lead support for Revolutionary Summer provided by The Achelis and Bodman Foundation. Additional support provided by Richard Brown and Mary Jo Otsea. Support for the Museum of the American Revolution's participation in Revolutionary Summer is generously provided by William and Candace Raveis.


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What Should I Consider when Buying Winter Clothing
Winter clothing is necessary for the cold days. The days become colder day by day in the winter season. Buying winter clothing is a necessary part in these days. We try to maintain our body temperature from the extreme cold atmosphere. Answering this question is not very easy, there exist diverse ranges of approaches in this regard.
Climate of the local zone:
We've to consider the coldness of the local zone so that we can purchase the warm cloth accordingly. In tropical zones, a jacket will provide enough warmth to resist winter. People located in Africa don't have to buy overcoats and leather jackets as a good coarse cotton attire is good enough for tropical winter. On the other hand, people in United Kingdom and in Alaska of USA wear overcoats, long underwear or inner wear, woolen vest, mittens, gloves, insulated boots and woolen socks as well to keep them warm.
Here are some important points for clothing in extreme winter
1.Add layers to your clothing. First goes the inner garments, then goes the shirt or t-shirt, followed by a sweater and then an overcoat. The layer clothing insulates the space between overcoat and the inner garments.
2.Rely on natural material and not on synthetic material which look stylish and cheap but synthetic material won't save you from -10 Celsius temperature.
3.You must know your thermo-kinetics, which means you must know the body parts which allows rapid heat loss and it must be covered especially. So, wear good hat or skull cap to cover your head as we release good amount of thermal energy from our head.
4. Keep your neck and feet warm all the time. Jackets and sweaters are available which have zips which goes till the neck or should wear woolen scarfs. Well- insulated boots are available and must be used to cover our feet.
5.Buy a long undergarments and can easily insulate your entire lower body.
6.Fringe places such as ears nose and palms must be well covered as well.
So, the purchase should be made considering the extremeness of winter in your local area.
Styling of the cloth:
Winter allows us to style in best of clothes. However, we know good warm clothes looks dumb but you can avoid it if you utilize layer clothing. A four layered clothing is utilized to beat winter and stay stylish at the same time. Long undergarments forms the first layer, shirts and t-shirts forms the second layer, vest or sweater forms the third layers, and lastly the overcoat forms the fourth layer. This dressing is highly recommended for both young boys and girls.
Price of the cloth:
These are the most essential considerations we ought to remember before purchasing clothing. Yes, we have to look at the budget before making any purchase.
Winter clothing for women and babies
For females, the same four layer clothing is also recommended. However, if you want to short skirts or mini skirts wear thick stockings to cover your legs followed by boots and good overcoat to insulate your body.
For babies, you need to add another layer as they are prone to chilly winds. Babies must be covered from head to toe but make sure they don't perspire as they can get pneumonia. Inner wears are a must for newborns. Thick pajamas and thick socks are a must as babies usually avoid blankets. Good head covering is must and if you don't get one then buy a head covering cap, which covers the ears as well. However, you must take doctor suggestions before buying anything.
Finally, we can conclude that it's undoubtedly very significant to judge our requirements before buying winter garments. Purchasing any clothes that can't congregate our needs will abscond us in cold.


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by Evan Romero-Castillo Sexy may sound like a silly word, but it's one of the few that allow us – victims of lookism – to succinctly describe our favourite celebrities' carnal attributes, their arousing magnetism, their sensual it factor, their blinding gorgeousness, their physical and often metaphysical je ne sais quoi without violating too many… Read More
Tourism, White Privilege and Colonial Mentality in East Africa
Two weeks ago the media reported that the Kenyan Government have offered a free holiday to the family of a 15 year old American tourist who was 'harassed by a police officer' because he mistook her for terror suspect Samantha Lewthwaite. If it was a Somali family holidaying in Kenya and their son had been mistaken for Abu Ubaidah the new leader of Al-Shabaab would the same courtesy have been offered? I highly doubt it.
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Thomas Barrack is a real estate mogul and President Donald Trump's good friend. He built a housing empire by swooping in and purchasing foreclosed homes during the recession.
Reveal from the Center for Investigative Reporting investigated Barrack and his empire. They found his profits are based on exploitive rent increases, putting the burden of repairs in the hands of tenants, and turning homes into financial products.
Host Frank Stasio speaks with Aaron Glantz, a senior investigative reporter with Reveal, about his extensive look into how Barrack has made his fortune, and how his real estate deals extended to more than 1,000 homes in North Carolina.
Investigative journalist Aaron Glantz on his initial interest on real estate mogul Thomas Barrack:
I started to wonder - like I'm sure a lot of your listeners are wondering - why is it that if the economy has been in recovery for eight years or so now, why is it that the homeownership rate in American kept going down. And who was it who was benefitting from this? All these houses that used to be owned by people like you and me didn't just disappear in a poof of smoke. Somebody bought them. So I started to investigate and I found out that one of the big beneficiaries of the Great Recession, the housing bust, the foreclosure mess, was this guy Thomas Barrack who's a southern California billionaire and a very close friend of Donald Trump.
How Barrack is turning people's homes into a mass loan:
The rental empire that he built eventually through Colony Starwood Homes – the tenants who live in these properties know it as Waypoint … – eventually has 30,000 homes all over the country, including over a thousand in North Carolina. And what they would do after they would buy the homes, they would bundle them into these giant mortgage-backed securities. In essence taking out a giant loan against the value of thousands of properties at once, and generate even more money so they could buy even more homes.
How Barrack's housing empire exploits tenants:
The ownership of the homes are actually cut up and sold into tranches to investors who are looking for a good return. The company tracks their rent increases very aggressively, and increases the rent on every year on every tenant, and pushes a lot of the maintenance responsibility for the building onto the tenant when you read the leases. Another thing that we found, as they try to maximize all of the profit that they possibly can out of these properties, is that they're very very quick to file eviction notices. In Fulton County, Georgia in Atlanta, which is one of their biggest markets, the Federal Reserve Bank found that they had filed eviction notices against one third of their tenants.
How Colony Starwood Homes targeted North Carolinians:
This guy and his company have traditionally bought homes out in the suburbs. They saw a great opportunity to amass suburban homes which were foreclosed on in the Great Recession. So in North Carolina in Charlotte and Raleigh, they have bought mostly 2-3 bedroom homes out in the suburbs. They like to target good school districts so that they can charge high rents and they can think that they'll have high occupancy because that's where people want to live. And they have targeted North Carolina as an area for growth in their rental empire.


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Category Archives: Sellers
Curious about market activity in The Greenville NC – Pitt County market?
Curious about market activity in The Greenville NC – Pitt County market? Closed sales are an indicator of market activity 30-60 days earlier in terms of contracts written.
We are seeing the first signs of market revival. Here are the sales through the Greenville-Pitt multiple listing services.
Jan – Feb closed sales are up over the previous four years. These show that market activity increased in November and December of 2012. These are the first signs of a market improving and housing prices starting to rebound.
Let's look at the stats.
Jan & Feb closed sales by year.
2013 – 36.7 Million
2012 – 23.5 Million
2011 – 28.5 Million
2010 – 30.7 Million
2009 – 24.9 Million
There is a 36% increase in closed sales over the average of the past 4 years. The market in changing and prices will finally start to increase as demand rises. Great news for sellers! For buyers, this could be the perfect time to get into the market.
Absorption Rate and Sellers
Absorption Rate
When you put your home on the market for sale, your realtor may discuss absorption rates with you. Here is a simple explanation of the absorption rate.
Currently in The Greenville Pitt County real estate market there are 101 properties for sale in the $160,000 – $180,000 price range. In the past 12 months in this price range 133 homes have sold. This tells us that there are 101 for sale, and 11 sales a month (133/12=11)
What does this absorption rate information tell you as a seller in this market? Let's assume you have a home on the market priced at $175,000. In this price range you are competing with 101 properties, with 11 of these selling each month, and of course, with other homes constantly coming on the market.
What will you need to do to win? Be in the top 11 out of 101 in terms of price, location, and condition. How do you achieve this? Ask your realtor to show you the homes on the market you are competing with. Agents in our office would sit down with you in a conference area and show you exterior and interior pictures of the competing homes on a flat screen TV. You just need to be open to seeing your home as a commodity that competes with other homes instead of a home with family memories. Take it from me, that is not always the easiest thing to do.
What to ask your Real Estate Agent
What questions should you ask your real estate agent before putting your house on the market with them? The following questions could help you get started.
Can you give me references?
What are market trends in my area?
What will be the steps involved in putting my house on the market?
Do you use a home stager?
Do you recommend a home inspection before marketing?
How will the agents in your office see my house?
What is the market share through MLS for your office?
Can you show me the volume of buyers closed in your office last year?
Describe your marketing plan?
How many hits a month do you receive on your website?
Describe your advertising program.
Explain how your fee will be split with the selling agency.
With these answers, you should have an idea of the activity associated with that real estate office. For a comparison of how Aldridge & Southerland is doing, go to http://www.aldridgeandsoutherland.com/seller-advantage on our site.
How to determine the value of your home!
Should I use the tax value of my property to determine market value?
The short answer is no. The tax office will use formulas based on age, size of property, and location to determine the tax value. The formulas cannot be specific to a particular property, so often tax value are higher or lower than true market value. The formula can miss on several important factors that actually determine market value. Some of these are the following.
- Location – How active in terms of homes sold is this subdivision? How many houses are for sale in this area? How many have sold there in the past six months.
- Condition – If an older house, 20+ years have updates been made to the interior? Kitchen or baths? Is the roof original? Has heating and air conditioning been replaced? A small older property with a totally remodeled interior will have a higher market value than tax value.
- Floor plan – Does the floor plan compete with new houses? Often a term appraiser's call functional obsolescence will come into play. A property may have more size than a newer home, but the floor plan does not appeal to today's buyers. Example: living room and family room. Often the extra space, although important in a "tax appraisal", does not increase value in the market.
The only way to clearly see your value is to compare your property to current sales, and competing homes to see where your house should be placed in the market. This can easily be accomplished in our office. You will be able to see on a large screen TV in comfort the interiors and exteriors of houses sold and for sale. This will show you where your home should be priced. After all, it is your home, and your decision.
Estimating the Value of Your Home
Trust Your Source
There are many pieces of information at the disposal of today's real estate consumer including tools designed to estimate the value of residential properties.
The most widely used and perhaps the most misunderstood valuation tool is Zillow's Zestimate. Real Estate owners often use this tool to both estimate the value of their property and to set the listing price when it is time to sell. Prospective buyers use the Zestimate when making offers on properties that are for sale.
But how accurate is the Zestimate? Zillow measures the Zestimate against the actual sales price in their top 30 markets. In these top 30 markets, the Zestimate is within 1o percent of the actual sales prices roughly 55 percent of the time, meaning 45 percent of the time it is more than 10 percent off. For example, a home with an actual market value of $300,0000 has a 45 percent chance of having a Zestimate over $330,000 or under $270,000.
By contrast, Aldridge & Southerland accuracy ratings are higher. Over the last 12 months, the properties listed by Aldridge & Southerland have sold for 96% of the list price.
Zillow's Zestimate is fun and interesting. It is perhaps useful to track trends in the market. It should NOT be used as the sole method of valuing a property.
Question: Does my tax value reflect true market value?
Answer: In most cases NO! In fact over the past year homes that sold for an average of $350,000 had an average tax value of $400,000
When do most people list their homes in Greenville, NC???
When do homes go on the market in Greenville, NC & Pitt County?
In the past 12 months through the Greenville Pitt MLS system, homes go on the market more often in the first 6 months of the year.
This chart shows the percentage of homes placed on the market in the past 12 months through Greenville Pitt MLS.
1st Quarter Jan – Mar 29%
2nd Quarter Apr – June 30%
3rd Quarter July – Sept 23%
4th Quarter Oct – Dec 18%
59% of homes go on the market in the first 6 months of the year, with 41% going on the market the last 6 months.
What does this mean to buyers?
Chances are the selection will be large in the Spring, but as we approach Thanksgiving and Christmas the seller may be more willing to negotiate.
Want to get the best price as a Buyer???
When do homes go under contract in the Greenville NC Pitt County MLS?
In the past 12 months, the majority of homes go under contract during the first 6 months of the year.
This chart shows the percentage of homes that went under contract in the past 12 months through the Greenville NC Pitt County MLS.
1st Quarter Jan – March 26%
2nd Quarter Apr – June 33%
3rd Quarter July – Sept 26%
4th Quarter Oct – Dec 18%
59% of the homes went under contract in the first 6 months. There is more to choose from, and the flowers are blooming.
41% went under contract in the past 6 months.
Notice that only 18% of the sales happened Oct-Dec. This may be the time of year to get your best price.


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[Official announcement] L10n strings for 2.2.0, round 2
Hello again dear language fellows!
We have been busy preparing the last texts for the second translation round for our next SW release, 2.2.0. We would be happy if you could do your part by the end of Thursday, 24th May. If you have any concerns, problems, or questions, please don't hesitate to contact us.
Without further ado, head to https://translate.sailfishos.org and follow link for instructions if you're there for the first time :)
Thank you & regards,
Sim & Jarkko
Dutch is done, again thanks to @DylanVanAssche for already doing most of the work.
By the way, the latest couple of locale requests over here have gone unanswered: https://together.jolla.com/question/134467/official-announcement-translate-sailfish-os-elections-of-community-languages-linguists/?sort=latest#sort-top
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The county percentage for households with children is 33%.
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I was apprehensive the first time. I expected a smelly, fly-infested junkyard with tattered homeless people pushing shopping carts. It's not smelly, and the parked cars reveal a mixed clientele — a BMW, a dented gray station wagon, a shiny black Acura and a new Silverado with oversized tires.
This is the Santa Monica Recycling Center. I come here because I live in Marina del Rey, part of L.A. County, where recycling isn't mandatory.
It's an enormous operation, action-packed and noisy. Overflowing blue and green bins of plastic and glass bottles, giant compressed squares of aluminum cans and stacks of boxes, paper and metals fill the grounds.
A clackety loader scoots about like a yellow insect snatching up mixed trash from huge piles and dumps it for hand-sorting onto a monstrous conveyer belt spewing confetti.
Driving in to disgorge its load, a trash collection truck tilts its container high into the air, but the waste is too compacted. The truck lurches back and forth to jolt it free, straining to give birth to the contents, but the "baby" won't come out. After much jerking and shaking, the trash slides through, creating a pyramid of refuse — plastic bags, food containers, red and blue cups, a shoe, a ball, a pillow.
I stand in line with my recyclables, chatting with other clients, who are friendly and helpful when pushing heavy containers or emptying bags. With plastics dumped into round, wire baskets, and glass bottles into buckets, I wait while they're weighed. The attendants, in fluorescent orange-striped shirts, smile, calling me by name when printing the receipt.
My aluminum cans are dumped at the bottom of a long conveyor belt and they clang like church bells when dragged to the top for weighing. Their redemption amount is added to my receipt.
Next is the payment station. I receive the surcharge that you pay when purchasing most plastic, glass and aluminum containers. If those items aren't recycled, they end up in landfills, or worse yet, the ocean, along with all your nickels.
My friends think it's an unusual activity for a middle-class senior, but in a very small way, I'm protecting our environment.
I'm worrying that I might get carried away with my frequent collecting from beaches and streets, but if you help me, I won't have to. Next time you drink a bottle of water, don't toss the container — recycle it. Better yet, get out your old Thermos or canteen, and just stop buying plastics.
Classroom and community group tours of the facility are available. Information, Andrew Basmaji, (310) 458-8916.
The Santa Monica recycling center is at 2411 Delaware Ave. in Santa Monica and is open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday and from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday. The center is closed on Sundays.
Editor's note: Bettina Gantsweg is a Los Angeles native, a 22-year resident of Marina del Rey and a longtime Argonaut reader. She is retired from teaching music and adult ESL (English as a second language) for the Los Angeles Unified School District. We are pleased to welcome her as a columnist and hope our readers will enjoy her observations on life in our area, appropriately entitled "Through My Eyes."


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I am delighted to announce to you our next Associate Rector, The Rev. Hershey Mallette Stephens. Hershey will oversee our Children, Youth, and Family Ministries, which includes directing our Church School.
Hershey is a native North Carolinian. Baptized and raised at St. Ambrose Church in Raleigh, she is a third-generation Episcopalian. Hershey was educated at North Carolina A&T State University and Howard University before graduating from General Theological Seminary. At General, she served as Chief Sacristan and was awarded the Bishop of Newark Preaching Prize.
Most recently, Hershey has worked in the Presiding Bishop's Office of Evangelism, where she was Project Lead for the Beloved Community Storysharing Campaign. This work afforded her the joy and opportunity to hear stories of faith, grace, and discovery from Episcopalians of all ages and backgrounds from around the country.
Hershey enjoys listening and learning from children and young people, and dreaming up new and fresh ways to tell the story of God in Christ. She has served as chaplain intern at New York University, and as a chaplain at several international youth events and Episcopal Church young adult conferences. She is an avid learner with a curious spirit, and, among other things, enjoys reading, listening to podcasts, and traveling and meeting Episcopalians and Anglicans from all over the world.
Hershey is married to Rob Stephens. Rob is the Minister for Congregational Life at Middle Collegiate Church, a multicultural community in Manhattan's Lower East Side. Together, they enjoy cooking, and also working on the Poor People's Campaign. They are both looking forward to joining the community at St. John's.
Hershey's first Sunday with us will be on August 5, 2018. Please join us in prayer for Hershey as she and Rob move to the area, and as they undertake their new ministries. May God's blessing be upon us, also, as we welcome Hershey into our midst, and may the Spirit of God prepare us for all the beautiful ways in which her presence will enrich our life and ministry.
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Finding the right garage can be a daunting process. How can you be sure you've got a good deal, with quality work, at reasonable prices?
That's why the RAC have created RAC Approved Garages. The RAC carry out several strict checks before approving any garage to join the network.
An RAC Approved Garage is an independent, good quality garage, that carries out a wide range of services and repairs on a variety of vehicle makes and models. An RAC Approved Garage offers:
Consumer Reassurance – garages work to the RAC Customer Charter and Code of Conduct (which is approved by the Chartered Trading Standards Institute).
Honest Pricing – consumers trust that all work required and the costs involved will be honest and clear.
Quality Work – any repairs will meet the high standards set by the RAC.
Exceptional Customer Service – the network provides friendly, straightforward and jargon-free service.
RAC Health Check
RAC has its very own branded Vehicle Health Check, which is provided to customers as a value added service.
RAC promotes to consumers that if they have their vehicle serviced at an RAC Approved Garage they receive a free RAC Vehicle Health Check.
The RAC Vehicle Health Check ensures RAC Approved Garages are providing standard and consistent checks to vehicles being serviced. It provides a professional means to assess a vehicle's condition and present back to customers.
RAC MOT Check & Repair Plan
Get a free RAC MOT Check & Repair Plan when you have your vehicle serviced at an RAC Approved Garage, provided a Vehicle Health Check has been completed and any remedial work identified is carried out.
The plan covers you for up to £750 of repairs should your vehicle fail its next MOT test. This offers peace of mind that if your vehicle needs repairs to pass its MOT, the plan will cover you for specific parts.
Who is eligible?
• Your car must be less than 10 years old and have done less than 100,000 miles at the date the plan is issued.
• Vehicle MOT is not due within 90 days.
• Vehicles serviced by an RAC Approved Garage and passed a Vehicle Health Check.
• Private car or light commercial vehicle registered in the UK and not exceeding 3.5 tonnes.
• You are an individual resident of, or a company registered in, Great Britain or Northern Ireland
These are given free to all eligible customers who have their vehicle serviced at an RAC Approved Garage.
RAC Fixed Price Service Plan
This is an easy way for customers to budget for their vehicles servicing requirements. Customers can cover the cost of 2 years standard servicing and MOT fees from £16.99 per month. RAC collects the payments direct from the customer and when their vehicle is ready for service.
A lot of roadside breakdowns happen because motorists skip essential vehicle servicing. RAC research has shown that 75% of motorists make no provision to pay for their vehicle servicing requirements, with over a quarter of motorists paying more than £200 in one go for their annual service. The RAC Fixed Price Service Plan allows motorists to break down the cost of 2 years' vehicle servicing and MOT tests into a manageable monthly fixed price*.
*A top up payment will need to be made if you don't have sufficient funds at the time of your service.
• Simple and affordable monthly payments that make it easier for you to budget, with fixed, inflation-proof prices.
• Peace of mind that your vehicle's servicing and MOT tests are met for the next 2 years.
• No deposit and no nasty surprises.
• All work carried out at RAC Approved Garages by experienced and trusted technicians.
Who is eligible?
• Private resident of Great Britain.
• Private vehicle or light commercial vehicle, not exceeding 3.5tonnes, registered in GB.
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I was in such a rush to collect my car before closing after having the cambelt done that i didnt realise my car had also been washed, and it was pretty grubby thanks to travelling to the stables and back.. Great cars, great prices and great service!!
Charlotte Oconnor
My second vehicle from this dealership, and have not been disappointed with either, Keith and all staff have been very outstanding in their after sales service in sorting out queries or the niggles you sometimes get with new or used cars, I would not hesitate to give this dealership a recommendation as an honest family business that tries very hard to satisfy customers. after sales.
Barry Smith
Simon was very attentive throughout the purchase and made the whole experience straight forward
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Melanie asked me to post this. Who am I to refuse a woman who has just given birth?!
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Hello Small! Welcome to the world. Can't wait to hear more about you (like a name so that we can stop calling you Small). 😉
What an adorable sweet baby!! Congrats 🙂
What a cutie! Congratulations to both of you!
Awww! Congratulations Melanie and welcome, Small! 🙂
Congratulations, Melanie, DH and Finn!!! Niamh…what a beautiful name for such a beautiful baby!!!
Congratulations Melanie, DH and Finn. And welcome to the world sweet Niamh. She is gorgeous Mel..Congrats honey.
Congratulations on the new addition! I love the name Niahm.
Melanie, DH and Finn. Congratulations! She is absolutely gorgeous! 🙂
Aaw how adorable 🙂
Congratulations to you all 🙂
Congrats, Melanie!! Niamh is so beautiful. Hopefully all went well and little Finn is taking well to being a big brother.
She is just gorgeous. Congratulations to you all
Congratulations Melanie and family! :drink:
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Congratulations all of you. She's beautiful.
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It's always nice to be reminded of how far we've come since the dark days of 2008/09 ,when American plebs involuntarily bailed out the oligarchy generally, and Wall Street specifically, to the tune of trillions. Sure, all the gains went to the 0.001%, but the wounds have healed, and we're in the midst of a stellar economic recovery.
The latest proof of how far we've come was laid bare by an article in the Wall Street Journal:
Mortgage-finance companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac could be at risk of needing more government bailouts, a watchdog said in a report set to be released Wednesday.
The report from the inspector general for the Federal Housing Finance Agency, which regulates Fannie and Freddie, warns that the companies' declining profits and capital cushions could leave them vulnerable in the event of an economic downturn.
The U.S. government took over Fannie and Freddie in 2008, eventually injecting $187.5 billion in bailout money into the two.
But Fannie and Freddie last month reported weak earnings for the fourth quarter. Fannie recorded net income of $1.3 billion, compared with $6.5 billion in the same quarter a year earlier. Freddie posted a profit of $227 million, down from $8.6 billion.
The disappointing results were mainly due to the accounting treatment of the companies' derivatives as well as fewer one-time items to bolster income.
The inspector general's report noted that for the past few years, Fannie and Freddie's net income has been driven by major legal settlements as well as the revaluation of tax assets and other one-time items that aren't sustainable. That, along with the companies' declining capital cushion, increases the likelihood they could need more government money in the future, the report said.
Left to their core business of collecting fees in exchange for guaranteeing the repayment of mortgages, Fannie and Freddie are more vulnerable to losses, especially in the event of another economic downturn, the inspector general's report said.
Another economic downturn? I thought we banned those.
The FHFA received a copy of the inspector general's white paper but didn't give a response. An FHFA spokesman declined to comment.
Oh well, what's a couple billion between oligarchs. It's not as if the U.S. government is known for its ability to keep track of funds…or weapons for that matter. Such as the $500 million of military equipment that recently went missing in Yemen, and is feared to have come into al-Qaeda's possession.
From the Washington Post:
The Pentagon is unable to account for more than $500 million in U.S. military aid given to Yemen, amid fears that the weaponry, aircraft and equipment is at risk of being seized by Iranian-backed rebels or al-Qaeda, according to U.S. officials.
With Yemen in turmoil and its government splintering, the Defense Department has lost its ability to monitor the whereabouts of small arms, ammunition, night-vision goggles, patrol boats, vehicles and other supplies donated by the United States. The situation has grown worse since the United States closed its embassy in Sanaa, the capital, last month and withdrew many of its military advisers.
In recent weeks, members of Congress have held closed-door meetings with U.S. military officials to press for an accounting of the arms and equipment. Pentagon officials have said that they have little information to go on and that there is little they can do at this point to prevent the weapons and gear from falling into the wrong hands.
As a result, the Defense Department has halted shipments to Yemen of about $125 million in military hardware that were scheduled for delivery this year, including unarmed ScanEagle drones, other types of aircraft and Jeeps. That equipment will be donated instead to other countries in the Middle East and Africa, the defense official said.
Yeah, I'm sure that won't end up in the wrong hands. Brilliant idea.
Although the loss of weapons and equipment already delivered to Yemen would be embarrassing, U.S. officials said it would be unlikely to alter the military balance of power there.
Right, because "embarrassing" is the best way to describe $500 million of U.S. weaponry falling into the hands of al-Qaeda.
Just last year, President Obama touted Yemen as a successful example of his approach to combating terrorism.
U.S. government officials say al-Qaeda's branch in Yemen poses a more direct threat to the U.S. homeland than any other terrorist group.
You really can't make this stuff up.
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Liposuction (or lipoplasty) is a body-sculpting procedure to remove localized fat that is unresponsive to dieting and exercising. Despite observing a healthy lifestyle that includes exercise and healthy eating, some individuals may continue to have disproportionate body contours or persistent fatty deposits.
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Liposuction can be performed on nearly any area of the body. Liposuction differs from traditional plastic surgical procedures in that it is commonly used on multiple areas during an operation. Liposuction is an effective procedure to reduce or remove love handles, saddlebags, a double-chin, abdomen fat or bulges, and other unsightly fatty deposits in order to develop a better shape and create a more beautiful body.
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The overall outcome and results of a liposuction procedure is the elimination of stubborn body fat. The results of liposuction include a proportioned body shape, improved tone, decreased fatty deposits and an overall stunning body transformation.
Liposuction does not remove cellulite, but liposuction is able to eliminate fat and create a more proportional and toned appearance from the following areas:
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- Close to or at your targeted weight but still have persistent fat deposits
- Good skin elasticity. If you do not have good skin elasticity, you may be left with sagging skin following the surgery. Your surgeon will discuss your skin elasticity with you. If you have older or less pliable skin your surgeon may recommend additional procedures (lifts or additional contouring)
- Individuals without co-morbidities or other factors that may impede healing post-surgery
- Individuals who do not smoke
- Individuals who are committed to a healthy lifestyle
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There are three common liposuction methods used during liposuction procedures. Prior to surgery, Dr. Craft will guide you on the liposuction method that is most appropriate for your personal goals.
All three methods involve detaching and isolating fat for removal. Once the fat is dislodged, the surgeon makes very small incisions in the skin and inserts very small tubes called cannulas into the incisions. The surgeon then removes the fat through the cannulas. After eliminating the excess fat, the incisions are closed by applying an advanced dressing to the area in order to prevent bleeding, reduce swelling, and support the affected area.
The three methods used to dislodge and isolate fat include:
- Ultrasound-assisted liposuction. The ultrasound transmits ultrasonic energy which dislodges and liquefies the fat.
- Laser-assisted liposuction. Similar to ultrasound assisted liposuction, this technique uses energy from lasers to dislodge the fat, which is removed through a small cannula.
- Tumescent liposuction. A diluted amount of anesthetic is injected into the subcutaneous fat tissues of your body, contracting capillaries, which decreases bleeding, and hardens the fat. Once the fat is hardened it is easier for the surgeon to remove.
Liposuction is an out-patient procedure and depending on the amount of fat being removed and the type of method used, liposuction can last from thirty minutes to several hours. Methods require general anesthesia or are performed under local anesthesia.
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Liposuction has advanced in recent years and new techniques allow for faster recovery from liposuction procedures. The length of the recovery will depend on how extensive of a procedure the patient undergoes. Generally, post-operative instructions call for plenty of rest and limited movement in order to speed up the healing process and reduce the recovery time.
Depending on the area liposuction was performed; a support garment may need to be worn for three to six weeks after the surgery. These garments can help prevent bruising and swelling.
Patients sometimes report pain after the procedure. Commonly, the most pain is felt the first 48 hours following the procedure and slight pain may be reported for several months following the procedure. The pain can be treated effectively with oral medication.
While complications are rare, patients can minimize the risk for potential problems by carefully following the directions given after surgery.
Although some results are apparent immediately following a liposuction procedure, for the first few weeks post-surgery, most patients report swelling and puffiness. These symptoms are gradually reduced and resolve within four to six weeks following the surgery.
Additional Techniques
Depending on the age of your skin and your skin elasticity your surgeon may recommend surgeries in addition to liposuction. These recommendations might include lifting surgeries such as arm lift, butt lift, face lift, lower body lift and thigh lifts. These procedures will lift and transform unsightly skin that may be sagging or flabby after liposuction.
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What happens if I get pregnant after liposuction?
Answer: As long as pregnancy occurs after your full recovery, there should not be any adverse reactions. Every woman is different; however, many women experience natural altercations to their body post-pregnancy. Because of these changes, a lot of women prefer to delay liposuction until after their pregnancy. If you notice body changes after pregnancy there are minor liposuction procedures that can help.
What if I gain weight after liposuction?
Answer: Given the contouring that liposuction delivers to your body, if you do gain weight the contouring and proportion will stay the same – only bigger.
How much scarring is there after liposuction?
Answer: The incisions created during liposuction are very small – only about a centimetre in length. But like all injury to the skin, the incisions will leave a slight scar. The scars will diminish with time and your surgeon may recommend a scar reduction cream that will help reduce scaring.


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20th Century Fox has unveiled a new VR Experience based on the Alien franchise titled "Alien: Covenant In Utero," which will put the player in the body of a neomorph in the time of its awakening, just when it tries to be born by bursting out of a human's chest.
With this product, Fox continues its strategy of taking advantage of the current VR platforms by releasing titles directly related to their big film properties. In this case, the VR Experience is directly linked to the upcoming release of Alien: Covenant, which is the latest entry in the long-running sci-fi/horror series.
In Utero will try to recreate the oppressive atmosphere of the film universe by portraying one of the most horrific events that we get to see in the movies: the birth of one of the title creatures, which is done usually by murdering the unlucky human that serves as a living incubator. By showing the scene from the Alien perspective, the VR Experience offers a completely original creation that complements the film universe rather than copy from it.
The title has been produced by Ridley Scott and directed by David Karlak, in partnership with FoxNext VR Studio and other technology partners like AMD RADEON and Dell Inspiron.
When the VR Experience was announced during last CES in Las Vegas, 20th Century Fox representatives talked about the project as something that would allow them to expand storytelling rather than just be a marketing tool for their films. For that reason, they secured the collaboration of Ridley Scott himself to make sure the title had a strong focus on the narrative.
Alien is not the only Fox property to get a title of this kind, as last year saw the release of The Martian VR Experience, based on the hit film starring Matt Damon, and a similar product based on the Planet of the Apes series will be released in the coming months in relation of the new film.
Alien: Covenant In Utero will be available for Oculus on April 26th. Check out the trailer below.
Alien: Covenant In Utero | A Virtual Reality Experience | 20th Century FOX
- This article was updated on:April 27th, 2017