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Trip 12 -- Iceland
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Brad - the graduate who was cycling around Iceland - commented that there was nothing between M»vatn and EgilsstaÞir, the gateway to the East Fjords, 157 km away. He'd been averaging 100 km daily and poring over the map to see where he might spend the next night. I offered him a ride, but he was strict about staying on the bike.
He was right. The next gas station after M»vatn, a sign warned, was 112 km away. I climbed a long 10%-grade incline out of M»vatn and took the lonely road east. There was light snow part of the way, and then it drizzled, and I thought of Brad, going up the long hill and biking in the lousy weather. I hope he made it somewhere safely.
The prettiest of the East Fjords was supposed to be SeyÞisfj—rÞur, 25 km from EgilsstaÞir over a steep mountain pass. It was a white-out in all directions: white clouds above me, fog in front, and snow on the mountains all around. It wasn't snowing, but the isolation was remarkable.
And then I drove down the long, winding road into SeyÞisfj—rÞur, and all at once the scenery was spectacular again. The entrance into town is graced with waterfalls and grazing sheep, and the town itself is laden with beautifully colored wooden houses abruptly sent over from Norway when the town was founded on the fishing industry in the late 1800s. Like Siglufj—rÞur, SeyÞisfj—rÞur became a major herring center until the fish disappeared for unknown reasons. Now it's a small, artsy, friendly place; it's also a back door to Iceland, as a ship calls there weekly from Denmark and the Faroe Islands.
I stopped in at the Skaftfell art center, where I saw an exhibition of the young artists Jessica Langley and Ben Kinsley, who had made drawings and paintings of their impressions of Iceland and then sealed the exhibit with a video of themselves naked jumping into mud pits. I had much of a ham pizza at the center's cafe (and took the rest for dinner) and then went to the Technical Museum.
And boy, was the guy who ran it a lively, talkative guy. The museum was his baby; he was about 70 and had worked as a telegraph operator on land and on ships. Since then he has devoted his life to keeping all the old telegraphy machines in shape. SeyÞisfj—rÞur was the first place in Iceland to have town-wide water plumbing (in 1901) and electricity (in 1913), and the first communications cable between Iceland and anywhere ran from SeyÞisfj—rÞur to the Faroes and Scotland in 1906. The curator showed me the old 1906 cable and said, "One conversation. English." The cable wasn't strong enough for voice, only telegraph clicks. And then he showed me the new 2004 cable and said, "One million conversations. Italian."
And he showed me all sorts of other wonderful machines and paraphernalia, such as engineering pioneer ßorsteinn GÚslason's 1913 radio, which communicated between his house and the little field outside ("So he could talk to the sheep"), and a 1926 catalogue from the Great Northern Telegraph Company (when a Wheatstone perforator cost 15 pounds, 13 shillings).
His pride and joy was the collection of telegraphy equipment. Before electrification, the 1906 Morse-code transmitter and receiver relied on gravity: You turned a crank to raise a weight, and then as you worked the weight dropped, until you had to turn the crank again. An incoming message was written out in ink, the dots and dashes being displayed as ups-and-downs, giving the appearance of an EKG. A typed message would spout out on a perforated strip (with two holes in alignment representing a dot, and two holes diagonally representing a dash), which would be fed into the hand-cranked receiver. A message could be sent only once, after which it had to be copied and re-sent to the next person down the line. Twenty people worked at the table, typing and tapping away. The 1942 machines had electric motors, and messages could be relayed, requiring only five people at the table. Then came Telex, and all those machines and jobs were suddenly obsolete. "It was a sad day," he said. "These machines went into storage. I took them out after fifty years, and they worked perfectly."
He had me type my name. The perforated strip came out. He put ink into the receiver and fed the strip through. He picked up the printed paper, with its ups and downs, and read it. "Seth Abraham Weinstein."
I drove out of town and through another 6-km tunnel (with a commodious two lanes!) to St—Þvarfj—rÞur, where I'd be spending the night. And so I went from SeyÞisfj—rÞur to St—Þvarfj—rÞur; a few days earlier I'd gone from SauÞÃrkrµkur to Siglufj—rÞur. The trip started reminding me of that Tom Lehrer song that lists all the Russian cities.
A tiny blue church, built in 1925, stands on a hill in 200-person St—Þvarfj—rÞur. It's been turned into a hostel, and that's where I stayed. I was the only one there. There were blankets and pillows hidden in the pulpit, and there were blankets hidden under the altar. A little bug in the shower, sort of like a roach but clumsier, was trying to climb up the wall but wasn't making any progress. It disappeared down the drain just before I showered, and then it was back, like a cartoon character scrambling up a wall with fluttery legs but going nowhere. There was nothing to do at night but walk up and down the road and enjoy the scenery of the fjord and mountains, and that was just fine with me.
My next stop was Skaftafell National Park, but on the way I stopped at J—kulsÃrlµn, where a river carries fractured ice from a glacier to the sea. It's a particularly appealing place, with mostly pristine white ice that breaks off into blue icebergs of various shapes and sizes, sometimes forming pretty arches. The icebergs start to melt, and sometimes they become top-heavy and somersault, and eventually they melt enough to drift into the ocean. A few icebergs are dirty, because they've grazed the bottom of the river and then toppled over. It's fun to watch the ice break into chunks and then follow their trajectory as they wind their way among the other icebergs, crashing into them.
Skaftafell National Park sits at the front of a glacier and the back of a sandur and is crisscrossed with hiking paths. It took several hours to drive there. I drove up a surprisingly steep road to the B—lti guesthouse, which is high up in the park overlooking the sandur, and checked in to one of the little huts. The main house is run by a lively woman with a huge collection of beautiful dishware, an odd assortment of coffee grinders, and lots of musical instruments. I gave her a brief concert on her piano.
I hiked for a few hours, first going to the big waterfall where everyone goes, and then going up to a clearing, where there was no one, for great views of the three surrounding glaciers and the sandur. It was surprisingly lush, with little bushes and many birds, especially the cute little redshanks and the gruesome great skuas, with their long beaks and propensity to viciously attack, Hitchcock-style, anything they consider threatening to their nests.
I descended and followed another path to the beginning of the nearest glacier, Skaftafellsj—kull. The glacier was scarred and craggy and looked like a bunch of dirty, lumpy prisms. I climbed over the nearby rocky dunes, looking for a shortcut to the Hotel Skaftafell, where I had lamb for dinner. (Their "homemade glacier ice cream" dessert was tempting, but it was only "glacier" because it was near a glacier, and it was "homemade" because they put it together with a sweet sauce in-house!) Then it was a long walk back to the car, in the etherial nearly-midnight twilight, with gentle fog warping my perception of the sandur and the glaciers.
I hiked some more in the morning and then drove on to VÚk, where more astounding scenery awaited me: bizarre monument-like vertical rock formations, formed by years of erosion from waves and wind; odd basalt pillars at the entrance to a cave; and arches of rock. The scenery is enhanced by a chorus of fulmars - supposedly this is a good place for puffin sightings, but I may have been too early in the year. I was destined not to see a puffin on this trip.
The folk museum in the little town of Skµgar had been highly recommended to me, and it did not disappoint. It comprises several buildings, including turf-covered 19th-century farm buildings, a 19th-century church, a 1901 schoolhouse, and an 1878 house built of driftwood and inhabited until 1974. The buildings came from elsewhere and were reassembled as a museum. One highlight to me was the collection of harmoniums.
I happened to meet ßµrÞur Tµmasson, who is almost 90 years old and was responsible for collecting the diverse items in the museum. I mentioned that I was a pianist, and that earned me a private tour of the harmoniums. First he played the one near the main museum entrance. He played a little clumsily but mostly accurately and with the utmost passion. He played a couple of hymns and then some Icelandic folk songs.
Then he had me try it out. I played the first hymn-like piece I could think of, my alma mater's anthem, "Fair Harvard." I got some sound to come out but I wasn't pedaling fast enough. I soon realized I had to alternate depressing the two pedals quite rapidly, like riding a bike, in order to produce sound.
"It's harder than I thought," I said.
"Aaaaaahhhhhh," said ßµrÞur, waving a finger. "Now you've got it."
We traded and he played another song.
"Have you been to the schoolhouse?" he asked. We went to the harmonium in the schoolhouse.
"How old is this harmonium?" I asked.
"About a hundred years."
We traded pieces for a while, mostly Icelandic folk songs.
"I am wasting your time," he said. "Please, play this one."
I played it; my pedaling was getting better.
"Aaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh!" he said. "Very nice. Have you been to the church?"
"Yes." Off we went to the church, to try out its harmonium, built before 1900.
"Just one more," he said. He had me play a Handel hymn. Then he played an Icelandic hymn. We traded a few more.
"Aaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh! It has been such a pleasure to meet you."
"Really, the honor is mine."
He took out a postcard bearing a photograph of the museum's farm buildings, and he wrote: "To my good American friend Seth with best wishes and thanks. You made the day for me with your kindness and music." As he did mine.
Before we parted, he hugged me closely - maybe just a bit too closely.
This would be my last night on the road. I stayed at a horse-and-sheep farm called SkÃlakot, which sits amidst a cluster of farms along a little road that veers off of Route 1 and then curves around back to it a few kilometers later. The main house was open but there was no one around; I was greeted by a little white-and-brown dog who took a liking to me. We played for about ten minutes until one of the workers appeared. He showed me to the room and then brought out a lamb, about ten days old, who sucked on my finger, enjoying the remnants of the dried haddock I'd recently eaten. The worker pointed me toward a waterfall where I could enjoy a brief walk that evening, but I got distracted by the howling Arctic terns. They're just as vicious as the skuas, and I didn't know where their nesting areas were, so I kept my distance. But they were fun critters to watch. There were hundreds of them, and often they flew in pairs and poked at each other in the sky before diving down into the sheep field.
In the morning, I went horseback riding with a honeymooning couple from Taiwan. Our guides were the owner of SkÃlakot and his daughter, who couldn't have been more than about 12. We rode out to the waterfall - which wasn't that much, I must say; the terns were a better diversion - and then back to the farm, crossing a little stream on the way.
Then it was a quick stop at Iceland's biggest tourist attractions outside ReykjavÚk: Geysir, actually a cluster of geysers, one of which erupts like clockwork every few minutes. After watching water come up, I watched it come down at Gullfoss, a beautiful pair of waterfalls separated by a rocky curve. I had just gotten back in the car when the rains started again. I'd had very good weather ever since the couple of windy days early in the trip.
I drove back to ReykjavÚk and refueled the car one more time - no thanks to Chase, who had shut off my credit-card access because they had thought my Iceland charges were fraudulent. (And I'd told them I was going!) Who the heck steals a credit card and goes to Iceland? I'd used the card in many countries over the past couple of years, including Jamaica, Guatemala, and the United Arab Emirates - much more likely fraud candidates, I'd have thought - without incident. What's more outrageous is that I would come home to three voice-mail messages from Chase alerting me to their suspicion, and if they'd bothered to listen when they called, they'd have heard my "I'll be out of the country until May 23" greeting. Furthermore, they could have seen that I'd bought plane tickets on Icelandair in March.
Anyway, I relinquished my trusty Alfa Romeo to Gildo, the car-rental company. I'd racked up 2,550 kilometers in 11 days. I checked into the Domus Guesthouse, which was formerly the Norwegian embassy and, before that, a music school (is that why I felt at home there?). The rooms were pretty bare-bones, but the price was right (5,900 krµna a night, around $46) and right in the middle of things.
ReykjavÚk is about as tranquil as a major city can get. You can walk around safely anywhere, there's rarely any noisy traffic in the center, and everything is beautiful and walkable. There are no skyscrapers - yet. There are hills and brightly colored houses dating back to 1762. There's a large central pond, with a wide variety of ducks and other birdlife, and there's a quiet harbor area with good restaurants and a weekend flea market. There's teeming nightlife and everyone has a jolly and safe time, and then in the morning it's peaceful again. And it never gets dark between late May and August. It probably gets dull after a while, but I had a perfectly grand time there for two days.
A major highlight was the Culture House, a museum containing many of the original sagas, laws, and other texts written in the Middle Ages. Remember GuÞrÚÞur EirÚksdµttir, the first white woman to give birth on Amerian soil around the year 1000? Her great-great-great-great-great-great grandson, Haukur Erlendsson, wrote the Book of Settlement and the Saga of Christianity, among other things, before he died in 1334. His is probably the oldest example of a named person's handwriting. In addition to the beautiful manuscripts, there was an exhibit describing how ink and paper were made centuries ago, and there was a temporary exhibit on Icelandic filmmaking - all the way back to a 1906 film explaining a fire-department drill.
Less captivating was the National Gallery of Iceland. The exhibits featured two Icelandic artists, KristjÃn GuÞmundsson and Hrafnkell SigurÞsson, and there was an accompanying brochure that described many appealing-sounding artworks, but very few of them were actually on display. KristjÃn's were mathematical and unusual, consisting largely of plastic numbers arranged in lines analogous to poetry. "Intoxicating Poems" was a series of prices all run together - the krµna prices of liquor or wine. "Selected American Poems" was a long strip of 52 digits: 0013176355959001305324881100121385312129077452121. I puzzled over this random-looking sequence and found all the instances of "001," which is how Icelanders phone the USA. A Google search of the intervening phone numbers reveals them to be the time-and-temperature numbers for Indianapolis, Miami, Los Angeles, and Palmer, Alaska. His "Sun Travels" - a set of numbers "indicating the prices of travels to Southern Europe," said the brochure, would have been nice to see, but it was nowhere to be found. While I was hunting for art in the art museum, I found the research room, where a woman introduced me to the museum's giant collection - on computers. She pulled up artworks on different screens, and I stayed as long as I felt was enough to be polite and then left. It's not really thrilling to go to a museum and view things on a computer, you see.
I found a bizarre installation, "Within Reach," at the Kling & Bank gallery. The entrance was via a narrow oval-shaped yellow tube with sand strewn at the bottom. I maneuvered my way around the curves and through the crawl spaces to find strange videos and a kind of barometer with Magic Markers drawing lines on a spinning drum. At one point I turned a corner at the same time as someone else, and she screamed. And then I thought I was working my way farther into the installation, but it turned out to be the exit, and I figured I'd better use it before I lost it again.
Then there was ReykjavÚk's delightful little central cathedral. Its history is turbulent - the previous 18th-century church was built shoddily by drunk Danes, and it was soon condemned. When it reopened, it still creaked, making people deem it haunted. A new church was built in the 1800s and required extensive renovations shortly thereafter. The same church was renovated in 1999, and it's next to a peaceful park and right next to the parliament building.
A different church, HallgrÚmkirkja, is the tallest building in ReykjavÚk. It normally dominates the skyline and is a beautiful landmark seen against various shades of skylight, but on my visit I got a prime example of Iceland's finest scaffolding.
A Faroese opera was debuting in ReykjavÚk, and I seized the opportunity, especially as the box-office agents were begging to give me a discount.
"How much are tickets?" I asked.
"Are you a student or something? Because then they're only fifteen hundred krµna."
"I'm a musician. Does that help?"
"Are you under twenty-five?"
"I'm afraid not. But thanks for asking."
"Are you sure you're over twenty-five?"
"I could be twenty-five tonight," I conceded.
"OK, then. Fifteen hundred krµna."
When I got to the theatre that night, I saw the agent again near the entryway. "Are you still twenty-five?" she asked, smiling.
The opera, "ë ÆÞamansgarÞi" ("The Madman's Garden"), is the first Faroese opera to be performed on stage. The president of Iceland was there; we all stood as he arrived in the hall. The plot concerned a young couple that meets in a mysterious man's garden. Ballet dancers and a small, almost stationary backup chorus echoed the actions and feelings of the couple. Plot-wise, I can't tell you much beyond that, because it was in Faroese with Icelandic supertitles. But the staging was intriguing - the conductor stood in one of the side stalls; the orchestra was on stage behind most of the action, but some activity, especially concerning the madman, took place behind the orchestra. The characters often wound their way through the instrumentalists. Musically, it was largely atonal but not inaccessible, and it was a small chamber orchestra plus a surprising, sparingly used electric guitar.
I had two all-out meals in ReykjavÚk. The tried-and-true place, ßrÚr Frakkar, gave me a chance to try a Iceland's exotica. The restaurant's name means both "three Frenchmen" and "three overcoats." When its original French owners sold the place, the new non-French owners simply changed the logo, without having to change the name.
OK, so I did see a puffin on this trip: I started the meal with one. The smoked-puffin appetizer was a deep red and very fibrous and tasted like a cross between smoked trout and raw beef. The next course, sashimi of raw minke whale, was also a very dark red and is easily the tenderest meat I've ever had. The waiter called it "the creamiest meat in the world." It smelled and tasted like the sea - the way you might catch your first arousing whiff of the ocean when you step out of a car at the beach - but it definitely resembled meat more than fish.
The main course, horse tenderloin, was also very tender - it barely required a knife. It was neither gamey nor fibrous. It wasn't stringy like beef, but it was stringy like cotton candy, and when I chewed it, it clumped together in my mouth and then disappeared, also much like cotton candy. It came with pepper sauce, which was superfluous for a meat that was so astonishingly tasty on its own.
I had my other all-out meal at Orange, ReykjavÚk's sleek new molecular-gastronomy restaurant. I had a "Dracula" cocktail (a martini with tomato, ginger, and chili powder) and then was brought two pre-appetizers. The first made me wonder whether they had gotten the molecular-gastronomy concept right. The food was fine - a wild-game terrine with raw egg and foam - but it was served in a box of coffee beans and alongside a glass of liquid nitrogen. Fun to watch, but these accoutrements didn't really do anything. The second pre-appetizer was similarly gimmicky: monkfish tempura in a little pail attached to a helium balloon. When the fish was gone, the balloon carried the pail up and out of my way, signaling to the waiter - and everyone else - that I had finished it. There were a couple of large parties on the night I was there, and people took turns pretending they were twelve and inhaling the helium for its vocal effects.
The menu items had quirky names. My appetizer, "Iceland 1, Belgium 0," was a "lobster waffle" - langoustines on top of a Belgian waffle with celery puree, tomato jam, and foam. (What is it with the foam?) A good combination of textures - soft langoustines, crunchy waffle, and a kind of semi-savory whipped cream.
The main course, "Rudolf Goes 2 the Olympics," was reindeer steak in pecan nuts with crisp Parma ham, cauliflower couscous, and a madeira-chocolate glaze, accompanied by a potato layered with cauliflower mousse and mushrooms. This all almost led to flavor and texture overload, but I took the contents only a couple at a time and enjoyed the various combinations. The whole morass was served on a plate of black Icelandic stone that wasn't rimmed at the edges, so the glaze and liquids tended to ooze off the plate. I used a piece of bread as a dam - the bread was refreshingly plain and served in a white paper bag.
After a palate-cleanser of lemon sorbet, a chef dressed as a scientist came out with a cart and a tank of liquid nitrogen: "Minus one hundred ninety-six degrees," he said. "You could dip a banana in it and then throw the banana on the floor, and it would shatter all over the room." He poured some of the liquid nitrogen into a bowl and added mango foam and strawberry Jell-O: "Instant ice-cream popcorn." He instructed me to take a large bite and then blow out the "steam."
The instant ice cream was provided to all. The dessert I ordered was a combination of mango mousse, coconut ice cream, and pop rocks, which gave my mouth an electrocution-like fizz against the cold ice cream.
Orange is fairly close to a hot-dog cart, patronized by Bill Clinton, that reputedly serves Iceland's best hot dogs, topped with four condiments of unknown ingredients. My sample was certainly delicious, largely for the textures - the hot dog itself was a little overwhelmed, but maybe the distinguishing palate is trained with practice. Another nearby restaurant, SÌgreifinn, is a tiny place with communal bench seating; diners often have to move around to accommodate the ever-changing sizes of parties. It's known for its lobster soup, which was rich and creamy if a little shy on the lobster, and for its skewers of seafood - you just point to the skewer you want and they grill it up for you. My minke-whale kebab came out dry and tough to the point that the little plastic knife had no chance.
My other meal of note was half a sheep's head at the bus station's cafeteria. The presentation left nothing to the imagination - there it was with an eye and half a nose and half a mouth. There was meat around the neck, but the rest was pretty fatty, and after carving away at the fat and scooping out the eyeball, there was a skull staring back at me blindly.
On my last day, I strolled through the KolaportiÞ Flea Market. It's largely people's old household items, plus a bunch of new, generic clothing and a whole lot of used books in Icelandic and English. At the back is a fish market, where I tried a uniquely Icelandic snack, hÃkarl: fermented shark. Fresh out of the water, the shark is so acidic as to be poisonous, so it's buried in the ground for a few weeks until it dries out, and then it's hung out for several months. It supposedly tastes like ammonia and smells worse, but I didn't find it that offensive. Going down, it was actually pretty tasty and mild; it was the aftertaste that gave a pungent kick. Maybe that's why it's usually chased with a shot of brennivÚn (vodka-like schnapps).
At the market, I also bought some dried haddock to bring home as a snack. The fishmonger was a chatty fellow of about 70 who had moved around many times among places with cold climates and rotten weather. He had the smallest selection among the fish stalls - just dried fish snacks. He asked what I thought of Iceland.
"It's beautiful," I said. "I hope to come back. I like it here."
"You do?" he asked, as if he'd never heard this kind of comment.
"You don't?"
"No. I hate it here."
"Have you lived here all your life?"
"No. I was born in Sweden. I lived in Canada for a while. Canada was nice. Then I moved to Washington State. I lived there for twenty years. I moved here ten years ago."
"Why don't you like Iceland?"
"The politics are terrible. Everybody in government is greedy." This surprised me for such a tranquil country.
"I know the economy hasn't been great," I said, trying not to maximize the problems.
"It's a disaster! We owe money to Denmark, Holland....And we are just three hundred thousand people."
"Are the taxes usually high here?"
"Not usually. But now that we owe so much, spread among three hundred thousand people...we'll see."
"I have one other question. A friend wants to know what you think about global warming."
"It's a major crisis."
"Has it affected things here?" Maybe climatic changes caused the demise of the former herring towns I'd visited. Were there further dangers ahead?
"Not really. But perhaps it could."
"Is it too late to fix it?"
"Not too late, but it's going to take a lot more work now."
"OK. Well, hopefully things will get better."
"I hope so."
"Well, thank you. It was good talking to you." (I should have said, "So long, and thanks for all the fish.")
"You too."
I had a final stroll around the city as I headed to the terminal to catch the bus to the airport. Outside downtown, there weren't many people on the street. It seemed hard to believe that in a couple of weeks the country would erupt in a two-month frenzy of tourist activity. BreiÞavÚk, the sheep farm where I was the season's third guest, would be booked solid. The parking lot at LÃtrabjarg would fill up. I'd need a reservation to get into Orange, and there would be long queues for the city's best hot dogs.
Maybe I left at just the right time. But I can't wait to go back.


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The government on Monday withdrew all value added taxes and supplementary duties imposed against every SIM card replacement through the Mobile Number Portability (MNP) service.
The Internal Resources Division of the Finance Ministry published a gazette notification exempting the MNP services from all taxes on several conditions.The MNP is a service through which customers can switch from one mobile operator to another mobile while keeping their number unchanged.
On October 17, 2018, the government reduced the taxes for MNP service to Tk 57.50 from Tk 157.50 after only 17 days of imposition of such taxes.
As per the conditions mentioned in the new gazette, now all mobile phone operators will have to send their previous month's information over the total stock of SIM cards, the number of subscribers who were ported in and ported out through MNP services as well as information over changing SIM cards for other reasons and collection of taxes and duties against it, to Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission in the first week of every month.
Also the mobile operators will have to send names and number of subscribers who were ported in and ported out availing the MNP services in line with the conditions.
In an instant reaction, the leading mobile network operator, Robi Axiata Limited, said the decision for removal of SIM replacement taxes through MNP service is very positive step. "We hope that it will enhance interests of clients to avail this service thus the government's revenue will go up further."
Besides, the decision will intensify the competition among the mobile phone operators to render the MNP services and the client will get better services, Robi said.
source: UNB

subset: commoncrawl


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Ocean Embers - The end of a wonderful chapter
May 30, 2018
It was a little sad but a wonderful end to a memorable chapter for Eden Racing yesterday when Ocean Embers was sold at The Magic Millions broodmare sale for $525,000 to Newgate farm. We are thrilled that she is going to such a professional and well respected stud in Australia. Interesting to note that she realised over $500,000 more than her purchase price!! We cant wait to see her lovely foals. Big Thanks to Three Bridges for preparing her and importantly all the staff at Eden Racing who had something to do with her throughout her career.
Congratulations again to our owners and what a ride she has given them.
Click on the link below to view the Racing.com story interviewing Shea and Peter Liston from Three Bridges post sale.


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LOGAN — A Logan man is facing criminal charges after allegedly raping and threatening to tie down a woman he matched with on the dating app Tinder.
Wyatt Dean Martin, 21, was charged Tuesday in 1st District Court with aggravated kidnapping and rape, both first-degree felonies, and forcible sexual abuse and obstructing justice, both second-degree felonies.
Logan Police Capt. Tyson Budge confirmed Tuesday evening that police have been contacted by other possible victims and believe more assaults may have occurred. Anyone with information is asked to call 435-753-7555.
On Sept. 22, according to police, Martin invited the woman to a party at his home, where the woman said she was pressured into drinking a shot of whiskey. She was also given a drink she believed was sweet tea, but Martin later said it contained alcohol, according to a probable cause statement.
"The victim said that she began to feel abnormal and felt far more intoxicated than the shot of whiskey and a small drink of the sweet tea would cause," police said.
According to the statement, the woman said Martin then took her on a tour of the home, later bringing her to his bedroom, where they began kissing and Martin removed her shirt.
When Martin tried to pick the woman up, she says she told him "no," according to police.
"She said that he then aggressively pushed her backwards onto the bed knocking oxygen out of her lungs so she couldn't breathe," police said.
Martin removed the rest of the woman's clothes and proceeded to assault her while she told him to stop and fought back, according to the statement.
"Wyatt got off of her and went to the closet and grabbed what she believed to be a strap and told her that if she didn't quit moving he was going to tie her down. The victim said that she was so scared she froze and ceased fighting," the statement says.
Though the room was dark, the woman described seeing "1-2 inch strapping with what appeared to be loops on the end," police stated.
After the assault, Martin allegedly threw a towel at the woman and told her to clean up, police said.
When she was in the bathroom, "the victim said that she received a call from a friend. … During that phone call Wyatt took the phone from the victim and after talking to her friend Wyatt hung up on her," police said.
When they later searched his residence, officers found towels that matched the woman's description, as well as a belt with loops at the end like the one described by the woman, police said.
They also found marijuana, a shotgun and a high-powered rifle in his room, according to the statement.
Martin was also charged with purchase, transfer, possession or use of a firearm by a restricted person, a third-degree felony, and possession or use of a controlled substance and use or possession of drug paraphernalia, both class B misdemeanors.
His initial appearance in 1st District Court is scheduled for Oct. 15.
Those who have experienced sexual abuse or assault can get assistance from Utah's statewide 24-hour Rape and Sexual Assault Crisis Line at 888-421-1100.


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By Steven Kurutz
Feb. 16, 2019
Drowning in plastic, but not sure how to set yourself free? Plastic purgers say you can drastically reduce, if not eliminate, your plastic consumption by changing a few daily habits. Here are nine steps to get you started.
1. Carry a reusable bag.
This is Plastic-Free-Living 101. Take a cloth bag to the grocery store, farmers' market, drugstore and anywhere else you may be given a plastic bag.
2. Use plastic-free containers.
Glass or metal jars can be used to store grains, nuts, flour and other foods, as well as laundry detergent, dish soap and body creams. But don't automatically purge all of your plastic containers; that creates unnecessary waste.
Plastic purgers can never have enough stainless-steel bottles.CreditAdam Amengual for The New York Times
3. Pack a travel kit.
Bamboo cutlery and a nonplastic food tray, straw and water bottle will eliminate the need for most single-use plastics while on-the-go. "Restaurants and vendors all over the world are getting much more used to people bringing their own containers," said Jay Sinha, a founder of Life Without Plastic, an online store.


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Joomla! is a free and open source content management system (CMS) for publishing web content, developed by Open Source Matters, Inc. It is build on a model-view-controller web application framework that can be used independently of the CMS.
Joomla! is written in PHP, uses object-oriented programming (OOP) techniques and software design patterns, stores data in a MySQL, MS SQL, or PostgreSQL database, and includes features such as page caching, RSS feeds, printable version of pages, news flashes, blogs, search, and support for language internationalization.
In this tutorial, I will show you how to install Joomla on local server. If you don't have XAMPP installed yet in your machine go to this tutorial ( How to install XAMPP server ).
Step 1
Download Joomla! installer ( https://downloads.joomla.org/ )
Click download button, make sure it is latest version.
Step 2
After download is done, copy and extract .zip file inside c:/xampp/htdocs/ directory. After extract .zip file is done, you will see default folder name exp: Joomla_3.8.8-stable-Full_Package Rename the folder to myblog ( Whatever you like ).
Step 3
Open browser you like, go to localhost/{folder_name} or localhost/myblog. In your browser will show you like this.
Enter your main configuration: please view example below
If you want greater security, set the minimum password length to 14 characters.
Click button next if you already done enter main configuration.
Step 4
Next is Database configuration. Please refer to your database User account. If you using XAMPP server no need enter password.
Click button next if you finished enter database configuration.
Step 5
Next step is Finalization, this will show you the configuration summary before installation is start.
Scroll down, you will see the pre-installation check. Please make sure your configuration.php can writeteable. If everyting is good you can click button next to start the installation.
Step 6
Congratulations your first CMS is now installed.
Before go to page Site or Administrator, you need delete Installation folder in c:/xampp/htdocs/myblog/ directory.
Link for your website is: localhost/myblog
Link for your Administrator is: localhost/administrator
Enter your username and password that you create from step 3. If you successfully login, will bring you to the controll panel.
That all. Easy right? If you have problem just comment bellow. I will try help you.


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You've signed the papers, you've given someone the gift of life, you've been that person to heal the hole in their hearts and you've been trying to move on and move forward and live your life. But what about what happens when you find out that your adoption is being finalized?
Some people don't get the opportunity to hear or even know about the finalization hearing let alone given the option to attend it. When Trent and I first went with our open adoption our agency told us that there would be a hearing that we would be able to attend if we wanted to contest our adoption. And we immediately said, we don't want to know about it, we don't want to know where it is, what time it is, we personally just don't want the option to say "We want him back". I mean we spent the whole time making sure that we didn't get attached, that all these big things that would even give us the chance to go back on our agreement would be taken care of by the agency. We were set in our decision the day that we signed the papers, and never would have thought to say we changed our minds. But sometimes people do change their minds and that is normal, it's a motherly instinct. We, were just not those people.
Well, we found out through E's adoptive parents that their finalization hearing is on October 27 and that's when they will be legally Ezra's parents forever, not that they aren't already, but you all know how the law works, it has to be written on paper. And I also found out that on October 30th E will be sealed in their life for eternity through their church.
So, the reason for this blog is just to kind of go through the feelings. When I first found out about E's finalization hearing I was happy and excited for his parents but then I started thinking and I got sad. I know that I will always be his birth mom, I know that I will always hold a place in their hearts forever. It's just different because I sometimes feel like I should be the one he calls mom, but all it takes is looking at his pictures to realize, no, I was meant to be his birth mom, not his mother. That Trent was meant to be his birth dad, not his father. But looking at it from the outside looking in I know how people feel about these sort of things. I have had so many people ask me "If you love him why don't you just go get him", but what they don't realize is that our love for E runs so much deeper than all of the technical paperwork. Our love is a bond that will last a lifetime and he is being loved by the greatest people I know and I wouldn't have it any other way.
When I found out that E will be blessed in their church I think I was more sad by that, only because we can't be there. Money is so tight so we are just wondering when we'll get to see him again. That's a really special day and we've seen other birth mom's be able to be there for their child's blessings, baptisms, etc. and it just seems like I am in this place where I'm wondering...when is it my turn. Then I have to sit and think to myself, I will get my turn, that things happen to us when He wants them to, not when we decide. And I also have to think that we are going to be at his 1st birthday no matter what.
I also received some amazing pictures this past week. The first set of pictures were over the past few months and when I went to put them in E's album I realized I had ran out of room and I will need to get another album, probably a bigger one. I also received a photo book of their professional photos that they had taken for when E was 3 months. I feel completely blessed to be able to receive pictures and get to see him grow up.
Finalizing forever is like finalizing hope, finalizing your child's life, that he/she is going to be in the greatest hands that He could put them in.
So, I leave you with this...
It's never goodbye, always see you soon.


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You've got plans: to grow or diversify or evolve with the market. Or maybe you've already grown, and now you're faced with a host of unforeseen growing pains. No matter where you are or where you're headed, one thing is certain:
Change will come, and with it interpersonal challenges.
And unless your team is equipped to handle these challenges productively, you'll find your path impeded by resentment, declining morale, disengagement, lost productivity, and other destructive forces.
ONE EIGHTY helps you harness the power of conflict to move your company in a productive direction, while giving you the tools to manage whatever people issues may arise in the future.
The first step in resolving conflict is understanding it.
Through interactive sessions, we'll give your team the tools and know-how they need to effectively manage interpersonal issues as they arise.
Using Conflict as a Catalyst for Individual and Organizational Growth
Speaking During Difficult Conversations
Listening During Difficult Conversations
The challenge most individuals face when it comes to workplace conflict is that they are too close to a situation to view it objectively enough to move towards resolution.
We'll bring an objective outsider's perspective to discussions and disagreements to help paint the full picture and equip teams to move toward alignment.
In-house mediation for executive and team disagreements
High-stakes meeting moderation
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Equip your employees to mitigate conflict before it hinders productivity.
We'll address specific organization and team issues through pre-developed conflict-management training material or the creation of custom strategic frameworks.
In-house conflict management workshops
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Having been involved running his own Driver Training School, Dan Wilcox of Cleveland Transport Ltd soon realised he could
use the drivers, once trained, by putting them to work himself in trucks.
With this in mind he came to Maritime Transport to discuss the Buy with Work on offer and then decided to take a look at the trucks for sale.
"The whole experience from start to finish was nothing short of exceptional, Mike handled everything with urgency, efficiency and fully explained how it worked before we committed", says Dan. "We agreed a deal for 6, FH13 Volvo's, all of which have been put to work with Maritime.
Would I buy again from Secondhand Trucks? Well, I can honestly say the whole experience has filled me with so much confidence I already have and am now awaiting a further 3 Scania Highline's to be delivered which, again will be put to work within the Maritime operation.
I would recommend Maritime and Secondhand Trucks to anyone without a moments hesitation."


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Our client asked us to design a ladies infinity ring using two types of birthstones. One gemstone was ruby (July) and the other was aquamarine (March).
To see the full story about this project, please see our design blog post about this ring.
This ring was designed by David Conger. Feel free to email David if you would like to discuss having a piece designed for you. David is an expert CAD designer and Graduate Gemologist.


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We believe that effective communication and information channels are essential for providing you with the best possible care and advice. All practice staff will offer a high standard of advice and assistance in a courteous manner. This is irrespective of your ethnic origin, religious beliefs, personal attributes or the nature of your health problems.
1. Staff identification: We believe it is important when dealing with patients that all members of staff clearly identify themselves. When dealing with telephone calls, practice members will always give their names when asked, or if they believe the patient will have to contact the surgery again regarding the same matter.
2. Waiting: Waiting times at the reception desk will be kept to a minimum. On arrival at the surgery patients will be informed of any delay to their booked appointment time. If a surgery is running more than half an hour late, the reception staff will notify all patients waiting to see the doctor or nurse in question.
3. Languages: We can offer an interpreting service if required. Please notify the surgery in advance if you believe a member of your family requires an interpreter. For the most commonly used languages (such as French, German, Italian) the surgery requires 48 hours' notice. However, for some less frequently used languages a longer period of notice may be needed.
4. Information: We will give full information about the services we offer. Every effort will be made to give you all the details which directly affect your health and care. It is our job to give you advice and
treatment. In the interest of your health it is important for you to understand all the information you are being given. Please ask us questions if you are unsure of anything.
5. Feedback: We perform regular patient surveys, audits and encourage feedback from patients on all aspects of the practice. When changes need to be made we aim to implement them quickly and effectively, and keep you fully informed.
6. Privacy: Patients' privacy will be respected at all times; all medical records are confidential and will not be passed to any outside body without prior consultation with the patient. You have the right to see your health records, subject to any limitations in the law and at the GP's discretion.
Please note: We have a room next to the reception desk for confidential/sensitive conversations between patients and reception staff.
7. Advice: Advice and suggestions for treatment should be valued and respected, although you have the right to reject the advice or ask for a second opinion if you so wish. Following discussion, you will receive the most appropriate care, given by suitably qualified people. No care or treatment will be given without your informed consent.
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Today is Saturday and there has been a breakthrough, the sun is shining, at last! Guess what will go towards our dinner tonight?
The runner beans (Lady Di) are doing well after a very slow start; the carrots are Parmex, they can be grown in containers to eat small, as you can see from the larger one it was missed, and was given the opportunity to put on a bit of weight; and the turnips are Milan Purple Top.
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- Lynn said...
Yay for harvests! It's very good looking. When I bring in my basket full of the days harvest I just love to look at it.
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Love Triangle strain is grown and developed by Best Budz dispensary of Colorado Springs, Colorado. Testing at from 25-27% THC, it is a potent cannabis strain. Developed by a cross between Lotus Flower and The White. As you can see the buds are green in color and smell like weed man. Seriously, the smell is like traditional weed and I did not note any remarkable characteristics of the smell.
The amount purchased was 14 grams @ $62.50. The sale was $125/ounce. Regularly sells 14 grams for $80.00. I know that is cheap to some of you. Colorado does a good job of keeping the costs of doing business low enough to benefit the patients.
Heavy Indica Effects
We ground some of the Love Triangle Strain nuggets in the grinder and smoked from a glass pipe. We also filled the PAX-2 Vaporizer with some of the ground up weed. Smoking from the pipe, we were buzzed after a couple of pipe hits. A cough was in order. The weed tastes good smoked. I did not need to smoke much to feel the heavy indica effect of the body high. The high lasts around 2 hours at the level I ingested. The percentage of THC seems high and the dispensary assures me it's at least 25%-27%. My bud tender recommended it, knowing my history of pain.
On to vaping in the PAX-2 Vaporizer, I packed the chamber tight as recommended by the manufacturer. The PAX takes some seconds to heat up. This Love Triangle strain evokes an almost minty flavor in the vape, much different experience and a very pleasant surprise. Smoked from the glass pipe is one thing. Vaping is a much sweeter taste experience and I will be vaping the majority of the 14 grams I bought I believe.
I have to say Kudos to the Best Budz Grow Team, people you don't see necessarily but working in the background to bring high-quality cannabis to the patients. I would recommend this strain for pain especially. There are numerous conditions which may apply to this strain. I describe it as a heavy indica, sweet tasting in the vape with a somewhat minty flavor. While the smell is unremarkable, it does have a pungent odor. I recommend for sleep aide as well as calming and relaxing pain relief.


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Zrnovo is located on the northern side of the island only 4 km away from the Korcula settlement. A local road goes through Zrnovo following the nearby hills where following hamlets are located: Prvo selo, Brdo, Kampus and Postrana. These picturesque settlements are filled with cultural heritage that is enriched with sacral objects and dry wall technique of building, characteristic for the stone barns that are built into the walls. Today Zrnovo has a population of 1000 people mostly engaged in civil engineering and tourism but still remembering the traditional arts and crafts. The apartment offer is the most typical way of accommodation while in the nearby coves Zrnovska banja, Vrbovica and Medvidnjak an array of modernly equipped objects offer apartments and board. Zrnovo is an ideal vacationing spot for families with children.
Zrnovo – population: 1000, nearest possible access to the bay: 2000m, Zrnovo - day/ saint: saint : Martin,
Zrnovo - Makarska. 78km, Zrnovo- Split: 114km, Zrnovo - Pula: 638km, Zrnovo - Rijeka: 538km, Zrnovo - Zadar: 282km, Zrnovo - Šibenik: 217km, Zrnovo - Dubrovnik: 123km, Zrnovo - Zagreb: 535km
private accomodation, apartments, rooms, camps
self-service shops
walking, jogging tracks, routes for cyclists
restaurants, traditional croatian taverns, pizzerias
croatian national park nearby, organised trips to nearby destinations, organisation of entertaining and cultural events by the tourist board, organisation of folk entertainments
peace and silence in the place with no big crowd, place rich with cultural and histirical monuments, long cycling routes and walking tracks, possibility for departures on interesting trips, genuin gastronomic offer nearby


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'Dancing with the Stars' Recap: Week 7
Last night on Dancing with the Stars, the remaining couples were divided into two teams: Chelsea Kane, Romeo and Ralph Macchio vs. Kirstie Alley, Kendra Wilkinson and Hines Ward. The idea was that the groups of three couples would come out, dance a little bit and be judged on their ability to stay in unison, and then briefly dance as individual couples like they usually do.
Chelsea, Romeo and Ralph danced the Cha-Cha-Cha to Lady Gaga's "Born This Way," and as a group, they did very well. No singular pair seemed ahead of the other three when they were sharing the floor, which was pretty incredible. But when they danced individually, it was really hard to see the routines as opportunities to enjoy the skills of each couple. Instead, the individual routines just seemed like breathers from the main event. The judges gave them 30 out of 40 points (because there was a fourth judge: esteemed ballroom dancer Donny Burns).
Next up was the team of Kirstie Alley, Kendra and Hines Ward. They also danced the Cha-Cha-Cha, but this time it was to Ke$ha. Again, the individual dances did not allow for time to showcase each group individually, and so it seemed like it was pointless to even ask them to do so. And even though this group's choreography was better than the first group, they were not in sync as the first group. The judges gave them 30 points as well.
Then came the individual dances. Chelsea Kane and Mark Ballas were tasked with dancing the Paso Doble and during rehearsals, Mark had a hard time convincing Chelsea not to laugh or smile because it conflicted with the dance's seriousness. And since it was the week where the professional dances come by and offer their advice to the performers, Mark's mom Shirley came by, who was a famous Latin ballroom dancer. And it was a little weird watching her instruct Chelsea to dance with her son more passionately and telling her to grab her son's hair with passion. When they performed their dance for the judges, their choreography was, as usual, amazing, and it just seems like they're improving more and more each week. Len complained their dance was too aggressive, and believed there wasn't enough refinement in their performance. But the rest of the judges liked their moves, and Chelsea and Mark got 34 points.
Louis van Amstel told Kendra that this was week that he was going to make the choreography really hard for Kendra because they're in week 7 of the competition, and no bad dancers are left. Luca Baricchi (a famous ballroom dancer) showed up during their rehearsals of the Tango, and he told Kendra (in a pretty unlawful way) to feel the dance with her body instead of being afraid of making a mistake. When they danced for the judges, it was arguably their best dance in the competition. Kendra seemed to finally understand what moving elegantly means, and she was rewarded with a score of 31 points from the judges.
Kirstie and Maks were assigned the Jive, and they also received a few tips from Shirley Ballas. They weren't really shown though, because during rehearsals, Kirstie expressed sadness over how Maks chose to express his frustration by screaming and yelling at her when she missed a step. After they danced their jive, the judges complained that the entire dance was out of sync, but tried to make Kirstie feel better about her performance by complimenting her instincts and her spirit. They gave her 30 points.
Ralph Macchio and Karina Smirnoff danced the Quickstep, and Luca Baricchi came back to tell them what he told Kendra, which was to feel the movements instead of just performing them. Ralph expressed bodily discomfort throughout all of rehearsals and once they danced their dance, it became clear that even though their choreography is pretty weak, they're a lively pair to watch. They got 36 points from the judges.
Romeo and Chelsie Hightower danced the Samba, and they went into rehearsals on a pretty high note because they got their first 10 last week. Shirley Ballas came by the studio and showed Romeo how to properly move his hips in Latin formation. But the judges didn't care too much for it because it didn't represent the Samba as much as it should have. They gave the couple a 30 out of 40.
Hines Ward and Kym Johnson danced the Tango as well, and Luca came back to tell Hines that he wasn't feeling the moves enough. As usual, their performance was perfect and the judges loved it, as evidenced by their score of 36.


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Listening to music performance is an everyday occurrence, yet expert listeners possess tacit knowledge about performers' sound and little is known about how they process sensory information from a performer to conceptualise, recognise and verbalise the sound they hear. This unit of study will focus on recent empirical research studies and examine the ways in which we listen to music performers by sound and sight, how we assess music performance, and how we describe the sounds we hear.
2hr Seminar per week
Class participation in performances and discussions (10%); Poster presentation (30%); Development of a pilot study topic (20%); Written report (40%)
48 credit points of units
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The Permanent Representative of Saudi Arabia to the United Nations Ambassador Abdullah bin Yahya Al-Maalam stated on Monday that the Saudi-led Arab coalition seeks to establish safe humanitarian corridors to let aids to Yemeni citizens.
During his speech in a private meeting on Yemen on the sidelines of the 73rd United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), al-Maalam denied that corridors are to smuggle weapons to the Iran-backed Houthi militias.
He affirmed that "the Arab coalition is determined to open all the crossings and ports with Yemen, as long as its role is limited to the delivery of aid to the Yemeni people, not a gateway to support the terrorist militias."
Moreover, he hailed the efforts some countries exert to alleviate the suffering of Yemeni people, pointing out that Saudi Arabia will continue its support to the political solution in solving the Yemeni crisis.
On Thursday, coalition's fighter jets conducted several airstrikes that targeted a camp belonging to Houthi militias north the Yemeni city of Sanaa.
The airstrikes targeted Houthi sites in Al Seyana camp, Al Hasba district, northern Sanaa, the official website of Yemeni army quoted a field source.


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Driver CPC the official DVSA guide for professional bus and coach drivers.
This official guide from the Driving Standards Agency. It is specifically designed to help bus and coach drivers prepare for their Driver Certificate of Professional Competence (Driver CPC). This up-to-date edition contains the latest information on periodic training and ecosafe driving. Driver CPC the official DVSA guide for professional bus and coach drivers.
Driver CPC the official DVSA guide for professional bus and coach drivers is a book that is thought provoking.
The book focuses on case studies (Module 2 of the Driver CPC test) and the vehicle safety demonstration (Module 4 of the test). It is complementing the other official titles in the DVSA range. Essential reading for all learner PCV (passenger-carrying vehicle) drivers. A thought provoking book.
Spending a few minutes re-reading what we thought we knew.
We all think we know what driving is all about. After all, been doing it for so many years now what do we need to learn? Well read this book, it will be a timely reminder that we have forgotten many things. Subsequently, we are guilty of having formed some unprofessional driving habits. Spending a few minutes re-reading what we thought we knew, but forgot, can only be of benefit. It could save our life or someone else's.
Having said that, this guide is an invaluable source of information.
This official guide has been prepared in close consultation with a working group of industry experts and very experienced PCV trainers. They come from a wide spectrum of organisations such as Arriva, GoSkills, First Group, and East London Bus Group. This book is up-to-date with current industry practices and thinking. Having said that, this guide is an invaluable source of information and revision. Indeed, a potential life saver for coach drivers and their passengers. Who face daily the hazards infesting today's often ill-maintained and overcrowded roads. It contains essential information. It includes 1) health and safety. 2) responding to emergencies. 3) optimising fuel consumption. 4) carrying loads safely. 5) role within the company and 6) regulations, rules and the law. It is a complete guide.
Well-designed diagrams/illustrations to explain important principles and techniques.
The material is divided into easily practicable sections and topics. Each topi having a short and simple introduction covering the basic theory and giving some extra guidance as well. The book is simple and easy to follow and well presented. There is lively full colour imagery throughout. It is well designed diagrams/illustrations to explain important principles and techniques. A handy tool is glossary of technical terms.
An easy enjoyable read.
Attractively presented in strong, positive colours decorated by the many well designed illustrations, clear section titles, concise texts, it is a mine of essential, instantly understood knowledge. Then, there are the questions, which cover the theory introduced within the preface, as well as others, which makes you think. An easy enjoyable read.
This book is a great help while studying for the theory exam.
This book is a great help while studying for the theory exam. Right beside each question there is a section of the Highway code, for easy reference. It gives some background and the answer. This helps you to understand the answer. The book contains a lot of useful tips. All the answers are at the end of the book. The answers are in colour according to their respective sections. This which makes tracing any given answer a breeze. There are plenty of tips regarding how to pass the test. All in all a great book to study making it easy to pass. With so much repetition by the time you get to the theory test, you'll be extremely confident and pass.
Practical demonstration test describes the test.
Test preparation shows you how case studies will be presented on the day. It explains how to answer this part of the test, including two official examples. Other than this book you would need some Hazard Perception software. Practical demonstration test describe part four of the test, and how you will be tested.
Driver Certificate of Professional Competence.
This guide describes the purpose of Driver Certificate of Professional Competence and the process of gaining Driver CPC. The background explains the process of gaining Driver CPC and includes information on periodic training.
Driver CPC The Official DVSA Guide for Professional Bus and Coach Drivers.
Written by the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency, the people who set the driving tests.
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Charlie Taylor is loving life in the Premier League after passing the toughest test of all with flying colours.
Taylor has started the last 10 games for the Clarets after stepping in at left-back for the injured Stephen Ward.
That followed a top-flight debut for the former Leeds United defender when he came off the bench in a 1-0 win over Stoke City in December to launch his Premier League career.
And with a starring role in last Saturday's 1-1 draw against champions-elect Manchester City under his belt, Taylor proved he is coming of age.
"It's the best league in the world and it's going to take some time to get used to, but I'm finding my feet now," the 24-year-old told Clarets Player HD.
"It's not easy. You're up against a world-class winger every week.
"There's never an easy game but it's where you want to be and what you want to be doing every week."
Taylor did a fine job in limiting the impact of City wideman Bernardo Silva as the Clarets had to defend for their lives at times against Pep Guardiola's all-star line-up.
And he then carried an increasing threat going forward in support of goalscorer Johann Berg Gudmundsson as Sean Dyche's men cancelled out Danilo's first-half goal to grab a point and stop a run of three home defeats against top-five opposition with a thrilling fightback.
"To keep it only to one goal and to be so solid was testament to us all. Everyone performed brilliantly, especially in the second half. We were probably the dominant side and more than matched the league leaders," added Taylor.
"It felt as though something was coming. The crowd got behind us and there was a lot of momentum.
"It speaks about the whole team and the character shown, to never stop, and we got the rewards.
"I think we were unlucky against Manchester United and conceded last minute against Liverpool when we could have got something out of it.
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Homeowners and drivers should be able to lodge insurance claims stemming from the riots in London and other major cities.
According to the Association of British Insurers (ABI), damage caused by fire, looting and theft should be covered under home insurance policies.
Many policies will also cover people for accommodation costs if they cannot remain in their home due to the damage incurred. Businesses will also be able to claim under commercial insurance policies.
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Nick Starling, director of general insurance and health at the ABI said: 'We have every sympathy for residents and business owners who have suffered damage to their properties. This is a time of enormous stress for them and their insurers will be on hand to answer any questions that they may have.'
Richard Lloyd, Which? executive director, said: 'If your home or car has been damaged, contact your insurer immediately to check if you're covered and make a claim.'
Car insurance claims should be covered
Car insurance policies will also cover losses, although the level of cover will depend on whether the policyholder has third party only, third party fire and theft or comprehensive insurance, which will cover all losses, including malicious damage.
The ABI has told Which?: 'The insurance industry is currently receiving claims, and payouts will be made as soon as possible. Consumers should contact their insurer and the police as soon as possible, so that advice can be given on how to make their property safe.'
RBS, one of the UK's biggest insurers, told Which?: 'All home and motor insurance policies underwritten by Direct Line, Churchill, and UKI (Direct Line, Churchill, Privilege, RBS, NatWest, One Account, BMW, Mini, Ulster Bank, Virgin Money, Lombard, MBNA, Prudential, Royal London) offer cover for damage caused by riots and civil commotion within Great Britain, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. Customers should contact their insurer as soon as possible so that their claim can be processed in the most efficient way.'
Aviva told us: 'Home and motor customers are covered as standard for any damage caused as a result of riot or civil commotion and malicious damage.'
Do not delay lodging claims
Meanwhile, Graeme Trudgill from the British Insurance Brokers' Association (BIBA) told us: 'The insurance industry has stepped up and is addressing consumers' concerns. Most operate 24-hour claim-lines, which can help people arrange for emergency repairs and for damage to be inspected as quickly as possible.
'Consumers should not delay lodging claims as some insurers will impose limits on how soon after an incident claims need to be made.'
Premiums set to rise
One ramification of the rioting will be an increase in premiums, as insurers struggle to cope with claims that are believed to run into the tens of millions of pounds. It will make it all the more important to shop around for cover when current policies expire.
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More thoughts on the NYM-Oriskany Manufacturing situation:
Although the Village may be within its right not to defend a lawsuit or to bring an action to enforce a law (i.e., withholding an action -- sometimes called "prosecutorial discretion"), Village officials are still required to follow the law in their own actions. Village Officials take an oath to uphold the law.
Will a Village official knowingly approve a building permit for a project that violates the law?
Judges also take an oath to uphold the law. Whether a party defaults in defending itself (such as the Village) or there is simply incompetent representation, a judge still is required to follow the law.
Will a judge knowingly approve a project that violates a local law?
Watching what these officials do will tell the public just how far down the "slippery slope" we have allowed our society to go.
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Falk photo exhibit "People Watching" to be featured at Image Box Gallery in Pittsburgh
Eric K. Falk, a partner in the Pittsburgh office of Rawle & Henderson LLP, will have an exhibit of his photography titled "People Watching" featured at Image Box Gallery in Pittsburgh in April 2015.
Mr. Falk is an avid amateur photographer who is particularly interested in natural and man-made architecture. He has his own webpage.
Mr. Falk focuses his practice on defending companies in toxic tort litigation. He is currently a member of the DRI Toxic Tort Committee and is a former chair of the DRI Industrywide Litigation Committee. He received his J.D. in 1984 from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law and his B.S. with Honors in 1981 from the American University in Washington, D.C. He is admitted to practice in Pennsylvania and West Virginia as well as the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, the U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Northern Districts of West Virginia, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. He was selected as a 2013 Top Rated Lawyer in Mass Torts by Martindale-Hubbell, and he has been rated AV Preeminent by Martindale-Hubbell from 2005 to 2014.


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A new solar power plant at Tatweer Petroleum will produce three megawatts (MW) of electricity, which is the energy used by 300 Bahraini homes, it has emerged.Inaugurated by Oil Minister Shaikh Mohammed bin Khalifa Al Khalifa in Sakhir, the plant is a part of national plans to reduce the use of natural gas for generating electricity, helping in the conservation of natural resources and the protection of the environment.With the new plant, renewables can supply around 6% of the company's total energy needs."Bahrain is dedicated to fulfilling its commitments to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change," said Shaikh Mohammed.Tatweer's first solar venture was a 1MW solar plant launched in 2016, when solar panels were connected to the company's own power grid delivering enough power for the headquarters building.The power now generated will be fed back into the Tatweer power grid for use in oil field operations."Solar panel costs have dropped dramatically over recent years, increasing the economic viability of large-scale systems," said Shaikh Mohammed."Our solar farm is densely packed and installed at ground level within a confined area allowing easy access for cleaning and maintenance."The company is keen to use the latest technologies in oil exploration and production while continuing its commitment to the highest standards of health, safety and environmental protection, added Shaikh Mohammed.Yesterday's inauguration was attended by Sustainable Energy Authority (SEA) president Dr Abdulhussain Mirza, who said the plant would help Bahrain in attaining the goal of raising the proportion of clean energy in the total domestic energy mix to 5pc by 2025, about 250MW, increasing to 10pc by 2035.Dr Mirza is the head of the new authority which is driving the National Renewable Energy Action Plan (NREAP) and the National Energy Efficiency Action Plan (NEEAP) aimed at saving energy worth BD230 million.ModelsThe authority has the mandate to promote renewable energy production, through policies and frameworks, identifying feasible energy models and endorsing the use of energy efficient technology."We need to do more as the Arab region has the planet's highest levels of solar radiation," said Dr Mirza."By choosing renewable options, the nation will also move towards a reduction in CO2 emissions."He said benefits will include a reduction in the energy production at the national level, resulting in government savings and lower investment needs in terms of energy production.The government has approved plans to build a 100MW solar power station as a public private partnership project, which will provide for 2.5% of the country's electricity needs by 2025.The national goal is to increase energy efficiency by 6% over the next five years.The GDN reported previously that net metering launched in January last year enables consumers to generate their own power from renewables for self-consumption and feed the excess to the national grid, while 535 government buildings including schools and hospitals have been identified under the tender-based feed-in-tariff.During the opening ceremony, the team reviewed a brief overview of the project, in which several important points were mentioned related to the work of the new plant, which is expected to generate more than 5400MWh per year.
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This 3-day Tibetan Language class will give beginning students a taste and enough material to process on their own pace to develop basic reading and writing skills. It is intended for people who have little or no prior knowledge of Tibetan language. Students will also have the opportunity to participate in evening group chantings if they decide to stay overnight in Väluste.
People who take this course will:
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- Gain basic reading and writing skills
- Learn some medical terms and dharma terms
- Gain a basic foundation for further study and dharma practice
The course will be taught by Drukmo Gyal, she is a native Tibetan yogini from Amdo Region, She has been translating Tibetan Medical doctors since 2011, she taught languages to people from different age ranges back in Tibet since she was 16 years old, she has rich experiences in assisting you to start your Tibetan language study.
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Maple Leaf Suite sitting room
The Maple Leaf Suite sitting room has a comfy sofa facing the fireplace (gas log) and the new flat-screen TV (not shown in this photo). there is also a little refrigerator and bar sink. The walls are stenciled with falling gold leaves and the ceiling has elaborate wallpaper and more fancy paint finishes.


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Be friendly, self motivated and organized.
Build solid, long lasting relationships with customers both retail and trade
Support and model excellent service by exhibiting a positive attitude and enthusiasm toward the job and company to both internal and external customers in all forms of communication.
Manage inventory including unpacking merchandise, entering purchase orders and maintaining stock room and warehouse.
Assist merchandising and styling the shop floor including setting up vignettes
Open and Close the store
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Assist Production manager with custom orders and customer delivery schedules
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We'd love for you to have experience in high end retail sales, preferably within the furniture/interior design field along with….
Great computer skills
Good reading, written and verbal language skills (English)
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Xenoblade Chronicles 2
Author: S.A.
System: Nintendo Switch
Release Date: TBA 2017
During Nintendo's Switch presentation this month, Monolith Soft showcased their newest entry to the Xenbloade saga – Xenoblade Chronicles 2.
This glance at the upcoming RPG, a game that has no set release date as of yet, has many Xenoblade fan's in a twitter.
In the upcoming title, players take on the life of the games newest protoganist – though nothing is known about what the newest adventure will entail.
The only thing that can be confirmed about this game is that Tetsuya Takahasi, the executive director of the original Xenoblade Chronicles will be still on board – so he will likely be striving to remain true to it's roots.
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