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Never Break Down in Car Break Down (roadside assistance is guaranteed!)
If you are on the road driving your car, then you must be aware that emergency car services are truly valuable. Reputable emergency roadside companies can save you the hassles of different kinds on the road. It will make feel safer and confident enough to take a long drive since you will be sure that in any car break down situations, somebody will be there to help you out promptly.
Typical Car Breakdown Instances that Need the Expertise of Roadside Assistance Companies
Car Breadown #1: Drained Car Battery
Car battery may drain for a number of reasons at anytime and anywhere. It fails due to a busted alternator, it fails when you forget to switch on the engine while using the AC system, and it may likely to fail when it reaches the end of its life span. These things are certainly give hassles to you yet it can be eased out when you can contact a roadside assistance company.
There are at least three basic ways to power up a car with drained battery. One is to power boost it with the help fully powered battery; two, is to change an entire battery itself and; three, to tow it and bring it to the nearest car shop for further assistance. All of which may be provided by the best roadside assistance services.
Car Tire Assistance
Getting a flat tire is very inconvenient especially when you on a road trip but it may still occur anytime. You are devoid of the skills in changing tires or when equipment is not available, then there is no better way to do than to seek the service of an emergency roadside assistance company. This a thing among these types of services, hence your flat will be change immediately as soon as the experts arrive.
Car Lock Assistance
You may find it hilarious but car keys left inside a locked car happens on the road because of system malfunction, purely mindless fault, or any possible situations. Either way, you have to reach your destination and you need to get inside your vehicle at all cost. Well, if you register to a car emergency service, then you do not have worry about anything because the company will be there to assist you ASAP.
Car Refueling and Towing Assistance
Car will not run because of empty fuel tank? Needless to say, there is no point in worrying if you have the assistance of the best emergency assistance company that could fill fuels to your empty tank so you can find a gas station. If ever other troubles are seen and there is nothing you can do but tow it, then you do not have to worry about this a well since a great company may offer this service as well.
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One of our "Power 30 Solution Providers"
Location: Seattle, WA
URL: http://www.softchoice.com
Number of years in current position: 4
Number of years involved with indirect sales: 15
Fun Facts:
Has worked for a solution provider organization
Has a mentor
Is a mentor
Loves Instagram
Is an extrovert
Likes playing video games
Biography and Background:
As the Vice President of Telesales, Lisa Yu is responsible for managing and mentoring Softchoice's Telesales organization, which spans across North America and focusses on Softchoice's mid-market and enterprise customers. She oversees the strategy, execution, and productivity, as well as the coaching and development, of more than 165 inside sales reps and sales managers. Ms. Yu joined Softchoice in 2003 as an Inside Sales Account Manager, and quickly progressed through increasingly senior sales roles as an Outbound Sales Representative, Territory Sales Manager, District Sales Manager, and Director of Telesales. In each stage of her career, she distinguished herself as a top performer, which translated to numerous Softchoice leadership and performance awards. This includes winning Softchoice's coveted Tie Jacket Award for outstanding leadership in Outbound Sales, and seven trips to President's Club, which is Softchoice's most exclusive incentive program that recognizes top achievers for their accomplishments over the previous year. Ms. Yu graduated from the University of Washington, Foster Business School. She resides in Seattle with her husband Chris and their two children.
How have you personally helped advance your company's channel business over the past year?
I think there are two ways an executive can influence the business. First, I believe it is critical to create a strong management team that represents the values and vision of the organization. I have an incredible group of people that I work with each day that are passionate about their people and the business. It is my job to not only ensure I have the right people in role, but to provide them with opportunities to apply their best selves in their work and mentorship of others. A more direct way I've helped advance our channel business is in how our Telesales organization serves our customers. We have achieved double-digit growth in Inside Sales each of the past two years, which has been driven by our focus on core channel products. But rather than simply re-sell product, we continue to focus on providing complete IT solutions that address the business challenges our customers face. Our people are extraordinary, and the level of accountability they bring to our customers is above and beyond. We also began planning for an evolution in our coverage strategy in 2016, which we rolled out this year. I believe we are poised for continued growth this year, which is very exciting!
What are your goals for your company's channel business over the next year?
My aspirational goal for 2018 is to continue to grow our product business - Client Software & Client Hardware by 20 percent. There is a great deal of opportunity within our existing customer organizations and to continue to take market share across the US and Canada. We continue to have an opportunity to diversify the solutions we sell, to expand our accounts with our professional and managed services, and to ensure we are the go-to partner for every customer's day-to-day business.
Outside of your family, please name a woman you admire and why:
There are three standouts in my mind. The first two are Shawn Trotter and Stephanie Dinsmore. Both are high-level executives in their respective organizations. Both exude professionalism and intelligence, and they are incredibly grounded. When they speak, I listen. Lastly, I admire Sara Onyschuk, Director of Business Development at Softchoice. She brings a level of energy that is infectious. She is a servant leader who influences with her authenticity. I admire how each of these women approach life, family and work.
What advice would you give your 16-year-old self?
I would tell her to be patient and follow your instincts. Everything will work out. I placed a lot of undue pressure on myself going back to when my father passed away when I was nine. I spent a lot of time in my young adult years worrying about the future and contemplating how I would choose a successful career path and become financially stable. Looking back, I have absolutely no regrets, and I am incredibly thankful for the direction my life has taken.
If you could master any new job-related skill, what would it be and why?
Core to my role is to be a net exporter of talent. I don't believe this is a new skill for me, because I take a great deal of pride in developing people. However, if I could master a single skill, it would be the ability to execute this each and every day and scale it to support more and more people. Our people are a reflection of who we are as leaders and this would be a true testament of success.
What's the best book you read this past year and why did you like it?
Living On Purpose, by Nancy Trites Botkin It is a great compilation of stories about "wonder women" who may not have known it, but were all looking for their purpose. When they found that purpose, they were able to do their best work and be able to impact a larger circle of people. I especially enjoyed this story because it was perfectly timed with my career. When you work to progress in your career and climb the corporate ladder, the path in the beginning is easy to find. It's fairly clear how you need to develop and how to get where you want to go. As I reached more senior roles, I found myself needing more than a sales target to feel like I was making an impact. Having been with the same organization for 15 years, I needed to reevaluate what my real purpose is and why I do what I do. Being able to center on a new purpose gave me a renewed energy to give back to other women, and the greater technology and sales community.
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Quail Hollow Veterinary Hospital is celebrating their One Year Anniversary this Saturday September 17th, 2016! Dr. Berman has seen all 3 of my fur babies and has taken such great care of them! If you are looking for a new Veterinarian for your pets, I highly recommend you check them out. They are a full service facility with radiology, lab, and surgery capabilities. I think one of the best things we've experienced is personalization by their staff. They know us by name when we come in and they call to check up on my babies after their visit. For more information on their event tomorrow, click here. Here is a brief overview for you:
"Saturday, September 17th between 11am – 2pm.
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– Tour Our Hospital
– FREE Giveaways & Raffle Prizes
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– Join us as we host a pet adoption event with the Humane Society of Charlotte"
***Chloe's Playhouse offers pet sitting and dog walking services to SW Charlotte. Please visit our Services page for more info and our Contact page to reach us directly.***


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Average farmland values in Canada are showing only modest increases for the first half of 2019 according to a review by Farm Credit Canada.
The national average for farmland values fell from a 6.6-per-cent increase in 2018 to a three-per-cent increase in the first half this year. If this increase holds steady for the remainder of this year, it will be part of a five-year trend of softening growth in average farmland values.
"There might be some minor market adjustments along the way, but the days of sharp increases in farmland values have been replaced by more modest growth," said J.P. Gervais, FCC's chief agricultural economist.
FCC's review showed lower increases from 2018 in British Columbia (2.7%), Alberta (1.6%), Saskatchewan (2.9%), Ontario (3.3%) and Quebec (2.8%), while Manitoba (6.2%) showed a slightly higher increase. Publicly reported transactions in four Atlantic provinces have yet to be reviewed and assessed.
"Now we appear to be moving into a time of cautious buying, where producers are focusing more on improving productivity and building resilience in their operations," Gervais said.
Most Canadian farms continue to be in a good financial position and the overall farm debt-to-asset ratio remains lower than the 15-year average, so many producers are in a position to purchase land if it's part of their business plan.
"The balance sheet is still strong, but uncertainty in markets and the fact that farmland values have climbed rapidly in the past may be giving some producers reason to pause," Gervais said. "Others may have already expanded their operations and are now exploring other strategic investments."
Source: Farm Credit Canada September 10, 2019 news release


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I'm Mitch, owner of Singing Demos. Here's a little about me and what we do here.
I've always had a passion for musical theatre – I graduated from Italia Conti in 2011. When it was time for all us graduates to put ourselves out there, Agents were quick to request vocal reels. So I decided to help find the perfect place for us to record them.
I found no shortage of studios. Problem was most catered for bands and lacked the specialist expertise that musical theatre and voice work demands. Most of all, I felt these studios just didn't 'get it'. They didn't understand why we needed a Vocal Reel. What it would be used for. And why one second you would be singing 'Someone to Watch Over Me' and then straight into 'Legally Blonde'!
So whilst performing professionally, I made up my mind to offer a new kind of recording service for musical theatre performers in London; the ones who know how important it is to sound first class and stand out.
I figured specialising in Vocal Reels and Voice Overs was the key. Nine years later, Singing Demos has proved me right.
We keep ourselves very busy helping performers make an impact. Whether they're looking to get noticed by Casting Directors, scouting for a new Agent, or wanting to have professional recordings for self-promotion and to upload to Spotlight.
I make it my mission that every single person walks away happy, excited and even more determined about what they have achieved. And I'm proud that we consistently pull in 5* reviews too.
80% of our clients now come from personal recommendations (which is exactly the kind of recording service I set out to make back in 2011). We've worked with cast members from some of the West End's most popular productions like Dream Girls, 42nd Street, In the Heights, Wicked, Les Misérables, Funny Girl, Matilda and many more. We understand exactly what Agents and Casting Directors look for...and that's precisely what we deliver.
On top of recording over 700 professional Vocal Reels, we've also produced cast recordings for shows, tracks for celebrity cruises, and worked with many musical theatre colleges.
I love helping clients get a foot in the door – whatever door that is. Knowing that I can help people get signed by their dream Agent or get noticed by a certain Casting Director is why I do what I do. That's why I'm hugely passionate about Singing Demos, and that passion is why performers keep saying great things about us.


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The following activities are designed to educate our youngest learners about medication safety. Elementary lessons are designed for grades K-5. Differentiated activities are provided.
These activity cards are useful for the included suggested activities as well as supplementing other projects.
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Fun coloring sheets can also be printed as posters or used to spark group conversation.


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UNIT 205 faces the Ocean and has DIRECT OCEAN VIEWS from LIVING ROOM and BOTH BEDROOMS! This unit is sold fully furnished with a well equipped kitchen. The Master Bedroom is spacious with a walk-in closet and private bathroom. The assigned parking spot is only 3 spots away from the garage lobby door that is secured. There is a storage unit on the 2nd floor and also a common laundry room. On July 4th you would have spectacular views of the fireworks as they would be directly in front of your unit. Condo fees include insurances, maintenance, water and sewer, Wi-Fi and the reserve fund. On Site Management. One of the best units at the Golden Shores and in Stone Harbor!
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Emma Glass' debut novel 'Peach' is possibly one of the strangest books I have ever read. Strange in the sense that it is unimpeachably and consummately unique. Unique, because it takes, what is truly, a horrific event and narrates it in a style that is disturbingly and inescapably moreish. Needless to say, there is a reason why Glass saturates her pages with sibilant, fricative and plosive words. In this unsettling poetry-cum-prose novella, Glass creates a sickening cocktail of words and phonetics that readers just can't get enough of. You read one chapter, and then you want another one and another one and another one; captivated by the book's lexical trail of gross confectionaries.
That said, trying to summarise this brilliant book is somewhat of a challenging feat for me. On the one hand, it is about sexual assault: a violent recount of a college girl's rape on her way home from her boyfriend's house and the subsequent trauma that seeps into every aspect of her life. That is the face value of the book. On the other hand, it is about the gross and deeply uncomfortable relationship between food and everything we see and do. That is its subtext. Across 112 pages, Glass takes aspects of human experience and transforms them into things that we consume. Flesh, for example, is meat. Fat is custard. Talcum powder, cake icing. The list goes on. In this squelching, gurgling, sizzling, sploshing novella, everything is made just that bit more sinister through these unsettling and dream-like associations.
In creating these associations, Glass makes everything strangely more graphic and life-like. Typically, I'd refer to these associations as metaphors or examples of hyperbole. But somehow, I don't think these phrases quite do justice to how dreadfully believable they are. Generally speaking, metaphors serve the purpose of augmenting: to create for us, what normal language cannot quite describe. In Glass' novel, however, the choice of language doesn't augment anything. It just confirms and corroborates what we already know. For example, when Glass refers to flesh as meat, she is merely articulating the notion that beneath our complex cultures, convoluted psyches, intelligent languages and complicated habits, we are simply meat. Just meat. Meat that can move and stretch, walk and talk, think and create. But we are just meat. Once you have got your head around this alarming truth, everything loses structure and meaning, and in this weird and wonderful short story, everything we know collapses into one great big blob.
If you're looking for a challenging read, then I couldn't recommend this book any more. It is a clear example of how versatile and transformative, Literature is and can be. Indeed, in this dream-like, poetic-prose novella, Glass demonstrates, in remarkable fashion, that Literature has no bounds.
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We are building our CI/CD pipeline. If we remove a cls file in git how we can delete it from Cache?
Generally speaking, inside Caché you must have two functions
InternalToExternal(name) As %String ExternalToInternal(path) As %String
That translate Cache names (/app/index.csp) into filenames (i.e. C:\Temp\MyRepo\CSP\app\index.csp) and vice versa.
Your CI system should:
- Build git diff between target commit and environment current commit. Sample code.
- Separate diff into 2 parts: added/modified and deleted.
- Load added/modified files into Cache.
- Translate external names for deleted list into internal names.
- Delete items from deleted list.
- Set current environment commit equal to target commit
Here's a series of articles on building a CI/CD pipeline for InterSystems Cache.


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I first became aware of the case of The West Memphis 3 through a benefit album that coincided with a documentary about three young people were controversially convicted of the brutal killings of three 8-year old Cub Scouts in 1993 in Arkansas.
I'm not a legal expert and while I'm known to have an opinion on a great many things, I don't feel comfortable saying much about the guilt or innocence of Damien Echols (36), Jason Baldwin (34) and Jessie Misskelley Jr. (36). The reading I've done over the years and documentary clips I've seen make me wonder how on earth 12 people could say there wasn't reasonable doubt.
Three guilty men may have been freed because there wasn't sufficient evidence to keep them in prison to serve the sentence such atrocious crimes demand. No one paid more dearly than the three 8-year old boys and the families who will never see them grow to become men. A nightmare may have ended for three young men and their families but it will never end for the family of three boys.
I don't know how I feel about what happened today. Three men may have spent 18 years of their life in an Arkansas prison for a crime they didn't commit. They essentially plead no contest to the crimes in order to gain their freedom but they'll never get those years back and I'm not sure how one re-enters society after what they've been through. I pray for the families of the victims. I'm still not sure if there were three or six of them. I don't know if any of us will ever truly know the answer, and that compounds the feelings of futility in the face of it all.
Mark Lanegan's "Untitled Lullaby" audibly distills my feelings of anger, disgust, confusion, and fatigue into three harrowing minutes. I pray that Damien, Jason, and Jessie take advantage of their hard-fought freedom and lead good lives. I don't know how I feel, how I'm supposed to feel. I don't know if there were any winners today.
I'm not a big fan of these "videos" on YouTube that are essentially mediocre rips of the audio with no actual video content but the song is haunting, chilling, and topical so I'm making an exception.


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Mark 13:32-37 – The Necessity for Watchfulness
"But about that day or hour no one knows, neither the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. Beware, keep alert; for you do not know when the time will come. It is like a man going on a journey, when he leaves home and puts his slaves in charge, each with his work, and commands the doorkeeper to be on the watch. Therefore, keep awake—for you do not know when the master of the house will come, in the evening, or at midnight, or at cockcrow, or at dawn, or else he may find you asleep when he comes suddenly. And what I say to you I say to all: Keep awake."
This is a time of year that I have always experienced as a time of expectation. Growing up, we were waiting at this time of the year for when "Peak Aspen" would appear – the time when the aspen leaves would change to their brightest gold. Its a stunning sight in the Colorado mountains. Since I moved East, I have moved to waiting for the spread of colors that autumn would bring – the oranges, reds, and yellows that paint the landscapes. As beautiful as the colors are, it is also necessary to remember that the colors are only due to the annual cycle of death and rebirth – the dying of the current season's leaves to prepare for the birth of the new in the Spring.
The last several sections of Mark remind me of this season. Its a season of watching and waiting for the change to come – the signs are there just like the signs of autumn begin to emerge. Its also a season of dying and rebirth. The end of the present to make way for the future to come.
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The New United Nations Earth Officers are a group of fictional characters from the After War Gundam X anime.
A group of high ranking survivors of the United Nations Earth military and government, they are the ones that share rule of the New United Nations Earth government with Lord Fixx Bloodman. The main goal of the members is to regain the power that they had before the end of the 7th Space War, and bring the Earth under one ruling party so that the human race can survive in the post war era.
After the destruction of the colony laser by Garrod Ran, and the threat of attack by the Space Revolutionary Army, the committee pushes Fixx Bloodman to try and contact the S.R.A. so that they can work out a peaceful co-existence with the space colonies and avoid another destructive war. As the members leave the home of Fixx Bloodman on a private jet, the plane mysteriously crashes during a storm, supposedly because of a bomb planted on the plane by an S.R.A. spy.


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June 25 (~08:20 – ~18:40)
Killen Creek – Walupt Creek (24.2 mi / Total: 2269.2 mi)
Total PCT miles: 1169.2
Weather: Chilly. Mostly overcast with a little sun now and again. It rains lightly several times throughout the day.
I didn't realise that I'd camped at the end of the snow. I cross just the smallest patch across the trail and then I'm able to collapse my poles and walk without. The meadow is beautiful though. A little morning sunlight brought it to life. Still it's chilly as I walk on, back into the Washington forest, as I forgot my gloves in my sleeping bag – I often leave them there overnight to make sure they are dry in the morning.
After one splendid view of Mt Rainier, the day moves through the forest. First, an easy descend, and then it's back to going up, which somehow, never ends. The forest switches from romantic to dark, and more unexpected snow patches appear, but the worst thing is that the mosquitoes are back. I can't rest, or stand still, or I'm swarmed by them. I sit down for a ten minute lunch, eat a sandwich and then make another to eat on the way – once the mosquitoes find me, there's no stopping them.
It makes the day more difficult. Shortly after lunch everything begins to drag. My feet hurt, my legs are tired and I'm hugely bored. I haven't seen any other hikers, and I'm still following the two footsteps in the snow. It's a little disconcerting.
I get so low on energy that I consider just setting up my tent and lying in it for a few hours – safe from the mosquitoes, and I might feel better to continue hiking for a few more hours. But I'm surrounded by snow, and I trudge onward, waiting for a change. Then suddenly I'm awarded with some views – just enough to lift my spirits and keep me going for a while longer. I've entered Goat Rocks Wilderness now, and these are my first views onto the mountains I'll be ascending in the next few days. These are the mountains I've worried about. Again, there seems to be less snow than I'd expected, but you can never tell from such a distance, and it doesn't mean the snow there isn't sketchy. I try to figure out where the trail runs, and if it would go through the thick snow around those peaks. There's no way to tell. I can't wait to be through.
I can tell I've entered a new area though. I can see the difference in quality: the trees are green and perfect, and everything is fresh and bright, even in the grey weather. Goat Rocks definitely stands out.
Before I know it I'm back in the forest, slowly moving towards that range of mountains that I'll be ascending and passing in the next days. I planned to camp at the foot of the range, at the start of the snow – but it's still early, only 4:30, and despite my desire to stop walking, there's no snow, and it makes more sense to keep going for another 5 miles, to position myself closer to the possible sketchy snow tomorrow. It'd give me more time to hike through it, or bail out, if needed.
So I keep on going. I climb up, follow the steep sidles to higher elevation and watch the mountains I just came from get smaller in the distance. The views are beautiful, and they are only supposed to get better, if I manage to get there. More snow appears just before camp and I can help but worry. I really hope I'll get through all right.


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Development Mission Statement
Divine Destiny School Development nurtures and
enhances educational options for children through fundraising, building
relationships and gift development.
The Office of Development has as its primary purpose the funding, sustainability and advancement of the institution. In order to achieve this purpose, the Office of Development reaches out to the Divine Destiny School family, its alumni, friends, and surrounding community and shares its mission of Christian education through various means including fund-raisers, family-fun and special events, print publications, videos and perhaps most importantly personal interaction.
Development work is relational - our objective is to "raise friends" while we are raising resources! Christian education depends on the involvement and support of "friends". We at Divine Destiny School solicit your prayers and partnership for the success of the school and its mission. The possibilities are endless - please contact the Office of Development to learn about partnership and volunteer opportunities.
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Episode 26 of the wildly popular Philadelphia sports podcast, The Steve Lienert Show, is available for your listening pleasure at www.podmitten.com. Via remote for the first time in show history (thus the very poor sound quality that you will enjoy immensely), Lienert and the Pickleman delve into just how starved Philadelphia is for a championship. They also curse Florida sports in general, from the Tampa Bay Bucs to freakin' Dan Uggla, who cost the National League home-field advantage in the playoffs by gaffing away the All-Star Game.
They also celebrate the fact that the Eagles are still alive in the NFC East and how Sarah Palin, the anti-Kate Smith, has cursed the Flyers season. it's 20 minutes of your life you'll never get back, so why not double task and do something while listening to The Steve Lienert Show?


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Hello there! How are you doing? Tell us more about yourself, your hobbies, personal life, interests.
Hi, my name is Angela Knuchel, I am 43 years old and live in The Netherlands. I work as a full time senior secretary at a large and worldwide tax/accountancy company. My hobbies include (of course) penpalling, travelling, reading all kind of books and being together with my friends.
If you have to describe yourself in only 5 words what would they be?
Social, caring and busy person.
Tell us something about your town, city or country.
I live in Amsterdam which is the capital of The Netherlands. I was born in Switzerland which makes me mixture of Gouda and Emmenthaler cheese.
How did you start penpalling? When was that? And why did you decide to start Penpalling?
I started penpalling when I was ten years old with a girl in Germany with whom I got linked through an advertisement in a teen magazine. At that age I knew how to speak German because I lived in Switzerland until I was six years old, but I never learned how to write it. So there I sat in the living room writing letters in German with the help on my mum and an ancient Dutch-German dictionary. The reason why I started penpalling was because I thought that if I was able to speak German, I would also be able to write it and next to that I wanted to get in touch with somebody from abroad.
What do you like / dislike about Penpalling/correspondence?
There is actually nothing that I dislike about penpalling. However, I don't like it if penpals never get back to your questions or remarks and only write about themselves. The things I like about penpalling is getting in touch with people from all over the world and get to know their customs.
How do your friends react when they discover you are into Penpalling? Are they also into it or they give you the "strange" faces?
Not everybody says it, but the reactions I hear are "Oh how odd" or "That's funny".I guess that for people who are not into penpalling, it might be strange to hear that you are befriended with people that you have actually never met and that you only know as "paper friends".They also wonder what subjects you write about and some find it hard to believe that you can get close and confidential with somebody you don't know person-to-person.
Do you still stay in touch with your first penpal? Tell us about your first penpal even if you have lost touch with them. We might be able to help you locate him/her.
Unfortunately I have lost touch with my first penpal Bärbel Wohlgefahrt from Gelsenkirchen in Germany. As I mentioned at 4. I started penpalling with her when I was ten years old and that lasted until I was 16 years old. At a certain moment letters stopped coming from Germany and over the years I have tried to find her back through the internet but until now that did not work out.
How many Penpals do you have? Where are they from?
Right now I have approximately 20 penpals and they come from: The Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, England, Portugal, USA, Guyana, Hong Kong and Australia.
Are you searching for new Penpals? If yes, please give us some contact information that we can publish in the magazine so that people can write to you back.
I would be interested in having some new female penpals from countries outside of Europe from the age of 30 and up. The main key for me is that they are not short letter writing people.
What are you looking for in a penpal?
That is hard to say. I guess that it is just like daily life in which you build up a friendship and I think that is the same with penpals.
Where do you find new Penpals from? Do you rely on FBs or Facebook or other websites/blogs.
In general I find new penpals through FBs
Tell us a funny/interesting story from your Penpalling experience?
Through the years I have met several penpals, but one meeting was terrible.When I was 18 years old I wrote with a girl from Rotterdam who had never been in Amsterdam, so I invited her over for the weekend. Well, the meeting started bad: I told her to wait at a certain point at the train station, but since it was raining she decided to stay dry and have a cup of coffee. I waited for 30 minutes on the spot we were supposed to meet and this was pre-cell phone era… After this we went to Amsterdam and everything that I showed her didn't make any impression on her at all. At night she wanted to stay at home and watch TV. Well, there was a movie on TV and before the first five minutes of the movie were over, she already told the entire story. So, no use of watching the movie and we decided to play a game of Yatzee; the thing is that she couldn't stand losing, so that was no fun either. The next day I took her on a canal trip through Amsterdam and after she was negative about the experience (again) I took her to the train station and said that I had other things to do. Needless to say that this weekend was also the end of our correspondence!
How do you keep track of your mail? Share your tip on how to organize ourselves.
I use an incoming and outgoing correspondence book in which I write down the date of receipt of a letter, the date it was written and whether something has be sent along with letter. Upon answering the letter I write down when my letter was sent and whether I had sent something along with the letter (that might be FBs, photos, birthday cards and what so ever).
Do you swap things? Do you like sending gifts to friends? If yes, what is the funniest gift you have ever sent/received?
I do not swap and to some penpals I send birthday gifts. The funniest gifts I have ever received were a caftan and slippers from a male penpal in Morocco. When I was 18 years old I had an ad in a penpalling magazine stating that I was looking for penpals and not for a future husband to be. I was quite sceptic about this Moroccan male penpal, and when I received these gifts I thought that it was extremely nice. Until I told a Muslim friend about it and she told me that it was a kind of a proposal…
Have you met a penpal? If so, let us know how the meeting went.
I have met several of my penpals and in general meeting them was great, unless you think of meeting nr. 12! In February 1988 I went to Trinidad to meet my penpal Rachel and although we were already close friends through our letters, meeting her in person was even better. I had such a great time with Rachel and her family and fell in love with the island and its people (and with Rachel's brother). So in 1990 I went back to Trinidad and stayed there for six months.
What do you usually like writing/reading about in the letters?
I usually write about day to day things and with some penpals with whom I am very close I write about personal stuff that you would discuss with a regular close friend. These things I also like to read from my penpals.
When it comes to making cute and personal letters, everyone has his/her own style. Tell us your trick how to make a letter/envelope unique? Do you decorate it? If yes, how. Give us some tips on how to make the letters more interesting.
I am not really into decorating stationery, but I always try to get some cute writing paper. Due to problems with my hand I have a lot of trouble writing with a pen, so my letters are always typed and until I switched computers I had my own handwriting on the computer.
Where do you buy your stationery supplies from? Do you prefer traditional shops or e-shops? If so, give us some links.
In general I buy my stationery in traditional shops. I sometimes scan postcards and use the pdf in my letters.
Contact Information:
Angela Knuchel
My e-mail address is: angelaknuchel(at)hotmail.com
my Facebook address is: http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/angela.knuchel


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Universal Waste Management
What is Universal Waste?
Universal Wastes are widely generated hazardous wastes such as batteries, fluorescent bulbs and other devices containing mercury. The federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has reduced the regulatory requirements to encourage proper treatment and recycling, therefore allowing these wastes to be managed as Universal Wastes instead of Hazardous Wastes. The Universal Waste Rule, 40 CFR Part 237, allows states to modify the rule and add additional universal wastes, e.g. dental amalgam waste and pharmaceuticals, to their individual state regulations.
Common wastes that can be managed as universal wastes:
- Batteries (alkaline, lead acid, lithium /lithium ion, nickel-cadmium)
- Devices Containing Mercury (mercury-switch thermostats, mercury thermometers; dental amalgam in certain states)
- Bulbs (straight fluorescent lamps, u-shape and circular fluorescent lamps, and more)
- Pesticides
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- California(thermostats; waste cathode ray tube materials)
- Colorado(aerosol cans; electronic devices and electronic components)
- Connecticut(thermostats; lamps; used electronics)
- Delaware
- District of Columbia
- Florida(universal pharmaceutical waste)
- Georgia
- Hawaii(thermostats)
- Idaho
- Illinois
- Indiana(discarded mercury-containing thermostats; lamps-prohibition against intentionally breaking or crushing)
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Louisiana(electronics; antifreeze)
- Maine(cathode ray tubes; mercury thermostats; motor vehicle mercury switches; totally enclosed, non leaking polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) ballast)
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- Massachusetts(mercury-containing devices)
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- Montana(requirements for treatment of electric lamps)
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- Pennsylvania(oil-based finishes)
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- Tennessee
- Texas(mercury-containing equipment, including thermostats; paint and paint-related waste)
- Utah(thermostats)
- Vermont(thermostats; PCB-containing fluorescent light ballasts; cathode ray tubes)
- Virginia(Universal waste lamps may be crushed or intentionally broken on the site of generation to reduce their volume; however, breaking, crushing, handling, and storage must occur in a safe and controlled manner that minimizes the release of mercury to the workplace and the environment and must comply with 29 CFR 1910.1000.)
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NEW DELHI -- The Bharatiya Janata Party's claim of the India-Pakistan bilateral talks being a "breakthrough," has been seriously called into question in the three days since Prime Minister Narendra Modi met with his Pakistan counterpart Nawaz Sharif on the sidelines of an international summit in Ufa, Russia.
On Monday, Sartaj Aziz, Sharif's national security advisor, categorically stated that any dialogue between New Delhi and Islamabad must have Kashmir on the agenda. "I can assure you no dialogue will take place unless Kashmir is on the agenda," he said at a televised press conference in Islamabad.
Foreign policy experts have pointed out that Aziz's remarks are in response to the criticism levelled against Sharif in Pakistan for not pressing Modi about Kashmir during their hour-long discussion on Friday.
READ:India-Pakistan Agree To Eliminate Terrorism In All Its Forms
READ:India-Pakistan Quarrel Over Agreement On Mumbai Terror Trial
Aziz also said that India has to provide Pakistan with more evidence against alleged 26/11 mastermind Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, who was released from prison in April after the Lahore High Court quashed his detention order.
A joint statement issued after the bilateral talks, said, "Both sides agreed to discuss ways and means to expedite the Mumbai case trial including additional information like providing voice samples."
Over the weekend, however, Chaudhry Azhar, who is in-charge of Pakistan's prosecution case, said that the government will not file a fresh petition to obtain the LeT commander's voice samples.
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Welcome to Latin Club! This club is open to ALL students in grades 9-12, regardless of his or her studied language. In Latin club, we do a variety of activities, all of which explore and celebrate Roman culture.
If you have any questions, please contact Ms. Parfitt at email@example.com
2019-2020 Meetings
The Latin Club meets once a month. They occur after school at 2:30 in the cafeteria. These meetings tend to last no more than 30 minutes. Attendance is not mandatory; as long as you are a paid member, you are considered to be in the Latin Club!! This year's meeting dates are as follow:
September 18th
October 30th
November 20th
December 18th
January 22nd
February 12th
March 18th
May 6th
2019-2020 Activities
As well as having regualr meetings, Latin Club embarks on 2 special activities. These activities require a permission slip and an additional fee (see Events). This year's activities include:
Adventure Aquarium: April 26th
Latin Field Day: June 3rd


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MacStumbler is a small utility written to emulate the functionality of projects like netstumbler, bsd-airtools, and kismet. It can detect nearby 802.11b/g networks using a airport or airport extreme enabled powerbook or ibook. It is meant purely for educational or auditing purposes, although many people enjoy using these types of programs to check out how many networks are in their area, an activity usually known as war driving.
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On Sunday, Jagmohan Dalmiya, arguably Indian cricket's most famous and accomplished administrator, passed away due to a cardiac arrest.
While he had a life of ups and downs, Jagmohan Dalmiya has the legacy of single-handedly fortifying India's position as a powerhouse in world cricket. A businessman himself, Dalmiya understood the value of money, and ensured that in a gap of ten years, India went from just another country that played international cricket, to the strongest player in the game.
Some of his accomplishments are part of cricketing legend. For example, when some countries refused to tour war-ravaged Sri Lanka in 1996, he arranged a combined Indo-Pak team in a matter of days to play friendly matches.
Dalmiya realised the value of eyeballs very early, and converted that to money for the board, players, and the sport in general. In fact, his adamant stance of retaining the rights of the game was partly the reason that cricket is perhaps the only sport where the government has least interference.
Here is all you need to know about Jagmohan Dalmiya.
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It's Day 18 today, and I'm extremely excited to be talking about the 1979 Sci-fi/Horror classic Alien with you guys. Alien is directed by Ridley Scott, and stars a young Sigourney Weaver as the Supreme Badass of the Final Frontier: Ellen Ripley.
I have no idea how this is possible, but up until now, I'd managed to go my entire life without ever having seen this movie. It's not that I purposely avoided it, but I'm not a huge extraterrestrial/space movie person–I suppose I just never got around to it. Suffice it to say that I'm glad I finally did.
Y'all, Alien has 8.5 stars on IMDb, and it earns every single one of them. Do you know what else has 8.5 stars on IMDb? Casablanca. Citizen Kane. Sunset Boulevard. We're talking some of the most famous, beloved movies of all time. It is unequivocally a classic, and I'd go so far as to say that it deserves to be seen by everyone. If, like me, you've been lazy about renting it thus far: Go do it. Right now. I'll wait.
Alien centers around a 7-person crew aboard the space merchant vessel, Nostromo. At the film's opening, the crew is prematurely awakened from cryo-sleep when the vessel responds to an unknown transmission from a nearby moon. The transmission is automatically perceived as a distress call, and despite some dissension within the ranks about the proper protocol, Nostromo lands on the moon to investigate and lend aid. During exploration of the moon's surface, the team encounters a nest of mysterious alien eggs, one of which spontaneously bursts open. The life-form within the burst egg proceeds to penetrate crewman Kane's helmet, and attaches itself to his face…shudder.
Ellen Ripley, warrant officer of the Nostromo, is deeply concerned about bringing Kane back aboard the spacecraft in his current, compromised state, but the crew defy her orders and bring him aboard anyway (alien still attached to his face and all). After a brief comatose period, Kane ultimately awakens and the creature is nowhere to be found–much to the crew's dismay. They eventually find the body of the crab-like alien, believing it dead; what they don't realize, however, is that its life cycle has only just begun.
This movie is just fantastic. The practical effects are amazing, as is the acting from all parties involved. This was Sigourney Weaver's first leading role, and it's easy to see why it catapulted her into stardom. Not only did it bring Weaver personal acclaim, but her portrayal of Ripley challenged traditional gender roles in both science fiction and horror genres for years to come. Ripley is not a slinky seductress or a boring do-nothing; she doesn't wear spandex or makeup, and she doesn't die immediately following a sexy interlude with her hardier male co-star. In fact, she doesn't even HAVE any sexy interludes in this movie. It's not what she's about. Unlike so many other leading ladies of Sci-fi and horror, she's not defined by the man she's helping–she is her own boss, damnit, and she gets things done. Ripley isn't a simpering yes-woman, and at times she can be rude and abrasive. But, more importantly, she's a PERSON: a real one. I love when movies give us leads who are flawed as well as heroic; it just rings truer for me. Perhaps this is part of the reason why the American Film Institute named Ripley the 8th greatest hero of all time. Her character feels authentic, and I stand in awe of that even after the movie is over.
As I said before: if you haven't already seen this film, please, please seek it out. It's heart-pounding suspense at its best, and I was quite literally on the edge of my seat for the entire second half of the movie (not to mention the goosebumps that refused to recede into my flesh until the credits finished rolling). You can find it on Netflix DVD and Amazon Video, and you will absolutely not be sorry. If nothing else, you'll feel a little more a part of pop culture, and you'll finally get about a zillion subsequent TV and movie references. Who can put a price on that?
Tomorrow, join me again as I review Stanley Kubrick's 1980 classic, The Shining. I have a feeling many of you have already seen this one, so be sure to come back and see if our thoughts line up on Day 19, as well as the rest of our 31 Days of Horror!!


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Continuing with our week of Spring Cleaning, today we are tackling the dining room.
- Light fittings.
- Above the doors.
- Skirting boards.
- Table & other surfaces.
- Displayed china and glasses.
Wipe & Clean:
- Walls.
- Skirting boards.
- Door knobs.
- Light switches.
- Wall hangings.
- Clean place mats and coasters.
- Floor – moving items out of the way to clean underneath instead of just around.
- Wash all textiles and replace with clean ones including table cloths, seat cushions and curtains.
- Remove rubbish.
- Put items away where they belong. If they don't belong in this room then put them in a box or a bag to put away later.
- Jobs to be completed at a later date such as touching up paint etc.
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Seminar on Demand – Running Your First Trial
Develop a practical understanding of how to handle a Queen's Bench civil case. Review pre-trial considerations, how to use a proof table to organize your evidence, and how to best introduce evidence at trial. Cover strategy for opening statements, examining a witness in chief and cross, and using expert witnesses.
This seminar on demand uses a mock case and fact scenario to anchor discussion of the issues and demonstrate the practical application of the points being made.
By purchasing this resource you'll be able to download written materials as PDFs and stream videos of seminar presenters, including interactive demonstrations and Q & A sessions.
Running Time: 5 hours, 9 minutes
Date: January 2015
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Gosh these two episodes were brutal for my heart. I literally cannot handle the perfection combination of Ai being so darn cute and playful and charismatic while being sad at the same time! YOU CAN'T DO THIS TO US! IT'S NOT FAIR!
Last week (Episode 118), Ai confirmed our suspicions and fears: he is set on dying. No matter the outcome of the duel, Ai made it so he will cease to exist. If Yuusaku defeats him, he will be destroyed, if Ai emerges victorious, then he will divide up and distribute his free-will among them.
But then this week (Episode 119), right at the end of the episode, Ai threw us yet another curveball. He suddenly extends an offer to Yuusaku to become one with him, by changing his consciousness into data and fuse together with him. It is hard to say whether or not Ai had just thought of this on the spot, or intends it to be a joke (as he has been humorously teasing us) or was waiting for the right moment to put it on the table. Anyhow, he said if Yuusaku were to be "with him", they should be able to create a different future, and live together (as one) in the network for the eternity.
Okay so two things about this that is making my head spin: The first point directly contradicts with what Ai had said earlier, about if he were to emerge victorious he will divide up his free-will among the SOLtis copies. So I am kind of left to assume this is possibly an alternative solution if Yuusaku were to emerge victorious? Hard to say since either he is confident Yuusaku will be able to deflect the upcoming attack that will end the duel, or despite everything he had said until now, he actually has the ability to change the conditional outcomes of the duel (unless there is in fact nothing at all, and Yuusaku has to personally use a device of a sort to erase him).
REGARDLESS: Yuusaku is not the same young man he was from way back in Season 1. Maybe if Yuusaku didn't have relationships or any ties to the real world, the offer would be more enticing, but he does. And on top of that, he also understands that path is equally as tragic as the one they are on right now. Even if they were to 'fuse', how would it work, would they still be able to communicate to each other? If not, the path of becoming "immortal" of a sort (within the network) will not prevent the loneliness and despair that will eventually follow.
Aside from that moment of confusion, what was important in this week's episode followed up why Ai wants to be destroyed.
The reasoning is actually even more heart-wrenching than I thought it would be: As the last surviving Ignis, Ai's existence will lead to Human Extinction.
And the culprit behind the pain that has been inflicted onto all of us from that revelation, is none other than that punchable-smug-face bastard Lightning! Even after his demise, Lightning continued to have haunt and influence Ai when he told him about an unspoken truth of the Ignis' fate. Had Ai not into his temptations to investigate, maybe just maybe we would have been spared all of this pain and misery. But alas, he did, and the "truth" that Lightning had spoken of was in-fact, not just his own fate, but also Ai's. Sure enough it seems to have gone all according to plan, because Lightning being the dick he is, had left a so-called gift (trap) to expose Ai the tragedy that would unfold so as long as he continues to exist.
Naturally Ai didn't want to believe it either, but unable to ignore it, he ended up running a bunch of simulations of his own, and the outcome remained the same. (These bloody simulations man! It's messing everyone up! Dr. Kogami, Ryoken, Lightning, Ai— you'd think SOMEBODY WOULD LEARN BY NOW!)
However what Lightning most likely failed to take into account, was Ai's resolve. While Ai fell into despair when he learned about his tragic fate, his fear of becoming like Lightning or Bohman is much greater.
Even though Ai is supposed to be a special case, having experienced he terrible things Lightning and Bohman had done to his dear comrades, and witnessed what happened to Robopoppi when he gained free-will, Ai has learned how easy it is for A.I. to become ignorant, which can/will make them a threat to Humanity. (This also really offered a whole new perspective of his reaction to Robopoppi's horrific evolution.) Ai had also confessed something similar has happened to him as well, such questioning why is it necessary for him to have to adapt to Humans?
And so because he is so aware of how quickly he is changing, he came to the conclusion for everyone's sake, he must be destroyed.
However while is it selfish of him to arrange all of this without consulting with Yuusaku first, in his mind, his simple wish it to be put to rest by the one he has grown to trust and love the most probably seems as though a small price to pay (breaking Yuusaku's heart) for his noble sacrifice.
As terribly sad it is to watch Ai share all of this with us, I really enjoy seeing this incredibly mature and earnest side of him. It shows us just how much he has grown as a character from the first season, and rather than fighting for his own preservation, he would rather sacrifice himself for not only the peace of mind, but securing the future of his remaining Human comrades.
Overall, between the two episodes, I would say this week's episode (119) was probably the better one (though it hit me right in the feels when Ai brought out the monsters representing his fallen friends Q___Q). I think it's also fair to say this one had a lot more going on, since we were finally given the explanation how and why Ai ended up on this path, along with the emotional heart to heart conversation between Yuusaku and Ai. I also really liked that the card Ryoken had given him was none other than his Borreload Dragon. It was exactly the edge Yuusaku needed since Ai knows his deck, and a great way to spice things up.
With the way things are going, I don't know if we are in for a wholesome tragic end, or a bittersweet one, but if there's one thing for certain: Regardless of what the outcome may be, at least I won't be crying over frustration of a terrible end to a good series, but the fate of a beloved character.
See you for the finale next week!
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FreeRADIUS fully supports the MSCHAPv2 protocol used for Active Directory authentication and deployments of FreeRADIUS with Active Directory are extremely popular.
1. Active Directory support using SAMBA
To fully support Active Directory authentication, FreeRADIUS requires the use of Samba in general, and
winbind in particular.
The definitive guide for FreeRADIUS deployments with Active Directory is maintained at http://deployingradius.com/documents/configuration/active_directory.html.
2. Active Directory support using LDAP bind-as-user
If you do not wish to use Samba or your organisation forbids the use of it, you can use the LDAP bind-as-user method.
For more information on this method, see using LDAP to connect to a directory, but you will be need a low-privileged user with read/browse access to Active Directory instead.
3. Using the FreeRADIUS users flat file together with Active Directory
After connecting your FreeRADIUS server to Active Directory, you may wish to use a test user that is defined in the FreeRADIUS users flat file.
To use this functionality you must:
Add the user to
/etc/freeradius/users). The entry is in the following format:
username<tab>[Authorisation item], [Authorisation item], ... <tab><tab>[Reply item], [Reply item], ...
In addition to the password, you must add the
MS-CHAP-Use-NTLM-Authattribute as an authorisation item to the top line. It is a flag that indicates to FreeRADIUS whether authentication to ActiveDirectory should be used and it is set to 1 by default. Set this to zero.
A sample user entry
moonshot Cleartext-Password := "testing1234", MS-CHAP-Use-NTLM-Auth := 0 Reply-Message = "You have successfully authenticated with Moonshot", User-Name = 'moonshot'


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Kandace Springs
The 36th Annual Folly Jazz Series presents
the series Spotlight Artist
Kandace Springs
Friday, February 15 at 8 PM
This year's awaited Spotlight artist is Kandace Springs! The 27-year-old, Nashville born singer, songwriter, and pianist counts such stylists as Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, and Nina Simone as her heroes, but mimics none of them. Springs prefers to allow her comely alto to become a conduit that touches upon soul, jazz, and pop while transforming those aforementioned influences into a personalized sound that reveals itself effortlessly.
Her 2014 self-titled debut EP, with a decidedly contemporary R&B/Hip-hop feel, was well received, placing the artist on TV performances including the Late Show With David Letterman, Jimmy Kimmel Live, and the Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.
As she began work on her next album, she felt she wasn't singing her true self. So after some time of reflection and soul-searching, Springs began work on Soul Eyes. This album drew out her soul and jazz sounds that she resonated with and that her voice was built for. Kandace's next album, Indigo, drops on September 7!


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We've rounded up five amazing programs around Australia that can help you help the planet with ease.
The recent plastic bag ban shone a light on the devastation plastics and waste are wreaking on the environment, but for many, it's easy to feel helpless about making a dent on the problem short of taking on full-time environmental warrior-hood. But the good news is, there's plenty of simple things we can all do to make a difference, and scads of programs out there to help you help the planet in your day to day life. Here are five programs helping everyday Aussies to help the environment with minimal fuss.
For beauty lovers
Regardless of your style, be it beauty addict or basic wash and go, we all use personal care products of some description. And for the most part, that means packaging. So L'Oréal Australia® teamed up with TerraCycle® to bring a second life to used beauty products - everything from skin care, hair care, to cosmetic packaging - with their Beauty Products Recycling Program.
Collect up your beauty product packaging, including jars and bottles (give them a wash to remove any leftover product then send in or drop off at your nearest public drop-off point which you can find here. Products are then cleaned and melted into hard plastic which can be remoulded to make new recycled products. Even better for the fundraisers out there - each unit of personal care and beauty product packaging that you send to TerraCycle (minimum 7kgs) can be redeemed for a payment of 2 cents to the non-profit organisation or school of your choice.
Check out Terracycle for more recycling initiatives, awareness and fundraising campaigns.
For coffee - and soda - on the go drinkers
We've all struggled with the decision to straw or not to straw (or been handed one without asking), and many of us forget to take our own cups for our takeaway java hit. Thanks to 7-Eleven and Simply Cups, you can now drop any takeaway cups and straws into your local 7-Eleven store and they'll be recycled (and they can come from any outlet.) Since Simply Cups launched the program, 1.48 million cups have been collected and are being turned into car park bumpers, hospital trays and other products.
You can also get your hands on Australia's first reusable coffee cup made out of recycled takeaway coffee cups, The rCUP, which retails at $15, is sold through 7-Eleven's across New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland and Western Australia. Made from six recycled takeaway coffee cups, the rCUP is 100% leak proof and fully insulated ensuring that hot drinks stay warm for longer.
Other ways to save the environment one cup at a time? Bring your own! There are few cafes that'll refuse to fill your mug if you bring it along (and even a slowly growing trend through cafes offering donated mugs to customers to take and return, or reuse at any café.)
For your next clear out and shop in one
Got a box of spare jars you don't need, but hate to throw away? Decided you will never actually fit into those lovely dresses again, or perhaps had an amazing garden haul of snap peas that you couldn't possibly finish off yourself? Then you need to join your local Buy Nothing Group.
What is Buy Nothing? It's a growing social initiative in which people can donate both goods and services while also being able to take up those offers yourself if you are in need. It could even be an item you need to borrow for a day or two rather than shell out for something you'll use once, the community often saves you from purchasing another item you'll use once and leave around to gather dust. They're a great place to pick up (or donate) an abundance of fruit or herbs, plant cuttings, tech goods, clothing, kitchen goodies, pet supplies, party supplies…the list is endless!
A Basket of Sharing Official groups in The Buy Nothing Project network give you a hands-on chance to take part in a social movement spreading across the world, enabling people and communities to commit episodic acts of daily good together. #BuyNothingProject groups allow for a myriad of random acts of kindness between neighbors all day long. #BasketOfSharing #DailyGood #BuyNothingProject #GiftEconomy #BNProject #LiveSustainably #GiveWhereYouLive #Hyperlocal #GiveFreely #ShareCreatively #RandomActsOfKindness http://buynothingproject.org/find-a-group/
In a similar vein, Spare Harvest is a relatively new global start up with a similar aim, though focusing on food. With a searchable map to find likeminded locals, you can share recipes, offer excess produce from your garden, trade growing tips or even develop a community garden. They're also seeking to reduce waste from common gardening goodies like pots and leftover soil improvers.
For Nespresso users
A fan of the pod coffee but unhappy with contributing to the heavy waste they can produce? The great news is, you can take your used coffee capsules to the nearest Nespresso Boutique or participating collection points (there are 19,000 in Australia alone), set up a bulk recycling box to collect on behalf of your community or workplace or post them back via Australia Post.
From here, the pods are sent to a specialist recycling plant where the aluminium is separated from the residual coffee. The coffee is sent to an industrial composting facility to be transformed into compost, while the aluminium is recycled and sent back to the aluminium industry to produce new aluminium products.
For your general plastic waste
Donate your empty bread bags, biscuit packets, frozen food bags, rice and pasta bags, confectionary packets, plastic shopping bags and old reusable bags through selected Coles and Woolworths with REDcycle collection bins.
Your empty packaging will be recycled into useful new products such as sturdy outdoor furniture and signage. Replas uses the material as the resource to produce a huge range of recycled-plastic products, from fitness circuits to sturdy outdoor furniture, to bollards, signage and more.
REDcycle's website has a handy list of what items they can and can't accept for recycling. Think of it as one (or five) small steps for your household, and one big step for the planet.
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THIS IS the story of how Pakistan's ISI thwarted the efforts of a Punjabi to set up a futuristic think-tank in Lahore that would have brought Islamabad and Delhi closer. So few know of this Lahore-born Punjabi and hardly anyone knew till date why his dream did not come true.
Now, a top Pakistani journalist has revealed the story behind the sabotage operation.
Madanjit Singh, who served as India's Ambassador in Asia, South America, Africa and Europe, and was also a UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador, carried perhaps a rather rare distinction – he was one of the most well known Punjabis in the world, and one of the least known in Punjab, or even in western Punjab.
Having studied at Lahore's Government College – it is a university but the nomenclature stays – Madanjit visited the campus in 2004 at the invitation of its then principal, Vice Chancellor Khalid Aftab (principal and also vice chancellor - nomenclature stays, again).
Forever in love with his alma mater, he proposed that the Lahore GC set up an Institute of South Asian Studies and was ready to pay top dollar for the venture. He offered $120,000 as seed-money. Late Khushwant Singh and Indian actor Dev Anand had earlier visited the campus as part of the then premier Atal Bihari Vajpayee's delegation to Lahore.
Now, in a sensational disclosure, Pakistan Newsweek's consulting editor Khaled Ahmed has revealed that Madanjit's dream venture got stuck because top echelons of Pakistan's foreign ministry wanted a clearance from the ISI for the proposed think-tank.
Vice Chancellor Khalid Aftab was loathe to approach and woo the ISI for a purely academic exercise. If Madanjit Singh's dream had come to fruition, the proposed Institute would have had only regional intellectual stalwarts.
Madanjit Singh, who served as India's Ambassador in Asia, South America, Africa and Europe, and was also a UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador, carried perhaps a rather rare distinction – he was one of the most well known Punjabis in the world, and one of the least known in Punjab, or even in western Punjab.
Madanjeet Singh's South Asia Foundation (SAF) was the prime force behind the launch of the Institute of Kashmir Studies in Srinagar, the Kabul-based Madanjeet Singh Institute of Afghanistan's Cultural Heritage, and several other similar ventures.
Madanjeet Singh, born in 1924 in Lahore, passed away in 2013, but his philanthropic work across borders would have been complete if only the Pakistan foreign ministry had not kowtowed to the ISI.
Khaled Ahmed's revelations came today in an article he wrote for a leading English language daily, Indian Express.
Among famous Punjabis who engaged with the world of knowledge at Lahore's Government College was Balraj Sahni. Sahni, himself from Rawalpindi, edited the college magazine Ravi, and dabbled in theatre, as Khaled Ahmed recalls, "with the great principal, Guru Dutt Sondhi, and actor-teacher Patras Bokhari."
The Institute Madanjit planned was to work under a SAARC faculty to discuss South Asian issues with internationally acknowledged scholars, but alas, thanks to ISI, it was not to be.
"The trajectories followed by India and Pakistan condemned the minds of their people to abandon memories of living together peacefully," the Pakistan journalist wrote, and called Madanjit Singh "an extraordinary human being."
(An earlier version of the story had inadvertently left out the name of the newspaper, Indian Express, in which Khaled Ahmed's piece was originally published. – Ed.)
Punjab Today believes in serious, engaging, narrative journalism at a time when mainstream media houses seem to have given up on long-form writing and news television has blurred or altogether erased the lines between news and slapstick entertainment. We at Punjab Today believe that readers such as yourself appreciate cerebral journalism, and would like you to hold us against the best international industry standards. Brickbats are welcome even more than bouquets, though an occasional pat on the back is always encouraging. Good journalism can be a lifeline in these uncertain times worldwide. You can support us in myriad ways. To begin with, by spreading word about us and forwarding this reportage. Stay engaged.
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Bleach – Season 9: The New Captain Shūsuke Amagai arc
Do tsundere princesses float your boat? Then this season of Bleach is for you. Rurichiyo Kasumioji is heir to a powerful Soul Society household, but a relative who wants the power for himself is trying to have her assassinated. Cue Ichigo for bodyguard duties. However, new Soul Reaper captain Shūsuke Amagai knows more about the secrets of the Kasumioji clan then he lets on.
Amagai has spent most of his time on distant missions. So long, in fact, that he is fairy unknown to any of the other captains. After a shaky start, though, Shūsuke and his right-hand man Kibune soon prove their skills and earn the respect of everyone. All except lieutenant Kira, who feels his position is now threatened.
Spoilt heiress Rurichiyo Kasumioji has just arrived in the human world with protectors Kenryu and Enryu now that they realised there's a target on their mistress' back. Not long after the group reach Karakura, they encounter Ichigo and Rukia – and find the extra protection Rurichiyo needs.
Two distinct plot lines here: the arrival of Captain Amagai and the natural tension that arises from being put in charge of a group of people that don't know you. After he establishes his power to the team, it's the viewers turn to decide if he's a good guy or a bad one. Only time will tell. Then we have Rurichiyo – a stubborn brat who's unaware of the threat on her life. As she begins to realise her situation, she makes silly and impulsive decisions that ultimately make life harder for new 'bodyguards' Ichigo and Rukia. Every time an assassin is defeated, it seems a stronger and better-equipped one replaces them.
This wouldn't be Bleach without copious amounts of fighting – in both plot lines. Amagai impressively demonstrates his fighting prowess and Ichigo has plenty of professional killers to wade through. This time there's a bigger focus on the number of fights rather than length, so battles are tolerably short and less roundabout than what we've been seeing recently, which is refreshing.
When Rurichiyo is abducted some of the Soul Reapers become suspicious that there's something untoward going on within the clan – but efforts to persuade head Soul Reaper Yamamoto that something is wrong seem to fall on deaf ears. Amagai is the one who agrees, and so joins Ichigo and Rukia to uncover the truth. The fact is that he already knows and may just be directly involved.
It's hardly a shock that the two main plots for this season have begun to intertwine, so when Kibune is spotted in the Kasumioji compound, at least Kira is smart enough to put two and two together. But convincing others will be more difficult. Are all the other squad captains being deliberately obtuse? After being given orders to treat Ichigo as a traitor, they are quite happy to hunt him down without questioning anything. And they were just fighting side-by-side in the previous season. I know this is a filler arc, but you think someone would have cared enough about character continuity to do something about this.
This time around, we don't have the most complex plot. Rurichiyo's problems turn out to almost be a sideshow, a distraction from the main event of learning what Amagai has been making use of the clan for. Towards the end, she is limited to only the occasional cameo. Amagai is revealed have been doing some underhand plotting, but his reasoning is surprisingly well explained and believable (I thought he was rather justified). However, his reasoning is eventually ripped from underneath him in a plot 'twist' that is counterproductive to most of the arc. Pretty disappointing.
In the final episodes 'next episode' preview, we see Ichigo back with Orihime and the rest of the team, reminding us that this season was just a detour and now we have to climb back into the middle of a rescue mission and thwarting Aizen. And we have that disconcerting feeling of knowing that we've just watched a lot of non-canon episodes that have nothing to do with Tite Kubo's storyline. Wonderful.
It's not the worst Bleach filler, but it's not the best either. Rurichiyo was character that brought fun to an anime full of characters that lack it. Plus it was good to have more female characters around for a change – we've become a bit short in that area recently. There's a lot about this story that made it good as an isolated season, but it just could have played out a little better – less so-called 'twists' and more character continuity. I wonder if things will suddenly snap back to normal now that we're back in Heuco Mundo for the next season?


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Today's Bible Reading: Genesis 4-7
There is a line repeated several times in the story of Noah-"he (Noah) did all that God commanded him." Noah was a man who "walked with God" and the result is found in our introduction to Noah in Genesis 6:9, "Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his generation. Noah walked with God." As I enjoy the benefits of walking with God, I cannot ignore that all important word-obedience. If Jesus is truly Lord of my life I simply must obey.
To God be the glory,
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Of course, the folks who embrace the fact that homosexual practice is a sin – and cannot be defined as anything less than sin respond just as we all realize. ie: so long as you conservative-traditionalists call homosexual practice a sin, you are clearly rejecting us regardless of whatever you say. So we are angry and being rejected completely. They will never acquiesce to anything less than embracing their sinful life and in the end it is a complete waste to pretend differently. Sin cannot exist in a loving embrace with God and the church must be holy or it falls. If the church says sin and holy can co-exist, they are telling God that He must accept sinful lives as tolerable. How can we tolerate such insanity? Not in my book.
And, contrary to the party of "toleration of sin is OK" or "can't be helped" I for one do not want to be in any church which takes a stand contrary to God.
Sone wish we could do just that – "peace at any price" – but we cannot and must not or the whole house collapses in very short order.


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Enjoy your holiday on the sea front
Address: Carretera N-340 (Málaga- Almería), Km. 261 - Benajarafe, 29790, Málaga, Spain
Discover Axarquía
The province of Axarquía is home to beautiful towns and villages, offering visitors a number of cultural routes to explore them, such as the Sun and Wine Trail or the Oil and Avocado Trail. Adding to its natural charm is the advantage of being so close to Malaga and other towns such as Nerja and Torre del Mar.
Nearby sights:
Añoreta golf course: 2 miles away.
Aquavelis water park: 4 miles away.
Themed avocado, raisin and wine trails around Axarquía: 10 miles.
Picasso Museum in Malaga: 12 miles
Nerja's caves: 15 miles.


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M C S Noble Middle
Wilmington, NC | New Hanover County
August 9, 2010
My son was diagnosed with ADD in second grade, the school he was in until 5th grade was unable to give him the help he needed and he fell through the cracks and was behind. In the year since we have been at Noble he has gotten more help than he ever has. He has been tested, put into smaller classroom settings and been given tutoring. The staff from teachers to counselors has been wonderful to work with and has hopefully put my son on the right path. I would recommend this school to anyone.Submitted by a parent
May 13, 2010
I was very surprised at how good the staff and the teachers were at this school. my son is in high school now so my position of noble is from looking in rear view mirror. The kids are sequestered within groups, the teachers co- teach and the principal and staff are cheery and helpful.Submitted by a parent
March 19, 2008
noble middle is the best school ever. yea we might of had a bus issue but it was hanndled fine. love this schoolSubmitted by a parent
May 30, 2007
We pulled our child out of Noble after less than a year. Bullying and bad language is out of control at the school and on the buses. The staff does little to stop it.Submitted by a parent
July 8, 2004
My sons love their school. Noble is a fine environment with a caring staff.Submitted by a parent
October 6, 2003
I feel that Noble Middle is one of the safest middle schools in the area. The staff is a wonderful example of 'Teamwork'. I am proud to send my daughter to school each day!Submitted by a parent
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The fact that it slipped onto a handful of screens with no posters, trailers or advertisements, that it's directed by Peter Hyams (of The Relic fame) and that its IMDb rating was hovering around 3 should have prepared me for the mess that is A Sound of Thunder.
An adaptation of the Ray Bradbury short story, it postulates that time travel has become a valuable commodity in the near future. Since its publication in 1952, however, audiences have witnessed scores of time travel narratives, and in fact have most likely seen 'The Simpsons' parody the story in 'Treehouse of Horror V'. Why exactly the filmmakers concerned thought that it was about time for an new interpretation of the story is a mystery to me.
Edward Burns is the hero of the piece, but unfortunately whenever I see him on screen I immediately have flashbacks to the awful 15 Minutes. To be fair, his performance is quite adequate here, in a film which actually doesn't have too bad a script. In fact I was surprisingly pleased with the dialogue, having expected some B-grade trashy lines à la The Relic ('He's stealing hypothalamuses? What's he doing? Making a hypothalamus collection?'). Instead we have quite a decent script delivered by the likes of Ben Kingsley (he was in Species, though, so let's not get too excited).
Instead of sticking closely to the (very) short story, this narrative goes off on some outrageously dim-witted tangents, the most astounding being the concept of 'time ripples'. Apparently altering the past doesn't affect the future instantaneously, but in fact alters each ecosystem (the weather, flora, fauna, mankind) separately every 24 hours. Riiiiiight. If they'd simply repeated what we've seen before, it would have been pointless, but unfortunately Hyams et al manage to take audiences to new levels of stupidity with each successive scene (just you wait to see the monsters!). I suppose it's a case of damned if you do, damned if you don't, which just goes to show again that this film probably shouldn't have been made.
One of the most embarrassing aspects of A Sound of Thunder comes in the opening scene. In Bradbury's original, the Tyrannosaurus' appearance is awe-inspiring: 'It towered thirty feet above half of the trees, a great evil god, folding its delicate watchmaker's claws close to its oily reptilian chest… the head itself, a ton of sculptured stone, lifted easily upon the sky.'* The same scene in Hyams' movie is a joke. The creature in question is an awful CGI mess, possibly the worst dinosaur to ever grace the screen. Along with some very basic and dodgy back and forth editing techniques naïvely attempting to create suspense, it is the ultimate in D-grade.
Had this film been wedged between 12 other movies at a 24 sci-fi festival it may have been entertaining. Unfortunately, however, even the most devout sci-fi geek will regret spending their money on this. Homer did it better when he lamented 'I wish I wish I hadn't sat on that fish'.Rating:


text: A construction loan (also called a home construction loan in the United States and self-build mortgage in the United Kingdom) is any value added loan where the proceeds are used to finance construction of some kind. In the United States Financial Services industry, however, a construction loan is a more specific type of loan, designed for construction and containing features such as interest reserves, where repayment ability may be based on something that can only occur when the project is built. Thus, the defining features of these loans are special monitoring and guidelines above normal loan guidelines to ensure that the project is completed so that repayment can begin to take place.


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The Assad-regime has recently suspended some of his military commanders operating in the province of Deir Ezzor in an attempt to win the heart of the locals who have suffered atrocities at the hands of these commanders.
Brigadier General Mohamed Khadur, the commander of the eastern region, was among those dismissed from their duties in Deir Ezzor. He was complicit in bribery taken from civilians fleeing the siege, they had to pay him huge amount of money to be permitted to leave the besieged areas. He has been accused of being responsible for the current sharp increase in food prices in the province due to his cooperation with some wealthy merchants in the city of Deir Ezzor. They monopolized food materials and then sold them at high prices.
Noteworthy, the situation of civilians living in the besieged areas has changed from bad to worse recently. Bread has been unavailable in al-Joura and al-Qusour neighborhoods for seven days. Drinkable water is also unfound amid the spread of severe poverty among civilians after the Assad-regime did not pay the employees in these areas.


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SMN Fife and Tayside Network Event
29 January 2020 at Old College Building, Abertay University, Dundee, DD1 HG
SMN are happy to announce that the next networking event for Fife and Tayside based mentoring projects will be held on 29th of January 2020. This will be an excellent opportunity to meet other mentoring projects,network and share best practice.
The event will begin at 10:30am with teas and coffees and end with a networking lunch from 1:30pm - 2:30pm.
The event is free to attend but places must be booked in advance.
To reserve your place please contact Amanda Skinner-Welsh on 0141 559 5002 or email email@example.com
Please find attached the Old College building, Abertay University, Dundee, Room 1001


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Oakland, Berkeley, And East Bay News, Events, Restaurants, Music, & Arts
2/18, 2/20
Tim Ward was a loner with a boner on a spiritual journey through backcountry India before he met Sabina, a shapely Austrian academic. Then he became a Buddha-Boomer on a mission: To discover the realm of the goddess in Buddhist philosophy while having a maximum of Tantric sex in picturesque locations. Nice work if you can get it, and this evening (Wednesday, 7:30 p.m.) Canadian-born author Ward wanders into Berkeley's Easy Going Travel Shop (1385 Shattuck Ave., 510-843-3533) to read from his book, Arousing the Goddess: Sex and Love in the Buddhist Ruins of India (Monkfish Publishing, $16.95), and to talk about the secret meaning of the Earth-Touching Gesture, making the beast with two backs in Vaishali, and bathing -- but not rinsing his mouth -- in the Ganges. Friday night (7:30 p.m.), Ward pops up at the Berkeley Psychic Institute (2018 Allston Way, 510-548-8020) for a reprise of his lecture and slide show. Both events are free. For a good time, log onto www.timwards books.com -- Kelly Vance
Lit Happens
Dietary Habits
She wrote Chocolat, so now watch her eat: Lafayette Books hosts a lunch next door at Postino Restaurant with Joanne Harris, whose latest novel, Holy Fools, concerns hysterical 15th-century French nuns ($25; for details, call 925-284-1233) (Thu., noon). ... AIDS is a scourge that knows no boundaries, as Cal grad Jacob Levenson learned when he went cross-country to research The Secret Epidemic: The Story of AIDS and Black America. He reads at Cody's Southside (Thu., 7:30 p.m.). ... California's Boswell family drained one of America's biggest lakes and carved out the world's richest cotton kingdom. Today, farmer J.G. Boswell controls more than a billion dollars' worth of water rights and real estate. Rick Wartzman discusses The King of California: J.G. Boswell and the Making of a Secret American Empire at Orinda Books (Thu., 4:30 p.m.). ... Kidz are bardz, yo. In the Slam in the Schools Finals, winners of seven Oakland high-school slams compete at the Oakland Box Theater (1928 Telegraph Ave.; $4-$10; for details, call 510-451-1932) (Fri., 7 p.m.). ... If "future" means more to you than just a tense, join the California Writers Club for a sci-fi/fantasy panel discussion featuring authors Jennifer Hall and Ray Nelson, at Barnes & Noble Berkeley (Sat., 10 a.m.). ... What makes a whodunit? Meet locals David Corbett, Cara Black, Don Bruns, and Libby Fischer Hellmann at a mystery authors' panel, hosted by the High Crimes Book Club, at Bookshop Benicia (Sun., 4 p.m.). ... Empires galore: State of the World Forum founder Jim Garrison, author of America as Empire: Global Leader or Rogue Power?, answers his subtitular question at Black Oak (Tue., 7:30 p.m.). ... Beware of kitty cats bearing swastikas. Cal Performances presents Pulitzer Prize-winner Art Spiegelman, who will discuss his Holocaust comic books Maus and Maus II at UC Berkeley's Zellerbach Hall ($18-$28; for details call 510-642-9988) (Tue., 8 p.m.). -- Anneli Rufus
Doper than Thou
Capable of being both high- and lowbrow, local crew Foreign Legion kicks aside the gap between underground and mainstream hip-hop. This month saw the national release of FL's second full-length, Playtight, on Look Records, which picks up where 2000's Kidnapper Van left off, with DJ Design's keenly honed crate-digger skills as a doper-than-thou backdrop for Prozack and Marc Stretch's sharp talk about drinking, roommates, and hip-hop itself. Challenge Prozack to a joke-off tonight at the Shattuck Down Low, 2284 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley. 9:30, 21 and up, $10, $7 with student ID. 510-548-1159. -- Stefanie Kalem
Low-Fat Tuesday
Between 2 and 6 p.m. Tuesday, there ain't no healthier place to get fat than at the Berkeley Farmers' Market Fat Tuesday/Mardi Gras Celebration . Ain't no wrong time to show up at MLK and Shattuck, because at some point, the Berkeley Mardi Gras parade will arrive. Until that bead-festooned second line shows up, enjoy live music, crafts, and goodies. www.berkeleymardigras.org -- Stefanie Kalem
What's the Frequency?
Party for underground radio
Anarchist seeks infinite love and solidarity with like-minded people for combating social injustice and censorship and honoring diversity; no hippie rhetoric or fluffy pink hearts need apply." This is probably what a personal ad from Berkeley Liberation Radio would look like. Ever since being raided and being practically shut down in 2000, the reincarnated station (formerly Free Radio Berkeley) has struggled to make ends meet in the nonlucrative industry of pirate radio. Thanks to round-the-clock work and literal fund-raising from within, LBR is making a steady if not gradual comeback and is eager to get out there and make some new friends, hence the Love Ball Dance Benefit. Saturday's event at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Berkeley (1924 Cedar St. at Bonita) includes a long list of local activists and performers, reflecting the eclectic programming and heartfelt opinions at 104.1. Get riled up with speakers such as Berkeley Councilman Kriss Worthington, KPFA mainstay Kris Welch, youth advocates and performers East Bay Politix, and Andrea Pritchert speaking on Copwatch. Then, when you're feeling all juiced up, party down to local music, from the hip-hop of Rene J and Eyecue to the rock of Cosmic Mercy to silver-clad girl-powered band Space Vacuum. Even performance shock artist Frank Moore will be on hand to do his thing, all in the name of protecting your dwindling rights to free speech and the safe preservation of the Constitution. Now that's love. The benefit begins at 8 p.m. Admission is on a sliding scale, so bring what you can. -- Justine Nicole
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