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Politicians love a good ribbon cutting, especially to a new local school, lots of photos in local newspapers with beaming kids. Delivering education and votes - parish pump politics at its best. Do the politicians care who built the school? Not really, as long as there was an Irish contractor on board. Do they care if the subcontractors were paid by the contractor? Not unless the subcontractor is an employer in their constituency.
The six public schools being built by the Carillion led special purpose vehicle, "Inspired Spaces", were contracted to Kildare based building contractor, Sammon Contracting. The value of the six school contract to Sammon was €87m. Sammon like most contractors subcontracted the bulk of the actual building work to subcontractors. So when Carillion collapsed, the €8m they owed to Sammon was not paid and in turn Sammon could not pay the subcontractors.
Two Sammon Group companies, Sammon Contracting Ltd and Sammon Construction Ireland Ltd went into liquidation in June this year following a period of Court protection from creditors known as examinership. The liquidator will now liquidate each of those companies' assets and pay their own fee, followed by bank loans and only then to the subcontractors. Subcontractors will be lucky to get €0.05c in the €1 from the liquidator.
If the subcontractors had signed contracts with Sammon, the subcontract would not put them in any better position because the contractor has gone into liquidation.
The State has looked on at all of this as if it were a nonchalant bystander. The State sanctioned these building projects and is paying for the schools to be built. It is not a party to the contract between Sammon and its subcontractors and therefore is highly unlikely to get involved in paying short changed subcontractors. The State will resist all pressure to step in to pay the subcontractors. Legally right perhaps but morally wrong.
The State has absolved itself of any responsibility to pay subcontractors left unpaid by a contractor in public funded construction projects. Much like our government's view of its responsibility to build social housing, the Department of Finance does not believe that it has any duty, moral or legal to ensure that subcontractors who deliver publicly funded built projects should be paid in full by the contractors who subcontract out the works. The State has orchestrated a culture of irresponsibility to payment of subcontractors in its own drafted building contracts.
Going forward the State can do four things to ensure we do not have another Sammon fallout for subcontractors: -
1. Ensure that contractors tendering for public building projects have financial stability, through an enhanced financial due diligence process;
2. Seek evidence of a history of prompt payment to subcontractors;
3. Mandate that contractors have a substantial financial bond in place in the event of financial collapse as pre-qualification criteria for a tender. Tour Operators have to do so and they are supplying any services to the State;
4. The State should nominate subcontractors in publicly funded projects so that they become contractually bound to pay subcontractors, in the event of non payment by the contractor where no genuine dispute arises.


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The great white shark is only one of 375 species of shark, most of them harmless. Only thirty species of sharks have ever been known to attack people, and most of those attacks are by just three specific kinds: the great white shark, the bull shark, and the tiger shark. However, no animal works on the human imagination with quite the same malign power as the great white shark – this despite the chances of anyone being attacked by this apex predator being so remote as to approach zero.
My friend and literary agent, Andy Ross, asked me if I was going to include great white sharks in my book. After all, they are apex predators. "No," I told him, "because they don't have much of a brain, and therefore their attacks on us are not very interesting." But later I asked myself if I really knew this to be a fact, or whether I was just mindlessly repeating a cliché I heard. The latter.
It has been commonly assumed that sharks, being fish, cannot have any feelings or much of a brain. But this view, it turns out, is seriously outdated. Writing in the journal Fish and Fisheries, biologist Calum Brown, Kevin Laland, and Jens Krause made the following comment:
"Gone (or at least obsolete) is the image of fish as drudging and dim-witted pea brains, driven largely by "instinct," with what little behavioral flexibility they possess being severely hampered by an infamous "three-second memory." …Now, fish are regarded as steeped in social intelligence, pursuing Machiavellian strategies of manipulation, punishment and reconciliation, exhibiting stable cultural traditions, and co-operating to inspect predators and catch food."
Makes total sense. So my apologies to the great white.
Where does the fear come from then? It is unlikely to have evolutionary roots, for encounters with sharks must have been extremely rare in human evolutionary history. Some of it no doubt goes back only to the release of the late Peter Benchley's phenomenally successful Jaws. The book and film created a kind of panic about swimming in the ocean similar in its effects to Orson Welles's 1938 radiobroadcast of H.G. Well's The War of the Worlds.
In 1991, in a great surprise, the South African government declared the great white shark a protected species. Louis Pienaar, the minister for environmental affairs, in making the announcement, said that, encouraged by the film Jaws, trophy hunters were targeting great whites in South African waters, convinced the great white was a ruthless man-eater to be eliminated. This would no longer be tolerated. It was an enlightened view at the time, and is now pretty commonly accepted as true.
Acknowledging that his information was erroneous, Benchley tried to make amends. He acknowledged, "It is widely accepted that sharks in general, and great whites in particular, do not target human beings. When a great white attacks a person, it is almost always an accident, a case of mistaken identity." He went further in a remarkable mea culpa, admitting, "I couldn't possibly write Jaws today…the notion of demonizing a fish strikes me as insane." In another publication, he commented: "Shark attacks on human beings generate a tremendous amount of media coverage, partly because they occur so rarely, but must, I think, because people are, and always have been, simultaneously intrigued and terrified by sharks. Sharks come from a wing of the dark castle where our nightmares live – deep water beyond our sight and understanding – and so they stimulate our fears and fantasies and imaginations." Finally, toward the end of his life, he wrote:
"[T]he shark in an updated Jaws could not be the villain; it would have to be written as the victim; for, worldwide, sharks are much more the oppressed than the oppressors."
Just how dangerous are sharks to humans? Well, let me reproduce two fascinating tables here:
Annual Risk Of Death During One's Lifetime
Disease and Accidental Causes of Deaths Annual Deaths Death Risk During One's Lifetime
Heart disease 652,486 1 in 5
Cancer 553,888 1 in 7
Stroke 150,074 1 in 24
Hospital Infections 99,000 1 in 38
Flu 59,664 1 in 63
Car accidents 44,757 1 in 84
Suicide 31,484 1 in 119
Accidental poisoning 19,456 1 in 193
MRSA (resistant bacteria) 19,000 1 in 197
Falls 17,229 1 in 218
Drowning 3,306 1 in 1,134
Bike accident 762 1 in 4,919
Air/space accident 742 1 in 5,051
Excessive cold 620 1 in 6,045
Sun/heat exposure 273 1 in 13,729
Lightning 47 1 in 79,746
Train crash 24 1 in 156,169
Fireworks 11 1 in 340,733
Shark attack 1 1 in 3,748,067
Shark Attack Fatalities Compared to Hunting Incident Fatalities
in the U.S. and Canada: 2000-2007
Year Number of
Incidents Number of
Fatalities Number of
Attacks Number of
Shark Attack
2000 926 91 53 1
2001 800 79 50 3
2002 850 89 47 0
2003 584 53 40 1
2004 445 42 30 1
2005 405 41 40 1
2006 246 27 39 0
2007 239 19 50 0
Even if we consider only people who go to beaches, a person's chance of being killed by a shark is less than 1 in 264 million. In the United States, about 3000 people drown every year. A shark kills one person. Do sharks deliberately target humans for attack? Absolutely not. We are not prey for sharks. They attack or kill us by mistake. It is not that they are stupid, nor that they are vicious. They are simply confused.
And humans? Do we will sharks? Indeed. We kill 100 million sharks every year. That works out to roughly 11,000 sharks every hour, around the clock including tens of millions for their fins alone.
Having said all this, I must nonetheless acknowledge that when recently our neighbor saw a great white about half a mile offshore of our house, nobody wanted to go into the water. True, the chances of our being attacked were miniscule, but something prevented us from entering the water, until we were sure, a few days later, that the shark had gone on. Perhaps it was something primitive in our brain, but it was pretty universal at least on our beach. And then we went for a vacation to a popular beach south of Auckland. As we were all catching waves, somebody noticed a shark, maybe 3 or 4 feet long. We all exited the water rather rapidly, and watched the shark swimming just a few feet away. It was, as my 9 year-old son Manu said: "Awesome." But we stayed out of the water for the rest of the day.
Maybe something else about sharks makes them occupy such a prominent place in our psyches. They are the only wild predator that cannot be tamed. People have lived with lions, wolves, tigers, boa constrictors, rhinos, orcas, and wild boars. Dolphins, hippos, and just about any other animal you can think of, but nobody, as far as I know, has ever lived on intimate terms with a great white. Stingrays may nestle in the palm of your hand like a butterfly and delicately eat from your fingers, but I don't think anyone has tried anything similar with a great white. Perhaps it's simply obvious that you do not attempt to tame an animal with three thousand razor-sharp teeth. Or you could take a more philosophical approach, the one that Don Reed, a diver at Marine World/Africa USA, took when his "friendship" with an eight-foot Sevengill shark came to an abrupt end. After years of being together without incident, she took his head in her massive jaws. Said Reed, "if Sevengill was absolutely no monster, neither was she on this earth to be my pet."
In his wonderful The Empty Ocean, Richard Ellis acknowledges that "perhaps the greatest misconception about sharks is that they are particularly dangerous to people. The truth is closer to the opposite." If we learn nothing else about sharks, surely this important countervailing truth is enough.


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Come Sunday
Biblical Literalism and Religious Tribalism
By Alexis Waggoner | 4.24.18
"Come Sunday" — produced by Ira Glass with This American Life and Netflix — is the true story of the successful preacher, evangelist, and revivalist Carlton Pearson. He led a mega-church in Oklahoma founded on fundamentalist, evangelical teachings, but came to the conclusion in the early 2000's that Hell is not real and began preaching universal salvation. The movie chronicles this huge sea change, its effects on his livelihood, and the charges of heresy brought against him.
What struck me was an interview portrayed in the movie where a minister in San Francisco states that the position of universal salvation is nothing new — but what's new is that someone like Pearson is proclaiming it, in his context. The movie is a thoughtful, compelling, and painful meditation on the pitfalls of biblical literalism and religious tribalism.
The literalist worldview sets up a system where often no threads can be pulled for fear of the whole system unraveling. In Pearson's case, he faced criticism because if he believed hell is not real, then everything he believed must be fraudulent too. Literalism provides very little daylight between these two options and certainly isn't helpful in providing a framework to explore the nuances of a question or even raise the possibility that what you believe might not be true.
Further compounding this is the reality Pearson faces. He is entirely wrapped up in a community that interprets the Bible literally. It is his life's work, his livelihood, his support system, his identity are here. Yet, a faith community that operates under a rigid framework of scriptural interpretation is not the place to think through cosmic questions, especially in such a public way.
The work Westar seeks to do is to provide a space where critical thinking about religion and the Bible are not off the table. But asking questions, pulling at threads, and seeking to open up systematized belief can be daunting and even isolating if you're in it alone. So Westar also offers a place for folks to come together and explore all facets of belief and non-belief together. There are many connections to be made between "Come Sunday" and the work of Westar, much to be said — and put into practice — about dispelling the practices of biblical literalism and religious tribalism.
And that's exactly what we seek to do. Over the next few weeks, you'll be hearing from some of our members, scholars, authors and more as they use "Come Sunday" to springboard into discussions of faith, scripture, politics, cultural issues and beyond. We look forward to this opportunity to share some of our work, and hope you'll share your own thoughts with us!
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How Long Does Hydrocodone Stay in Your System
How Long Does Hydrocodone Stay in Your System
Hydrocodone is the most commonly prescribed opioids and also one of the most widely abused opiate drugs in the USA, as per the statement of Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). The drug has produced more cases of overdose, abuse, and fatalities than any other prescription pain reliever.
Yes, it is true, Hydrocodone is a pain relieving substance. It is prescribed to individuals dealing with severe pain issues when no other treatment is found to relieving and require medication 24 hours a day. The drug is not only a common prescription drug for pain but also for cough suppression.
It is a potent opioid drug. Thus, it is essential to know how long does hydrocodone stay in your system. Knowing how long it affects your body and how long it takes to eliminate, can help avoid dangers of overdose, interactions and the risk of many possible side effects.
What is Hydrocodone
Hydrocodone is a derivative of codeine, which is a natural alkaloid coming from the resin of poppy seeds. As it enters the body, it binds and activate the opiate receptors and block the feelings of pain. Hydrocodone works by altering the way the nervous system respond to pain. Hydrocodone is available alone and in combination with other drugs such as Vicodin, Lorcet, and Norco. These combine hydrocodone with over the counter painkiller substance acetaminophen or others like ibuprofen, antihistamines or aspirin. You can read more about the classification of drugs and opioids here.
Some common medications containing hydrocodone are:
- Vicodin® (hydrocodone/acetaminophen)
- Lortab®(hydrocodone/acetaminophen).
- Vicoprofen® (hydrocodone/ibuprofen)
- Hycomine® (hydrocodone/chlorpheniramine/phenylephrine/acetaminophen/caffeine)
Use of hydrocodone can lead to many common and serious side effects including both physical and psychological. Therefore, if your loved one is suffering from hydrocodone addiction, you must know answers to questions like what is the hydrocodone, how does it affect a person. And most important questions like how long does it last in your system, blood, hair or urine and what are its effects.
How Long Does Hydrocodone Stay in Your System
Staying effects of Hydrocodone in a person's system depend on many factors and varies for person to person. The drug takes different lengths of time to break down and eliminate from your system. Detection of hydrocodone's existence in your system also depends on the type of test. Testing urine is the most common method to measure the amount of any drug in a person's system. However, hydrocodone is also detectable in your blood, hair and even saliva with their different timelines.
How Long Does Hydrocodone Stay in Blood
The length of time, hydrocodone stays in someone's blood can be detected by a simple blood test. The drug remains detectable in the blood for up to 24 hours after its last use. However, it also depends on the potency of the specific drug taken.
How Long Does Hydrocodone Stay in Urine
The detection period of Hydrocodone in urine is for two to four days after the last use. However, urine screening is effective in determining short-term drug use and less effective at determining long-term drug use. The urinalysis detects opioids metabolites that the drug produces. They remain in the system longer than the drug itself. Therefore, the urine test can be positive for up to two to four days.
How Long Does Hydrocodone Stay in Saliva
Saliva testing is not common but it is one of the fastest ways to detect the use and percentage of hydrocodone in a person's system. Hydrocodone leaves the body quicker than the other opioids such as heroin. Thus, it provides a detection period of 12 to 38 hours after the last use. Saliva testing typically is considered better than urinalysis for detecting drugs taken within the past three days. However, use of other drugs can easily corrupt saliva tests.
How Long Does Hydrocodone Stay in Your Hair
Hair follicle testing provides the longest window to detect hydrocodone remains. The drug remains detectable up to 90 days after its last use. It means that metabolites of hydrocodone stay longer in hair than other parts of the body. Due to this lengthy detection window, hair testing proves to be an effective method for identifying long-term use of hydrocodone.
Factors Affecting How Long does Hydrocodone Stay in Your System
As discussed before, the lasting effects of hydrocodone or any other drug depend upon many factors apart from the drug's potential staying power. The way an individual takes the drug also determines the speed of action and the potential wear off time.
Crushing the drug into fine powder and snorting, smoking or injecting will quickly send the substance into the bloodstream than swallowing the whole tablets or capsules. It will consequently begin a quicker onset of action. These are the ways adopted by drug addicts and can potentially increase a person's tolerance for the drug faster. When tolerance develops, more dosage will be required to keep feeling the drug's effects or to avoid withdrawal symptoms. You can find here more on drugs withdrawal symptoms.
Some of the main factors that come in to play with regard to hydrocodone stay in a person's system:
- Age is a big influencing point as it directly affects the bodily function, metabolism, and organs. The younger the person, the faster the chances of eliminating the toxins from the body.
- Genetical makeup is also a major point as it also influences many bodily functions.
- Kidney and liver are key processing organs to eliminate any toxin from the system. If any of the two does not function properly, the drug will stay longer in the body.
- Metabolism state is vital as faster metabolism will break down and clear the drug from the system efficiently.
- The dose and frequency of using the drug are perhaps the most important factor. If a person has been taking the drug for a long time or frequently or in big amounts, it will take much longer to clear the system of the drug.
- Use of other substances such as alcohol. Alcohol increases the effects of hydrocodone making it longer to clear the drug from the body.
Some other factors influencing how long does hydrocodone stay in your system:
- Body fat content and weight
- History of opioid use
- Method of abuse (includes smoking, snorting, injections, and swallowing)
- Family history
- Medical and mental health conditions
Effects of Hydrocodone
Hydrocodone is a widely used narcotic drug as it has the ability to reduce the awareness of pain and produce a sense of comfort. However, it is the most widely abused substance as well. It affects the area of the brain linked with reward and pleasure and creates feelings of lightness to relieve pain or the state of being 'High' for addicts. There are many common and damaging effects as when the drug is misused, it damages health and can be fatal in severe conditions.
some of the major effects of hydrocode use include:
- Feelings of elation (euphoria)
- Enhanced sense of well being.
- Numbness
- Feeling drowsy
- Reduced worry and stress.
- Lessoned aggression.
- Reduction in physical tension.
- Dependence due to prolonged use
- Health damage in case of misuse
- Coma or death in case of overdose
After the repeated and long use of hydrocodone, the body usually develops a psychological and physical need for the substance. Therefore, with sudden discontinuation of use, withdrawal symptoms are likely to occur. Thus, it is adviced not to leave the use of hydrocodone without the proper medical guidance as it can yield damaging effects. Read here for more on ways to achieve sobriety.
How Long Effects Last
As discussed before, there are many factors that affect the lasting power of hydrocodone but how long do its effects last is an entirely different question. A drug can last in a person's system for longer without showing any major effects. It is due to the potency and half-life of the product. Thus, half-half varies from person to person. Generic hydrocodone has a short half-life ranging from 1.25 hours to three which is the length of time the drug stays concentrated and starts to eliminate from the system afterward. However, there are stronger options available with the half-life of about 4.5 hours. The half-life of 4.5 hours means that it stops being effective at this point in time and start to leave the system.
The effects of 5 to 10 mg of hydrocodone generally start around an hour after ingestion with prime effects occurring after about two hours. The effects can last from four to six hours. However, the effects of extended-release version tablets last longer than the immediate-release tablets. For example, Zohydro ER is an extended-release tablet version which controls pain around 12 hours. One major thing to consider is the that drugs with a shorter half-life generally have a greater potential of addiction than drugs with a longer half-life.
Another point is the metabolism system as every individual metabolizes the drug differently. It takes many half-lives to completely clear the system. Many people successfully clear hydrocodone from blood within a single day but it still remains detectable in urine and hair for many days.
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Important local road safety projects desperately needed for Selwyn have not received funding under the National Land Transport Plan (NLTP) due to Government funding cuts, according to Selwyn MP Amy Adams.
"Recently I received a response from the New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA) to a letter I wrote last year requesting information on local roading projects recommended for funding in Selwyn under the 2018 – 2021 NLTP but which have been declined," Ms Adams said.
"As a result of the Government cutting $5 billion from the State Highway budget and prioritising cycle lanes and a trolley bus service for Auckland, Selwyn's roads will be less safe," Ms Adams said.
Projects that have not received funding in the 2018 – 2021 NLTP include recommended safety improvements to the following sections of road:
- SH73 Intersection with Weedons Ross Road
- SH1 Templeton to Weedons Road
- SH1 Dunsandel Road to Rakaia
- SH73 Yaldhurst to Old West Coast Road
- SH73 Yaldhurst to Railway Road
- SH75 Christchurch to Akaroa
- SH75 Little River to Seabridge Road
- Springs/Hamptons Rd Roundabout
- Hamptons Rd Widening
- Shands/Hamptons Rd Roundabout
- Trents Rd Widening
- Shands/Trents Rd Roundabout
"The documentation I received from NZTA indicates that these sites had been identified as having high safety risks and the aim of the recommended projects was to reduce the severity and frequency of crashes and to reduce deaths and serious injuries," Ms Adams said.
"It's extremely disappointing that despite the people of Selwyn paying higher petrol taxes, these much-needed projects will now not be proceeding under the current transport plan," Ms Adams said.
"The Government has announced its plans of implementing a policy of zero road deaths by 2020, yet it is not funding badly needed safety improvements to our local highways. There is a real disconnect between the talk and the action," Ms Adams said.


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CTSO's are recognized as integral to the Career and Technical Education program.CTSO's provide a unique program of career and leadership development, motivation and recognition exclusively for secondary students enrolled in career and technical programs.WFHS has three CTSO's which support CTE Programs:Film/TV - SkillsUSA
SkillsUSA is a partnership of students, teachers and industry working together to ensure America has a skilled work force. We help each student excel. SkillsUSA Arizona is recognized as the standard for student professional organizations in the state of Arizona. Every advisor is trained to deliver high quality technical, employability and academic skills and every eligible student is involved. SkillsUSA and CTE are recognized as the driving forces in high school reform.Marketing - DECA
DECA's objective is to support the development of marketing and management skills in career areas such as hospitality, finance, sales and service, sports and entertainment, international business, business administration and entrepreneurship. Programs and activities are tailored to the specific career interest of students and include technical skills, basic scholastic and communication skills, human relations and employability skills, with a strong emphasis on economics and free enterprise. DECA provides recognition and leadership activities directly related to attainment of specific occupational and leadership skills.Sports Medicine - HOSA
HOSA (Health Occupations Students of America) is a student organization whose mission is to promote career opportunities in health care and to enhance the delivery of quality health care to all people.


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Lois started her career working as an artist in a game outsourcing company. She developed her management experience through working with clients from all over the world making console, PC, social, mobile games as well as trading card and toys.
Working at both outsourcing and development studios, the one thing that is consistent in her book is to create delightful experiences and success communication with all members in the team. Lois is determined to support both internal and external team working as one towards the next win!


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A new criminal charge against Claudia Medina
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The PGR has filed a new criminal charge against Claudia Medina: driving a stolen car to commit crimes. The PGR has not provided any new evidence to substantiate this charge which relates to the unfounded claim by marines that she was arrested in a stolen car rather than at home. The sole evidence against Claudia Medina is the marines' version on the circumstances in which she was arrested, something that Claudia has disputed from the outset and supported by testimony of relatives and neighbours. There are now two outstanding charges against her: possession of a fire arm and driving a stolen car in order to commit crimes. Claudia Medina's lawyers have challenged both charges and they hope they will be dropped as all other charges were dropped in August 2012. The judge could make a decision soon. Amnesty International is now calling on the PGR to review the charges against Claudia Medina.


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'Roma' dominates 1st Latino Entertainment Journalists Association (LEJA) awards
The Latino Entertainment Journalists Association (LEJA) has announced the winners of their inaugural Latino Entertainment Film Awards.
In its inaugural year, Netflix's "Roma" won nine awards including Best Picture and Best Director for Alfonso Cuaron. Cuaron won a total of five prizes as a producer, director, screenwriter, co-film editor, and foreign language feature. Marvel Studios' "Black Panther" was the next big winner with three awards for Production & Set Design, Costumes, and Hair & Makeup.
Warner Bros. Pictures' "A Star is Born" and Annapurna Pictures' "If Beale Street Could Talk" both picked up a pair of wins. Co-writer and director Bradley Cooper won Best Actor in a Leading Role while his co-star Lady Gaga shared the Best Song Written for a Motion Picture prize with fellow songwriters Mark Ronson, Anthony Rossomando, and Andrew Wyatt. Barry Jenkins' film won awards for Adapted Screenplay and Best Supporting Actress for Regina King.
Mahershala Ali took the Supporting Actor prize for his work in Peter Farrelly's "Green Book" while "Crazy Rich Asians" rounded out the acting prizes with a win for Best Ensemble Casting, which was awarded to the Casting Director Terri Taylor.
Along with the 23 competitive categories listed below, LEJA has also honored four Latino individuals in the film industry and called out the deficiency of another person of prominence in dealing with Latino issues.
Puerto Rican actress Rita Moreno is the recipient of LEJA's first-ever "Lifetime Achievement Award," which will now be known as the "Rita Moreno Lifetime Achievement Award." Best known for her Oscar-winning role in the 1961 musical "West Side Story," Moreno has entertained moviegoers and TV watchers for the last seven decades. Along with her breakout Oscar performance in as Anita in "West Side Story," Moreno went on to win a Grammy (1972), Tony (1975) and Emmy (1977), which makes her only one of 15 individuals to win all four major entertainment awards. Most recently, she has starred on the hit Netflix reboot of "One Day at a Time" and was cast in the upcoming remake of "West Side Story" from director Steven Spielberg.
Winning the first LEJA "Latino Activism Award" is American-Honduran actress America Ferrera. Ferrera made her film debut in the 2002 dramedy "Real Women Have Curves" and became a household name as the titular character on the popular TV series "Ugly Betty." Aside from her work in Hollywood, Ferrera has been active in Voto Latino, an organization that encourages young Latinos to vote and be politically aware. In 2018, she spoke at the Families Belong Together protest, a series of protests across the U.S. that were formed to push back against the Trump Administration's family separation policy. Last year, she became a founding member of the Time's Up legal defense fund, which has raised more than $22 million to support victims of sexual violence.
LEJA's first "Breakout Award" goes to Mexican actress Yalitza Aparicio for her lead role in Oscar-winning filmmaker Alfonso Cuarón's 2018 drama "Roma." In the film, Aparicio plays Cleo, a fictional version of the nanny who helped raise Cuarón and his siblings in Mexico City in the 1970s. Aparicio is originally from Oaxaca, Mexico. Her parents are of indigenous origin (Mixtec and Triqui). "Roma" is her acting debut.
LEJA's first "Spotlight Award" goes to Puerto Rican actor and Oscar-nominated songwriter Lin-Manuel Miranda. Along with his Golden Globe-nominated supporting role last year in the sequel "Mary Poppins Returns," Miranda raised millions of dollars for Puerto Rico to help rebuild after the devastation of Hurricanes Irma and Maria. He is currently reprising his role as U.S. Founding Father Alexander Hamilton in his hit Broadway show "Hamilton" – this time in Puerto Rico where he is raising more funds.
Finally, LEJA names its first recipient of the "Muy Mal Award" (Spanish for "Very Bad") – a dishonor given to an individual for vilifying and stigmatizing the Latino community. Although in the future this award is more likely to go to someone in Hollywood for creating tired Latino stereotypes in movies, the first award goes to current U.S. President and former TV reality show star Donald J. Trump. In 2018, Trump and his administration implemented the "zero tolerance" family separation policy on undocumented immigrants coming across the U.S./Mexico border. According to the federal government, more than 3,000 undocumented children were separated from their families and placed in shelters or foster care. In addition to his cruel policy, Trump continues to stoke fear about undocumented immigrants (mainly Latino and Muslim) and continues to divide the country with his toxic and racist rhetoric and demand for a wall on the southern border.
The nominees and winners of the Latino Entertainment Film Awards are:
Best Picture of the Year
- "Black Panther" (Kevin Feige) – Marvel Studios
- "BlacKkKlansman" (Jason Blum, Spike Lee, Raymond Mansfield, Sean McKittrick, Jordan Peele, Shaun Redick) – Focus Features
- "Bohemian Rhapsody" (Jim Beach, Robert DeNiro, Graham King, Brian May, Peter Oberth) – 20th Century Fox
- "Cold War" (Tanya Seghatchian, Ewa Puszczyńska) – Amazon Studios
- "The Favourite" (Ceci Dempsey, Ed Guiney, Yorgos Lanthimos, Lee Magiday) – Fox Searchlight Picture
- "Green Book" (Jim Burke, Brian Hayes Currie, Peter Farrelly, Nick Vallelonga, Charles B. Wessler) – Universal Pictures
- "If Beale Street Could Talk" (Megan Ellison, Dede Gardner, Barry Jenkins, Jeremy Kleiner, Adele Romanski) – Annapurna Pictures
- "Roma" (Nicolás Celis, Alfonso Cuarón, Gabriela Rodriguez) – Netflix – WINNER
- "A Star is Born" (Bradley Cooper, Bill Gerber, Lynette Howell Taylor, Jon Peters, Todd Phillips) – Warner Bros.
- "Vice" (Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Adam McKay, Kevin Messick) – Annapurna Pictures
Best Achievement in Directing
- Bradley Cooper, "A Star is Born"
- Alfonso Cuaron, "Roma" – WINNER
- Barry Jenkins, "If Beale Street Could Talk"
- Spike Lee, "BlacKkKlansman"
- Adam McKay, "Vice"
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
- Christian Bale, "Vice"
- Bradley Cooper, "A Star is Born" – WINNER
- Ethan Hawke, "First Reformed"
- Rami Malek, "Bohemian Rhapsody"
- John David Washington, "BlacKkKlansman"
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
- Yalitza Aparicio, "Roma" – WINNER
- Glenn Close, "The Wife"
- Olivia Colman, "The Favourite"
- Lady Gaga, "A Star is Born"
- Melissa McCarthy, "Can You Ever Forgive Me?"
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
- Mahershala Ali, "Green Book" – WINNER
- Timothee Chalamet, "Beautiful Boy"
- Adam Driver, "BlacKkKlansman"
- Sam Elliott, "A Star is Born"
- Richard E. Grant, "Can You Ever Forgive Me?"
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
- Marina de Tavira, "Roma"
- Claire Foy, "First Man"
- Regina King, "If Beale Street Could Talk" – WINNER
- Rachel Weisz, "The Favourite"
- Michelle Yeoh, "Crazy Rich Asians"
Best Original Screenplay
- "Eighth Grade" (Bo Burnham)
- "The Favourite" (Deborah Davis, Tony McNamara)
- "First Reformed" (Paul Schrader)
- "Roma" (Alfonso Cuaron) – WINNER
- "Vice" (Adam McKay)
- Best Adapted Screenplay
- "Black Panther" (Ryan Coogler, Joe Robert Cole)
- "BlacKkKlansman" (Spike Lee, David Rabinowitz, Charlie Wachtel, Kevin Willmott)
- "Can You Ever Forgive Me?" (Nicole Holofcener)
- "If Beale Street Could Talk" (Barry Jenkins) – WINNER
- "A Star is Born" (Will Fetters, Bradley Cooper, Eric Roth)
Best Ensemble Casting
- "Black Panther" (Sarah Finn)
- "Crazy Rich Asians" (Terri Taylor) – WINNER
- "The Favourite" (Dixie Chassay)
- "If Beale Street Could Talk" (Cindy Tolan)
- "Roma" (Luis Rosales)
Best Production & Set Design
- "Black Panther" (Hannah Beachler, Jay Hart)
- "Crazy Rich Asians" (Nelson Coates, Andrew Basman)
- "The Favourite" (Fiona Crombie, Alice Felton)
- "Mary Poppins Returns" (John Myhre, Gordon Sim)
- "Roma" (Eugenio Caballero, Barbara Enriquez) – WINNER
Best Cinematography
- "Black Panther" (Rachel Morrison)
- "Cold War" (Lukasz Zal)
- "The Favourite" (Robbie Ryan)
- "If Beale Street Could Talk" (James Laxton)
- "Roma" (Alfonso Cuaron) – WINNER
Best Costume Design
- "Black Panther" (Ruth E. Carter) – WINNER
- "Bohemian Rhapsody" (Julian Day)
- "The Favourite" (Sandy Powell)
- "Mary Poppins Returns" (Sandy Powell)
- "Mary Queen of Scots" (Alexandra Byrne)
Best Editing
- "The Favourite" (Sam Sneade)
- "First Man" (Tom Cross)
- "Roma" (Alfonso Cuaron, Adam Gough) – WINNER
- "Vice" (Hank Corwin)
- "Widows" (Joe Walker)
Best Hair & Makeup
- "Black Panther" (Joel Harlow, Camille Friend, Ken Diaz) – WINNER
- "Bohemian Rhapsody" (Jan Sewell, Charlie Hounslow-Smith, Robert Cole)
- "The Favourite" (Beverley Binda, Samantha Denyer, Nadia Stacey)
- "Mary Queen of Scots" (Jenny Shircore)
- "Vice" (Kate Biscoe, Patricia DeHaney, Greg Cannon, Chris Gallaher)
Best Sound
- "Black Panther" (Steve Boedecker, Brandon Proctor, Peter Devlin, Benjamin A. Burtt)
- "First Man" (Mary H. Ellis, Jon Taylor, Frank A. Montano, Ai-Ling Lee, Mildred Iatrou Morgan)
- "A Quiet Place" (Michael Barosky, Brandon Proctor,Ethan Van Der Ryn, Erik Aadahl)
- "Roma" (Skip Lievsay, Craig Henighan, Jose Antonio Garcia, Sergio Diaz) – WINNER
- "A Star is Born" (Steve Morrow, Tom Ozanich, Dean Zupancic, Jason Ruder, Alan Robert Murray)
Best Visual Effects
- "Avengers: Infinity War" (Dan Deleeuw, Kelly Port, Russell Earl, Dan Sudick)
- "Black Panther" (Geoffrey Baumann, Jesse James Chisholm, Craig Hammack, Dan Sudick) – WINNER
- "First Man" (Paul Lambert, J.D. Schwalm, Ian Hunter, Tristan Myles)
- "Mary Poppins Returns" (Matt Johnson, Steve Warner, Jim Capobianco, Kyle McCulloch)
- "Ready Player One" (Roger Guyett, Grady Cofer, Matthew Butler, David Shirk)
Best Music
- "Black Panther" (Ludwig Goransson)
- "First Man" (Justin Hurwitz)
- "If Beale Street Could Talk" (Nicholas Brittell) – WINNER
- "Mary Poppins Returns" (Marc Shaiman)
- "A Star is Born" (Bradley Cooper, Lady Gaga, Lukas Nelson)
Best Song Written for a Motion Picture
- "Black Panther" ("All the Stars" – written by Kendrick Lamar, Al Shux, Sounwave, SZA, and Anthony Tiffith)
- "Boy Erased" ("Revelation" – written by Jon Thor Birgisson, Brett Laughlin, Troye Sivan)
- "Mary Poppins Returns" ("The Place Where Lost Things Go" – written by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman)
- "Mary Poppins Returns" ("Trip a Little Light Fantastic" – written by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman)
- "A Star is Born" ("Shallow" – written by Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson, Anthony Rossomando, and Andrew Wyatt) – WINNER
Best Animated Feature
- "Incredibles 2" (Nicole Paradis Grindle, Brad Bird) – Disney/Pixar
- "Isle of Dogs" (Wes Anderson, Jeremy Dawson, Steven Rales, Scott Rudin) – Fox Searchlight Pictures
- "Mirai" (Mamoru Hosada) – GKIDS
- "Ralph Breaks the Internet" (Phil Johnston, Rich Moore, Clark Spencer) – Walt Disney Animation
- "Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse" (Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, Rodney Rothman) – Sony Pictures Animation – WINNER
Best Foreign Language Film
- "Burning" – Chang-dong Lee (South Korea)
- "Capernaum" – Nadine Labaki (Lebanon)
- "Cold War" (Pawel Pawlikowski) – Poland
- "Roma" – (Alfonso Cuaron) – Mexico – WINNER
- "Shoplifters" (Hirokazu Koreeda) – Japan
Best Documentary Feature
- "Minding the Gap" (Bing Liu, Diane Quon) – Hulu
- "RBG" (Julie Cohen, Betsy West) – Magnolia Pictures
- "The Sentence" (Jackie Kelman Bisbee, Sam Bisbee) – HBO Documentary Films
- "Three Identical Strangers" (Grace Hughes-Hallett, Becky Read) – NEO
- "Won't You Be My Neighbor?" (Caryn Capotosto, Nicholas Ma, Morgan Neville) – Focus Features – WINNER
Best Stunts
- "Avengers: Infinity War" (Sam Hargrave)
- "Black Panther" (Andy Gill)
- "Deadpool 2" (Scott Ateah)
- "Mary Poppins Returns" (Mark Mottram)
- "Mission: Impossible – Fallout" (Wade Eastwood) – WINNER
Best Voice or Motion Capture Performance
- Josh Brolin, "Avengers: Infinity War"
- Bryan Cranston, "Isle of Dogs"
- Jeff Goldblum, "Isle of Dogs"
- Shameik Moore, "Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse" – WINNER
- Sarah Silverman, "Ralph Breaks the Internet"
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Latino Activism Award: America Ferrera
The LEJA Breakout Award: Yalitza Aparicio
The LEJA Muy Mal Award: Donald J. Trump
The LEJA Spotlight Award: Lin-Manuel Miranda
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The Latino Entertainment Journalists Association (LEJA) is committed to developing and celebrating Latino voices among all areas and backgrounds of the entertainment industry. Founded in 2018, LEJA provides a much-needed opportunity for writers from the United States to have their works amplified and heard in the areas of film, television, music, theatre, and the arts. Accepting of all backgrounds and identities, LEJA embraces anyone who identifies as Latino, Latina, Latinx, Hispanic, Afro-Latino, Afro-Latina, Latin@, Spanish, or any inclusive and progressive description that champions and accelerates the voices of our culture from around the world.


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Ok so it's no big secret that the Hyundai Veloster Turbo is one of my favourite cars and one car I would gladly park in my garage so you can imagine how excited I was the other day to find out that Hyundai is releasing a a special edition "Street" Veloster Turbo.
Featuring RAYS Gram Lights alloy wheels and exclusive Dazzling Blue exterior paint with Phantom Black exterior hight lights the Veloster Street Turbo looks mighty damn good.
I could probably go on and on and on and on and oh you get the picture about the Veloster Turbo so while I'm drooling over the pics and day dreaming about parking one in my garage next to the Captiva check out all the details below.
Oh and don't forget to check back next month when I get the pleasure of driving one for a week. (Please can I have it for a month)
Hyundai launches 200-only Veloster Street Turbo Special Edition
RAYS Gram Lights alloy wheels and exclusive Dazzling Blue exterior paint with Phantom Black exterior highlights enhance new Veloster Street Turbo's exclusivity
Only 200 units available
Australian-tuned suspension and handling
$3,000 worth of additional specification over the Veloster Series II SR Turbo +
16 June 2016 – Hyundai has launched a street ready, sportier special edition of its dynamic Veloster Series II sports car. Only 200 examples of the Veloster Street Turbo Special Edition will be produced.
The striking Veloster Street Turbo Special Edition brings $3,000 worth of exclusive additional specification and unique enhancements above the already impressively specified Veloster Series II SR Turbo + on which it is based.
Unique Veloster Street Turbo Special Edition features include:
RAYS Gram Lights alloy wheels in a semi-gloss black finish
Exclusive Dazzling Blue Mica exterior paint colour
Turbo Sports Blue interior package
Phantom Black body side skirt, front spoiler and rear diffuser inserts, grille surround, side mirror covers and rear roof spoiler
High Intensity Discharge (HID) Xenon headlights
Unique floor mats with embroidered 'Street' logo and blue stitching
Front guard 'Street' badges in black and chrome finish
Veloster Street Turbo's stealthy presence is heightened by the dramatic contrast between its Dazzling Blue Mica paintwork and exclusive semi-gloss black RAYS Gram Lights alloy wheels. The head-turning effect is intensified by the use of Phantom Black inserts on the side skirts, front spoiler, grille surround, rear diffuser insert, side mirror covers and rear roof spoiler.
The Veloster Street Turbo Special Edition features the Turbo Sports Blue interior package which includes leather-appointed heated & ventilated front sports bucket seats with blue bolsters and blue contrast stitching, blue front seatbelts, blue front door grip handles and centre console side garnishes.
Blue contrast stitching also features on the leather-appointed door armrests, centre console armrest, steering wheel and manual transmission gear lever boot.
Additionally, the Veloster Street Turbo Special Edition gets unique floor mats with blue-stitched edging and embroidered 'Street' logos as standard.
Like the Veloster Series II Turbo +, the Special Edition incorporates sports instrumentation, 7-inch LCD touchscreen Satellite Navigation with CD player, MP3 functionality and Sat Nav Update Plan, a Panoramic glass sunroof, climate-control air-conditioning with auto defog function and a wealth of other desirable features.
The Veloster Street Turbo Special Edition's 1.6-litre Turbo GDi four-cylinder Gamma engine produces 150kW (at 6,000rpm) and 265Nm (at 1,750 – 4,500rpm). The Gamma engine boasts Direct Injection technology, a twin-scroll turbocharger, Dual Continuously Variable Valve Timing, electronic throttle control, roller timing chain, variable induction and innovative anti-friction coatings.
In the Veloster Street Turbo Special Edition, the turbocharged Gamma GDi engine is matched to either Hyundai's own six-speed manual or 7-speed dual-clutch transmission (DCT)
Also like the Veloster Series II SR Turbo + on which it is based, the new Veloster Street Turbo Special Edition benefits from the performance-oriented ride, handling and steering refinements made to the car by Hyundai Motor Company Australia's highly respected local chassis development team.
The Veloster Street Turbo Special Edition also benefits from experience gained during local chassis development of the VelosterRaptor concept.
Accordingly, the Veloster Street Turbo Special Edition carries over the front stabiliser bar and increased spring rates specified by HMCA's team for Veloster Series II Turbo and Turbo +.
"At Veloster Series II's launch last year we incorporated reduced-diameter front stabiliser bars across the range to allow for more independent front-wheel movement," said Hyundai Motor Company Australia's General Manager Product Engineering, Hee Loong Wong, aka 'Wongy'. "In Veloster Series II SR Turbo, the front stabiliser bar diameter was reduced from 24mm to 22mm, and that bar – together with the bespoke dampers and firmer spring rates we specified for the car – also works extremely well with the RAYS Gram Lights alloy wheels on the new Special Edition.
"Like the Series II Turbo, the Special Edition has impressively sharp turn-in and more aggressive drive out of corners, giving it a 'playful' character which allows the rear to be more actively involved during high-speed cornering," Mr Wong said.
"That 'playfulness' also is enhanced by the Street Special Edition's driver-adjustable three-mode Flex Steer system."
Veloster Street Turbo Special Edition key features and specification:
6 airbags (driver and front passenger, driver and front passenger side (thorax), full-length side curtains)
Electronic Stability Control (ESC) including: Traction Control System (TCS), Anti-lock Braking System (ABS), Electronic Brakeforce Distribution (EBD), Brake Assist System (BAS), Vehicle Stability Management (VSM) and Hill-start Assist Control (HAC)
Hyundai Active Locking Operation (HALO)
Tyre Pressure Monitoring System (TPMS)
High Intensity Discharge (HID) Xenon headlights
LED Daytime Running Lights (DRL)
LED rear combination lights
Automatic dusk-sensing headlights
7-inch LCD touchscreen Satellite Navigation with CD player, MP3 functionality and Sat Nav Update Plan
Premium audio system featuring 4 speakers, 2 tweeters, centre speaker, subwoofer and external amplifier
AUX/USB audio input with digital iPod® compatibility
Bluetooth connectivity (hands-free phone and audio streaming)
Steering wheel-mounted audio and phone controls
Rear-view camera (integrated into 7-inch monitor with guide lines)
Rear parking-assist system (4 head with guidance display)
Panoramic glass sunroof with electric sun blind
Climate-control air-conditioning with auto defog function
Ventilated and heated front seats
Electric folding exterior mirrors
Heated exterior mirrors
Flex Steer 3 Mode (Normal, Sport & Comfort)
Fold-down sunglasses compartment in roof-mounted console
Phantom Black body kit inserts, front grille surround, rear roof spoiler and side mirror covers
18-inch RAYS Gram Lights alloy wheels with 225/40R18 tyres
Turbo Sports Blue interior package
Front guard 'Street' badging
Unique floor mats with embroidered 'Street' logo and blue stitching
Proximity Smart Key with Push Button Start
Sports-type electroluminescent supervision instrument cluster
Trip computer
Height-adjustable driver's front seat
Electric driver's seat base slide and tilt
Electric lumbar support (driver's seat)
Cruise control with steering wheel-mounted controls
Keyless entry with burglar alarm
Tilt and telescopic steering column
Front and rear passenger-side power windows
One-touch window up/down on driver's window incorporating anti-pinching safety feature
LED high-mount stop light
LED side repeater integrated into side mirrors
Seat back pocket (passenger side)
Luggage net
Veloster Street Turbo
Engine 1.6L Turbo GDi Petrol
Transmission 6 Speed Manual $34,990
7-Speed DCT (Dual Clutch Transmission) $37,490
*All prices are Manufacturer's List Price. Price excludes dealer delivery and on road costs.


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I love making printables for my students in math…but setting up number lines and fractions? Not so much. It can be SO time-consuming to line up all those little textboxes. Since a great deal of our school year involves number lines and fractions, I wanted to find a way to set them up more quickly.
So I turned to tables!
Here are the steps for each…
Create a Number Line with Tables
First, create an arrow line:
Then, insert a table with 10 columns and one row:
And click on Inside Borders to create the lines:
You will also need to click on the Toggle Left and Toggle Right Border to add these lines as well:
Drag the table over your arrow line:
The lines in the table should be evenly spaced out (unless they are accidentally shifted) and will save you time in designing all those separate little lines.
And there's more!
You can use a second table to easily align the numbers on your line! Create a new table, this time with 11 columns and one row:
(I select the borders again, so I can see this table easily…this will help when you are lining up your numbers to the line).
Select the entire table to format the font type, size, and color. Be sure to center your text as well. Type up your number line, hitting tab each time to jump to the next cell:
As in the previous table, the cells should already by evenly distributed…meaning you only have to drag the table into place, everything should be spaced out for you. Once you have the numbers where you would like them, deselect all borders:
Create Fractions with Tables
So if you like the number line tricks, you'll LOVE this next one!
Set up a new table with one column and two rows:
Make the table white (or choose No Fill). Then click in the first cell. Go to the borders and select the Bottom Border to make the fraction line:
Select the font type, color, and size of your choice (once again, be sure to center your text). You can also set the alignment of the numerator to be on the bottom of the cell, so it is closer to the fraction line:
Adjust the width of your table so the fraction bar isn't too wide:
Copy and paste this little table to create other fractions:
And that's all!
I hope these little tips will help save you a LOT of time!


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Via Via cafe
Arusha, Tanzania
Via Via cafe of Arusha, the stage and movie area (night) and outdor sitting area (day)
Via Via cafe of Arusha, the stage and movie area (night) and outdor sitting area (day)
Via Via cafe of Arusha, walkway to the bar (end) and stage area left
Via Via cafe of Arusha, stage and DJ area (left) with gardens right
Via Via cafe of Arusha, a view from the entrance gate
Via via Arusha is a lively cultural cafe, a restaurant and bar as well as a popular meeting spot that is located in the CBD of the city of Arusha - Tanzania. It is part of a global chain of meeting spots for travellers and locals, five of which are located in Africa (2 in east Africa), the rest being spread out over Europe and the Americas.
What to do there?
Entrance is free unless if there is an event taking place and there are several events held on each day of the week, with the exception of mondays. At the time of writing (2017) tuesdays are movie nights with other variable events taking place from thursdays through to sunday. Most events take place from 8pm and usually require an entrance fee of about Tshs 10,000.
During day time, the place does also double as a restaurant and bar, turning into an outdoor night club during the nights. Just remember to take some warm clothes with you as it may get a bit chilly.
Location of Via Via cafe
Via via is located right next to and east of the boma museum of natural history at the end of Boma road of Arusha city. It also in the riparian zone of the Themi river, that flow from the slopes of mount Meru, through the city and out through its southern suburbs; Thus giving putting it right at the heart of an evergreen garden.
The Cafe is within walking distance of several shops, hotels, tours and travel offices and several tourist hotspots. For more information about its location, please see the map below (click to start).
How to get there?
From anywhere in the city of Arusha, first head out to the clock tower monument, and from there head north and uphill along Boma road. The entrance to via via is a small path located next to that of the museum. If using public transport, then you would have to ask around for those that go through the clock tower area, and get off at the clock tower stop.
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Chocolates, candies and other sweet delicacies are always on demand this love month. Another sweet addition this Vday are cupcakes! Cupcakes make a great gift for Valentine's Day. You can make a dozen and give it to anyone easily. They are also fun to decorate. If you're desiring to make your cupcakes more heavenly and enticing, you have to do our main tip: Add filling! Don't know how? Then watch the video tutorial below.
The most delicious cupcake filling that we recommend would be Bavarian Cream Pastry Filling (just like in the video) and Strawberry Pastry Filling.
Now what cupcake will you fill? Choose among these ready mixes and recipes that we prepared for you.
Cream Filled Chocolate
These are the irresistible chocolate cupcakes based on the videos that you just watched! Get this mix and start filling!
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Soviet filmmaker Yuri Raisman once more combines political dogma with solid entertainment values in Dream of a Cossack (aka Cavalier of the Golden Star). The title character, played by future director Sergei Bondarchuk (and billed for obscure reasons as Semyon Bondarchuk), is an ex-soldier who returns home to the Kuban region, there to take up life as a farmer. Instead, he galvanizes the local citizenry into participating in a massive construction project, which will result in a new power station and canal. Thus does Raisman offer an prime example of Russian collectivism while making it seem as though it had sprung from individual initiative. Dream of a Cossack is based on a popular novel by S. Babayefsky.
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Bereaved Families, Private Individuals, Auction Houses, Landlords, Solicitors, Estate Agents, Letting Agents, Business Owners, Local Authorities, Local Events Organisers.
CPC offer a complete property clearance service, from single item removal to clearing the whole property internally and externally, we work for private individuals and business. With modern equipment and fully trained staff, we can fulfil most of our customers requirements. Operating seven days a week and at short notice items can be relocated locally or around the UK, or disposed of responsibly, through recycling whenever possible.
We are a licenced waste carrier, and also donate items to local charities. At CPC we donate or recycle approximately 90% of items we clear. We work with Bereaved families, Private individuals, Auction Houses, Landlords, Solicitors, Estate Agents, Letting Agents, Business Owners, Local Authorities, Local Events Organisers. Properties we clear are Houses, Flats, Bedsits, Lofts, Hotels, Offices, Sheds, Garages, Shops, Factories, Public Houses, Gardens.
CPC offer a varied cleaning and ongoing maintenance programme. We offer a basic clean, which consists of hoovering, dusting and wiping down of work surfaces. Or a complete in depth clean, which would involve the above plus a thorough clean of the bathroom with bleaching of toilets and cleaning of mirrors and taps, sinks and baths. Cleaning inside of cupboards, cleaning of windows.
Outside we also offer various levels of cleaning, we clean windows, fascias and guttering. And can pressure wash decking, patios, paths, fences and drives. Painting and decorating, plus basic DIY is also available. We can also arrange a qualified plumber or electrician to carry out the work we are unable to do ourselves. Safety is one of our main concerns and we will not do work we are not qualified to do.
This unique service is for individual clients who wish to hire CPC for something out of the ordinary. We can move single valuable items from an Auction House to a private address, move a student to his new accommodation, move you to your new office after that job promotion. Collect recently purchased items from furniture stores, garden centres, garages, DIY stores. Or simply move that unwanted household appliance like a cooker or freezer. CPC staff and vehicles are versatile and can cope with most of your requirements.
This service helps clients who require extra help with their items, and is normally carried out one or two days before their removal date. Items will be boxed and labelled for identification purposes at the new address.
We try to move most of the items into one room, near the property exit point to save time on the removal date. We will remove lamp shades, curtains, carpets, wall fixings and dismantle flat pack furniture at this stage. Any items relating to electric, gas or water connections, that need removing need to be sorted at this point in time, so we need to organise the relevant trades people in advance.
CPC staff are not trained in electric, gas and plumbing, and under no circumstances will they put our clients or themselves in danger. ( CPC also supply packing boxes for clients who wish to pack their own items ).
CPC can store clients items for short or long periods of time, this service is helpful for clients moving home and need to vacate their present home before their new one is available. Or for items that are being sold and no longer required. Our storage facility is clean and dry, and has twenty four hour security. Clients can relax and be sure their items are safe and secure.
CPC offer a full furniture removal service, and can operate locally or throughout the UK. With twenty six years experience, delivering various items throughout the UK, with some having extended insurance cover up to £20000.00, you can be sure we will take care of your items. And because we specialise in small vehicles we can operate in locations that big vehicles cannot.
With modern equipment and fully trained staff, we can fulfil most of our clients requirements. Single items or whole property removal, your in safe hands at CPC. Our MAN & VAN service is also available for those unusual items. ( Free no obligation quotation and advice ), written quotes provided. Our quote is a FIXED PRICE except for unforseen circumstances, and lasts for 30 days from the date provided.
If moving address please ensure your freezer is defrosted, access to the property is clear or parking has been arranged. Turn off Utility supplies and take necessary readings. Cancel milk and papers, advise your Dentist, GP, Phone company, TV licence, Vet ,DVLA, Passports. Clear the loft, put plants into pots which require keeping, and redirect your mail to your new address. Try to use boxes for small items, crockery, and clothing and remember to label them, fragile or which room at your new address. And try to gather all your items close to the exit this will save us work and make your quote cheaper. (Ensure you have a key to the new address, and access, make sure we can enter the property when we arrive, delays will cost you money!)
Our aim is to be as helpful and efficient as possible, so that is why we also offer a key collection service. The client can nominate a Key Holder to pass us the key to gain access to their property. This could be an Estate Agent, Solicitor, Landlord, friend or relation. We would then meet with this person and collect the relevant keys, and then return them after our work was completed.
Water stop taps can be turned off, gas supply, electric supply and oil tanks can also be turned off. This is very important to avoid any costly bills that may occur from damage caused by leaking supplies. We can also check the meter reading of the property Utility supplies, ie gas, electric, water, oil. This is always important so the client can clear any outstanding bills with the supplier. Any post at the property can also be forwarded to our client, and the Post office does offer a re-direct service for post.
Cornwall Property Clearance also clears your property external areas, we can clear overgrown gardens, ie grass, bushes, trees, and general rubbish. Remove unwanted greenhouses, sheds and old vehicles, and we also offer a pressure washing service to clean paths, patios, fences and drives
Our two tonne tipper truck van is ideal for waste removal and bulk deliveries. We can deliver all your aggregate supplies. Sand, Chippings, Gravel, Hardcore, and other items such as Concrete Blocks, Bricks, Lintels, Cement, Timber, Pipes, Topsoil, Turf, Woodchip, Compost, Garden Furniture, Plants and Trees. We are fully flexible and will collect your orders from Builders Merchants, Agricultural Merchants, Garden Centres, and DIY stores.
This truck is ideal for waste removal and can carry away garden and builders waste with ease. Much cheaper than hiring a skip and the rubbish is loaded by us saving you time and money in labour. Old greenhouses and sheds can be removed from the garden. With the extension cage sides we can carry lots of garden green waste, trees and bushes, also unwanted items such as old furniture. We are also a registered waste carrier so you can be confident that your waste is removed and disposed of in the correct manner. We will provide a solution to most of our customers requirements, JUST ASK for FREE ADVICE.
All our Services have a FREE no obligation quotation and advice, and written quotes are provided. Our quote is a FIXED PRICE except for unforseen circumstances, and will last for 30 days from the date provided.
Please call us now for a quote on 01726 77165 or 07453 878748
We donate or recycle approximately 90% of items we clear from properties
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Very slow progress was made the other day while I was cutting down the remains of a dead oak tree as I kept getting distracted by the diversity of mosses and lichens growing on the dead bark.
Lichens are amazing plants. Mark Seaward's census catalogue lists 1,134 species recorded growing in Ireland, so they are a pretty significant aspect of our natural heritage. While they are regarded as individual 'plants' and 'species', lichens are unique in that they are the only known life forms on the planet that are composed of two or three different organisms living together.
The two constituent organisms that form most lichens are either a fungus and an alga or a fungus and a bacterium. Sometimes all three live together: fungus, alga and bacterium. The two or three constituent organisms live together in a close and intimate biological relationship.
With so many species there are several different domestic arrangements, but the general rule is that the algal partner in the relationship makes food using sunlight in the same way that grass and all other green plants grow. Photosynthesis is the chemical reaction that drives the continuation of so much of live on Earth.
What the fungal partner brings to the relationship is its ability to absorb nutrients from the environment. Sometimes the fungus has to absorb nutrients either directly from the air or from rainwater when the lichen is growing in such a challenging desert environment as the bare vertical rock face of a headstone in an old graveyard.
Tree lichens thrive better on dead wood than on the wood of a live tree. The most abundant species on my dead tree was the very common Hammered Shield Lichen, the one pictured above. It is an easily identified species. Its body is made up of overlapping leafy lobes each with a squarish end. These lobes are a very pale silvery, bluish-grey colour above and a dark treacle-brown colour underneath.
The dark colour underneath borders the pale lobes giving them distinctive brown tips. Its fruiting bodies are shield-shaped. The leafy lobes have a network of sharp ridges and depressions giving the lichen a hammered appearance, hence its English name. Hammered Shield Lichen comes in a number of forms. It is very common and widespread and since it is one of the lichens that is very tolerant of pollution it is no stranger to tree trunks in parks and gardens in built-up areas, villages and towns.
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October 1, 2013
Shutdown on Agriculture
Some expected impacts of today's federal government shutdown on agriculture are:
- Up to 1 million U.S. federal workers may face furloughs without pay beginning October 1 (tomorrow).
- Most federal agency workers will be furloughed.
- Federal workers could face penalties if they tried to do any work during the furlough.
- The FDA said it would continue "limited activities" only related to drug approval applications.
- Meat inspectors for the U.S. Department of Agriculture, considered necessary to national safety, would stay on job.
- The United Fresh Produce Association's Washington Public Policy Conference, in progress in Washington, DC, has had to relocate or cancel events. Participants' visits to Congressional offices have been cancelled or are pending cancellation.
- An Oct. 2 seminar at the University of California, Davis by research entomologist Jay Evans of USDA's Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS) Beltsville Bee Research Laboratory has been cancelled.
- Some Department of the Interior-Bureau of Land Management services and programs that will cease are:
- Endangered Species Act and cultural clearances
- Range management restoration
- Work on resource management plans, including those driven by court deadlines
- Monitoring of grazing allotments
- The U.S. Agriculture Department will cease its statistical reports leaving traders and food producers in the dark about most activities in the world's largest farm exporter. (Reuters)
- USDA may be forced to delay the release of its monthly crop estimates, due on October 11, which often cause swings worth billions of dollars in the price of corn, soybeans, wheat and cotton.(Reuters)
- The department's public face, the usda.gov website, has already been shut down:
"Due to the lapse in federal government funding, this website is not available.
We sincerely regret this inconvenience.
After funding has been restored, please allow some time for this website to
become available again.
For information about available government services, visit usa.gov
To view U.S. Department of Agriculture Agency Contingency plans, visit: http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/contingency-plans"
- USDA's NASS (National Agricultural Statistics Service) statistics and other agricultural economic and statistical reports and projections will be discontinued.
- The Economic Research Service, which provides analysis and forecasts, would be shuttered and its public Website would be taken offline, said USDA. Agricultural research stations also would close, and reports from USDA's Foreign Agriculture Service attaches around the world would be suspended.
- The Bureau of Reclamation's contingency plans are to keep minimal services and programs operational for emergency purposes and/or excepted activity with non-appropriated or non-lapsing funding, such as:
- Dam Safety Program
- Reservoir Operations/Water Delivery
- Emergency Management
- Operations & Maintenance
- Water Rights
- Water Treatment
- Bureau of Reclamation's routine reporting, inspections, and planning will cease.
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Mogwai - Atomic
Scottish noise terrorists Mogwai return with their latest full lengther, following 2014's Rave Tapes with a reworking of the soundtrack they produced for the Mark Cousins BBC4 documentary Atomic: Living in Dread and Promise. The band's cinematic sound is obvious from the first moment you hear them and film-makers have long capitalised on this with soundtrack work for Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait, The Fountain, and French zombie show Les Revenants. In contrast, Atomic is a more varied beast. Cousins' archival footage charts the rise of the nuclear age from Hiroshima to present day highlighting the fear and dread of The Cold War, but also the hopeful wonder of voyage and discovery. Their latest embraces these two conflicting ideals and expresses them perfectly without a word uttered.
Musically, Atomic takes it cues from the Mogwai back catalogue by skilfully incorporating the mournful guitar work of second album Come On Die Young with the synthesiser work of Rave Tapes. Opening track 'Ether' sets the tone, a positively uplifting track replete with twinkling synth work, horns, and piano but underneath a dull and barely audible drone. It's almost as if it were recorded in a nuclear bunker after the bomb has dropped, but filled with the hope that humanity will carry on. Elsewhere these themes of hope and fear are tackled with great effect, such as the planetary orbit of synth heavy 'SCRAM', the robotic piano ballad of 'Weak Force', the bittersweet violin and guitar duet of 'Are You A Dancer?', and album closer 'Fat Man' swelling to its climax before cutting to silence – the last broadcast from civilization as we know it. Fans of the piercing feedback of the Glaswegian's earlier work may be disappointed with the quieter ethereal work on show. However, Atomic takes it subject matter of human scientific innovation, with all of its dizzying highs and terrifying pitfalls, and crafts it into a compelling narrative and allowing that to take centre stage.
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I am born into a Christian family, and my parents are strict Christians. I do attend Bible study sessions and some Christian group gatherings, and I enjoy them. But I am keeping this a secret in school and even to some of my friends because I'm worried that they will look at me differently if they find out.
Why Does Being A Christian Make Me Depressed?
People perceive Christians as perfect. Why can't they understand that we are not? We are in the process of perfection, trying to do our best to follow the teachings, but we too are human and we are bound to make mistakes. Why do I feel like those judging eyes are ripping my spirit and examining my soul?
In each Bible study, we are encouraged to make an impact, but how can I? How can I find the courage to influence my friends if I can't even feel the courage within myself to come out and tell them, "Hey, I'm a Christian!" The fact that I can't let anyone know about my being a Christian is so frustrating and stressing that I often feel depressed, confused, lonely, and guilty.
I Want To Belong
Everybody wants that feeling of belongingness, the feeling that I need to be one of them. It's actually one of the reasons why I often join my friends and classmates in parties even if my mind is going against it and I still give in to what my body wants. After a shot or two of alcohol, I will have this guilt feeling inside of me. And as I reach home and I am alone in my bedroom, I will have these crying spells, seeing myself on my knees asking God for forgiveness. I'm very much aware that it is wrong, but I cannot resist the temptation of trying what my friends are doing. It's the only way I know for me to be accepted and have that sense that I belong. I need to be a Christian in hiding.
"Feeling that you belong is most important in seeing value in life and in coping with intensely painful emotions," said Karyn Hall, PhD.
Guilt And Depression
I no longer want this feeling, and the shame is locking me up in the dark corner of depression. I started to think of things I shouldn't be contemplating, like taking my own life so that I will stop sinning.
I cried out for help, which God seemed to hear, and I thank Him for giving me parents that are always there to rescue me. I told them my troubles, and they sought counsel to help me with my ordeals. All three of us are undergoing counseling, so each will know how to handle my situation.
The counselor reminded us how and why God created the family, and that is to be each other's support and source of strength. We are not a perfect family, but I'm assured that no matter what I do or become, they will be there for me. They help me get back on my feet, supporting me while I am undergoing counseling.
"But we don't defeat depression. We don't defeat anxiety. We don't prevail over addiction or any other co-occurring disorder. We don't power our way through it to not have to deal with it anymore. Before we do anything, we need to accept that we have it," said Hannah Rose, LCPC.
Counseling Teaches Me How To Be Me
What God wants for us all is to be happy, may we be children, youth, or adults. If we are happy, we will be glorifying and thanking Him with our hearts.
We tend to treasure things that make us happy. And the Bible says, where our treasure is, so our heart is. If God is the source of that happiness we feel, then our hearts will be with him. It is clear, then, that God wants us to be happy.
Being a Christian should not be a burden like a cross we carry on our shoulder, but across that, we proudly wear in our hearts. My counselor told me that it is crucial for me to know where I really stand in my faith. And once I have decided about it, I should be firm, for if I believe in the God that is loving, caring, and protective, then he will protect me even if the world goes against me. He is the constant thing that will stay by my side no matter what happens. Not bad, isn't it?
After giving those words some thought, reflecting on my deeds, my friends, my family, and what I really wanted in my life, I have decided. I will be a Christian not just inside our church, but a Christian who touches people's lives for that is what I want. I may not be able to encourage other people to change or accept me immediately, but I can start by recognizing who I really am and make a change by allowing myself to be me wherever I go.
My counseling sessions and my parents' support help me to get out of my shell slowly and become a Christian who aims to make an impact in my friends' lives by allowing myself to be me, a Christian in the open. I wear my cross around my neck hanging right in front of my chest so that my schoolmates can see. I gain some friends and lose some, but it's fine with me. After all, I gained God's love and trust.
My counselor told us that nowadays, many of the young ones are burdened by their religious affiliations, not only Christians. This can be a source of depression because they can't freely express what they believe in out of fear that they will be bullied and outcasted by schoolmates, friends, and even families. It sometimes leads some of these teenagers to be on the wrong path. In fact, pressure, rejection, and feeling unaccepted (both in the social circle and families) are some of the most common causes of suicide in kids.
"People suffering from mental illness are just that, suffering from an illness. But not one they can just get over, like a cold—it's more like cancer. They cannot just 'snap out of it.' It is an ongoing fight," said Gina Gambino, RN, BS.
So it is essential for families to be strong and open to their kids because if the school fails to address these matters, and friends are nowhere to be found for support, the only backing a child can get is from his own family. Parents should not judge their kids even if they make a mistake because being religious does not automatically make one perfect, but instead, understand that they are kids who are struggling to be good. Calmly guide them to be back on the right path while holding their hands. This feeling of assurance that there is somebody to be there for them will help kids become strong and courageous enough to get out of their shell and be themselves, Christian or not.


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Adventure Playground
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The famous Notting Hill Adventure Playground based at the Venture Centre is open Mon-Fri from 3.30pm-6.45pm and Saturdays 11am-4:45pm. Our play workers arrange pick ups from schools to the playground so your children will arrive safely at our facilties.
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Sharing knowledge does not lessen your store, often it gets you more.
Success doesn't happen overnight and patience is key to living your dream life.
Success is a journey not a destination
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Ticket to Costumers' Fabric Sell, Swap, and Giveaway
Regular price $ 3.00
Need to lighten your HUGE stash? Or do you need some costuming goodies for cheap? OR do you want to find some rare and beautiful things that you know you could only find from another dancer/performer?? Also, do you like cookies, tea, and dirty jokes? Come and get it all here!
This is for one person's admission to the event at Amy Danielson's home on 11/9/19 at 1pm.


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Free Water Testing
One of the biggest investments you will ever make for your family is your home. Don't let hard or soft water ruin either.
Choosing to have your water tested by Advanced Water Solutions LLC is an easy and free way to protect both your investment in your home but also your family!
If you're local to one of our locations and use either city or well water, Advanced Water Solutions will do an in-home water analysis free of charge. Advanced Water Solutions helps homeowners in the Oklahoma Panhandle, Southwest Kansas, and the Texas Panhandle.
At Advanced Water Solutions, we strongly believe in providing a free water analysis along with an inspection of your plumbing. We provide you with the most up-to-date information regarding your water treatment options. Our goal is to find the perfect option for you and your family.
We provide the best options and install the best equipment in the shortest amount of time. We pride ourselves on getting the job done right the first time.
So, why do we offer a free water test?
The answer is simple!
We understand that in today's society, many people prefer a less expensive alternative when it comes to in-home repairs. However, we have seen on many occasions where a do-it-yourself job either did not meet the homeowner's needs, or worse, caused significant damage. We believe your water is too important to be handled improperly, so that's why we offer our free in-home water test. In short, we care.
Hard Versus Soft Water, Your Family and Your Home
Many of our customers want to know the difference between hard and soft water. More importantly, what difference does hard or soft water make in your home and to your family. Put simply, there are major differences, with one harming your home and the other having the potential to harm you and those you love. At Advanced Water Solutions, we strive for balance.
Hard water is water containing what some term "contaminants." In reality, these are minerals such as calcium and magnesium. Many of the minerals in hard water are beneficial to people, but very harsh on plumbing.
Many folks with hard water have noted crusty buildup or deposits around faucets, in sink drains, and in the commodes. These are the minerals in hard water and too much will cause severe plumbing problems. Also, hard water makes it harder to do laundry because the soap will not suds up for proper cleaning. Too, hard water running through a hot water heater and washing machines wear them out quicker.
Some believe that the solution is to purchase water softener systems from their local hardware store, but this can cause harm to the family. How so?
Soft water has been linked to numerous ailments including stroke. The reason has less to do with the absence of minerals than the molecular bonding which occurs when water lacks minerals. Soft water passing through brass fixtures and lead pipes will leach harmful chemicals from them. This is then consumed and could cause serious harm.
The solution is to restore proper balance to water entering the home.
At Advanced Water Solutions, we take what we do seriously. We do not gamble with our customers and their families lives and homes. This is why we offer free testing...so we know that our neighbors are cared for like we care for our own.
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Water softeners, reverse osmosis filtration systems, and more! Drop us a line today for a free quote!
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"When buying our house we came across some plumbing issues causing water under the house. Potentially dangerous issues with the hot water heater that even the home inspector didn't find. We called Shawn and he came right over, found the problem and got it all fixed. Very happy with the quality of work and amazing customer service from Shawn and his crew." - Alison Clemans
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"Advanced Water Solutions are the best! They have been taking care of my water system for over 7 years. They recently installed a water softener, RO system, and a tankless water heater in my new home. Quick courteous service. I would highly recommend them!" -Linda Shoemaker
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Chloe Ulis School of Art
Confirmed: Apr. 25, 2011 (Awaiting Update)
14480 Malabar Crescent White Rock BC
Contact DetailsChloe Ulis
At Chloe Ulis School of Art we offer unique art classes that focus on your artistic goals. We use gentle one-on-one coaching to assist you in developing your creativity, personal style and artistic technique. Learn in a positive & accepting atmosphere where all levels of experience and artistic styles are welcome! We offer art classes for kids and adults throughout White Rock & Vancouver.
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As technology taking place in our daily life, education sector needs to be modernized with it. Even in developing countries like India, Brazil etc. education system still rely on some traditional system."
Let's talk about traditional methods school rely on and problems come with it.
Education institutes that still follows traditional Noticeboard system has to write down each notice on a piece of paper or type on the computer, make print and stick to the noticeboard. and there is no surety that everyone from the institute will read that notice.
MySchoolr App does significant change in modern noticeboard system. Institutes have access to MySchoolr platform can add notices from MySchoolr console & also through MySchoolr App. The NoticeBoard feature facilitates adding Notice Type, Title, images, and description. Our role-based access gives permission to the administration to give rights to any faculty to use this feature.
MySchoolr Parent App is well designed, well equipped with features to track students progress and to stay connected with kids schools all the time. So, never miss any events and days that play a vital role in your kid's life.
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Sweet Comfort
This home is designed to give the owners comfort and ease after a long day's work. Simply yet tastefully designed, this home has a distinct local flavor to it which is both charming and delightful. When you step into the house, you can rest your feet at the built in cushioned bench as you remove your shoes. You can then go into the living room and sink down on the dark grey sofa while your feet enjoy the luxurious rug at the feet of the sofa as you watch television. The dining area is simple yet classy, decorated in blacks and whites with a gorgeous lamp hanging above the table. The kitchen is similarly decorated in cool black and white tone. The master bedroom features delicate Victorian designs that can be seen from the intricately carved television table and patterned glass frames. The lighting of the room is muted and soft, creating a warm beautiful look. The secondary bedroom also features warm lighting, with a beautiful carved wood paneling beside the bed.


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Ideal Vogue Max 26 (ErP) System Boiler c/w Ideal System Filter
Availability: In stock
The Ideal Vogue Max system is the same boiler as the Ideal Vogue Gen2 system with the addition of an Ideal System Filter within the packaging and a new name and longer warranty.
The Ideal Vogue S26 GEN2 system is a unique boiler innovation combining modern technology with premium components to bring you the very latest in domestic heating intelligence. This stylish boiler not only delivers high performance, reliability and value for money, but is also one of the quietest boilers around thanks to the fully insulated casing.
- Large 10 litre expansion vessel
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- Modulating pump
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- Large back-lit LCD with plain text
- Built-in frost protection
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