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Los Alamitos opens its 10-day Summer Thoroughbred Festival on Saturday in an unenviable spot.
Situated between six months of doom and gloom at Santa Anita and the start of Del Mar on July 17, Los Alamitos faces a tricky situation.
The fate of the meeting rests in the hands of the horsemen.
"It depends on our ability to fill our races," track vice president Jack Liebau said.
Los Alamitos gets an 'A' for opening day, offering a nine-race card that averages nearly 7.8 horses per race. In this period of time when California is facing a severe horse shortage, that's not bad.
How optimistic is Liebau that Los Alamitos can maintain that pace?
"With a great deal of trepidation," he said.
Liebau looked at the fact Santa Anita raced only three days a week much of the way, but elected to go a different direction.
"I did not go three days a week because the Fourth of July came on Thursday and that would have meant we run Thursday and not run Friday," he said. "That's a weekend in and of itself, so that's why I decided to open on Saturday rather than Thursday and hope we can hold things together for the first four days. After that, I think it's a Hail Mary. We're going to have to have great cooperation from the owners and the trainers to fill our races."
Los Alamitos will operate with the same five-member panel of veterinarians and stewards that must clear horses before they are allowed to run. The decision must be unanimous. The procedure was put in place for the final six days of the Santa Anita meet.
"The five-member panel is in action as we speak," Liebau said.
The Orange County track will also follow the majority of the safety and medication measures put in place at Santa Anita in March.
"We've agreed to all of the formal things that were enacted and approved by the California Horse Racing Board with respect to Santa Anita," Liebau said. "They are in place at Los Alamitos and they will be in place at Del Mar."
What won't be in place at Los Alamitos is a protocol instituted by Santa Anita that called for trainers to give notice before working a horse. The horse then had to receive clearance before it could work out.
"The management of Los Alamitos did not think it was in position to second-guess what is in the best interest of the horse," Liebau said in explaining why Los Alamitos will not follow the workout mandate.
Saturday's feature race, the $100,000 Bertrando Stakes for 3-year-olds and older bred in California, is one of three stakes races Los Alamitos will run. The other two are the Great Lady M Stakes and the Los Alamitos Derby, the latter of which could include the Bob Baffert-trained Game Winner.
Popular 11-year-old gelding Soi Phet, who was claimed for $16,000 in 2013 at Hollywood Park and has since won 14 of 47 starts for $986,486 in earnings, will be shooting for his second consecutive win in the Bertrando and third overall.
This will be the final race of Soi Phet's career before he's sent off to Old Friends, a thoroughbred retirement farm in Georgetown, Ky.
"He's doing well," trainer Leonard Powell said after Soi Phet drilled 4 furlongs in 48 2/5 at Santa Anita on Sunday morning. "He wouldn't be running if he was not. I had him galloping out 5 furlongs in 1:01 3/5."
A son of Tizbud, Soi Phet has won 15 of 63 starts overall for a bankroll of $1,023,566. He's won five of 10 races at Los Alamitos, including five stakes. He's 0 for 2 this year. Kent Desormeaux will hop back aboard the gelding, installed as the 4-1 third choice on the morning line by Los Alamitos oddsmaker Russ Hudak.
When: Saturday through July 14.
First post: 1 p.m. daily
Race days: Saturday and Sunday, and then Thursday through Sunday the final two weeks of the meet.
Top races: $100,000 Bertrando Stakes today, the $200,000 Grade II Great Lady M Stakes on July 6 and the $150,000 Grade III Los Alamitos Derby on July 13.
Wagering menu: A pair of $1 Pick Fours (races 2-5 and the final four races), the Pick 5 (first five races) and the traditional $2 Pick Six (final six races).
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n.disquiet, concern, pressure, alarm, strain, stress, tension, worry, distress. confusion. •anticipation (noun)
confusion, apprehension, expectancy, anxiety, expectation, indecisiveness, tension, uncertainty, dilemma.
•drama (noun)
spectacle, improvisational drama, vaudeville, presentation, broadway, drama, theater, mystery, rendering, teleplay, characterization, improvisation, panorama, show, variety, tragedy, production, excitement, art, burlesque, skit, mime, comedy, pantomime, ballet, choreography, melodrama, pageant, scene.
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apprehensiveness, uncertainty, foreboding, worriment, contemplation, anticipation, dread, expectation, anxiety, envisioning, presumption, pessimism, apprehension, fear, expectancy.
•perplexity (noun)
confusion, uncertainty, anxiety.
•uncertainty (noun)
dilemma, indecisiveness.
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anxiety, expectancy, expectation, tension, worriment.
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Gas Cost Reductions, Tax Relief Credit Reduce Customer Bills
Residential heating customers of UGI Central Penn Gas (UGI) will see their monthly bills decrease by an average of $4.50 beginning July 1 due to a tax relief credit, based on a filing UGI made with the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission today.
This decrease comes on top of a previously announced 2.4 percent cut based on lower purchased gas costs effective June 1.
The average residential heating customer bill will decrease from $90.34 to $85.84 on July 1.
In addition, UGI has projected an additional 3.7 percent decrease effective December 1 based on lower purchased gas costs.
The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission directed utility companies to provide a credit to customers based on the decrease in federal corporate tax rates and other tax changes under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017.
"UGI is pleased to be able to pass on these benefits associated with the Tax Cut and Jobs Act to our customers and we thank the Public Utility Commission for their support," Paul Szykman, UGI Chief Regulatory Officer, said. "The credit provides additional savings to customers on their energy bills. Combined with the competitive price of economical, locally-produced natural gas, Pennsylvania homes and businesses continue to receive a clear benefit."
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REPEAL OF PAROLE. FIXED SENTENCING. INITIATIVE STATUTE. Prohibits parole, sentence reductions or early release for persons who commit felony offenses after enactment. Present parole system caseload to be reduced until eliminated. Any savings to be used for construction, maintenance and operation of state prisons. Requires all sentences to be fixed and certain. Sentences of three years or less are not served in state prison. Imposes an assessment on criminal convictions to pay for county jails. Imposes an additional consecutive ten-year sentence for use of a firearm in the commission of a serious felony when upper term or maximum sentence imposed. Summary of estimate by Legislative Analyst and Director of Finance of fiscal impact on state and local governments: Would result in major net costs to the state and local governments, with the largest share being borne by counties. Elimination of parole would result in the redirection of hundreds of millions of dollars to fund state prisons. Elimination of prison sentence-reduction credits would increase the state's prison population resulting in major state costs (in excess of $1 billion annually). Transfer of offenders from state prison to county jails would cause a shift of several billions of dollars of annual incarceration and one-time construction costs from the state to local governments. A portion of these costs would be offset by proposed assessments. The prison enhancement for use of a firearm would result in costs of several million dollars.
E. Andrew Schooler Citizens For Constructive Change, P.O. Box 1137, Del Mar, Ca 92014 (800) 626-Cfcc
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Tino Jurjevic was born in Makarska, Croatia in 1980. He completed his education in Korcula. He is self-tough painter, being attracted to painting since his early days. He lives and works in Lumbarda, a village on the Island of Korcula famous for other artists too. Tino's main themes are Lumbarda's …
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The authorities in Sudan arrested seven journalists as they covered economic protests there this week, including reporters for Reuters and Agence France-Presse, with no word on charges or when they might be released.
Press advocates said Friday that the arrests, carried out by Sudan's National Intelligence and Security Service, reflected an increasingly repressive censorship in the vast African nation, where news media independence has long been under assault.
Security agents in the country have frequently confiscated newspapers in recent years and held journalists when their reporting displeased the government of the longtime president, Omar Hassan al-Bashir. The journalists are often released within hours, but not always.
The arrests this week were coupled with what press advocacy groups described as a government warning to Sudan newspapers to avoid reporting on the protests, which took place on Tuesday and Wednesday in the capital, Khartoum. Thousands marched peacefully to object to Sudan's rapidly rising prices.
Radio Dabanga, an independent Sudanese news agency that operates from the Netherlands, posted photographs and videos of the protesters in Khartoum. It said the police used batons and tear gas to foil them, arresting at least 40 people.
The Committee to Protect Journalists, a press advocacy organization based in New York, criticized Sudan authorities in a statement, saying they should "cease harassing and arresting journalists and confiscating newspapers, and should allow journalists to report on matters of public interest without fear of reprisal."
The committee said the Reuters reporter, identified as Khalid Abdelaziz; the Agence France-Presse reporter, Abdelmunim Abudris; and Ahawky Abdelazim, an editor of a Sudanese newspaper, were arrested on Wednesday. It said four others, arrested Tuesday, included a freelance journalist, Amal Habani, and three reporters, Magdi al-Ajib, Rishan Oushi and Imtenan Al-Radi, who worked for privately owned local newspapers.
For Reuters, one of the world's largest news agencies, Sudan was the second country in the past month in which its journalists had been seized by the government for doing their jobs. Two Reuters reporters were arrested in December in Myanmar while reporting on the persecution of that country's Rohingya minority.
Officials at Reuters and Agence France-Presse said Friday that the Sudanese government had not been forthcoming on why the journalists were arrested or what laws, if any, they may have violated.
Reuters said in an emailed statement that "we are actively seeking additional information about the situation." In its news story on the arrests, Reuters did not identify Mr. Abdelaziz by name and described him as a stringer, a term that refers to a local journalist who works for a news organization that is based elsewhere.
The Agence France-Presse bureau chief in Khartoum, Jay Deshmukh, said in an email that Sudanese authorities had informed the agency that the journalists were in a detention center in Khartoum run by the National Intelligence and Security Service.
"We have no information as to when they might be released," he said.
The detentions of the journalists got the attention of the Trump administration, which has been slowly moving to improve relations with Sudan but has expressed concern about its history of rights abuses. Sudan is still listed on the State Department's state sponsor of terrorism blacklist, where it has been since 1993.
"We condemn the harassment, arbitrary detention, and attacks on journalists in Sudan who are doing their jobs and exercising their fundamental right to freedom of expression," Heather Nauert, a State Department spokeswoman, said in a statement. "We remain deeply concerned about freedom of expression, including for members of the media, the closing of political space for all Sudanese, and Sudan's poor overall human rights record."
Sudan government representatives in Khartoum did not immediately respond to requests for comment about the detentions. Mekki Elmograbi, the press attaché at Sudan's embassy in Washington, said he had no information about the arrests.
Sherif Mansour, the Middle East and North Africa program coordinator for the Committee to Protect Journalists, said in a phone interview that Sudan's press repression had grown increasingly harsh.
He attributed the change partly to examples set by other authoritarian leaders, including Egypt's president, Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, whose government has harassed and intimidated many journalists to stifle dissident voices.
"They look at Egypt and other countries in the neighborhood, and they have passed aggressive measures and gotten away with it," Mr. Mansour said. "They suppress popular dissent and go after anyone who tries to present it."


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Last week I wrote about some tips that could make your vacation fun while not totally running your health and fitness goals. Well, what if that didn't work? Or maybe you found this blog too late and already ate all you can eat ice cream for breakfast and stayed sedentary at the beach and read most days. Now what? Here are a few tips to use when vacation ends and you return to the "real world".
Find your routine
Hopefully you have found a routine that works for you when you are at home. If not, stay tuned for our next post to work on this step. The best way to get back on track is to get back into the routine that has worked for you. It is easy after a vacation to have thing pile up at work/home and to push back your exercise and wellness routines. DO NOT DO THIS. There will always be reasons to not exercise or not focus on your wellness. You created a routine that helped you meet your goals, get back to it as soon as you can no matter how much you have to do around the house.
Ease back into activity
You may have just taken 2 weeks or more off from exercising and you are excited to get back at it. The last thing you want is to push yourself like you had before your break and sustain an injury or setback. Realize that you will have lost some strength or endurance (or both) and that you may not be able to lift/run/swim/stretch with as much intensity as you had before. Your body will thank you for the 1-2 weeks of easing back into exercise, rather than going from sedentary to marathon runner in a few days. Be smart, remember that the first rule of exercising is to not hurt yourself while doing it.
Be realistic
Take a step back and be realistic with how much (or little) you did while you were gone. This little self-assessment will help you develop a plan of attack when it comes to restarting your exercise plan. While I suggest trying to resume your routine, if you have more work to complete than you can handle because of your off time, cut back to exercising 3x a week until you get caught up. Being realistic about your situation will allow you to both get caught up and reach your goals at the same time.
Review your goals
It is always a good idea to take stock of the goals that you made this year, but when you return from a break is one of the best times. Not only will this give you motivation to jump back into your routine, but it will allow you to adjust any goals that may need some tweaking. You should still make sure that you are making SMART goals, but having some time to reflect in a less stressful environment may have given you the clarity to make some changes to your current set of goals.
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text: Gonul Aldogan 0 Report post Posted May 6, 2019 (edited) Hello, Thank you for accepting me to the group. I am in Los Angeles and am on a fast and furious job. My steadicam operator (with the entire crew) is from the UK. He can not travel with all his gear but asked me to provide him A steadicam stand with pneumatic wheels. Not a C stand. My grip said he had to do some research about this. Are there any steadicam operators in LA who already might have this? And I can rent it from you? Pick up tomorrow - Return on Monday. 4 shoot days.. Thank you in advance. Edited May 6, 2019 by Gonul Aldogan Updated with city Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


text: On Sat, 13 Nov 2010 11:54:20 +0000, David Carlisle wrote: > Not all XML is a database dump > <row> > <item>a</item> > <item>b</item> > </row> > > where all white space is cosmetic indentation. Ah, see, maybe that's just my bias or lack of imagination. I can't imagine where white space is anything but cosmetic. Ok, so it does serve a purpose. However, even in xhtml, if you want white space in a paragraph of text, then you can put that whitespace between tags. I'm sure it's my lack of experience, but, for example, when do you need that white space? thanks, Thufir


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xThe delegation, led by Energy Secretary Hazel O'Leary, involved 65 business leaders from the US who negotiated $6 billion in business deals, says the US Department of Energy. China, with a huge potential for renewable energy, is a difficult place to develop projects. It is Third World, mired in uncertainty with the imminent death of its long-time leader Deng Xiaoping, and has much bureaucratic red tape.
Even so, Zond signed letters of intent for 200 MW of wind plants worth $182 million; FloWind signed agreements for 180 MW worth $160 million and New World signed letters of intent for 220 MW in total. Washington had vowed to slap 100% tariffs on $1.1 billion worth of Chinese products unless China agreed to strict protection for US trademarked goods. The trade war was averted when China backed down at the last minute.
"I think a lot will get done," said Zond's Ken Karas. "But it's not a walk in the park." He says he obviously hopes Zond's proposals will go ahead as soon as possible -- and he expects to know whether they will actually go ahead within two or three years. Zond signed the following: 100 MW with the Inner Mongolian Power Authority; 70 MW with Zhejiang Wind Power (a 128-unit plant on Dachen Island; and 30 MW -- or 54 wind turbines -- with the Nanao Power Authority.
Three for FloWind
FloWind signed two letters of intent for: a 100 MW plant with Inner Mongolian Provincial Electricity Board, Zhao Fengshan; and 30 MW for a joint-venture plant with Zhejiang Wind Energy, Zhang Bao Kang. Information on the third proposed project was not immediately available, but it will use the AWT26 turbine and FloWind's new extended "EHD" vertical axis turbine.
New World signed a share purchase agreement with China Chang Jiang Energy Corp (CCJEC) for a 39 MW hydro plant. New World is acquiring a 40% interest in the Fujian Nan Ping Hydro Power Co, already under construction and to come on line by the end of 1995. New World hopes to make $4 million annually in cash flow. The project is one of China's first joint ventureships with a foreign company to receive power permits, contracts and financing, says New World. During the trade mission, New World also signed a sustainable development agreement to conduct formal visits between China and US officials every year to exchange information on renewables and technology.
Integrated wind and hydro
xNew World later announced, on March 9, that overall it had agreed with CCJEC to develop a total of five hydropower power stations totalling 246 MW. Some 200 MW of integrated wind is also to be developed near the hydro projects, so that wind-hydro combinations can be used as dispatchable not peaking power, with hydro providing pumped storage. The projects will be on the Upper Ming River in Fujian province. One of the projects was announced after the Department of Energy (DOE) trade mission.
Ultimately, New World hopes to have wind and solar products manufactured, assembled and distributed from within China under joint venture and business alliances. The products would be supplied for the worldwide market, says New World. The joint venture hopes to transfer solar and wind technologies to China and create business alliances for the manufacturing, assembly and distribution of products. Wind projects in China and on the Pacific Rim will also be among other projects to be developed by the joint venture partners. Wind farms, 65% owned by New World, will be in Shenzen and on Nanao Island.
CCJEC is one of the largest power development and equipment companies in China. Apart from the agreements announced after the DOE trade mission, academic exchanges will also take place between Georgetown University, where New World is sponsoring a course on renewable energy applications, and universities in China selected by CCJEC.


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A group of partners held a multi-stakeholder discussion on inclusive green economy, with speakers calling for a transformation, and even a revolution, of our economies in order to continue to prosper.
The event also served as the launch of a compass for navigating the transition to green and inclusive economies.
The compass includes five principles (wellbeing; justice; planetary boundaries; efficiency and sufficiency; and good governance), as well as ten priority actions, a pathway, and knowledge platforms for business and finance.
16 July 2019: A group of partners held a multi-stakeholder discussion on inclusive green economy, with speakers calling for a transformation, and even a revolution, of our economies in order to continue to prosper. The event titled, 'Fair, Fast and Green: Transformative Partnerships for an Inclusive Green Economy,' was organized by members of the Partnership for Inclusive Green Economies, and moderated by Jo Confino of the Huffington Post.
Oliver Greenfield, Green Economy Coalition (GEC) Convenor, emphasized that in order to deliver different goals, we need different ways of running our economies: "the only thing commensurate to the challenges we face is to transform our economies" into green and inclusive ones.
Guy Ryder, International Labour Organization (ILO) Director-General, acknowledged that economic transformation is easy to talk about, but "extraordinarily difficult to do," especially given the pressure of time. Ryder also reflected that only in the past ten years has it become widely understood that jobs and growth are not in conflict with planetary survival.
UN Environment Assembly (UNEA) President Ola Elvestuen echoed this idea, saying that the connection between environmental and social issues is much stronger now than it was even a few years ago. However, he said, there is not yet the "will to change at the needed scale," despite adequate understanding of the crisis, as outlined in reports from the IPCC and IPBES. Elvestuen emphasized that the "world's first big test" is coming later this year, as countries announce their increased Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) under the Paris Agreement on climate change. This will show whether the world is willing to take the leap need to cut emissions sufficiently.
The UNEA President also looked forward to the upcoming meeting of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in Kunming, China, in 2020, which he said must result in a framework on the loss of nature with "similar strength" to the Paris Agreement. Subsequently, the February 2021 meeting of the UNEA will assess the next steps needed to create a global economy within the boundaries of nature.
In a series of government perspectives, Rita Schwarzeluhr-Sutter, BMU, said Germany is working to phase out coal mining with a "just transition" approach in order to have legitimacy in the eyes of citizens. It has established a commission to guide the process.
Elizabeth Thompson, Permanent Representative of Barbados, said that in order to achieve growth that is not carbon-driven, a government must develop an architecture to include those most affected by climate change (women, youth and SIDS) in the dialogue on growth. Thompson added that governments will change if youth can "cause enough disruption": she encouraged youth to innovate, create new technologies, and advance new lifestyles, attitudes and behaviors.
Gabriel Quijandria, Peru's environment ministry, highlighted the difficulty of shifting to deforestation-free commodities and agriculture. He said the government has to tell producers, "the way you produce palm oil is no longer the way the world wants you to produce it."
Astrid Schomaker, European Commission, spoke to governments' difficulties in transitioning away from sectors and products they have relied on. She said that just as environmental protection and economic growth are mutually reinforcing ("there are no jobs on a dead planet," she said, quoting the ILO), people must begin to see environmental policies as socially beneficial as well. They serve as an "equalizer" by benefitting the poor, who live closest to factories and on busy streets.
Schomaker said the next stage is for environmental policies to be more inclusive. She explained that data does not currently provide insight into environmental and social issues in an integrated manner: the data show progress on environmental issues, but not "whether whole of population benefits, or just the rich."
Inger Anderson, UN Environment Programme (UNEP) Executive Director, said that in the next ten years, we need a full revolution of economic growth models on the scale of the industrial revolution, which took 100 years. If we do not achieve this, 10% of our natural wealth on land and in the ocean will be gone. She identified as key elements: involve industries (agriculture, manufacturing, banking and others); enact regulatory frameworks to drive certain behaviors; and reverse the use of incentives, which currently favor "the wrong things." She stressed that transitions must be fair in order to ensure "we don't create an underclass of people that once had those jobs" in fields that are being transformed.
Also during the side event, GEC launched a compass for navigating the transition to green and inclusive economies. The compass includes five principles (wellbeing; justice; planetary boundaries; efficiency and sufficiency; and good governance), as well as ten priority actions, a pathway, and knowledge platforms for business and finance. These two new platforms are described in this SDG Knowledge Hub story.
The event took place on the sidelines of the 2019 session of the UN High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF). SDG Knowledge Hub coverage of the 2019 HLPF can be found here.
The members of the Partnership for Inclusive Green Economies that organized the side event are UNEP, GIZ, the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI), GEC, the Green Growth Knowledge Partnership (GGKP), ILO, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Poverty-Environment Action for SDGs, the UN Development Programme (UNDP), the UN Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), and the UN Partnership for Action on Green Economy (PAGE). [Meeting webcast]


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I forgot to ask on my CR I want to dispute a few things but don't know the full account number. What do I use as a reference in my letter.
There is so much here on junum, and some differing viewpoints and experiences, it would really be to your benefit to do a search of "junum" and read it all. See, if you ask me, I"m going to gush about how wonderful they were for me but if you ask someone else, you may get a very different experience..both of us are right, too. So, by reading, you can weigh the evidence.
Do I sound like Judge Judy? weigh the evidence..teehee
I agree with NanaC (and I rhyme too)
On the co-operative disputing, I would let Junum do their job, you may dispute the same item with different reasons or zip codes or signatures or a myriad of reasons that you can have problems. After all if you are going to send dispute letters, you might as well not pay Junum. I think they recommend against it.
i joined junum in april and things are rolling off but eveyones situation is unique i have alot of old negatives which are easy to come off..good luck
I certainly do agree that too many cooks spoil the soup.
If you hire someone to do your stuff for you such as Junum or Lex or myself, then let them do their job. Don't hire two companies to do the same thing and don't muck around with it yourself.
Either do it yourself or let one company do it for you.
If you do, the results could be disasterous.
So far I'm pleased w/ Junum
Nice sales pitch BBauer. ;o)
Re: So far I'm pleased w/ Junum
I did not intend it to be a sales pitch.
Sorry if I gave the wrong impression
Re: So far I'm pleased w/ Junum
I did all my disputing myself before I found this board late in the game. I only have a couple of tough ones left. Had I found this site earlier, I probably would have used Lex or Junum.
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Another comment from the peanut gallery
Got my latest report from Trans Union, wherein Junum disputed 4 positive tradelines, and had my best one deleted. This is the fourth report I have gotten with this kind of error on it. So, there are vastly differing opinions on this. They definitely have a few bugs in their system, and in my humble opinion, not doing enough to resolve it. (I get plenty of e-mails telling me they have advised their processing dept of the errors, but they keep happening. ) So, I canceled Junum. HOwever, they did get a tough tax lien off for me on Experian (verified on Tu and Equifax.)
I wouldnt dispute while Junum is doing it for you, you dont want to mess up their strategy. They may have a better way to remove something, but if you dispute it with a different reason, you may cause it to be verified. Also, they charge you for whatever deletions occur while you are under contract with them, whether or not they did it. Just something to think about.
I like the tough ones best of all.
I love the tough ones best of all.
When the going gets tough, the tough get going.
Also, I do the tough ones now before they get away and the impossibles I do a bit later.


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The somewhat squat appearance of the smokestack reflects a fairly late alteration to the vessel's design. Originally the funnel's proportions would approximately have matched those of the stack fitted to the Queen Elizabeth 2 after that vessel's re-engining. However, the original design would not allow the QM2 to fit under the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge in New York City. (Even as eventually built, the QM2's shortened smokestack has barely 3 m (9.75 ft) clearance under that bridge.) This makes the QM2 the second major British liner to have her design adapted in order to fit under a bridge at her primary foreign port of call: the top section of the radar mast on the SS Canberra could cantilever astern in order to fit under the Sydney Harbour Bridge.
As the QM2 is too large to dock in most ports, passengers are ferried to and from the ship in specially-built tenders. While at sea, these are stored in davits alongside the lifeboats. To transport passengers to shore, the tenders will pull up to one of four loading stations, named Kensington, Chelsea, Knightsbridge and Belgravia, which each have a large hull door that hydraulically opens outwards to form a boarding platform, complete with railings and decking.
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Ed Sheeran leads this year's 2012 BRIT Award nominations, announced at the Savoy hotel.
The Lego House hitmaker received four nods in recognition of his work over the past year, including Best British Male Solo Act, Best Breakthrough Act and British Album of the Year for +, while his debut track A Team was nominated in the Best British Single category.
Following closely behind was Adele and Jessie J, who were each nominated in three categories, including Best British Female Solo Artist while their respective tracks Price Tag and Someone Like You will compete in the Best British Single listings.
Meanwhile, Adele's 21 was nominated for British Album of the Year, while Jessie J will battle it out in the hope of being crowned British Breakthrough Act.
Elsewhere, Florence and the Machine received two nominations for Best British Female Solo Artist and a nod in the Album of the Year category for Ceremonials, the follow up to debut album Lungs.
Ed Sheeran, Rihanna, Florence and the Machine and Noel Gallagher will all perform at this year's BRITs on 21 February, while Adele is expected to make her first appearance since suffering a vocal cord haemorrhage in October.
That 2012 BRIT Awards nominations list in full:
British Male solo artist
Noel Gallagher
James Morrison
James Blake
Professor Green
Ed Sheeran
British Female solo artist
Florence and the Machine
Jessie J
Kate Bush
Laura Marling
Mastercard British album of the year
Adele – 21
Coldplay – Mylo Xyloto
Ed Sheeran – +
Florence and The Machine – Ceremonials
PJ Harvey – Let England Shake
British Breakthrough act
Anna Calvi
Ed Sheeran
Emeli Sande
Jessie J
The Vaccines
Best British Group
Arctic Monkey
Chase and Status
British Single
Adele – Someone Like You
Ed Sheeran – The A Team
Example – Changed The Way You Kiss me
Jessie J featuring B.O.B – Price Tag
JLS featuring Dev – She Makes Me Wanna
Military Wives and Gareth Malone – Wherever You Are
Olly Murs and Rizzle Kicks – Heart Skips A Beat
One Direction – What Makes You Beautiful
Pixie Lott – All About Tonight
The Wanted – Glad You Came
International male
Aloe Blacc
Bon Iver
Bruno Mars
David Guetta
Ryan Adams
International female
Lady Gaga
International group
Fleet Foxes
Foo Fighters
Jay-Z and Kanye West
Lady Antebellum
Maroon 5
International newcomer
Aloe Blacc
Bon Iver
Foster the People
Lana Del Ray
Nicki Minaj


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If you think the US has done enough towards accessibility for disabled people, Carolanne Monteleone asks you to think again the next time you are at the airport.
Accessibility is an issue everywhere. If you're able-bodied, you probably have never noticed or even thought about how difficult it is for someone with a chronic illness or disability to navigate everyday experiences. For example, we all know that the security check by TSA (Transportation Security Administration) at the airport is a pain but a necessity for our collective safety. What you probably don't know is that TSA and airports don't really know how to handle someone who is disabled with dignity. You're probably thinking to yourself, "well that's not hard! Just treat them like everyone else!" And while that is a grand notion, the truth remains that disabled folks, like myself, require different accommodations.
I recently had an encounter at the Philadelphia airport that almost left me in tears and definitely made me feel belittled and dehumanized. I have a chronic illness, gastroparesis, which translates to "paralyzed stomach". Subsequently, I require a feeding tube in order to survive.
I've traveled with a feeding tube in the past and didn't have any issues but this time was different because I needed to take my formula, medication and other equipment through security with me. Medical supplies fly for free and you're allowed to take more than 3 ounces of liquid in the same container. But just to be on the safe side, I called TSA ahead of my travel date, explained my situation, and they assured me that I would have no issues when it came to getting through security.
On the day of my flight, I arrive to the airport. Multiple staff told me that the carry-on for my medical supplies was too large and TSA probably wouldn't let me through with it. I told them each that I had called ahead of time and was assured I'd have no issues. Once at the entrance for security, I was told by a TSA agent that I had to go through the disability screening line if I had medical supplies otherwise, yes, the carry on was too large. But in order to go through this line, I had to be in a wheelchair. I'm not a wheelchair user except on a few occasions where my body is too weak to move on its own.
Instead of arguing, I swallowed my pride and went downstairs to ask for wheelchair assistance. The two workers tried to pawn me off on each other right in front of me, as if I was deaf or incapable of understanding what they were saying. Ultimately they did help and I was on my way through security.
Of course, I was pulled aside for further screening and they flagged my medical suitcase. Once the TSA agent rumbled through and tested all of my medical supplies, she then informed me she'd have to give me a full body pat down. I showed her my feeding tube by lifting my shirt to expose my abdomen and asked her politely to be careful and not touch that area. She did anyway. It was invasive and degrading.
There has got to be a better way to do this.
While we work to spread awareness and get better accessibility in place, here are some tips from the Feeding Tube Awareness Foundation that can help prevent a situation like this happening to yourself or a loved one.
The most helpful solution is to print a Disability Notification Card (HERE) that is provided by the TSA directly. Print this card, fill in your condition and present it to the TSA for situations like this. Being prepared will help make the best out of a difficult situation.
Carolanne Monteleone is a disability advocate and professional sick person. Between blogging her experiences with chronic illness, running a small Etsy business of handmade feeding tube accessories, and helping others transition into the world of disability, she spends what little time she has left being a stay-at-home dog mom to an adorable beagle, Quinn. Carolanne enjoys sewing, shopping for candles, and binge watching medical dramas.
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I've had not-so-hot sex with men who didn't know how to bank on their impressive endowments, and have had gigantic O's from little dudes who've proven less can really be more.
So, here are some helpful hints on how you can size up a man while he's still got his pants on.
Index Finger Indicator: While I was taught to judge a man's size by measuring the distance between his middle finger and mid-palm at summer camp, a Greek study published in the Journal of Urology proved the first finger has all the info we're looking for. Guess it's called a pointer for a reason.


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Energy Saving Tips for Summer
Looking for some ways to save energy this summer? Here are some tips to help you keep control of your electric bill whether you already have solar or are considering installing solar on your home.
- Be cool about air conditioning – Set your air conditioner to 78 degrees or higher. Changing your A/C thermostat from 72 to 78 degrees Fahrenheit can save you up to 12% of your cooling costs.
- Be a Fan of Fans – Use a portable or ceiling fan to circulate air at a cost of 3 cents per hour when you can comfortably do so. Consider that A/C can cost upwards of $1.60 per hour!
- A 'Whole-istic' Approach – Whole house fans are wonderful energy saving devices that keep your home cool at night and can also 'pre-cool' your home in the morning to reduce A/C dependence.
- Unplug & Play – You can save up to $300 per year by using power strips to power off DVRs, a/v equipment, game consoles, etc that draw power even when switch off at the device.
- Keep it Fresh – Regularly clean or replace A/C and heating filters to allow those devices to operate efficiently. Annual tune-ups can also pay dividends here.
- Don't get Drafted – Weatherstripping and caulking isn't just a cold weather consideration. Keeping air conditioned air in your home can lower cooling costs by 5%. Duct sealing will save even more.
- Pool Pump Punt – Punt that decade old pool pump to the recycling yard. Variable speed pool pumps can save you $500 per year. Utility rebates can lower you upfront cost by hundreds of dollars.
- Pull the Blinds – Blocking direct sunlight will keep your home cooler, longer and allow you to put off A/C usage until late afternoon thereby saving hundreds of dollars per year.
- Become an Energy Star – Energy efficient products can save you a fortune over time and with available utility rebates, energy star appliances have very attractive ROIs. Energy Star = Energy Savings.
- Get out of Hot Water – Set your water-heater thermostat to 120 degrees instead of 140 degrees. This little change could pocket you another $80/year – more if you have an electric water heater.
- LED Swap Out – LEDs are not only the lowest hanging energy saving fruit, they also run significantly cooler than traditional light bulbs and therefore won't work against your A/C by heating your home up. Truly a double whammy worth hundreds of dollars per year!
These energy saving tips could save you hundreds or even thousands of dollars per year for a relatively low upfront investment and have the quickest ROIs of all the energy saving options out there. Many are subsidized with utility rebates that can dramatically lower your out of pocket costs. These tips should be completed before looking at more costly options such as solar panels, dual pane windows, or blow-in insulation. If you are considering a solar system for your home, you need to start with an energy saving plan.
An understanding of how you use energy and a plan to take control of and reduce that usage can, in the most extreme examples, trim tens of thousands of dollars off a home solar system. I used many of these same energy saving tips to trim $19,000 off my own solar system and got the utility to pay for it! For example, if you can reduce the size of the solar system needed to power your home from 7KW to 5KW and your solar system costs $5/watt, you've just saved $10,000! How much energy efficiency would that pay for? Probably everything on this list and then some!
To become a more educated solar consumer, please take advantage of these additional resources:
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While there can be many other considerations when evaluating home solar, those are the biggies. To learn more about solar, visit these other informative resources:


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Adobe Improves Support for Accessible PDF Documents on Mobile Devices
by Rob Haverty
posted on 06-27-2017
At Adobe, we look at the accessibility of PDF documents from two aspects; creation and consumption. In order to truly have an accessible experience with PDF documents they must first be created by the document author to be accessible. Once that has been accomplished both the PDF Reader and the assistive technology must support the PDF/UA standard to correctly read out the accessible PDF.
In this blog, I am going to focus on the consumption experience, specifically on mobile devices. The most current releases for Acrobat Reader for both iOS and Android have support for correctly tagged PDF documents for reading basic content such as paragraphs, headings, links, and alternative text for images.
Although the text within lists and tables will be read, the structural information such as list item or table cell is not currently fully supported and may not be accurately conveyed via a screen reader. We are working on support for structural elements in upcoming releases.
It is important to remember, however, that the success in reading a PDF document using assistive technologies is dependent upon the document being created to be accessible in the first place. The adage "garbage in/garbage out" is very appropriate here. If you are trying to read an inaccessible PDF using an assistive technology, such as a screen reader, you may have some success but the experience will not likely be a good one.
Individuals who use TalkBack on Android devices and VoiceOver on iOS devices will be familiar with the gestures to navigate and activate functionality. The gestures below are a list of some of the gestures particularly relevant for reading accessible PDF files using the screen reader for either an iOS or Android device.
- One-finger swipe right/left reads sequentially down/up through page content
- Two-finger swipe down reads from the current position on the page and navigates to the next page.
- Two-finger swipe up reads from the top of the current page and navigates to the next page
- Three-finger swipe left/right to navigate to the next/previous page or one-finger swipe up/down on the page flipper control to go to the next/previous page.
- Select the element type (e.g., headings or links) you want to navigate by in the VoiceOver rotor control (two-finger rotate) and then use one-finger swipe down/up to navigate to the next/previous element.
- Swipe right to move to the next item on the screen
- Swipe left to move to the previous item on the screen
- Swipe right then left to move to the next page
- Swipe left then right to move to the previous page
- Swipe down then right to open the global context menu to make reading selections such as read from top (to read the entire page).
In Closing
The Adobe Document Cloud team is committed to providing more innovations and an improved experience for creating and reading accessible PDFs. Accessibility updates in upcoming releases will be detailed in our continuing series of Document Cloud accessibility blogs.
The "Tips and Tricks" blog series will cover steps for creating accessible PDFs and will begin with our next Document Cloud accessibility blog.
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Hi friends! It's been a while since we have posted, but life gets crazy and that happens. We hope you are all doing well. Today we're going to just do a quick little post on a natural remedy that we have been using lately- and we love it. Fletcher, for some reason or another, has some allergies and issues. We aren't sure exactly what he is allergic to, but we are working on figuring that out. However, in the mean time it has been somewhat stressful. I don't know if you have ever had a pet with allergies, but it is no fun. There is constant scratching, licking, biting, etc. We even got lucky enough to have an ear infection on top of all of these things. One thing that really bothers Fletcher are his paws. Which makes total sense. Our pups are naked in a way. They don't wear shoes, socks, or clothes. So they are constantly exposed to everything. Something I have learned recently- a dogs feet is the only place he sweats from. So that moisture mixed with all the grass, pesticides, chemicals, water, etc- can really bother your pet. It works like this, their feet pick up all these allergens and they begin to itch and lick them. When our pets our licking their feet ( this is where the problem starts) they then begin to spread these allergens to the rest of their body. Pups love to lick all over, so this is only natural. They don't realize they are spreading allergens to their fur and skin. Now I'm not saying this is what causes your pet to itch all the time, but what I am saying is this- by taking care of their paws and keeping them free of allergens, we can at least eliminate that issue.
So how do you do that? You're probably saying, "How am I supposed to keep my pet out of grass?" I know it sounds crazy, right? It is, but keeping your pet out of the grass is not the solution. That's impossible, so we're going to share something that's a little more doable that we think works great. Head on over to your local Walgreens or CVS and pick up some Iodine. It will be located with the peroxide and alcohol. We use Betadine solution, a type of Iodine. If you don't know where to find this ask the pharmacist or someone who is working in the store. While you're out you might as well pick up some chamomile tea bags. I know I know, bear with me. This all sounds really weird and kinda crazy- but it helps. The iodine is non burning, non stinging, and it kills all fungus and bacteria. Okay, once you have your products head on home. Depending on the size of your pup, you can do this in different places. Fletcher is the size of a small horse so I just use my tub, if you have a small pup feel free to use your sink. What's next- fill up your tub or sink with just enough water where your pet can stand in the water and have his or her paws covered. I recommend warm water, it is more soothing. As the tub is filling up, begin to squirt your Iodine into the water. You don't want to add to much or to little- so here's the trick (when your water is the color of iced tea then you can stop adding Iodine.) It's going to look weird and maybe even a little gross, but it doesn't stain your tub or your pets feet. Which is a plus. Next, add your tea bags. Maybe 2-3 tea bags depending on how irritated your pets paws are. Get them moist and squeeze them so they are soaking into the water. Turn on your water again, and let it all mix together. Now here's the fun part, grab your pet and stand him in the Iodine filled water for 30 seconds to a few minutes. It can't hurt your pet, so if you want them to stand in the water a little longer, that's great too! Wahlaaa, you're done. Pat your pets paws dry, and that's it. You just killed all the fungus and bacteria that was bothering your pet. I think this is a cheap and safe way to keep your pet healthy. Even if your furry friend isn't experiencing discomfort, maybe do this once every couple of weeks just to stay on top of things! It's a simple little foot soak for your pup. We hope you will try this, because we love it! Just think of it as a puppy pedicure ( kind of.) Happy Tuesday friends!


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Kevin Gaunt
"You can work out with friends of different fitness levels and everyone can still keep up. In other words, I can add more weight and get an awesome workout while moving slow. My neighbor would never have wanted to run with me since our paces would have been so different, but he'll ruck with me."
Debi Bone
"Rucking gets me out on the trails like when I was a kid with my dad. It's my alone time to escape all the stresses of everyday life and be present in the moment. I've been rucking less than 2 years and some of the best moments have been during a fresh snowfall with no one around."
Stephanie Mma
"I have always been pretty active and self-motivated, but last year I went to the mountains in China and tried to summit at 16-er and wasn't able to because I had not trained enough for the trek. I got back and started rucking because I wanted to strengthen my body, but found that I was also strengthening my mind. I still ruck to stay in shape, but it also helps me to clear my mind of bad distractions and focus on my goals. I can't get enough!"
Will Rodes
"I started out 7 months ago rucking by myself after having contemplated it for 4 years. Fast forward 7 months to this morning where we had a group of 5 of us rucking, carrying a 50# team weight for 6 miles before work. It's more than just a fitness activity when you do it with friends, it's about conversations that lead to friendships and brotherhood."
Matt Rogers
"As a busy dad, my time with my kids is very important to me! After reading about GORUCK and signing up for an event, the training began. I didn't want to lose my precious time with the kids so they also started to train! As you can imagine, it has been awesome!! My kids and I are all in!! We ruck every chance we get and have enjoyed every mile we've put in. I roll with my 50# ruck, my 9 year old daughter with her 10# ruck and my 7 year old with 5#. My kids are ready to ruck!"
Nate Rushforth
"I found rucking when I was in the midst of a horrible breakup. I was down on myself and life generally in a bad way. But, in May 2013 I met some GRTs who encouraged me to meet up to train the next day. Since then, rucking on my own or with a team has become a big part of my "stay centered" regimen. I guess I'll say, I'm not the fittest, fastest or strongest, but getting to be part of this community of awesome, stand-up, patriotic, weirdos is something I'm both grateful for and proud of."
Tina Streeter
"Throwing on a ruck and going for a walk has become my favorite form of exercise. Two years ago if you told me I would be rucking that far with anywhere from 30-50 pounds on my back I would have called you crazy. I was active duty at one time and swore I would never put on another ruck. But my strength and endurance have significantly improved and in the past three months I've lost 13 pounds by increasing my distances. Physically and mentally, rucking is very challenging but the lessons I've learned about how much my body can do and what my mind can push me to do have been invaluable."
Patrick Maher
"I ruck to heal my heart. Shortly after turning 40 I woke up one morning with chest pains and one ER visit later I end up with three stents in my chest. I was never an athlete and lived a decidedly unhealthy lifestyle but rucking has helped me change all of that. After cardiac rehab I had to find something that both challenged me and I was capable of. I tried running but was never really able to go too far. That is when I discovered rucking and was able to start with a low weight and progress as needed. For my one year anniversary of my heart attack I did a Light and am already scheduled for a Tough on the two year anniversary. My cardiologist loves the changes and I am in better shape than I ever was."


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PT. Sanmas Dwika Abadi is established by virtue of a notary act of October 02, 2002 in Blora, Central Java Province, Indonesia. Our Company has the main business in manufacturing Silica Flour. By the continuing demand to expand and strengthen the business activities, we moved our head office from Cepu, Blora, Central Java to Sidoarjo, East Java. This head office movement is registered by virtue of a notary act on November 10, 2009.
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As a professional Company, to support our business lines, in 2010 we built a Silica Flour Factory, in Gresik, East Java. This factory is completed with all modern facilities, in order to fullfill our Customers' demands satisfactorily, which are continously increasing. For years we have been already proving our competence in our core business of best quality Silica Flour production to its enough much quantities, as well as our other side business like suppling the necessities and parts for the general industries, including the needs of minor devices for oil drilling activities. Especially our personel transportation service has also been receiving recommendations from some high reputed Companies.
Motivated by awareness against the ever tight competition of the business world, then by continously benefit our high dedicated and professional human resources, PT. Sanmas Dwika Abadi has commitment always to keep our products and services to meet all of our Customers' outmost demands to their satisfaction.


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Hola! This amazing script is from the brain of Richard Fergie. He created it for ZATO, and I'm happy to share it with you. Hop onto Twitter to thank him! @RichardFergie
I first began using this script exactly a year ago (April 20, 2016!), and it's been doing its job nicely ever since!
The History & Purpose of the Stop-Shopping-Query-Bleed Script
The basic purpose of the script, is to fit in nicely with the query filtering strategy as introduced by Martin Roettgerding, and detailed step-by-step by me here:
A Step-By-Step Guide To Query-Level Bidding In Google Shopping
As quick background, this strategy allows you to utilize priority campaign settings, bid adjustments, shared budgets, and negative keywords to send queries into the correct campaign so you can bid according to buying intent in Shopping Ads (Let's Make Keyword Targeting Great Again, amirite?).
I've run this strategy in multiple accounts now for quite awhile and I have begun to notice a recurring problem. At times, queries would bleed over from my general campaign into my Brand or SKU campaigns and throw off my budget and bidding. Now, this will naturally happen if you don't have a shared budget connecting your campaign group, or if you have your bids in your high priority, general queries campaign set too low (this was discovered by Andreas Reiffen, it can actually remove that campaign from auction so it shifts the next campaign… your higher bid brand campaign… into the generl query auction). But those were not the case for me, sometimes, regardless of my setup supernatural shopping forces would allow for query bleed-over and destroy my bidding in 1 or 2 brands in specific clients.
Thus, I approached my friend, Richard, and asked if he would build this script for me. He graciously agreed, and in his spare time, proceeded to build it. I was hoping to introduce it at Hero Conf 2016 during my Shopping presentation, but unfortunately we were still testing it at that time.
Cautions and Generally Serious Notes
The primary concern I will note, is that this script is the *nuclear option*. You do not want to throw this into your accounts willy-nilly, as it could end up excluding far more than you intended. I would recommend ensuring all other aspects of your Shopping campaign are correct.
- You have setup up shared budgets for that campaign grouping
- You have not bid the high priority, low bid general terms campaign too low (otherwise it will drop from the auction)
- You have been adding general campaign-level-negative keywords to *ALL* shopping campaigns within that specific grouping
If you have done these things and are still experiencing query-bleed, then give this a try.
- Add the specific name of the campaign on Line 2 to which you want this script to apply.
- Add the words that you want to *KEEP* in that campaign on Line 8. Once it is run, the script will exclude all queries that *DO NOT INCLUDE* the words you have added in Line 8. So if you are running this on a Nike Brand Shopping campaign, you would keep "Nike".
- You can add as many words to *KEEP* as you want.
// enter the name of the campaign
var name_of_campaign = 'Shopping – Nike – BR – US'
// enter the words you want to *keep*
// all search queries that DO NOT contain one of these words
// will be added as negatives
var keywords = ["nike","nikey","ETC"]
// eventually, both of the above should be populated through
// sheets
// function that splits up a list of keywords into a list of
// lists of words
// For example
// tokenise_list(["hello","novice scripter"]) -> [["hello"],["novice","scripter"]]
// This is important when looking at negative keywords because we want to match
// the whole of a word, not just a part of it
function tokenise_list(ls) {
var accumulator = []
for (i in ls) {
var keyword = ls[i];
var tokenised_kwd = keyword.split(" ")
function arrayEqual(a, b) {
if (a === b) return true;
if (a == null || b == null) return false;
if (a.length != b.length) return false;
// If you don't care about the order of the elements inside
// the array, you should sort both arrays here.
for (var i = 0; i < a.length; ++i) {
if (a[i] !== b[i]) return false;
return true;
// returns true if query matches tokenised list
// e.g. match_tokenised("buzz buzz",[["buzz","buzz"],["blah"]]) = true
function match_tokenised(query,tokenised_list) {
var tokenised_query = query.split(" ")
var n = 0;
for (i in tokenised_list) {
var testkwd = tokenised_list[i]
var nwords = testkwd.length
for (var i = 0; i < (tokenised_query.length-nwords+1); i++) {
var candidate = tokenised_query.slice(i,i+nwords)
if (arrayEqual(candidate,testkwd)) {
return true;
return false
function main() {
var target_list = tokenise_list(keywords)
var negatives = []
// SQ Report. YESTERDAY has no data. LAST_7_DAY works
var report = AdWordsApp.report(
'SELECT Query' +
' WHERE CampaignName = "' + name_of_campaign + '"' +
var rows = report.rows();
// for each query in the report
while (rows.hasNext()) {
row = rows.next();
// get the search query out of the row object
var q = row["Query"]
if(!match_tokenised(q,target_list)) {
// negative keyword list is now complete
Logger.log("Adding the following exact match negatives:")
for (i in negatives) {
// time to add them to the campaign
var campaigns = AdWordsApp.shoppingCampaigns().withCondition('CampaignName = "'+name_of_campaign+'"').get()
while (campaigns.hasNext()) {
Logger.log("Adding negatives keywords")
var campaign = campaigns.next();
for (i in negatives) {
var negativekwd = negatives[i]
Logger.log("Adding negative: "+negativekwd)
// add [] to make exact match


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Petra's year-end results show current market for supply and demand.
Petra Diamonds Limited has announced its unaudited sales and production update for the year ended June 30, with results that give an indication of the current situation of diamond production and demand.
The company will announce its full financial results for the period on September 20, but has released details which show that it expects to terminate production at several mines with a focus on better quality stones instead of high volume.
With the closure of the Finsch acquisition expected in the coming weeks, the company remains on track to more than double production in financial year 2012, and is targeting 4 million carats of production in 2014 and more that 5 million carats by 2019.
The update shows that Petra's gross mine revenue is up 24% to US$221 million. Adjusting for the exceptional sale of the US$35 million Cullinan Heritage diamond in 2010, revenue would have been up by 55%;
The agreement reached with De Beers in January 2011 to acquire the Finsch mine in South Africa will more than double Petra's annual carat production and increase the group resource base to over 300 million carats valued at circa US$56.5 billion.
Petra's outlook remains postitive for the diamond market, backed up by the significant strengthening of diamond prices in recent months. Its gross mine revenue is up mainly due to the steady increase in rough diamond prices from October 2010, shown by revenue of $90.0m in the first half of the 2011 financial year.
However, during the 2011 financial year, Petra's production has dropped by 4% and remained flat during the 2011 financial period but the company has put a strategic focus on value production rather than volume production. Whether this is due to changes in demand or difficulties faced by Petra is mixed, as the company plans to terminate mining at the main pit production at Williamson while an expansion plan is underway, and reduce high grade Optical Sort Plant ("OSP") material at Cullinan.
It has noted lower than expected volumes from the Kimberley Underground mine due to initial commissioning difficulties at the Joint Shaft plant, which though now overcome, has also been affected by unseasonably heavy rainfall which has affected Petra and many other South African mining companies.
Johan Dippenaar, CEO of Petra said: "Petra has once again recorded significant growth in revenue, reflecting the health of the rough diamond market. Whilst production was relatively flat for the Period, we will see a further step-change in output for FY 2012 as the Finsch acquisition is expected to complete shortly. Given the outlook for the diamond industry, where demand is forecast by most industry commentators and major producers to outpace supply, Petra's exceptional growth profile will ensure the Group is in a strong position to capitalise on these very robust fundamentals."


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Philippe Herreweghe studied piano with Marcel Gazelle while pursuing university studies. Around that time, he started conducting and in 1970 founded Collegium Vocale Gent. In 1977, in Paris, he founded the La Chapelle Royale ensemble, with which he performed music of the French Golden Age. As artistic director of the Académies Musicales de Saintes, from 1982 until 2002, he founded the Ensemble Vocal Européen, specialised in Renaissance polyphony, and the Orchestre des Champs Elysées, with the aim of playing the Romantic and pre-Romantic repertoire on original instruments. Since 2011, Herreweghe and Collegium Vocale have been actively working on the development of a large European-level symphonic choir.
Since 1997 Herreweghe is principal conductor of the Royal Flemish Philharmonic (deFilharmonie). In 2010, together with Outhere Music, he founded his own label φ (PHI), in order to obtain full artistic freedom to build up a varied catalogue.


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FIFA's Dispute Resolution Chamber hands down a ruling punishing the Swiss club FC Sion and its Egyptian goalkeeper Essam El Hadary over Al Hadary's transfer from the Egyptian club Al Ahly in February 2008. The goalkeeper is banned for four months, starting from the next season, and Sion is ordered to pay Al Ahly a transfer fee of US$1.25 million and also prevented from registering new players for two transfer windows, i.e. more than a year. The move was illegal under FIFA regulations because El Hadary was under contract with Al Ahly and there was no agreement between the clubs. FC Sion says it will appeal the ruling. [BBC, 6/2/2009; Court of Arbitration for Sport, 6/1/2010 ]
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Plan Your Next Date Night in Dunwoody
Trying to find apartments for rent in Dunwoody, GA? Discover Notting Hill apartments and you're sure to end your search! Find your perfect fit from our spacious one, two and three bedroom apartment homes. Our apartments near Sandy Springs come with premium finishes and high-end amenities that let you live a convenient and stylish life!
Come explore our lovely homes and see why there is no other option other than Notting Hill! Live in a place you'd be proud to invite your date to and enjoy our luxe amenities with. On nights you want to go out for, we've compiled a few restaurants worth exploring!
How can we give you recommendations for a date night without including Atlanta Magazine's "Best Place To Take A Date" restaurant, Eclipse Di Luna? This place not only offers amazing Latin tapas, but also has live music that sets the scene for energetic vibes and authentic Latin flare.
If you've never heard of Seasons 52, it's time to head over. Despite having locations across the nation, each location still has the classic 52 wines by the glass and high quality prepared seasonal menu with 100% fresh produce. Everything they prepare is full of flavor and naturally lighter. If you make it before 7 pm you can catch their happy hour that features specials on small plates, flatbreads, and their award-winning wine list and crafted cocktails. This is a great place to share some quality time with your significant other over a glass of wine!
Can't be bothered to dress fancy but still craving good food? Sweet Tuna is a fun place to try Poke bowls that are healthy and filling! You can plan a date night at this casual restaurant and enjoy fresh fish and hearty grains for a refreshing dinner. You can choose from one of their premade bowls or customize your own and maximize your favorite flavors. Be sure to give this place a try for fast food without compromises!
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Here are only a few places we recommend for any kind of date night. If you stay home most nights, don't worry! You can still plan a lovely night here at Notting Hill apartments in Dunwoody, GA. Cook a nice home dinner with your stainless steel appliances or out on the grill at our beautifully landscaped courtyards. For more information about our apartments contact us at (770) 217-9615.


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Bryan Jensen, Dept. of Entomology and IPM Program
Some of you have probably heard or seen popular press articles about the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeal's order ruling that EPA must ban the active ingredient chlorpyrifos which is an active is several insecticides including Lorsban 4E, Lorsban Advanced, Cobalt, Cobalt Advanced and several generic insecticides. At this point it is very early in the process and impossible to tell what the outcome will be and how it affects us.
Currently EPA is reviewing the court's decision and it is unknown how they will respond. EPA could appeal or decide to fully comply. Perhaps it will be something in between. I am sorry but the best thing to do, for now, is to stay tuned. The glass half-full response is that the 60-day cancellation period will get us through the 2018 Wisconsin growing season. We will just have to take a wait and see approach for next year.
For the interim, you can continue to use chlorpyrifos according to label directions. Typically, with a cancellation or tolerance revocation there is window of time where existing stocks can be used. I do not know if there will be such a window or how long that window will be open. Stay connected.


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Originally posted 2018-10-10 13:41:44. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
Robert Fryer was a sergeant in the Northumberland fuseliers. He did not die at war but survived.
Before the war he was a pigeon fancier. He had served as the secretary of the Seaton Delaval branch for over ten years. he was a judge at race meetings throughout the North of England. War came already a reservist at Tynemouth Garrison Artillary he helped develope a system along the coast of a pigeon service to relay messages.
Having originally joined up at the age of 36 he was promoted to acting Sergeant of the Royal Engineers and arrives in France March 1915. In July of that year he was reported as missing in Action then a few weeks later he was found and not missing in action.
Communications at the trenches was often non existant or very sparse.Getting information from headquaters to the battlefront and vice versa was a major headache. The lines were disrupted also and homing pigeons were used to try to fill the gap.
Having his skills recognised he was sent to the carrier Pigeon Service of the royal engineers with whom he sees service in France and Flanders on the Western front.
In a letter after the war he lamented about the conditions the birds had to go through and it makes heart rending reading.
When the birds got back from Passendale for example the had to be washed as they were covered in mud from the bombing and shelling. Often they were shell shocked by the noise of the guns and did not last long even with the tenderest of care.


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Maintaining the best data center cooling often relies on finding a containment solution that fits the specific needs of your server room. Data center containment can reduce the airflow requirement to IT equipment and improve cooling efficiency. Most data centers and colocations have adopted either Hot Aisle Containment or Cold Aisle Containment. As rack densities increase, cabinet level containment solutions are proving to be more efficient and easier to install in some server rooms.
Rack Level Containment Shows Better Scalability and Modularity
As rack densities increase, keeping IT equipment cool has become more of a challenge. Containment is a practical solution to save money once a load density reaches 5 kW, and is essential for densities above 10 kW to prevent equipment overheating and possible loss of uptime.
With an airflow containment system in place, data centers can reduce the airflow requirement to their equipment by 20-25%. A data center also increases the efficiency of the cooling infrastructure by increasing the temperature differential between the CRAC supply and return air.
There are three containment solutions that are usually implemented in a colocation or data center space. Hot Aisle Containment (HAC) and Cold Aisle Containment (CAC) are the two most common solutions. These both have advantages and disadvantages from one another depending upon the data center design.
Both HAC and CAC must adhere to fire regulations within the jurisdiction. Some HAC and CAC solutions require modifications to the fire mitigation system before they can be implemented. Other HAC and CAC solutions are not as efficient as they could be when they are retrofitted in a server room space.
Some data center operators are using cabinet level containment as an alternative approach to cooling. This newer approach has advantages over the other two containment solutions.
Hot Aisle Containment
Hot Aisle Containment is the better option when the cooling infrastructure relies on an overhead plenum to return hot air to the CRAC. HAC is where the exhaust air from IT equipment is isolated using vertical cabinet panels, aisle containment doors, and aisle chimneys to funnel the hot air from the racks to the return air plenum.
HAC is a better option in new build outs. When trying to retrofit an HAC solution, ladder racks, network cable trays and other infrastructure must be accommodated. This means engineering brush cutouts where the hot and cold air can intermingle and lower the cooling efficiency.
Open top HAC infrastructure is often better at accessing the existing fire system without making extreme modifications to the infrastructure, but it can be less efficient for the cooling system. Rack to ceiling HAC may require modifying the fire mitigation system significantly, but is more efficient in isolating hot and cold air from one another.
Cold Aisle Containment
Cold Aisle Containment is a better option in server rooms with an open-air floor plan and no overhead return air plenum. CAC is when cabinets and racks are isolated using aisle containment doors and roof panels. CAC can be easier to retrofit in existing spaces because it doesn't interfere with overhead structures. However, because of egress in the aisle containment doors, hot and cold air will still intermingle as people enter and exit the space, which can lower cooling efficiency.
CAC will likely require more modifications to the existing fire mitigation system. CAC systems usually rely on a drop or melt out ceiling tiles so that the fire system can access equipment. This solution may require altering the fire detection system and rerouting the existing fire system as well.
Cabinet Level Containment
Cabinet Level Containment provides a hybrid solution to the previous two containment systems. Cabinet Level Containment is where the hot air is directly pumped to the return air plenum by a chimney from the cabinet itself as opposed to having an aisle long spanning chimney.
The hot air is completely isolated from the server room with no intermingling due to accommodating existing data center infrastructure.
Cabinet Level Containment is as easy to install into new construction as the other two methods of HAC and CAC.
Cabinet Level Containment eliminates the need to adhere to a traditional HAC/CAC layout of cabinets in the server room and has the most versatility.
Cabinet Level Containment is modular and easier to scale in that it can be retrofitted in legacy data centers as needed to eliminate hot spots or retrofitted to the whole aisle.
The Data Center Infrastructure Solution?
Every server room has a different infrastructure. Some server rooms will benefit from using HAC over CAC, especially if it is a new buildout. Other legacy server rooms will have a more difficult time maneuvering overhead infrastructure and have less cooling efficiency with an HAC solution, and thus should consider CAC or Cabinet Level Containment.
When all is considered, it depends on your load density, infrastructure, and future business plans to determine which data center containment solution is right for your data center or colocation.
Click Consult below to talk to a specialist to help you determine which containment solution is right for your space.