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Gro-Sure All Purpose Compost with 4 Month Feed 10L
44.9p per litre
Product Description
Compressed easy carry pack.
Superior moisture control.
Promotes season long flowering.
Feeds for up to 4 months.
What is West+
West+ Multi-Purpose Compost is the ultimate in growing media, specially formulated to feed your plants for up to 4 months and perfect for use all around the garden. Its high performance, light-weight formula delivers unrivalled results in plant health, flower and root development.
West+ is a mix of 50 peat and 50% West+ wood fibre giving it a unique look and exceptional growing results. The West+ wood fibre ingredient is a sustainable, high performance peat replacement produced from FSC certified trees. The light fibrous composition of West+ provides the perfect environment for root growth.
Why Use West+
Exceptional growing results for flowers and vegetables.
Easier to re-wet, retains moisture, drains easily.
Even and long-lasting, feeds for up to 4 months.
50% lighter than standard Multi Purpose Compost making it easier to transport round the home & garden.
High quality growing medium that reduces the impact on the environment.
'This pack has been filled in accordance with the Growing Media Association Code of Practice for Quantity measurement' available from www.growingmedia.co.uk
Westland is a member of GMI (Growing Media Initiative). Promoting good environmental practice for growing media and helping to reduce the use of peat.
Product Information
At Westland we are always striving to make our products clearer and easier to understand so you can make more informed purchase decisions. This compost contains a medium level of peat for a better, more consistent growing medium with improved moisture and nutrient retention. It offers the ideal balance between air and water holding, making it the perfect environment for healthy root growth.
The Nutrient Guide gives an indication of the level of nutrients in compost. West+ Multi-Purpose Compost sits in the 7-8 range providing a medium-high level of balanced nutrients sufficient to feed plants for up to 4 months after planting.
pH is a measure of the acidity of the compost. A pH that is too low or too high will result in reduced nutrient uptake. This compost has the optimum pH to ensure that the correct amount of nutrients are freely available for plant uptake.
Product Information
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Home & Garden/
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- Brands: Westland
Store in a dry frost free place away from weed killers and other garden chemicals. Reseal bag after use.
How do I use it?
First, put on a pair of gloves and rework compost between your hands, so it regains its intended texture. Then you're all set.
Seedlings / Pricking Out
- Prick out seedlings once they're large enough to handle.
- Hold seedling by the leaves to avoid damage and tease out root using a dibber or pencil.
- Plant seedlings apart to allow for growth.
- Water regularly until the seeds are ready to be potted on.
- Water plant well and allow to drain before potting.
- Allow enough space to accommodate roots.
- Remove from pot and plant in container, firming the compost gently around the roots.
- Once fully planted water well.
Taking Cuttings
- Fill seed tray evenly with compost, then firm gently and water.
- Make sloping cut in stem of cutting and remove all bottom leaves. Dip end of cutting in hormone rooting powder to encourage rooting.
- Make a hole in the compost with a pencil/dibber.
- Place cutting into hole and firm compost gently around it.
- Cover tray with glass/polythene to prevent drying out and place in a warm spot away from direct sunlight, until cuttings have taken.
Hanging Baskets
- Line the basket and fill with compost.
- Plant with trailing plants around the outside and upright plants in the middle.
- Water well.
Planting Out
- Dig a hole twice the size of root ball diameter and add a layer of compost.
- Place plant in hole and back fill with compost.
- Firm compost around plant and water well
Country of Origin
Westland Horticulture Ltd,
14 Granville Industrial Estate,
Granville Road,
Country Tyrone,
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Customer Reviews
24 June 2017
1 of 1 found this review helpful.
Made my pots a fly farm
I have to agree with a few other reviewers; I've lost two plants to this compost because its a fully functioning fly farm. My plants just withered and died surrounded by a cloud of flies. I've had to empty all the pots that had this in and I chucked it all into a skip. RIP herb garden
25 October 2015
2 of 2 found this review helpful.
useful size for patio/balcony
Good quality, would buy again
12 March 2015
6 of 7 found this review helpful.
since using this my neighbours have commented
On my healthy and buoyant flowers. Definitely using again. Have bought four bags and definitely noticed a difference in plant health without horrible yellowing leaves can get with some feeds. Great product :-)
28 November 2014
10 of 10 found this review helpful.
infested with gnats - absolutely vile!!
I bought the 25litre version of this. I potted indoor plants & a few days later flies hatched. Lots & lots of flies. There was no salvaging the plants - I didn't want any possible transfer of fly eggs to new pots so binned everything. It was absolutely disgusting & quite costly as the plants potted were not cheap. They had also been reared from seed to established sized plants so I was doubly miffed. Avoid at all costs unless you want a swarm of flies...
27 January 2013
16 of 20 found this review helpful.
infested with gnats
my plants are all indoors - used this soil to re-pot and developed a gnat problem! wont be buying again - gross.
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Samsung Emporio Armani Night Effect User ReviewsPost new review
Please note that each user review reflects the opinion of its respectful author and not of Phone Arena.
Jason Jalet
posted on 03 Feb 2010, 07:08
Fancy, but lacks WOW factor.
I bought this phone purely for the name & look. It covers that just fine. The spec is similar to a Nokia 6303 with extra music features.The overall look is solid, and the phone feels nice to touch. The lights around the body is the nicest feature here.The phone menu is a bit soulless, however gets the job done fine.The phone cost me €180 unlocked and brand new on Ebay. I would reccommend it to Armani fans, or fashionable people.Design 8/10Features 6/10Performance 6/10
- Sexy LED lights around body
- Nice overall look & feel
- Music functions
- 3.5mm jack
- Poor battery life
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This samsung phone is a classic shaped candybar phone with armani logo on the back. Th main feature of this mobile phone is glowing strip of light on the sides of the phone. It is also incredibly thin, but include a pretty good package of features. It has 3 megapixel camera, bluetooth,mp3 player and other features.Design 7/10Features 8/10Performance 7/10
- nice glowing lights
- very thin
- amoled display
- mp3 player
- no camera flash
- not the best design
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posted on 23 Dec 2008, 11:04
If those out there looking for gadget that look cool and dashing this will be the one. It is because of its classy and nice design make it so cool. What more, it is Emporio Amani! Get it if you are looking for phone that different from other.Design 10/10Features 2/10Performance 3/10
- Nice design and cool. Light weight. cool night effect
- Not high tech and just for normal uses. Does not have a good camara.
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The last week has been "interesting" – I created the draft slide deck for the Data Center Fabric Architectures webinar on November 16th (register here) and sent the relevant slides to all vendors mentioned in the presentation to give them a chance to fix my errors – every vendor got at least the scorecard describing my understanding of their solution.
FYI, here's the definition of the scorecard I'm using to describe the features of individual solutions:
Some of the vendors replied "you've got it almost right" (even though the results weren't always flattering), some pointed out my errors ... and some engaged in interesting image polishing exercises, trying to persuade me to change my wording to better suit their marketing message. As expected, that didn't work (but I did fix every single error or omission I made).
On another front, quite a few of the vendors tried to sell me futures along the lines of "we're Industry First Vendor with XXX" ... with a slight gotcha – the feature XXX is not mentioned in their documentation at all. The reply was always the same: "once you start shipping it and document it in your public documentation, let me know and I'll blog about it and fix the slides," but as the "focus on futures" approach seems to be a popular pastime, I also decided to add Vendor claims bar at the bottom of the scorecards. That bar documents what they claim they have or will have, and you'll be able to judge in a few months' time what the gap between promises and deliverables is.
All together, the webinar touches on data center solutions from nine different vendors (in alphabetical order): Alcatel Lucent, Arista Networks, Avaya, Brocade, Cisco, Force10 Networks, HP, Juniper and NEC, and describes fourteen different solutions grouped into five different major architectures ... all for $49.99. I don't think you'll ever get such a deal from Gartner & Co ;)


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A couple of weeks ago I received news about a loved one that made me change my perspective on a lot of things in life, mainly family and the importance of it. Though I'm not really ready to talk about that news yet, I do think it's important to celebrate life and how amazing and fleeting it is. So, in the spirit of capturing all of the moments that make up this amazing thing called life, I thought I'd share a little of our 4th of July celebration with y'all. If we're friends on Facebook then you can check out all of the pictures there. I hope everyone had a great 4th filled with food, fun and family!
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E Broussard Road Is Not 'East' Broussard Road
For years, I would call it 'East Broussard' Road (the road that runs between Milton and Johnston Street, between Lafayette and Maurice), even though I never saw that in print. In newspaper articles, on the signs, on maps, it always said 'E. Broussard Road.' I always thought that the 'E' stood for East.
Well, recently I was 'set straight'. The story I heard was from a friend of mine who says that the road was named after the man who used to own Broussard's Race Track (and bar?), on Johnston Street, between E. Broussard Road and Driftwood Drive. My friend said that the Broussard family owned a lot of the land in that area, and that the road was named for him.
His name? Eloi Broussard.
I am not certain about the validity of the story, but I am sure that there are some Broussards out there who know the real deal!
Oh, here's a picture I took of the Vermilion River Bridge on E. Broussard Rd:
And now, a close-up of the sign on the bridge:
I dont' know how true the 'story' is, but this picture seems to shore-up the story some. I would love to hear from anyone who knows more!!


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A Trial to Evaluate a New Strategy in the Functional Assessment of 3-vessel Disease Using the SYNTAX II Score in Patients Treated With PCI
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Fushigi Yûgi: The Mysterious Play (ふしぎ遊戯 Fushigi Yūgi?), also known as The Mysterious Play,[1] is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yuu Watase. Shogakukan published Fushigi Yûgi in Shōjo Comic in its original serialized form from May 1992 through June 1996. Viz Media released the manga series in English in North America starting in 1999. Spanning eighteen volumes, Fushigi Yûgi tells the story of two teenaged girls, Miaka and Yui, who are pulled into "The Universe of the Four Gods", a mysterious book at the National Library.
The series became very popular and was later adapted into a 52 episode anime series by Studio Pierrot. The series originally aired from April 6, 1995 through March 28, 1996 on the anime satellite channel Animax and the regular cable channel TV Tokyo. The anime series was followed by three Original Video Animation releases, with the first having three episodes, the second having six, and the final OVA, Fushigi Yûgi Eikoden, spanning four episodes. A thirteen volume Japanese light novel series also followed Fushigi Yûgi. The novels were published by Shōgakukan from January 30, 1998 to September 26, 2003. On October 25, 2003, Watase began releasing a prequel to the manga series, Fushigi Yûgi Genbu Kaiden.
Anime: Produced by Studio Pierrot, the fifty-two episode Fushigi Yûgi anime series premiered on Animax and TV Tokyo on April 6, 1995. The series aired weekly, until the final episode aired on March 28, 1996. The series was licensed for English-language release to Region 1 DVD and VHS format by Geneon Entertainment, then named Pioneer, under the expanded title "Fushigi Yûgi: The Mysterious Play." It has been suggested that Geneon chose to license the series based on its popularity among the fansub community.[7] The main series was released in eight individual volumes and as two box sets, the "Suzaku" and "Seiryū" sets. Media Blasters license-rescued the series, and released the first season to DVD on June 19, 2012.[8] Season 2 will be released on February 12, 2013.
Middle-school student Miaka Yūki feels a lot of pressure to pass the entrance exam for the competitive Jonan Academy. Her friends do not believe she will get in, but she is determined to because her mom expects her to. Her best friend, Yui Hongo, is smart and has also applied to the Jonan Academy. While at the library one day, Miaka and Yui encounter a strange book known as The Universe of the Four Gods. Reading this book transports them into the novel's universe. However, Yui is transported back to the real world almost immediately. Inside the novel, Miaka finds herself the Priestess of Suzaku, destined to gather the seven Celestial Warriors of the god Suzaku in order to summon Suzaku and obtain three wishes. She falls in love with the Celestial Warrior Tamahome, who eventually reciprocates and Miaka's desire to use a wish to enter the high school of her choice begins to shift towards finding a way to be with Tamahome. Yui, who is also drawn into the book when she was trying to help Miaka to come back to the real world, becomes the Priestess of Seiryuu, working against Miaka out of jealousy over Tamahome and revenge for the humiliation and pain she had suffered when she first came to the book world.
The series describes the various trials that teenagers Miaka and Yui face, both quest-driven and personal. Feeling betrayed, the two oppose one another as priestesses, bringing together their own respective warriors and vying for the chance to be granted one wish by the gods whom they hope to summon.
My choice differ from others( which means i like only the best).
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Communicative action is a concept associated with the German philosopher Jürgen Habermas. Habermas uses this concept to describe agency in the form of communication, which under his understanding is restricted to deliberation, i.e. the free exchange of beliefs and intentions under the absence of domination.
In sociological terms the communicative action is a social action that can be compared to instrumental action (self-interested), normative action (adapted to a shared value system) or dramaturgical action (one which is designed to be seen by others and to optimize our public self-image). Habermas claims that all of those actions are parasitic upon the communicative action, which goes beyond them (Habermas, 1991, volume 1., pp.82-101).
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If ever you get the chance to ask One Direction anything, do NOT ask, "What do you like to do in your spare time?" Not because it's not allowed or anything, but because you already know the answer: get tattoos. At the beginning of the month, Zayn Malik and Louis Tomlinson got themselves inked up. Fast forward a mere two weeks, and here are the same two again getting half an arm sleeve and a compass, respectively. The same week Harry Styles debuted his boat. Calm down, fellas!
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THERMAL CALIFORNIA – School officials in Southern California say a high school's "Arabs" nickname is here to stay, but its divisive costumed mascot may undergo a face-lift.
The Coachella Valley Unified School District held a special meeting Friday night to address the recent dispute over the Coachella Valley High School Arabs and their bearded, snarling mascot with a large hooked nose who wears a traditional head covering.
Superintendent Darryl Adams said changing the Arabs name, used since the 1920s by the school in this town east of Palm Springs, is off the table, the Desert Sun newspaper reported.
District officials plan to meet this week with the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, a group that has said the mascot is offensive and wants it tossed. The group launched an online petition in an effort to pressure the school to abandon the mascot. So far, 900 people have signed.
Adams said district officials are open to changing the image represented by the mascot and will make an announcement on its future this week.
In a letter to the newspaper earlier last week, Adams said the mascot "was never intended to dishonor or ridicule anyone."
"A mascot chosen to show reverence and honor for the customs of prideful Middle Eastern peoples throughout our region, now provokes negative feelings, and this must be addressed," Adams wrote.
The Arab mascot has existed since the 1920s and was chosen to recognize the Coachella Valley's reliance on date farming, traditionally a Middle Eastern crop.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture imported date palm shoots from Algeria, Iraq and other Middle Eastern countries to create orchards in the desert climate. The region also attracted some Arab immigrants — mostly of Lebanese background — who were involved in date farming and ran stores.
Over the years, the mascot evolved from a turban-wearing horseman carrying a lance to a standing figure with a scowl and a traditional head covering.
The mascot came under fire earlier this month when the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee sent a letter to the school district complaining that the mascot, which appears in school murals and at football games, was stereotypical.
The dispute comes at a time when Native American activists are demanding that Washington's National Football League team drop its Redskins moniker, which they consider offensive. Many high school and college teams have stopped using Indian-themed mascots.


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Learning Legal Research
- Legal Research Video Shorts
- CALI: Legal Writing and Research Lessons
- Study Aids
- Legal Research Prepare-to-Practice Sessions
- Talk to a Reference Librarian
All University at Buffalo School of Law students will participate in extensive legal research training during their LAWR courses during their first year, and during the "Advanced Legal Analysis, Writing & Research" course in either their second or third year. In addition, the law librarians frequently are invited to conduct specialized how-to-do-research presentations in upper class law courses requiring written work.
For law students and others interested in reviewing legal research tools and techniques, here are a few suggestions.
Legal Research Video Shorts
Four minute videos imparting pearls of wisdom from our Reference Librarians!
- Law Library GPS
Finding your way in the Law Library…
Link to: [MP4] or [YouTube]
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CALI: Legal Research Lessons
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The Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction offers 950+ self-paced lessons on a wide array of legal topics. A complete list of CALI's legal research and writing lessons can be found here: http://www.cali.org/category/cali-topics/legal-research. For LAW STUDENTS ONLY. See reference librarian for access information.
Here is a short selection of legal research CALI lessons:SOME BASICS
- Where Does Law Come From?
- Legal Research 101: The Tools of the Trade
- Decision Point: State or Federal?
- Legal Research Methodology
- Cost of Legal Research
- Hold 'em, Fold 'em, Walk Away or Run: When to Stop the Search
- Introduction to State and Federal Statutes
- Forms of Federal Statutory Publication
- Codification
- Finding Statutes
- Researching Federal Legislative History
- Introduction to Secondary Sources
- American Law Reports
- Legal Encyclopedias
- Periodicals Indexes and Library Catalogs
- Using the Restatements of the Law
Study Aids
Just inside the Law Library entrance is a collection of current study guides for law students on a number of topics. One of those topics is "legal research," and a list those books can be seen here:
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Rico Caters Grilled Beef Tenderloin with Horseradish Sauce
Updated 4:31 pm, Saturday, October 6, 2012
Makes about 14 servings
1 whole (7- to 8-pound) beef tenderloin (purchase it trimmed of fat and membrane, or do it yourself; see Note)
Extra-virgin olive oil, as needed
3 cloves garlic, minced
3 tablespoons chopped fresh rosemary
3 tablespoons chopped flat leaf parsley
Coarse salt, to taste
Freshly cracked black pepper, to taste
Creamy Horseradish Sauce:
2 cups sour cream
2 tablespoons coarse-grated extra-strong horseradish, or to taste
Salt, to taste
Freshly ground pepper, to taste
Chopped chives, to taste
Extra-virgin olive oil, for drizzling
Instructions: Heat grill to high. Be sure the grill grates are clean. A meat thermometer is suggested to ensure cooking the meat to the preferred temperature.
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Tie the tenderloin at 2-inch intervals with kitchen twine. Rub it all over with olive oil to thoroughly coat the meat. Combine garlic, rosemary and parsley; massage the mixture into the meat, coating it on all sides. Season generously with salt and pepper.
Grill the tenderloin on the hottest part of the grill. Allow 2-3 minutes per side, then rotate until all sides are nicely charred and have developed a crust.
Check internal temperature with an instant-read thermometer and remove the meat from the grill when the thermometer reaches 128 degrees in the thickest part. At this temperature, the meat will turn out medium-rare. Transfer meat to a cutting board, and cover loosely with foil for 10-15 minutes to allow the juices to go back into the meat.
Remove twine and cut meat into 3/4-inch thick slices. Arrange in overlapping slices on a warm platter.
Serve accompanied with Creamy Horseradish Sauce.
For Creamy Horseradish Sauce: Combine sour cream, horseradish, salt, pepper and chives. Taste and adjust seasoning if needed. Drizzle a little olive oil over top for a nice sheen.
Note: The tenderloin will be slightly lower in cost if you purchase it untrimmed. To trim the meat yourself, begin by cutting and pulling away the external fat. An additional tougher piece called the chain muscle should be removed and used in a soup or stew. Use a sharp pointed knife to remove the tough, bluish membrane underneath the fat (called the silver skin.) The chef suggests checking out some instructional videos online if you choose to trim it yourself.
Per serving (without olive oil for coating or Creamy Horseradish Sauce): 350 calories (39.7 percent calories from fat), 15 g fat, 145 mg cholesterol, 135 mg sodium, 0 g carbohydrates, 0 g dietary fiber, 50 g protein.
Per 1 tablespoon of olive oil used for coating: 130 calories (100 percent calories from fat), 14 g fat, 0 mg cholesterol, 0 mg sodium, 0 g carbohydrates, 0 g dietary fiber, 0 g protein.
Per serving of Creamy Horseradish Sauce: 70 calories (83.4 percent calories from fat), 6 g fat, 25 mg cholesterol, 30 mg sodium, 1 g carbohydrates, 0 g dietary fiber, 1 g protein.


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√ The Washington Post (10/28/12)
"Mary Lord, who has been on the board since 2007 in a ward seat, deserves election in her at-large bid. She understands the role of the state board and has smart ideas on how to sustain school reform. "
√ The Current Newspapers (9/26/12) endorses Mary Lord as "the clear choice" for the At-Large seat on the DC State Board Of Education. "...We believe she will continue to serve admirably as an advocate for strong educational offerings at all D.C. schools."
√ The Stein Club endorses Mary Lord (10/9/12) for At Large, DC Board of Education.
√ Endorsed by: Council Chair Phil Mendelson, Council Members David Catania & Jack Evans; DC State Board President Laura Slover & At-Large member Ted Trabue.
Who is Mary Lord?
- A 36-year resident of the District of Columbia.
- A parent active in schools and community.
- An award-winning education reporter for the national press.
- A hard-working, respected team player on the DC State Board of Education.
- A leader who brings DC's voice to the national education policy debate.
- A tireless advocate for parents, families, and community volunteers as partners in education.
- Passionate about science, career tech/vocational training, youth sports, and arts education.
- Concerned — and committed to building strong, safe, and healthy schools where every child can flourish.
- Click here for the 5 top reasons I'm in this race.
What's at stake here?
Our city is in a headlong push to improve student achievement. The District of Columbia State Board of Education is a key part of these reform efforts. We must watch, advise, and help set workable policies on everything from preschool programs to adult education. And, because things are changing so fast, the State Board must listen to you and the community like never before.
- Elected members of the State Board of Education are put there by you. And you know your child's — and your community's — educational needs and concerns better than anyone.
- Everyone agrees that improvements to our schools must continue. The trick is to make a well-focused, sustained effort and not jump from fad to fad. The Mayor, the Council, and school leaders need all the help they can get if we are to succeed — including tackling such unglamorous subjects as science standards, discipline policy, teacher certification, and graduation requirements.
- Without great schools, District residents will miss out on good jobs and we will continue to lose a vital bedrock of our neighborhoods: families with children.


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Guests attending Stacy Ferguson and Josh Duhamel's joint bachelor and bachelorette party are treated to Kobe beef sliders, tuna tartare, shrimp skewers, and champagne.
Holding a joint bachelor and bachelorette party at the Dakota Live Music lounge in Santa Monica, Calif. on Wednesday night, January 7, Stacy Ferguson and his groom-to-be Josh Duhamel reportedly "looked excited" at the festivity. The longtime lovers, who are claimed to be exchanging wedding vows this Saturday, January 10, were joined by 75 of their friends and family, including her Black Eyed Peas bandmate, will.i.am.
Fergie and Josh, arriving at the scene via limo and entered the club through the back, were greeted with cheers from their guests. Inside the festivity, partygoers were treated to Kobe beef sliders, tuna tartare, shrimp skewers, and champagne. They also danced to a deejayed mix of '80s songs and newer hits.
"Josh and Fergie usually spend so much time away from each other, so they wanted to make this week special and spend as much time together as possible," People cited a source as stating. "So they decided to have a joint bachelor and bachelorette party and have their friends mingle and get to know each other before the big day." The joint bachelor and bachelorette party ended at about 1:30 A.M.
Stacy Ferguson and Josh Duhamel, according to the mounting reports, will wed in the L.A. area on Saturday. And while neither of them has shared details of their big day to the press, speculation arises that she will wear a Dolce & Gabbana-designed wedding gown on her big day.
Besides, it has also been claimed that Fergie and Josh will be alerting their friends and family of the wedding's venue only hours before they tie the knot. About that matter OK! magazine reported, "They're going to send guests instructions via email. They'll be given an address and have to go a couple of locations before they get shuttled to the wedding itself."


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Baku, Azerbaijan, Jan. 24
By Emil Ismayilov - Trend:
The Azerbaijani State Committee for Standardization, Metrology and Patent has approved a new national standard 'Minimum requirements for hotels and hotel- type facilities', according to a message from the committee.
The new national AZS 755-2014 standard was adopted to improve the quality of services rendered for tourists, provision of security and competence of the hotels and hotel-type facilities personnel, according to the message.
This standard included types of accommodation, rules for organising the system for assessment of hotels and other accommodation facilities conformity with minimum requirements, as well as conducting audits at these facilities.
Aside from that, the committee has approved two new state standards: AZS 756-2014 "Lifejackets. Technical specifications" and AZS CODEX STAN 192-2014 "Food additives based on the 'CODEX STAN 192-1995 Codex General Standard for Additives' international standard".
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BUENOS AIRES, Sept 29 (Reuters) - Brazil will not obtain an investment-grade credit rating from Moody's Investors Services during the current president's term, which ends in 2018, a Moody's analyst told Reuters, adding that the country's planned reforms are crucial for earning a stable outlook.
Mauro Leos, a senior vice president in charge of Latin American credit ratings, also said Mexico's spending cuts would ensure that the 2017 fiscal deficit is smaller than the current year's. Next year's growth will be below 3 percent but higher than the 2 percent in 2016, Leos said in an interview. (Reporting by Luc Cohen; Editing by Diane Craft)


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THAMES Water has vowed to repair a 6ft-wide hole in the Sevenfields Nature Reserve in response to residents' concerns it could be dangerous.
Ken Wordsall, 73, of Greenmeadow, raised the alarm last week fearing the hole could swallow a bike, a pet or even a child and Swindon Council and Thames Water had been notified.
Now Ken said due to the heavy rain the hole by the cycle path that runs near Dart Avenue into the Sevenfields Nature Reserve has widened from 4ft to 6ft across and is about 7ft deep.
Barriers have been put up to warn people to stay away by the council, which has confirmed it is not its responsibility.
A spokesman for Thames Water said: "Our engineers have been out to do an initial inspection and it has been passed on to the relevant team as we think it is something we can solve.
"It appears it may be a problem with the earth around the sewer pipe and so it has been tasked to our waste team to look at.
"They are obviously dealing with customers who have had overflowing manholes and drains into their propertries but the ball has started rolling."


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Ulaanbaatar Town Yard Hostel
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Nearby Gandan Monastery Door4, Orkhon5, Bayangol District
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'We're happy to welcome you to our hostel owned/run by a friendly Mongolian family who is originally from the countryside and has an extensive experience in tourism sector. Our guests appreciate the hostel's atmosphere, friendly and helpful staff and a chance to meet travelers from different countries, nice tailored tours, yummy breakfast and so on… in order to improve our facilities and comfort, we've just built a new house in 2014. The house isn't too big nor too small, ideal to keep the communication-friendly environment. You can have a quiet and tranquil environment in a short walk away from the downtown.
Our Hostel is just two or three minute walk to the main avenue where there are many shops, restaurants, pubs, cafes and the banks and few hundred meters away to the biggest monastery of UB.
It's also very close to one of the biggest local market where you can find things necessary for your countryside trip for a cheaper price.
Actually, we're proud that we're one of the original hostels of UB, that have many years experience of arranging countryside tours for budget travelers while hosting them during their stay in UB.
Here are the kinds of our fabulous and reliable tours we can offer for you:
- Gobi tour
- Horse trekking in Terelj National park
- Short trips to mini gobi, central Mongolia, national parks, lakes
- City tour
- Other tailor-made trips
/Please send an e-mail for the details/
The hostel has kitchen, common room and outdoor area where it's easy to meet people.
FREE BREAKFAST is available daily from 7 am -10 am. Parking space can be found in the garage of the hostel for free of charge. Laundry service at the hostel is also in handy.
For your safety, our staff are always on the premises and we have security cameras. The lockers are available for your valuables.
To ensure your stay convenient, our medium size hostel will provide you with:
- friendly local staff
- tour arrangements to the countryside
- central heating and 24h hot showers
-24 hour reception & security
- FREE WiFi and internet
- FREE luggage storage and lockers
- FREE day-storage of luggage after check-out
- FREE maps and information
-FREE linen on request
-FREE city maps
-FREE breakfast
-small library
-car and bicycle parking
-use of hairdryers on request
- laundry service
-International and domestic phone calling cards
-pick up and drop off service
-outlets and sockets
-outdoor terrace
Please be aware that our pick up service is for free of charge from the train station and 20USD from the airport. Better to contact in advance for the pick up service.
You can change or cancel your booking free of charges 2 days before arrival (until 12.00 am local time).
At check in, international guests must present a valid passport.
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Tuukka Rask is likely to be the starting goaltender for Finland's hockey team at the 2014 Winter Olympics, and on Tuesday night, the mask he will wear in Sochi was revealed.
It features a bear on the crown, a sword on the back, the Finnish flag on both sides and the word "Suomi" on the front.
Finland is expected to be among the five or six nations that will compete for a medal in Sochi. The Finnish team won bronze four years ago in Vancouver after taking home the silver medal at the Torino Games in 2006 when it lost to Sweden in the final.
Check out his awesome Olympic mask in the photos below.
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Something awful has happened to Apple.
I had a MacBook. It came out in late 2008. I loved that little Mac, but the relationship went on too long. It died, very suddenly, leaving me with several projects due.
It's not like a PC. When that quits you just go to some cut-rate place and get another one for $300. Refurbished Macs start in the $800 range and they go way up from there. I found a year-old refurbished Pro with retina display, still in factory wrap, for a reasonable price, plus warranty, tax, data transfer, etc.
Time to reach for the plastic. Then the fun begins.
Before you're even out of the store you're getting told you need to upgrade to a new OS, in my case Yosemite. The most recent version doesn't "support" iPhoto, where all of my images live, many of them neatly categorized (many more not). In fact, it obliterates iPhoto, but don't worry, because Yosemite has an ultra-cool images app called "Photos." I have it on my phone already. Here's what "Photos" does:
It takes all those lovingly prepared and categorized images and dumps them into a huge pile on the floor. It then sorts them into a series of shoeboxes, which it names things like "Panoramas" and "Bursts" and "Faces." This algorithm, no matter how wonderful it is, certainly can't tell the difference between, say, "Class Reunion 2006" and "Family Photos Before 1950." My guess is that it will throw any photo with a face and torso into a shoebox and give the shoebox a name like "People."
The wonderful editor? Clearly it's designed for those who want to make cards with the kids' pictures for Granny. Cards you have to pay for. I'm not kidding. You have to pay for them!
Why would anyone do that?
Here is the worst of it for me: you can't drag and drop images from Photos to the desktop and then into Photoshop Elements for editing any more — in fact, it is rumored on the forums that dragging and dropping in any form, to anywhere NotApple will be seriously impaired, involving export and folders and other forms of torture.
Guys…guys…hello! That seamlessness, that sort of ease in dragging/dropping is one reason why we buy your $2000 Macs in the first place!
Well, said Apple, Photos is brand new and Those Other Companies haven't written software for compatibility yet. So, y'know, it's not our fault.
Well o-Kay then, Apple.
I spoke to Apple again. Not to worry, they said. The photo albums I've been building for, y'know, eight years "should" come over into Photos.
When speaking with support, I'd rather not hear the word "should" but hey it's Apple and ya gotta trust somebody right?
Maybe not.
The OS my new Macbook came with is aptly named: Mavericks.
So, OS X v. 10.9.4, Build 13.E.28, I'll be holding you close as the rest of the herd stampedes over the cliff.
Apple Music? Sneaked onto my iPhone like a wooden "update" horse? You will never, never be welcome on this new baby.
Well, said Apple, the engineers are aware of all this and they are working on it. I bet they are!
The "M" word is being whispered in the press to describe Photos and Apple Music and, oh yeah, the U2 debacle.
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Sarah Rayne is the author of a number of acclaimed psychological thrillers and haunted house books. Here's an introduction to her work, starting with the newly-launched Phineas Fox series
Phineas Fox Books
Death Notes, the first of the psychological mystery thrillers featuring the music historian and professional researcher, Phineas Fox, was published in 2016. Book Two, Chord of Evil, will be available in August 2017 and the third in the series, Song of the Damned, is coming in 2018.
"If future instalments are as gripping and intricately plotted as this one, it could have a long run…" Booklist, on Death Notes
The Haunted House Books
Sarah's haunted house series, featuring the Oxford don, Michael Flint and the antiques dealer, Nell West, has received high praise from the critics, and the books have been described as 'eruditely eerie'. There are six novels in the series, and although they can be read individually, it's probably a good idea to start with Book One, Property of a Lady.
"The haunted-house theme is one of the most venerable in the genre, and Rayne has given it new life in this series, drawing again and again on the secrets (and the horrors) contained within structures built originally to keep us safe…" Booklist
"Rayne perfects the craft of deftly chosen details, simmering suspense and chilling surprises, all woven into a quiet, elegant narrative." Kirkus
The Psychological Thrillers
These are six stand-alone books, and have all received high praise, with Tower of Silence long-listed for the prestigious Theakston's Crime Novel of the Year.
"Equal parts Daphne du Maurier, Josephine Tey and Ruth Rendell… Rayne possesses superb story-telling skills…" US Mystery Guild
"Had me both absorbed and fascinated as well as scared stiff… Wonderful stuff!" Euro Crime
Contemporary Horror
Sarah Rayne's six contemporary horror books have recently been reissued in digital format. They were originally written under the pseudonym of Frances Gordon, and Blood Ritual was described by Time Out as "A superior example of the vampire genre…" The three Immortal Tales titles are re-telling of traditional fairytales, and include the eerie Wildwood – the modern-day version of Little Red Riding Hood.
Short Stories
'The Unknown Crime' and 'The Forgotten Manuscript' are available as an ebook.
'The Masquerade' is available as a pdf download or online on Sarah's blog.
Fantasy Quartet
Sarah's widely-read fantasy books – the Wolfking quartet, first written and published in the early 1990s – have recently been re-issued in digital format. There are four novels in the fantasy series. It is recommended that you start with Wolfking.
"Delicately wrought…" The Times
"Before long you find yourself engrossed…" Fear
"Perhaps the best fantasy on Celtic legend that I've ever read…" Lester Del Rey
As well as being published in America and Australia, Sarah's books have been translated into German, Dutch, Russian, and Turkish.
Read more about Sarah Rayne
Sarah Rayne began writing in her teens, and after a Convent education, which included writing plays for the Lower Third to perform, embarked on a variety of jobs.
Her first novel was published in 1982, and since then she has written more than 25 books, including eight psychological thrillers which met with considerable acclaim, with Tower of Silence long-listed for the prestigious Theakston's Crime Novel of the Year.
Her haunted house series, featuring the Oxford don, Michael Flint and the antiques dealer, Nell West, has receivedhigh praise from critics, and the books have been described as 'eruditely eerie'.
2016 sees the start of a new series of psychological thrillers, focussing on a music researcher, Phineas Fox.The first title in the series is Death Notes.
Sarah's famous fantasy books – the Wolfking quartet, first written and published in the early 1990s – have recently been re-issued in digital format, as have six contemporary horror books originally written under a pseudonym.
Short stories to date are The Unknown Crime, The Forgotten Manuscript, and The Masquerade.
As well as being published in America and Australia, Sarah's books have been translated into German, Dutch, Russian, and Turkish.
The daughter of an Irish comedy actor, Sarah was for many years active in amateur theatre, and lists among her hobbies, theatre, history, music, and old houses. Much of her inspiration comes from the histories and atmospheres of old buildings, a fact that is strongly apparent in many of her settings – Charect House in Property of a Lady, Twygrist Mill in Spider Light, andMortmain House in A Dark Dividing.Music also influences a number of her plots –the eerie death lament, 'Thaisa's Song' in The Bell Tower, the music hall songs in Ghost Song, and the creation of the scandalous 19th century violinist, Roman Wolf, in Death Notes.
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STORY TELLING – THE ANCIENT ARTThere are many theories as to when story-telling actually began. In the old Arabian legends, Scheherazade was allowed to live for the following day if she told an entertaining story that night. Which is singing for your supper with a vengeance. Our prehistoric... read more
TRAVELLING THROUGH FICTION… IT'S NOT WHAT IT USED TO BEThere was a time when a degree of glamour attached itself to a journey – when journeys themselves could provide a writer with a splendidly atmospheric setting. You could place your characters on a train or a ship and cast them into all manner of perilous, murderous,... read more
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When asked about her unique dress, the 'Fly' raptress tells reporters backstage at the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards, 'Harajuku is something I have been absorbing for a very long time.'
Tokyo apparently has something to do with Nicki Minaj's head-turning outfit at this year's MTV Video Music Awards. The "Fly" raptress generated buzz when hitting the black carpet on Sunday (August 28) night, wearing a metal dress with a pink tutu that she combined with colorful socks and leg warmers.
When asked about her eclectic fashion choice, the 28-year-old told reporters backstage,"Tokyo inspires this outfit." The singer, who completed her bizzare look with a soft-serve ice cream necklace, a Japanese face mask and a pink, yellow and orange wig, went on to elaborate her answer, "You know, Harajuku is something I have been absorbing for a very long time."
Coming to the VMAs, Nicki was up for a number of awards. The Young Money member, however, lost to Katy Perry for Best Collaboration and to Lady GaGa for Best Female Video. Still, she managed to beat the likes of Chris Brown, Lupe Fiasco, Lil Wayne and Kanye West on the category of Best Hip-Hop Video, thanks to "Super Bass".
Nicki was also on hand in presenting Best Pop Video award along with Jonah Hill. Taking the stage for the presentation, she shared several awkward moments with the actor as they discussed his recent weight loss and prompted him to unleash his anger when she failed to see the funny side of his joke.
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Judge rejects Muslims' civil rights lawsuit
NEW YORK — The New York Police Department's intelligence unit didn't discriminate against Muslims with far-reaching surveillance aimed at identifying "budding terrorist conspiracies" at Newark mosques and other locations in New Jersey, a federal judge ruled on Thursday.
In a written decision filed in federal court in Newark, U.S. District Judge William Martini dismissed a civil rights lawsuit brought in 2012 by eight Muslims who alleged the NYPD's surveillance programs were unconstitutional because they focused on religion, national origin and race. The suit accused the department of spying on ordinary people at several mosques, restaurants and grade schools in New Jersey beginning in 2002.
The plaintiffs, including the former principal of a grade school for Muslim girls, "have not alleged facts from which it can be plausibly inferred that they were targeted solely because of their religion," Martini wrote. "The more likely explanation for the surveillance was to locate budding terrorist conspiracies."
The judge added: "The police could not have monitored New Jersey for Muslim terrorist activities without monitoring the Muslim community itself. ... The motive for the program was not solely to discriminate against Muslims, but to find Muslim terrorists hiding among the ordinary law-abiding Muslims."
The ruling also singled out The Associated Press, which sparked the suit with a series of stories based on a confidential NYPD document showing how the department sought to infiltrate dozens of mosques and Muslim student groups and investigated hundreds in New York and elsewhere.
"Nowhere in the complaint do the plaintiffs allege that they suffered harm prior to the unauthorized release of documents by The Associated Press," Martini wrote. "This confirms that plaintiffs' alleged injuries flow from the Associated Press's unauthorized disclosure of the documents."


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Lifeway Foods
Just for the sake of clarity, though the budget-related shutdown isn't helping dairy farms, it's not the lone reason dairy companies have been struggling of late. Mostly they're the victims of a soon-to-expire (on December 31st) dairy-price stabilization bill.
The primary worry is that Congress will greatly alter the usual terms of the bill in order to come to some sort of budget consensus, leaving the dairy business unable to support itself. The lesser worry is that the shutdown will last through the December 31st deadline, preventing the introduction of any kind of new farm bill in the meantime, which means law from 1949 will be re-instituted by default. Either way, the price of milk for consumers would theoretically skyrocket and end up pricing dairy products right out of the market for these small-cap stocks.
Once the budget impasse is wrapped up though, a new Dairy Stabilization Act should be right around the corner. That's good news for a small-cap company like dairy farm Lifeway Foods (LWAY), which saw its shares fall nearly 25% over the course of August and September when the budget impasse was shaping up.


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Mobile banking could help millions of Indians without access to financial services, according to industry experts. It has the potential of transforming peoples' livelihoods in rural and other marginalized areas of India. However a few still bottlenecks exist, such as illiteracy, lack of awareness, apprehension and limited or no banking infrastructure in rural areas.
Growth Potential
Around 775 million people in India own mobile phones, with 19 million new subscribers adding to that number monthly. According to Gartner technology research specialists, one tenth of the world's phones are sold in India. In contrast, almost 50% of India's adult population does not have a bank account. The mobile platform presents the easiest and fastest channel of bringing the millions of unbanked Indians into the country's mainstream banking system; therefore, the potential for mobile banking uptake is quite huge.
Even though there is room for growth, take-up of mobile banking in India has been somewhat slow. Only 0.5% of the total 5% registered mobile-banking users are regular users of the platform, according to industry estimates. Currently, about 680,000 transactions worth nearly $13.6 million (INR 610 million) are processed per month via mobile phones.
Transforming Livelihood
Mobile banking could help develop the fortunes of India's rural and urban poor by bringing them into greater financial inclusivity and granting them access to different financial products and services that they could use to uplift themselves and boost the country's economy and growth.
Much still needs to be done to encourage wide mobile banking uptake in India by way of educating the population on the usage and benefits of mobile banking, and addressing their security concerns.
The Indian government is taking pro-active measures to increase mobile banking. Currently, 39 banks have been licensed by the Reserve Bank of India to offer mobile banking services. The maximum mobile transaction value has also been raised to $1,100 (INR 50,000), which represents a tenfold increase.
Key Statistics – India's Economy (source: CIA World Factbook)
- GDP: approximately $4.06 trillion in 2010, ranking 5th in the world; in 2009, GDP was approximately $3.679 trillion
- GDP Growth: $3.679 trillion in 2009 to $4.06 trillion in 2010; real gross domestic product (GDP) expanded by 6.8% in 2009 and 10.4% in 2010, ranking the country 5 in GDP growth rate terms in the world
- Public Debt: 57.3% of the national GDP in 2009; reduced to 55.9% of the national GDP in 2010, ranking the country 45 in the world
- Inflation: 11.7% in 2010, an increase from 10.9% in 2009, ranking 201 in the world
- Leading Industries: textiles, chemicals, food processing, steel, transportation equipment, software
- Economic Challenges: widespread poverty, limited employment opportunities, inadequate social and physical infrastructure, high rural-urban migration and insufficient access to quality education
- Employment & Labor: national unemployment rate was 10.8% in 2010, up from 10.7% in 2009; labor force constituted 478.3 million people in 2010, with occupational breakdown at 16.1% for agriculture, 28.6% for Industry and 55.3% for services
- Industry Stats: almost 800 million people have access to mobile phones and service; overall teledensity is more than 60%, with urban teledensity at close to 100% and rural teledensity at 20% and growing


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Seri Mutiara Setia Alam
This is going to be the last series of SERI Apartmen in Setia Alam. It's called Seri Mutiara - one of the most awaiting launching of the medium cost apartmen for this year. The previous launches of Seri Jati/ Baiduri and Seri Intan/ Kasturi were Super Duper "BUY BUY BUY" that more than 2 thousand of units were completely sold out during the balloting exercise.
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What could be the catalyst for the BBB again this time around? I believe the Setia Alam brand/township speaks by itself. Another factor could be the reasonable price. You tell me where else to get an apartment with less than RM300psf (latest info - price 244k - 249k) from a reputable developer, non other than SP Setia. There's more criteria to judging (you find yourself?) whether this Seri Mutiara is really worth buying?
If you missed the previous ballot, this is going to be your last chance to own SERI apartmen. Before I delve more into to this topic, let me share some information (given by the SA today) pertaining to the Seri Mutiara launching, tentatively before end of this year.
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b) Price : 260k - 280k (tentative)
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Women Changing China, Beijing, 2009
Since 2009, Barnard College has hosted an annual Global Symposium to expand the borders of our conversations beyond the United States and share ideas with colleagues around the world. From 2009 to 2016, these Symposia highlighted women's leadership and entrepreneurship in different regions—Beijing (2009), Dubai (2010), Johannesburg (2011), Mumbai (2012), São Paulo (2013) and Shanghai (2014). In 2015, in celebration of its 125th Anniversary, Barnard welcomed a group of remarkable women from around the world to New York City for the seventh annual Global Symposium, Women Changing the World. Barnard held its 2016 symposium in Paris, France. Read more about past symposia.
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Over the past eight years, the Symposia have helped build a network of women leaders across the globe. Now Barnard turns to addressing the global challenges that these leaders and entrepreneurs must face in a rapidly changing world. In 2016-17, Barnard will engage in a series of Global Salons—conversations with international partners that discuss solutions to some of the most pressing global challenges of our time. The first Global Salon, hosted by Azita Raji '83, Ambassador of the United States of America to Sweden, took place in Stockholm and addressed issues of gender equity and inclusion. The second Global Salon, planned for February 2017 in New Delhi, India, will act as a workshop for the 2018 Global Symposium on climate change. The third Global Salon, in April 2017 in Hong Kong, China, will address socially responsible investing.
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Despite coming together in the premiere to defend Defiance against the Volge attack, Rafe McCawley is still not wild about his daughter Christie dating Alak Tarr. In fact, he goes so far to pull the age-old parenting technique of "if you walk out that door, there's no coming back."
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Help police trace wanted man Nigel Jones
Police want help to find a Hertfordshire man wanted on recall to prison.
Nigel Jones, who is 38 and from Welwyn Garden City, also has connections with the Hatfield and Milton Keynes areas.
He is wanted on recall to prison in connection with burglary offences.
Anyone with information should contact Hertfordshire Police on 101 or call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.
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'She's just an ordinary kid. But she's a fighter'
The former coach of Britain's most successful female Olympian today said she had always been a winner - "even as a tiny tot".Read the full story ›
Welwyn sprinter Williams books place in semi-finals
Welwyn Garden City sprinter Jodie Williams has qualified for the semi-finals of the women's 200m in Rio.
The 22-year-old ran a season's best of 22.69 to finish third in her heat which was good enough to qualify as one of the fastest losers.
Williams was the 12th fastest overall and will now run in the semis on Wednesday.
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Singing with star helped Eden forget about cancer battle
Little Eden Taverner-Wright had a difficult start in life but she could forget all about that as she sang alongside the top music producer.Read the full story ›
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The music superstar making dreams come true
He's one of the biggest musical superstars - but Mark Ronson still had the time to help a seriously ill girl from HertfordshireRead the full story ›
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Man jailed for 30 years for murder of expat lover
A man has been jailed for 30 years for killing his British expat lover in France.Read the full story ›
Frenchman on trial over murder of Hertfordshire woman
A gardener is going on trial accused of killing a woman from Hertfordshire who disappeared from a village in France four years ago.
Jean-Louis Cayrou has been charged with murdering 58-year-old Patricia Wilson who was originally from Welwyn Garden City.
She vanished from her home in Vabre-Tizac near Toulouse in August 2012.
Her body has never been found.
Cayrou is due to appear in court later.
Helicopter search for missing woman as concern grows
A police helicopter has been used in the search for a woman missing from Welwyn Garden City as fears grow for her safety.
Cheryl Hyatt, who is 51 years old, was last seen this morning (January 9) at around 1am in Wilkins Grove.
Cheryl is 5ft 3ins tall, medium build with light brown shoulder length straight hair. She is believed to have been wearing a black puffa style jacket which has a belt around the middle, jeans and calf length black boots.
Anyone who has seen Cheryl or who knows of her whereabouts should contact Herts Police on 101.
Hertfordshire Police: 'Classic car could have been stolen at any point in the last 20 years'
A classic car has been stolen from a garage in Welwyn Garden City, but police admit that the theft could have happened 20 years ago.
The owner of the red Ford Mustang died in August, and his relatives realised that the vehicle was missing when they went to check if it was still in the garage on October 15.
The last definite sighting of the car in the garage was way back in 1995.
"The owner of the vehicle was hugely proud of the car and it has a large amount of sentimentally attached to it.
Obviously the car is very distinctive and, despite the length of time in which it could have been stolen during, I believe anyone who witnessed the car being removed from the garage would remember seeing it.
I would like to speak with anyone with information about this theft as soon as possible. Equally, I would like to hear from anyone who has seen the car or been offered it for sale."
Managers to be sentenced over wall crush death
Managers at a Hertfordshire building firm are due to be sentenced today in connection with the death of a worker.
28-year-old Gareth Jones died when a wall collapsed on him while working for Linley Developments of Welwyn Garden City.
The company has admitted corporate manslaughter. Contractor Trevor Hyatt and project manager Alfred Barker have each pleaded guilty to contravening Health and Safety Regulations.
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After months of speculation and mam-ticipation, director Christopher Nolan has finally announced that the role of Catwoman in the next Batman movie will be played by Hollywood T&A-lister Anne Hathaway.
Anne beat out the likes of Keira Knightley, Rachel Weisz, Naomi Watts, Blake Lively and Natalie Portman for the role and follows in the footsteps of Halle Berry and Michelle Pfeiffer, who have also played the foxy feline villainess on the big screen.
After letting the catwoman out of the bag, Nolan expressed his delight to the press "I am thrilled to have the opportunity to work with Anne Hathaway, who will be a fantastic addition to our ensemble as we complete our story."
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USC, or at least what's left of the Trojans, will take on Utah in a Pac-12 Conference game Saturday at the Coliseum (1 p.m., Pac-12 Networks). Here's a preview of the game, plus an analysis and score prediction.
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Abrams' Bad Robot Productions has nabbed the rights to the 'Twilight Zone' creator's unproduced script 'The Stops Along the Way'.
More than 30 years after Rod Serling's death, his final work may be brought to the small screen. J.J. Abrams' Bad Robot Productions has acquired the rights to the late writer's unproduced final screenplay, "The Stops Along the Way".
Abrams, through his overall deal with Warner Bros. Television, will shop the script as an event miniseries. No other details of the project, including the premise and what role Abrams will have, are available as of now.
Serling, who is best known for his anthology series "The Twilight Zone", talked about his final work four months before his death on June 28 after a series of heart attacks. "I just wrote 'The Stops Along the Way', which is, I think, a lovely script," he said in his final interview.
The late screenwriter, known as the "angry young man" of Hollywood, won six Emmy Awards during his career. Some of his other notable works were "Rod Serling's Night Gallery", "Planet of the Apes" and "Requiem for a Heavyweight".


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Nearly $2 billion spent to gain a foothold in the U.S. tobacco market.
LONDON -- Imperial Tobacco acquired Commonwealth Brands, the number four cigarette maker in the U.S., for $1.9 billion in an effort to enter the U.S. tobacco market, reported the Financial Times.
Imperial Tobacco, the world's number four cigarette maker, acquired Commonwealth from its parent, Houchens Industries. Imperial was exploring strategies to break into the U.S. market, but had ruled out acquisitions to avoid association with potential lawsuits, chief executive Gareth Davis told Bloomberg News in October.
The global tobacco industry has undergone international consolidation as a result of lower sales and widening bans on smoking. Imperial estimated that the number of duty-paid cigarettes sold in its biggest market, the United Kingdom, decreased 3 to 4 percent in the 2005 fiscal year, and as a result, began considering expanding into new markets. In August, Imperial paid $703 million for the trademark of Davidoff cigarettes. Imperial was expected to make a bid on France's Altadis, but has not made a public bid to date, the report stated.
In April, Reynolds American bought Conwood, a smokeless tobacco company, for $3.5 billion from the Pritzker family. Altria recently announced its spin-off of Kraft Foods to focus on its tobacco brand, Philip Morris. The plan launched speculation that Altria would look to acquisitions to build its core business, with Imperial as a potential candidate for purchase, the report stated.
Imperial has been open about its plans to jump into the U.S. tobacco ring. "(The U.S.) is a highly attractive market with highly-attractive margins," Davis told Bloomberg News in October. U.S. smokers consume 7 percent of the world's cigarettes and account for 30 percent of the industry's profit, he noted, and legal problems in the states have become "significantly less" than recent years, he continued.
"It all points to a more settled landscape in the United States," Davis said.
With Imperial's entrance, American tobacco will face the first major competitor in years, Bloomberg stated.
According to Hoover's Handbook, Imperial Tobacco was founded in 1902 when a number of U.K. tobacco companies banded together against American tobacco's entry into their market. Eventually, Imperial and American tobacco agreed to stay out of each other's way. Imperial sells cigarettes, cigar, roll-your-own tobacco and snuff in more than 130 countries. Robert Burton Associates Ltd., the U.S. subsidiary of Imperial Tobacco, manufactures and distributes brands of rolling papers, cigarette tubes and tobacco accessories under the name E-Z Wider, Joker, Premier Supermastic, Rizla, El Rey, Club, Rayo, Escort and Canuma.


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Want to live a healthier life but don't think you're disciplined enough to stick to a diet to achieve that goal? Don't despair. Self-discipline can be learned... With the help of these seven healthy steps, your weight loss goals will soon be a reality.
To learn self-discipline, it's important to develop the ability to work towards a healthy goal until it is achieved. To master this approach, these inspirational strategies, along with healthy eating , will keep your weight loss plan on track.
Ask yourself what you want to accomplish with your diet, health and body. Is it to get your pre baby body back or just tone up a little? The answers will help you formulate your mission statement. One example might be: "My goal is to reach a healthy weight and feel confident with my body."
One excellent strategy for learning how to reach your weight loss goals is to model your behaviour after a successful achiever — someone you know and admire who now has a healthier life, or an impressive celebrity who lost weight . While you don't have to follow that person's exact goals and philosophy, you can match certain elements of their strategy for success that make sense for you and your diet.
First, isolate any unhealthy behaviours that keep you from reaching your weight loss goal, then ask yourself how you would act if you had already reached your ideal weight. For example, if you normally stay at the office later than everyone else, you're probably too tired to go to the gym when you finally do leave. So think about how you might leave the office earlier, in time to get to that 6pm class. Are there meetings you can get out of? Is there work you can delegate? Or can you motivate yourself to exercise at lunch instead?
Self-disciplined people form images of themselves achieving their goal. As silly as it sounds, visualising the new healthy you helps the brain convert images into reality. If weight loss is your goal, imagine yourself looking and feeling fantastic in your new skinny wardrobe or looking your best at the beach — you'll find it much easier to stick to a healthy diet and exercise plan with this image in mind.
Many people find delight, excitement and intense involvement in working towards a healthy goal. Even if the idea of the diet and exercise needed to achieve your goal may not seem instantly gratifying, the overall feeling of accomplishment will be well worth it in the end, so hang in there. Don't stress about any occasional diet slip ups or if it feels like you're not losing weight at all at first - it takes time to reach a goal.
People who achieve weight loss goals have a remarkable capacity to divide up the various spheres of their lives to stay focused on what they are doing at the moment. You can make continual improvements to your diet and healthy meal options, for instance, while other aspects of your goal — like stress reduction — may require other strategies. Set aside some time to think about how your can take control of your life and implement these improvements.
If you want to reach your weight loss goal, concentrate your energies on healthy accomplishments and diet successes rather than on concocting reasons for what you haven't done. To avoid this behaviour, write down all the reasons why you are unable to achieve your goal, like all your excuses not to exercise then write down ways you might overcome them. So what if you don't have the money right now to purchase new workout clothes? Exercise in a t-shirt and shorts.
By following these seven supportive steps you can achieve your goal weight and maintain the healthy life and diet you want. You'll also be able to join the ranks of people who can say, 'I set a goal for myself and achieved it.' And who knows... you might even become a weight loss role model for someone else!
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"We have lived like pigs for half-a-century, so why not keep living like that for another fifty years?" In essence, that is what those who stonewall in defence of the 1972 ABM Treaty are saying when they reject all options to create anti-ballistic missile defensive systems. By opposing the development of such systems, however, the pro-ABM Treaty position creates a situation in which unsuspecting and peaceful citizens in Russia, the United States, and other countries are held permanently hostage to nuclear blackmail.
The "ABM at any cost" view could only have "guaranteed peace" during the insanity of the Cold War. It certainly did not prevent an accelerated arms race. Indeed, the first strategic nuclear arms reductions were not agreed upon until two decades later with the START-2 Treaty of 1993, a time when relations between Moscow and Washington had become more reasonable and realistic. Although the START-2 Treaty confirmed the ABM Treaty's importance, it also implied that new and more radical steps towards disarmament would follow. Unfortunately, this did not happen; it took Moscow 8 years to ratify START-2. In the interim, new threats have arisen.
Today, it is not only the superpowers who are capable of blackmailing the world with "super-murder." Mini-powers and even terrorist groups can adopt mass blackmail as their policy. Russia is as vulnerable as any country to such blackmail. So standing in support of the ABM Treaty and its ban on all national missile defenses is of no help to anyone.
Despite this, Russia automatically opposes change. Why? When will Russians stop being maniac and obsessive about America? The inferiority complex of Russia's derzhavniki (advocates of a powerful, effective state) reflects only weakness, not strength. It is similar to the fanatic feelings of a mouse who thinks that there is nothing more fearful than a cat. But with its gigantic financial, economic, and technological resources, America can be an exceptional partner for Russia as well as a nemesis. It is to that positive partnership that Russia should look.


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If you're looking for curb appeal after the sun goes down, or an added element of safety along pathways, you may want to consider this deal. This stylish set of 8 landscape lights is solar powered and designed for all-weather operation. Its internal batteries charge during the day, and is completely removable and replaceable if needed (standard rechargeable AA's). The list price of $43.99 has been reduced by 42% to just $25.53 for a set of 8. And right now an additional 10% off coupon can be applied at checkout as well. See the discounted Moonrays solar landscape lights now on Amazon.
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Bear attacks dog walker near Ojai
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Ventura County - A woman played dead and escaped with minor injuries when a bear attacked her as she walked her dogs in Ventura County on Friday.
The confrontation north of Ojai left the woman with scratches and a minor wrist injury, state Fish and Game spokesman Andrew Hughan told the Los Angeles Times.
The dogs ran off, and eventually the bear lost interest and left the woman alone.
Hughan said the California black bear was female and accompanied by a cub. Officials did not have any immediate details about the bear's weight or size.
There have been 16 confirmed bear attacks in California since 1980, the Los Angeles Times reported. The most recent was in 2003 in Mono County.


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FLORIAN PICASSO's Remix of Benassi's 'Let This Last Forever' Out Now
French musical prodigy Florian Picasso is starting to make serious waves across the globe with his exceptional productions and high profile remixes. Back with a massive re-working of Benny Benassi's 'Let This Last Forever' on Ultra, you can get the track from today.
Taking Benassi's ethereal summertime anthem 'Let This Last Forever' Florian adds his signature style, swapping gentle acoustic guitars for a more upbeat drum beat and powerful synths, taking the track from the beach straight to the club.
Check out the track here!
The track has already been supported and played by Benny Benassi, Steve Aoki, Deniz Koyu, Bingo Players, Blasterjaxx, Swanky Tunes and Morgan Page to name a just a few.
At only 23 years old Florian has already achieved more than most of his peers with beautiful sounds and skilful releases. Playing a massive set at this years Tomorrowland festival and grabbing the attention of artists such as Tiesto, A-Trak and Steve Aoki, excitement is building around what this young star will do next.
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Breakdance breaks out in the Gaza Strip
Tuesday, July 14, 2009 :It was a summer Wednesday evening and Muhammad al-Ghreiz, 22, was getting his eight-member team ready for a breakdance show at the al-Baydar restaurant on the beachfront just south of Gaza City. Six months ago, Gaza's beaches were under heavy Israeli bombardment from air and sea, but now this area, near the evacuated Israeli settlement of Netzarim, was about to hear an altogether different kind of sound.
Breakdance, the hip hop dance style that began on the streets of New York City more than 30 years ago has become popular with youth all over the world, even breaking through the tight Israeli blockade imposed on the Gaza Strip.
The audience began to flow in to the restaurant and a band played some classical Arabic music while cheerful children ran around the swimming pool.
After a number of other acts, the evening's MC surprised the audience by announcing that the next performers would be breakdancers from the Nuseirat refugee camp and surrounding areas.
Al-Ghreiz and the other b-boys leapt on to the stage wearing black T-shirts emblazoned with the words "Camp Breakerz" -- the name of their group. Their moves caused excitement among the audience -- many went right up to the stage, and others took pictures with their mobile phones of an exuberant scene.
At one point in the 10-minute set, the group formed a circle, as one of their members danced in the middle. Afterwards, al-Ghreiz explained that the circle symbolized the siege on Gaza. "Our teammate in the middle stood for the children [of Gaza]," al-Ghreiz told EI. "As you saw, the circle was broken by our fellow dancer, indicating the Palestinian child's strong determination to live normally as other children around the world."
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Former MSNBC host Keith Olbermann is well-known for his red-faced rants against Republicans and Democrats alike. And after recently leaving ESPN he reemerged just in time for the 2016 election with a show on GQ's online forum with similar brilliant rants against Donald Trump.
But Olbermann's newest video is different.
He isn't ranting. He isn't yelling. Instead, he is directly speaking to Donald Trump's supporters and calmly asking them why they support a man who clearly has something "wrong" with him.
His video titled "Still supporting Donald Trump? This message is for you" takes on a worried tone over Trump's bizarre behavior after winning the election. Olbermann's biggest question is "Who does that!?" and makes the case that clearly there is something amiss with our new President-elect. And he makes the case that this is dangerous and will eventually affect everyone's lives negatively.
To empathize with Trump supporters, Olbermann recalls his support for Anthony Weiner, the thrice-disgraced progressive politician who is under investigation for soliciting an underage girl online for sex and who once accidentally tweeted a picture of his erm…wiener.
The former MSNBC host says he was duped by Weiner and once thought of him as a great man and politician, but once evidence surfaced to the contrary, he said he was too afraid to even shake his hand publicly. So he understands unabashedly supporting someone only to be dismayed by that person later and having to re-evaluate that support.
Olbermann says:
I have not been where you are right now, but — close. And you are in a terrible position. A man whose opinions you agree with has been elected president is about to be sworn in and yet, I'm pretty sure you know the problem here. You're smart and generally speaking the only person who can fool you is you. You're smart enough to recognize something I saw when I first met this man 33 years ago and that is this:
There is something really, really wrong with him.
Olbermann then takes the audience through a litany of "WTF is wrong with this guy" moments of Trump's starting with his Christmas Eve tweets simply plugging a rerun of a documentary about himself on Fox News. Then there was the Merry Christmas tweet of a picture of The Donald all alone in front of a Christmas tree. No family, no religion, no Santa, no Vice President just Donald alone.
Who does this?
What kind of man obsessively relives and rewrites the outcome of the election? He won! Yet, he's taken to lying about winning the popular vote, obsessing if he would have beat President Obama if he had been a candidate, and rubbing his win in the Democrats' faces over and over.
Olbermann makes a strong case that Trump is pathologically unwell and his presidency will not play out well.
But will Trump supporters listen? Have they noticed that there is something wrong with Trump? The only way to find out is by sending the video to them.


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