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All Amazon restaurants in the United States are shutting down
Last November, Amazon closed their restaurant delivery business in London and now they are also shutting down their service in the United States. This service was launched in the year 2015 and has been running since then. This feature was an added perk for all the Amazon prime users. Prime users had another way of ordering meals along with products and groceries.
The service has been under constant competition with Uber Eats, Grubhub, DoorDash, and Deliveroo. Amazon tried to put discounts so that they can win market shares, but nothing worked out for them. The company failed miserably to establish itself as a significant player in this industry. The main problem is that Amazon is not the first name that comes to people's mind when they think of ordering food online. The main focus of Amazon was to deliver hot meals to people during lunch and dinner.
According to GeekWire, Amazon will close all its lunch delivery workplace and Daily Dish very soon. The only reason Amazon decided to step down from this industry is that they now want to focus more on the grocery business. TechCrunch was earlier tipped off by a source from Amazon. Amazon made the announcement of closure on the 24th of June 2019. Amazon also mentioned that there will be layoffs because of business closure.
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"As of June 24th, we will be discontinuing the Amazon Restaurants business in the U.S.," an Amazon spokesperson said. "A small fraction of Amazon employees are affected by this decision, and many of those affected have already found new roles at Amazon. Employees will be offered personalized support to find a new role within, or outside of, the company."
The decision of Amazon leaving the food delivery industry has made a positive impact on their rival GrubHub with the jump in stocks of about 5 percent.
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Google finally announced their $1 billion which is their 10-year plan to add thousands of homes in the Bay area
A housing crisis is going on in the bay area in San Francisco. It is one of the most controversial topics in the market now. A check for 1 billion dollars is as close as you can get and Google has announced that they are writing one.
In a post, the Chief executing officer of Google Sundar Pichai has carefully explained that in order to make things better, they will be investing their money on this project. One of the most important social issues in the area is housing.
San Francisco is one of the most expensive places to live in the entire world. A lot of people have revealed that the tech industry has ended up making the place expensive.
Google has been one of the reasons for all the protests. Google has been under scrutiny and to make sure that the company can easily regain all its reputation ended up investing money on the housing problem of the Bay area. Google has been facing some problems in different AI ethics and advertising policies.
Google is doing this as an act of remedy and an act of conscience. Google has been able to win a lot of hearts with the help of their 10-year housing plan in the Bay area. A total of $750 million is what comes as the repurposing of the commercial real estate for different residential purposes.
This project will help build a total of 15,000 new homes at different income levels. The Chief Executing Officer said that this will basically help the chronic shortage of affordable housing options. Google has not said how many of the homes they are building will be affordable.
$6M Raised By GuestReady To Help Hosts On Airbnb And Other Services To Handle Their Property
GuestReady is a three year old company that allows shared-economy hosts manage their business on rental sites such as Airbnb. They have recently announced to raise $6 million.
The investment was supported by a Russian fund, backer Impulse VC which is backed by Roman Abramovich who is a billionaire Chelsea FC owner. However, other past backers also participated in the investment. This included Aria Group, Boost Hero4es and 808 Tech Ventures.
GuestReady is known to provide a property management platform to the owners that help them to handle the intricacies of working a shared-economy house. The company claims to cover more than 2000 properties in six different countries including Portugal, the UK, France, Malaysia, UAE and Hong Kong. As stated by Alexndar Limpert, CEO of GuestReady, Airbnb happens to be the ideal platform to work with. However, a major portion of the business is known to generate from Expedia's HomeAway and Booking.com.
Limpert also added that the company's annual booking volume is going to reach $50 million on a yearly basis. In the past few years, the company's overall revenue collection have also tripled. Even the burn rate has reduced. However, he didn't provide any specific figures.
Limpert said that this is by far the largest deal of the company. It is a strategic move to emerge as the market leader in Europe.
CEO GuestReady stated that, "quite a few conversations right now" over potential acquisitions.
He also added:
"We believe the market (for guest services) will consolidate."
According to him there are many new companies that start out with promises. However, they struggle to reach the 50-100 properties under management.
He further added:
"they realise this is an intensive business without good processes and technology."
Days after the expansion, Ethiopia's government shuts off the internet
A couple of days after the Ethiopian ICT officials made all the public pledges so that they can improve net access, the government started to play off again. The government decided to shut off the internet so that they can coincide with the country's national examination.
Data Provider from Oracle said to Tech Crunch that there was an internet blackout day from the 11th of June till the 14th of June. The connectivity of the internet was returning for a very brief period in the whole time span.
Some of the sources which are in the ground are known to include the countries tech community. The connectivity of IP and Mobile is now managed by a company called Ethio Telecom, which is owned by the state.
Prime Minister, Abiy Ahmed and President Sahle-Work Zewde were the people who came up with this solution. Both of the officials have committed that they will break up with the existing telecom company and privatize it.
There are other reasons for the outrage because of that government of Ethiopia has not released the statement. The government official has still not ended up changing the ICT Policy. They also refused to respond to the tech crunch industry.
According to the internet, people are saying that the only reason that the Internet was switched off is because of the students. If the internet was fast, students will end up cheating.
Ethiopia is basically an East African nation with 100 million economies and the continent's largest economy and the next cyber hub.
The start-up culture of the country has begun to grow and in just a couple of years, you will be able to see the growth of the company along with new startups.
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The HELP committee passes health care bill and the House committee releases language
The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee has passed America's Affordable Health Choices Act on party lines 13 to 10. After twelve days of committee mark-up, the bill will now go on to the Senate floor for arguments. In other news, the House Tri-Committee (Education & Labor, Ways & Means, and Energy & Commerce) have released the finalized language of their bill. They'll begin mark-up soon, and we're still waiting on language from the Senate Finance Committee.

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How many Oxfam shops are there in the UK, where are they and what did Helen Evans say?
Former head of safeguarding at Oxfam Helen Evans has alleged that shop volunteers as young as 14 were sexually harassed by staff and that the charity covered up the claims
FOLLOWING allegations that Oxfam workers used prostitutes while working in Haiti the beleaguered charity has been rocked by more sexual misconduct claims.
A former boss at Oxfam has now claimed that volunteers as young as 14 were sexually harassed at the organisation's UK shops.
How many Oxfam shops are there in the UK?
There are around 650 Oxfam shops across the UK which are staffed by 23,000 volunteers.
The shops, which sell second-hand clothing, books and children's toys, raise money to fight poverty, help emergency response and development work around the world.
Who is Helen Evans and what has she said about Oxfam?
The charity's former head of safeguarding Helen Evans claimed shop volunteers as young as 14 had been abused but the claims were covered up.
Ms Evans, who was at the charity for more than six years, also said overseas staff had traded aid for sex with ten per cent of workers either witnessing abuse or being sexually assaulted.
She told Channel 4 News: "Behind Oxfam, there are thousands of committed staff. They put their lives at risk every day.
"In terms of the senior leadership team, I think they need to look back
Ms Evans claimed that Oxfam shop volunteers as young as 14 had come forward saying they were abused and revealed one case of an adult worker assaulting a child assistant.
Among 12 allegations of abuse over two years, one shop manager allegedly attempted to force a young volunteer to drop charges against an adult male who apparently carried out an indecent assault.
Ms Evans also claims Oxfam chief Mark Goldring failed to act on allegations a woman was coerced to have sex in return for aid in a disaster zone.
She said a meeting was held to discuss her concerns about widespread abuse but no action was taken until last year.
Ms Evans there were "those in senior leadership positions who knew the scale of what we were dealing with and in my view did not adequately respond to that".
Her bombshell claims came after Oxfam was accused of failing to carry out criminal record checks on its 23,000 volunteers.
According to the Mail, there were 123 alleged incidents of sexual harassment probed in its stores in just nine years.
What are the other allegations against the charity?
A report in The Times alleged aid workers within Oxfam paid for sex while on a mission to help those affected by the 2010 earthquake.
A major relief effort was launched following the quake that killed 220,000 people, injured 300,000 and left 1.5million homeless.
Sources gave the newspaper an account of "serious sexual misconduct by a group of male aid workers".
It is claimed they through parties with prostitutes at a guesthouse known as the "pink apartments" rented by the charity.
Sources alleged some of the "prostitutes" were girls aged 14-16, below the age of consent.
Paying for sex is banned under Oxfam's code of conduct and is against UN guidelines for aid workers.
The charity said it did not call police because the state of the country made it "extremely unlikely that any action would be taken".
Oxfam said it publicly announced an investigation into the allegations when they surfaced in 2011.
However it is alleged the reports did not say the men had been using prostitutes - something the charity denies.
What has Oxfam said about the scandal?
The charity says it disclosed sexual misconduct to the charities regulator.
Dame Barbara Stocking, head of Oxfam in 2011, told the BBC the charity had a long record of having a good code of conduct.
She added new whistleblowing procedures were put in place and said Oxfam often worked in difficult locations where "the rule of law isn't going on".
A spokeswoman for the Charities Commission said: "In August 2011, Oxfam made a report to the Commission about an ongoing internal investigation into allegations of misconduct by staff members involved in their Haiti programme.
"At the time, and based on the information provided, we were satisfied that the trustees were handling matters appropriately and did not have regulatory concerns."
Who has resigned or been fired?
A number of senior aid workers were dismissed following an investigation.
Four were let go and three, including the country director, were allowed to resign before the investigation ended, the charity said.
The Times reported the director, Roland Van Hauwermeiren, used prostitutes at a villa rented for him by the charity.
At the time the charity said he had left due to breaches of its code of conduct.
Now, the Aid Minister Penny Mordaunt has threatened to cut off taxpayer cash going to Oxfam as she hauls the charity bosses in to explain its prostitution scandal.
She accused them of lacking "the moral leadership at the top of the organisation", and says Government funding will be withdrawn if it fails to comply over safeguarding issues.
And in the wake of the scandal more than 120 workers for Britain's leading charities were accused of sexual abuse in 2017 alone, it has been revealed.
Oxfam's Deputy Chief Executive Penny Lawrence resigned on February 12, saying she took "full responsibility" for the behaviour of staff "that we failed to adequately act upon".
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Most of the time it's easy to predict the weather. Jesus claimed it was also easy to interpret the signs of the times (Lk 12:56). What are the signs of our times? What time is it spiritually?
Pope John Paul II prophesied it is early "springtime" for the Church (Mission of the Redeemer, 86). This means we have weathered a long, cold spiritual winter. Some have spiritually died during this winter; others are starving, sick, or weakened. We must reach out to resurrect, nourish, and heal our Christian brothers and sisters. We should also tell them the good news that, although early spring sometimes looks like winter, it is still spring. We have the certain hope of new life. "For see, the winter is past, the rains are over and gone. The flowers appear on the earth, the time of pruning the vines has come, and the song of the dove is heard in our land" (Sg 2:11-12).
Although we may be getting ready for winter in the calendar year, winter is over in the spiritual calendar. The dove, the Holy Spirit, is singing a new song of new life in our land. Come, Holy Spirit of springtime!


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It's not over till it's over
A bill prohibiting dog racing in New Hampshire was effectively defeated in this year when the Legislature deemed the bill inexpedient to legislate.
But expect those behind the measure to be re-energized in the wake of this week's announcement that the Hinsdale Greyhound Park is slashing live racing from a year-round offering to a much shorter schedule — possibly around three or four months.
In announcing its decision, a Hinsdale spokesman said the track expects few layoffs, if any, as a result of the move. The four to five employees who work exclusively in live greyhound racing will be retrained to work either in off-track betting or in the company's charity gaming operation.
If this holds true, it would knock the legs out from under one of the arguments raised by those opposing the dog racing ban.
Hinsdale, like the greyhound track in Belmont, is seeing less and less of its business coming from live racing, while at the same time it is realizing more and more business from off-track betting.
Live greyhound racing at Hinsdale accounted for nearly 35 percent of total bets placed at the track in 2000. That fell to 10.8 percent in 2006. So far this year, live greyhound racing has accounted for 8.8 percent of total bets.
Meanwhile, total bets placed have shown a steady increase since 2000, with 2005 emerging with the highest total number of bets in the track's history. Off-track betting on thoroughbred racing, in particular, has grown, accounting for 71.5 percent of total bets in 2006 compared to 39.8 percent in 2000.
While the question of whether to ban greyhound racing is a separate argument from the economic realities facing track operators, the comments coming out of the Hinsdale announcement certainly lend credence to the assertion that live racing is becoming a place-holder for off track betting.
Who will Lynch pick for HHS?
John Stephen announced this week that he will be leaving as commissioner of Health and Human Services — the state's largest department — next month, about two months before his four-year term expires.
It has been clear for some time that Stephen was not going to be renominated for another term by Gov. John Lynch. But the news about his early departure ratcheted up the speculation of who Lynch might nominate to replace Stephen, a former deputy safety commissioner and unsuccessful candidate for Congress.
One of the names that popped up was that of freshman state Sen. Kathy Sgambati. The Tilton Democrat spent years working in the upper echelons of HHS, including stints as deputy commissioner. When asked whether she would be interested in becoming Stephen's replacement, her response was essentially: "Been there. Done that."
"I intend to serve my term as elected," Sgambati told The Citizen. "I did 26 years (at HHS) and I think I brought to the department everything I could."
With her background in the intricacies in the agency that takes the single-biggest chunk of the state budget, Sgambati is probably in a position to be more influential regarding HHS as in the Senate than as commissioner.
But while Sgambati has made her feelings clear, Lynch's druthers are still a mystery. If the governor were to tell Sgambati he really wants her as HHS commissioner that would certainly force her give it a second thought.
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By BERNIE BELLAN Originally slated to open in Winnipeg on October 14, we are now informed that there are no plans to show "Denial" in Winnipeg theatres for the foreseeable future. We're not quite sure what happened that might have led to the cancellation of plans to show "Denial" here. We are attempting to find that out.
"Denial" is a docudrama that tells the story how Jewish American academic Deborah Lipstadt had to fend off a libel suit launched by notorious Holocaust denier, David Irving,In 1993, Lipstadt wrote a book titled Denying the Holocaust: the Growing Assault on Truth and Memory. In that book, Lipstadt wrote the following about British historian David Irving: "Irving is one of the most dangerous spokespersons for Holocaust denial. Familiar with historical evidence, he bends it until it conforms with his ideological leanings and political agenda. A man who is convinced that Britain's great decline was accelerated by its decision to go to war with Germany, he is most facile at taking accurate information and shaping it to confirm his conclusions. A review of his recent book, Churchill's War, which appeared in New York Review of Books, accurately analyzed his practice of applying a double standard of evidence. He demands 'absolute documentary proof' when it comes to proving the Germans guilty, but he relies on highly circumstantial evidence to condemn the Allies. This is an accurate description not only of Irving's tactics, but of those of deniers in general."
In 1996, Irving launched a libel suit against Lipstadt and her publisher, Penguin Books. Because the rules for proving defamation in England are different than in America (In England, the onus is on the defendant to prove that what he or she wrote was true, whereas in America the onus is on the plaintiff to prove that what the defendant wrote was untrue.), Irving's decision to file his lawsuit in England proved to be far more troublesome for Lipstadt than had Irving filed his suit in the United States.
That lawsuit – and the trial that subsequently began in 1996, and which lasted until 2000, forms the basis for a new movie titled "Denial", starring Rachel Weisz as Deborah Lipstadt. The movie takes great pains to present the trial in as accurate a form as possible. Some reviewers have complained that, as a result, the action is not quite as electrifying as it might have been had the film been more like a typical Hollywood courtroom drama. Yet, in its quite realistic depiction of events as they truly happened, viewers of this film should walk away with a better understanding just how traumatic this trial was for Deborah Lipstadt – and how uncertain the final outcome was.
Recently, I had the chance to speak with Deborah Lipstadt. Although there are many questions that one might ask of such a famed academic, I wanted to confine my questions to ones stemming from the film itself:
JP&N: The lawsuit was filed in 1996, but the trial didn't begin until 2000. I'm wondering: What was your state of mind that whole time? Were you under constant duress?
Lipstadt: In the beginning there was a lot of duress till the legal team fell into place. Once that happened I felt much calmer. Then things got quiet for a while and we thought it had sort of gone away, but then they resurfaced about '97 and by late '97 we knew our attempts to scare him (Irving) off and to get him to drop the suit were not going to work. So, I was under a lot of duress, but having such good lawyers in there was very reassuring.
JP&N: The lawyer who was your solicitor (Anthony Julius) was Jewish, yet the film doesn't mention that.
Lipstadt: He's a very serious Jew. David Hare (the film's screenwriter) is well aware of that. I think David thought it was irrelevant.
JP&N: You had a meeting with some of the leading doyens of London's Jewish community. That was a very icy meeting because they were encouraging you to settle. Did the obvious hostility between you and those London Jews get resolved in the end?
Lipstadt: Obviously, I didn't settle and the British Jewish community came through in the end and did support me. Now they're very proud of me and what I did.
They were frightened that this was going to result in David Irving getting lots of attention and David Irving winning, even though he might lose. Obviously, they were wrong and we went ahead anyway. Thank God it all worked out in the end.
JP&N: I thought it was a little bit harsh. They were made to seem a very snotty group.
Lipstadt: It was exactly as it happened.
JP&N: How familiar were you with David Irving's writings before you wrote your book in 1993?
Lipstadt: I was familiar. I knew he had become a denier. I had read Hitler's War. I read both versions of Hitler's War – the one in which there is a Holocaust (published in 1977) and the one in which the Holocaust suddenly disappears (published in 1990), so I was quite familiar. I was nowhere near as familiar as I would eventually become.
JP&N: The way Rachel Weisz played you – you looked physically frightened the first time you saw David Irving in person (when Irving disrupted a lecture she was giving to students).
Lipstadt: She (Weisz) called me the morning she was going to film that and she said to me: "Deborah, what were you feeling?"
I said to her, I was feeling like a deer in the headlights because I was unprepared, I didn't want to get into a debate with him. I knew that students were thinking, by my not answering him, that maybe he had a point.
JP&N: But physically, David Irving is a much bigger man than the actor who portrayed him (Timothy Spall). He is physically intimidating. The fellow who portrayed him looks more like a weasel.
Lipstadt: Well, he looked pretty evil, but I think you're right. David Irving is 6'4". He's a big guy – a brawny guy. And you know the first time I heard that Timothy Spall was going to play him – and Timothy Spall had just lost 100 pounds – I thought: "Omigod, how's he going to do it?" but you know, the magic of great acting – as I watch Timothy Spall, he became taller and bigger in my eyes - his depiction of Irving was so good.
JP&N: The references to Irving and Zundel will have a special resonance for Canadian audiences.
Lipstadt: Absolutely.
JP&N: I was reading about Irving. He came to Canada so many times. Do you have any comment about the Canadian system that let him in so many times?
Lipstadt: It's the same with the American system. Each time he would come – unless there was a riot against Jews, a riot against black people, then we could say he was an inciter. Until he does that, that's one of the prices we pay for democracy.
JP&N: Years ago, I read QB VII (the book, written by Leon Uris, based on his own experience of being sued for libel in a British court), then saw the TV dramatization (starring Ben Gazarra and Anthony Hopkins). In so many ways, QB VII foreshadowed your own experience. I don't suppose it played any part in your thinking.
Lipstadt: You're absolutely right. I was very aware of QB VII. I reread QB VII, and then there's a scholarly book on the trial called Auschwitz in England, which I read. I talk about that in my book (Denial – Holocaust History on Trial). First of all, in QB VII, the publisher drops the case because he couldn't fight it and Uris was left on his own, and I was afraid of that too.
Number two, in QB VII there was a jury. You don't know what you're going to get with a jury, also ours was a very complicated case to present to a jury. We could have presented it to a jury, but it would have been much more complicated, much more expensive, so that's why we wanted a bench trial with a judge.
Finally, I remember the ending of QB VII.
JP&N: He (the plaintiff who sued Leon Uris) gets a penny farthing.
Lipstadt: That's right – the lowest coin in the realm. But the night before the trial began, I went over to QB VII just to see the courthouse.


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List of the best Bruce Greenwood movies, ranked best to worst with movie trailers when available. Bruce Greenwood's highest grossing movies have received a lot of accolades over the years, earning millions upon millions around the world. The order of these top Bruce Greenwood movies is decided by how many votes they receive, so only highly rated Bruce Greenwood movies will be at the top of the list. Bruce Greenwood has been in a lot of films, so people often debate each other over what the greatest Bruce Greenwood movie of all time is. If you and a friend are arguing about this then use this list of the most entertaining Bruce Greenwood films to end the squabble once and for all.
If you think the best Bruce Greenwood role isn't at the top, then upvote it so it has the chance to become number one. The greatest Bruce Greenwood performances didn't necessarily come from the best movies, but in most cases they go hand in hand.
Examples of films on this list include The Absolute Truth and Cord."This list answers the questions, "What are the best Bruce Greenwood movies?" and "What are the greatest Bruce Greenwood roles of all time?"
Joseph McGinty Nichol and J.J. Abrams are among those who have directed Bruce Greenwood at one point or another during their careers in the film industry.


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LICSS membership is open to social studies professionals at the elementary, middle, high school, college, and university levels in public and nonpublic schools and other educational institutions who live or work in Nassau and Suffolk counties. In order to join LICSS: Complete the membership form you may access below and return with your check to: Long Island Council for the Social Studies
P.O. Box 112
Medford, NY 11763
At the current time, LICSS does not accept school purchase orders. Membership Dues are $35.00 for all new members and returnees, and $20.00 for retirees and students. Membership Year is October 1, 2019- September 30, 2020. Indicate on your membership form if you would like to join a new LICSS email list to get the latest information, website updates, and important announcements delivered directly to your mailbox!
A Social Studies Advocate:
The Long Island Council for the Social Studies is the voice of social studies on Long Island. As one of the largest and strongest social studies organizations in the United States, LICSS also speaks for its members at the State and even the national level.
When you join LICSS, you add your voice to that of our 1300 members. Through its newsletter, position papers, and active in person participation in social studies education on Long Island, in New York, and on the national scene, LICSS advocates for the classroom social studies teacher.
Workshops and Seminars:
In addition to the Annual Conference, members attend other LICSS programs at member rates.
These include:
-Workshops focused on particular grade levels and content for which Professional Development hours are documented.
- Seminars for Supervisors
LICSS Web Site:
The LICSS web site provides another means of keeping member up to date on actions and programs, and quickly gets registration forms into members hands. It also offers a single, direct means of activating links to social studies information and resources at all grade levels and in all social studies content areas.
The Latest Information:
Not only does LICSS advocate for social studies, it keeps you informed on local, State Education Department, and even national activities that affect the social studies.
Annual Conference:
The LICSS Annual Conference is one of the largest social studies conferences in the United States. In one day, participants are offered as many as fifty workshops, and have the opportunity to attend a Materials Exhibit of over fifty tables.
LICSS Publications:
LICSS members receive five issues of our newsletter, The Advocate to keep you up to date on actions, teaching strategies and resources, workshops, and other activities in support of social studies. Members also receive The Long Island Hurricane. The only local social studies council journal, it contains both scholarly articles and classroom strategies.
LICSS membership entitles teachers to be nominated for LICSS awards.


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Ain't no summer for all Estonian citizens this year. This could be the coldest summer season ever. I hardly could reach the beach as it was so cool and windy
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Parts and Assembly of the ISS
Building the International Space Station (ISS) is much like building a toy using a child's LEGO or K'nex building block set. There are more than 100 parts to the ISS and all of those parts are linked together. The parts can be categorized as follows:
- Pressurized modules -- such as the Zarya, Zveda, Destiny, Columbus and Harmony -- provide breathable, warm environments for living quarters, equipment rooms and laboratories where the crews live and work.
- Nodes link modules together and allow branching of the ISS structure.
- Docking ports allow various space vehicles to attach to the ISS.
- A long, linear truss lies above the pressurized modules, forming a girder framework where the solar panels and radiators attach. A mobile, robotic, servicing arm moves along the truss to haul cargo and experiment packages.
- External Research Accommodations provide multiple mounting locations along the outside of the ISS for experiments that rely on full exposure to the space environment.
- Spacecraft -- such as the Soyuz spacecraft and Progress supply ship -- dock with the ISS to transport astronauts and supplies to and from Earth.
Assembly of the ISS began in November of 1998 when a Russian proton rocket placed the first module, the Functional Cargo Block (Zarya), in orbit. A three-member crew, the ISS's first, was launched from Russia on October 31, 2000. The crew spent almost five months aboard the ISS, activating systems and conducting experiments. Since then, many spacecraft have delivered parts of the ISS into orbit and its assembly has progressed. During this time, the ISS has been manned continuously with 26 crews of astronauts (as of this writing). The astronauts have spent a cumulative total of 4,423 days in outer space. The current crew, Expedition 26, will spend 5 months in space and return to Earth in May 2011, and then Expedition 27 will begin.
With a scheduled completion date set for December 2011, there are seven remaining scheduled flights in 2011 to complete its construction. There will be three flights by Russian and European rockets to deliver supplies, two space shuttle flights and one Russian proton rocket will deliver large pieces of modules or equipment and the shuttle flight in April will change crews.
When completed, the ISS will be 243 ft (74m) long and 361 ft (110 m) wide. It will have a mass of 925,000 lbs (420 metric tons) and a pressurized volume of 33,023 ft3 (935 m3); the pressurized volume will be about the cabin size of a 747 jet. It will be in orbit at 217 to 285 miles (362 to 476 km), inclined 51.6 degrees relative to the equator [source: ISS Facts and Figures and NASA ISS Reference guide].
Those are some pretty impressive specs -- but perhaps even more impressive is how the ISS maintains a livable environment.


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Personal Financial Literacy Content Specialist
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Office: 303-866-6875
Cell: 720-827-5307
Personal Financial Literacy Standards and Resources
- Instructional Resources to teach Personal Financial Literacy
- 2020 Personal Financial Literacy Colorado Academic Standards
- PK-12 Social Studies Personal Financial Literacy Standards Document - Full download coming soon
- Access the Standards Online Search by content area and grade level to download and/or print 2020 Colorado Academic Standards
- 2009/2010 Combined Math and Social Studies
Extracts all PFL expectations from economics and mathematics.
- Instructional Unit Samples
Colorado teacher-authored Personal Financial Literacy instructional units are on our website. Hundreds of teachers from 116 school districts participated in workshops for the creation of Colorado Academic Standards-based curriculum overviews and units.
- Professional Development
The Colorado Office of the Attorney General, the Colorado Department of Education, and community organizations are partnering to promote personal financial literacy for teachers, students and parents throughout Colorado. The MoneyWi$er vision is for all Colorado youth to have opportunities to master personal financial literacy standards throughout their education and to make financially capable and informed decisions during their lifetime. Check out current MoneyWi$er programs below!
MoneyWi$er Financial Innovation Awards (deadline March 15, 2020)
The MoneyWi$er Financial Innovation Awards are presented by the Office of the Colorado Attorney General in partnership with the Colorado Department of Education. The awards will recognize distinguished school districts, schools and individuals who prioritized personal finance education throughout their school and community. In addition to statewide recognition for the awards, honorees will be awarded funds to continue elevating personal finance education in Colorado and their communities.
Financial Innovation Awards Honoree Categories
The MoneyWi$er Financial Innovation Awards will designate honorees in four categories: Student Scholarship, Educator, School and School District.
- Student Scholarship $1,500– Any student applying or the MoneyWi$er student scholarship must be eligible and meet applicant requirements. All Student Scholarship Honorees selected will be awarded $1,500.
- Educator Honoree $3,500 – Educators who prioritize personal finance education in their classroom and school, and demonstrate an exceptional impact on their community and school by teaching personal finance will be selected as honorees. Those selected as honorees will be awarded $3,500. Educators who are not selected as honorees, but show exemplary effort in personal finance education will be awarded a Financial Innovation Award.
- School Honoree $10,000 – Applicant schools who prioritize personal finance education, exemplify best practices in personal finance education, and provide an innovate proposal of continu ing to elevate personal finance education will be honored with a $10,000 award.
- School District Honoree $15,000 - Applicant school district who prioritize personal finance education, exemplify best practices in personal finance education, and provide an innovate proposal of continuing to elevate personal finance education throughout their district will be honored with a $15,000 award.
Applicants may apply in one or more categories. For example, an educator could also apply on behalf of their school and their school district. See links below for further detail.
To apply for the MoneyWi$er Financial Innovation Awards complete the online application for your selected category
Student Scholarship Application | Educator Award Application | School Award Application | School District Award Application
MoneyWi$er Podcast
The MoneyWi$er Podcast is an outlet for teens to ask experts the questions they have about money. Learn about cryptocurrency, how YouTube stars monetize their craft, if college athletes should get paid, and much more. To listen search "MoneyWi$er" (with the "$") on any app you listen to podcasts. Click to LISTEN HERE to subscribe and listen on Spotify, Stitcher, iTunes and all other major podcast apps.
MoneyWi$er: Personal Finance and How to Teach It
Workshops presented by Economic Literacy Colorado
These workshops are to help teachers acquire the knowledge and develop the skills they need to deliver personal finance to their students. Following a general session, attendees will break into grade level bands. A mentor teacher will help everyone get a handle on the newly revised and approved (Spring 2018) Colorado Academic Standards in personal financial literacy. This afternoon will offer opportunities to learn about financial programs and services available to support teachers at all grade levels.
Grades: Teachers of All Grade Levels+
FEE: FREE ($25* refundable deposit due with registration, refunded upon completion of class)
Time: 8:30 am - 4:00 pm
Continuing Education: 6.5 hour continuing education letter available
Includes: Lesson plans, light breakfast and lunch
Attendance Stipends: Each participant will receive a $100 stipend for attendance at the end of the day.
Travel stipends: $50 travel stipends are available for teachers traveling more than 75 miles one-way to attend the class.
PFL Partners
The Colorado Department of Education is a member of the Colorado Jump$tart Coalition. Jump$tart is a nonprofit organization with more than 40 organizations and individuals representing business, government and education throughout the state of Colorado. These partners have joined together to improve the personal financial literacy of Colorado youth by:
- Raising awareness of personal financial literacy;
- Enhancing professional development of Colorado educators on financial literacy issues;
- Coordinating and promoting communication and cooperation among coalition members; and,
- Supporting personal financial education legislation.
Purpose Statement
This site provides a hub of Personal Financial Literacy information and resources to support the academic achievement of all students in Colorado.
Content support through the Colorado Department of Education will address essential elements of a comprehensive district plan to offer standards based teaching and learning. Our intent is to:
- provide tools and supports,
- deliver clear, timely communication,
- enhance collaboration between and among all stakeholders,
- identify research-based approaches to curriculum development and teaching and learning,
- promote professional development opportunities, and
- align and integrate elements of CDE's Strategic Initiatives where appropriate.
We aim to provide tools for the empowerment of all stakeholders to actively participate in the process of implementing the Colorado Academic and English Language Proficiency Standards and transforming teaching and learning throughout the State of Colorado.
Relevant Legislation
In December 2009, the Colorado State Board of Education adopted revised content standards that included integration of Personal Financial Literacy standards within both the economics and mathematics content areas.
Pursuant to the requirements of House Bill 04-1360 (Colorado Revised Statute, 22-2-127), the Colorado Department of Education has developed a financial literacy resource bank to provide technical assistance in financial literacy to school districts. In addition to House Bill 04-1360, House Bill 1168, passed in 2008, required the adoption of standards for Financial Literacy.
Financial literacy enables students to manage savings, investment, and checking accounts, to design and maintain a household budget, to manage personal debt, to understand consumer credit and finance, to manage personal credit options, and to understand and select among short-term and long-term investment options.
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Southeast Asian nations and 13 other countries in the Pacific Rim have pledged to construct an anti-terror financial network, aimed at cutting off the money that funds extremist attacks. But fighting terrorism was not the only issue topping the agenda at the ASEAN regional security forum in Brunei.
Eager to counter perceptions that Southeast Asia is a breeding ground for Muslim extremists, foreign ministers from the 10-member Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) joined 13 of their security partners in agreeing to a range of measures to block terrorist financing.
Included in the plans is the construction of a financial intelligence unit, which requires each nation to trace the sources of terrorist financing. The countries also have agreed to immediately freeze terrorists' assets and to coordinate efforts against money laundering.
Countries that lack the money and infrastructure to comply will receive technical assistance from richer partners.
The financial agreement foreshadows another, more sweeping anti-terrorism pact to be signed on Thursday, when Secretary of State Colin Powell meets ASEAN foreign ministers. That pact focuses on ASEAN's pledge to deepen its anti-terrorism cooperation with the United States, despite concerns that the move could create domestic political problems for countries with significant Muslim populations.
The U.S. led war on terrorism had been expected to be the focus of this year's ASEAN-sponsored security forum. But Secretary Powell's 15 minute, unscheduled meeting with North Korean Foreign Minister Paek Nam Sun shifted some of the forum's attention to efforts to ease tensions on the divided Korean Peninsula.
The meeting followed several days of conciliatory talk and gestures from Pyongyang. But Secretary Powell told his North Korean counterpart that dialogue would have to emphasize several outstanding issues, including Pyongyang's pledge to freeze its suspected nuclear weapons programs. President Bush earlier this year accused North Korea of seeking weapons of mass destruction, calling the communist nation an "axis of evil" with Iran and Iraq.
Shortly after the meeting, North Korea showed its unpredictability, denouncing the United States as being the "kingpin of evil."
But Chinese Foreign Minister Tang Jiaxuan told reporters that China believes Pyongyang's offer to resume talks is genuine.
He said the ball is in the U.S. court and it is now up to the Americans to decide whether to engage North Korea.
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- Placement locations: Cochabamba
- Role: To assist with the rehabilitation, care and rescue of domestic animals
- Type of placement:: Animal rescue and rehabilitation centre
- Accommodation: Host family
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- What's included? Food, accommodation, transfers to and from our specified airport, transport to and from work where required, insurance, personal webpage, induction and orientation, 24/7 support
- What's not included? Flights, visa costs, spending money
- Length of placement: From 2 weeks
- Start dates: Flexible
The Animal Care project in Bolivia is perfect for those wanting to do some hands-on work. This placement offers volunteers the opportunity to get involved in various activities, including looking after and caring for animals such as dogs, birds and tortoises.
Whether you are on a gap year or career break this project it suitable for you. All we ask is for volunteers to have a genuine interest in the well-being of animals. You do not need to speak a certain level of Spanish, but learning a few basics before you arrive is always helpful.
Working on an Animal Care Placement in Bolivia
Volunteers are placed at a rescue and rehabilitation centre about 30 minute's journey from the centre of Cochabamba. The centre focuses on caring for stray dogs, birds of prey and tortoises.
Working hours are typically from Monday to Friday, and you can choose if you prefer to work in the mornings and afternoons, or all day. Local staff are usually at the centre from 8am to 6pm, and take a couple of hours for lunch.
Volunteers assist trained staff with taking care of injured, mistreated and abandoned animals. This includes working with animals that are permanently resident at the centre and as part of a rehabilitation process before animals are released back into the wild.
Volunteering on an Animal Care Placement in Bolivia with Projects Abroad
As part of your daily tasks, you will help the local staff take care of the dogs, including feeding them, bathing, playing and taking them for walks. You may sometimes have the opportunity to go into the community to help staff with rescuing dogs that have been abandoned and left on the streets. In this case, volunteers take on a more observational role.
Volunteers not only work with dogs, but also have the chance to assist with preparing food, feeding and cleaning cages and resting areas of birds and tortoises. When any of the animals have been successfully cared for and are ready to be released, volunteers accompany their supervisors to release the birds and tortoises back into the wild. Unfortunately, there are many cases where the birds are not able to leave the refuge due to injuries. In this case the birds will be taken care of at the refuge permanently.
From time to time the centre organises campaigns focused on educating underprivileged people about animal sterilisation. This gives volunteers the perfect opportunity to meet people in the community.
Volunteers also help with basic maintenance and gardening work around the centre.
You can join the Animal Care project in Bolivia for two weeks or more. This project has been selected by our local colleagues as being suitable for short term volunteering for both the host community and the volunteer. Although you will gain a valuable cultural insight and work intensely within the local community please be aware that you may not be able to make the same impact as someone volunteering for a longer period.


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We understand the importance of rapid action and deal with each case in a responsible way. Taking away the stress of having to chase repayment. Contacting debtors and trying to obtain the monies owing can take up a massive chunk of your time. Preventing you from carrying out more profitable tasks for your business. When we take on your debt recovery, this not only releases you from the psychological pressure. It also frees up your time to work on your business.
At Farani Taylor we appreciate that how we deal with debt recovery will reflect on your business. So you can trust us to be both firm and understanding. We deal with each debtor as an individual. In some cases, a simple letter from a solicitor can be sufficient to trigger payment but some cases may require court action.
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God's Word
I believe that the Bible is the 100% infallible inspired word of God. I believe the knowledge the Bible contains is infinite. I believe the Bible can be understood by all people who have the Holy Spirit within their heart.
I believe we are commanded to search and study the scriptures as though we are seeking buried treasure (Proverbs 2:1-6). I'm not talking about daily reading. Although, daily reading and devotional time is very important in our walk, studying the Bible is much more.
I must admit my own weakness in dedicating time to study. The pressures of work, preparing for Bible lessons and family time leave little time for intense study as the scriptures command. In our modern way of living, time is scarce and we must be careful to guard against wasting precious time. Any extraneous activities (Watching TV etc…) that take our focus from God should be reduced and ultimately given up.
I'm so thankful that we have had Godly men over the centuries led by the Holy Spirit who were able to dedicate their lives to intense study, teaching and preaching the word of God. They have mined the word of God and have not covered their mines of treasure. They have kept the mines open by passing along information in the form of commentaries, sermon notes and writing volumes of books about the Biblical truths they found. They have left the mines open and we are invited to pick up their mining tools and continue on into the mine to seek deeper and deeper Biblical truths.
Men are fallible and we should not accept all of men's word concerning the Bible as factual. Many false teachers and teaching are prevalent in our age. As Christians we are commanded to test all spirits (1 John 4:1-3), we must test all of the truths that men write and teach because men are fallible. We do this by reading the truths that they have discovered and test them against the one and only source of truth, the Bible. Where these truths line up with the Bible, we add to our personal toolbox of knowledge, where they do not we toss out. By doing this we are kept from constantly reinventing the wheel. Instead of starting at the mine entrance where the path is well worn, wide and easy, we start in the deepest recesses of the mine where the going is tough, tight and a little cramped, but Oh Boy! when you find that nugget of gold what joy.
Isn't it wonderful to realize that God's word is alive and that we can grow closer in our relationship and walk by study?
The point I'm making is that the Bible is truth and the infallible word of God. Many people who are smarter, wiser and more discerning than I have discovered many truths and passed that information along to us in the form of commentaries, sermons (oral and written) and volumes of books that allow us to start deeper into that mine shaft of truth….The Bible.
May our mine never be closed or our mining tools dull from lack of use.
Your Brother in Christ,
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Zhou Hujun, one of thousands of shoe factory workers on strike in southern China, drove his motorbike to the local government's Social Security department seeking answers. After a few minutes, he left clutching spreadsheets that just raised more questions.
Zhou and other striking workers believe Yue Yuen Industrial (Holdings) Ltd (裕元工業), which owns the factory making footwear for Nike, Adidas and others, has for years underpaid into workers' social insurance accounts — government-mandated nest eggs for disability, unemployment and retirement.
The issue goes far beyond the shoe plant and highlights a looming problem for China: The workforce that has transformed the country into a global manufacturing powerhouse over the past 35 years is coming up to retirement age, and, as these millions of blue-collar workers begin claiming retirement benefits from local social security funds, they may find there is less in the pot than they thought.
The underpayment of social insurance contributions is common practice by factory owners across China, labor lawyers say.
The strike at Yue Yuen — which says it is the world's largest manufacturer of branded footwear, making over 300 million pairs of shoes last year — is not just one of China's biggest in recent years, it is also more clearly driven by workers' fears that they have been scammed by an opaque and convoluted welfare payment system.
Today's workers in China — a total workforce of some 920 million — know more about their rights and are more active in using both collective action and the law to protect their interests.
The Yue Yuen strike comes amid a wave of industrial activism, with the number of work protests in China so far this year up by close to a third, according to China Labor Bulletin, a Hong Kong-based labor rights group — as firms cut costs and retrench in response to slowing growth in the world's second-largest economy.
At the social security office in Gaobu, a Pearl River Delta factory town that is home to a Yue Yuen industrial complex, workers like Zhou flocked to collect detailed printouts of the history of payments made into their accounts.
Workers told reporters that they felt Yue Yuen has short-changed them by under-contributing company payments into their social insurance accounts. Each month, both the company and the employee pay into these accounts — often 10 to 20 percent of the total paycheck.
Zhang Zhiru (張治儒), a prominent labor activist who was shown copies of Yue Yuen pay slips, said the company had paid a lower social insurance contribution based on workers' base salary, rather than a substantially higher full wage including overtime.
"China's social insurance law stipulates that social insurance payments should be based on the actual salary," he said.
While China's National Council for Social Security Funds requires local authorities overseeing social insurance funds to put the money into low-risk vehicles such as bank deposits or Treasury bonds, corruption has blighted the system for years. Former Shanghai Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Secretary Chen Liangyu (陳良宇) was arrested in 2006 after siphoning off millions from the city's pension fund.
Another point of contention at Yue Yuen is that most, if not all, workers are listed as "temporary," even though they say they signed contracts years ago. Some also said the figures on their spreadsheets did not add up, while the savings were difficult to cash in or transfer when they left the company.


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I'll do my best to meet these shipping estimates, but can't guarantee them. Actual delivery time will depend on the shipping method you choose.
Buyers are responsible for any customs and import taxes that may apply. I'm not responsible for delays due to customs.
Just contact me within: 7 days of delivery
Ship items back to me within: 14 days of delivery
But please contact me if you have any problems with your order.
Because of the nature of these items, unless they arrive damaged or defective, I can't accept returns for:
Buyers are responsible for return shipping costs. If the item is not returned in its original condition, the buyer is responsible for any loss in value.
Keep your tallow light and fluffy by storing it in a dry cool place. There is no need to refrigerate but it will start to liquify if it gets too warm.
We love wholesalers!!! If you are a brick and mortar store, we would love to set up an wholesaler account with you! Contact Britney Arceneaux 432-934-6118.
We currently offer 3oz, and 8 oz sizes.
Your skin will love tallow and it absorbs it easily! If it feels greasy, your probably using too much. Just cut back and the problem should resolve. As always, we want our customer happy, so if your not, just let us know and we would be happy to refund your money within two weeks of receiving your product.
1) Yes. If you receive your jar and it is melted, please shoot us a picture and we would be happy to get you a replacement jar asap.
2) While we and our friends and family love tallow, we know there is always that one in a million that won't. That's just fine! We accept returns within two weeks of purchase. That should give you enough time to figure out what works for you.
There are several ways to use our Whipped Tallow Balm.
1)You can use it as an oil cleanser for your face.
2) Facial moisturizer (eye cream, anti aging serum, acne treatment and prevention).
3) Eczema
4) Rashes.
5) Babies! Diaper cream, moisturizer, chapped cheeks or noses, rashes, cradle cap, cuts or wounds). Use unscented for babies.
5) Skin detoxing.
6) Sunburns or any wound healing.
7) Scar healing (Acne scars or stretch marks).
8) To help with skin elasticity (During pregnancy or before weight loss).
And I'm sure there is more. This is just off the top of our heads.
Just send me a message and I will give you the details. I will either resolve the issue or refund as soon as I can. I'm a cat herder full time (I have 5 little kiddos under 8 😝😍) so I try to check my shop in the evening/night hours.


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Go to Fat Rice and order the Fat Rice. Food from Macau isn't an everyday experience.
By Sam Faye on March 12, 2015
Kimski is a Korean-Polish bar part of Maria's Community Tavern in Bridgeport, and it's an excellent spot for a casual hang over food and drinks.
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This was the view from our table. It was so warm today, some people chose to eat outside on the patio.
Though they were offering the traditional Thanksgiving meal of turkey and dressing, we decided to order off the menu instead. We had delicious filet mignon with a port wine glace and béarnaise sauce and scrumptious garlic mashed potatoes. And for dessert I had my favorite peanut butter pie- creamy peanut butter mousse with an oreo cookie crust topped with chocolate ganache, whip cream and fresh strawberries.
As we left the restaurant, the sun was setting coloring the sky a brilliant blue-
And to the west the sunset was just beginning to color the sky.
To the south we could see the city holiday decorations lit up for the first time of the season.


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Lauren Smith retired 21 consecutive batters after allowing a bunt single in the top of the first and Kalie Smith belted a third-inning home run as second-seeded Mount Olive stayed alive with a 3-0 victory over No. 4 seed Queens in an elimination game in the 2013 Conference Carolinas Softball Tournament Saturday at Burlington, N.C. The win gives Mount Olive its second 30-win season in school history and keeps the Trojans in contention in the double-elimination tournament after suffering a 3-2 loss to No. 6 seed North Greenville earlier in the day.
Mount Olive (30-13) will play another elimination game Sunday at 11 a.m. against top-seeded King, which eliminated No. 8 seed Pfeiffer Saturday night.
Smith (6-4) allowed her only baserunner of the game when Whitney Britt bunted a slow roller down the third base line on the first pitch of the game and beat the throw to first. Smith retired the next two batters on a sacrifice and a groundout as Britt advanced to third. Smith ended the inning with her only strikeout of the game.
Smith went on to retire the side in order in each of the next six innings, throwing a total of 78 pitches for the game, 54 for strikes. She allowed only six balls hit out of the infield and benefitted from a defensive gem from first baseman Beth Overman for the final out. Shortstop Jennifer Jones' throw was high on Kaitlyn Cheek's grounder, but Overman made a leaping catch and landed on the bag a half step ahead of Cheek.
Kalie Smith gave Lauren Smith all the support she needed in the bottom of the third when she sent a 1-2 pitch over the 225-foot left-centerfield fence for her fifth home run of the season. Her home run was Mount Olive's 35th of the season, tying a school record set in 2008.
The Trojans added a pair of insurance runs in the sixth on Kelsey Akers' rbi-double and Danielle Mitchell's rbi-single.
The win came immediately after Mount Olive suffered its first loss of the tournament. The Trojans took a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the second against North Greenville when Overman was hit by a pitch, stole second and scored on Akers' two-out single.
After North Greenville tied the game with an unearned run in the top of the fifth, the Trojans regained the lead on Overman's rbi-double in the bottom of the fifth.
Trojan starter Madison Johnston (5-3) held North Greenville to four hits before allowing back-to-back singles in the sixth. Third baseman Kalie Smith made the defensive play of the tournament as she made a diving stop on a grounder, tagged the bag and threw to first from her knees for a 5-3 double play. But the Crusaders loaded the bases and two runs scored when Kansas Wofford's looper bounced in front of and over the second base bag for an infield single.
Friday's storms and a pair of extra-inning games – 14 innings and 10 innings – have resulted in pushing back the schedule. The winner of the Mount Olive-King game will face fifth-seeded Coker Sunday at 1 p.m. That winner will take on tournament unbeaten North Greenville at 3 p.m. in the championship game. If North Greenville loses that game, a winner-takes-all championship game will be played Monday.


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Hows about you eat your dessert of this broad on your Stag Dinner, during your Private Boat Cruise or even during your Private Strip Club Hire. Just making a suggestion here!
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Manicured one acre building lot 20 minutes from downtown Kingston and a 5 minute walk to Dog Lake. Boasts apple, cherry, grafted red and green maple, a silver maple and several mature evergreen trees and even a privacy hedge of cedars at the road. Fairly level with a gentle slope at the west facing rear of the property providing amazing sunsets. This lot will be easy to situate a home with favoured east/west orientation. Wells in the neighbourhood are excellent and just off a municipal road makes access a dream. Build this year or next, buy now. (id:35415)
Montreal St. to Battersea Rd. North of Sunbury, right on Milburn, right on Ormsbee, right on Hideaway Lane.
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10 / The Natural World
|Artist / Origin
Jacob Isaacksz. van Ruisdael (Dutch, 1628/9–82)
Region: Europe
ca. 1670
Period: 1400 CE - 1800 CE
Oil on canvas
Medium: Painting
|H: 24 5/8 in. (62.5 cm.), W: 21 ¾ in. (55.2 cm.)
|Kunsthaus, Zurich, Switzerland
|Courtesy of Giraudon/Bridgeman Art Library
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|Alan ChongCurator of the Collection, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
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A great writer once said that here is something called the 'reality effect'—something does not need to be precisely accurate to give the impression of capturing the real world. And there is no doubt that the seventeenth-century Dutch landscape painter wanted to suggest something that was recognizable. The low skies that you see in seventeenth-century landscapes—these very flat horizons with a huge area of sky—this, of course, suggests the real Dutch landscape that one can still see today, but it was also a convention. It was an effect that was carefully calculated and manipulated by a whole generation of artists who share their ideas, and they manipulated all these elements as a Renaissance painter manipulated perspective in an interior. These are things that really require very sophisticated training and a lot of hard work to create the final effect.
Dutch landscape painting of the seventeenth century really tackled a tremendous variety of subjects. Let's just look for a second at the views that seem Dutch. And here you can only applaud their ability to capture the look and the feel of the Dutch landscape. The change of the weather, for example, from light to dark often within a few seconds is really very beautifully captured by an artist like Ruisdael. And then the low horizon. Holland is a very flat country, much of it is reclaimed land, so it was originally under water, and is by definition under sea level. And this is something that began in the sixteenth century. You see these very low fields with cows and with waterways that bisect and divide the polders, this all for drainage, so that the land can be kept dry for farming or for agriculture production. This is absolutely typical and it's really one of the great accomplishments of the Dutch painters at the time.
Humans are always present in seventeenth-century Dutch landscapes and often present in a big way, and not just in an obscure little figure tucked in the corner. And I think that's particularly important. One is looking not just at nature, but people in nature. It's that intersection that these paintings are concerned with—not just nature in itself."


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Thursday, May 7, 2015
Ancient Forms of Punctuation
Posted by Sandra Cox at 2:30 AM
Labels: punctuation Sandra Cox
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Next she'll have to explain that the hashtag was once the pound symbol.ReplyDelete
I still call it a pound. Hashtag is stupid to me, but on the bright side, it does make me think of potatoes.ReplyDeleteReplies
I wouldn't have thought of that but I will now:)Delete
you don't say!ReplyDeleteReplies
How are you, Dez?Delete
Wow, that must have been in caveman days, right? lolReplyDelete
You're welcome, and thanks for the plug. :-DReplyDeleteReplies
My pleasure:) It's a trade off. grin.Delete
You know I had no idea until recently that hashtag is the same symbol as the pound or number sign. I don't have a twitter account. Soon language will all look like hashtags, smiley faces and shortformsReplyDeleteReplies
It's heading that way isn't it, Birgit?Delete
this is funny!ReplyDelete
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"Once upon a time" is a phrase filled with the promise of adventure, thrills, true love, lessons learned and happy endings. And so begins "Into the Woods," a musical that combines numerous well-known fairy tales into its own unique story that offers all of the above and more.
If you have never seen "Into the Woods," written by James Lapine with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, you need to catch North Fork Community Theatre's current production. If you have seen it and are a fan, as I am, you won't want to miss the chance to enjoy it once again. (more…)


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Chicken and Stuffing CasseroleFrom cookinwithjen 11 years ago
- 1 lb. boneless, skinless chicken breast halves shopping list
- 12 slices of swiss cheese shopping list
- 1 cup of unsweetened apple juice shopping list
- 1 can (10¾ oz) cream of chicken soup shopping list
- 1½ cups plain stuffing shopping list
- 1 stick of butter (melted) shopping list
How to make it
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
- Spray a casserole dish with nonstick cooking spray.
- In a bowl mix together soup and apple juice and pour over chicken in the casserole dish.
- In a separate bowl mix together stuffing and butter. Spread over the top of chicken in the casserole dish.
- Layer swiss cheese on top and bake covered for around 50 minutes and uncovered for 10 minutes.
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There are plenty of leaks suggesting that HTC will soon unveil at least a new Android device, with the One X+ and the 5-inch phablet being among the most talked about upcoming HTC Android handsets.
Earlier today we saw a couple of new leaked images of the One X+, which suggested the new device will be fairly similar to the current One X/XL model. But the new smartphone is yet to be made public.
HTC's most recent press event (September 19) focused only on Windows Phone 8 smartphones, so we're still waiting to see the Taiwanese Android device maker announce a similar event for new Android handsets.
But while we wait for HTC to announce its next media event, we will take a look at a "Hold the date" email received by HTCSpecialist.com members – see image above. According to the email, HTC will host an "exclusive" event in Glasgow on October 2 from 6-11 PM local time, where those attending will be able to "preview HTC's latest phones."
Should we expect to see new One X-branded devices next week, including the One X+ and the One X5? We're certainly going to keep you updated on the matter, but let's not get too excited about the whole thing just yet. After all, while this invitation from HTC Specialist certainly sounds interesting, we're yet to see the official invites from HTC, and that Glasgow event is less than a week away.
Not to mention that we're also puzzled by the fact that this event is not scheduled to take place in London, where we'd usually expect the company to host such pressers.
Any HTC Specialists in the audience? Have you received a similar invitation? Are you going?
Thanks tipster!


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Subtle Body - Geoffrey Samuel and Vivienne Lo - Centre of the Body's Events Summer 2014
The Centre of the Body at Goldsmiths, University of London
Thursday, 15 May 2014 from 17:00 to 18:30 (BST)
Event Details
Part of the Centre of the Body's 'Events Summer 2014' supported by the Wellcome Trust
Based on their respective work and experience in the Indo-Tibetan and Chinese contexts, they will deal with questions like: What is meant by the 'subtle body'? How is it understood in the Indo-Tibetan and Chinese traditions? Why were practices engaging the subtle body important in India, Tibet and East Asia in the past and why are they still practiced today? How can we understand the subtle bodies of the past within contemporary science?
Geoffrey Samuel is an Emeritus Professor at Cardiff University, Wales, UK, where he directs the Body, Health and Religion (BAHAR) Research Group, and is also an Hon. Associate at the University of Sydney, Australia. His academic career has been in social anthropology and religious studies. His writings include the books Mind, Body and Culture (1990), Civilized Shamans: Buddhism in Tibetan Societies (1993), Tantric Revisionings (2005), The Origins of Yoga and Tantra (2008) and Introducing Tibetan Buddhism (2012), as well as many book chapters and journal articles. His most recent edited book (with Jay Johnston) is Religion and the Subtle Body in Asia and the West (2013). His current research interests include Tibetan yogic health practices, Tibetan medicine, and the dialogue between Buddhism and science.
Vivienne Lo is the Director of the China Centre for Health and Humanity at UCL. She conducts research and is a practitioner of acupuncture and therapeutic exercise. She translates and analyses manuscript material from Early and Medieval China and the transmission of scientific knowledge along the so-called Silk Roads through to the modern Chinese medical diaspora
When & Where
RHB 137a, Richard Hoggart Building
Goldsmiths, University of London
New Cross
SE14 6NW London
United Kingdom
Thursday, 15 May 2014 from 17:00 to 18:30 (BST)
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The Centre of the Body at Goldsmiths, University of London
The Centre of the Body is focused on interdisciplinary research on the body and is planning to launch a unique interdisciplinary MA on The Body in 2015. The Centre is co-directed by Professor Anna Furse (Department of Theatre and Performance) and Dr Ronit Yoeli-Tlalim (Department of History). The Advisory Board comprises Professor Sophie Day (Department of Anthropology), Professor Lisa Blackman (Department of Media and Communications) and Dr Monica Greco (Department of Sociology).


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Only a dollar. Multiple pings. Can set packet size. Beautiful, sharp graphing. Easy export of ping log file.
Can't customize any ping settings but packet size. Ping log file hard to read on-screen.
Bottom Line
Android App Enterprise Ping offers multiple pings, beautiful graphing, and easy report exporting. Hopefully, more capability will be added in the near future.
Enterprise Ping is a 99-cent Android app available from Google Play. The app is developed by Enterprising Apps, the same company that developed Wolf WiFi Pro (for Android). Enterprise Ping is a graphical ping tool. Ping is simple, yet it's one of the most effective network utilities for troubleshooting connection and latency issues. Instead of using the boring old command line to execute the ping command, Enterprise ping provides visualization for pinging as well as graphing and logging functions.
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The Good
With Enterprise Ping, you can ping two IP addresses or URLs at once. These IP addresses and URLs can be saved so that you can quickly initiate a ping when opening the app. You can switch back and forth between the two pings' screens to see detailed individual information on each ping such as percent of packet loss. However, both pings are displayed as two different lines in a graph on each screen, so you can constantly compare the two.
Ping displays statistics such as response time per ping and total response time since the ping request was sent, as well as maximum, minimum, and average ping response time. The app also shows number of packets sent, received, and lost.
The real-time graphing is sharply detailed and easy-to-read, even on an Android phone. You can quickly pull up a log file of the ping activity and export it as a .txt file to an SD card.
From within the app, a user can enable or disable wakelock, the mechanism for placing the Android device in a power-saving mode. Users can also enable or disable Wi-Fi from inside Enterprise Ping.
The Not-So-Good
Enterprise Ping is limited in functionality, even more limited than some of the free Ping apps available. You can only customize the packet size; you can't tweak other ping parameters like TTL or interval time between pings or any other settings.
I also noticed that pulling up the ping log overlaps the ping graphing so the log details are a bit hard to see.
Needs More Features
Enterprise Ping, if it's padded with more features, will probably evolve into an app that's worth more than a buck. You can do multiple pings, which you can't do in many ping apps; the graphing is slick, and exporting information is a breeze. It needs at least as many features as I mentioned earlier that some of the free ping apps offer.
Still, Enterprise Ping gets three stars for the multiple ping ability, the beautiful graphing, and the easy report exporting. Hopefully, more capability will be added in the near future.
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- Overview
Vermeer continues to respond to the demands of the rental, landscape and tree care professionals with the BC700XL brush chipper. The smallest machine in the Vermeer brush chipper line, the BC700XL design is based on operator feedback and focuses on productivity advantage and ease-of-use. The brush chipper features a centrifugal clutch system, 25 horsepower (18.6 kW) Kohler EFI engine, bottom feed stop bar and Vermeer exclusive SmartFeed feed-sensing control system. The new member of the chippers line offers the compact size operators are looking for and the performance they want to achieve a job efficiently.
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BC700XL Brush Chipper
Brush Chipper Operation and Safety Video
Features and Benefits
- The centrifugal clutch engagement prevents belt slip when engaging the clutch which means fewer maintenance costs.
- The 25 hp (18.6 kW) Electronic Fuel-Injected (EFI)Kohler engine performs well during cold-weather starts, has reduced occurrence of engine flooding and provides improved fuel economy over comparable carbureted gas engines.
- The large infeed opening makes feeding irregular material easier and decreases the amount of saw cuts needed prior to feeding the chipper.
- The exclusive SmartFeed, patented feed-sensing control system, from Vermeer helps increase operator productivity and reduces strain on vital engine parts, as engine rpm is monitored and feed rollers are controlled.
- A bottom feed stop bar is strategically located to make it possible for the operator's leg to strike the bar and shut off the feed mechanism either intentionally or automatically in an emergency situation.
- The wide offers a wide footprint at the axle for side-to-side stability; additionally enhances transportability and visibility while backing up.
- Specs
- General Dimensions and Weights
Length - Feed Table Up, Tongue In 113 in 287 cm Length - Table Down, Tongue Extended 133 in 337.8 cm Width 71 in 180.3 cm Height 102 in 259.1 cm Weight - Engine Option One 1800 lbs 816.5 kg Tongue Weight - Engine Option One 180 lbs 81.6 kg
- Engine Option One
Make and Model Kohler ECH740 Gross Horsepower (Maximum) 25 hp 18.6 kw Torque (Max) 41.7 ft-lb 56.5 Nm Fuel Tank Capacity 6 gal 22.7 L Max Fuel Consumption 2.4 gph 9.1 lph Fuel Type Gasoline Air Cleaner Kohler HD 2-Stage Dry Oil Filter Spin-on Recommended Oil Kohler oil or API CH4/SJ Oil Volume with Filter 2 qt 1.9 L Maximum Angle of Continuous Operation 25 deg Cooling Medium Oil/Air Alternator 20A Charging Clutch Type Centrifugal PTO Clutch Drive Engagement Centrifugal
- Feed System
Feed Roller Orientation Horizontal Feed Roller Clamp Load 525 lbs 238.1 kg Feed Roller Clamp Type Spring/Feed Roller Weight Feed Roller Minimum Distance to Drum 4 in 10.2 cm Feed Roller Dimension 10" Diameter Weight of Feed Roller 100 lbs 45.4 kg Motor Displacement 14 Motor Manufacturer White Hydraulics Feed Speed 49.4 ft/min Infeed Table Width 41.2 in 104.6 cm Infeed Table Length 30.2 in 76.7 cm Infeed Hopper Height 22.1 in 56.1 cm Infeed Throat Capacity 6" x 8" (15.24 cm x 20.32 cm) Pinch Point - Distance to End of Feed Table 65.4 in 166.1 cm Distance from Feed Table to Ground 28.1 in 71.4 cm
- Safety System
Bottom Feed Stop Bar Standard Bottom Feed Stop Bar Diameter 2 in 5.1 cm Bottom Feed Stop Bar Material Thickness 12" (30.48 cm) Reset Method Dual green hold-to-run buttons Four Position Feed Control Bar Standard Diameter 2 in 5.1 cm Material Thickness .1 in .3 cm Positions Four position: (E-Stop), Forward, Stop, (Reverse) Green Hold to Run Button Standard
- Drum/Disc Cutting System
Material Capacity 6 in 15.2 cm Width 8 in 20.3 cm Thickness 1.3 in 3.2 cm Diameter 23.9 in 60.7 cm Speed 1748 Weight With Shaft 176 lbs 79.8 kg Knife Thickness .6 in 1.6 cm Material A8 Chipper Steel Replaceable Threaded Knife Block Yes Fixture Method Welded Air Flow 5000 cfm Bedknife Size 4" x 8.6"/(10.2 cm x 21.9 cm) hor; 4" x 5.8"/(10.2 cm x 14.6 cm) vert Bedknife Material ASTM A572 Grade 50
- Cutter Drive Components - Engine Option One
Bore 1.5 in 3.8 cm Type Flange-mounted ball type, self-aligning Manufacturer Linkbelt Dynamic Capacity 5640 lbs 2558.3 kg Static Capacity 4460 lbs 2023 kg Belt Idler/Tensioner Spring-loaded adjustable Idler Belt Type 2-band 5-V profile Aramid
- Discharge System
Chute Height 97.2 in 246.8 cm Bottom Thickness .1 in .3 cm Top Thickness .1 in .3 cm Side Wall Thickness .1 in .3 cm Deflector Thickness .1 in .2 cm Chute Rotation Angle 240 deg Rotation Type Manual Rotational Lock Standard Latch
- Hydraulic System
Tank capacity 6.8 gal 25.7 L Recommended Oil Type Vermeer VMF Gold System Type Open center Filtration Method Return flow filtration, 10 micron Pump Flow at Maximum RPM 3.8 gpm 14.4 L/min System relief pressure 2500 psi 172.4 bar
- Electrical System
System Voltage 12 Volt Battery Group 26, 400 CCA Standard Gauges Hour meter Switches Hold-to-run, sensitivity selector Controller Vermeer ACS CB02
- Chassis
Frame Description 3/16"/(.5 cm) ASTM A1011 steel Hitch Type 2"/(5.1 cm) ball coupler Fender Description .1"/(.3 cm) Steel bolt-on Axle/Suspension 2000 lb/(907.2 kg) rubber torsion axle Type - Option One Rubber Torsional Manufacturer - Option One Dexter Capacity - Option One 2000 lb/(907.2 kg) Tires - Option One ST185/80D13 load range D Wheels - Option One 13 x 5, bolt circle 5 on 4.5 Axle/Suspension - Option Two 2000lb/(907.2 kg) rubber torsion axle with electric brakes Type - Option Two Rubber torsional, braked Manufacturer - Option Two Dexter Capacity - Option Two 2000 lb/(907.2 kg) Brake Type Electric optional Trailer Light Type LED
- Other Options
Special Paint Available, Optional Extended Warranty Available, Optional Preventive Maintenance Available, Optional