text:
Organizers: Stefan Heinrich (University of Kaiserslautern, Germany) - Aicke Hinrichs (Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Germany)
December 15, 14:30 ~ 15:00 - Room B23
In this work we extend our earlier work motivated by path-dependent option pricing problems, in which we tried to understand how it is that sparse grid and QMC methods can be applied successfully to option pricing problems, even though the integrands do not live in any mixed derivative smoothness class. That difficulty derives from the ``max function'' in the integrand, describing the fact that options are considered worthless if the payoff falls below the strike price.
In a previous paper (Math. Comp. 82, 383-400, 2013) we showed that if the expected value is expressed as an integral over $\mathbb{R}^d$ then the classical ANOVA decomposition of the integrand for an arithmetic Asian option can have every term smooth except for the very highest term. That highest ANOVA term has many discontinuities in first partial derivatives, but in most cases is expected to be pointwise very small.
In the present work we consider the ANOVA decomposition of the corresponding continuous problem in the Brownian bridge (or Levy-Ciesielski) formulation, and show that in this case \textbf{every term in the (infinite) ANOVA decomposition is smooth.} With this result we are preparing for an error analysis of the cubature problem for option pricing problem, in which the discrete-time problem is approximated by the continuous problem, and the error analysis then applied to the truncated infinite ANOVA expansion, in which every term is smooth.
Joint work with Frances Kuo (UNSW), Michael Griebel (Bonn).
December 15, 15:00 ~ 15:30 - Room B23
We consider anchored and ANOVA spaces of functions with mixed first order partial derivatives bounded in $L_1$ and $L_\infty$ norms. The spaces are weighted and we provide necessary and sufficient conditions so that the corresponding spaces have equivalent norms with constants independent of the number of variables. This includes the case of countably many variables.
Joint work with Grzegorz Wasilkowski.
December 15, 15:30 ~ 16:00 - Room B23
We extend the recent investigation of G. Wasilkowski on the equivalence of weighted anchored and ANOVA $L_1$ and $L_\infty$ norms of function spaces with mixed partial derivatives of order one. Among other norms, we consider $L_p$ norms for $1\le p\le \infty$ and confirm the conjecture that for product weights, summability of the weight sequence is necessary and sufficient.
Joint work with Jan Schneider (University of Rostock, Germany).
December 15, 16:00 ~ 16:30 - Room B23
We consider a quadrature problem on the sequence space $\mathbb R^{\mathbb N}$, where the underlying measure $\mu=N(0,1)^{\mathbb N}$ is given by the countable product of standard normal distributions and the integrands $f:\mathbb R^{\mathbb N}\to\mathbb R$ belong to a unit ball of a reproducing kernel Hilbert space. This space has tensor product form, and the building blocks are weighted Sobolev spaces of once differentiable functions where the function itself and the derivative have bounded $L^2$-norm with respect to the centered normal distribution $N(0,\sigma^2)$ with variance $\sigma^2$.
We consider deterministic algorithms in the worst-case-setting, where the cost of evaluating a function at a point is the index of the highest nonzero component. Upper and lower bounds for the complexity are derived.
December 15, 17:00 ~ 17:30 - Room B23
We study the approximation of high-dimensional rank one tensors using point evaluations. We prove that for certain parameters (smoothness and norm of the $r$th derivative) this problem is intractable while for other parameters the problem is tractable and the complexity is only polynomial in the dimension. We completely characterize the set of parameters that lead to easy or difficult problems, respectively. In the ``difficult'' case we modify the class to obtain a tractable problem: The problem gets tractable with a polynomial (in the dimension) complexity if the support of the function is not too small.
Joint work with Daniel Rudolf (Jena University, Germany).
December 15, 17:30 ~ 18:00 - Room B23
Within the framework of information-based complexity theory, we study the approximate solution of certain classes of scalar first order partial differential equations, both in the deterministic and the randomized setting. We consider standard information. The analysis is based on the classical method of characteristics and on recent results by Th. Daun and the author on the complexity of parametric ordinary differential equations. We also discuss the case of first order PDEs depending on parameters.
December 15, 18:00 ~ 18:30 - Room B23
We give an overview of recent results on approximation of ridge functions $f(x)=g(a\cdot x)$. As the class of ridge functions is non-linear, number of interesting questions appear. We present, and analyse, several algorithms for recovery of such functions, study their numerical performance and their optimality. Surprisingly, nearly all sorts of tractability appear when trying to approximate ridge functions in high dimension from a limited number of its function values.
Joint work with Ingrid Daubechies (Duke), Massimo Fornasier (TU Munich), Anton Kolleck (TU Berlin), Sebastian Mayer (Uni Bonn), Karin Schnass (Uni Innsbruck) and Tino Ullrich (Uni Bonn).
December 15, 18:30 ~ 19:00 - Room B23
Calculating optimal weights for construction of rank-1 lattice rules for high dimensional integration problems in weighted spaces requires in general knowledge of the (weighted) norm of the functions at hand. The latter norm usually needs evaluation of mixed partial derivatives w.r.t. each variable at most once (cross--derivatives) in high dimensions.\\ Consider a function $f : \Omega \rightarrow \mathbb{R}^d$ that has cross--derivatives that are continuous over some convex compact set $\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^d$. As for $d$ up to about $20$, evaluating all $2^d$ cross--derivatives in a single point $x \in \Omega$ is still quite feasible, but for much larger dimensions this task becomes prohibitively expensive. A new method for automatic bounding of cross--derivatives at a relative cost of $O(d^2)$ is given, where $d$ is the real dimension of the problem. In the new method we are content with the computation of $2\,d +1$ product and order dependent (POD) bounding coefficients $ \Lambda_{0} , \quad \overline{\Lambda} \; := \; ( \Lambda_{1}, \dots, \Lambda_{d}) \quad \text{ and } \quad \overline{\lambda} \; := \; (\lambda_{1}, \ldots, \lambda_{d})\;, $ such that for $ \mathbf{i} \subset \{1,2,\ldots,d\}$ we have $ \left | f_\mathbf{i}(x) \right | \; \leq \; {|\mathbf{i}|!}\, \Lambda_{|\mathbf{i}|} \prod_{j \in \mathbf{i}} \lambda_j .\; \\ $ This method delivers an effective way of calculating recently introduced POD weights by minimizing a less effective integration error upper bound.
Joint work with Andreas Griewank (Humboldt University of Berlin).
December 16, 14:35 ~ 15:25 - Room B23
In this talk we discuss various results on numerical integration for functions defined on a domain $D \subseteq \mathbb{R}^d$. In quasi-Monte Carlo theory one considers the domain $[0,1]^s$. In this case one wants quadrature points which are well distributed. If the dimension is large this can be a challenging problem. Another problem which often occurs is that the domain is not the unit cube (a standard example is $\mathbb{R}^s$). In this case one can either use some transformation to obtain an integral over the unit cube or construct quadrature rules in the given domain. Applications of such integration techniques include option pricing, the estimation of the expectation value of solutions of PDEs with random coefficients and some problems from machine learning.
Joint work with Christoph Aistleitner (JKU Linz, Austria), Johann Brauchart (TU Graz, Austria), Takashi Goda (University of Tokyo, Japan), Peter Kritzer (JKU Linz, Austria), Frances Kuo (UNSW, Australia), Gunther Leobacher (JKU Linz, Austria), Quoc Thong Le Gia (UNSW, Australia), Dirk Nuyens (KU Leuven, Belgium), Friedrich Pillichshammer (JKU Linz, Austria), Christoph Schwab (ETH Z\"urich, Switzerland), Kosuke Suzuki (University of Tokyo, Japan), Takehito Yoshiki (University of Tokyo, Japan) and Houying Zhu (UNSW, Australia).
December 16, 15:30 ~ 16:00 - Room B23
Tractability properties of various notions of discrepancy have been intensively studied in the last decade. In this presentation we consider the so-called weighted star discrepancy which was introduced by Sloan and Wo\'{z}niakowski in 1998. We give an overview of existence results and constructions of point sets which can achieve polynomial or even strong polynomial tractability for suitable choices of weights. Then, for prime numbers $p$, we consider Korobov's $p$-sets:
$P_{p,s}=\{\boldsymbol{x}_0,\ldots,\boldsymbol{x}_{p-1}\}$ with $$\boldsymbol{x}_n=\left(\left\{\frac{n}{p}\right\},\left\{\frac{n^2}{p}\right\},\ldots,\left\{\frac{n^s}{p}\right\}\right)\ \ \ \mbox{ for }\ n=0,1,\ldots,p-1,$$
$Q_{p^2,s}=\{\boldsymbol{x}_0,\ldots,\boldsymbol{x}_{p^2-1}\}$ with $$\boldsymbol{x}_n=\left(\left\{\frac{n}{p^2}\right\},\left\{\frac{n^2}{p^2}\right\},\ldots,\left\{\frac{n^s}{p^2}\right\}\right)\ \ \ \mbox{ for }\ n=0,1,\ldots,p^2-1,$$
and $R_{p^2,s}=\{\boldsymbol{x}_{a,k}\ : \ a,k \in \{0,\ldots,p-1\}\}$ with $$\boldsymbol{x}_{a,k}=\left(\left\{\frac{k}{p}\right\},\left\{\frac{a k}{p}\right\},\ldots,\left\{\frac{a^{s-1} k}{p}\right\}\right)\ \ \ \mbox{ for }\ a,k=0,1,\ldots,p-1,$$
and prove bounds on their weighted star discrepancy which hold for any choice of weights. For product weights we give conditions under which the discrepancy bounds are independent of the dimension $s$. This implies strong polynomial tractability for the weighted star discrepancy. We also show that a very weak condition on the product weights suffices to achieve polynomial tractability.
Joint work with Josef Dick (UNSW Sydney, Australia).
December 16, 16:00 ~ 16:30 - Room B23
We consider numerical integration of $d$-dimensional functions in (Besov and Triebel-Lizorkin) spaces $A^s_{p,\theta}$ of dominating mixed smoothness on the unit cube. For functions with zero boundary condition we prove that a (equally weighted) cubature rule, as proposed by Frolov in 1976, has the optimal order of convergence if $p,\theta\in (0,\infty)$ and $s > \max\{1/p,1/\theta\}$, where $s$ is the smoothness parameter. In particular, this implies the optimal order of convergence in Sobolev spaces of mixed smoothness in the same range of the parameters, which generalizes the previously known results to $p<2$ and non-integer smoothness. In the region of "small smoothness", $s\in (1/p, 1/\theta]$, we prove an upper bound that is expected to be optimal. This bound for Triebel-Lizorkin spaces was only known for $d=2$. By standard modifications of the algorithm we obtain the same results for functions without boundary conditions.
Joint work with Tino Ullrich (Hausdorff Center for Mathematics, Germany).
December 16, 17:00 ~ 17:30 - Room B23
The talk is concerned with optimal linear approximation of functions in isotropic periodic Sobolev spaces $H^s(\mathbb{T}^d)$ of fractional smoothness $s>0$ on the $d$-dimensional torus, where the error is measured in the $L_2$-norm. The asymptotic rate -- up to multiplicative constants -- of the approximation numbers is well known. For any fixed dimension $d\in\mathbb{N}$ and smoothness $s>0$ one has $$ (\star)\qquad a_n(I_d: H^s(\mathbb{T}^d)\to L_2(\mathbb{T}^d))\sim n^{-s/d}\qquad\text{as}\quad n\to \infty\,. $$ In the language of IBC, the n-th approximation number $a_n(I_d)$ is nothing but the worst-case error of linear algorithms that use at most $n$ arbitrary linear informations. Clearly, for numerical issues and questions of tractability one needs precise information on the constants that are hidden in $(\star)$, in particular their dependence on $d$.
For any fixed smoothness $s>0$, the exact asymptotic behavior of the constants as $d\to\infty$ will be given in the talk. Moreover, I will present sharp two-sided estimates in the preasymptotic range, that means for `small' $n$. Hereby an interesting connection to entropy numbers in finite-dimensional $\ell_p$-spaces turns out to be very useful.
Joint work with Sebastian Mayer (Bonn), Winfried Sickel (Jena) and Tino Ullrich (Bonn).
December 16, 17:30 ~ 18:00 - Room B23
Using tools taken from the theory of operator ideals and $s$-numbers, we develop a general approach to transfer estimates for $L_2$-approximation of Sobolev functions into results for $L_\infty$-approximation under a detailed control of all involved constants. As illustration, we derive some results for isotropic Sobolev spaces $H^s (\mathbb{T}^d)$ and Sobolev spaces of dominating mixed smoothness $H^s _{\text{mix}} (\mathbb{T}^d)$, always equipped with natural norms. Also some comments to related questions for Besov spaces will be given.
Joint work with Fernando Cobos (Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain) and Thomas Kuehn (University of Leipzig, Germany).
December 16, 18:00 ~ 18:30 - Room B23
We generalize the results of Bilyk et al. on discrepancy in spaces with bounded mean oscillation and in exponential Orlicz spaces to arbitrary dimension. In particular, we use dyadic harmonic analysis to prove upper bounds of the BMO and exponential Orlicz space norms of the discrepancy function for the so-called order 2 digital nets. Such estimates play an important role as an intermediate step between the well-understood $L_p$ bounds and the still elusive $L_\infty$ asymptotics of the discrepancy function in arbitrary dimensions.
Joint work with Dmitriy Bilyk (University of Minnesota, USA).
December 17, 14:30 ~ 15:00 - Room B23
For analytic multivariate problems we modify the usual concepts of tractability by replacing the pair $(d,\varepsilon)$ by $(d,1+\log\,\varepsilon^{-1})$, where $d$ denotes the number of variables and $\varepsilon$ is an error threshold. It turns out that for some analytic multivariate problems we can get positive tractability results for this more demanding setting. We survey current results for multivariate integration and approximation defined over reproducing kernel Hilbert spaces. These results were obtained by J. Dick, G. Larcher, P. Kritzer, F. Kuo, F. Pillichshammer, I. Sloan, and the author.
December 17, 15:00 ~ 15:30 - Room B23
We consider integration and approximation of functions in a class of Hilbert spaces of analytic functions defined on the $\mathbb{R}^s$. The functions are characterized by the property that their Hermite coefficients decay exponentially fast. The function spaces are weighted by two weight sequences. For numerical integration, we use Gauss-Hermite quadrature rules and show that the errors of our algorithms decay exponentially fast. Furthermore, we consider $L_2$-approximation where the algorithms use information based on either arbitrary linear functionals or function evaluations. Also in the case of approximation we obtain exponential error convergence. For given $\varepsilon>0$, we study tractability in terms of $s$ and $\log\varepsilon^{-1}$ and give necessary and sufficient conditions under which we achieve exponential convergence with various types of tractability.
Joint work with Christian Irrgeher (Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria), Gunther Leobacher (Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria), Friedrich Pillichshammer (Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria) and Henryk Wozniakowski (Columbia University, USA; University of Warsaw, Poland).
December 17, 15:30 ~ 16:00 - Room B23
In the last 20 years a whole hierarchy of notions of tractability was proposed and analyzed by several authors. These notions are used to classify the computational hardness of continuous numerical problems in terms of the behavior of their information complexity $n(\varepsilon, d)$ as a function of the accuracy $\varepsilon$ and the dimension $d$. By now a lot of effort was spend on either proving quantitative positive results (such as, e.g., the concrete dependence on $\varepsilon$ and $d$ within the well-established framework of polynomial tractability), or on qualitative negative results (which, e.g., state that a given problem suffers from the so-called curse of dimensionality). Although several weaker types of tractability were introduced recently, the theory of information-based complexity still lacks a notion which allows to quantify the exact (sub-/super-)exponential dependence of $n(\varepsilon,d)$ on both parameters $\varepsilon$ and $d$.
In this talk we present the notion of $(s,t)$-weakly tractable problems which attempts to fill this gap. Within this framework the parameters $s$ and $t$ are used to quantitatively refine the huge class of polynomially intractable problems. For compact operators between Hilbert spaces we provide characterizations of $(s,t)$-weak tractability (w.r.t. various settings) in terms of singular values. In addition, our new notion will be illustrated by examples such as embedding problems of Sobolev spaces (as studied recently by Kühn, Sickel, and Ullrich). In particular, we complete the characterization of weak tractability for these problems.
Joint work with Pawel Siedlecki (University of Warsaw, Poland).
December 17, 16:00 ~ 16:30 - Room B23
We study the information complexity $n(\varepsilon,d)$ of linear tensor product problems in the worst and average case settings in terms of two recently introduced notions of tractability: uniform weak tractability and $(s,t)$-weak tractability. Here, $d$ denotes the number of variables and $\varepsilon$ is an error threshold. Uniform weak tractability means that the information complexity $n(\varepsilon,d)$ is not an exponential function of any positive power of $\varepsilon^{-1}$ and/or $d$, whereas $(s,t)$-weak tractability means that the information complexity $n(\varepsilon,d)$ is not an exponential function of $\varepsilon^{-s}$ and/or $d^{\,t}$. These notions allow us to refine tractability hierarchy of multivariate problems. We give necessary and sufficient conditions on these notions of tractability for homogeneous linear tensor product problems. This is also done for some nonhomogeneous linear tensor product problems in terms of their intrinsic nonhomogeneity parameters such as their regularity with respect to succesive variables or weights associated to variables and groups of variables. The work on $(s,t)$-weak tractability has been jointly done with Markus Weimar.
December 17, 17:05 ~ 17:55 - Room B23
The evaluation of integrals of functions with a large or even infinite number of variables is an important task in physics, quantum chemistry and quantitative finance. If one, for instance, wants to compute the expectation of a funtional of a stochastic process, then employing a suitable series expansion of the stochastic process the problem can be transformed into the problem of calculating the integral of a function of infinitely many variables.
For the moment let us focus on infinite-dimensional integration. A valuable technique to tackle the integration problem is to use a function decomposition -- the integrand is represented as an infinite sum of functions of finitely many variables. Cleverly designed algorithms, such as multilevel algorithms or multivariate decomposition methods, deal with a finite number of important summands. They balance the computational burden spent on the corresponding finite-dimensional integration sub-problems in order to minimize the computational cost for achieving a given error tolerance.
Important function decompositions are, e.g., the well-known ANOVA ("Analysis of Variance'') decomposition or anchored decompositions.
It turns out one function decomposition may be more convenient for error analysis while another is more convenient for the actual design of competitive algorithms. An example is the approximation of certain classes of integrands of infinitely many variables by randomized algorithms: On the one hand the ANOVA decomposition is a valuable tool for the error analysis, but even the explicit computation of the ANOVA components of low order is infeasible (in the sense that it is more expensive than the original integration problem). On the other hand, the components of anchored decompositions can be computed efficiently and therefore they can be used to design algorithms, but the direct error analysis may be complicated.
In this talk we present optimal results for high- and infinite-dimensional integration. In some settings (depending on the class of integrands we consider, the class of algorithms we admit and the way we account for the computational cost) one can derive these results directly, and we will see situations were the results can be transfered to other settings.
Joint work with Jan Baldeaux (UTS Sydney, Australia), Josef Dick (UNSW Sydney, Australia), Mario Hefter (TU Kaiserslautern, Germany), Aicke Hinrichs (JKU Linz, Austria), and Klaus Ritter (TU Kaiserslautern, Germany).
December 17, 18:00 ~ 18:30 - Room B23
We study algorithms for $L^p$-approximation ($1\le p<\infty$) of functions $f:[a,b]\to{\mathbb R}$ that are piecewise $r$-times continuously differentiable and $f^{(r)}$ are piecewise Hölder continuous with exponent $\rho\in(0,1]$. The singular points of $f$ are unknown. Available information is blurred and given as $y_i=f(x_i)+e_i$, $1\le i\le n$, where $|e_i|\le\delta$. We show that a necessary and sufficient condition for the error of approximation to be at most $\varepsilon$ is that $n\asymp\varepsilon^{-1/(r+\rho)}$ and $\delta\asymp\varepsilon$. The optimal algorithms use adaptive information. This generalizes previous results where information was exact and we had $\rho=1$.
Joint work with Pawel Morkisz (AGH Krakow, Poland).
December 17, 18:30 ~ 19:00 - Room B23
Problems defined on spaces of piecewise smooth functions are known to be difficult as nonadaptive algorithms that work well for globally smooth functions usually fail. Such problems are even more difficult when information is in addition corrupted by noise. Then fundamental questions are what is the acceptable noise level that allows to solve a problem within given error, and what algorithms should be used? In this talk we consider the problem of detecting singular points of piecewise Hölder functions based on noisy function evaluations. The noise is assumed to be bounded. This problem is important since for many other problems like function approximation or integration one has to localize the singular points in the first place. We also provide a numerical illustration.
Joint work with Leszek Plaskota (University of Warsaw, Poland).


text:
What are you doing this weekend? Want to check out a new movie?
Here is what's new in theaters on Friday 4/02/10:(Wednesday March 31) The Last Song – Miley Cyrus, Greg Kinnear, Liam Hemsworth Julie Anne Robinson (director)
(Thursday April 1) Clash of the Titans – Sam Worthington, Liam Neeson Louie Leterrier (director)
(Friday April 2) Why Did I Get Married Too? – Janet Jackson, Tyler Perry Tyler Perry (director)
Don McKay – Thomas Haden Church, Elisabeth Shue Jake Goldberger (director) *Limited Release
Leaves of Grass – Edward Norton, Keri Russell Tim Blake Nelson (director) *Limited Release
The Greatest – Pierce Brosnon, Susan Sarandon, Carey Mulligan Shana Feste (director) *Limited Release

subset: commoncrawl


text:
OK, I saw this and had to share. In previous threads, and in my sleep deprivation presentations, reference is made to the studies which demonstrate that a 20 minute nap greatly improves our productivity and sense of well being. There is an idea that I think is great, and one that might work for those of us who have a desk under which the space is open.
For me, using one of my older Thermorest sleeping pads might be just the ticket. I don't have room in my office for a recliner or sofa, but I can make this work.


text:
No rest for world record-holders in Commonwealth Games pool
Bahrain Grand Prix: Lewis Hamilton slumps as Ferrari star in practiceVettel snatched an opportunistic win for Ferrari in Melbourne two weeks ago, despite Mercedes clearly having the faster vehicle . Ferrari has since been fined 5,000 euros by the FIA for an unsafe release, but Raikkonen avoided a three-place grid penalty.
Cleveland Cavaliers at Philadelphia 76ers, Game 80 preview and listingsBefore losing to the Sixers, the Pistons had won five straight games including seven of their last eight. With the win, the Sixers moved into a tie with the idle Cavaliers for the number three seed in the east.
Prince Charles wants Australia to become a republic: Paul KeatingThe tour is the 16th trip to Australia and the seventh to Queensland for Charles, while it is Camilla's third visit. Bundaberg is the first regional stop for Prince Charles as part of his official duties for the Commonwealth Games.
Softball falls in title game, baseball advances to championshipAnna scored five runs in the fifth to take a 6-3 lead, and Russian Federation responded with two in the bottom of the inning. Galbo, after bunting most of the game, was given the go-ahead to swing away and make the most of her opportunity.
Khabib Nurmagomedov's New UFC 223 Opponent Officially FinalizedAccording to Bohn , Holloway got down to 159 pounds, four pounds above the limit. "I tried to get it", he wrote on Twitter. Multiple reports suggest that Pettis asked the UFC for additional money to fight Nurmagomedov, but the UFC declined.
President Trump blames state of DACA on DemocratsDACA stands for "Deferred Action on Childhood Arrivals". "It's frustrating because we're in limbo right now", Agustin added. Trump has previously called for the "nuclear option" - changing Senate rules to end the filibuster.
Apple working on curved iPhone screens, touchless gesture control, sources sayChanging the way that users interact with screens could offer something new on the market depending on how it's implemented. You have screens with unbelievably thin bezels, screens that respond differently to the amount of pressure applied today.
Trade war with China: What you need to knowThe US measures mainly goods that allegedly benefitted from China's theft of US intellectual property. That came with the US considering duties on an additional $100 billion in goods imported from China.
Long-lost daughter reunited with family after 24 yearsOn Monday, Mr Wang and Kang Ying spoke for the first time via a voice messenger app, thecover.cn reported (in Chinese). She had been told by her adoptive father that she was found on the side of the road and did not have a mother .
Our dream is to see a prosperous Nepal: PM OliThis will enable cost effective and efficient movement of cargo and greatly impact the growth of business and economy of Nepal. While speaking to mediapersons, PM Oli said friendship is most important and there is no comparison with friendship.
Former Bernalillo schools bookkeeper pleads guilty to fraudTad Cummins has pleaded guilty to kidnapping his teenage student, taking her across state lines and sexually assaulting her. A Bryan man was sentenced to 25 years in prison Tuesday after pleading guilty to assaulting a public servant in May 2017.
Brazil's Lula must start prison term, Supreme Court rulesHowever, numerous exceptions to the law, known as the " clean slate ", have been made since its introduction in 2010. An arrest warrant is reportedly expected in a matter of days.


text:
Single Leather Case
Product Description
Store playing cards in style with this leather card case. Made of soft, brown leather with a felt-lined interior, this deluxe case holds one deck of standard playing cards. The case measures approximately 3.75 inches long and 3 inches wide. Featuring a two-snap closure, this card case is a must-have accessory for avid card players.


text:
THE WORD CULTURE conjures up images of performing artists, be they singers, dancers, poets, actors, and so on. At times it is used to refer to common values, traditions and aspirations - often in a way that distinguishes us from others ('in my culture...'), or others from us ('that is their culture'). Often, attempts to define culture are either narrowly focused - in the sense of 'arts and culture' or very broad and all-encompassing. So what does it mean to talk about the role of culture in urban development and revitalisation? Cities around the globe are engaging with this, albeit often from a rather limited economic perspective, focusing on 'cultural tourism' and promoting local creative industries. While there is value in pursuing such an approach, particularly if one considers the extent to which these sectors can provide labour, the danger of such an approach is twofold. First, it commodifies culture and cultural diversity, which could be at the expense of the intrinsic value of culture. Secondly, such an approach seeks to shape the city in the image of what others (foreign visitors, global markets) may find appealing, rather than making it possible for local citizens to celebrate their heritage, express their aspirations and create meaning and place for themselves and future generations.
In Thought Matters Julian Jonker seeks to give meaning to the notion 'the right to the city', a term coined at the recent Isandla Institute seminar on 'Culture and the Right to the City'. Julian is a writer, sound artist and cultural producer and teaches and researches legal history and rhetoric at the University of Cape Town.
What sort of right is 'the right to the city'?
By Julian Jonker
RECENTLY I HAVE taken to visiting the Sea Point promenade at sunset, a wide pedestrian area that runs on the edge of Cape Town's west city precinct and along the beautiful rocky beaches of the Atlantic coastline. Sea Point was once a working class migrant neighbourhood, although a series of high rises pay tribute to its status as a wealthy white enclave after forced removals. Now it is gradually returning to a more boisterous neighbourhood in which synagogues, drug dealers and Lebanese restaurants hustle for attention.
The promenade itself is pleasant to visit, not just for the sights, but because it is always so full of people enjoying the last few minutes of daylight. Of course not everyone can come here, since the city remains divided into its economic and racial zones it inherited from the past. Yet there is still a greater amount of diversity than one would see in many other parts of the city. It is as if in this activity of walking alongside the sea there is a basic kind of democracy, of runners, senior citizens, young families, dog lovers, shift workers, rastas smoking blunts, lovers, etc. People mind their own business, but are also aware of being in a kind of shared space: there is some sense of a public. This geography of the promenade seems to provide a metaphor for understanding a city's public life. To get a better sense of what our city's public life does and does not have, it might be a good start to develop our histories of where people can, cannot and do in fact walk.
At Isandla Institute's recent seminar on "Culture and the Right to the City", I was struck by other examples of promenading related by architect Vanessa September. While growing up in Athlone, it was the community centre that provided a source of stimulation and community for September and her contemporaries. When the community centre shut itself behind fences and barbed wire, the youth took instead to the streets in their search for some sense of public life. Today, public space for the area's residents consists in a recently erected shopping mall on Vanguard Drive. Teenagers promenade here, not so much window shopping as putting themselves on display. They are not simply enthralled by consumerism, but participate in their own economies of attention, and recreate the mall's promenades as public space.
There are other examples of how such passage is central to the public life of a city. The most famous must be Cape Town's carnival, in which residents of the periphery march through the streets of the city centre each year to stake their claim to its heritage. This is what citizens demand of a city, across class and race bounds: to be able to walk its streets.
The promenade seems an apt metaphor for the public life of the city, that sphere in which we wish to inculcate this thing called "cultural diversity". I wondered, then, if this metaphor might also shed light on the title of the seminar, which had to a certain degree remained opaque to me. Participants had settled down quickly to the day's task of teasing out strategies for realising cultural diversity in Cape Town. Various possible meanings of culture and diversity were canvassed. Yet the seminar's most innovative phrase went unexpounded. What exactly might this "right to the city" entail? No such right exists in any legal documents; it is not attested by the Constitution, nor the international covenants that promote cultural diversity, nor any municipal by-laws for that matter. In any case, what exactly would such a right allow, or enable? Would it oblige the city to give me something? Would it allow me to do things which I can't do at the moment, or would it ensure that I can keep doing the things that I already do as part of my life in the city? What is such a right's provenance, and how would it be enforced or realised?
Today, rights are a vital part of contemporary political life, although they are also incredibly abstract entities. Rights, for all their popularity in everyday discourse, remain mysterious to those who study law and morality. In order to understand rights, we should not confuse them too readily with the network of legal documents and international organisations that claim them, and instead remember that they are firmly rooted in practical affairs of the most local kind.
Linguistics shows us that we use metaphors in order to develop and grapple with new concepts, moving in this way from practical everyday activities to the more abstract notions generated by increasingly complex societies. So, for example, a 'rival' used to be someone with whom you shared a river; and think of how today's political discourse is filled with navigational metaphors about 'roadmaps to peace' and 'staying the course'. Similarly, it might be productive to speculate about the etymology of rights discourse.
If we peer back before the events of 18th century Europe, it seems plausible that our thinking about rights in fact stems from very pragmatic solutions to problems of social coordination and avoiding conflict in everyday situations. Think of a 'right of way': when traversing a bustling street, in which a multitude seeks its different goals in different directions and at different speeds, how to prevent chaos? At a certain degree of complexity, a society must generate norms about right of way – when one may occupy a way, or travel it in one or the other direction. Essentially, a right of way carves out a space of liberty for the user of the road, declaring them to be in the right without questioning what their greater goal or individual worthiness might be. The right of way, from this perspective, blindly grants access to both the rich and the poor, the thief and the priest.
Of course, things are more complicated than that. Before one can make rules about who has a right of way, there must first be routes upon which to travel. And although routes and ways do to a certain extent arise spontaneously, or at least through the wear of many feet shuffling from one point to another over the years, the really good routes that we like to use all the time are constructed at great expense and with much expertise and coordination, and typically by the state: highways, bridges, tunnels through mountains, that sort of thing.
In other words, there are two paradigms of thinking about rights here, related but enigmatically so. On the one hand, what we mean when we talk about a right is a certain freedom from interference. A right allows us to do certain things without anyone obstructing us, be it someone else or the state for that matter. This is in fact what jurists mean when they talk about 'negative rights', and it is what we have meant by rights ever since the French Revolution. Rights are there to protect our freedoms from the interference of the state.
On the other hand, sometimes we may be free to do something, but are prevented from doing so because we lack the means to do it. For example, anyone is free to travel from Cape Town to Johannesburg, but it would be much more difficult to do so if the N1 had never been built. We can think of a right of way similarly, not as a freedom but as a right to a way, a claim which we have on the state not simply to leave us in peace but to actually do something. This is what jurists mean when they talk about 'positive rights', and they talk about positive rights often in the context of the South African Constitution, since many of its rights seem to entail that the government not only refrain from interfering with our freedom to speak and associate and believe what we wish, but also that the government provide us with various things (such as access to housing, education and healthcare).
There is then clearly much room for debate when it comes to characterising a right, especially such an innovation as a "right to the city". In South Africa, constitutional lawyers try to have it both ways. The rights we have in the Bill of Rights secure us freedoms, and they impose obligations on the government. Economics, on the other hand, teaches us that these things are opposed, because increased government intervention means that individual freedom shrinks, whether because of increased taxation to support intervention or regulation that secures the efficacy of intervention. But can't we have it both ways? Is there not a way of thinking about rights that goes beyond the dichotomy of positive and negative obligations?
Perhaps the metaphor of the pathway is again instructive. In our modern experience roads and paths are planned by experts. Yet even then they typically follow the lead of the most ancient of our routes: they are simply created through common usage. A path starts when someone wants to get from one point to another across uncharted territory. The next person, crossing the same territory, follows in her footsteps, and the path becomes clearer and clearer. Path-building, then, is a collaborative exercise, that can take place without the intervention of the state. People who use a path can get together and make their own decisions about norms of right of way – who gets to use the path and when. If we take the metaphor of the right of way seriously, then, it allows us to detach our concept of right from the state, and to think about a right as something which can be produced collaboratively, through building networks and through common practice and agreement.
Perhaps, then, we can imagine a right to the city that is not something we claim from the state, or the municipality, but from each other. Numerous organisations and initiatives addressing cultural diversity already exist. What is needed is not a new state-imposed solution, but a collaborative approach by the existing initiatives. Yet what is crucial about the right of way metaphor must be maintained: the essence of a right of way is the freedom it grants, without stopping to evaluate means and ends. What is protected is the pathway itself as a common space of movement. A right to the city, imagined on these lines, might be thought of as a right to a common space in which we can move between points, collaborate, but without our individual movements being dictated. This is the central, powerful paradox of the public pathway: it is created and recreated through the history of common usage, but it remains radically open to individual freedom of movement.
My understanding of an approach to cultural diversity that is premised on a 'right to the city' is that it must be an open-ended one. Cultural diversity should not be viewed as some quantifiable administrative goal which can be eventually reached through some particularly effective strategy. Instead, it should be seen as a pathway, a way of doing things that remains always open-ended. Similarly, the "right to the city" is a road down which one chooses to travel, but without being sure of where its end lies.
MONOGRAPH 10 of the Development Dialogue on 'Crime and public (m)morality' is available on our website. It includes the reflections of Jody Kollapen, Mmatshilo Motsei and Pieter Grove.
Isandla Institute's recently released a discussion document 'Culture and the right to the city: Diversity in the cultural ecology of Cape Town', which formed the basis for the discussions at a seminar on 6 July. The revised document will be made available on our website.
ON 19 JULY Isandla Institute and the Open Society Foundation for South Africa will convene a Development Dialogue on 'The N2 Gateway Pilot Project: Fiasco or model for the future South African city?' Representatives from Thubelisha Homes and the N2 Gateway Residents Committee will share their perspectives and experiences, together with Prof Mark Swilling. As usual, the event will take place at the Centre for the Book in Cape Town, between 16h30 and 18h00. For more information, contact Letitia Manter on email@example.com.
HOLD THE DATE! On 18 September 2007, Isandla Institute and the South African Cities Network will convene a seminar on 'Positive Spaces: Sustainable settlements in the context of HIV/AIDS'. The aim of the seminar is to reflect specifically on the challenges and opportunities facing municipalities in creating integrated, sustainable human settlements. Following on from the seminar, on 19 September, the organisers will convene a learning event for municipal practitioners aimed at allowing for an exchange of ideas, experiences and lessons learned. Both events will take place in Cape Town. Contact Stacey-Leigh Joseph on email@example.com for more information about the seminar and/or the learning event.
collective: Edgar Pieterse, Mirjam van Donk


text:
What is it?
What's it for?
Well, for starters, in the context of imaging it has nothing to do with injuries or wounds. At least we hope not.
Bleed, simply put, is any printing (ink) that goes past where the media is to be cut.
So, if your image is 8½" x 11" you want to print it on a paper or substrate that is bigger than that.
Then you actually expand the image beyond 8½" x 11" and run it.
After that you trim it down to the 8½" x 11" that you originally wanted.
The purpose is to make your print look like it was run all the way to the edge of the media.
The implication here, of course, is that printers cannot actually lay ink all the way out to the edge of whatever they are printing on.
Maybe you've never really thought about it before, but, yes, that is the case.
As amazing as modern printing equipment is, the nozzles that spray the ink just don't have enough precise control to spray all the way out to the edge.
There would be no way to adequately avoid over-spray, which would drastically diminish the quality of the printing, cause a huge mess, and could seriously diminish the life of a printer.
If you take a look at the image we so helpfully provided you can see what we feel is a pretty clear and simple illustration of bleed.
In this case, the image of the bridge would be printed all the way out to the edge of the Bleed Area (in green).
After printing, the Bleed Area would be trimmed off.
The Safe Area or the space inside the Margin is where you want your subject content contained.
Put another way…
Generally, having your background extend past the Margin (and all the way out to the edge of the Bleed Area) is fine.
However, any written content, for instance, ought to be in the Safe Area.
A friendly tip, by the way is that the Bleed Area is traditionally ⅛".
So a 3½" by 2" business card would be 3¾" by 2¼" with the bleed.
Hopefully this is a handy explanation of a subject we run into issues with from time to time in working with our customers.


text:
Technical Support Engineer Job Description
The given Technical Support Engineer Job Description will assist IT recruiters as well as the whole recruiting agencies to make their hiring process more cost-effective. So, before starting your quest for a professional, read this overview of TS engineer duties, responsibilities, skills, and requirements. In order to profit from this description to the fullest extent, adapt it for your company and feel free to post it on career pages or job boards.
Technical Support Engineer Duties
Basically, technical support engineer duties are all about controlling, troubleshooting maintaining computer networks and systems within a certain company. They are the first point of contact when it comes to malware, forgotten passwords, or e-mail issues. Using live chat or e-mail, these specialists provide quick answers to the clients. For more nuanced issues, they normally get in touch with customers via phone in order to provide them with clear instructions of how to eliminate a problem. In the case of unresolved issues, the first and foremost technical support engineer duty is to escalate the task to appropriate internal professional teams. Even after the issue is detected and resolved, a top-skilled professional follows up with a client to make sure that their system works properly.
On top of that, these specialists are in charge of developing precise customer-facing documentation and communicating client needs to the upper management.
Technical Support Engineer Responsibilities
The technical support engineer responsibilities mainly revolve around communicating with clients, providing technical support, and keep all necessary documentation. Read on in order to acquire a better picture of what this job is about:
- Conduct research and provide solutions to various technical problems
- Test and troubleshoot hardware and software issues, such as network configuration and account setup
- Detect the root of any disorder by asking clients targeted questions
- Guide customers through a series of actions until the problem is solved
- Efficiently delegate unresolved problems to appropriate teams
- Deliver prompt and precise feedbacks to clients
- Efficiently employ external means as well as internal database to provide result-driven solutions
- Properly log all issues
- Prioritize and handle several unresolved issues
- Make sure that clients' IT systems function properly once solutions were provided and implemented
- Compile precise and timely reports
- Create manuals and make notes on technical issues
- Establish jovial relationships with customers
Technical Support Engineer Requirements
- Work experience at the related position (TS Engineer, IT Help Desk Technician, Desktop Support Engineer, or the like)
- Familiarity with and proven work experience of the major OS's (Windows, MacOS, Linux)
- Hands-on experience with such technical products as mobile devices, computer systems, remote desktop apps, and so on
- Superior troubleshooting skills
- Bachelor's degree in any relevant field
- Certification in Linux, Microsoft, or the like
- Ability to provide clients step-by-step technical help, both in a written and verbal form
Technical Support Engineer Key Skills
First of all, technical support engineer job requires superb communication skills and ability to easily access each customer's level of technical competence. These will enable them to successfully provide clients with clear step-by-step guides to the solutions as well as conduct the role of a contact point between a company and customers. Since this job is not all about chatting with clients and providing genius solutions, a good specialist must also have strong writing skills and attention to detail in order to keep accurate records.
It also goes without saying that ability to win people over and write with no mistakes does not mean anything for a support technical engineer without logical thinking and problem-solving skills.


text:
Sunday, February 8, 2009
and MORE!!!
ok so i feel bad that i did not mention ALL of my friends...Like Megan and Jessica. i went to Evit with them when i was first starting beauty school. and then i have Jen and Kelsie who i have not known that long but still they are my friends....And if i forgot anyone i am SO sorry. i tend to be a space case so ya forgive me. But on a different subject i have been hearing alot of gossip that Jessica Simpson is fat and blah blah blah. Well i think that is suck crap. everyone said it about Tyra and now about Jessica. I say more power to them. i think that it is so gay that if you are not a size 0 then you are not "HOT". Well i think Jessica and Tyra are still drop dead gorgeous even if they are what some may call"Fat". i think there are alot of skinny girls out there you are cocky and i think that makes you unattractive. So ya that is my little thought of the week....dont know why i just told all of you this but thats how i feel.
Posted by LEWIS LOVERS at 12:25 PM
1 comment:
Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)


text:
Accessories & Favors | Elegant Tulle Chocolate Favor $1.25 each item:08-F04
These delicious and elegant favors include thank you chocolates wrapped in tulle and tied with a pretty bow. These favors will dress up any table and is a beautiful way to thank your guests. This item can be customized to fit your wedding color or theme. Chocolates are wrapped in cellophane and then wrapped in tulle. * Only available locally (New York area).
Click above or image to the right to view enlarged image and alternate views
{ Back to accessories and favors Gallery }
About Us | Testimonials | Contact Us | How to Order | faqs
www.alamodebride.com | firstname.lastname@example.com
All contents copyright © A La Mode Bride 2010 All rights reserved


text:
Service and Maintenance
When purchasing a Fixed Air Conditioning Unit, it is advisable to have the unit serviced at regular intervals. This includes checking refrigerant levels and cleaning filters to ensure your system is running efficiently.
Most Fixed Units offer a 3 to 5 year manufacturer's warranty providing that you take out the service and maintenance contract with us.
We suggest you take out a maintenance contract:
- Validate the manufacturers' warranty
- Less breakdowns
- Cleaner cycled air
- Ensure equipment is working effectively, safely and economically
- Lower running costs
- Extended life of equipment


text:
Engaging in disciplinary thinking: historical literacy practices in Finnish general upper secondary schools (HisLit)
HisLit is a research consortium funded by the Academy of Finland. It combines the expertise from two universities - University of Jyväskylä and University of Helsinki - and three disciplines – applied linguistics, history and educational studies.
This multidisciplinary study aims to advance teaching, learning and assessing historical literacy in the Finnish general upper secondary schools and to investigate the relationships of disciplinary literacy to language proficiency and literacy. A special emphasis is given to students with immigrant background. Theoretically, the study combines the frameworks of disciplinary literacy, historical thinking and multiliteracy.
For more information, see http://hislit.fi/


text:
Emerald Crystal Skull Ornament
In Stock.
Delivery Time 2-4 days for this product
Free UK Delivery on this item!
Dimensions:18 cm long (7 inches). 16 cm tall. 15 cm depth. Base measures 13.5 cm x 6.5 cm.
Purple Skull Ornament with crystal growth.
Weighty and attractive display piece.
Check out the other skulls in this collection, and decorate your home with them!
April 2018 release from Nemesis Now.
Ask us a question about this product.


text:
Discover the famous concentration camp on a Berlin to Sachsenhausen tour
Begin an interesting and spine chilling tour through the Sachsenhausen concentration camp located in the Oranienburg district of Brandenburg. With several Berlin to Sachsenhausen tour options available, you'll soon be taking a walking tour through the terrifying Nazi camp. Constructed in 1936, at the height of the Summer Olympics in Berlin, the Sachsenhausen concentration camp became a training center for Schutzstaffel officers. Executions began shortly after the commencement of World War II, when Soviet prisoners of war and Jewish inmates began to fill the site. On a Berlin to Sachsenhausen tour, you'll discover the fates of these unfortunate prisoners and the measures taken by Nazi officials to keep them in line. Each Berlin to Sachsenhausen tour lasts up to seven hours after you arrive. Whether in a guided group Berlin to Sachsenhausen tour, or being led privately, you'll enjoy experienced guides sharing fascinating information and morbid accounts along the way. Learn how prisoners worked day and night constructing bricks, all being saved for the construction of Hitler's ideal city, 'Welthauptstadt Germania.' Your German experience is incomplete without seeing a Holocaust memorial. Discover where more than 100,000 people died on a Berlin to Sachsenhausen tour. You'll leave speechless.
Learn about the prisoners and officials in the Sachsenhausen camp
Countless gruesome tales and horrific details will prove to you why the Sachsenhausen camp is a perfect example of the cruelty of the Nazi regime and Holocaust. With tour guides speaking in your choice of several languages, you'll hear how inmates were regularly sent to gas chambers, shot and dumped carelessly into mass graves, and burned alive. Few were able to outlast the brutality and sheer cruelty of the Nazi regime. In the Sachsenhausen camp, you'll learn how prisoners were tortured, in the usual and most unusual ways. Discover all about the Sachsenhausen Salute and more when you go on one of our tours.
A Berlin to Sachsenhausen tour is an eye-opening experience
A walking tour recommended by all, unravel the mysteries of this historical site on a Berlin to Sachsenhausen tour. Each of the available tours departs from and arrive at your given location within Berlin. Travel in one of our first-class vehicles ranging from a luxury Mercedes Benz to a giant double-decker tour bus. Pay your respects to the fallen with a visit on your next German vacation.
- Categories
- Attractions (23)
- Beer Bike Tour (1)
- Bike Tours (9)
- Bus Tours (10)
- Multiple Day Tours (3)
- Walking Tours (17)
- Berlin Boat Tours (16)
- Private Boat Tours (7)
- Shore Excursions (7)
- Trabant Tours (4)
- Private Tours (16)
- Stag Party (4)
- Concerts (2)
- Transfers (4)
- Party (4)
- Hop On - Hop Off (5)
- Destinations
- Berlin (44)
- Friedrichstrasse (6)
- Hamburg (2)
- Rostock (3)
- Sanssouci Palace (4)
- Warnemünde (2)
- Potsdam (5)
- Dresden (1)
- Hannover (1)
- Sachsenhausen (3)
- Prague (1)


text:
On-Campus Housing
College of the Canyons does not offer on-campus housing (i.e. residence living).
Off-Campus Housing
If you are seeking to find suitable housing, please visit our online housing board for additional information.
If you are an International Student, click here for additional housing options.
College of the
campus: 26455 Rockwell Canyon Road, Santa Clarita, CA 91355
Canyon Country campus: 17200 Sierra Highway, Canyon Country, CA 91351
Copyright © 2013 by
College of the Canyons. All rights


text: AP.O.S.H. FINE GIFTS has been set up unknown in state . The current status of the business is . The AP.O.S.H. FINE GIFTS principal address is 000000000 FL510 RIVERSIDE DR., ORMO, ND, BEACH. Meanwhile you can send your letters to FL32176. The company`s registered agent is M 00001510 RIVERSID DR., OR. The company`s management are B, E, A - H Fl32176 000000000000, - 0220200. The company annual reports filed on Annual reports – unknown.


text:
From January to December 2014, TAC will hold monthly transportation-related lectures across Canada.
Canadian experts from the industry, government and academia will be invited to either lecture or participate in debates on transportation-related themes. Each lecture will present an opportunity for the general public and the media to hear content experts, elected officials and leaders in the transportation and roads related sectors.
The lectures will be held on a monthly basis, from January to December 2014.
Topics such as urban planning, infrastructure development or current and future challenges in transportation will be addressed. Video footage from the lectures will be uploaded on the Transportation 2014website.
Target Audiences
- Transportation Professionals
- TAC Members
- General Public
- Students


text:
This shop uses JavaScript and cookies.
If you are seeing this message your browser does not appear to include these features. Please call our head office on 01229 869 100 to place your order by phone.
Remember that computers and printers do not interpret colours consistantly so we recommend ordering a tester before making your final colour choice.
Click on a colour swatch for more information.
© Kingfisher Building Products Ltd Developed by Blackcase & Miller Waite
Home | Contact Us | Terms & Conditions | My Account | Checkout


text:
Your kids can vacation with the comforts and safety of home!
Some items for rent include:
full size crib
pack'n play
Check out my photos for more items.
All equipment is cleaned thoroughly after each rental.
Affordable rental rates!
Free delivery in the Charlevoix area.
Call Traci 231.330.1149
Happy Little Vacation Rentals
313 W. Hurlbut Charlevoix, MI


text:
Home | San Diego Zoo 100
Return to
Once she was out of danger, Imani was able to sit up and interact with her keepers, as seen here with keeper Becky Kier. They said that Imani was "always a good sport," and despite all the prodding and poking, she was eager for attention. Leaving her medical challenges behind, Imani grew into an active, playful, and curious youngster.
Centennial Celebration
San Diego Zoo
Terms & Conditions
Privacy Policy
© 2019 San Diego Zoo Global
Site by Mindgruve
Home | San Diego Zoo 100
Years and Counting at the San Diego Zoo
San Diego Zoo's timeline is best viewed on a desktop.


text:
Creating an HAE Crew
Published on October 04, 2013 in About the Bloggers
Published on October 04, 2013 in About the Bloggers
Im doing a project for a college course about hae. If you would be willing to give me some insight about your experience please email me at monetlee@me Thank you!
October 16, 2013
The Hey HAE Team
Hi Monet, thanks for your comment. We are happy to hear you are doing a project on HAE and raising awareness about this condition. We suggest you check out the link to resources on our site: http://www.firazyr.com/what-is-hereditary-angioedema and the US Hereditary Angioedema Association site: http://www.haea.org/. We hope this information is helpful, best of luck on your project. - The Hey HAE Team
November 05, 2013


text:
3rd Annual Music City Grandprix
3rd Annual Music City Grandprix
It was a beautiful day in the Music City for the 3rd annual Music City Grand Prix at the historic Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway. The days events started off with the Kid Kart class where Bryce Sanders barely edged out a win over Walker Porter with the Newell brothers, James and Samuel finishing third and fourth with Austin Ulish in 5th, out of 8 entries. Walker Porter won his second straight points championship.
The Clone Jr. Sportsman class was next with Oliver Cordell, fresh off his TN dirt Championship season came over to try the asphalt road course for the first time. Oliver was able to score the win and collect the prize guitar in his first attempt with Champ Webb finishing second and Ryan chance finishing third. Lucas Leidig and forth and Brandon O'Connor in 5th.
In the LO206 Jr. Sportsman class, multiple time, WKA champion, Tanner Carter made the trip from Georgia and was able to take advantage of an early spin by Kevin Lanyi to collect the win and take home a guitar. Lanyi recovered to finish second with Ty Porter in third. Bryson Morris finished fourth with Jasten Treece rounding out the top five. Kevin Lanyi was able to win the championship by the narrowest of margins over defending champion, Ty Porter.
LO206 Jr. Pro was on track next where Max Porter won the race and the championship in fashion. Tanner Carter also ran the Pro Class and finished second with Elijah Skaggs finishing third.
The Shifter class once again saw double-digit entries and had Chad Lee out front being pursued closely by Jason Brown. Midway through the race, Lee clipped a cone and bent a tie rod relinquishing the lead to Brown. Jason Brown put his DR chassis in victory lane to collect his second Music City Grand Prix win in a row. Miles Quirk finished second and Preston Quirk finished third. Chad Lee was able to limp home in 7th position and win his third championship in a row.
Next up was the LO206 Raptor spec class with 18 entries. Shawn Harding won the heat race with Jerry Langston in 2nd setting up a 12 lap dash to determine who would be the 2015 points champion. In the feature, Harding jumped out to a lead followed by Dan Newell and Langston. On lap number 8, Langston was able to get by Newell and start reeling in Harding. When the white flag came out, the two were nose to tail. Coming off the last turn, Langston climbed the hill and got a massive run and was able to beat Harding to the line by 6 inches to claim his first Music City Grand Prix win and win the championship. Multiple time WKA Gold Cup winner, Dustin Demattia, made the trip all the way from Ohio and finished a strong third after starting dead last in the feature after problems in the heat. Newell finished fourth and Stan Wilson finished a strong 5th place finish in his first start.
The LO206 Sr. class was next where Joseph Skaggs was able to get the win over his brother Matt Skaggs after the two swapped the lead several times ahead of the 14 kart feild. Dustin Demattia once again finished a strong third with Steven Kilsdonk in fourth followed by Tony Wilson. Matt Skaggs was able to collect the points championship over Joseph Skaggs and Tony Wilson.
Next up was the Oval classes starting off with Clone Pro Medium. David Baker and Blake Ownby put on a great race swapping a lead back and forth with Baker able to end up on top winning the race and the championship. Kyle Cordell finished a strong third in the 8 kart field.
Clone Heavy was next and David Baker took home his second win and gutair on the day in the 8 kart feild. Jeremy Payton was unable to attend the race but still had enough points to win the Clone Heavy championship.
Jon Proctor got back to his winning ways by taking home the win in the Champ Kart division with Mike Curran in second and Derrick Chenault in 3rd. Curran was able to win the Championship with his 2nd place finish.
The Pro Mix class saw 7 karts take the green flag with Kevin Rollins getting the win followed by Kyle Smithson in 2nd and David Cook in 3rd. Kyle Smithson collected the Championship for the second year in a row.
LO206 Oval was next with Joe Davidson getting the win and also picking up the 2015 championship. Walter Anderson finished a strong second with Jon Proctor in 3rd.
The (2) big track, 5/8 mile, exhibition races saw Jerry Duffle win in LO206 and Kevin Rollins get his 2nd gutair of the day in the Clone class.
This completed the 5th season of the SEKA/AmpedUp Racing Series and We want to thank everyone for being a part of our racing family. Hopefully We can continue to put on great races and have a good time with family and friends. Looking forward to a great time fellowshipping with everyone at the banquet and looking back at the Year in Review. Matt Skaggs and Mike Curran


text:
- News
- Sports
- Police Beat
- Opinion
- Community
- Obits
- Lifestyle
- The Forecaster
- MaineJobs
- Directory
FALMOUTH — The Falmouth Historical Society invites the public to attend Maine Heritage Day on Saturday, Sept. 12, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at its Heritage Museum at 60 Woods Road.
Outdoor events will include exhibits and demonstrations of sheep shearing, goat milking, everyday chores, wood splitting, wood carving antique tools, antique milk wagon and a new herb garden.
Inside, spinning, weaving and use of kitchen tools will be demonstrated and a 1795 issue of the "Falmouth Gazette," folk art and a men's and women's intimate apparel exhibit will be on display.
Refreshments will be served and the society will open its sales room where maps, coverlets and books, including cookbooks and the new book, "Falmouth" will be for sale. The rain date for the event is Sunday, Sept. 13, from 1-4 p.m.


text:
In the College of Education, James Scholars are required to complete a research project each semester. Two semesters of traditional research are required in which students choose from courses and ongoing research projects. After completing two semesters of research, James Scholars have many options to maintain James Scholar status. Students can choose from leadership, social justice, or professional development categories.
My freshman year, I took two research courses: EDUC 102 and CI 199. Both courses fulfilled my research requirements and allowed me to explore topics I was truly interested in, such as teacher burnout and gender expectations in the classroom.
Both semesters of my sophomore year, I took EPSY 200 with professor David Zola. Believe it or not, students love professor Zola's course so much that they wake up on Saturday mornings to join him for coffee and class (don't worry, it is only one Saturday each month).
EPSY 200 gives James Scholars the opportunity to discuss and explore educational issues that are not only relevant, but overlooked. Students also work with past and current research to aid in teaching methods. EPSY 200 gives me the creative space I need to discuss education without the pressure of judgement.
The best part about EPSY 200 is that it is open to James Scholars from any college at the University of Illinois. This semester, we even had an engineer in our course!
EPSY 200 can be taken as many times as students wish for College of Education James Scholar credit.
I highly recommend that any James Scholar enroll in EPSY 200. It has become a class that I look forward to and learn from.
Feel free to comment below. I would be more than happy to answer any questions!


text:
The holiday riding centre at Mialaret welcomes you to a setting of nature and relaxation.
Situated in the wooded and undulating landscape of South Correze, an area rich in natural heritage, Mialaret is on the doorstep of neighbouring regions "Lot" and "Cantal".
Guy SEGOL (BEES1, GTE) along with his son Olivier SEGOL (BEES1, GTE) and his daughter-in-law Sylvie SEGOL (ATE) offer you a wide range of organized holiday riding activities.
Short breaks: For families or adults and tailored to your ability, allowing you to discover the pleasures of horse-riding.
Riding Courses: For children aged between 9 and 17 with 3 hours outside riding/hacking each day.
Treks: For adults and teenagers, suitable for experienced riders.
Breeders of Barb and Barb-Arab crossbreds, Guy, Olivier and Sylvie train their horses to make excellent mounts for both trail, trek and leisure purposes.
Calm, sure-footed horses together with competent and qualified instruction allows you to take full advantage of the surrounding countryside.
Undoubtedly you will be able to enjoy crossing streams and undergrowth, following the pastures of Limousin cows or passing through villages with typical stone houses with slate or "lauze" roofs.
Simply, we will happily do everything in our power to make you stay with our horses as enjoyable as possible.


text:
Hey there! Today, our inspiration is a flag. I chose Chicago's city flag. I've been a Chicagoan for several years, but no longer live there. I miss it so much! It will always hold a special place in my heart.
Sally Hansen - Tag Ur It for the base color.
Sally Hansen - Brisk Blue for the bars.
Liquitex - Basics acrylic paint in Cadmium Red


text:
News TV | Written by Andrew Pollard 17/06/2016
Nick Zano is LEGENDS OF TOMORROW's Commander Steel
With DC's Legends of Tomorrow confirmed for a second season, the concluding moments of the show's first year saw a major tease of the JSA possibly being in the show's future. Adding further to going in that direction, Minority Report's Nick Zano has landed the role of Dr. Nate Heywood, better known as Commander Steel.
The final minutes of Season 1 saw the arrival of Rex Tyler, the Justice Society of America member known as Hourman. With Commander Steel also joining the fray, it seems that the JSA is certainly on the horizon for The CW's time-travelling spectacular.
As for the character of Nate Heywood, he was the third person to take on the mantle of Commander Steel. The original Commander Steel issomeone who debuted in 1978, whilst Heywood didn't actually arrive until 2007.
It remains to be seen exactly which characters will be back for Legends's second year, but we now at least know one of the new additions that we can expect to see.
DC's Legends of Tomorrow returns later this year.SHARE YOUR COMMENTS BELOW OR ON TWITTER @STARBURST_MAG
Find your local STARBURST stockist HERE, or buy direct from us HERE. For our digital edition (available to read on your iOS, Android, Amazon, Windows 8, Samsung and/or Huawei device - all for just £1.99), visit MAGZTER DIGITAL NEWSSTAND.


text:
Loading Map....
Pour Your Art Out
Thursday, June 14
11:00 am - 5:00 pm
The Blue Giraffe
1777 E. County Hwy 30A
WaterColor, FL 32459
Fluid Art with local artist & chemist Misti Schneidewind. "Pour your art out" and create a unique abstract piece of art of your very own. Combine science and art to learn various techniques to transform normal paint into mesmerizing designs. No experience necessary. Wear clothes that you don't mind getting a little or maybe a lot of paint on. All supplies included. 12"x12" finished size. All classes are family friendly, but those under 13 must please be accompanied by an adult. Adults only classes available (must be prearranged). Each class is 60-90 minutes. $110 per art piece


text:
Are you an Experienced Hire or Early Careers?
Why not...
SNC-Lavalin's Atkins business is one of the world's most respected design, engineering and project management consultancies. SNC-Lavalin's Atkins business has been providing infrastructure planning, engineering, construction, environmental consulting, urban planning, architecture, and program management services to public and private clients across the United States for more than 50 years.


text:
Go to the official website of Odisha Postal Circle i.e. www.odishapost.gov.in for the result of Odisha Postman/Mail Guard Exam 2017.
Odisha Postal Circle Result 2017
The Odisha Postal Circle is going to release the Odisha Postal Circle Result soon on its official website. The authority of the Odisha Postal Circle has conducted the Aptitude test to recruit candidates for Postman and Mail Guard posts. This Aptitude Test was scheduled on 16th April 2017. The authorities will be going to recruit 99 candidates who deserve as well as eligible for the post of Postman and Mail Guard. The Test which was organized by the authorities of the Odisha Postal Circle is the Computer Based test. The candidates can visit the official website for the result and other relevant information.i.e. www.odishapost.gov.in.
Odisha Postman/ Mail Guard Exam 2017: More details
Name of the Organization: Odisha Postal Circle
Name of the Examination: Aptitude Test
Name of the Posts: Mail Guard, Postman
Number of the Posts: 99 Posts
Date for Examination: 16th April 2017
Result Status: Declared Soon
Official Website: www.odisha.gov.in
Odisha Postman/ Mail Guard Exam 2017
The authorities have organized the Computer Based Test for the selection of Postman and Mail Guard position on 16th April 2017 successfully at its various approved centers. This is the Aptitude Test which is conducted to recruit top 99 deserving and eligible candidates for the Post Office department. Candidates who had applied for this position or appeared for this computer based examination must be waiting for the result announcement dates.The result for the same will be going to declare soon which is expected to upload before 20th May 2017. The date of the Final Merit List is not available on its official website as the authorities did not yet revealed the dates yet but we will soon be going to update the results.
Steps to download the result of Postman/Mail Guard Exam 2017
- Visit the official website of Odisha Postal Circle i.e., www.odishapost.gov.in.
- Click on the career tab.
- Select the link Postman/Mail Guard Exam Result 2017.
- Enter the relevant details like Name, Date of Birth, Register Number.
- The result will display on the screen.
- Download the result and take printout for the future use.
Click here to know more about the OPSC Postman/Mail Guard Exam 2017.


text:
Amature girl naked
Ali landry hot pics
Open in app Facebook Tweet Pinterest Reddit Mail Embed Permalink. Open pussy xvideos. Posts Likes Following Ask me anything Submit a post Archive. Amature girl naked. Embed this video to your site with this code: Hairy cookie in transparent tights. Babe plays with bulky one-eyed monster. Live sexy tv channel. This NEVER gets old! Chaturbate mmf blonde young girl fuck free blo Most ladies are additionally sufficiently smart to know early when a separate is coming and will have the capacity to experience his gadgets and erase them first.
Hot homemade threesome Follow me and reblog for more: How to add girls in an open chat on Kik and How to find local Kik usernames? New Videos Best Of Hot Hits Tags Pictures Sex Stories Forum Pornstars UPLOAD.
Terms of service - Privacy policy - Content removal - Upload Porn Videos - Tool to download flash videos - Advertising. Sexy candle drilling for sexy babe.
Spank ang com
- Xxx black pussy tube
- 2 girls 1 cup full version
- Tumblr big cock blow jobs
- Old men hot
- Tumblr porn pics
Big bobs Hermosas tetas! Date Anytime Last 3 days This week This month Last 3 months Last 6 months. Skype free girls. Old cat explores youthful aperture.
Bangladeshi Village Girl Fucked and Fun in Jung The reason somebody may request another person for a bare photograph is on account of the thought and the item can be close and titillating when closeness and titillation are generally awkward. Would it be a good idea for me to request nudes consequently? Naked legal age teenager girl acquires fucked s On the off chance that he is disturbed about it he may get to be distinctly noxious and I would never give any pictures like that out.
Be that as it may, my aims were immaculate. Amature nude girls spread related pics X Terms of service - Privacy policy - Content removal - Upload Porn Videos - Tool to download flash videos - Advertising.
Hairy cookie in transparent tights. Amature girl naked. Porn Model Trinity Rae. Sexy English girls strip naked on stage for a w
Dwarf sex movie
Why most hot teenagers girls are taking these nude selfies photos? Videos mature secretaries pictures cute young pics video girls free sex pics of pussy Photo sucking playing with girls nipples mature porn video trailers mature old gallery Masturbating fat mature young mature russian demanding sex post your girls nude video fuck young blonde picture Party Weird nude girls Indian nude sexy girls wife and girlfriend nude photos Pics mature naked women free videos xxx mature trailers nude ebony pussy pics Photography free porn stars porn pics submitted sleeping wife pics indian sex girls to fuck my little girl wearing pantyhose pictures Photos free pics black babes fat girls butt in black pants very very young asian girls nude Scrapbooking Your Cherished Memories Has Never Been Easier!
Free softcore porn clip. Busty teen lesbian licks snatch. Date Anytime Last 3 days This week This month Last 3 months Last 6 months. Share your girl snaps nudes here. College teen loves to engulf. Amature girl naked. Most folks would not in any case consider demonstrating those pictures to anybody while you are with him, yet in the event that you say a final farewell to him, he may have distinctive thoughts. Hotty has a juicy and lusty cunt. Lingam massage philadelphia. Sexy teen webcam girl stripping for you. Your email address will not be published.
Legal age teenager sex doll.
Pashto pathan xnxx:
- Full free jab comics
- Romantic sexy couple
- Naked lingerie photos
- Homemade milf nude pics
- Stocking tranny tube
- Delicious pussy pic
- Anal sex tgp
- Sarah jessica parker kennedy
- Black sexy ass gallery
- Tumblr squatting pussy
- Tube galore caning
- Shasha grey xnxx
- Sneha tamil actress images
Explore Honey Bunny, Indian, and more! A leaked sex tape of a married horny housewife cheating with the neighbor at home or in a hotel, after preparing some masala for her husband? Contact me , if any good porn site is missing on my porn list. Chubby Indian Aunty Free Porn Sex With Young Boy. Indian kinky outdoor sex. Desi bhabhi having home sex with hindi audio. You love Indian food, but Indian women even more?
Sexy Indian Aunty Romance With Debar Massage body by devar - bhauja. Everybody seems to have a sick fetish taboo fantasy about impregnating their mom or sister these days! Teaching sikha bhabhi 1: All models are at least 18 years old. Stream porn from all the Indian porn genre's and get updates daily.


text:
For the uninitiated, yard signs are the bane of every Field Director and Campaign Manager's existence because they suck up an inordinate amount of resources and are generally considered ineffective. Every time an article like the one about Doug Jones is published it is cited by hacktivists and candidates alike who believe it to be proof that their terrible gut instincts are now backed by scientific data.
Let's look at what the article actually says. First, it's important to remember that no actual test was done. If Jones' campaign had utilized yard signs in only some precincts but not in others with similar makeups we might be able to draw more reliable conclusions about what effect if any the yard signs had. Second, no one, even proponents of this strategy are claiming that yard signs are responsible for Doug Jones' win.
Of course, he doesn't think Jones won because of yard signs. No campaign is won or lost because of a single decision, especially in a race with circumstances as unique as the Alabama special election, in which Moore, the GOP candidate, was accused of child molestation.
Rather, the philosophy behind employing yard signs was that it would help convince traditionally Republican Alabamans that it was socially acceptable to vote for a Democrat.
Their realization: the campaign needed to show Republican voters — some of whom hadn't voted for a Democrat in decades — that it would be OK to support one this time around..."I remember sitting with Giles and talking about neighbor-to-neighbor legitimization," Perry told McClatchy. "And how this race was different in that signs were going to matter."
In that regard the move totally makes sense. Let's be honest, Doug Jones won because Roy Moore is a cartoon parody of a dumpster human. (Unlike Donald Trump, Moore did not have the benefit of running against a woman who had already been publicly maligned for the past 20 years.) People needed permission to break the assumed social code and vote Dem. So yes, yard signs work if your opponent is an actual pedophile/child rapist.
The final important point in the article is how the yard signs were distributed.
Perry was most proud of how the campaign handed out its signs, a process he says was never-before-done in Alabama politics. Anybody who wanted one first had to give his or her name, address, telephone number, and email address. The Jones supporter could pick one up from a neighbor, too, but only if he or she could also supply contact information.
To Perry, this was the yard signs' most important contribution. The data became a resource for the campaign, helping it organize and then mobilize its dedicated supporters and volunteers.
Which supports what operatives have always said, which is that IF yard signs are distributed they should be used to collect volunteer support or information.
So there you have it: yard signs can be used to motivate supporters or defeat pedophiles. But the main point that even the campaign manager in this article would agree with is that they are not a substitute or even a valid supplement for good old fashioned voter contact.


text:
By Albert Uderzo
With no the robust potion whipped up through the Druid Getafix, Asterix and his fellow villagers might by no means have the power to struggle Caesar's legions. Now Getafix has run wanting rock oil, a necessary aspect within the concoction. There's not anything left to do yet have Asterix and Obelix prospect for black gold within the heart jap wasteland. however the Roman undercover agent, Dubbelosix, utilizing his awesome folding chariot and new undercover agent devices, is decided to prevent them.
Read or Download Asterix and the Black Gold (Asterix (Orion Paperback)) PDF
Best graphic novels books
V for Vendetta is, like its author's later Watchmen, a landmark in comic-book writing. Alan Moore has led the sphere in clever, politically astute (if a little bit paranoid), advanced grownup comic-book writing because the early Eighties. He all started V again in 1981 and it constituted certainly one of his first makes an attempt (along with the criminally missed yet both tremendous Miracleman) at writing an ongoing sequence.
Piranese: The criminal Planet image novel
Southern Gondor: The People (MERP Middle Earth Role Playing #2020)
Southern Gondor: the folks positive factors: HEROES & KINGS, DUNEDAIN, GONDORIANS, fairs, WOSES, HARUZE, DAEN, BOUGHS OF go back, ADVENTURES.
- Napoleon - Portrait of a king
- Black Monday : Thriller
- Sub-Mariner: The Depths #3 (of 5)
- 1st Treasury of Herman
- The theory of constructive types
Extra info for Asterix and the Black Gold (Asterix (Orion Paperback))
Example text
She'd heard some interesting theories that it was true in every species. Sometimes she wondered if teenagers didn't in fact become a different species for a while. She checked her watch. "Tonight, for example," she said. "The last thing we said to each other as he was on his way out to the slopes was, let's meet for dinner. He was supposed to call me, or at least leave a message at the chalet, but no. " She saw Larry's eyes shift. " He made a face like she was crazy, but he squirmed in his chair.
Sprawled flat on the ceiling now, he could just make out a blinking red light, barely bigger than a pinhead, but bright as a lighthouse in the near total darkness. The flashlight on his Uncle Jim's boat had a beacon just like it, working all the time, with or without power, always visible in an emergency. The plane shifted again, and he froze. Something about this wasn't right. And when he put the pieces of the puzzle together, his heart nearly froze in his chest. "No, it can't be," he told himself aloud.
Scott didn't know what to do. As the whole world shifted around him, and debris tumbled everywhere, he scrambled for something to grab hold of. The pilot's unspeakable screams drove him even faster. The flashlight tumbled from his hands as he grabbed for something solid enough to hold his weight, and as the beam swept past Cody Jamieson's face, Scott caught the shutter-flash glimpse of a shimmering gout of blood lurching from the pilot's nose and mouth. Now, the screams all came from Scott. Something cracked, with the sound of a pistol shot, and then the plane was falling.


text:
The Houston Roundball Review is an online basketball publication
by: Kris Gardner, United States Basketball Writers Association member. Credentialed media member since 1997. USBWA approved online journalist. Voter of Lowe's Senior CLASS, Naismith, USBWA, and Wooden awards.
2014-'15 Dr. Cavil's HBCU Men's and Women's Hoops Final Fabulous Five Rankings
Dr. Cavil's HBCU Major & Mid-Major Division >Men's & Women's Basketball Top 10 Poll Rankings
"TEN YEARS AND COUNTING ...!" 10th Anniversary (2002-2012)
HBCU Basketball Rankings
Click HERE for the 2014-'15 Men's and Women's All-American Teams.
2014-'15 Final Fabulous 5 Power Poll Rankings:
Major Division: Men's Hoops Final 5 (.pdf) | Women's Hoops Final 5 (.pdf)
Mid-Major Division: Men's Hoops Final 5 (.pdf) | Women's Hoops Final 5(.pdf)
See the rankings from the 2013-2014 SeasonPowered By: THG Agency, LLC - (The Heritage Group) & TSPNSports.com
THG Agency, LLC - (The Heritage Group, www.thg-agency.com) is a fully integrated sport entertainment, educational leadership, and project management consulting company focused on Sport Administration and Education Administration with six areas of expertise: 1) Sport Business Management Consulting, 2) Educational Sport Assessment Consulting, 3) Data Analysis Consulting, 4) Educational Curriculum Development Consulting, 5) Advanced Leadership Execution Consulting, and 6) Statistical Solutions Consulting.
The poll is based on a combination of a ranking algorithm and a voting system. It is the original HBCU poll that separates the rankings (since 2003) of NCAA Division I, NCAA Division II and NAIA Division I member HBCU institutions into two distinct categorical polls: Major and Mid-Major (This format is unlike the historic SBN Football Poll). The Major Division Poll, consist of NCAA Division I Basketball programs and the Mid-Major Division Poll, which consist of NCAA Division II, NAIA Division I and NAIA Division II programs. This format introduced to the public based on the request of Black College blogging fans and on the research that consists of data mining and the difference in scholarship limitation and requirements beset by NCAA and NAIA bylaws (i.e. NCAA Division I - 15, NCAA Division II - 10, NAIA Division I - 11 and NAIA Division II - 6).
Dr. J. Kenyatta Cavil, EdD, MBA, is an entrepreneur, HBCU sports & sport business analyst, and lectures at Texas Southern University in Houston, Texas as an Assistant Professor and acting Coordinator of the Sport Studies & Leadership Program.
Contact: Dr. J. Kenyatta Cavil; Email: firstname.lastname@example.com; Office #: 281.330.1341
Follow - Facebook: @ DrKenyattaCavil; Twitter: @ DrKenyattaCavil
© 2003-2016 3C Communication - A THG Agency, LLC Company. www.thg-agency.com & 3C Communications - All Rights Reserved.
KG, 5th Ward Wildcat and Doc Podcasts


text:
Sending Sample Packs
Product code
Once you have submitted your online entry, we will send you a confirmation email that contains a unique code for each entry.
Please make sure that these codes are clearly marked on the parcel as well as each of your sample packs and any supporting material along with your company and product name.
Please note the parcel containing your sample/s will not be opened until the judging day so wrap your samples well to avoid any damage in transit.
What to send
Please submit at least one sample of the entire filled pack per category.
Where to send items and when
Your support material (if any) and product samples must be sent to:
Emma Parslow
Luxury Packaging Awards 2019
University of West London – Park Road Entrance
London School of Hospitality & Tourism
St Mary's Road
London W5 5RF
United Kingdom
These must be clearly labelled with the codes provided in your confirmation email. Please only send sample products between Monday 15th-Tuesday 16th July.
Please note: Packs must be collected/returned from UWL by Friday 19th July, if this is not communicated prior, judging items will be disposed of. Product samples will not be returned after judging.
Please inform Emma Parslow if you are collecting packs, if not, please advise how it should be disposed of (recycled).
Samples sent outside of the dates or unlabelled are subject to exclusion from the judging session. It is the responsibility of the entrant to ensure that products are received by the UK Packaging Team as detailed above.
If you need advice on your entry, please contact Emma Parslow via email at email@example.com
Heavy/Perishable items
If you are entering perishable items, or if your sample is heavy in weight or of a large dimension, you will be asked to deliver directly to the judging venue on 17 July 2019. Please let Emma know before you send it.
Shipping charges
For samples being sent from abroad - shipping and customs costs must be paid in full by the entrants themselves. If there is a surcharge to be paid, the entrant will be invoiced accordingly.
Returning samples
Should the entrant require them to be returned, it is the entrant's responsibility to request recollection by 6 July 2019 and to arrange a mutually convenient time and date, at the entrant's own cost. If no instructions are received by 6 July 2019, entries will be securely disposed of after judging.
Please note, due to the judging process, it is not always possible to return all items as some may get destroyed or damaged during the judging sessions. Where this is the case, you will be informed.
Please email firstname.lastname@example.com to request sample recollection.
Please email email@example.com to request sample recollection.


text:
Families are being forced into desperate measures - paying more than half their income in rent and even living in cars - as Auckland's rental housing crisis deepens.
South Auckland social service agencies say they are seeing more families with children living in cars, camping grounds and boarding houses in the past two or three months as private sector rents become unaffordable and state houses have become almost unavailable.
Housing stress is also spreading into middle-income families as the proportion of all renters paying more than 40 per cent of their income in rent has more than doubled in the past decade nationally, from 9.5 per cent to 23 per cent.
Last year 48 per cent of all renters who received an accommodation supplement, or 94,000 households, already paid more than half their income in rent.
Salvation Army Manukau community ministries director Pam Hughes said some families were now paying more than 70 per cent of their incomes on rent, but could not keep up payments and came to her service in crisis.
"We are seeing an increase in families in vehicles. Families in cars have been increasing over the last three or four months, simply because there isn't enough affordable accommodation for them," she said.
"It's actually affecting our social workers because they are unable to assist some of the families we are seeing, and that is taking a big toll on them. We will go the extra mile, we always do, but currently we have hit a brick wall. We don't have enough affordable housing."
Manurewa Marae whanau support worker Ngaire Munro said she had also seen "an influx of families in crisis mode for housing".
Despite an economic upturn, priority A applicants on the social housing waiting list, described as "at risk and including households with a severe and persistent housing need that must be addressed immediately", have ballooned nationally from 425 in mid-2012 to 3188 this June. More than half (1707) are in Auckland.
Michael Clatworthy, electorate secretary for former Manukau East MP Ross Robertson and its new MP Jenny Salesa, said a major factor was a reversal of transtasman migration.
"It's one of those perfect storms. A lot more people are coming back from Australia and less people are leaving, so the Housing NZ houses that used to be becoming available are not becoming available," he said.
On top of that, he said, a transfer of the social housing waiting list from Housing NZ to Work and Income in April had removed the flexibility that Housing NZ managers used to have.
For example, Work and Income might assess a family with six children in a van as needing a house with four or five bedrooms, so they might sit on the waiting list for months until such a large house became available.
"Under the old system, you could talk to a manager and they could get you a three-bedroom house, which was better than nothing," Mr Clatworthy said. Social Development Ministry general manager Marama Edwards said Work and Income still worked closely with emergency housing providers and adjusted families' priority ratings when their circumstances changed.
"If people are experiencing hardship they should contact Work and Income," she said.
The Manukau Salvation Army is auctioning a "tent for any tenant" on Trade Me to fund its housing services. Bids close on Friday, October 10, World Homeless Day.
Waiting list
Priority A
June 2007: 133
June 2008: 248
June 2009: 261
June 2010: 368
June 2011: 402
June 2012: 425
June 2013: 1290
June 2014: 3188
- Sources: Housing NZ, Work & Income
Cold van is home for a family of six
The Tuuu family - mum, dad and their six children - have been living in a van for a week because they cannot find a house.
Two of their young children have become sick, and the baby, Maua, has developed a cough.
"It's very cold at night," Vaiopa'a Tuuu said. "I'm just so worried. I worry about my kids."
Tamasailau Tuuu, his wife and their children, aged from 15 to 3-months-old, were doubling up with another couple and their three children in a three-bedroom house after their landlord sold their own rented home in Clendon, South Auckland, two months ago. But their friends asked them to move out.
"She was worried about her tenancy, and the neighbours were complaining about my baby crying at night, and the house was overcrowded and her kids needed their own privacy," Mrs Tuuu explained.
Mr Tuuu works fulltime at the Zeagold chicken farm in Takanini, but is classed as a casual labourer so his net pay fluctuates between $800 and just $500 a fortnight.
Even with $512 a week in family tax credits and accommodation supplement, that is not enough to pay for a private rental. Average rents in Manurewa have risen in the past year from $382 to $408 a week for a three-bedroom house, and from $436 to $457 for four bedrooms.
So the family applied to Work and Income for social housing and were placed on the waiting list on September 9. Almost a month later, they are still waiting.
"I rang them early in the morning on Monday," Mrs Tuuu said. "I keep ringing them every day. They say the only thing they are doing is waiting for a house."
They have not been given a case manager so ring the call centre.
"You can't make another appointment to go there, only for the assessment."


text:
Tignanello norwalk crossbody handbags
The discovery of cyteen biological riches and the new technology of jump space travel brought cyteen economic self sufficiency and eventual political independence, not, however, before it had reached outward and established a number of tignanello norwalk crossbody handbags of its own. Suppressing his aversion he stooped over the corpse, then exclaimed. Pleasure and beauty unite in. I drove through the magnificent wrought iron gates of my grand estate and headed south on grace tignanello norwalk crossbody handbags in my lamborghini. This one hothead named ken something was all set to go after caddy and get his head busted good. El, but there was no one to read his thoughts. Of course the history of handbags was back to his sullen self by morning, and ela, whose cheerfulness lingered a bit longer, was soon as worried looking, busy, snappish, and indispensible as ever. El, but there was no one to read his thoughts. I recalled my stumbling around during a few recent cases. I picked up my shoes and walked out of the circle. Bragi kept considering mocker homestead. The man asked. �We also have our professional etiquette, sir julian.
He showed her a very official looking badge tignanello norwalk crossbody handbags a wallet. It was unquestionably a complication that I couldn simply read your thoughts to know what your reaction was to me. Squatting, he carefully began drawing the symbols, radiating from the center axis, branching in intricate patterns learned in years of study. What, throw a handful of screws? Unidentified things flickered in teg second vision but he sensed no immediate menace. She wants you to read to her. What about the design of the cities? But she did know that her own system speech was a mix of english and russian roots. Achilles has been in medical care for the past year. There should be no trickery between us. Noonan instantly adjusted his grip gucci off white handbags the pistol and fired off a second round into the next head.
Lady in waiting, badaxe murmured. But I sense that there is an honesty in this, as of the cruel sport of tignanello norwalk crossbody handbags. Of course it me, moaned marvin. We have to hammer out a policy. Looking down at the sink, liz saw brand new hand soap. It was accepted calmly, easily �as easily as breathing. She listened and nodded and turned away and that was all. Would alternate four hours each. General graham, with his two aides and a group of engineers, was waiting to be the last aboard. We of the opinion that new austin outgrown the days of the bucket brigade.
Maybe, he said bleakly, and then, simply because he needed to say the words out loud, I think the family is going to get me. �As is sir leigh sleep. Yeah, but bagman didn t pass information on purpose, did he? You have to remember how determined she is to use me to get even with lady for having kept her from getting even before. He hardly ever hurled the lizards offensive nickname for humanity into moishe face. Be sure you read them clear through before you start fooling around with it. You know nothing, jon snow. I don want to think about it. `And little thanks you get for it, only impudence. It an because the person writing it was writing the word apple and that clearly what it means. There is a complete embargo on contact with this stinking world. You are saying we must take you as you tignanello norwalk crossbody handbags, euler said.