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Sure, marijuana can be a part of a relaxing evening in, but it can also be consumed during times when you need to focus and get something done. This versatile plant has many different functions and using it to aid in productivity is growing increasingly popular, with plenty of new marijuana strains coming out on a regular basis.
Marijuana and Productivity?
While there has been research into cannabis' association with creativity, the same kind of research has not been done on the drug's relation to productivity. This being said, many cannabis smokers would argue that marijuana is part of their everyday productive lives. Writer, producer and actor Seth Rogen called the idea that cannabis smokers were lazy and unproductive an antiquated thought and stated himself, "I smoke a lot of weed and I am extremely productive." In other interviews he has noted that marijuana allows him to relax and create while working long hours. While Seth Rogen might be the ideal example of a productive, creative smoker, many ordinary people use cannabis to remain focused and productive throughout the day.
Sativa or Indica?
All cannabis use will trigger dopamine production, but the subclass of cannabis called sativa has been more closely linked to these feelings than its cousin, indica. Indica gives the user more of a body high, cerebral effect or zone-induced state. Because of this, you're going to want to turn to any of the following sativa strains when looking to be the most productive.
Green Crack
Green Crack is a sativa-dominant cannabis strain that is derived from Skunk #1. Users have found this strain to be useful for combatting daytime fatigue and inspiring sharp focus and energy. Also known as Green Cush, this strain has been described as having a tangy, fruity flavour.
Sometimes when you need to be productive, you just need to block out all other stressors and just focus on the task at hand. Grapefruit, which get its roots from the strain Cinderella 99, has been known to energize and relax the user, clearing the mind of anxiety. As the name suggests, this strain has an intense grapefruit and citrus flavour.
Jack Herer
Named after late American cannabis activist Jack Herer, this sativa-dominant strain gets it lineage from Shiva Skunk, Haze and Northern Lights #5. Many users describe this as an energetic strain that clears the mind and increases creativity. If you're going to name a strain after a productive cannabis activist, it better pay tribute to the man himself. Even though this strain shares lineage with Green Crack, Jack Herer has a more spicy and pine-like taste when smoked.
Used as a parent for many hybrids produced today, Haze is a very popular sativa strain. Dating back to the 1960's, this strain has been known to offer users a significant increase in energy and a creative buzz. Described as having a spicy scent accented by citrus and sweet, earthy flavors, it's been around for so long because of its unparalleled ability to deliver such positive effects.
Maui Waui
As you may have guessed, this strain originates from Hawaii. Described as allowing the mind to relax and venture to creative environments, this strain has natural sativa-like effects of high-energy euphoria. With the taste of pineapple and citrus, this strain even tastes of Hawaii. `Okole maluna!
CBD Mango Haze
This strain may be hard to find, but it's on the list for a reason. CBD Mango Haze was bred to have a nearly even ratio of THC to CBD. THC is what gets you that high effect whereas CBD offers other medical benefits without the same high feeling. CBD has been thought to counteract the sleep-inducing effects of THC on the body, so Mango Haze can still offer common sativa-like effects while keeping you awake and alert. Similar to its Mango Haze parent plant, this strain has tropical, spicy and sweet flavours.
For some, cannabis is anything but a productive force in their daily lives, but for others it can be used to inspire focus and creativity. The drug, of course, affects everyone differently. These strains are grown to produce the desired energetic effects, so they should be experimented with in hopes of discovering which strain will lead you down the path of focused productivity.
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Cats amid bright strips of fabric make this quilt top sing. Made by Allison, of Cluck Cluck Sew, she says this is a great way to thin out the scraps from your stash. I'd call her design a Fence Rail variation. Where it has three strips to make up a block, hers has five.
In addition to frugal, Allison says this project is a good choice for beginning quilters. I agree and I'll tell you why. Students get practice cutting with a rotary blade and sewing straight lines. Finally, the layout requires no matching of seams.
Click the link below to get the know-how.
Scrappy Strips Quilt Tutorial, by Allison
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big turnaround fire: biggest and most expensive for fws
Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge - 2007
The Big Turnaround Fire at Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge in Georgia was the most expensive wildfire ever for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and its largest ever outside of Alaska. The Service has been supporting large fires like this one other DOI as well as U.S. Forest Service lands since the 1980s.
The Big Turnaround was an extension of the Sweat Farm Road Fire, which started on April 16, 2007 on private land ten miles west of Waycross, Georgia, when a tree limb downed a power line. Prolonged drought conditions and record low water levels in the Okefenokee swamp set the stage for this major wildfire burning into a mix of shrub- scrub, cypress, wetland prairies, peat and long-leaf pine forest.
The suppression strategy for the Big Turnaround has been to contain the fire within the swamp between the Swamp Edge Break and the Perimeter Road (mandated by Congress after the 1954-55 fire here). Firefighters and equipment can be safely positioned in this area to effectively build and reinforce fireline. Fire managers for the Refuge coordinated suppression efforts with the Georgia Forestry Commission and Greater Okefenokee Association of Landowners (GOAL) representing federal and state agencies, industry and private landowners. These partners supported the chosen strategy as the appropriate management response to protect adjacent valuable commercial timber, isolated homes scattered on private land, and wildlife habitat for threatened and endangered species.
There is a long history of success in confining fire within the Swamp Edge Break. This strategy was used during the Blackjack Bay Fire in 2002 and hailed at local, state and national levels as an excellent example of appropriate management response.
Fire is a natural component of the Okefenokee ecosystem; since 1937, there have been over 300 fires that have burned thousands of acres here. The plants and animals on the Refuge are well adapted to survive periodic wildfires. Yet even when wildland fires strike, the landscape on the Refuge is so fragmented that fire managers must also use prescribed fire to promote the health of many wildlife habitats.
The Big Turnaround Complex is expected to have no negative impacts on wildlife populations. Moreover, its effects will benefits many species living in the swamp and in upland areas.
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If you are a fan of the much-loved Kajal Aggarwal, then get ready to rejoice as we have some awesome news in store for you. In an exciting development, a photo of the lovely lady from her sister's recently-held baby shower is creating a buzz on the social media for all the right reasons. In it, she can be seen spending some quality time with her sister. And, as expected, the two sisters seem to be enjoying each other's company a lot. Now, that's what we call a heartwarming moment.
In case you did not know, Kajal is close to her sister and is eager to be 'maasi' to her child. She had once told Pinkvilla that she comes from a close-knit family and his close to all her relatives.
"I am very close to not just my parents but also the maternal and paternal relatives. And I also share a lively rapport with my cousins. In fact, as kids, we used to travel a lot especially to places like Shimla. And well we always had a lot of fun on those trips," she added.
On the work front, Kajal is currently shooting for 'Paris Paris'. A remake of the Hindi hit 'Queen', it is being directed by Ramesh Aravind and will see her reprise the role played by Kangana Ranaut in the original. Besides this, she also has 'MLA' in her kitty. Directed by newcomer Upendra, it will see her share screen space with Kalyan Ram.


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CJ Evolution / July 21st / Episode 119 - Stay in your lane and you will achieve your dreams
Jul 21st, 2017 by cjevolution
Hello everyone and welcome back to CJEvolution. In this episode, Patrick talks about the importance of staying in your lane of life. We are all in different lanes. We all have various goals, objectives and dreams. In order to achieve everything we want out of life we need to stay focused and we need to stay in our lane. There are many obstacles along the way, but with determination and ambition you can achieve anything you want.
Stay safe everyone.
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A 21-year-old Houston woman was struck and killed while riding her bicycle just before 11:30 a.m., on Saturday, Oct. 7. The young woman had reportedly been riding in the outermost lane near near 6800 East Sam Houston Parkway when her bike was struck in the rear by a motorist.
Instead of stopping to render assistance to the woman, the motorist who is alleged to have struck her, simply drove off. Investigators with the Harris County Sheriff's Department relied upon witness statements and surveillance footage as a way of identifying the person believed to be responsible for the crash. Aside from charging that individual with hit-and-run, it's unclear what other charges that individual may face.
This crash is unfortunately yet another in a long list of fatal bicycle accidents that have occurred in the Houston area in recent months. Another bicyclist died after a car collided with it in Channelview just a few weeks ago.
Up until recent years, there were reportedly only approximately a half dozen bike deaths during both 2014 and 2015. In Texas as a whole, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) data shows that at least 50 bicyclists lost their lives in 2015.
Some observers note that bicyclists are at a higher risk for injury or death on Houston's roadways because they're so heavily congested. Others suggest that bicycle crash rates could be significantly reduced if the city would better enforce its three-foot rule. This is the distance a motorist is expected to keep between it and bicyclists at all times.
If a motorist is traveling at a high rate of speed, is distracted or impaired by alcohol or drug, then the likelihood that the person they strike will survive goes down considerably. If your loved one has been killed in a bicycle accident, then a Houston car accident attorney can advise you of your right to file a wrongful death lawsuit in your case.
Source: Houston Chronicle, "Cyclist killed in hit-and-run accident," Brooke Lewis, Oct. 10, 2017


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Potential Consequences Faced by the Policy Holder Committing Car Insurance Frauds
Most of the people across the globe are taking car insurance because it refunds their money on any physical damage or occurrence of crash to the vehicle. It refunds all the money that is required to buy a car. You can apply for the best car insurance for insuring your vehicle in the cheapest way. Many insurance companies are coming forward and providing insurance with the best features. It is especially required for costly cars and for the people who carry out car rallies frequently.
Why insurance companies are charging high premiums?
Insurance company's charges the drivers based on the gathered and analyzed information. It compares their insurance with the competitor before setting the price of insurance. The price of insurance will depend on various demographic factors such as marital status, gender, age etc. One important factor that is considered in car insurance is the type of car. These people are charged more since they are new in driving. Therefore the risk factor is also more. But there are many frauds taking place now-a-days in car insurances around the world. It has been a serious issue in the United States. Because of these frauds the insurance companies are losing around billions of dollars yearly. So, to compensate the loss they are charging high premiums from their customers. Every individual is being charged even who is not accountable for that fraud. The disciplinary actions and potential consequences of this insurance fraud is very high and a big issue.
Few examples of car insurance frauds include putting a fake injury in the form of an accident, showing the proof that the car has been stolen, planning a collision, etc. The person who is trying to take undeserved financial gain from insurance companies is considered as a fraud. This will lead the insurance company to lose billions of dollars per annum. However, for carrying out such crimes, the customers should undergo fines, high penalties, prison sentences for months or years, etc.
Few car insurance companies are giving discounts for the people who obtain good grades or marks in their high school. So, to gain this offer students has to submit their transcript as a proof to companies to grab such offers. Here the students are taking advantage and are altering the marks to gain the discount grades offered by companies for which they are not eligible to.
Types of Insurance frauds
The car insurance frauds are categorized into following types:
Soft insurance fraud: The person committing this type of fraud has to face minor consequences compared to the individuals who commit hard insurance fraud. This insurance means opportunistic, here the person takes advantage of the situation that has already taken place. For example, though the person was genuinely injured in the accident, he makes the insurance company believe that the injuries due to the accident is severe and he has faced pain out of the accident and receive the benefits which he is not actually eligible for, would be considered as soft fraud. This fraud is very easy to commit and highly difficult to detect by the companies. Level of damage for the person who has back or next injuries is highly difficult to detect. The policy holders always overstress their pain and disabilities to gain the claim from the companies.
Hard insurance fraud: This is a serious crime compared to the soft insurance and is intentionally committed by the policy holder. Here the policy holder makes an accident or acts as if the car is being stolen with the intention of gaining money from the insurance company. This is a less common type of insurance fraud, but the insurance company prone to this type of fraud will lose billions of dollars.
Thus, insurance companies have to overcome or minimize such type of car insurance frauds in order to reduce the severities that the company is prone to. The company has to check the medical reports, police reports and consult the doctor before compensating the candidate. The policyholder should be very honest and unbiased before reporting for claims.


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EventsProf. Niyazi Serdar Sarıçiftçi
From Organic to Bioorganic Devices
Organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs), organic photovoltaic cells (OPVs) and organic field effect transistors (OFETs) are device elements for a future organic optoelectronics. Maturing from the academic research into the industrial development, such devices are entering the markets. Pure organic nanostructures and organic/inorganic hybrid nanostructures are comparatively studied for devices. This talk gives an overview of materials' aspects and devices.
In order to account for a sustainable future, the application of biodegradable and biocompatible systems for organic optoelectronics are needed. The use of cheap electronic devices in a large scale will introduce a shift "from consumer electronics to consumable electronics". As such the contribution of electronic devices to urban waste is already increasing rapidly today. Therefore environmentally friendly materials are important to use. This is a next great challenge to material science in organic electronics. New developments of bio-inspired and/or bio-origin, bio-compatible materials are interesting. Such materials can also be used to interface the biological and biomedical research with the organic electronics field.
About The Speaker
After graduating from University of Vienna with a degree in physics, Prof. Sarıçiftçi received his PhD from the same faculty in 1989 and continued his research as a post-doctoral fellow in University of Stuttgart between 1989-1992. Then, he was invited by Nobel Prize laureate Prof. Alan J. Heeger to study in California University until 1996, where they develop the basic concepts of energy harvesting using polymer semiconductors. In 1992, his landmark study with Dr. Heeger about organic photovoltaic cells was published, which is also patented. He then appointed as the Director of Institute for Physical Chemistry of Johannes Kepler University Linz and received Ordinarius Professorship (chair) from the Austrian Government. He published over 500 articles in various journals, hold 8 patents and contributed to 7 books. He was cited over 25000 times which placed him as 14# in the world's best material scientist ranking by Institute for Scientific Information (ISI, Thompson Reuter, 2010). Numerous awards and medals presented to him, namely Grünpreis Award (2001), Humanity Medal of Linz and Energy Globe Award (2003). He was also the recipient of Wittgenstein Award (2012) and Turkish National Science Award (2006), which are the highest honours given in science in Austria and Turkey, respectively. He was also awarded honorary doctorates from the University of Bucharest, (Romania, 2011) and Abo Akademi University (Finlandia 2010).


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Monte Cristo is a small city called home by the most skilled fighters in the content. It is famous for taking in people who either do not have Resonance souls, or those with "weak" Resonance Souls, and turning them into skilled warriors who can hold their own.
The Monte Cristos, as a population, are contracted to find and kill the Pheonix by The League. Several fighters each year die for the cause, since the Pheonix is so powerful. When word came that the Pheonix Soul had reincarnated in Dexterity, most Monte Cristos did not want to go. Edmond Dantes took the initiative and was the first to travel where very few would follow. Because of this, he was honored with the title of The Count of Monte Cristo, and is expected to take care of the Pheonix's most current reincarnation.


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In honor of National Waffle Day, I thought, what better way to celebrate than to coat the starchy, grilled goodness with one of my favorite libations: the Bloody Mary! Waffles on their own are good, but waffles slathered in cocktail-inspired cream cheese? Even better. (Hey, I'll take any chance I can get to experiment in the kitchen.)
Ingredients (to evenly coat 2 waffles):
1 tbsp tomato paste
1 tbsp cream cheese
1 tsp horseradish
Dash of hot pepper sauce (to taste)
2-3 dashes of Worcestershire sauce
Pinch of salt
Squeeze of lemon juice (it's all very technical)
Cucumber slices
Once you have your selected ingredients in a bowl, start whisking. When the last of the cream cheese curds are smoothed into submission, spread the custom mix onto your waffles and lay out your chosen garnish. You can try a bed of sprouts and arugula, or, if you're feeling fancy, you could try salmon, capers, and a fried egg.
+ What's on your menu for Waffle Day? Tell us all about it in the comments below!


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A province by any other name
As the 18th Amendment, the constitutional reforms package designed to bolster parliamentary democracy in Pakistan, inches closer to becoming a historic "landmark bill," one particular part of the legislation has sparked considerable controversy and political wrangling — the renaming of North-West Frontier Province to Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa. Over the weekend, people from the province's Hazara Division, (who ...
As the 18th Amendment, the constitutional reforms package designed to bolster parliamentary democracy in Pakistan, inches closer to becoming a historic "landmark bill," one particular part of the legislation has sparked considerable controversy and political wrangling — the renaming of North-West Frontier Province to Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa.
Over the weekend, people from the province's Hazara Division, (who speak mainly Hindko as opposed to Pashto) staged demonstrations, and on Monday, at least seven people were killed and over 100 were injured in Abbottabad when police used force to break up a protest. The demonstrations continued on Tuesday, with Dawn reporting that mobs in Haripur, Mansehra, and Abbottabad (in Hazara) blocked roads, chanted slogans, and burned tires — all in the name of a name.
The bumpy journey to Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa did not begin in the last few weeks. The Awami National Party (ANP), the secular Pashtun nationalist ruling political party of the province, has long campaigned for a change to Pakhtunkhwa, even passing a resolution in favor of the development in November 1997, noted The News columnist Rahimullah Yusufzai. The name, argued the ANP, accurately reflects the Pashtun-majority of the region, much like Pakistan's other provinces — Balochistan, Sindh, and Punjab, which are dominated by — surprise — Balochis, Sindhis, and Punjabis.
But the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), a mainstream conservative political party with its stronghold in Punjab province, staunchly opposed this label, (officially calling for a referendum last September), claiming the title marginalized other ethnic and linguistic groups in the province, including Hindko, Seraiki, and Khowar-speakers. A deadlock over the name continued, with an array of alternative names proposed as a compromise. While some reflected more neutral geographical areas (Khyber, Neelab and Abaseen) and historical references (Gandhara, the old Buddhist-era name of the region), other noteworthy runner-ups included Afghania, the clandestine 'A' in "Pakistan," coined by one of the earliest proponents of the Pakistani state, Chaudhry Rehmat Ali in 1933.
At the end, hyphenating the name to Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa became the compromise everyone could agree on.
Well, almost everyone.
Although Pakistani media outlets televised people in the "province-formerly-known-as-NWFP" celebrating in the streets, the honeymoon period was soon over. The Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid, (PML-Q), a centrist-conservative party that broke away from the PML-N in 2001, immediately expressed reservations over the new name, claiming they were not privy to the negotiations between the PML-N and ANP. PML-Q leaders have since criticized both the ANP and PML-N, alleging that PML-N leader Nawaz Sharif supported the new name "for his personal gains," and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa was part of "a conspiracy to divide the province."
While it would be easy to cloak Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa with the "conspiracy" label, twirl some handlebar moustaches and call it a day, Pakistani politics are never that straightforward. The PML-Q, as Ejaz Haider, National Affairs Editor of Newsweek Pakistan told me, has significant support in the Hazara division, "as is clear from the fact that its candidate was the runner-up in the January by-election in Mansehra." However, PML-N has a more considerable vote bank in the region, with strong ties to the people of Hazara.
Given that the PML-Q, the party that backed former President Pervez Musharraf, suffered major losses in the 2008 elections, it seems they are trying to remain politically relevant and "capitalize on the emergence of the malcontents at the expense of the PML-N," noted Dawn's editorial. But at what cost? Their political provocations have indirectly led to the deaths of innocent people in Abbottabad, and the spread of mobs throughout Hazara. If the party claims to truly represent the interests of the people, it should address the issues that go beyond names and frilly hyphenated labels — the power shortages, the rising food prices, and the unemployment. Even if the 18th Amendment sails through the Senate and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa remains intact, political parties must avoid language that will destabilize the province further. At this rate, a province by any other name would not smell as sweet.
Kalsoom Lakhani is director of Social Vision, the strategic philanthropy arm of ML Resources in Washington, D.C. She is from Islamabad, Pakistan, and blogs at CHUP, or Changing Up Pakistan.


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7 Key Social Stats From #GOPDebate No. 3
#GOPDebate was mentioned more than 605,000 times on Twitter during the debate, driving more than 6.7 billion potential impressions.
Hundreds of thousands of people were chatting about #GOPDebate Wednesday night, as Republican candidates for the 2016 election went head-to-head on CNBC.
Much of the chatter happened on social media, where GIFs, reactions and analysis flew fast. But which candidates were most effective or most talked about on social media? According to ListenFirst Media, #GOPDebate was mentioned more than 605,000 times on Twitter during the debate, driving more than 6.7 billion potential impressions.
SocialTimes tapped a variety of sources showing how last night's GOP debate unfolded through social media.
1) @MarcoRubio received the most Twitter mentions, with more than 828,000 — almost 8 times more than @realDonaldTrump. (Talkwalker)
Here were the top 5 most-talked about candidates on Twitter before, during and shortly after the debate:
2) Ben Carson gained the most Twitter followers of any debate participant last night. (Vocativ)
3) Gun control and the economy were the most-talked about debate topics on social. (Synthesio)
4) Trump was the most engaged candidate on social overall, taking into account Facebook, Twitter, Google+, Instagram, Tumblr and YouTube. Carson was a close second. (ListenFirst Media)
5) Most-tweeted moment: Ted Cruz calling out the media and CNBC moderators over questions. (Twitter)
Watch how Twitter responded to last night's #GOPDebate, measured in Tweets per minute pic.twitter.com/cAUInYRqyY
— Twitter Data (@TwitterData) October 29, 2015
However, the most-retweeted tweet about the debate came from Democratic candidate Bernie Sanders.
Overall most-Retweeted Tweet related to #CNBCGOPDebate #GOPDebate: https://t.co/kTE3GLSqtZ — Twitter Government (@gov) October 29, 2015
6) Rubio was the most engaging candidate on Facebook. (Engagement Labs)
Images courtesy of GIPHY and Getty Images.


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Last week, I wrote about the high cost of journalism and acknowledged that I let the News & Record's investigative effort slide so that we could have broader coverage of more traditional news.
Andria Krewson writes about non-traditional news organizations in N.C. filling the gap, in many cases ably, in others, well, less so.
Some sources are relatively new, part of a crop of independent, nonprofit news outlets sprouting in many states. Others are long established, serving policy-oriented parent organizations that have a clear political ideology, even if they are technically nonpartisan.
Whatever their pedigree, the nonprofits are sometimes hard to find for readers outside of political wonk circles. But as a group, they're providing more information about politics and the money behind it, particularly for state elections and issues—an area where the number of newspaper reporters has sharply declined both in North Carolina and across the country.
Because it's Andria, it's filled with links and detail. Give it a read, bookmark the links and I guarantee you'll be a smarter political citizen.


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Message forwarded from Eidre Sharp-Brewer [Eidre.Sharp-Brewer at fish.govt.nz] Deep Sea 2003 will be held in Queenstown, New Zealand from 1 -4 December 2003. It is an International Conference on the Governance and Management of Deep Sea Fisheries. The primary stimulus for convening this conference has been the rapid expansion of fisheries in the deep sea, often in an unregulated and uncontrolled manner, as advances in technical capacity have enabled fisheries in these regions to develop. Further, areas of traditional deep-sea fisheries are experiencing heavy, if not unsustainable, fishing mortality and damage to fish habitat is a threat, if not a reality. These developments have underlined the scarcity of the information that is needed to ensure the sustainability of these fisheries and the inadequacy of the management instruments and legal regimes by which these resources, which are commonly found on the high seas, can be managed. It is for such reasons that we believe a Conference is needed to identify and discuss the issues relating to present and future governance of continental slope and deep sea demersal fisheries. For more information, you can register your interest at the conference website http://firstname.lastname@example.com from 1 January 2003.


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The Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art is always a good reason to go into Hartford on a Saturday afternoon. Actually, a Saturday afternoon is the best time to go into Hartford. There are zero commuters blocking the box or creeping into intersections (I'm looking at you employees of The Hartford who block the box at the intersection of Cogswell and Asylum and Farmington every single afternoon).
I live in Hartford so I'm there every Saturday but on this particular Saturday I headed into Downtown with my friends Joe and Alyssa to check out the exhibit: Warhol and Mapplethorpe: Guide and Dolls at the Wadsworth Atheneum. I love the juxtaposition of one of the country's oldest museums displaying a semi-racy exhibit. But that's nothing surprising for the Wadsworth; aside from their famous Festival of Trees, the host a multitude of events aimed at capturing a new generation of art lovers and culture seekers. And they never shy away from controversial art. They also have a movie theater—something I didn't even know until very recently.
Basically, if you're looking to do a Saturday afternoon in Hartford, the Wadsworth is a must-see and a great jumping off point. From there you can add in a restaurant, the library or a bar to your agenda.
On this Saturday we took in the Warhol-Mapplethorpe exhibit, did a tour of the museum and then headed over to the new Blue State Coffee in the new 777 Main building. Things I love about Blue State Coffee: it's open until 10 p.m. and they serve almond milk-based drinks. Many coffee shops only offer soy as an alternative to cow's milk. Soy, in my opinion, is whack and tastes terrible. My almond milk latte was delicious, if a little small for a medium. Blue State also serves hot sandwiches, salads, soup and assorted snacks like fresh cut veggies and hummus, potato chips, and all the requisite baked goods. They even have gluten free cookies and bread.
But this isn't an ad for Blue State. I've just happy Hartford finally has a decent Starbucks/Panera alternative.
The other great thing about Hartford on a Saturday afternoon was the atmosphere. A UConn game had just ended at the Civic Center XL Center, there was a good-sized crowd at the Atheneum and Front Street was hopping. I've organized an itinerary for you below.
ITINERARY: Afternoon in Hartford
Where to Park in Hartford
Street parking is free on Saturdays and Sundays. We parked along Bushnell Park and walked to the Wadsworth from there.
Things to Do in Hartford
Wadsworth Atheneum
600 Main St
Hartford, CT 06103
(860) 278-2670
Hartford Public Library
500 Main St
Hartford, CT 06103
(860) 695-6300
Front Street Stadium Spotlight Theaters
39 Front St
Hartford, CT 06103
(860) 422-7711
Places to Eat/Drink in Hartford
Blue State Coffee
77 Main Street
Hartford, CT
100 Trumbull St
Hartford, CT 06103
Salute is one of those restaurants that feels like home.
Dish Bar and Grill
100 Trumbull St
Hartford, CT 06103
(860) 899-135
I normally love Dish but I'm mad them right now because they charged me $7 to swap a side of french fries for a baked potato. That's just cheap, but their food is good so I have to recommend them. Just make sure you don't have to swap anything and if you do, make sure your server doesn't charge for ridiculous swaps like that.0


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U.S. border patrol agents reportedly found marijuana on Justin Bieber's tour bus as it passed from Canada into Detroit Sunday, though Bieber himself was not on the bus at the time and made his scheduled performance later that night. What do you think?
"Whoa, that kid's got his own bus?"
Danny Tooley • Gear Cleaner
"Once you go to the weed, it's over. I've seen friends on that stuff."
Marjolaine Price • Unemployed
"Who cares about drugs? How was the show?"
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Crimea (GVO) – On July 27 Internet giant Google renamed a number of towns, villages, and settlements in Crimea—a peninsula in Ukraine that has been under Russian control since early 2014—on their Google Maps service. The change came after the Ukrainian parliament altered the names of 70 geographic locations in Crimea in accordance with its "decommunization" campaign in May 2016.
Users of the Russian and Ukrainian versions of Google Maps noticed the differences immediately. For instance, according to a report by Meduza news website, the town of Krasnoperekopsk became "Yany Kapu," Sovetskoe turned into "Ichki," and Kirovskoe was changed to "Islyam-Terek." Many of the new names have Crimean Tatar origin or other historic roots, replacing the Soviet-era variants.
The change on Google Maps immediately provoked a backlash from Russian and Crimean officials. The head of annexed Crimea Sergey Aksyonov accused Google in a Facebook post of "producing a propagandistic product" and of "trying to create their own reality." Russian communications minister Nikolay Nikiforov also joined in the criticism, saying that if Google didn't stick to Russian laws and the Russian names of towns and villages (in Crimea), it would "prevent the company from doing effective business in Russia."
Ukrainian foreign minister Pavlo Klimkin reacted to the backlash on Twitter, referring to what Ukraine believes to be illegal occupation of Crimea by Russia:
Renaming the stolen is a house of cards: it is bound to collapse under the weight of truth. #CrimeaIsUkraine
— Pavlo Klimkin (@PavloKlimkin) July 28, 2016
On July 28, a spokesperson for Google told RBC news website that they were aware of the changes made in accordance with Ukraine's "decommunization" law and of Russia's displeasure. Google told RBC they were "actively working to restore the previous version of the names on the Russian version of Google Maps."
The Ukrainian government lost control of the Crimean peninsula in the spring of 2014, following a disputed referendum on seceding from Ukraine and joining the Russian Federation. Most of the world does not recognize Russia's subsequent annexation of the territory of Crimea.
This report prepared by Tetyana Lokot for Global Voices Online.


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The Developers of Parry's Grove and Queen's Gate housing developments were required to provide an infrastructure levy (Section 106 Agreement) as a condition of their planning consent. It was an absolute condition of this Section 106 Agreement that the money could only be spent on the provision of Play Facilities on Stoke Lodge. This was in 1995 – nearly 20 years ago!
This money was still unspent in 2011, when it was found by the Local Community Group "Save Stoke Lodge Parkland" as part of their research into their "Town and Village Green Application".
Since discovering this money and, more importantly, the strict conditions under which the money could be spent, it has taken four years of determined action, constant discussion and the occasional confrontation to persuade the various departments within Bristol City Council to provide this magnificent facility by spending money that they had on deposit and that could only be spent by them for this purpose. However, we must report that once the battle had been won the eventual delivery team have been fantastic.
Therefore, the Section 106 money has funded the Play Facilities located within Stoke Lodge as per the terms of the Agreement. Additionally, part of the Section 106 monies from the current Bristol University Hiatt Baker Student Accommodation project has funded works in the Adult Learning Centre Car Parks that improve access to Stoke Lodge Parkland for all. The Section 106 money from Bristol University's development has also funded work associated with Quarry Park in Henleaze and Canford Park in Westbury-on-Trym.
The facility was formally declared "open" on Sunday 17 August, with an official tape-cutting by local Stoke Bishop councillor, John Goulandris.
Cllr Goulandris said, "Yes, a fantastic result. A big thank you to all involved and especially to David and Sue Mayer. Their passion for this project was unstoppable no matter what obstacles were placed in the way. Thanks also to Gary Brentnall, who did so much of the 'hands on' progressing of the project [on behalf of the Council]".
The pictures "say" it all! Click on any picture to enlarge.(All photos © Martin Bennett)


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12 Feb Inbound Marketing May Solve 5 Common Marketing Problems
Posted at 05:44h in Inbound Marketing, Social Media, Web Design
In Entrepreneur Magazine's February 2013 edition, it identified the "Top 10 Marketing Challenges" (which it cited Hubspot as the source) that marketers face. Their list was much prettier, but the top 5 looked something like this:
- Awareness/Traffic
- Lead Generation
- Social Media
- Targeting
- Converting Leads to Customers
These are all formidable opponents to marketers and have been for years. Especially for small businesses like insurance agencies and brokers, all of these problems not only affect branding and brand recognition (another one of the top 10 problems), but also the ability to drive sales.
There is a fairly cost effective answer to all of these that can be implemented, normally with the help of a strategic marketing firm that specializes in a sales-first marketing approach, meaning they focus on driving sales by implementing advanced marketing components to their clients with the only intention of developing leads, placing them in your sales funnel, and converting them to paying customers. That last paragraph was an example of what we call in the business – "a shameless plug". 😉
Inbound marketing should be your first and best answer. Inbound marketing continues to gain steam for good reason. Think of Inbound Marketing as a separate study of marketing that would be synonymous with "permission marketing" (a term popularized by the great Seth Godin – still our favorite marketer). Traditional marketing, in contrast, is referred to as "interruption marketing". Think commercials "interrupting" your favorite TV or radio show, a pop up ad, a telephone solicitor calling your home, a magazine ad, etc.
Traditional outbound (or interruption marketing) is quickly falling out of favor with consumers (although one could argue that it never was "in favor") and with marketers due to it's inherent inefficiency and disruptive, sometimes obnoxious nature. In fact, think of the myriad of technologies designed to counteract interruption marketing: pop up blockers, DVRs, satellite radio, SPAM filters, no-call lists for residences, etc.
Marketers and business owners have been stuck for many years with this type of advertising that nobody really likes (as a whole), has a large amount of waste because of the huge net it casts, It's also difficult to target, but is difficult to measure and almost impossible to quickly change course if it begins to fail. If course is changed, a large amount of sunk costs exist. Finally, for business owners, a lot of small to mid sized competitors find it hard to compete with behemoth industry juggernauts whose ad budgets dwarf the size of their own.
Enter Inbound Marketing.
Going back to the original term "permission marketing", essentially a business owner markets in a way that builds a conversation with the client. This is best achieved in your online strategy. Look at it like this, when you are searching for information on a product or service on the web, what's your goal? To find info. You are not necessarily ready to buy, otherwise you would be on a different search possibly looking for pricing. Inbound marketing is about delivering information that the prospect wants prior to bombarding them with "buy now" messages before they have gathered the info that they need. Traditional outbound strategies would be trying to marry someone before you had a first date or sometimes an initial conversation. Slow down, Tiger!
Think AIDA
Awareness – Interest – Decision – Action
These are the steps that prospects need to be walked through. If it were effective to jump to action, the very popular and very old AIDA buying process would just be the "A" buying process.
So, we deliver the info that they want in exchange for a small amount of information about what they're looking for. Once the prospect has that information, we deliver another message to the now aware (of your brand) prospect to build interest in your offering. We then continue to develop this prospect in our sales funnel by delivering slightly more progressive messages until we ultimately help them make a decision and take action. Depending on your product buying cycle (and many times cost) this can be a quick lead nurturing program or a more lengthy one.
This online marketing strategy will generate leads. It will engage potential consumers. It will build sales. It takes some discipline. Depending on how you go about it, most of the tactics can be done with little money up front, although to get maximum impact in the shortest amount of time, you would be wise to shift marketing dollars from traditional advertising and marketing to the more effective and easier to track Inbound Market. Nevertheless, if you have the time and/or the internal staff to work the plan, you could set up your website to be an inbound marketing machine using the free e-book below.
What inbound marketing tools are used?
To tackle the 5 Biggest Marketing Challenges from above, we use inbound tools such as blogs and social media to build awareness and traffic. Additionally, e-mail marketing to current clients that opt-in (remember "permission" …not SPAM). Blogs are very easy to set up and allow you to deliver good content to a broad audience. There's a method to the madness (see the e-book).
We use well placed forms along with landing pages and free information to generate leads. In inbound marketing we nurture those leads, many times, with e-mail marketing and special offers. We also use Social Media to continue to build not only traffic, but interest in the brand. You need to be careful with Social Media marketing and make sure you use it as it is intended. Otherwise you run into disgruntled fans, friends, or followers.
Converting leads to customers is the real magic. This requires significant effort upfront and a continuous refinement of tactics and a dedication to watching your analytics. Again, this is where you need to dedicate some time. First and foremost, understand your clients needs and develop a timeline around them. Once you have an understanding of why the prospect came to you and what they need to make a decision, automated workflows can be created with e-mail marketing, blog posts, and Social Media posts to help drive them through the funnel.
This was a longer post than normal So, we'll cut it short. But if you are interested in tackling the problems that we all face, we invite you to download the e-book.
Be Iconic, friends!
-Jason Hutcheson
VP Marketing, Iconic
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Cleaning Maintenance
Good maintenance is the most economic and most effective way of retaining the good looks and extending the life of your floor.Everyday tasks as simple as brooming your floor have a major impact on keeping the floor in good condition. Periodically however, more involved care is required to lift damaging contaminants from the stone and Tileworks can assist you with both do-it-yourself maintenance products and also specialised surface cleaning.
Tileworks can assist you understand best housekeeping practices for keeping the stone and tile substrate free of dust and dry sandy soil so as to minimize the scratches and wear-patterns that can develop from everyday use.
When dirt has built up, staining has occurred, or the floor has become slippery, then Tileworks have the expertise to sort out these problems. An on-site consultation will be required to determine the exact nature of the problem and assess the most effective resolution. Below are links to some of the processes available to Tileworks technicians.


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Solid Color Buttons Decor Ruffle Overlay Cami DressSKU: 020631
DescriptionThis super cute dress will have you stepping out with confidence! The casual dress features adjustable spaghetti straps, V neck, five buttons decor accent, ruffles overlay, and elastic waist back.
Fabric: Polyester
Neckline: Spaghetti Straps
Sleeve Length: Sleeveless
Dress Length: Above Knee
Embellishment: Ruffles
Pattern: Solid Color
Style: Casual
Silhouette: A Line
Shown Color: Light-blue, White.
Size Chart(Inch) XS S M L XL XXL Bust 30.7 32.3 33.9 35.4 37 38.6 Length 32.7 33.3 33.9 34.4 35 35.6 Size Chart(CM) XS S M L XL XXL Bust 78 82 86 90 94 98 Length 83 84.5 86 87.5 89 90.5
The dimensions data from the measurement of the product, "click here" to see the measuring methods details, and allow 1-2cm (0.4-0.8") differences due to manual measurement, thanks.
Actual fabric colors may vary slightly from online colors due to variations in screen color settings.
30 Days Return + Shipping PolicyShipping & Delivery
Receiving time = Processing time + Shipping time
Note: In orders with more than one item, the processing time will be based on the item with the longest processing time.
We will prepare your order after it have verified. Such as: strict quality control, arrange the suitable carriers.Return Policy
Return within 30 days from the delivered date.
1. Items received within 30 days from the delivered date.
2. Items received unused, undamaged and in original package.


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How to be on Leaderboard?
Just SIGN IN with your social network (Facebook or Google+).
How to save points?
CREDITS are saved automatically if you configured flash player settings correctly,
CLICK HERE to check your configuration, it should be as on picture below:
NOTE!Your points are saved on your PC,
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If you are having issues loading the game, please do the following:
- Clear your browser's cache and/or empty temporary internet files.
Read more about this HEREIn order to speed up web browsing, web browsers are designed to download web pages and store them locally on your computer's hard drive in an area called "cache". The cache contains a kind of travel record of the items you have seen, heard, or downloaded from the Web, including images, sounds, Web pages, even cookies. Typically these items are stored in the Temporary Internet Files folder. When you visit the same page for a second time, the browser speeds up display time by loading the page locally from cache instead of downloading everything again. This sometimes results in less than current versions of web pages being displayed. When the cache fills up, performance can slow down and your hard drive may run out of space. You should periodically clear the cache to allow your browser to function more efficiently.
Learn How to Clear Your Browser's Cache?
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- Refresh your page several times.
If all above doesn't work contact us . Please write down what type of browser do you use.
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Hi friends! I haven't been the best at regularly scheduled blog posts since revamping my website, but hope to get that on track soon. I've been trying to write a blog post for a while now, and each time I start, I get lost for words. So I thought I would talk about something that […]Read More
Hello Friends, I know. I know!! Where have I been? I've been right here, but my blog sort of got away from me. Or I got away from my blog. Time and circumstances (and just a little bit of procrastination) got in the way. In the meantime I have been going through the daily routine […]Read More
Ochre Hill Trail, Terra Nova National Park There is something exhilarating about dragging your kids, kicking and screaming and whining, on a hike. Okay, so they weren't that bad, and by the end of the hike I was pretty glad to see that parking lot. In fact, I knew we were at the end before […]Read More
Well, we're into the full swing of summer here now. The last few days have been beautiful, although I couldn't enjoy it much because I was working. I have been feeling more stuck, creatively, lately and having trouble finding some inspiration. Stuck partly because I am in the same place day after day […]Read More
Last week I went on a short hike (a very short hike) up a steep trail to the most amazing view! This was only the second time I made this short trek. The first time was last fall. And I am only a few short minutes from here. I really don't know why I […]Read More
Hello friends!! Say, did I ever tell you about the time I was told to put my clothes on? No? Pretty funny story actually; and a little bit embarrassing now that I think about it! Well, now that I have your attention, I guess I'll have to tell you. Don't worry (or sorry?), it's not […]Read More


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Halter Stylish High Low Design Maxi DressSKU: 005024
DescriptionThis dress features flat neckline, halter styling, high low design. Please purchase according to the following size data.Occasion: Wedding, Party ,Rave Club
Neckline: Flat neck
Sleeve Length: Halter
Style: Elegant & Luxurious, Sweet
Fabric: Chiffon
Season: Spring, Summer, Fall
Lining: Yes
Size Chart(Inch) ONE-SIZE Bust 31.5-43.3 Length 45.7 Size Chart(CM) ONE-SIZE Bust 80-110 Length 116
The dimensions data from the measurement of the product, "click here" to see the measuring methods details, and allow 1-2cm (0.4-0.8") differences due to manual measurement, thanks.
Actual fabric colors may vary slightly from online colors due to variations in screen color settings.
30 Days Return + Shipping PolicyShipping & Delivery
Receiving time = Processing time + Shipping time
Note: In orders with more than one item, the processing time will be based on the item with the longest processing time.
We will prepare your order after it have verified. Such as: strict quality control, arrange the suitable carriers.Return Policy
Return within 30 days from the delivered date.
1. Items received within 30 days from the delivered date.
2. Items received unused, undamaged and in original package.


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As an expert in computer forensics, financial investigation and the highly specialized field of cryptocurrency investigation, I am very proud to have been chosen as an expert speaker at the National Association of Divorce Professionals (NADP) annual conference. I am encouraged to see that an organization such as the NADP recognizes the growing importance of cryptocurrencies and their potential impact in divorce litigation.
As Bitcoin (and others) have increased in value from virtually worthless a decade ago to well over $3.5K(USD) per Bitcoin today, they have also achieved wide spread acceptance as a means of exchange and as investments. Unfortunately, their potential for use as a vehicle to hide assets and make illicit transfers by parties in matrimonial litigation is a growing and very real concern. While Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies may be 'psuedo anonymous – there are proven methods to identify their existence and potentially track them. This program, presented jointly with forensic accountant Mark DiMichael of Citrin Cooperman, will provide a basic understanding of how Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies operate, discuss their potential impact on a matrimonial litigation, and provide strategies to address these risks when conducting financial discovery.
The NADP conference is for ALL professionals that work with their clients going through the complex process of divorce. This conference will educate and enlighten professionals in the legal, financial, mental health and real estate fields about divorce and how they can help their clients have a better experience in the process. For more information on the conference please click here: www.NADPExperience.com


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Polo shirts and glass housesNote to comic on show I did the other night: Not a good idea to state that "anyone who wears a polo shirt is a douchebag" in one of your bits when BOTH hosts and the comic following you are wearing polo shirts. And also when you are wearing a jacket that looks like this. Since, y'know, people who live in glass houses shouldn't...
Actually, now that I think about it...anyone in any house shouldn't throw stones. It's just a rude thing to do. Even if it's not glass, you'll probably scuff up the walls. And who lives in a glass house anyway? Plants, I guess. But they rarely throw stones.
Actually, you know who does throw stones at glass houses? Billy Joel. What a bad ass.
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Grecos Double Souvlaki (Kingston) – More food than I can handle
Before I went to Kingston, my buddy Dave (who did his undergrad there) recommended a few places to try. On the top of his list was Grecos, a greek resto on Princess St.
On my Friday-Sunday call, I had Saturday off so I decided to treat myself to a meal. Armed with my science fiction book, I walked to Grecos and sat down at a table. I was the only person in the restaurant at 3pm. Yes, I ate lunch at 3pm. Being on-call really screws up your schedule!
The interior was clean and not presumptuous. The server was very pleasant and chatted with me sufficiently so that I wouldn't feel awkward. I didn't even get a real chance to read my sci-fi book!
I had the Double Souvlaki for 10.95 and it was divine. The pork was extremely tender, well marinated, and grilled perfectly. Usually, souvlaki is quite tough but these pork cubes were perfect.
The rice was a touch on the oily side but was wonderfully zesty. The salad was fresh and had a basic vinaigrette on it. My only complaint would be that there was a little too much happening on this plate. I would've preferred it to be spread out a little.
I will be back to Grecos for the Double Souvlaki. Maybe this time, I will actually finish it. It is sad when you go to a restaurant and find something you love. It makes it difficult to try anything else!
Grecos, 167 Princess Street, Kingston, Ontario, www.grecos.ca
5 Responses to "Grecos Double Souvlaki (Kingston) – More food than I can handle"
Try the lamb shank. My favourite meal in Kingston.
your blog is awesome , dude! the pork souvlaki is my favorite meal at grecos – to make it even more amazing, id recommend subbing in a greek salad – really completes the meal : )
Another great Greek restaraunt, especially for takeout, is Minos. I particularly love the mousaka. I have a friend who told me that the Mousaka at Minos is better than the Mousaka he had in Greece.


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|Hwy. 50 near Stateline.
Little has happened in the past 30 years because the "improvement" goes through Nevada and California, as well as multiple lower level jurisdictions and there has been huge homeowner resistance.
We may be at the tipping point where the State and local governments will override local resistance. The Tahoe Transportation District (TTD) is the lead for the project.
The project is being touted as efficient traffic flow with safety in mind. The plan will also provide "environmental and visual improvements". Hwy. 50 would be rerouted behind Harrah's and MontBleu and the current road will be developed into a 3 lane "main street" district.
There are up to 70 older homes that would have to be torn down for the new road. Naturally, home owners don't want to leave. Many community leaders see the new road as an opportunity for revitalization of a tourist center.
|Loop road proposal. Click to enlarge.
For the most up to date information on the matter, subscribe to the TTD's website.
The goal for TTD is to begin "relocating" homeowners in August of 2015. Construction could begin in the summer of 2017.


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Typing on a touchscreen keyboard is noticeably different from typing on a physical keyboard, and people that are not familiar with it can have some trouble transitioning. But one of the ways that device manufacturers have attempted to smooth this transition is by adding a sound that plays in response to your typing on the keyboard. While this is meant to be helpful, it can quickly become annoying, especially to people around you. So if you want to stop the keyboard click sound on the iPhone 5, you can do so by following the steps below.
If you shop online or like to stream movies from Netflix or Hulu, then Amazon Prime is definitely something you should look into. You get free-two day shipping on items that Amazon sells, as well as access to a massive library of streaming videos. Learn more about Amazon Prime here.
Turn Off Keyboard Sounds on the iPhone 5
If you find that you were actually relying on the keyboard click sounds and need to turn them back on, you can do so by repeating the steps below and moving the slider back to its' original position. You will also be able to manage lock sounds on your device from this same screen, if you had been curious about how to disable those as well.
Step 1: Touch the Settings icon.
Step 2: Touch the Sounds option.
Step 3: Scroll to the bottom of the screen, then move the slider to the right of Keyboard Clicks from the right to the left. You will know that the keyboard click sounds have been disabled because there will not be any green shading around the slider.
If you need another charging cable for your iPhone 5, but have been putting it off because they are expensive, then you should look into the Amazon iPhone 5 cable. It does exactly the same thing as the Apple-branded one, but at a much lower cost.
You can delete songs from your iPhone 5 directly from the device, instead of doing it when you're connected to iTunes on your computer.


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Our 2016 Youth of the Year Awards Banquet recognizes Club members outstanding contributions to family, school, community and the Boys & Girls Club, as well as personal challenges and obstacles overcome.
Keynote Speaker: Rosemary Chalmers, Program/News Director, KSCO Radio
6p – 8p
$50.00 per person
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Loan Agreement Signed for Water Sector Investment Project
TIRANA, January 16, 2014 – The Government of Albania and the World Bank today signed the loan agreement for a Water Sector Investment Project, totaling US$85.3 million. The agreement was signed on behalf of the Republic of Albania by Minister of Finance Shkëlqim Cani and on behalf of the World Bank by Country Manager Tahseen Sayed. The ceremony was held at Municipality of Durres in the presence of the Prime Minister Edi Rama, Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Edmond Haxhinasto, World Bank Country Director for Southeast Europe Ellen Goldstein, Mayor of Durres, heads of local government units as well as members of the staff who prepared the project. This project was approved on December 20, 2013, by the World Bank's Board of Executive Directors.
The project will help improve the quality of water and wastewater services in the coastal city of Durres area, and improve the financial performance of its water utility. The Project aims to upgrade and expand the existing water supply and sewerage network in Durres, the country's second largest city, one of the main tourist destinations, and primary port. This will be achieved through investments in the water supply network and construction of water transmission pipeline to link villages to the city's water supply system and reduce losses in the water distribution network. In addition, the project will support investments in the sewerage network and its transfer capacity from the touristic beach area to the newly constructed Durres Wastewater Treatment Plant.


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XC Tracer
XC Tracer is a proven and reliable flight instrument for paraglider pilots. Many pilots use XC Tracer for competitions and for long XC flights. The time-lag free indication of the climb/sink rate using beeping tones makes it much easier to find and core thermals then when using a conventional variometer.
You can use XC Tracer also as an IGC logger, the IGC files are accepted by FAI for paragliding competitions. There is a lithium polymer battery built in, when fully charged the battery has enough energy to power XC Tracer for more than 14h hours. The battery will be charged over the Micro USB cable that was shipped with XC Tracer. There is also a Bluetooth Low Energy BLE 4.0 module built in. You can configure the BLE strings that you want to send to your phone, tablet or e-reader using a simple configuration file. And of course does the variometer indicate the climb / sink rate with beeping tones. And the good thing is that you can modify the tone settings as you wish.
Technical Specification
- 57.5 x 57.5 x 19.25mm.
- Weight is only 61g
- 14h+ battery autonomy
- MS5637 Pressure Sensor
- PA6H GPS with custom firmware, SBAS enabled at 5Hz
- HM-11 BLE module, iOS and Android compatible
- 3 led for status indication
- 1200mAh LiPo battery with low discharge protection circuit
- LiPo charger integrated
- ARM Cortex-M4 MK20DX256VLH7 Processor
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Blair baby celebrates first birthday
Tony and Cherie Blair's fourth child celebrates his first birthday on Sunday - and what a year it has been for him.
Little Leo Blair, who is thought to have held his birthday party in a swimming pool at the prime minister's official country residence Chequers, has had no ordinary start to life.
He made his first "public appearance" when he was just weeks old.
But soon after that he was at the centre of a row over privacy, when "unauthorised" photographs of him were used by newspapers in spite of pleas by the Blairs.
And since then, at least as far as the media is concerned, he has gone quiet.
His parents are determined to protect his privacy - as they also have been with his siblings Euan, 17, Nicky, 15, and Kathryn, 13 - and have kept strict control over photographs of him.
However, they had to pay Ł500 for Mrs Blair's chosen charity each time one was published - and so far the photos have fetched Ł40,000 for Breast Cancer Care and Sargent Cancer Care for Children.
Father Blair has described how baby Leo keeps him in the "real world".
Mr Blair told the Sunday People: "The great thing when I see Leo is that I know that all he wants me for is me.
"Like my other three he doesn't care whether I am prime minister or not, whether I'm famous and my picture is on the telly and in the papers, whether I'm at the top of the tree or the bottom of the heap."
He added: "I can be about to leave Downing Street for Prime Minister's Question Time, my head can be full of 50 questions that the Opposition might ask me that I have no easy answer to, and I nip back up to see Leo.
"And it all comes into perspective. He's playing with his toys and you have to enjoy and savour that and it's a good reality check, isn't it?"
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Leo George Blair was born four days early at London's Chelsea and Westminster hospital on 20 May 2000, weighing 6lb 12oz.
A few days later, Leo was registered at Chelsea and Kensington Register Office, with Mr Blair entering "Prime Minister" under his occupation on the birth certificate.
Six weeks after he was born, Leo visited Portugal with his mother - who was still breastfeeding him - to stay with the British ambassador at their official residence.
In August, he went to Tuscany, Italy, with the whole family for their summer holiday, and then on with them to France for a break in the Pyrenees.
Back in London, it was only a matter of days before Leo accompanied his parents to Balmoral to visit the Queen.
At three months old he entered the world of international politics, being held by then US President Bill Clinton at a UN summit in New York - before being passed to French President Jacques Chirac.
During a visit to the Royal Liverpool Hospital she told a patient her six-month-old son was "a bit fractious" but doing well.
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Prominent Chinese human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng is one of the bravest men on the planet.
Yes that's a big call but this is one Nobel Peace Prize nominee who has been to hell and back and it hasn't broken his spirit. And now Gao wants to say what happened.
There's not enough room on this page for me to go through what this man has had to endure over the past nine or so years, plus I'd prefer not to get in the way of you reading his letter which is further below.
What I will write is just to help you put his letter, which was written on September 12, into context and assist you to understand what the 51-year-old lawyer is referring to. Some background of sorts.
Described as the 'conscience of China', Gao was well known for helping Chinese Christians and any citizen petitioners who had genuine grievances against the state.
But the main reason why Gao was targeted by the communist authorities was his unyielding defense of practitioners of the persecuted Falun Gong meditation practice.
Gao himself is a Christian.
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After years of harassment, which included the authorities closing down his law business, Gao was disappeared by state security and later imprisoned for "inciting subversion of state power." In prison he endured years of solitary confinement, maltreatment and bouts of torture.
In 2009 his wife and two children fled China and they now live in the U.S.
Just over a year ago, Gao was released from jail a shell of a man and he was* being held under house arrest in Shaanxi province, north-western China.
The following is his translated letter which was published by the Epoch Times.
*Editor's note: It has just been learnt that Chinese authorities have once again disappeared Gao after the letter below was first published (September 22) and after the Associated Press published (September 23) an interview they recorded with him in March.
Gao Zhisheng's Letter
Yesterday, when I was looking through the old cabinet my mother left, I came across the book Lawyer Gao Zhisheng's Collected Works. I sat down and read in one sitting the three letters I wrote to the Chinese communist bandit leaders. Only after having gone through the same torturous experience myself do I now know how catastrophic, deeply disturbing, and shocking it is.
Wei Xiuling, a Falun Gong practitioner from Shandong Province, was "killed," resuscitated, and then finally killed again. Reading her story again, the misery is simply suffocating. Reading how her lower half was naked when she died, I start quaking again in my heart. Or the story of how when Liu Boyang and his mother Wang Shouhui from Changchun were both tortured to death, they could hear each other's blood-curdling cries.
It's been a decade since I wrote these investigation notes, but the murderers are still "leading comrades," still strutting around with their heads high and their bellies out, long having forgotten about the bloody debt that will follow them forever. This is the achievement of China Central Television, Global Times, Liberation Army Daily, and other wicked media have wrought, going about their shameful work numbing the Chinese people. The words I wrote to Hu Jintao and Wen Jiabao in the end failed to awaken the numbed souls of this world, and the sinister regime continues its crafty, evil conduct, the same as it always has.
Right around me there are still shameless agents of the regime, hanging about day and night, earnestly carrying out the wishes of their master of forever keeping China in a dark, intoxicating dream. This is what United Nations General-Secretary Ban Ki-moon, who attended the Party's military parade recently, doesn't see, and doesn't want to see.
Ban Ki-moon, Russian leader Vladimir Putin, and Korean leader Park Geun-hye are like visitors from other planets, turning a deaf ear to the human rights disaster in China going on around them. They don't react in the least when the thugs who invited them carry out a brutal crackdown on expression, thought, freedom of belief, or when they thwart constitutional development, education reform, health reform, judicial independence, or derail attempts to spread universal civilized values. Their numbness to all this should be exposed.
This is all a disgrace to the civilized world.
The dark, criminal elements of the Communist Party have sprung forth again around China, disappearing, torturing, and extracting confessions from hundreds of human rights lawyers. The campaign is another open crime against humanity, another evil for the historical record, just like the Tiananmen June 4 massacre, or the persecution of Falun Gong, or the brutal, continuous practice of demolishing the homes of ordinary people and evicting them.
This is all a disgrace to the civilized world. I don't know what Ban Ki-moon is thinking inside when he does business with these people who blatantly commit crimes against humanity. During the military parade of this gang of bandits, petitioners and dissidents around the country were suppressed and put under strict control; restaurants in Beijing demanded to see their diners' identification cards; 10 days before the parade, the post office ceased all package deliveries. All of this was done to make a Potemkin Village for the likes of Ban Ki-moon, to give the gang of scoundrels with guilty consciences a chance to congratulate each other.
I can now make public that in mid-August I successfully delivered overseas two manuscripts: One is titled China Stands Up in 2017; the other is not yet named—both will be available within a year. There is much worth reading in those books, so I won't say more about them today.
I want to solemnly assure you all that all the crimes against humanity taking place in China today will without exception be judged. At the end of 2017, a special tribunal will be set up for this—the details of this are described in the forthcoming books.
After reading the three open letters, I felt the natural urge to pen the above notes to memorialize the noble martyrs who have passed away—they're the glory and the last energy of our nation, evidence that our people still have promise and grandeur. Commemorating their lives is proof that our consciences have not been entirely destroyed.
Gao Zhisheng, September 12, 2015
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