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Ozark Wilderness: Eleven Point River Shuttle Hike
Hike to views of the Mary Decker Shoals rapids area on this 24-mile shuttle hike along the Eleven Point River section of the Ozark Trail. You'll also visit lookouts just west of McCormack Lake and Bockman Spring (15 miles), where the water flows through a cave once used as a food cellar. Look for yellow Missouri primrose, black-eyed Susans, and purple coneflowers when crossing the glade clearings. Find primitive campsites and vault toilets at Greer Recreation Area (6 miles), or take a spur trail at the 8.7-mile point and hike a mile to the McCormack Lake Recreation Area, which also has water. Camping is permitted along the trail on Forest Service land. Ticks are common; take precautions.
-Hike provided by Margo Carroll and Peggy Welch, The Ozark Trail Guidebook
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text: Select a random row in Microsoft SQL Server 19. November 2008 Amir Mirkamali SQL Server (0) SELECT TOP 1 * FROM TableName ORDER BY NEWID() Error Access to path denied when use File.Copy when file exists! 19. November 2008 Amir Mirkamali ASP NET 2.0 (0) I got this strange error when tried to overwrite file. I had full control access but i got this error. The error occured when the file is read only! change the attribute of existing file and you will be able to copy the file! CustomValidator Does not Fire when control in EMPTY 18. November 2008 Amir Mirkamali (0) You can solve this problem with leave the controltovalidate property blank. Altering a column on a Replicated Table 18. November 2008 Amir Mirkamali SQL Server (0) Sometimes the schema of a replicated table needs altering. There are many reasons this might be the case eg possibly the datatype has been incorrectly chosen, or a default is missing, or we want to rename a column. Attempting to change the table schema directly will result in the error "Cannot alter/drop the table 'tablename' because it is being published for replication". So, how to change an existing column without breaking replication? Consider if we wanted to make the following schema change: to The method we choose depends in part on the replication type and size of the table, but there are 2 main options: (a) altering the subscriptions exec sp_dropsubscription @publication = 'tTestFNames' , @article = 'tEmployees' , @subscriber = 'RSCOMPUTER' , @destination_db = 'testrep' exec sp_droparticle @publication = 'tTestFNames' , @article = 'tEmployees' alter table tEmployees alter column Forename varchar(100) null exec sp_addarticle @publication = 'tTestFNames' , @article = 'tEmployees' , @source_table = 'tEmployees' exec sp_addsubscription @publication = 'tTestFNames' , @article = 'tEmployees' , @subscriber = 'RSCOMPUTER' , @destination_db = 'testrep' For snapshot replication this is the obvious choice. We drop the subscription to this article, drop the article, then change the table. Afterwards the process is reversed. The next time the snapshot agent is run, it'll pick up the new schema without any issues.For transactional replication we may choose to proceed using the script above. However, we must be more careful in this case. By default, an insert, update or delete statement performed on the publisher is propagated to the subscriber in the form of a stored procedure call. By changing the column definition, we may need to change the related stored procedures on all the subscribers. Addition of a default would be fine, but changing the datatype itself as above would require the stored procedure arguments to be modified. For the example table above, these 3 procedures exist on the subscriber in the form: sp_MSins_tEmployees, sp_MSupd_tEmployees, sp_MSdel_tEmployees. They can be generated at the publisher using sp_scriptpublicationcustomprocs but this would of course require the system to be quiesced, i.e. during this (quick) change there shouldn't be any alterations made to the publisher's data and all the subscribers should be completely synchronized. This is not ideal, and there is also a hidden problem here waiting to be discovered. Usually, when you add a new article to an existing publication in transactional replication, running the snapshot agent will create a snapshot of just the new article. In our case, it'll also create a snapshot of the 'tEmployees' table. So, to avoid all the issues and complications mentioned above, it's simplest to run the snapshot agent immediately after executing sp_addsubscription and then synchronize.In merge replication, there is no possibility of dropping the subscription on a per article basis using the script above, as there is in transactional and snapshot replication. If we drop the subscription entirely including all other articles (sp_dropmergesubscription), then try to run sp_dropmergearticle there will be an error if the snapshot has already been run, so we have to set @forceinvalid_snapshot to 1, make the table change on the publisher then read the article and subscriptions and initialize which would necessitate a new snapshot generation of all articles in this publication. A nosync initialization is possible, but this can be extremely restrictive for future changes, and I'll leave that for another article. (b) altering the table in-placeOK, in some cases the table is large and we don't want to run a new snapshot - either of the individual table (transactional) or of the whole publication (merge) - so there is an alternative method. We might use the built in stored procedures sp_repladdcolumn and sp_repldropcolumn to make the changes (note that these procedures limit the subscribers to be SQL Server 2000 only). Using these procedures we can add a dummy column to hold the data, remove the old column, add in the correct definition of the original column then transfer back the data. Now the script becomes: exec sp_repladdcolumn @source_object = 'tEmployees' , @column = 'TempForename' , @typetext = 'varchar(100) NULL' , @publication_to_add = 'tTestFNames' update tEmployees set TempForename = Forename exec sp_repldropcolumn @source_object = 'tEmployees' , @column = 'Forename' exec sp_repladdcolumn @source_object = 'tEmployees' , @column = 'Forename' , @typetext = 'varchar(100) NULL' , @publication_to_add = 'tTestFNames' update tEmployees set Forename = TempForename exec sp_repldropcolumn @source_object = 'tEmployees' , @column = 'TempForename' Although the above script can be used for transactional replication or merge replication, the internal methodology is different due to the differing nature of these 2 techniques. For merge replication, details of the rows updated are kept in MSmerge_contents, and if a particular row has been changed once or a hundred times, there will still only be one entry in this system table, while in transactional replication, 100 updates to a row is propagated as 100 subscriber updates. This means merge has an advantage over transactional because we need to perform 2 updates to each row to make the schema change. You can find the main article in: http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Replication/alteringacolumnonareplicatedtable/1666/ Open New Window After Button Click and After running Server Side Code 16. November 2008 Amir Mirkamali (0) Add your code in button click add this code (replace your link in the code) private void btn_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { ..... 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November 2008 Amir Mirkamali SQL Server (0) There are two ways : EXEC sp_dboption 'pubs', 'single user', 'TRUE' alter database pubs set SINGLE_USER WITH ROLLBACK IMMEDIATETo deactive single user mode : EXEC sp_dboption 'pubs', 'single user', 'FALSE' 2- alter database pubs set MULTI_USER How to Get ALL SQL Server process list? 16. November 2008 Amir Mirkamali SQL Server (0) just run sp_who stored procedure. Kill all process related to database with T-SQL 16. 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Gone Without A Trace is a fast-paced, psychological thriller. I was intrigued and gripped from the first page until the last.
Hannah couldn't wait to tell Matt, her great news. She was finally getting the promotion that she'd been aiming for. Everything was fabulous in her world until she got home.
Matt and all of his possessions were gone. Every picture, every suit, every DVD had disappeared. They loved each other. Hannah was sure of it. And, they were getting along well enough, or so she thought. Why would Matt leave and remove every trace of himself, from her life?
Hannah became obsessed with Matt. Her work began to slip, as well as her memory. She was snippy and unprofessional. Thankfully, Hannah had her best friend, Kate, to confide in. How could she tell anybody, that her boyfriend had left her, taking everything he owned, without even saying goodbye? It was humiliating. The life Hannah had so meticulously controlled, was now in shambles. Friends and work associates acted as if, she had lost her mind, and maybe she had. Hannah was having trouble discerning what was real and what was not. One thing Hannah knew, for sure, though, was that someone, was watching her every move, and she was terrified.
Gone Without A Trace is a superbly written, fast-paced thriller. The author's brilliant plot twists, kept me captivated and flipping the pages, until the end. I found the book to be highly entertaining and impossible to put down.
Thank you, Berkley Publishing Group and NetGalley, for my advanced review copy.
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ETAC Commander of the European Tactical Airlift Center Will Speak At 18th Annual Military Airlift and Air to Air Refuelling Conference this November
LONDON, LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM, June 20, 2017 /EINPresswire.com/ — IN RECENT NEWS, "European Tactical Airlift Centre Opens in Zaragoza. The opening of ETAC marks a significant step forward in European defence cooperation and joint collaboration with the establishment of a permanent operational base for advanced tactical airlift training." * Source: EDA June 2017
Hear about ETAC's exciting plans for defence collaboration and capability improvements at the number one leading airlift conference in Europe: SMi Group's 18th annual Military Airlift and Air-to-Air Refuelling conference, taking place in Madrid, Spain on the 28th and 29th November 2017.
Colonel Jose Romero, ETAC Commander of the European Tactical Airlift Center, will present on: European Tactical Airlift Centre: A Cooperative Step Forward. Covering:
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• The future: unlimited … but in accordance with the nations´ ambitions
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There will also be a post-conference, complimentary site visit to the Airbus facilities in Getafe Air Base – where A330 aircrafts are modified into Multi-Role Tanker Transport (MRTT) aircrafts. Transport will be provided to and from the conference hotel for this visit.
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Yesterday was a day spent refilling my own mommy tank. I work in the Church nursery during the ladies Bible studies at our Church (and love it!) and the Wednesday night study is too late for the kids on a school night so I miss many of the opportunities to find fellowship at our Church so I ended up looking for something somewhere else to give me a chance for fellowship (sans little ones underfoot.) I've heard from mommy friends and other bloggers talk about their MOPs groups before and I decided to step out of my comfort zone and join a group. It was a blessing that while I was not able to join the MOPS group that one of my friends attends (because of a conflict I have the day they meet) another friend who was in my mentoring moms group from two years ago invited me (and the rest of our mentoring moms group) to the MOPs group she is a part of - so while I only knew one person it was more comfortable to go in than if I knew no one. The group was a pretty large one and after a large group talk, we broke into smaller groups. Lots of the moms in the small group I was in also had kindergartners so that's definitely something we can all relate to and talk about.
Micah did so great going somewhere new (and it was very noisy at drop-off with lots of kids) Our normal routine is to go to the gym in the morning so when I buckled him in the car seat he asked "gym?" but I told him no we were going somewhere else that he could play with new friends. He went in his class with not a fuss and was happy and told me all about how they played outside and he went down the slide when I picked him up.
Then last night was the first Mentoring Moms of the year. This is our Church's moms group type thing and we meet once a month during the evenings. We have small groups and are paired with a mentor who's been through it all before. This is my 3rd year to do this and I was so looking forward to getting back together with my group. We've kept in touch over the summer but it's been hard to get together with lots of us going here and there and such. We had a fabulous speaker, Debbie Williams, talk to us. She did not disappoint. It was really great and convicting to be reminded that our little ones see how we react when to "plan B" when "plan A" doesn't work out. We can all wake up in great moods with plan for the day but it doesn't always go the way we hope and we need to watch our reactions to the detours. I'm sure we all know in our head that we should model what we want our kids to do, we can't take them to Church for them to learn about God there but not make it a bigger priority at home, talk to them about being kind/loving/patient and not show them that we do the same. At 4 and 5 pm in the evening (the witching hours here!) do my kids see me showing the fruits of the Spirit? I haven't read her whole book Plan A Mom in a Plan B World but based on her talk I'd say it's definitely worth checking out. I know I'm getting a copy and reading it! (She had some copies for sale last night but because of her excellent talk and our group size in relation to the number of books she ran out super fast - almost everyone wanted one!)
Today was the first day of Bible class at our Church (notice a theme? LOTS of firsts this week and it's not over yet!) So yet another crazy morning getting all of us out of the house in time since I packed Micah a snack, got my bag together and got ready to head out instead of just gym clothes like I would normally throw on in the morning. We've got the getting to school on time routine down pretty well (especially since neither Abby nor I are really the morning type!) now we are adding in Micah and I getting out of the house early a couple times a week.
Tomorrow is something I've been looking forward to for a couple weeks now - the return of mommy & me yoga at our gym. So again we'll be out of the house early - and probably for a long time as I plan to go to a group ex class for me first thing, then we've got an hour to kill before yoga time. Good thing there is a park right next to our gym to hang out at!


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The military-run Viettel continues to be No.1 in the local telecommunications and ICT industry with high revenue, profits and contributions to the State budget in 2016, according to the Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC).
Viettel is estimated to have earned VND226.5 trillion ($10.15 billion) in revenue in 2016, equal to 100 per cent of its annual plan, while pre-tax profit was VND43.2 trillion ($1.93 billion), or 101 per cent of its annual plan. It also contributed VND40.4 trillion ($1.8 billion) to the State budget. Compared with 2015, 2016 revenue increased VND3.8 trillion ($170 million) while profit fell VND2.6 trillion ($116 million). Return on equity was 34.1 per cent, equal to 100.4 per cent of the annual plan.
The military-run company had 7.4 million new subscribers as at the end of the year, bringing its total to 90 million, including 62.3 million domestic subscribers and 27.7 million overseas subscribers. The group's nine international markets, which it has operated for over three years, earned profits. Peru and Burundi recorded profits after two years of operations, while Cameroon and Tanzania are yet to record profits after one and two years.
In its nine international markets, Viettel was No.1 in Laos, Cambodia, Timor Leste, Mozambique and Burundi. In Vietnam the group was fourth among telecom operators four years ago but is now the leading company, while it took three years, one year, and six months to lead the local market in Cambodia, Mozambique and Burundi, respectively. Annual growth in these markets is 20-30 per cent, ten-fold higher than the growth in the global telecommunications industry.
The group will move from a telecom services provider and become a technology enterprise, joining the global Top 20 in the process by 2030, its CEO has said.
"The group will not only provide telecom services and information communications and technology," CEO Nguyen Manh Hung announced at Viettel Global's tenth anniversary on December 17 in Hanoi. "It will also participate in researching and producing high technology equipment."
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc told the anniversary ceremony that efficient overseas investment has become a dynamic and vital resource for Viettel's development and such achievements have inspired and created confidence among Vietnamese enterprises to do likewise. "The fourth industrial revolution will create more opportunities as well as more challenges for Vietnamese enterprises, including Viettel," he said, but he has faith in the group.
He went on to say that the group should be even more creative and play a key role in encouraging startups in ICT. He also expects it to stake out a presence in ten more international markets with a population totaling in the billions over the next decade.


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Yahoo! is to handle advertising for the UK and Ireland sites of Bebo, one of the largest social networks in the world. This is the the first such deal for the portal giant which until now had failed to get an advertising foothold in the rapidly expanding social networking arena. Yahoo was previously rumored to be in talks to acquire Bebo for $1 billion in May, so they clearly came to a different arrangement.
Yahoo will sell the majority of display and video advertising to an audience of over 11.6 million members. The deal also involved Yahoo integrating Yahoo Answers into the Bebo site and providing a new Bebo toolbar that allows users to monitor their social network when they are not on the site.
Toby Coppel, managing director of Yahoo Europe, is describing the win as "a big deal" but financial terms were not disclosed. The length of the agreement is described as multi-year.
Last year Google won $1bn deal to sell advertising on Myspace, while Facebook opted for Microsoft. The older Friendster network inked a deal with Google earlier this year.
Right now Bebo is the UK and Ireland's most popular social networking site with 11.6 million users and 38 million users worldwide. Bebo's average audience ranges from 13 to 24 years old.
Yahoo has made two other advertising-driven acquisitions this year: Right Media and BlueLithium.


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MEDI-LAB Ltd. has been working as a Medical Trading and Servicing company since 1993 after its foundation in 1992. Our goal is to distribute such high quality instruments and in vitro diagnostic products in the field of healthcare, and hospital laboratory diagnostics which meet the price and professional requirements of the national and international market.
MEDI-LAB imports products from the European Union and the United States. We ensure quick and exact shipment from our storehouse with our own means of transport, or a short forwarding time of direct delivery from the producers with MEDI-LAB acting as exclusive distributor. For our distributed instruments we provide warranty time and post warranty services through our servicing partner. The application of the audited DIN EN ISO 9001 quality management system in our company is an assurance to our customers that the ordered medical products will be stored appropriately and will reach our customers through the highest quality of conveyances.
Our customers are: hospitals, clinics, pharmaceutical centres, family doctors, etc.
MEDI-LAB distributes and takes the distribution of laboratory diagnostic products, from reagents to instruments, for medical and industrial purposes.


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Howdy folks! Magnolias are one of my favorite flowers so I was happy to create this painting tutorial when it was requested. Here I will show you how to draw and paint them…don't we all need a bit of springtime right now?
If you have any questions just let me know! Remember the best way to learn to paint is to paint! Don't worry about failing, it's only a piece of paper and nobody has to see it if you don't want them too. Even if you are unhappy with an attempt don't toss it yet, it always improves with age, I think the painting fairies visit at night and spruce it up a bit because it always looks better in the morning! Thanks for stopping by, stay warm and til next time happy crafting!
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First Lady Michelle Obama defended her school lunch program in an op-ed published in the New York Times Wednesday. It was well-timed, considering angry children are tweeting relentlessly about their small and limited lunch options:
All we get for lunch today. Thank you Michelle Obama pic.twitter.com/1rACNXM9aP
— dosomethingaboutit (@BradyJustice2) March 12, 2014
Obama's primary pitch for the program was not an appeal to effective policy-making or good governance, but rather, an appeal to science. Obama correctly stated that "less sugar, salt and fat" in a child's diet improves overall health. No one is denying this fact, and it is wonderful to allow children the option of serving themselves up a plate of fresh fruits and vegetables. However, mandating what a child eats for five out of the average 21 meals a week they consume is neither effective nor good-policy making.
The problem with the op-ed was, primarily, that it didn't address the issue: government overreach.
Right now, the House of Representatives is considering a bill to override science by mandating that white potatoes be included on the list of foods that women can purchase using WIC dollars. Now, there is nothing wrong with potatoes. The problem is that many women and children already consume enough potatoes and not enough of the nutrient-dense fruits and vegetables they need. That's why the Institute of Medicine — the nonpartisan, scientific body that advises on the standards for WIC — has said that potatoes should not be part of the WIC program.
Potatoes? Really? It isn't as though they are buying cigarettes or alcohol.
A recent investigation by NBC4 in Washington, D.C. found that more than 60,000 low-income children have actually been skipping lunch:
Food service directors in Montgomery, Prince George's, Frederick and Prince William county schools said newer, stiffer federal requirements for school lunch menus are contributing to the shortfall of student participation in lunch programs. A review by the Government Accountability Office said newly imposed federal rules, requiring healthier food options, can increase cost and decrease portion size. The report from the GAO said, in multiple school districts, "Negative student reactions to lunches that complied with the new meat and grain portion size limits directly affected program participation in their districts."
So what is the solution to getting kids to eat healthy? Parents have been struggling with this problem for ages.


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I have to realize that having both still requires give and take. I can go long for sure, but need to realize that my 5K pace is not sustainable over 26.2 miles. Right now I am in endurance mode, so that made running longer my main goal. I am accomplishing that every day so that makes me happy. Incorporating the speedwork and tempo runs like I have should be having a positive affect on my long distance running.
Being that I am just getting back into running half marathons and actually training for running, I think that I need to spend more time adjusting and evaluating my running goals and make some longer term goals that I can work toward in the next year, not just a goal for a race that is happening in less than a month. With that being said I have made some adjusting in the plan. I developed three distinct sets of running goals: 5K, Half Marathon, and Marathon.
5K ~ Short 'n' Sweet
- For shorter distances my short term goals (2008) is to run a 5K in 30 minutes.
- My medium-range goal is to run a 5k sub 30
- My long-term goal is to run a 5k under 27 minutes.
Half Marathon ~ Keeping the Pace
- My 2009 medium-term goal is to be able to run a half marathon in 2:11:00.
- My 2010 long-term goal is to run that same half marathon sub 2 hours.
Marathon ~ Testing the limits
- My 2009 medium-term goal is to run a marathon and finish it strong. No time goal for this.
- My 2010 long-term goal is to run a marathon, finish strong, and be under 5:15. My best Marathon finshing time? 6:45 and change.
It will take work and time to achieve these goals, however I am giving myself the time to accomplish the work set forth ahead of me.
As for my Half Ironman in 2009 - after much consideration, I feel that Steelhead 70.3 is not a good venue for my first HIM. I heave heard a lot of things about this particular race that makes me feel as if it will be a little overwhelming in both cost - a good $90 over the price of non-Mdot long distance races, and in field size - it is the largest 70.3 Mdot race in the world, or at least darn close to it.
With that and with much reviewing of other long course races I have decided to do the Muncie Endurathon in July 2009. February 23, 2009 starts my HIM training!


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Vietnamese master embody diligence and patience into origami
You have never seen such origami and more over you have not thought that it's possible to create something like that.
Tran Trung Hieu was the man whose work can not be called simple origami, because it is a work of art! In fact, he is an ordinary chemistry teacher in Vietnam, and most of his life is committed to science and education of children. Nevertheless, all his spare time he gives to his hobby.
Using only paper, without the aid of any improvised means, Tran Trung Hieu creates animal figures, objects and even the human figure. His hobby calls Origami - the ancient Japanese art of paper folding. Who else but only the Japanese were able to invent this type of art, because it is not only hard work, but also the incredible patience and logical chain that allows you to calculate the further actions. Trang Trung Hieu is the best artist and member of the Association of origami in Vietnam.
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I'm still working but now my view has switched from the cottage
to a Scrapbooking Bed & Breakfast. I am with 16 other women
sharing our passion of Scrapbooking and papercrafting.
I am very inspired and of course learning how it feels to be
spoiled so that I can spoil all of our guests at the craftD Christmas
Retreat in October.
Today I was working on Thanksgiving cards for the card class at
my house on Wednesday night. This is one of the cards I made using
the French Foilage stamp set.
My friend Heather is making some very cool back to school gifts for her classroom.
These owls are made with the Sizzix pillow box dies, the 1 1/4 and 3/4 inch
circle punches, large oval punch and the Heart to Heart punch.
She got the idea from Lynn Put and I love them.
approaching the cashier to pay for my selections when I saw a sign. It read,
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Something I saw today on Twitter prompted me to take a look back at an article I posted here a couple years ago, about how Obergefell v. Hodges was not in fact an affirmation of the will of the American People, as was repeatedly trumpeted by the fakenews at the time, but was in fact forcibly imposed by judicial fiat just about everywhere. I had posted a link to Wikipedia as a source at the time. The page at that link has since been obfuscated beyond recognition, to the point where it's no longer a valid source for this information (nice retconning there, Wikipedians!), but, luckily, I found another one! Even on that one, though, you need to carefully look through the table and tally off the ones that list "legislative statute" or similar reason as the method of legalization. Counting full states only, there are 11. Including Washington D.C. gets you to 12. I maintain that states where same-sex marriage was legalized only after being imposed by a court do not count, and, frankly, it should be obvious that they do not. When the law is already a foregone conclusion anyway, how many people are going to bother voting against it? Liberal proponents, on the other hand, are well known for their penchant for gloating, which is precisely what such a "vote" constitutes.
In any case, here are the states who voluntarily legalized same-sex marriage, through legislative action, referendum, or the like:
New Hampshire
New York
Rhode Island
In all other states, including California, legalization was jammed down the throats of the people by either federal or state court fiat. Thus, any claim that this decision was somehow the "will of the people" is a flat-out lie, and if you hear it, you are being lied to. It's called gaslighting, and this is an absolutely massive case of it.


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Another letter for the BAIPA News [July 2008]
Being an author and a publisher can pull at us in different ways – and being small, independent publishers means that there are dozens of tasks we need to complete on a regular basis. Some days I get up gung-ho and step right into the external tasks on my plate – calling people, making connections, negotiating, asking for help. And some days I turn off my phone and write or read. I used to fight this. I used to push myself to make those calls or I'd get angry with myself if I couldn't sit down and read a manuscript or write.


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The Wellington Village Council seems to have paved the way for a second building at the Wellington Elder Care facility on Lily Court in Wellington.
The roadblock in the way of the project was a rule that prevented these types of facilities from being within 1,000 feet of each other. With this unanimous vote, the council now has the power to approve up to four within a half mile.
This vote does not allow Wellington Elder Care to build the new facility now. They will still have to submit a proposal for the new building, and the council will have vote again to approve it.
�If anyone can find a negative to this, I�m not able to find one,� said Mayor Anne Gerwig.
The change only applies to assisted living facilities for senior citizens, which Wellington Planning, Zoning and Building Director Bob Basehart said can be a good thing.
�We believe allowing them to be clustered can actually be beneficial to a neighborhood,� he said.


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The Art Car Museum's group exhibition model sounds like a recipe for disaster -- put out an open call for works, and take the first 125 that you get. Oh, and give them a one-word theme. But that's the case with "Reconstruction," the annual open call show running now at the Heights space.
Predictably, the art is a mixed bag. Many of the 100-plus pieces are forgettable, largely too arts-and-craftsy for any serious consideration (a lawn ornament-type piece of a fence sculpture with the word "love" written on each board, and an artist's framed tribute to her dad, complete with beer bottle caps, come to mind). There's plenty of quirk and pop culture references -- a glass replica of Roy Lichtenstein's M-Maybe, a Che-esque Chihuahua -- though not a lot of substance.
There are a few standouts, to be sure, as you maneuver between the art cars. Baby Oh Baby by Sam VanBibber is a little piece of ingenuity -- wood and watch parts coming together to form some demented, antique-looking contraption. Shannon Duckworth's The Tree of Knowledge of Good & Evil, which features neon red, blue and yellow brains sprouting from a tree-like toxic cauliflower, is intriguing. Tusk by Hazel Ganze -- a horn made of wire -- is beautiful in its shiny simplicity. The experimental Development by Jeremy Lovelace, a messy, splattered piece with sketches of ghostly women, makes me want to see more by the artist. Karen Pawson-Smith's Corporate Calf: Read the Fine Print, a papier-mâchéd golden calf wearing sunglasses and a bowtie, is sure to be a favorite of all the camera-toting visitors. And, of course, there's the featured artist, Sherry Sullivan, whose recognition here is well-deserved. Her lush nature paintings are transportive, containing worlds within her careful, orange-outlined water imagery.
Among the more topical works, there are a few "Occupy Wall Street" references, most prominently in Allen Rice III's spirited Reconstructing Liberty, that are a good fit here. The egalitarian spirit of this show is an appropriate call for the 99 percent.
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(ONE) i'm doing new measurements sunday. i know that i have worked my ass off for the past month. i've been super focused on my food intake and fitness but am still not dropping any lbs. but that's not such a priority anymore. i can't say that i don't care about it because i do. but the work and the measurements are giving me more info lately. i'll put an update here with a link to my measurements after i've taken them.
(2) i had a great week at school this week. strangely, i had some extra time, which is always awesome. we're testing next week (not my subject yet) so everyone is a little stressed. but the kids were pretty great this week and made me laugh. a lot.
(three) every once in a while a girl needs a wild night. and i got mine this past friday. it wasn't meant to be a wild night, but it ended up that way. a little drinking and laughing on a back porch turned into prank calling. prank calling turned into meeting up with other people. meeting up with other people turned into going to a country bar. and it spiraled out of control from there. lots of dancing, some shots (NO.), someone getting left at the bar, some 2 am whataburger, a mysterious bruise and one killer hangover. but it was worth it! 🙂
(4) i got some lovely mail yesterday. the baby announcement was for my baby cousin, gavin. so adorable. and i also received my invitation to my cousin justin and his fiancee hillary's wedding. probably the cutest invitations ever. i can't wait to see those two get married in may.
(FIVE) you know, the week wasn't the greatest. i had a little anxiety, some worries, and a bit of hurt from my friends and family. if i've learned anything in the past year, i know that those things will pass. and i do have the strength to start all over again.


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The European Union summit meeting in Gothenburg, Sweden on the weekend of June 15 and 16 was met with what may have been the fiercest rioting yet to occur at a summit meeting. Confrontations began Thursday when police set up a blockade around a school where about one thousand demonstrators were staying. This led to fighting between police and demonstrators that lasted into the night.
On Friday, demonstrators took to the streets, setting up barricades, smashing shop windows and battling the police. The ferocity of the rioting forced those who had planned the summit to cancel a gala dinner they had planned for the government leaders attending the summit. For those who still have illusions about the nature of the struggle against capitalism, one can hope that the shooting of three demonstrators—with very real bullets—will dispel these illusions. The stakes in play in this game are high—this is social war.
Of course, summits like the one in Gothenburg are not the real center of policy-making for the leaders of the world, but they do represent the unity of purpose shared by the entire ruling class in maintaining their power. So it is rather fitting that each summit is confronted with open, public rebellion where any demands that are made are of far less significance than the destructive rage and joy of those in the streets. But these public confrontations are not the heart of the struggle. The social war that the ruling class has declared against the exploited is everywhere all the time. Consider the shots fired by police without provocation during the funeral march for Timothy Thomas in Cincinnati last April. The state knows its enemies even when they don't recognize themselves as such. Thus, our attacks against the exploiters need to spread While the confrontations at the summits may publicize the existence of our response to the rulers, of our counter-attack, It is the small actions that anyone can carry out in their own daily existence against their own exploitation and domination—small actions that can easily spread—that are the substance of our struggle against the social order. Having recognized the reality of the social war, it is essential that we carry on our attack against this society on every level that advances the necessary destruction of the present reality.


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(The Root) — Singer R. Kelly was on his way to New York this morning to promote his new memoir, Soulacoaster: The Diary of Me, when the R&B artist "was taken ill" and had to return to Chicago for medical treatment, according to a press release.
He is suffering from complications from surgery he had last year to treat an abscess on his vocal cords, according to the statement.
As a result, Kelly had to cancel appearances on The Jimmy Fallon Show and NBC's Today, as well as the book party that was planned for this evening. Alicia Keys, Wyclef Jean and Jordin Sparks were among those expected to attend.
Look for The Root's take on Soulacoaster early tomorrow morning. In this excerpt from the "Yo Pac! Yo Biggie!" chapter, published by Rolling Stone, Kelly describes meeting rap superstar Tupac:
It was 1996; I had just left the lobby of the Hotel Nikko. (We called it the Hotel Negro because so many rappers and music business folk liked staying there.) I was standing out front, waiting for my ride to arrive, when I looked up and saw Tupac Shakur driving by in a bad-ass Bentley. He was alone, and I though to myself: "Man, this nigga got some balls to be rolling by himself like that."
"Yo Pac!" I yelled at the top of my voice.
He made a U-turn and jumped out of the car.
"What up, baby?" he asked.
"Just wanted to holla at you," I said. "Just had to tell you that I love everything you do."
"Hey, man," said Pac, "coming from you that's a helluva compliment."
"Lots of cats say rap and R&B live in different parts of the planet, but I don't see it that way, Pac. I see us all coming together. You feel me?"
"Been feeling the same way. It's all the same thing. Beats, words, stories."
"Man, we need to do an album."
"Would love it."
"I'm talkin' about a whole album. A whole concept. A big game-changing record."
"You got it, Kells. Tell me what studio and when to be there."
"Gonna send you some tracks," I said.
"Don't need no tracks. Just need to know you wanna work with me. That's enough. We'll just let it do what it do."
"God is good."
"All the time," said Pac.
We hugged and Pac went on his way.


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Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation should be forced to sell either the Sun or the Times because the publisher's leading market share gave it a sense of "power without responsibility", Ed Miliband told the Leveson inquiry on Tuesday.
Giving evidence before the inquiry into press standards, the Labour leader said he did not believe that one person should "continue to control 34% of the newspaper market" – and said he would like to examine "whether we should have lower [ownership] limits" for publishers.
In a clear reference to Murdoch's company, Miliband said "we should have no worries of somebody owning up to 20% of the newspaper market" but that he believed "I think there is then a question of between 20% to 30% where you should set a limit."
News Corporation is easily the largest UK newspaper publisher, with Enders Analysis putting its share of national newspaper sales at 37%, slightly higher than the figure Miliband referred to. The next biggest publisher is the owner of the Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday with a 22% share.
Miliband chose not spell out how the reduction in market share could be achieved, although the only way to achieve this would by a forced sale of titles, mostly likely the Times titles which account for 5%. Murdoch has owned the Times titles since 1981, when News Corp was allowed to buy them without a referral to the competition authorities.
Earlier Miliband said he believed News Corp had a sense of "power without responsibility" which meant that some of the firm's papers had a "sense of immunity" – and so employees thought they could get away with practices such as phone hacking, as at the News of the World.
He insisted his aim "was not to stifle one particular organisation or another" but said he wanted to foster "plurality and a sense that … one organisation does not exercise overweening power".
Last summer in the wake of the Milly Dowler hacking furore, Miliband was the first of the party leaders to call for the Commons vote against News Corp's bid for BSkyB, forcing Nick Clegg and David Cameron to follow, and leading to the takeover's eventual collapse.
With the Lib Dem and Conservative leaders due to give evidence on Wednesdayand Thursdayrespectively, Miliband's comments again position him apart from the prime minister and his deputy.
Miliband also called for a review of the existing cross-media ownership rules that prevent a publisher with more than 20% of the newspaper market owning more than 20% of ITV. But he offered few details beyond questioning whether "you should have an overall limit about how much control one organisation has on the market".
His call for a reduction in Murdoch power met with a cool response from Lord Justice Leveson, who said it was not clear that the terms of reference of the inquiry allowed him to investigate competition matters. "I am concerned about the extent to which it is appropriate for me to start to opine about percentage market shares, because that involves all sorts of competition issues which would require quite detailed analysis," the judge said.
Miliband also said he believed that some form of statutory regulation of the press was necessary, the first major political leader to argue that the successor to the Press Complaints Commission should be recognised by law.
But he said he would not back statutory regulation of content of newspapers, saying he thought the successor to the PCC should be independent, and offer "fast-track justice or redress for individuals".
The Labour leader argued that he would support "statutory support" for a reformed PCC – an apparent reference to the model of statutory recognition of an independent press regulator as adopted in Ireland. But Miliband said any PCC-related law would have to include "constitutional safeguards on the freedom of the press".
Miliband said he had anxiety about proposals being put forward by the chairman of the PCC, Lord Hunt, who has argued against the introduction of any kind of legislation. Hunt has warned that MPs could insist on the introduction of all sorts of restrictive amendments if a press reform bill were to be debated on the floor of the Commons.
Miliband conceded that Labour had got too close to News International in the past and had been slow to act on the phone-hacking scandal. Miliband met Murdoch at a News Corporation summer party in June 2011 – a month after the revelation that Milly Dowler's phone had been hacked, but said they spoke only about US politics. "I believe I should have raised the issue of phone hacking. I didn't," he told the inquiry.
Earlier the inquiry heard how the former chief executive of News International, Rebekah Brooks, phoned the opposition leader the day it emerged that Vince Cable had said he had declared war on Rupert Murdoch's bid for BSkyB. Leveson, on hearing the story, concluded it was evident that Brooks was trying to use the Cable incident to leverage "political muscle" for the campaign to get the BSkyB bid through the regulatory process.
Appearing immediately after the Labour leader, Harriet Harman, the party's deputy leader and shadow culture secretary, blamed a sense of impunity and invincibility among newspapers for creating the "ugly" culture in which abuses such as phone hacking could occur.
In her written evidence to the Leveson inquiry, she said there were "two deep-seated problems which are the basis for the abuses which have become evident – a lack of redress for press complaints which led to a sense of impunity, and a concentration of ownership which led to a sense of invincibility". She added that a statutory basis for future press regulation did not mean people had to fear "armageddon or Zimbabwe".


text: Welcome to the first volume of "Reading the Classics"! Recently, I've been pondering the sheer number of literary classics that I have not read. Some I have actively avoided (ahem Lord of the Flies, ahem anything by Vonnegut), and many I just haven't gotten around to yet. I want to change that and thankfully, student teaching... Continue Reading →


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- Source: The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 3, Issue 3, 1 May 1954, p. 584 - 585
Respiratory Diseases and Allergy. New Method of Approach
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Dr. Smul's idea is that a whole series of names refer to the same disease—he calls it "respirallergy"—and that the treatment of all the different variations is the same and can be effected by injecting the patients with what the author calls the three universal desensitisers and by that he means ragweed, vaccine and house dust. If the patient is treated with doses of these three materials according to a schedule, he will be better.
The idea is interesting until one finds that the list of syndromes includes neurosis of the respiratory tract, hay fever, perennial rhinitis, bronchiectasis and fetid bronchitis. In these diseases the pathology varies with the location of the lesion, but the author's point is that the nature of this pathology is about the same in each case. Is our diagnostic acumen to be thrown away? Is there no use in looking at the x-ray which shows shadows characteristic of paranasal sinusitis or bronchiectasis?


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For some reason, October 1st is a very busy day in Belize. Sure it's the opening of Conch Season…and that is great. But two big events are happening. One, I have been looking forward to for MONTHS and one, I found out about relatively recently but really REALLY wanted to attend.
What would you choose?
A Tedx Talk in Belize. The very first of its kind. Topic: Changing the Conversation. And I LOVE the hash tag. #MekWiTalk
Over the last few weeks, they have announced speakers that I admire greatly…like photographer and writer of some powerful blog posts about important issues, Tony Rath and feminist, lawyer and politician Lisa Shoman. Here is the line-up.
I would love to attend. And through asking…often…I received an invite.
Another event I would love to attend is…brace yourself…the GOTHIC CRUISE 2015!
I had NO idea that theme cruises were "a thing". But they are more than that…they are a big deal. There are all sorts of cruise tours available for people with interests ranging from cats – The Meow Meow Cruise (no, your cat is not allowed on board) to a quilters' cruise (there is a travel agency called WorldofQuiltsTravel.com) to a Holiday Swingers Bash.
"Our customers are lifestylers, nudists, exhibitionists, voyeurs, and sexy couples that just want to spend some quality adult time away from the kids." Huh.
Unfortunately NONE of these cruises is coming to Belize. But the Gothic Cruise is…and I've wanted to go to the cruise ship village to check it all out for months now.
I've secured an invite by the Cruise Ship Village.
A Gothic blog suggested it might look something like this on the ship. Sunblock, I am sure, is in the SPF triple digits.
Or this from Vice.com.
This was a choice almost unfair to make. But I'm off tomorrow morning EARLY and can only do one.
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Doctors remove 35-Pound Tumor from Peruvian Woman's Abdomen
Doctors have successfully removed a giant tumor that weighed 35.3 pounds from the abdomen of a Peruvian woman in the capital city of Lima.
The Peruvian Health Ministry reported that the woman, 22-year-old Irianita Rojas, had been living with the ovarian tumor since she was 13. As the tumor continued to grow, it started to impair her ability to breathe, walk and sleep. She also looked like she was heavily pregnant.
"It's as if she were pregnant, but twice the size," the director at the Archbishop Loayza National Hospital, Dr. Luis Garcia Bernal, told Reuters. "The tumor was approximately 50 centimeters (19.6 inches) in diameter."
Dr. Bernal added Wednesday that Rojas is staying in Lima for observation. Rojas underwent the three-hour long surgery on Saturday.
"Irianita is recovering and can be released, but she will stay in Lima for a few more days to so that we can practice additional exams to define the treatment she should follow when she returns to (the province of) Loreto," he said reported by CNN.
Although Rojas will not be able to return home to the remote town of Tamshiyacu just yet, she is happy that the tumor is finally gone.
"I never thought I would be operated on," Rojas said in the Health Ministry's press release. "I'm happy now because I'm recovering and I will be able to fulfill my dream of studying accounting."
Rojas's mother, Karina Rasma, also thanked the doctors "for giving [her] daughter a new life."
Rojas had believed that she was going to have to live with the tumor for the rest of her life since. Fortunately for Her, health minister Anibal Velasquez Valdivia heard about her case during a visit within the region.
Valdivia immediately made plans for Rojas and her mother to be flown to Lima, where she could get medical attention. Upon her arrival at the hospital, the doctors determined that surgery should be performed right away.
Although the tumor was malignant, the doctors stated that Rojas is expected to make a full recovery.
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HABS Fly-though Animation of the Cabin Camp 1 Dining Hall at Prince William Forest Park
This animation of an intensity mapped point cloud of the Camp 1 Dining Hall is comprised of approximately 10 individual stations rendered in Pointools. The animation is produced as a byproduct of the scan data captured by a high-definition laser scanner used in the production of HABS drawings. Video Animation Produced by Paul Davidson, HABS Architect.
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HABS No. VA-1494-A Dining Hall (Building 60)
During the summer of 2012, HABS completed comprehensive documentation of Chopawamsic Recreational Demonstration Area (RDA) -- Cabin Camp 1, Prince William Forest Park, Triangle, Virginia.
The group cabin camping facilities at Camp 1 were built by the National Park Service with Civilian Conservation Corps labor as part of the development of Chopawamsic Recreational Demonstration Area (RDA) in 1935-38. The RDA program was a New Deal initiative of the National Park Service which repurposed underutilized agricultural land near urban centers into outdoor recreational areas. Chopawasmic RDA turned 11,000 acres of small farms and an abandoned pyrite mine along Quantico Creek in Prince William County and Stafford County, Virginia into a model recreation area with five cabin camps. The camps at Chopawamsic were intended to serve social service groups in Washington, DC that offered group camping experiences to underprivileged children.
Camp 1 features rustic log and heavy timber buildings representative of the National Park Service/Civilian Conservation Corps aesthetic of the 1930s. The buildings share a characteristic waney-edge siding that retains the irregular profile of the log, and is applied in vertical and horizontal sections. Log posts and log faced heavy timbers also add to the rustic appearance of the Chopawamsic structures. Camp 1, like the other four Chopawamsic camps, includes a cluster of administration buildings -- dining hall, infirmary, staff quarters, administration building, craft lodge, central washhouse, and helps' quarters -- and multiple cabin units. Each cabin unit had a cluster of camper cabins, leader cabins, a latrine, and a unit lodge. The four cabin units at Camp 1 have replacement cabins, but retain their original site plan and unit lodge buildings. Camp 1 is also noteworthy in that it was one of two Chopawamsic camps (with nearby Camp 4) designated for African-American campers at an early date.
Camp 1 was used as Camp Lichtman for many years, hosting groups of African-American boys from the Twelfth Street YMCA in Washington, DC. This use resulted in a codification of local segregation practices with separate entrances for the black camps on the north side of the site and white camps on the south. However, Camp 1 provided new camping facilities laid out according to the latest ideas in recreational planning at a time when few options were available to African-American groups. By the 1960s, Camp 1 was used as co-ed and integrated Camp Goodwill by Family and Child Services of Washington, DC.
The project was sponsored by the NPS National Capital Region (NCR), Perry Wheelock, Chief, Cultural Resources. Project planning was coordinated by Catherine Lavoie, Chief, HABS; Robert Arzola, HABS Architect; and by Paul Petersen, Chief of Resource Management, PRWI. The field work was undertaken and the measured drawings were produced by HABS Architects Paul Davidson, Daniel De Sousa, and Jason W. McNatt. The historical reports were written by HABS Historian Lisa P. Davidson. The large-format photography was done by HABS Photographer James W. Rosenthal. Crucial assistance was provided by Superintendent Vidal Martinez, Cultural Resource Specialist Colette Carmouche, and by other PRWI staff.
Text for this post was written by HABS Historian Lisa P. Davidson.
Learn More...
- See more images of the HABS documentation of Chopawamsic Recreational Demonstration Area (RDA) -- Cabin Camp 1 on the HDP Facebook page.
- Learn more about Prince William Forest Park


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Divinator is a great psychic entertainment item that does not require any cold reading as the 'readings' are all on the rear of the cards. Divinator manages to cram in a whole mass of magical lore - the power of the pendulum, the four magical elements, the mystery of the pentagram, all combined into an entertaining character reading.
Divinator is perfect for any psychic performance or reading as it deals with the very thing that people are most interested in - themselves! Divinator can be used anywhere and any time, at a formal psychic sitting or at a party or even down the local pub! It is sure to get people queuing for a reading.
You receive:
As usual The Black Hart has made things very easy for the reader by combining the character readings into the cards so that you will have the confidence to begin readings as soon as you receive Divinator. You do NOT have long scripts or readings to learn to learn. You do NOT have to be a 'cold reading' expert. There is even a built in 'out' for those sitters who cannot 'work' the pendulum.
Divinator is a luxurious and above all a practical item that you will use for many years to come. It is an investment for any bizarre magician or psychic entertainer.
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The TVC was launched in the digital space and later modified based on the feedback.
Mahindra & Mahindra has come up with a new two-minute commercial for its XUV500. The film is based on the experiences of three young friends who decide to embark on a journey, together. However, what's noticeable in the advertisement is that the film was changed after feedback generated on digital media.
The original version of the film showed the XUV500 with an Indian (Maharashtra) number plate in a South African setting. According to Mahindra, while making the commercial, it was debated and thought that it would be 'cool' to show the XUV500 with an Indian number plate going on a road trip to South Africa.
After the ad appeared online, there was much conversation about the apparent anomaly over the number plate. The company decided to act on the feedback and changed the number plate to a South African one.
The latest communication is based on the consumer insight that novel experiences are the new wealth in today's world. The TVC aims to inspire consumers to go on exciting road trips where the XUV500 can play an enabling role in the fulfilment of the brand hope, 'May your life be full of stories'.
He adds that "the task was very challenging as it involved changing of the number plate frame by frame in every shot of the video. Since the vehicle was in motion, each shot needed to be synchronized with the surroundings and colour adjusted. We were able to manage it with some extra cost, which was less than what a re-shoot would have cost us."
Explaining how Mahindra generated the response on the digital platform, Nayer adds that Mahindra's social media communities were given a special privilege for the exclusive preview of the new TV advertisement with a two-minute uncut version of the television commercial.
"It has struck the right chord with Facebook fans and the YouTube community. The song has also been appreciated a lot and an audio version has also been released for music lovers. The final version of the TVC has already crossed more than 2.6 million views on YouTube," Nayer adds.
In January, Mahindra had unveiled a new visual identity which is now being used as part of the product name for Mahindra's mobility offerings and as an 'endorser' for Mahindra's non-mobility offerings. The company also unveiled a new millennium logo, which will be used only as a vehicle badge for Mahindra's mobility products.


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The same day that director Zack Snyder announced that the first trailer for the Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice would be shown for the first time on 20 April in IMAX cinemas, the teaser for the hugely-anticipated film has leaked online.
A low resolution and blurry version of the trailer with Portuguese subtitles was posted online on Thursday, 16 April featuring the ominous voice of Jesse Eisenberg as supervillian Lex Luthor talking over dark and brooding images of the DC Comic universe.
We do get to see both Henry Cavill as Superman and Ben Affleck as Batman, but there is no sign of Gal Gadot's Wonder wWoman or Amy Adam's Lois Lane.
The trailer ends with an apparent confrontation between Superman and Batman with the latter uttering the line:
"Tell me, do you bleed? You will."
The video was originally posted on YouTube but that version was quickly removed but the leaked trailer is still available to watch elsewhere.
[Note: IBTimes UK has complied with a request from Warner Brothers to remove a link to the leaked trailer previously published on this story]


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With over a decade of partnership between them, the Kawasaki Racing Team and Motocard have extended their sponsorship relationship for a further two years, underpinning the value that both entities already have and will enjoy in the future.
Alongside the founding family, Motocard now has new, ambitious shareholders in the form of the Abac group who see the partnership with KRT as fundamental to their recently announced ambitious five year growth plan.
The Motocard group, which includes both physical retail stores and a significant on-line retail presence, has a history with the Provec concern that manages Kawasaki's official World Superbike effort stretching back to the time when the enterprise was competing in World Supersport.
Harnessing the considerable public presence of a team that has won the rider, team and manufacturer title in World Superbike for an unprecedented four years in a row is just part of the reason that Motocard CEO, Tony Batlló, has ensured the relationship has been extended:
"After more than 10 years achieving amazing success with Kawasaki and Provec, we feel part of the team. We cannot conceive of Motocard without the Kawasaki Racing Team, as would our customers. We're excited about the new stage for Motocard, and we feel proud to build on existing strong foundations with a very professional group of people. We share the same passion and values as KRT so we're sure both of us will do everything needed to continue succeeding in the future."
On behalf of the Kawasaki Racing Team, Manager, Guim Roda commented:
Guim Roda (KRT Team Manager) stated: "The Provec story would not be the same without Motocard. The founder family believed in the internationalisation of the brand through the Supersport World Championship first and with the opportunity of KRT link in WorldSBK afterwards. For 2019 a new stage of expansion in Europe was opened for Motocard. The new staff that joined the Motocard project continue to believe in the importance of the Motocard, KRT, Kawasaki relationship. I want to thank Tony Batlló very much. He has just joined Motocard yet his vision and understanding of the brand ensures that we are very happy and proud to renew our association for two more years. We hope to meet our joint expectations in this new stage of the growth of Motocard. "


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Olivia's Cottage
The ultimate romantic getaway in Maryland awaits in Olivia's Cottage. Starting at $399 per night.
The rooms, suites, and cottages at our romantic bed and breakfast in Maryland have been appointed with your comfort in mind. All of our Chestertown, MD, lodging options are beautifully decorated with their own unique amenities. Every guest will have use of our entire property including our parlor rooms with fireplaces and games to enjoy, the outdoor gardens, and our dining room where you can enjoy a homemade breakfast and afternoon tea. If you're looking for elegant lodging in Chestertown, MD, that feels like home, Brampton Inn is the perfect place to stay.
The exceptionally grand and spacious rooms and suites in the 1860 Manor House offer you a glimpse into the past with the privacy you expect at a romantic bed and breakfast in Maryland. Each of our Chestertown, MD, accommodations has an en-suite bathroom with a shower or spa tub and a king or queen bed. You can enjoy wood or gas-burning fireplaces during the winter months while you cozy up in your spacious living area.
The cottages are located away from the Main House nestled in the woods giving you a more secluded lodging option for your Chestertown getaway. Each cottage features wood-burning fireplaces during the colder months (used November 15 through March 31) and a private bathroom with a whirlpool tub, deep soaking tub, infinity bath or jetted showers, and privacy. You'll also find different amenities unique to each of our Chestertown lodging options such as full kitchens, private porches, and breakfast in bed options. The Apartment in the Woods and Russell's Cottage are our pet-friendly Chestertown, MD, lodging options with outdoor areas to accommodate both you and your dog.
Please, read about our wood-burning fireplace policy here.
View all of the lodging options at our romantic bed and breakfast in Maryland below to start planning your romantic getaway to Maryland's Eastern Shore.
The ultimate romantic getaway in Maryland awaits in Olivia's Cottage. Starting at $399 per night.
The Mulberry Cottage is utterly private providing an ultimate romantic getaway in MD. Starting at $399 per night.
This cottage room with a private entrance is located in the Garden Cottage. Starting at $299 per night.
This cottage room is located in the Garden Cottage with a private entrance that offers views of the garden and lawn and is a guest favorite. Starting at $299 per night.
Beautiful, private cottage located in an 1860 smokehouse features high ceilings with exposed wood beams. Starting at $259 per night.
The newest accommodation at our Chestertown Bed and Breakfast is a chic, contemporary one bedroom flat. Starting at $259 per night, for two.
A path leads past the old well to this charming two-level suite at our romantic inn in Maryland, which has the feel of a colonial farmhouse. Starting at $259 per night.
The two-room suite with creamy hues features a window-lined sitting room with club chairs, desk, and TV with DVD player. Starting at $259 per night.
Bright, floral and spacious 2nd floor room features huge windows with front and side lawn views at our Chestertown Inn. Starting at $239 per night.
Bright, grand and spacious, 2nd floor room that features huge walnut windows with views of the garden. Starting at $239 per night.
The Red Room is a spacious room on the third floor with large windows on three sides and a view of the surrounding landscape. Starting at $239 per night.
This spacious third floor room at our romantic bed and breakfast in Maryland, has many windows, all with treetop views. Starting at $229 per night.
This bright and elegant second floor hideaway is located in the oldest part of the house. Starting at $199 per night.


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Pension plans are getting more and more important in these times of uncertain job security and mid-life career shifts. It is important because you have your earning years to provide yourself with a regular income during your retirement years.
Insurers provide two basic pension plan models . endowment and unit-linked. You final pension corpus will depend on a lot of factors such as administration charges, fund management, market performance and such like. The idea is to choose an insurer and product where you maximize your corpus while paying out minimum in the extraneous charges. To do that, you first need to look at all of them. To that end, we provide you with the list of all insurers with pension plans plus the actual plan details of each plan. Let your retirement planning today, here.


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Whether you are expanding your current business or starting a company for the first time getting the best possible solutions in place for the financing of your business is fundamental.
Our regulated finance professionals will provide you with all the facts and figures, highlighting all the potential options from a wide range of well known and specialist lenders.
– We advise individuals, partnerships or companies
– Get advice before making purchasing and strategic decisions
– Loan applications processed with swiftly and efficiently
For UK companies or individuals looking for a business loan there are numerous options available and speaking to professionals who know every nuance of the loans marketplace takes you beyond the basic offers of high street lenders and loan comparison websites, where large commissions may be involved.
Getting access to capital is becoming easier for start-ups, small business owners, SMEs, expanding companies and larger organisations. Yet may are unaware of the evolving opportunities in the lending market.
Entrepreneurs often unnecessarily rely on personal sources of funds for business finance, such as personal savings, retirement savings or capital from relatives and friends, whereas competitively sourced loans from specialist lenders are often more suitable solutions.
Our financial services industry experts can assess each business owner's situation and provide advice on which bank, building society or other type of lender has the cheapest money to loan. A clear picture on the loan's annual percentage rate (APR) and additional lender's fees in one easy-to-understand metric allows applicants to fairly compare loans.
Many businesses typically apply for credit when their books are not in perfect shape and it can be harder to get the best deal when you most need the capital. Our team of qualified advisers will work hard to get your business approved for funding, acting efficiently and rapidly.
How we work:
– Entire loan applications completed in 15 minutes or less
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– You dictate terms of loan, ranging from 1-5 year terms
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Loans are available for nearly every type of business, such as retailers, contractors, agencies, professional & personal services, wholesalers, manufacturers, restaurants and more.
Loans may be used for easing cashflow, staff salaries, buying inventory, working capital, purchasing equipment, expanding a business, refinancing, renovations, research and development and many more elements of business development.
For business start up loans, small business loans, unsecured business loans, commercial business loans and any advice required on how to get a business loan from a lender, contact us today and our team will provide you with the most suitable solution.


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My friend Jon in Ireland (aka "Beat on the Street" on various homeless forums) posted this on my Facebook today. If you are wondering what the heck homelessness has to do with golf, here's your chance to find out.
There is a fair amount of the standard salty George Carlin language in the clip, so if that offends you, you probably shouldn't watch.
I have to agree with him on golf, though (and I just know somebody will skewer me for this) – but golf is THE most boring game on the planet. I NEVER got the point of it. Same as baseball, which is supposed to be the great American sport. Like golf, I can't watch baseball. It's like death by tranquilizer.
Give me basketball any day. There's a game that makes me want to jump through the TV and land in the middle of all the action. THAT should be "America's sport" (OK, let the flamings commence).


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It has been a week of some ups and downs, some light and shade, but we can say that God is good all the time, in the dark as well as the light times. I'm reading Job in my own devotions at the moment and was struck again by the way the book portrays God as allowing Satan to bring evil into Job's life. Sickness and sin are not in God's plan for our lives, but still God is able to keep us through them, and those hard experiences give us opportunities to affirm our trust in a good God whose plans for us are perfect.
I say that in the context of a week in which we have faced some health issues in our family, and as I write, William is in hospital. His abnormal heart rhythms, for which he has been waiting for a cardiology appointment, played up again at 3am on Saturday and I took him to A&E, where this time they decided to admit him for observation and keep him until Monday morning so he can see a cardiologist then. So today (Sunday) he is actually feeling better (if not quite normal) and hoping to have his cardiology consultation faster than would have been the case. All good.
That came at the end of a really good week. William took a week's holiday which has really helped us to settle into our new home and area and discover some super local walks. On Friday evening we had a super Italian meal, courtesy of a meal voucher which was part of our leaving present from the Braintree Elim Church.
And LST has offered me the role of part time Pastoral Support Manager to start in November. I am delighted with this and really feel it is a gift from God. I have been missing pastoral ministry and look forward to being part of a great team at LST. In fact I'm going to join the team as a volunteer until November, so will be starting on Wednesday. In the meantime I've preached in our church and accepted another preaching date, and also was offered the chance to write two short articles for an academic dictionary. Suddenly I have no excuse for feeling redundant in ministry! (I don't think I'm going to do the articles for various reasons, but it was good to be asked).
To top off the week, this evening I have joined the Northwood Choral Society and spent the evening singing Britten and Poulenc Christmas music. More demanding than I was expecting, but great fun and I was made very welcome. I haven't been in a choir for ages and I loved it.
God is good all the time – and all the time, God is good!


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The Rotary Club of Salem is a group of talented, professional, and caring individuals who believe in contributing to the community. We represent local businesses, professions, nonprofit organizations, and several government agencies. We pride ourselves as "a club that gets things done," and our track record demonstrates this.
Each year Rotary in Salem supports local nonprofit organizations with a variety of grants mainly focused on youth programs in our community. Over the years we have donated major gifts to the City, including the Rotary Pavilion, a large covered picnic and meeting area at the north end of Riverfront Park, and the children's playground located next to the Carousel. To celebrate our centennial year in 2020, we are excited to undertake this landmark project to improve the amphitheater as our gift to the community.
For more information, visit www.RotaryClubOfSalem.com


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How to Set Up a Planter Box Garden
Setting up a planter box garden is a raised garden area that has quality soil to grow anything from flowers to vegetables. This type of planter box works well in areas where the ground soil is sandy or clay and not suitable for gardening. You only need some basic construction skills and supplies that are available at a home supply store to complete and set up this do-it-yourself project.
Cut 10-inch wide planks with a saw so you have two 4 feet lengths and two 8 foot lengths for a standard sized planter box. Adjust the plank length if you want a larger or smaller garden box.
Dig out 4 inches of soil from the area you are setting up the planter box. Install the planks inside the dug out area to create a 4-by-8 foot rectangle. Secure the corners together by pounding two 4-inch nails through each side.
Pack some of the removed soil around the outside edge of the planter box to fill in any holes and hold the box in place.
Fill the bottom of the planter box with 2 inches of pea gravel to help with drainage and limit weed growth through the ground soil.
Fill the planter box with a soil mixture made with a three to one ratio of top soil and organic compost. Allow the soil rest for two weeks to let it settle naturally before planting.
Plant the garden box in the same manner as you would a vegetable or flower garden. Vine or tall-growing plants perform best when planted along one edge of the garden. Install support structures for poles at planting time train plants up the structure.
Things Needed
- 10-inch wide planks
- Saw
- Shovel
- 4-inch long nails
- Hammer
- Pea gravel
- Hammer
- High-quality topsoil
- Organic compost
- Plant supports
- Choose a location for the planter based on the type of plants you desire to grow. A vegetable planter requires a location with eight to 10 hours of full sunlight while a flower garden with sun-loving plants require six to eight hours.
- Choose wood that hasn't been treated with chemicals to prevent leaching into the soil. This is especially important if you plan to grow edible plants in the planter box.
- A 4-by-8 foot bed is the right size to use square-foot gardening so you can maximize space. This allows you to plant one tomato or pepper plant for each 1-square foot of space or 12 carrots, onions or radishes in each square foot.
- Texas A&M University: Building a Raised Garden Bed
- Popular Mechanics: How to Build a Raised Garden Bed
- Square Foot Gardening; University of Wisconsin Extension, Arlen Albrecht
Photo Credits
- Jupiterimages/Comstock/Getty Images


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Premier Denis Napthine says Geoff Shaw will have to show ''genuine remorse'' in his apology or he will be expelled.
The independent MP was suspended from parliament for 11 sitting days and ordered to apologise for misusing his taxpayer-funded car.
But Dr Napthine revealed on Thursday that Mr Shaw's apology will be tested for its sincerity.
''He needs to show genuine remorse, genuine understanding of his wrong doing,'' Dr Napthine told ABC TV.
''If he isn't prepared to do that, then he will be in contempt of parliament and expelled.''
He said Speaker Christine Fyffe would judge Mr Shaw's sincerity in apologising, which has to occur before September 2. He also has to repay more than $6800.
The rogue MP was suspended on Wednesday night in response to a parliamentary privileges committee report, which found him guilty of misusing his parliamentary car and fuel card.
Former Speaker Ken Smith, a long-time enemy of Mr Shaw, backed down from earlier threats to support Labor's bid to expel. He sided with Dr Napthine's suspension plan, saying it would have set a ''dangerous precedent to expel the balance-of-power MP.
Dr Napthine insisted on Thursday that Mr Smith was not pressured into changing his mind.
''Ken Smith made his own decision. He is his own person,'' he told Sky News.
The suspension leaves state parliament deadlocked, with the coalition likely needing to rely on the Speaker's casting vote to pass any opposed legislation.
But Dr Napthine said he won't be held to ransom by the opposition.
''They haven't got a gun to our head. We are the government and we're governing,'' he told radio station 3AW.
''We would expect that Labor would do the right thing by Victoria and stop being wreckers and vote for good legislation.''
He pointed out that two pieces of legislation have already passed after Mr Shaw was suspended.
But Treasurer Michael O'Brien said Labor didn't even bother debating one of the bills.
''They were asleep at the wheel,'' he told radio station 774 ABC. ''They were so interested in creating this sideshow they weren't focusing on the job at hand.''
He said it was a ''good week'' for the government because the budget was passed.
Former Labor premier John Brumby said the whole affair had put a spotlight on the state.
''But it's probably put the spotlight on Victoria for all the wrong reasons,'' he told ABC TV.
In an attempt to reclaim the political agenda, Dr Napthine held a press conference on Thursday to declare he was "getting on with the job".
He said the government would introduce important sentencing reforms next sitting week, and urged Opposition Leader Daniel Andrews to be a "builder" rather than a "wrecker".
Attorney-General Robert Clark called on Mr Andrews to support tougher sentence for pedophiles.
"We are looking to Daniel Andrews to support that legislation. If Daniel Andrews wants to impose tougher sentences for pedophiles and drug traffickers he needs to come out and say so," Mr Clark said.
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There has been lots of consternation in the press about the misapprehension that Barak Obama is a Muslim. I wrote about those poll data here. Several left-wing sites "paraphrased" my observations and then, in typical fashion, attacked their own words rather than anything I actually said.
Byron York, meanwhile, argues that "Obama has himself to blame for Muslim problem." Byron takes us down memory lane:
The question did not come out of nowhere. As Obama said, his grandfather was a Muslim. His father was raised a Muslim before becoming, by Obama's account, "a confirmed atheist." Obama's stepfather was a Muslim. His half-sister Maya told the New York Times that her "whole family was Muslim."
Obama spent two years in a Muslim school in Indonesia and later, in a conversation with the Times' Nicholas Kristof, described the Arabic call to prayer, the beginning of which he recited by heart, as "one of the prettiest sounds on Earth at sunset." Given all that, it is entirely accurate and fair to describe Obama as having Muslim roots. …
Eighteen months later, when President Obama traveled to Cairo for a long-awaited speech to the Muslim world, the White House was saying, and the press was reporting, the same thing Kerrey had to apologize for. "President Obama is now embracing his Muslim roots," ABC News' "Nightline" announced. "President Obama's speech … was laced with references to the Quran and his Muslim roots," said USA Today. "Obama touched on his own Muslim roots," reported the Associated Press. …
Since Smitty the barber first asked the question 25 years ago, Barack Obama has been reluctant to discuss his Muslim roots. Except, of course, when he's been eager to discuss his Muslim roots. And roots aside, to the outside observer, Obama sometimes doesn't appear to practice any faith at all. Put it all together, and is it any wonder the public is confused?
This whole controversy illustrates a basic point about politics. Those who are heavily into politics think in terms of policy and pay relatively little attention to the personal qualities of candidates. Most voters, on the other hand, are less interested in ideology and focus more on who the candidate is. This leads to a disconnect between the political class and the average American, who is likely to be puzzled at best as to who, and what sort of a person, Barack Obama is.