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2020 Dodge
Journey SE Value FWD
Dodge Journey for Sale at Victory Automotive Group in Canton, MI
Stock: 5543513
Automatic Transmission
4-Speed Automatic w/OD
19 City / 25 Hwy
Regular Unleaded I-4 2.4 L/144
Int Color / Ext Color
Black / Vice White
2020 Dodge Journey SE We have been family owned for over 20 years..
160 Amp Alternator
20.5 Gal. Fuel Tank
4-Wheel Disc Brakes w/4-Wheel ABS, Front Vented Discs and Brake Assist
4.28 Axle Ratio
525CCA Maintenance-Free Battery w/Run Down Protection
Engine: 2.4L I4 DOHC 16V Dual VVT
Federal Emissions
Front And Rear Anti-Roll Bars
Front-Wheel Drive
Gas-Pressurized Shock Absorbers
GVWR: 5,300 lbs
Hydraulic Power-Assist Speed-Sensing Steering
Multi-Link Rear Suspension w/Coil Springs
Normal Duty Suspension
Single Stainless Steel Exhaust
Strut Front Suspension w/Coil Springs
Towing Equipment
Trailer Sway Control
Transmission w/AUTOSTICK Sequential Shift Control and Oil Cooler
Transmission: 4-Speed Automatic VLP
1 LCD Monitor In The Front
1 Seatback Storage Pocket
4 12V DC Power Outlets
4-Way Passenger Seat
Manual Recline and Fore/Aft Movement
40-60 Folding Split-Bench Front Facing Manual Reclining Tilt ft.n Slide Fold Forward Seatback Rear Seat w/Manual Fore/Aft
6 Speakers
6-Way Driver Seat
Manual Recline
Height Adjustment and Fore/Aft Movement
Air Filtration
Cargo Area Concealed Storage
Cargo Space Lights
Carpet Floor Trim
Cruise Control w/Steering Wheel Controls
Day-Night Auto-Dimming Rearview Mirror
Delayed Accessory Power
Digital/Analog Display
Driver Foot Rest
Driver Visor Vanity Mirror
Dual Zone Front Manual Air Conditioning
Fade-To-Off Interior Lighting
Fixed 50-50 Bench 3rd Row Seat Front, Manual Recline, Manual Fold Into Floor and 2 Fixed Head Restraints
Front And Rear Map Lights
Full Carpet Floor Covering
Carpet Front And Rear Floor Mats
Full Cloth Headliner
Full Floor Console w/Covered Storage and 4 12V DC Power Outlets
Oil Pressure
Engine Coolant Temp
Oil Temperature
Transmission Fluid Temp
Engine Hour Meter
Trip Odometer and Trip Computer
Graphic Equalizer
Illuminated Front Cupholder
Illuminated Locking Glove Box
Instrument Panel Bin, Interior Concealed Storage, Driver / Passenger And Rear Door Bins and 2nd Row Underseat Storage
Integrated Roof Antenna
Interior Trim
Metal-Look Instrument Panel Insert and Chrome/Metal-Look Interior Accents
Manual Anti-Whiplash w/Tilt Front Head Restraints and Manual Adjustable Rear Head Restraints
Manual Tilt/Telescoping Steering Column
Outside Temp Gauge
Power 1st Row Windows w/Driver 1-Touch Down
Power Door Locks w/Autolock Feature
Power Rear Windows and Fixed 3rd Row Windows
Premium Cloth Low-Back Bucket Seats
Proximity Key For Doors And Push Button Start
Radio: 4.3
Rear Cupholder
Redundant Digital Speedometer
Remote Keyless Entry w/Integrated Key Transmitter, 2 Door Curb/Courtesy, Illuminated Entry and Panic Button
Seats w/Cloth Back Material
Sentry Key Engine Immobilizer
Sliding Front Center Armrest and Rear Center Armrest
Systems Monitor
Trip Computer
Urethane Gear Shifter Material
Valet Function
Vinyl Door Trim Insert
17 wheel covers
Black Power Heated Side Mirrors w/Manual Folding
Black Side Windows Trim
Body-Colored Door Handles
Body-Colored Front Bumper w/Black Rub Strip/Fascia Accent
Body-Colored Rear Bumper
Chrome Grille
Clearcoat Paint
Compact Spare Tire Stored Underbody w/Crankdown
Deep Tinted Glass
Fixed Rear Window w/Fixed Interval Wiper and Defroster
Fully Automatic Aero-Composite Halogen Daytime Running Headlamps w/Delay-Off
Galvanized Steel/Aluminum/Composite Panels
Liftgate Rear Cargo Access
Perimeter/Approach Lights
Roof Rack Rails Only
Speed Sensitive Variable Intermittent Wipers
Steel Spare Wheel
Tailgate/Rear Door Lock Included w/Power Door Locks
Tires: 225/65R17 BSW A/S Touring
Wheels: 17 x 6.5 Steel
ABS And Driveline Traction Control
Airbag Occupancy Sensor
Curtain 1st, 2nd And 3rd Row Airbags
Driver Knee Airbag
Dual Stage Driver And Passenger Front Airbags
Dual Stage Driver And Passenger Seat-Mounted Side Airbags
Electronic Stability Control (ESC) And Roll Stability Control (RSC)
Outboard Front Lap And Shoulder Safety Belts
Rear Center 3 Point
Height Adjusters and Pretensioners
ParkSense Rear Parking Sensors
ParkView Back-Up Camera
Rear Child Safety Locks
Side Impact Beams
Tire Specific Low Tire Pressure Warning
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At IBW Books they feel like I do that reading is so important to children's education. Reading teaches kids to speak. It teaches them how to read, it increases their vocabulary. It's starting a foundation and continuing it as they grow and learn.
IBW Books contacted me a while ago and asked me to do a review and giveaway for them and I've let the fall to the bottom of my stack. I'm so ashamed because I was so excited to receive them. I looked at them and it missed my calendar. I was going through my box and I found them and I thought, Oh I better do that RIGHT NOW!
So here I am writing about the books. It's such a unique idea. IBW-Books combines books and the internet. I mean, we can't run away from computers. As some of would much rather burry our heads in the sand than take on that nasty computer we can't hide from the fact that our children are going to know more about computers than we ever dreamed of. So such it up and learn it. Or how about this,
You Read,
They look at the pictures on the internet while you read
That's IBW-Books.
"The Interactive Book-Webscene proprietary process combines the reading of a print book with the interactivity of online animations. Here's how it works: At the end of each chapter, the reader is directed to a specific link on a website associated with the book. Here, the reader views a webscene. Webscenes contain 2D and 3D animations. Each webscene is essential to the storytelling. After viewing the webscene, the reader returns to the book to read another chapter, after which are instructions to view another webscene, and so on. Each book contains 6-10 webscenes."
My kids both love sitting at the computer so using these readers was a snap and big success. We received two different letter books. The books were written with a lot of words that start with the letter 'g' or the letter 'b'. They love reading and watching the computer was no chore. My daughter can even work the mouse. I gave one of the readers to my daughter just last night and she flipped through it. It doesn't have any pictures so she just looked that the words and pretended to read aloud.
I Totally forgot to mention:
For readers who want to share IBW books with others and make some extra money in the process, www.IBW-Booksellers.com has all the details on becoming an IBW Bookseller. You'll not only represent a product with NO COMPETITION… and but also receive an IMMEDIATE 20% commission on all sales at the close of each hosted event!
Making money is easy and the party kit only costs 25.00. You won't find any other home party business startup kit for that cheap.
To Enter:
Visit both www.IBW-Books.com and www.IBW-Booksellers.com. You will have a choice of one of two IBW prizes:
The Busy Preschooler's Guide to Learning – fun activities built around the 26 letters of the alphabet, with step-by-step help to guide parents in how to use everyday situations to teach 105 skills their kids need before they walk in the kindergarten door. (Retail value $60.)
THREE (3) KA Readers – beginning readers that use a new kind of storytelling where kids see an animation unfold at the close of every chapter! Dr. Seuss-like rhyming hooks kids on the fun of words. Online activities help parents assess a child's reading and comprehension. (Retail value $60.)
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Welcome to Day 2 of "The Daily Marker 30 Day Coloring Challenge" Blog Hop. Kathy Racoosin from The Daily Marker wants to share her love of coloring with you. Today Kathy has assembled a blog hop to give your creativity a jump start with some of her favorite stamp companies & Online Card Class partners.
The premise of "The Daily Marker 30 Day Coloring Challenge" is to color something everyday even if it's for five minutes. (However feel free to jump in or out as time permits). Any coloring medium is welcomed. Click here to find out where to share what you are coloring and join the encouraging community of happy colorists PLUS answers to other questions you may have.
To start at the beginning of the hop go to The Daily Marker. If you are coming from the blog of Pretty Pink Posh, you are in the right place. Kathy has the full list if you encounter a broken link.
Hello Honey Bee Friends!!
Wow – What a RARE treat! Melissa here – and today I am actually getting the opportunity to get my hands inky and have some creative time in the new office. It's been so much fun working on this project for today's awesome blog hop – and I have some FUN things to share with you.
Two things to announce… One: I have a SUPER special Coupon Code – valid TODAY (March 2nd) Only, until Midnight, that will take 15% OFF of all of our Stamps, Dies and Embellishments in the shop! The coupon code is: COLORDAILY and will take an instant 15% off your entire purchase. AND – as always – you will get Free Shipping with any order over $50 – and yes, you can get free shipping even with the coupon code! What a Sweet Deal!
And Second… We are hosting a $30 Gift Certificate GIVEAWAY just for this blog hop! To enter to win – all you have to do is comment on this blog post (here on the Honey Bee blog post) and you will be entered to win! Winner will be chosen at random – and will be announced on March 11th! Best of luck everyone, and Happy Blog Hopping!
March 11th Update: we have a blog hop winner!! I want to thank each and every one of you for hopping along for this awesome blog hop!! We have chosen a random winner (using random.org to choose a name). Congratulations goes to "BunnyD"!! You have won a $30 store credit. We have your email and will be emailing you with instructions on how to use your credit! Enjoy! 💛
Now… on to the creativity! I have always adored Kathy's Coloring Challenge. I always participate – however – I don't usually post what I color on social media. It's usually a sheet of stamps from my newest release that I will stamp out and color – and the great part is that I have those colored images on hand for easy die cutting and use for card when I need to create something in a pinch! It works out beautifully. And each time I do the 30 day challenge – I come out stronger in my coloring abilities… so it really is a win win. (Plus – I Adore Kathy. She is seriously so sweet and I am so Blessed to call her a friend!)
This card really was a lot of fun to make. I needed to make a wedding card for a country wedding coming up – and their colors are tan/burlap and corals/orangey tones. I wanted the card to match their theme, and was going for a very country feel.
I used our ever-popular Zen Floral stamp set to stamp a tone-on-tone background for the card. Once I had the background stamped, I spritzed the entire background with gold mist to help tie in some of the gold tones in the flowers that I had planned out.
I stamped a bunch of flowers from the Zen Floral stamp set and started to color them in, lightly, from the center going out. I started with a light gold tone and started to add different shades of coral, orange, gold and yellow. I blended the flowers out in different ways to help give them some variation. I also wanted to keep some of the white visible – because I love the combination of Kraft paper and white together. There's just something about it that makes me happy! 🙂
Here's a look at the pile of flowers that I started
Once I had the background created – and my pile-o-flowers and leaves created I started getting a vision for piling them all up and bringing them to the front to display the sentiment. For the sentiment – I used our brand new "Hooray" Dies as well as our brand new "Hooray" stamp set – the little words lined up like a dream in my MISTI tool. (I line them up on the grid lines themselves – instead of trying to place the little words on the card itself and then picking them up with the lid. For me – this method is so much easier and I know that they are going to be perfectly in line). I can't live without my MISTI tool! It's a lifesaver for all my little sentiment stamps.
I cut the white stitched rectangle from our brand new set of A2 sized Double Stitched Frame dies. They are sized perfectly proportionate to an A2 Card – so you know that each step down will be in just the right proportion to the card.
I spent a little bit of time lining everything up how I wanted to pop it up. I adhered the very bottom flowers and leaves directly to the background. Then, I started to add foam dots to the back of the flowers that I wanted to pop up. Once I had them laid out – I peeled the backing off of the foam dots and placed everything down for permanent placement. Voila! That's all there is to it. It's amazing what some foam dimension can do for a card… it can really bring it to life!
Here's a close up so you can see the different dimensions of the card. It's kind of hard to tell here – but I have 4 different levels of dimension here. The base flowers are adhered right to the card. Then, my first level of flowers are pop-dotted up with one layer of foam. For my sentiment block, I added double foam (stacked) so that it would have double the height. Then – to take it even further – I added a short layer of foam dots to the back of the "Hooray" sentiment, too… adding a 4th layer to the dimension! (You can also see the gold shimmer mist on the background of the card in this photo. In person, it's a nice little touch and really adds to the warmth of the card. It looks lovely in person).
Well friends – I have had so much fun creating and sharing with you… and I hope you have enjoyed seeing my card!
I hope to be back with you guys on the blog again soon! I really enjoyed getting to create for you guys – and again – and so excited to be a part of this amazing Blog Hop.
Until next time friends, Happy Crafting!
Remember to comment on this blog post to enter to win a $30 Gift Certificate!
the next person on the hop is Sunny Studios Stamps! Hop on over. (And be sure to comment on EACH blog as you go along for a chance at different prizes along the way!)
GIVEAWAYS: During the hop you will find lots of giveaways along the way. The full list of ALL winners from the individual blogs will be announced on The Daily Marker Sunday March 12th.
Honey Bee Stamps (You are here 🙂
Jennifer McGuire (Co owner of Online Card Classes)
Kristina Werner (Co owner of Online Card Classes)
Kathy from The Daily Marker is the creator of "The Daily Marker 30 Day Coloring Challenge".The Challenge is a great way to gain confidence with your coloring and join in a community of positivity and coloring enthusiasts. The challenge is also a great way to get full use of your stamps and coloring mediums.
(When sharing use #TheDailyMarker30Day so Kathy can find your work)
THE GOAL IS: To color something daily even if it's a few minutes but, certainly not required. It's been proven that coloring can lower your blood pressure & make you feel happy and relaxed so it's worth carving out a little time for yourself each day. You will find that Kathy encourages you along the way to stretch your creativity a little bit more and to feel successful with your coloring.
CAN YOU PARTICIPATE in the 30 DAY CHALLENGE? Yes! that would be awesome if you want to participate & feel free to jump in at any time during the challenge! Everyone is welcome! If you miss a few days don't feel like you have to catch up. The challenge is meant to be fun and with no stress.
QUESTIONS? Read more on Kathy's blog post here to see how to share you work and if you have questions, how to share, giveaways etc. Prepare to be inspired with daily posts and many videos for 30 days.


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Tayal Parx has written songs for some of the most famous singers in the world: Ariana Grande, Mariah Carey, Jennifer Lopez, Christina Aguilera, Janelle Monáe, Alicia Keys, Kesha. And with a new album of her own coming out this fall, Tayla is poised to no longer be the music industry's best-kept secret.
"The music that's coming out of me now is more on what's going on in the world…and I think that the music after this is going to help us get through it all."
LGBTQ&A is hosted by Jeffrey Masters and produced by The Advocate magazine, in partnership with GLAAD. Come find us on Twitter to connect and recommend at guest. @lgbtqpod


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Social responsibility
At Topas we believe that both the environment and local community should benefit from our business. Rather than making a token donation here, or planting a couple of trees there, we are committed to producing real sustainable benefits.
Sustainability has been at the front of our minds since we conceived the Ecolodge. We have worked with DANIDA (Denmark's development cooperation, under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs) to make the lodge a showcase for sustainable tourism in remote areas.
We work closely with our local community and listen to what they want from us. Some are employed at the Ecolodge. Many have received education and training here, and we support the local school. We have seen a positive impact from our work for the surrounding villages, as described below.
Find our Code of Conduct of Topas Explorer Group here and our CSR policy here
Looking after our people
We employ around 100 people, almost exclusively from local villages. We built two houses for our staff just across the road from the lodge entrance to live in whilst they are working. Here they are provided with the space and facilities to grow vegetables and cook their own food. We also provide full insurance so our staff are covered whilst they are at work and off site.
Our staff are given opportunities to progress and complete further training. They may come to us with limited education, but if they have the motivation we provide education and training to help them succeed. Each of our staff teams is led by a local employee and represented at weekly management meetings with the lodge manager with a say in how the Ecolodge is run.
Mr Hai, our tour guide, is a good example of our training programme in practice. When Mr Hai started working for us, he had had no formal education and he worked cutting the stones for the lodge from the nearby mountain. He is now fluent in English and shows our clients around the local area.
Sharing our resources
We recognize that some of the resources we use to run our Ecolodge are also valuable to the local community, therefore we work to share these resources. For example by ensuring that all our recyclable materials are distributed locally, from food waste to neighboring pigs to metal cans to be reused by local women.
Our purchasing and sourcing decisions are given careful consideration and we buy local produce whenever we can. Almost all of our food is bought at the local market, shops or directly from the mountain farmers. Our menu therefore always contains fresh, seasonal vegetables, fruit and fish. Furthermore, chickens are raised on site in our own chicken farm as well as some herbs and vegetables are grown in our own kitchen garden behind the restaurant.
Caring for the environment
Few Ecolodges, from the most luxurious to the most basic, can claim to be 100% 'green'. We face our own challenges from the local conditions, but we strive to operate in a sustainable way and have a positive impact on local communities through funding and education
We keep electricity use at the lodge to a bare minimum and ask all our guests to help us with this. When we first opened, we attempted to operate entirely on solar electricity, but the inconsistent supply means we now rely on the hydropower station in the valley.
We constantly monitor and seek to minimize, our use of electricity without impairing the quality of your stay. The bungalows contain a minimal number of electronic devices, and we use energy efficient bulbs.
At Topas Ecolodge we try to reuse as much of our waste as possible – a task which is challenging in our remote location. In corporation with a local farmer, a recycling system has been set up to reuse as much of our waste a possible ensuring all kitchen and restaurant waste is sorted and used effectively. Food leftovers are given to the local farmers to feed their livestock and, cans and boxes are given to the local people to reuse in their households.
At Topas Ecolodge it is important that we find sustainable solutions that also benefit the local society, therefore we are proud to have these partnerships.
Glass recycling
As Topas Ecolodge aims to recycle as much of our waste as possible we have invested in a glass crushing machine which crushes glass bottles into fine sand which can later be used for concrete in construction and maintenance. As a result of this machine Topas Ecolodge is now able to recycle glass bottles – an achievement which hasn't been possible before due to lack of recycling facilities in our remote location.
"Planet or Plastic?"
As the amount of single-use plastic in the world's oceans continues to grow, National Geographic has announced a new, global commitment to tackle this pressing problem. In May 2018, National Geographic launched "Planet or Plastic?", a multiyear initiative aimed at raising awareness of this challenge and reducing the amount of single-use plastic that enters the world's oceans.
So as a member of National Geographic Unique Lodges of the World we have recently chosen to take part in National Geographic's worldwide campaign 'Planet or Plastic?' which raises awareness of global plastic consumption.
Through this we aim to reduce our single-use plastic consumption to an absolute minimum as well as keeping a minimal use of guest amenities. In order to do so we have worked closely with local suppliers to integrate sustainable purchase criteria. Educating our staff on the importance of sustainability (including avoiding single-use plastic) has also been one of our focuses throughout this campaign
Constructed wetland
Topas Ecolodge recently opened a constructed wetland to treat the wastewater from the kitchen and laundry before it enters the rice fields. Through massive sand and plant filters the wastewater is purified in a biological process which ensures the wastewater generated at Topas Ecolodge does not impact the local environment in a damaging way. By using plant and sand filtration unnatural algae growth is avoided in the local ecosystem. Furthermore, the wastewater from our bungalows is treated and purified through organic filtration systems in septic tanks.
Promoting education
We are the major sponsor of the local school and supply books and writing materials. We are proud to employ local staff but recognise the effort that goes into training. New recruits normally come to us with no English and no experience in hospitality. However many have gone on to become valuable members of staff, the majority of whom stay with us for a long time – many of our employees have been here for over 10 years. We share the knowledge and experience we have gained from operating here with other interested organisations and schools such as the United Nations International School of Hanoi. We also hope we can play a small part in educating our guests about the local environment and the communities around us.
Sharing benefits
We have a strong sense of responsibility to the wider community and have developed a close relationship with the community of Thanh Kim. When we hold major events here, such as the Vietnam Mountain Marathon (VMM), we work with the local community and ensure they benefit. The proceeds from last year's VMM went to providing 200kg of warm clothing to the villagers, to make winter more comfortable for them. Every year we provide support of this kind as well as the educational materials, recyclables, water and other resources mentioned above.
As a result of our work in all of these areas Topas Ecolodge has strengthened its cooperation with the local government and is now recognised by the head of authorities as an important employer of ethnic minority staff.
We see our model as sustainable for our business as well as the local community, and therefore we are expanding. Together with Topas Travel and in a partnership with a local minority family, we opened a second lodge. Topas Riverside Lodge is a smaller, rustic style lodge situated in a remote village not far from Topas Ecolodge. We offer our guests the option to experience a comfortable 'village' experience in combination with a stay at Topas Ecolodge. This has proved to be a popular tour both with our guests and with the host village.


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I am new to this forum but I love this website and have recommended it for a while. I have quite a few legacy systems running and have found this site very useful for years.
Anyway, I noticed that that the install program for Acrobat Reader is Acrobat 2.0 from October 1994. I have 2.1 from August 1995 on a disk and would like to contribute that version to be uploaded instead. This is because with 2.0 you receive an error "ATM Not Found", and is because 2.0 did not include ATM (Adobe Type Manager). However, the version that I have, 2.1, does include ATM.
So if anyone would like to upload this file to replace the one on here, I think that would be good. Just a suggestion. As it is, Acrobat 2.0 is useless because when running it on Windows 3.1 it requires ATM 3.x which is no longer available for download. So if someone is running an old system without ATM they are out of luck running Acrobat 2.0 because it is not possible to obtain a version of ATM that will run on Windows 3.1. Without ATM the program just opens, shows the error, and then closes. And only ATM 4.x is still available for download, and only for Windows 95/98/NT, not Windows 3.1.


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My Blog__ No Boys Allowed
All the girls in my life are pretty talented, but we're also pretty broke and pretty disorganized. So, instead of getting ourselves a studio space to work in, we all cram into Maya's beautiful rainbow apartment and do our work like dogs on the floor. It works out surprisingly well, I mean, it's easier to gossip when the room is small.
Lucy and Kim, just relaxing while cruising the online world. Lucy just got home from living in Sweden and since then, she's been really into doing her work with a bed and pillow.
Michelle is killing two birds with one stone: yoga pose and selling camera gear on Craigslist. Michelle is going to Africa for a month. She's going to climb a mountain and meet a dude who appreciates her beaded outfits.
How could you not want to work in this Fortress of Rainbow Solitude? No Boys Allowed.


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Mark Bibelheimer has been a Financial Consultant (professional) since 1973. He is located at the Fargo office. Mark provides financial products and services available to Individuals, Families, Small businesses and Nonprofit organizations; He provides financial, retirement, and estate planning; asset allocation; annuities; life insurance and mutual funds.
Mr. Bibelheimer has earned a Bachelor of Science degree from North Dakota State University in 1973.
He has been active in professional and community organizations including; Past President of NDSU Alumni Association, Past Board member of the Ronald McDonald House, Great Western Exchange Club, Board Member of the Red River Zoo and Member of Olivet Lutheran Church.
Mark and his wife, Barbara have lived in Fargo 40+ years and enjoy time with their 2 children and 2 grandchildren.


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STALOC High Tech Chemicals for industrial applications
STALOC is specialist for industrial adhesion and sealing applications, being the biggest Austrian brand for anaerobic adhesives like threadlockes, gaskets, retainers, thread sealants, etc.,
More than 30 years of experience and representatives in more than 25 countries in Europe ensure, that STALOC is the ideal supply-side partner for technical chemical products.
We offer intra-company (on-site) trainings and education, custom-made for our clients, in order to ensure that all employees understand their contribution for an outstanding adhesion process quality.
- 1978 - Foundation of the brand STALOC by Hubert Stankovsky in Switzerland
- 1979 - Supply to first industrial partners in Austria, management of finance & controlling by Ingeborg Stankovsky
- 1979 - Start of Austrian activities with anaerobic adhesives as well as anti seize products
Product-development, -adaptation and -improvement is carried out by qualified technicians and laboratory staff. Moreover, it is application-oriented, in order to fit the customers' needs.
We understand ourselves as being a partner for product- and process development, in order to integrate adhesion-, lubrication-, sealing- and anticorrosion-processes flawlessly into the production, assembly and maintenance operations of our partners.


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Stepping into the shop was like entering the wand store in Harry Potter. The store was small, dark and filled with crystals, swords, and rows of books on mysticism, goddesses and sacred texts. Velvet chairs faced a fireplace and the proprietor immediately launched into a rant about how much he hates the term "new age" (the mysticism he practices is ancient).
I was there to have my tarot cards read. A friend of mine had seen a card reader in this mysticism shop and recommended him as a particularly intuitive guy. I was immediately curious. At 30, with several years of work experience under my belt (and many, many more ahead), I'm trying to figure out what I want in my career. I've started taking time to reflect on this a few times a year, and decided that a tarot card reading would be a good start for my springtime reflection. I don't personally believe that there is magic in the cards, and certainly wasn't expecting him to predict my future or anything, but I figured it was guaranteed to be something to reflect on.
The reader I went to, Patrick, used a deck that featured animals. A website describing this type of deck explains, "This unique and powerful divination system draws upon ancient wisdom and tradition to teach the healing medicine of animals." Patrick opened our session by praying to the "Grandmother," and would often say, "Let's ask Grandmother," or "Let's see what Grandmother says," before he pulled a card. I gathered that calling on Grandmother was his way of invoking a wise and gentle higher power.
Patrick first laid out a pattern of a dozen cards and walked me through what the animal on each card symbolized (butterfly: possibilities, armadillo: boundaries), sometimes noting the card's status in the deck ("Oh, this is the top spiritual card!"). At this point, I hadn't told him anything about myself, but as he talked through this initial pattern of cards, I was surprised by how much resonated with me. He talked about a year of reflection and growth and an upcoming decision. I had spent the past year job searching, starting a new position, soul-searching and separating a bit from my family, and was facing a decision about my job in the next few months. This might be like your horoscope, where any month's description could be made relevant to anyone, but it truly felt like the reading fit what I was going through.
When he finished describing this first pattern of cards, I told him what his explanation had brought up in my mind, especially noticing that I had really focused in on my work and career. I told Patrick a bit about my current situation: I work for a local government agency in a grant-funded position, where I work on an issue that is important to me (the environment), but the tasks and work environment aren't always very inspiring. Yet working government hours (pretty 9-5 and flexible) leaves me with time to explore other things. I had started drawing again after years without making time for any art.
While pulling more cards and sharing stories from his own life, Patrick encouraged me to shift my attitude about my job. Instead of focusing on not being totally fulfilled at work, I should be grateful to work on the environmental issues that are important to me, while still having plenty of time to do other things (like write about this experience). We talked about specific strategies to address some of the challenges I'm facing at work—the mountain lion card told me that I needed to be bold, and make sure to get what I need. The eagle indicated that there was power and promise in a new project that I had just started. I also asked him about family and romantic relationships. He spent over two hours talking to me, sharing his stories, and advising me based on what both the cards and I told him.
I had been nervous going in to the reading that I would be told something I didn't want to hear (perhaps that I should leave my job?), but I left feeling wonderful. Patrick had affirmed what I had been feeling about my situation, but was reluctant to say out loud because it sounded unambitious. If anything, this is the magic in the cards and in their reader: They give words (and animal symbols) to the thoughts already swimming around in our head that we haven't been able to voice.
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Kaufman Hall Announces New Capabilities and Previews New Software Solutions at Performance Management Summit
Annual Software Executive Client Conference Sees Record Attendance
Kaufman Hall Software is now Syntellis Performance Solutions
LAS VEGAS – March 13, 2018 – Kaufman Hall, a leading provider of enterprise performance management and decision support software, and management consulting services, unveiled new product capabilities and previewed new solutions amid a record crowd at its annual Performance Management Summit this week.
More than 450 CFOs and senior finance executives gathered for Kaufman Hall's annual Summit executive client conference in Las Vegas to hear from experts on leveraging modern technology to transform financial and operational data into organizational insights to optimize performance. In support of this year's conference theme—Connecting for Success—Kaufman Hall brought together experts from across healthcare, banking, higher education, and other industries to network, learn, and share best practices.
During his keynote presentation March 12, Tom Walsh, CEO of Kaufman Hall Software, announced new capabilities and enhancements to Axiom Software, the most advanced, fully integrated financial planning, decision support and performance management solution. These core Axiom platform advancements include a new end-user interface developed for improved ease of use, the introduction of logic-based workflow automation tools, and the unveiling of new reporting capabilities designed to expedite and enhance how financial data is presented to and utilized by clients. Walsh also highlighted plans for new Axiom product advancements that will focus on several key capabilities, including strategic initiative management, relationship profitability, and comparative analytics.
"Changes in the role of the CFO across all industries have made it clear that future success hinges on several key concepts, including leveraging analytics and intelligent data, planning process automation, the advanced use of intuitive workflow technology, and keeping customer centricity at the core of business operations," said Walsh. "I am pleased to announce that we're leveraging these insights to deliver new products and solutions in 2018 and beyond."
Following historic success in 2017, Axiom Software is poised for continued, rapid growth and an expanding user community. Leaders at more than 2,600 organizations now leverage Kaufman Hall Software to help manage their operations and quantify the financial impact of organizational decisions.
This year's Performance Management Summit features more than 50 expert learning sessions. More than 20 clients are sharing their successes and learnings, including Ballad Health, MultiCare Health System, University of Rochester, Creighton University, Baxter Credit Union, and Berkshire Bank. Kaufman Hall will host its annual awards ceremony today to recognize select customers for their commitment to developing innovative performance management solutions enabled through Axiom Software.
"Kaufman Hall's Performance Management Summit is a great investment for any finance team," said Lina Acuna, CFO and treasurer at BAC Florida Bank. "It's a high-quality event in which participants are able to learn relevant information regarding current industry best practices, ways to improve effectiveness and efficiency on existing technology solutions, and learn about new technologies. The Summit also provides a great setting, which allows networking opportunities and the exchange of ideas with peers. It's a must-attend event."
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Kaufman Hall's Axiom Software provides sophisticated, flexible performance management solutions that empower finance professionals to analyze results, model the future, and optimize organizational decision making. Solutions for long-range planning, budgeting and forecasting, reporting and analytics, consolidations, capital planning, and profitability and cost management are delivered on a single, integrated software platform. Kaufman Hall's Peak Software empowers healthcare organizations with clinical benchmarks, data, and analytics to provide a higher quality of care for optimized performance and improved patient outcomes.


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CPHT will start their next Weekend Hypnotherapy HPD Course in May 2015. Running for the usual 10 months, the course will graduate in February 2016. Dates are now available on this site, and the course venue will the the popular and friendly Castlefield Hotel, off Deansgate, Central Manchester. A high proportion of the candidates for course M4 (now under way) were from outside Manchester, and were grateful for the postcode discount which has helped offset their travel and accommodation costs, see 'fees'.
The CPHT Manchester HPD Hypnotherapy course M5, 2015/2016, will carry a 10% Early Bird discount for candidates applying before the end of 2014, so that's a £236 saving for booking early, and if you live outside Manchester you could benefit further (above). Maximum allowable discount is 20%, or £472.
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ICIC's mission is to drive economic prosperity in America's inner cities through private sector investment to create jobs, income and wealth for local residents. Founded in 1994 by Harvard Business School Professor Michael Porter, the Initiative for a Competitive Inner City is a national nonprofit research and advisory organization and the leading authority on U.S.Continue reading »
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Welcome to Mrs. Cain's 5th Grade Classroom Website. If your child attends Fruitville Elementary School and is in the fifth grade, you may be in the right place. If your child has Mrs. Cain for a teacher, you are definitely in the right place. Thanks for visiting.
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The Kauaʻi chapter of the Surfrider Foundation is one of the leading conservation groups on the island. Recently the chapter posted its second reward for information regarding the murder of endangered monk seals on the island last year. Thanks to all the folks who donated money for the reward, the fisherman who shot the first monk seal was apprehended and is now in jail.
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Behandlung Bei Bronchitis - Bronchitis and Its Natural Home RemedySymptoms: Bronchitis is the inflammation of the tubes that lead from the throat to the lungs. The inflammation tends to impede the process of breathing because phlegm tends to stick to its insides. The treatment outlined in the section of asthma chronic upper respiratory bronchitis too, but the following procedures are being repeated here for the benefit of the readers. More on Natural Simple prevention tips Bronchitis, Herbal Remedy.
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Archive: March 2016
The archive below lists all articles that have been posted on the World Socialist Web Site by date. To visit the archive for other months, return to the Archive Monthly Index.
1 March 2016 (front page)
- Macedonian police tear-gas refugees trying to cross Greek border
- The Australian Defence White Paper and the drive to war
- Swiss voters reject xenophobic anti-refugee initiative
- Iranian elections strengthen Rouhani's hand
- US, China agree to new UN sanctions on North Korea
- Autoworkers support challenge to UAW-Ford 2015 contract vote
- New information emerges about Flint's decision to switch to untreated water
- United Steelworkers tries to ram sellout deal past ATI workers
- On eve of "Super Tuesday" primaries in US: A political system in crisis
- Poor evicted under nuisance laws by New York City police
- California inmate firefighter, 22, crushed to death protecting Malibu mansions
- Boston: MBTA seeks to pit transit riders against workers as infrastructure crumbles
- Bombardier adds to Northern Ireland manufacturing jobs massacre
- New Zealand: Five years after the Christchurch earthquake
- New York Times on Clinton and Libya: Portrait of a war criminal
- Renowned photojournalist assaulted by US Secret Service at Trump rally
- Eighty-eighth Academy Awards: Hopeful signs amidst reactionary "diversity" campaign
- SEP (Sri Lanka) public meeting: A socialist program to defend plantation workers
- Workers Struggles: The Americas
2 March 2016 (front page)
- Primary election results highlight US political crisis
- Imperialism intensifies pressure on Russia and China
- Ex-Australian PM calls for "freedom of navigation" challenge to China
- FBI director, Apple lawyer testify before Congress on encryption dispute
- France attacks refugees, launches destruction of Calais camp
- German parliament adopts anti-democratic "Asylum Package II"
- German Chancellor Merkel's refugee policy and the call for a European army
- Fatal police shooting in Raleigh, North Carolina provokes protests
"Why did they bring in the judge now? Because he is bought"
Judge Rhodes appointed "transitional manager" over Detroit public schools
- Medical neglect caused deaths of detained immigrants in the US
- Mine disaster in Russia kills 36
- Chinese slowdown continues amid plans for major job cuts
- Ontario report: Inequality at levels "not seen since the Great Depression"
- Australian Greens back government's Senate voting "reforms"
- An exchange on the SEP's call for an active boycott of the Brexit referendum
- The way forward for UK junior doctors
3 March 2016 (front page)
- Chinese government prepares to sack millions of workers
- What political conclusions must be drawn from Trump's Super Tuesday?
- NATO commander calls refugees a weapon of ISIS, Russia and Syria
- Former Detroit mayor warns that city is "one incident" from a social explosion
- Questions raised about police role in violent KKK rally in California
- Caltrans workers rally in Sacramento for better pay and benefits
- New York City transit upgrade aids developers
- German Left Party strives for coalition with Social Democrats and Greens in Berlin
- Spain: Podemos supports sale of warships to Saudi Arabia
- Left and anti-austerity sentiment produces political earthquake in Ireland
- Notes on London's housing crisis
- Australian Greens cover up Defence White Paper plans for war on China
- India: Stalinists to ally with Congress Party in West Bengal election
- Deadpool: An anti-superhero?
4 March 2016 (front page)
- China and Brazil: Two expressions of the deepening capitalist breakdown
- US Republican Party in crisis as Romney denounces Trump
- European Union threatens summary mass deportations of refugees
- UN Security Council imposes harsh US-sponsored sanctions on North Korea
- US admiral claims Russia's intervention in Syria has implications for Arctic
- Obama stumps for Affordable Care Act in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- Detroit autoworkers discuss Trump, US election campaign
- Albuquerque, New Mexico residents protest fatal shooting by US Marshals
- Widening social inequality exacerbates housing crisis in California
"Education should be a right"
Chicago students and faculty oppose potential school closure, layoffs
- German Constitutional Court considers banning neo-fascist NPD
- UK immigration policy inflicts more damage on National Health Service
- Sri Lankan government prepares to sign economic pact with India
- Australia: Job cuts threaten Sydney water safety
- German chancellor demands end to "waving refugees through the borders"
- Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa
5 March 2016 (front page)
- US sends aircraft carrier to challenge China in South China Sea
- TVA pension cuts: A new stage in the assault on American workers
- US presses India to join anti-China alliance
- Police arrest and interrogate Brazil's ex-President Lula
- Flint resident files lawsuit against corporations, officials
- US employment report: Payrolls rise, wages fall
- Leading tech firms join Apple suit over iPhone encryption
- Cameron and Hollande beat anti-immigrant drum to oppose Brexit
- Jeremy Corbyn: Labour Party and Britain's bosses are "natural allies"
- German parties shift to the right ahead of state elections
- Report on German poverty refutes propaganda of social recovery
- Australia: Qantas reaps record profits by slashing jobs and wages
- Indian power deal with Bangladesh highlights geo-political rivalry
- Two poor films on the Afghanistan war—Whiskey Tango Foxtrot and A War—and Jonás Cuarón's Desierto
- IYSSE campaigns against war at universities in Australia and New Zealand
- Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
- Australian university students denounce the drive to war and austerity
7 March 2016 (front page)
- Latest presidential primary contests intensify crisis of US two-party system
- Tensions rise at Franco-British and Franco-German summits
- Refugees face disastrous conditions in Greece
- Chinese premier outlines plans for accelerated pro-market restructuring
- Canada deploying fighter jets to Romania in training mission
- The Hillary Clinton emails: A record of imperialist crimes
- US police killings update: Veteran with PTSD shot and killed
- United Steelworkers rams through sellout contract at ATI
- USW-ATI contract imposes health care and pension cuts, casualized labor
- Leaked Australian document reveals plans for mass surveillance of immigrants
- Attempt to form PSOE-Citizens government coalition in Spain collapses
- The Flint water crisis and the US elections
- Brexit vote sparks crisis for Scottish National Party
Two years since the Kiev coup
Part one
66th Berlin International Film Festival—Part 3:
Alone in Berlin—a working class couple opposes the Nazis
- This week in history: March 7-13
8 March 2016 (front page)
- US-South Korean militaries rehearse pre-emptive strikes on North Korea
- Philippines impounds suspected North Korean ship
- US airstrike massacres 150 at al-Shabaab training camp in Somalia
- Bank for International Settlements warns of build-up of global debt
- EU countries and Turkey move to seal refugee routes
- Three men sentenced for petty crimes at New Year's event in Cologne, Germany
Sanders pushes trade war policies
"Left" demagogy and nationalism dominate Democratic debate in Flint
- Campaign for UK exit from the EU dominated by nationalism and big business interests
- UK: Metropolitan Police demand Pitchford Inquiry take evidence in secret
- Peña Nieto joins Mexican ex-presidents in denouncing Trump
- Review board: New York police routinely conduct aggressive and illegal home searches
- Detroit Public Schools emergency managers cash in
- Fiji cyclone: Australian and New Zealand military mobilised for "humanitarian" relief
- US moves to harness India to anti-China "pivot"
- American Crime Story: The People v. O. J. Simpson: An indictment of American celebrity culture
Two years since the Kiev coup
Part two
- Workers Struggles: The Americas
9 March 2016 (front page)
- Sanders, Trump win presidential primaries in Michigan
- The arrest of former President Lula and the crisis of rule in Brazil
- Western powers prepare military operations in Libya
- US Air Force to boost presence in northern Australian bases
- Australian government wracked by rifts over US military demands and austerity
- Boston Public Schools students walk out over proposed budget cuts
- Democrats cover up role of Obama administration in Flint water crisis
- Nearly one-third of US food stamp recipients rely on food pantries
- Cuba denounces continued US enforcement of embargo
- Slovakian parliamentary elections marked by rightward shift
- Poor mental health care in England is "ruining lives," report finds
- UK energy firms rake in profits as "fuel poverty" escalates
- Australia: Labor Party, teacher unions prepare further assault on public education
- ICFI statement "Socialism and the Fight Against War" now available from Mehring Books
- SEP and IYSSE meeting: The political and social roots of the Flint water crisis
- The New York Times ' Nicholas Kristof warns of "Donald the Dangerous"
- The death of Nancy Reagan
10 March 2016 (front page)
As Chinese exports plunge
IMF issues new warning on global economy
- Sanders' upset win in the Michigan primary
- Chinese finance minister calls for easier dismissals under labour laws
- US generals push for more troops in Iraq, Syria
- Canada's parliament endorses expanded role in Mideast war
- Photo essay: Volunteer at French refugee camp speaks to the WSWS
- Striking cashiers and dockers interrogated under French state of emergency
- Mass layoffs at Bombardier hit Germany
- Steel workers strike in Mexico
- Five years after Japan's nuclear disaster, TEPCO executives charged
- US steel union hails Obama trade war measures
- Fires at Detroit wastewater plant underscore danger of job cuts
- Baltimore school police officers face felony charges for assaulting student
- Flint residents call out government's failure to act on water poisoning
- Brexit referendum: Remain camp backs European Union of austerity and militarism
- New Zealand: Anti-TPP protests promote Maori nationalism
- Race: Jesse Owens and the 1936 Berlin Olympics
11 March 2016 (front page)
- European Central Bank cuts rates and pours more money into financial markets
- Sanders and Clinton posture as defenders of immigrants in Miami debate
- Europe's attack on refugees produces humanitarian catastrophe
- What do the electoral gains of the right-wing Alternative for Germany signify?
- Washington steps up threats over Iran missile tests
- Minnesota's Iron Range hammered by steel industry layoffs
- Newark, New Jersey schools shut off lead-poisoned drinking water
- Women inmates file lawsuit against New York state prisons for sexual abuse
- Spanish unions, Podemos-backed mayor defeat Barcelona Metro strike
- Growing concerns about Australia's housing bubble
- Sri Lankan government to convert Western province into investment hub
- The refugee crisis and the polarization of Europe
- Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa
12 March 2016 (front page)
- Pentagon deploying drone aircraft within the US
- Violence, racism and the Trump campaign
- Donald Trump rally in Chicago cancelled amidst mass protests
- Brazil's president rejects resignation as prosecutors demand Lula's arrest
- Trudeau pledges strengthened Canada-US partnership in White House visit
- Teachers take strike action against Palestinian Authority
- Turkish government intensifies crackdown on media, opposition parties
- Junior doctors in England mount 48-hour strike
- US reignites controversy over Chinese lease of Australian port
- German state elections: The repackaging of right-wing politics
- New Jersey Transit strike deadline approaches
- Medicare to test cost-cutting plan for Part B prescription drugs
- New York City's housing crisis deepens under "progressive" Mayor de Blasio
- Sri Lankan government announces tax hikes before IMF loan talks
- Arrium demands Australian mine workers take pay cuts
- The International Socialist Organization agitates for war with Russia over Syria
- The conspiracy against the Chicago teachers
- Flint meeting examines background of city's water crisis
- A Perfect Day: 24 hours in the Bosnian War
- Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
14 March 2016 (front page)
- Republican frontrunner Trump steps up attacks on demonstrators
- The Trump campaign: A new stage in the crisis of American democracy
- Obama backs attack on encrypted communication
- UK bill hands vast surveillance powers to police and intelligence agencies
- Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn deletes criticisms of EU from his web site
- Workers, students march against French labor law reform
- Die Zeit campaigns for military intervention in Libya
- US-trained Chechen ISIS commander Abu Omar al-Shishani survives US assassination strike
As April 8 fiscal deadline approaches
Judge Rhodes threatens shutdown of Detroit Public Schools
- Detroit teacher: "Children are made into dollar signs"
- California Faculty Association prepares to sell out CSU workers
- UAW sanctions mass layoffs by farm equipment giant John Deere
- China: Thousands of coal miners protest over unpaid wages
- Australian primary teachers resign in protest at standardised, assessment-based education
- Australia: Despite deaths, no youth mental facility in Brisbane
Public meeting at Leipzig Book Fair
The return of German militarism and the threat of World War III
66th Berlin International Film Festival—Part 4:
Flight and persecution—yesterday and today (The Diary of Anne Frank and Meteorstraße)
- Sri Lankan SEP to hold Jaffna public meeting on imperialist war and Tamil nationalism
- This week in history: March 14-20
15 March 2016 (front page)
- German state elections: Far-right Alternative for Germany gains double-digit support
- Economic nationalism, war and the fight for international socialism
- Second terrorist attack in a month in Turkish capital kills at least 37
- Trump peddles nationalist poison at Ohio rally
- Millions join protests in Brazil demanding ouster of Workers Party government
- South Korea imposes extra sanctions on North Korea
- Shadow Chancellor McDonnell pledges UK Labour Party to austerity
- English National Opera chorus to strike
- Slumping car sales lead to extended layoff of Fiat Chrysler Sterling Heights workers
- Study: Worsening conditions for young people throughout the developed world
- Hundreds of millions in cuts on the horizon in Louisiana
- Central banks confront unintended consequences
- Sri Lankan government refuses to release Tamil political prisoners
- Beatles producer George Martin dies at 90
Book Review
$2.00 a Day: Living on Almost Nothing in America
- Workers Struggles: The Americas
16 March 2016 (front page)
- Clinton, Trump take major steps toward US presidential nominations
- Ohio voters discuss elections and social crisis
- Russia announces partial withdrawal from Syria
- Tsipras acts as gatekeeper for Fortress Europe
- UK: Families of missing demolition workers campaign for their rescue
- Rough-sleeping on the rise in England
- Australian media whips up fear campaign against African youth
- Indian Stalinists ally with US-backed parties in Tamil Nadu
- India: BJP presses forward with frame-up of JNU students on sedition charges
- Overcrowding in New York City Housing Authority fueled by lack of jobs and affordable apartments
- What is behind the electoral success of the Alternative for Germany?
Build the International Youth and Students for Social Equality!
A socialist program to fight the Coalition-Labor-Greens assault on education in Australia
Upcoming events in Cambridge, Mass. and Albuquerque, New Mexico
SEP meetings in the US: Socialism and the fight against war
17 March 2016 (front page)
- After the March 15 US primaries: The political role of the Sanders campaign
- Trump threatens violence at Republican National Convention
- Obama's choice to replace Scalia on Supreme Court had won Republican praise
- US Federal Reserve aligns itself closer to market demands
- Flint emergency manager, EPA continue to dodge responsibility for water crisis
- Second test of Flint water being performed by Virginia Tech
- New Jersey Transit contract includes major concessions in health care costs
- Argentina sinks Chinese fishing vessel
- Refugees face death and despair on Greek-Macedonian border
- French government, trade unions rework reactionary labor reform
- UK Budget: Austerity for workers pays for tax breaks for corporations and the rich
- Constitutional crisis in Poland continues
- Glasgow City Council workers strike against cuts and poverty wages
- Australian Greens join government in ramming through Senate voting changes
- New Burmese president installed amid tensions with the military
- Mexican union leaders paid over $30 million for imposing cuts on oil workers
- Novelist Jonathan Franzen's Purity
18 March 2016 (front page)
As reports point to nationwide epidemic of lead contamination
Michigan governor, EPA head testify on Flint water crisis
- Two US prosecutors who covered up police killings lose primary elections
- UAW pushes local deals past opposition at GM Lordstown plant
- Washington DC forced to suspend all metro service due to electrical fires
- US drug prices doubled since 2011
- European Union chiefs determined to reach deal with Turkey to deter refugees
- Podemos enters government talks with Spain's social democrats, conservatives
- Living standards fall and discontent rises in Russia
- Germany: Siemens cuts another 2,500 jobs
- Australia: Fairfax journalists strike over job cuts
- Australian journalists condemn the axing of more Fairfax jobs
- Anti-protest laws attack democratic rights in Australia
- Manitoba aboriginal youth suicides exemplify systemic crisis
- Syrian war enters sixth year with graver dangers still ahead
- Video: Lead poisoning discussed at Flint water event
The pseudo-left's nationalist "Leave" campaign in the UK Brexit referendum
Part one
Recent developments in science: oceanography, neuroscience, planetary astronomy
Scientists use gravity to map Earth's ocean floor
- Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa
19 March 2016 (front page)
- The crimes behind the US lead water crisis
- European Union and Turkey reach deal to seal borders and expel refugees
- Hungarian government declares "state of crisis" over refugees
- Impeachment drive accelerates amid expanding political crisis in Brazil
- Sanders under pressure to quit from Democratic leaders, media
- UAW discussing lower pay rate at Lear in Detroit
- After first failed attempt, court grants Ohio another chance to execute death row inmate
- Faculty and students protest budget cuts proposed for City University of New York
- Justice Department refuses to prosecute New York police killer of Ramarley Graham
- Kaiser Permanente nurses in Los Angeles on one-week strike
- NFL admits connection between concussions and degenerative brain disease
- India: Intensifying BJP witch-hunt, JNU to punish "anti-national" students
- Honduran Government covers up involvement in murders of indigenous rights leaders
- UK teacher shortages on the rise
- New Zealand government plans further expansion of spy powers
The pseudo-left's nationalist Leave campaign in the UK Brexit referendum
Part Two
- Terrence Malick's Knight of Cups: It is impossible to learn anything from this
- Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
21 March 2016 (front page)
- Trump and the Democratic Party
- New study says entire regions of US will remain in slump until the 2020s
- US Steel layoffs hit another 770 workers
- Castro government welcomes Obama, US corporate heads to Cuba
- Paris terror attack suspect Salah Abdeslam arrested in Brussels
- French Socialist Party whips up law-and-order hysteria after Abdeslam arrest
- Berlin senate speeds up deportations of refugees
- Australian nickel refinery workers sacked without entitlements
- Spanish youth protest education reforms
- More attacks on anti-Trump protesters at Tucson, Arizona campaign rally
- Chief proponent of Flint water supply switch hosts public meeting
- UAW seeks to ram through contract at Volvo
19 March 2016 (front page)
21 March 2016 (front page)
- Sri Lankan parliament to draft new constitution to shore up capitalist rule
- Australian youth and workers denounce media and government racist hysteria
- Ten years since the death of hip hop artist James "J Dilla" Yancey
- This week in history: March 21-27
22 March 2016 (front page)
- European Union-Turkey deal to expel refugees comes into force
- Obama in Cuba
- Australian government threatens a "double dissolution" election
- US accelerating military encirclement of China
- US presidential candidates give warmongering speeches backing Israel at AIPAC conference
- Resignation of UK work and pensions secretary divides Conservative government
- UK super-rich seize 26 percent of all new wealth since 2000
- Spanish officer corps hears lecture justifying Franco coup and dictatorship
- Hunger stalks US campuses
- Coal giant Peabody Energy on verge of bankruptcy
- New York City affordable housing programs designed to benefit developers
- Boston-area mass transit: Fare increases, service reductions and attacks on pensions
- Peru's electoral board bars two presidential candidates before first round of elections
- Hundreds attend meetings in Leipzig, Germany on the danger of war and the politics of the pseudo-left
- David North addresses Sri Lankan SEP launch of Sinhala edition of The Russian Revolution and the Unfinished Twentieth Century
- Colombo meeting launches Sinhala translation of The Russian Revolution and the Unfinished Twentieth Century
- Workers Struggles: The Americas
23 March 2016 (front page)
- Attacks on Marine firebase reveal secret US escalation in Iraq
- Obama's Cuba speech: "Democratic" veneer for US capitalist invasion
- Indonesia accuses China of encroaching on its territory
- With support of US Supreme Court, Texas authorities execute mentally ill man
- US government delays hearing in Apple iPhone encryption case
- St. Louis autoworkers bar UAW vice president from their Facebook page
- Northwestern University faculty oppose selection of US general to head global studies institute
- Opposition grows to Boston Public Schools budget cuts
- West Virginia budget gap widens, economy worsens
- Germany's Left Party favours coalition with conservative CDU
- Arson attack on witness to murders in Palestinian village of Duma
- Hundreds of refugees in Australia face return to offshore camps
- The terror bombings in Brussels
- IYSSE campaigns against war at San Diego State University
- Québec Solidaire welcomes suppression of anti-austerity struggle
Book Review
Anthony Doerr's All the Light We Cannot See: All the history the novelist cannot see
- Michigan governor's Flint "action plan": A cover for criminality
- India: Tata workers end strike after being isolated by the unions
- Seven-day nurses strike ends at Kaiser Permanente in Los Angeles
24 March 2016 (front page)
- Belgian authorities had "precise intelligence warnings" of Brussels bombings
- Corbyn's six months as UK Labour leader: A record of capitulation and betrayal
- After Brussels attack, EU officials plan vast escalation of police spying
Following terror attacks in Brussels
US presidential candidates call for stepped-up war and police measures
- Obama hails Macri's attacks on Argentine workers
- Australian PM treads a fine line on foreign policy
- Electoral success of AfD strengthens far-right forces in Germany
Socialism and the Fight Against War
IYSSE meetings in Australia and New Zealand—Build an International Movement of the Working Class and Youth Against Imperialism!
- Slovakia: Fico forms unstable right-wing government
- 200,000 jobs threatened by Norway oil industry crisis
- US airstrike kills 40 in Yemen
- Public sector union cancels strike action at Australian airports
- Canada's Liberal government tables first budget amid mounting economic turmoil
- Legislative attack on Detroit Public Schools taking shape
- University of California installs secret spyware system
- "We make the terror:" Season four of House of Cards
25 March 2016 (front page)
- Fundraising for US presidential campaign surpasses $1 billion
- Hundreds of US Marines provide combat support as Iraqi forces advance toward Mosul
- French students speak out against austerity and state of emergency
- University of California president proposes privatization of pension fund
- Chinese government's phony anti-poverty plan
- Corporate elites maintain pressure on Australian prime minister
- Canada's establishment "canonizes" former Toronto Mayor Rob Ford
- UK dockers strike suspended by Unite union
- The Belgium bombing: Why the dots are not connected
- Australia: Socialist Alternative and the US "pivot to Asia"
- Indian analyst urges US to use secret diplomacy in harnessing Delhi to anti-China "pivot"
- German Left Party leader's plea for nationalism and the free market economy
- Atom Egoyan's Remember: A Nazi criminal hunted…
- Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa
26 March 2016 (front page)
- Scandal mounts over failure by Belgian police to halt Brussels attacks
- Obama's pivot to Latin America
- After Brussels attacks, German politicians and media demand increased state powers
- Arrests follow call for Chinese President Xi's resignation
- Indian auto workers fight to defend wages and conditions
One year since the launch of the US-backed war
Vast majority of Yemen population without reliable food, water and sanitation
- Researchers and scientists subpoenaed in anti-abortion witch-hunt
- Chicago Teachers Union approves one-day stunt "strike" on April 1
- Greece's Syriza government detains refugees
- Tube drivers shut down London Piccadilly Line
- Large protests in East Timor over ongoing Australian oil theft
- Escalating crisis hits New Zealand dairy industry
- Flint water task force report leaves Snyder off the hook
- Why the New York Times is pushing racial politics in Flint
- I Saw the Light: A biography of country singer Hank Williams
- One hundred years since Ireland's Easter Rising—Part One
- Meeting at Toronto's York University: Socialism and the Fight Against War
- Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
28 March 2016 (front page)
- The US-NATO war in Syria and the Brussels terror attacks
- Clinton primary contest losses intensify Democratic Party crisis
- Historic city of Palmyra falls to Syrian government forces
- Terrorist attack hits crowded children's park in Pakistan
- German government increases defence budget and plans massive rearmament
- Canadian Liberal government to implement military spending hikes
- Global oil industry job losses continue to mount
- Michigan Kids Count report shows drastic rise in child poverty over last decade
- Indiana and Florida pass new anti-abortion laws
- New York prosecutor urges no jail time for killer cop
- Obama high court pick Merrick Garland: A record of support for police powers
- New Zealand Labour Party leader attacks Asian immigrants
- Ex-President Francisco Flores (1959–2016) and the decimation of El Salvador
- One hundred years since Ireland's Easter Rising—Part two
San Diego Latino Film Festival 2016—Part 1
Films from Argentina, Spain and Guatemala: El Movimiento, Hablar, Ixcanul and Tras Nazarin
- This week in history: March 28-April 3
29 March 2016 (front page)
- Military chiefs seize on Brussels attacks to send more US troops to Iraq
- Japan's security laws: Another milestone in the drive to world war
- Officials stoke anti-Muslim hatred following Brussels attack
- As Brazil's impeachment crisis deepens, economists advocate "Asian model"
- Japanese economy continues to show signs of faltering
- Obama administration to cut off Flint emergency aid
"They got away with murder for profit"
Michigan will not sanction GM attorneys involved in cover-up of ignition defect
- US federal appeals court ruling could speed up executions
- New York City Rikers Island prison guards on trial for viciously beating inmate
- Illinois public higher education hit with more cuts
- Germany's Deutsche Bahn to slash 2,100 rail freight transport jobs
- Australia: Socialist Alternative hails downing of Russian jet in Syria
UK Junior doctors dispute at a crossroads
Statement by NHS Fightback
- Rapper Phife Dawg from A Tribe Called Quest dead at 45
- One hundred years since Ireland's Easter Rising—Part three
- Workers Struggles: The Americas
30 March 2016 (front page)
- Newly-released email details complicity of Obama's EPA in Flint poisoning
- Intelligence accounts raise more questions on origins of Brussels, Paris attacks
- Impeachment looms in Brazil as PT's largest coalition partner deserts government
- Clinton, media step up pressure for Sanders to withdraw
- Supreme Court ruling favors unions in agency shop dues case
- FBI claims successful hack of Apple iPhone security systems
- California Democrats, unions announce deal on $15 minimum wage
- German interior minister seeks to further restrict rights of immigrants
- French government seeks delay in order to impose unpopular labour reform
- Australian Labor leader makes a cynical populist pitch
- Australia: Pacific Islanders suffer slave-like conditions in fruit industry
- Dramatic fall in Employment Tribunal cases in UK
- Warnings of global arms race ahead of Nuclear Security Summit
On sexual harassment policy
Professors' group charges Obama administration with undermining academic freedom and due process
San Diego Latino Film Festival 2016—Part 2
The human cost of the drug war in Mexico and a drama from Venezuela: Retratos de una búsqueda and Dauna. Lo que lleva el río
31 March 2016 (front page)
- Forty thousand jobs threatened as Tata Steel announces end of UK operations
- War: The great unmentionable in the 2016 US elections
Following Machinists union betrayal
Boeing to slash 4,000-8,000 jobs
- Australian prime minister lurches from one crisis to the next
- Republican Party crisis deepens as candidates renege on "loyalty" pledge
- Politicians and media promote far-right Alternative for Germany
- Hungary strengthens state security powers after Brussels attacks
- European Court rubber-stamps police murder of Jean Charles de Menezes
- After the Brussels attack, Podemos defends "war on terror"
- Costa Rica closes its borders to Cuban migrants
- Immigrant farmworker sentenced to 25 years to life for leaving her newborn in California strawberry field
"What's happening here is emblematic of what's going on across the country"
Detroit newspaper workers protest contract takeaways
- Nearly 750 dead in US house fires in 2016
- New layoffs in New Zealand meat processing
- The political economy of endless austerity
- Eye in the Sky: The liberal war on terror


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Lately I have been debating the merits of Blogger vs. WordPress from the point of view of one who knows little about web technology, i.e. myself.
Blogger pros include all kinds of funky little settings you can play around with, like comment functions and notifications, and the ability to download free templates (or, if you are awesome, which I'm not, design a template yourself or fins out what the cost of an ecommerce website is and start from there) and use them, also for free. Downsides include not-so-friendly user interface and no stats page.
WordPress pros: friendly user interface and the stats page. Downsides: if you have a free account, you can only use the templates they let you use – no messing around with your blog's appearance unless you pay.
And there is one drawback they both share: it is very difficult to find a template that doesn't use sans-serif fonts. I hate sans-serif fonts. They're hard on my senescing eyeballs. My total cheapness means that I can't do anything about that in WordPress anyway. My total ignorance of code means that even though I could change this on Blogger, I don't know how.
Also, although you can convert a Blogger blog to WordPress, you cannot, apparently, convert a WordPress blog to Blogger, which means that if I went apostate, I'd essentially have to start all over again and hope that the people who read this blog care enough to get the new feed address or whatever.
(Am I displaying my lack of tech savoir-faire well enough?)
Does anybody recommend Blogger over WordPress, or vice versa, and have any advice to offer me in my dilemma? Or should I just gird my loins and fork over the ten 'credits' WordPress demands in return for versatility?
(And please, no anti-Google screeds. I'm not a Google fanatic but I'm afraid Satan's corporate corruption has already tainted me, in that some time ago I went Google Mail and I'll never go back.)


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Ange Postecoglou takes job as Socceroos coach
ANGE Postecoglou has been unveiled as the new Socceroos coach.
The former Melbourne Victory and Brisbane Roar mentor follows Holgier Osieck into the role after the German was sacked following back-to-back 6-0 defeats at the hands of Brazil and France.
Postecoglou said he felt honoured and humbled to be chosen to lead the Australian national team.
"The Socceroos belong to the people of this nation," he said.
"It's my job to make sure we represent all that's good in Australian football.
"We need to strive for greatness, to play with spirit and have an unwavering belief in our mission.
"I was proud to represent my country as a player and I have the same immense feeling of pride today.
"I thank Frank Lowy, David Gallop and the FFA for having the faith in my ability to do this job successfully."
Football Federation Australia chief executive David Gallop thanked the Melbourne Victory for agreeing to release Postecoglou from his contract with the club.
"The nation came calling for Ange and that left the Melbourne Victory chairman Anthony Di Pietro and his board of directors with a decision to make," he said.
"Victory has done the right thing by Australian football and the club is to be commended."


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The WSSR Council announces the ratification of a new World Record:
Record: Monohull. 24 hours under rule 21.c
Yacht: ICAP Leopard. 100ft Monohull
Name: Mike Slade and 20 crew
Dates: 31st May to the 1st June 2010.
Start time: 05.00; 31/05/10
Finish time: 05.00; 01/06/10
Elapsed time: 24 hours
Distance: 495.1 NM
Average speed: 20.6 kts
Comments: Previous record: 466.4nm 19.4 kts. May 08 Leopard. Mike Slade GBR
John Reed
Secretary to the WSSR Council


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Charles Hamann Scholarship
Charles "Chip" Hamann, a native of Lincoln, Nebraska, is recognized as one of Canada's foremost oboists. In 1993, at the age of 22, he was appointed Acting Principal Oboe of Ottawa's National Arts Centre Orchestra. After serving for two seasons in that role, he was chosen to become Principal Oboe of the orchestra on a permanent basis. In addition to his regular duties with the National Arts Centre Orchestra, Mr. Hamann's career has expanded to encompass the roles of teacher, adjudicator, and chamber musician, both in Ottawa and across North America. He is a member of the Faculty of Music at the University of Ottawa and has adjudicated for the National Centre Orchestra Bursary Competition as well as the Conservatoire de Quebec. In 2006, Charles Hamann established the Charles Hamann Scholarship to be given to a young local instrumental musician who plans a musical career. This award, given in an amount not to exceed $1000, is not restricted to former SAIL Camp interns or participants.
Requirements for Applicants
The applicant must plan a career in a music profession such as music performance, education, or another music-related major area. The applicant must be an instrumentalist. The scholarship award will be deposited directly in the recipient's college student account for direct application to the expenses of attending that college's School of Music or Music Department. This is a non-renewable scholarship.
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text: The Sales Analyst department is responsible to gather, screen, verify, analyze and interpret data, and determine recommendations for necessary value adjustments. Analysts' responsibilities also include maintaining appraisal level and uniformity of the District's appraised values. Additionally, sales analysts maintain all appraisal schedules (models) with regards to land and improvements. Furthermore this department presents testimony on behalf of the District at ARB hearings, assists District's counsel in appeal cases under litigation and prepares arbitration cases.


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I know what you're thinking – she sure does natter on about her skin and her acne a lot doesn't she?! She sure does. And it's not about to stop.
Over New Year, my skin through a massive strop and I was bombarded with a never-ending cycle of cystic acne. A few dozen tears and pity purchases later, it was time to renew and revitalise my skincare. I just so happened to be in Paris at the time, home of the many clear-skinned human beings, so I took a leaf out of their book and invested in some new skincare. Most things from this post were recommended to me by Into The Gloss, in a post compiled about the best French pharmacy products for acne. This was my bible whilst in Paris, and I dipped in and out of every pharmacy we went past looking for the things listed in the post.
I'll start with the one I love the most – Hexomedine Transcutanee. I know, sounds scary. Sounds professional. It took me until our second last day to find this because I was too afraid to ask in the pharmacy, and I wish I'd stocked up on them before coming home. This little tub will last you a really, really long time though, so I don't have a lot to worry about. You just take a Q-tip, dab it on your spots, and leave it. I use this last in my routine, and I do use it day and night depending on how bad my skin actually is.
This seemingly underwhelming clear liquid has become my saviour, my best friend, and the product I would take to a desert island with me.
This works best on cystic acne – those painful, deep-rooted spots that linger for weeks and weeks. Hexomedine Transcutanee works to draw those spots out to the surface super quickly, therefore making it easier for you to zap them away. It also gets rid of the pain, which is a huge win for me. The pain of these spots is sometimes unbearable – especially the eyebrow ones you can feel every time you change your facial expression. The best part? This was only about 3 euros. And here's a UK link. You are welcome.
Another spot zapper that I can't live without is by La Roche Posay, a brand that we can get here but I didn't bother trying until I was in France. I've heard nothing but good things about Effaclar Duo and I'd run out of my previous go-to spot cream, so snapped this up in a pharmacy. I find this to be really good for the spots that Hexomedine helps to bring out, it significantly reduces them in size and redness. I use this twice a day between my toner and moisturiser, and I definitely think I need more from La Roche Posay, but I just don't know where to start in terms of what they actually do. I just never know where to start with those complicated names.
Really super glamorous but #keepingitreal, I get spots on my shoulders a lot. I also have a weirdly sensitive chest, where I get breakouts and rashes a lot, and the Avene Soap Free Cleanser is supposed to be amazing for clearing up your body blues. I only bought a little one of these to test it out but I'm already planning on buying a massive one because this has massively cleared up my complexion. It's so gentle yet effective and doesn't strip my skin and make it feel all dry and tight like so many other face washes do.
Guess which idiot only brought face wipes on holiday with her? Oh yeah, me. When my breakout really hit peak, I needed to buy a proper cleanser so my face actually felt clean. I think Bioderma was the introduction to micellar water, and it is a cult classic that I wish I'd invested in so much earlier. I prefer it to my Garnier Micellar Water as it actually makes my face feel clean. I don't feel like I need to double cleanse but I still do because, y'know, gotta give your skin it's best chance.
A name that kept popping up when I was obsessively googling French skincare was Avibon – apparently it's this amazing cream that completely fixes your face. The closest you can get to that at the moment is the A313 Pommade. It was a little harder to find but I tracked it down on eBay once I got home, and I love it. I'm still trying to get the hang of using the right amount of it, as too much can make your face burn. You need the tiniest bit and it fully revitalises my complexion. My uneven-ness is fading rapidly and makeup definitely settles on my skin a LOT nicer. I think I need to cut down on this and only use it once every second night, I've been feeling a little bit of burning when I put it on but things like that do take some getting used to!
It also smells a little like roast beef but, trust me, it's worth it.
Although I'm barely out of nappies and therefore don't need any age-related skincare assistance, I've been using the Lancome Advanced Genifique Youth Activating Serum. Phew, what a mouthful. I was sent this to try out by TJ Hughes in collaboration with the TJ Hughes Skincare collection, and basically, I love it. It also targets skinctone unevenness and texture so although I don't use it for its primary use, it works amazingly on those extra bits and bobs that desperately need fixed.
A few little extra bits that are not French but are old favourites that I'll be taking into my new revitalised skincare routine includes Sudocrem. I always think I'm too good for it and that something else will do a better job, and I'm always wrong. There is nothing better for the overnight spot zap. N O T H I N G. I have a 400g tub of it in my bathrom, I use it almost every single night and I would honestly struggle without it.
Sudocrem is life when you have acne.
2 litres of water a day. Do it. I didn't believe the benefits of it, and I didn't believe I was missing out on anything before beginning to drink 2 litres a day. My Chilly's bottle has made it really easy for me to reach that goal, considering it keeps water cold all day and it's made tap water taste delicious. My complexion is clearer, my scars are fading, I can tell my spots are fading quicker, and I really do think that it's down to the water as well as the new skincare.
If you invest in one thing from this post, let it be the Chilly's bottle. DRINK YO WATER.
I've also decided to give up dairy, mainly milk, as I've heard so many success stories about ditching dairy to help your acne. For now, I'm not looking for any alternatives and I'm just seeing how I go cold turkey, but I'm not going to be overly strict with my consumption of cheese and butter. Gots to have my halloumi. It's milk I have most, so it's milk I'd be more inclined to blame all my problems on. At the time of writing this, it's only been a few days since giving it up, but I'm noticing a difference already.
How are you revitalising your skincare in 2018?


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Star Trek: D-A-C coming next month
Top-down shooter inspired by new movie.
A new Star Trek game is on the way for PC, Xbox Live Arcade and PlayStation Network.
Star Trek: D-A-C is a top-down shooter inspired by the forthcoming movie. You get to control various ships as Starfleet and the Romulan Empire battle it out.
There are single-player, online multiplayer and online co-op modes, and up to 12 players can take part in team combat. Game types include Team Deathmatch and Assault, plus Conquest.
There are three ship types for each faction - Flagship, Fighter and Bomber. You'll get to muck about with the new U.S.S. Enterprise as seen on the big screen, and music and sound effects from the movie are promised too.
Star Trek: D-A-C will launch via Xbox Live in May, with PSN and PC versions to be released "shortly thereafter". There's no word on a price point yet.