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The Post-Panamax Era Has Arrived
Key Takeaways
- The first post-Panamax ship travelled through the Panama Canal Expansion.
- The Richland County Transportation Improvement Program (CTIP) will improve roads that are heavily trafficked and are key to the transportation of industrial goods through Columbia.
- Strong prospect activity in the third quarter is expected to lead to more speculative development in 2017.
Bigger Port. Bigger Ships.
The Panama Canal Expansion is now open, allowing for larger and heavier post-Panamax ships to travel through the locks. The Panama Canal offers access to global markets, and the Port of Charleston is a big player in increasing accessibility through East Coast shipping routes. In September 2016, the Water Resources Development Act passed the U.S. House of Representatives, allowing the Charleston Harbor Deepening Project to move forward. The state has funded $300 million to the project and the South Carolina Port Authority says the project is on track to be completed by 2020. Once deepened, the entrance to the harbor will be 54 feet deep and the harbor 52 feet deep.
The Port of Charleston already has the deepest harbor on the East Coast, but can currently only accept post-Panamax ships during high tide. The deepening will allow these longer, wider and heavier ships to access the port around the clock. Charleston will be the only East Coast port able to accept calls from post-Panamax III ships carrying at full capacity (16,000 TEU).
Heavier cranes and stronger infrastructure are also being added to the Port of Charleston to accommodate the larger capacity of these new Panamax and post-Panamax ships, which can hold between 12,000 and 16,000 TEU compared to Panamax ships, which can hold up to 5,000 TEU. Other competing Eastern seaboard ports are following after the Port of Charleston to deepen their channels as well, but they will not be as deep upon completion or deliver before the Charleston Harbor Deepening Project.
To take full advantage of its competitive position, the Inland Port in Dillon is planned for a location 160 miles North of the Port of Charleston, off Interstate 95 near the North Carolina border. The port will ease traffic as well as accommodate the growing volume at the Port of Charleston by way of a Class 1 CSX rail line. The port is expected to begin construction in the first quarter of 2017 and be completed by the end of the year. The port will have a direct effect on activity and occupancy in the northeast portion of the state, referred to as the Pee Dee area. Expansion of the Panama Canal, the deepening of the Port of Charleston and the planned Inland Port in Dillon will effectively draw in new investors to the region.
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Twilight Saga: New Moon – Meet Jacob Black
The second The Twilight Saga: New Moon trailer is now available online and we have it for you. This is the trailer that debuted in theaters last weekend at showings of Bandslam. In this one, fans get to see a little more of Jacob Black, who steps in to comfort Bella (Kristen Stewart) when Edward (Robert Pattinson) goes away. Narrated by Tayor Lautner, who plays Jacob, there's plenty of action, including the return of Laurent and Victoria, the vampires Bella was saved from in Twilight, more revelations about Jacob's big secret and a quick peek at Dakota Fanning as a vampire.
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I decided to Dust off FTL once again and save the Federation. However, the Rebels developed a new strategy . They Freeze my PC at various points so that I can not exit tab out or otherwise escaope or resolve the issue there are no error logs and the Freeze requires a full reboot to escape
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Suspect in Killing of Former Bush Doctor Found Dead
HOUSTON (CN) – Police said Friday that a man suspected of killing George H.W. Bush's former doctor to avenge his mother's death on an operating table 20 years ago killed himself as police converged on him.
"The suspect is deceased. He committed suicide when he was confronted by two members of the Houston Police Department," Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo said in a news conference at the scene Friday.
Houston police said earlier this week they had identified Joseph James Pappas, 62, a Houston realtor and former law enforcement officer, from surveillance footage as Pappas rode past Dr. Mark Hausknecht – both men were riding bicycles – on the morning of July 20 in the Texas Medical Center, Houston's bustling hospital complex.
Hausknecht's wife said police told her that her husband was found that morning in a noisy construction site, which masked the sound of three gunshots Pappas had fired at him from his bicycle. He was pronounced dead at a hospital.
Acevedo said at around 9:30 a.m. Friday an employee of the Houston Parks Board making his regular rounds looking for vandals who spray graffiti near Brays Bayou in southwest Houston called 911 and said he saw Pappas sitting near the bayou. Acevedo said the caller jumped a curb in his vehicle and drove up to Pappas and Pappas walked away.
A policeman caught up to Pappas on a street a short distance from the bayou, positioned his cruiser in front of him and ordered him to the ground. Pappas, who was wearing body armor, shot himself in the head.
Though police did not identify any suspects in the days after the shooting, they said they believed Hausknecht had been targeted.
Acevedo identified Pappas as the suspect at a news conference Wednesday and revealed a possible motive: Pappas' mother died on Hausknecht's operating room table in the 1990s.
Acevedo said police searched Pappas' home early Wednesday morning and found several guns, and that Pappas had extensive law enforcement training, most recently in August 2017.
"It appears that this may be a 20-year-old grudge that this man held," Acevedo said. "There was a lot of planning that went into this. There was a lot of planning and sadly some skill, … We believe that this man is absolutely the killer."
Acevedo told reporters Friday that police had discovered an extensive file that Pappas had compiled about Hausknecht's residence, his vehicles and the hospital where he worked.
Pappas worked as a deputy constable and reserve deputy constable in Harris County, whose seat is Houston, from 1983 to 2013, according to KTRK, Houston's ABC affiliate.
Acevedo said Wednesday that Pappas had not been seen for several days, and that the last contact anyone had with him was a text message he sent Tuesday morning saying he was going to kill himself.
Shortly after the murder, Pappas reportedly posted for sale on an auction website two firearms, two bulletproof vests and two bulletproof door panels for a Crown Victoria, a vehicle commonly used as a police cruiser.
Houston police declined to say if they believe Pappas shot Hausknecht with the listed firearms.
Pappas owned Pappas Realty Company in Houston and his realtor license expires on Sept. 30 this year, according to the Houston Association of Realtors. A phone call to his office Thursday went straight to voicemail.
Acevedo said Friday that police were monitoring Pappas' electronic key, which realtors use to enter homes for sale, and that Pappas had entered four homes since the manhunt started.
"We checked all those houses," Acevedo said as police helicopters buzzed overhead.
Hausknecht's family said in his obituary that he had been a practicing cardiologist at the Texas Medical Center since 1987.
"Mark was driven by insatiable intellectual curiosity but found relaxation through physical labor. He was a voracious reader, pilot, chef, DIY repairman, beekeeper, recycler, urban gardener, cyclist and lover of music and the arts," the obituary states.
His most famous patient, former President George H.W. Bush, called him a "fantastic cardiologist and a good man" in a statement.
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Barack Obama Wants to Unilaterally Strip Your Gun Rights
It's puzzling that the University of Chicago Law School permitted Barack Obama to lecture on constitutional law, as comments he made last week indicate that he would struggle to properly teach high school civics. Specifically, the president appears wholly unfamiliar with the concept of due process. …Read the Rest
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Despite odds, Knicks not bowing out of CP3 sweepstakes
There are several legitimate suitors angling to make a play for all-star guard Chris Paul, according to reports by ESPN and Yahoo! Sports, but the Knicks, with very little in assets to offer, are not among the group. So here we are again in a situation where it seems a third of the league has the interest and ability to trade for a star, but only one team -- as the Yahoo! report confirmed, the Knicks -- is his preferred destination.
And other reports say the Lakers, with assets such as Andrew Bynum and Pau Gasol, believe they can acquire both Dwight Howard AND Paul in preseason trades to create a Big Three with Kobe Bryant. One would have to believe playing with Kobe, Dwight and the Lake Show would replace Melo and the Knicks on the speed dial list.
Still, the Knicks aren't discouraged by this information and, based on recent history, they should not be. On the contrary, we've been assured the Knicks, despite reported disinterest from the New Orleans Hornets, are very much still putting in the effort to make this happen and complete the triumvirate that Paul toasted at Carmelo Anthony's wedding two summers ago. And just like the Melo saga last season, Paul's representation -- the notorious and influential CAA -- is aware of its client's preference and also very much involved in the process.
So what you have right now is a two-front strategy: The first is creating a large enough market for Paul that the competition is strong in case the Knicks effort fails. This is in the best interests of the Hornets. The other is working behind the scenes to find a third team with a high-end player in his prime who may no longer fit -- Memphis/Rudy Gay? or Golden State/Monta Ellis? -- to provide enough pieces to put together a reasonable trade to Paul's top choice. This, of course, favors the Knicks.
Yes, the NBA owns the Hornets right now. And no, David Stern does not want to hear about another Frozen Envelope conspiracy [Hey, it's been over a quarter-century since that Ewing lottery victory and the Knicks, who have been in the lottery plenty of times in the last 10 years, haven't won another one since. You want to talk about controversies].
Truth is, Stern and the NBA did all it could to block any chance of a team like the Knicks benefiting with Paul using his leverage as they did with Melo last season. The new CBA has limited contract extension rules that have created an environment that no matter where Paul winds up in a possible trade, he is likely to opt-out anyway, as Deron Williams will do with the Nets, because, under the new rules, it makes more sense financially.
So technically the value is in holding his Bird Rights and anticipating his desire to cash in with a max deal.
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* -- For those asking, no, players can not restructure contracts to fit another player into the payroll under the new CBA. You couldn't do it under the previous CBA either. So Melo and Amar'e Stoudemire can not do anything to clear more salary cap space so the Knicks have the ability to sign Chris Paul to a max contract next summer. Those contracts are locked in . . . unless, of course, one is amnestied. Don't expect that to happen.
What worked against the Knicks here is that the NBA, to allow the finances of the new CBA to adjust, plans to keep the salary cap flat at $58.044 million, which is what it was last season and what it expects to be this season and in 2012-13. If the cap had increased with revenues as usual, there would have been an extra few million to open up more space.
* -- As four more players showed up at MSG Training Center on Monday to join Carmelo (and Toney Douglas) for workouts, the team's two other stars, Amar'e and Chauncey Billups, remained at their respective offseason homes. Stoudemire is in Miami, working out with his personal trainer. Billups is in Denver and has spent a great deal of the offseason working with renown trainer Joe Abunassar.
The fact that the two did not arrive early and march through the unlocked gym doors with Melo last week fails to produce romantic pre-training camp stories, but fans shouldn't get too hysterical about it. Stoudemire had planned all along to be in Florida and made an effort to get his teammates to join him there before camp. And Billups is spending as much family time as he can before he leaves his wife and daughters behind before he heads to New York uncertain he will finish the season here.
Both are expected to arrive Wednesday, with two days to spare before camp opens on Friday. It's not as if the players are running full court scrimmages right now. Even today, with six players in the gym, they did mainly shooting and conditioning drills before hitting the weight room.
* -- One of the new arrivals was rookie Iman Shumpert, who doesn't lack for poise or confidence, yet still displays just the right amount of wide-eyed wonder. "It's magical," he said of his first workout at the training center as a Knick. "Waited a long time to be here . . . I'm just more excited to be here in the facility and being able to put my shoes in a locker and just leave them there instead of having to carry a bag of sweaty clothes."
Shumpert still hasn't signed a contract -- he will once the lockout is officially lifted, which is expected later this week -- but said he never took out a loan or anything. Instead, he made a few bucks by doing appearances and stayed home in Chicago for some home cooking.
He's already enjoying the intensity of Knicks fans, who respond at full blast on Twitter to even the most innocuous tweets.
"They demand a lot," he said. "I may tweet, 'I'm with my Mom' or something like that and Knicks fans are like, 'You should be shooting 1,000 shots!'"
And that's just from the beat writers.
"But just having that on you all the time," he added, "it makes you work a lot harder."
* -- Landry Fields also was back with a set of shoulder and back muscles he didn't own last season. He came into the room with a soaked Knicks shirt, and I couldn't help but greet him with a wisecrack.
"Is it raining out?"
"Rainin' J's!" he replied.
Fields was making it rain all summer from the elbow extended to the deep corner three-ball, the areas where he knows he has to be a reliable shooter to be effective in this offense.
But aside from adding muscle and a consistent jumper to his game, the Stanford grad said his No. 1 focus during the offseason involved his mental approach.
"A lot of people look at post-trade and all that stuff and the kind of mentality I had," he said. "So I wanted to really work on that."
Fields candidly discussed his struggles after the Melo trade and, especially, in the playoffs.
"It could have been a number of things," he said. "A lot of people like to call it 'The Rookie Wall'. I just couldn't fit in with the new guys. But I'm not looking to make excuses. I know this year is going to be a lot better."
He actually repeated that last line two more times throughout the conversation.
"I definitely felt some fatigue toward the end," he would say later. "But I'm not going to make any excuses. I know this year is going to be a lot better."
The first guest on the Andy & Landry Show: Tony Robbins.
"The dynamics changed a little bit [after the trade], but I usually pride myself on being able to adapt," he said. "I've always been a player that's been like that. It didn't come to me as quickly last year as I wanted it to, so I think this year is going to be a lot better."
So, what you're saying is, this year will be better than last year.
"I've thought about that," he said of potentially losing his starting shooting guard position, "especially toward the end of last season, right when it ended. But over the summer, I've gotten a lot more confident and going into this year, I'd say it was a lot better."
It's hard to not come away impressed with Fields. Last season was still an overall success for him and, despite how it ended, the experience he had against Ray Allen and the Celtics was a baptism by fire.
"I'd say so," he said. "I think it's something that people can talk about, say, 'You're in for this, watch out for that.' But until you've actually gone through it and gotten that experience, you wouldn't know."
* -- What we do know is the backcourt includes two defensive-minded combo guards in Toney Douglas and Shumpert, who both could play alongside Billups at times. Fields is smart and versatile, but where does he fit in?
And something else to consider is that there could be more competition in the backcourt when training camp opens. We know that the Knicks have been monitoring the progress of 33-year-old Brooklyn-born playmaker Jamaal Tinsley, who is currently in the D-League attempting to be this season's renaissance man. Tinsley is said to be in great shape and could be a very good fit behind Billups, especially in this offense.
We also know that the Knicks have had discussions with free agent Shannon Brown's agent, Mark Bartelstein. If Chris Paul is traded and somehow comes off the market as an option, the Knicks may be motivated to be more aggressive with their Mid-Level Exception, which could be split in half to land a shooting guard and a big man.
* -- Miscellaneous notes: As I tweeted on Sunday, the Knicks will NOT be wearing those green holiday uniforms for the Christmas Day opener as they have in the last two Christmas Day appearances. Would have been a fashion faux pas against the Celtics. Expect the stars, Melo (Jordan Brand) and Amar'e (Nike), to sport special signature green sneakers, however, for the game . . . It's sounding like Grant Hill will pass on coming to New York yet again and stay with the Phoenix Suns, but Hill has yet to make a commitment so the Knicks are still holding out hope . . . Free agent Bostjan Nachbar, who played the last three seasons in Europe, is scheduled to have a workout with the Knicks on Tuesday. He and Mike D'Antoni have a relationship that goes back to when Nachbar played for D'Antoni with Trevisio in Italy. He'd be a nice stretch four -- he can shoot the three -- off the bench, especially if Shawne Williams signs elsewhere . . . Of course the Knicks are always interested in shooters, so Jason Kapono will be on the radar . . . Donnie Walsh, now an advisor to the franchise, loves Jeff Foster from his Indiana days and Foster would be a nice fit as a backup center to add toughness behind Ronny Turiaf. But Foster is old and seems inclined to retire with the Pacers . . . Jared Jeffries could be back (a D'Antoni favorite) but there are other teams interested in him . . . Anthony Carter has been working out in Denver and running with his old Nuggets teammates. Will be interesting to see if he gets an invite. Depends on needs in the backcourt . . . No word back from agent Todd Ramasar about whether center Jerome Jordan has been invited to training camp. You'd think he'd be on his way to New York from Slovenia by now if they called. Remember, Ramasar told Berman of the Post that if the Knicks didn't bring Jordan to camp, he'd request a trade . . . We have a LIVE CHAT scheduled for 11 a.m. on Tuesday. I'll beat y'all to the punch: Opening game starting lineup: Billups, Fields, Melo, Stoudemire and Turiaf. Tell me where I'm wrong and why.


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CC Sabathia admitted there was fear and concern. After all, the lefty did not finish last season because of right knee surgery.
Then, this season was interrupted with more troubles with the same knee.
"I was scared for sure going down, but I felt I had a good chance of getting back out there," Sabathia said. "And being able to pitch well is a bonus."
Being able to pitch and win the game that secured the Yankees' return to the playoffs was even better.
"CC is going to pitch big in the big game. That's what we expect of him. That's what he did tonight," said Adam Warren, who accepted the torch for three innings after Sabathia worked the first five in the Yankees' 4-1, wild-card clinching victory over Boston at the Stadium Thursday.
"He's the best pitcher of my era," catcher Brian McCann said. "It couldn't have ended any better with him on the mound, getting us there."
It was not Sabathia at his very best, but it was an effective Sabathia. He did not have a single clean inning, but made the pitches he needed to make and got the help he needed to get behind him. Two double plays thwarted Boston at key moments as Sabathia improved to 6-10 allowing one earned run, six hits and three walks, one intentional, in his five innings.
"It means a lot to be on the mound for the game where we're trying to clinch," said Sabathia, whose ERA dipped to 2.17 for his five starts since coming off the disabled list Sept. 9 because of right knee inflammation. "The guys stepped up. I wasn't that sharp. But guys stepped up and we got it done."
The guys who stepped up were glad to get it done for Sabathia.
"I'm glad for him because CC had really battled," said Carlos Beltran, who slugged one of three Yankees homers. "When he hurt his knee, people thought he wasn't going to be able to be back. CC's a horse, man. I love watching him on the mound. Since he was in Cleveland, I always considered him a guy that will fight."
Sabathia credited his knee brace for alleviating doubt. He could land and plant like the Sabathia of old.
"It's been a long road," he said. "I didn't get a chance to finish and I had the knee surgery and this year I had an up-and-down season. To be able to find myself, feels great. It's the brace, for sure. The rest and the brace have helped. Obviously two weeks off in the season is not ideal but I took advantage and we did the rehab and I'm ready to go. And whenever I get a chance to pitch in the postseason I'll be ready."
Ditto the Yankees, who Sabathia sees as legit title contenders.
"Because it's a good team," he said. "We've got a combination of everything and if we pitch well and keep playing the way we've been playing, we've got a good chance."
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Gunnevera put in his final breeze Saturday for the $1 million Xpressbet.com Florida Derby on April 1 at Gulfstream Park.
Jockey Leonel Reyes replaced regular exercise partner Edgard Zayas, in Dubai riding Sharp Azteca in the Godolphin Mile, for the five-furlong work that went in 1:01.80 over the Gulfstream Park West main track. Regular rider Javier Castellano will be back in the irons for the Florida Derby.
The time ranked seventh of 20 horses and was notably quicker than Gunnevera's penultimate breeze March 18 that went in 1:04.60. Trainer Antonio Sano said the sophomore son of 2011 Florida Derby winner Dialed In galloped out six furlongs in 1:14.
Gunnevera Work Video is at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AI3m5AMS62Q
"It was very good for me. The jockey did exactly as I asked him and it went perfect," Sano said. "He was very calm on my horse. The last two furlongs I got him in :10 4/5 and the gallop out was very good.
"Last week the horse worked very slow. He is ready for the race," he added. "He didn't need more for the Florida Derby, so I breezed him looking ahead to the next one. It's exciting, and it's pressure. More people come by the barn for the horse. The owners call me every day. I think it's normal. I feel that my horse is a good horse."
Three Rules
At Gulfstream Park, multiple stakes winner Three Rules worked Saturday for the Florida Derby.
Three Rules was sharp in his only work for the Derby since the Fountain of Youth, going five furlongs in 1:00.50, the fastest of 24 horses over a main track which received some overnight rain.
Three Rules Work video is at https://youtu.be/GU_PqN0mVik
"It put a little moisture in the track and that's really good for him. He's fit and ready," trainer Jose Pinchin said. "He went five-eighths this morning and galloped out good. Everything went perfect. It couldn't have been a better work."
Luis Saez, aboard for the first time in the Fountain of Youth, will ride back in the Florida Derby.
"Looking back on it, it was a hell of a good performance," Pinchin said. "He got pressured from the go by Irish War Cry and then (Practical Joke) took him on real early and didn't really give him a chance, but he ran real good. I thought it was a very good race."
J Boys Echo, Impressive Edge
Gotham Stakes winner J Boys Echo breezed five furlongs in 1:02.89 under Tammy Fox for trainer Dale Romans. Romans said J Boys Echo will run in the Toyota Blue Grass Stakes, ruling out a possible start in the Florida Derby.
Impressive Edge, a two-time winner at the Gulfstream, breezed five furlongs in 1:01.87 for a planned start in the Florida Derby. The Romans-trained colt galloped out strongly under exercise rider Faustino Aguilar.
Impressive Edge Work video is at https://youtu.be/CHK0bQfkqdM
"They both worked good. They're totally different horses – one worked fast, the other worked slow. But we know they can both run and they're both fit and ready to roll," said Romans.
Impressive Edge, who raced twice at Saratoga and Churchill Downs for trainer Steve Asmussen last summer, has captured two of three starts for Romans at Gulfstream.
"He's done well. He was the type of horse that wasn't quite ready to win. He came to us in good shape. We got him and we didn't need to do much with him," Romans said.
Corey Lanerie, who was aboard Impressive Edge for the first time for his allowance win, has the mount for the Florida Derby.
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A crazy second period got a little more insane late with a disputed go-ahead goal from Evgeni Malkin. After Pittsburgh Penguins forward Patric Hornqvist slid into Philipp Grubauer on the goal, Barry Trotz challenged the play for goalie interference.
The challenge was unsuccessful.
The NHL released an explanation of the call:
After reviewing all available replays and consulting with NHL Hockey Operations staff, the Referee confirmed that the actions of Washington's Daniel Winnik caused Pittsburgh's Patric Hornqvist to contact Grubauer before the puck crossed the goal line. The decision was made in accordance with Note 2 of Rule 78.7 (ii) which states, in part, that the goal on the ice should be allowed because "the attacking Player was pushed, shoved or fouled by a defending Player causing the attacking Player to come into contact with the goalkeeper."
Therefore the original call stands - good goal Pittsburgh Penguins.
You can view the play in the video above.
None of this explanation is incorrect. Winnik trips Hornqvist which causes him to slide into Grubauer. But from my point of view, it's not the trip that's the issue.
As Hornqvist slides into Grubauer, he clearly — and seemingly intentionally — hits and pushes Grubauer's pad with his stick. Unless the rule means that a player can legally do whatever he wants to a goalie so long as he was pushed into him (which we all know is not the case), this goal should have been called back for goalie interference.
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Trending on Twitter: How does Brexit impact you?
Brexit seems to be all-encompassing: you only have to look at an online news website to see mention of the B-word. While the issue of the UK's membership has been ruining family dinners for longer than this, the 23rd of June 2016 was when the UK made the decision to leave the European Union, after David Cameron's Conservative campaign in the previous General Election included a promise to hold a referendum to determine the future of the UK as a part of Europe. Continue reading Trending on Twitter: How does Brexit impact you?


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Cole Sprouse wears hair extensions for new role
J-14 expressed his surprised with the new look of Cole in the Instagram story. The actor now wears crocked waist-length blonde hair extensions. The story turn viral over the weekend has his wavy black hair that gave Cole two-toned look, was unexpected.


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by Lynnell Mickelsen
We spent our last two days in Jordan on the Red Sea, snorkeling off the beach about 8 miles south of Aqaba. I love the beach. I love to swim, but I'm an extremely pale person who sunburns easily. So I pour on the sunscreen, but still have to spend a lot of time swathed in long sleeves and pants to avoid sun poisoning while everyone else freely cavorts around in swimsuits.
So I can't tell you how great it was to finally be on a beach where where all the women were as covered up as I am….if not more so! Which means, for once, I wasn't the lone freak.
Except I still sort of was. As a person with blonde hair and blue eyes, I've been a novelty in Morocco, India, Egypt and Jordan. Nearly every day, for the last four months, people have stopped, stared, pulled out their cameras and insisted on taking selfies with me.
I don't get it. Yes, we're independent travelers. Yes we can get a bit off the tourist track, but not that far off. So I think surely these lovely people in these lovely countries have seen plenty of blondes before. Plus, I'm almost 60, and most of the people who want to take my picture are under 30. I mean, it's just weird.
But yet, as a traveler, I like to take photos of local people. So fair is fair. Grin and bear it.
On the Red Sea, I wanted to take pictures of Jordanian women on the beach, but I was feeling shy because many Muslim women really are modest and do not want their photos taken by any Westerners. I was trying to work up the courage to ask, but it turns out, I didn't need it because pretty soon, a young woman came up and asked to take a selfie of the two of us. Then another woman came up. And then another.
Taking photos with women and kids is almost always cool, but I've learned to be somewhat wary of taking photos with men because too often they can pull me in a little too close and hold on a little too long and a few of times, I've gotten groped. Of course, this is nothing compared to what younger solo women travelers put up with. But still. It's gross.
None of the women on the beach spoke English. I don't speak Arabic. But they were all very nice and after taking photos, each of them motioned me over to meet their friends or families and drink tea. I declined because I was feeling shy and because John was snorkeling off by himself in the ocean with high winds and a strong current, so I was walking along the beach acting as his lifeguard.
But on other days, I've gotten tired of being a novelty. In India and Egypt, especially, the photo requests could be unrelenting. A few weeks ago, in Alexandria, Egypt, I was standing by myself along an ancient fortress wall, waiting for John to buy entry tickets to the site, when a young woman, who had been staring at me for while, came up laughing and said, in heavily accented, broken English, "My friends and I want to put you in the zoo."
I felt a flash of irritation. Enough, people! I wanted to say. Yes, I look different, but hey, talking about putting me in a zoo really crosses a line. But I don't speak Arabic and even if I did, as Minnesotan, I've been long-socialized to stuff my anger and channel it into passive-aggressive brooding. So instead I just scowled at her.
She hesitated and then said the same thing, covering her mouth and giggling some more. I rolled my eyes. And then I realized she was actually saying, "My friends and I want to take our picture with you." And she was giggling because she felt so nervous.
Okay, Okay, I said. So we took the these photos and by the end, they were all so sweet and happy and goofy, my irritation evaporated. This ain't profound, but one of my takeaways from this year of travel is that most people around the world are actually really nice if you just relax and hang out with them.
——Lynnell Mickelsen


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The Office of the Parliamentary Counsel (OPC) is responsible for drafting all government Bills that are introduced to Parliament. Established in 1869, the OPC has been part of various departments and is currently part of the Cabinet Office. Led by Elizabeth Gardiner, the First Parliamentary Counsel and Permanent Secretary, the OPC consists of 60 members of staff, 47 of whom are lawyers and 13 of whom are support staff. The lawyers who work in the office are referred to as Parliamentary counsel or Parliamentary draftsmen.[1]
Bills were originally drafted by normal barristers, Members of Parliament themselves or members of the judiciary. William Pitt was the first person to appoint a dedicated parliamentary draftsman, known as the Parliamentary Counsel to the Treasury, who in 1833 described his duties as "to draw or settle all the Bills that belong to Government in the Department of the Treasury",[2] although he also produced bills for other departments. Despite this many bills continued to be drafted by other members of the bar, and one of these barristers (Henry Thring) suggested that "the subjects of Acts of Parliament, as well as the provisions by which the law is enforced, would admit of being reduced to a certain degree of uniformity; that the proper mode of sifting the materials and of arranging the clauses can be explained; and that the form of expressing the enactments might also be the subject of regulation".[2] In response to this, the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel to the Treasury was established on 8 February 1869, with Thring as Parliamentary Counsel to the Treasury, the head of the office.[2]
The office is small for a government department - in 1901 it consisted of "the Parliamentary Counsel and the Assistant Parliamentary Counsel, with three shorthand writers, an office-keeper, and an office boy". Two more Parliamentary Counsel were appointed in 1914 and 1930 respectively, and by 1960 the office had 16 counsel, along with their support staff. It currently consists of 47 counsel, with a 13-person support team.[3] The OPC was initially part of HM Treasury, but when the Civil Service Department was created in 1969 the OPC became a part of it, changing its name from Office of the Parliamentary Counsel to the Treasury to simply the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel. After the Civil Service Department was dissolved in 1980, the OPC became part of the Cabinet Office.[2]
The OPC is tasked with drafting all bills of the Parliament of the United Kingdom,[4] and has also been known to draft Orders in Council that are "of exceptional importance or difficulty".[5]


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Baseball fever has hit! The Royals and Orioles dealt hammer blows to the Angels and Tigers on their way to the ALCS. What does it mine for all four organisations? Plus, why was Zimmerman pulled? and what will be the difference between the Dodgers Cardinals? All those questions are answered and more in the best CTBPod yet!
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India's foreign minister has demanded an apology from online retail giant Amazon for selling doormats depicting her country's flag on its Canadian retail website.
In a Twitter message, external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj warned that she could deny Indian visas to Amazon employees if the company did not apologise and "withdraw all products insulting our national flag immediately".
India is not the only country whose flag was featured on a doormat - Amazon.com sells similar mats showing flags of the US, Canada and other countries.
The site has now removed the Indian-themed product.
The Indian flag doormats have outraged many among the Indian diaspora in Canada who have posted pictures of the mats to social media accounts and urged Ms Swaraj to make a formal protest.


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2014 NCHA Super Stakes Sale Average Up 14 PercentMonday, April 28th, 2014
This year's average of $10,520 was 14 percent higher than the 2013 average of $9,234, with 73 percent actual sales from 83 head, compared to 72 percent sold in 2013. High-seller's this year averaged $21,650 for the Top 10, and $17,240 for the Top 20, which number included 34 percent of the horses sold.
Lulu Snow, consigned by Russ and Janet Westfall, Los Olivos, Calif., brought $32,000 from Kobie and Paula Wood, Stephenville, Tex. The 4-year-old daughter of CD Royal sold just hours before she placed eighth in the NCHA Super Stakes Non-Pro Finals under the Westfall's son Brandon, 13.
Hiasacat, in training with Clint Allen and a 2013 NCHA Futurity Non-Pro Finalist, sold for $28,000 to Ryan Smith, Rockwall, Tex. The gelded son of WR This Cat Smarts was consigned by Kelle Earnheart.
Seven-year-old stallion Spookystimetoshine, by One Time Pepto, was the high-selling stallion at $26,000. The NCHA money earner of $88,470 was consigned by Darol Rodrock and purchased by Phil and Mary Ann Rapp, Weatherford, Tex.
Metallic Cash Cat, by Metallic Cat and the second-highest selling gelding, at $25,000, was consigned by Paula and Kobie Wood and purchased by Nick Meagher, Antonio, Colo. The earner of $31,073 and half-brother to NCHA Non-Pro Derby champion Chita Cash, Metallic Cash Cat is in training with Kobie Wood.
The high-selling broodmare was 8-year-old ARC Specialena, who sold with a Dual Rey colt at side for $24,000. The Smart Little Lena daughter was consigned by Gary and Karon Praytor and purchased by Shane D. Plummer, Fort Worth, Tex.
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I always wanted to join a big bang challenge as an artist, but never had the balls to do it. Insecurities and nervousness always held me back. But this challenge is different than all the others, as the artist gets to create a piece and then authors have to write a story based on that piece. So I finally decided to just give it a go. :D
If you're an artist or an author in the Kradam fandom: GOOOO and sign up! \o/


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The Easter Vigil service at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Basilica, Sunset Park, will take a little longer than usual this year. In addition to the dramatic symbols of light and special readings that are used, 52 people will be baptized and an additional 25 will be receiving other first sacraments.
O.L.P.H. was one of the 105 parishes that participated in the Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults' Rite of Election last Sunday at the former Bishop Ford H.S., Park Slope.
The numbers of new Catholics entering the Church and others updating their sacraments are staggering. So many people continue to seek membership in the Church, that two different ceremonies had to be held for the Rite of Election. About 1,250 people from Brooklyn and Queens were welcomed and congratulated for completing their period of preparation for full communion with the Church by Auxiliary Bishop James Massa, who shook hands with each one during the prayer service. About 100 boys and girls were welcomed at the Children's Rite of Election the previous day.
Three hundred and eighty-seven people will be baptized into the Church. Another 528, who were previously baptized, will be receiving Confirmation and First Communion.
One by one, the catechumens (those to be baptized) and candidates heard their names called out and they each proceeded on stage to meet Bishop Massa. Two books, one each containing the names of each group, were presented to the bishop.
The bishop asked the sponsors and entire congregation for their approval and then he officially accepted them as suitable for the sacraments at Easter.
Each person had his or her own story. Like Kari Morales, a native of Mexico, who works as a school psychologist at PS 81, Glendale, who will be baptized at St. Rose of Lima, Parkville. "Now that I am an adult, I better understand my call to faith. I have a responsibility to cooperate with my faith in God," she said. "I've heard a lot of misconceptions about the Church. There's a lot of negativity out there. The period of preparation opened my eyes to the truth."
Kari says she plans to be active as a catechist.
Kelly Velasquez, who was born in the U.S. of Dominican parents, will become a member of St. Leo, Corona. She explained that she felt ready to join the Church and hopes to remain active in the RCIA.
Yuleisdy Guerrero, of Mexican descent and also a member of St. Leo's, said she had seen her sisters baptized and asked her mother if she could do so. "We saw how good it was for them," she said.
Other parishes with large classes this year include St. Athanasius, Bensonhurst, with 41 members; St. John Vianney, Flushing, with 44 catechumens; St. Agatha's, Sunset Park, where 38 will be baptized and another 15 will receive first sacraments; and St. Leo's, with a class of 55 people.
The diocesan RCIA program is coordinated by Joann Roa who works with Ted Musco, director of the diocesan School of Evangelization.


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Automobili Lamborghini presents the Lamborghini Huracán rear-wheel drive Spyder. The rear-wheel drive Huracán Spyder features a newly designed front and rear with a dynamic but more aggressive look distinguishing it from the four-wheel drive version. Its naturally aspirated V10 5.2 l engine sends 426 kW / 580 hp to the rear axle, with its dry weight of just 1,509 kg providing a weight-to-power ratio of 2.6 kg/hp. Acceleration from 0-100 km/h is achieved in 3.6 seconds with a top speed of 319 km/h. The rear-wheel drive Spyder will be available in markets worldwide from January 2017, priced between the two and four-wheel drive coupe models and completing the core Huracán product range.
Soft-top design for a true Spyder
The front and rear of the car have been redesigned, with its dynamic good looks accented by the large front air intakes that direct cooling air and headwind to increase down pressure on the front axle. Pirelli PZero tires, exclusively developed for the rear-wheel drive Huracán, sit on 19" Kari rims. Specially contoured steel brakes with aluminum brake disc pots assist in weight reduction and improved cooling. Inside, the cockpit features the latest Lamborghini Infotainment System II with a 12.3" hi-res TFT instrument panel. With the roof down, two distinctive fins rise out of the folding roof-casing to perfectly define the unique lines of the open car.
Like the coupe, the rear-wheel drive Spyder promises the thrill of two-wheel drive dynamics, roof up or down. The Huracán's exceptionally stiff hybrid aluminum and carbon fiber chassis is complemented by springs and anti-roll bars on double wishbone suspension, optimized for two-wheel drive. The power management system of the rear-wheel drive includes a specific steering set-up and recalibrated stability and traction controls, connecting the driver as directly as possible with the road. Weight distribution is biased 40% at the front / 60% at the rear, reducing inertia on the front axle compared to the Huracán 4WD version.
The Lamborghini Doppia Frizione (LDF) seven-speed dual clutch architecture ensures the fastest gear changes and includes 'launch control' for maximum acceleration from a standing start. The ANIMA (Adaptive Network Intelligent Management: 'soul' in Italian) button on the steering wheel allows the driver to adopt different driving modes, calibrated to suit the spirit of the rear-wheel drive model. STRADA for daily use, SPORT for sporty driving fun, and CORSA for maximum track-oriented performance are tuned to provide over-steering characteristics, emphasizing authentic rear-wheel drive behavior.


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ONLY half of living kidney donors in Australia have had at least one follow-up by the transplant unit or referring hospital in the first 3 years after the operation, prompting experts to call for more consistent reporting.
Data from the living kidney donor register created in 2004, which is part of the Australia and New Zealand Dialysis and Transplant Registry (ANZDATA), show that while all transplanting units contribute information about living donors at baseline, rates of submitting follow-up data for individual units range from 0%–100%.
Associate Professor Stephen McDonald, ANZDATA executive officer, said until about a decade ago the usual practice was not to follow up donors at all.
The ANZLKDR shows that about 55% of donors in the 2008–2011 cohort were followed up at least once compared with about 40% in the original cohort.
Professor Paolo Ferrari, director of nephrology at Fremantle Hospital in WA, said while early complication rates in live donors were quite well documented, long-term complications were poorly documented.
"Long-term follow-up of donors should be more consistent, in order to provide early detection and management of conditions that may be a risk for chronic kidney disease [CKD] or, if CKD occurs, that it's treated appropriately", he said.
More than 4100 living kidney donations were performed in Australia between April 1991 and December 2012, he said.
A US study published in the Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, has found a lack of comprehensive, long-term follow-up of living kidney donors. (1)
The study of 69 117 living kidney donors in the US, capturing data from the National Inpatient Sample from 1998 to 2010, showed the procedure-related complication rate was about 8% and had decreased over time. Those most likely to suffer complications were men and donors with hypertension.
However, the presence of some comorbidities in donors had increased significantly, including diagnoses of depression and hypothyroidism, and hypertension, which more than tripled over the period. The number of donors with obesity also increased substantially.
The complication rates and length of hospital stay for living donors were comparable to patients undergoing appendicectomies and cholecystectomies but were less than those with nephrectomies for carcinoma.
"Monitoring the health of living donors remains critically important", the study authors wrote.
Professor Jeremy Chapman, director of renal medicine at Westmead Hospital in Sydney, said the US study findings were compatible with the Australian experience, where there was a trend to broadening the strict criteria for comorbidities in living donors.
"What it highlights for us in Australia is the need to support the ANZDATA of living donors and ensure we provide good long-term follow-up data on our donors", he said.
Professor Ferrari said ANZDATA analysis of 2400 living kidney donations had shown about 18% had at least one relative contraindication and 10% had one absolute contraindication.
Dr Tim Mathew, the national medical director of Kidney Health Australia (KHA), said there was overwhelming evidence from large US databases, which tracked living donors for 20 years or more, that if they were submitted to rigorous work-up excluding important comorbidities pre-donation, health outcomes were not adversely affected.
"There [has been] a tendency in the past 5‒10 years, and that's true in Australia as well, to be pressured into taking donors who are not what we would have in the past called perfect, that is, they have a bit of high blood pressure and occasionally even a bit of glucose intolerance", he said.
"There are risks associated if the agreed criteria are not followed. There are boundaries beyond which we should not go."
Dr Mathew said more live donors were needed, with a 33% reduction in the number of donors in the past 4 years and a waiting list of 6 months to 4 years for deceased kidney donations.
The federal government was funding a review, at KHA's request, to better understand the reasons for the decline. "No one understands the significant and continuing downturn", Dr Mathew said.
It was imperative to collect long-term data on live donor outcomes, he said. "The longer we go without establishing Australian-based outcome data, the longer it is going to take to get a good answer."
An editorial accompanying the US study said by improving understanding of short- and long-term health outcomes among representative, diverse samples of living donors, the processes of consent, selection and care, which were vital priorities, could be improved. (2)
1. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2013; Online 26 September
2. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2013; Online 26 September


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LEGO has just revealed on their social media networks the LEGO Marvel Super Heroes Steve Rogers Captain America exclusive minifigure that will be given away at San Diego Comic Con 2016 next week. As I mentioned before, this Captain America is the HYDRA version of the character which came out a few months ago. There's no word yet on which day the minifigure will be given away but there will be a minifigure given away each day of the con at the Pavilion Terrace at 12:30pm.
For those who aren't able to attend, LEGO will be doing giveaways on Twitter and be sure to follow the hastag #LEGOSDCC as well.
Update: The HYDRA Steve Rogers Captain will be available on Friday, July 22 and Sunday, July 24. You will also have a chance to win online on Friday, July 22 and Saturday, July 23 by following the hashtag #LEGOSDCC.


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YOU WILL RECEIVE a Certificate of Authenticity stating this is an authentic Bethlehem olive wood item.Holy Land Bazaar is pleased to offer "The Cross of the Fourteen Stations". This olive wood cross is named after the fourteen stations of the Via Dolorosa (the Way of the Cross). Fourteen individual Olive Wood pieces are joined together to make this cross crucifix.
Each piece represents the agony of Christ from judgment to the Crucifixion at Calvary. This is substantial olive wood cross measuring 9 inches long. It is fashioned from genuine olive wood by artisans from Bethlehem.
The superb high gloss accentuates the beautiful coloring of the olive wood. There is a small hole in the back of the cross to allow wall mounting.


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State-of-the-art confocal fluorescent microscope to be used in project GLOWRUST, which is located in the Department of Metallurgy and Materials Engineering (DMME)
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A project financed by the MarSA fund of the Malta Marittima Agency and the TAKEOFF Business Incubator
1. Applications are invited from potential candidates for a full-time M.Sc. in Chemistry by Research to work on a project to develop and test fluorescent smart molecules for the early detection of corrosion. The research project will be carried out under the supervision of Prof. David C. Magri of the Department of Chemistry in collaboration with Dr Glenn Cassar of the Department of Metallurgy & Materials Engineering. The candidate is to commence full-time study by 15 October 2017.
2. Suitable applicants will be in possession of a B.Sc. (Hons) degree with Chemistry, or Chemistry with Materials, or a B.Eng. (Hons) Mechanical Engineering (Melit.) with at least Second Class Honours from the University of Malta, or a comparable degree from another internationally recognised university obtained in the 10 years previous to registration for the Course. Excellent communication and writing skills in English are a prerequisite. Experience in research projects or industrial experience will be considered an asset.
3. This proof-of-concept project will investigate fluorescent detection of corrosion on metal surfaces by confocal fluorescence microscopy at the nanometer (microscopic) level. Training on the use of the instrument will be provided. Bench fees for the project are financed through funds obtained from the MarSA fund of the Malta Marittima Agency, Maritime Seed Fund Award through the TAKEOFF Business Incubator. There are no funds allotted to cover tuition fees and living expenses in Malta.
4. The Scholarship will be subject to the eligibility of the candidates to meet the entry requirements set out by the University of Malta and the conditions for enroling in the Master's programme. International applicants are required to present an internationally recognised English Language Proficiency Certificate at the required level. Further details are available online.
International applicants are also advised to familiarise themselves with information available on the website of the International Office, particularly to the sections concerning visas and e-residence permit conditions and requirements. International candidates will need to provide assurance that they have the funds available to cover their stay in Malta.
5. Applicants should submit their letter of application, curriculum vitae, copies of university certificates and the names of two references. Applications must be sent by email to the Project Support Office at firstname.lastname@example.com and should be received no later than noon (12:00) on 5 October 2017. International candidates are required to present certified translations of their qualifications into English.
Late applications will not be considered.
Note: The scholarship awardee will be required to complete a Master's Degree application, which is considered separately. Applications should be submitted as soon as possible.
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Some of the greatest professional and home brewers from around the globe sent in more than 6,300 beers to the 2018 U.S. Open Beer Championship and, last weekend, Peticolas Brewing Company earned top honors, taking home the title of Grand National Champion. Some past winners include heavy-hitters like Ballast Point Brewing Company, Firestone Walker Brewing Company and Deschutes Brewery.
The Dallas-based brewery edged out second place finisher Brink Brewing of Cincinnati and Black Tooth Brewing Company of Wyoming in the eyes of the American, British and Canadian judges, earning three gold medals for its Black Curtain Imperial Stout, Great Scot! Scottish Ale and Velvet Hammer Imperial Red Ale. Peticolas also took home two silver medals for Royal Scandal English Pale Ale and Sledge Hammer American Barley Wine. Breweries from the Dallas-Fort Worth area took home 14 medals. Judging is blind, as judges knew only the 117 categories but were unaware of what beers they tasted.
Michael Peticolas, a trial attorney, began his craft beer adventure back in 2010, when he enrolled in the American Brewers Guild's Intensive Brewing Science and Engineering program and formed the Peticolas Brewing Company. Less than a year later, Peticolas built the brewery and in late 2011 the first batch of beer was brewed, which just so happens to be one of this year's U.S. Open gold medal winners – Velvet Hammer. In the company's very first year, with Michael operating as sole brewer, cellarman and brewery representative, it took home a variety of local and national awards, including a gold medal at the Great American Beer Festival for Royal Scandal – which had only been on the market for less than two months. Peticolas continues to pile up awards and gain notoriety on both a local and national scale.
While the brewery's efforts can be found in abundance throughout northeastern Texas, Peticolas has yet to expand outside of the lone star state. However, if it continues to rack up various awards, we can only imagine it will soon be making its way to neighboring states and beyond, though according to a feature in D Magazine, Pesticolas never planned on being a huge brewery like some past winners, stating: "We have never wanted to be big. Our goal has always been to be GREAT – an accolade like this fills us with pride and provides a sense of validation with concern to realizing that goal."
Only time will tell, as beer enthusiasts will want to give these libations a taste.
Other notable gold medal winning beers from this past weekend include Liquid Mechanics Brewing's Beast of Bourbon for best Blended Barrel-Aged Beer, Philipsburg Brewing's 5 Phantoms Pumpkin Spice Barelywine for Pumpkin, Mason Jar Lager Company's Moonlight Excursion for Baltic Porter, Bron Yr Aur Brewing's Gentlemens Stout for American Stout and Appalachian Mountain Brewing's Not A Double IPA – which tied with Daredevil Brewing's Dare Devil Rip Cord – for Imperial IPA.


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M.Ed. in Educational Leadership
Educational Leadership is designed to prepare and equip teachers and administrators with requisite knowledge and skills for service as effective educational administrators who practice their profession with a philosophical focus on God's Word. Our focus is the challenging of graduate students to love God wholly as they strive to impact lives for the Lord Jesus Christ in diverse educational settings. Graduates of the program will have developed the knowledge, skills, and dispositions equipping them to be school administrators who will model lifelong learning and who will serve God faithfully as change agents in society.
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A thriving market town on the edge of the picturesque Thetford Forest, a site of special scientific interest and the UK's largest lowland pine forest, Thetford is home to a fast-growing population and a business community of ambitious companies working on projects across the UK and beyond.
Located at the heart of the Tech Corridor, it boasts a busy town centre, with an array of pubs, restaurants and a cinema, while its proximity to the forest make it the perfect location for those who like to get away from the hustle and bustle of urban life.
Thetford benefits from:
- A strategic location at the heart of the Cambridge Norwich Tech Corridor, offering easy access to Cambridge, Norwich and beyond via road or rail
- A strong community of established, high-growth businesses such as Vanilla Electronics, Warren Services and Centurion Safety, offering opportunities to form collaborations and integrated local supply chains.
- An attractive location for staff, with affordable living costs combined with a lively town centre featuring pubs, restaurants and a cinema
- Planned commercial and residential developments which will further transform the town. Work on a 5,000-home development on the Northern edge of Thetford is now underway


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There is a big difference between needing a roof repair – even if major – and needing to replace your entire roof. Sometimes a leak may not warrant an entire replacement. You may sometimes be able to conduct minor to major repairs over the years without completely replacing the roof, buying you time and saving you money. Hiring a roofer in Ypsilanti Michigan to repair your roof or even replace your roof when there is problems can help protect your home from damages that can be incurred from a roof leak due to water damage.
How to Tell if you Need a New Roof in Ypsilanti Michigan
It's easy to determine you need a professional roofer to repair your home's roof when there is a roof leak present. However, once a roof leak starts it can already damage areas of your home with water. Being able to identify a problem before a roof leak can help to prevent that damage from occurring to begin with. We don't recommend going onto your roof yourself as this is dangerous and you may even damage the roof even more. Always use a fully licensed and insured roofing contractor for any roof repairs, inspection, and new roof installation on your home.
Here are some things to consider when thinking about whether or not to replace your roof.
- Age of Roof – If your roof is approaching 20-25 years old, you may need to consider a new roof. It is common for a typical roof to have this lifespan, but some may have withstood more damages and wear than others. Also, if you have had repairs on the roof through the years, the overall life expectancy could be altered. Repairs could have worn at the existing original roof or could have prolonged the life. You need to consider all the factors here.
- Roof Valleys – If the dips in the architecture of your roof are missing shingles or have damaged shingles, it could be a good idea to replace your roof. These are the significantly important portions of your roof, making it important to keep them in tip top shape year round. If these areas hold damage, they risk you becoming more susceptible to leaks and further damages.
- Missing Shingles – Anytime there are missing shingles on your roof, you need to assess whether they can be replaced individually or if your roof is failing, causing the shingles to fall off.
- Curling or Buckling Shingles – If you were to look at your roof where the most direct sunlight hits, along the slopes, you may notice that some shingles are curling or losing their texture. If this is the case, they are likely past their limit. You would want to consider consulting a professional to be sure the roof isn't failing and to discuss what needs to be done.
- Shingle Debris – If you find that you have debris such as granules in your gutters, you may need a new roof. Shingles tend to lose those granules towards then end of their expected lifespan, meaning that they need replacement. Additionally, if you notice a difference in color or darkening in some areas, this is a sign that the granules have been lost on the shingles as well.
- Chimney Flashing – If roof cement or tar is used in this area, you should consider having this replaced with water fighting material, such as a metal flashing system. A metal flashing is watertight and fits snugly to the chimney, making this a much more long term installation.
- Sunlight Leaks – If you notice that there is a softening of the roof when on it, you need to check the attic to see if you are able to see sunlight through cracks and gaps in the roof from the inside. If this is the case, you will need a roof replacement as there is definite roof failure occurring. Another way to determine this is to check the installation for moisture in the attic.
Call Ypsilanti Roofing Company for a Roof Inspection
In order to fully determine what condition your home's roof is in it's best to get a full roof inspection from a licensed roofing contractor. If you're concerned about your home's roof be sure to call Ypsilanti Roofing Company today at 734-291-0165 to schedule your roof inspection.


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Avión Reposado Tequila
Tequila Reposado
Avión // Los Altos, Jalisco, Mexico
Avión Tequila revamped its packaging in mid-2018 to reflect the single origin for its agave. All agaves used in the production of the tequila is sourced from the town of Jesus Maria, located at 7,000 ft. above sea level in the Los Altos region of Jalisco, Mexico. The tequila is distilled in small batches and finished with a "proprietary" ultra-slow filtration. Each bottle is hand-filled and labeled with batch number, a bottle code, and for its aged products, the number of months the tequila is aged. For the reposado, that is 6 months in used American oak bourbon barrels.
Tequila ReposadoDistilled from 100% blue Weber agave, it is aged from 2 months up to a year in barrels no larger than 20,000 L. Any type of wood is acceptable, although ex-bourbon barrels are most common. Reposado translates to "rested".
Cask Typeex-bourbon
Tasting Notes
"The nose is full of soft buttery agave. It has distinct notes of bitter lemon and lemongrass. At first sip there are lively notes of ripe pear and sweet cherries. Not very spicy, but notes of cooked green pepper and a bit of dried plantain were discovered."


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Moscow - Hamburgers could soon be debuting on Russian menus in space.
The Russian research institute responsible for designing meals for the country's cosmonauts said on Thursday it was prepared to consider them, after the head of the Russian branch of US fast-food giant Burger King suggested that it should add cheeseburgers in tubes, according to the website of the Kommersant newspaper.
"We're not opposed to this possibility, especially if the food tastes good and the cosmonauts like it," Lyudmila Pavlova, the head of the space food division at the Russian Academy of Sciences, was quoted as saying by ITAR-Tass.
However, some of the development team expressed aversion to bumping burgers onto the Russian space food menu.
"Personally, I am against the idea of burgers. It's fast food that is not customary for our country," said Alexander Agureyev, who oversees catering for the International Space Station at the Russian Academy of Sciences.
According to Agureyev, proposals to change space menus have been plentiful since space food began to be mass produced in 2011.
Astronauts' menus are generally made up of refrigerated, dehydrated and canned foods with long shelf lives.
While a variety of ethnic and fast foods ranging from hamburgers to chicken teriyaki are currently available on menus for American astronauts, the menu for Russian cosmonauts has generally featured more traditional fare such as borscht, cottage cheese and caviar.
During the first joint US-Soviet space flight in 1975, Russian astronauts famously treated their American colleagues to tubes of borscht paste with vodka labels jokingly taped on the outside.


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22 Jun Bend Believers
Locals Who Dream Big
One launched a T-shirt company that helps feed the hungry. Another works for the fire department he grew up hanging around as a young boy. Yet another is an avid snowboarder who fights to keep tobacco away from kids. One has taught more than 2,500 kids how to swim. While another is an avid traveler who loves nothing more than coming home. And one couple started one of the most popular running events in the Pacific Northwest.
They're all different in what they do and who they are, but they all have a common thread running through them: a lifelong affinity for Bend. They believe that, even with all the changes going on, this is the place for them and their families and their friends and their work. This is the story of six native Bendites and the passions that have kept them here.
The Firefighter
Drew Norris
It didn't take much for Drew Norris to realize he wasn't cut out for a desk job. Born and raised in Bend, Norris graduated from Linfield College in McMinnville with a finance degree before heading back home and working in accounting for a freight brokerage firm. "I really didn't love sitting behind a desk all day," he says.
But Norris had a natural alternative. His mom, Peggy, who moved to Bend when she was two months old, had been working for the Bend Fire Department for 26 years, and Norris himself had grown up around the local firefighters since he was 10. He talked with some of them about their work, went on a few ride-alongs and was hooked.
"I fell in love with the team aspect of it and getting to be part of the whole community experience," says Norris, who's been with the department since 2007.
That experience has included helping people during their darkest days—and feeling their gratitude for it later on. "People call us for the worst things ever," he says, "and then you see them later and they recognize you and say 'thank you.' It's an incredible feeling."
For Norris, a married father with two young children, Bend is a place near his family, a place where, despite its recent growth, people still say hello when you pass them on the street. Sometimes he wishes that the old back roads were as unknown as they used to be, but, as an avid skier, runner, camper, boater and craft beer drinker, he can completely understand why people keep coming here. "I have no plans to leave," he says. "This is a place where people dream about living or they save money to come and visit—but we get to live it."
The Swimmer
Jody Helgerson
There's a pretty good chance that if you learned how to swim in Bend in the past 15 years or so, you learned from someone who calls herself "Mermaid Jody."
The mermaid is actually Jody Helgerson, a longtime swimmer and teacher who grew up splashing in the high Cascade Lakes after moving to Bend from Baker City at age six. She reckons she has taught more than 2,500 youngsters across the entire state to swim, including more than a thousand in Central Oregon alone.
"Teaching swimming is a gift to myself and the ones that I work with," says Helgerson, who learned how to swim by the time she was seven. She moved back to Baker City in junior high, started teaching swimming at age 14 and became a lifeguard two years later.
After some time away, Helgerson returned to Bend, her Dancing Dolphins swim instruction business in tow, in part to help out her parents. The city had changed for her and continues to do so, but she has a deep fondness for it and all the surrounding natural beauty, including the alpine lakes she swam in as a child. "It still has a small-town feel for me," she says. "Traffic is a bit crazy, but growth brings that."
In 2014, Helgerson was diagnosed with breast cancer, an affliction that didn't keep her down long thanks to an integrative medicine approach to healing. Within five months of her diagnosis, she was back in the water teaching more kids how to swim. "My gift with children and adults in the water gave me strength and hope that I could come out of this on the other side, a healthier, wiser person," Helgerson says. "My love of family and life, and having faith, has given me the gift of being a cancer thriver."
The Advocate
Alana Hughson
It's not hard for Alana Hughson to conjure up her perfect day in Central Oregon: start with some of the region's renowned sunshine and blue skies and, depending upon the season, either hit the slopes on Bachelor or head out to a scenic golf course and shoot better than a 95.
"Yes," she says, "my golf game needs a lot of work."
No matter the scorecard, Hughson knows a lot about what makes the region one to adore. She moved to Bend with her family in 1970 from Aspen, Colorado, and her father built the Entrada Lodge on Century Drive, which, at the time, was surrounded by nothing but forest. "I remember that the locals were pretty unanimous in thinking he was crazy to build a hotel in the middle of nowhere," she says.
Now, of course, the old lodge is in a prime spot just outside of town on the way to one of the most popular ski resorts in Oregon. That, says Hughson, is a testament to her father's big-picture belief in Bend and Mt. Bachelor.
With that same vision instilled in her, Hughson headed to Washington, D.C., for a 10-year stint as a staffer in the U.S. House of Representatives. She returned to Bend in 1993, and became the executive director of the Central Oregon Visitors Association, which today helps foster the region's $1 billion tourism industry. The scene has transitioned from being primarily a ski destination to one focused on year-round adventures, and though that's brought more people to her long-time home, Hughson says Bend has remained a place of "caring, generous people who share a love and commitment" to the community. And the only thing she loves more than travelling is coming back home. "I never take living here for granted," she says, "and I'm grateful for every day that Bend is my home."
The Community Crusader
Penny Pritchard
After spending nearly 15 years of her life in Bend, Penny Pritchard struck out after high school for South Lake Tahoe, where she snowboarded like crazy and worked on her bachelor's degree from the University of Nevada in Reno. But while she loved the new scene, something that had always been present in Bend was missing. "It felt like the whole community vibe was lacking in Reno," she says. "My bachelor's was in community health sciences and I felt like we were missing that piece."
For Pritchard, who went on to earn a master's degree in public health and also co-found a nonprofit that takes foster kids snowboarding, that missing link was part of what brought her back to town after 10 years away. So was the fact that her family was here in Bend, as was a job as the tobacco prevention coordinator for Deschutes County. In that role, Pritchard works hard to keep youngsters from picking up tobacco, an uphill battle considering the bottomless resources the tobacco industry expends on targeting young and active youth. One ad in a glossy outdoor magazine that Pritchard came across showed what could be typical Bendites packing into the mountains for some backcountry skiing—it was published by a smokeless tobacco company. "That one really struck me to the core," says Pritchard, an avid snowboarder who recently bought herself a snowmobile. "That is really targeting a specific group of young people."
The Bend Pritchard returned to a couple years ago was a little different than the one she'd left a decade before—more crowded, less affordable—but still the place she's glad to call home. "It's such a great place, and I really wanted to move back," she says. "I'm going to have to really, really save to buy a house and have a family here. But the generosity of the people is still the same. People get upset about everyone wanting to move here, but it's a good problem to have."
The Entrepreneur
Patrick Wurtz
For Patrick Wurtz, who grew up here in Bend from the age of seven, Bend has become a hub for creative ideas and entrepreneurs. He believes the new Oregon State University-Cascades campus is only going to make it even more so in the near future. Which makes Bend a great place for someone like Wurtz, an entrepreneur who co-founded the local T-shirt business 541 Threads in 2011 with his friend Zack Nutter.
"Look at the brewery startups and all the other local businesses that we have been able to sustain," says Wurtz. "We are also getting a ton of people moving to town with incredible experience in business. The talent pool for jobs is getting better, and with the new college coming in it's going to be a great opportunity for students to get involved in startups and small businesses."
Wurtz's small business has morphed into Be Oregon, which he, Nutter and designer Conan Breitmeier call an "Oregon lifestyle company" that sells everything from T-shirts and scarves to trucker hats, mini kegs and phone cases. For each item sold, Be Oregon feeds a person through the NeighborImpact Food Bank, which serves all of Central Oregon.
Of course, the same entrepreneurial energy that has worked for Wurtz, along with the region's plentiful outdoor bounty, has given Bend its share of growing pains. But for Wurtz, who appreciates the fact that, in Bend, one can ski, raft and golf all in the same day, it's hard to fault people for wanting to grab a slice of the Bend life for themselves. "This perfect little oasis we had to ourselves is not a secret anymore," he says. "Everyone wants to live the lifestyle that Bend has to offer."
The Relayers
Carrie and Scott Douglass
Carrie and Scott Douglass' story is a sweet one.
She was born and raised in Bend; he spent his early years in Portland before moving to Bend. They met in sixth grade in a youth program at St. Francis. They went to prom together as friends before heading their separate ways, she to study music and education at University of Portland, he for a degree in logistics and transportation at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy. A few years later, in 2005, they met up for dinner in Boston, something that sparked their relationship and eventually led them to tie the knot. "Carrie was always my gold standard," Scott says.
Fast-forward a few years when the couple found themselves in Oakland, forever reading about this great Central Oregon town that everyone was raving over: Bend. "We thought, wow, we left this place but it sure seems like it's a great place to live," says Carrie.
Looking to make their way back home, the couple started in 2008 by launching the Cascade Lakes Relay, an annual 216-mile relay with teams of 12 runners each. The first year was rough, in part because they were still living in California. "When you lose $80,000 your first year, you think that maybe you should be doing something else," Scott says. "But people loved it and we decided to keep it."
Their instincts served them well. Once they moved back to Bend, the event became an annual favorite that draws more than 3,000 runners and raises tens of thousands of dollars each year for local charities. They've since added several other running events as well, including the Bend Beer Chase.
Like other long-time residents, the Douglasses, now parents to an eight-month-old daughter, have seen the traffic worsen and the costs rise. But they aren't going anywhere. "What we truly love about Bend is the sense of community," Scott says, "and what that's created is people working together, helping each other and creating this shared vision of what we want the community to be."


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Green with Envy
One of Lisbon's newest hotels is also its greenest.
One of Lisbon's newest hotels is also its greenest. Inspira Santa Marta, a contemporary-styled four-star property located in Rua de Santa Marta, is currently the only hotel in the Portuguese capital with Green Globe Certification.
Green Globe is recognized as the premier international environmental benchmarking and certification program. The certificate is bestowed upon travel and tourism businesses that successfully meet a range of environmental sustainability criteria set by the organization. Recipients must also be seen to actively promote environmentally sustainable development through management and operations.
Former Inspira Group CEO Daniel Frey and Nicolas Roucos, who is the hotel's general manager, spearheaded the hotel's start-up. (Frey, who defined much of the corporate and environmental strategy, has since left to develop new projects.)
During its construction, the hotel's developers used building materials, products, and equipment chosen for their minimal impact on the environment. Energy and resource efficiency were two important considerations. So, too, was waste management.
Achieving a healthier and more comfortable environment for both guests and employees was paramount. Designers and managers worked together to draw up blueprints that integrated eco-friendly design elements with low-cost performance. The proposals embraced the principals of Feng Shui – the ancient Chinese system of aesthetics – to achieve a greater sense of balance and harmony.
The result is a modern and efficient city center hotel – a so-called "Urban Retreat" – whose core values address some of the most urgent environmental challenges of the 21st century.
Minimizing the carbon footprint is the new lifestyle, believes Nicolas Roucos. "Reduce, reuse, recycle, and respect. These are the hotel's themes."
Some of the eco-initiatives are deceptively subtle. The shampoo, gel, and soap placed in bathrooms are biodegradable and come in recycled containers – a fact lost on most guests. "But this has encouraged a greener supply chain," said Roucos, "and other hotels have begun using the same products."
Restaurant options include dishes whose ingredients are predominantly organic. When possible, Inspira sources locally-grown or fair-trade produce. And the hotel follows Marine Stewardship Council guidelines regarding seafood. For example, the cod purchased by the kitchen is from the Pacific Ocean where it is still abundant rather than the Atlantic where it is endangered. "In fact, we refuse to use any product that is not sustainable."
The investment in cutting-edge technology has enabled the implementation of new forms of communication and business. The hotel can offer digital conferencing systems – so-called "Green Meetings" – and advocates a paperless process.
Perhaps the most tangible evidence of Inspira's green credentials is its partnership with Pump Aid, a UK-based charity.
Profits from the sale of the hotel's own processed mineral water – sold in recycled bottles – go towards Pump Aid's Water For Life initiative, which funds the construction and upkeep of fresh water pumps in Africa. Inspira is the only hotel in Portugal working directly to support Pump Aid's work in this way.
"Inspira's method of selling water onsite to guests is unique," said Pump Aid consultant Chris Pethers.
"It is a very innovative way to provide drinking water in a sustainable manner and support the provision of water supplies in rural Africa at the same time."
It costs around £1,300 to install and support what's known as an Elephant Pump. This includes not just the materials and labor to set up the device, but also training of local communities in pump maintenance. Each pump can serve up to 250 people and, as well as making the water supply more accessible, the sealed nature of the design protects the supply from contamination thus reducing the risk of disease. In just five months, generous hotel guests have raised enough money to build one pump, which is located in a village in Malawi.
"All businesses, including the travel and tourism sector, are investing more in sustainability both within their company practices and also within a wider environmental, social, and economic framework," said Pethers, "It is fantastic that companies see Pump Aid as a valuable way to invest in sustainable development. However, most of these are water-related businesses, such as suppliers of bottled water and water coolers. To have a company such as Inspira that isn't directly water-related supporting us is wonderful."
Green Globe acknowledges corporate social responsibility as a key compliance indicator, and Inspira's successful affiliation with Pump Aid is indicative of how to invest in long-term sustainability.
Nearer home, Inspira works with two Portuguese charities, autism support group, Associação de Apoio a Pessoas com Autismo (APPDA), and AMARA, an association that cares for the terminally ill. Proceeds from books and postcards sold in the hotel are divided between the two good causes.
Inspira's senior management team is quick to credit hotel staff for the effort in gaining Green Globe certification and cite the endorsement as proof that an environmentally-sustainable structure is firmly in place. The hotel is currently undergoing certification for ISO 9001 and 14001.
"It's been a lot of work for everybody," said Nicolas Roucos, "and we are very proud to be recognized. It means we are doing the right thing."


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Price: $200.00
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Book Condition: Near Fine condition
Inscribed by Manly P. Hall on front endpaper;127 pp., frontis; folio; blue cloth back, blue paper over boards stamped in orange. Black & white photographs and other reproductions, many full page. Five pieces of related ephemera laid in including: a sheet of light blue watermarked paper, folded to 10.5" x 8.5", and printed in manuscript on one side within rule, "The God of tomorrow stands forth in all its majesty of suns and moons and stars . . ."; three hand bills for lectures, two folded, dated 1935 & 1957; one small undated handbill printed on one side. Minor wear at leading corner tips, hint of fading at edges of blue paper part of covers.
Title: The Phoenix. An Illustrated Review of Occultism and Philosophy.
Categories: Philosophy,
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Los Angeles, Hall Pub. Co.: 1931-1932
Book Condition: Near Fine condition
lbs: 3.00 lbs
Seller ID: 4269
Keywords: Eastern Philosophy Philosophy Occult Philospy Religion