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Return is a Norwegian rock band from Stange, Hedmark. The band started in 1980, and was in its prime in the late 1980- and early 1990-. In this period they had several singles on the Norwegian hit charts and were among the bestselling bands in the country. In 1993 the band took a break, but came back in 2001 with a collection and some gigs. In 2005 they released a new studio album, and in 2008 they released another collection which also includes a DVD with shots from a concert in Hamar in 2007.
The band's musical style has gone through minimal changes through almost three decades; they've kept most of the typical 80s rock, with a substantial amount of power ballads.
The band have hits in their native Norway and in other countries such as Switzerland.
In addition, Magnus Østvang has contributed on synthesizer and chorus. Henning Ramseth was for a longer period with the band as a supplement musician on keyboards and guitar (Henning Ramseth has his own band, Ram-Zet).
Return (Finnish: Kotiinpaluu), also Homecoming, is a 2010 Finnish short film directed by Harri J. Rantala and starring Eerik Kantokoski, Reeta Annala, Kalevi Haapoja and Kauko Salo.
In spring 1940, a soldier is returning from the Finnish Winter War only to face the Repo man. A struggle against society, nightmares and the temptations of alcohol ensues while he strives to save his farm and marriage.
Return' has been screened round the world in 36 festivals in 21 countries.
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A rugby league football team consists of thirteen players on the field, with four substitutes on the bench. Players are divided into two general categories, forwards and backs.
Forwards are generally chosen for their size and strength. They are expected to run with the ball, to attack, and to make tackles. Forwards are required to improve the team's field position thus creating space and time for the backs. Backs are usually smaller and faster, though a big, fast player can be of advantage in the backs. Their roles require speed and ball-playing skills, rather than just strength, to take advantage of the field position gained by the forwards.
The laws of the game recognise standardised numbering of positions. The starting side normally wear the numbers corresponding to their positions, only changing in the case of substitutions and position shifts during the game. In some competitions, such as Super League, players receive a squad number to use all season, no matter what positions they play in.
The center (C), also known as the five or the big man, is one of the five positions in a regulation basketball game. The center is normally the tallest player on the team, and often has a great deal of strength and body mass as well.
The tallest player to ever be drafted in the NBA or the WNBA was the 7'8" (2.33 m) Yasutaka Okayama from Japan, though he never played in the NBA. The tallest players to ever play in the NBA, at 7'7" (2.31 m), are centers Gheorghe Mureșan, and Manute Bol. Standing at 7'2" (2.18 m), Margo Dydek is the tallest player to have ever played in the WNBA.
The center is considered a necessary component for a successful team, especially in professional leagues such as the NBA. Great centers have been the foundation for most of the dynasties in both the NBA and NCAA. The 6'10" (2.08 m) George Mikan pioneered the Center position, shattering the widely held perception that tall players could not develop the agility and coordination to play basketball well, and ushering in the role of the dominant big man. He led DePaul University to the NIT title, then, after turning professional, won seven National Basketball League, Basketball Association of America and NBA Championships in his ten-year career (1946–56), nine of them with the Minneapolis Lakers. Using his height to dominate opposing players, Mikan invented the hook shot and the shot block; as a consequence, the NCAA, and later NBA, adopted the goaltending rule, and, in 1951, the NBA widened the foul lane, a decision known as the 'Mikan rule'.
Richard Christopher "Rick" Wakeman (born 18 May 1949) is an English keyboardist, songwriter, television and radio presenter, author, and actor. He is best known for being in the progressive rock band Yes across five tenures between 1971 and 2004 and for his solo albums released in the 1970s.
Born and raised in west London, Wakeman intended on being a concert pianist but quit his studies at the Royal College of Music in 1969 to become a full time session musician. His early sessions included playing on "Space Oddity", among others, for David Bowie and songs by Junior's Eyes, T. Rex, Elton John, and Cat Stevens. Wakeman became a member of Strawbs in 1970 before joining Yes a year later, becoming part of the band's "classic" line-up and playing on some of their most successful and influential albums across two stints until 1980. Wakeman began a solo career during this time, in 1973; his most successful albums are his first three: The Six Wives of Henry VIII, Journey to the Centre of the Earth, and The Myths and Legends of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table. He formed his rock band, The English Rock Ensemble, in 1974 which he continues to perform with.
I do not own any rights to this song. All rights belong to Sandwich and EMI Philippines. FULL ALBUM - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLg6Tf9t32BKVLoC6jr0sEb2z81zzuxi0M
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Sandwich performs a part of "Return to Center," a song from their 2003 album, 'Thanks to the Moon's Gravitational Pull,' the first album that the band worked on independently. Drummer Mike Dizon said "Return to Center" is his favorite Sandwich song. Watch their full Rappler Live Jam here: http://www.rappler.com/entertainment/live-jam/199564-rappler-live-jam-sandwich?utm_source=YouTube&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=Inhouse_video&utm_campaign=entertainment
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1. "A Vision" 0:00 2. "The Return Overture" 2:34 3. "Mother Earth" 5:13 a. "The Shadow of June" b. "The Gallery" c. "The Avenue of Prismed Light" d. "The Earthquake" 4. "Buried Alive" Ozzy Osbourne 9:02 5. "The Enigma" 15:04 6. "Is Anybody There?" Bonnie Tyler 16:22 7. "The Ravine" 22:56 8. "The Dance of a Thousand Lights" 23:45 9. "The Shepherd" 29:26 10. "Mr. Slow" Tony Mitchell 31:27 11. "Bridge of Time" 12. "Never is a Long, Long Time" Trevor Rabin 35:14 13. "Tales from the Lindenbrook Sea" 40:34 a. "River of Hope" b. "Hunter and Hunted" c. "Fight for Life" 14. "The Kill" 43:31 15. "Timeless History" 48:54 16. "Still Waters Run Deep" Justin Hayward 50:05 17. "Time Within Time" 55:35 a. "The ...
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Taken during the concert July 15, 2006 at Quebec Music Festival. A mixture of live video and stills set to the finale music. Created with muvee (www.muvee.com), a great program!
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It's been too many nights
It's been too many nights
It's been too many fights
It's been too many years
Been too many years
Please don't interfere
It's been too many rides
It's been too many rides
I just wanna slide
It's been too many words
It's been too many words
It's getting absurd
It's been too many days
It's been too many gazes (?)
Up and aways
It's been too many cars
It's been too many stars
It's been too many scars
It's been too many towns
It's been too many towns
It's been too many clowns
There's been plenty of flash
There's been plenty to catch
There's been plenty to trash
And I can't wait to get home
I can't wait to get out of here
I can't wait to be all alone
It's been too many weeks
It's been too many geeks
It's been too many freaks
I'll be getting there soon
I'm getting there soon
Thanks to the moon
And I can't wait to get home
I can't wait to get out of here
I can't wait to be all alone
And I can't wait to get home
I can't wait to get out of here


text: Does anyone have an opinion about their pizza? Will be in Miami for tennis this weekend with friend from Chicago who's dying to try it. While I'm here, I've been looking for a restaurant(preferably seafood) to eat an early dinner Friday night(night session begins at 7). I would've have tried Ortanique or Azul or something that nice however it seems many places don't serve till 6:30 or 7. Obviously I would like a restaurant in the vicinity. I saw an earlier post decrying anything on Key Biscayne.

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How to Take a Good Selfie
Selfies are an art form. They require angles, colours, and manoeuvring.
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Get the Zoom Fitting
This picture chopped half the forehead off. Remember if you're using an app like Instagram, you might need extra space before the app crops the picture.
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Pull Funny Faces
Create excitement with expressive looks. It doesn't have to always be serious.
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If you're in a group, take a picture with your outside arm. Then it should be less visible in the photo, and shouldn't block the view of the beautiful people in it.
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mal-ki'-ja (malkiyah, "Yah is king"; Melcheias, with variants):
(1) A Levite, descendant of Gershom, of those whom David set over the "service of sting" in the worship (1Ch 6:40).
(2) The head of the 5th course of priests (1Ch 24:9).
(3) One of the laymen who had taken "strange wives" during the exile (Ezr 10:25); the "Melchias" of 1 Esdras 9:26.
(4) Another of the same name (Ezr 10:25; two in same verse). Called "Asibias" in 1 Esdras 9:26.
(5) Another under the same offense, son of Harim (Ezr 10:31). "Melchias" in 1 Esdras 9:32.
(6) One of the "repairers" who helped with the "tower of the furnaces" (Ne 3:11).
(7) Son of Rechab ruler of Beth-haccerem, repairer of the dung gate (Ne 3:14).
(8) A goldsmith who helped in building the walls of Jerusalem (Ne 3:31).
(9) One of those at Ezra's left hand when he read the law (though possibly one of the above (Ne 8:4)). In 1 Esdras 9:44 "Melchias."
(10) One of the covenant signatories (Ne 10:3).
(11) The father of Pashhur (Ne 11:12; Jer 21:1; 38:1).
(12) A priest, a singer at the dedication of the walls of Jerusalem under Ezra and Nehemiah (Ne 12:42).
(13) (malkiyahu as above with u ending): Son of Ham-melech (or, as 1Ki 22:26; 2Ch 28:7translate it, "king's son"). Jeremiah was cast into his dungeon or pit (Jer 38:6).
The King James Version spells "Malchiah" or "Malchijah" indifferently with "Melchiah" in Jer 21:1; the English Revised Version has "Malchiah" in Jer 21:1; 38:1,6, elsewhere "Malchijah"; the American Standard Revised Version has "Malchijah" throughout.
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Alaster wrote:IN - but what happened to the usual pre-race briefing?
Alaster wrote:well maybe it doesn't have to be as comprehensive as before, but things like race start / session start times, and if there's DST or a delay because of another live event, and maybe pending penalties and stuff like that
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People are going to think what they want when they want. It's inevitable. But you have some control over how much of a spin can be put on a story.
Do the decisions you make while in a position of leadership appear to have your own interests at the center? Can you speak to your motivation for making a decision without skirting the truth?
If you have to think about how to explain a choice that won't make people question your integrity, maybe you should reevaluate what you're doing.
So, every time you make a decision, ask yourself "How will this be interpreted?" Think hard and be honest with yourself. Because, as my (and probably your) grandma always said, "It takes years to develop a solid reputation, but it only takes one bad decision to ruin it."
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Maybe you have a small sales department, employees that work in-house to primarily maintain your current accounts and provide customer service. Maybe you have a supervising sales manager who hits the road occasionally to talk to your current customers and get feedback on what they?re looking for. And maybe once in awhile your sales manager gets leads that he or she follows up on to try and bring in new business. A dedicated salesperson, focused on building new relationships and soliciting new business, could be the missing piece of the puzzle that takes your company to greater heights.
Find the Right Employee ?The first salesperson we hired was actually someone that I knew who had already been in the business,? says Jim Baron, chief operating officer for RelyTrans in Los Angeles and 20-year industry veteran. ?This salesperson knew the way that I operated and knew the quality of work that I was looking for.?
Hiring someone who is already familiar with the industry can be a tremendous benefit. Not only does he or she understand how the industry works, but they?ll also know immediately how to communicate to potential clients. ?Part of it depends on what market you?re targeting and who you?re trying to reach,? Baron says. ?In our particular case, corporate travel is about 90 percent of what we do, plus some hotels. So the salespeople that we hire are going to corporate travel managers and/or travel agencies that specialize in corporate travel and hotel concierges and general managers.?
Most important is that prospective salespeople have some type of sales experience and the willingness to learn a new industry. ?It?s not specific industry experience that?s so important, but sales experience,? says Rich Guberti, owner of Excel Transportation in New Rochelle, N.Y., ?We can train them and teach them about our industry ? we have a comprehensive sales training program.? Guberti currently has three dedicated salespeople and has had salespeople on his company payroll for 20 years.
Give Proper Commissions Typically in sales positions, the compensation package consists of a base salary plus some type of commission structure. At Rely Trans, commissions are set for a year, and then after that year, the commissions are reduced. ?Let?s say they get 5 percent on the account,? Baron says. ?For the first year of that account, they?ll get 5 percent on it. But the second year, that may drop down to maybe 3 percent. Part of that, of course, is because we want to keep them ?hungry? and looking for new business. Otherwise, if they score a couple of big accounts, they can just rest on their laurels and not do anything.? As the commission percentage is reduced on an account, the company?s profit increases.
Commissions can be paid as a certain percentage of the gross dollar amount, or a percentage of the gross profit margin. ?It really depends on how sophisticated your software is that you?re using to track your sales with,? Baron says. ?Most of the time, we just do it on a gross dollar amount to make it simpler.?
Guberti also uses a staggered commission structure for his salespeople. ?When we bring them in, we give them 3 percent of the base rate of the accounts they bring in for the first year,? Guberti says. ?Then the second year, those accounts go down to 2 percent, then the third year, 1 percent. The reason being, it motivates them to get new 3 percent accounts ? brand new accounts ? and they don?t get too comfortable. Say, for example, your salesperson lands IBM and it does $1 million in business. After the second year, you have to reduce his or her commission a little bit so they go and try to get another IBM.?
Create a ?Hit? List A hit list helps you stay focused on what companies you?re currently targeting for new business. It?s an active wish list of businesses that you want to bring in as clients. You may already have an idea of the companies that you want to do business with. And your new salesperson may have some companies in mind that he or she wants to target and go after. Being flexible with your hit list allows for greater opportunities and returns. ?In the past, I was working in operations for a company, but everybody did a little bit of sales, at least in the management team,? Baron says. ?I thought NBC would be a great account, so I just cold-called them, worked on them, and eventually got the whole account.?
If there is an industry that your salesperson thinks might be a challenge, let him or her give it a try. Allowing your salespeople to be more involved with targeting accounts keeps them interested and personally challenged.
?Once the person is fully employed and selling, we basically have 20 companies that we target at any one time,? Baron says. ?That doesn?t mean they?re not going to do more, but we find that between 20 and 30 is all a salesperson can really handle. That number, and the companies that are on that list, change on a weekly basis.? You may run into companies that have absolutely no interest, or you know it?s going to involve a long period of relationship building before they may actually start buying. ?It?s a constant calling, where they?re calling that list and maybe dropping one or adding one or two ? whatever the case may be,? Baron says. ?You can?t say, ?I?m going for this company? and just spend time only on one company.?
Encourage your salesperson to approach a hit list from the standpoint of a long-term basis and creating long-term relationships. With some companies it may take two or three years before they give you a piece of the business. ?I have a major bank that I?ve been dealing with now for about a year,? Baron says. ?I kept talking to the travel manager, and we chatted on a fairly regular basis. Once a month I?d call and say ?hello? and for the first year, we got no work from her. But recently she started giving us some work. It?s a major bank, but it?s a small piece of work, yet we?re very thankful. She?s trying us out, and as we build our success, we hope to, of course, grow the relationship and we?ll see where it goes.?
Maintain Existing Clientele Your existing clientele is also a resource for new business. ?We maintain our existing clientele and try to get them to recommend us to other people in their departments or in their corporation,? Guberti says. ?As far as going out to get new sales, you can?t ignore the fact that your existing clients are really your greatest source of revenue. For example, if you have a client who travels frequently in the New York area, explain to him or her that when they travel to another city, they can use your network and book their pickup in the other city with you also. That?s a way of expanding your sales. We also check our clientele list every three months and see who?s not using us. Anyone who hasn?t used us in the last 90 days ? we send them a $10 ?we miss you? coupon. We have over 4,000 clients and it would be silly for us to ignore them.?
Set Quotas or Targets In any sales situation, it?s essential to have quotas, or targets, to keep your salespeople challenged and motivated, and also make it worth your while. ?It?s not something where you?re going to tell your salespeople, ?just go out and do it,?? says Jim Miller, general manager of A-1 Airport Limousine in Bloomington, Ill. ?They have to produce. And while it?s got to be attractive to the salesperson, it also has to be cost-effective. Don?t just put out money to get business if it?s going to cost you more than you?re going to get. Find where that common ground is, so the salesperson makes money and the company makes money.?
Obviously, you are expecting a certain level of success. But by working with your salesperson and staying actively involved, you will already have a pretty good idea of how they?re doing. ?Sometimes, it?s a question of them working on accounts that are just tougher sales,? Baron says. ?That goes back to constantly calling that list that you?re working on. You do want to have a certain percentage that you?re going to sell and sell fairly quickly to. The longer ones, you have to decide if it?s worth it to invest the time and energy into it. Some are and some aren?t.?
Use Daily or Weekly Reports Call sheets and/or daily and weekly reports are tools to help your salespeople, and you, keep track of the progress they are making, listing the next steps, successes and challenges. It should be extremely user-friendly and easy to read. ?We use call sheets for the top 10 companies that we?re going after,? Guberti says. ?We find out what the salespeople are doing on a weekly basis. We meet once a week to go over target accounts.?
There are also software database programs available, such as ACT and Goldmine. These types of information tracking programs allow an employer to dial in and see exactly what the salesperson has been doing, who they?ve been calling and where they?re at in terms of productivity. It?s a convenient way to keep account notes accessible to all interested parties.
Increase Profitability Miller says A-1 recently decided to hire two salespeople. Since this is a new step for the company, Miller found a sales consultant who will guide the company through ideas of what works and what doesn?t. ?We?ve found someone who?s been in sales for a number of years,? Miller says. ?Once we have the guidelines that we think will both service the customers and give incentive for salespeople to be out there, then we?ll place an ad in the paper. Initially the consultant will work with us in the interviewing process. Then we?ll learn from that and we?ll do the interviewing from that point on.?
When Rely Trans first opened its doors for business in 1999, Baron recalls ... for more on this topic, see the June issue of LCT!
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About Tehran
Teheran (named after a visit by the mayor of Teheran, before this boulevard became South Korea's Silicon Valley) is a canyon of glass and steel, and a visceral reminder of the economic powerhouse the country is today. The quickest way to get here from north of the river is to take the metro. One station has a virtual Tesco. Using the touch-screen simulation of supermarket shelves, you can do your grocery shopping and have it delivered by the time you get home. But there are also more sobering offerings. Every station has several glass cabinets lined with gas masks. Is this in the event of a random fire, or in case of an even more random attack from South Korea's saber rattling northern neighbor? The week before my visit, North Korea issued a statement reminding the world that it could reduce Seoul to ashes in three to four minutes. Despite their fabulous prosperity and hyper consumption, that prospect is always somewhere in the back of the minds of Seoul's citizens.
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Intex launches 'Wishnbuy.com'
| Updated: Oct 07, 2016 19:45 IST
New Delhi [India], Oct. 7 (ANI): Intex Technologies has launched its own e-commerce marketplace called 'Wishnbuy.com' . It also launched a mobile wallet called 'MyWallet' yesterday. Intex has partnered with Tata Teleservices' mobile wallet mRUPEE to launch Intex MyWallet, which puts it in direct competition with larger rival Micromax that has mobile wallet service 'Udio' in partnership with TranServ and Visa. With these two announcements, Intex has diversified into the digital space and is looking to drive future growth of the company by offering premium value added-services. Intex-funded Wishnbuy will be running as a separate entity. The company used this pitch to convince diverse manufacturers and even competitors like Samsung, Micromax, Lava and others, to sell their products on the portal. The company has hired third-party delivery companies, Delhivery and Aramex, to handle last mile logistics. Intex Technologies has been going through a period of internal restructuring and is dealing with tough competition in the smartphone market with other Indian and Chinese vendors. Its mobile phone shipments dropped sequentially in the quarter ended in June. "Three years to five years is the time we will be looking to competing with them (existing dominant players such as Flipkart and Amazon)," said Madhur Arora, General Manager ,Strategy and Commerce, Intex. Intex is relying heavily on being an Indian manufacturer and longtime consumer electronics seller, to expand its ecommerce business by understanding optimal price points, product categories along with exclusive product categories to drive traffic to the website.(ANI)


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For most students, high school and college alike, chemistry has been giving them many troubles most especially with the use of a periodic table of elements. With this, experts were able to devised ways in order to lessen their burden with the help of PeriodicStats.
Chemistry is a dreaded subject for most students that's why they find it difficult to comprehend topics covered by this branch of science. And when they are taking that subject, they need to equip themselves with one school requirement and that is the periodic table of elements.
Even with the presence of the periodic table of elements, still, students find it hard to understand every topic as well as the basic properties of these elements. This is the reason experts were able to come up with PeriodicStats, and according to The Next Web, it is an improved periodic table of elements.
PeriodicStats is a handy tool that can help students with their struggles in Chemistry. It has the ability to guide the students in studying the different elements and eventually can fully understand the complexities of the traditional periodic table of elements.
This PeriodicStats can just be accessed for free since this is an Internet-based program which is also smartly designed. In its look, the elements are arranged in a well-structured manner and the properties of each element are being put together. Moreover, this PeriodicStats is also interactive which could lead to better and fast learning.
To illustrate, a student can just click any element in the PeriodicStats if he wants to check the properties of that element. Then after clicking, the PeriodicStats will quickly present information about the element like density, the type of substance, and the year of its discovery.
The perks of the application don't just end there since this interactive periodic table can also provide information regarding the ionization as well as the electron properties of every element as per Scoopnest. Apart from these, PeriodicStats also has a search engine which could allow students to group elements according to their magnetism, boiling and melting point plus their bonding.
Even professionals, as well as non-students, can also take advantage from this interactive periodic table. If they want to know the uses of the different elements in the real world, PeriodicStats can offer them that.


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The comment by Ice et al. (1) questions conclusions we drew concerning the function of the Drosophila protein Nervy (2). They state that the polyclonal antibody anti-ETO Ab-1, directed against the mammalian ortholog of Nervy ETO/MTG8, does not recognize Drosophila Nervy. We purchased the polyclonal antibody in question in July 2002 from EMD Biosciences because it was generated against a region that is highly conserved between the human Nervy/MTG/ETO protein and Drosophila Nervy (including one portion where 19 out of 21 amino acids are identical) (2, 3). Our extensive analyses (2, 3) revealed that the ETO Ab-1 antibody specifically recognized a single prominent band of the size expected for Drosophila Nervy on blots of wild-type Drosophila embryo lysates. Furthermore, this band was absent in lysates derived from nervy mutant embryos [fig. S2D in (2); also see (3)]. More recently, we noted lot-to-lot variation in this reagent and reported this observation to EMD Biosciences in June 2003. We also reported the specific batch of the ETO antibody that we used in our original study (2, 3). In their comment, Ice et al. (1)report that they supplied these lots of ETO antibody to EMD Biosciences but rule out any possible lot-to-lot variation in these polyclonal antibodies. However, they did not detect Nervy in Drosophila embryonic lysates [see figure 1A, right panel, in (1)], whereas we detected a single prominent band that was absent in lysates from nervy mutant embryos (2). Therefore, the assertion of Ice et al. that the band we observed was a background band serendipitously reduced in the nervy mutant is not consistent with their observations, because they did not see prominent band using their lots of anti-ETO Ab-1 on wild-type Drosophila embryo lysates. The faint bands Ice et al. observed with their lots of ETO antibody upon long exposure [figure S1 in (1)] are only evident in Cos-7 cell extracts, not in Drosophila lysates [figure 1A in (1), right panel]. Apparent lot-to-lot differences in the anti-ETO used by Ice et al. can be seen by comparing bands in figure S1, A and B, in (1). We also performed multiple, carefully controlled coimmunoprecipitation (co-IP) studies using our purchased lot of anti-ETO. We observed that Nervy associates with an epitope-tagged neuronal cell surface receptor, Plexin A (PlexA), and with protein kinase A (PKA) but not with the neuronal protein enabled; Nervy did not coimmunoprecipitate in the absence of epitope-tagged PlexA [figures 1 and S2 in (2); (3)]. Therefore, it is extremely unlikely that a single serendipitously detected protein resulting from a background association with the anti-ETO would (i) be observed only at a size identical to Nervy, (ii) be able to selectively coimmunoprecipitate PlexA and PKA, (iii) be selectively recognized as a band of the same size as Nervy from a PlexA co-IP experiment, and (iv) be absent from nervy mutant embryos.
Ice et al. (1) also question whether Nervy/MTG proteins are expressed in the cytoplasm and in axons. Although Nervy/MTG proteins are best known for their nuclear localization, other research groups report that mammalian Nervy/MTG proteins are indeed present in the cytosol (4–10). The nuclear or cytosolic localization appears to be dependent on both cell type and developmental stage (4–10). Of particular importance to Nervy/MTG protein localization is that MTG proteins are also reported to be present in axons and at synapses (5, 6). We found that the nervy transcript is also present in axons. Antisense probes for the nervy transcript strongly label neurons and their processes, including motor axons, and this labeling is absent when using a nervy sense-control or the antisense nervy probe in nervy mutant embyros [Fig. 1 and figure 1C, C1, and C2 in (2)]. Immunohistochemical staining of wild-type embryos using our purchased anti-ETO (2, 3) also identified central nervous system neurons and their axonal processes [Fig. 2, C and E; figure 1D in (2); (3)]. This axonal staining was absent in nervy mutant embryos [Fig. 2, B, D, and F; see also (2, 3)]. The inability of Ice et al. (1) to observe immunostaining of neuronal processes with their antibody directed against Drosophila Nervy could reflect differences in immunostaining protocols (11) or differences among the epitopes recognized by their anti-Nvy polyclonal antibody and the ETO antibody used in our study (2). It does not, however, bear on the accuracy of our carefully controlled immunostaining results with a different immunological reagent.
Our other observations (2) are also consistent with Nervy functioning in axons through its interactions with PlexA as a PKA (A kinase) anchoring protein (AKAP). Our largescale yeast interaction screen first identified Nervy as a specific interacting partner with the axon guidance receptor PlexA (2). Nervy mutant analyses and extensive genetic studies revealed no gross abnormalities indicative of major changes in gene expression but, instead, showed axon guidance phenotypes similar to mutations in PlexA signaling components (2). Nvy/MTG proteins have a consensus PKA binding motif and are cytoplasmic AKAPs (8–10). Antibodies directed against Nervy immunoprecipitate PKA, and an antibody directed against the Myc epitope coimmunoprecipitates PKA when Myc-Nvy is expressed in neurons (2). The consensus PKA binding motif in Nervy is critical for its role in axon guidance, and genetic analyses and co-IP experiments between PKA and PlexA also support a role for PKA in PlexA signaling (2). Our molecular, genetic, in situ hybridization, immunolocalization, and immunoprecipitation data, along with published work from others, support that Nervy can be found in the cytoplasm, interacts with the cytoplasmic domain of the plasma membrane receptor PlexA, and directly modulates PlexA signaling by functioning as an AKAP. Our results in no way exclude the possibility that Nervy serves important roles in neuronal nuclei, but they support a critical role for direct PlexA/Nervy interactions in directing axon guidance decisions.
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Those with mental illness are as much as 10 times more likely to be the victims rather than the perpetrators of violence; only 3 percent to 5 percent of violent crimes are committed by those with mental illness, Combs told The Herald Editorial Board.
The initiative, Combs said, could stigmatize, rather than protect, those with mental illness.
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The big bust: Punjab's all-out war on drugs
Just after 9am on May 20, the telephones of two dozen frontline Punjab police officers posted in the field began ringing. The order was terse: Pounce upon drug peddlers, smash their retail supply chains and spare none.chandigarh Updated: Dec 31, 2014 09:06 IST
Just after 9am on May 20, the telephones of two dozen frontline Punjab police officers posted in the field began ringing. The order was terse: Pounce upon drug peddlers, smash their retail supply chains and spare none.
Simultaneously, in districts bordering Pakistan, crack teams of handpicked police personnel were tasked with smoking out cross-border heroin smugglers from their hideouts. Director general of police (DGP) Sumedh Singh Saini, the cop equally hated and hailed for his ruthless role while fighting terrorism during the strife-torn days, set a tight 10-day deadline to nab all known drug barons — whether active, lying low, on bail, or on the run.
That's how Punjab's multi-pronged surgical assault on "compulsive peddlers" and top heroin smugglers began.
Political trigger
The 'drug clean-up' operation was started with a vengeance after the Akalis paid a heavy political price in the April 30 Lok Sabha elections on the drug issue. A day before the police re-launched the crackdown stridently, chief minister Parkash Singh Badal had admitted in Jalandhar: "The Congress successfully turned the public perception against the Akalis on drugs, which was the biggest poll issue. This turned public anger more against us and we paid for it."
The police probe into the drug racket, which has become a national issue with political parties playing vicious and petty politics, took a new spin after January 6 when arrested drug racket kingpin Jagdish Singh Bhola, an Arjuna awardee wrestler-turned-cop (who was dismissed later), told the media that cabinet minister Bikram Singh Majithia was the real kingpin. Since then, this loaded bombshell of Bhola has triggered a political earthquake across Punjab, the tremors of which continue to dominate the political and public discourse.
Overflowing jails
Within 10 days of the start of the crackdown, monitored at the political and highest police levels, jails began overflowing with peddlers-cum-addicts.
In a shrewdly-crafted strategy, the police kept the spotlight on arresting peddlers, while crack teams quietly kept ambushing cross-border heroin smugglers. Many known smugglers, however, gave the slip or "didn't surrender", though in two weeks, more than 50 top heroin smugglers were in the police net.
Says a top police officer: "The houses of 'on the run' heroin smugglers of Amritsar (rural) police district and Tarn Taran district were locked, their cattle were set free and luxury vehicles/tractors taken to police stations, while children and women of these drug dons were transported to houses of their relatives." Even this strategy — illegal or otherwise — did not yield desired results.
Another little-known fact of this cat-and-mouse game between the heroin smugglers and the police is that hardcore dozen-odd cross-border smugglers "in the run-up to their arrests" sustained fractures either in ankle bones or wrist joints "while being chased by the police."
'Fear psychosis'
This chillingly bone-breaking strategy — which the police deny stoutly— was akin to the "killed in encounter" tactics the police had adopted during the days of terrorism. But this triggered a 'fear psychosis' among heroin smugglers, to whom the message, as a police officer puts it, was loud and clear: "surrender or..." This ruthlessness played a major role in crushing the network of heroin smugglers and breaking their transit lines and supply chains.
Another challenge was to break the police-peddler network. Additional director general of police (ADGP)-rank officers generated clinching evidence about "black sheep" in the police ranks. Finally, within the first two weeks of the crackdown on peddlers, 14 police personnel who were aiding and abetting drug peddling were dismissed from service. Departmental inquiries were initiated against 14 other cops.
In a fortnight, about 10,000 "compulsive peddlers" were also jailed. That the crackdown dried the supply line was evident when addicts started thronging de-addiction centres, with the availability of chitta (the addictive white powder) becoming scarce — taking the ill-prepared health department by surprise.
36% Punjab's share of FIRs registered across India in 2012 under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act.
63% Punjab's share of total arrests made in the country in 2013 under the NDPS Act.
Their take
Punjab police have successfully dealt with bigger problems. Sumedh Singh Saini, Punjab DGP.
We have effectively dealt with this problem (the drug menace). We are extra vigilant. Ishwar Singh, director-cum-IG, State Narcotics Control Bureau.
There is a major change on the ground. The police pressure should continue. Dr JPS Bhatia, Amritsar-based psychiatrist.
The fact that people are coming to de-addiction centres indicates that intoxicants they were used to aren't available in the market. Dr Gurpreet Singh Wander, DMCH, Ludhiana.
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Beat Takeshi joins Scarlett Johansson in Rupert Sanders' Ghost in the Shell
Paramount and Dreamworks have announced that Beat Takeshi (also known as Takeshi Kitano when directing) has been cast in GHOST IN THE SHELL, making him the first Japanese actor to join the studios' big screen take on Masamune Shirow's iconic sci-fi manga.
Scarlett Johansson will lead the live-action adaptation as "an augmented-cybernetic human who is part of a task force named Section 9 that deals in the most dangerous criminals and extremists," while the BATTLE ROYALE and JOHNNY MNEMONIC actor will play Daisuke Aramaki, the founder and leader of the elite unit.
In a statement, Takeshi said, "This film tells the story of mankind in the near future in a unique setting. My role Aramaki is a unique and attractive character. The story revolves around the human relationships of the characters. This film will be stylish and entertaining, which is completely different from the type of movies I direct myself. This excited me and was the reason I decided to participate in this film."
SNOW WHITE AND THE HUNTSMAN's Rupert Sanders is directing the movie, and principal photography kicked off early last month in Wellington, New Zealand. Other cast members include Pilou Asbæk (LUCY) and Boardwalk Empire's Michael Pitt as the film's villain.
GHOST IN THE SHELL has been scheduled to be released on March 31, 2017.
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Apple App Store hits $300m in sales on New Year's Day
If you're ever wondering how much money goes through the Google or Apple stores, here's a pretty good indicator for you; This 2018 New Year's Day saw Apple rake in a stunning $300 million from around the world. From Christmas eve till New Year's Day, Apple customers spent a total of $890 million!
"We are thrilled with the reaction to the new App Store and to see so many customers discovering and enjoying new apps and games," said Phil Schiller, Apple's senior vice president of Worldwide Marketing. "We want to thank all of the creative app developers who have made these great apps and helped to change people's lives. In 2017 alone, iOS developers earned $26.5 billion — more than a 30 percent increase over 2016."
At the top of the App Store charts was Pokémon GO on December 21, thanks to the introduction of new augmented reality features. Close to 2,000 ARKit-enabled apps are now on the App Store and the number is increasing.
Among the most popular AR titles are games such as CSR Racing 2, Stack AR and Kings of Pool; shopping apps like Amazon and Wayfair; education apps including Night Sky and Thomas & Friends Minis; and social media apps including Pitu and Snapchat.
The newly redesigned App Store, introduced with iOS 11 in September, has also been making app and game discovery fun and easy for the over half a billion customers that visit the App Store every week.
The App Store's new Today, Games and Apps tabs showcased breakout hits in 2017, including Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp, Monument Valley 2, King of Glory, Calm and Affinity Photo. Fan favourites Clash of Clans, Candy Crush Saga, Enlight Videoleap, 1Password and Hulu also remained popular throughout the year.


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Handheld device users need to be able to synchronize with a main data store when it's convenient and, preferably, when the back-end database server isn't busy. SQL Server 2000 Windows CE Edition allows you to build a traveling data store that can be displayed and run on a variety of devices. SQL Server CE supports a subset of the full SQL Server package, and can be used as a standalone server or in tandem with SWL Server and IIS. The architecture of SQL Server CE, along with data manipulation, synchronization, and connectivity issues, are discussed in this article. Topics such as making your data public, choosing the right type of replication, and handling errors are also covered.
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Can some one help me to achieve below task
Save/Update/Delete Sql Server data base table using Sharepoint Designer.
private static void Upload(string ftpServer, string userName, string password, string filename)
using (System.Net.WebClient client = new System.Net.WebClient())
client.Credentials = new System.Net.NetworkCredential(userName, password);
client.UploadFile(ftpServer + "/" + new FileInfo(filename).Name, "STOR", filename);
protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
Upload("ftp://ftp.test.net/", "username", "pass", "C:\tekme.JPG");
This code works, but I would like from server to server send the file.
This is not work: Upload("ftp://ftp.test.net/", "username", "password", "www.test.com/file.jpg");
Before I go the route of using hidden fields or something similar, is there any way to send back to the server changes to the disabled state of an ASP.net Button control? I have a Button that is initially enabled and I disable it via jQuery on the client. Works great. The only problem is when I do a PostBack the server still thinks the Button is enabled and sends back a response that changes it back to enabled. Why doesn't the ViewState send back the current disabled status of the Button? Is there a way to force it to postback the changes? Other ASP.net controls, like the CheckBox, do send back the state changes to the server. Seems odd to me.
Anyone know the reason behind this behavior and/or how to fix it?
I have a column of ntext da
ta type and NOT XML. It stores all xml data. I need to update xml node in the records. It throws an error saying "Incorrect use of the xml data type method 'modify'. A non-mutator method is expected in this context."
begin transaction
declare @Cps_Id int;
set @Cps_Id = 236;
declare @Cps_Message nvarchar(1024);
set @Cps_Message = 'updating cpsia message with smoking';
update table_name
set column_name = CONVERT(xml,column_name).modify('replace value of (/root/ProductInformation/CPSIA/CpsiaDetails/Item[CpsiaId=sql:variable("@Cps_Id")]/CpsiaMessage/text())[1] with sql:variable("@Cps_Message")')
WHERE Convert(xml,column_name).exist('/root/ProductInformation/CPSIA/CpsiaDetails/Item[CpsiaId=sql:variable("@Cps_Id")]')=1
Sample XML:
<root> <ProductInformation> <Name> Truck with Battery Charger</Name> <Description>Fr.</Description> <CPSIA> <CpsiaDetails> <Item> <CpsiaId>456</CpsiaId> <CpsiaMessage>waring</CpsiaMessage>
</Item> <Item> <CpsiaId>236</CpsiaId> <CpsiaMessage>to health</CpsiaMessage> </Item&
Let's say we have 2 time consuming functions, aaa and aaa1 inside a aspx page.
public static string aaa(int i)
return i.ToString();
public static string aaa1(int i)
return i.ToString();
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my aspx page works in VWD, and everything works on the server EXCEPT update and delete sql functions. any ideas?
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TimberTech's TwinFinish Decking Reaches 10 Year Milestone as an Industry Innovation
Feb 26, 2013, 08:45 ET
WILMINGTON, Ohio, Feb. 26, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- TimberTech, a leading manufacturer of alternative decking materials is celebrating the 10-year anniversary of its TwinFinish Wood-Plastic Composite Decking. When it was introduced in March 2003 it became the first brand name decking product to be marketed as a dual surface choice for contractors and homeowners. The TwinFinish two-sided embossing and brushing technology literally changed the face of composite decking then and continues to be a popular choice with contractors and homeowners today.
"The 10th anniversary of TwinFinish is a milestone for us and represents an advancement for the alternative decking category," said Paul Bizzarri, VP of Innovation for TimberTech. "We took the lead in branding the concept of a two-sided composite board by marketing it under the TwinFinish name, giving customers two aesthetic options in one plank." He said it came on the scene when alternative decking manufacturers were striving for more natural-looking deck boards. The plank's VertiGrain side provides the look and feel of a real wood walking surface, while the opposite side has a serrated texture, perfect for deck built-ins such as benches and flower boxes.
According to Bizzarri, TimberTech's TwinFinish withstands the test of time. "TwinFinish has continued to evolve in the past decade with enhanced weatherability, durability, installation and performance," he said. For example, when first introduced, TwinFinish was only available in a square-edge plank primarily suitable for face-fastening. "Since then, we've designed a deck profile with a groove in the side to work in tandem with our CONCEALoc fastener," he explained. "This was another industry first, providing a deck plank and fastener that combine to create an easy to install fastener-free surface decking system."
TwinFinish continues to rank high in contractor and homeowner satisfaction. "It is a trusted, proven decking plank currently installed on an estimated 500,000 decks," said Bizzarri. " It remains a very popular decking plank and continues be a high volume seller." TwinFinish is available in Cedar, Redwood and Grey. It serves as a step up from wood while reducing maintenance and increasing long-term performance.
About TimberTech
TimberTech is one of the world's top producers of high-performance decking, railing, fencing and lighting solutions. With a passion for outdoor living and a global reputation for quality and innovation, TimberTech delivers a wide range of low-maintenance, wood-alternative products in an unmatched selection of colors and styles – all available through a network of more than 8,500 contractors and dealers worldwide. For more information, visit TimberTech.com or view product installation videos on the TimberTech YouTube channel. Stay up-to-date on TimberTech by following the company on Twitter (@timbertech_deck) or Facebook (/TimberTech).
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Welcome to Animotion UK, the multi award nominated face of Graphic Design services and Animation for business marketing.
From eye-catching, animated logo reveals, 2D/3D animation and business animation, right up to brochures, banners and brand design for print. We are THE experts in making your business look even better!
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The basic information we will require from you will be:
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Contact details (Telephone, email, website, social media)
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A brief summary of your business. (Who you are, what you do and why)
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We normally send out a brief questionnaire that we request you complete before starting a new project to ensure we have all of the required information.
What sorts of printing projects do you usually cater for?
We cater for most print jobs although we do limit it to artwork we have produced in-house to ensure a quality end product.
Describe your creative process.
The process varies depending on the type of project. A quick overview would be as follows:
Project information gathering (Who the client is, what they do, what they hope to achieve)
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What do you love most about your job?
I love my job because it gives me total creative freedom and the opportunity to work with some truly great clients. Coupled with a wide variety and style of project it keeps me interested and challenged as each and every client/project is different.
What inspired you to start your own business?
As a father of three, I want my kids to be proud of me and what I do. Running my own business and letting them actually see what I do achieves this as they take great interest in my work. Hopefully, this will allow me to leave something great behind for one or more of my kids to take over in the future. This is what inspired me.
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|We, the members of the Healthy Community Cabinet for the City of Greater Sudbury, believe a healthy community is one which embraces a broad vision of health through intentional and balanced economic, environmental and social development. We believe that when the values of the healthy community are shared, we will enhance overall public health and sustainability.
We embrace the World Health Organization's definition of a Healthy Community as a place which is constantly improving its physical and social environment and, using the resources of the community, enables its citizens to help each other carry out their daily tasks and develop their potential.
We support the United Nations University Regional Centres of Expertise model for sustainable development, which seeks to engage people of all ages in the assumption of responsibility for creating a sustainable future through public awareness, education and training.
The Healthy Community Charter focuses on four priorities:
This Healthy Community Charter will bring together expertise from government, education, business, planning, parks and recreation, economic development, public health, public safety, emergency services, community groups and individual residents, to create a supportive and caring environment that fosters active living and wellness, now and into the future.
|We, the members of the Healthy Community Cabinet of the City of Greater Sudbury, recognize our civic responsibility as stewards of the community and the importance of taking action, through:
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Smoke DZA - Loaded (Prod. Lex Luger)
Sure some of Luger's beats may sound repetitive but you gotta give it to the kid he's definitely making a name for himself and recently he teamed up with one of my favorites Smoke DZA who is getting ready to drop his upcoming project T.H.C. (The Hustlers Catalog) on April 1st (no jokes please).
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Ontario Model Railway Show and Event Calendar
- For general notes, disclaimer, changes of location, year-round/seasonal events/displays and toy and collectible shows - please see below.
- For toy, hobby and collectible shows that include trains, please scroll to the bottom of this page.
- If you don't see your show listed, please do get in touch with me and I will be glad to add it. Updates, additions and corrections are welcomed.
- Please note: If you need more info or want to book a table, PLEASE CONTACT THE SHOW CONCERNED. I only list the shows!
Toy Train and Collectible Shows:
For the schedule of Toy and Collectible shows, please go to http://www.collectorshows.ca/EN/toy.php and/or to http://www.ontariotoyshows.com.
For details of model train shows sponsored by Ian at collectorshows.ca, go to: http://www.collectorshows.ca/EN/train.php
Other Hobby and Collectible shows:
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- This page publicizes Ontario shows according to their known scheduling, but will gladly accept notices for shows in other provinces on request.
- All information has been obtained from show flyers, NMRA-NFR, CARM, or sponsoring club websites, Branchline magazine or by notification.
- All information is carefully checked for accuracy from these sources, but no responsibility is assumed for errors or unreported changes.
- Updates, additions and corrections are welcomed. If you don't see your show listed, please do get in touch with me and I will be glad to add it.
- All events require children to be accompanied by an adult.
- Shows usually open at 10 am, but those for Open Houses, Flea Markets, Meets, Auctions and Tours may vary. In the case of two-day shows, the Sunday closing time is shown, but in the case of some two-day shows, the Saturday hours may be an hour or half-an-hour longer.
- Mobility access: Model railway shows are usually held in a public building, i.e., an exhibition/community hall or a school. For public buildings, mobility access is as prescribed by law. Some shows, and flea markets and open houses may be held on private property, e.g., in a church hall/basement or club quarters. Similarly, layout tours are by definition in private homes. It is recommended that you use the contact information provided with each event to ascertain what restrictions may apply.
CHANGE of location/name/date/time/event INFORMATION:
The former Toronto Model Railroad Flea Market is now the Mississauga Model Railroad Flea Market.
The former Brampton Model Railway show is the "Greater Toronto Train Show" from 2018 onwards.
The Hamilton-Ancaster Model Train Shows will open at 9.30 am and close at 2.30 pm.
The Quinte (Belleville) Model Railway Show will be at the Centennial Secondary School in 2018.
The York Railway Modellers' Club Show on Dec 2, 2018 was posted in error. There is no Show on that date.
The Port Hope (Ganaraska) Model Railway Show will be held on Feb 9 and 10 in 2019, instead of the usual first week in February.
The George's Railview Model Railway Club is now the Railview Historical Society.
The Cobourg show of the past 21 years is no more. Instead there will be an history exhibition of the Cobourg & Peterboro RR.
- St. Jacobs & Aberfoyle Jct. Model Railway - Year-Round Schdule
- The Waterloo Central and the York-Durham Heritage Railways feature special events throughout the operating season.
- Burlington Model Railway Club Open Houses and Viewing Sessions
- London Model Railway Group Schedule of Open Houses and Events
- Golden Horseshoe Live Steamers (Hamilton, Ont.) "public run days" and events open to the public
- The Hamilton Chapter of the Upper Canada Railway Society holds monthly meetings at the Peoples Church, 510 Mohawk Road West, Hamilton, ON L9C 1X4 on the fourth Friday of each month (except July and August). For more information contact Bryce Lee at (paste into your email program) email@example.com or Bryant Barbour at (paste into your email program) email@example.com
- Windsor Model Railroad Club weekly meetings Tuesday 5.30 to 8.30 pm 2nd floor Market Square, 2109 Ottawa St., Windsor, Ont. N8Y 3K7.


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AW at the double
AW Repair Group has added to its list of vehicle manufacturer approvals. Honda and Hyundai are the latest brands to join the group's portfolio, which now lists more than 10 top names including Volkswagen Group, Jaguar LandRover, Lexus and includes structural aluminium.
AW Repair Group was approached by both Boston Honda and Lincoln Hyundai, who cited confidence in quality workmanship and customer service as the reason behind their new choice of approved repairer. Both brands assessment criteria also requires BSI 10125 accreditation which is already held by AW branches.
Managing director Andrew Walsh said, 'It is always a pleasure to be approached by dealerships seeking a quality approved bodyshop to be an extension of their own brand. We are very conscious that not only do we represent AW Repair Group but also all those who place their trust in us to deliver a service on behalf of the brand chosen by our mutual customer.
'It is our ethos to establish at the outset what elements of the repair journey are most important to each individual and deliver a tailored response to exceed expectations. That could be from choosing their own book in date to 24 hour communication through our mobile app.'
AW Lincolnshire based in Sleaford and AW South Nottinghamshire based in Newark will be appointed the two new manufacturer approval programmes.


text: In the meantime, Earl Gilmore built Gilmore Stadium... a football stadium in 1934 as part of a complex that was to include restaurants and entertainment centers including drive-in movies, the most famous farmer's market in Hollywood and eventually ... a baseball stadium. Gilmore Stadium would become home to the Los Angeles Bulldogs... LA's first professional football team. Though the Bulldogs would never serve in the NFL, they would be part of the Pacific Coast Professional Football League (as well as several other football leagues as an independent team). Gilmore Stadium would however be the site of two NFL Pro Bowls and an NFL All-Star game.


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What if…?
In this week's readings, I was very inspired by the idea that to create participatory experiences based in relational aesthetics, we must understand the social and spatial context first in order to use it or depart from it later. As Nicolas Bourriaud writes, "the role of artworks is no longer to form imaginary and utopian realties, but to actually be ways of living and models of action within the existing real, whatever the scale chosen by the artist". In my perspective and based also on the art experiences analyzed in the other three articles, this 'existing real' involves every aspect of daily life like architecture, our different devices or even the human body's sensory capabilities. Acting within these elements, should allow us to create a sense of community and empathy through participation.
Thomas Hirschhorn's Gramsci Monument tried to achieve this idea by creating an architectural framework for social activities in the Bronx, based on Antonio Gramsci's ideas about developing alternative cultures as a way to overthrow the current hegemony through self-education and self-organization. Christine Sun Kim's work, on the other hand, seeks participation by creating a common sensory experience. She made people relate to space and to each other by using sounds below hearing range, providing an equal experience to the bodies in the room. Finally, Alien Staff was a device to empower immigrant individuals, allowing them to talk about their personal stories or experiences to strangers by amplifying their body capabilities through elements based on media.
I like how all these projects transcend social and spatial conventions, making people relate to their social environment in a way that is unconventional but at the same time responds or reacts to the specific context. The idea of building an alternate reality, adding new layers to life as it is lived everyday, is very appealing to me. I am not sure to what extent these projects were successful in he moment of performing them, or if they generated any social change, but I feel that the point is to make people think about different these different realities, opening the question 'What if…?'
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Doctors, advocates being roped in for Hindu helpline: Togadia
Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) leader Pravin Togadia announced expansion of Hindu helpline and healthline network by roping in more and more prominent doctors and advocates.india Updated: Oct 26, 2015 09:19 IST
Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) leader Pravin Togadia announced expansion of Hindu helpline and healthline network by roping in more and more prominent doctors and advocates.
Speaking at the end of the review meet for assessing the functioning and achievements of Hindu Helpline at Sadaphal Ashram in Jhunsi on Sunday, the VHP leader informed the helpline had catered to nearly one lakh callers from different parts of the country in its four years of existence.
He said around 40,000 Hindus in the country were not able to afford expensive medical treatment for which the helpline was providing a network of doctors in different parts of the country besides would also organize medical camps in every district of the country wherein free medical advice besides treatment including blood tests, MRI, CT Scan, Ultrasound, etc facilities were being provided on cheaper rates.
Around 40 doctors from All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) had already joined the helpline network and were active in providing services to callers besides medical practitioners of the community serving in renowned hospitals of the country had also joined the helpline network.
Referring to roping in of advocates belonging to Hindu community, the VHP leader said thousands of advocates had already joined the Hindu helpline network and were providing free legal aid to members of Hindu community.
Further, Togadia said through the helpline, lodging, boarding facilities for Hindus travelling to different parts of the country at nominal rates besides other facilities were also being arranged by VHP workers for members of the Hindu community.
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So, if we don't have to spend any money moving (fingers crossed), or can just pull it out of our budget, then we'll have $5649.44 to put towards our debt snowball (we just learned how much we're getting back in our tax return, yay!) That number is from what we have now and our tax return.
So, we've been playing with how to use it. We could pay off Phil's last student loan, the hospital bill, and half of my lowest student loan... or we could pay off ALMOST all of the credit card with $591.64 left on it. Plus, its at 15.99% interest, which would save a lot of money because of interest over time. Either way, it would put the same amount of money to roll into our debt snowball, $155 (credit card) or $50 Phil's student loan plus $100 hospital bill. Then of course, the CC would be our lowest debt, and we'd hopefully be able to knock it out in one month, and knock out the other two pretty quickly.
Any thoughts are always appreciated and welcome.
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- AnonymousApril 14, 2009 at 11:50 AM
I vote for knocking out the majority of the credit card debt! Making it the smallest will feel good AND you won't have to continue with such high interest rates!ReplyDelete
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Top prizes will be up for grabs at the Alnwick Town Football Club golf day next month and people can still enter the competition.
The event, which is sponsored by town-based Tustain Motors, takes place at Alnwick Castle Golf Club on Saturday, July 11, from 9.30am.
There are some amazing hole-in-one prizes at each of the par-three holes, including a brand new Vauxhall Corsa Sting, worth £9,000, courtesy of Tustain Motors.
Other prizes for par-three hole-in-ones are a golf holiday in Portugal, as well as one in the UK, and a set of TaylorMade RB HP irons.
There will be competition prizes for first, second and third-placed pairs and nearest the pins.
An Active CONGU handicap is required and admission is £30 per pair, which includes green fee, competition entry, cuppa and bacon roll on arrival and a goody bag.
Full details are on the entry form, which is available at either the football club or golf club, or call 07809 474526 or 07738 933209.


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Vernon Students Create Heritage Stamps
Canada Post brought out a series of UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) heritage theme stamps and recently, a number of Vernon students also created stamps with a Canadian heritage theme. As the launch project for the 2016 Vernon Heritage Fair, students were asked to a create stamp based on Canadian history. They were also asked to provide a written explanation as to why the stamp was significant to them.
Five schools participated in the contest ~ BX, Coldstream, Harwood, Okanagan and St. James. Each classroom selected 10 entries to be considered for judging. From the 103 entries submitted, six were chosen as the best representations overall. The six finalists were Carter Vanderleest, Ben Turuk and Max Stewart from BX Elementary and Alena Collie, Megan Henderson and Man Vo from Okanagan Landing Elementary. Alena Collie was the overall winner. She received a $50 award for her efforts and her stamp will appear as the logo on the T-shirts given to the students who participate in the upcoming Heritage Fair.
The 2016 Vernon Heritage Fair is a project of the North Okanagan Optimist Club and will be held on April 8, 2016 at the Schubert Centre. Additional information on the Heritage Fair can be found at www.vernonheritagefair.org and on our Facebook page Vernon Heritage Fair.


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Phoenix Suns Charities' annual gala, The Jump Ball, presented by Annexus, will be headlined by Grammy nominated singer/songwriter, Aloe Blacc, on Friday, Feb. 27 at the Fairmont Scottsdale Princess.
Guests will also enjoy appearances by the entire Suns team and coaching staff, dancing, entertainment by DJ Dean Michaels, dinner, a silent auction and more.
The gala begins at 6 p.m.
Aloe Blacc released his major-label debut album "Lift Your Spirit" March 11, 2014 on XIX Recordings/Interscope Records where it debuted at No. 4 on the Billboard Top 200 chart.
The set followed up Blacc's collaboration as vocalist and co-writer on well-known DJ/producer Avicii's track "Wake Me Up," a song that hit the Top 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 1 on its Hot Dance Club Songs and Dance/Electronic Songs charts, as well as topping charts in more than 100 countries.
Blacc's single "The Man" topped the charts and with more than 2.4 million singles sold.
Blacc spent the summer out on a U.S. tour with Bruno Mars in support of "Lift Your Spirit" and made his acting debut in "Get On Up," the James Brown biopic. "Lift Your Spirit" received a Grammy nomination for Best R&B Album.
In addition to Aloe Blacc's performance, South Florida-based DJ, Dean Michaels, will entertain guests with his own creative blend of audio content.
Guests will have the opportunity to bid on exclusive live auction items and experiences, including a unique, Suns-branded Rally Fighter, co-built by Phoenix-based Local Motors.
Guests are encouraged to bid early by texting "Suns" to 95577. Upon texting "Suns," bidders will receive a link to a mobile webpage where they can place their bid.
Bidding starts at $100,000 and increases in $2,500 increments. The bidding will end at noon on Friday, February 20. Bidders can view the rally fighter being built here.
The winning bidder from the text-to-bid will earn two complimentary tickets to attend The Jump Ball, where their bid will open the live auction for the Rally Fighter. The Rally Fighter auction package also includes two Playmaker Club passes for all home Suns games, along with lower-level season tickets for the 2015-16 season.
For the seventh consecutive year, Annexus is the sponsor of the gala. As a dedicated partner to Suns Charities, Annexus aims to assist the needs of children and their families throughout Arizona.
The Scottsdale Independent is published monthly and mailed to 75,000 homes and businesses in Scottsdale.


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A representative of gay and transgender employees at the Education Department was warned about President Trump's repeal of the federal policy that allowed transgender students to use the bathrooms that matched their gender identities. Who warned the representative? None other than Betsy DeVos, the Secretary of Education.
The employee was told that Betsy DeVos resisted Trump's movement, but she showed no signs of this resistance to the public. In fact, she later joined in on the new policy announcement stating that the old policy was "a very huge example of the Obama administration's overreach."
This lead to the idea that Ms. DeVos is weak, but those who have observed her over her career say the opposite. As a former Republican Party chairwoman, a donor, and charter school advocate, Ms. DeVos has earned a relentless reputation. In her home state, she is known to be a strong political fighter. She works behind the scenes to pass legislation she wants and remove her opposition.
Mike Cox, a former Republican state attorney general, stated "In Michigan politics, she instilled fear in a lot of people, and it's not just because she's a billionaire. I found Betsy to be very determined, steely, when she sets her mind on a goal."
When Ms. DeVos arrived in Washington, she had no experience from within the government and a short history with the president. Despite this, people are saying that she will learn how things work quickly and accomplish her goals.
"She comes across as personable, plain-spoken, but she is dangerous." said Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers.
Betsy DeVos grew up in western Michigan where she worked at her father's company. Her brother founded Blackwater, the private military company known for its actions in Iraq and Afghanistan. Dick DeVos, her husband, comes from the family who founded Amway, another multi-billion dollar company.
Ms. Devos, her husband, and their children all received private educations. This lead to opposition members pointing out the lack of connections Ms. DeVos has to public education systems in addition to the issues average families face when trying to pay for education.
Taking tax dollars away from public schools, funding private schools, and funding charter schools are just a few of the many things Ms. DeVos has been pushing for. She also supports for-profit schools and is against performance standards.
Her determination has caused Detroit to have the most charter schools in the country. Unfortunately, most of them are under-performing. Detroit's public schools are currently the worst in the US.
Last year, there was an attempt to pass legislation that would help Detroit public schools. Ms. DeVos fought hard against that legislation and she won. She said the public school system in Detroit should be shut down.
Ms. DeVos had a rough start in Washington, but she continues to get more comfortable and is learning how to play the game. She continues to insight the fear that she is hostile to public education.
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Your Home: a business?
We can often compare managing a home to managing a business. Those that run businesses have developed strategies and techniques that, if applied to a household, can help streamline and calm a busy home. There's a lot that can be learned from having a business mindset for running your home. Here are 9 strategies from CEOs that you can adapt to help your house look and feel better.
1. Take an objective look at your workload.
One of the first strategies we can adapt is evaluation. CEOs regularly and frequently re-evaluate their daily tasks. They look at what they are doing and ask questions. Are they the best person to do this job? Are they the only ones qualified (and can that be changed with training)? Is there some other (faster? better?) way that this can be done? Does this have to be done at all?
We at home can also take this approach. Ask yourself similar questions. Am I the only one who can do this, or can I train someone else to do this? Is there another way to do this? Does it have to be done this frequently.. or at all? Figuring out what your workload actually is, and whether or not it's appropriate is the best place to start when you need to change the atmosphere of your home.
2. Determine where your contribution is most needed.
CEOs often have pet projects. They do things simply because they enjoy those things. But sometimes, they can get too involved, and end up micromanaging some things, while ignoring others that urgently need their attention. A good CEO will be able to let go of even a favorite pet project, in order to give their attention to what really needs it.
At home, I know I can sometimes insist on controlling some tasks. I happen to enjoy doing laundry. I find it soothing and calming. (Yes, I know I'm weird..) But I can get so lost in the clothes and the process, that maybe I miss out on the incipient fight between my youngest children, until someone gets hurt. I should have been paying attention to my children, not my chores. My attention wasn't where it should be. Is yours always where it should be? Time to check in!
3. Identify the best people in your organization.
CEOs not only evaluate themselves but their team. They look at the support staff around them — the vice presidents, directors, managers and supervisors that help run the company. They're looking for who can help and who is ready for more. Which of the middle managers could be groomed to take on a more senior role? Is there a talent somewhere that could and should be developed in order to take advantage of it? Good leaders will capitalize on the growth and development of their team, and create opportunities for further growth, so that the organization as a whole functions better.
As parents and CEOs of our homes, our focus should be the same. First, check in with your partner (if you have one). Are you better at managing money than your partner? Maybe you should be the one to balance the checkbook and set up the budget. Is your partner better at remembering appointments and being on time? Let them take care of the logistics of getting Johnny to piano and Suzi to soccer. Which is better at cooking? Does someone enjoy cleaning?
Then look at the other members of your family… children, extended family members, roommates, friends that might be living with you … and figure out who is best suited to certain tasks. It's especially important with your children, because as parents, its our job to prepare them for adulthood. Is Johnny ready to take on doing his own laundry? Can Suzi be trusted with the care of a pet? Maybe your teenager is ready to take on some of the cooking. Or your preschooler can start to take on cleaning his room. Continually look for who can help out and who is ready for more.
4. Train, coach, empower, trust.
A leader's role is really broken down to these four things. First, we train those we are in charge of for their jobs. Once they know how to do something, we need to coach them in it: encourage and provide that accountability. After they've taken it on, we need to empower them to grow in it, and mature. Finally, we need to trust them to get the job done.
This can be harder as parents and spouses than as CEOs. We're more emotionally invested in the members of our family than we are in the employees of a workplace, so the failure of a child or partner to accomplish a task we entrusted them with feels personal. It's our home, so it's harder to let go and empower. We tend to want to micromanage, not coach. And sometimes.. we forget all about the training that might be needed, and just go in with unmet expectations, leading to hurt all around. All of that is avoided, if only we'd remember what it means to be a leader.
5. Share your "business" strategy with your "employees".
As a CEO, this seems obvious. It's hard to get a team going in the same direction unless everyone knows what the overarching goals are. Plans for an entire organization work much better when everyone has a clear idea of the big picture. So it's important for the CEO to share their strategy for the business with all the employees.
In our homes, this is a bit different, and a little more challenging. For one, how do you figure out a strategy for your family anyway? In a business, they have visions and mission statements and sales goals and revenue targets. But homes aren't made to make profits.
The key here is to create some family values. You probably already have some, if only unspoken. These are the phrases you tend to repeat a lot, and the behaviours you tend to focus on as "right" and "wrong". Maybe for your family, a value is athleticism, so you watch a lot of sports, the kids play a lot of sports, and your idea of a "family night" is to get out to the park and play catch or ride a bike down a bike trail. You parrot phrases like "It's not whether you win or lose, but how you play the game." and "In life, you need to be a good sportsman." in your parenting and discipline. It doesn't really matter the values that you have, but whether or not they are clearly communicated and expressed. Hiding them is what creates the confusion and will damage relationships.
Not exactly the same
Managing a home is obviously not exactly like managing a business. There are relationship dynamics and goals that are not at all a priority in a commercial setting. But there are tools and strategies we can adapt to make our homes and our families run smoother. And that makes for less frustration and a happier home.


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(#1) A young homeless woman is wrongly convicted of murdering a police officer. Her death is faked and she is taken to Section One, the most covert anti-terrorist group in the world. After two years of training under the tutelage of Michael, Section's best operative, she is given her first mission.
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JURGEN: "I just came by to say something, then I'll go. I don't know the details, but I do know that you and Michael have a connection and you both work very hard at keeping it private."
NIKITA: "Obviously not hard enough."
J: "So I guess I was wondering if there is a place for me in your life."
N: "There could be."
J: "If?"
N: "Michael...Michael showed me your file. Now, I'm not judging anybody but...."
J: "Don't even tell me."
N: "What?"
J: "Who was I? A serial killer? A subway bomber? Or did I rape my sister?"
N: "What are you saying."
J: "Whatever Michael showed you is exactly what he wanted you to see. I was a Special Forces soldier. Almost everybody in my unit was killed because our CO sent us on an insane mission. When it was all over, I blew. These were my best friends in the world, and he sent them to their deaths."
N: "What did you do?"
J: "I killed him. Michael loves you, Nikita. I could grow to love you. But I could also live without you. I'm not sure if he can."
Written by Michael Loceff
Directed by Jon Cassar
Original airdate: January 18, 1998 (USA)
nd (France); October 15, 1999 (UK)
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Bruce Payne (Jurgen)
Michael Querin (Pontriargan)
Darren Andrea (Man in Suit)
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Czech title: "Treti osoba"
French title: "Trio"
German title: "Bewahrungsprobe"
Italian title: ""Jurgen"
Polish title: "Trzecia Osoba"
Portuguese title: "Terceira pessoa"
Spanish title: "Tercera persona"
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Dawn Connolly's commentary on this episode
The arc continues with Nikita and Jurgen's growing closeness. With Michael listening in on the pair -- voyeurism at its height -- we get an early indication that Michael has a mission to perform and that we have an hour of manipulations ahead. Jurgen expounds his Zen-like philosophies in a lecture on life outside Section and the meaning of freedom. Still, he isn't immune when Michael pushes his buttons, and the two come to blows. It is a rare demonstration of emotion on Michael's part. The fight operates on several levels. While on the surface it appears to be about Nikita, there is also Michael's manipulation of Jurgen's emotions when he creates a repeat scenario of the incident that landed Jurgen in Section in the first place, the challenge for alpha-male dominance (as Jurgen is outside the normal command structure), Michael's guilt about the betrayal that has begun, and a hint of some unspoken past conflict. It is both humorous and noteworthy that while the men beat on each other, Nikita blows off steam by tearing down a wall and reconstructing her apartment.
The theme of primal conflict continues as Nikita is sent by Michael to kill Jurgen. The romantic triangle that is emerging is reflected in the tripartite struggle for survival. Michael is trying to insure their political survival (how can the couple keep their secrets and stay alive without Jurgen holding some power over them?), Nikita believes they are fighting for their lives (Section will kill them if they find out Michael helped her escape) and Jurgen seems to be fighting to save Nikita's soul (his comment, "You're his slave," hits the mark and precipitates a cathartic breakthrough for Nikita). Still, how betrayed Michael must feel when he has lied and murdered to protect the two of them, and he sees Jurgen still alive.
La Femme Peta, pp 152-154