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CNIL Enforces Cookies Rules in France
On 30th June 2015, the CNIL issued a press release stating that, following its online cookies audits conducted last October (see our previous blog article), it has sent out a formal letter of
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CNIL unveils its 2015 inspections plan. Are you ready for what's coming?
In 2014, I warned about the French data protection authority ("CNIL") being a regulator to watch. One year down the road, CNIL has not failed to deliver. A few weeks ago, CNIL released its Annual
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Spam texts: "substantially distressing" or just annoying?
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport ("DCMS") recently launched a consultation to reduce or even remove the threshold of harm the Information Commissioner's Office ("ICO") needs to establish in
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Are DPA notifications obsolete?
For almost 10 years I've been practising data protection law and advising multinational organizations on their strategic approach to global data processing operations. Usually, when it comes to
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The EU "cookies sweep day" and national cookie audits
Cookies have recently become a hot topic again, following a press release by the French Data Protection Authority (CNIL) on July 11th, 2014, announcing a EU "cookies sweep day" and enforcement actions
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CNIL: a regulator to watch in 2014
Over the years, the number of on-site inspections by the French DPA (CNIL) has been on a constant rise. Based on the CNIL's latest statistics (see CNIL's 2013 Annual Activity Report), 458 on-site
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Proven Past, Trusted Brand, Promising Future
Batteries Plus Bulbs, was the first organization to respond to the evolving needs of the replacement battery market. Our first store opened in 1988 in Green Bay, Wisconsin. We began offering franchise opportunities in 1992 and opened our first battery franchise store in Fort Wayne, IN. The increasing demand for "specialty" and replacement batteries, combined with our reputation for solving battery problems and providing helpful advice, has led to our rapid success and expansion. In 2010, we refined the model of the all-battery franchise concept by adding light bulbs to our product line, thus becoming a lighting franchise as well. In 2014, we launched smartphone and tablet repair services nationwide, providing in-store repairs for cracked screens, battery replacements, and more.
We continue to explore additional products and services as we look to strengthen the brand, provide revenue opportunities for our franchisees and remain on trend with the evolving needs of customers and businesses.
You'll be part of a company backed by one of the most successful growth organizations
Batteries Plus Bulbs is owned by Freeman Spogli, a private equity firm based in Los Angeles and New York City. Freeman Spogli has invested in and grown several consumer and distribution businesses including:
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We're poised for continued growth
We continue to be the nation's largest and fastest-growing battery, light bulb and smartphone repair franchise and a leading omni-channel retailer of batteries, light bulbs and smartphone repair services for the direct-to-consumer and commercial channels. Through our expanding nationwide network of stores, we offer a differentiated value proposition of unrivaled product selection, in-stock availability and customer service. By joining our team, you'll be a part of one of Forbes® Top 10 Best Franchises in America for the past three years and have the opportunity to grow into a multi-unit franchise operator.

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In this installment of Advanced Basics Ted Pattison discusses the localization of Web sites in ASP.NET 2.0.
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There are two ways you can utilize resources such as strings, images, and text-based files from your Microsoftî . NET Framework-based application. You can embed them directly in the app or you can load them from an external file.
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Visual Studio 2010 lets you create applications that target versions of the Microsoft .NET Framework from 2.0 to 4, and each step in between. We take a look at how multi-targeting works in Visual Studio today, and explain how you should approach multi-targeting in your projects.
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Dig into the new co- and contravariance features coming in Visual Studio 2010. Binyam Kelile provides hands-on Visual Basic examples to explain how they provide more flexibility when working with generic interfaces and delegates.
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Collection Initializers are a great addition to the language and allows concise syntax in order to initialize both framework and user defined collection types.
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Error corrections are an essential part of the Visual Basic coding experience. This article explores the many error correction features offered by Visual Basic and provides a glimpse at the future release of Visual Studio 2010.
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XML comments provide an easy and effective way to document your code. We'll show you how to use and customize XML comments in your Visual Basic projects.
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Reflection is useful for debugging and logging and otherwise providing the type information you need. Here you'll see how to use reflection on COM types.
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Learn how to use Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF), XAML, and the deep XML support in Visual Basic to generate user interfaces dynamically.
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This column discusses one of the new features of Visual Basic 2008-Extension Methods. This powerful new feature was introduced to support LINQ. See what extension methods are, how to apply them yourself, and get some great usage tips.
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That's it. The last part of the series. The end of the summer means the end of this event.
It was nice to take part in it, definitely. I'm glad I sacrifised some time to these gigs.
Artist: Nouvel Sound
Back to people, Music.
There are two photos from two gigs mixed in this post. I let myself do so since both took place on the same day and stage, one after another.
The first one was a concert of some people from Chile and Portugal. They were just youth that showed up in our town and performed. They haven't got any band or something so I can't tell you what their name is.
The second gig was played on the regular summer basis here, by Hydrozagadka. Enjoyed it quite a lot, even despite bad weather.
Let it be a gig day.
In this post I publish photos from several concerts. Most of them took place at my beloved School, from which I recently graduated (could have stayed…). Don't bother it was at school – they were good performances.
Have a look.
Yes, some of these photos are very similar. They do mean something to me, however, and I ain't gonna delete those 'nearly duplicates' because someone might not like it.
Well, I think they're not bad.
I wish I always had such light as there with my technician friends. Thanks, Boys. Extremely appreciate what you did there, and do now, even if I can't be there with my camera and benefit from your proficiency.
I won't name all the Artists as there are quite a few of them and I might not remember (or know) some names. Big credit to all of them, though.


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John O'Hurley isn't buying reports Hurricane Harvey is strong proof of dramatic climate change ... at least not until he sees some hard numbers.
We got the "Seinfeld" star leaving Craig's and he says it's too soon for scientists to pin Harvey on global warming. He explains what it would take to prove it ... for him, at least.
O'Hurley's a longtime conservative, and a Trump guy, so his stance isn't all that surprising. Of course, if he's looking for numbers ... we'd suggest checking the data on Hurricanes Sandy and Katrina, and the polar ice caps.
What's left of them, that is.


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For many of us, an ant colony is something that grows between two glass plates when you "just add ants" to a little bit of dirt. Glass and little red plastic frames being in short supply out in nature, wild ants have to make do with other materials to build their homes. Some ants do house their colonies in dirt, but many others can make a whole colony in a rolled-up leaf or inside an acorn. These items being abundant in nature, the question arises, "what determines how many ant colonies are out there?" Certainly not every acorn or leaf could have an ants cozied up inside.
This is the old 'abundance' question in ecology, which is usually answered in the following way: the number of animals living in an area is a balance between how many are born and how many die. But this isn't very satisfactory- we want to know the ultimate cause, not the proximate mechanism. A more satisfactory answer may come from energy theory.
One of the first things we learn in our elementary science classes (other than that ants live between glass plates) is that all animals need food to survive. Although animals each eat different things, the light energy captured by plants was the original source of the energy in their food (except for some crazy creatures that live around hydrothermal vents deep under the ocean). A simplistic answer to the abundance question is that the number of animals living in an area is determined by how much energy plants make available to them. Simple answers rarely capture the all the details that make ecosystems interesting to ecologists, but sometimes they are insightfully accurate for biogeographers who study the whole planet.
Michael Kaspari and Michael Weiser recently published research showing that, from
's alpine tundra to the Peruvian tropical forest, the overall number of ant colonies in a particular place is strongly related to the amount that plants grow (NPP, net primary productivity) relative to the average energy needs of a single colony. Although the ants were studied 15 years ago, they combined this older data with recent experiments on ant metabolism (how they burn energy) to estimate how much energy a colony needs based on how large the worker ants are. These energetic requirements were then used to figure out how many colonies the total energy available from plants could support (total plant energy / energy needed for one colony). Colorado
What's particularly cool is that on a species-by-species basis, plant production didn't do a great job of predicting how many colonies would be found for a particular species; some species had very few colonies even in place with lots of plant production, like tropical forests. Even the most abundant ant species at each location sometimes had fewer colonies than amount of energy available to them would predict. It was only at the level of the whole community, when colonies from all ant species were counted together, that the energetic calculations did a good job of predicting the number of colonies.
The authors think that this could be because each ant species has a specific diet that is different from most other ant species and is only consuming a small fraction of all the energy available out there in the ecosystem. But, collectively ants eat a wide variety of things (spider eggs, farmed fungus, etc…) and together consume a larger fraction of what's out there. This means that the whole community is more limited by the energy available than any one species.
Another fascinating pattern also emerged from this research- even though the number of ant colonies increased in places with more plant production, the total biomass (how much all the ants weigh) did not change. This seems paradoxical at first since more ants should equal more weight; ten people usually weigh more than one person. But, ants vary in size to a much greater extent than humans do. The world smallest ant could set up a colony inside the head of the world's largest ant (antArk). What's more, ants are generally smaller in tropics where there is greater plant production. So, colonies become more abundant, but ant's get smaller, leading to overall ant biomass staying about the same from desert shrublands to highly productive tropical forests. Sometimes, in biogeography, why things don't change from place to place is far more interesting than why they do.
You can find this article at:
Kaspari, M., & Weiser, M. (2012). Energy, taxonomic aggregation, and the geography of ant abundance Ecography, 35 (1), 65-72 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2011.06971.x


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Please allow up to 2 week for production and dispatch.
Novadown's 95% Hungarian Goose Down Duvet inner is the warmest and lightest down duvet inner available on the New Zealand market. Made in our factory in Dunedin, this duvet feels like sleeping under a cloud and is the perfect duvet for those who suffer the cold. The large size of Hungarian goose down allows for a more efficient trapping of air and is the reason for this duvet's exceptional warmth to weight ratio. Covered in our 400 thread count cotton sateen fabric, the down is locked into place by baffled wall boxed cassettes to ensure fill remains evenly distributed.
- Fill - 95% Hungarian goose down, 5% Hungarian goose feather
- Cover - 100% cotton sateen (400 thread count)
- Made using the baffled box style construction
- Made in New Zealand
Each duvet comes with a 5 year guarantee of unconditional fine workmanship and quality.
For none of our products do we use feathers and down plucked from live animals, all feathers and down are a bi-product of the meat industry.
Washing Tips: Can be hand washed and tumble dried. Please follow instructions on care label.
Warmth Level: 4/4
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Custom or import duty fees are sometimes charged once the parcel reaches the destination country and must be paid by the recipient of the parcel. These charges will vary widely from country to country and will depend on your parcels weight and size. Although rare, we recommend checking with your local customs office to avoid any surprise additional fees. If you should refuse the parcel, Novadown will not refund the original shipping charges, nor pay for any shipping costs associated with returning the parcel.
Any delays due to customs or couriers once parcels have left New Zealand, are beyond our control and whilst we do our best to ensure delivery is within the given time frame we are not liable for any delays that are out of our control.
Buying online can be a bit daunting at times, especially for high end products such as ours. You can't see or feel the product and have to depend on descriptions, images and reviews to decide whether or not the product is right for you.
So we were wondering, what can we do to make the purchasing decision easier for you?
We believe in our products and are confident that you will love them as much as we do, but we also want to make sure that you are taken care of if, for some reason, our product doesn't meet your expectations.
Our solution? A 100% satisfaction guarantee.
What does this mean for you?
If you receive our product and are not 100% satisfied with your purchase, you have 90 days to return your product to us for an exchange, gift card or refund – the choice is yours. The only condition is that you return the product in its original state. That means it needs to be unused, unwashed and in its original packaging.
For exchanges – send off the item you wish to exchange to us (please follow the shipping instructions below). Once we have received and inspected the item, we will give you a call to arrange a payment/refund of the difference in purchase price before sending the replacement to you.
For returns/gift cards – send off your chosen exchange item to us (please follow the shipping instructions below). We will give you a call as soon as we have received the good to organise the refund or to send out a gift card.
Faults – Even though we take great care to ensure that our products are as near to perfect as possible, there is always a small chance that a product is faulty or was sent out incorrectly. If this should happen to you, please give us a call at 03 476 4221, so we can arrange pick up and replacement or refund.
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Whether influenced by geopolitical uncertainty or recognition of the long-term business value in effectively managing a talent pipeline, many in Scotland's hospitality sector are keenly aware of the need to train and retain key staff.
With more than 200,000 people reportedly employed in Scottish tourism, it's unsurprising that demand for 'smarter staffing' is an emerging trend.
Annually generating in excess of £8 billion, Scotland's tourism sector is an economic powerhouse. To help protect this market and ensure a high quality guest experience, it's imperative to consistently recruit, train and retain the highest quality of staff.
Well-trained, professional, attentive staff who have a friendly, helpful demeanour will invariably leave a positive impression – and, in turn, the guest or their friends may return.
However, in a sector renowned for its transient workforce, high staff turnover and occasionally long hours, there are challenges to identify, train and retain the best. While the hotel sector is attuned to the benefits and implications of the recently introduced apprenticeship levy, some already use in-house training academies to nurture talent.
At Radisson Blu Edinburgh, we 'recruit for attitude'. With a workforce of 168, 59 per cent from continental Europe, we invest considerable time, energy and industry knowledge to develop individual and team skills. Guests positively respond to being assisted by motivated staff, inspired to give their best.
Underpinned by a dedicated and increasing training budget, I believe staff recognise that the supervisor training programme, talent review, monthly 'coffee morning with the general manager' sessions, being truly empowered in their role and potentially benefiting from a HIT (Hospitality Industry Trust) Scotland scholarship are all designed to help performance and in-house progression.
Our philosophy of recruiting for raw attitude as opposed to just skills has also opened up positive local partnerships. In the past five years, and through the charity Canongate Youth, we have helped a number of young people experience practical, positive work placements. Several have impressed so much that they are now part of our kitchen or maintenance teams. Perhaps this too is 'smarter staffing', recruiting from and opening up opportunities in a local community.
In May, more than 20 other industry professionals will participate in a HIT Scotland charity hike of sections of the Great Wall of China. I'll fundraise for Teenage Cancer Trust and collectively we hope to raise funds to support 218 emerging talent scholarships – the future faces of Scottish hospitality.
However you interpret 'smarter staffing', the tourism industry can only benefit when a positive attitude is identified and nurtured, performance is recognised and emerging or existing talent is supported and inspired.
Richard Mayne is general manager of Radisson Blu Edinburgh.


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Email marketing is an important platform which is used by most marketers to increase business popularity.
Email communication is primarily used for expanding business – by creating connections with more customers and encompassing a larger audience through targeting.
There are many benefits associated with email that traditional advertising platforms can't provide.
Advantages of adopting email marketing for your business.
Targeted audience: Email marketing allows the advertiser to get involve with their targeted audience.
It's not like a television or digital ads where you are advertise your product within the same sea of people of which many of these ads are not targeted per set as the algorithm prioritizes local targeting in many cases making the advertising less targeted to the consumer but perceived more targeted to the advertiser.
By using email, you have shortlisted the data based upon a number of factors;
The audience may be selected on the basis of their job status, locations, demographics or similar reasons.
This method ensures that the content is pushing towards the right audience.
The Importance of;
Targeting your email message personally, involves the customer and has a higher chances of success as compared with conventional methods.
Brand Awareness: This is the catch point in today's competitive business setting. Everyone wants to increase their brand awareness.
No doubt, it is the most important factor influencing the productivity of a business.
By creating attractive and strategic content for your selected audience increases not just the awareness but value of your brand.
There are certain methods you might employ in order to have a better impact on the audience you're trying to connect with using an email marketing campaign.
Always use a professional email delivery platform can help streamline all your delivery with simplicity and help you stay in consistent contact with your customers.
Sharing: Unlike many digital advertisements, emails can be easily shared and stored for reference.
A simple button can 'forward' and distribute the same offer or deal to anyone they feel it can help.
Measurable: Many analytics are interested in knowing the output of the advertisement channels.It is often difficult to accurately evaluate the results with various marketing channels.
The method of email marketing gets a superior edge here by providing precise metrics, click and open rates, delivery rates and the number of subscribers can increase with each successful campaign sent.
Cost-effective: This is an appealing advantage linked to email marketing.
Contacts databases from big data companies can be an excellent way to acquire contacts databases and using a compliant marketing software can allow you to rapidly succeed with email marketing.
Email Marketing:
The success rate of email is dependent on a list of many factors like speed, message, subject, and delivery.
For the message, the goal here is to create content that the user can't escape without entertaining it. It must engage the customer fully to obtain the gains from email marketing.
Tips for effective email marketing;
First Connection
The first step is to develop a strong connection with the reader and provide details and content related to the subject header they clicked on.
The email shouldn't start and end with the deal offer or product details. Build the reputation; make the customer familiar with your business and the various services it provides.
Allow many methods or links through which the customer can contact you.
Then move to the project details and end with a strong message of what your business furnishes to offer for the customer.
Friendly manner
The prime goal is for an email to get opened, clicked and read is the friendly approach. Everybody had a busy and hectic schedule already.
Nobody wants to receive emails from firms talking in a less-influential and complex technical manner.
So here are some of the ways to make your emails look more friendly and user-engaging, rather than complicated;
Personal touch: Give a personal touch to writing your email as you were sending it to one specific person only.
Be honest and "remember" the opener subject header doesn't necessarily need to sell anything but simply get the reader to open the message.
Valuable and timely: This should be your manner while emailing the customers. When you have a new deal and product, email them.
When you have nothing and you are still sending them messages they may eventually lead to blockage of your emails.
Be useful: You have to act like you are a friend of your customer so email them while you think it to be useful to them.
Make it in clear and in a manner that's useful.
Personal Details: Add your personal contact details or something about you or your company to make a more bonded connection.
Reward: Design your email in such a way that after reading, the customer has availed a useful set of information.
Be gentle in your style and try to inspire and motivate them to talk about your product.
Subject lines of emails
After ensuring that your emails are very friendly and affectionately written, next step is the title or headlines of the emails.
Most often the email fails to get open because the title wasn't impressive, convincing or helpful in any way.
Powerful words: Use powerful words and keywords in your subject and body content. Your words should be somewhat charming and striking at the same time.
Your words should be like a hypnotic spell, which allow the customer to stay bound with it unless they have reached the end of the email or clicked out for more details.
Numbers: It's good to use numbers in your titles if they can be added. They get that distinctive and notable touch to allow the user easily spot them in between the heap of the emails.
Specific and unique: Be specific in your subject lines. Don't wander around or generalize.
This can be learned from others too. Notice the subject lines of your most favorite emails and see how they acted to bind your connection with them.
Make an optimum subject line length, don't stretch it to make it look boring and neither too short to be less convincing. Seven words 50 characters seems to work the best.
Experiment: Keep experimenting with your words and ideas.
Through this; you may learn what gets a higher user rating. Don't stick to the same pattern every time. Try to add that eccentric touch to it every time and remember it's not always a home run.
Writing techniques
There are certain methods to writing emails that are tactfully communicative and obliging.
Focus: Keep all of your work aside. Take a deep breath and focus that you are going to make the best profits out of this email.
This is not an ordinary email but a special one, to clearly define your business, products or services.
Fast: Write your emails fast as it manifests the personality and real strengths, and gives a genuine touch to it.
Medium length: Curtail the lengths as per the content of your data. Make sure you aren't killing the customers out of boredom or keeping a wide information gap by keeping a very short length of emails.
Questions: You must add some questions in your email. This acts as an empowering and a convincing approach. It makes the customer stay focused.
Greetings: Add greetings as if you were sending an email to your friend after a long time. Add the rigor in your emails and make them look vibrant.
Natural: Keep the flow of your emails natural. Don't make them look artificial or unimaginative.
A simpler, yet sophisticated look captures the attention of the user.
Don't brag too much about the importance of a product. Write it in such a way as you are actually helping the user by providing a more useful set of information.
Words: Don't talk in complicated language. Just imagine you are conversing with a friend so how the flow of your words will go like.
It should be generous, quirky, enthusiastic and proficient.
Relevant: Keep the email content relevant and in-line with the purpose of your overall subject.
Don't add unnecessary or unrelated details in your content.
Font: Change the font header of your writing when introducing a unique element.
This makes it stand out in the text. The font size can also be altered as per the requirements of the statement.
Sell your products
The ultimate goal or objective of the emails is to enhance the productivity of the business.
There are certain tips that will help you get the better gains.
Benefits: Highlight the benefits that your product will offer to the customer.
In other words, the point here is that you will narrate in such a way as you are doing the welfare of your customer.
The trick is to make the customer think that he will be missing something by neglecting the deal.
Deadline: Make sure to add the deadline like the deal will stay for some days.
This actually does prevent the procrastinating attitude of the customer. Subconsciously, it can make the customer act hastily towards that project.
Stories: Make interesting stories about your product. Amplify the benefits in such a way to make it seem absorptive and spellbinding.
Worth not the features: The aim should be to explain the value of your product.
The convenience, the product is going to offer should be mentioned.
The target is not to explain just the dimensions of the product but why are these dimensions beneficial for the user.
Brief and concise: You don't have to write all the information in a single email.
Leave the customer curious to know further details of the product by visiting the websites Url or other links.
Action orientated: The email style should force the customer to take action after reading it.
It should be impressive and powerful to motivate the customer and leave an impact on him after he has read the whole email.
Design and colors: The design should be captivating and appealing to the customer.
You can also use various color ranges to highlight some aspect of the email. Change the text style often, like italic or bold. Vary the style as when an important thing you are going to state. This actually keeps the user lively and active towards the email.
Email Marketing is a very helpful tool to improve the business performances. The idea is to adjust the emails and set the format in such as a way to force the user subconsciously to take actions towards it.
Many successful businesses use an email marketing platform. In fact, it is more of a practical and functional approach to the customers.
To make it more successful, these tricks or hacks need to be incorporated into your emails style. If you employ these methods correctly you will also notice a substantial improvement in your call to action.
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Dadhoos Auto Electric is a leader when it comes to auto electrical spares, parts, repairs and maintenance of light and heavy duty transport vehicles.
Come to us for all of your heavy duty industrial, automotive, and military requirements. We have been serving the Gauteng area for over 40 years featuring products from Motorola, Prestolite, Murphy, VDO, Delco Remy, Hobbs, Briggs & Stratton, Kohler, Lestek, Powerline, Balmar, Niehoff, Hitachi, Nippondenso, Mitsubishi, Tecumseh, Bosch, Mando, and many others.
Our shop has the ability to rebuild practically any alternator, starter, generator, magneto, or DC motor.Our sales staff can supply all of your gauge requirements -
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Date of Sight: 10-Aug-1995
Place of Sight: Salida, CO, US
Description of Sighting Report: "While on a western road trip in August, 1995, I visited a very remote valley somewhere in the vicinity of Mt. Princeton, CO. The valley was only accessible by dirt road and there were no other people anywhere to be found.
I snapped a couple of dozen photos with a canon point and shoot 35mm film camera. Some time later, I noticed a yellow cylindrical object with a purple tail, in the attached picture, hovering above the valley.
At the time, I only had the print and the negative, and the object was too small to scrutinize. I just figured it was just a photographic anomaly and gave it no further thought.
Just today, I found the picture while going through some old stuff. I noticed the object and decided to scan it into a digital file for closer inspection. It definitely appears to be an object hovering over the valley with no explanation of how it could be there.
There is still probably some simple explanation as to what it is, but I thought I would submit it to you to see if it fits any past photos or observations.
Again, there were no other people, and certainly no aircraft in this very remote and inaccessible valley. In addition, it did not appear in any of the other 20 or so pictures I took of the valley. The picture has faded a bit over time, but can be enhanced with the appropriate software to view it in more detail. The attached picture is an untouched scan of the original print. Please let me know if you think this is truly a U.F.O., or just an explainable phenomenon.
Thank you"


text: I'm planning to take my core router back to the official release for several reasons. The main one is that the DHCP server keeps dying at night, which is a pain. Is there anything that I should know about flashing back to the original firmware? Are their any gotchas that would brick the router? also, has anyone looked at the leaked beta drivers from linksys? Are they any good?


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Have you ever thought of yourself as a liturgical person? Probably not. Liturgy basically means order, or could be understood loosely as habits. A liturgical worship service follows a particular, often prescribed, order.
We are all liturgical people. We go through our days based on particular habits, whether intentional or not, and make decisions that are influenced by our unique orientation.
Here is an illustration to help. When you drive on a familiar route, let's say from home to work and back, how often do arrive at your destination without giving much thought to the pressure of the gas pedal, the grip of the steering wheel, the turning on of signal lights, checking mirrors, etc.?
Now, think about the first couple weeks after starting to drive for the first time. Can you remember learning how much pressure to apply on the pedals? How you needed to turn in order to avoid hitting the curb? Which way you had to push the signal light switch to make it signal left or right?
I have heard it said that over 90% of our decisions each day are subconscious. They flow from habit or routine. And, unfortunately, many of our decisions are poor decisions. We have learned bad habits. We have a liturgy that produces idolatry rather than worship of the one true God.
There are some things we can do to develop liturgies that will transform our worship, redirect our vision toward Jesus. You can probably think of some already. Morning prayer and Scripture reading is vital. Weekly attendance at a local church worship service is a must.
There are things we can do daily that many Christians do not immediately think about. Here are a few suggestions you can try out with your family. You may find that after a few weeks of regular practice, some of your subconscious habits, your daily liturgies, will begin to change:
- Begin each day with a song of praise, a call to worship so to speak (you can choose to sing it or not). Example:
Come, let us bow down in worship,
let us kneel before the Lord our Maker;
For he is our God
and we are the people of his pasture,
the flock under his care. (Psalm 95:6-7, NIV)
- Meditate on a short (1 or 2 verses) passage from the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5-7), or from an instructional passage in the Old Testament such as ones found in Deuteronomy 5-8.
- Find someone you can regular make confessions to (accountability partner). Tell them about what you have done that you feel guilty about. Make sure this is someone who you trust and who can remind you of the forgiveness of God.
- Learn some of the ancient Christian Creeds and recite them regularly.
- Practice communion with your family regularly (weekly or more).
Note: for more reading on this topic, check out Desiring the Kingdom by James K.A. Smith.


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There are debates going on about using packaging machinery to make recycled content materials in flexible packaging. However, there are many people that are wondering if this is really possible, and if there is actually a market for this type of packaging. There are many things that you should consider and know when it comes to this type of packaging. Here is more information about recycled flexible packaging.
What is recycledflexible packaging?
If you have a business and you are considering a different approach to packaging, you might be considering flexible packaging. However, you might not know what this type of packaging is really all about, or understand what this packaging means.
With the recycled flexible packaging, you are using a different type of packaging machine that is going to make your flexible packaging out of recycled material. This is the type of packaging that you will find at environment friendly or "green" companies. This is packaging that is recyclable and that are going to cost the company a lot less to make. This is an alternative than the plastic bottles or glass bottle packaging that most companies are using.
Benefits of this type of packaging
There are many benefits of using this type of packaging for your products. Benefits that will benefit your company and the environment.
One of the most common benefits is the fact that you can save money for your business. You might need to purchase new packaging machinery for the company, but thereafter the packaging is going to be more cost efficient. On the long run, you are going to save the company a lot of money, and you will be able to ensure that your business is more environment friendly.
Things you should consider before getting the recycled flexible packaging
Even if this is a good idea to get the new packaging machine for recycled flexible packaging, there are a couple of things that you should consider when you are going to change your packaging.
The first thing that you should know, is if the product will be safe in the flexible packaging. Not all the products can be stored in this type of packaging. You should also make sure that your company is financially in a position to be able to purchase the new machines for the recycled flexible packaging. These machines can be costly, and the company needs to have the capital for these machines. On the long term, the business will benefit more financially from using these machines.
There is some new packaging available that all businesses and companies should consider. This is the recycled-content materials in flexible packaging. In short, this is flexible packaging that is made from recycled materials. This is more cost efficient and is also more environment friendly. More and more companies are considering this type of packaging. The only thing that the companies should consider is the fact that you need to purchase the new packaging machinery before you can start making the recycled flexible packaging.…


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The word Doula comes from the ancient Greek language and means a woman who helps other women in childbirth and beyond. A doula is a trained and experienced birth assistant. She is available to give you information, emotional & physical support, to comfort you during pregnancy, labor & postpartum. She doesn't do clinical evaluations. In western societies the Doula's job has become popular because a mother's women relatives may be away or working; or they may have different opinions about birth than the mother's. A Doula does not replace family but enhances it. A Doula also doesn't take over for the father or partner, but allows them to participate at their comfort level.
As your doula I am with you to help you have the birth YOU choose by supporting and empowering you in your choices and decisions. There is no right or wrong way to give birth as long as you are given information and making informed choices. Every mother, couple & family are unique.
I believe that every mother that wants a doula should have one. So, please call so we can discuss, ways to get a doula.
I hope that you find information and resources to answer some of your questions and concerns. I would be honored to talk to you about how I might help you during your pregnancy, labor, birth, and postpartum.
I am in my 60s & have been doing birth work on & off since the late 1970s. I am mother to 5 & granny to 13. I service the East Texas, Northwest Louisiana area. I am located in the Shreveport/Bossier City area but have attended births from Tyler, TXto Ruston, LA. I am experienced in home birth, birthing centers, and hospital births.


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Letter to Editor: Winter and snowmobiles: Think snow!
With yet another Minnesota winter fast-approaching, the Forest Riders Snowmobile Club would like to remind all snowmobilers in the area to make sure they operate their machine safely once the trails open.
As soon as there is sufficient snow to do so, snowmobile trails will open (statewide after Dec. 1.) Of the 22,000 miles of snowmobile trails in Minnesota, approximately 50 percent is on privately owned land that the landowner has graciously opened for snowmobile use. That means snowmobiling is a privilege, not a right. We encourage you to stay on the marked trails no matter where you ride. Our club is responsible for 266 miles of this trail system.
Maintaining these trails takes time and money. The time is donated by club members, while the money comes from snowmobile registrations, a portion of the non-road gas tax attributed to snowmobile use. If you plan on riding this year, make sure your registration is up-to-date.
We encourage any snowmobiler who would like more information about snowmobiling in general or snowmobiling in this area in particular to get in touch. Visit us at forestriderstrailclub.com
The Forest Riders Snowmobile Club will be sponsoring the 2018 Charity Ride for Hospice on Jan. 27 from Two Inlets to Chase on the Lake in Walker. Make a donation by sponsoring a rider. Proceeds will go to CHI St. Joseph's Health Hospice in Park Rapids.
Think snow! Lots of snow!


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The delightful list of political intrigue that has emerged from the Putin-Trump love-hate relationship just keeps growing. We can now add asbestos to the long string of plot twists fit for a political thriller, or perhaps a horror film. Yet another characteristic the 2 leaders have in common is their blatant willingness to endanger their workers. Sadly, they're not alone.
One disturbing detail that emerged from the recent G20 meeting in Hamburg is that of the 20 countries that form this organization, 8 have not banned asbestos. The United States is the only industrialized nation in the West that has not taken such protective action. Even more important to note, though perhaps not entirely surprising, is that Russia is a key producer and exporter of 1 type of asbestos used primarily in construction.
Linda Reinstien, the CEO and president of the Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO), notes that "Each year, Russia mines a million tons of white chrysotile asbestos, and churns out prolific amounts of propaganda claiming that chrysotile is the 'safe kind' of asbestos."
According to the Occupation Health and Safety Administration (OSHA), "There is no 'safe' level of asbestos exposure for any type of asbestos fiber." Of course, Putin and Trump are equally happy to ignore scientific evidence that points to that fact. Given that these men are political and economic bedfellows, Americans should take heed.
In Russia, There Is Even a National Asbestos Day (And It's Not the Good Kind)
As Reinstien astutely observes, Putin oversees a tidy little pro-asbestos propaganda campaign: "Russia has organized the International Chrysotile Association to counter the minerals' negative reputation and has even instituted a national 'Chrysotile Appreciation Day,' where asbestos workers are compelled to claim the carcinogen they work with is safe."
Also, Russia was 1 of 5 countries that worked to stop the addition of chrysotile asbestos to the UN's 2017 Prior Informed Consent Regulations. It is the only form of asbestos not on the list, but of course that should not be taken to mean it is any less carcinogenic. While the materials on this list are not banned from purchase or sale, countries that export these products have to explain their risks to buyers.
Notably, Trump has been sued by workers at 1 of his construction sites due to exposure to high levels of asbestos, among other unsafe conditions. Even though asbestos may kill 15,000 Americans yearly, the United States continues to buy this hazardous material. Last year, the U.S. also purchased asbestos from Russia.
Clear and Present Danger
Asbestos was used in a wide variety of construction materials in the United States through the late 1970s. Since then, the use of asbestos has been greatly reduced due to safety concerns. However, people who work in construction and the renovation of buildings can be at high risk of exposure. If asbestos is disturbed, such as when demolishing or remodeling an older structure, asbestos fibers are released into the air.
These fibers are lethal when inhaled, and can cause terminal illnesses such as the deadly cancer mesothelioma. Additionally, the family members of individuals who work around asbestos can also be at high risk for the disease. Because asbestos fibers can stick to clothing, it's easy for workers to bring them home with them if their garments are not properly cleaned.
OSHA requires that employers provide protective equipment to workers who may be exposed, and to install mechanisms to reduce fibers in the air. Employers must also monitor levels of asbestos exposure for all workers, and have them evaluated by doctors if workers are exposed beyond the legal limit. OSHA is very clear about the dangers posed by asbestos: "Epidemiologic evidence has increasingly shown that all asbestos fiber types, including the most commonly used form of asbestos, chrysotile, causes mesothelioma in humans."
Naturally this well-established scientific information has been disregarded by both Trump and Putin. But then again, should we really be surprised?
If All Else Fails, Blame the Mob
On top of Trump blatantly ignoring evidence to the contrary, he has also repeatedly claimed that asbestos is safe. In a now infamous tweet from 2012, he speculated that asbestos could have saved the World Trade Center, if only the carcinogenic substance had not been replaced by other materials. Trump has also claimed that the efforts to take asbestos out of buildings were in fact a conspiracy led by the Mafia.
Sadly, not all asbestos had been removed from the World Trade Center at the time of its collapse. Many first responders have paid the price for that fact. While it can often take 20 to 50 years to develop mesothelioma, just 5 years after 9/11, 2 individuals who worked at the WTC site died from the disease due to heavy asbestos exposure.
Of course, these fatalities may be just the beginning of a much larger epidemic. One study suggests that 70 percent of those who worked at the WTC site had respiratory problems due to their heroic efforts. The full extent of the toll on their bodies may not be known for decades, but 1 thing is clear: The asbestos industry will be sure to find other scapegoats for their illnesses.
Environmental Protection Agency No More
With Scott Pruitt heading the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), there is precious little hope that the United States will soon join the 12 countries in the G20 that ban asbestos. Pruitt has demonstrated clear reluctance to regulate dangerous chemicals, and is somehow "undecided" about the risks that asbestos poses to workers and the general public.
The battle to ban asbestos has always been hard-fought by the asbestos industry, so this is indeed a continuation of a much longer convoluted corporate tale. While the EPA succeeded in banning asbestos-containing products in 1989, that verdict was overturned only 2 years later, following a suit filed by company that manufactured asbestos-containing products. Now that Trump has "frienemies" (namely, Vladmir Putin) who sponsor a national asbestos day, it is likely that the United States will continue to import more Russian-mined asbestos in the near future.
The Data Is in, the President Is Out to (a Corporate-Sponsored) Lunch
The trifecta of Trump, Pruitt, and Putin signals that American workers should take heed. Their safety is firmly in their own hands, as both workplace and consumer protection regulations continue to be whittled down to toothpick proportions. While Trump and Putin celebrate capitalism, corporations, and carcinogens, Americans must continue to make their voices heard in favor of workplace protections. Petitions, e-mails, and phone calls to Congress all have their needed place in this protest, though perhaps the best occasion will be at the ballot box in a year and a half.
We would like to be more optimistic, to think that if the President sat down for a chat with the good people at OSHA, he might have his views swayed in favor of citizens and scientific knowledge. But wait. They might be in league with the Mafia.


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Any Cheltenham dissers?!?
Anyone from Cheltenham??
Re: Any Cheltenham dissers?!?my auntie and uncle live in cheltenham.
i live in chepstow.
it's not too far..
Re: Any Cheltenham dissers?!?isn't there a race course there??
Re: Any Cheltenham dissers?!?I'm from Cirencester originally, so Cheltenham is the nearest place to me with proper shops!
Re: Any Cheltenham dissers?!?ask Random - she went to school there!
Re: Any Cheltenham dissers?!?I didn't either, where do you normally go out and stuff?? ( don't worry, i MIGHT not stalk you)
Re: Any Cheltenham dissers?!?you can go and see brian jones' grave as well - what else do you want to do?
Re: Any Cheltenham dissers?!?The outdoor pub at the town hall is nice. And Badlands records is good.
Re: Any Cheltenham dissers?!?I'm doing a placement here aswell, but i also go to uni here. where you doing your placement?? I finish tomorrow!!!!!
Re: Any Cheltenham dissers?!?yeah, the beer gardens are good, as long as too many chavs aren't around. Badlands is good, can get some bargans in there.
there is an awesome local band called one indiscretion, they are awesome if you get a chance check them out. i think they are on my space and you can hear em.
Re: Any Cheltenham dissers?!?
I'm my gosh. I'm from Evesham which is just a few miles out. I used to go to Cheltenham all the time but its not as good as it used to be.
Badlands just isn't what it was and there used to be The Axiom for live bands but thats gone now. I saw the Unbelievable Truth there. Someone shouted play creep and no one laughed.
Re: Any Cheltenham dissers?!?hi i go to boarding school in chelt
you ever been to vinyl vault?
and do u go to places luke fez at night or do u prefer 2 pigs etc...?
Re: Any Cheltenham dissers?!?Vinyl vault is cool, i like the shop at the back!!
sometimes go to fez, go all ove rthe plavce really depending on the night and how much money i have
Re: Any Cheltenham dissers?!?I saw Travis at the Axiom, and Gorky's, Arab Strap, The Fall and My Life Story at the Attic! Not bad for Gloucestershire. Are there gig venues in Cheltenham any more?
Re: Any Cheltenham dissers?!?"Any Cheltenham dissers?!?"
Yeah: Cheltenham is, like so utterly shit. Pile. Of. Arse.
(Ho ho, did you see what I did there?)
Re: Any Cheltenham dissers?!?Yeah, my mum and dad went to the Martin Fry thing. Apparently it was wild!
Re: Any Cheltenham dissers?!?occasionally at the hub, art brut played there for a glasto warm up
Re: Any Cheltenham dissers?!?god, it sounds like it hasn't changed since i was last there, about 8 years ago. bet you're all about 16 though which makes me want to weep. ah, those heady teenage days with a bottle of woodpecker in the beer gardens.....
Re: Any Cheltenham dissers?!?well, i'm 22, came to uni here, i like it, only thing that annoys me is lack of decent gigs


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Exemption of long term capital gains tax u/s 10(38)
Under the existing provisions of the Section 10(38) of the Income-tax Act, 1961, the income arising from a transfer of long term capital asset, being equity share of a company or a unit of an equity oriented fund, is exempt from tax if the transaction of sale is undertaken on or after 1st October, 2014 and is chargeable to Securities Transaction Tax under Chapter VII of the Finance (No. 2) Act, 2004.
It has been noticed that exemption provided under section 10(38) is being misused by certain persons for declaring their unaccounted income as exempt long-term capital gains by entering into sham transactions. With a view to prevent this abuse, it is proposed to amend section 10(38) to provide that exemption under this section for income arising on transfer of equity share acquired or on after 1st day of October, 2004 shall be available only if the acquisition of share is chargeable to Securities Transactions Tax under Chapter VII of the Finance (No 2) Act, 2004. However, to protect the exemption for genuine cases where the Securities Transactions Tax could not have been paid like acquisition of share in IPO, FPO, bonus or right issue by a listed company acquisition by non-resident in accordance with FDI policy of the Government etc., it is also proposed to notify transfers for which the condition of chargeability to Securities Transactions Tax on acquisition shall not be applicable.
This amendment will take effect from 1st April, 2018 and will, accordingly, apply in relation to the assessment year 2018-19 and subsequent assessment years.
On Partial Roll-back of LTCG exemption on Listed Stocks [Amendment to S. 10(38)] in the Union Budget 2017- Ravi Mehta, Partner, Grant Thornton India LLP said that "While the FM speech sounded the Budget to be non-adversarial on taxation of listed company transactions, a look at the fine-print of the Finance Bill may not see this in the same perspective. One such matter is the amendment proposed in S. 10(38) of Income tax Act. It would be the duty of the Government to ensure that such amendment doesn't cast nuisance value for genuine restructuring transactions meant for facilitating business improvement and growth. "
[Clause 6]
Extract of relevant clause from Finance Bill, 2017
Amendment of section 10.
6. In section 10 of the Income-tax Act,—
(a) in clause (4), in sub-clause (ii), in the proviso, for the word, brackets and letter "clause (q)", the word, brackets and letter "clause (w)" shall be substituted and shall be deemed to have been substituted with effect from the 1st day of April, 2013;
(b) after clause (12A) [as inserted by section 7 of the Finance Act, 2016], the following clause shall be inserted with effect from the 1st day of April, 2018, namely:—
"(12B) any payment from the National Pension System Trust to an employee under the pension scheme referred to in section 80CCD, on partial withdrawal made out of his account in accordance with the terms and conditions, specified under the Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority Act, 2013 and the regulations made thereunder, to the extent it does not exceed twentyfive per cent. of the amount of contributions made by him;";
(c) in clause (23C),—
(I) after sub-clause (iiiaaa), the following sub-clause shall be inserted and shall be deemed to have been inserted with effect from the 1st day of April, 1998, namely:—
"(iiiaaaa) the Chief Minister's Relief Fund or the Lieutenant Governor's Relief Fund in respect of any State or Union territory as referred to in sub-clause (iiihf) of clause (a) of sub-section (2) of section 80G; or";
(II) after the eleventh proviso, the following proviso shall be inserted with effect from the 1st day of April, 2018, namely:—
"Provided also that any amount credited or paid out of income of any fund or trust or institution or any university or other educational institution or any hospital or other medical institution referred to in sub-clause (iv) or sub-clause (v) or sub-clause (vi) or sub-clause (via), to any trust or institution registered under section 12AA, being voluntary contribution made with a specific direction that they shall form part of the corpus of the trust or institution, shall not be treated as application of income to the objects for which such fund or trust or institution or university or educational institution or hospital or other medical institution, as the case may be, is established:";
(d) after clause (37), the following clause shall be inserted and shall be deemed to have been inserted with effect from the 1st day of April, 2015, namely:—
'(37A) any income chargeable under the head "Capital gains" in respect of transfer of a specified capital asset arising to an assessee, being an individual or a Hindu undivided family, who was the owner of such specified capital asset as on the 2nd day of June, 2014 and transfers that specified capital asset under the Land Pooling Scheme (herein referred to as "the scheme") covered under the Andhra Pradesh Capital City Land Pooling Scheme (Formulation and Implementation) Rules, 2015 made under the provisions of the Andhra Pradesh Capital Region Development Authority Act, 2014 and the rules, regulations and Schemes made under the said Act.
Explanation.—For the purposes of this clause, "specified capital asset" means,—
(a) the land or building or both owned by the assessee as on the 2nd day of June, 2014 and which has been transferred under the scheme; or
(b) the land pooling ownership certificate issued under the scheme to the assessee in respect of land or building or both referred to in clause (a); or
(c) the reconstituted plot or land, as the case may be, received by the assessee in lieu of land or building or both referred to in clause (a) in accordance with the scheme, if such plot or land, as the case may be, so received is transferred within two years from the end of the financial year in which the possession of such plot or land was handed over to him;';
(e) in clause (38), after the second proviso and before the Explanation [as inserted by section 7 of the Finance Act, 2016], the following proviso shall be inserted with effect from the 1st day of April, 2018, namely:—
"Provided also that nothing contained in this clause shall apply to any income arising from the transfer of a long-term capital asset, being an equity share in a company, if the transaction of acquisition, other than the acquisition notified by the Central Government in this behalf, of such equity share is entered into on or after the 1st day of October, 2004 and such transaction is not chargeable to securities transaction tax under Chapter VII of the Finance (No. 2) Act, 2004.";
(f) after clause (48A), the following clause shall be inserted with effect from the 1st day of April, 2018, namely:—
"(48B) any income accruing or arising to a foreign company on account of sale of leftover stock of crude oil, if any, from the facility in India after the expiry of the agreement or the arrangement referred to in clause (48A) subject to such conditions as may be notified by the Central Government in this behalf;".
Equity share allotted by company in 2000 and covered in demate form in 2005 and sold through reco st exch and STT paid on sale in 2017. BUT due to allotted share STT not paid on purchase . i want this transaction covered under LTGC or NOT.
Does this section mean tat we do not have to check STT on sale of share?
If STT is paid on acquisition and not on sale of share then also 10(38) is applicable?
What will be the status of equity shares purchased from markets before 01-10-2004.


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They are 16-0 come this weekend when they wrap up their final game of this season.
I hope that my counterpart is having his good time supporting his hometown team.
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After being a longtime proponent of touring Maui's famous Road to Hana independently, I decided that I'd give a guided tour a try. After asking around, Wade Holmes of No Ka Oi Adventures was highly recommended, so I booked his one-day Discover Hana Adventure tour.
No Ka Oi Adventures does not offer the typical road to Hana guided tour. For starters, he typically drives a Ford Explorer, which immediately makes his tours much more intimate than the typical mini-bus tours. The day I toured, there was only one other gentleman on the tour. (Andy couldn't make it because he was attending the Maui Photo Festival that day.)
Wade can customize your guided-tour to you interests and fitness levels. Weeks before my tour, Wade emailed me to ask me what I'd like to see on the tour. I didn't make any requests then, but on the day of the tour he did customize a few things based on my interests and what I had seen on previous trips.
I could tell that Wade enjoys taking his guests off the beaten path to hidden places that most people don't know. Wade took us to two waterfall-fed pools for swimming where we were the only people there. Cool, eh?
Wade's knows the road to Hana like the back of his hand. For various reasons, locals have hidden some trail heads, but Wade knew exactly where to go. There was one pile of yard waste hiding a trail head. If Wade hadn't shown me the way, I never would have found it.
Here are the highlights of what we got to see and do on this full-day adventure:
– Ke'anae Peninsula was our first stop. This was a great place to stretch our legs and take in the views without crowds.
– A short hike to a very secret waterfall-fed pool that's not even in the Revealed guidebook. We swam here.
– Another short, though adventurous hike to a swimming hole with a waterfall at Wailua Iki.
– Sampled the unique coconut-based ice cream and candy at Coconut Glen's. (I probably wouldn't have ever stopped here on my own. When you're touring the road to Hana independently, you literally have to make decisions to stop within a few seconds. I probably would have passed on by without knowing what a quirky and tasty stop Coconut Glen's is. I've written about stopping at Coconut Glen's.)
– Stopped at Wai'anapanapa State Park for quick hike to the spring-fed freshwater caves.
– Hiked to the red sand beach (Kaihalulu) in Hana. Wade brought blankets, towels, and sunscreen for all of us so we were able to relax on the beach while soaking in the sun and scenery for a half hour or so.
– For lunch, we ate at a local place, Echo's, off of Haneoo Road outside of Hana town. The burgers with da kine sauce were pretty good, but the views of Alau Island from Echo's were even better!
– Our next stop was the longest as we hiked the Pipiwai Trail up to Waimoku Falls.
– Our adventure completed with driving what I call the back side of Hana which is one of Hawaii's forbidden roads for car renters. In the past, Andy and I had only driven a short section of this forbidden drive. So, it was neat for me to see the entire drive with Wade's expertise. We stopped a couple of times in Kaupo. The most interesting stop was seeing the historic St. Joseph Church.
– We were able to catch the last rays of sun before heading back to our meeting point in Maalaea.
– See all the photos that I took on my day of touring the Road to Hana with No Ka Oi Adventures.
So, what did I think of touring the Road to Hana on this guided-tour? I really liked it! Though I had already toured the Road to Hana independently on three other occasions, I felt like I got to see and do much more than I've experienced previously. In fact, I'd like to repeat this entire tour with No Ka Oi Adventures some day when Andy can come along.
Wade's educational background is in Ethnobotany with a specialty in Hawaiian and Polynesian plants. Not only did I get to learn about unique plants from Wade, I got a tasting lesson, too. I ate lilikoi (passion fruit) and sipped yellow ginger nectar.
A unique aspect of No Ka Oi Adventures is that the tour is all-inclusive. Lunch, snacks, juice, water are all generously provided. Wade even supplies towels and sunscreen for his guests.
When I took this tour the one-day, Discover Hana Adventure tour cost $225 per person based on parties of two or more. (Check their website for current pricing.) For an all-inclusive tour that lasted from 6:30am until about 7:30pm, that's really a pretty good deal. Though other road to Hana tours cost $100 to $150 per person, they're not customizable or all-inclusive, and you don't get the adventures of swimming at a secluded waterfalls. No Ka Oi's Hana tour is geared for people who enjoy adventures and avoid crowds, which suited me perfectly. If you don't want to hike, then I recommend you choose one of the standard road to Hana guided tours.
For more opinions on No Ka Oi, see this link for TripAdvisor reviews.
You may be wondering if I recommend driving the road to Hana independently or going with a guided tour. I say, do both! I think both methods are complimentary, plus the road to Hana has so much to offer, you can't do it all in just one or two days.
Have you toured the road to Hana independently and on a guided tour? Which method did you like best?


text: If there's one thing you can count on your dog for, it's that you can always count on your dog. Everyone knows that dogs are among the most loyal creatures on the planet. Loyalty also comes from wolves. Despite the common term "alpha male" implying that a male wolf rules over his pack, the fact is that wolves oftentimes mate for life, and mating pairs share responsibility in running their packs of offspring. Living as part of a nuclear family unit is built into your dog's instincts, which is what makes them so loyal and such terrific family pets.


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Grade 1 Phonics - "at"
After mastering vowels and consonants in kindergarten, first graders are now ready for phonics. Print out a these phonics worksheet to create a handbook for your first grader. This worksheet is for words ending with "at".
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Report: IRS Created Dumpster-Diver Swimming Holes
The Internal Revenue Service has long advised consumers to shred old tax returns and other documents that contain sensitive data, as a way to thwart identity thieves who sometimes root through trash bins in search of identity information. But it seems the IRS doesn't take its own advice: a recent investigation of more than a dozen IRS document disposal facilities found that -- at each location -- old taxpayer records were being tossed out in regular waste containers and dumpsters.
The audit by the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration also found that IRS officials failed to consistently verify whether contract employees who have access to taxpayer documents had passed background checks.
In addition, investigators also had trouble finding anyone responsible for overseeing most of the facilities that the IRS contracted with to burn or shred sensitive taxpayer documents.
"We found evidence of only 2 instances where IRS personnel conducted visitations to shred/burn facilities in the past 2 fiscal years," the report notes. "Not all Territory Managers were even able to identify the contractor who provided their shred/burn services or where they were located. None of the four contractor sites we visited had ever received a request from the IRS to inspect their facility or onsite records."
In a written response to the report, the IRS said it had improved oversight of the document disposal contractors, and increased the level of verification to ensure contractors have passed background checks.
A copy of the inspector general's report, including the IRS's official response, is available here (PDF).
Brian Krebs
May 21, 2009; 4:00 PM ET
Categories: From the Bunker , U.S. Government | Tags: dumpster diving, irs, tigta
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THIS is what kills me. This huge industry has sprung up around people being proactive in protecting their identity.
And then the banks and vendors and now the IRS could give a cr@p.
Posted by: Chasmosaur1 | May 21, 2009 5:25 PM | Report abuse
Posted by: firstname.lastname@example.com | May 24, 2009 5:39 AM | Report abuse
Don't forget that the IRS is considering outsourcing the collection of taxes that are due. Just another fine way for ALL your personal information to be broadcast to the world.
Posted by: blasher | May 26, 2009 11:35 AM | Report abuse
From a corporate perspective, while banking and finance sectors have been more proactive and forward thinking as well as far more advanced than most sectors, cyber security is still perceived too often simply as an IT cost center rather than as an enterprise wide risk management issue with serious financial implications. The silo specific view of cyber issues, fueled by antiquated corporate structures and attitudes results in an insufficient analysis of the true needs and values associated with cyber security.
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BISMARCK-The budget deal approved by Congress and signed into law Friday, Feb. 9, includes the expansion of a tax credit that supporters say will help North Dakota's energy industry develop carbon capture technology and reduce emissions.
The two-year budget bill includes provisions that are identical to legislation introduced by Sen. Heidi Heitkamp, D-N.D., that enhances and extends the tax credit known as Section 45Q.
The tax credit provides an incentive for carbon capture utilization and storage, such as projects that use carbon dioxide for enhanced oil recovery.
Heitkamp, in an interview this week, said the tax credit Congress first created in 2008 had been too narrowly crafted to be effective. She said she introduced the FUTURE Act with co-sponsors from opposite sides of the political spectrum to improve the tax credit and encourage innovation.
"If we're going to have a future for coal and new coal development, we've got to get new technology," Heitkamp said.
The budget bill extends the tax credit for 12 years and increases the credit to $35 per ton for carbon that is captured and used for enhanced oil recovery, and $50 per ton of carbon that is captured and stored in a geologic formation deep underground.
North Dakota industry leaders say there is huge potential to recover more oil from the Bakken using carbon dioxide for enhanced oil recovery, but making the projects economically feasible has been a challenge.
Dale Niezwaag, vice president of government relations for Basin Electric Power Cooperative, said the new legislation removes hurdles that make the tax credit more accessible to industry.
"It helps open the door to be able to put technology together," Niezwaag said.
Projects under development in North Dakota could benefit from the tax credit, such as the Allam Cycle, which uses pressurized carbon dioxide rather than steam to generate power more efficiently, and Project Tundra, which would capture carbon from the flue gas at the Milton R. Young Station near Center.
In addition, Red Trail Energy in Richardton, a western North Dakota ethanol plant, is researching injecting carbon deep underground in order to market ethanol in California and other areas with low carbon fuel standards.
"We've got a number of things on the drawing board kind of waiting to pencil out economically," Heitkamp said.
North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum was one of six governors who signed a letter earlier this week urging Congressional leaders to approve the expansion of the 45Q tax credit.
"Carbon capture provides a long-term, low-carbon path for production and use of America's abundant coal, oil and natural gas resources," said the letter signed by Burgum and governors of Montana, Wyoming, Kansas, Oklahoma and Pennsylvania.
Brad Crabtree, vice president for fossil energy at North Dakota-based Great Plains Institute, based in North Dakota, said the tax credit provides a significant incentive for companies to invest in carbon capture.
"This is vital to the future of North Dakota's coal industry and its coal-based power industry," Crabtree said.
Heitkamp initially introduced the FUTURE Act in 2016 and reintroduced it in July 2017, with co-sponsors Sens. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., and John Barrasso, R-Wyo.
"Today's bipartisan victory shows that Congress can achieve results by putting differences aside and working on real solutions," Heitkamp said in a statement Friday.
Sen. John Hoeven, R-N.D., said Congress also needs to approve his Regulatory Certainty Act, which aligns tax guidelines with existing federal regulations to make the tax credit more workable.
"Carbon capture is technologically viable, we can do it. We've got to get it commercially viable," Hoeven said.
Hoeven also introduced bipartisan legislation this week to extend the refined coal tax credit, which incentivizes power plants to pre-treat or refine coal to improve efficiency and decrease emissions. Heitkamp cosponsored the bill.


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Piñons has been located in downtown Aspen, across the street from the historic Hotel Jerome, since February 1988 and has been locally owned and operated since then. The dining room, which seats 110, recently re-decorated in a mountain contemporary style, evokes the casual sophistication that has come to symbolize Aspen. The windows frame picturesque Aspen Mountain. The cuisine has been described as traditional American influenced by local products. Piñons has received many renowned awards but cherishes most the recognition by locals as the most coveted reservation in town. Piñons has always been to create an unforgettable yet understated experience. The menu is composed of familiar ingredients and yet the flavors and presentations are stimulating to both the taste buds and the soul. No one ever leaves Piñons disappointed, quite the contrary... "Another spectacular evening", "Always wonderful", and "We'll be back" are what we hear at the front door as our guests leave.
Piñons Restaurant - 105 South Mill Street - Aspen, CO. - Phone: 970.920.2021
Dinners served nightly from 5:30 until close.


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I followed same procedure as like as simple Hello_world mention in zedboard and chosen "OS Platform as Linux".check out this link i followed the procedure as
Then replaced that Hello_world code by My program(DMA).I attached the DMA program.please refer this one.while compling I faced error and post in the zedboard->support->s/w development application and then as u said i added header files in the project explorer window in SDK to the include folder as a path.pls check out link below for header file inclusion as http://s1322.photobucket.com/user/Arunvision/media/sdk_bsp_zps99084a46.j...
we got the error like as
**** Build of configuration Debug for project Dma ****
make all
Building file: ../src/OCM2PL.c
Invoking: ARM Linux gcc compiler
arm-xilinx-linux-gnueabi-gcc -Wall -O0 -g3 -I"C:\Xilinx\14.4\ISE_DS\EDK\sw\XilinxProcessorIPLib\drivers\scutimer_v1_00_a\src\" -I"C:\Xilinx\14.4\ISE_DS\EDK\sw\XilinxProcessorIPLib\drivers\dmaps_v1_00_a\src" -I"C:\Xilinx\14.4\ISE_DS\EDK\sw\XilinxProcessorIPLib\drivers\scugic_v1_00_a\src" -I"C:\Xilinx\14.4\ISE_DS\EDK\sw\XilinxProcessorIPLib\drivers\common_v1_00_a\src" -I"C:\Xilinx\14.4\ISE_DS\EDK\sw\lib\bsp\standalone_v3_07_a\src\cortexa9" -c -fmessage-length=0 -MMD -MP -MF"src/OCM2PL.d" -MT"src/OCM2PL.d" -o"src/OCM2PL.o" "../src/OCM2PL.c"
arm-xilinx-linux-gnueabi-gcc: fatal error: no input files
compilation terminated.
make: *** [src/OCM2PL.o] Error 1
Pls provide solution as soon as possible.
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It started with JoJo's Cupcakes in St Michael's, Maryland, where I first encountered the idea of a peppermint mocha cupcake. I tend to shy away from sweet drinks, so "peppermint mocha" is not the name of something I would order in a coffee shop. I love coffee and chocolate and peppermint in almost equal amounts, but I couldn't quite imagine how the taste would work in combination. You know how sometimes you try something new that sounds a bit weird, and then five minutes later you can't imagine not knowing that it's an awesome flavour? It was like that with peppermint mocha cupcakes.
This was last autumn, and Maryland is now a lot further away, so I've been half-heartedly intending to make some of my own ever since I got home.
Then a friend (coincidentally also called Jo) invited me round to watch a US television series called Cupcake Wars. I don't watch much TV of any description, but a show that ends each episode with a couple of bakers having to compete in producing a thousand-cupcake display has a natural appeal to me. Plus I just love the weird ingredients that the contestants are asked to incorporate into their baking. But I digress.
On one of the early episodes, the winner was a vegan cupcake-baker whose creations looked simply amazing. Unfortunately her name was Chloe, which kind of breaks the pattern here, but we'll forgive her that because her baking is awesome. A quick Google later and I found myself with the recipe for Chloe's chocolate strawberry shortcake cupcakes, one of the very cakes she made on the show. I've made variants on these cakes a couple of times, now, and this is fast becoming my go-to cupcake recipe because they rise so nicely and have a great, moist texture.
I'd run out of bicarbonate of soda, so I used baking powder instead and skipped the vinegar to balance out the acidity. I also tweaked the recipe from volumetric to weight-based measures, translated everything into metric, and tweaked the flavours to create my own peppermint mocha variant.
Vegan Cupcakes: Peppermint Mocha
Makes 16
For the cakes:
210g (1 cup) caster sugar
265g (1½ cups) plain flour
40g (1/3 cup) cocoa powder
2tsp baking powder
¼tsp salt
120ml (½ cup) sunflower oil
240ml (1 cup) strong coffee
1tbsp peppermint extract
75g dark chocolate
5g coffee beans
For the frosting:
150g vegan margarine
75g icing sugar
1tsp peppermint extract
- Preheat the oven to 175°C (350°F).
- Finely chop the dark chocolate (or use chocolate chips).
- Crush the coffee beans with a pestle and mortar.
- In a large bowl, combine the sugar, flour, cocoa powder, salt, and baking powder.
- Add the liquids, and whisk until smooth.
- Stir through the crushed coffee beans, and chopped chocolate (holding back a little for decoration).
- Divide the batter between about 16 cupcake cases.
- Bake for 15-20 minutes, until the cakes have risen and a skewer comes out clean. (Exact timings will depend on your oven.)
- Allow the cakes to cool completely before frosting.
- Cream the margarine together with the icing sugar and peppermint extract, and whisk until light and fluffy.
- Spread the frosting on top of the cupcakes, and sprinkle with a little extra chocolate.


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This is a review of Mr.pizza in city hall.
I went to Mr.pizza last Friday(May. 6. 2011) with my lab family
(6 people). I was very hungry because I had participated in a lab
meeting. the lab meeting had lasted three hours, so we decided to
eat dinner at the Mr.pizza in city hall. Inside the restaurant, it was
comparatively hot, and there were many people. Restaurant is very
small with ten colorful tables and many comfortable chairs. Also, this
restaurant had a salad bar in the center. And I saw peaple making
pizza through the big glass. I looked at the pizza maker. It was
obvious that he was annoyed. But the staff treated people kindly. We
ordered a large size Gesalmontang pizza (₩20,720), a large size
Omyrib pizza (₩21,200), Coke, 15 hot wings (₩9,900), and used the
salad bar. the salad bar was set out buffet style. My Frist impression
was the economical nature of the salad bar. But many kinds of saladwas not ready. Not so good. The frist food arrived our table. frist
food was the hot wings. the hot wings was very delicious and not
spicy. But wings was very small. Next, the main food arrived two
different pizzas. The Gesalmontang pizza was covered in crab. So It
tasted very soft and light. I like this pizza. But another pizza, the
Omyrib pizza, was the worst. When I tasted the pizza, It had only a
sweet tasted. So the Gesalmontang pizza very good, other pizza was
the tasted bad.
Finally, I thought about Mr.pizza price, which is right. The taste was
normal. And It was large in quantity.
- Yang Yongjin
- Yang Yongjin


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Lena Headey wants to show off her funny side
- Bang Showbiz
- 28 April 2015
Lena Headey has revealed she wants to show off her "humorous side" in a comedy role after shooting to fame as Cersei in the dark medieval HBO drama 'Game of Thrones'
Lena Headey wants to star in a comedy.
The 'Game of Thrones' actress has revealed that while landing the role of Cersei in the HBO drama was a "blessing", she wants to show fans that she's capable of playing a range of very different parts.
She shared: "I'm getting more offers to play similar kinds of characters, but I would also like to do a comedy. Most of my friends would tell you that I have a very humorous side and it would be wonderful if I finally had the chance to show my funny nature in a movie."
The 41-year-old star - who has five-year-old son Wylie with ex-husband Peter Loughran and is now expecting a baby girl - also confessed she can't understand why she's only just shot to fame after taking on her first acting job at the age of 17.
She told HELLO! magazine: "It's been extraordinary, although you do wonder why it's taken so long. You have to be persistent in this business. No one really gives you anything and there's a lot of luck involved. I've played in films I thought would lead to bigger and better things, then nothing happens.
"In a way, it's all been a blessing for me. I have a son to look after and I feel that the best part of my life is happening now."


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We had a lovely family trip to Newport Beach with Scott's family (last years trip here). They sure know how to pack adventures and fun into a week. It was a blast & there is nothing better than time with family- I wish beyond all wishing we lived closer to our families.
We enjoyed the beach- which was freezing but the kids played in the sand & even ventured into the icey water. They are so much braver than I am.
We also went to Disneyland which was so fun (last years trip here). I don't think I could ever get tired of that place. It helps that going the week after Thanksgiving means no lines- I think the longest we waited was 10 minutes. Most of the rides we walked right on. It was fantastic but no one else should do it so that it always stays just as empty for the Carter family.
We also did one of those Medieval Times dinners- oh man, the children went ga-ga for it- eating with your hands, pretty horses, yelling. I mean what's not to love. The yellow knight even threw Syd a carnation & she almost fainted. It was fantastic.
I designed. Kristal procured the adult shirts & made the little kiddos shirts (aren't they fantastic!).
Hip-hip for re-bonding & familial love!


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Release Date: 2013 |
Album Rating: 2.0Portnoy should give it up and go back to doing progressive metal instead of this cheap imitation stuff.
worst band
Didn't expect this to be half decent even
Digging: J Balvin - Vibras
I like them : O
Album Rating: 2.0yea this sucks
sigh not again....
Oh yeah, and it's even badder than last time
Album Rating: 2.0At least the lyrical content is better, but I'm sure that they would have changed that if they could have.
Yeah I could not see this being good in any way.
Nice review though, just a few issues I noticed:
he doesn't strife to achieve better
I couldn't once make out John Moyer once on the entire album.
Album Rating: 2.0Done, done and done. Thanks for picking them up, I was sure I missed something.
No worries, now have a pos!
The idea of covering Badlands is kinda cool but I have no interest in this whatsoever.
Cool review fella IMO Portnoy needs to start up a band that's heavy and progressive. That's what's he's good at! Perhaps a thrash metal or even death metal band would suit him. Either way, this kinda stuff is way below him... I'd say the same for Allen, although he still has Sym X so it's all groovy!
Bands: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z


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I'm not ready for spring yet!
Just saying . . .
It's just a little blog about me and my life. It's my venting spot. :)
No danger of Spring here today. Though it has stopped precipitating at the moment. I really want to make sure we have at least enough to get out of work on Monday.
Thanks for playing 6WS!
Spring is a long time coming for us here in WY.
Hope your day is great!
OMG! Are you crazed?! I'm SO ready for spring over here in MN... I will definitely trade you our sub-zero temps for your spring! ...No questions asked...
Katie, from rooftop melodies


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Super Rugby 2018 preview
By Graeme Peacock
Last Updated: 17/02/18 7:10am
The Super Rugby season is nearly upon us again as the best sides from Argentina, Australia, Japan, New Zealand and South Africa battle it out for the top provincial prize in southern hemisphere rugby.
On Saturday you can catch the Stormers v Jaguares on Sunshine Golf Action from 1pm, while the Lions v Sharks is live on Sunshine Golf Mix and Action red button from 3.15pm on the same day.
SANZAAR has made significant changes to improve the tournament. The competition was once the jewel in the crown of franchise rugby on a global level and the proposed changes will aim to shake things up and return it to its former glory.
The silky skills of Beauden Barrett and Israel Folau, thrown in with the power and grunt of players like Agustin Creevy and Eben Etzebeth make Super Rugby a mouth-watering spectacle.
The games are played in some of the greatest cauldrons of the sport, from the All Blacks' fortress Eden Park to the picturesque Newlands, all adding to the drama of this flagship event.
Kiwi sides have dominated Super Rugby throughout the years and sides like the Stormers and Brumbies will be looking to break this stranglehold in 2018.
Here's all you need to know ahead of its return this weekend...
Tournament Restructure
The restructured competition means the amount of teams has been reduced from 18 to 15 sides.
The franchises who have lost out are the Western Force from Australia, as well as the Southern Kings and Cheetahs from South Africa. Both South African teams are now plying their trade in the northern hemisphere's Guinness PRO14 with mixed fortunes.
The reduction in teams means there will be three conferences instead of the four from last season, which will be divided up as follows:
- Australian Conference - Brumbies, Melbourne Rebels, Reds, Waratahs (all Australia), Sunwolves (Japan).
- New Zealand Conference - Blues, Chiefs, Crusaders, Highlanders, Hurricanes (all New Zealand).
- South African Conference - Bulls, Lions, Sharks, Stormers (all South Africa), Jaguares (Argentina).
Law Changes
Super Rugby will also see an adoption of some law changes that were announced by World Rugby in July 2017.
The facets of the game where changes have taken place are the tackle area, the ruck and the scrum. SANZAAR CEO Andy Marinos is on the record as stating he 'hopes these changes will lead to a better flowing game'.
- The tackler must get up before playing the ball and can now ONLY play the ball from their own side of the tackle "gate".
- A ruck will now commence when AT LEAST ONE player is on their feet and over the ball, which is on the ground along with any tackled player and tackler. At this point the offside lines are created.
- Players on their feet may use their hands to pick up the ball as long as this is immediate. As soon as an opposition player arrives, no hands can be used.
- A player can no longer KICK the ball out of a ruck. The player can only hook it in a backwards motion.
- There will no longer be a signal from the referee. The scrum-half must throw the ball in straight but is allowed to align their shoulder with the middle line of the scrum, therefore allowing them to stand a shoulder width towards their own side of the middle line.
- Once the ball touches the ground in the tunnel, any front-row player may use either foot to try to win possession of the ball. One player from the team who put the ball in MUST strike for the ball.
- The No 8 is now allowed to pick the ball from the feet of the second rows.
Teams to Watch
Reigning champions the Crusaders will be the ones to beat. The most successful franchise in Super Rugby history, they are currently coached by Scott Robertson and proved too good for the Lions at Ellis Park in last year's final, winning 25-17. Former Munster and Ireland fly-half Ronan O'Gara is now also part of the coaching set-up.
The 'Saders boast current All Black captain Kieran Read and lock Sam Whitelock in an extremely good pack, which is complemented by some young exciting backs.
Runners-up in last year's event, the Lions play an exciting brand of running rugby which South African sides are not renowned for. It will be interesting to see how the side from Johannesburg perform under new coach Swys De Bruin after the departure Johan Ackerman to Gloucester.
Players like Kwagga Smith - man of the match for the Barbarians against New Zealand in November - Jaco Kriel and Elton Jantjies, mark the side from the Highveld as a group who should be pushing for top honours once again.
Last year's semi-finalists are the team to watch, and play a fantastic brand of rugby.
Coach Chris Boyd takes over as Director of Rugby at Northampton Saints after this Super Rugby season, and will be looking to make his last coaching campaign a successful one.
Any side that contains the Barrett brothers, the Savea siblings, as well as the likes of Dane Coles and Vaea Fifita will be a tough team to beat.
Players to Watch
Atu Moli - Chiefs
The New Zealand conveyor belt consistently produces quality backline players, but the player to watch this season is tighthead prop Moli.
The Chiefs frontrower weighs in at 128 kilos and was a non-playing "apprentice" during the Rugby Championship before he toured with the national side at the end of the year.
The physically imposing Moli is versatile and can play on either side of the scrum. The 22-year-old is mobile and prominent in the loose and the 2018 Super Rugby season will be key for him if he harbours ambitions to become a permanent fixture for the All Blacks.
Ned Hanigan - Waratahs
The young utility forward from the famous Randwick club has made an impressive start to his professional career.
Hanigan can play both lock or blindside flanker and had a fantastic 2017 season, earning the "Rookie of the Year" at the Rugby Australia awards. The mobile 6'4" Waratah is a strong ball carrier and a great lineout option. Hanigan will be looking to start where he left off last season.
Warrick Gelant - Bulls
The Bulls No 15 has been earmarked for higher honours for some time after featuring strongly for South Africa in junior age grade rugby.
Gelant can play anywhere in the back-three, has bucket loads of pace and a great sidestep. Add this to a strong kicking game and it's clear why he is so highly rated in South Africa. The 22-year-old finally received his opportunity for the Springboks during the autumn internationals and will be a key figure in 2018 for John Mitchell's charges if he stays injury free.
Tune in from 1pm on Saturday to catch the start of the 2018 Super Rugby season as the Stormers face Los Jaguares live on Sunshine Golf Action.


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will be in August.
Friday, June 21, 2013
June 21, 2013 Guantanamo 9/11 pre-trial sketches
will be in August.
2 comments:
- Pam said...
Viewed your sketches over several months, excellent work.
Hope security returned your glasses - decision to confiscate was strange.
Thanks for your service - it can't be easy.
Pam Wright
- June 22, 2013 at 7:12 AM
- Pam said...
Left a comment a few minutes ago - if you have it, please delete this one.
Reviewed sketches spanning several months - excellent work!
Hope security guard returned your glasses. Decision to confiscate seemed strange.
Thanks for your service - it can't be easy.
Pam Wright
Pam Wright
- June 22, 2013 at 7:14 AM
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text: As of the writing of this post Santa and his sleigh are only 7 hours and 33 minutes away from beginning their trip around the world. Boys and girls everywhere anxiously await and are curious about where the Jolly One is. You can track Santa's flight using NORAD's radar system and Google maps. You can also enjoy video footage of St. Nick and his entourage as they make their way to the homes of boys and girls. There are a variety of other interactive ways to enjoy this dash around the world.