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In our long-running series, "How I'm Making It," we talk to people making a living in the fashion and beauty industries about how they broke in and found success.
Anastasia Soare and her company Anastasia Beverly Hills - which originally launched as a brow product brand in 1998 - are now the undisputed beauty queens of Instagram. According to , the brand has the highest earned media value on the platform. (To come to this designation, Tribe Dynamics analyzed data from over 50,000 influencers.) To put this into perspective, ABH has almost double the earned media value of MAC, which dominates every other social media platform, on Instagram.
Soare came from Romania to LA in the early '90s, where she took a job as an aesthetician. After being unable to convince her first employer that eyebrows could change the look of the face, she went into business on her own, operating out of a rented room in a salon. Supermodels, Vogue and the Kardashian familysoon found her, and a brow business was born. She appeared on Oprah and built a strong operation, but her business really exploded about two years ago, thanks to her long-time celebrity clients - the Kardashians included - singing her praises on social media. (Anastasia makes both Kim's and our favorite brow filler.) Last year, the brand released an expanded makeup line, including liquid lipsticks, contour kits and highlight kits, all of which are well-loved on Instagram. The company frequently re-grams influencers wearing its products, creating a huge web of shares and new fans in the process. Here, Soare talks about how she turned a nearly two-decade-old label into the hottest "new" brand online.
How did you get your start in the U.S.?
Because I didn't speak the language, the only job that didn't require perfect English was an aesthetician at that time. I started doing facial and body waxing and I realized no one considered eyebrows a service. There's a mathematical formula [used by] Leonardo Da Vinci called the Golden Proportion [ Ed. note: it's also referred to as the Golden Ratio]. I really believe the eyebrow can give you a totally different look. In art school I had a teacher who emphasized that if you want to draw a portrait and change the emotion, just change the eyebrow. The owner didn't really believe in this, and I decided a year and a half later to rent a room in Beverly Hills and start this eyebrow [business]. Obviously everyone around me thought I was losing my mind. A year and a half in America and starting my own business! I wanted to be free - that was the reason I came here.
Who were some of your first clients and how did you convince them to try the brow service?
Six months after I started working, my first client was Cindy Crawford and then all the supermodels. One of their agents came and was my client. I was fresh off the boat and I had no idea who they were. Remember, I was from a communist country where everything was censored. One day, the girls had a photo shoot and [the agent] sent a van full of six-foot-tall gorgeous girls [to me]. I remember my first reaction when I saw Cindy. I thought, It's impossible to make such a perfect creature.
In the '90s brows were terrible and really thin - everyone plucked them. Did you have a hard time convincing women to stop doing this?
Absolutely! It was very hard. It took me years to educate women that brows are so important. It doesn't matter if you do your makeup wrong - you can take it off and it's OK, but eyebrows don't grow back if you tweeze for too long. For a year or a year-and-a-half I was trying to figure out the perfect [brow] shape, so I didn't charge anybody. I was doing facials and body waxing, and after a year I started charging for eyebrows because people started coming back getting their eyebrows done, even the makeup artists at Neiman Marcus [which was across the street.] I started charging $10.
When and why did you launch your brow line?
In 1994 Marina Rust from Vogue came in and wrote about me. In the same issue there was a story about Kevyn Aucoin because he launched his Making Faces book. He was the guru of makeup that talked so much about how important eyebrows are, and then there was an article about me doing brows. That was a very important point for the awareness of women in the U.S. At that time I used to work with celebs here: Michelle Pfeiffer, all the supermodels, Jennifer Lopez. I decided by '95 or '96 to open a salon. In my mind I said, I didn't come to the U.S. to be in one little room and pluck eyebrows and squeeze pimples. I opened a salon in Beverly Hills, and at that time there were no products for brows. It was the only boutique salon that did eyebrow services. In 1998 I went to Italy and talked to a lab and started making my own products. We had brow pomade, brow powder, brow gel, tweezers, scissors. I was the first one to invent that double-ended brush with the angle cut and the spoolie on one side. [ Ed. note: I was unable to confirm this. But it's an awesome product!] But at the time I didn't know I could patent that.
How did you decide to expand the Anastasia Beverly Hills line from just brow products?
Two years ago I said, "We need to educate women and explain that makeup needs to be done specifically for their bone structure." Just using shading and light colors to enhance parts of your face, you can create a three-dimensional face; you can hide things you don't like and accentuate things you do like. My daughter [Anastasia Beverly Hills president Claudia Soare], said, "Mom, let's do a contour kit and make it easy for women to understand." We launched a contour kit that sold out within hours. Based on that, we developed many other products in the makeup line. Like liquid lipsticks - I didn't like shiny lipstick, I like matte. After 15 minutes I don't have anything on. I was telling this to my daughter and she said, "Mom I'm going to go to the lab - let's do something that will stay forever."
Matte liquid lipsticks are so popular now.
It's not that easy to make different colors of liquid lipstick because the formula is not stable. The labs didn't have enough experience yet. We launched liquid lipstick last year and it was insane. We cannot produce enough to keep products on the shelf at Macy's now.
Kim Kardsahian's makeup artist Mario Dedivanovic uses your products a lot. How did you develop a relationship with them? [Ed. note: ABH is currently working on a collaboration with the makeup artist.]
The Kardashians have been my clients for many years, since they were in high school. They have beautiful brows. Look, it's a form of recognition when you have celebrities [using your products] but remember I was on the Oprah show, too. But I think the Kardashian effect [happened] the same time as social media. You reach way more people through that than you used to reach [even] through Oprah. It didn't just "happen" for me two years ago. I've been working on this for so many years. I've worked with every celebrity possible. Of course the Kardashians are good, but I think I can link them with social media because they have [that] power.
I've heard it was your daughter's idea to start an Instagram account for the brand. How did you react to that?
She said, "There's this new app Instagram that we have to get on." I was like, "No. I don't like Facebook. I don't need to know how many times a day somebody gets a cappuccino." But I [gave in] and slowly we started posting and I loved it. It's just me and my daughter posting. We pull content, we look for the legitimate artists that we like. I use Snapchat behind the scenes. It's a lot of work. In the morning my social media takes me four hours just to answer. I can't answer to everyone, but I go through questions and try. I read my comments. It helps us so much. I used to travel and in one day reach 200 people. Now I put a post up and reach 50,000 people that are all over the world.
On Instagram the beauty vloggers are very influential for brands. Who are the ones you really like or who have helped get the word out?
We like to promote and support not only the already established artists like Amrezy [Amra Olevic], Desi Perkins, Chrisspy and Shayla, but also the up-and-coming ones who have a thousand followers. It's a partnership with us. We help each other. They're talented and they work really hard. Like [Amra], people think, Oh, what does she do? That's a full time job what she does. It's not easy what she does. Social media is not easy.
People often question influencers' reviews online because it's not always obvious which posts are sponsored and which are genuine. Do you pay them or do you just send them product?
They are my friends. We don't pay friends. We send them products, and whatever they like, they post. I never ask anybody to talk about it. I want people to be in love with what I make. Everything that I do has to be organic. You cannot fool women. You fool women once with a bad product and they will never buy again. You give them a good product and they will go crazy. Everything is organic with us. That's the reason we are successful.


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So after we went to Legoland and then napped, we headed over to the Sea Life Aquarium. It was a great way to spend an evening! The boys loved it and Cody and I did too. The walls were covered in "fin facts" and there was a little quiz you took along the way. If you kept the scratch off card with your answers, you could show it to the cashier and she gave the kids a tattoo. Cute idea.
There were plenty of wonderful swimming creatures to see and all three of my boys were enthralled. I couldn't use a flash in most areas so a lot of my pictures are dark. Oh well, we needed to respect the creatures. =)
Colton and Cooper held shark eggs and touched starfish. Carter passed on that.=)
One thing I thought was kind of funny, was that Carter didn't like the glass floors that overlooked the stingrays. So this is what he did...
We headed home the next day to get back in time for Colton's first baseball game. Our spring break getaway was short but full of fun!

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Business coaching can be compared in some cases to having a human resources team behind you. Through coaching you get training, tools, and systems designed to move you and your team forward and to improve your personal effectiveness in a business setting.
There are many different aspects to business coaching. It often involves support in creating strategies to deal effectively with a variety of issues including clear communication, productivity, hiring and managing a team. It also focuses on accountability once an action plan has been put into place. Business coaching is also about developing leadership at all levels from the top down.
Many organizations expect their senior leaders and middle managers to coach their team members toward higher levels of performance, increased job satisfaction, personal growth, and career development. Business coaching teaches these skills to managers.
Executive coaching
Executive coaching involves working toward specific professional goals. These include career transition, interpersonal and professional communication, performance management, organizational effectiveness, managing career and personal changes, developing executive presence, enhancing strategic thinking, dealing effectively with conflict, and building an effective team within an organization.
Career coaching
Career coaching focuses on work and career or issues around careers. It's very focused with a specific outcome in mind, not to be confused with life coaching, which concentrates on personal development.
Personality and Behavioural Assessments
DiSC® is a personal assessment tool used to improve work productivity, teamwork, and communication. DiSC is non-judgmental and helps people discuss their behavioral differences. If you participate in a DiSC program, you'll be asked to complete a series of questions that produce a detailed report about your personality and behavior.
DiSC profiles help you and your team:
- Increase your self knowledge: how you respond to conflict, what motivates you, what causes you stress, and how you solve problems
- Learn how to adapt your own style to get along better with others
- Foster constructive and creative group interactions
- Facilitate better teamwork and minimize team conflict
- Develop stronger sales skills by identifying and responding to customer styles
- Manage more effectively by understanding the dispositions and priorities of employees and team members
Coaching for Behavioural Interviews
Definition of a Behavioural Interview
A thorough, planned, systematic way to gather and evaluate information about what candidates have done in the past to show how they would handle future situations.
How we can support you in your Interview Preparation
One-on-One Coaching
You will receive tips on how to show off your job related skills in your cover letter, resume and again in your thank you letter. You will have the opportunity to practise in a `mock interview` where I will ask a series of relevant questions that would be asked of you during a Behavioural Interview.
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A Workshop or series of tele-seminars entitled YOU on an Interview
Expected Outcomes: This workshop provides the knowledge and skills needed for an applicant to improve his/her interview performance and communication skills. Tools will be introduced to ensure a successful interview where you can come fully prepared to the interview and projecting confidence.
- Recognize the importance of preparation in developing an interview plan that highlights your knowledge, skills and abilities critical for successful job performance.
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In this city of ours, every day we are travelling alongside death. Often we don't stop to give him a second glance, only because his face is so familiar, so routine that we don't need to stop and consider his presence. It is a part of our daily travails, this everyday glimpse of the unknown; only it is wrapped up so it does not incite fear, as it normally would. And the death we travel with, well it is hardly one thing, or one person.
The tank full of oil hurtling alongside the Anwar Shah mini in its rabid dash to go faster is death. The pretty green tree with a long branch half broken, hanging over the road, is death. The milkman wobbling precariously on a cycle with 2 huge cans of milk on either side, cold perspiration dripping the silvery cylinders, is death. The child with a bag larger than her draped awkwardly on her shoulders, who is hardly old enough to know the meaning of death, cannot realize that in this crazy city, she too is death. On cool autumn evenings when the natural light too soon gives way to Corporation granted neon lights, the harsh brightness giving a plastic sheen to the trees bordering the dark, shadowy road along Maidan, the blinking dividers in the centre of the road often become death. A rain-drenched College Street, with a faintly damp musty odour rising from the book stalls, trams skidding out of control on the raindrop-hugging tracks, a lonely youth who is innocent of any crime besides those of stealing his brother's chocolate or asking for the answer to question 29 in a Math exam – a set up for death.
Death is stalking, walking, always on the hunt, and we are taught from the minute our eyes open how to evade this worst of fates. Yet our teachers never mention that death has a Ph.D in stealth and disguise, that he can be and is mostly present in things we see every day, every hour, as per schedule, so much that it becomes ordinary, something to be ignored or more appropriately, something that just doesn't engage us anymore.
How many of us still notice that swooping feeling when a 234 rushes down the Dhakuria flyover too fast? Do we notice the auto ever so slowly but surely inching forward in a tight traffic jam, squeezing itself into the most unlikely corners? Or do we notice those "thela" cars or cycle vans carrying long rods of some metal, hanging miles out from either side of the van? And even if we do see these, notice these, we do not recognize these as death. For death, after all is horrible, gruesome, terrifying, something that our daily milkman most certainly is not. Gopal, the guava man, who assures us the guavas are essentially home-grown, in his own trees, and then uses an old rusty, grimy knife to chop it up for us – how can he be a messenger of the dark, villainous Yama? Ah, in this capacity does death trick us.
To be our friend, our mundane, our daily, only to make us his own, at his leisure, for his pleasure.
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What a wonderful day!
We had the Bridal Shower Bright and Early this morning!
And look at the view that awaited us!
One of the Bride's friends was kind enough to lend
her parents house for the shower!
I must say this was one of the best Bridal Showers i have ever
been at!
Not only because of the view and the yummy treats, but
also the ladies were so kind and friendly!
I only knew the Bride to be and her Mom, but
felt very welcome after a few minutes after arriving there!
This photo was taken 09:25am CAT
Wish i could wake up to a view like this every morning!
I unfortunately didn't get more pictures of the house, but
hey, we were there for the Shower...
Now on to the fairy princess herself, the Bride to be!
She was completely surprised!
This was what she was dressed up as:
A Fairy Princess!
I didn't get any good close up photos so
i will make do with this one!
Next the Pretty Table
It was very relaxed and colourful!
Do you see anything that strikes your fancy?
The cupcakes! YES!
Those are the cupcakes i made for the Shower!
I recieved a lot of compliments!
Gosh, that got me blushing!
Here are some more pictures of
the Cupcakes!
I hope you also feel excited now!
Enjoy the rest of your Saturday!
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J. Henry Fell, of Fell & Moon, Trenton, fell from the roof of an unfinished house at Mercerville on Wednesday and escaped seeming instant death by clutching the joists on the floors as his body was shooting into the cellar. He was picked up in an unconscious condition, but outside of a dislocated shoulder Fell escaped serious injury.
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The heartwarming moment a young girl was told she was going to be adopted by her foster parents has brought thousands of viewers to tears.
On her birthday, the foster parents filmed themselves telling their daughter she had one more gift in a box. The little girl pulled out a frame and said out loud: "I'm going to be adopted?" after which she immediately broke down in tears.
Her mum, Paige Zezulka, nodded at her daughter and reached over to hug her, while also sobbing.
"This will be my favourite video I ever share," Paige wrote on Facebook on Friday 24 August. "This was the day we told our daughter that we were going to be able to adopt her (and her brother and sister)."
What followed was a series of hugs, tears, "I love yous" and sweet words.
Paige explained that her daughter had been praying to be adopted in the years she has spent in foster care. She and her partner had gone through the motions to adopt her, and found out it had all gone through on her birthday.
The next day, they decided to tell her by writing it down and putting it in a surprise box as an additional birthday present.
The timing couldn't have been more perfect.
"Our kids spent 1,128 days in foster care, over three years," Paige continued. "It is so hard on children to live in such uncertainty.
"Adoption is amazing and we want others to know that adopting older children and sibling groups can be the most beautiful adventure you could ever have."
Since the video was shared, it has had more than four million views and had more than 13,000 comments to date. Thousands of people commented on the video saying it had brought them to tears.
Many families shared their own stories of adoption. "This really hit me in the feels," one woman wrote. "I adopted my daughter 16 years ago and it gives me goosebumps thinking of how happy she was when we told her. You are all amazing."
Another woman commented: "As an adopted child myself, I couldn't agree more. Anyone could have a child... not everyone could be a parent! You have given this girl everything she could have wanted... a family."


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Ever heard of the inspiration quote that goes, choose a job that you like, and you will never have to work a day in your life? It's a nice thought, but it's also far from the truth.
Ask any entrepreneur, and they'll tell you that it takes tons of sweat and hard work to build up a brand from scratch. For E, the founder of Treslovechic, we're talking about grueling 15 hour workdays, which she endured for an entire year.
"When I first started Treslovechic in 2012, I was just a student who stumbled upon the blogshop industry," shares E. As the years passed, Treslovechic went through the same evolution that many of their competitors did – they improved the quality of their clothing, levelled up their photography, and of course, upgraded to a dot-com. Today, Treslovechic is a far cry from the blogshop that it once was – it's now a fully-fledged fashion label.
Throughout the years, E's commitment to her brand has never wavered.
"When I graduated, there was definitely that pressure to get a "proper" job, and so I joined a luxury watch company as a marketing executive. I had to juggle that full-time position with managing my brand – and after working from 9am to 6pm in the office, I'd go home and reply emails and process orders until 3am. I'd sleep for 4 hours, then wake up at 7am, and do it all over again."
Talk about intense. Think back to the days when you were schooling, and cramming for your papers (on very little sleep!) in the week leading up to your exams. That's basically what E had to go through – except that instead of doing this for a week or a month, she did this for an entire year.
"A lot of online store owners quit to do their full-time jobs, and I could've done the same. It's tempting because you're working with a specific job scope instead of having to handle everything, and there's a stable paycheck waiting for you every month," E says. However, because she felt so strongly about her brand, she just couldn't give it up – and she eventually quit her full-time job to concentrate on TresLoveChic.
With her full attention now on TresLoveChic, E had more time to start launching more regularly, and to come up with more self-manufactured designs for her customers. Whilst TresLoveChic used to stock plenty of bodycon and less formal pieces previously, their design aesthetic has evolved into something that's more refined. Think a mix of elegant, tailored officewear and dressy, feminine pieces which are great to wear to weddings, parties, or other special occasions.
In the five years that TresLoveChic has been around, they've certainly come a long way. Next on E's list of to-dos is to move towards having 100% self-manufactured items, and to perhaps venture into retail. You might just be able to pop into a TresLoveChic store in town a few years down the road, but for now, stay tuned to their launches on their website every fortnight!
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Distinguishing migration from isolation using genes with intragenic recombination: detecting introgression in the Drosophila simulans species complex.
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1 CBGP - Centre de Biologie pour la Gestion des Populations 2 Ecologie et évolution 3 USR 2936, Station d'Écologie Expérimentale 4 UPR 9034 Évolution, Génomes et Spéciation 5 Laboratoire d'Écologie
Abstract : BACKGROUND: Determining the presence or absence of gene flow between populations is the target of some statistical methods in population genetics. Until recently, these methods either avoided the use of recombining genes, or treated recombination as a nuisance parameter. However, genes with recombination contribute additional information for the detection of gene flow i.e. through linkage disequilibrium.METHODS: We present three summary statistics based on the spatial arrangement of fixed differences, and shared and exclusive polymorphisms that are sensitive to the presence and direction of gene flow. Power and false positive rate for tests based on these statistics are studied by simulation.RESULTS: The application of these tests to populations from the Drosophila simulans species complex yielded results consistent with migration between D. simulans and its two endemic sister species D. mauritiana and D. sechellia, and between populations D. mauritiana on the islands of the Mauritius and Rodrigues.CONCLUSIONS: We demonstrate the sensitivity of the developed statistics to the presence and direction of gene flow, and characterize their power as a function of differentiation level and recombination rate. The properties of these statistics make them especially suitable for analyzing high-throughput sequencing data or for their integration within the approximate Bayesian computation framework.
Keywords : Shared polymorphism Recombination Hybridization Gene flow Incomplete lineage sorting Drosophila simulans complex
Autor: Miguel De Navascues Melero - Delphine Legrand - Cécile Campagne - Marie-Louise Cariou - Frantz Depaulis -
Fuente: https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/


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This set of three 17" x 22" posters explains the major changes to OSHA's Hazard Communication Standard with the implementation of the new Globally Harmonized System (GHS) update. One poster gives an overview of the major changes and key points. Another explains the sections of the new Safety Data Sheet (SDS) format, and the other explains the new pictogram system and new labeling labeling requirements. These posters are not laminated.
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On Thursday September 29th my friend Jade and I headed to Yorkville for the launch of H Project's Uncrate South America. That evening Toronto fashionistas flocked to Holt Renfrew to attend a soiree that had the luxurious retail space transformed with the colours, sights and sounds of the Andes.
I've not yet visited South America but interest in the region has always tickled me. As a wee one I was eager to explore mystical ancient ruins and the birthplace of sweet chocolate. One of my favourite TV shows growing up was Les Mystérieuses Cites d'Or (The Mysterious Cities of Gold), a program that sought to educate kids about South America through archeology, history and science fiction.
H Project's Uncrate South America first began with a trip earlier this year led by Holt Renfrew's Director of Brand & Creative Strategy Alexandra Weston who visited Bolivia, Peru and Ecuador to source products that promote positive change. The trip enabled her to create a bridge between traditional indigenous craftsmanship and Holt Renfrew's design partners. The collection consists of handwoven Panama Hats made from organic toquilla straw, to naturally dyed, spun and woven apparel, bringing folk tapestry and fashion to Canada's luxury retailer.
Prior to the party there was an intimate talk moderated by Andrew Sardone, Editorial Director at Globe Style along with Alexandra Weston and a handful of Uncrate South America's designers. The passionate conversation shed light on women coming together to facilitate the multiplicity of the fashion industry in remote places and the work of women within diverse cultures and traditions. By doing so, we got a taste of what it is like to adventure to Bolivia's Salt Flats, wander through the architectural marvel that is Machu Picchu and hike the awe-inspiring Andes Mountains in Ecuador.
Holt Renfrew's events team wowed guests by bringing to life highlights of the trip including a swing that mimicked Ecuador's "swing at the end of the world", Bolivia's Salt Flats, equipped with its own oxygen bar to aid people with high altitude sickness and a dazzling display featuring a choir of festive Llamas and sea of pretty pom pom.
Late into the evening DJ Matt Hall offered a latin spin to popular American beats while the culinary team at Holts Cafe served up citrus spritzed ceviche, chunky guacamole scooped up with crispy plantain, piping hot beef empanadas and a parade of boozy Pisco Sours (Peru's national tipple) shaken at the bar with eager enthusiasm.
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Ukraine begins implementation of the European rules of transit of goods within the framework of systemic reform of customs. This is stated in the message published on the website of the Ministry of Finance.
As noted, the bill was approved at yesterday's Cabinet meeting.
In particular the document provides for the enforcement of transit procedures in accordance with the European Convention on common transit regime and the Convention on simplification of formalities in trade in goods.
"You plan to use in Ukraine, among other things, certain types of customs declarations, similar to those used in the EU for the common transit procedure in trade between the Contracting parties to the Convention. It is also envisaged in Ukraine customs formalities with the use of information and telecommunication systems, based on European technologies and functioning on the international level," the report States.
It is emphasized that the introduction of European rules of transit of goods is important because is one of the obligations of Ukraine in accordance with the Association Agreement with the EU.
The Ministry forecast that the adoption of this law will lead to the fact that the guarantees issued by Ukrainian banks, will be valid on the territory of all Contracting parties to the Convention, and would also eliminate the need to declare export goods at the EU border (this will be done in Ukraine, for export shipment).
Related news: Kiev hopes to sign an FTA agreement with Israel, despite the support of anti-Israel UN resolution – Gaina
"The use of European transit rules will allow companies to use a single customs Declaration and a single guarantee for the movement of goods from its members in the company. As a consequence, will significantly accelerate and reduce the cost of movement of goods, which should benefit all participants in the supply chain – exporters, carriers, importers", – stated in the message.
Thus, according to the Finance Ministry, is expected to reduce the number of customs formalities and obtaining customs of other countries, advance information on goods prior to their crossing of the Ukrainian border.
News: Ukraine at the beginning of 2017 will submit a claim to the WTO against Russia due to restrictions of import of Ukrainian goods, – Gaina
The Ministry also noted that to ensure the test operation at the national level, the new computerized transit system (NCTS), the Ministry of Finance made changes to some departmental classifications of information on the state of customs, which led codes on the individual documents and types of customs declarations in line with European directories.


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HINCKLEY, Minn. — When the fire came, some hid in wells or cisterns.
They died.
Some escaped to a swamp, and they suffocated. But others survived, boarding trains to outrace the flames or wading into water to avoid their reach.
One hundred years ago, on Sept. 1, 1894, a firestorm swept over 480 square miles of northeastern Minnesota's white pine forest. In just four hours, six towns were reduced to rubble and the forest to a wasteland of charred stumps.
And in that time, at least 418 people died.
"Really, it probably was more like 600. They didn't count any of the Indians or any of the people who died later," said Jeanne Coffey, director of the Hinckley Fire Museum.


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Zillion Insurance Brokers, is recruiting qualified candidates to fill the position of:
Job Title: General Manager
Location: Abuja
Job Description
- To be responsible for the entire business's functions and performance.
- To be responsible for the overall decision making and efficiency of all departments.
- This manager will have direct subordinates and will have several senior employees accountable to him/her with respect to their input and delivery on their particular department.
Principal Duties and Responsibilities
- Increases management's effectiveness by recruiting, selecting, orienting, training, coaching, counseling, and disciplining managers; communicating values, strategies, and objectives; assigning accountabilities; planning, monitoring, and appraising job results; developing incentives; developing a climate for offering information and opinions; providing educational opportunities.
- Direct and coordinate organization's financial and budget activities to fund operations, maximize investments, and increase efficiency.
- Review financial statements, sales and activity reports, and other performance data to measure productivity and goal achievement and to determine areas needing cost reduction and program improvement.
- Increasing profitability of existing product lines by encouraging clients to use added value services wherever possible.
- Ensuring credibility with clients by maintaining detailed knowledge of current market conditions and competitors' products;
- Builds company image by collaborating with customers, government, community organizations, and employees; enforcing ethical business practices.
- Accomplishes subsidiary objectives by establishing plans, budgets, and results measurements; allocating resources; reviewing progress; making mid-course corrections.
- Gaining new business by identifying and exploiting opportunities in the local market.
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The meter encloser and panel are both grounded to the same water line.Two ground wires. No outside ground bars. As this meter is inside.
I don't think Square D makes a hold down kit for use in this panel. If they do it probably only works in top space not any space.
They do make main breakers for that panel in 60 amp version though, all NEC standard sizes between 50-225A IIRCC. You just won't find a "stock" load center with anything but 100 or 125 amp already installed or 150, 200, 225 on the 225 amp frame size units.
I have the hold down kit. From another job. Was going to see if the inspector would let me make something to hold down the 60amp breaker.
Plug-in-type overcurrent protection devices or plug-in type main lug assemblies that are backfed and used to terminate field-installed ungrounded supply conductors shall be secured in place by an additional fastener that requires other than a pull to release the device from the mounting means on the panel.
Nothing in there prohibits you from making your own hold down device - inspector still must approve whatever that may be. Square D does make devices identified for this purpose - kind of hard for an inspector to turn such a thing down - but only one they make that works in that panel fits the top right position. HOM4RK2LA is catalog number.
You see any other problems with the panel??
Depending on what code cycle you are on you may be required to have an arc flash label printed and placed on the panel cover, look at NEC 2014 110.26.
Some inspectors may ding you for not having a bushing on the bare stranded GEC.
Definitely need to be able to see the rating of the main breaker. It being taped will stand out to an inspector and he will scrutinize the entire installation more intensely.
If the water pipe is the only grounding electrode present, you will need a supplemental grounding electrode per 250.53(A)(2). Easiest option is a ground rod driven through the slab right at the panel then bonded (either mechanically or cadwelded) to the existing GEC.
I personally send stuff like that directly to the local AHJ and ask for their opinion than have them tell me on site. It is much easier to argue via email than in person.


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I'm a bit late with this report, no explanation other than that it was December. Biscotti Weekend is my annual pilgrimage to New Jersey to spend a weekend with my nephew, D, while his parents bake biscotti, Shelley, and work, Terri.
The weekend started with a mostly uneventful drive to New Jersey. The only moment of excitement was when a particularly impatient driver decided to pass me in the left hand breakdown lane on I-95 in Connecticut.
Having arrived fairly early I was able to pick D up from school. Once we'd gained access to the house, we turned our attention to fun. We played a couple of games, D shared his "Egypt book", and treated me to a magic show and we read some Harry Potter.
Saturday morning I accompanied D to wrestling practice. The wrestling room teemed with boy energy. Even the little guys are quite serious about the training. The older boys help the younger ones with their warm-ups, then the group splits into three age divided groups.
I was most impressed by the balance that the adults manage to convey a serious, tough guy attitude while still being nurturing. At one point one of the boys in Ds group got accidentally poked in the eye. After making sure that he was going to be okay the coach got the attention of all the boys. He lifted the boy who'd gotten poked onto his shoulder and had the other boys give him a round of applause for receiving the first "eye poke of the season". While he had the boys attention he reminded them that wrestling is a contact sport and they would get poked in the eye, and mat burn, but that they were "tough" and could take it.
We spent the afternoon working on our project. Each year I arrive with supplies for D to create a surprise for his parents. Last year he suggested that we make houses this year. He was still interested in that when we talked in November. I put my thinking cap on and finally settled on creating a wooden "gingerbread" house. The design was based on my gingerbread house cookie cutter set with simple joinery. I included gingerbread men, trees, and candy decorations.
Ds friend G joined us for the project assembly. After gluing together and clamping the walls of the house we spent an hour or so painting the decorations.
While we were painting D decided that some of the pieces were too rough. So we pulled out the sand paper and the boys spent some time fine tuning the parts. While they were at it we had a conversation about sand paper grits. At one point D told me, "this is pretty rough I think I need the 100", which made me smile.
The roof of the house is designed to be removable. So, the walls were covered with plastic wrap before the roof parts were glued and clamped on.
Clamped up.
Energy ran short so none of the decorations got attached to the house while I was there. Despite that we ended up with a pretty nice result.
Saturday night Shelley and I headed off to a folk-singing gathering which was great fun. Sunday morning I headed off to meeting (Shelley is a Quaker)with Shelley and D. Shelley was on baby duty so attended meeting by myself. The Princeton meeting house is a wonderful space. Built in the 1700s, it is a small stone building. On the first Sunday in December with snow falling outside the windows it was magical. The crackling of the fire was the only sound as I joined the other worshipers sitting in silence.
The snow, and ice that joined it made the drive home difficult. I only slid once, coming down a hill in Katonah, New York, after which I drove with much less speed and much more caution. Traffic through Connecticut was thick, and there were quite a few cars off the roads. The turnpike, though also full of cars, was a welcome site not only since it meant that I was nearly home, but also because the roads were in better condition than those I'd driven on earlier in the trip. I arrived home safe and sound several hours later than it would have taken me in clear weather. Based on this trip a new condition has been added to the Chelles, or is that Shelleys, (our names are pronounce alike so out loud it makes sense) driving rules - no trip will be started when a Winter Weater Advisory or Watch is in place for any of the states to be traveled through.
The driving rules were enacted four years ago when I drove into a blizzard on the way to New Jersey at the start of Biscotti weekend. On that trip it took me 5 hours to get from Newark to Princeton (normally less than an hour) because the roads were covered with ice and traffic was moving at a snails pace.
All in all it was a wonderful weekend and I had a great time.


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A plethora of pluck-your-own farms
Pick your own apples and pumpkins at one of the many local orchards and farms in the area.
A delightful fall activity in Litchfield County is visiting one of our pick-your-own (PYO) farms. As lovely as a drive on a twisting country road, between rows of timeworn stone walls, discovering beautiful vistas and splashes of fall color can be, stopping at one of these local farms could be the perfect finale on a beautiful autumn day. Consider one of these farms, each offering a unique experience for ready to pick apples and pumpkins.
Angevine Farm sits on 196 acres in Warren. While 45-acres are dedicated to Christmas trees, Angevine Farm grows over 30 varieties of PYO pumpkins on slopes featuring picturesque views. Bring a picnic and a blanket to stay and enjoy the scenery. At their Harvest Barn Gift Shop, find gourds, local art, soap, syrup, and honey. Angevine Farm suggests once you've picked the perfect pumpkin, go tag your tree and return to cut it down before the holiday. Harvest starts late September.
The expansive Averill Farm in Washington offers tremendous opportunities for apple picking. With over 116 varieties, some extremely rare, there is something to please everyone. Averill Farm also offers their own pears, quince, pies, pumpkins, gourds, flowers, donuts, cider, and Christmas trees! The PYO season starts in mid-August, but for the best selection get to this popular farm earlier rather than later.
Another PYO pumpkin patch is located at Bunnell Farm in Litchfield. Not just pumpkins, the Bunnell family raises fresh turkeys, has a professionally designed corn maze, horse-drawn hayrides, and will arrange for group tours and fundraisers.
The scenic Ellsworth Hill Orchard, located in Sharon, has a wide variety of PYO produce, including berries, plums, peaches, 10 varieties of apples and pumpkins. Also on site is a corn maze, fresh pies, cider, donuts, and baked goods. Apple picking starts in late August, but Ellsworth Farm suggests you contact the farm to find out what is in season before you visit.
In addition to their PYO pumpkin patches, Harris Hill Farm in New Milford has a barn full of farm animals, squash, gourds, hayrides, and a kiddie corn maze. During the month of October, Harris Hill Farm invites the public to enjoy them all. Bring your own picnic lunch and enjoy it on this sprawling property.
March Farm is a 150-acre compendium of PYO and activities for the whole family. Located in Bethlehem, there is a playground, covered picnic area, farm animals, two corn mazes, hayrides, a farm market with bakery, a pumpkin patch, and many planned events. The PYO options include berries, peaches, and 50-acres of apples. This is a very popular destination for families with children.
Apple Care
Once you pick your apples, treat them carefully to extend shelf life. Some varieties keep longer than others, ask your farmer for more information.
Avoid: bruising, direct sunlight and keep your apples from direct contact with each other.
Humidity: apples enjoy some humidity, but they need to remain dry. A damp towel nearby helps.
Storage: a cool basement or your refrigerator fruit drawer, wrapped individually in paper is ideal.
Washing: don't wash until you are ready to eat them—they have a natural waxy coating which aids in preservation.


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"I like animals. If you talk to a dog or a cat it doesn't tell you to shut up."
-Marilyn Monroe
Yesterday my friend brought around the film My Week With Marilyn. Since watching it I've been in a fit of Monroe mania. Out of this mania grew a new My Fair Lipstick column. Every Sunday I want to take a look at some of the stylish peeps of history … starting with the world's first ever sex symbol.
What's her "look"?
- platinum blond hair
- false eyelashes
- killer curves
- crimson nails
- ruby red pout
Her style has inspired so many others and will no doubt continue to do so. But did you know that Marilyn Monroe was originally influenced by actress Betty Grable?
Marilyn the animal lover
What you also may not know is that she was a big animal lover, in particular dogs. In fact, Frank Sinatra gave her a dog she called Maf (a reference to his mafia connections). Her husband Arthur Miller would get miffed when she let the Maltese terrier sleep on a fur coat he had given her.*
Norma Jean's childhood
Monroe's life, however, wasn't all puppies and red lipstick. Most the time she was trying to fight off demons.
Her childhood included a mother in an asylum, an absent father, being passed from foster home to foster home and reports of sexual abuse. But she was destined to greatness. Unfortunately, becoming the world's first sex symbol would take its toll.
Monroe on Sexuality
She has so many great quotes but most interesting is hearing her speak on her own sexuality. In her very last interview she says, "A sex symbol becomes a thing. I just hate to be a thing … I don't mind being burdened with being glamorous and sexual, but it is a burden. And I think sexuality is only attractive when it's natural and spontaneous."
We can learn how to do our hair and make-up from Monroe but perhaps the best lesson we can take away is that being sexualised is hard. It's important for women to do what feels right, or to use her own words, do what feels natural.
Celebrity Tribute Gallery
*We understand fur coats and animal lover in the same sentence is a bit of an oxymoron. I like to think if Monroe were alive today she would ditch fur coats. What do you think?


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Read this tip to make your life smarter, better, faster and wiser. LifeTips is the place to go when you need to know about Work related injuries and other Injury Lawyer topics.
Workers comp laws are in place to help not only the employee but the employer as well. Every case must be looked at individually as the circumstances that caused the accident are always different. There are many cases that are not valid in which an employee thinks they found a way that they can collect a paycheck without working. This is considered fraud and the person in question could be severely punished for it, including huge fines and up to five years in prison.
Each state has different laws, so be sure to check out the specific laws in your state so that you know what your rights are if you legitimately get hurt. Each employer should have a poster or book including all work related laws posted where everyone can see them. This is a law according to every state. It is important to note that pain and suffering are not part of an employers responsibilities to pay. Although it is not part of what the employer is required to pay out, many employers are nice enough to pay something in pain and suffering.
In any case that a work related injury or work related disease is present, the employee has twenty-four hours to visit the doctor. This is mandatory if you want to file a workman's comp claim. You must tell the doctor what happened and any particular instances surrounding the event. The doctor will assess the situation and give you a note for your employer with more detailed information so that your employer knows that you may not be able to go back to work for a period of time.
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Project 365 is still going strong... here's the illustrations for the 4th and 5th!
4th January 2013...
I've been working on this particular project for a long, long time. It takes a back seat while I do paid work, so I don't have nowhere near enough time to do what I'd want with it. Here's some development sketches of the main character - it's pretty hard to see as the pencils are so light but you get the idea.
5th January 2013... and this cool dude is Timmy! He's the protagonist for a new book I'm illustrating - I can't give much away just yet but we'll be seeing more from Timmy for sure!
In other news, I had my first blog comment! It made my day!


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Ring of Honor makes its debut in Oklahoma City, as Jay Briscoe & Jay Lethal defend their titles for the final time before Best In The World 2015!
ROH Road To "Best In The World '15": Night 2
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 5/30/15
1.) Keith Lee & Shane Taylor vs. Americos & Gregory James: *
Not much to say about this pre-show match. Keith Lee & Shane Taylor were dominated, and Gregory James lost the match for his team when he refused to tag in Americos. Interesting to note here that Keith Lee & Shane Taylor were announced at around 780 pounds, so I guess they magically lost 40 pounds between the show the previous night in Amarillo, and this show in Oklahoma City.
Main Show
1.) Caprice Coleman vs. "Dirty" Andy Dalton (with "The Outlaw" Ken Phoenix): **1/4
The show kicks off with Caprice Coleman taking on Andy Dalton. As I've mentioned previously, Dalton is a relatively well-known local wrestler from Texas. A decent opening match here. Dalton got some offense in, and got to showcase his disgusting personality a little bit, by Coleman would eventually score the win here. I wouldn't mind seeing Dalton in ROH more often. I think he can be a fun undercard heel act, and from what I've heard of his work elsewhere, he's pretty good.
2.) Triple Threat Match For A ROH World TV Title Shot – IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Champion Matt Taven vs. Raymond Rowe vs. Mark Briscoe: ***1/4
So we have two Triple Threat Matches on this show, which will determine the title challenges for later that night. This match would decide who would face Jay Lethal for the ROH World TV Title. This match only went about five or six minutes, but it was a lot of fun while it lasted. They had an interesting dynamic at the start which Taven, the sole heel in this match, getting double teamed by the two faces in Mark Briscoe & Ray Rowe. Things eventually broke down, and we actually saw some pretty good action from all three competitors. In the end, Mark Briscoe would get the win with a fisherman buster on Taven, meaning he'll challenge Jay Lethal for the ROH World TV Title later on in the show.
3.) Silas Young vs. The Romantic Touch: **3/4
Young actually got toilet paper thrown at him during his entrance, which is something that I don't think we've seen in ROH since the days of Jimmy Rave. As far as this match goes, if there was ever a clash of personalities, this was it. The Romantic Touch tried using his usual antics, but Young was having absolutely none of it. At one point, The Romantic Touch actually used Steve Corino's old "Thumb In The Bum" move, which got a huge reaction from Corino on commentary. Eventually, Young would pick up the win here.
4.) Triple Threat Match For A ROH World Title Shot – BJ Whitmer vs. IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Champion Michael Bennett (with Maria Kanellis) vs. Hanson: ***1/4
BJ Whitmer gets toilet paper thrown at him as well during his entrance, which gets some hefty chuckles from Steve Corino. This match will determine who challenges Jay Briscoe in the Main Event for the ROH World Title. What I like about this Triple Threat Match compared to the one earlier in the show is that the psychology of the match was different. Here you have two heels in Bennett & Whitmer, and one babyface in the form of Hanson. You also have the dynamic of Bennett & Whitmer, as it was of course Bennett who severely injured Whitmer with a piledriver on the ring apron back in 2013. This was a little longer than the previous triple threat match, but the match quality was about the same. In the end, Hanson would get the win, earning himself a ROH World Title Match against Jay Briscoe in the Main Event.
5.) Roderick Strong vs. Will Ferrara: ***1/2
This is a big match for Ferrara, as he's taking on the main known as "Mr. ROH". I thought this was a pretty good match. Strong was his usual awesome self, but Ferrara looked really solid here. This has been a very good weekend for Ferrara in general, who may have looked the best out of the four men in the Four-Corner Survival from the night before, and went on to have one of his best singles performances here against Strong. Eventually, Strong would get the win here, but shook hands with Ferrara after the match in a show of respect.
6.) Dalton Castle vs. "Unbreakable" Michael Elgin: ***1/2
Here we have a very unique match, as the very serious Michael Elgin takes on the always-flamboyant Dalton Castle. This was another really solid match on this show. Elgin looked as good as he always does, but Castle really showed a lot here against a former ROH World Champion. Again, it wasn't an amazing match by any means, but it was pretty good. Elgin would pick up the win here, and in a continuation of his slow face turn, shook hands with Castle after the match.
7.) Adam Cole vs. ACH: ****
These two have had a singles match against each other in ROH, at least once, ever year since 2013. This is their third match, and I have to say, it might have been their best. I thought this was a great match! I said in my review of the show from the night before in Amarillo, Texas that ACH & Michael Elgin have great chemistry. While ACH & Adam Cole have yet to have that one absolutely amazing match, these two also had really good chemistry, and they proved that once again here with the best match of their series. We saw examples of their great personalities, while also seeing some awesome back & forth action. Even though Cole would eventually get the victory, ACH looked very impressive (as he always does).
8.) ROH World TV Title – Jay Lethal (with Truth Martini) vs. Mark Briscoe: ***1/2
Here we have the first of two titles matches, the last for both Jay Lethal & Jay Briscoe before their title vs. title match at Best In The World 2015. It's very appropriate that Lethal's last defense before the PPV is against Mark Briscoe. This was a very solid ROH World TV Title Match. It wasn't as cool as the ACH/Adam Cole match that preceded it, but it was still very good, despite some stalling early on. Lethal continues to be an awesome heel champion, while Mark Briscoes proves that he is an underrated singles wrestler, and can deliver when the situation calls for it. One thing that added to this match was the fact that they had built up Mark Briscoe's fisherman buster as a believe finisher (which he used to secure his two victories already this weekend). When he hit it, and Lethal kicked out, it was a bigger than it would have been normally. A small, but positive, addition to this match. Things came to an end when Lethal used the Book of Truth when Truth Martini had the referee distracted (it was actually pretty well executed) to pick up the win. Lethal retains the ROH World TV Title.
9.) ROH World Title – Jay Briscoe vs. Hanson: ****
Interestingly enough, this is basically an extension of The Briscoes/War Machine rivalry. I thought this was a great Main Event! Not sure if this or ACH/Adam Cole takes Match of the Night, but it was pretty close. Even with War Machine back together, it's still awesome that Hanson can show off that he's also a great singles competition. I think he worked well here with Jay Briscoe, as it was a pure fight from start to finish. Towards the end of the match, Jay Lethal & Truth Martini came out, seemingly to attack Jay Briscoe, but they were fended off, and corner by, Mark Briscoe & Ray Rowe. While keeping The House of Truth at bay, those two also cheered on their respective man, which I think added to the match a little bit, giving it a big fight feel. The finish was pretty cool, and both men refused to give up, despite being hit with several big moves. In the end, it would take three Jay Drillers (those last two being in a row) for Jay Briscoe to put Hanson away and retain the ROH World Title.
Jay Briscoe & Jay Lethal have a stare down in the ring and exchange words to close the show.
Overall: 8.0/10
Compared to the show from Amarillo the night before, I thought this show in Oklahoma City was significantly better. There weren't nearly as many screwy finishes, and the card as a whole was much more consistent. The two three ways were solid, and matches like Strong/Ferrara, Castle/Elgin, and Lethal/Mark Briscoe were all pretty good. You then had ACH/Adam Cole and Jay Briscoe/Hanson, which were arguably the best matches of the night. The show also did a very good job at continuing the build towards Best In The World 2015, as Jay Briscoe & Jay Lethal had their final title defenses before the PPV. When you have good wrestling throughout the card, and a crowd that's into mostly everything, you almost guaranteed to have a really solid show, and that's exactly what we got here in OKC. If you have a choice between this one and the show from Amarillo, it's a no brainer. Get this one!!


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|5 of Waters. Osho Zen Tarot.
I love working with the Osho Zen Tarot. It is a deck that helps guide me along on my spiritual path like a Rough Guide Handbook, pointing out the good places and not so good and takes you off the beaten track to those little areas not everyone has discovered.
I drew the 5 of Water (equivalent to Cups in RWS) in response to a question my daughter asked. The gist of which, was, why did everything in her life keep turning out crappy.
Its sad, she is a beautiful young woman, with a gorgeous little boy. She works hard at her job and at being a mum. She's warm, friendly,funny, honest and touchingly niave, but she seems to keep hitting brick walls.
As a child she was quiet and well behaved, but due to having to wear glasses form under the age of one, was bullied and ridiculed throughout her early school years. As she got further through school, she had to wear braces on her teeth, so as kids do, she was yet again singled out and ridiculed.
However, as I kept telling her, my little 'ugly duckling' became the swan (she has a killer smile and te most beautiful eyes) but the damage was done, her self image was distorted and her confidence shattered. It has taken many years to just begin to re-build what her school years took away.
So the 5 of Water Clinging to the Past seemed appropriate even though my daughter tells me she doesn't cling to the past, she says 'It's there, but filed away.' So I began to tell her exactly how I see it.
She carries it around, frozen, part of her past that she doesn't want to deal with fully, so it is in the 'freezer compartment' of her memories. Neatly stored in little parcels, every insult, every 'joke', every jibe, easily within reach on that special little shelf made for the ice cube trays.
The glass, behind the figure on the card, is waiting to be filled with all the good things, the experiences and events in life that we long to drink in. Every time the promise of filling that glass comes up, like an automatic response, out come the ice cubes.
Ice cubes made of shit, (not recommended but hey, its a metaphor) containing all the hard, cutting, hurtful things we have experienced in life, once dropped into that glass of hope and promise they aren't going to make the experience nice, it becomes tainted.
It makes no difference how expensive the champagne, how good the quality of it, once that ice cube gets dropped in and starts to mix in, your champagne isn't going to taste good. In fact it's going to taste of the same old shit that was held in the ice.
Maybe we need to check our 'freezer compartments' and acknowledge that there is some crap in there, better still deal with one cube at a time, defrost it, check for any diamonds of clarity and pearls of wisdom we may have put in there by mistake that can be of some value, and then flush the rest away, even ice has a use by date.
We need to stop thinking our glasses need the ice cube, if you stop using ice, there is more room for champagne.
Dealing with it one by one is possible, we all deserve to be able to raise our glasses up and savor the crisp, fresh taste of the delicious champagne that is our life.


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Eglinton builder Moore Construction has been granted permission to build a new neighbourhood comprising 1,500 new homes, with room for a new school, shops and play facilities, on a massive site on the northern outskirts of Londonderry.
Derry City and Strabane District Council has issued Outline Planning Approval for up to 1,500 new dwellings and associated facilities, zoned as H1B in the Derry Area Plan 2011, on lands at Galliagh, north of the Skeoge Link Road.
Chief Executive of Derry City and Strabane District Council John Kelpie said: "This is a very welcome planning decision of our new Council which will bring a substantial boost to the local economy within the city.
"It will provide a well-planned neighbourhood, with a varied mix of housing units to cater for all the future residents and provide local shops and services, a school and a neighbourhood centre. These will all be choreographed with well-placed public open space and children's play areas to create an exciting living place for years to come."
This new neighbourhood will tie in with the already approved housing for the adjacent zoned lands at H1B/C, which now has had several planning permissions granted and construction of several hundred much-needed homes is ongoing. Now that this outline planning permission has been granted for a further 1,500 houses, the Council expects further detailed planning applications to be submitted in the near future, so that construction can commence thereafter.


text: Welcome to the website of FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) Team 1747, Harrison Boiler Robotics (HBR.) We are a high school FIRST Robotics team comprised of students from Harrison High School in West Lafayette, Indiana. Besides building a robot in six weeks, our team is dedicated to spreading the wonders of science and technology throughout our community and we encourage students to become involved in the various FIRST programs. This Year's Game is coming soon, stay tuned!


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Highly RecommendedI highly recommend the following vendors for Father's Day gifts.
1. Tastes of Chicago. First, the products are delicious and delivered in exceptionally exacting state. You can get a Lou Malnati's Pizza, Eli's Cheesecake, Portillo's Hot Dogs, or Carson's Ribs. Or, you can splurge and get your daddy a combo pack that includes all of these. That's what I did and my dad raved.
2. Cowgirl Chocolates. I've been in love with this company since I saw them profiled on the Food Network. Their product is a bit unusual and not for the faint of heart (or tastebud). They have a tendency to add a little kick (jalapeno, habanero, etc.) to their confections. But, for that guy who likes a little kick, it is just right. Dad loved the toffee, but hasn't had a chance to try everything yet.
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Teatro dei Piccoli Principi, Italy
May 15th – May 17th, 2018 at The Theatre Centre Mainstage
Created by Alessandro Libertini and Veronique Nah
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A wondrous and mesmerizing experience where visual arts meets storytelling. Inspired by the paper cut outs of Matisse, Picasso, and Hans Christian Andersen, an artist weaves the story of the Steadfast Tin Soldier and other fantastical tales using paper images, projections, and music.
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Interweaving the languages of visual arts and music with those of the stage arts, Piccoli Principi creations stand out for their uniqueness.Free from conventions and constantly open to all the stimuli of contemporaneity, it confronts themes of different natures but that all concern the idea of "relationship", between different cultures, different types of knowledge: theatre and science, art and childhood, art and education. Founded in 1979, Theatrale Piccoli Principi is based in Calenzano, Florence.


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- ryanolearAsked on March 10, 2016 at 01:25 PM
We currently operate a 2-form system where Form 1 (https://form.jotform.com/60276120475148) is completed internally and then, when submitted, prompts a link to Form 2 (https://form.jotform.com/60275042207143) to be sent via email to a customer (that is uniquely tied to them) with several pre-populated fields carrying over from Form 1.
Everything was working fine until today when we noticed users were receiving an error message when attempting to submit Form 2. See screenshot below:
In my initial troubleshooting I came across this post in the forum and confirmed that our settings for Form Limits were in fact not the issue. http://www.jotform.com/answers/791708-Already-submited-error-when-submitting
I then tried submitting Form 2 directly (without the unique link typically delivered from Form 1) and was able to submit without any issue. This will not be acceptable for our customers as we need the each application to begin with Form 1, but it does tell me that the issue lies with the connection to Form 1, right? Any help is greatly appreciated.
- JotForm SupportKiranAnswered on March 10, 2016 at 03:03 PM
As I tried to submit your second JotForm, I see the error message. Comparing the form from the other thread provided here, I see that there are some similarities such as multipage form and added Progress Bar widget to the form. I think the issue is being caused by Progress Bar widget. However, I'm still investigating the issue and I'll get back to you one I found any helpful information in this regard.
Thank you for your patience.
- JotForm SupportMikeAnswered on March 10, 2016 at 06:55 PM
It appears that there was a problem with 'continue later' session based form submissions today. Our developers have applied a fix, so the forms should be fine now.
We are sorry for the inconveniences caused.
- ryanolearAnswered on March 11, 2016 at 10:25 AM
Appreciate the follow-up. Glad to know it was a system error and not something isolated to our office. Thanks for letting me know!
- JotForm SupportBJoannaAnswered on March 11, 2016 at 11:45 AM
On behalf of my colleagues, you are welcome.
Feel free to contact us if you have any other questions.
- ryanolearAnswered on March 15, 2016 at 10:37 AM
Thanks for letting us know - appreciate it. I didn't run a test or anything yesterday to know for sure if we were affected, but we did not have any feedback from customers stating they had issues. It seems to be functioning correctly now so that is good.
- CarinaAnswered on March 15, 2016 at 11:37 AM
Thank you for the update. If you need additional support please let us know and we'll be glad to assist you.
I've moved your question to a new thread as we aim at having one question/user per thread. You can find it here:


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RE: Youth to adult, comp and rec.
This question is a follow up to question 29208
On the question of what to call, when you as the ref don't quite know who touched a ball last before it went out of bounds: Richard Dawson recommended; '#5 we wait a brief moment to see if either team seems to claim it with no outcry of the other thus offering us a clue to go with the gut lol. ' I totally agree with this and recommend to my team-mates to give the ref a sign that it's our ball, whenever we're sure " or when there's a 50/50 chance¦ (or even a 45/55.) Refs need help sometimes and players might as well try to influence the call to their good. To say nothing is to risk losing a ball that actually was yours. Just last week, as a ref, I 'thought' I saw a 50/50 throw-in going to the Green team. The only way I was going to call it the other way was if the Blue player who was closest to the ball made a move for it. He stood there, looking blankly at me. I reciprocated for a second, then gave it to the Green team. Blue boy finally woke up and said, 'But it went off them'¦ but we continued with the Green throw. When we had a moment, I told him to give me a sign on those close calls and he might get the call to go his way. His coach had probably never told him that¦ or he wasn't listening.
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Drug misuse is a significant issue in Slough negatively impacting levels of ill-health, hospital admissions, mortality rates and crime levels. It is also a significant factor in family breakdown and children being taken into care.
The reasons that people choose to use drugs, and the reasons that for some this use becomes problematic and harmful involves a complex interplay of factors including social, environmental, genetic and biological factors. More than one in three adults say they have used an illicit drug at some time in their life, usually during teenage or young adult life, but less than one in 10 report (8.9%) having done so in the past year. (Source: UKDPC A fresh approach to drugs)
Harms from illicit drug use are wide ranging and extend from effects on the individual, such as risk of overdose and death, mental health risks and risk of blood borne diseases to effects on family including poor child welfare and domestic violence, to effects on the wider community including antisocial behaviour and criminality. These harms are explored further in the 'Matrix of Drug Related Harms' as part of the report Moving towards Real Impact Drug Enforcement (2009).
Steroids and image enhancing drugs are a rapidly expanding market and the risks to the, usually young men, using these substances range from the effects of the substance themselves to the risks of injecting i.e. transmission of blood borne viruses (Source: Steroids and Image Enhancing Drugs).
The estimated number of opiate and/or crack users (OCUs) in Slough is 1,066 making Slough one of the highest prevalence areas in the South East. (Source: www.ndtms.net Glasgow Smoothed Estimates 2011/12)
The main drug used by the Slough treatment population in 2013/14 was dual use of opiate and crack, followed closely by sole opiate use; this is in line with the regional and national averages and again this is the same for opiates and other stimulants; however, crack alone is a bigger problem in Slough when compared regionally or nationally. The main method of drug use by clients in treatment is smoking with 77%, which is slightly up from 73% last year (higher than the South East average of 49%). The South East average for injecting is much higher than Slough with 29% vs. 12%.
(Source: NDTMS data analysis provided by SEPHO 13/14 (June 2015)
The profile of clients in treatment mainly White British (at 67.4%) men (77.9%) and are between the ages of 35-64 years old (57.3%). This is a considerable change from the last 4 years where the main group has been 25-34 years of age; this could be due to Slough having an ageing, substance misusing population. The representation of BME (currently 32.6%) groups in treatment has stayed pretty static (33.5% in 12/13) and is also in line with a comparative area (30%) but the figures varies from the overall Census population. Engagement with BME groups and female clients remain a priority for the DAAT, although some social stigma from certain BME groups is an on-going barrier to treatment. (Source: Bulls Eye in treatment reports 2013/14).
We have static numbers of younger people in effective treatment with 5.3% of clients under 25 (vs. previous year at 5.2%). Nationally we are seeing an ageing population of drug users, specifically heroin, with our largest age group category being 35-64 years old. Slough's representation of younger people in treatment is in line with the national average of 6.3% but is slightly lower than a comparative area, which is at 8%. We currently have a young people's service who engages these clients.
In Slough, 48% of our drug clients and 56% of our alcohol clients are parents. With 19% and 35.1% respectively having children actually living with them. This is in contrast to the South East figures where they have 26% and 25.5% living with them, respectively. The service currently has a specific service to intensively work with families to reduce the harm caused.
Slough has a good number of drug users in effective treatment with approximately 436 of the estimated 1066 OCUs in effective treatment at the end of 2013/14, which is 41% of the estimated drug using population (penetration = 436/1066). (Source: Bulls Eye in treatment reports 2013/14).
The proportion of people known to treatment but not attending this year has decreased to 7% from 15% in the previous year. This could be viewed as a positive thing, in that clients may have become drug free and no longer require treatment. Using the Glasgow Smoothed Estimate of 1066, this gives a treatment penetration of 48%. This is down from the previous year, where we were at 57% penetration.
In comparison, a similar area (appears in both of our comparator groups provided by PHE); has a penetration of 48%. This (and we) is below the national figure of 58%.
The average number of treatment episodes for a client in Slough is slightly below the South East average at 1.2 for alcohol clients and 1.1 for drug clients in 2013/2014 (the South East is at 1.5 and 1.6 respectively), which is a slight reduction from last year and is encouraging that your average client only comes through the system once. (Source: NDTMS data analysis provided by SEPHO 13/14 (June 2015).
Of those starting treatment for blood borne viruses, we estimate that 14% are currently injecting; this has not fluctuated noticeably for the last 3 years (with an additional 10% previously injecting). This, alongside a national focus on blood borne viruses, means that harm reduction is a core component of drug intervention and is incorporated within all four treatment tiers within Slough DAAT.
100% of our clients were offered a Hepatitis B vaccination and of those that accepted, 56% have started or completed the course of vaccinations. 100% of clients were offered a Hep C test and of those that accepted, 82.2% have had the test. BBV is an on-going area of focus for (the services have recently put in place a BBV champion to improve this and have trained staff on BBV oral swab testing).
(Source: www.ndtms.net Quarterly activity reports Q4 14_15)
There are some interesting comparisons to be made in respect of anti-BBV prevalence in the South East versus nationally. There is lower prevalence of anti-HIV positive samples in the South East, but a higher prevalence of anti-BBV positive samples in comparison to the national figure. This is an area of focus for the Public Health teams in Slough and is supported by the good testing/vaccination figures shown above for the South East and Slough specifically.
Figures for those who began injecting in the last 3 years (prior to reporting year) suggest that education surrounding Hep B and Hep C has improved as the prevalence figures are considerably lower. Unfortunately the anti-HIV prevalence is reflective of the sample population as a whole.
Our needle exchange packs have been catered for specific types of use, including our 'blue pack' that has been created to provide equipment for those using anabolic steroids or other performance enhancers. In 2013-2014, we dispensed approximately 150 blue needle exchange packs (which each contain 10 needles); equating to approximately 1500 needles and accounting for approximately 30% of our total number of packs dispensed. This is a large amount considering we provide this service alongside provision for our main (opiate using) clientele.
(Source: Analysis of needle exchange packs dispensed 14-15)
Drug Strategy 2010: Reducing demand, restricting supply, building recovery
After a major change to government policy in 2010, a fundamentally different approach to preventing drug use in communities, and in supporting recovery from drug and alcohol dependence was put into practice.
The key points of the strategy are:
A number of National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE) Guidelines, both clinical guidelines and public health guidelines on the topic of drug misuse are available including guidance on opioid detoxification and psychological interventions as well as the delivery of needle and syringe programmes. Currently in development is the guidance on drug misuse prevention.
The Slough Drug and Alcohol Action Team (DAAT) consists of a partnership combining representatives from local authorities (education, social services, health, probation, prison service and the voluntary sector). Working with partner organisations, Slough DAAT commission and monitor locally provided drug and alcohol services, deliver projects and raise awareness of drug and alcohol issues in Slough
The key aims of the Slough DAAT are to provide an effective drug treatment system in order to:
Substance misuse is a significant source of health inequalities in the UK and is itself linked to socioeconomic inequality, social exclusion, lack of a sense of community and disenfranchisement. (Source: UKDPC A fresh approach to drugs)
According to UKDPC: "In general men are more likely to use illicit drugs than women and young adults are more likely to do so than older ones. The extent and nature of drug use also varies by ethnicity. There is considerable diversity within Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) communities although most surveys do not have large enough samples or collect the relevant information to be able to provide robust evidence about drug use in many of these groups."
Consideration should also be given for self testing HIV kits. The services already take advantage of self-testing kits for Chlamydia and offer services for BBV testing through blood tests, although costly, efficiencies could be gained through encouraging self testing.


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Moscow: Russia`s foreign minister has warned that the implementation of Kofi Annan`s cease-fire plan for Syria can only be assessed by the United Nations.
Sergey Lavrov warned Wednesday that groups such as the Friends of Syria should have no say in evaluating the plan`s performance.
Syrian forces have continued shelling opposition strongholds despite a pledge by Syrian President Bashar Assad`s regime to respect a week-old cease-fire and withdraw troops from urban centers in line with Annan`s plan.
Lavrov accused the Syrian opposition forces of provoking the government`s backlash in order to thwart the cease-fire plan. He urged all nations that have leverage with the opposition to force it to abide by cease-fire.
Russia, along with China, has twice shielded its ally Syria from UN sanctions.
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