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May 17, 2012: Intelligence efforts have found Boko Haram to be in regular contact with other Islamic terror groups in the region. One reason for this is fund raising, as the al Qaeda and Algerian Islamic groups have more money and Boko Haram has received large donations (several hundred thousand dollars so far.) Boko Haram also raises cash by extortion (imposing "Islamic taxes") and sometimes outright theft. But Boko Haram tries to avoid anything similar to the criminal behavior Nigerians face every day when dealing with gangsters or, to many, the biggest criminal organization of all, local and federal government. The federal government is considered the biggest thief because they control the oil income. Very little of that oil money has been applied to the general welfare, and Nigerians are fed up with decades of stealing and abuse of power. While there are major efforts underway to reduce corruption, those families that have stolen all that money are ready to spend a lot of it to defeat the prosecutions against them. This includes bribing judges, witnesses and doing whatever it takes to make Nigeria safe for corrupt politicians.
The battle against rampant crime is crippled by the corrupt police. A major reason for this corruption is the poor, and very corrupt, leadership in the police. The rot begins at the top and moves down the chain of command.
Government efforts to halt oil thefts in the Niger River delta led to the discovery that a lot of these oil thefts (from tapping into oil pipelines) are carried out under the protection of military and political leaders (who get a cut of the proceeds). All forms of oil theft are believed to account for about five percent of oil production each year. That's half of what it was a few years ago, and the oil theft is still a major activity for the criminal gangs in Niger Delta.
May 13, 2012: In the northeast, near the Cameroon border, a tribal feud left twelve dead (including one policeman) and most of a village burned down.
In the northern city of Kano, Boko Haram gunmen killed three men who were playing cards. Boko Haram is trying to impose a strict Islamic lifestyle, which means no cards, music, video, booze and so on.
May 12, 2012: In the northeast, Boko Haram gunmen attacked a police station, burned it down, killing two policemen and a civilian in the process.
May 11, 2012: In the northeast, police arrested the Boko Haram commander (Suleiman Mohammed) for Kano along with his wife and five children during a raid. Suleiman Mohammed was then flown to the national capital for interrogation. The raid was made possible by a tip from a local and also led to the seizure of explosives and other bomb making materials.
May 10, 2012: In the northern city of Kano, Boko Haram gunmen killed a local Shia leader. Many Sunni (over 80 percent of Moslems) believe Shia (about ten percent of Moslems) to be heretics and to be converted or killed.
Tribal violence continued in the Central Nigerian city of Jos, leaving seven dead in several incidents.
C. http://www.strategypage.com/qnd/nigeria/articles/20120517.aspx


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Complete Pelvic Rest after Hysterectomy
Surgeons often recommend rest and restricted activities to their patients after hysterectomy. The reason for your post op restrictions is to promote healing and decrease surgical complications. Since gynecologic surgery takes place in the pelvic region, some surgeons will also order either "pelvic rest" or "complete pelvic rest".
Pelvic rest is a term used by gynecologists to indicate that a woman is to abstain from sexual intercourse, both vaginal and anal. While there is no concrete definition of complete pelvic rest, the term itself implies no sexual intercourse or other sexual activities. These may include oral sex, anal sex, outercourse, orgasm, and possibly even arousal. Kegels and other pelvic floor exercises could be restricted as well.
Complete pelvic rest may be more commonly ordered for women who have had a total hysterectomy (uterus and cervix removed) because there are stitches at the vaginal cuff that take time and proper rest to heal. Women who have had repairs with their hysterectomy (for example A&P repairs or bladder sling) may also find themselves on complete pelvic rest after their surgery. Intercourse, orgasms, and even arousal can stress the pelvic area and cause complications including tearing the stitches at the vaginal cuff, damaging repairs, and introducing bacteria to the healing area. For some women, even orgasms can strain vaginal, pelvic, and abdominal tissues that are healing. The ramifications of this may be either short or long term and can include additional surgery, infection, bleeding, pain, adhesions, and scar tissue.
Since there is no concrete definition, complete pelvic rest may mean different things to different doctors and their patients. If your doctor orders complete pelvic rest, be sure to clarify your restrictions by asking very pointed questions. It is important to be sure you understand what is and what is not safe for you to do as you heal.
Depending on the terms your doctor uses, it can be easy to misunderstand and think an activity is acceptable, when the surgeon believes she's indicated it's not. An example of this may be a patient who hears pelvic rest but continues to engage in external stimulation and oral sex. This might be fine for some patients but not necessarily for all. This is why it's important to clarify with your own doctor.
Some women experience a libido surge post op, so the waiting for doctor's clearance can be very difficult and frustrating. You may miss the intimacy with your partner and feel a need to connect. You may also be feeling some anxiety about how sex post hysterectomy will feel and want to find out what it's like.
During recovery and complete pelvic rest, there are still ways to maintain intimacy and closeness with your partner. Explore other ways of maintaining closeness by cuddling, massage, thoughtful notes, holding hands, long talks, dinner alone, or plan a romantic getaway for after you're cleared. Sharing intimacy with your partner promotes well being and can be beneficial to recovery. You may find you sleep better and feel happier, too.
Please ensure you receive your doctor's clearance before engaging in any sexual activity. She is the only one that can know for certain that you are healed well enough to safely engage in sexual activity.
This content was written by staff of HysterSisters.com by non-medical professionals based on discussions, resources and input from other patients for the purpose of patient-to-patient support. Read this article: Complete Pelvic Rest after Hysterectomy


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Evolution of a show part two, here is the show hung and one day after the opening.
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Thought it might be interesting for people to see how shows come together. This show has three participants...me, Donny and Craig. I will have more later but this was the day before and yesterday. We were there from 9:30 until 4:00, hanging adjusting lights and tweeking.
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I was involved in a very interesting debate about art on line. The question was "explaining your art, do or don't?". I felt the question was asked in the wrong way, the word "explain" implies there is a problem with the art to begin with, but the spirit of the question should have been, having a dialog about your art or not. Many people had shot back answers like, well, if you have to explain then the viewer just doesn't "get it", or why should I have to explain my art because that would be akin to feeling someone else's pain, happiness, etc.......A large number of replies seemed hung up on the term "explain". While others were wrapped up in ego. I shouldn't have to explain or talk or dialog about my art, it is what it is......sometimes people don't "get" what it is !!!
Usually if someone wants to talk about your art you not only should be prepared but willing to do just that. For that same reason I use titles for my work to help give context to the viewer. I like to leave a little room for speculation or be a little vague so as to gently push someone to help them have a base line for viewing. When reading a title I always hope it gives me a shove in a direction I hadn't thought of already.
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I only had a handful of small pictures left over from my last couple of shows so I needed to make a few more for this show. This one is called "It's all about focus", kinda cute, 8 inches square and fun to do. Remember if you come to my show on March 26 there is absolutely NO FEEDING of the animals!!
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As I was working on this little guy I could hear someone saying "why, that it doesn't look like a baby bird to me"......well me either, but this is how he turned out, a little paint and we will be good to go!
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Have you ever had a "my art sucks day" (or week, or month.....year)?? I'm not sure this happens to all artists but it certainly happens to me, and sometimes at the most inopportune time, of course that's silly because is there a good time to have a "my art sucks day"??? Well, maybe, right after a show and you've sold a ton of work that would be better than right before said show.
I'm looking at my work from earlier this year and thinking some of it totally sucks. I'm picking pieces for my upcoming show, March 26 at Core, and trying to pick two for another show in Manitou Spgs. What I'm finding has been quite a surprise, I keep picking ones that I think to myself, boy this one needs to go, I need to sand it down and start over. It must be an evolution of sorts where my standards haven't really changed so it must be my technique or subject matter that has gotten better over the year.
There are times, when we as artists, really need to look hard at our work and make critical evaluations. Sometimes that is not so pleasant but we can't forget while we are taking a critical view we also need to look at what is strong about our work. Hey, listen to the people who visit your shows and buy your work, they are attracted or repelled by something and generally they will put it into words for you. If you ask the right questions and listen carefully you can find out exactly why or why not your work sucks!
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The bear had a certain sense of satisfaction, at long last, he had suffered the clowns long enough. New picture not quite done. This one went fast because I totally knew where it was going from the start, which is usually not the case! I also discovered that by sealing my fragile old paper I could put a photo transfer over the top without damaging the paper. I use to seal it by using gel medium but this time I used polyurethane and it worked great.
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Finished up my second mixed media duck. This one took along time to paint I always get wrapped up in detail and the little stuff, to the point of obsession. I wonder, is that a bad thing? Well for sure it is my thing!
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Here is one of two mini marvels of nature that I'm currently working on and I should have a total of four for my upcoming show at Core gallery in the downtown Santa Fe art district, March 26. This one is not done yet, but almost, and I have another in the works. It's a little hard since they have to dry in between things but today I should be able to finish this one and assemble most of the second if not all, and paint that one tomorrow.
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Beloved is about love. It's about honesty, and making your way through a world full of obstacles.
Guide the lovers to the Love Repository, where they can find happiness in union.
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Few home mortgages in Triad rise above tax threshold
GREENSBORO — Pity Silicon Valley's working Joe, who must struggle to buy a home at the average price of $1.1 million.
Congress' proposal to reduce the cap on the mortgage-interest deduction from $1 million to $500,000 could put a cramp in the average Google executive's tax bill. Such are the hazards of living among America's industrial elite.
But around here, elite or not, you're not likely to be fretting much about losing any of your mortgage-interest tax deduction.
The median home price in Guilford County is $140,000 and in Randolph County is $121,200, according to real estate website Zillow, and only 179 people out of 9,500 — about 2 percent — have borrowed more than $500,000 this year, according to the real-estate research firm Attom Data Solutions.
"It's going to affect a minority of people, all things considered," said Chris Young, certified mortgage planner with the Greensboro office of Benchmark Mortgage.
The deduction for home mortgage interest is believed widely to encourage home ownership and is considered by many to be an untouchable privilege in the American tax system. But the changes being proposed in Congress could affect people around the country in different ways.
Nationally 5.4 percent of this year's 6 million loans processed this year were of more than $500,000, Attom reports, almost twice the rate in Guilford County.
In Santa Clara, Calif., by contrast — the heart of Silicon Valley and home of the San Francisco 49ers — more than 11,000 families this year have borrowed more than $500,000 in an area where the median home price is $1.1 million. That's 28 percent of the market share that would be affected by the proposed change.
Young said many of the people in this market who can afford a house worth more than $500,000 don't even worry about a mortgage. They pay cash. That means Young isn't brokering many loans above $500,000.
"I think I'm doing three this month," he said.
Still, the proposal now making its way through Congress is a sore spot for wealthy homeowners. Bloomberg News calls the mortgage deduction a "sacred cow" in tax regulations.
The New York Times reports that the median national home price is $200,000, and fewer than 3 percent of homes cost more than $500,000.
But this sacred cow also could become a cash cow for legislators looking for ways to offset the corporate and individual tax cuts they're hoping to enact in this tax bill.
The Repubican-leaning American Action Forum reported earlier this year that the mortgage-interest deduction costs $70 billion a year in federal revenue, and other think tanks report that the richest Americans benefit the most from that deduction.
Any cut in the deduction would affect other cities in North Carolina more acutely.
In Mecklenburg County, for example, 6.6 percent of home buyers borrowed more than $500,000 to live in the booming real estate economy.
Yet in Wake County, where the job market is booming, only 3.2 percent of buyers have borrowed more than a half-million dollars this year.
In the Triad, investors and upper-end homebuyers are just not as concerned, Young said. He is a heavy investor in rental homes, and he said he rarely finances those acquisitions because he would prefer to own outright.
Generally, he said, most people aren't letting tax policy drive their home purchases.
"There's always going to be people that are not happy," Young said. But "financial decisions, from a housing perspective, are not being made over tax planning."


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This post is in three parts… 1. Blogging buddies. I end all my walks on the beach in Malibu with a GROM gelato, and in my posts I mention how nice it would be if you could join me there. … Continue reading
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Servant leaders consider themselves to be equals, not superiors, they are more relatable and humble. They teach and mentor those around them, and actively seek to learn from others. Servant leaders ensure that the differing and unique strengths of each team member are being sufficiently put into practice. Their objective is to help every individual continually grow and improve professionally.
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During this unprecedented time in our industry and the history of Loews Hotels & Co, we have needed to make some difficult decisions (leaves of absences, layoffs and reduced hours) which have impacted our Team Members and families. We know the current environment will change - we hope we will be able to welcome our Team Members back to provide the kind of service and hospitality our guests have come to expect. At the same time, we want to be sensitive to the financial needs of our Team Members and families. With that in mind, we have been in contact with or are aware of several companies who have an immediate need to fill positions. We created this career site as an opportunity to share that information with you. This information will be updated on a weekly basis and communicated through Workday.
To explore employment opportunities with these national companies and access various job boards, please click on the hyperlinks below which will take you directly to their career site.
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Ahold Delhaize's companies best known supermarkets, Food Lion, GIANT and Stop & Shop. Click here for job opportunities.
Amazon plans to hire 100,000 workers across the US. Click here for job opportunities.
CVS has a significant demand for professionals. Click here for job opportunities.
Dollar General
With 140,000+ employees and counting, Dollar General is growing fast and so can you. Click here for job opportunities.
FedEx Services provides sales, marketing, information technology, communications, and customer service. Click here for job opportunities.
Home Depot
The Home Depot, Inc. is the largest home improvement retailer. Click here for job opportunities.
Kroger is currently hiring a number of positions. Click here for job opportunities.
Lincoln Financial Corporation
Lincoln Financial is a Fortune 250 company which operates multiple insurance management businesses through subsidiary companies. They currently have opening in Atlanta, Georgia and Boston, Massachusetts for Customer Service roles. We have partnered with Lincoln to have an expedited application process for Loews Hotels employees. Please use the link below to review job opportunities. Applications will be sent to their corporate recruiters for immediate review.
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Lowe's is hiring for a number of positions customer service, retail and more. Click here for job opportunities.
Publix is currently hiring a number of positions, customer service, retail, payroll, clerks, managers and more. Click here for job opportunities.
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Rite Aid team one of the nation's largest drugstore chains. Click here for job opportunities.
Sunrise Senior Living Communities
Founded in 1981, Sunrise Senior Living Communities has more than 300 communities throughout the U.S., Canada, and the United Kingdom. With different types of facilities to fulfill all levels of individual care needs, Sunrise Senior Living has multiple temporary and permanent openings for Cooks, Housekeepers, Concierge, Maintenance Workers, Administrative Assistants, and many many more. Click here to view current opportunities near you.
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Travelers is an insurance with over 500 job openings nationwide. These positions are based at regional offices in the following locations Hartford, CT, St. Paul, MN Richardson, TX, NY, NY, Atlanta, GA Boston, MA and Chicago, IL.
Current open positions include: customer service agents, claims representatives, financial analysts as well as corporate roles. To explore these opportunities and apply please use the following link:
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Travelers has also identified multiple Software Engineer and Financial Analyst opportunities in Hartford, CT & St. Paul, MN that are urgent needs. Please use the link below to review the openings. If you have the technical and work experience required, please forward a copy of your resume to Haley Healy (firstname.lastname@example.com) so she can provide to their talent acquisition team for immediate review.
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The U.S. Election Assistance Commission has immediate temporary paid openings for Poll Workers in all 50 states. Election workers are essential to ensuring that elections are a success. With each election, millions of Americans dedicate themselves to sustaining the backbone of democracy - our election process. Click here to see how to register with your county.
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Whole Foods Market has more than 350 retail and non-retail locations in the US, Canada. Click here for job opportunities.
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Southeastern Grocers
We were contacted by Southeastern Grocers with locations in Orlando, Miami and New Orleans. They are very interested in hiring full-time and part-time Team Members from Loews and will ensure they have access to an immediate interview for a multitude of open positions including bakers, meat cutters, clerks, baggers, stockers and cleaners. If you have an interest in applying for a position, be sure to select Loews Hotels when answering the question "How did you hear about us" (see below). Also, let your Director of Human Resources know once you have applied so that they can update our contact at Southeastern Grocers. https://www.segrocers.com/careers
No interview required. New groups of employees start each Monday and Thursday.
Supermarkets are considered and essential business that must remain open during the crisis. The stores are busy, as are the grocery delivery operations, distribution centers and other functions that support the stores. Immediate openings are available for the following positions: Grocery Associate, Grocery Delivery Driver, Personal Shopper, Warehouse Worker
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Albertsons Companies established an expedited hiring process to allow applicants from Loews Hotels to start as soon as possible. Click on your state below to be directed to an application site specifically for employees from partner businesses, including Loews Hotels. Applicants will receive an email confirming their placement at the nearest Albertsons Companies location.
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Publix has immediate needs for over 2,000 open positions at their retail and distribution sites, located in the South. Retail stores are located in several states where we have locations as well in Florida, Georgia, and Tennessee. Distribution Centers are located across Florida in Boynton Beach, Deerfield Beach, Jacksonville, Lakeland, Miami, Orlando, and Sarasota along with Lawrenceville, Georgia.
- For those interested in retail jobs, you can visit the Publix Talent Application Gateway at https://bit.ly/2U8w4oP.
- For those interested in distribution jobs (which include cafeteria workers), visit the Publix Job Application Center at https://bit.ly/3b8wDEC.
Walgreens is experiencing significant demands at their stores and pharmacies during this time, and is looking to fill over 25,000 full-time, part-time and temporary roles in stores across the U.S. The primary positions they are seeking to fill include: customer service associates (CSAs), pharmacy technicians, shift leads and beauty consultants.
To expedite the hiring process Walgreens in not requiring assessments or drug screenings. Candidates can visit jobs.walgreens.com to search for openings in their area, with positions being added regularly based on local store and pharmacy needs. Interview processes and pay will vary depending on location. Scheduling is flexible, with staffing needed for front-end and pharmacy shifts, although night and weekend availability is preferred.
Seeking Concierge and Community Experience Associates in Chicago, NY, Miami and Boston. These positions will be the main point of contact at their properties and will be responsible for resident requests, greeting visitors, accepting deliveries and handling phone inquiries. They are offering flexible work hours (1st, 2nd & 3rd shifts) with pay in the $16 - $18 range. Expedited hiring process with on the spot hiring and simplified background checks and online onboarding.
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Dollar General
General is planning to hire over 50,000 employees by the end of April. They currently have stores in all of the cities where we have operations and are seeking employees to staff their retail stores, distribution centers, cold storage facilities and delivery fleet. Below are some resources that you can use to access the openings with Dollar General.
Text Code: Text Apply to 34898 for a map of jobs in the candidates local area
Careers Page for all positions: https://careers.dollargeneral.com/
Retail Specific positions: https://careers.dollargeneral.com/retail-stores/
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HRGCo. is able to provide decoration services to your order through our Etchus division. This includes the following options: UV or Epoxy Screen printing, Laser etching, Deep Sand Carving or embossing. Embossing is where your logo is molded into the glass during a production cycle.
Minimum order quantities for decorating services are listed below. Prices will vary based on decoration technique, colors and quantity.
Screen Printing - 144 pcs
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Wow, two posts in one day! That's a record. Read on for a new opportunity starting….tomorrow! Yes, this very week. As in Thursday, September 3, 2020.
I know all of us are trying to meet life responsibilities in the midst of these unprecedented times. As the working parent of a young child with special needs, and a family that lives on a small peri-urban farm, it feels like the days are rushing by faster than I can catch. And yet, each day seems like I've lived a lifetime of joys and losses, depending upon what's happening in our home and in our country at the time. Can you relate? I imagine you can.
I hope each and every one of you finds time to practice self-compassion and stress management in a way that works for you. Even if you pause for just one moment – checking in with the body, offering it a small act of self-care, and savoring something that nourishes you through the senses: a flower, a color, an aroma, music in the background, the soft texture of a houseplant or a beloved pet. Then, step back into the stream of your life and keep up the kind, values-oriented action.
Beginning this Thursday, I'm finally experimenting with online guided mindful eating education sessions, drawing upon my extensive background as a mindfulness-based psychotherapist and explicitly focused upon our relationship with food. Drop in once or attend every week. Learn more and register in advance (required) by visiting this page. These short-and-sweet sessions will be held on Thursdays from 12:00pm – 12:30pm (PST) via Zoom. No experience or sharing required. All participants who register will also receive a copy of the recorded session, within the week – a helpful feature if you aren't available to attend at the scheduled time.
Topics include basic mindful eating, listening to hunger, mindful food celebrations, and exploring edible gardens. Freely offered in the month of September, although small donations support this ongoing work and your confirmation email will include a Paypal link to contribute, if you are so inclined.
If things work out, I'll upgrade the webinar platform and continue these weekly sessions with a rotating schedule throughout the months ahead, with a sliding scale of $5-$15 for each session (and individuals who identify as BIPOC can use code EQUITY to participate for free). Once again, here's that link to register for the sessions that speak to you.
Interested in mindful eating and want to drop me a line about a topic? Feel free to email firstname.lastname@example.com. If you know others who might want to participate in this offering as well, pass it on. Much appreciated!
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The viral star of a mugging caught on camera pleaded guilty Friday to charges relating to a bizarre armed robbery last May at Logan Circle's Pizzoli's Pizzeria.
James E. Wade, 30, will be sentenced in November and faces up to 30 years in prison for the armed robbery charge.
In May, Wade casually approached two men eating outside Pizzoli's and asked them for some cash, then proceeded to pull out a gun. The cops posted the security video online as they searched for Wade, and it got nearly 25,000 views, largely because of the surreal calmness of the whole event. (The video is no longer viewable to the public.)
But the video showed the two patrons calmly forking over most of their belongings. At one point, one of the men politely offers the robber a bite of his food, which was later revealed to be a decoy so he could hide his fancy iPhone 5. The Post reported that, upon one of the victim's requests, Wade even took the cash out of one of the wallets and left it behind so the victim wouldn't have to deal with the hassle of getting a new license and insurance card.
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"Leaders instill in their people a hope for success and a belief in themselves. Positive leaders empower people to accomplish their goals."
Keeping this in mind we at CPSGS encouraged students of Grade 6 A and B to take on the role of a Delegate to represent countries and continents like America, Thailand, UAE, Germany, Korea, Egypt, England, Iran, Singapore, Australia, Canada, Jamaica, Malaysia and Africa to enhance their understanding on the concept 'Model United Nations'.
MUN involves student participants speaking, debating, and writing skills, in addition to critical thinking, teamwork, and leadership abilities It is meant to engage students and allow them to develop deeper understanding into current world issues .Students of Grade 6 focused on Literature and General Problems faced by the above mentioned countries followed by a Resolution for those problems.


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#Editing to add required details (sorry missed those on the first report)
Device: HP Spectre x360 Laptop
Operating System: Windows 10 20H2 Build 19042.985
Browser: Brave Version 1.25.68 Chromium: 91.0.4472.77 (Official Build) (64-bit)
Wallet: Metamask
I am getting an invalid_priceRoute error when I try to use the aggregator.
I wanted to swap some ETH for MATIC earlier and got the error on the below exchanges
Uniswap V2
Uniswap V1
1inch gave a different error but that has been reported elsewhere, Simple Swap did work but that is the one where you have to send the ETH manually.
I then wondered if it was just MATIC so I did some experiments with CEL too.. while doing that Bancor did create the metamask transaction correctly one but when I came back to do it again and create a screenshot it gave the error again as did all of the other available routes (1inch again gave the different error).
So in all cases where I saw the error no transaction was created and Metamask didn't open to ask me to confirm it.
Screenshot is below showing some of the errors in Brave console, not sure it if will help but figured I would include it anyway.
Thanks for reading!
May have been fixed, but I'll be tracking with this GitHub issue to ensure we get around to fixing it if it's still an issue.
Unfortunately not fixed for me even after clearing browser cache.. I now get a new error with xbalster "invalid transcation or insufficient gas" and the same errors with all of the others!
Would you rather have comments here or on the github?
kenjamin Comments can be posted here. But I'm more likely to see follow up comments on GitHub.
Either works for me so Github it is.. See you in there!
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Bookworm, writer, radio host—I blog about history, fiction, and publishing in the Internet Age. You can find the full blog on my website. This space is for books.
Today and tomorrow (June 5-6), for the first time in three years, I am running a free promotion. My Tarkei Chronicles series is available for Kindle apps and devices without charge until midnight tomorrow, Pacific Time. If you love ballet and romance, or just want to see whether you like my writing style, this is your chance.
Full details, with links, in this week's blog post: http://blog.cplesley.com/2015/06/ballet-shoes-on-sale.html.


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A pretty book in the shape of a chic Parisian house composed of 20 colouring pages with illustrations by Lucille Michieli. Comes with 5 sticker sheets of objects, animals and plants to adorn the decors.
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Look around the diamond and up and down the lineup of the Chicago White Sox team that just made a disappointingly quick exit from the postseason, and there aren't many places to make a change.
The front office purposefully built a long-term contender, locking in young, promising players at their respective positions. One clunker of a playoff series won't force Rick Hahn to blow things up.
But that doesn't mean there aren't areas to address, and right field could certainly be one of the places where Hahn & Co. look to make an offseason splash, as was the subject of the latest White Sox Talk Podcast.
RELATED: Sox offseason: 5 questions facing Rick Hahn's front office
Of course, the White Sox aren't without internal candidates to fill the position at least to start the 2022 season. Andrew Vaughn would figure to be the top choice already in the team's employ after he impressively filled in for the injured Eloy Jiménez in left field this past season. Vaughn flashed plenty of versatility, playing 18 games in right, and as his bat continues to develop, he would figure to be a valuable long-term member of the South Side lineup, as he showed flashes of being during his rookie season.
Adam Engel might be most valuable as a fourth outfielder, but the impressive combination of defense and offense he's shown, when healthy, over the past two seasons would make him a candidate for playing time in right, too.
But if the White Sox want to compete with their fellow contenders in the arms race in the American League, they'll need to bulk up their already talented roster. So here's a look at nine options slated to hit the free-agent market who could fit the bill of strengthening a White Sox team looking to make a World Series run in 2022.
Nick Castellanos
The 29-year-old Castellanos has been on White Sox fans' free-agent wish list before, and he could be near the top of it this winter after a career year with the Cincinnati Reds. He posted personal bests with a .309 batting average, a .362 on-base percentage and a .576 slugging percentage, hitting 34 home runs and racking up 100 RBIs.
The offensive production is off the charts, and he's got a history of mashing the ball against the White Sox from his days as a division rival with the Detroit Tigers. He's driven in 61 runs against South Side pitching, the most against a single opponent in his career.
It's easy to argue that Castellanos would be a fit in any contender's lineup, and the White Sox are no exception. The Scott Boras client can opt out of his current deal this winter and would likely get a payday bigger than the $16 million one he's due from the Reds for 2022.
Kris Bryant
Long a Crosstown rival, Bryant coming back to Chicago has its allure, obviously, as he swings a historically productive bat and can play all over the field. The White Sox could surely utilize that versatility most in right field, where he's logged 109 games in his career, including 39 last year with the Chicago Cubs and San Francisco Giants.
Much like Castellanos, dropping Bryant, a former MVP, into the middle of an already scary lineup would do the job of bulking the White Sox up for an extended playoff run in 2022. He would also bring the experience of 44 postseason games, including that World Series win in 2016.
But Bryant, another Boras client, might not be keen to return to the Windy City, even to the other side of town, after an emotional departure from the North Side. Being on the West Coast, closer to home in Las Vegas, might be more appealing for the 29-year-old right now.
Michael Conforto
The left-handed-hitting Conforto was terrific during the shortened 2020 campaign, beefing up his potential free agency with a .927 OPS. But the numbers took a dip in 2021, the full-season power that produced 33 homers in 2019 falling to just 14 dingers in 125 games this past season with the New York Mets. The OPS that was so good last year dropped to .729.
Of course, that doesn't mean that the 28-year-old, another Boras client, can't be pegged for a bright future, as he's done plenty of producing to this point in his major league career. But he might not get White Sox fans jazzed like his more established counterparts in this winter's free-agent class. Just twice in six full-length seasons has he played more than 125 games.
Chris Taylor
Taylor, who just staged some eye-popping heroics for the Los Angeles Dodgers during the postseason, isn't exactly a right fielder. It's not that he couldn't be an answer in right — or second base, for that matter — it's just that he's best suited to be an answer all over the field. Much like Leury García, who White Sox fans know well as a valuable piece that can play multiple positions, Taylor, who made the National League All-Star team in 2021, is perhaps an even better version.
That's a very big positive, of course, and adding Taylor to the mix would be huge for the White Sox, as they'd get a guy who played six positions this past season — eight of them in right field — and showed off his knack for coming up with some big hits, hitting three home runs in an elimination game. While a career .779 OPS might not scream monster offseason splash, Taylor has a world of playoff experience, with 62 postseason games under his belt and three trips to the World Series in the last five years.
Starling Marte
Here's another guy who's no right fielder, having never played the position in his major league career. But the 33-year-old Marte has a couple Gold Gloves on his mantle and could be a creative solution to the White Sox' right-field woes.
What wouldn't take much thought at all is how impactful he could be in the game's other facets. Marte had a career year in 2021, slashing .308/.381/.456 splitting time between the Miami Marlins and Oakland Athletics. He was a midseason shot in the arm for the A's and stole a whopping 47 bags on the season.
Given his age and limited power — just 12 homers and 55 RBIs in 2021 — he's not exactly another Luis Robert. But he is a Gold Glove winner, he is a speed threat on the bases, and he does have the ability to make a team go. Not a bad set of skills to find a place for, regardless of his lack of experience in right field.
Jorge Soler
He just smacked the third pitch of the World Series for a home run, but the current Atlanta Brave will be better known to White Sox fans for his time spent mashing as a Kansas City Royal and a one-time Cub.
It's true that Soler exploded as what seemed like one of the game's biggest power threats with a bonkers 2019 season in Kansas City, hitting an AL-best 48 homers and racking up a .922 OPS. His numbers dipped, though, this season, to just 27 homers — 14 of those, though, came in the 55 games he played after a midseason trade to the Braves. Before that deal, he was woeful at the plate, hitting just .192 for the Royals.
Joc Pederson
Pederson's name has been linked to the White Sox in various offseason and in-season rumors for years, it seems. He's playing alongside Soler in the World Series right now, gaining as much attention for his jewelry choices as he is for another batch of postseason heroics: three more homers to boost his career total to a dozen dingers in 76 career playoff games.
All that October experience and October success would figure to be a valuable commodity, as the Dodgers and now the Braves found out over the seven straight postseasons he's played in.
But Pederson's reputation as only a part-time player continues to follow him around, his career .832 OPS against right-handers dwarfing the pedestrian .610 mark he has in his career against lefties. He spat in the face of that narrative a bit in 2021 — .733 OPS against righties, .726 against lefties — but still seems questionable as a team's full-time right fielder.
Charlie Blackmon
Blackmon's got four All-Star appearances, a couple Silver Sluggers and a top-five MVP finish to his name, but it was bad timing for his worst season as a big leaguer. After posting a collective .880 OPS over the course of seven seasons, the 35-year-old had a mark of .761 during the 2021 season.
Playing his home games at Coors Field for his entire major league career, Blackmon amassed some glaring home-road splits, with a .967 OPS in 619 games in Denver and a .742 OPS in 650 games everywhere else. That's a red flag that's hard to miss for any non-Colorado Rockies team interested in employing Blackmon next season.
Andrew McCutchen
We're more than a half decade removed from the end of McCutchen's elite four-year run as one of the best players on the planet. But he's remained plenty useful since, and that includes in 2021, when he had a very nice year for the Philadelphia Phillies, hitting 27 homers, driving in 80 runs and walking 81 times.
No one would suggest that the 35-year-old is a long-term solution in right field on the South Side. But doesn't McCutchen seem like the kind of guy who could come up huge hitting at the bottom of the lineup for a team that wins the World Series? Only one team can sign Castellanos, only one can sign Bryant, only one can sign Conforto and so on. Consider McCutchen a very interesting potential consolation prize.


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As the clock winds down on the 2018 NFL Draft, I'm going to run a few simulations of some moves the Green Bay Packers may make at the end of the month. I'm running the mock drafts on Fanspeak.com using Matt Miller's Big Board with trades.
Version 1.0: 2018 Green Bay Packers Mock Draft v.1.0
1st – 14: CB Josh Jackson, Iowa
Jackson is a ball hawk who made more plays than any other defensive back in the draft. He's tall and has long arms, but is a pretty average athlete. He's been able to make up for his speed with great positioning and instincts, but will need to continue to refine his technique. As a former WR, Jackson turns mistakes into turnovers (or points). Kevin King and Jackson would be a promising duo on the outside, and Davon House and Tramon Williams would give them some time to develop.
2nd – 13: CB Mike Hughes, UCF
The Packers won't be forced to draft two CBs early this year because of Williams and House, but Hughes is a great value in the 2nd round. He's raw and has had some off-the-field issues, but combines tremendous physicality with good ball skills. Hughes would provide great value as a returner, and give Green Bay depth at Cornerback for the first time in awhile.
3rd – 12: EDGE Uchenna Nwosu, USC
Nwosu has tremendous athleticism. He's a big hitter, has the ability to drop in coverage, and tested well at the combine. He's relatively new to football, so he'll need some time to develop his pass rush moves. Adding depth in the pass rush will be important, and Nwosu gives Mike Pettine an elite athlete to mold.
4th – 1: OT Martinas Rankin, Mississippi State
Rankin will probably go much higher than this because most teams recognize the lack of depth at Tackle in this draft. Rankin's best position might be Center, but he provides versatility to play all five positions. Green Bay would give him a chance to compete with Jason Spriggs for the backup Tackle spot.
4th – 33: WR DaeSean Hamilton, Penn State
Hamilton has the ability to immediately be an impact player out of the slot. He uses great route running to make up for average athleticism, but he fits in well with the Packers mold for a WR with his ability to make tacklers miss after the catch. Hamilton is also a high character guy who will be a leader in the locker room.The Packers need to add some youth and depth at Wide Receiver if Michael Clark and Geronimo Allison don't develop into productive players.
5th – 1: LB Shaquem Griffin, UCF
Griffin would be an absolute terror as a 3rd down Linebacker next to Josh Jones. At a minimum, Griffin will be a phenomenal Special Teams player. However, he could turn into a Deone Bucannon-type weapon that opposing offenses have to account for in passing situations.
5th – 35: DL Nathan Shepherd, Fort Hays State
Shepherd is a player that draft experts have all over their board. He could go on Day 2 of the draft (rounds 2-3), or he could slide quite a bit. He possess tremendous size (6'5" 315lbs.), and has great athleticism for a man that big. But he was a very late developer, and still has a ton of work to do before he's ready to start in the NFL. He'll have a ton of veterans to show him how to be a pro in Green Bay.
5th – 37: WR Tre'Quan Smith, UCF
Smith marks the 3rd player I have selected from the self-proclaimed National Champions. He's a smooth athlete, who makes up for average size with long arms. He's a really smart route runner, and can make contested catches.
6th – 12: TE Dalton Schultz, Stanford
Schultz is simply too good of a value at this point. He's the best blocking TE in the draft, and he'll be a capable pass catcher. He'd immediately be the blocking TE, and could develop into a Jimmy Graham's replacement.
6th – 33: C Bradley Bozeman
Center is the deepest position in a pretty thin o-line draft class. Bozeman represents good value in the 6th round. He's got tremendous size, but questionable athleticism. He's not a typical Packers Offensive Lineman under James Campen, but his experience makes him a guy who will provide some team with great depth and possibly a developmental starter.
7th – 14: RB Chris Warren, Texas
Warren left school early rather than get moved to H-Back for his Senior season. He's a massive Running Back (6'4" 250lbs), who would immediately be a goal line threat. He actually is a solid receiver, and if he proves he loves the game and is willing to lose a little weight, could be a tremendous value.
7th – 21: TE Andrew Vollert, Weber State
Vollert was highly productive at Weber State. He'd be a "move Tight End" who would probably be overwhelmed in the run game. However, his size and athletic traits would make him an excellent Red Zone threat and a potential mismatch all over the field. Vollert would be the #4 TE who could challenge Lance Kendricks for the third spot.
Check back next Tuesday for my final 2018 mock draft.Andrew Mertig is a a lifelong Packers fan and draft enthusiast. He has covered the NFL draft for radio and television stations in Green Bay. He is currently a host of the Pack-A-Day podcast and a writer for PackersTalk.com. You can follow him on Twitter @andrewmertig
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Active Events in Calgary Nov 8-15
November 8
Sunshine Opens! Soak up some sun and powder and head out for the first run at Sunshine. Only Strawberry Express is open. 9am-4pm $49
Black Friday Golf Sale Get some great deals on clubs and other golf equipment and apparel. Old clubs can be traded in for credit and some money will go to Alberta Golf's Junior programs. 10am-7pm Fri, 9am-5pm Sat, 9am-3pm Sun Valley Ridge Golf
YYC Cycle Give'r Class Take part in a $10 spin class with proceeds going to charity. Marda Loop, Kensington 6:40pm-7:30pm, Avenida 7pm-7:50pm $10
November 9
Boxing for Prostate Cancer Take part in a cardio boxing class with all proceeds going to Prostate Cancer. Fit Republic 12pm-1pm
Free Intro Barre Class If you've never tried barre before, here's your chance. Ballet Barre Works Marda Loop 1pm-2pm
November 10
Last Chance Half Marathon As the name says it's one of the last chances to participate in a half marathon this year. A 10km race is also available. A shirt ,medal and brunch are provided to all racers and top finishers get cash prizes. Eau Claire 9:30am-11am $65
November 11
Remembrance Day Skate Rose Kohn, Shouldice, Max Bell, Optimist, Murray Copot, Father David Bauer, Frank McCool, Ernie Starr, Stew Hendry, Stu Peppard 1pm-2:15pm
Free Public Skate Cardel Rec South 5:30pm-6:30pm
Flow and Restore Yoga Take part in a community flow and restore class open to everyone. 5:45pm-6:45pm Sunalta Community Hall By donation
November 12
Oxygen Yoga Glenmore Karma Week All classes are free for the week. Oxygen Yoga runs various types of yoga and fitness classes. Runs Nov 11-Nov 17
November 14
Spin Class for Prostate Cancer Take part in a spin class with all proceeds going to Prostate Cancer. Fit Republic 5:45
November 15
Everybody Plays Vivo Admission will be by donation with special activities set up around the facility. All money will go to Everybody Plays Initiative. Vivo 4pm-8pm
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With over 4,000 species of native bees in North America, many people understandably have trouble identifying one from the other. What's more, curious naturalists often mistake other types of pollinators for bees. It's easy to confuse a fly or a wasp with a bee because they all share similar coloring and markings. So, how can you tell one from the other? Read on to find out how you can become better at identifying bees and other pollinators.
Is it a bee or a fly?
Flies are often confused for bees because many of them have the same coloring. Striped yellow and black flies have evolved to look like bees or wasps to protect themselves from predators. They are also mistaken for bees because many people do not realize that flies are pollinators that visit flowers just as bees do. That said, there are some simple tricks for differentiating a fly from a real bee.
Flies have large, round eyes that crowd their heads, while most bees have more shapely eyes.
Flies have short, stubby antennae when compared with bees.
Flies tend to have less fuzz than bees.
Is it a bee or a wasp?
Wasps too are pollinators that are easily mistaken for bees. Although wasps have a nasty reputation, many or them are docile, beneficial insects that should be welcome in our gardens. You can learn to identify them by a few key tricks.
Wasps tend to be more brightly colored than bees and will have starker markings.
Wasps tend to have longer and often thinner antennae than bees do.
Wasps are very sleek and typically do not have much hair.
Wasps have slender waists and look more angular when compared with the roundness of most bees.
What kind of bee is it?
Now that we know how to distinguish a bee from a fly or wasp, how can we determine what type of bee it is? Unfortunately, this is not always an easy task, but there are some common types of bees that you can learn to recognize more easily.
Bumblebees are probably the most recognizable species of bee other than honeybees. They are large, fuzzy, and often have stark black and yellow coloring sometimes with accents or white or orange. Like honeybees, bumblebees live in colonies and carry pollen on their legs (pollen pants)! Bumblebees live in colonies, like honeybees, and tend to live underground or in abandoned bird houses or sometimes compost heaps. Read more about the difference between honeybees and bumblebees in my post Comparing Bumblebees With Honeybees.
Carpenter bees
Carpenter bees often look similar to honeybees because they are close in size, but carpenter bees tend to be less fuzzy. Some species are all black and they sometimes have colorful wings when the light hits them the right way. Carpenter bees also live inside of tunnels they drill into dead wood.
Leafcutter bees
Leafcutter bees are named for their habit of creating their nests with bits of leaves. If you don't catch them in the act, you may be able to identify them by their unique way of collecting pollen: they pack it onto the underside of their abdomens instead of on their legs!
Squash bees
Squash bees look really similar to honeybees. They have similar coloring, but are slightly larger and with longer antennae. You will often see them in squash blossoms in the early morning, when they are most active, because this is the only type of pollen they collect.
Metallic green bees
If you aren't familiar with them, you might assume that a metallic green bee is a fly because of their unusual coloring, but these jewel-bright pollinators are actually bees. Look for them on flowers in the sunflower family during the spring and summer.
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The Trapezoid family is the flagship product of ezTrap and contains both the popular 6-leg Trap6 course (shown at the left) and the full 7-leg Trapezoid course.
Both support two fleets with different parameters such as boat LOA, Average Speeds, and Tacking Angles. ezTrap will automatically adjust W/L lengths to meet the Target Race Times of each fleet.
The Trap6 course will support an optional 3rd fleet with an '1a' mark that can be placed a variable distance above or below Mark 1.
ezTrap works with one spreadsheet tab per course - an adjacent tab contains a summary of notes about the course. Two examples are shown below:
The 6-leg Trap6 course with the 1a option set for three small fleets of Lightning's, Snipes, and J/24s off Puerto Vallarta, Mexico; and,
A 7-leg Trapezoid Course set for Lasers and Laser Radials in St. Margaret's Bay, Nova Scotia.
For detailed information about these courses and others, please download the User's Manual.


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National Service Department
Mentioned in
- Documents Relating to New Zealand's Participation in the Second World War 1939–45: Volume II
- Documents Relating to New Zealand's Participation in the Second World War 1939–45: Volume III
- Episodes & Studies Volume 1
- The Home Front Volume I
- The Home Front Volume II
- War Economy
- Appendix I — STATISTICAL TABLES
- Index
- Men Not Wanted
- Geared for War Production
- Men for the Armed Forces 1
- Manpower for the Armed Forces1
- Civilian Labour Reserves Melt Away
- Women's Organisations for War Work
- Labour Losses on Farms
- Other Industries
- The Coming of Employment Controls
- Manpower Registers
- Direction of Labour
- Reserved Occupations
- Employment in Manufacturing
- Difficulties in Non-Essential Industries
- Munitions Making
- Military Clothing and Footwear
- Tobacco and Cigarette Making
- Armed Forces Recruitments have their Effect
- Special Manpower Assistance to Farmers
- Manpower
- Coal Mining
- Levels of Production
- The Maori War Effort
- Accommodation for Directed Workers
- Difficulties with Clothing
- The Manpower Dilemma
- Manpower Needs for Industry
- The End of the Pacific Division
- General Demobilisation
- Employment Opportunities
- Manpower Controls Revoked 2
- Economic Planning—Organisation for National Development
For several reasons, including lack of resource and inherent ambiguity, not all names in the NZETC are marked-up. This means that finding all references to a topic often involves searching. Search for National Service Department as: "National Service Department". Additional references are often found by searching for just the main name of the topic (the surname in the case of people).
Other Collections
The following collections may have holdings relevant to "National Service Department":
- Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, which has entries for many prominent New Zealanders.
- Archives New Zealand, which has collections of maps, plans and posters; immigration passenger lists; and probate records.
- National Library of New Zealand, which has extensive collections of published material.
- Auckland War Memorial Museum, which has extensive holdings on the Auckland region and New Zealand military history.
- Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, which has strong holdings in Tāonga Māori, biological holotypes and New Zealand art.
- nzhistory.net.nz, from the History Group of the Ministry for Culture and Heritage.


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Minnesota mom goes on Russian TV to challenge adoption ban
A Minnetrista, Minnesota, mother of a boy adopted in Russia in 2008 went on Russian television on the eve of the Sochi Olympic Games to challenge the nation's adoption ban, the Associated Press reports.
Renee Thomas has led a long, agonizing effort to win an exception to a 1-year-old Russian ban on adoptions of Russian children by Americans. She and her husband John have been trying to adopt her son's biological brother Nikolai from an orphanage in Kursk.
"A lot of this is just politics and we're just stuck in the middle," John told KARE 11 last year.
In an 11-minute segment Thursday on TV Dozhd (TV Rain), a popular independent station, Thomas made an emotional plea, weeping as she described her family's resolve to make the adoption happen, the AP reports.
"When we adopted Jack, they asked us to look after his best interest," Thomas said in the broadcast, in reference to her 8-year-old son Jack's resolve to be reunited with his 5-year-old brother.
The Thomases are among at least 330 families who had already begun adoptions of Russian children when the Jan. 1, 2013 ban promptly halted them, the Los Angeles Times reported.
Prior to the ban, about 1,000 Russian children were adopted annually by American families, the Times reported. An estimated 300,000 orphans languish in Russia, but key officials there have opposed their adoption into the homes of a former Cold War enemy, the newspaper reports.
ABC News had the story of Kristi and Rich England of Marshall, Minnesota, perhaps the last couple to make it out of Russia with an adopted child before the ban went into effect. They adopted a partially blind and hyperactive 3-year-old, Sonia, now called Sophia.
"So many other families have seen their children and have loved their children and can't bring them home," Kristi England, 34, a family doctor, told ABC. "It's so unfair in so many ways."
The ban has sparked vocal protests, even in Russia.
Among the U.S. politicians who have been leaning on Russian officials is Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar, who met with the Russian ambassador to the U.S. a year ago to push for a swift resolution to pending adoptions.


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Continuing to shrug off sequester cutbacks, but feeling the effects of adverse weather, the nation's economy ""continued to expand at a modest to moderate pace"" from early July through late August, the Federal Reserve reported Wednesday in its ""Beige Book"":http://federalreserve.gov/monetarypolicy/beigebook/files/Beigebook_20130904.pdf assessment.[IMAGE]
The Beige Book, formally the ""Summary of Commentary on Current Economic Conditions by Federal Reserve District,"" is issued eight times a year, about two weeks before each meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC), the Federal Reserve's policy setting arm. The FOMC's next meeting is scheduled for September 17-18. Though eagerly anticipated by investors, the Beige Book is rarely discussed at the FOMC meetings.
Echoing--or perhaps anticipating--FOMC concerns, the Beige Book said ""hiring held steady or increased modestly"" while ""upward price pressures remained subdued, and prices increased slightly.""
The FOMC has said it will consider curtailing or tapering its stimulative easy money policy when the unemployment rate falls to 6.5 percent and inflation rises to 2.0 percent, easing concerns about disinflation which could threaten a still fragile recovery.
""Residential real estate activity increased moderately in most Districts, and demand for nonresidential real estate gained overall,"" the Beige Book said in its anecdotal recap. ""Lending activity was mixed. Lending standards were largely unchanged, while credit quality improved. Demand for agricultural products was strong during the reporting period, but growing conditions and production in some areas were somewhat weak as a consequence of extreme weather.""
The only references to the federal government's across-the-board sequester budget cuts came in reports from Boston and San Francisco. The Boston Federal Reserve district report noted cutbacks in government travel had affected travel industry revenues, and the report from the San Francisco District said, ""Defense manufacturers noted more muted demand due to the ongoing effects of the federal sequester.""
Defense firms in the Kansas City district also reported ""the effects of the sequestration have already been passed through to actual reductions in production.""
For the most part, however, the report was upbeat, suggesting an economy growing steadily (albeit slowly), affected more by weather than political conditions.
""Demand for agricultural products expanded during the reporting period (which ended August 26), although production activity was limited by extreme weather in some areas,"" the Beige Book said. ""Droughts or dry weather in the Chicago, Kansas City, and Dallas districts constrained farming activity, but some growing areas within the Chicago and Dallas districts were relieved by much-needed rainfall. By contrast, extremely wet conditions led to delayed planting and reduced yields for some crops in the Richmond and Atlanta districts.""
Residential real estate activity, according to the Beige Book, ""increased moderately"" and ""demand for nonresidential real estate increased,"" though ""lending activity weakened a bit.""
Here's a brief district-by-district recap of the Wednesday's Beige Book:
*Boston:* ""Economic activity in the First [Boston] district continued to expand at a modest pace ... higher interest rates appear to have different effects on commercial real estate [with] upward pressure on capitalization rates and residential real estate where ... the prospect of rising rates 'nudged' buyers into the market, increasing demand ... no firms report major cyclical layoffs but hiring remains subdued except among fast-growing technology firms. Sequestration has yet to have had any direct effect.""
*New York:* ""Economic growth in the Second [New York] district has continued at a moderate pace ... cost pressures remain moderate, while selling prices continue to be steady to up slightly ... labor market conditions have shown further signs of improvement, while wage increases have remained subdued ... bankers report steady to somewhat softer loan demand, little change in credit standards, some leveling off in loan spreads, and widespread declines in delinquency rates.""
*Philadelphia:* ""Aggregate business activity in the Third [Philadelphia] district continued at a moderate pace of growth ... homebuilders felt their sales may have been partially dampened by rising mortgage rates; however, construction remained well above its level of a year ago ... general retail sales, commercial real estate leasing, staffing services, and tourism continued to expand at modest rates, while manufacturing and commercial real estate construction continued to expand only slightly ... loan volumes grew at a modest pace.""
*Cleveland:* ""Business activity in the Fourth [Cleveland] district expanded at a moderate pace ... housing market activity has leveled out after a six-month period of strong growth; sales of new and existing homes were above year-ago levels ... nonresidential builders experienced a rise in backlogs and the number of inquiries ... shale drilling picked up in regions rich in wet gas and was above year-ago levels ... applications for business credit were flat, while consumer demand for credit rose slightly ... hiring was sluggish across industry sectors ... staffing firm representatives reported that the number of job openings increased ... however, job placements were lower.""
*Richmond:* ""Economic conditions in the Fifth [Richmond] district improved moderately ... manufacturing shipments and orders rose, and capital spending increased ... retail weakened, with the exception of robust auto sales ... residential real estate and construction activity varied, while commercial real estate and construction markets were little changed ... heavy rains in the Mid-Atlantic hindered harvests and raised concerns about crop damage ... labor markets improved modestly.""
*Atlanta:* ""Economic conditions modestly improved [in the Sixth (Atlanta) district] ... travel and tourism sector remained a bright spot ... residential real estate continued to recover at a solid pace as sales and prices stayed ahead of last year's level ... low housing inventories were still restraining sales growth ... bankers noticed very little pickup in loan activity, overall ... payrolls improved slightly.""
*Chicago:* ""The pace of economic activity in the Seventh [Chicago] district improved ... growth in consumer and business spending picked up ... manufacturing production increased, as did construction ... credit conditions tightened some ... cost and wage pressures were modest ... abnormally dry weather hurt crop prospects ... but to a much lesser degree than during last year's drought.""
*St. Louis:* ""The economy of the Eighth [St. Louis] district ... expanded at a moderate pace ... residential real estate market conditions have continued to improve, and commercial and industrial real estate markets have also improved ... lending activity at a sample of large District banks was little changed during the second quarter of 2013 ... prices, wages, and employment levels over the past three months have stayed the same or increased.""
*Minneapolis:* ""The Ninth [Minneapolis] district economy grew at a moderate pace ... growth in residential real estate and construction has slowed somewhat, but is still strong ... mining sector was flat, and professional services were mixed ... hiring announcements were more prevalent than layoff announcements ... wage increases were moderate ... prices were relatively level.""
*Kansas City:* ""The Tenth [Kansas City] district economy expanded moderately ... with further gains anticipated during the coming months ... strong retail and auto sales fueled consumer spending with positive expectations for future sales ... manufacturing activity picked up, and some plant managers were hiring additional workers ... residential and commercial real estate markets continued to strengthen ... banks reported improved loan quality and stable deposits, but slightly weaker loan demand.""
*Dallas:* ""The Eleventh [Dallas] district economy expanded at a moderate pace ... many respondents noted steady demand, there were more noting improving versus declining demand ... sales grew for firms in residential construction, retail, accounting, fabricated metals, food and kindred products, and automobile dealerships ... energy sector noted some flattening of activity at high levels ... drought continued to plague the region although recent rains have slightly improved growing conditions in some areas.""
*San Francisco:* ""Economic activity in the Twelfth [San Francisco] district expanded at a modest pace ... price inflation was subdued for most final goods and services, and upward wage pressures were very modest ... retail sales rose on net, while demand for business and consumer services was more mixed ... demand for housing strengthened, and commercial real estate activity firmed ... financial institutions indicated that loan demand increased slightly.""
_Hear Mark Lieberman this Friday on P.O.T.U.S. radio, Sirius-XM 124, at 8:45 a.m. and again at 12:05 p.m. (EDT)._


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If you win the VIP prize pack you'll receive/have access to:
– Reserved Premium Seats for Friday and Saturday night's Star Studded Concerts at The Opera House featuring Juno Award Winners and Nominees
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– Swag Bag
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– Silk Screen Numbered Limited Edition Poster
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The vitamin C, either consumed or put directly on the skin, has miraculous effects on the skin.
It can be found in the citrus fruits, kiwis, vegetables, strawberries, peppers etc.
It is also part of many cosmetic products, such as face serums, creams and milks.
1. Vitamin C to improve the skin's elasticity. The vitamin C has a positive influence on the collagen which is responsible for the skin's elasticity. This is why it is part of many face serums which are trending today.
2. Improve the skin's structure with the vitamin C. The vitamin C fights against wrinkles and against the negative effects from the sun. You can consume the vitamin C as an artificial supplement, in order to improve the skin's structure. Sometimes, it is not sufficient what we eat to get the needed quantity of the vitamin C for our organism. The recommended dose is 110 mg of vitamin C per day.
3. The vitamin C serum has an anti - aging effect. The vitamin C serums are trending because they have an anti - aging effect and they're responsible for the retreat of skin pigmentation.
4. The vitamin C cures acne. The vitamin C hydrates the skin profoundly and improves the micro-circulation. If the micro-circulation is improved, the acne, the pimples and the other skin problems remedy more quickly.
5. The vitamin C for the skin of the smokers. The smokers, with each cigarette, lose a small quantity of vitamin C. Everybody need vitamin C, but the smokers need it the most. If you smoke, you need to use vitamin C serums and you need to consume the vitamin C every day.
Because the vitamin C, just like the other vitamins, doesn't stay in the organism for more than a day, you need to consume it every day and you need to use face serums based on vitamin C every day.