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For us at Roteiros de Charme , your expectations should be fully met. Always. Besides charm, we want our guests to encounter exactly what they expect, in every one of our establishments.
In our Association, you will find from ecological refuges and small lodges where service is homely and unpretentious, to extremely comfortable hotels, offering sophisticated, refined service and style. To guide your choice, we use gems of the rich Brazilian soil. They will identify the different types of hosting offered by the entire Roteiros de Charme chain.
Historical farms, mansions and country houses, built in the 18th and 19th centuries are identified in their respective pages by a followed by the century of their construction. | {
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Miley Cyrus performs onstage during the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards at the Barclays Center in the Brooklyn borough of New York City, on Aug. 25, 2013. (Rick Diamond/Getty Images for MTV)
But what exactly is twerking? Conservative commentator Todd Starns has offered his definition for the dance move, but a Ph.D. researcher has elaborated even further on how it is performed — and how it could have both physical benefits and drawbacks, depending on who you are.
“You take a wide stance with your legs turned out at 10 and 2 so your hips are externally rotated,” she said. “Then you pulse up and down as you thrust the pelvis bone forward and back.”
Olson said the booty dancing move is a good “twerkout” for your butt and thighs. It also works the deep muscles of the hips and the core muscles of the lower back and abdominals. She said it will definitely shape and strengthen all those muscles as well as give them the stamina to do activities important to most people heavily involved in twerking like say, picking up a screaming child off the floor.
While a “twerkout” could help build strength, Olson also said it could have adverse effects on the lower back and knees. ABC News jokingly translates this to meaning that those older than 25 should likely avoid twerking for health reasons.
In other twerking news, the verb “twerk” was also officially added to Britain’s Oxford Dictionaries this week.
The definition: “Twerk, v.: dance to popular music in a sexually provocative manner involving thrusting hip movements and a low, squatting stance.”
Although Cyrus’s eye-popping moves at Monday’s MTV Video Music Awards may have been many viewers’ first introduction to the practice, Oxford Dictionaries’ Katherine Connor Martin said “twerking” was some two decades old.
“There are many theories about the origin of this word, and since it arose in oral use, we may never know the answer for sure,” Martin said. “We think the most likely theory is that it is an alteration of work, because that word has a history of being used in similar ways, with dancers being encouraged to ‘work it.’ The ‘t’ could be a result of blending with another word such as twist or twitch.” | {
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Benedict Cumberbatch Hits Wimbledon
Benedict Cumberbatch (Predictably) Stole The Show At Wimbledon
Is it possible this is the best Wimbledon championship yet? We've had Prince William and Kate Middleton. We've had David Beckham effortlessly catching a flyaway ball. We've had Serena Williams owning it, and J.K. Rowling shutting down her haters. And, today, we've had Benedict Cumberbatch doubling down on his dashing demeanor. Pity it's all about to be over.
The Sherlock star joined his father for today's men's singles final between Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic. He suited up, he politely waved to the crowds, and he photobombed a selfie starring tennis great Bjorn Bjorg. It was perfection.
The match is still on, so there's nothing to stop you from trying to sneak in a Pimm's cup and some strawberries and cream with the British star. Well, just your dignity and several security guards. | {
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Evidance that The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes is much better than any of the films and television series that are associated with the Marvel Cinematic Universe
If you’re tired of waiting months between MCU movies then you should definitely check out The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes . The Disney animated TV show cleverly blended stories from classic Avengers comics, modern-day Marvel material, and elements taken directly from the MCU, to deliver the perfect comic book blend of action, humour, and character over the course of its 52 episode run. A must-see for any self-respecting Marvel fan, the series captures the Avengers so perfectly it could even teach the MCU a thing or two. Here's seven things the MCU could learn from Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes.
1. Make the Wasp a proper Avenger sooner rather than later
The Wasp (aka former socialite-turned-shrinking superhero Janet van Dyne) is the stand-out character in Avengers: EMH. Quick-thinking, courageous, warm-hearted, and very funny, she's actually an improvement over her comics counterpart, who always had a slightly vain side. She's also an exceptional female role model and a vital presence in the male-heavy team.
Currently, it looks like the MCU version of the Wasp (Evangeline Lily's Hope van Dyne) won't be joining the Avengers until after Ant-Man sequel Ant-Man and The Wasp, but frankly, that's too long to wait, especially now that Ant-Man is a de facto part of the team after the events of Captain America: Civil War. Would it kill Marvel to have The Wasp join the Avengers in the opening scenes of the next Avengers movie? It would not. Plus, it's not as if the current MCU team couldn't use another female member.
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2. Let Hawkeye develop more of a sense of humour
Come to that, let Hawkeye develop more of a personality generally, and maybe let him actually be called Hawkeye, as opposed to just “Clint” or “Barton”. So far in the Avengers movies, Clint has been allowed the occasional funny line, but he's a long way from the constant wise-cracker (some might say smartarse) he is in the comics.
Avengers: EMH happily redresses that balance, allowing the archer to fire off quips as fast as he can shoot his arrows. Sample Hawkeye’s one-liner from season 1: “I'm not sure I want to be part of a team that requires me to save them every week”. And while we're on the subject, is Hawkeye's iconic purple costume really too much to ask for?
3. Give Hulk more lines
In terms of the way he looks and moves, the MCU version of the Hulk is undoubtedly the best big screen incarnation of the jade giant so far. So why have they only given him the bare minimum when it comes to dialogue? In Avengers: EMH, the Hulk has both an improved vocabulary and his own distinct sense of humour and the series is immeasurably better for it.
He even gets to dish out some of his comic-ordained nicknames for his fellow Avengers, such as calling Hawkeye “Cupid” or referring to Thor as “Long Hair”. Also, in keeping with the previous point, there's a bit in one episode where Hawkeye makes Hulk laugh so hard he reverts to Bruce Banner. #HulkLOLs, etc.
4. Introduce a super-villain team
The MCU definitely know what they're doing when it comes to solo villains. Loki and Ultron made terrific on-screen adversaries in the movies and both characters are equally well served in Avengers: EMH (the Ultron mini-arc is properly brilliant; Also, How Loki is portrayed in Avengers:EMH is much better than the MCU version, at least that the EMH version of Loki is a sorceror). However, concentrating on single supervillains tends to make the final battle look rather one-sided when it's eight superheroes against one bad guy. The simple solution? Bring on a super-villain team to match the Avengers.
There are plenty to choose from the comics, including the Masters of Evil , the Wrecking Crew , and the Serpent Society - all of which are packed with colourful characters like Enchantress, Crimson Dynamo, Thunderball, and Cottonmouth. And let's face it, watching the Avengers take down villains with equal superpowers (even if they are all snake-based) is a lot more fun than watching them fight generic aliens or robots.
So far, MCU characters such as Nick Fury and Maria Hill have made brief appearances on SHIELD, but the movies don't seem in any hurry to return the favour. It would be nice to have at least some acknowledgement from the MCU that it is indeed all one big happy Marvel Universe, even if it's just a news story about Matt Murdock in the background of Avengers: Infinity War. Point of interest: Daredevil's actually one of the few big-name Marvel heroes not to have appeared in Avengers: EMH.
6. Bring on Kang the Conqueror
Blue-faced time-travelling warlord Kang the Conqueror is up there with Ultron as one of the all-time greatest Avengers villains in the comics. Avengers: EMH does the character justice in a terrific three-parter that begins when Kang arrives from the 41st century (in his time-travelling chair, no less) to destroy Captain America because his presence in the timeline will lead to an apocalypse.
Details for the next two Avengers movies are still being kept tightly under wraps, but I'd be willing to bet some version of Kang will either feature heavily or be strongly hinted at in whatever they end up calling Avengers 4. It's a shame Alan Rickman won't be able to reprise his role though – he would have been perfect casting.
The heroes vs heroes fight at the airport was the undisputed highlight of Captain America: Civil War and pretty much a high point for the MCU in general. One easy way to see Avengers fighting Avengers again without it being repetitive would be to introduce the long-running Secret Invasion storyline, which saw half the heroes replaced by shape-shifting alien Skrulls.
In the comics this plot was an eight-month crossover event, while the cartoon had Cap being replaced by a Skrull for several episodes before the invasion. Given the Skrulls' potential, it's somewhat surprising that they haven't yet appeared in the MCU, so let's hope they're being saved for Phase 4 or 5, ideally with a handful of great teases taking place in post-credits stings beforehand.
Cited Source: http://www.gamesradar.com/7-things-the-mcu-could-learn-from-avengers-earths-mightiest-heroes/ | {
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Matt was 34 when he met Asya, 25. He was from Staten Island; she from Boston. The couple was married in March 2008 and reside in Brookline, Massachusetts.
What was your impression on the phone?
M: It was a really engaging conversation. It was scintillating. Sometimes you talk to people and there’s just not a lot to talk about and that didn’t seem to be the case.
What did you do on your first date?
A: We went to a lousy Chinese Restaurant.
Did you know right away that this was your match? Or did the relationship grow to the point that you realized this was the right person?
M: It was a very casual date. I was intrigued at first sight, not love at first sight
Sometimes we think you know exactly what you want but when you find the right person you realize that this person is actually different than what you thought you wanted. How does your spouse compare to the image of the person that you thought you’d marry?
A: He was exactly what I wanted.
M: Its interesting, we tend to think about our bashert in really specific details about what we are looking for. I would say that Asya ticks a lot of the right boxes. But if you had asked me a year ago what does your bashert look like and who is she and all those things that make someone not just a set of specifications but actually human, I don’t think that I would ever have come up with the picture of Asya.
How long did you date before becoming engaged?
M: First date to engagement was about 3 months
Tell me about the proposal?
A: Moshe took me to the beach that we went to early on in dating and it was a magical day.
M: Of course the beach in the winter is totally deserted and I can say it was an amazing moment.
Aside from SawYouAtSinai, what other ways did you employ to meet people? (How did you go about dating? Use site, use other sites? Blind dates?)
A: I used other sites and friends recommendations
M: I used other sites and friends, and I would try to meet people at shul and other places. I even met someone on an airplane who I was serious with for awhile.
How long would you say that you were seriously looking for someone?
A: about 3 years
M: It’s been awhile
What were the biggest challenges that you feel that you went through while dating?
M: My travel schedule was pretty hectic. I spend almost half the month overseas. We’d go on a great date and then I’d be gone to Australia. It sorta breaks the momentum of things but it also forced us to be more thoughtful about things.
What did you find most helpful about the matchmaker?
M: It takes the meat market almost out of the equation. I think it’s really easy for people to become really jaded from looking through profiles.
How involved with your relationship was the matchmaker who set you two up?
M: For me it was a good casual relationship. Some people pour out their souls to their shadchans, but I felt like she had a good sense of who I was. Shifra was sending me people who I felt fit me, and I trusted her. She had a good sense of what I was looking for. She was also very effective at coaxing a bit. She was able to give me feedback from the girls
A: I really appreciated her technique. I worked with other matchmakers on the site, and Shifra was the one who would email me and ask me how things were going.
Did the matchmaker keep to your preferences or did he/she encourage you to meet people who fell outside your initial dating guidelines? What advice would you give to others about this?
A: I was too open minded at first, but I would tell people to try to meet as many people as possible.
Did you have any hesitation about using an online dating site? About using a matchmaker? What convinced you to try it? What surprised you the most about the site and the matchmakers?
A: by the time I got to SYAS I had been on other sites. My younger sister was on SYAS and she convinced me to try it.
What would you say to encourage others to try online dating, specifically SawYouAtSinai?
M: Someone recently made a comment to me that ‘gee its such an unromantic way of meeting someone’ and my response was that it was just the opposite and I think people should realize this. Leaving things to chance is possible, but for me what’s more romantic is making your own fate. I know I can always tell my kids that.
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The first McDonald's restaurant in a former Soviet republic of Central Asia is due to open in Kazakhstan on March 8.
Qairat Boranbaev, the businessman who obtained the franchise rights to operate a McDonald's restaurant in downtown Astana, announced the planned opening during a February 25 press conference in Moscow.
Boranbaev said his restaurant branch would seat a maximum of 206 people and provide more than 200 jobs.
Boranbaev, whose daughter is married to President Nursultan Nazarbaev's grandson, said $3.5 million was invested in the construction of the restaurant building in Astana.
Aleksandr Filippenko, Boranbaev's managing director, said Boranbaev plans to open 15 McDonald's in Kazakhstan by 2019.
He said the plans call for another branch of the restaurant to be opened by July 1 in Almaty, Kazakhstan's largest city. | {
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Month: September 2008
The question du jour. It always makes me pause, a brief moment to remember to smile and I find myself mumbling “auch yes, it’s lovely to be near family again’. I yearn for home, that place of safety and belonging, I just don’t know where I put it. Like the car keys, I know it should be around here somewhere. We exist at the moment on our own little patch of no-man’s land, neither here nor there, with the strangest feeling of being exiles and a strong sense of deja vu.
We end as we began with the bewildering task of settling in this land. It’s somehow harder this time round because I feel I ought to know my way; like remembering a familiar tune but completely forgetting the words. I feel wrong-footed, dislocated and confused. It’s not just that we’ve changed or we can’t find our way round Tescos but that everyone else has moved on too. We have not shared their joys and sorrows these last two years, nor they ours. Nothing that time and a few bottles of wine can’t fix but there is a yearning to be known and a grieving for those we have loved and left in Vancouver. Here as there I must begin again the slow dance of friendship and let the landscape get under my fingernails.
I’m struck at the symmetry of going and coming back – one a mirror image of the other. Houses emptied and filled, filled and emptied; the heartache of goodbyes with dear ones and the awkwardness of hellos; letting go and desperately clinging on. I see myself in that mirror and watch as my younger self deals with that first transition to Vancouver. How little compassion she has for herself and how very afraid she is – that she will not cope, that there will be no place for her.
It is so much harder than she thought it would be, a much anticipated pleasure cruise turns out to be white water rafting. She shakes her fist, kicks the stones and rages and rages at the heavenlies. Hope lost and found and lost again. Three wise women arrive: to midwife the birth of deep truths, to lift her to the one who heals, to love her well. With them the gifts of wisdom, strength and friendship and the knowledge that I am not who I was. Then peace, laughter and those longed for green shoots finally break through the barren ground.
The end of one adventure and another begins. Still a little afraid of what these changes mean to my new-old life here but breathing a little deeper, trusting a little more. I cling to the parting words of one of my wise women: ‘All that has been given to you, it will not be taken away’.
Oh, my Aslan, you are not safe but you are very, very good.
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The Turkey Lodge
The Turkey Lodge
The Turkey Lodge, sleeps 12-15, has 3 bedrooms, with room for additional bunk beds, and possibly other sleeping accommodations. 1 bedroom has two double beds, the 2nd bedroom has a single double bed, and the bunk room has three beds, with room for more. It also has two bathrooms, and 2 showers, plus a bath tub. It has a huge combination kitchen, dining, living room, as well.
It has direct access to Little Pine Creek, only a couple of hundred feet away, which is a stocked trout stream. You can launch your kayak or canoe in the spring and early summer for an exciting 4 mile run through the steep walled canyon to Waterville, 4 miles away. It is located about 500 yds. below the dam of the Little Pine Creek State Park, in a grove of huge old white pine trees. a lovely, and quite private setting. One of the areas Most productive Catch and Release fly fishing sections is only 5 minutes away, and Slate Run with the finest trout fishing east of the Rocky Mountains is only 20 minutes.
The Pine Creek Trail, one of the world's 10 best biking and hiking trails, according to USA Today, is only 4 miles away, with shuttle service generally available.
For bird lovers and those who really love nature, the hummingbird feeders provide constant entertainment and an active eagle's nest only 2 miles away provides unique viewing and photo opportunities.
There is a "Bunk House" only a few steps away, which sleeps two. Perfect for a family with children, or in need of extra sleeping accommodations. Only $20 per night.
Hummer Feeders
Hummer Sanctuary Entrance
Humming Bird Sanctuary (Under Const)
Features
Hi-Speed Internet
Satellite TV
Local Phone Service
Complete basic kitchen facilities
Gas Grill
2019 Rates
Weekly $850
Daily Rates
Weekend (Fri-Sat) $175
Weekdays $145
2 Night Minimum
Bunk House available at $20/day
General Information
Check in 4:00 PM (call to make check-in time changes)
Check out 12:00 AM
No smoking in cabin
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EB Festival Dresden: Mount Kimbie added to line-up!
The wait is over. We're excited to reveal that the third act to be announced for Electronic Beats Festival Dresden is Mount Kimbie. Full details inside.
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The wait is over. We’re excited to reveal that the third act to be announced for Electronic Beats Festival Dresden is Mount Kimbie.
We were so blown away by their performance at EB Festival Podgorica that it was obvious we had to invite them back for another round. The London duo join baroque pop maestro and general renaissance man Woodkid, German post-punk torchbearers, Sizarr and local star Albrecht Wassersleben for the festival which takes place on November 10th at Dresden’s Alter Schlachthof.
There’s no doubt that Kai Campos and Dom Maker are having a moment right now. Where once it seemed they would be permanently scarred with the post-dubstep tag, their Warp-released second album Cold Spring Fault Less Youth marked a shift in confidence. Their songwriting chops—once subsumed by texture and mood—were given room to breathe and the precise, delicate structures of Crooks and Lovers have been ousted by plunging, assertive sonics. As anyone who saw them in Podgorica will attest, they’re a vital proposition live. If you weren’t there, you can watch highlights from their performance below and read a report from the night here. You can also watch a Slices feature with Dresden-based label Uncanny Valley, a label Albrecht Wassersleben is closely associated with. | {
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Low Impact HIIT CARDIO + LEGS Workout // No Jumping + No Equipment
Running doesn’t have to be your thing if you hate it — and a lot of people have valid reasons for hating it. Not only is running a challenging cardiovascular workout, but it also can feel tough on joints and muscles.
I get so many requests for a low impact cardio workout or warm up from those who live in apartments or who might have weak knees and cant do any jumping. Not to mention, it is starting to get colder outside-who wants to do their cardio out in the cold? Not me!
I have put together a 10 minute low impact workout for you to do as your cardio warm up-or your main workout-that requires no equipment and can be done anywhere, anytime.
Workout Instructions: Complete the following moves for 30 seconds straight. Rest for 15 seconds before moving onto the next exercise. Repeat entire workout for 4 rounds.
MARCHING: Stand straight and start marching in place, swinging your arms in a running motion, keeping knees up high. When you raise your right knee, simultaneously raise your left arm.
KNEE DRIVE: Stand straight and place both hands out in front of your body, touching together. Drive your hands into the right knee as it lifts upward. Return to start and drive into the left knee.
SQUAT PUNCH: Squat down and punch 4 times, twice per hand, alternating the punches. Come back up, squat back down and repeat.
NO JUMP JACKS: Stand tall with hands out to the sides. Move your left leg out and swing your arms up in a jumping jack position. Move your left leg back in line with your body and repeat on the right side, alternating legs as you swing your arms upward.
SQUAT TWIST: Squat downward with hands in front of you touching. As you come up, twist your body to the leg as your swing your arms outward. Keep feet and legs straight as you do this move. Squat back up and repeat on the opposite side, alternating.
SQUAT PULL: Squat downward with hands out in front of your body. As you rise, kick the left leg out and back behind your body as you pull your arms back into a row. Come back down into a squat and repeat on the right side as you rise back up. | {
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NFL Barometer: 2008 NFL Barometer-Week 15
Kellen Winslow - After racking up 10 catches for 111 yards with two touchdowns last week, Winslow has officially returned as an elite fantasy option. Durability will always be an issue, but Winslow is currently the healthiest he's been all season, and the quarterback switch should be a big boost to his value. Brady Quinn looked capable, but he rarely attempted passes downfield, instead electing for check downs and shorter routes. Winslow is going to be targeted an awful lot with that type of game plan.
Kevin Smith - Smith had the best game of his short career last week, totaling 123 yards with a score. His 4.3 YPC mark isn't overly impressive, but when you consider the teammates around him, the number actually suggests he's been running well, and he's also an asset in the passing game. The biggest news last week was how the workload was distributed, as Smith saw 23 carries while Rudi Johnson received just two. That type of ratio should be the norm moving forward, as Detroit has no reason not to give the younger (and more productive) back most of the touches. Unlike other rookie backs, Smith hasn't been used heavily this season, so he should be fresh down the stretch.
Mark Bradley - Considered a bust after the Bears selected him with the seventh pick in the second round of the 2005 draft, Bradley has become a major part of Kansas City's offense over the past three games; in fact, he was targeted an incredible 14 times last week against the Chargers. Health remains a concern with Bradley, but he's flourishing in his new surroundings, and he's always had the talent to succeed. Tyler Thigpen has solidified the quarterback position, so Bradley needs to be owned in all fantasy leagues.
Benjarvus Green-Ellis - Green-Ellis recorded his first career 100-yard rushing day last week, and he's also scored in four straight contests. He's earning more and more playing time, and the Patriots' playcalling is skewed far less to the pass than in year's past. Still, he's not much of an option as a receiver, and LaMont Jordan (calf) and Sammy Morris (knee) will eventually return, cutting into his playing time. Still, until that actually happens, Green-Ellis has value.
Marques Colston - Colston returned to the starting lineup last week, resulting in seven receptions and 140 yards. The bye week allowed him to fully heal from the thumb injury, and he's now 100 percent for the first time this season. Drew Brees has attempted 20 more passes than any other quarterback in the league, so there will be plenty of opportunities through the air. Remember, Colston scored nine touchdowns over the final 10 games last season, so there's a ton of potential here.
Tyler Thigpen - Over the last three games, Thigpen has a 64.7 completion percentage with a 6:0 TD:INT ratio. He's also shown excellent mobility and decision-making, so the Chiefs very well may have a franchise quarterback in their hands. Drafted in the seventh round out of Coastal Carolina in 2007, Thigpen may be seeing his first significant playing time this year, but he's not a rookie, and the light has clearly gone on. With Tony Gonzalez, Dwayne Bowe and the emerging Mark Bradley at his disposal, Thigpen has plenty of weapons to work with, and the team will rely heavily on his arm since the ground game is longer what it once was. Expect another big game from Thigpen at home against the Saints this week.
Larry Johnson - Johnson will return to Kansas City's lineup Sunday after serving a league-imposed one-game suspension. While his legal troubles may not be over, for now, he could see significant action, as both Kolby Smith (knee) and Jamaal Charles (ankle) are injured, leaving only unknown Dantrell Savage competing for touches. Johnson is no longer an option in the passing game, but he wasn't playing poorly before missing time, getting 4.5 YPC. His legs should be fresh after having not played since Week 5, and with the Chiefs' offense suddenly greatly improved, Johnson could be a major factor from here on out.
Matt Hasselbeck - Seahawks coach Mike Holmgren is "cautiously optimistic" that Hasselbeck (back) will be able to practice this week and play Sunday against Arizona. He hasn't played since Week 5, so expect some rust early, but hopefully the extended time off allowed him to return at full strength, as he was struggling mightily while playing through various injuries. The Seahawks should also get Deion Branch (heel) back in the lineup, so he'll have added weapons as well.
Peyton Hillis - With the Denver backfield ravaged by injuries, Hillis may become the team's feature back by default. Still, he's more of a fullback than tailback, and the Broncos will surely bring in some other runners to help with the workload. Hillis is the current favorite to lead the team in carries week-to-week, but that still may only result in 10-15 touches, as Denver will be pass-heavy.
Fallers
Braylon Edwards - Edwards' stock hit rock bottom last week, as he recorded just one catch for 15 yards against a highly suspect Denver defense. He's been one of the biggest busts this season, as he's topped 90 receiving yards just one time and has five games with 32 yards or fewer. Edwards is on pace to finish the year with 48 receptions, 839 yards and five touchdowns. To make matters worse, Cleveland's quarterback switch from Derek Anderson to Brady Quinn appears to be a major detriment to his value, as Edwards' main strength is downfield, whereas Quinn concentrates on underneath routes.
Ryan Torain - After receiving plenty of hype despite being a fifth-round draft pick and yet to see the field in 2008, Torain justified the praise by running for 68 yards (5.7 YPC) and a score in a little more than one quarter's worth of action. Unfortunately, a torn ACL followed, so his season is over. Torain has been extremely injury-prone dating back to his college days at Arizona State, so Denver can in no way rely on him as anything more than a backup next season, especially since he'll be coming off major knee surgery as well.
Jeremy Shockey - Despite Drew Brees throwing for 422 yards, Shockey had just two catches for 16 yards last week while also getting into shouting matches with his quarterback on the sidelines. Playing for one of the most potent offenses in football, Shockey has yet to score this season, and his current 9.3 yards-per-catch mark ranks as the worst of his career. Moreover, he's currently listed as "day-to-day" with right ankle soreness and swelling. He simply can't be counted on at this point.
Jonathan Stewart - Dealing with a painful heel injury, Stewart gained just 21 yards on seven carries against the Raiders last week. He's gotten just 3.7 YPC while offering next to nothing in the passing game this year. Of Stewart's 103 carries this season, 22 of them have gone for no gain or negative yardage. Meanwhile, DeAngelo Williams has ran for 248 yards with two scores over the last two games, as he's clearly earned the majority of touches in Carolina's backfield. Especially since he was still recovering from toe surgery before the season began, Stewart's struggles can somewhat be justified, and he shouldn't be written off in dynasty leagues. However, there's no doubt his rookie season has been a major disappointment that doesn't appear to be getting better anytime soon.
Willie Parker - Just when Parker retuned from a knee injury, he suffers a shoulder subluxation, forcing him to miss last week's game. Rumors of a torn labrum have been denied, and coach Mike Tomlin expects Parker to practice Wednesday and has listed him as "day-to-day." The running back is expected to be fitted with a shoulder harness for Week 11, and he's expected to play, but there's no telling just how much the injury will affect his performance. It's clear the heavy workload early this season has taken a toll on Parker's body, and Mewelde Moore figures to remain a big part of the Steelers' offense moving forward.
Marvin Harrison - Harrison had just three catches for 37 yards last week, including a couple of huge drops as well. Afterward, members of Pittsburgh's secondary spoke of how the team game planned around stopping Reggie Wayne, as Harrison's eroding skills struck little fear in them. Over the last four contests, he's averaging a paltry 27.5 receiving yards per game with no touchdowns. At age 36, it's safe to say the end of Harrison's career is fast approaching, and he's become virtually worthless in fantasy leagues.
Santonio Holmes - After getting a highly impressive 11.1 YPA last season, Holmes looked prime for a true breakout campaign in 2008. Instead, he's on pace to finish the season with just 52 catches, 745 yards and four touchdowns. Holmes still possesses elite skills and tremendous upside, but he's simply targeted too infrequently to put up big numbers. There have been 20 quarterbacks who have attempted more passes than Ben Roethlisberger this season, and the signal caller's shoulder injury could prevent him from looking toward Holmes deep downfield as much as he'd like as well. Holmes has been targeted in the red zone just five times this year, so he's dependent on the big play.
Chris Chambers - After being held without a catch against the Chiefs last week, even Chambers admits his ankle injury continues to hamper him, and he expects that to be the case in future weeks as well. He has long-term upside because Philip Rivers has suddenly turned into an MVP candidate this year, but since the ankle will clearly bother him for some time, Vincent Jackson and Antonio Gates are the first two options in San Diego's passing attack, making Chambers irrelevant until he returns to full strength. | {
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SAN FRANCISCO, May 20, 2014-- Genstar Capital Management, LLC, a leading middle market private equity firm that focuses on investments in targeted segments of the software, financial services, healthcare, and industrial technology industries, today announced that Gretchen L. Robinson has joined the firm in a newly created role as Vice President of Investor Relations.
Ms. Robinson joins Genstar from independent global asset manager Capital Dynamics, Inc., where she joined in 2008 and most recently served as a Vice President in Investment Management. While at Capital Dynamics, she was responsible for over $500 million of commitments and relationships with 35+ leading private equity and venture capital managers, and fundraised for the firm's most recent buyout fund and venture capital fund of funds. Earlier, Ms. Robinson was an analyst at Wells Fargo in Debt Capital Markets. She received her B.S. degree from Vanderbilt University.
Anthony J. Salewski, a Principal at Genstar, said, "We are delighted that Gretchen has joined Genstar as an important member of our team. Her investment experience combined with her extensive relationships with leading global investors will be extremely valuable as we continue to deepen relationships with existing investors and develop new partnerships."
Jean-Pierre L. Conte, Chairman and Managing Director of Genstar, said, "We have an outstanding group of investment and operating professionals applying our focused strategy and as we continue to grow the firm we want to make sure we have a similar expertise focused on serving our strong investor base. We have known Gretchen as a Genstar investor and she will now help us to further maintain our strong relations and full transparency with our investors. We look forward to working with her."
Commenting on her new position, Ms. Robinson, said, "As a Genstar limited partner, I have gotten to know the Genstar team very well and have been impressed by the firm's ability to build companies and create value for investors. I look forward to being part of Genstar and helping to further enhance the firm's investor outreach."
About Genstar Capital, LLC
Genstar Capital (www.gencap.com) is a leading private equity firm that has been actively investing in high quality companies for more than 20 years. Based in San Francisco, Genstar works in partnership with its management teams and its network of operating executives and strategic advisors to transform its portfolio companies into industry-leading businesses. Genstar has more than $3 billion of committed capital under management and targets investments focused on selected sectors within the financial services, software, healthcare, and industrial technology industries. | {
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PRN: J.D. Power and Associates and What Car? Report: Frequency of Service Visits Rises as UK Aftermarket/Independent Service Centres Gain Market Share from Authorised Dealer Service Centres
J.D. Power and Associates and What Car? Report: Frequency of Service Visits Rises as UK Aftermarket/Independent Service Centres Gain Market Share from Authorised Dealer Service Centres
[30-May-2012]
- Jaguar Ranks Highest in Vehicle Owner Satisfaction in the United Kingdom, Led by the Jaguar XF
LONDON, May 30, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Despite a decline in annual new-vehicle sales, the average number of times vehicle owners visit authorised dealer service centres or aftermarket/independent service centres has increased to 3.1 this year, compared with 2.4 visits during the past two years, according to the J.D. Power and Associates/What Car? 2012 UK Vehicle Ownership Satisfaction Study(SM) (VOSS) released today.
The study finds that aftermarket/independent service centres have increased their share of average total vehicle service events to 39 percent in 2012, up 6 percentage points from 2011. Authorised dealer service centres' share of average total vehicle service events has decreased to 61 percent in 2012, down from 67 percent in 2011.
"Aftermarket/independent service centres are gaining market share from authorised service centres, as they have ramped up their efforts to expand or improve services and have added facilities," said Marcus Behrendt, head of European operations for J.D. Power and Associates. "Other improvements possibly contributing to their growth rate are a focus on retail maintenance advertising and creating more customer-centric services, such as extended weekend hours and vehicle collection and delivery services."
The study also finds that the average annual amount spent on service events has increased to 160 pounds in 2012�a 24 pound increase compared with 2011�at authorised dealer service centres and 130 pounds (18 pound increase) at aftermarket/independent service centres. While this increased spending has resulted in owners being notably less satisfied with the cost of having their vehicle serviced or repaired, compared with prior years, owners who visit only authorised dealer service centres are more satisfied with the cost of their service (7.0 on a 10-point scale) than those who only visit aftermarket/independent service centres (6.6).
Service Satisfaction and Loyalty
Achieving service retention and loyalty is a key factor in improving the likelihood to repurchase the same brand of vehicle next time. The study finds the top five most impactful drivers of service retention are (in order of importance and the current level of occurrence):
All of the work completed right the first time (accomplished 93 percent of the time)
Immediately able to speak to service adviser (33%)
Vehicle ready when originally promised (85%)
Service adviser completely focused on you and your needs (81%)
The vehicle was returned cleaner than when brought in (59%)
"When these expectations are not met, they negatively impact owners' service satisfaction, as well as the likelihood to repurchase the same brand of vehicle next time," said Behrendt. "Currently, the ability to speak directly to a service adviser is the second-most-important driver, but occurs the least often. This is clearly an area where service centres can enhance vehicle owners' experience and directly impact their level of satisfaction."
The study is based on owner evaluations of their vehicle and dealer across 67 attributes grouped in four measures of satisfaction. In order of importance, they are: vehicle appeal, which includes performance, design, comfort and features; ownership costs, including fuel consumption, insurance and costs of service/repair; vehicle quality and reliability; and dealer service satisfaction.
Overall satisfaction among vehicle owners in the UK averages 770 (on a 1,000-point scale) in 2012. On average, owners express the highest overall satisfaction with quality and reliability (852), while ownership costs has the lowest score (696).
2012 UK VOSS Ranking Highlights
Jaguar (828) ranks highest in vehicle owner satisfaction among manufacturers and performs particularly well in the service satisfaction, vehicle appeal, and vehicle quality and reliability measures. Following Jaguar in the rankings are Lexus and Skoda (each with a score of 801). Rounding out the top five rank positions are Honda (797) and Mercedes-Benz (794).
At the segment level, Jaguar receives one award for the XF model (executive luxury car). The Kia Sportage (compact SUV) achieves the highest score in the study (838).
At the segment level, Toyota and Volkswagen each have four models ranking in the top three in their respective segments, while Mercedes-Benz and Skoda each have three models ranking in the top three.
The 2012 UK Vehicle Ownership Satisfaction Study is based on 17,686 online evaluations by vehicle owners in the UK after an average of two years of ownership. The study was fielded from January to February 2012.
This annual J.D. Power and Associates study provides consumers with reliable and accurate information about many vehicle models, and helps manufacturers provide high levels of satisfaction to their customers. Additional study results are published exclusively in WHAT CAR?, which will be on sale Thursday, May 31, 2012.
VOSS Manufacturer Index Ranking
(Based on a 1,000-point scale)
Jaguar
828
Lexus Â
801
Skoda
801
Honda
797
Mercedes-Benz
794
Toyota
793
Audi
786
Volkswagen
781
Volvo       Â
779
BMW
778
Nissan
778
Land Rover
774
Study Average
770
Kia     Â
769
Seat
769
MINI
768
Ford
765
Mazda
763
Peugeot
763
Alfa Romeo
762
Citroen
760
Hyundai
760
Mitsubishi
757
Renault
756
Suzuki
753
Fiat
748
Vauxhall
747
Chevrolet
713
Included in the study, but not ranked due to small sample size are: Chrysler, Dodge, Daihatsu, Jeep, Porsche, smart and Subaru.
About J.D. Power and Associates
Headquartered in Westlake Village, Calif., J.D. Power and Associates is a global marketing information services company providing forecasting, performance improvement, social media and customer satisfaction insights and solutions. The company's quality and satisfaction measurements are based on responses from millions of consumers annually. For more information on car reviews and ratings, car insurance, health insurance, cell phone ratings, and more, please visit JDPower.com. J.D. Power and Associates is a business unit of The McGraw-Hill Companies.
About The McGraw-Hill Companies
McGraw-Hill announced on September 12, 2011, its intention to separate into two public companies: McGraw-Hill Financial, a leading provider of content and analytics to global financial markets, and McGraw-Hill Education, a leading education company focused on digital learning and education services worldwide. McGraw-Hill Financial's leading brands include Standard & Poor's Ratings Services, S&P Capital IQ, S&P Indices, Platts energy information services and J.D. Power and Associates. With sales of $6.2 billion in 2011, the Corporation has approximately 23,000 employees across more than 280 offices in 40 countries. Additional information is available at http://www.mcgraw-hill.com/.
AboutWhat Car?
Over one million consumers consult What Car? every month. The What Car? stable also includes the award-winning website whatcar.com, What Car? New Car Guide, What Car? Price Guide, What Car? TV, What Car? Mobile and What Car? Video�available online or as a video podcast. What Car? is part of the Haymarket Media Group, the United Kingdom's largest independently owned publishing company with a portfolio of over 150 titles, ranging from specialist consumer magazines to business titles and customer publications, published via wholly owned subsidiaries, joint ventures and under license worldwide. www.whatcar.com
No advertising or other promotional use can be made of the information in this release without the express prior written consent of J.D. Power and Associates. J.D. Power and Associates press releases and media information can also be accessed at www.jdpower.com/corporate | {
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Applying as a Homeschool Student
Marlboro College is the perfect place for self-directed learners that work best in an intimate educational setting, so it’s no wonder that approximately 10 percent of each incoming class comes from a homeschool background. Just like Marlboro students, homeschool students understand the power of letting one’s deepest interests govern one’s studies. For example, meet recent Marlboro graduate Pearse Pinch and learn how his homeschool background prepared him for study at Marlboro.
Applying to college as a homeschool student can be confusing. We are here to help you every step along the way. In addition to the usual application guidelines, here are some helpful tips when applying to Marlboro as a homeschool student:
Transcripts and academic evaluations - If you have been issued transcripts by a homeschooling agency or cooperative, please include them with your application. You should include what text, online and community resources you have used to approach your studies, including how much time you have allocated to each subject area. If grades are not available, narrative evaluations are encouraged.
Letters of recommendation - Marlboro College requires two letters of recommendation. If possible, one should be from the homeschool evaluator, speaking to your academic and personal qualifications. The other letter can be from someone that knows you in a context outside of academics (e.g. employer, coach, minister, volunteer supervisor).
Writing sample - Marlboro requires all applicants to submit an analytical writing sample. The writing sample should demonstrate your ability to develop and support an argument on a topic of interest. Writing samples can be uploaded to the Marlboro Supplement at the Common Application site or sent in the mail. While we have no length requirement, writing samples are typically 3-5 pages in length.
Interviews - Admissions interviews are required for all applicants. This will give you the opportunity to discuss your academic background and share your intellectual passions with us. If you cannot make it to campus, we are happy to conduct a phone or Skype interview. Contact our office at 1-800-343-0049 to set up an appointment.
Additional information - Marlboro welcomes any additional information you feel will help us understand how you have approached your studies. This could include reading lists, art portfolios, creative writing samples, music, or student-directed films.
Demonstrating High School Completion
Due to federal financial aid regulations, Marlboro College does require that homeschool students demonstrate high school completion. A homeschool student needs to provide one of the following upon completing their studies and before entering Marlboro:
High school diploma from a homeschool agency, online school, or state of residence.
Proof that you have completed high school through homeschooling in accordance with the laws of your state (e.g. a certificate of completion from your state or local school district, or a self-certification of completion of high school if you are from a state that does not issue credentials)
GED
Documentation of one of the above should be submitted by July 1 for fall enrollment, and January 1 for spring enrollment. | {
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What are Micro-Moments?
This year marks the first time Google searches from mobile devices finally outnumbered those from computers in over 10 countries (including UK and USA) . This trend has changed consumer behaviour forever. Customers don't "go" online anymore. They are online.
Setting aside long periods of time in front of a desktop computer to research, plan or buy online is becoming a thing of the past. Powerful smartphones and cheaper, faster mobile data plans enable us to search impulsively in the moment - wherever we may be and whenever the need arises. Ensuring your brand is present during these customer initiated moments of intent is key to future success.
Google is calling this trend "micro-moments" and has split them into 4 categories:
Want-to-know moments
65% of online consumers look up more information online now versus a few years ago.
Want-to-go moments
82% of smartphone users use a search engine when looking for a local business.
Want-to-do moments
More than 300 million hours of “how-to” content will be watched on YouTube in 2015.
Want-to-buy moments
82% of smartphone users consult their phones while in a store deciding what to buy.
Brands need to identify these diverse, individual moments of intent (of which there are many) and then ensure they can fulfil the needs of the customer during each of these moments. The traditional customer journey is no longer linear and will soon be a thing of the past.
This fractured path to purchase is more complex than ever before but dynamic brands will see this as an opportunity to create a customer experience that is timely, useful and relevant at every available touch point. On every channel. On every device.
Watch this short video from Google to find out more about Micro-Moments... | {
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The dangers of distracted driving
The dangers of distracted driving
Teens react to driving concerns
According to an article published by DriversEd.com, driving is a privilege and not a right. Driving has allowed people to travel longer distances more efficiently and in comfort. However traffic violators abuse their driving privilege, endangering motorists and pedestrians around them across the globe.
Distracting driving is problematic on the streets, putting people’s lives on the line. In 2015 alone 3,477 people died from distracted driving, according to nhtsa.gov. The Department of Motor Vehicles states that everyday nine people are killed and 1,000 people are injured in the United States alone. 88% of people on the road feel threatened when they see others on their phone as they drive, yet 67% continue to use their cell phones anyways.
Student at Fresno State and FC alumnus, Amrit Paul Singh Gill, ’17, is a three-year driving veteran and explains his thoughts about distracted driving.
“I do feel threatened,” Gill said. “When I see someone driving around me and see that they are on their phone or they are eating and driving, I start to drive cautiously around them yet I normally do use my phone when I’m driving to reply to texts, missed phone calls and to change my music. I know distracted driving is a really serious thing but once you’re in the vehicle it doesn’t seem like it is a big deal.
“I personally am trying to get better at not looking at my phone when driving what it is a really big temptation most of the time,” Gill continued. “I know I can turn off my phone and drive but I don’t want to do that because something serious might happen and I need to reply quickly. So I completely understand it’s a really big deal and all but I do think if you are on your phone for a quick second or just taking a quick bit then it should be fine. I do advise people to do this stuff on a red light so it’s safer then doing it while your vehicle is moving.”
Using a cellphone while driving can have serious consequences. The DMV states that in 2014 alone, 26% of the car accidents in the United States involved a cellphone. They state that texting while driving is especially dangerous as the action takes your eyes off the road and your hands off the steering wheel, therefore removing your focus from safe driving.
“Distracted driving has become a big issue with the advent of the smartphone,” Quesada said. “The ages I believe distracted driving effects the most is from 16 years old all the way up until your forties. With my kids, I will inform them of the laws and show them the visual consequences. In addition, I will provide them with the latest technology so that there will not be a need to handle a phone while driving.”
Drivers, especially teenagers who are just beginning to drive, should limit distractions while in their vehicles.
Besides using a phone, there are many other ways people might become distracted when they drive. Communicating with people in your vehicle, eating, drinking and trying to find a good song are all classified as distracted driving according to nhtsa.gov and can lead to crashes. If the driver is not 100% focused on driving and is doing other tasks that will lead them to look away from the road, it can cause a potential accident.
Angel Ruelas, ’20, is a non-driving student. Ruelas talks about the issue of distracting driving from a passenger’s view.
“I see it every time I’m on the road,” Ruelas said. “It’s so common that when I see it I just don’t even mind. You see people on their cell phone normally everyday you get on the road. As a passenger I can’t control the car so if someone that is texting and driving or doing whatever then I can’t do anything to prevent the crash. I do think if it’s really important then it’s okay, but only when your cars at a full stop or pull over to the side of the road.”
Geico.com offers some applicable tips to refrain from becoming a victim of distracted driving. Limiting the number of people in your vehicle and the level of activity can dramatically help the driver’s concentration. Distracted driving is a big issue in society today, so take the necessary precautions to stay safe on the road.
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“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts”,- Winston Churchill. Growing up in a low-income family, Harjot Singh lived without basic supplies and understands the value of money. Today Singh is planning to become a leading neurosurgeon or to become a professional basketball player. Having understood the pain of millions living without basic supplies he plans to do something about it. Contributing over 100 hours of community service from helping hand out food to the homeless to construct small buildings, Singh plans on doubling this by next June. For his goals, Singh’s gone to hospitals to understand the life being in the medical field and become comfortable with it. Also working harder than ever in basketball and weightlifting, pushing his body above and beyond its limits to become an unstoppable force on the court.
Tips for Writing a Column
Know your audience: The Feather Online is created by and for high school students. It is a forum for teens to express what is important to them and their community. Consider age, interest, focus and reason to engage with this age group when writing a column.
First paragraph: The opening two sentences should express a reason and theme for the column. Use active sentences, including a focus on word choice and grammar. The hook needs to draw a reader’s attention to the topic or issue.
Also please limit the use of “I” in the column and write statements rather than overusing personal pronouns.
Body: Analyze the topic, issue and/or conflict. While the author should give the reader a reason for the ‘other side’, build the column with support, providing stronger reasons for the issue as the column concludes. Do not just raise an issue but also provide a call to action.
Conclusion: The final paragraph should not just be a summary of the column but offer a solution to an issue and/or a call to action.
Tips for column writing:
1) Write about interesting topics or angles that draw a reader into the column.
2) Provide anecdotes and/or analogies which support a point, humanizing the story and/or issue.
3) Consider issues and conflicts students and adults share. Show how they affect the reader and results of the issue. Make opinion relatable. A good rule of thumb is offer three main discussion points that are supported with verifiable facts.
4) Research the facts about the issue and provide at least three links for readers to click on to confirm main points. Make sure facts are represented in the column. Links should be to recognized outside sources but often can/will be from The Feather Online.
5) Be clear as to who the expert is and name them in the column. Provide a link to them as well.
6) Do not plagiarize
7) Write with passion and conviction. No one wants to read a lukewarm piece. However, never attack a person, leader or school. Write about the issue not a personal rant. Sometimes understating can also be as powerful but be careful not to exaggerate or go overboard. Allow room for readers to respond.
8) Column length will vary but consider 300-500 words as appropriate.
9) Author should submit a personal photo so The Feather Online can further highlight him/her and personalize the published work.
10) Author should add a two-line caption of themselves stating their name, their high school and graduation year, current career or college they attend. | {
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“we believe that as rational autonomous beings we should have this choice”
Support for the legalisation of AD is based on simple principles: when we die we hope to do so peacefully, with dignity, free from distressing symptoms and ideally with friends and family close by. But if a combination of care strategies fail to relieve our distress we would want the option to achieve our aim with the indirect assistance of a doctor (AD). Our aspirations, , are broadly shared by more than 80% of the British public and we believe that as rational autonomous beings we should have this choice and that it is unjust for it to be denied.
Many just causes are implemented without public dissent but assisted dying (AD) is opposed by vociferous minority groups – some religious leaders, the British Medical Association (BMA), and a small section of the press which, holding privileged positions in society, wield disproportionate influence over the public perception of the rights and wrongs of AD. Consequently, successful campaigning for AD requires more than just explaining why it is the right strategy in a civilised society: It is equally important to critically examine the arguments presented by these opposition groups and to expose any shortcomings we find in their claims – if we don’t, they will win the debate by default.
Opposition groups present a common front against AD, notably “the slippery slope” argument but also the BMA refer to medical codes of practice to bolster their case and faith groups quote their religious beliefs. In these situations it is unfortunately easier to assume that there may be “no smoke without fire” than to look for the objective evidence on which their claims are based.
“Because of Oregon’s example more people are realising that the slippery slope is not standing up as an argument of any real value”
The “slippery slope” argument claims that the legalisation of AD in Oregon and elsewhere has led to the elderly, the infirm, the disabled and members of other vulnerable groups being subjected to involuntary euthanasia, that this trend will inevitably increase and that the same will happen in the UK. Against the background of frequent reports of the abuse and neglect of vulnerable groups in hospitals and care homes, it is worrying that this could be uncritically accepted by some members of the public. But the claim is facile: the Oregon Death with Dignity legislation “explicitly rejects active euthanasia” as do Lord Falconer’s proposals and the law in Oregon has never been extended from the criteria of a terminal illness.
Because of Oregon’s example more people are realising that the slippery slope is not standing up as an argument of any real value. This is why most disabled people are in fact supportive of legislation here.
It is also claimed that AD would lead to deterioration in the doctor/patient relationship and would adversely affect palliative care services. In reality, in each jurisdiction in which AD has been legalised the reverse has been the case.
“Most doctors either support AD or take a neutral stance”
Most doctors either support AD or take a neutral stance. Despite this the BMA, which claims that “We are the voice for doctors and medical students throughout the UK ”, maintains its opposition, stating: “The principle purpose of medicine is to improve patients’ quality of life (QOL) not to foreshorten it.” At first sight this is a succinct and catchy definition of good clinical practice but in fact adds nothing to the needs of the terminally ill: It is a truism. Of more concern is the implication that the practice of medicine is either good (improving the QOL) or bad (foreshortening it.) But in the real world many clinical decisions are not as clear cut as the BMA would have us believe. It may for example be impossible to perform a curative operation in a cancer patient but the patient isn’t abandoned.Instead an operation which only improves the QOL,e.g. by relieving distressing symptoms, is substituted which in some cases may carry a significant risk. Compromise and hard decisions are an integral part of good medicine.
The BMA are well aware that this is how good clinicians work and to accept it in principle but then to exclude patients whose symptoms are, by general agreement unresponsive to all conventional treatment is a resort to double standards simply to publicise their message. And to proclaim that improving the QOL is the principle purpose of medicine but at the same time oppose the only means of improving it in a selected small group of the terminally ill ( by legalising AD) is hypocritical.
In attempting to impose their idiosyncratic interpretation of the tenets of good clinical practice on the medical profession the BMA is effectively saying that for some patients the prolongation of life is paramount and that improving the QOL is of secondary importance. This is more in keeping with a religious, dogmatic interpretation of the sanctity of life than with recognising the need for a reasoned evidence- based debate on issues related to AD: Compassion and compromise sometimes requires that when there is conflict between striving to prolong life and to improve its quality, the latter should take precedence.
Some theologians argue that god created man in his own image and is uniquely entitled to terminate it. This is important to a deeply religious minority but irrelevant to the vast majority of the UK population. And it is a concern if in a civilised de facto secular society a small unrepresentative group is allowed to impose its will on the majority when an important issue such as AD is at stake.
“…the slippery slope argument lacks evidence and is illogical”
Briefly, from what I have read the arguments against AD are vacuous: the slippery slope argument lacks evidence and is illogical and the BMA s case may be based on double standards and duplicity. The faith-based case is, by definition, irrational and relevant only to the religious which is fine but others who do not share these beliefs should be able to make their own choices too.
Last year I attended a lecture at which a speaker opposed to AD likened doctors who support our cause to murderers: He, and others who disagree with us, refuse to accept that those doctors, purely out of compassion, reluctantly agree with the patient’s own choice that the only way they can hope for a peaceful painless death is by means of assisted dying. | {
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Tiny Homes Community is a real estate company with 1 employee(s). Gary Cross is the Developer. This company has been part of Connected Investors since 11/04/2016 - Tiny Homes Community has a presence in BRUNSWICK, GA. Connect with the employees and team members of Tiny Homes Community on Connected Investors.
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Bio: My name is Gary Cross. I am primarily a Multi-family investor based out of the Brunswick, GA area. I am looking to connect with Funding. Make sure to Friend me... More Like my Connected Investors profile. We are developing Tiny Home subdivisions in nearby to resort communities for owners and investors. We operate condominium type individual communities where we own and lease the home sites and we sell / market the best Tiny Home products in the industry.
We generate multiple income streams for our associate investors, purchasers of our products as well as various vendors.
Take a look at www.tinyhomescommunity.com Our projects produce limited period investments with long term returns. Minimum $25K required Less
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This is my second Giro Pneumo helmet. My first was a gift several years ago, and it quickly became my favorite of all I have tried -- mostly a matter of comfort -- fit and ventilation. I like the style as well, but that is not really too much a factor for me.
A couple of years ago, I crashed hard (got caught out after sundown when a ride took longer than planned) and hit an unseen pothole. I landed about 15 feet beyond the hole, striking the top of my head and then landing on my back. The top and rear of the helmet took a real hit, with the foam liner doing exactly what it was intended to do -- was out for at least a few moments, but suffered no ill effects.
I have used several other helmets since then, but finally broke down and purchased another Pneumo and could not be happier with it. I hope I do not soon crash test this one!
I read previous reviews that suggested it ran small, so ordered a large. My previous Bell helmet was a M/L. Had to send it back for a medium, which fits perfectly. I like the easily adjustable RocLoc. This is the most comfortable helmet I've owned. Ventilation seems very good. My wife says it looks nice. Hasn't made me a faster rider, though.
This is my 2nd Pneumo. I don't want to spend a whole lot on a helmet so the thing I like best about this is the quality for the price. I spent less than $100 thanks to a sale.I have a long narrow large head. I used a couple of extra pads in the temple areas. This fits fine. The straps seem a little awkward where they come together under the ears but I may not be fitting it right.Basically, when I ride, I forget about the helmet. Ridden in 25-115 degrees. Fits over skull caps and is cool enough on really hot rides.No wrecks (knock on wood), so I can't report on it's main purpose of protection. | {
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CAG ePortal
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Welcome to the CAG’s new ePortal – a web space dedicated to helping the membership keep up to date and fulfill their education / Maintenance of Certification requirements.
The ePortal is accessible through the link below and requires a login and password (the same login and password you use for the members page of the CAG web site). The ePortal is a new tool for you in addition to the educational opportunities, such as the annual CDDW meeting, already available to CAG members. The ePortal allows you to review specific topic areas, perform short self assessments, discuss topics with colleagues across Canada, generate ideas for personal learning projects, keep up to date with CAG events, and much more. As the ePortal matures we will continue to add learning material on a regular basis and based on your feedback.
Sign in and explore the ePortal. Have a look at some highly rated CDDW lectures from previous meetings. Test your knowledge before and after viewing educational material. Test yourself with the endoscopy quiz. Discuss some hot topics with experts and colleagues such as colon cancer screening with Dr. Des Leddin.
Perhaps most importantly, the ePortal will automatically track your personal educational activities and time spent on the website. You will be able to review and print your activity summary at anytime from anywhere. Ultimately we hope to link this information directly to the RCPSC and thus save your time and efforts in transcribing activities into your RCPSC account.
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It's a take: Children roll up for Roll Around the Block. Photo: James Boddington
A collaboration between the National Gallery of Victoria and Natalie Barnes and Kate Nelson, creators of parenting sites tiny & little and Meetoo, the event is part of the inaugural Melbourne Now Children's Festival, in turn part of the Melbourne Now exhibition, which more than 300,000 people - 10 to 25 per cent children - have so far attended. It's the biggest exhibition in the gallery's history.
The nine-day festival offers free activities for children and families, hosted by artists, designers and performers.
At the launch of Roll Around the Block on Sunday each child was asked to choose a block and take 24 images, anywhere in Melbourne.
The number paid homage to the original 24 frames on a roll of film and also ''to encourage children to consider and pause before taking each photograph,'' Ms Nelson said.
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''It's about getting out and about with the children, creating memories and exploring Melbourne and it gives the children an opportunity to be a part of Melbourne Now.''
And for the media-savvy parent there's a bonus: images uploaded to Instagram or Facebook with the hashtags #rollaroundtheblock and #melbournenow will be selected for inclusion in a rolling digital display at Community Hall, NGV International.
''We're looking for unique perspectives - they don't have to be perfectly focused. It's about the energy and the viewpoint of the child,'' Ms Nelson said.
Roll Around the Block will include just one more, two-hour workshop, at NGV International on Friday. It will invite children to transform their photographs into works of art such as paintings and sculptures.
NGV director Tony Ellwood said the festival was part of the gallery's vision to become an international leader in children's programming.
"We are pleased to announce, too, that this festival will become a permanent fixture in our summer calendar, offering children and families a new way of interacting with art and the wealth of creative practice that is on offer today,'' Mr Ellwood said. | {
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Crook County Facts
Crook County, founded in 1882, is situated in the geographical center of Oregon and is surrounded by Deschutes County on the west and south, Jefferson and Wheeler counties on the north, and Grant and Harney counties on the east. It is approximately three hours from Portland, Salem, Corvallis and Eugene. Bend, the largest city in central Oregon, is approximately 40 minutes away. Powell Butte, Post and Paulina are the other communities found within the sparsely settled regions of the county.
Livestock, forest products, recreation, agriculture, manufacturing and wholesale trade comprise the major industries found within the county. Covering approximately 2,991 square miles, Crook County is rich in forests, rangelands and irrigated agricultural fields. Nights are cool and daytime temperatures are moderate.
The county abounds with many streams, reservoirs, and the Ochoco Mountains. These resources provide for both winter and summer recreation. Rural environment is a predominant way of life for the residents living in Crook County. Approximately 48 percent of the county is in private ownership and the remainder in USFS and BLM ownership. Several federal and state agencies are headquartered locally and numerous other professionals conduct business in the area. Crook County is unique in that it has only one incorporated population center, the city of Prineville, founded in 1868.
Prineville, the County Seat of Crook County, is home to the present day OSU/Crook County Extension Service/Office.
The Crook County Extension Service was established in 1914. It is part of Oregon State University and provides life long learning opportunities in the areas of Agriculture, 4-H Youth Development, Families and Community Development, Forestry, Horticulture, Leadership Development and Marine/Fisheries. | {
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Merry Christmas all! Look what Santa brought us - 13" of white stuff! It snowed like crazy all morning and I spent a few hours in the afternoon doing post-storm cleanup. The good news is the snow stopped by mid-day and we were able to go get some Chinese food for dinner and then see Star Wars.
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Someday I'll finally be able to drive my Vette, but for now I'll just admire all the pieces...
To be honest, I've thought about evicting the Corvette from the Garage and simply parking it in the driveway under a tarp for the next week or so. It would free up a spot in the garage for my car. I don't mind getting parking outside when it's in the 20's or 30's, but when it's double digits below zero in the morning it makes for a really rough start to the commute.
Someday I'll finally be able to drive my Vette, but for now I'll just admire all the pieces...
Tell us about your Corvette: 1971 Coupe that's been in the family since new. Was "stored" in a shed in New England for22 years. Even though I have limited knowledge and experience, I'm doing a body off restoration. Standby for many questions! | {
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Latin beats to spice up Portuguese 'clásico'
This coming Sunday, all of Portugal will come to a standstill during the match between Benfica and Porto. However, the fixture will also be followed closely by many across the Atlantic, as there are no fewer than 32 Latin American players in the two squads – 16 apiece. Benfica boasts eight Brazilians, five Argentines, two Paraguayans and a Uruguayan on its books. Porto has three Argentines and Colombians and some 10 Brazilians. Most are regulars in the two sides.
There will be a whole lot at stake at the Estádio da Luz, with top spot on the line and Benfica looking to prove it is up to the task of challenging Porto's recent dominance. The legendary stadium will also witness a shootout between Óscar Cardozo and Jackson Martínez, the Portuguese top flight's two top scorers.
Cardozo currently leads the way with 12 league goals, one ahead of Martínez. The battle between the pair is reminiscent of the head-to-head between Cardozo and Falcao in the 2009-2010 season, when the Paraguayan bagged 26 goals to Falcao's 25 and captured the league title with Benfica.
Now Cardozo's big rival is Martínez, a powerful marksman whose excellent technique and guile belie his technique. Having joined Porto from Jaguares de Chiapas five months ago, his 16 goals in all competitions have made the likes of Falcao and Hulk – who moved to Zenit at the beginning of the season – a distant memory.
Other highly rated players in the shop window during the match will be Paraguay's Lorenzo Melgarejo and Spanish-Brazilian forward Rodrigo Moreno. Porto's big star, Colombia's James Rodríguez, will miss the game through injury. | {
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About Merge Healthcare
Merge Healthcare wants your imaging department to share the health. The company develops image and information exchange management software, mainly for cardiology, ophthalmology, orthopedics, radiology, and clinical trials. Its products are available as traditional packaged software or hosted in the cloud. Its Merge iConnect suite lets users create – more...information exchanges that enable sharing of diagnostic images and results within a facility and with other entities. The company also serves the business side of health care, offering software to manage revenue cycle, physician practices, imaging centers, and billing departments. It makes more than 90% of sales in the US.
Recurring revenue makes up 60% of Merge's business, with maintenance, which is usually on an annual renewal basis, being its primary component. The majority of non-recurring revenue comes from perpetual software licenses, license upgrades and renewals, hardware, and professional services. Professional services (nearly 20% of revenue) entail the company's clinical trial software-as-a-service offerings, installation, custom engineering, training, consulting, and project management. Besides health care facilities and similar providers, Merge also sells software to original equipment manufacturers.
The jump in sales for both 2010 and 2011 came largely from new products gained through acquisitions, but costs related to integrating those acquisitions and related restructuring had a big hand in keeping Merge from turning a profit in either year. In 2012 the company announced it was reviewing strategic alternatives, including a possible sale or merger.
Merge expects government incentives for health care providers significantly using electronic health records will help drive demand for its products. It also sees a significant opportunity for cross-selling, as few of its customers use more than one of its offerings; no customer, in fact, accounts for more than 5% of sales. The company pursues acquisitions as a way to expand its product offerings, enhance the capabilities of its systems, and build its portfolio of technology and supplement its own R&D.
Board member Michael Ferro, Jr., chairman and CEO of Chicago-based venture capital firm Merrick Ventures, holds just shy of 35% of the company's stock. – less | {
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[Chorus One: Nelly]
It's two up in the mornin girl, and the DJ playin that song
Now what'chu gon' do? (Gonna get get get it poppin)
Now what'chu gon' do? (Gonna get get get it poppin)
I said it's two up in the mornin girl, and the DJ playin that song
Now what'chu gon' do? (Gonna get get get it poppin)
Now what'chu gon' do? (Gonna get get get it poppin)
[Fat Joe]
I got that plat no limit American Express card
Mami you can get whatever you like
Plus I got that all-black Phantom it's tinted on four sides
Go 'head kiss it, they can't see us inside
Mami tell me do you like - it, I know you like - it
It's written all over your face don't fight - it
You like - it, more than I like - it
So put it all over your face don't bite - it
From rags to riches, club packed with bitches
Had to bag them digits, her head game was vicious (muah)
And we can get it poppin in the bathroom
Don't be selfish ma, go ahead and pass it to him
Then we can all fuck
It's like a million on my neck, got all of these bitches all struck
Aowww! We pissy drunk off of Seraphim
I'm up in V.I.P. and these bitches are screamin let me in
[Nelly]
Uh, uh, uh, uh
[Chorus Two: Nelly]
It's two up in the mornin girl, and the DJ playin that song
Now what'chu gon' do? (Gonna get get get it poppin)
Now what'chu gon' do? (Gonna get get get it poppin)
It's two up in the mornin now, and I'm tryin to go home wit'chu
Now what'chu gon' do? (Gonna get get get it poppin)
Now what'chu gon' do? (Gonna get get get it poppin)
[Fat Joe]
Ha ha, yeah, uhh, yo, uh
Get it poppin, go 'head and drop it
It's written all over your face, don't stop it
Just drop it, more like it's hot miss
Kick in the do' with the fo-fo messin with Joe
Now this chick got an ass so fat in fact I
put a drink on it and I came right back
She would never talk to a lame like that
In my ear screamin how you got a name like Crack
Crack - similar to Mike Jones
Hear my name enough, then I'm takin you home
Aowwwwww! You know I walk with I talk with
I sleep with the chrome, one squeeze and you're gone
What I look like, not takin at least
three to six women out the club with me
Now we back to the fuck pad, call it the fuck pad
Cause all these bitches fuckin with me, talk to 'em dirty
[Nelly]
Uh, uh, uh, uh
[Chorus Three: Nelly, Fat Joe]
It's two up in the mornin girl, and the DJ playin that song
Now what'chu gon' do? (Gonna get get get it poppin)
Now what'chu gon' do? (Gonna get get get it poppin)
Well it's two up in the mornin and, them niggaz try'n hate on your crew
Nigga what'chu gon' do? (I'ma get get get it poppin)
Yeah what'chu gon' do? (I'ma get get get it poppin)
[Fat Joe]
Now when them doors swing open with that awkward motion
What'chu call it - suicide, it's a suicide
And if them niggaz talk shit cause they drunk off that potion
They commitin - suicide, it's a suicide
Let's get it poppin my niggaz (Cook, yo)
I got a shotty my niggaz (oh, Lord)
I feel sorry for your mudda, give a fuck what you say
Spin your head back, promote you on a videotape
[Chorus Four: Nelly]
It's two up in the mornin girl, and the DJ playin that song
Now what'chu gon' do? (Gonna get get get it poppin)
Now what'chu gon' do? (Gonna get get get it poppin)
It's four up in the mornin now, and I'm tryin to go home wit'chu
Girl what'chu gon' do? (Gonna get get get it poppin)
What'chu gon' do? (Gonna get get get it poppin)
C'mon
[Fat Joe]
Yeah, it's Crack! (What'chu gon' do)
Cafe Monterano, all my people in there partyin
All the party people across the world
Ladies, "Things of that Nature"
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US-backed forces kick off offensive against ISIS in Syrian city
(CNN) -- US-backed forces in Syria said Saturday they were launching an offensive against ISIS in the eastern city of Deir Ezzor.
The Syrian Democratic Forces, an alliance of mostly Kurdish and some Arab militias, said the push is designed to force the terror movement from eastern parts of the city -- the largest in eastern Syria and one of the largest in the country.
The SDF is already fighting ISIS in its de facto capital of Raqqa, Syria, and is now aiming to clear the eastern bank of the Euphrates River of the militant fighters, a statement said.
Deir Ezzor is arguably more important to ISIS than Raqqa.
It sits at the heart of Syria's oilfields, once an essential source of income to ISIS, and is Syria's main gateway to Iraq. It's also one of the most crucial in a string of towns along the Euphrates, where ISIS is expected to make its last stand.
"Daesh (ISIS) gangs are trying to attack the al-Shaddadi area and the eastern outskirts of Deir Ezzor in a desperate attempt to raise the morale of their forces in Raqqa, and so we in the Deir Ezzor Military Council have decided to begin this decisive campaign," the SDF statement said. The al-Shaddadi region is in Hasakah province in northeastern Syria.
ISIS still holds much of Deir Ezzor, thought to be home still to 90,000 civilians (though many have fled), and controls territory to the south of the Euphrates. But the group is quickly running out of fighters, supplies and escape routes.
There have been a series of setbacks for the terror group. In recent weeks, ISIS has been driven from one refuge to the next as its territory in Iraq and Syria continues to shrivel.
In late August, Iraqi security forces surrounded the town of Tal Afar, some 80 kilometers (50 miles) west of Mosul. Despite official predictions of a long, difficult slog, the town was cleared of ISIS fighters within a week -- with militants literally dragged from sewers.
In northern Syria, the SDF pushed forward into the Old City of Raqqa. The alliance now controls two-thirds of Raqqa, which has served as the administrative headquarters for ISIS and ground zero for its plotting of overseas attacks.
This week, the Syrian army reached the western front of Deir Ezzor -- ending ISIS' siege of the 137th Brigade Base, a garrison that has long relied on airdrops to survive.
Ceasefires arranged elsewhere in Syria, under Russian auspices, freed up the Syrian army to advance east, allowing troops to race across 200 kilometers (124 miles) of desert to Deir Ezzor in a few weeks. | {
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Neuropathies lead to numbness and sometimes pain and weakness in the hands, arms, feet, and legs. Problems may also occur in every organ system, including the digestive tract, heart, and sex organs. An estimated 50 percent of those with diabetes have some form of neuropathy, but not all with neuropathy have symptoms. (Types of Neuropathy, Proximal Neuropathy, Focal Neuropathy, Neuropathy Treatment)
Don't ignore high blood sugar. All the long-term complications of diabetes (diabeties) are believed to result from prolonged periods of high blood sugar or poor control of blood sugar levels. Diabetes information from Dr. Richard Bernstein's book on new approaches to diabetes treatment. Know the conditions that can be a sign of diabetes. Diabetes symptoms of high blood sugar may include confusion, headache,tingling to the fingers or tongue, buzzing in the ears, elevated pulse, unusual hunger and trembling hands.
Definition and Description of Diabetes Mellitus. Know the conditions that can be a sign of diabetes. Diabetes information with a Discussion of Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes. (diabetes type II) Risk factors for developing sugar diabetes.
A discussion of the different types of insulin, where it comes from, insulin pumps and jet spray injectors. Diabetes education on how to mange your prescription and where to store your insulin. (Diabetes information)
Exercise is very important in managing diabetes. Exercise improves your body's use of insulin. Blood glucose levels are affected by exercise, so be aware of general exercise guidelines and precautions for diabetics as you begin your fitness program. (Diabetes Information)
Skin problems are common in people with diabetes. High levels of glucose in the blood provide an excellent breeding ground for bacteria and fungi, and can reduce the body's ability to heal itself. Diabetic dermopathy, digital sclerosis, vitiligo, acanthosis nigricans and bullosis diabeticorum (diabetic blisters) are among the conditions discussed in this article. (Diabetes Information)
As men age their hormonal health changes dramatically as testosterone levels are depleted and oestrogen levels rise. This is known as Andropause. When these hormonal changes are also compounded with the blood sugar fluctuations of type 2 diabetes, some unusual patterns of mood and emotions can manifest in older men. (Type 2 Diabetes, Andropause, Testosterone)
If you’re concerned about age-related memory loss, there’s one supplement that absolutely should be on your list: phosphatidylserine. More than two dozen studies have demonstrated that phosphatidylserine may help improve memory impairment associated with aging. (Dementia, Memory Loss, Phosphatidylserine)
According to a recent report, adults who consume 25 milliliters--nearly 2 tablespoons--of virgin olive oil daily for just one week have less low-density lipoprotein LDL or "bad") cholesterol and higher levels of antioxidant compounds, particularly phenols, in their blood. (Diabetic Cooking and Diabetes Research)
a condition of the shoulder associated with diabetes that results in pain and loss of the ability to move the shoulder in all directions.
dietitian (DY-eh-TIH-shun)
a health care professional who advises people about meal planning, weight control and diabetes management. A registered dietitian (RD) has more training.
Dupuytren's contracture (doo-PWEE-trenz kon-TRACK-chur)
a condition associated with diabetes in which the fingers and the palm of the hand thicken and shorten, causing the fingers to curve inward.
triglyceride (try-GLISS-er-ide)
the storage form of fat in the body. High triglyceride levels may occur when diabetes is out of control.
team management
a diabetes treatment approach in which medical care is provided by a team of health care professionals including a doctor, a dietitian, a nurse, a diabetes educator, and others. The team acts as advisers to the person with diabetes.
I Feel So Much Better! "I have been taking Glucobetic and have seen a remarkable difference. I actually am having a normal blood sugar reading everyday without fail. I just wish I had started this product a long time ago. I really do feel so much better - the sluggishness is gone and I feel like my old self again. Thanks !!"** - A. Workman, OK
*Many of the statements on this web site have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration or other government, research or academic body; any that were are so marked. This information is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent diabetes or any disease. Information on this site is provided for informational purposes and is not meant to substitute for the advice provided by your own physician or other medical professional. Not intended to diagnose or prescribe for medical or psychological conditions nor to claim to prevent, treat, mitigate or cure such conditions. You should not use the information contained herein for diagnosing or treating a health problem or disease, or prescribing any medication. Any products advertised are from third parties. You should read carefully all product packaging. You should consult with a healthcare professional before starting any diet, exercise or supplementation program. Do not discontinue the use of prescription medication without the approval of your physician.**Results not typical; your results may vary.
***Recipes provided usually include nutritional information and diabetic exchanges. Not all recipes are appropriate for all people. Please make sure a recipe is appropriate for your meal plan and pay careful attention to serving sizes. User is solely responsible for their use of any content provided. | {
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Articles Tagged with“roof collapse”
A young woman’s death after heavy snow caused a roof collapse in Weymouth has officials warning the public to watch out for their homes.
On Thursday, a 29-year-old woman was killed when a carport collapsed on her. The woman was talking on the phone while sitting on the porch steps of a Harlem Road home. The Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency (MEMA) has issued a warning for the public to clear off their home roofs and storm drains in their neighborhoods to minimize flooding problems.
While we expect snow in Massachusetts, it has challenged drivers and caused numerous school day cancellations this season. Piles of snow have hampered visibility. Drivers are navigating a maze of snow-packed and slushy roads along with dangerous potholes and, which are starting to appear in the melting.
In addition to the Weymouth woman’s death, a barn collapse in Framingham killed three cows and injured four others this week. At the Burlington Mall, a water main break trapped a vehicle in a large sinkhole. The mall was closed but expected to re-open today.
It may seem like a record-setting season, but not this year. Yes, we are already 25 inches above the average season’s snowfall. But earlier this week (before the snowfall) the Boston Herald reported that while Boston had seen 53.5 inches, 1995-1996 was the record snow year, with 107.6 inches. The National Weather Service has predicted this season will not even make the top 10 list for heaviest snowfalls.
When snow piles up, some roofs are vulnerable to collapse, especially when there are numerous snow storms combined with rain and overnight melting. Flat commercial roofs are at the greatest risk. This year, while the snow may not appear that deep, some of the storms have dumped heavy wet snow, and that has been followed by soaking rains. The loads are immense.
How to remove snow from a roof is a challenge. Homeowners can attempt to clear it themselves with a snow rake, which can be purchased at most hardware stores. But you should never use a snow rake from a roof. You should clear the snow from the ground to avoid the risk of slipping and falling and head injuries.
Unless you are experienced, avoid ladders, which can be extremely slippery. The other thing to know is that metal snow rakes can conduct electricity if they come into contact with a power line.
Often by this time of year, a roof may require a professional treatment because of repeated snow storms and winter freezing. If that is the case, call someone who is experienced and insured for this type of work. They should be insured in case they damage your home, and they should also carry worker’s compensation insurance for their employees. You have the right to ask for proof of insurance, and you should.
Finally, do take some time to shovel your walks and your stairs. It the safe and the neighborly thing to do.Continue reading | {
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From Blight to Community Anchor
Drive across North Carolina, through any town and you’ll probably see familiar images of boarded up, deteriorating brick factories and mills, monuments to the once thriving textile and manufacturing industries that built our state’s economy for the better part of a century. These dormant, overbuilt, rather inefficient behemoths, while a blight on the cityscapes they inhabit, are significant historical structures that tell the story of North Carolina’s success during the Industrial Revolution and, of course, the subsequent decline of our economic strength and stability during the past several decades.
Catawba County was one of the leaders in the economic boom of the late 19th and early 20th century.At the height of the textile revolution in the 1950’s, our community boasted a whopping 200 mills and manufacturing facilities.These businesses became the epicenters of smaller communities, creating an intricate web of relationships between mill workers, local businesses and mill owners.As these mills began to see a decline in business in the 70’s, Catawba County witnessed a similar decline in these communities as the social fabric created by these textile companies began to disintegrate.
Fast forward twenty-five years and we see these now well-known dilapidated structures dotting our landscape.Community leaders recognized that industries were not coming back to work in these factories, so what now?Many called for developers to destroy the facilities to make way for cheaper, more efficient facilities but many of the sites became toxic wastelands filled with old chemicals, asbestos, and other environmental hazards that had to be cleaned up before new construction could begin.
Following the trends set in the Northeast, several North Carolina communities began investigating the validity of rehabilitating the old mills after seeing the overwhelming successes of developers who turned the eyesores into amazing community-centered architectural works of art.
The trend finally made its way to Hickory early in the 2000’s when several old mill buildings were sold and rehabilitated into vibrant businesses and community spaces.Local entrepreneur and developer Pete Zagaroli began eying different decaying buildings both in town and around the county and began looking into the viability of revitalizing many of the old structures into new, vibrant mixed-use spaces.As luck would have it, the NC Department of Natural Resources began looking at the benefits of offering incentives to developers who reinvented existing industrial spaces instead of tearing them down.
In 2005, Senators David Hoyle (D) and Fletcher Hartsell (R) introduced the “Mills Bill” to the North Carolina Senate, entitled “An Act to provide a tax credit for revitalization of historic mill facilities and to allow tax credits for certain historic rehabilitations to be transferred to long-term lessees.”The bill passed into law, becoming Chapter 105, Article 3H of the North Carolina General Statutes. In 2015, the bill was revised to include a tiered system of incentives based on location within the state and economic conditions in the community.
The NC Historic Preservation Tax Credit has been extremely successful in creating new energy in decaying communities suffering from the loss of manufacturing jobs. Over 25 projects have been completed across the state because of the credits, with several here in Hickory that have made a significant difference in the landscape, economy, and outlook of our citizens.
The HPTC piggybacks on federal programs designed to breathe life into communities that have seen tremendous loss economically and socially over the past several decades. One of the stipulations on the NC HPTC is that the building or structure must be on the National Registry of Historic Places.They also must have been 80% vacant for at least two years.
But even with the credits and incentives, rehabilitating these buildings is not for the faint of heart.While the basic structure is well suited for up-fitting and revitalization with sturdy, over-built wood floors, immense square-footage, and redundant fire-safety measures, the expenses can be overwhelming. Those who specialize in bringing these structures back to life see the long-term benefits.
“The thing about old buildings is that they have personality, they almost have a soul.New construction just doesn’t have that, no matter how great the building is, it doesn’t have that history that these old mills and factories have,” stated Pete Zagaroli.
In Hickory, several projects have shown our great personality and soul, and have truly reinvigorated the industrial corridor that used to be thriving. The conversion of the Hollar Mill, Moretz Mill and Piedmont Wagon into beautiful buildings that now house shops, restaurants, spas and businesses have given our economy and our community morale a much needed boost. The decrepit Lyerly Full Fashioned Mill was refurbished, updated, and occupied by Transportation Insight, who in turn won an award for the Best Rehabilitation Project of 2016 by NC Mainstreet Center.
In 2014, the City of Hickory received a grant from the NC Historic Preservation Office to examine the possibility of rehabilitating more historic properties in our area.The possibilities of bringing even more economic development, more community-minded expansion using existing resources and more community pride as areas known for crime and blight are rejuvenated into thriving centers of culture and commerce.
100 years ago, the brick mills and warehouses of old Catawba industry were built to be a utilitarian, sturdy, basic building to serve the industry of the day.Who’s to say that in 100 years from now, the less-than-lovely abandoned metal buildings dotting the Unifour’s landscape won’t serve the dreamers and designers of the time by becoming the reclaimed and refurbished trendy locales we see today. | {
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The headphone sounds great; this is the good part of it. The way it heats and compresses the hair while making dressing glasses nearly impossible, is the middle part. The cables are tha shame part. The architecture is great; everyone knows the weak part of an headphone are the cables, even if the Focal cables break particularly quick, and so the fact they accessorize the headphone with a detachable wire would be a wow factor. Right? Wrong! Focal has no replacement cables! The first time I contacted them for the broken cable they asked me to send the whole headphone [sic] for a replacement (the cable weight few grams). Now that it happened again I preferred to purchase a Chinese cable for $6 that still feels out of tune with the headphone, but at least works, and perhaps shall last longer.
Pros:Great sound and noise reduction. Fine materials, from the exterior.
Cons:The cables break after few months of use often due to the detachment of some internal wire disabling stereo or making sound intermittent. Yet they are welded in the "beatiful" cable and so unopenable and Focal sells no replacement cable! The second cable has no microphone and so the only way out is purhasing a third party cable.
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I have owned these headphones for about 1 year and loved them. They have a great balance of sound quality, features, comfort and style. I auditioned quite a few headphones before buying these. There were a few expensive headphones I tried that sounded better with headphone amp (Grado) but didn't sound very good when connected directly to my phone or iPod. These sound great both driven by an iPhone/iPod and using an amp. They also have a nice inline remote and mic.
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New condo project planned near Bloomberg’s UES mansion
Developer Matthew Adell plans to build a 15-story condo building a few doors down from former Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s Upper East Side mansion.
Adell, head of Adellco, filed plans last week for a 232-foot tall condominium at 27 East 79th Street, New York Yimby reported. The building’s eight units will span a collective 22,830 square feet. The building will also feature 1,425 square feet of retail, according to permits filed with the city. HTO Architect is designing the building.
The developer purchased the property in April for $28 million,shortly after investor Orin Portnoy purchased the property for $15.7 million. A five-story townhouse currently sits on the property, three doors down from Bloomberg’s home at 17 East 79th Street.
Bloomberg has been scooping up units at the townhouse co-op next to door at 19 East 79th Street since the 1980s. As of April, he currently owns five of the six. [Yimby] — Kathryn Brenzel | {
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Collection consists of notes, manuscripts, galley and proof sheets, correspondence, microfilm, and UCLA course lecture notes of history professor Eugen Weber. Manuscripts include his A modern history of Europe; The western tradition : a book of readings; The European right : a historical profile; The nationalist revival in France, 1905-1914; My France : politics, culture, myth; France, fin de siècle, Action française : royalism and reaction in twentieth century France, and articles for journals.Meer lezen...
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Collection consists of notes, manuscripts, galley and proof sheets, correspondence, microfilm, and UCLA course lecture notes of history professor Eugen Weber. Manuscripts include his A modern history of Europe; The western tradition : a book of readings; The European right : a historical profile; The nationalist revival in France, 1905-1914; My France : politics, culture, myth; France, fin de siècle, Action française : royalism and reaction in twentieth century France, and articles for journals. | {
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10. What is Power?
10. What is Power?
In physics, power is defined as work per unit time where work is defined as force applied times displacement of a mass. In other words, power is a measure of the exercise of force over time in achieving the movement of a mass. This basic measure may be converted into equivalent measures of power such as horsepower of an engine or watts of electrical power.
Power = Work / Time = Force x Distance / Time
Note that if force is applied against an immovable mass such as a mountain, there is no displacement and thus, no work or power, independent of the amount of force used. If no result is achieved by the exercise of force, there is no power.
In the affairs of man, power is the "ability to achieve results in the physical world". Note that results may be personally achieved or achieved by convincing others to do your bidding.
10.1 Personal Power
This section covers the most common methods available to individuals to achieve results in the real world. This list is far from exhaustive, since achieving results ultimately resolves to choice from the available possibilities. As previously proven, within the bounds of natural law, the number of possible choices is still infinite. It is unknown whether the number of possible choices that can achieve results is finite or infinite. Under specified environmental conditions, the number of possible choices is limited by environment. This is the basic reason why the PTBs attempt to manage our perceptions and control our environments.
Power always resolves to achieving something in the physical world since it is defined by results. A force applied without effect has no power. This is the reason that brave Iraqis, considering death preferable to slavery (and therefore immune to threat of forceful consequences) will ultimately eject the US from their lives and rightful affairs. Hopefully, the rest of the civilized world will demand reparations from the US.
10.1.1 Physical Power
We all have the power to apply a force and move objects over distance using manual labor. Thus, we can dig holes, pile rocks, etc. This power can be described in terms of force, distance and time.
10.1.2 Power of Wealth
Wealth (things people consider valuable and therefore want) is a measure of abstract power. Wealth may be traded to others in exchange for them exercising their power to achieve results desired by those who possess wealth. Note that it is not necessary for wealth to have real value, just the perception of value.
For this reason, a one thousand dollar bill (fiat currency, value set by decree) which costs pennies to manufacture and is printed at will is considered to be wealth, when in reality,
it has no fixed linkage to any objective value such as gold. Thus, the perceived value of fiat currency is trust in the future purchasing power from the economy which promises to redeem it. It is for this reason that land is called "real estate", since it does have real, objective value.
Historically, entire peoples have been impoverished when their currencies became valueless by loss of trust in the economy’s ability to produce or reneging trading partners. When Nazi
Germany was defeated, a single loaf of bread could not be purchased with wheelbarrows of German currency. This is the inevitable fate of any fiat currency when it is concluded that there is too much of it with little underlying value and it is thus irredeemable, a bad debt.
10.1.3 Power of Choice
In addition to understanding the choices from the possible ways you can exercise your personal power, you also have choices in resisting the exercise of the power of others over you. You can choose both how to achieve results and how to prevent others from achieving their results at your unwilling expense.
Gandhi used this power to evict British Colonialism from India. The strategy was peaceful passive resistance, the act of not violently opposing nor being bullied into co-operating. The
British were faced with both loss of resources extracted from the population with the choice of violent repression of a peaceful population which the British people would not tolerate or leaving India. It was a brilliant realization by Gandhi that violent resistance on the part of the people was being used as a moral pretext for violent repression on the part of the British who claimed it was a necessary response. Removing violence from the resistance made it perfectly clear who was initiating violence and who was oppressing who and who the savages were.
It is for this reason that the Sunni clerics in Iraq are counseling their followers not to get sucked into reactionary violence to remain on the moral high ground.
10.1.4 Power of Fear
Everybody is afraid of something, including loss of their life, income and property.
When you warn an unproductive employee that they must improve, no matter how politically correct you may be, you are using the power of fear.
If you can prove that someone has broken the law, you can use the threat of reporting them to extort something.
Given the biased divorce courts, a wife can use the threat of divorce to achieve advantages in the relationship with her husband, based on fear of the courts.
Given expensive to the point of unachievable justice, the unscrupulous can initiate un-winnable lawsuits which are expensive to litigate, forcing the defenders to settle for a lesser amount
out of fear of both the expense and unpredictability of the courts.
An unscrupulous minority employee can use false allegations of discrimination to achieve favorable concessions from an employer.
If you have a gun, you can threaten to use it if your demands are not met.
10.1.5 Intellectual Power (Knowledge)
Consider the power required to dig holes and the first man to invent the shovel. It is a safe bet to assume this man was forced either by circumstance or overseers to dig holes and was in an intellectual environment where the dominant facts of life were dirt, hole, sore back, exhaustion and necessity to dig as much as possible.
The invention of the shovel increased the ability of this man to perform more work per unit time and therefore increased his personal power. If this man had been able to exclusively retain control of the shovel, he would have had a major advantage in the economy of hole diggers and would have been in high demand, since more work per unit time means less worker cost whether it be food for slaves or wages. Since exclusive control of something as basic as a shovel cannot be maintained, all of society benefited from the reduced cost of digging. The inventions of the wheelbarrow, steam shovel and other digging and earth moving machinery has similarly benefited all of society.
As another example, you find that your car will not start. You pop the hood and see a collection of interconnected units but have no idea of what is wrong and what the functions of the various parts are. You have no power to repair your car for the simple reason that you do not have the knowledge and perhaps tools to do so. You must trade a portion of your power (measured in currency) for the services of a mechanic who does have the knowledge (power) to determine and repair the fault. The mechanic uses very little physical power (a few turns of a screwdriver) directed by the power of his knowledge to repair the fault. For this reason, it is said that knowledge is power.
Intellectual power allows the understanding of an environment and allows results (more work) to be achieved at lower cost compared to brute force. In addition, force alone is unable to
achieve some results such as repairing a car.
In general, the more you understand your environment, the world and people, the more choices you are able to perceive and thus make in the game of survival.
Given that knowledge is power, is it a good idea to trust the dissemination of knowledge (education) to governments whose historical behavior has consistently been to collect as much
power for themselves and their cronies as possible until civilization collapses? By definition, concentration of power requires denying it to others, including monopolizing knowledge.
10.1.6 Power of Tools
From the example above, if the man who invented an improved earth moving tool managed to retain exclusive control, his power would be increased to the sum of his physical power plus the power of the tool plus the power of the knowledge required to use the tool, measured by ability to achieve results.
From the car repair example above, the mechanic (by possession of car repair tools) and the tow truck owner (if required) have the power to achieve the desired result (your car repaired) and can thus demand something in return from you for the usage of their tools. Thus, you must exchange a portion of your power in order to have the mechanic and tow truck owner exercise their power on your behalf.
10.1.7 Power of Monopoly
If you are in sole control of something that people value such as exclusive access to a region’s water or a proprietary manufacturing process allowing cheaper production of some good or
service, you have an advantage for the simple reason that people will provide you with more of their power in exchange for what you control as opposed to an environment without monopoly control where suppliers must compete for consumers who have choice (alternatives).
10.1.8 Power of Environmental Position
If you live in a defensible cave or impregnable fortress, those who covet your property or wish to harm you cannot achieve their ends for the simple reason that you are protected by the natural strength of your position and an unachievable amount of force is required to dislodge you. You are protected by the physical laws of nature acting in this environment.
If you are a tax collector, protected by the force of law, your organizational position (environment) allows the possibility that you can reduce taxes for some in exchange for kickbacks. Because of this position, others will be willing to give you a portion of their power (money) in exchange for favorable treatment and avoidance of a greater loss of power.
If you are a land zoning planner and become aware that a large factory or other project which will increase land values is in the works, this environmental position allows you to use advance information to buy land low and sell high. Similarly, this position can also be used to delay zoning approval until the requisite bribes are paid.
If you happen to be in the right place and time to provably catch someone with wealth or power in a compromising act, you can use the proof of this for blackmail. Similarly, you can also entrap someone by placing them in a compromising position, such as photos of a judge with underage boys or girls. To preserve their power and position, they will use their power to do your bidding, to avoid a greater loss of power.
10.1.9 Power of Persuasion
This means the power to convince others to do what you want or to give you something of theirs that you want orto let you do what you want at their expense.
Convincing a potential employer that they want to take a risk that your claims of ability and references are true is persuasive power.
Convincing others that your claim to knowledge (socialism can work, terrorists can be defeated…, political promises will be kept) is true is persuasive power.
Convincing others that what you are selling has value worth the cost is persuasive power.
10.2 Organized Power
An organization is a collection of individuals acting in a coordinated manner. As individuals, each has the ability to exercise their individual powers on behalf of the organization and its goals. As members of the organization, individuals are also subject to the organizations rules. At a minimum, organizations have all individual powers above, plus the following powers.
Survival Equals Ability To Adapt To EnvironmentRequires true knowledge of relationship between action and consequence, so effects of choice can be predicted.
Ability to Adapt To Environment Equals Ability To Choose CorrectlyAdaptation requires responding correctly to environmental facts, to use true knowledge of the relationship between action and consequence to make the choices required to meet your survival needs.
Ability To Choose Equals FreedomTotal Freedom is lack of constraints in all areas. The laws of nature preclude some choices such as floating or causeless effects. The laws of human nature are real, a consequence of the need to survive, at any cost. The most basic law of man is that if you hurt someone (negatively affect their survival), they must and will retaliate, violently if necessary.
Survival Equals FreedomIf you cannot or will not choose correctly (due to terror of authority), you are not free and will not survive except as a dependent slave. Choice is the method that intelligent species use to adapt to environment and survive.
Reality Is The Laws Of Nature Relating Action To ConsequenceEvery action or inaction has a consequence. Words and opinions are irrelevant unless they cause choice (action in the real world). Inaction due to terror of consequence allows others to make choices negatively affecting YOUR survival.
Knowledge Is The Ability To PredictThe laws of nature allow no contradictions or exceptions. They relate action to consequence in the real world. Understanding the immutable relationship between action and consequence allows consequences to be known before a choice is made. All products of science and technology depend on this fact. Everything, including civilizations that do not comply with the laws of nature ultimately fail due to contradictions, imposing costs that cannot be sustained.
Knowledge Requires TruthAccurate information regarding your environment and facts is necessary to gain knowledge. Knowledge is required to choose correctly. Suppression of facts, information and knowledge is a basic survival method of those who manipulate matters to their advantage to the detriment of freedom. Those who do not understand their environment are doomed to make choices in favor of those who manipulate perceptions and thus choice. The pretext of "national security" is invalid.
All "Official" Information Sources are Corrupt, Biased and SubvertedMedia by concentration of corporate ownership, terror of authority and dependence on state for propaganda advertising. Education by state desire to keep population as ignorant and subservient as possible. Internet under assault using pretexts of: control porno, hate speech, copyright, regulation, trying to tax.
We Are Already FreeWhining to authority to give you freedom is believing they have the power to control you. It is a natural right (laws of reality) to be free. We can do (choose) whatever we want to do. The only choice of others is the choice they make in response. We can be punished for our choices, but no one can prevent them unless we are incarcerated, mis-educated or crippled by fear of consequences.
What Is A Nazi?Those who believe and act contrary to the "rule of law" using any number of excuses to claim it is "necessary" that some be favored and some be discriminated against using force of law. The Nazi concentration camps were the logical result of this "social policy" as is apartheid, racial discrimination, communism and socialism. Those who believe their survival requires the non-survival of others.
What Is A SocioPath?Those who do not know, consider nor care that their actions harm people and civilized co-existence.
What is Civilization?The rules by which we cooperate for MUTUAL self-interest and survival. The most basic rule is don't hurt anyone by initiating force or fraud. Usage of force or fraud negatively affects the survival of the victim, forcing a defensive response, creating conflict, destroying social harmony and ability to engage in peaceful trade and commerce. The path to peace is to not create conflict. Live and let live.
Who Are Criminals?Those who initiate force or fraud (harm people) to achieve their goals and those who support or tolerate them. Those who do not achieve their survival by honest, mutually agreed trade. Criminals wielding gavels would have you believe that the "law" is whatever they claim it is.
Most Laws And State (Organized Power) Actions Are IllegalCreated by politicians who lie, cheat, steal, manipulate to get into and remain in office. They lack the fully informed consent of the people. Any law that is not applied EQUALLY to all people, regardless of legal classification is illegal. Any law that harms people, even with the consent of the majority is illegal, because no person has the right to cause the non-survival of another. The Nazi's initially had majority support. True law took them down.
We Are Ruled By Divide And ConquerInter-group conflict is created and provoked by those who profit by conflict and enslaving people. This ends when we discover common interest and choose to "live and let live". No tyrant has ever been able to stand against a united people throughout all of history. Laws which divide and discriminate are the root cause of mankind's woes, preventing peace or solving social problems. Our "masters" need and create chaos. They feed from our conflict and depend on us to whine for "fairness". | {
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Genesis and a 'Wet' Sahara
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Brian Thomas, M.S. *
Using satellite photos in conjunction with geochemical analyses, a team of researchers has proven the existence of a now-buried lake and river system that once operated in the middle of the Sahara desert in North Africa. As reported in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the researchers found a freshwater corridor that would have led from the Saharan lake to the Mediterranean Sea.1
The Middle East was not always so arid; it enjoyed a much wetter climate in the past. Evidence of this comes from geology, archaeology, and history, including “petroglyphs scratched onto rocky outcrops in North Africa, depicting herds of large mammals and alligators in grassy plains where it is now too hot and dry for these lush environments.”2 The finding of the freshwater corridor ostensibly offers a possible migration route for the first humans, who supposedly evolved from central Africa. However, the satellite images and geochemical findings of a once wetter Middle East are also consistent with the Genesis record.
Consider that “Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as the garden of the Lord, like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar.”3 Also, Exodus 33:3 refers to a land “flowing with milk and honey,” a reference to the verdant and desirable Promised Land. If these Scriptures are accurate, then some areas that are largely arid today must have been more lush back then.
And if these Scriptures represent reliable historical accounts, as the Saharan evidence indicates, then logically the Bible must also be reliable in its other accounts—such as its depiction of human origins. The historical record is incomplete, and “the trouble is, we simply don’t know all truth and can’t accurately reconstruct the past from the fossils alone.”4 But when it comes to questions of origins, the Bible provides a reliable framework to reconstruct the past. God has given us an accurate account of not only our origin, but our purpose and destiny as well.
References
Osborne, A. H. et al. 2008. A humid corridor across the Sahara for the migration of early modern humans out of Africa 120,000 years ago. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 105 (43): 16444-16447. | {
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Sure Signs You Need an IKEA Assembly Service
Flat pack furniture is a staple of the modern British home. It’s cheap, convenient and, despite what some people think, usually sturdy and can last for years. The magical land of IKEA has become the go-to place for flat pack furniture, as well as Swedish meatballs and various other Nordic treats. Once you’ve wound your way through the showrooms and packed your chosen furniture into the boot of your car (or had it delivered), you come to the task of putting it together. It’s designed to be possible for anyone to do, but that doesn’t mean anyone will. Fortunately, someone else can do it for you if you notice one of these signs that you need an IKEA assembly service.
Your Flat Pack Furniture Is Still Flat Weeks Later
You get your new furniture into your home, boxed up and ready for you to put it together. And you tell yourself you’ll put it together tomorrow, or at the weekend, or whenever you have time. But three weeks later, it’s still firmly in its box. If you keep putting it off or can’t find the time, get a professional in to sort it out.
You Can’t Make Head Nor Tail of the “Simple” Instructions
IKEA designs its assembly instructions to be easily understandable. However, not everyone has a head for the diagrams and wording they use. Not to worry – you’re good at plenty of other things! There’s sure to be someone out there who can read the instructions with ease and will get your furniture put together in no time.
You Struggle with the Physical Task
Putting furniture together can be physically taxing. You normally need to get down on the floor, sometimes lift some heavy pieces, and perhaps hammer or screw some fixings in. You might not feel that it’s a task you’re capable of completing. Don’t hurt yourself attempting it when you can use an IKEA assembly service instead.
Previous Attempts Have Been…Interesting
Most people have attempted to put some flat pack furniture together at some point, or helped someone else to do it. If you’ve tried it before, your attempts might not have been entirely successful. Whether you got extremely frustrated or ended up with some pieces mysteriously left over, it might not be worth risking a repeat.
You Don’t Want the Stress
For some people, putting furniture together is easy, fun, and even relaxing. However, if it’s not something you’re naturally adept at, it could be another story altogether. There’s something about furniture assembly that can make some people want to pull their hair out. You don’t need all that stress! Use an IKEA assembly service and you won’t have to deal with the hassle.
In just a few moments, you could have your furniture assembly task posted on the Zhappy app and start choosing the best person for the job. Whether you have an iPhone or an Android phone, simply download the app and write up a short description of your task. You set the price and have complete control over who completes the task.
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The 9 Best Things to Buy in America
The 9 Best Things to Buy in America
By Alyssa Derby
April 07, 2015
The U.S. of A. is a country of diversity and variety from sea to shining sea. A trek across the 4 million miles of highways will take you through the Great Plains and beaches, big open skies and dense redwood forests, snow-covered mountains and flower-filled valleys and big cities with bright lights to charming towns where everyone knows each other. The people, culture, cuisines and specialties are just as wide-ranging and eclectic as the environments that surround them, each area offering up their own version of the American dream.
A journey on the open road will have you dining on barbecue ribs in Texas one night and jiving to jazz in Detroit the next. You’ll go from skiing the Rockies in Colorado to sunbathing on Miami Beach. Take a piece of this incredible journey home with you by shopping your way through the states. These are the nine best things to buy on your American adventure:
Maple Syrup | Early settlers in the U.S. Northeast first learned about sugar maples from Native Americans. Legend says it was initially discovered when a tribal chief threw a tomahawk at a tree, resulting in sap then running out. Another says that Native Americans literally stumbled on the sticky stuff when running from a broken maple branch. No matter the origin, from the 17th century and onward farmers in Vermont and Massachusetts began collecting the sweetener from trees by hanging buckets under drilled holes.
True maple syrup is hard to come by outside of the Northeast, so take the opportunity while in this region to stock up on the sweet syrup. Vermont, which produces 5 percent of the world’s maple syrup, even has its own grading system of quality. If you plan on drizzling it over your pancakes, go with the Grade A Light Amber. The Grade B is best for baking and the Grade A Medium Amber should be used to add a mild maple flavor to cocktails.
Football Jersey | Americans take their football very seriously. Unlike the rest of the world, when we say football we mean the tackle kind and not soccer. It’s the most popular sport in the United States and you’ll be hard-pressed to find fans that are more passionate and singularly dedicated to their teams.
There are 32 teams in the National Football League, each with its own unique mascot, colors and jerseys. If you’ll be in Green Bay, Wis., or Chicago on the day of a big game, be sure to sport the appropriate hues. These two towns notoriously have the most intense fans in the nation. There it’s not a sport, but a way of life.
Navajo Textiles | The Navajo tribe comes from the Southwestern U.S., primarily in Arizona and New Mexico. These Native Americans lived here long before European settlers moved in, and today their history and traditions have continued to be passed down over many generations. One such way the Navajo heritage is preserved is in the art of their carefully and colorfully woven blankets and rugs.
The textiles are considered some of the best in the world, the rugs and blankets being sought after as trade items for more than 150 years. A typical tapestry will utilize strong and bold geometric patterns. Written records show the Navajo people have excelled in weaving for at least the last 300 years. Traditional methods of weaving involve using upright looms with no moving parts. It takes the average weaver anywhere from two months to years to complete a single rug, depending on its complexity.
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Bourbon | For a souvenir that has a little more bite, bourbon is definitely the American specialty of choice. This U.S. whiskey is a barrel-aged distilled spirit made primarily from corn. It’s been distilled since the 18th century, but Bourbon County in Kentucky and Bourbon Street in New Orleans continue to dispute which one the name of the drink is derived from.
Most American bourbon brands are produced in Kentucky, where 4.9 million barrels of the liquor are aging. That means there are more barrels of bourbon than there are people in the state. In 1964 the United States Congress even recognized it as a “distinctive product of the United States” and in 2007 the U.S. Senate passed a resolution declaring September “National Bourbon Heritage Month.”
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Cowboy Hat | The cowboy hat may be the most identifiable wardrobe piece known worldwide for its American roots. The high-crowned and wide-brimmed hat is associated with gun slingers, ranchers and country singers of the Southwestern U.S. While it’s worn around the world today, it’s forever synonymous with North American cowboy culture.
This accessory of the Wild West was originally made to protect its wearers from the dusty elements of the harsh desert. Stylized today with buckles, colors and feathers, they’re more of a symbol of the lifestyle they represent. For the most authentic of its kind, purchase one of the legendary Stetson style “The Boss of the Plains.” It’s the hat that made icons out of the cowboys and American heritage.
Faribault Wool Scarf | It’s no secret that it’s a little more than chilly in Minnesota during the notoriously harsh winters. Utilizing the work ethic that’s stereotypical of the Midwest and a dedication to craftsmanship, the Faribault Woolen Mill has been churning out comfort and quality in the form of warm scarves since 1865. The fashionable items have changed a lot since being used by pioneers heading west, but the quality has been preserved.
BBQ Sauce | Nobody does barbecue sauce better than the South. It’s a staple for soul foods, the secret ingredient to the best ribs and pulled pork sandwiches. You’ll find the flavor varies by region, South Carolina offering up a yellow mustard while the sauces in eastern North Carolina have a peppery vinegar base. Take a taste of down home Southern cooking back with you by buying up a bottle or two, sampling the different recipes from smoky to tangy or sweet.
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I have an '04 Escape with 2.0 L and manual trans., and a recently aquired '06 Escape w/ V6 Auto. I was shocked at how the V6 sucked gas. Ford always publishes numbers on mileage between the 4 and the 6 that make it seem like they're close, but I would always scratch my head and wonder how this could be.
The 4 cyl. gets at best about 25 on the hiway. I thought that wasn't very good, but then again they push a lot of air.
I'm afraid to check the V6 - I only got that for my son because the clutch on the 4 is touchy.
If you flog the V6 as hard as the I4 you'll see worse mileage. Keep in mind that you don't need as much throttle with the V6 to keep pace with the I4 that you're used to. Highway mileage depends on weight, speed, and weather.
I have an '04 Escape with 2.0 L and manual trans, ... the clutch on the 4 is touchy.
May I ask what you mean by the trans being touchy?
I bought mine used, and I believe the clutch slips at times when moving off from a dead stop - I guess that's what happening anyway. I have to use the clutch & accel pedal almost perfectly to avoid the problem. It's fine otherwise... when shifting from 1st to 2nd, 2nd to 3rd, etc, etc. Downshifting is fine too.
With regard to 360ci's comment about how I drive the I4 vs. V6 - I drive them the same and flog neither. The I4 is responsive on it's own with the man. trans. There is a noticeable difference in gas mileage between the 2 models. The only reason I got the automatic was for my son.
With regard to Hurk's comment about the man. trans. problem, you can see my recent thread termed "'04 Clutch problem" or something like that, under my ID "FE385". All my problems with the clutch happen when starting from a standing stop, or a rolling stop. You can see what I went through in my narrative.
I just recently bought an 03 escape V6 auto and am trying to figure out how I might improve gas mileage.. I already feel like i'm driving like an old man to keep from revin it up all the time but I still only manage 18mpg at most in the city. It's at almost 150,000 km and my mechanic suggests I try changing the O2 sensor. Any thoughts? How bout K&N air filters vs. regular ones? do they change anything? I just changed the fuel filter too so that's not an issue. I realize in the end that my driving habits make a huge difference but any other suggestions are appreciated... tire pressure is correct too.
I just recently bought an 03 escape V6 auto and am trying to figure out how I might improve gas mileage.. I already feel like i'm driving like an old man to keep from revin it up all the time but I still only manage 18mpg at most in the city. It's at almost 150,000 km and my mechanic suggests I try changing the O2 sensor. Any thoughts? How bout K&N air filters vs. regular ones? do they change anything? I just changed the fuel filter too so that's not an issue. I realize in the end that my driving habits make a huge difference but any other suggestions are appreciated... tire pressure is correct too.
There's not a whole lot you can do to improve mileage. A lot of folks might say 'free flowing exhaust', or 'air intake kit', but for what they cost to what you might save, it's not worth the bother unless you want the slight performance it might provide.
Best thing to do is run synthetic fluids all around. Synthetics don't increase HP, they release a pony or two from the engine that would otherwise be lost in pumping losses or friction, to dino/petrol oils. Another thing is to maintain proper tire pressure. Touring or all season tires generally give you the best mileage. If you run snow tires in the winter, they will hamper mileage due to the more aggressive tread design; or if you use A/T tires and don't really need them, don't buy similar tires next time. Think smooth tread for best mileage.
One final thing you can do, if it applies, is to remove anything in the vehicle you carry but never need. Carrying around extra weight in the vehicle will decrease mileage. Same goes for the driver and occupants, a 300lb driver will get worse mileage than a 150lb one. If you have roof rack cross bars and never put anything on top of them, remove them and store them at your house as they create unnecessary drag and can lower mileage (also added weight you don't need to constantly carry around).
Canadian drivers keep in mind
a US gallon is different then a British gallon (which we use)
so the milage is different between the two
i have a gas usage spreadsheet with all the conversions and a usage graph and such
I'll try to post it in a few days
If i remember correctly 20 MPG (US) is around 23 MPG (CAN)
I never use the UK gallon. A gallon to me is the US gallon as I travel down there often enough :) It's better to keep things simplified. It doesn't help any that my "Canadian spec" vehicles with instant fuel mileage show L/100km OR, by the US gal. Hmm.
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Friday, 4 January 2013
How to set proxy authentication for applications in Ubuntu
Applications in Ubuntu can be configured to use your proxy authentication settings by configuring it in gsettings / dconf.
From the official GNOME site: dconf is a low-level configuration system. Its main purpose is to
provide a backend to GSettings on platforms that don't already have
configuration storage systems.
In order to set and authenticate proxy, type dconf-editor at the terminal. If it asks you to install dconf-tools, then type
sudo apt-get install dconf-tools
and enter your password and then, after installation, type
dconf-editor
.
A window, as shown below, shall open.
On your left hand side panel, click on the arrow besides "system", then on the arrow besides "proxy".
Check whether the mode is "manual".
Now, click on http and set your password and user-name by clicking on "Value" field in "authentication-password" and "authentication-user" respectively. Let the "enabled" and "use-authentication" fields have a tick on them.
Next, click on ftp, https and socks and type your host and port-number. Unfortunately, these cannot be assigned authentication parameters for reasons I am not aware of.
You can also download this script, which I prepared to configure your proxy settings.
How to use this script:
1) Clicking on the link will lead you to a Google document, click on "Download" and then on "Save".
2) It will get saved to the path either given by you or most probably to your "Downloads" directory.
3) Open your terminal and go to location where the file is saved. Suppose the file is saved on the "Desktop". Type
cd Desktop
4) Type
sudo bash proth.
This will ask for your password, after entering your password, it will ask you for the host, port no, user-name and password for authentication. Give the appropriate details and you are done! | {
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Oklahoma voters choose school choice
Voters chose to support school choice in Oklahoma, heading to the polls in support of educational freedom over those who would maintain the educational status quo.
“In race after race, when Oklahomans had a clear-cut choice between a candidate who supports giving parents more education options for their children and a candidate who does not, voters consistently elected the school choice candidate,” said Betsy DeVos, chairwoman of the American Federation for Children. “The American Federation for Children applauds these candidates for standing up for the rights of parents and children.” | {
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Sheath colour light grey (RAL 7035)
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Resistant to UV radiation, oxygen, ozone, hydrolysis, microbes
The materials used in manufacture are cadmium-free and contain no silicone and free from substances harmful to the wetting properties of lacquers
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Special PUR cable for the food and beverage industry; outer sheath with antimicrobial properties increases process reliability in all applications in which food and beverages are processed unpacked and unsealed, e. g. processing of dairy products, meat, fish; production of convenience foods, brewery and beverage industry.EMC = Electromagnetic compatibillityTo optimize the EMC features we recommend a large round contact of the copper braiding on both ends.CE = The product is conformed with the EC Low-Voltage Directive 2006/95/EC. | {
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Chris Saltalamacchio, beauty coach
September 10, 2013 6:19 PM
Chris Saltalamacchio, originally from Hicksville, owns Pageantry by Chris, a national consulting firm specializing in beauty pageants and scholarship competitions. He says the skills he teaches contestants will help them through their lives. Videojournalist: Xavier Mascareñas (Aug. 24, 2013)
Chris Saltalamacchio, originally from Hicksville, owns Pageantry by Chris, a national consulting firm specializing in beauty pageants and scholarship competitions. He says the skills he teaches contestants will help them through their lives. Videojournalist: Xavier Mascareñas (Aug. 24, 2013) (Credit: )
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Chris Saltalamacchio, originally from Hicksville, owns Pageantry by Chris, a national consulting firm specializing in beauty pageants and scholarship competitions. He says the skills he teaches contestants will help them through their lives. Videojournalist: Xavier Mascareñas (Aug. 24, 2013) | {
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ABOUT HELLO CREATIVES! at the Café:
Held at the Capital One® Café in West Palm Beach, guests will get a chance to network in a relaxed and fun atmosphere—create art, enjoy music, try new food and drinks, play games, and make new friends! Best of all—it’s all FREE! Mark your calendars now because you won’t want to miss this event! We will be giving away a pair of BEATS headphones to one lucky guest of Hello Creatives! at the Café event on January 18, 2019— RSVP for your chance to win! (Must be present to win, no exceptions)
Music by DJ Smooth Bounce & Digital Art show by over 100+ artists!
FAQs
What are my transportation/parking options for getting to and from the event?
Street parking or parking garages are available.
Are there ID or minimum age requirements to enter the event?
Everyone is welcome!
Is there any fee to attend this event?
Nope, it's absolutely free!
Do I have to RSVP or can I just show up?
Walk-ins are definitely welcomed to come! We are limiting attendance to approx. 100 guests, so RSVPing is appreciated AND everyone who RSVPS is entered to win a free pair of BEATS*! (Guest that is entered must be present at the Hello Creatives! at the Café event at the time of the random drawing in order to be eligible. Winner must present valid ID in order to redeem prize. No exceptions.)
If you want to network and connect with other creatives, make sure to bring your business cards and a smile : ) If you just want to join us for a fun time and see what it's all about, come as you are and bring a friend or loved one. All are welcome! | {
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Haxxors takes place at a Vegas convention for hackers, where hackers come to buy and sell technology, learn new ways to exploit that technology and of course, party. They are not, however, the only guests - at the largest gathering of hackers in the country, many undercover federal agents are also in attendance.
At the convention, a young male hacker known as Bo+mbe66 meets a female hacker, known as M4ps. The convention runs a contest called ’Spot the Fed’, which offers a reward to anyone who can expose an undercover federal agent at the convention. In an effort to impress M4ps, Bo+mbe66 invents a scheme to win the contest, but in their efforts to find one agent, Bo+mbe66 and M4ps find themselves chasing another, much bigger fish right in the inner circles of the hacker elite.
Credits
Directed and written by Callum Smith. Produced by Derly Perez. Music by Mitch Lin. Photographed by Eric Schuman. Principal cast: Jack Mulcahy (as The Pastor), Abraham Makany ($krull), Holly Jian, Robert Garza, James Camacho. | {
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I've written up a paper that describes some useful tools/techniques for deconstructing web based exploits:
Analyzing Browser Based Vulnerability Exploitation Incidents
The paper started as a blog entry and it remains a blog entry at its core. But... | {
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Helen Gardener game is one of more than 400 free Games you can download at Free Ride Games, Help Helen to be the best gardener in the town. Manage the landscaping in a variety of locations including suburban homes, mansions, greenhouses, and parks. Keep the flowers watered, the trees trimmed, the leaves raked, and don't forget the dog - he loves to dig and destroy your hard work. Sell flowers to earn money to buy upgraded tools, gardening books, and a variety of other useful items. Get out in the sun and enjoy a little gardening. Download Helen Gardener for free and enjoy: A wide variety of garden locations. Upgrade your tools and your gardening knowledge. Endless challenging activities. Over 40 levels of gardening bliss. | {
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(P2): Aging Taxpayers
Our society is aging and the income of people beyond a certain age drops, meaning fewer tax payments and fewer resources for the supports our community depends on for a free life of real choice. This problem is compounded because aging eventually brings with it additional functional and intellectual disability and a consequent need for supports.
Even political victories about resources that go into supports are usually translated into bureaucratic and administrative costs that arise from the denial or restriction of supports. So, not only do we need more support, but the natural behavior of our bureaucratic system is to increase administrative costs as a way of “reducing” the costs of supports.
The only way to reduce the impact of aging on tax revenues is to have a large group of young people join our society and work over decades, as happened after the second world war. Because of the current administration’s views on immigration, that isn’t going to happen, and even the previous default immigration policies were only moderately more supportive of immigration.
No American immigration policy in the recent past would materially affect the process of lost tax revenues caused by an aging population. | {
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Like many meteorologists, Scott's interest in weather started at an early age. He still remembers watching thunderstorms near his home with amazement at the force of the wind and the intensity of the lightning.
His fascination led to him studying meteorology at Western Illinois University, where he graduated with a bachelor of science in meteorology and a double minor in broadcasting and math.
During Scott's last semester at WIU, he drove two hours each way to anchor the weather for KFXB in Dubuque, Iowa. From there, he crossed the country, making stops in Kentucky, Maryland and most recently at KOKH in Oklahoma City, Okla. It was there that Scott reached one of his life goals of becoming a chief meteorologist.
While he enjoyed the challenge of forecasting for the severe weather capitol of the world, his dream had always been to work in Miami. He is grateful to be in South Florida living his dream.
Scott is both a member of the National Weather Association and the American Meteorological Society. In 2006, he was awarded the Seal of Approval of the American Meteorological Society.
Scott is the proud uncle of three nephews named Braydon, Trevor and Chase. One of their favorite things to do is to travel to Disney World. In fact, the boys are excited that Uncle Scott lives in the same state where Mickey Mouse lives.
During his free time, you can find Scott walking his Shih Tzu, Chloe, or behind his camera continuing his love of photography. Working out is also something he likes to do during his free time. Scott hopes that hobby pays off now that he has found a new hobby -- going to the beach.
Scott has a love of adventure and is looking forward to traveling all across South Florida, eating the local cuisine and visiting with South Floridians. He looks forward to greeting viewers on The Local News mornings between 5 a.m. and 7 a.m. and around town.
If you see him, don't hesitate to stop and say hello.
To send him an email, click here or follow him on Twitter @ScottPadgettTV. | {
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The consultant's legal guide
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Avoid costly litgation! You'll want to keep this user-friendly overview of legal issues on your desk at all times! This is the only complete qhow-toq guide and overview of legal issues you face as a consultant. You'll learn how to make sense of legal jargon and a variety of contracts as well as learn when to seek out the advice of legal counsel and when to walk away from losing relationships. This book isn't intended to replace competent legal advice-rather it is a time- and cost-effective means to understand legal issues before pursuing legal. Includes a diskette with useful tools, sample forms, checklists, and links to technology-based resources. qI beg you, do not start your own consulting business without first reading The Consultant's Legal Guide. And if you already have, read it now! I assure you that when you put into practice the sound advice of Elaine Biech and Linda Byars Swindling you will save yourself the heartache and headache of needless legal hassels...The Consultant's Legal Guide will help you every day of your business life.q --James M. Kouzes, chairman, Tom Peters Group/Learning Systems, co-author of The Leadership Challenge and Encouraging the Heart qA great flight plan to avoid turbulence...Whether you are a consultant or the CEO of a Fortune 500 company, this book should be on your desk for a reference in so many areas.q --Howard Putnam, Former CEO, Southwest Airlines and Braniff International, author of The Winds of Turbulence qA well thought out, practical approach to dealing effectively with lawyers and other consultants. If followed, it should help all parties be better prepared and do a better job.q --Rita Reuss, attorney, former vice president, Land O' Lakes qThe Consultant's Legal Guide is better than an MBA in business relationships. Clear, concise, thoughtful and thorough. . .after reading this book, consultants will sleep better at night!q --Pamela J. Schmidt, vicHere are some standard terms of non-compete agreements that a consulting
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Accidental engineering: 10 mistakes turned into innovation
Mark Twain is quoted as saying, “Name the greatest of all inventors: Accident.”
Here we take a look at 10 major discoveries, inventions, and inspirational moments that were, for the most part, come across by accident.
Call it fate, call it chance, call it dumb luck, some of the following changed the path of science and engineering in significant ways. Some saved lives and some ended lives – some may have even discovered life – while others won Nobel Prizes and motivated the creation of such prizes, too.
Read on and be sure to share other incidents of accidental engineering that you are aware of in the comments field. | {
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Charity
As a way to give back to the community, TickEat proudly supports St Mungo's: Ealing. A celebrated homeless charity that first began helping rough sleepers in 1969, this London-based initiative has since flourished into an incredible country-wide organisation.
Offering the homeless emergency and long-term housing, specialist physical and mental health services, and education and employment programs, St Mungo's is a charity that TickEat feels aligned with due to their tireless commitment, social responsibility and exceptional conscientiousness.
With so many of the countries rough sleepers arriving at St Mungo's severely malnourished, what better way to offer help than provide food and beverages?
Every month, members of our team volunteer with outreach, handing out nutritious snacks and refreshments to rough sleepers. Alongside this, we also actively donate healthy meals, drinks, undergarments and household goods to the St Mungo's Ealing hostel.
A supported housing accommodation unit, assisting those with medium to high support needs, the project is a wonderful hub for West London's homeless population.
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At Elmira Urgent Care we strive to be a center of excellence. We are dedicated to providing our patients the best medical care possible. The personal touch , caring and commitment to our patients is unmatched. We do everything we can to make a patient's visit to our clinic a positive experience. We enjoy going the extra mile to make our patients happy with their care.
Throughout the years we gained a stellar reputation in the community, as our true core concept has always been Patients come first. The tremendously positive feedback we receive from our patients is our true reward and the source of our energy to live up to the expectations. | {
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Friday, December 18, 2015
12 DoC Day Six- Opening Simona Hermione! (Rebecca Rubin)
Hi guys! Exciting news! I took advantage of AG's 20% off sale and free shipping code to buy a new doll! I bought Rebecca Rubin, who I renamed Simona (Mona) Hermione. Simona after one of my biggest doll inspirations and Hermione after Hermione Granger from Harry Potter.
I am so excited for you to meet her! I made an opening video of her as well:
Like I said in the description, I will definitely be making a review post/video here soon, probably after Christmas.
The photos in the video weren't in the best quality, so here they are again.
The Christmas deer in the back tho xD
This was my first real photoshoot in manual mode, and I really like how they came out! I also edited them a bit differently, as I've been home sick a few times lately and have watched a lot of editing videos and stalked a lot of doll Instagram accounts.
Hello!
Welcome to Carrot and Claire! This has been my doll blog for years now, and holds many memories dear to my heart. While I don't encourage you to delve into those earlier years (they were quite cringy!), I hope to continue posting photos at the present time. I've learned that this is not just the dolls' journey, but mine as well. :) | {
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Bribery Trial Begins for Ex-New Orleans Mayor
The former mayor of New Orleans is in court, charged with accepting more than $200,000 in bribes.
U.S. news
This content comes from Closed Captioning that was broadcast along with this program.
>>>a name from new orleans' recent past went on trial there,
ray nagin
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Smart city kiosks provide news, maps and emergency information
New ‘smart city’ touch-screen kiosks have been installed in a South Korean city to provide the public with local information.
The kiosks in Daegu, South Korea’s fourth largest city, are part of the city’s disaster management infrastructure, providing vital information in the event of a major emergency such as a fire, flood or earthquake, as well as city news and location guidance.
They were installed by South Korean mobile operator SK Telecom and digital signage provider QVOSS. British company Zytronic, through its South Korean partner, DTH, supplied custom 55″ Zybrid multitouch sensors which are capable of withstanding extreme environmental conditions.
The 10 outdoor kiosks needed to be able to tolerate Daegu’s humid sub-tropical climate, with summer temperatures averaging 40°C and rainfall of around 230mm per month in the rainy season.
The project is one of the first commercial roll-outs of the new Zytronic ZXY500 controller, enabling super narrow bezel designs and robust 80-point multitouch performance.
“We were keen to employ Zytronic’s newest controller as the super narrow bezel enables us to make the best use of the total screen area,” explained Johee Jun, general manager of QVOSS.
Ian Crosby, director of sales and marketing at Zytronic, added: “The smart-city kiosks in Daegu are an essential part of the metropolitan infrastructure and are there to provide information and assist citizens and visitors during everyday life. Furthermore, they have a crucial role in an emergency when the quick delivery of public safety announcements can be vital.
“Zytronic touch technology is the ideal solution for these kiosks, as it has been proven globally over two decades to function reliably even in the most demanding unattended and self-service applications and environmental conditions.” | {
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France Vows to kick out Muslims
France’s
Zionist government vowed Thursday to do more to "integrate" the country’s
Muslims but warned that it would not tolerate the country becoming a hotbed of
so-called Islamic "radicalism".
In
a speech marking the inauguration of the Strasbourg Grand Mosque, the biggest
Islamic place of worship ever built on French soil, Interior Minister Manuel
Valls pledged to come down hard on suspected extremists, warning that foreign
activists trying to stir up trouble would be immediately deported.
But
he also held out an olive branch to the country’s four million Muslims by
promising state help for the construction of more mosques and for the training
of Muslim clerics.
“Islam
has its place in France because the Islam of France, it is a part of France,”
he told representatives of the Catholic, Jewish and Protestant communities
attending the official opening of the mosque capable of hosting 1,500 people.
Relations
between the French state and a Muslim community that has its roots in former
colonies Algeria and Morocco have been strained in recent years by a string of
controversies pitting their faith against France’s secular tradition.
Legislation
introduced under Sarkozy which bans women from wearing full veils in public is
widely resented and long-running debates over halal methods of animal slaughter
and whether public prayers should be authorised have added to tensions linked
to the economic marginalisation of many Muslims.
Valls
warned Thursday that he would not “hesitate to expel those who claim to follow
Islam and represent a serious threat to public order and, as foreigners in our
country, do not respect our laws and values.”
He
also made it clear that the Muslim community as a whole had to accept
responsibility for tackling extremism, which he linked to a reemergence of
anti-Semitism in the country.
“France’s
Muslims can congratulate themselves on the singular model that they are
building,” Valls said. “Of course it remains fragile, not every problem has
been solved or overcome.
“If
all religions have their share of fundamentalists, it is in Islam that this
raises fears. It was on French soil and with a French passport that Mohammed
Merah killed in the name of Islam.
“Anti-Semitism
is a terrible scourge and its resurgence cannot be disguised.”
Built
within two kilometres from Strasbourg’s celebrated cathedral, the new mosque
has a capacity of 1,300 square metres, making it 1.5 times as big as the
previous largest one in France, at Evry in the Paris suburbs. | {
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Last December, Lamont Valentin died on a New York City bus, because doctors refused to give him a lung transplant. They didn’t refuse because he was too old (he was 29), or because he smoked (he never touched a cigarette), or because he was unmotivated (he had a wife and a two year old son). And they didn’t refuse because they doubted he could juggle the complex drug regimen (he had decades of experience under his belt). They refused because he had HIV.
Lamont Valentin may have expected to die one day from AIDS, but he never could have expected to die simply because he had HIV. But that’s exactly what happened. Born with the disease in 1984, he struggled in the era before antiretroviral medications could stand between opportunistic infections and his young lungs. The damage couldn’t be undone. Lamont ended up with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, which causes carbon dioxide to pool in the body. Blood vessels in the lungs tighten up to fire out oxygen-rich blood. This can’t go on forever. The heart is overworked, and when it is strained it enlarges and weakens, and becomes doomed for failure. Lamont needed a lung transplant, but various centers in New York City refused to list him because of his HIV status.
“He had such a sense of right and wrong,” remembers Gaby Moss, executive director of Camp AmeriKids, where Lamont had been both a camper and a counselor for youth living with HIV and sickle cell disease. “He had such faith in the world. If you do the right thing and follow the right steps, the world will give you what you deserve.”
He spent nearly every waking second of his final months trying to get the lung transplant that he deserved. It looked like his work might just pay off. At least two treatment centers were willing to evaluate him, UCSF and Massachusetts General Hospital. But, by this time, Lamont needed a wheelchair and oxygen, which made travel difficult. And even if he could get to Boston, where he had been in close contact with a doctor, he didn’t exactly have hundreds of thousands of dollars tucked under his mattress. When Lamont got the dollar amount from his Boston contact, he called Gaby with the number—$400,000—and laughed, “yeah, I’ll just shit that out right now.”
Lamont never made it to Boston. And he shouldn’t have needed to.
There’s no reason to refuse transplants to patients with well-controlled HIV. In fact, we’ve already seen success with liver, kidney, and heart transplants. Yet the guidelines from the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation are behind the science. As part of Lamont’s legacy, two legendary advocacy groups–ACT UP and the Treatment Action Group–have joined forces to change them.
These guidelines don’t make sense anymore. They once did, back before the era of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART). At that time, there were two primary concerns. First, whenever a transplant is performed, physicians need to dial down the body’s immune response in order to prevent organ rejection. What would happen, they worried, if they lowered the defenses in patient with an already compromised immune system? Second, because organs are a scarce resource, they needed to factor in how long a patient with HIV would live. This is why most centers considered HIV to be an absolute contraindication to solid organ transplantation. In a 1997 survey of 248 kidney transplant centers, 91 percent said they wouldn’t transplant a kidney into otherwise good candidates, solely on the basis of HIV. But then there was a breakthrough.
“The availability of new antiretroviral drugs completely changed the scenario,” said Alessandro Bertani, Chief of Thoracic Surgery and Lung Transplantation at ISMETT, the Mediterranean Institute for Transplantation and Advanced Specialized Therapies.
There are few reasons why. First, HAART cut down on the infections that are nightmares for the fragile immune systems of transplant recipients. It also put to rest any worry that the organs might be wasted. A recent study in PLOS One found that young people living with HIV have a life expectancy that is similar to the HIV negative population. The success of HAART also created new demand. As people with HIV live longer, their chronic diseases become end-stage ones and they need transplants to survive.
“In the late 1990s, we started to see a very large number of patients referred for liver and kidney transplants,” said Peter Stock, a Professor of Surgery at UCSF who researches solid organ transplantation in people with HIV. But the transplant physicians knew they had their work cut out for them. “People in transplant didn’t know much about HIV, because we’d always been prohibited from transplanting into people with HIV.”
They didn’t just stand by. By 2000, Stock and colleagues performed nine transplants for people with HIV and their work kicked off a series that was joined by investigators in Pittsburgh, Miami, Germany, France, and the UK. A few years later, Stock and a University of Pittsburgh-led research team reported on their multicenter study of liver transplants. What they found turned the conventional thinking on its head. Not only did patients with HIV have similar survival rates within a year, but they also had similar survival rates at two and three years. “These findings suggest that survival of HIV-positive liver transplant recipients does not differ from that of HIV-negative liver transplant recipients,” the authors wrote, “and they suggest that HIV infection should no longer be a contraindication.”
Even with these excellent outcomes, lung transplants posed a trickier problem. After all, the lungs are exposed to the environment, and they are easily bombarded with bacteria, germs, and pollutants. Until the 1990s, lung transplants were rare and survival rates continue to be dismal compared with other transplants.
So when, in 2006, a patient with HIV and cystic fibrosis walked into Alessandro Bertani’s offices in need of a lung transplant, his team’s knee-jerk reaction was to reject him. But then they took a closer look. “We were thinking to decline this patient, until we came to the point that all his numbers, all his exams, medical tests, everything was exactly matching the numbers, medical tests, of non-HIV positive patients,” Bertani explained.
“This guy was perfectly stable and we had a lot of discussion at that point about whether we should think about trying to innovate and push,” said Bertani. They did. In their corner, they had the backing of the director general of the hospital and the Italian National Center for Transplantation. In 2007, Bertani and colleagues reported that the lung transplant was a success. And the patient continues to do well to this day.
Four years later, there was another successful report. This time, the patient was a 65 year old man with pulmonary fibrosis (a scarring and thickening of the lungs that makes it difficult to breathe). He needed a double lung transplant. Like Bertani’s patient, he had an undetectable level of HIV in his blood. And like Bertani’s patient, he made a complete recovery.
If we know lung transplantation has been successful in patients with HIV, then why do some centers still consider the disease an absolute contraindication? One reason is that the guidelines have not been updated since 2006–before these cases were reported.
It didn’t take long for Stephen Helmke, an echocardiographer and research manager at Columbia University Medical Center, to figure out what was going on. After all, he had a front row seat to the fight to change the guidelines for heart transplants. “When a social worker who knew Lamont, after he passed away, came to the floor at ACT UP to report this to us, I recognized right away,” Helmke said.
Helmke, a member of ACT UP New York, linked up with Tim Horn, the HIV Project Director at the Treatment Action Group. They wanted to dig into the guidelines from the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation (ISHLT). But they couldn’t dig very far. “If you do take a look at the actual guidelines themselves, there’s really nothing that justifies the absolute contraindication,” Horn said. “There’s no footnote, there’s no citation, that explains why the guidelines committee made that determination as late as 2006.”
They sent a letter to James Kirklin, the chair of the guidelines committee for the ISHLT. They reviewed “the mounting evidence base” and asked that the committee “strike HIV infection as an ‘absolute contraindication’.” Within a day, Kirklin responded favorably and said the committee was in the process of revising the guidelines.
In April, the ISHLT holds their annual meeting, when they will hopefully bring their guidelines up to date–and trigger a rapid change in the policies of many lung transplant centers. “There’s no reason, if you have the degree of expertise in your center, that these transplants can’t be done. So they should be done,” said Jay Fishman, Co-Director of the Mass General Transplant Center.
It should have been done for Lamont Valentin. He had been a private person, until he couldn’t be anymore. In his final months, he didn’t only fight for his own life. He tried to use his great gruff voice to fight for the lives of others, even as time was running out, even as his phone calls and texts weren’t returned, even as the world chipped away at his faith in it. “My son won’t get to know him personally,” LanAnh Nguyen-Valentin, his wife, said about the work of ACT UP and TAG, “but I feel like this is something that our son can proud to say, because of my dad, this has happened for other people.” | {
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Hire A Planner – Be The Guest At Your Wedding
Once you have finalized the date, you start looking for venues in a wide variety of price points. There are many options given by hotels, they allow you to reserve rooms for guests under a special wedding block and a reduced rate along with the hall. Same goes for marriage halls.
You have to see what fits your budget. Wedding budgets are all about balance. Start your budget planning by making a list of the crucial details, like the decoration, your wedding finery, the invitations, the flowers, food and the photographer, and assign. Allocating a percentage to each event will give you an approximate idea of what you are going to spend.
Based on the budget you may need to shuffle between what is more important and needs more allocation. For e.g., if a designer saree or a lehenga and fabulous food is your priority you can cut down on other things like choosing a simple invitation or having less elaborate decoration.
Hiring a wedding planner in Hyderabad or New Delhi is a small price to pay in comparison to the things that need to be organized. They take over all your worries and organize the whole wedding with élan, where you too will be a guest.
Being experts they can go shopping with you. They know the shops that stock the best finery and also what function will require what. After some time all saris and dresses will start to look the same and it will be harder to recall which color, pattern or style you really loved. This is the time when you really need to know which dress looks best. Packing of your trousseau, getting clothes stitched, alterations, fittings, all are time consuming, the best is to handover to the experts.
A wedding planner can identify the best caterer, the decorator and the flower vendor as they being in the business know who is the best and can do justice within your budget. Be realistic with your time, as last minute, all your planning and budget, can go haywire. A wedding consultant will have everything under control. With all the timelines and schedules in place they would know how to handle things in case there is a last minute tension.
Each event right from Mehndi to bachelor party to walking the altar everything is scheduled by the planner and it is for them to ensure that the things are in place. Hire the best wedding planner and be the guest in your wedding. | {
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Regina Transit is planning to rearrange existing service to provide a few efficiencies. I see that more investment is needed to make significant improvements that transit riders have been requesting for well over a decade already. As Regina is growing, we’re reaching the limit our streets and parking lots can take, and it’s showing up in the frustrating rush hours that Reginans were not subjected to until a few years ago. Both drivers and transit riders alike stand to benefit greatly from additional money spent on adding buses to the fleet. It’s one of those all-win scenarios that City Council can leap upon and raise the city esteem. | {
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The EU Lead Factory library submission tool has closed to new registrants and submissions. Sufficient library proposals have now been received to enable completion of the production of the Public Compound Collection in the closing stages of the consortium. We thank everybody for their contributions.
An eight people‐strong Library Selection Committee of respected chemists from industry and academia, all bound by confidentiality, have assessed the data and information provided in proposals from ELF participants and the crowdsourcing action. They have made a decision on viability and level of financial reward, based on six criteria:
Structural Features: assessment of structural features that may constitute a liability in screening compounds, for example, alkylating agents, or potential intercalating compounds
Novelty: assessment of novelty with respect to commercially-available compounds; patented compounds; and compounds based on previous submissions to the consortium. Please note that novelty with respect to the scientific literature is not assessed during the selection of library proposals.
Diversity Potential: assessment of the value of the proposed approach for the synthesis of library of diverse compounds. It is usually preferable for variable groups to be introduced late in the synthetic sequence. Most libraries require at least two diversity points
Synthetic Tractability: assessment of the likely synthetic accessibility of the library based on the precedent provided.
Innovative Library Design: assessment of the rationale that has been used for the design of the library. Many different approaches might be considered to be innovative; for example, natural product-inspired libraries, or libraries designed to address a particular class of protein target.
The Library Selection Committee agrees a score against each of these criteria. The possible scores are:
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Exclude: Poor fit of the proposal to the criterion
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(3) Excellent fit of the proposal to the criterion.
The outcome of the proposal is reached by tensioning all of the criteria against each other. However, a rating of "Exclude" against any criterion will lead to rejection of a library proposal.
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The research leading to these results has received support from the Innovative Medicines Initiative Joint Undertaking under grant agreement n' 115489, resources of which are composed of financial contribution from the European Union's Seventh Framework Programme (FP7 / 2007-2013) and EFPIA companies' in kind contribution. | {
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From Spain, Semantica Records is a techno/IDM label owned by Svreca, no stranger to the Tresor decks. The Madrid-born artist combines the coolest and most sophisticated electronica with the most abstract and complex techno, and sometimes his experimentation leads him towards the most unusual textures and rhythms for the dancefloor, something that our fans have come to expect from Svreca. In tow for this Semantica evening: Angel Molina, one of Spain’s most important techno ambassadors to the world. Since the early 90s his influence has reached to international corners, with his mixing skills echoing via examples such as his “Wax Sessions” on the labels SonarMusic and Sodens. Lino Monaco and Nicola Buono are Retina.IT, the duo has explored all the capabilities of analogic synths since the beginnings, developing its own unique idea of sound. The undifferentiated manipulation of sounds extracted from modular and digital synths or recordings of objects/environment sounds, leads this original duo to a continuous research of a sonic identity, sharing stages with leading acts such as Kraftwerk, Apparat, Rechenzentrum and many more.Originally from Toronto, Mary Velo creates electronica in such diverse ranges that you can’t quite put a pin on it. Moving to Berlin in 2007, she immersed herself in the deep house & techno scene. A hard-working DJ whose releases find themselves on various respected labels. On the Globus Floor we welcome back Jovonn, a New York artist who is dedicated to bringing back the deep, soulful sounds of the underground, as demonstrated by his latest record label ventures, Next Moov Records and Next Moov Traxx. One excellent track after another found him with a solid fanbase eager for more of some of the best basslines in house music. Our dear friend Tyree Cooper also graces the decks, a living house legend if there ever was one. His contribution to House and Hip House widened the appeal of House music globally. Whether known for his string of hits in the late 80s/early 90s, or his most recent founding of his own Chicago Vinyl Records, Tyree Cooper is regarded as one of the most influential international artists of the last three decades. His association with Bobby Starr lead to their Jack In The Box project and their monthly “E-Man-Ci-Pate” night in our club. Cinthie is a Berlin-based DJ and producer, and the creative mind behind the Beste Modus and Unison Wax record labels. Linked by a shared penchant for good house music and a love of Berlin’s unending parties, the crew have already pressed four eagerly-sought-after white label 12″s together. If that wasn’t enough, Cinthie also owns and runs the ‘Stasi Studios’ complex – so called because the building once functioned as a Stasi office: Cinthie‘s status as one of Berlin’s foremost dance-music innovators shows no sign of letting up anytime soon. Our excellent house resident Handmade provides solid support. | {
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Tice Clock with shakti stones on its pure silver power cable hanging by a silver-plated-copper coat hanger attached to a virgin-tear doped rubber band suspended between solid granite pillars on a pedestal of extinct japanese ebony with laser machined palladium spikes filled with tourmaline mined during a full moon... NOS, of course | {
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This is the ZecOO, an electric motorbike that can reach 75mph with a range that goes from 55 to 85 miles. No bad. But what I really like is its weird, anime jet fighter aesthetic, from its retro-futuristic profile to the extruded gauges to its front suspension. | {
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New Zealand Cricketer Ryder Banned For Drugs
New Zealand batsman Jesse Ryder has been suspended for six months for failing a doping test for banned stimulants he claimed he took in a supplement to help him lose weight, the country’s top sports tribunal said on Tuesday.
Ryder returned a positive sample after being tested following a match for provincial side Wellington Firebirds against Northern Knights on March 24, theSports Tribunal said in a release on its website (www.sportstribunal.org.nz/).
Ryder tested positive to 1-Phenylbutan-2-amine (PBA) and N, alphadiethyl-benzeneethanamine (DEBEA), both of which are banned in competition, and was subsequently handed a six-month provisional ban on April 19, the release said.
The tribunal issued a decision on Monday saying that it accepted Ryder’s reasons for taking supplements and upheld the provisional ban, meaning the ban would be lifted on October 19.
“The mandatory penalty for this violation is two years’ suspension,” the tribunal said.
“However, the suspension can be less if the athlete establishes how the prohibited substances got in his system and that the taking of the prohibited substance was not intended to enhance his sport performance.”
The tribunal added in its decision’s notes: “We do not need to detail Mr Ryder’s evidence other than to say in summary that he expressed a sensitivity arising from public comments about his weight and, as he was in a good space at the time about his cricketing form, he had decided to make a further attempt to reduce weight.”
New Zealand’s top anti-doping authority Drug Free Sport NZ (DFSNZ) said it had accepted the Tribunal’s conclusion that 18-test batsman Ryder was not intending to enhance performance but added that he “had failed to heed clear warnings he had received”.
“This is doubly disappointing as DFSNZ, NZ Cricket and the Cricket Player’s Association had collaborated to institute an education programme for first class cricketers and Ryder had been part of that programme,” DFSNZ CEO Graeme Steel said in a statement on the authority’s website (www.drugfreesport.org.nz).
“Supplements are a minefield for athletes as, while benefits are invariably overstated, accurate information about contents and their status under sport rules is frequently insufficient.”
The lenience of the decision and the lack of disclosure are likely to raise eyebrows in New Zealand, where Ryder’s travails in a roller coaster career have been a constant source of controversy.
A burly lefthander who stepped away from test cricket last year to deal with personal issues, Ryder has struggled with weight problems throughout his career, along with alcohol and discipline issues.
Four days after being tested following his match for Wellington, Ryder was subject to a vicious assault outside a Christchurch nightspot which put him in hospital with critical head injuries.
He was expected to resume his provincial career with Otago later this year.
Doping cases have been relatively rare in cricket compared to other sports like athletics and cycling but a number of high-profile cricketers have failed drug tests.
Pakistan pacemen Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Asif, who is currently serving a seven-year ban for spot-fixing in a 2010 test against England, both tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs but had bans overturned on appeal.
Former Australia spinner Shane Warne was famously banned a day before the start of the 2003 World Cup in Africa and sent home after testing positive for a banned diuretic. (Reporting by Ian Ransom in Melbourne; Editing by Nick Mulvenney) | {
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Death is a part of life and heaven is not unreachable. Heaven is all around us and our loved ones try to communicate with us each day.
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Meanwhile, Khristina Hunter led the Aztecs with 20 points and 17 rebounds, tallying 15 points and 13 rebounds in the opening half alone.
In the first half, the Aztecs dominated on the glass, outrebounding the Falcons 27-12, and scoring 18 second-chance points, as they rolled to a 46-24 advantage at the intermission.
While San Diego State's offense began to cool down after the break, Air Force was unable to get its own offense going, as the Aztecs continued to pull away. The Aztecs led by as many as 35 points in the final three minutes before a basket by Cavanaugh with 33 seconds on the clock accounted for the final margin.
The Falcons are back on the road on Wednesday, Jan. 15, when they visit league newcomer San Jose State in a 7:00 p.m. (PT) contest. | {
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Wreck
This is a discussion on Wreck within the Concealed Carry Issues & Discussions forums, part of the Defensive Carry Discussions category; So I'm driving the two miles to my buddies house last night and while taking a turn the truck breaks free in the gravel on ...
Wreck
So I'm driving the two miles to my buddies house last night and while taking a turn the truck breaks free in the gravel on the road (at least that's all I can figure happened) and I over correct trying to regain control and smack a car sitting at the stop sign. Not good and I end up getting a failure to control ticket. The good news is that I was carrying and once I realized everything and everyone was fine I went ahead and locked the Glock up in the glovebox because I new LE was on the way and I figured it would just make him more comfortable. An Ohio State Highway patrol showed up (30-45 minutes after the call) and I let him know. He was very cool and professional about the whole thing. Even when I had to ask him to get the registration out of the glove box (where the Glock was) because I had forgotten to get it out first. Fortunately everyone was OK with just some vehicle damage.
Anyway, sometimes the OHP gets a rep of being anti-gun. This gentlemen was very professional and no problems.
Ya i think it depends on each individual officer.. glad to hear everyone is ok and everything went well besides the ticket.. not sure i would have disarmed, cause you never know what if the person in that car got mad and wanted to hurt or kill you.. maybe just me but i would have just notified the officer when he got on scene and went from there
I did wait for a bit to make sure everyone was calm, which they were. I thought about disarming or not and decided that it was safe to do so. Of course, it probably would have been better if I hadn't since I could have just reached into the glove box and got out the stupid paperwork. Ah well, I figured if the officer was touchy having the pistol put away would be better. You never know and I had time to make a choice.
But it is a sad state of affairs when we get so excited when an LEO treats us with respect...folks, we aren't doing anything wrong and that should be the norm, not the exception.
And, on a related subject, in my state I am not required to announce that I am carrying unless the LEO asks. Last Fourth of July I was rear-ended and said nothing about it; we did our business and went on our way. The fact that I was carrying had nothing to do with the situation at hand, he didn't ask and I didn't tell. So there.... | {
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Scientific Community marks the establishment of Science Connect
April 18, 2017
The establishment of the new expert services division of the European Science Foundation, Science Connect, was marked formally at an event in Strasbourg City Hall, France, on 3 April 2017.The event was attended by senior figures from the worlds of science, research, academia and public life, including European and international guests.
With 43 years’ experience in all areas of research, the European Science Foundation (ESF) was originally set up to act as a coordinating body for Europe’s main research funding and research performing organisations. As the research landscape evolved, so too has ESF’s role in supporting scientific endeavours. With its new division, Science Connect, ESF remains committed to providing valued and effective services to its Member Organisations and science stakeholders in Europe and beyond.
Guests of Honour at the event included Mr. Nicolas Matt, Vice-President of the Eurometropole, responsible for Higher Education and Research and a member of Strasbourg City Council; Prof. Michel Deneken, President of the University of Strasbourg and Mrs. Catherine Trautmann, Vice President of the Eurometropole in charge of economic, European and international development, also a member of Strasbourg City Council, former Minister of Culture and Communications of France, former Mayor of the City of Strasbourg and twice a Member of the European Parliament, and Prof. Jean-Marie Lehn, 1987 Chemistry Nobel Prize.
Mr. Nicolas Matt said"Science needs strong ethics and no borders. The more that we can do to support the continuing progress of science across all boundaries, the better that will be for our society and humanity globally. Science Connect will play an integral part in the future development of European Science and I wish ESF continuing success in all of its endeavours.”
Mrs. Catherine Trautmann said, "I warmly welcome the establishment of Science Connect, where ESF is a vibrant organisation ready to advise, manage and facilitate research collaborations throughout Europe."
Prof. Michel Deneken, President of the University of Strasbourg, addressed the challenge of evaluating research proposals, for example in the framework of the French Initiatives d’Excellence (IdEx), and in particular in Strasbourg. He said that ESF–Science Connect could play an essential role in this regard given its expertise in peer-review and evaluation of research excellence, among other key services offered by the organisation.
The event was also attended by Professor Martin Andler, Vice-President of Euroscience and President of the Initiative for Science in Europe, who highlighted the challenge for postdocs in reaching full time tenure in research. Professor Andler said that innovative new measures and supports are required to reverse an apparent ‘brain drain’ from science.
The European Science Foundation was represented by its President, Martin Hynes and CEO, Dr. Jean-Claude Worms.
ESF President Martin Hynes said, “The work of ESF, Euroscience and Science Europe is fundamental for the voice of scientist to be heard. Once funding programmes and research facilities are in place, funding agencies must design systems to objectively and transparently allocate funding to individual researchers or consortia of researchers. This is where the most recent work of Science Connect has been directed. We are working with philanthropic as well as national (and regional) funding agencies in designing and implementing funding systems that provide excellent scientific outcomes as well as clarity and feedback for those who have been unsuccessful in winning funds. In doing this work we are supported by a large community of scientists who contribute to our peer review campaigns.”
“We must also reflect on broader political and economic developments and see science in that context. The big opportunities of today - energy collaboration, environmental management, health improvements all demand international collaboration. Open scientific publishing and collaboration in open data will make even more rapid strides and generate impact. In this world, even greater coherence in Europe is a pressing requirement. Properly supported, science will always play its part, and ESF will continue to support science with expert services through Science Connect.”
Dr. Jean-Claude Worms, CEO of ESF and Science Connect said, "We are most grateful to the city of Strasbourg for its continuous support of the European Science Foundation. After 43 years of success in stimulating European research through our networking, funding and co-ordination activities, the ESF continues to contribute strongly to the development of the ERA. We are doing this by enabling and supporting the science community and science stakeholders with unique strengths, insights and technical capabilities. This involves partnering with customers in leading successful projects and facilitating informed decision-making through evidence-based science and through a wide range of support services.
“We have a highly qualified international and interdisciplinary team with a deep understanding of science matters and research infrastructures across Europe. Through Science Connect, we are providing that experience, along with forward thinking and planning, to all our members, partners, and customers, both public and private. We are currently engaged in over a dozen key projects including participation as Partner or Coordinator in the highly visible European Commission’s Graphene Flagship or in the inventory and web portal of European research infrastructures, MERIL.
“We are also expanding our resource network of research expertise and talent by establishing the ESF Community of Experts. We already have over 2,200 new members on board, including our College of Review Panel members. Our Community of Experts reactivates the ESF network of international academics, science policy experts, key decision-makers and stakeholders across the European and global research landscape.”
“We look forward to working with the European science community in partnership in the years and decades ahead.” | {
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Alex Jones gets an update from Marc Morano concerning their recent (4-2-12) Nightly News Interview that was banned by You Tube over some nebulous community guidelines violation. In this country you are not allowed to have a discussion about University Professors who call for your "treatment" if you don't worship on the alter of the now disproved theory of anthropogenic global warming and or climate change. Once they take our free speech tyranny is just around the corner.
The Communications minister Stephen Conroy has released proposals for a Government-funded body to regulate media in Australia including newsprint, radio, TV and internet sites reaching down to the smallest blogs including this one. A blog will be included if it passes a threshold of 15,000 hits a year which will include all the climate realist blogs I know.
The political bent of the committee preparing the report can be seen in it's view that the ABC with it's gaggle of left-wing journalists is unbiased. The report says the new body will be independent and arms-length from the government which funds it. This will obviously work in the same manner as the "independent" Fair Work Australia which is stuffed full of appointed union heavies and fellow travellers , and sits in judgement over unions and employers.
The story from vcstar.com about the "Million Kid March" to fight global warming touched a nerve or two with me during the week.
We have all at some time tried to campaign against the exploitation of "man made" climate change in education, pointing out mistakes in "An Inconvenient Truth", sadly the message does not get home to the children who have teachers who support the "save the world from "man made" climate change philosophy. I can't help think that Alec Loorz who has taken up the fight to save the world from "man" using his site Kids vs. Global Warming, has been actively encouraged to do so and now elevated to promote the issue at a very high level.
The exploitation of children is nothing new, and from what I have understood about the children in Germany during the 1930's, "The Hitler Youth Movement" was not that dissimilar in their general perception of how "life should be", be it, it was the one held by Hitler.
Climate experts have accused AQA of “scientific illiteracy” and “propaganda” after a graph in its most recent Geography GCSE exam paper contained a series of inaccuracies which magnified the rise in global temperatures.
The graph wrongly presented the current warm period as the hottest on record and pinpointed the world’s current average temperature at 59.5 degrees Fahrenheit (15.3C), when it has in fact never risen above 58.1F (14.52C).
The exam board also overlooked the last ice age, which peaked around 20,000 years ago, instead marking the “previous glacial period” at around 180,000 BC.
AQA ignored the universally-accepted temperature records taken from Antarctic ice core samples over the last 15 years and instead opted to use a graph taken from a children’s textbook first published in 1990.
Step outside and ask yourself if billions of your tax dollars were well spent on Global Warming. What if the amount is in the trillions? Generations of American children have grown up being taught the dangers of man-made global warming. On just one day, my twelve year old son heard about global warming in his science class, his Planet Earth video in English class, and in the Green Ideas in his school newspaper. It comes close to being brain-washed. Many teachers are also brain-washed. They too have been taught that the science behind global warming is settled. Our teachers need to be introduced to Climategate. Simple words will spell it out. The data was manipulated and made up, facts omitted, disagreements silenced. Pass this on to our children. They have been lied to their whole lives and deserve better.
The great Global Warming Scientists were and are still well-funded and continue this farce. The latest name is Global Climate Disruption. We have been lied to and continue to be lied to. We should not only be mad but demand that anyone participating in this fraud be prosecuted. Any funding should immediately be ceased. Thinking Americans should research Global Warming for themselves. The worst part is finding out why. But most of all, I want our children to grow up to be thinkers.
Arlington, VA – CampusReform.org, a network of conservative and libertarian student activists, acquired video of a Louisiana State University astronomy professor who seated students by their political views on global warming in class and then openly mocked conservative students. The first of three videos was released today.
In the video, Professor Bradley Schaeffer tells students who support limited government regulation for global warming that “blood will be on your hands” because of their political opinions.
If I was to rate my worry on a scale of one to ten, I’d put myself at six or seven. A politician came to my school and told us how climate change threatened countries with floods. He said the North Pole will melt. I just gasped. I hadn’t thought about it until then. The politician also said we should have less meat and fish on our school menu, because that was more sustainable.
When I think about climate change, I imagine floods and no blue sky. My friend told me that if floods came in the winter, it could create an ice age and you’d have to be as high as a church to be safe. Mum always has BBC News on in the car, and there’s always scientists talking about some update on climate science. I think there’s a 50-50 chance we’ll be OK in the future. People are starting to do something. My family uses as little electricity as possible and recycles everything.
Abigail Burden, 8, Middlesex
I think it’s all to do with the Sun getting warmer and all the ice melting. It doesn’t worry me and I don’t usually talk about it with my friends. The teachers don’t really mention it. Nothing scares me. But I do think about the polar bears. They are dying out because they don’t have enough food and that makes me sad.
I walk to school every day and turn the tap off when I brush my teeth. I turn the lights off when I leave a room and I recycle. I try not to waste anything.
You could not make this up........now that the public can see the hoax of "Man Made Climate Change" with a fall in world temperatures, it looks like the people who cook the weather books to make it look like the world is warming will now be bringing in psychology as another weapon in the "Man Made" tool chest.
The days of photographs of stranded polar bears floating on abandoned iceburg are over, get ready for some BrainWashing, repeat after me......."the world is becoming warmer, I must pay more taxes to cool the world".....If you do not want to be part of that, then spread the word that the world is doing fine, it's politics that are in need of help. | {
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A Single Dad From Taiwan Illustrates His Daily Life, and It’s Too Touching for Words
Illustrator Blue Lan Shengjie who recently became a dad found new inspiration for his work. Ever since his son was born, he started a new illustration series about being a single dad and his everyday life with his little one. On both his Facebook page and website, he shares the experiences, challenges, and blessings that come with fatherhood.
We at Bright Side have gathered some of his most interesting and relatable illustrations that will make you appreciate single parents even more, whether or not if you’re a parent yourself. | {
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Bright lights for long nights
Whiz-bang gadgets may come and go, but some things never go out of style. The crews at Brilliant Lighting, armed with 25 years of domestic lighting experience, have sniffed out what buyers want in their bulbs. The answer; a nod to the past.
Industrial interiors are making a comeback, featuring rusty toned pendants and vintage glass designs. Taking the advice of interiors expert and designer Bree Leech, Brilliant Lighting are capitalizing on these nostalgic needs. Leech believes consumers in the 21st Century “are craving simplicity, warmth and layers of interest in our sanctuary”, making these back-to-basics pieces the perfect solution.
Look out for brass-toned metals, eclectic shapes and natural woods, paired with exposed brick walls and lush indoor greenery. Take our tip, these guys are hot on the money with this bright idea – Lucinda Starr | {
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Phasing out the Haj subsidy was a long-standing plan of the government of India, prompted not by fiscal prudence or politics, but an order of the Supreme Court which, in 2012, stated in no uncertain terms that 10 years would be the upper limit for the continuation of the Rs 685 crore (in 2011) Haj subsidy. In the interim, the subsidy has been steadily going down — it was around Rs 200 crore last year and the phasing out was endorsed by the Afzal Amanullah Committee in its October 2017 report.
When Minority Affairs Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi told The Indian Express last week about the discontinuation of the Haj subsidy, he was merely reiterating the government’s obligation to go by the apex court’s order, flagging an ongoing process. On May 8, 2012, a Bench of Justices Ranjana Desai and Aftab Alam, while passing an order on the eligibility of private tour operators (PTOs) to take pilgrims to the holy shrine of Mecca, quoted extensively from the Quran to justify the discontinuation of the subsidy.
Their order read, “This Court has no claim to speak on behalf of all the Muslims of the country… it will be presumptuous for us to try to tell the Muslims what is for them a good or bad religious practice. Nevertheless, we have no doubt that a very large majority of Muslims applying to the Haj Committee for going to Haj would not be aware of the economics of their pilgrimage… if all the facts are made known a good many… would not be very comfortable in the knowledge that their Haj is funded to a substantial extent by the government… the holy Quran in verse 97 in Surah 3, Al-e-Imran ordains: ‘… In it are manifest signs (for example), the Maqam (place) of Ibrahim (Abraham); whosoever enters it, he attains security. And Hajj (pilgrimage to Makkah) to the House (Ka’bah) is a duty that mankind owes to Allah, those who can afford the expenses (for one’s conveyance, provision and residence); and whoever disbelieves [i.e. denies Hajj (pilgrimage to Makkah), then he is a disbeliever of Allah], then Allah stands not in need of any of the Alamin (mankind, jinn and all that exists).’ We, therefore, direct the Central Government to progressively reduce the amount of subsidy so as to completely eliminate it within a period of 10 years from today. The subsidy money may be more profitably used for upliftment of the community in education and other indices of social development.” May 8, 2022 was the deadline given by the Supreme Court for phasing out the Haj subsidy.
The court found no justification for charging pilgrims an amount much lower than even the normal air fare for a return journey to Jeddah. The UPA government then in power argued in court that higher fares were charged by the airlines during the Haj period due to regulations imposed by the Saudi Arabian authorities. “The norm is that the airline should carry pilgrims to Jeddah and return with zero load… This forces airlines to increase the fares, which otherwise come to around Rs 25,000. Therefore, the government thought it fit to collect a reasonable fare from the pilgrim and the additional fare charged because of the Haj-specific logistics is paid by the government to the airline. The government also decided not to pass on… the additional amount charged by the airline, purely on logistics, to the pilgrims. During the Haj of 2011, each pilgrim was charged Rs 16,000 towards airfare and the additional amount of Rs 38,000 per Haji is what is termed “subsidy”… the subsidy is given only to those pilgrims who go through the Haj Committee of India,” the government told the court.
That order is where the phasing out plan began, alongside efforts to reduce expenses. The reduction of costs was the primary motive for the exploration of a sea route to Jeddah, discontinued in 1995. Currently, every year, pilgrims go for Haj according to the quota fixed for particular countries by the Saudi Arabian authorities. For India, the quota currently stands at 1,75,000 people — it was recently increased. The NDA government has showcased this as indicative of not just India’s growing foreign prowess, but also its commitment to the Muslim community.
That is also how the government presented the recent decision to allow women above 45 years of age to go for Haj in a group of four or more without a male guardian, even though the change of rules on this was actually rolled out by Saudi Arabia. India merely brought its own rules up to date three years later.
The number of Haj pilgrims has been rising over the years, as has the subsidy.
In 1994, the number of Haj pilgrims from India was as low as 21,035 — by 2011, the number increased to 1,25,000. In 1994, the cost of travel per pilgrim was only Rs 1,700 — by 2011, that went up to Rs 54,800. As a result, the total Haj subsidy, Rs 10.51 crores in 1994, swelled to Rs 685 crores by 2011. | {
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Senator David Vitter announced $250,000 will be awarded to the Louisiana Department of Transportation for bridge work in Vermilion Parish. The grant will be used to improve the Maree Michael and Creek Bridges on LA 91.
“It’s important to improve our nation’s roads and bridges and help provide traffic relief so we can carry out on daily routine, like picking up the kids from practice,” Vitter said. “Our nation’s infrastructure needs attention and updates. And as the top ranking Republican on the Senate committee which passed a new highway bill out of committee in May, I’m working to pass a bill that invests in Louisiana’s rundown roads and bridges and makes traffic relief is a top priority.”
The grant will give Louisiana DOT funds to maintain, construct and repair bridges and highway systems across the state.
Highways and bridges in Vermilion Parish have needed work for quite some time. Over a year ago Better Roads reported how Daily rains, high tides and south winds of hurricane caliber have taken its toll on the area. Safe ways of transportation are extremely important in the area, especially after the Louisiana DOT terminated LA Swift operations.
Senator David Vitter announced $250,000 will be awarded to the Louisiana Department of Transportation for bridge work in Vermilion Parish. The grant will be used to improve the Maree Michael and Creek Bridges on LA 91.
“It’s important to improve our nation’s roads and bridges and help provide traffic relief so we can carry out on daily routine, like picking up the kids from practice,” Vitter said. “Our nation’s infrastructure needs attention and updates. And as the top ranking Republican on the Senate committee which passed a new highway bill out of committee in May, I’m working to pass a bill that invests in Louisiana’s rundown roads and bridges and makes traffic relief is a top priority.”
The grant will give Louisiana DOT funds to maintain, construct and repair bridges and highway systems across the state.
Highways and bridges in Vermilion Parish have needed work for quite some time. Over a year ago Better Roads reported how Daily rains, high tides and south winds of hurricane caliber have taken its toll on the area. Safe ways of transportation are extremely important in the area, especially after the Louisiana DOT terminated LA Swift operations.
Senator David Vitter announced $250,000 will be awarded to the Louisiana Department of Transportation for bridge work in Vermilion Parish. The grant will be used to improve the Maree Michael and Creek Bridges on LA 91.
“It’s important to improve our nation’s roads and bridges and help provide traffic relief so we can carry out on daily routine, like picking up the kids from practice,” Vitter said. “Our nation’s infrastructure needs attention and updates. And as the top ranking Republican on the Senate committee which passed a new highway bill out of committee in May, I’m working to pass a bill that invests in Louisiana’s rundown roads and bridges and makes traffic relief is a top priority.”
The grant will give Louisiana DOT funds to maintain, construct and repair bridges and highway systems across the state.
Highways and bridges in Vermilion Parish have needed work for quite some time. Over a year ago Better Roads reported how Daily rains, high tides and south winds of hurricane caliber have taken its toll on the area. Safe ways of transportation are extremely important in the area, especially after the Louisiana DOT terminated LA Swift operations. | {
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Ignorance is Bliss Ch. 05
When I opened my eyes Sunday morning, Sylvia's face was inches from mine. We were still embracing. I gently disentangled myself and slipped out of bed without waking her. It was 7:30 and the sun was shining brightly.
I went to the bathroom and did my morning routine including a shower and a shave. Then I peeked in at Sylvia. Still asleep. I phoned room service and ordered a breakfast sent up, then I found a robe and put it on.
My clothes were all in the main room. I cleaned up and packed while waiting for breakfast. We had to be home by 6:00.
A quiet rap at the door told me breakfast had arrived. The busboy brought it in. I made up a tray for Sylvia and took it to her.
I whispered in her ear, "Sylvia, time to get up. Breakfast is here."
No response. I switched the tray to one hand and touched her shoulder. She rolled away but kept sleeping.
I put the tray on the bedside table and leaned over her. I turned her head toward me and kissed her full on the mouth. I pried her lips apart with my tongue and began to move it around. She moaned. I slipped one hand under the blanket and began to play with her breasts. She moaned louder, but still would not open her eyes. I pulled the sheet off her naked body, put my hand on her pussy and inserted two fingers into her cunt. That got a reaction.
Her arms came up and hugged me to her. She began to participate in the kiss by tangling her tongue with mine and her hips jerked in time to my thrusts. I slipped one finger out of her pussy and rammed it deep into her ass. That caused her eyes to open, and she screamed into my mouth as her body arched off the bed.
"What..." she muttered, "where am I... who... Oh..."
"Breakfast time," I stated helpfully.
"Oh, yeah, right, just a minute," she said, getting out of bed and heading for the bathroom.
About halfway there she realized she was naked and she blushed as her hands waved ineffectually at covering herself just before she disappeared.
I heard the shower start so I went and ate my breakfast while it was warm. She came out as I was lingering over my coffee. Room Service had put a pot on the tray so I took it into her bedroom and offered her some. She was sitting in bed with the sheet wrapped around her, putting the tray over her lap
"Yes, and it it was great for me. I hope it wasn't too bad for you..." I smiled.
"No... I never knew it would be that... good."
We stopped for a moment while I sipped my coffee and she nibbled on her toast.
"We have to be back by 6:00 today," I began, "and there are a couple of things I would like to show you before we leave. We don't have to check out until 1:00 so we have a little time."
"Like what? I thought you showed me everything last night." Sylvia picked at her bacon and swallowed some coffee.
I laughed. "We hardly even started! Seriously though, there are three techniques I would like to show you for slowing down an overheated male."
"Ok, what are they?" She looked at me over the coffee cup she held to her mouth in both hands.
"The first is an agreement to a schedule. This sounds forced, but it can be a fun game to play too. Set times when things can happen. For instance, kissing only for 5 minutes, no touching under clothes for 5 minutes, no touching blow the waist for 5 minutes, you get the idea? A five minute egg timer works really well. You could even make up a deck of cards and draw to see what the next allowed action is."
"Hmm. I can see how that could help." She sipped more coffee.
"The second is to tie a person down. Once they can't move you can set your own pace. You can also try things that they would normally want you to do."
"Bondage?" She put her empty cup on the tray.
"Light bondage. No need for pain if you don't want to."
"And the third one?" Sylvia put the tray on her night table.
"Ahh, yes, the third one. It does result in a little pain. Basically you squeeze the man's dick just below the head until his interest flags. You need to be careful or you can really cause pain and suffering which won't be any fun for either party, but it can be used to slow even the most ardent of lovers."
Sylvia looked thoughtful for a moment, "Can you leave me alone for a while?" she asked.
"Sure." I walked into the other room, closing the door, and finished packing.
She called me a few minutes later. She was sitting cross-legged on the bed. She had put on a slinky black negligee with matching panties. In her hand was a pad of hotel stationary.
"I have a list here of some activities and times that might be fun," she said, "but what's to stop you from ignoring the rules? We need a punishment, so I have thought of one. Three strikes and you're tied up. What do you think?"
I glanced at her list. Kissing, face only, 5 min.; touching with fingers head and neck only, 5 min.; etc.
"Looks good. When do we start?"
"We need an alarm."
"I will set my watch." I proceeded to make a great show of setting the alarm on my watch.
"Ok, now sit here and we can start."
I sat beside her. She closed her eyes and reached out with her lips expecting me to kiss her. And kiss her I did. I also threw my arms around her and pushed her over on the bed. One hand went to a breast to squeeze it firmly, the other went to her panties and began to work its way under the smooth cloth.
She tried to push me away but I was too heavy. She twisted her head sideways and said," Stop! That no in the..." I found her mouth again and forced another kiss on her. I pulled on the sash of my robe and pushed the cloth aside, then I rose over her ready to penetrate her delicate pussy.
I think she finally realized what I was doing. She slid one slim fingered hand down to my dick and squeezed. I groaned and rolled off her. She clambered out of the bed and stood there, shaking.
"What was that about?" she asked, angrily.
I lay there quietly, massaging my injured balls. "Practise. Christ you didn't have to squeeze quite so hard."
She giggled," was that too hard?"
"A bit more than was needed if you expect your partner to perform later that same week, you don't need to squeeze quite that hard."
"I guess I was a little excited," she giggled again, "but you broke the rules."
"Umm, yeah, I guess I did."
"So I get to tie you up."
I groaned, "Yeah, I guess so."
"So how do I do that?"
"Well in that package of goodies yesterday there were some nylon straps. Didn't you try them out?"
"We didn't get that far. Amy did show them to me." Sylvia rustled through the pile on the floor and came up with the nylon ties. She took them from the package and looked at them. "So how do you use them?"
"You tie one end to the bed frame. Usually around the legs, and the other end fits a cuff that is in another package."
Sylvia worked around the bed for a while, tying strips and attaching cuffs. "Give me your arm."
I presented her with one wrist. She tightly clamped it in the cuff and tied it off with the velcro strip. "And your leg?"
Before long I was strapped spread-eagle on the bed.
Before long I knew I had created a monster.
Sylvia took one long look at my now shrunken prick and proceeded to find out how it could be made to rise. She kissed, licked, caressed and rubber her nipples over every square inch of my body except my cock and balls. The feel of her nipples through the satiny cloth of her negligee was exquisite. It wasn't long before I was as long and as hard as I could get. Then she took my prick in her hands and began stroking it lovingly. I groaned and my hips jerked.
"I am close to cumming," I whispered.
Sylvia reached down and squeezed my dick again, more gently this time, but enough so that my cock lost some of it's steel hard quality.
I groaned again.
"How was that?" Sylvia asked? "Not too hard?"
"Nope," I managed to reply, "but if you keep teasing me, I might have a heart attack."
Sylvia laughed as she climbed between my legs and began to explore around my prick and balls. She took my scrotum in one small hand and rolled the contents around. I groaned and my dick jumped. Then she began to stroke my dick with the other hand, looking for the most sensitive places. She found them.
"Turn around," I whispered, trying to keep my mind off my dick. "Lose the panties. Put your pussy over my mouth." Sylvia slipped her panties off and swung around. She slowly pressed her quim to my face. My tongue was ready and waiting. I licked her slit from asshole to clit. She shivered with delight. I continued licking, not touching her clit, knowing she would orgasm quickly if I did. She tasted my dick, running it in and out of her mouth, pausing to lick it and tickle the tip with her tongue.
We shared each other for what seemed like hours, keeping each other on the knife edge of an avalanche. Finally I licked her clit, then took it in my teeth and nibbled. We tumbled over the edge as she sucked me down to her tonsils. I blasted, she gushed. We tumbled on the raging torrent of mutual climax.
We lay senseless in the aftermath, both panting, both trembling, both gathering our strength for more.
Sylvia reached out to untie me.
"Wait," I stopped her, "there is one more thing for you to try."
"What? More? Already?"
I smiled, "Try rubbing your pussy all over me..."
She did. All over. She started with my face. She dripped in my eyes, She rubbed her clit on my nose, she tangled her pubic hair in my hair. Then shoulders, chest, stomach, skipped my crotch, right leg, knee (she gasped at that), foot and toes. She stayed with my toes for some time as I stroked up and down her slit. Finally she moved up and over to the other leg. Again she stopped at my toes while they dug into her pussy. She was breathing hard again when she came back up to my prick.
I was rising from the dead. I rose faster as she rubbed her slit up and down the length of my dick. She was lost in the sensation of the sliding skin; I lifted my hips, she she slid forward a little to maintain contact. She was so wet, she had lubricated the length of my dick. I dropped my hips and then pushed up again sharply. I slid about half way into her pussy. She gasped her surprise, but quickly moved back to entrench my tool deep into her slippery canal.
She sat on my hips for a minute, relishing the feel of my piston and realizing the control she had. She began to rise and fall so slowly I had to concentrate to feel her move. She looked at me with smouldering eyes and leaned down to kiss me, hard.
Sylvia's movements changed to side to side motions that neatly plucked my thistle. Then she reached up and released one hand to bring it to her breast. I grabbed and squeezed in time with her dancing hips. She lifted herself on her arms and looked down at my dripping cock as it pierced her luscious pussy. She reached a hand down to the junction of our straining sexes and carefully slid a finger up my cock and over her clit. She moaned deep in her throat.
She was moving faster now, her moans were thicker and she was panting like a steam engine. She sat up straight and used her legs to lift herself to the very tip of my cock then fell down until our hips were bruised by the sudden weight. Twice more the weight fell then the dam burst and she fell on top of me twitching, trembling and gulping for air.
I waited until the trembling stopped, then I used my free hand to roll her off. I undid my ties and gathered her into my arms. We lay like that until she sighed and stretched. I caught one of her wrists and tied it. She looked at me in shock but I moved on top of her and tied her other hand. Then I moved down and tied her feet. She lay there, testing her bonds, her delicious pussy on display below the hem of her negligee.
I dived into her muff, my tongue swabbing her lips. I licked up all the evidence I could find of her recent orgasm salted with my cum from the one before. I cleaned her clit, and her slit all the way to her anus. I could hear some murmuring coming from Sylvia, but I couldn't make out any words.
I began to piston two fingers in and out of her, then I added a third. I tongued and nibbled at her clit while pushing in and out. Then I put my little finger on her asshole and began to push it in. She tightened her ass cheeks so I slowed my pistoning fingers and stopped tickling her clit. She relaxed her ass cheeks and I pushed my little finger deeper as I started moving my tongue and fingers again. She tightened again so I stopped and waited. Soon she relaxed. I started again. She tightened, I stopped, she relaxed, I started.
It went like that for some time until she relaxed and hissed, "Finish it... please... finish it..."
I sped up the movement of my hand. My little finger was smoothly moving in and out of her virgin asshole along with the three fingers in her pussy. I nibbled on her clit and she exploded, her cum gushing over my hand; her stomach trying to reach the sky.
I waited a few seconds and then began again. She was moaning incoherently but her hips were twitching spasmodically. I sped up my fingering. She moaned louder, suddenly she came again. I kept going. She screamed and arched like she had been hit by lightening. I continued, having to follow her hips off the bed. She screamed again in anguish and collapsed on the bed. Reluctantly I removed my fingers and allowed her to come down. Five minutes later she was still giving the occasional twitch of her belly.
I untied her and left her there after covering her with a sheet. I retrieved the spare duffle bag I had brought and began to pack Sylvia's clothes.
It was nearly 11:00 before Sylvia came to life. We had been at it for three hours. I had packed most of her clothes and we were nearly ready to go.
"Did you get the number of that truck..." Sylvia muttered.
"No trucks in here, just us. We need to think about going soon. We should get a shower and get dressed."
"What? Back to reality?"
"Sorry, but yes." I took her hand and helped her off the bed and into the shower. I got in behind her and we showered together, washing and kissing, cleaning and caressing. I played with her breasts, she fondled my cock and balls. I dried her, she towelled me. She asked for a little privacy to get dressed. I went back to the main room and put on my clothes.
We packed the last essentials and then headed out for brunch. We were both very quiet. There really wasn't any need to say anything.
* * * * *
We were leaving the city limits when she turned to me. "Thank you for everything... I didn't know sex could be so... explosive." She put her hand on my thigh and squeezed it.
"You can believe me when I say it was my pleasure!" I replied, smiling at her.
She squeezed my thigh again, and her hand stayed there.
A hundred miles later her hand was stroking my thigh and my pants were getting awfully tight.
Fifty miles later her hand was stroking my cock through my pants. I reached over and began to stroke her thigh.
Twenty five miles later she unzipped my fly, undid my belt and went digging for my naked member. I slipped my hand up to her crotch and played with her through her lacy panties.
Ten miles later, she pulled my pants down to my knees with a little help from me and then reached under her skirt and removed her panties. They were covered with her juices.
She stuffed them in my pocket, kissed me quickly and said, "These are a memento for you." Then she dived face first into my crotch.
Cruise control is a wonderful thing. I set it for the speed limit and moved the seat back to give Sylvia a little more room. Then I reached over her sprawled body and put a finger in her cunt.
We were nearing home and I knew the surrounding area well. There was a hill nearby with an old gravel road up to the top. The road was not in good shape, but it was useable. I drove to the top of the hill and parked. I dragged Sylvia by the hand out of the car and around to the front, hampered by my pants halfway down my calves. I pushed her face down over the hood and flipped up her skirt. Then I entered her from behind. She gasped once then pushed back into me.
"Look at the view, what do you see?" I said, pumping slowly in and out.
"Who cares, just fuck me!"
"I care!" I replied, "Look - the whole world is watching!"
She looked then, "I don't see anyone..."
"Look! That farmhouse down there, the farmer is blinded by your beauty, his wife is jealous of your pleasure! See that apartment over there? They are amazed at your smile, your acceptance of this hard prick drilling in and out..." I was speeding up my strokes and she was matching with her backwards movements.
"Yes, she agreed, "I see... I see a young girl wishing her young boyfriend was as good as you... I see a crowd wishing they were not afraid to take off their clothes and run naked down the street saying... Fuck me! Fuck me! FUCK ME!" She screamed from the top of the mountain as we blasted off together and floated slowly back to earth. | {
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Stephon Clark, Never Forgotten
On March 19th, 2018 a young black man, Stephon Clark, was shot to death by local law enforcement in his own backyard in Sacramento, CA. Two police officers shot Clark 20 times, without providing lifesaving efforts. The two officers claim that Clark was pointing a gun towards them, but a weapon was not found anywhere near the scene. All that was found was Clark’s phone. Body cameras on the officers were muted. The two officers, one black, were placed on paid administrative leave. Stephon Clark was only 22, and he left behind two children.
People all around the country have shown their feelings and spoken out. The Sacramento Kings and Boston Celtics wore warm up jerseys that read, “Accountability. We are one,” with the back the jerseys reading “#StephonClark.”
The officers are awaiting a decision as to their fate, and Clark’s family is pushing for criminal charges. Many people are furious and want change, and it’s time for it. This shouldn’t have happened, Clark was a young black man, leaving behind two children at the age of 22.
An independent autopsy was done on Clark, and it was found that he was hit 8 times; 6 in his back, one on his side, and one on his leg. The case was ruled a homicide according to autopsy reports. The autopsy contradicted what police originally stated. Police stated Clark was advancing towards them, but that would’ve been virtually impossible since he was hit in the back 6 times. According to the autopsy report, if Clark had survived, he would have been severely disabled with a shattered vertebrae, a collapsed lung, and an arm broken into “tiny bits.”
Protesters and supporters have taken the streets almost everyday since Clark’s death. They don’t want his name to be forgotten, they want him to be remembered. | {
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FFI: Promoting Conservation in Nicaragua
With its stated vision being to promote a 'sustainable future for the planet, where biodiversity is effectively conserved by the people who live closest to it, supported by the global community', Fauna & Flora International (FFI) is working on more than 140 projects located in more than 40 countries on five continents – including Nicaragua. With seven different types of forest, each with its own unique range of animals, plants and other species, Nicaragua’s biodiversity is astounding. But, as is the case in many parts of the world, this rich biodiversity is threatened by habitat destruction and other factors, despite ongoing efforts being made by Nicaragua's authorities to protect it.
Among the projects that FFI is currently working on is the promotion of Ometepe island in Lake Nicaragua as a Biosphere Reserve. Working with local partners, the FFI proposed a plan, which is currently being implemented, for managing the Ometepe's Maderas Volcano Natural Reserve with the emphasis on promoting eco-tourism as a means of generating sustainable income. Covering an area of 276 square kilometers, Ometepe is one of the largest freshwater islands in the world. It consists of two volcanoes linked by a strip of wetland, with an amazing variety of habitats ideal for supporting wildlife, particularly birds, and is a key location for migratory birds to stop-over when traveling between the United States and Canada to Central and South America. The island was declared as a National Cultural Heritage Site and Natural Reserve in 1995, but did not have an active conservation plan. FFI started work on the island in 2005 and have assisted in building the island's first conservation headquarters with park rangers equipped to deal with the challenges of managing the natural resources of Ometepe. In June 2010, the entire island of Ometepe was listed as Nicaragua's third UNESCO Biosphere Reserve.
Other FFI projects in Nicaragua include working with local government to expand conservation organizations, supporting training programs and assisting with the implementation of organizational governance. In an effort to curtail the illegal harvesting of Leatherback, Hawksbill and Olive Ridley turtle eggs from their nesting grounds along the Pacific coast of Nicaragua, FFI has trained more than eighty members of local communities to protect these threatened species – with a heartening level of success. Moreover, communities which previously killed hawksbill turtles to use their shells for jewelry have been assisted in finding other ways of making a living. Conservation efforts also include raising public awareness of the damage being done by buying these products – turtle eggs and turtle shell jewelry – thereby reducing demand and removing the incentive for plundering these precious resources.
The FFI is also working with the Nicaraguan Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources to protect the dry forests along the Pacific coast – Nicaragua's most populated region. Here again, conservation efforts focus on cooperation with local communities to promote sustainable means of making a living. Visitors to the spectacular country of Nicaragua can do their bit for conservation efforts by buying souvenirs made from sustainable resources and by supporting ecotourism. | {
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Slaven Bilic’s Hammers return to Carabao Cup action tonight for the visit of Phil Parkinson’s Bolton Wanderers, with a place in the Fourth Round of the competition to play for.
We go into the tie unbeaten in three of our last four games in all competitions after Saturday afternoon’s 0-0 draw at The Hawthorns. Whereas, The Trotters sit rock bottom of the Sky Bet Championship after a disastrous start to their first campaign back in the Second-Tier.
When?
The encounter is due for a kick-off time of 7:45 PM on Tuesday 19 September in East London, with no TV or live radio coverage of the tie scheduled in the UK.
However, you can keep up with the action through our first ever Live Blog from The London Stadium, bringing you live text commentary right here on MooreThanJustAClub.com from Stratford.
Where?
The tie will take place at our 66,000-seater London Stadium, a ground which we only currently have access to 57,000 seats of due to violent clashes during home games with Watford and Chelsea last season.
Since moving to Stratford in summer 2016, we have endured turbulent times as poor form and crowd disturbance has marred the stadium’s reputation.
To add to this, Bilic’s Boys were forced to play the first four games of the season away from home due to Stratford hosting the 2017 World Athletics Championship.
Tuesday will unsurprisingly be the first time that a Trotters side have visited The London Stadium, as it hosts its first Carabao Cup encounter of the campaign.
Team News
Slaven Bilic confirmed in his pre-match presser yesterday afternoon that James Collins’ injury from The Hawthorns will be enough to keep him out tonight, with Andy Carroll also not featuring on a precautionary basis.
However, there is some good news regarding Manuel Lanzini for the Claret & Blue Army as he is expected to return, with the possibility of young Swiss midfielder Edimilson Fernandes also making his injury comeback and skipper Mark Noble returning.
Whereas, for the visitors, the loanee duo of Reece Burke and Josh Cullen are ineligible to play against their parent club, after featuring regularly in the Championship so far in this campaign.
Elsewhere, Phil Parkinson is going to put a very strong starting Xl out according to sources, as the tie could prove to be a vital distraction from league woes for his team.
Form
Despite our superior league position compared to The Wanderers, the overall record between the two sides makes for grave viewing for Hammers.
Out of the 67 times that West Ham United and Bolton Wanderers Sides have met, The Trotters have been victorious on 35 times, with 22 Hammer wins and 10 draws.
Surely our most notable meeting with the Lancashire club came in 1923, the fabled “White Horse Final” where it is estimated that around 300,000 spectators descended on Wembley Stadium for the first time for an FA Cup Final.
Just like on that day, the last time that we faced the Trotters we were defeated back in the relegation season of 2010/2011. Goals from Daniel Sturridge and Lee Chung-Yong proved to be the difference that day, as we faltered at a ground that we have never won in.
The Opposition
Having enjoyed a fantastic start to their life as a club, Bolton Wanderers have become a typical yo-yo side in recent seasons as their form has rapidly declined.
In recent times, Bolton have gone from knocking the likes of Atletico Madrid out of The UEFA Cup in 2008 to relegation to England’s third-tier in 2016.
However, they are now back in the Sky Bet Championship but after losing six of their first eight, the four-time FA Cup winners sit rock bottom of the pack and will go in search of a much-needed confidence boost in East London tonight.
Who Is Officiating?
Experienced EFL Referee Simon Hooper will be the man in the middle, with Adam Crysell & Akil Howson as his Assistants and Graham Horwood playing the role of Fourth Official.
So, with the scene set for our first home cup tie of the campaign, will we manage a second win in 18 encounters with The Trotters? Or, can our “Bogey Team” produce an unlikely shock? | {
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Maan i cant believe that the FACT that AL is dead is under dispute. Dude did his time in the story, he kicked some asses, but he 4 sure is dead, but his awesomeness lives on, whats wrong with it . . . Its still about the poll right? or r we moving on from main subject as usual , im quite happy that none of us want to see Leon get back, but really unhappy that mr BB is not that well wanted too. I mean as a fan i Just had to vote for Chris, but if not that id vote for Barry . . .
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I really want to see Chris in new RE CGI, i really wonder how Marek Denko will make him look like, BTW could anybody update me on next RE CGI rumors/facts, pls dont make me surf web. . .(u can PM me or something in order not to make this thread to move even further from its main subject, or you could reply here )
I really want to see Chris in new RE CGI, i really wonder how Marek Denko will make him look like, BTW could anybody update me on next RE CGI rumors/facts, pls dont make me surf web. . .(u can PM me or something in order not to make this thread to move even further from its main subject, or you could reply here )
I would honestly prefer to see Chris in a CGI movie instead of a game next time. Leave Leon, Chris and Ada out of the next main title, plz. Plus it would indeed be cool to see him in a CG movie. As for any plot, there is none. There's not even one single piece of information that would indicate a new one is being made. Pretty much all we have right now is the small mention from the DVD extras of Degeneration on how the developer would like to make a movie with Rebecca.
Vandal wrote:
Mass Distraction wrote:
Vandal wrote:
Ssplain wrote:
I am curious, did anyone actually miss Wesker with the shot at the end? I do not mean on purpose to see the outcome.
I don't that's even possible.
It is. If you miss (or don't shoot at all) Wesker will use his tentacles to slam your helicopter to the lava.
Of course it is, but it's probably the most useless quicktime event in the game. The question was: did you miss the QTE the first time without doing it on purpose?
I think it was when me and my friend were playing on co-op, we forgot there was a QTE at the end, he went to the bathroom and when he came back I was looking at a death screen.
I really want to see Chris in new RE CGI, i really wonder how Marek Denko will make him look like, BTW could anybody update me on next RE CGI rumors/facts, pls dont make me surf web. . .(u can PM me or something in order not to make this thread to move even further from its main subject, or you could reply here )
I would honestly prefer to see Chris in a CGI movie instead of a game next time. Leave Leon, Chris and Ada out of the next main title, plz. Plus it would indeed be cool to see him in a CG movie. As for any plot, there is none. There's not even one single piece of information that would indicate a new one is being made. Pretty much all we have right now is the small mention from the DVD extras of Degeneration on how the developer would like to make a movie with Rebecca.
Well the reason i want Chris to be in next game is that he's getting old, well yes while being 40 he was as useful as when he was 35 or younger and sure that he will keep his awesomeness, but i really dont want to see 50 Yold Chris that battles evil and arthritis at the same time . . . But i also agree with the fact that Game needs more new heroes that would take up the story. As for CGI i would really love to see the Redfields work together, not like Chris/Jill or Leon/Claire and it would be pretty cool if they bring Becca in it as well . . . But im almost sure that both next game and CGI will bring Chris and Leon to be partners, there's no possible way that Devs will miss the chance of teaming them up, i mean do you remember what was going on only cs of one scene of Chris and Leon? ? ? But that would be awesome aswell.
"But i also agree with the fact that Game needs more new heroes that would take up the story. "
Like soap operas not matter how many new characters they introduce the fans will always want the original characters. In WWE for example the wrestling fans always want old stars back such as the Rock and Stone Cold Steve Austin and they usually do bring the best entertainment. Sadly I think to an extent that does apply to resident evil.
They could introduce new characters into the series. Piers has a pretty large fanbase it would appear. Steve also was a "new" character that did well. There have been several major outbreaks throughout the world in recent releases. Maybe a release involving a new character (with no prior experience) who has to survive through a similar outbreak until the BSAA comes in would be a good way to introduce new blood.
They could introduce new characters into the series. Piers has a pretty large fanbase it would appear. Steve also was a "new" character that did well. There have been several major outbreaks throughout the world in recent releases. Maybe a release involving a new character (with no prior experience) who has to survive through a similar outbreak until the BSAA comes in would be a good way to introduce new blood.
I vote for Claire because I love her and it really has been too long since we have seen her in a main game. 13 years, crazy when you think about it. As for involving a new character who has to survive an outbreak while waiting for the BSAA I was thinking about something similar. I had this idea to introduce a new character who survived the initial attack and has to survive the rest of the out break. I picture something like 12 year old girl is the sole survivor and she has to get from where everyone was killed, say hotel for example, all the way to some safe zone by listening to someone give her instructions over a radio kind of like Bioshock. Also to add fear or some sort of disturbing factor maybe emphasize on how this 12 year old girl is having to use a gun to kill zombies. Like maybe have her scream while firing the gun, breathing hard a lot, getting scared when in a dark room or having to go around a corner. Just really focus on the psychological effects it would be having on her.
"But i also agree with the fact that Game needs more new heroes that would take up the story. "
Like soap operas not matter how many new characters they introduce the fans will always want the original characters. In WWE for example the wrestling fans always want old stars back such as the Rock and Stone Cold Steve Austin and they usually do bring the best entertainment. Sadly I think to an extent that does apply to resident evil.
Yes, I agreed. This is a much better idea than rebooting the whole series with newly characters, and new storyline.
I want to see more of Claire, Sherry and Jake but Capcom needs to make up a good reason why he went kung fu retard on that monster at the end of his RE6 campaign because that was the single most ridiculous thing I have ever seen in a Resident Evil game but that aside I actually liked what they were trying to do with his character even if they didn't do as good a job as they probably wanted too and his interactions with Sherry turning him into a much more likeable person over time were interesting. If I had to pick one i'd say Claire just because it's like she doesn't exist anymore in the main story and we can always see Sherry and Jake later on. But I would like it much better if all 3 were included.
About as much as it needs Chris again. We've basically had a straight shot of Chris, Leon, and Jill. Give those three a rest for now.
I think it would be cool if we got to meet all (or most) of the main characters at some point and then the spin off games that spawn from RE7 could have intersecting storylines like the RE6 campaigns. Although I might be the only one who feels like that's a good idea... it's just the spin offs most of the time feel soo non-canon. I would also like to see Jake's next campaign make more use of stealth (rather than that ridiculous martial arts QTE stuff we saw)... The Last of Us was really fun and made me wonder why there isn't more stealth in zombie games and Jake seems like the perfect character to start that kind of stuff. Unless they go down the kung fu warrior path with him..which would be the final nail in the coffin for me and the RE games (well any that had Jake in them anyway).
I would like to see Resident Evil depart from what it's doing now, start with brand new characters that don't have anything to do with any of the introduced characters. Right now none of the characters in Resident Evil 6 really even reflected their normal selfs anyway. Mind as well play new characters.
For me, it would have to be either Steve, Barry or Claire. We've seen way too much of Leon and Chris in recent years, and Jill's just been in Revelations, I'd say it was high time they brought back some of the other classic characters. Steve, seeing as a ressurection was hinted but never actually done, Barry, 'cause he's never had his time to shine, and Claire; it's been far too long since we saw her last. | {
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Petersburg National Military Park
At this site on June 30, 1864, black Union soldiers displayed exceptional bravery when they engaged in combat against Confederate troops. Originally, blacks served in both armies as laborers and servants, unable to participate in the Civil War as soldiers on either side. In 1862, the U.S. Congress authorized President Abraham Lincoln to accept black men into the armed services. On January 1, 1863, African-American men enlisted in the Union army in large numbers. The black soldiers were known as the U.S. Colored Troops (USCT).
In June and July 1864, during the siege of Petersburg, Union troops tunneled under the Confederate troops, planted four tons of gunpowder, and at 4:45AM on July 30, ignited the gunpowder. The explosion killed and maimed between 250 and 350 South Carolinians and created a crater 170 feet long, 60 to 80 feet wide, and 30 feet deep. At the last minute, commanders replaced the trained unit of black soldiers (who has prepared for the explosion and subsequent maneuvers) with a white regiment, due to political concerns about the potential large loss of African-American soldiers. White troops were ordered into the crater directly after the explosion, but failed to secure their position. Instead of retreating, the USCTs were sent in as a second line of defense. Once in the crater, white and black Union soldiers were unable to scale the crater's sides and were slaughtered by the Confederate soldiers. The final Union casualties were 3,798 (many of them from the USCT corps) and 1,491 Confederates.
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Geographical and Contact Information
5001 Siege RoadPetersburg, Virginia23875Phone: 804-732-3531 ext.200
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Virginia Foundation for the Humanities, “Petersburg National Military Park,” African American Historic Sites Database, accessed November 19, 2018, http://www.aahistoricsitesva.org/items/show/334.
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They say Spring is a time for new beginnings. No idea who “they” are, but they’re right about the new part. Get ready to get low with HASH SESSION IPA, a groovy 4.2% ABV session IPA loaded with a gigantic Amarillo hop hash dry hop.
Our Belgian Saison is brewed with generous amounts of pink peppercorns to accentuate the herbal, earthy, spicy notes of this amazing yeast. Korean pears marinated in Chardonnay are added to fermentation along with French oak.
Brewed with an abundance of flaked oats, bitter and imported chocolates, and Sumatra and Kona coffee, this stout has an intense fresh-roasted java nose topped with a frothy, cinnamon-colored head that goes forever.
Inspired by the city of Chicago and densely populated with flavor, 312’s spicy aroma of Cascade hops is followed by a crisp, fruity ale flavor delivered in a smooth, creamy body that's immensely refreshing.
The first sip of our Nitro White Ale reveals a smooth velvety taste with a light wheat character and hints of orange while an undercurrent of peppery spice adds a bright finish to leave you wanting another sip.
Beautifully integrated tropical flavors such as pineapple, mango, and papaya with citrus notes that explode in your mouth. These flavors delicately intertwine with aromas of vanilla and honey to create depth and balance throughout. A hint of toasted oak and butter rounds out the long, lingering finish.
Lovely pale yellow. With the crack of the cap, unleash the unexpected as an array of delicious aromas leap from the glass. Tropical melon and pineapple, passionfruit, and lifted citrus tempt your senses. A mouthfilling wine packed with fruit sweetness balanced by mouth-watering acidity and a fresh, zesty, lingering finish.
Sourced in the cool climate of the Central Coast which allows the grapes to stay on the vine an extended length of time, optimizing a balanced acid. This Pinot Noir is an expressive, medium ruby wine with flavors of ripe cherries and strawberries, a hint of vanilla and a smooth finish! It’s perfect with grilled chicken or Sunday Italian dinner. Enjoy!
Fragrantly aromatic and structured on the palate,this wine balances initial scents of plum and cherrywith undertones of cacao and vanilla. Buildingtannins crest on the mid-palate, supported by flavorsof boysenberry and cassis.
This vintage is very aromatic, fruit forward, loaded with aromas of lemon and lime, and accented with nougat, green apple, spices, pear and touches of wet stone minerality. True to the Russian River Ranches style, the wine is beautifully focused with a nice, bright acidity balanced by a long focused finish and a light mid-palate creaminess. Crisp and zesty flavors of lemon drop, green apple, white peach and lychee are accented with a nice barrel spice and persistent lime.
A blend of the North Coast’s finest varieties, this wine has some great raspberry jam and vanilla oak characters on the nose, it has juicy mixed berry flavors, and full-but-soft and approachable tannins.
Aromas and flavors of ripe tree fruit give way to subtle hints of brown spice in our William Hill Estate Central Coast Chardonnay. On the palate, citrus and tropical notes frame this well-balanced wine. A crisp acidity and creamy mouthfeel culminate with a long finish that lingers. | {
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Courier
You can add any service you want or edit the ones that are already listed. You can add any service you want or edit the ones that are already listed. You can add any service you want or edit the ones that are already listed. | {
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Kinramer Cottage is an old farmhouse, on our working organic hill farm, adjacent to extensive coastal nature reserves. It is a comfortable base from which to enjoy walking and watching the island’s wildlife.
Being remotely situated, Kinramer offers a real chance to ‘get away from it all’ but, with a well equipped, self-catering kitchen, central heating and two washrooms, this ‘bunkhouse’ suits families, groups or sharing individuals at all times of the year.
Bedrooms
One bedroom, equipped with a bunk and two single beds, is on the ground floor, while the other, with six single beds, is an airy loft above the small sitting room.
We provide bedding and towels; you just need to bring food and clothing suitable for rugged island rambling.
The community co-op shop stocks a good selection of basics and our own fishing boat supplies the catch of lobster, crab and fish available at Rathlin Island Seafoods, by the harbour. Treat yourself to fresh eggs from our own ‘Cleggan Cluckers’ or some honey from our heathery hillsides.
For stays of a week or longer, you may bring a car, by ferry permit from Moyle District Council.
For more information about Rathlin Island, its community and ferry, see our links page | {
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WilseyPotvin2000
Référence
Wilsey, B.J., Potvin, C. (2000) Biodiversity and ecosystem functioning: Importance of species evenness in an old field. Ecology, 81(4):887-892.
Résumé
Changes in land use, habitat fragmentation, nutrient enrichment, and environmental stress often lead to reduced plant diversity in ecosystems. However, it remains controversial whether these reductions in diversity will affect energy flow and nutrient cycling. Diversity has two components: species richness, or the number of plant species in a given area, and species evenness, or how well distributed abundance or biomass is among species within a community. We experimentally varied species evenness and the identity of the dominant plant species in an old field of Quebec to test whether plant productivity would increase with increasing levels of evenness, and whether relationships would be invariant with respect to species identity. Total and belowground biomass increased linearly with increasing levels of evenness after one growing season. These relationships did not depend on the identity of the dominant species. Relationships between aboveground biomass and evenness varied and depended on the identity of the dominant. Our results are largely consistent with the idea that human-influenced reductions in small-scale plant diversity, in this case evenness, will lead to indirect reductions in total primary productivity. Furthermore, because the evenness treatments were not confounded with species identity, our results suggest that diversity has an effect on plant productivity above and beyond the sampling effect (having a higher probability of species with higher growth rates in diverse communities) seen in studies that vary species richness. | {
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Table of Contents
1 Ontologies
I am digressing a little in this post. One of the things I want to get
out of this exercise is to learn more about Ontologies and Ontology
editors, and on the principle that you can never learn something
unless you build something with it (aka bone knowledge), so this is
gathering my thoughts to get started on creating an Ontology for
package building. Perhaps this has been done before, and better, but
I'll probably learn more trying to create my own.
Also, I am playing around with code, an odd melange of my package
building porcelain, and gitpkg, and other ideas bruited on IRC,
and I don't want to blog about something that would be embarrassing in
the long run if some of the concepts I have milling around turn out to
not meet the challenge of first contact with reality.
I want to create a ontology related to packaging software. It should
be general enough to cater to the needs any packaging effort in a
distribution agnostic and version control agnostic manner. It should
enable us to talk about packaging schemes and mechanisms, compare
different methods, and perhaps to work towards a common interchange
mechanism good enough for people to share the efforts spent in
packaging software.
The ontology should be able to describe common practices in packaging,
concepts of upstream sources, versioning, commits, package versions,
and other meta-data related to packages.
I am doing this ontology primarily for myself, but I hope this might
be useful for other folks involved in packaging software.
So, here follow a set of concepts related to packaging software:
software is a general term used to describe a collection of
computer programs, procedures and documentation that perform some
tasks on a computer system.
software is what we are trying to package
software has names
software has associated with it source code
source code is any collection of statements or declarations
written in some human-readable computer programming language.
source code is usually held in one or more text files (blobs).
A large collection of source codefiles may be organized into a
directory tree, in which case it may also be known as a source
tree.
The source code may be converted into an executable format by a
compiler, or executed on the fly from the human readable form with
the aid of an interpreter.
executable format is the form software must be in in order to be
run. Running means to cause a computer "to perform indicated tasks
according to encoded instructions."
software source code has one or more lines of development. Some
Common specific lines of development for the software to be
packaged are:
upstreamline of development
feature branch is a line of development related to a new
feature under development. Often the goal is to merge the
feature branches into the upstreamline of development
usually, all feature branches are merged into the integration branch, and the package is created from the integration branch.
integration branch is the line of development of software that is
to be packaged
some software lines of development have releases
releases have release dates
some releases have release versions
source code may be stored in a version control repository, and
maintain history.
Trees are a collection of blobs and other trees (directories
and sub-directories). A tree object describes the state of a
directory hierarchy at a particular given time.
Blobs are simply chunks of binary data - they are the contents of
files.
a tree can be converted into an archive and back
In git, directories are represented by tree object. They refer to
blobs that have the contents of files (file name, access mode, etc is
all stored in the tree), and to other trees for sub-directories.
Commits (or "changesets") mark points in the history of a line of development, and references to parent commits.
A commit refers to a tree that represents the state of the files at
the time of the commit.
A working directory is a directory that corresponds, but might not
be identical, to a commit in the version control repository
Commits from the version control system can be checked out into the
working directory
uncommitted changes are changes in the working directory that make
it different from the corresponding commit. Some call the working
directory to be in a "dirty" state.
uncommited changes be checked in into the version control
system, creating a new commit
The working directory may contain a ignore file
ignore file contains the names of files in the working directory that should be "ignored" by the version control system.
In git, a commit may also contains references to parent commits.
If there is more than one parent commit, then the commit is a
merge
If there are no parent commits, it is an initial commit
references, or heads, or branches, are movable references to a
commit. On a fresh commit, the head or branch reference is
moved to the new commit.
lines of development are usually stored as a branch in the version
control repository.
a patch is a file that contains difference listings between two
trees.
A patch file can be used to transform (patch) one tree into
another (tree).
A quilt series is a method of representing an integration branch
as a collection of a series of patches. These patches can be
applied in sequence to the upstream branch to produce the
integration branch.
A tag is a named reference to a specific commit, and is not normally
moved to point to a different commit.
A package is an archive format of software created to be
installed by a package management system or a self-sufficient
installer, derived by transforming a tree associated with an
integration branch.
packages have package names
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an upstream version component
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Former world number one Marcelo Rios, who is attempting to win an ATP tournament in his native Chile for the first time, reached the semi-finals of the Bellsouth Open on Friday.Third-seeded Rios,...... | {
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I'm responsible for allocating work for ANC’s city freight and home delivery team fleet drivers working with companies like IKEA, Fantastic Furniture, JB Hi-Fi and more.
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I started with ANC in 2003 as a courier, then moved to warehouse night shift and worked my way up to supervisor. I've been a driver allocator since 2011 and I love it.
Favourite part of your job?
Being a part of a fun, professional close team that are really good at what we do.
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Late-life high blood pressure may harm the brain, study says
Decades ago, hundreds of nuns and priests made an extraordinary decision: They agreed to donate their brains upon death to science, hoping to help solve mysteries about Alzheimer's and other diseases. Now, a study that used their gifts is giving some clues. It reveals that high blood pressure late in life might harm the brain.
Autopsies on nearly 1,300 older people, including about 640 clergy members, found more signs of damage and one of the hallmarks of Alzheimer's disease in the brains of those with higher blood pressure than among those with pressure closer to normal, researchers reported Wednesday.
The study does not prove cause and effect, and it does not yet provide a comparison of rates of dementia or its most common form, Alzheimer's — those results will take longer to parse. But it challenges a theory that high pressure is not as harmful in old age as it is when people are younger.
"We can't be alarmist. This is preliminary data" that needs to be validated by others, said the study leader, Dr. Zoe Arvanitakis of Rush University Medical Center in Chicago. "It's far too soon to make recommendations about blood pressure in older people based on this study."
The research began in 1994 and combined people from three studies of aging who agreed to donate their brains for autopsy upon their death, including the Religious Orders Study of Catholic clergy throughout the United States. All were over 65 and without known dementia at the start and were followed until they died — at an average age of 89 and after an average of eight years in the study.
Two-thirds had high blood pressure, defined as a top reading of 140 or more when the study began (it's now 130 under new guidelines adopted last fall.) Their pressures were measured once a year during the study — a strength of this work over some previous research that just relied on people to say whether they had high pressure or not.
After each participant died, researchers examined their brains for areas of dead tissue caused by lack of blood supply. These blighted areas can be tiny and cause no symptoms, so they're sometimes called evidence of "silent strokes."
About half of the study participants had one or more of these, and the risk was greater for those with higher blood pressure. For example, people with an average top reading of 147 had a 46 percent greater risk of having one or more of the bad spots than those with an average top reading of 134. People with higher bottom blood pressure readings also had a greater risk for this problem.
Researchers also found a link between higher pressure and one of the signs of Alzheimer's — tangles of a protein called tau — but not another Alzheimer's hallmark, amyloid plaques. This needs further research to understand the implications, Arvanitakis said.
"It's a pretty strong study," said James Hendrix, director of global science initiatives at the Alzheimer's Association. "Autopsy data is really powerful" and has been the gold standard for diagnosing Alzheimer's for many years, he said.
With Alzheimer's, changes in the brain occur a decade or more before symptoms do, so high blood pressure may have been doing damage well before the age when these people enrolled in the study, he said.
How might high pressure do harm?
"Lower blood pressure reduces the risk of those blood vessel blockages" that can cause a silent stroke, said another independent expert, the Mayo Clinic's Dr. David Knopman. The work shows that "treating blood pressure throughout the lifespan is important."
Knopman is a spokesman for the American Academy of Neurology, whose journal, Neurology, published the study. Federal grants paid for the work. | {
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Etiquette for the Modern Office
By Marianne Hayes
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14th November 2017
As the modern workplace becomes increasingly more relaxed, so does day-to-day office life; open floor plans, dialed-down dress codes, and self-directed work styles, are becoming the new norm. But while chilled-out workspaces are great for fostering collaboration and interpersonal relationships, they also mean office managers and those in charge of building culture and maintaining the office space are navigating more sticky social terrain.
What do you do when certain employees routinely leave dirty dishes in the office kitchen, hog a conference room or, say, distract the team by talking too loudly on the phone? When it comes to setting—and enforcing—an expectation of professionalism, courtesy and respect at work, addressing these issues can prove tricky.
To ensure our social skills are evolving along with the modern workplace, we caught up with Daniel Post Senning, business etiquette expert and Emily Post's great-great-grandson. (Yes, that Emily Post.) Here are his thoughts on untangling today's most common office etiquette quandaries.
Start with yourself
Effective managers practice what they preach. Where office etiquette is concerned, this means really embodying the kind of behavior you want to see in your team.
"Something I teach when I do my business etiquette seminars is that we're all guilty of rudeness," says Senning. "It's usually unintentional and is really a question of awareness, but the most likely perpetrator of rudeness in the workplace is actually a supervisor, boss or worker with perceived valued talent."
In this scenario, before actively addressing rude behavior in the office, start by checking in with yourself. Are you continually modeling kindness and respect?
"We all have our moments, but whatever the situation is, use it as an honest and sincere attempt to recommit yourself to your values," adds Senning.
Open the lines of team-wide communication
When you perceive problem behavior that's impacting other employees, talking openly and honestly with your team is the best place to start. The question then becomes whether to do that as a group or on the individual level. It all depends on the situation, but if it's something that more than one employee is guilty of, it might be better to address the group as a whole.
"Talk to everyone together and take a fresh-start approach, highlighting that it isn't about what's happened before, but about what happens from this moment moving forward," says Senning. "Having reasons and being ready to talk about why it's important to you is key."
Instead of laying down blanket rules, which can feel arbitrary and authoritarian, open up about why you want the office to adopt this way of being. At the end of the day, we all want a space where everyone can work and be their best selves. Play this up when you address your team so that it feels like you're setting a collective standard, as opposed to an individual one.
"Be as explicit as you can, but also let it be an open discussion. That's part of good management," adds Senning.
Prime people for awkward conversations
Gathering up all together is usually your best move—so long as it's not obvious that you're calling out an individual by addressing the group.
"You need to be careful about this because by bringing it up with everybody, you could essentially be making a very public show about addressing an individual," warns Senning. "It's really important to respect someone's feelings and show consideration for them, and also to give them the best possible chance to respond well."
That said, some etiquette faux pas are best handled one on one. Say, for example, the issue at hand has to do with personal hygiene, or someone routinely leaving garbage around the office, or a particular employee who makes loud and frequent personal calls. Talking about it privately, in a way that's not embarrassing for them, is your best bet.
"Embarrassment can be a really hard thing to navigate emotionally, and it can take attention away from the thing you want to keep the attention on, which is fixing the problem and helping that person be better at their job," says Senning.
So how do you move forward? He suggests first giving the person a heads-up ahead of the conversation. This can be as casual as: "There's something a little awkward I want to talk to you about; can we make some time to do that?"
Doing this primes the person so that the conversation itself doesn't catch them off guard. When you do actually meet, lead with respect by telling the person that you care about them and their success. It's also wise to note that you'd have this conversation with anyone in this situation—in other words, they're not being singled out unfairly.
"From there, be very clear about whatever the problem is and also that you're open to hearing where they're coming from and talking about solutions together," suggests Senning. "The most important thing is to be specific and to actually talk about the thing. Sometimes, we tend to dance around it instead of addressing it clearly."
Some helpful language here could include something like:
"You may not be aware of this, but I've heard people talking about the way the kitchen is left after lunch, and they're not comfortable leaving their food there..."
"This isn't the most important thing we deal with on a day-to-day basis here, but I think it's important to the success of the team and worthwhile to address it with you..."
It goes without saying that this can be a tough job for managers, but having upfront, respectful conversations helps create a cohesive work environment in which everyone can thrive and be comfortable. And that is a goal all teams can work together to achieve.
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Marianne Hayes
Marianne Hayes is a longtime writer, storyteller and devoted bookworm. She earned her bachelor's degree in Journalism and Creative Writing from the University of Central Florida and her writing has appeared in Cosmopolitan, The Huffington Post, Forbes, Yoga Journal, The Daily Beast, Alanis.com and more. Marianne lives in Tampa with her husband, who also tells stories. Together they’re raising their two young daughters and a not-so-young Dachshund. | {
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Nanomaterial dust is more explosion-prone that normal dust
In 2008, a sugar refinery in Portwentworth, Georgia exploded, killing 13 people and injuring 42 others.
The culprit was a dust explosion. That's the violent combustion
of extremely fine particles when they're suspended in an enclosed
location's air. Coal, wheat flour, cornstarch and other types of
dust can be hazardous in certain industries.
These sorts of explosions have been recorded since 1785, so we
now know quite a bit about the combustible properties of dust. But
dust, according to the US National Fire Protection Association
(NFPA), is defined as a finely divided solid with a diameter of
less than 420 μm -- those are micrometres. With the rise of nanomaterials, there's a new type of dust on the scene -- and
it's measured in the nanometre range.
Researchers from Dalhousie University in Halifax, in an study for the American Chemical Society's journal
Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, probed these
smaller "nontraditional" dusts to see how they compare to old
fashioned wheat and sugar.
They found that the energy needed to ignite nanomaterials made of
metals, such as aluminium, is less than 1 mJ -- that's less than
1/30th the amount of energy you'd need to make sugar dust explode,
or less than 1/60th of the energy required to set wheat dust
aflame.
They also mention the electrostatic flocking
process, which is where products and surfaces can be given a
tactile surface -- to increase friction and reduce reflectivity --
by attaching tiny fibres to materials. The process generates static
electricity, which could set off an explosion of flocculent
dust.
With this information under their belt, the researchers warn
that precautions should be taken to prevent nanomaterial dust from
exposure to sparks, collisions or friction, as it could quite
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“… from all of the variations I’ve seen I definitely prefer the R2.”
Hi, I recently purchased one of your new RIDO R2 saddles online. I am very impressed by its design and fit.
As in England and the United States, there has been significant media reports picked up here in Canada about the issues with regular bicycle saddles.
Although there are many other saddles competing for this market, from all of the variations I’ve seen I definitely prefer the R2.”J.M, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
“Used the new (R2) saddle for a couple of weeks recreational use now. To be honest I haven’t found it much different to the original Rido saddle except that the comments I have had from friends have been very favourable with regard to the looks. Most keen cyclists spend a fair amount of cash on quality bikes and components and I feel the looks alone of the Rido 2 will appeal to these people more than the original! It certainly looks a classier product and is still very competitively priced. It is too early for me to be strongly opinionated about the Rido 2 – I have spent many hours with the ‘Rido 1’ and have been pleased with it and would not be without a Rido saddle on any bike! I will put some more miles on using the Rido 2 and will report back later!”Dr A.S, Tamworth, Staffordshire, UK
“… now having completed 6000 miles (including the amazing Karakoram highway). I have nothing but the highest praise for the RIDO.”
“I started cycling two years ago as my brother-in-law wanted a companion to do the Karakoram highway. I started training for the 1000km ride by doing the ‘C2C’, (but) after this very uncomfortable ride (using a gel saddle) I suffered from erectile dysfunction. I was very close to discarding the bike and concentrate on fell walking when I came across the RIDO saddle. As the saddle was relatively cheap I had little hope that it would solve my problem but now having completed 6000 miles (including the amazing Karakoram highway). I have nothing but the highest praise for the RIDO. I have just recently purchased the RIDO R2 which, surprisingly, offers even more comfort and protection!”M.W, East Boldon, Tyne & Wear, UK
“I like the looks of the R2 and I am happy with the length of the rails. The original saddle had shorter rails and I had to change out my stem. Over all I feel more comfortable each ride and assume it will be as good as the original over time. I normally ride 30 to 50 miles per ride and at least 3 times a week. I feel the only change I would like to see it less padding in the R2. I will recommend the R2 to other riders in my local bike club.”M.D, Columbus, Ohio, USA
“My previous saddle was a Brooks which I found to be a good ride but sometimes a little unforgiving after a day in the saddle and I was thinking of getting a suspension seat post. I have not been on a long ride yet using the R2 but on local rides it has enough give, so at the moment I feel all is OK.”B.O, Pinner, Middlesex, UK
“Just letting you know the R2’s are absolutely perfect!”
“Just letting you know the R2’s are absolutely perfect! All the little flaws with the original saddle have been addressed, well done. I noticed the rails have also been narrowed a bit so that they don’t rub on the (inner) sides of the saddle.
Thanks for the saddles. I love them more than my bikes and for me that’s a big statement!”G.G, Bowral, New South Wales, Australia
“Have recommended the saddle to a number of colleagues at work and they have all become converts”
“Have only used the saddle for around 100 miles so far and I did not believe it would be possible to improve on my previous Rido saddle. However, you have managed it!
The comfort is excellent and the look of the saddle much improved. I have done some direct comparisons with the original Rido still fitted on one bike then riding the R2 straight after and the difference is noticeable straight away.
I am often asked about the saddle during my cafe stops but have now noticed the original Rido is becoming more common. Have recommended the saddle to a number of colleagues at work and they have all become converts. My only regret is that I now have to save up to buy R2 saddles to fit on my other two bikes!! My riding consists mainly of leisure fitness rides with the occassional Audax event, although planning a Trans Pyrenean Coast To Coast Next year with my R2!
Thanks for a superb saddle and the growing hole in my wallet!”M.S, Stockton, Cleveland, UK
“I have not had any perineal pressure or genital numbness, something I had grown used to for years….. I am very, very impressed with your product”
“By way of introduction, I am a native Texan and a long-time triathlete and amateur distance cyclist since the late 1980’s. I have lived and ridden in Austin, Texas – the adopted hometown of my old competitor Lance Armstrong – since 1995. Although I rarely have time to train properly on a regular basis, I have traditionally made several century (100+ mile) bike rides annually, along with numerous 2-4 day rides in the past. I am now just short of 46 years old and a full time Emergency Physician with two active teenagers and a lovely wife, all of whom like to ride (for short distances) with me.
I had never owned a Rido saddle, but it had been highly recommended to me by friends in the past. When I heard the R2 was coming out, I could not wait to get one, and although it has been on my bike since the end of last summer, I have had an especially hectic schedule and have only managed a few rides on it, most for 15-25 miles, but one or two for 65+ miles. As I said, I generally get little to no training “seat time,” so I was very keen to see if this new seat could keep me from getting sore with each untrained hour-plus ride. Much to my surprise, I found the seat to be immediately comfortable, and to have gotten even more comfortable since. I typically ride alone and spend a lot of time laid out on my tri-bars or “in the drops,” and I find the seat works well whether I am sitting up on the hoods or folded flat to the wind.
I find the seat almost “cushy” and I have not had any perineal pressure or genital numbness, something I had grown used to for years, even after switching to an ergonomic “split seat” years ago. I think this seat will be equally comfortable for men and women, and has proven very effective at becoming both immediately and progressively more comfortable.
I must say that the most astounding feature of all about this seat is the price – less than half that of ergonomic competition split seat that I had previously installed! Although the seat is bulky in comparison to some of its unpadded/sadomasochistic leather competition, it is still extremely light, and it draws a number of looks and questions from other curious cyclists. I hope to show it to my friends who own some of the local cycleries and to be the first of many happy cycling backsides here in Austin!
I am very, very impressed with your product, and it would be an honor to help introduce it to Austin. Please let me know if there is anything else you need or any other way that I may be of assistance. Take care, and best of luck here in the States!”Dr L.C, Austin, Texas, USA (MD, FACEP, FAAEM / Medical Director, Austin Surgical Hospital)
“I have two carrier bags stuffed full of saddles which are hanging up in my garage. Seeking comfort on a bike I have spent many pounds on leather saddles, plastic saddles, some with bits cut out, others with gel added, fully sprung saddles, wide saddles, narrow saddles and every last one of them made me sore.
Hauling a trailer full of camping tackle over some roads in Europe for hour after hour means that a comfortable perch is everything and now at last I’ve found it. I purchased a saddle on the internet from St John’s Cycles, fitted it to my mountain bike and was convinced. As a result I got a second one for my tour bike.
What a great saddle. Thanks very much for developing this product!”J.M, received by email – location unknown
“The R2’s additional support feels better, more secure, cruising on the rough stuff”
“Very good! So many great original product concepts “evolve” into something losing the best characteristics of the original. I am very glad I do not have to order a bunch of the Pink Ridos you have left in stock. Takes a secure guy to ride a pink saddle!
The R2’s stiffer raised seat area requires the saddle be angled back slightly from the optimum angle of the original Rido (for me anyway). I’m riding zero suspension 26in bicycles for primary transportation and touring on everything from good roads to no roads.
The R2’s additional support feels better, more secure, cruising on the rough stuff. Thanks again!”T.S, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
“Thank you so much for getting my wife back on a bike again to ride with me.”
“My wife bought the Rido R2 following a pelvic injury that prevented her using her favourite Brooks saddle. Since using the Rido 2 she is able to cycle long distances, has found the power back on her legs, and is delighted to be back on a bike again. Thank you so much for getting my wife back on a bike again to ride with me. In the words of a famous credit card, ‘priceless’.”K.S, London – received by email
“It (Rido) is the most comfortable saddle I have tried! A massive improvement and I just need to get over the firmness. I feel it will work brilliantly for me.
Many Many thanks”Mrs P.M, Huntingdon, Cambs, UK
“A two day tour from Växjö to Nässjö and back, with a couple of geocaches picked up along the way.
I’m happy to say the Rido R2 saddle was comfortable all day. Spring is coming and I hope to be able to do more of these short weekend tours.”pastafarian, http://www.thorncycles.co.uk/forums/index.php?topic=1904.msg9703#msg9703
“Just a big thank you for a great saddle. I have done well over 600 miles in 4 weeks on it and it is absolutely fantastic. I really can’t recommend this saddle enough. Many Thanks.”R.L, Norwich, Norfolk, UK
“RIDO-CYCLE SADDLES: I have purchased to date two of these seats. The seat is completely different than any other i have tried but seems to work well. It is not a soft comfy type seat – it just seems to be designed in such a way as to prevent pain but no real cushy type comfort. I like them and would or will buy more from them. I am putting them at the top of the list because this seat seems to me to work well and does what the inventor says it will do. It is low cost light weight well designed item.”SOURCES FOR COMFORT BICYCLE SEATS OR SADDLES – http://www.thebicyclebum.com/seats.htm
“Had initial problems slipping off but tilted front slightly up and since then it has been brilliant! Did 100 mile Suffolk Sunrise ride yesterday starting at 6am and saddle not an issue at all.”A.L.K, Braintree, Essex, UK
“Crossed the Middle East this summer – (it was grand. 1500miles, huge height gain, heat not so terrible at 5.30 in the morning) – on the Rido 2. No saddlesores at all – fine piece of work – many thanks.”J.B, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, UK
“We’ve just finished our final day in Paris on the 350 mile ride. The saddle was great and I’ve bigged it up to many people!! I … want to applaud the makers of the Rido saddle from the bottom of my heart and the heart of my bottom; a lifesaver!!”H.D, Help for Heroes, Downton, Wiltshire, UK
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