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The latest analysis of the EQUA Index data shows that the average daily distance driven in passenger cars is not sufficient for a vehicle’s pollution control system to warm up and become fully functional. The resultant high levels of cold start NOx emissions, from both gasoline and diesel engines, could provide an additional challenge for urban air quality initiatives such as the proposed Clean Air Zones in the UK.
According to the Department for Transport more than half of car driver trips nationally are under 5 miles. In Inner London, the average journey distance by car per-person-per-day is just 1.5 miles. For the majority of vehicles tested by Emissions Analytics, it can take more than five minutes for after-treatment systems to reach operating temperature.
The table below shows the uplift in NOx for cold starts tested at 1 minute and 5 minutes from key-on, compared to when fully warm, across the combined EQUA Index cycle.
Gasoline has lower NOx in absolute terms but proportionally has much higher NOx in the first minute, but which then falls more rapidly than for diesel cars. This is typically as the three-way catalyst reaches effective operating temperature.
More generally, the thermal management of exhaust systems for engines where the exhaust frequently cools, such as with stop-start technology or hybridisation, is of growing importance in limiting NOx emissions.
By looking at the average NOx emissions of 5% of the data with lowest instantaneous exhaust temperatures from each Euro 5 and 6 passenger car test (excluding data points where the engine is off), and comparing it to the average NOx emissions when the engine is warm, it shows a very similar picture to the cold start data.
Gasoline engines suffer proportionally much more from cooler exhausts although produce less NOx in absolute terms, whereas the diesel engines have a 29% uplift in NOx when the exhaust temperature is lower. In terms of total emissions, the average uplift is 0.160g/km for diesels and 0.067g/km for gasoline vehicles.
The potential introduction of Clean Air Zones in UK cities is a cornerstone of the government’s strategy to reduce air pollution. However, driver behaviour in cities (short trips, the use of stop-start technology and/or choice of hybrid vehicles), when combined with exhaust after-treatment technologies which are sensitive to exhaust temperature, means that other measures will be necessary if NOx emissions are to be reduced.
Encouragingly, the EU has acknowledged the importance of cold start emissions by including their measurement in the new Real Driving Emissions regulations that start in September 2017. However, there is a danger that the effects are under-measured compared to real-world journeys of short length.


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This year, 2017, I’ve found myself really struggling with something I haven’t really struggle dwith in the past. Fear. I am not sure where the fear is coming from. We do have some BIG things coming in our family in the next few years but I’m not sure. Either way, fear makes me feel so weak. I’ve heard it said fear and faith can’t exist together…and I really believe that. But sometimes I feel really strong in my faith, but fear still seeps into my heart. Somehow I find myself getting anxious, worried, and stressed about unknowns and imagined scenarios.
The Lord is working a thing in my heart when it comes to courage….and I’m going to stop feeling weak when fear comes. Fear is free to come to my heart, but it does not have permission to overcome my heart. Fear is not allowed to erase my faith. So my faith can be strong, even when I feel afraid. I think it is ok to feel afraid, but when we start to doubt God, or doubt His plan, or doubt His character…..fear is winning!
The Lord is teaching me about this as I am attacked almost daily with fears….so instead of feeling weak with my fear, I will stand firm…in God’s Word and the Truth found there.
Truth is really the BEST WAY to combat fear and not let it control my thinking…..filling my mind with TRUTH seems like a daily struggle, but I can do it.
Do you struggle with falling asleep? Check out my Psalms to Help You Fall Asleep Printable.
Some other GREAT resources to get started today!
Great Lincoln quote. Yes, fear does make us feel weak. I like your plan to face it but not let it overtake you. Good words of encouragement Sarah.
I love this: Fear is free to come to my heart, but it does not have permission to overcome my heart. You are so right! We will feel fear, but it does not have to defeat us. Thank you for these words today!
I think faith and fear can exist together. The question is which one is in charge. I think sometimes faith is keeping going or stepping out when God is calling us despite the fear. I like the Abraham Lincoln quote.
Hello FMF neighbor! You are sitting to my right today on the link up. I’m glad to “meet” you. I love this post, and I will surely use your printable as this season of sleep has been hard for me. Fear/anxiety keeps me up at times or just mom “doings.” I pray you have a restful weekend. Thanks for this post. Loved the Tweet!
Lovely post, Sarah. You really caught the dynamic tension between fear and faith, and expressed it beautifully!
Hi my friend! I so get you… there is a delicate dance we do between fear and faith. But you mustn’t beat yourself up when you feel fear. It is only a feeling and it can’t own you. .
You are in good company, my friend!

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Am giving TWO sets of Cremorlab Hydrating Mini Kit worth MYR50 to two lucky readers to try it out (one/set).
There are 4 products in Cremorlab Hydrating Mini Kit.
There are 4 products in the Cremorlab Hydrating Mini Kit! Thanks for the giveaway!
There are 4 products which are Mineral Treatment Essence, Fresh Water Gel, Sun Protective SPF35/PA++ & Skin Tone-up CC cream.

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Building Permits in Slovenia increased to 316 in March from 260 in February of 2019. Building Permits in Slovenia averaged 249.65 from 2013 until 2019, reaching an all time high of 458 in December of 2018 and a record low of 92 in January of 2016.
This page provides - Slovenia Building Permits- actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news. Slovenia Dwelling Permits - actual data, historical chart and calendar of releases - was last updated on April of 2019.

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“When Fourth Mistress, Lotus, was carried into the Chen family garden, she was nineteen; she was carried into the garden through the back gate on the west side at dusk, by four rustic sedan bearers.” This is the beginning of Su Tong’s Raise the Red Lantern, one of three novellas that are part of the book — and the one that inspired the name of the book and later a film. These three stories are all set in the 1930s provincial China, and are tales of prostitution, poverty and drug addiction.
I’ll focus on Raise the Red Lantern novella, since this was the one I found the most appealing. It tells the story of Lotus, a young lady who, after her father’s suicide, is forced to become the concubine of a wealthy merchant.
What then follows is a tale of despair and loneliness, trapped in a life she never had dreamed of living. She shares Chen Zuoqian with three other mistresses, and has to face the jealousy and hatred coming from some of the other concubines. As the story evolves, Lotus seems to be sadder, on the verge of facing the harsh reality of the house she lives in. And the rest I’ll keep it a secret.
Su Tong’s vivid style of storytelling illustrates well the feelings of the main character. In the description of the first scene in bed with the merchant, the author writes: “Lotus seemed to fall from a high place into a dark valley where pain and dizziness were accompanied by a feeling of lightness.” The writing is simple, descriptive and very realistic, allowing the readers to quickly grasp the feelings of the character. As the story evolves, Lotus seems to be sadder, on the verge of facing the harsh reality of the house she lives in.
Raise the Red Lantern was adapted to cinema, in a film directed by Zhang Yimou and starred by Gong Li. The book, and later the film, became a success, even though both were censored for a while, in Mainland China.

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text: John Edward Baker, of Chicago, beloved husband of Bonnie, nee McCabe, who preceded him in death; loving father of Carol (Jeff) Fox, Edward (Gina), Michael (Cheryl), Terrence (Diane) and Joanne (Paul) Rupprecht; dear brother of Marie (Ed) Jedlicka, Loretta Porter, Patricia (the late Bill) Brunette and Marge (Karl) Graf; proud grandfather of Vonnie, Jack, Jessica, Christy, Shane, Conner, Meaghan, Rachael, Paul Jr. and Caleb. John was a graduate of Chicago's Leo High School. Memorial Service at St. Christopher's Church, 146th and Keeler, Midlothian, IL on Sunday, Oct. 24, 2004, at 1 p.m. In lieu of flowers, donations to Chattahoochee Nature Center, 9135 Willow Rd., Roswell, GA 30075. Cremation Society of Illinois handling arrangements. For further info, 773-752-6400.


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Product placement in video games is gaining momentum as a means to target audiences in an indirect and engaging way. This study uses a 2 (high repetition vs low repetition) × 2 (high brand familiarity vs low brand familiarity) factorial design to test the effects of repetition and brand familiarity on consumers’ memory for brands placed in video games. Results suggest that consumers recall familiar brands placed in the video game better than unfamiliar ones. Familiar brands also performed better in a brand recognition measure than unfamiliar brands. As no interaction effect of repetition was found, both familiar and unfamiliar brands will benefit equally of the effect of repetition. Managerial implications, limitations, and future research are also addressed.
The use of video games for advertising purposes is not new and can be tracked back to the eighties when brands such as Budweiser or Marlboro placed their brands in video games like Tapper and Pole Position. Nowadays, just in America more than 150 million of people play video games (Entertainment Software Association [ESA] 2015). This growing number of video game players has also increased advertisers’ interest to use video games as a way to approach consumers in an engaging and indirect way. More specifically video games are used to target marketing communications to young audiences (Peters and Leshner 2013; Terlutter and Capella 2013; Van Reijmersdal, Rozendaal, and Buijzen 2012).
Nevertheless, children and youngsters are not the only audience for video games as parents also play video games as a way to both socialize with their children and to monitor the content of the video games they play (ESA 2009). Older video game players also play video games because they grew up as teenagers playing video games and now they continue playing video games during adulthood. Video game developers have also broadened their target audience with older population segments seeking for new market opportunities (for example, health-related video games in the shape of exercise mobile apps or serious games such as Brain Training).
As an increasing part of the population is playing video games worldwide, and more audiences can be reached through advertising in video games, advertising in video games is gaining momentum as a marketing communications tool. In fact, advertising in video games will reach $7.2 billion by 2016 (Tassi 2011) and the expectation is for a continued expansion of these efforts going forward (Yeu et al. 2013).

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Capital “B” in Bible, please!
Text messaging and other influences have contributed to some of the worst writing habits imaginable, including the failure of people to use capitalization and punctuation.
Sadly, that style is intruding into everyday communication. Many people ignore an e-mail that is a lowercase wall of type with no periods or paragraph breaks. They just don’t want to put forth the effort to try to read such messages.
The word “Bible” is a proper noun and is always capitalized when it refers to the book we love and seek to obey. Sloppy writers spell the word “bible” out of ignorance. Bigots also like to spell it in lower-case out of meanness, since they believe doing so diminishes the power and influence of the 1.9 billion Christians world-wide who read and revere the Bible.
However, Christians should always spell it properly by capitalizing the word. Make it a point to correct others when you see them misusing the word.
No need to capitalize the word if something is referred to as, “the cooking bible” or the “car owner’s bible.” When used in this way, the word bible is descriptive and not a title, thus not a proper noun.
By the way, the word “biblical” (as in, “He took a biblical studies course.”) is not a proper noun either, and is not capitalized.


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← Don’t Seek. Just Be.
Steve Jobs has been my constant companion for over 25 years. Not in real life. But definitely in virtual life.
My first computer was an original Macintosh — the offspring of Steve’s unlimited imagination and unstoppable will to change the world. So strong was our connection that I nicknamed her “Maxine”. What adventures we shared.
Now Steve is gone, may he rest in peace. Though we never actually met, I feel as if I have lost a lifelong friend.
My deepest sympathies go to his loved ones. We cherish memories of the man who inspired us to Think Different.
Your devotion taught me the true lesson of great branding. It is a lesson you and Steve taught me. I am grateful to you both. Thank you for sharing.
A great article about a constant in all our lives ! I know at one point Beth was jealous of Maxine !

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This monster cannot be recaptured if released. DO NOT release!
Best way of leveling it up quickly and cheap is to farm off of Microchus for Potent Crystals in Clearwater Marshes when it's raining.


text: You wake up one day to find out that something seems different. You come to realize that your bed is now bigger than a footbal field. Somehow, you're now as big as an ant. With this new change in store, today is going to be quite interesting.


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Check out this 0 2012 Honda CR-V EX-L with 79,781 miles. It is being listed in Spokane, WA on EasyAutoSales. Com.
2019 Hyundai Santa Fe SE 2.4L with 8 miles for $23,820. Located in lynnwood, wa.
2018 Chevrolet Tahoe LT with 25,160 miles for $0. Located in Puyallup, WA.
Delivers 20 Highway MPG and 15 City MPG! This Acura MDX delivers a Gas V6 3.7L/ engine powering this Automatic transmission. XM satellite radio.

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TheHolyHost surpasses the basic prerequisites for hosting WordPress-powered web sites.
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[PATCH] D57739: [clangd] Format tweak's replacements.
[PATCH] D57768: [SYCL] Add SYCL device compilation flow.
[PATCH] D57815: [clangd] Add type boost to fuzzy find in Dex.
sammccall accepted this revision. sammccall added inline comments. This revision is now accepted and ready to land. Comment at: clangd/index/Index.h:457 std::vector ProximityPaths; - - // FIXME(ibiryukov): add expected type to the request. + /// Preferred types of symbols.
[PATCH] D57021: [clangd] Suggest adding missing includes for typos (like include-fixer).
[PATCH] D57427: [CodeGen][ObjC] Fix assert on calling `__builtin_constant_p` with ObjC objects.
[PATCH] D45978: dllexport const variables must have external linkage.
[PATCH] D57819: [clangd] Reduce number of threads used by BackgroundIndex to number of physical cores.
ioeric created this revision. ioeric added reviewers: sammccall, ilya-biryukov. Herald added subscribers: cfe-commits, kadircet, arphaman, jkorous, MaskRay. Herald added a project: clang. No noticeable impact on code completions overall except some improvement on cross-namespace completion.
bader added a comment. In D57768#1386754 , @Naghasan wrote: > LGTM > > Side note: might be good to also involve @Anastasia, as some of the future > patches will overlap with OpenCL. Sure. I'll add @Anastasia as a reviewer to the relevant patches.
arsenm created this revision. Herald added a subscriber: wdng. This was only printing the clang frontend timer, and none of the backend timers. Set the llvm global for enabling the backend time report when creating the frontend timers, rather than in the BackendConsumer constructor.
[PATCH] D57801: [opaque pointer types] Pass through function types for TLS initialization and global destructor calls.
[PATCH] D57804: [opaque pointer types] Make EmitCall pass Function Types to CreateCall/Invoke.
[clang-tools-extra] r353306 - [clangd] Format tweak's replacements.
[clang-tools-extra] r353310 - [clangd] Add type boost to fuzzy find in Dex.
Author: ioeric Date: Wed Feb 6 07:36:23 2019 New Revision: 353310 URL: http://llvm.org/viewvc/llvm-project?rev=353310=rev Log: [clangd] Add type boost to fuzzy find in Dex. Summary: No noticeable impact on code completions overall except some improvement on cross-namespace completion.
r353318 - Switch to cantFail(), since it does the same assertion.
[PATCH] D57619: [analyzer] Canonicalize variable declarations in VarRegion objects.
r353372 - Moved the whole SMT API to a single file. NFC.
[PATCH] D54977: [analyzer] Moved the whole SMT API to a single file. NFC.


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Tree cover surround Baltimore's Washington Boulevard in 2007 (top) and the same view in 2015 (bottom). Images courtesy of the University of Vermont.
Baltimore City’s tree cover increased from 27 to 28 percent between 2007 and 2015, based on data analyzed by the Forest Service and in collaboration with City of Baltimore and the University of Vermont. Tree canopy coverage for cities in the United States range from less than 20 percent to upwards of 40 percent. Baltimore’s one percent net gain equates to an additional 200 acres of tree coverage for the city and a continued increase in benefits such as a reduction in utility bills and storm water runoff.
Why should anyone care about the extent of tree cover? As it turns out, tree coverage has immense benefits for cities. Research by the Forest Service and others is demonstrating a positive correlation between trees and public safety (more trees equal less violent crime and crimes against property), regardless of socioeconomic factors. Urban forests have positive impacts on human health (reduced asthma and other respiratory problems) and economic development (increased property values and business performance), while exposure to nature can relieve ADHD symptoms and improve academic performance. Trees improve water quality and reduce flooding by acting as purifiers and sponges during and after rainfall, filtering fertilizers, pesticides, and pollution that washes off roads and other impervious surfaces.
The tree canopy change detection in Baltimore was carried out using high-resolution aerial imagery and 3D airborne laser-guided data detection, known as LiDAR. Change was mapped at the individual tree canopy level for every single tree in the city, overcoming the limitations of other studies that used coarser resolution data or sample-based approaches.
The Urban Tree Canopy approach and protocols used in the Baltimore assessment were invented by the Forest Service in 2006 to map and quantify landcover for Baltimore City. The aim of the Urban Tree Canopy assessment is to help decision makers understand their urban forest resources, particularly the amount of tree canopy that currently exists and the amount that could exist at multiple scales.

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The economic scene today is going through a major upheaval with many of the existing paradigms collapsing or proving inadequate. Managing the human element is still the most important and yet the most challenging need.
SAFIM strives to help managers develop and fully express their inner potential, to realise that the root causes of all problems lie within, and only a change in attitudes, values and consciousness can bring about a lasting solution.
More information on SAFIM is available at www.safim.aurosociety.org.
The primary goal of SAFIM is to carry out research in the field of Business Management so as to develop a holistic insight into the human factor of an organization. SAFIM is equipped with the necessary training methodologies and a network of experienced resource persons, from both academia and industry, who are strongly oriented towards deeper values while being fully responsive to present industry needs.

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The articles published in Research & Reviews: Journal of Botanical Sciences have been cited 109 times by eminent researchers all around the world. Following is the list of articles that have cited the articles published in Research & Reviews: Journal of Botanical Sciences.
Zapfack L, et al. Correlation between Associated Trees, Cocoa Trees and Carbon Stocks Potential in Cocoa Agroforests of Southern Cameroon. Sustainability in Environment. 2016; 1:71.
Bruno TM, et al. Plant Diversity and Carbon Storage Assessment in an African Protected Forest: A Case of the Eastern Part of the Dja Wildlife Reserve in Cameroon. Journal of Plant Sciences. 2016; 4:95.
Tchobsala DD, et al. International Journal of Current Research in Biosciences and Plant Biology. Int. J. Curr. Res. Biosci. Plant Biol. 2016;3:97-113.
Adoum D, et al. Phytodiversity and carbon stock in Sudanian savannahs zone of Tandjile-East of Chad. IJAR. 2016;2:455-60.
Zapfack L, et al. ECONOMIC ESTIMATION OF CARBON STORAGE AND SEQUESTRATION AS ECOSYSTEM SERVICES OF PROTECTED AREAS: A CASE STUDY OF LOBEKE NATIONAL PARK. Journal of Tropical Forest Science. 2016; 1:406-15.
Moghadam A, et al. Expression of a Recombinant Anti-HIV and Anti-Tumor Protein, MAP30, in Nicotiana tobacum Hairy Roots: A pH-Stable and Thermophilic Antimicrobial Protein. PloS one. 2016; 11:e0159653.
Fernandes EG, et al. Diversity of endophytic fungi in Glycine max. Microbiological research. 2015; 181:84-92.
Mounika M. Research & Reviews: Journal of Pharmacology and Toxicological Studies.
Wanyera R, et al. Management of wheat rusts at different growth stages using Nativo 300 SC (trifloxystrobin 100g/L+ tebuconazole 200g/L) fungicide. Australian Journal of Crop Science. 2016; 10:1273.
Singh G and Kaur D. Studies on the Antioxidative stress res mancozeb in seedlings of bra.
Lodha D, et al. A high-frequency in vitro multiplication, micromorphological studies and ex vitro rooting of Cadaba fruticosa (L.) Druce (Bahuguni): a multipurpose endangered medicinal shrub. Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants. 2015; 21:407-15.
Dhivya S, et al. Enhancement of cognitive performance in mice and in vitro acetyl-cholinesterase inhibitory activity of 3, 3’, 4’, 5, 7-pentahydroxyflavone isolated from Cadaba indica. Bangladesh Journal of Pharmacology. 2016; 11:886-93.
Barinova S and Romanov R. Charophyte community in the lowermost locality in the world near the Dead Sea, Israel. International Journal of Plant and Soil Science. 2015.
Barinova S, et al. Ecology of phytoplankton in the regional landscape park" Slavyansky Resort", Ukraine. Applied Ecology and Environmental Research. 2015;13:449-64.
Barinova S, et al. Macrophytes and Charophytes in Ecological Assessment of the Protected Lakes in Donetsk Region, Ukraine. Natural Resources and Conservation. 2014;2:71-9.
Klymiuk V, et al. Algal Bio-Indication in Assessment of Hydrological Impact on Ecosystem in Wetlands of “Slavyansky Resort”. Transylvanian Review of Systematical and Ecological Research. 2015;17:63-70.
Barinova S, et al. Algal Indication of Climatic Gradients. American Journal of Environmental Protection. 2015;4:72-7.
KUMAR BN, et al. CYANOBACTERIA: A POTENTIAL NATURAL SOURCE FOR DRUG DISCOVERY AND BIOREMEDIATION.
Klymiuk V and Barinova S. PHYTOPLANKTON COMMUNITIES IN ECOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT OF LACUSTRINE ECOSYSTEMS IN THE WETLAND SLAVYANSKY RESORT, UKRAINE. Journal of Wetlands Biodiversity.2015; 5:17-27.


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Back in February when I was in Atlanta one of the spots I wanted to check out was Ted’s Montana Grill. It is headquartered there and I figured that would be the best place to try it. Since that fell through I always knew if I made it to the west coast of Florida I would “need” to eat here. Just to give you a little back story on Ted’s Montana Grill. Ted’s Montana Grill was founded by Ted Turner (former media mogul and environmentalist) and George McKerrow Jr (Longhorn Steakhouse amongst other things). It’s known for being Eco-friendly (one of the first things I noticed when I was served my drink was a straw made out of paper, I don’t remember when the last time I had one of those.). What I appreciate about their Eco-friendly take on things, is best said on their website: “Will all of this change the world? Maybe, maybe not. But it’s the right thing to do.” Enough saving the world talk and let’s get to the food.
My mother decides to start with a Tortilla Soup while I order Bar None Sliders, “Salt n’-Pepper” Onion Wings & Chili Cheese Fries. Momster loves the Tortilla Soup and while she’s slurping it up the other goods arrive. We’re also presented with a fresh whole pickle. Ted’s Montana Grill has a very steakhouse feel with a Bison head at the bar. Nothing says relaxation like a bodyless bison. I was kidding, I found the place to be rather relaxing for some unknown reason, maybe it was all the quotes peppered (yes I used that word) all around the restaurant.
My parents asked as I’m sure you might be wondering also, why do I order Mini-Burgers or Sliders as they’re called here and a full size burger. The answer is most places of the place I’ve checked out have better Sliders than full size burgers. Why? A good 99% percent of the time the sliders are made in house while the burger patties are not. This was not the case with Ted’s Montana Grill by the way. The sliders came on a biscuit type bread with American cheese (one of them even had an American flag in it via a toothpick). Great sliders, really great.
The “Salt n’-Pepper” Onion Rings were also great and I’m sure it has something to do with the fact this company is based out of Atlanta. Every restaurant in Atlanta seems to have really good onion rings.
The Chili Cheese Fries had great fresh cut fries: check , good amount of melted American cheese: check , fresh jalapenos: check and bison chili on it: don’t order the chili . It was the one thing we came across we did not like, not because it awful but because it was slightly below average tasting.
My wife Marcela had ordered a Chili Cheeseburger (cheddar cheese, grilled onions, jalapeno and bison chili) and after trying the chili decided to have the chili served on the side (it was left untouched). One thing about the burgers I didn’t mention you can either choose beef or bison and the burgers are served on kaiser buns. Getting back to Marcela’s burger, she loved it and I would have tried it but honestly the burger I ordered had all the trimmings.
Both of my parents had the America’s Cup (American cheese, bacon, grilled onions & mushrooms) and were raving about it (talking highly of it not dancing in a weird manner).
Oh Kitchen Sink, why are you so delicious? And it was, the Kitchen Sink has your choice of cheese (I had cheddar), bacon, grilled onions, grilled mushrooms, grilled ham and a fried egg.
The burger tasted great and broke the sliders are better than full size burger theory. How many places do you know that can do that?
The best Ted's to try is the one in Tallahassee. The Tallahassee store was built for Ted, bc he owns a home there. It was not meant to be a top producer, but it is. We've never had a bad meal. We're now stationed in Jacksonville, and the two locations here can't even touch the taste and service of the Tallahassee location!
I have been here and I know you can also get chicken instead of beef or bison.
Next time i have to go to the mayo clinic in Jacksonville i will have to track this place down and give it a try, you have sold me on the food!
Thanks So much for the advice! I will check this out later this year!
A favorite lunch stop of mine.
I usually get the kid’s slider meal, $6 for 3 beef sliders and fries, $8 for bison sliders and fries.
Their salmon is surprisingly good, too. $9 for the kid’s portion with 2 sides… it’s grilled on cedar plank, and you can actually taste that fact.
This location closed. I would have loved to hit it up a second time.

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I just read this article on the Star Tribune website about how the potential rollback of the Affordable Care Act (aka "Obamacare") could affect the "gig economy". I invite you to read that article before reading the rest of this post. The gist of the article, though, is that the gig economy - that part of the economy that involves freelancers and other workers that don't earn their income via traditional 9-to-5 employment - is now a much larger part of the economy now than it once was, and repealing the ACA could have a tremendous (negative) impact on those workers.
The effects will be felt not just on freelance workers like Lyft/Uber drivers, IT contractors, etc., but also on any artist or other creative professional, small business owners, etc. Often, taking the risk to strike out on one's own is dependent on what healthcare costs will be for him/her and his/her family. I know this has been a critical part of my calculation as I've considered leaving the corporate fold and striking out on my own in freelance capacities. The discounts (insurance discounts via tax credits) that would be afforded me in the early year(s), as I likely make a far reduced income, are critical in those calculations as to whether I can realistically consider making such a move. Being that I'm buying insurance for a family of five, affordability is a key factor when I look at a large initial income drop. Seeing this huge uncertainty on the horizon, it has changed my calculus. I don't see anything changing immediately for 2017, as the government machine can't turn quite that quick, but this could mean huge changes for 2018, and I'd hate to be staring down that barrel only a year into my new paradigm.
I've been lucky in that my employer, thankfully not wanting me to leave, has agreed to let me take a sabbatical of a few months this year instead, so I've withdrawn my resignation, won't be leaving the corporate fold quite yet after all. Instead I'll simply be using this time away to accomplish some of the goals my planned exit from Corporate America was intended for anyway, and then I can see what happens after this first year into the new Presidency, reassess my long-term strategy.


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I’m trying to use expo and the XDE client on Ubuntu but I cannot load the app on a real Android device.
I have downloaded the Android client, but each time I connect through QR code, the app on my phone gets stuck on the expo logo. Shaking the device brings the menu, but otherwise the screen showing is just the logo.
I have used both CRNA and expo build packs but each have the same problem - just the logo. The XDE client also shows that no devices are connected.
How do I get expo/XDE working for me?
Does my physical device need to be connected to my machine, or is being on the same network good enough?
Being on the same network is good enough if your XDE is serving a tunnel or a LAN url. One way you can troubleshoot is to try opening your app’s url in the device’s normal web browser. If it can’t connect, neither can Expo.
You might also double check whether your project is using the <AppLoading /> component in a way that might never unmount the component.
I haven’t made any changes to the initial app that is created using Expo/CRNA so I don’t think it could be due to a component.
If I open the app’s url on my phone’s browser I get a json object - which, I gather, is the expected result.
However, I’m still not able to get the app to work on the Expo client.
The only other response I get is if the debugger tab has not loaded which gives me an error page. When the debugger page loads (and gets stuck at Status: Waiting..., I can reload the page on the Expo app but it still gets stuck on the logo.


text: BumpBump had been played more than 35 times. This game named BumpBump is classified as Driving games. BumpBump is also connected to various types of following games: bumpbump, bumpercars, cars.


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1 Shakespeare: All right. I'll try and dash off a quick story. About... something.
2 Mercutio: Good. We can cut our teeth on a short film. Something we can upload to YouTube.
3 Ophelia: Not a bad idea. Publicity, and potentially some additional revenue.
It all sounds so easy, doesn't it?
I'll just dash off a really cool story and then we'll go film it and stick it on YouTube and watch the bucks roll in!
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What exactly is Idle No More?
Conceived in November by four Saskatchewan women frustrated with the Tories’ latest omnibus budget bill, Idle No More is a First Nations protest movement looking to obtain renewed government guarantees for treaty agreements and halt what organizers see as a legislative erosion of First Nations rights. The movement’s most visible spokeswoman is Theresa Spence, chief of the Attawapiskat First Nation, the Northern Ontario reserve struck by an emergency housing crisis last year. Since Dec. 11, Ms. Spence has been on a hunger strike while camped on an Ottawa River island only a few hundred metres from Parliament Hill, vowing not to eat until she has secured a meeting with Prime Minister Stephen Harper. Since early December, protests spurred by Idle No More have included a 1,000-person demonstration on Parliament Hill last week, a blockade of a CN rail spur near Sarnia that continued for a sixth day on Wednesday and a variety of brief demonstrations and blockades across Canada and parts of the United States.
Although Idle No More trended on social media over the holidays, has there been much non-virtual movement of late?
Protests largely quieted down over Christmas, although on Boxing Day scattered demonstrations were seen at malls in the Prairie provinces, Sarnia remains blockaded and Theresa Spence still has not eaten. On Wednesday, Ms. Spence received endorsements from the two frontrunners in the Liberal leadership race, Marc Garneau and Justin Trudeau. Mr. Trudeau met with Ms. Spence in her Victoria Island teepee, while Mr. Garneau released a letter calling for Mr. Harper to build “renewed understanding” with Canada’s First Nations.
The crux of the protest is ensuring that treaty rights are respected. Are treaty rights being disrespected?
How wide is support for the protests among Canada’s First Nations? Not all First Nations protests are created equal. In the past, several high-profile demonstrations such as the 2007 blockade of Ontario’s Highway 401 or Aboriginal protests surrounding the 2010 Vancouver Olympics were conducted by fringe groups with little or no official ties to the groups they claimed to represent. Idle No More’s protests, on the other hand, have received the official backing of First Nations groups and leaders across Canada, including Assembly of First Nations grand chief Shawn Atleo, who has often been noted for advocating close co-operation between Aboriginals and the Tory government.
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Its about time that they all got together and let them know that the Natives Indians were there first, and they have to respect the Treaties, Number 9 Treaty, and all the Treaties. Large Corporations, can't come and disrespect them and take what they want. Also, They can't come and attack their Woman, and Children but their protesting against something thats rightfully belongs to the Native Indians. The Land and the Oil, and your Rights for Natives to make their own decisions. Its their path to a Free Society for the Natives. We the Native Indians here in the United States, support you, and while I know that I'm not in Canada, I started protected the Natives here in USA back in 2008, however it only takes one man or woman to start it. And then the Nation will follow, God Bless! Be Peaceful but tell large Corporation you mean business.
As Native Americans, First Nations people, we are not the immigrants. We are the oppressed ruled by the immigrants that came and took the land, the rivers, the lives and now think that we are second class people. That we need to assimilate, give up our languages and culture so we are no more. We were killed and put on reservations while immigrants from afar were welcomed to our lands. Immigrants from other countries are encourage to keep their languages, culture, and looked upon as intelligent. Something has been wrong for so many years, wouldn't you say?
I have been doing a lot of reading on this matter and find one common thread in every report, lack of specific examples of the allegations that are being opposed. Lots of details of each protest, lots of pictures and video of people with placards but no stories or examples of treaty violations or how the omnibus is directly affecting people now.
I feel the majority of Canadians are misinformed as to how our taxes support native people's and reserve lands so there isn't much empathy with protests. My basic impression is that native leaders receive huge amounts of money to run reserves but all the problems on a reserve are blamed on the federal government and not on the local reserve government.
Tell us your stories, provide exact details, open your books, name the names of who said what and when, then we can decide if we want to back your protest.
Anyone near the Sarnia protest can you go to the location and help!!
As far as how I feel it seems to always come to one groups rights their are other peoples rights involved as well. Their was wrong doing on both sides of this only thing is people only see one side . All reservations should be abolished it is a part of segregation that should not be . all should be together remember we are all one and are all connected it doesn't matter who you are. and also for some to have their rights what about others rights I didn't do the deed way back in history and sorry but don't feel it should keep coming off my back when I can barely take care of my family your schooling is paid for others have to go into debt just to send their children to school. In no matter way shape or form if you look at things no bodys rights are being honored. As far as these lands go they don't belong to anyone they belong to everyone on this earth until we leave it and the creator takes it back . Gets right down to this we are all the same no one is different from the next everyone can have their cultures and language that should be respected by everyone that is just common courtesy and how it should be. It is really time for all of man kind to learn to live together as one and to all be equal no one group is more special than the other no race is better than the others no religion is better than the others and if humanity can't sit down and figure this out and come together and live in peace with one another WE ARE ALL BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN THE HUMAN RACE AS IT WAS MEANT TO BE . No one is better than the rest we should all follow the same laws we should all live together we should all help each other we should all respect each other end of story.
We need the facts...not rhetoric. This grass roots movement is very necessary and i fully support it. The government needs a tune up, but so do some of the FN governments...corruption is not color coated. This is what the FN women and young are telling us. So a $100million was spent in Attawapiskat in the last number of years... peanuts when you have to look after health, education, housing etc. But the leaders and bureaucrats from all governments need to look after the people...not only themselves. Why should anyone in this rich country live in the housing we have seen of FN reserves? It is a disgrace to our homeland for which we are all here to share and protect.

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When Mark Piccirillo started playing football in first grade, there was no telling just how good of an athlete he would become. Flash forward to Mark's senior year of college, and he is arguably one of the best quarterbacks to have come through the NESCAC. But despite his talents, Mark attributes much of his success to the support of his family and coaches, and to the skills of his fellow teammates.
Being a quarterback is a unique and challenging position, because it takes technical precision and mental toughness. Quarterbacks typically garner most of the recognition for wins, as they are the face of the team and often in the limelight. Having this role on a team can be difficult, and many quarterbacks struggle to stay humble. Mark, however, is a very unique quarterback because he doesn't think that he makes the team, quite the contrary, he believes that it is his teammates that make him a better player and person.
Before Mark arrived at Wesleyan, he had a seasoned career at Shelton High School (Conn.). As a senior in 2014, he racked up numerous accolades including New Haven Register All-Area MVP, Connecticut Post Super 33 MVP, National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame Scholar Athlete, Walter Camp Player of the Year, Walter Camp First Team, First Team All-State, Southern Connecticut Division I Player of the Year, Shelton High School MVP, 960 WELI Player of the Year and the Connecticut Coach DeMaio Player of the Year.
Wesleyan Athletic Director Mike Whalen had the privilege of getting to know Mark throughout his recruiting process and remembers recognizing immediately that Mark had the it factor. "Having been around college football for over 30 years, I have been fortunate to have been around some very talented quarterbacks. Just like Mark, they all had the it factor. It is tough to define, however, when you see someone who has it, you know right away."
During Mark's time at Shelton, he helped guide his team to a State Championship (12-1 record), while setting career records for passing yards (5,976), passing touchdowns (64), total yards (8,835) and total touchdowns (110).
Mark's high school campaign did not come without it's own challenges. During his early years, he had torn his hamstring, and despite playing through the pain, he was always worried about reinjuring it. However, Mark is the type of athlete that is focused on his goals and would not let anything stand in his way. This dedication and persistence is why as a first-year student at Wesleyan, he became a starter midway through the season. To be a starter as a freshman is not super common, but Mark believes that, "You have to make sure that you are ready when they call your name," and he made sure he was ready before he even stepped on campus.
Head Coach Dan DiCenzo spoke about Mark's impact early on, stating, "He is a complete player and a student of the game. He has been a leader since he walked on campus and has continued to improve in every area of his game every day."
Since then, Mark has been a force on the field as a Cardinal. During his first year, he was named Wesleyan Rookie of the Year, and he was named Second Team All-NESCAC Offense during his sophomore year campaign. Last season, Mark continued to build upon previous year's successes, where he broke 11 program records and become Wesleyan's all-time leading scorer with 252 career-points and 42 career-touchdowns. During the 2017 campaign, Mark totaled 2,657 passing yards, which ranked fourth all-time among NESCAC leaders in a single-season. Additionally, he led the team in rushing as a junior and ranked sixth in the NESCAC.
It is easy to look at Mark's successful career and assume that he is someone who was born with talent. However, Mark has worked extremely hard to get to where he wants to be. DiCenzo explains, "Mark has had an outstanding career. He will graduate with a bunch of offensive records and it is well deserved. As coaches, we see the work he puts in, but from the outside they just see the results. Mark has earned his success through his hard work and dedication."
With his dedication and passion for the game, it is no surprise that Mark has become such a talented athlete. But what others may find shocking is his desire to pass knowledge and motivation on to his teammates. He expressed, "It's easy to see in practice when guys are tired or getting down on themselves, I know because I am tired too. But, I have to be the one that sets the tone. So, even if I am feeling terrible, I just try to get everyone going again and making sure everyone has the energy to play at a high level every day." In addition to this, Mark's mantra he preaches to younger players is, "Every time you touch the ball, you have to make something happen. You cannot take any time off." This type of mindset has allowed Mark to excel on the field and has helped to make his teammates better. Whalen explained, "Mark thrives on competition and has a real passion for the game. He has that rare ability to make everyone who plays around him better."
As Mark's playing time comes to an end at Wesleyan, he will be remembered for his contributions on and off the field. Whalen expressed, "When his college career comes to an end, Mark will own many Wesleyan records. However, what I will remember most about him is his unselfish attitude, strong commitment to his teammates and his willingness to always put the needs of the team ahead of his own."

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Monday may have been one of the most disappointing days in Johnny Garcia’s boxing career.
At the U.S.A. Boxing regional qualifier for the national finals, Garcia was beaten in a 3-2, split-decision by Zeddy Adams of Cleveland in their 141-pound bout.
“I thought I won the fight,” Garcia, a 141-pounder, said. “He got a point deducted for holding. ... But once the judges make their decision, there’s nothing you can do.
Garcia, who experienced a similar disappointment when he lost in the semifinals of the national Golden Gloves tournament recently, said he’s going to sit home and take it easy for a week. Then he’s probably going to file the papers needed to become a professional fighter.
“I’m still going to be training with Terry Markowski (out of Muskegon), but I’m going to take a week off and think about what I want to do next,” Garcia said.
Garcia reached the championship round of the five-state regional tournament with a decision Sunday over Eric Draper of Indiana.


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HPA Tech Retreat 2019: CES In Review & 8K: How’d We Get Here So Quickly?
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Pete Putman will present his annual review of the Consumer Electronics Show, followed by an overview of the surprising path to 8K video and television.

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Modern businesses have evolved to be customer-centric and multifaceted, maximizing every opportunity to deliver value where they can in a customer’s lifecycle. Lighthouse Financial has built their brand around this exact premise — customers are real people, with real lives and ever-changing needs that require an umbrella of services. What started off as just an accounting firm from Hawke’s Bay has quickly transformed into a multi-disciplined service offering that can accommodate just about every possible life scenario.
Turning a customer’s transaction into trust and loyalty is not an easy undertaking and often requires a high level of empathy, engagement and foresight. Lighthouse Financial follows the path of a customer’s journey from providing valuable tax guidance to ensuring that one’s will and trust are in good hands. What makes them even more unique is their willingness to incorporate new technology into their value proposition, in an industry often characterized by being “safe” or even “stubborn” (depends on who you talk to).
A lot can be said about their mission statement as it naturally fits into our own: to connect customers to the right person at the right time — so customers and employees can get on with their days rather than be drowned in a sea of emails and voicemails. So when they agreed to switch their existing phone system over to Cradle, we were excited not only by the opportunity to increase our presence in the Accounting and Financial space, but also to tackle some of their existing communication challenges.
Bread and Butter: Lighthouse Financial is an aggregate of four unique financial service providers that specialize in providing personal services, tailored to their clients’ needs.
Operations: They have a growing team based in their native Hawke’s Bay and now Auckland.
Customers: They have thousands of customers throughout NZ.
Phone Setup: They had two landlines that rang two desk phones while the rest of the team used a mobile phone.
When we first spoke to Matt on our discovery call, we quickly uncovered a few challenges that neither his existing phone system nor Cradle could solve (at the time). Because there were only two landlines connected to two separate digital handsets, they were limited by the number of calls that could be taken concurrently to just two. The obvious downside to this technological limitation was their inability to provide wide coverage and customer service to both prospects and their existing clients — something that they built their entire business model around. In addition, their existing phone system didn’t allow them to transfer calls internally nor offer a voice menu that could guide the callers to the most appropriate person on the team. And because Matt and other directors were constantly in and out of the office, they were effectively disconnected from any incoming landline calls.
We want our clients to be able to get through to a real person every-time they call and then ideally through to the person they want to speak to.
Our old phone system only allowed a direct dial into the office. If the person the client was after was not in the office then a message had to be taken and a return call made. This could sometimes be irritating for our clients and meant that a job awaited the staff member upon their return. We also did not have the ability to transfer calls which meant that the phone line could only be used by one person at a time.
An important feature gap quickly surfaced as we couldn’t display to the user which number (in this case, the associated Lighthouse brand) the caller had called for and which department they had pressed in the voice menu, which meant that the user lacked any useful insight to greet the caller properly. Although we had designed Cradle to accommodate multiple routing schemes for multiple offices earlier on, we hadn’t yet created a mechanism to support a centralized team that could support incoming calls from multiple numbers associated with multiple brands.
You can now see which number and role the caller called for as well as who they normally talk to and whether your colleague is away or busy.
We took a giant step forward in our product roadmap when we released both Enriched Caller ID and Smart Connect back in early June (4 months after Lighthouse started using Cradle, so thank you for being so patient with us!). The incoming call screen now displays all the insight the Lighthouse team needs, including which number and role the caller called for, in order to greet the caller appropriately. In addition, the user can also see who this caller usually speaks to and if they are on another call or away from their desk. And to take things to the next stratosphere, they could also rely on Smart Connect to automatically connect the caller to the person they usually talk to, bypassing the receptionist altogether. Pretty neat, eh?
As a startup, we have come to learn that insight and feedback from our very best customers can be incredibly valuable and can open up our eyes to what people actually have to deal with on a daily basis. Those earlier challenges would eventually become validation of our product’s ability to solve these genuine problems — so our customers can have more time to do what they do best.
Because we can take our Cradle phone system with us everywhere we go, calls can be pushed to us in the office, at a coffee shop or overseas and this means our clients can get through to us more of the time.
Picking up calls transferred to me whilst traveling I was in the US and chatting with clients as if I was in the office.
We are still working on getting the best use of the Cradle system using multiple numbers, but overall we feel that it has reduced the number of phone calls to return to clients!


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Editing: There are a couple of run-on sentences, fragments and at least one occurrence of wrong word used.
Characters: We are introduced to three characters, Shah, the man with the black everything, The Angel that fell from the sky and crushed her car roof just to get her attention, and the main character Taryn Each was described well and there was good character development in Taryn and the Angel.
Understandable: It was easy to follow everything that was going on in the story.
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Relatable: I can relate to the awkward birthdays and not trusting strangers. Thinking an Angel is hunky – not so much, but then again I am a guy. I related more to the Angel in this case because he is more like I would want to be: The hero of a red-head with freckles, even if she does not see me as the hero yet.
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Overall: Overall, this was a great read and I would suggest it to my friends. There were minor editing issues but those did not detract too much from the story.
Synopsis: A girl turns eighteen and is heading out to work. She gets accosted by two different mysterious people and has to choose which one is less scary to go with.
Favorite line: Had everyone taken a spastic pill and forgot to mention it to me?
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Issued by Anti-Fascist Action in 2005 this reasonably well produced magazine has a broad range of material. Articles range from one remembering Kit Conway, Spanish Civil War veteran to interviews with Residents Against Racism and pieces on the situation at Irish Ferries. This is indicative of a strongly left wing emphasis to the document, and also indicative of the broader political stance of those involved in AFA.
That the identity of the organisation itself is somewhat opaque, with the only contact details being a PO box, and the AFA website , perhaps indicates the sensitivity of activism in this area.
Since we last went to print, the political landscape has altered quite dramatically. While huge changes have taken place in the nature and scale of inward migration, for example, many of the same challenges that existed for anti-racists and anti-fascists in 2002 persist today. Deportations and state harassment of non-EU citizens have, if anything, become more widespread and vicious in the intervening period. Dawn raids on the homes of immigrants by the Gardai and our own brand of ‘rendition flights’ of these immigrants back to their own countries of origin are now more commonplace than ever.
The macroeconomic arguments about our country’s labour needs into the future lie beyond AFA’s remit and in any case cannot be predicted with any degree of accuracy. However, what does concern us is the degree of opportunism being displayed at present in relation to theories of ‘displacement’ of Irish workers by foreign ones. Apart from the fact that the statistics don’t bear this out, certain politicians hope to gain mileage by playing to the gallery with misleading anecdotes of occasions when this has happened.
It is clear that the pro-establishment parties are on an election footing. While AFA has never been under any illusion that the Labour Party especially represents working class interests, it is still telling when even they are flagging the canard of future threat of foreign displacement. With the prodding of their paymasters in ICTU and the main pro-establishment unions, Labour are now cynically and for their own ends hoping to appeal to their ‘Old Labour’ base while relentlessly pursuing ‘New Labour’ policies.
There’s an overview of John Tyndall, the British fascist which is entitled ‘A Lifetime of Failure’ and other pieces on Russian Nazis and Frank Ryan.
A useful addition to the Archive.
Some interesting articles in this, as there are in most issues.
I will confess though to never having quite worked out what the purpose of an anti-fascist group and magazine is in a part of the world with no fascist movement.
Maybe, but it would be complacent of us not to see the possibility of one developing and a magazine like this does perform a good service as an anti-racism magazine and one that can also expose fascist grouplets before they develop into something bigger.
Well, the thing is though that an anti-racist group is a different thing from an anti-fascist group.
No Quarter doesn’t come out very often and barely any of it actually deals with fascism in contemporary Ireland for the very simple reason that they’d have accumulated enough material to fill a magazine about once a decade.
So you get a magazine that’s largely about anti-racism and historical anti-fascism interspersed with a very occasional report about a bunch of antifascists taking pints away from three social misfits in a pub and telling them to piss off home. Not a bad magazine by any means, but well, the focus seems a bit peculiar.
Has it not occured to you that the reason that there is no active fascist movement in Ireland is because there is an anti-fascist group crushing the seeds?
My house isn’t on fire at the moment but I have no intention of getting rid of my fire extinguisher.
If I set traps for lions on my housing estate in Cork and no lions were ever discovered there, it wouldn’t necessarily follow that they’d been kept away by my anti-lion strategy.
No it wouldn’t. But there is no reason to believe that there will be any lions loose in a Cork estate. The presence of fascists is a proven phenomenon.
Fair enough, I was being a bit glib. Though if the Cork estate was near Fota Wildlife Park, who knows?
But I don’t think you can attribute the non existence of a fascist movement in Ireland to the diligence of Irish anti-fascists. The BNP has managed to grow in England despite very energetic anti-fascist movements there.
I often wonder why we haven’t had a BNP type movement here. There have been many predictions that such an anti-immigration movement would spring up but the cause has been the preserve of a few isolated nutcases. I genuinely wonder why that is.


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COMFORTABLE WIN: Wandearah’s Matt Thornton made 15 runs in the team’s comfortable victory over Props at Port Oval on Saturday.
Solly North 10/101 DEF BY South Port 2/101.South Port had a close victory over the more fancied Solly North team. Solly North batted first and were bowled out in 46.3 overs for 101. Elbows Trezise continued his good start to the season making 25 but will need to work on making this starts into a big score as he finds ways to get out when he is set easily. Thorn, more known for his batting than bowling, ripped through the batting taking 5/28. South Port took the slow and steady route with the run chase passing the score two down and in the 48th over. Thorn capped off hisman of the match performance with 47* with captain Craig 26*. A morale boosting win for the pirates after an opening two games and they will be looking to push on with their season.
Wandearah 8/154 DEF Props 107.Wandearah had a comfortable victory in the grand final rematch albeit against an under-strength Props. Wandearah batted first and posted 154. Athanasos felt the pressure of media expectation and used as motivation in his team’s top score of 48 although admits he should have cashed in. Congdon added some late runs making 31 as Stephenson bamboozled the batters taking 3/27. Props never really got going in the run chase loosing regular wickets to be bowled out for 109 in the 31st over. Fraser Wyatt batted well for the Props team making a solid 30 in the middle order with Nelson Ferme being chief wicket taker taking 3/28. Props will be buoyed with the return on Wyatt and Fowler for the next encounter between last year’s grand finalists.
B GRADE.Risdon 1/92 DEF Wandearah 8/89.Risdon applied the noose as they strangled the Rams’ batters to just 8/89 after 35 overs. Davis batted the entire innings making 39 with Swan making 20. The wickets were shared around with Congdon and Reed taking 2 each. Risdon eased to victory in the 25th over as the usual suspect Anderson made 58* and Mills 20 with Black the solitary wicket taker.
Port Germein 6/78 DEF Solly North 77.Port Germein had a comfortable win over a much improved Solly North side by 4 wickets. Solly North batted first and again failed to fire with Craig Johnson 31 and Alexander 11 only making double digits. Twigden opened the bowling taking 3/31. Port Germein lost regular wickets but the rock, Dan Pine 33*, finished the game off with Wauchope down the other end. Alexander bowled with pace and vigour taking 5/17 offhis 8.
Props 10/127 DEF BY Warnertown 9/178.The Wombats firmed as premiership favourites with a solid 51 run win over Props. The Bats put together solid partnerships throughout with Taylor, recruit of the winter so far, making 76 and Brooks 22. Some clever bowling from Allison and Rafferty saw them pick up 3 apiece. Props went after the runs hard with Pellegrini top scoring with 55 although he lacked any real support. O’Donohue and Hill both grabbed 3 scalps on the way to victory.


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My wife, a resident physician, is always telling me how caring for her pediatric patients must be very similar to my job as a veterinarian. Her patients are brought in by their parents, they are usually terrified to be at the doctor’s office, sometimes they get bribed with lollipops or candy when getting vaccines or procedures done, and occasionally she will get bitten by one of them. While similarities do exist, the one thing I always tell her is that our pets can’t tell us when their tummy hurts, at least not in the way children can. When kids feel sick, they let you know, if not by actually telling you they don’t feel right, then by waking up in the middle of the night, having the sniffles or a cough, or vomiting all over the carpet (well I guess that one is the same). Pets are much different; by the time you’re able to tell they are not feeling well, it may be something very serious.
To understand why pets and people are so different, we need to look back tens of thousands of years ago, back before the domestication of our household pets. Animals are programmed to hide weakness and illness in nature. The weak animals are the ones that are preyed upon, or shunned out of the pack. Humans are much more social, and we are programmed to complain when something is wrong and seek the assistance and comfort of our family and friends. So not only can your dog or cat not speak to you if they are ill, they may not show any visible signs until they are so sick that they simply cannot hide it anymore.
Unfortunately, we don’t see some pets every year and as a consequence, preventable diseases are on the rise. A recent review of the medical records of around 2.5 million dogs and cats showed the most commonly diagnosed conditions are dental disease, ear infections, and obesity, and they have all become more prevalent over the last few years. In addition, the diagnosis of diabetes has increased by about 30% in 5 years! These are diseases that can usually be prevented by a regular visit to your veterinarian. In addition to a regular exam, yearly blood work is very beneficial in screening for diabetes, kidney disease, liver disease, thyroid illness, etc.
Understandably, the most common reasons that regular exams are neglected, are economic reasons. As veterinarians, we also commonly hear, “I don’t get an exam every year, why should my pet?” The average dog or cat ages about 4-7 years (depending on breed and life stage) for every equivalent human year, the average child sees their doctor at least once a year for a checkup, the average adult once every few years. Waiting 2 years in between veterinary visits is like waiting 8-14 years between seeing your doctor! Without a doubt, the pets I see that haven’t been to a vet in 2 or more years almost always have medical problems that could have been prevented if caught earlier, and it is almost always more expensive to treat conditions in their advanced stages. The severely arthritic dog could have benefited from weight management, exercise advice, nutraceuticals, and medication before his disease progressed. The cat who is constantly thirsty and is diagnosed with kidney failure at an exam could have been managed on an outpatient basis and now needs to be hospitalized, the list goes on. These aren’t just extreme examples, written to instill fear into the minds of pet owners and have them start flocking to see their veterinarian; it’s a fairly common occurrence.
The obvious message here is to bring your pet to the veterinarian regularly for an examination. But the message is deeper than that. Your pet will be healthier, live longer, and you’ll actually save money, by keeping up on your pet’s veterinary examination.


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Today’s post of tips on starting local larp communities comes to us courtesy of the Local Larp Manifesto authors. Check out the manifesto here, and the explanation of the manifesto here.
Announce events a couple weeks in advance. That way people with busy lives can make time for you.
Having a regular event–for example, a larp meetup at a coffeehouse once a month on a regular day–helps build community. Having multiple people who can host such an event is a really good idea. If someone is traveling, another person can fill in.
Be explicit in event announcements. Let people know what they are signing up for and what will be required of them if they attend.
Do your utmost to avoid cancelling events. If you must cancel, offer a substitute activity. People will be more likely to come if they trust that it will happen.
Be solution focused. If something doesn’t work, we won’t moan about it, but will try to find a way to fix it, or move on and create something better.
Be gracious and grateful to both organizers and players for their time and energy.
Involve the community, including players, in running events so that the community feels ownership over events.
Many hands make light work. When there are more designers and organizers, you win.
Encourage people to take action on their ideas. Lower the bar for their participation.
Run other people’s stuff and ask them to run yours.
Be patient with newcomers, and dare to learn from them. Give newcomers challenges, and trust them to play and design.
Don’t put down other larp styles or communities to raise up your own.
Explain larp terms without all the jargon.
Work towards a mix of seasoned and new players at your events.
Get people on the mailing list, Facebook group, or other venue for communication so they hear about new things.
Be explicitly, intentionally friendly to new designers and organizers, providing them mentorship, support, and collaborators when possible.
Have a set of standards that people need to meet to run larps, posted publicly. That way, everyone knows how to participate.
Share community resources such as list of places to run larps, folks willing to offer rides, a collection of free larps.
Be friendly for playtests. Just make a note that it is a playtest.
Rotate responsibility periodically, so that new people will have a chance to lead and the old-timers don’t burn out.
Taking photos after the larp produces images that look just as good or better than pictures taken during play.
Be dedicated to the individuals who make up your community.
The people are always more important than the success or failure of the larp.
Make a publicly available harassment policy. Don’t be afraid to use it.
Incentivize self-care for participants and organizers.
Ask players if they need accommodations for disabilities. Be honest about what you can and can’t accommodate.
Listen when participants–particularly participants from traditionally underrepresented populations–make critiques of your scene and do your best to address them.
If you have politics, wear them on your sleeve. This helps establish who the community is for, and who it is not.
Whatever gift you offer the community, be proud and keep offering it.
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The recently released national integrated ICT policy white paper mandates an open-access, wholesale wireless network with exclusive rights to high-demand spectrum.This is intended to break the stranglehold of the dominant mobile cellular operators and allow for the entry of new players into the telecommunications market. Government also intends to recall all spectrum previously awarded to mobile operators.
The policy claims that such open and shared networks, through service-based competition, produce high-quality and innovative products at affordable rates and drives broadband into underserved areas. So, what is so controversial about that? There are number of concerns that arise from a monopoly open-access wireless network, but the fundamental question is whether open-access networks in and of themselves produce these positive outcomes — and if this pertains to wireless networks where it has seldom been applied. This raises a number of other concerns. These include the lack of evidence to support the creation of an exclusive open-access network; whether there is the institutional capacity and sophistication to set up a viable model; if the mobile market is sufficiently uncompetitive and dominance in the mobile market severe enough to justify the restructuring of the market; and in the absence of such dominance being determined by communications regulator Icasa through the required legal processes, if the state is not opening up itself and the regulator, who is mandated to license a consortium to operate the network, to protracted legal challenges.
Even without legal review, there are concerns that the process to establish the network will further delay the release of the high-demand 2,6GHz spectrum band, the release of which has already been delayed by more than five years. Operators need urgent access to this band to evolve their businesses cost effectively to meet the pent-up demand for data. Other concerns relate to the opportunity cost of such delays, not only for the sector but the national economy at a time the kind of stimulation this would provide is most required. Arguably of greater concern is the intention by government to recall spectrum already allocated to mobile operators and the negative impact of this on the credibility of the state commitments and on investment in sector when the country is facing a possible downgrade by rating agencies. Other concerns relate to the feasibility of the open-access network itself, the nature of the consortium to manage the network and the creation of the necessary incentives for the significant investment required to underpin service-based competition. Let us consider some of these concerns. Despite the policy currency of open access in ICT policy, there is little evidence to support the claim that open-access networks ensure public policy outcomes of increased competition in services, improved efficiency, decreased prices, high quality and universal service. Our own state-owned open-access wholesale broadband company, Broadband Infraco, which was set up with these objectives, has not realised any of them. In fact, a growing body of evidence from mature markets indicates that the adoption of certain mandatory open-access network strategies that may produce some of these outcomes — for example improve prices or access to ICT — but this may come at the expense of other critical objectives such as investment and innovation. In Mexico, the extensive constitutional and institutional adjustments to enforce the open-access network … has resulted in a legal and regulatory maze that has delayed the process for years. Furthermore, while there may some examples of successful open-access fixed networks, voluntary and mandated exclusive wireless open-access networks as proposed in the new policy have not yet been implemented successfully anywhere in the world.
Mexico and Kenya are cited as markets where open access has been identified as a remedy for extreme dominance, and where mobile is the predominant form of access to broadband. But efforts to implement open-access wireless networks for high-demand spectrum to increase competition in these markets have failed. In the case of Kenya, the dominant, still significantly state-owned operator was able to extract itself from the open-access network, rendering it unviable. In Mexico, the extensive constitutional and institutional adjustments to enforce the open-access network (the digital dividend 700MHz band only) has resulted in a legal and regulatory maze that has delayed the process for years. The project now appears to be unravelling.Although the South African market is concentrated, it does not share the extreme dominance found in either of those countries (over 75% at the time).
Nor does the dominance of either Vodacom, with nearly 40% mobile market, and MTN, with more than 30%, extend across the fixed and mobile markets. With four players in the market, a mobile virtual network operator and several niche MVNOs, it could be made more competitive and better directed towards public policy goals if regulated effectively. Although mobile operators might not have met certain public policy objectives, they have been highly successful from a network investment and coverage perspective. Access to mobile facilities, possibly even access point name (APN)-level access, which would allow independent data services to run on top of the mobile network, and regulated Internet protocol transit costs could contribute to the competitiveness of the sector. But in South African law, as it currently stands, this regulatory intervention can only happen after ICASA has undertaken a market review in order to ascertain bottlenecks and dominance. This aligns in with competition law and practice internationally, where open access is mandated only as a remedy in monopoly markets or when abuse of dominance is demonstrable. The failure of ICASA to do so on the basis of two resource-intensive market reviews undertaken in 2008 and 2013 is what has permitted operators to act with regulatory impunity and has resulted in the lack of competitiveness of the market and the search for other mechanisms by government to achieve national policy objectives. Although mobile operators might not have met certain public policy objectives, they have been highly successful from a network investment and coverage perspective, bringing about the mobile revolution that has brought communications to masses of people in the country and across the continent for the first time. The primary challenge for government in ensuring the feasibility of an open-access wireless network is the development of an incentive strategy that will replace the billions of rand of investment — more than R10bn each in the case of Vodacom and MTN this year alone — that is responsible for delivering services to South Africans. Though prices are high and undoubtedly require more effective wholesale regulation, competitive investment in infrastructure is responsible for the pervasiveness of mobile networks in Africa. The policy does identify the investment incentive of reduced spectrum fees for the open-access network. These are significant costs drivers for operators, but it is a premium they are prepared to pay for control of the spectrum — it is the core of the business. Even at cost, spectrum an operator cannot deploy competitively may not be worth investing in at all. And if there is no control of spectrum and it can be cheaply sourced from the open-access network, what is the incentive to invest in the network? And then there is the vehicle for the open-access network itself. The policy mandates the regulator to license a consortium based on successful undersea cable consortia such as Wacs as well as the open-access model on which Seacom is operated. The differences lie in the fact that there are competing cable companies and it is this that has driven down international bandwidth prices. Government should exercise caution in undertaking such a high-risk experiment when regulatory remedies have not been exhausted in relation to the creation of a competitive market. Undersea cables are typically operated as consortia of experienced, deep-pocketed operators, which reach a once-off, 25-year agreement on an end-to-end cable investment, with possibly dozens or hundreds of wholesale customers at most. A mobile wireless network is dynamic, operating in a fast-changing, highly competitive environment with millions of customers. And then there is the anxiety about whether there is the institutional capacity and sophistication to oversee the complexity of creating a viable single, open-access network. The absence of state co-ordination in relation to spectrum, first with the digital television migration mess and then the five-year-long ministerial delay in issuing a policy directive on the release of high-demand spectrum — which has now resulted in a legal standoff with the regulator — is a big worry. Even with the intended rationalisation of the regulator into a specialised economic sector regulator, as proposed in the new policy, there is little to suggest that this necessary administrative buttressing will make such a process work. Government should exercise caution in undertaking such a high-risk experiment when regulatory remedies have not been exhausted in relation to the creation of a competitive market. It should consider the possibility of a modified spectrum auction that targets more public-interest outcomes than Icasa has proposed. It should at the very least release the available 2,6GHz spectrum to unlock the associated social and economic multipliers.
How the open-access network will drive services into underserviced areas is unknown. The challenges of reaching “uneconomic” areas are better solved through a qualified auction of high-demand spectrum that requires operators first to provide services to underserviced areas before they are able to deploy infrastructure using the spectrum in the more lucrative urban areas. There are a number of interventions that could ameliorate digital inequality by making available low-cost or free spectrum. The regulator should immediately enable these irrespective of how access to high-demand spectrum is resolved. These include making available dynamically assigned spectrum, such as TV “white spaces”; releasing unused mobile GSM spectrum to rural communities to self-provide; negotiating with operators the exchange of high-demand spectrum for free access on their 2G networks; and more rapidly rolling out free public Wi-Fi networks providing limited fast Internet access as required by South Africa Connect at every public building connected to broadband.
Article first published on TECHCENTRAL, October 17 2016.


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Martin was the son of Mr. F. Hughes, of Gardenham, Drumgriffin P.O., Co. Galway, Ireland. He arrived in New Zealand in 1911, lived and worked in the Waimate area as a carpenter before moving north to the Nelson area where he enlisted in the Army at Appleby 10 November 1916.
His wish was to return to Ireland and he thought by joining the army this was a way of having his fare paid back to Ireland, sadly he did not make it due to being wounded in action and passing away two days later. His medals were sent back to Ireland, the British War and Victory Medal along with the hat badge and the collar badge.
Martin still has descendants living in South Canterbury and Auckland (in 2015).


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Oakland post-rockers Wander emerged from their human shells into radio waves around year 2013. Since their genesis, they’ve released two full-lengths of swelling guitar-centric expeditions reminiscent of early Explosions in the Sky and This Will Destroy You. Their third album is called March and will be out in just a few months. In the meantime, the 9-minute title track has materialized on their Bandcamp page, a rollercoaster of spiraling walls of atmospheric noise and anthemic guitar melodies. Give it a listen below.
The band has 500 copies of the album on a gorgeous splatter and color-in-color variant housed in a holographic cover with a foil finish. For a mere $25, that sounds like a steal!
Deluxe double vinyl version of "March" in Electric Blue and Coke Green. Sleeves come in a holographic foil finish.
Includes digital pre-order of March. You get 1 track now (streaming via the free Bandcamp app and also available as a high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more), plus the complete album the moment it’s released.
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The KY-012 Active Buzzer Module. The module consists of an active piezoelectric buzzer, it generates a sound of aproximately 2.5kHz when signal is high.
Connect signal (S) to pin 8 on the Arduino and Ground (-) to GND.