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This is very strange, I've been using Samba4.1 for a while and everything (apart from previous versions) was fine but I was forced to do a fresh install moving onto 10.1 as freebsd-update killed my 10.0 install. So everything was fine before my reinstall but software levels are now the most current unfortunately I have no reference of the older working versions.
As stated before configs have stayed the same but I've moved onto the latest software versions within the ports tree. i.e. samba41-4.1.14, ntp-4.2.8_3.
Another difference is that I bumped the ZFS version to the latest offered by 10.1.
Enough back story onto the symptoms, I now get a single object in every directory view duplicated. The object that is duplicated is either a file or a directory. You can stop the duplication by renaming the object but the duplication moves onto another seemingly random file or folder in the view. Renaming the troubled object back to its original name recreates the situation on that item. Time stamp etc on the duplicated items prove the object is somehow presented twice.
This behaviour is also present browsing the server through other clients, Windows 8.1, Windows 10 Preview and Windows 7 I have tested and witnessed the same behaviour.
It's a very strange one I'd like to clear up. Any help would be great.
Can you try adding directory name cache size = 0 under the global section of /usr/local/etc/smb4.conf, and report back if that fixes the problem?
Unfortunately this didn't work, duplicate objects still exist when browsing with SMB only. NFS and SFTP show the contents without issue. This issue does look similar but I haven't proven the symptom of losing objects in large directories.
The problem version of SMB is samba41-4.1.14 from ports, the previous working version was samba41-4.1.13 current at the time of install.
Hmm... As one more last ditched effort to see if it is related, can you try putting the directory name cache size = 0 under each share you have defined in /usr/local/etc/smb4.conf?
The Debian bug report above mentions it should be added on a "per share basis".
Yeah, I spotted that and gave both a try. Still no luck. I'll try a reinstall from packages.
So I'll be reinstalling FreeBSD 10.1 tonight. I can't fix this and is playing havok for Windows clients.
OK... still a problem after fresh install of 10.1 and install of Samba from pkgs. This has to be a bug, I'll try reverting to FreeBSD 10 tomorrow but that might be a problem with my ZFS upgrade while at 10.1.
If, after upgraded to 10.1, you did a ZFS upgrade, then I don't think you will be able to use that drive on 10.0 due to the new feature flags.
Also, I don't think a FreeBSD reinstall often helps with issues with ports/packages.
Have you tried posting on the Samba mailing lists / forums?
silkie: Please have a look at https://www.samba.org/samba/docs/man/manpages-3/smb.conf.5.html and especially at all options with "cache" in their name. Do you have any of them enabled? I had a very nasty performance problem a few days ago that was caused only by one single flag (not "case sensitive = yes" in that case) in my /usr/local/etc/smb.conf.
How many files are there in these directories? Is this a problem on all shares or just on one of them?
Could you please provide some more information about the options you set within your /usr/local/etc/smb4.conf? Maybe try settings like shown here: https://calomel.org/samba.html.
Hi all, Sorry for leaving this so long. So testing completed so far. woodsb02: you where dead right, reinstalling was a waste of time. As was trying to role back to 10.0 because of my zfs upgrade. I was just getting pissed at the situation and not thinking clearly.
I have tweaked the life out of my smb4.conf, performance is exceptional, even now but please see my global section and example of a share.
In addition I have setup a new share on the new zfs dataset on a ufs partition just to rule out the FS. Both new testing shares still exhibit this new behaviour as do all the others. As soon as I have greater than 1 file or folder in a share one of those objects is duplicated. The duplication only happens the once in the current viewing branch regardless of the number of objects in a directory. This behaviour is repeated on every branch down the directory tree. Bloody strange! Never seen before in many years playing with this stuff.
Over to the Samba bugzilla site with me I think... I'll report back anything that fixes the situation.
I got the same issue, but it does not seem to happen when I use robocopy under DOS in a Windows machine. Investigating this further.
Well, I've got the same problem after updating to FreeBSD 10.1.
I did not upgrade ZFS pool yet, the problem is obviously not ZFS feature flags related.
Samba was 4.1.6 and was working fine for months. The problem with "double view" on SOME folders occurred right after upgrading FreeBSD from 10.0-Release to 10.1-Release.
First, the freebsd-update went terribly wrong with thousands of segfaults after first restart (kernel upgrade) and I had to re-install base manually. I think faults might be related to Samba's winbind which I stupidly stopped to speed-up freebsd-update.
After the update and almost reinstallation my old Samba 4.1.6 started to double some folders. "Doubled" folders have same content and if I log on to FreeBSD server I see only one folder, so, the doubling is "virtual" and I thought it is Samba-related. I did not recompile/upgrade Samba first and I thought this is side effect of outdated libraries or so.
I think there is some connection between folder doubling and FreeBSD 10.1. Just to be sure I ran freebsd-update IDS to check if the OS files are correct.
and this bug been around at least since 8.X (ZFS only based on my experience at least).
I use samba_server (net/samba4/) and also domain option, iI changed some settings that iI saw with your settings, but it does not change the double files.
What OS are you running on the clients? Sounds really odd that this doesn't work, is this share off a ZFS system or something else?
I've tested again the directory name cache size = 0 theory against Windows 7, Windows 8.1, Windows 10 TP, Windows Server 2008 clients and they all experience this object duplication (Directories or files, only ever a single object duplicated in any one view). I have also tested this from a ZFS backed smb share and a UFS backed share. I haven't yet submitted a problem ticket with Samba but think this is a genuine bug now more people are reporting this.
Don't, there is already a ticket about this and something really odd as the directory name cache size has worked for pretty much everyone else. I'm running servers on both 10.1 and -HEAD/-CURRENT without any issues.
Fair enough, well I'm available for further investigation if/when required. I've kinda grown used to the situation, like a third leg or something, it just trips me up now and again. At least this server is only for personal use.
Hi diizzy - Please share the bugzilla ticket this as already been logged under... I'm failing too find it. At least I'm failing to find a duplicate file bug report with these exact symptoms.
I think this is a very old and it's not related to our problem.
In the meantime I've migrated some Samba3 and built some new Samba4.1 servers with FreeBSD 10.1 and ZFS. All the servers are AD domain members and I've not observed any folder or file duplication (yet...).
We do not recommend using the Domain Controller as a file Server. This is due to issues with the winbind internal to the Domain Controller. The recommendation is to run separate file or Member Servers.
I'd like to spare some visualization but this seems a good working solution by now.
I like this, thanks for posting the suggestion. I have to run a Windows 2008 based VM for vCenter stuff on my file server anyway (recent requirement). So I'll make that my AD Master and set the ZFS File Server as a member and report back ASAP.
Yep, thank you for this suggestion.
I'll install FreeBSD 10.1-RELEASE with UFS storage on a VMware ESXi vm, and another ZFS file server on a SuperMicro (in fact, two, I use HAST). Now I am thinking how can I do it. NFS link between the AD master and ZFS storage server, or install the ZFS storage server as an AD member server.
I have built such working solutions, with Server 2003, 2008 and 2012 as AD domain controller. Visualization makes proprietary systems much more hardware independent and eases backup and maintenance. FreeBSD is pretty much hardware independent for real. I would prefer my precious domain controller - the source of authentication for clients - to be open source - based to avoid dependency of vendor's policy anyway.
Building virtually-based AD DC with FreeBSD makes backup DCs unnecessary for single-site based organisations - the virtual machine can be easily moved on different real machines.
Now I am thinking how can I do it. NFS link between the AD master and ZFS storage server, or install the ZFS storage server as an AD member server.
In my opinion both solutions might have advantages but Samba natively supports everything necessary for AD DC and member. Using NFS would make administration much more complicated I think.
This had been driving me nuts for months, so I wanted to bump the thread to confirm that running a file server and domain controller on the same FreeBSD 10.x box causes duplicate files/folders in listings, regardless of whether you're browsing the shares on Windows, *nix, or even Android. It's an obnoxious regression since provisioning a domain is easy, well documented, and impressively fool-proof, but joining an existing domain is less so. Especially since samba-tool purports to allow such a feat, but it doesn't actually work.
admdwrf's links are about the only things that come up in Google for configuring kerberos, NSS, winbind, etc. absent samba-tool magic, and they were adequate for setting up a non-DC file server with working directory listings.


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I’m pretty amazed by just how many of my friends are going to the inauguration tomorrow. It helps that I live a short train ride away in Philadelphia — Obama himself came through on the way to Washington — but I think it’s still testimony to how much enthusiasm and goodwill there is towards the new administration.
[Friend X]: is Inaugurating. Or at least legitimizing the Inauguration by observing with sincerity, excitement, and dedication (despite the cold).
[Friend-of-Friend Y]: You in DC? [Friend-of-Friend Z] and I are masochistically hitting the Mall tomorrow. Yesterday was pretty amazing.
[Friend X]: We are here! What are your nighttime plans? We should attempt to run into each other perhaps? [Z] has my #. And also, it is VERY COLD. I guess that’s just how much I love democracy.
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Divisive and nefarious political tricknologists often try to scare working Americans by claiming that immigrants are coming to steal their jobs. In fact, working Americans should fear robots—the heartless metallic bringers of unemployment. How bad can it get?
In a new study for the National Bureau of Economic Research, George Borjas and Richard Freeman attempt to quantify the threat that robots pose to American jobs—and to compare that to the threat that immigrants pose. The researchers acknowledge that “Historically, new technologies have invariably obsolesced some jobs but they have also opened the door for new jobs, usually at higher pay and with better conditions,” but they say that while industrial robots may not yet have had a devastating effect on employment, it certainly could happen if current trends continue.
Let’s skip ahead right to that data baby—bolding ours!
The entry of an additional robot reduces employment and wages by more than the entry of an additional immigrant, suggesting that one industrial robot is comparable to 2 to 3 human workers and upwards of 3 to 4 in particular groups.
While the number of robots per worker is too modest to be a major determinant of wages and employment patterns in the period covered by our study, our estimates suggest that continued exponential growth of robots could disrupt job markets in the next decade or so and thus merits monitoring and analysis by labor analysts.
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[Web Editor’s Note: I often find myself believing that things couldn’t worsen in the Church; I frequently tell myself or others that nothing else can shock me. Unfortunately, I am proven wrong.
Last week, a new scandal materialized in the Italian church. A woman in Southern Italy known as Francesca, has claimed that now-retired Archbishop Salvatore Nunnari (while still ordinary of the Archdiocese of Cosenza-Bisignano) encouraged her to have an abortion after being impregnated by her local parish priest during the course of an illicit, although consensual relationship.
Although this allegedly took place several years ago in the small Calabrian town of San Vincenzo la Costa (where the population numbers roughly 2000) the sad story was broadcast on the popular Italia 1 channel throughout Italy on February 14, 2018 on the often-investigative and well-followed show “Le Iene”. The priest resigned as pastor of the parish of San Vincenzo after Iene reporter Valeria Castellano and camerawoman Giulia Mascaro interviewed him on January 16, themselves physically assaulted by the priest’s family members while leaving the parish.
Archbishop Nunnari who admitted during the interview that the relationship took place and acknowledged the abortion, has since announced that he never proposed abortion as an option to Francesca, and that he intends to sue the Iene for defamation. Nunnari has also published an open letter to his former Archdiocese.
The boundaries of ethics - An unmasked Priest impregnated a woman, then convinced her not to keep the baby. But the terrible episode reveals the sacredness of life.
This year the sad anniversary of Law 194, which introduced abortion in Italy on May 22, 1978 takes place. It is a sad occurrence, because the data provided by the Ministry of Health tell us that almost 6 million children have been killed, due to this law. A law which should fill every Italian citizen with indignation but which, instead, as with many other laws against life and family, has entered into the customs of our country. Now, it’s no longer a problem, because in the collective imagination, that miniscule which is being formed and develops in the mother’s womb, is nothing else in the best of hypotheses, than a bunch of cells. And as a bunch of cells, it can and must be eliminated without scruples, if it causes even the slightest disturbance.
This is what we’ve heard repeated for years, by a completely laicist culture which pontificates in the newspapers, on television, on social media. But last Wednesday, February 14, something changed: the journalists of the Iene program despite their laicism, performed a great service to the cause of life and brought the dramatic reality of abortion to light.
This is the story. A Calabrian girl, Francesca, had a relationship with her parish priest and discovered she was pregnant. The parish priest and the bishop of Cosenza, according to the girl’s story, pushed her to have an abortion. The woman is still unable to forgive herself for it. The video is available on Youtube, and so everyone can watch it, to give themselves an idea of the facts. I don’t wish to dwell on the behavior of the parish priest and bishop: the video is merciless in their regard.
But now we come to that which has emerged from the Iene program. The girl named Francesca who told her story of pain, of being abandoned, tells of her having “realized that I was expecting a child.” The journalist then pressed her: is it true that “you wanted to keep the baby,” while “he didn’t want the child?” A surprising affirmation for this kind of journalistic atmosphere: as soon as conception had taken place, the woman “expected a baby” who was also “a child.” But then, if the result of conception is a baby, a child, how is it possible to speak of a bunch of cells, of the product of conception? How is it possible to allow a law which eliminates a baby, which kills a child?
The Iene episode confirmed what we knew, but which no one has dared to say: abortion is devastating for a woman, a wound which will never heal, which she will carry inside of her for the rest of her life; it’s the murder of an innocent being, of a creature already present, in essence, with all of its particularities and uniqueness. And, in fact, to the journalist’s question: “Do you think that with a [new] child, this pain with soften, or will you always have one child less?,” Francesca’s answer was blunt: “It’s impossible to have the lost child again.” So that little creature, easily eliminated thanks to Law 194, was her child, a child she will never be able to have again.
The Iene with this episode, has done a service to the Truth, which always asserts itself even when others want to negate it. Perhaps they didn’t realize that they had ripped the veil of hypocrisy which has always covered abortion. We cannot not take advantage of this opportunity for insisting on the necessity of totally abrogating a law which kills a human being who cannot defend himself. And we’re not dealing with - as some say - applying Law 194 better, to allow a woman to choose with [full] knowledge: there are no possible alternatives, because where there is no[t] life there is death, and the killing of a child, can’t be left as a choice.
So, it’s important to continue to reaffirm the truth on this question. The Iene has given us a great “assist” as is said today. We have to know how to grab this, and raise our voice. In May, it will be 40 years since Law 194: what better occasion to let it be seen and heard that in Italy, there is still a people which reacts, a people that loves life and the family, a people which doesn’t bend to liberticidal laws imposed on us, a people which on May 19 will fill the streets of Rome, participating in the March for Life to repeat its “no” to the laws on abortion and euthanasia.
This article was originally published in Italian, in La Verità on February 17, 2018. It was republished on the websites of the Italian March for Life and Corrispondenza Romana.
President, Italian March for Life.


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A determined Adam Raga – Gas Gas outclassed reigning World Champion Toni Bou – Repsol Montesa to win by a single mark at round six of the 2011 SPEA FIM Trial World Championship, held in Fort William, Scotland. Wet conditions had threatened to ruin the British Grand Prix, but if anything the rain gave the Trial an added dimension and proved the catalyst for a nail-biting finish in all three categories.
Few could argue that Raga did not deserve his second victory of the season after what was an accomplished performance. The Spaniard capitalised on Bou’s mistakes during lap one and calmly maintained his advantage during the second half of the competition to earn his place on the top step of the podium ahead of runner-up Bou with his team-mate Takahisa Fujinami – Repsol Montesa, in third.
Whilst Raga was on form from the off, Bou looked tense in the early stages. Uncharacteristically he fived three sections during the opening lap which left the reigning World Champion with too much to do on lap two. Although Bou’s second outing saw him record the lowest lap score of the day in increasingly tricky conditions, it was not enough to prevent Raga’s one-mark triumph.
Behind the battling Spanish duo Fujinami, who had led the Trial early on, had a fight of his own with Albert Cabestany – Sherco. The two championship veterans were locked in a war of attrition for third place after Cabestany ramped up the pressure during the second lap. It was not enough though and the Spaniard eventually finished just one mark adrift of the experienced Japanese rider, who had played it relatively safe in the latter stages to ensure his fourth podium finish of the series.
James Dabill – Beta was the best-placed home rider in fifth thanks to a confident second lap. A good distance behind him in sixth place, was fellow Brit Michael Brown – Gas Gas, who finished ahead of an out-of-sorts Jeroni Fajardo – Ossa. Crowd favourite Dougie Lampkin – Gas Gas was eighth, one better than his up-and-coming countryman Jack Challoner – Beta. French youngster Loris Gubian – Gas Gas rounded out the top ten.
Things were equally tight in the Junior division too, with Pol Tarres – Gas Gas and Alfredo Gomez – Montesa tied on points come the end of an exciting two-lap dual. Tarres was declared the outright victor courtesy of his fifteen cleans to Gomez’s fourteen, as he claimed his first win in this class. Fransec Moret – Montesa finished third, ten points adrift, to make it an all-Spanish podium. Gomez still heads the overall standings by a healthy nineteen points.
The British fans had something to cheer about in the Youth class thanks to emerging starlet Jack Sheppard – Beta, who romped home with a clear seven mark margin over runner-up Steven Coquelin – Gas Gas. It was yet another close battle for third place, with Giacomo Saleri – Beta eventually beating Cedric Tempier – Sherco thanks to a ‘most cleans’ tiebreak. Sheppards’s fourth win of the season sees him move nine points clear of Tempier as the championship heads to Japan towards the end of next month.

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I have seen great ideas wither and die because companies tell themselves lies that are ingrained in their corporate makeup, and thus they fail to fix problems. This is why one of the biggest barriers to optimizing a company’s profitability is not external (unless the market strategy is extremely flawed). It is the culture of the company.
So what are these lies?
This is corporate chutzpah or arrogance. IBM, General Motors, and Ford, all major companies with great resources, fell into this trap. They underestimated their competitors and took their eyes off the ball. IBM failed to realize that it was not ‘‘keeping up’’ with more agile companies in the PC market and lost its position through sheer arrogance.
Ford, GM, and other U.S. carmakers failed to see the strategic steps of the Japanese carmakers, failed to understand the Japanese carmakers, failed to understand the consumers’ desire, and have lost tremendous share to offshore companies over the last 50 years. Toyota is now the largest auto manufacturer in the world, but Ford and GM are struggling to stay alive. At many points in their histories these companies have been poster children for Arrogant Corporation Syndrome.
Many executives are reluctant to reexamine their profit structure for fear of embarrassment if they discover an overlooked area of profitability. I can’t name the number of times I’ve been told that an area is doing the best that it can and I should seek profit enhancement elsewhere. This slams the door on investigation, on structure modification, on pricing, and on other areas of improvement.
The only way to get past this is to convince the affected executive that you are going to make a hero out of her if she will let you look. On a less desirable basis, have the CEO force the issue. The facilitator in this instance must have the full support of those in command and the indication that there are no protected areas or sacred cows that are beyond scrutiny. The ideal is to have a team that bands together to achieve common profitability goals. Quite often I have had to replace people who were not receptive to this concept and continued to be obstructionists.
One of the major exercises I go through in every company I help is a reexamination of the business model to determine if it is flawed in any way. Quite often a company markets to the wrong customers or sells the wrong product or service. It would be like opening a pork rib joint in a highly religious/kosher or Muslim neighborhood. It just wouldn’t fly.
I have also found companies selling to the least profitable part of the market just because it’s ‘‘easier,’’ or selling to buyers because of the high volume they will take despite the fact that the business is at an extremely low profit level. It is amazing how many companies invest money, people, and time in flawed or suboptimal ventures. For example, I was once the CEO of a wax-refining company that was losing many millions of dollars per year and had been doing so since its inception. The initial marketing concept for the company was to sell microcrystalline waxes to a small but high-priced user market (pharmaceuticals, food, etc.). In concept this top 5% of the business would more than cover the cost of the other 95% the company would sell at breakeven or a loss or burn for energy.
There was only one small problem: Since microcrystalline waxes have an enormous impact on the physical characteristics of the products in which they are used, extensive testing at great cost would therefore be needed to introduce a new source of these waxes. In addition, quantities of microcrystalline waxes used in any single product were miniscule. In view of these factors, no level of pricing incentives could convince end users to switch from their existing suppliers to us. The probability of selling product was nil. This was after more than $100 million had already been invested.
When I tell my clients that I always get a price increase that adds to profits, their response is always a mixture of disbelief and horror. Most companies fight price increases like a virulent disease because they fear a loss of volume. The greatest resistance to price increases, no matter how well thought out or benign, is internal. Every company, with few exceptions, can drive dollars to the bottom line through pricing. I have never failed to achieve price increases for a client successfully unless internal resistance was so great that it was unwilling to take a chance.
This area is the most frustrating for me because it takes so much to achieve. At one company I was involved in, it took almost a year and many meetings to achieve a price increase that the entire company endorsed.
No one likes to admit that there is a better or cheaper way to do something. I have seen companies pay as much as twice the going rate for a service or product because it was difficult or inconvenient to obtain competing bids or because of prior relationships. The U.S. government is a prime example of purchasing inefficiency in action. Of course companies must strike a balance among price, quality, and delivery, but often the worst offenses in cost structure occur when there is no regular review process. In one company, by merely reviewing the manner in which we insured our facilities and casualty insurance, we saved $1.2 million per year in premiums. All costs must be continually reviewed to determine if they can be further optimized.
It’s a sure sign of trouble when the CEO or any executive thinks he can operate the business on autopilot. I was recently involved with a small private company whose president had a passion for sailing. His business was failing, but rather than face the problems, he would find any excuse to leave and sail. It was obvious that he hated the process of fixing the business and was escaping into his hobby because he couldn’t face day-to-day problems.
I have also seen executives who think that operations are doing so well that they don’t have to monitor or control the company. Both approaches are equally faulty. Companies need controls in place and need guidance from someone who has a vision of the future. Companies can operate for a short while without daily leadership but soon begin to falter when the strategic guidance begins to falter. The Walt Disney Company began to falter when Walt died. It was a local joke that the corporation was being managed by WWWD (What Would Walt Do). It wasn’t until new visionary leadership stepped in that the company began to grow once more.
A question I ask participants in my various seminars is, ‘‘If you had to discharge someone in your organization today, who would it be?’’ There is always a name associated with the response, which proves to me that almost every organization is suboptimal in nature.
Keeping an organization ‘‘right-sized’’ is one of the most difficult tasks a manager can perform, and often this painful process is delayed because of emotional issues associated with the process. Most companies have taken the ‘‘easy’’ method of offering early retirement or block reductions in staff based on longevity. These methods are faulty because early retirement denudes the knowledge base and block layoffs get rid of high-energy, high-potential individuals.
Complacency is the enemy of all companies and avoiding it is an everyday job of every manager. When a company becomes complacent, it has begun to slide down the slippery slope of failure. If anything, the speed of communications—e-mails, Internet, and fax—has made the cost of complacency more severe than ever. I don’t know about you, but I find that I must work even harder to keep up and keep ahead of events that affect my markets and my business.
It is estimated that fraud plays a major role in fully 50% of business failures. I must admit, having been CEO of over 100 companies, I have found fraud in some form in each of them. It is especially true in troubled companies, since someone in the company wants to ‘‘get theirs’’ before the ship sails. The lessons of Enron, WorldCom, and Tyco have exposed all of us to fraud and waste in the corporate arena.
For some reason most companies and executives elevate their banking relationship to that of an amorous affair. I hate to disillusion my readers, but your banker is a vendor who sells you money and charges you for the privilege in the form of fees and interest. Like any other vendor, he or she should be treated well and kept informed of the company’s performance; however, he or she should be measured against other vendors of the same type. You should also have fallback positions in case your banker fails you.
An effective leader must continually review his decisions. One thing that I do that may be helpful is to take a few quiet moments at the end of each day to be introspective and ask myself if my actions truly reflect the principles of management that I espouse, or if I have lapsed because of inertia or other distractions. The key to good management is the ability to be self-critical enough to admit mistakes and correct emerging problems.
Adapted from Take No Prisoners: A No-Holds-Barred Approach to Corporate Excellence, by Marvin A. Davis (AMACOM, a division of American Management Association, 2008).

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Having problems with your Canon EOS-20D Digital Camera with 17-85mm Lens ?
Check the pins in the memory card slot. It sounds like a pin is bent causing a short.


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According to Mr Bao Zhangjing chief researcher from China Ship Marketing Research Center "Against the background of global economy recession, cancellation of new ships has already aroused serious attention from shipbuilding industry all over the world."
According to Clarkson Research Studies, global orders for 94 new ships were canceled during January to August. These orders were once mainly held by Asian shipbuilders. Among the total, South Korean shipbuilders, such as STX Ship building Co., HMD and Daewoo Shipbuilding, totally held those cancelled orders for 43 ships. And Chinese shipbuilders held those orders for 21. Therefore, shipbuilders in these two countries are confronted with comparatively great risks.
At the same time, global new orders in September slashed by 66.1% YoY. And transactions in ship market went down by nearly 40% MoM. From January to September, new orders in the world slid by 27.3% YoY. Among the total, China's new orders dropped by 34.2% YoY.
Though costs for new ships still linger on a high level, prices for oil tanker and bulk cargo ship have already declined by a slight margin.

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Cravings of sugar, cravings of chips, cravings of all those yummy but bad for us foods are something we all struggle with. Myself, my clients and I’m sure you too sometimes.
I'm certainly no stranger to the occasional urge to rip open a chocolate bar, or dive into a bag of my favorite chips - and I'll bet you aren't a stranger to this either. The occasional indulgence isn't anything to be alarmed about, but if you find yourself licking the remnants of these indulgences off your fingers on a more regular basis, you’ll need to practice some control to get in charge of those cravings.
The goal here is to be in charge of your cravings, not have them be in charge of you.
We all know that drinking more water is important, but did you know that adding some simple ingredients can help even more! If you want to boost your energy, lose weight or make drinking water a bit easier, more flavorful and fun, then you will love this.
Make up a pitcher and drink it through the day!

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Oppo Find 7a runs on Oppo's proprietary Color OS v1.2, which is another name for a heavily skinned Android 4.3 Jelly Bean. The Oppo's launcher customizations run very deep, they keep all Google apps and services, and even bring quite a few of its own - themes support, new lockscreen, homescreen, app drawer and settings menu among others.
If you are not into custom UIs, there is a preinstalled theme called Jelly Bean, which would replicate the stock Android Jelly Bean UI for you as close as possible.
First off, let's cover the Color OS lockscreen. It's almost identical to the stock Android one. There's an unlock ring, which you slide to get to the homescreen. You can have widgets on the lockscreen, which are located to the left of the main window, while on the right there's a camera shortcut.
The screen supports double tap to wake gesture and it also works on the Home key. By the way the lockscreen has a hidden flashlight shortcut - a press and hold of the Home button (the screen needs to be awake) turns on the dual-LED flash. It goes out when you let go of the Home button.
Similar to the LG G2, the Oppo Find 7a has a Guest mode. It only gives access to apps that you've pre-selected so you have no problem sharing your phone without worrying about your private data or your settings getting all messed up. In order to use Guest Mode you'll need to set up a pattern or password unlock for regular access and another one for the Guest Mode.
The homescreen of the Oppo Find 7a likes to keep things huge - its apps above the dock are organized in a grid of 4x4 and the widgets are hardly optimized for the large, high resolution screen. On the up side, you can add up to 9 homescreen panes, whereas most custom launchers top out at 7 (the stock Android one is fixed at 5).
The bottom of the screen is reserved for the dock. You can have any shortcuts or folders you like here - you can even move the app drawer shortcut (but not remove it altogether as you won't be able to access it). The dock has four default shortcuts (Dialer, Messaging, App drawer and Camera) by default, but you can actually fit a fifth one.
The app drawer is pretty simple - it has horizontally scrollable pages of 20 shortcuts or folders. A small green dot marks newly installed apps that haven't been launched yet. You can re-arrange or add to homescreen shortcuts by tap and hold.
By default the notification area will show one row of quick toggles, a brightness slider and a shortcut for enabling auto brightness mode, the current notifications plus a shortcut to go into settings. If you do a drag gesture from the quick toggles row you get two more lines of toggles. There's also a Kill all apps button there. At the bottom of the notification area sits a clear button to remove all your notifications at once.
A long press on a toggle will bring up its respective settings entry. By the way you can access the notification area even if you slide down from any empty part of the homescreen (not just the top), which helps single-handed use a lot.
The task switcher is pretty close to stock Android. All your apps are shown in a vertically-scrollable grid of thumbnails, which you swipe either side to close or tap to open. Oppo has added a Kill All toggle at the bottom.
By holding a finger on an empty spot on the homescreen or performing a swipe up from the dock you open up the contextual menu. It lists widgets, wallpapers, effects and themes. You drag widgets upwards to place them on the homescreen.
Exclusive space is Oppo's custom homescreen page. Currently, there are only two available - Photo and Music. Photo space takes up a whole homescreen and features a live viewfinder so you can take shots straight from your homescreen plus a shortcut to the full camera app. Bellow you get a timeline with all your recent photos and you can share them very easy.
The second Exclusive space homescreen pane is Music. It features a cool, if slightly intuitive design with a vinyl for changing the currently playing song and stopping/resuming playback. You can change songs, go directly to the music player or the Phone app.
Oppo's Color OS supports themes, but besides the default Color OS, you only get one extra. It changes the appearance of the homescreen, app icons and app drawer to match what you would get on stock Android 4.3 Jelly Bean.
You can change the wallpaper with live or static ones and change the scrolling effect of the homescreens. There's one more option - Live Weather - it can flicker snow, rain, dandelions, etc. over the screen. The effect is very impressive - for instance, snow would pile up on the bottom of your homescreen.
Then there's the Gesture panel. You access it just like you would open your notification area, but you need to start your swipe in the left quarter of the bar at the top, just as if you were pulling down the notification area. You can perform various gestures in the Gesture panel to open different apps. For instance drawing a circle would open the camera app but you can assign any apps to any gestures you want.
Besides the homescreen, the Settings menu is another part of the UI that has seen a lot of changes. It is divided in three tabs - General, Sound and Display. The tabbed design is intuitive and works pretty well.
Finally, the Gesture & motion menu deserves our attention. It holds all the various gesture and motion tricks to make your life with the Find 7a easier.
For one you can swipe with three fingers across the screen to capture a screenshot or pinch with several fingers to launch the camera and more.
The Motion options are very useful, too - flipping the device will mute the ringer, raising the ringing Oppo Find 7a to your ear will automatically answer the call and more.
Google Now is here too - it integrates with your Google account info and can access your daily routine, internet searches, email, etc. and give you information relevant to your interests and daily needs.
It provides traffic information to your work or home, knows the scores of sports teams you follow and gives you the weather forecast for your location. It's great for at-a-glance info, but can handle voice input as well.
Overall, Color OS strives to be more feature rich than stock Android and has been customized quite deeply. It is still Android though, so users, who are familiar with the OS won't have trouble knowing their way around Color OS. In fact most of Oppo's additions are quite welcome and improve the user experience.


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Thanks again Dilbar. I won’t hesitate to recommend your services should the occasion arise.
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Thanks you for the safe arrival of our new dining table and chairs.
The workmanship is outstanding and the whole suite looks fantastic.
We want to thank you for the beautiful entertainment cabinet you made for us this year. The craftsmanship is really appreciated and we love the Rimu grain and look, along with the style design of the cabinet. What we are trying to say is that it gives us lots of pleasure and we want to say thanks.
We hope you all have a lovely Christmas and wish you the best for 2005.
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Hi Dilbar It’s taken me a little while but I wish to send a few words to thank you for a fine piece of furniture you made for us recently, we are really pleased with the fine workmanship and it suits our lounge perfectly.
Thank You Dilbar, my bed arrived this morning in excellent condition, extremely pleased with it. I look forward to any future transactions. P.S. It has arrived on my birthday, so that makes it extra special!
Just a note to let you know that my cabinet was delivered at lunch time and I am very pleased with it. My wife loves it too. I have been looking for a cabinet for quite some time for our home theater equipment which looks good and is also functional, and this cabinet is just perfect in both respects. I will definitely give you a call if we need more furniture.
Just a quick note to say how pleased we are with the side tables you made for us. You worked hard to get the right colour and the finish is excellent. We are very pleased with them.
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With the musicians scattered across the room, explore the vibrations and energy of the ensemble - as well as Beethoven’s changing relationship with sound - as you roam between players and gain new sonic perspectives.
The evening features Southbank Sinfonia, "a hugely talented young ensemble whose performances are always theatrical" (The Independent), and Beethoven's mighty 'Eroica' Symphony.
A fully-stocked bar will remain open until late for an after-party.

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When I officially set my studio up in 2012, I changed the name I’d unofficially been using for almost ten years.
To say that I did it to distance myself from my previous artistic ventures wouldn’t be entirely true though. Yes, I cringe when I look at my older pieces – people have even had to intervene to prevent me from destroying some of them (a whole other story), but that doesn’t mean that the work itself is without some merit.
You can’t see me twitching violently here, as I go to post this. Some of the work that will appear in this series dates back as far as the 1980’s, and challenges me not to hit delete. . . but it’s part of the process.
I’m preparing to release another creative project out into the wilds.
Why not just release this new thing, and not put yourself / us through this?
I’m glad you asked that. I did this as a personal challenge. I’ve been fairly successful as an artist, I’ve won awards, scholarships, contests, been featured in magazines, galleries and had a number of solo shows. I’ve sold my work to people around the world. This has happened over 42 years.
Yep. The first thing I won was a province wide painting contest, to design a poster for the public library system. It was open to any elementary students in British Columbia. I was in kindergarten.
With that said, I know art is subjective, and not everyone likes my work. I’ve had less than constructive critiques leveled at me over the years, as well as positive encouragement. I learned from my detractors, as some of what they had to say was useful. Some of it was not. Some of it was intended to be destructive. I developed a sense of humour about myself, as well as a thick skin. I do what I do because it’s a part of me. To stop would be to stop breathing. I draw, paint, sculpt, explore digital stuff, take pictures, dabble in music and write, because I love it. If others like the results too, that’s fantastic!
This new project has fewer years behind it. I’ve only shown my writing to a small group. I’m learning from the critiques. The art I’m using with this feature is my quiet way to ‘stalk’ those parts of me that are still fragile, bound to ego, or would get in the way of letting my creative ‘word-baby’ grow properly.
Thank you for reading this. Please feel free to comment, and share your own creative process.
Great work Jenn. It is amazing to me what you did at 5 years old. You are amazingly talented.
Thank you – What creative things do you pursue?
Jenn I am not an artist. I love looking at your art though. I have a blog. I love to refinish antique furniture. I have not done any pieces in a very long time. I just recently purchased an antique headboard and footboard for my grand daughter. I will be working on that soon.
That, makes you an artist.
Will you post pictures of it when you're done?


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Natural Beautiful Black Quartz Crystal Cluster Tibetan Specimen. This item is shot based on practicality under the light. Color may very slightly due to the color calibration of each individual monitor! Please consider the actual sizes given in the listing as the pictures are generally enlarged to show detail. All the items are from distant China, We offer. But you have to pay them at exactly the same time. If you still not receive the item. If a package is lost or damaged, Please report the problem immediately. A replacement or credit will be given. I send out the packages by china post. I answer emails 6 days a week. If you have any problems about your oder, please write to me.
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text: 1) Determine casing depth by loosely pinning a curtain fabric strip around the rod. Remove rod and measure the distance from the top of the strip to the pin. Add 1/2″ (1.3 cm) to be turned under. 2) Press under 1/2″ (1.3 cm) along upper cut edge of curtain panel. Fold over again and press to form a hem equal to amount measured in step 1. 3) Stitch close to folded hem edge to form casing, backstitching at both ends. If desired, stitch again close to the upper edge to create a sharp crease appropriate for flat or oval curtain rods.

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IDEA, housed in the old Park Avenue school building in South Tacoma, will open the year with an estimated 125 freshmen. More grade levels will be added in subsequent years, with a final goal of 500 to 550 students.
Just as at SOTA and SAMI, students from throughout the city apply and are chosen by lottery to attend IDEA. Students from each of Tacoma’s middle schools get a chance at a proportion of the seats, based on the size of their middle school’s eighth grade enrollment.
Also like SOTA and SAMI, students report for an overnight camp that serves as a community-building exercise before the first day of school. Most IDEA students also attended a “First Look” day over the summer, designed to help them transition successfully into high school.
“Our curriculum is designed around project-based education,” Varnell said.
Teachers are grouped into four-person teams, each with expertise in one of four areas: humanities, math, science or the arts.
IDEA has invited professionals from the business world — architects, builders, mechanical or computer engineers, graphic designers, artists and others from the community — to become part of the school. In exchange for teaching IDEA students about their profession, they can earn work space in the building.

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text: Unlike Fuerteventura, which is said to be the most inspired alternative of all Canary Islands in terms of cycling, Lanzarote is more of a challenge. Thus, enthusiasts have the opportunity of exploring Lanzarote by bike by resorting to the several bike rental companies located on the island. Besides bike rental as such, these companies also offer or suggest certain cycling circuits to tourists’ satisfaction.

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Notts County bowed out of the Checkatrade Trophy at the round of 32 stage following a 2-0 defeat by Sunderland.
The hosts scored either side of the break, Dan Jones with an unfortunate own goal before substitute Benjamin Kimpioka netted from the spot.
Kristian Dennis went closest for the Magpies, seeing his first-half header superbly kept out by the home keeper.
But the visitors were unable to find the net as Neal Ardley's first match in charge ended in defeat to the League One high-flyers.
Notts lined up in a 4-3-3 formation with Dennis flanked by Will Patching and Nathan Thomas.
David Vaughan, Rob Milsom and Elliott Hewitt formed the midfield trio and the back four comprised of Jones, Shaun Brisley, Richard Duffy (C) and Terry Hawkridge.
The Magpies started the game brightly and nearly had the lead on five minutes when Rob Milsom's inswinging free-kick flashed just wide of the far post.
Fitzsimons made saves from Bali Mumba and Max Power as the hosts looked to assert their dominance.
And the Black Cats' growing influence told on 22 minutes when they took the lead in fortuitous fashion.
Duncan Watmore, making his first appearance since October 2017 following an ACL injury, saw his shot parried by Fitzsimons only for the ball to cannon off Jones and into the net.
Hewitt went into the book for a foul on Jack Bainbridge before Kristian Dennis' near-post header was comfortably held by Sunderland keeper Robbin Ruiter.
But the Dutch stopper had to produce a far better save to deny the same man moments later, diving low to his left to keep the forward's headed effort out.
Brisley climbed highest at the resultant corner but could only send the ball over under pressure.
Thomas guided an effort wide with the outside of his left foot, Fitzsimons made a strong one-handed save to deny Bryan Oviedo and Mumba fired over before the referee called time on a closely-contested first half.
There were no changes at the break and a quiet start to the second half was brought to life by Watmore, whose mazy run into the area resulted in him firing a low shot towards the bottom corner. Fitzsimons dived to his right to make a brilliant save.
Ardley's first substitutions came shortly after the hour mark as Dennis and Hawkridge made way for Jon Stead and Noor Husin. Hewitt moved to right back and Husin slotted in behind Stead.
But the changes did nothing to prevent the hosts doubling their lead, lively sub Benji Kimpioka linking up with Mumba before winning a penalty from Jones. Sinclair swept the ball home from the spot.
Duffy went into the book for a foul on Kimpioka before Andy Kellett replaced Patching in Ardley's final change.
Fitzsimons made another excellent save to deny Sinclair before hanging on to Oviedo's deflected effort as the clock ticked down towards full-time.
Notts should have had a consolation when the ball fell kindly for Kellett seven yards out but the former Wigan man could only blast it over.
And the final chance fell to Sunderland's Mumba, who was denied by a heroic Jones block deep into stoppage time.


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You may need a wisdom teeth extraction at some point. It is rare for a person to have enough room for all of their wisdom teeth, and as a result, they tend to grow in impacted. This can be uncomfortable, push your other teeth forward, and create a space for food to become trapped, increasing your risk of infection and decay. This is why we often recommend that our Lockport, NY patients have their wisdom teeth removed. When you schedule an appointment with Great Lakes Dental Group, we can examine you, take x-rays, and let you know if and when you should schedule an extraction procedure. You can reach us by calling (716) 541-3943.
If your wisdom teeth have grown in straight, removing them is fairly easy. In this case, you would visit a 14094 dentist to have them pulled out using dental tools. Most likely, no surgery would be required. However, if your teeth are impacted, the procedure requires oral surgery. In order to access the actual tooth, the gum tissue covering it will need to be cut open. After numbing the area, a flap will be created in the gum tissue. This allows the dentist or oral surgeon to view the tooth. If muscle or bone is covering it, that will also need to be cut away to provide clear access to the actual tooth. At this point, your Lockport dentist may be able to grab the tooth and simply lift it out of the socket. If, however, it does not budge when being wiggled; the actual tooth will need to be broken into several pieces that can be extracted individually.
Check out what others are saying about our wisdom teeth extraction services on Yelp: Wisdom Teeth Extraction Lockport.
At Great Lakes Dental Group, we tell patients who are planning for an extraction to prepare ahead of time. You will need to rest when you get home, so have your bed ready with plenty of pillows to prop up your head. Fill your nightstand with water bottles, additional gauze, ibuprofen, and some good books or movies. Plan on taking it easy for the next 48 hours. During that time, you may want to eat a lot of popsicles, ice cream, yogurt, warm soup, Jell-O, and other foods that are soft and do not require chewing. You will be too sore to try and eat anything else.
Gradually, you will be able to add in solid foods and begin to eat like normal. The key is to take it easy and not rush the process. Slowly add soft foods that are easy to chew and work your way up to dining at your favorite Lockport restaurant. It may take up to two weeks to be 100 percent back to normal, so during this time, be sure to avoid any nuts, chips, or foods that could crunch and scratch your gum tissue.
You will need to schedule a follow-up visit with the 14094 dentist who performed the procedure to ensure that you are healing properly. During this visit, you will get the sign off to return to normal eating habits.
As a 14094 dentist, we are always concerned about infections post-surgery. Whether you have a wisdom teeth extraction or need to have another tooth removed, there is always the risk that the area will become exposed to bacteria. To prevent this, you should rinse your mouth periodically with warm saltwater. Brushing your teeth is also important, even though you need to carefully avoid the surgical site. In some cases, an antibiotic mouth rinse may also be prescribed.
At Great Lakes Dental Group, we understand that each of our patients is unique and so are their teeth. Whether or not you need to have your wisdom teeth removed by a 14094 dentist, we really depend on the size of your palate. If you have plenty of room for all of your teeth and your third molars, they can stay in place. There is no point in removing something that grows in straight and is healthy. However, any tooth that grows in impacted needs to be removed because it is posing a direct threat to your other teeth and roots in addition to being a target for infections. The best way to find out if your wisdom teeth should be removed is to call 716-541-3943 and schedule an appointment with our Lockport dentist office. We can make a recommendation and answer any other questions you have about the procedure itself.
If you live in the Lockport area, call (716) 541-3943 to schedule your dental exam so that you can remain in good dental health or receive treatment for a current condition.


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Stop into our studio and experience all the great benefits of yoga. You don’t have to be flexible or bend like a pretzel. Yoga is a great workout for people of all ages and abilities. Give yourself and your family the gift of a healthy, happy you. All while having fun and meeting some great people! We’re a community of fun, regular folks—just like you—who want to help you live a better life!
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At Home With Cathy Lee!
Serving Southern California - Los Angeles and Orange Counties, La Mirada, Whittier, Brea, La Habra, La Habra Heights, Hacienda Heights, Buena Park, Norwalk, Fullerton, Yorba Linda, Placentia, Corona, Huntington Beach, Santa Fe Springs, Cerritos, Cypress, Anaheim, Tustin, Westminster, Newport Beach, Orange and surrounding areas.
- Quality Service Award Winner, Three Time CENTURION® Award Winner & Masters Award Winner!
- Within the Top 6% of all CENTURY 21® Agents!
- Licensed since 1990! Licensed Broker!
- Live in La Mirada! Long time La Mirada resident! Work in the only La Mirada Century 21 Office! I know the area!
Congratulations on getting the condo in "La Mirada Landmark" I am very familiar with that community and all of its amenities and I am sure you will very much enjoy living there.
Please put your mind at ease regarding any problems on my part with you using Cathy to sell your home for you. Cathy has been with me for 24 years and has consistently been one of my top producers. She is an expert in staging and marketing high end properties. I guarantee that you will receive the absolute best service and personal attention with her. She has the experience and the knowledge to do a great job for you and ensure that you will get the absolute highest possible price for your home.
Cathy has told me that your home shows very well inside and I already know that the curb appeal is excellent. Again, you have a great agent who will work very hard for you and I know that you will be happy with the results. Please call me if you have any questions or concerns.
Congratulations! Because of your hard work, determination and tenacity, the deal at 12318 Ramsey Dr. is closed. I want to thank you for your significant contribution. It is easy to see why you are a success.
My career is leveraged by working with other professionals in the industry. This is not a one way street. If there is anything I can do to help you, let me know.
Please send me your current inventory of properties and I would be happy to match those up with any client that I have. Keep up the great work.
I just wanted to thank you for all your diligent work and advice over the past several months. I am very pleased with the work you’ve done on my behalf. And if the opportunity ever comes up to refer a friend or family member your way, I’ll certainly do so. It’s been a pleasure knowing you.—Mark C.
We just wanted to thank you for all of the hard work you’ve done! I know you don’t believe it—but we never once doubted you or your professionalism! (It was the other people involved!) Thank you again & come by & visit any time! - Sheryl & Rod B.
Dan & I would like to Thank you very much for all you did. You did a great job. Everything went so good. We love our new home very much. Please feel free to stop by and see it, we would love to show it to you! Thanks again for all the time and effort you put in to everything!! - Dan & Stacie H.
David and I just wanted to thank you from the bottom of our hearts for helping us find our new home! We’ve been here for about 3 months now & we just love it! We’ve made many changes since you saw it last including hardwood floors in the living room, the installation of a dishwasher and our own touches here & there. We’re still working on getting the grass all filled in and green & we want to put in a white picket fence and the double-pane windows that I want, but that will come in time.
We just wanted to let you know that we really appreciate all the hard work you put in and the many times, even in the rain, that you took us to see homes until we finally found the one for us. If you would ever like to come by and see our work in progress, please know that you are always welcome. Just give us a call and make sure we are here.—David & Shannon E.
Both Cathy and Warren Nass were excellent, they both went above and beyond their responsibilities in the sale of our house. Cathy was always available to answer questions, provide information and she kept us informed of every step in the process of selling our house. - Eduardo and Felisa Rubalcava, La Mirada, CA.
I was interested in a property in La Mirada and reached out to the listed agent, Cathy Nass. She was SO helpful and knowledgeable. I had a lot of questions and she never made me feel like I was bothering her. She went above and beyond to research the answers for me. She also made it a point to get back to me in a very quick manner every time I called her with another question.
Even though I didn't end up putting in an offer (for other reasons) I had to commend her for being so responsive and helpful. I've worked with a few other agents and know that some of them get caught up in the 'sales' pitch and she never made me feel that way. I wouldn't hesitate to use her in the future for any of my real estate needs. HIGHLY recommend. :) - Alma P.
I am writing to share with you the outstanding service my wife and I received from your salesperson, Cathy Lee Nass, in both the purchase and the sale of our La Mirada Home.
We came to know Cathy Lee through the purchase of our home in 2002 and were immediately impressed by her professionalism, integrity and strong work ethic. She explained every detail of our purchase and we trusted her experience.
In January 2006, we contacted Cathy Lee to sell our home and she quickly compiled the relevant market information and assisted us in making an informed decision. From the outset, Cathy Lee worked tirelessly to deliver the highest price for our home while managing the transaction from start to finish. Once again, we banked on her experience and she delivered.
Independent of market cycles, real estate agents like Cathy Lee will always succeed. She is proof that “working in the best interest of the client” is the key to success in real estate brokerage. We look forward to working with your office in the future and hope you continue to hire agents as talented as Cathy Lee Nass. Should you like to discuss our experience further, please give me a call.
Thanks for all of your help selling our house. We couldn’t have asked for a better Realtor.—Chris and Regina F.


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If you're not hyped enough for football this fine fall Saturday morning, let the reigning, defending, undisputed world champion get your engines going. Kyle Snyder is 30 days out from his fifth World Championships, and is training to take Budapest by storm.
"As long as I put 100% of myself on the mat, if I put 100% of myself on the mat, anything that happens is fine with me," Snyder says.
"I've studied myself just like these other guys have studied me, so as much as they think they know about me, I know more about myself than anybody in the world. Little changes, little things they couldn't see if they watched it over and over again, but I feel and I know is going to make a big difference. When I step on the mat at the world championships, they'll expect one thing and it might look similar to the untrained eye, but it'll feel much different."
If a 60-second hype video isn't enough Captain America for you, here's some technique work, on clearing to the inside tie to a single leg.
Snyder, alongside fellow Buckeye Logan Stieber, will represent Team USA at the World Championships in Budapest, Hungary, Oct. 20-28.


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Focus this week was on global stock indexes as players watched them go up and down while they invested time, energy, and money into that aspect of the game. Money rules and the players love the thrill of it all even when there are losses. Once again we realized the cycles of the stock market are not only volatile but created by a global conspiracy/consortium. When the thrill of the roller coaster ride is over the markets creep up again only to fall as players regroup for the next. The focus of this weeks down slide is China and its attempts to manage its outsize economy which have flailed since the summer, with cascading effects around the world. And then there's currency devaluations. Follow this and play if you must but it's something that is just in the moment and changes - more emotional busywork.
What I have found in my 72 years of being in this part of the hologram, is that the securest investments always turn out to be real estate. Even when that market is down, it's a given that it will come back up and anyone who has invested in commercial property that creates income is generally safe no matter how bad things become. I have one female client, 26, who already owns five investment properties. It started when she inherited a small amount of money from her grandmother, invested it in the first property, and things grew from there. Newer properties are of the greater value than her original investment and allow her time to explore the things she wants to do in her life.
My daughter Zsia and her husband Jon are partners in different CPA firms. This week they went to see The Big Short and loved it. The movie follows the simultaneous stories of three groups of people who discovered the groundwork for the financial crisis of 2007-2010 and manage to enormously profit from it. Though I didn't see the movie, I read the Plot which took me back to blogs I wrote about the real estate industry and other markets in that timeframe. We knew the bubble was going to burst but we also know it was going to turn around and come back and people who invested wisely when things were down have turned a very nice profit.
Though this morning's U.S. unemployment report is expected to confirm that a healthy labor market generated more than 200,000 jobs in December - those numbers are deceptive because in December many people take part-time jobs for the holidays. People are finding it more emotionally satisfying to take two part-time jobs then one full-time job and the pressures that go with it. This is particularly good for someone who supports himself or has a partner to share expenses. This is not the way to go if one has children to support where insurance is needed. Remember that many people remain in full-time jobs that are stressful because of the medical insurance.
On the matter of spending money - Do you overspend? Did you overspend on Christmas gifts and now can't afford to pay your bills? Do you know how to budget money based on income not pipe dreams? Are you living in the metaphysical world where people spend what they want believing the money will come - meaning the Law of Attraction and Necessity? These are seriously dangerous ways to live - often putting family security at risk. If this is you ... you are no different than the people in the stock market who gambling every day. Gambling should be done after a reasonable degree of security has been assured. Metaphysical theories about shifting your grids and matrix to attract the money you need - no longer apply.
For whatever time is left - if you inherit money, receive a cash settlement, inheritance, or other investments, be careful what you do with it. I can't tell you how many clients have inherited hundreds of thousands of dollars - and blown through it within two years. One female client blew through most of a $300,000 inheritance but came to her senses before it was gone, went back to work, managed to keep $50,000 and invested it in a home in 2014, which has now gone up in value after remodeling.
I've blogged before about people burning out very quickly these days and will do anything not to work ... so plan carefully while you are emotionally able to work. You know how humans like to blow things up ... you can't control the global economy but you can control your personal spending. If you don't have it ... don't spend it. Simply put ... if you blow things up ... get help. If you think you have matters under control, and it's obvious you don't, yet you continue on the path of destruction ... there is only one word for you .. STUPID.

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text: Our Vinyl Siding installations services in Rogue River, OR have been designed to enable you have peace of mind by eliminating your concern about timely and reliable service providers. You will also notice that Vinyl Siding Guys also have very affordable Vinyl Siding rates that won’t cause any financial strain when you are contracting us for the installation. Vinyl Siding is a well-known choice for homeowners who would like to enhance their home's appearances without painting. Considerations when considering Vinyl Siding. - There are many gains to installing Vinyl Siding in your house.

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On listening to past and present culture and history in Ghana. The title of this work comes from the meaning of a wall carving in an ancient Ashanti shrine.
Created as artist-in-residence with the NKA Foundation cultural immersion artist residency in the Ashanti Region at Abetenim Arts Village with assistance from the local director Frank Appiah-Kubi, the cook Ajua Christina, the Architect brothers, and with drum and dance performed by students in the Abetenim Arts Village Primary and Middle School.


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The Integrated Infrastructure for Electron Microscopy of Materials, ELECMI, is a Unique Scientific and Technical Infrastructure (ICTS) within the current Map of National Facilities in Spain, which is composed of 29 ICTS that bring together a total of 59 facilities. ELECMI is composed of two facilities, the CNME (National Center for Electron Microscopy) that belongs to the University Complutense of Madrid and the LMA (Advanced Microscopy Laboratory) that belongs to the University of Zaragoza.
Unique, meaning that it is the only one of its kind in the country.
Open to competitive access by users in the entire research community (public and private sectors from any nationality).
It is therefore the aim of ELECMI to provide competitive access to our instruments along with support and sound advice based on the technical skills and expertise from our specialist team.
The National Center for Electron Microscopy, CNME, the main transversal action of the Campus of International Excellence, Moncloa, is designed according to the study carried out by FECYT on Unique Scientific and Technological Facilities (ICTS) to develop, implement and offer the scientific community, national and international, the most advanced methods and techniques in Transmission and Scanning Electron Microscopy for the structural analysis of materials. This Center consists of a set of last generation microscopes, and instruments and techniques for the advanced preparation of samples, as well as for the application of computational methods of image processing.
The Advanced Microscopy Laboratory, LMA, is a unique initiative at national and international levels aimed at providing the Industrial and Scientific communities with the most advanced infrastructures in Nanofabrication, Local Probe and Electron Microscopies for the observation, characterization, nanopatterning and handling of materials at atomic and molecular scale.
ELECMI has a wide range of top level equipment in Electron and Local Probe Microscopy dedicated to the observation, analysis and characterization of materials at atomic and molecular scale, constituting a large infrastructure at the service of researchers, universities, research centers and Industry, with the ability to address the most relevant challenges in the field of new materials.
Transmission Electron Microscopy - TEM.
Scanning Electron Microscopy - SEM.
Dual Beam Microscopy - DUAL BEAM.
X-Ray High Resolution Diffractometry - XRD.
Scanning Probe Microscopy - STM & AFM.