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Late at night, when it is quiet, it is easy to believe that nothing is going on in the world. The opposite is true. For every time zone that people are sleeping, in another they are waking up. All over the world people are being born and people are dying. People are making babies, having them, raising them, waiting for them to come home, wondering where they are. People are dancing in clubs, drinking in bars, sipping coffee in cafes. Some are wearing parkas while others are swimming in pools. Everywhere people are walking, drinking, lying down, getting up, working hard, resting. The world is filled with people active in some form. Everyone is doing something at this moment. Everything is happening now.
This reminded me of Brueghel’s painting, “Landscape with the Fall of Icarus,” where Icarus’s mythic fall goes unnoticed in a landscape of busy people doing other things. Many of the historic events that have happened during my lifetime have not seemed epic at that moment; only in retrospect do we understand their significance.
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Pierce Egan the younger. Quintin Matsys, the blacksmith of Antwerp, an historical romance .
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Welcome to the Walk of Art trough Akkrum. It is organized by the local organization. The distance of this route is about 4 km. You can follow the footsteps. All the art is from local artists. You can use the QR codes, they stay in the surrounding of an important building. Have a nice time in this village.
Bestuurslid van Plaatselijk Belang Akkrum-Nes. Gepensioneerd en woon nu 4 jaar in Akkrum.

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This site aims to facilitate registration for participants within IBSEN experimental sessions. IBSEN is a FET Open project and is funded by the European Commission as part of the Horizon 2020 program.
Its main objective is to build a simulator of human behaviour based on the decisions made by participants in a given number of experimental sessions.
At every session, the volunteers will access into a website where he/she will be given some information about a hypothetical and simulated situation.
Once informed, participants will be invited to make a series of decisions in exchange of which you will receive a real amount of money as payment. You are not expected to behave in any particular way. The aim of the project is to study individuals’ decision-making process.
When registering on this site will ask for personal data. It is intended to check the identity and suitability of required profiles along experimental sessions and will be used for recruitment and payment purposes only. This process is necessary to fulfil the methodological approach of experimental economics and obtain high quality validated results.
As established in the consent form provided to all volunteers, IBSEN researchers undertakes to keep the Confidential Information secure and not to disclose it to any third party, including the obligation to establish the appropriate security hardware and software measures.
IBSEN accomplishes all procedures established by the Directive 95/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 October 1995 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data. We will inform all volunteers participating in IBSEN experimental sessions that their personal data will be collected by the file "LINEEX" stored owned by Universidad de Valencia and registered in the Spanish Agency of Data Protection.
Volunteers are entitled to request for access, modifications and cancelation of their own personal data by attaching identificative document to their request, addressed to Servicio de Informática - Protección de datos (Universitat de València), C/ Amadeo de Saboya, 4, 46010 Valencia. The reference "PROYECTO IBSEN H2020" should be provided to facilitate their request.
Experiments’ results will be made anonymous. Consequently, behavioural data obtained by decision-making in the running of the experiment will not be associated to a particular identity, breaking the link between decisions made by the participant and his personal identification data immediately after the end of the session (payment procedure).
These data will be available, in a first moment and temporarily, exclusively for the researchers linked to the project to establish conclusions and prepare the scientific publications associated to these.
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Here you will find documents, files, and information related to the 2014 Software Verification Project.
23.10.2014 — Please note that the project description has been updated. In particular, the requirement to produce a TEST class and test cases has now been removed.
16.10.2014 — The project description is now online, as well as the skeleton SV_LIST class that you can use as a starting point. Please remember to register your team before 22 October.
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I don't want this to sound like a celebrity shootout at the MS corral, but Montel Williams ("TV Host's Fight Against MS More Than Just Talk," Nov. 20) put a very personal and misleading spin on this disease and on the valiant and dedicated effort that many people--particularly those associated with the National Multiple Sclerosis Society--are making to ease the plight of those affected and to get us to the point where "cure" and "reversal" are at least dreamable.
I understand Williams' impatience and his insistence that a cure is just around the corner, a corner he feels obliged to turn all by himself. We were all there once, those nightmare first years after some doctor lays your fate out on the table for you and you bounce from "Why me?" to "Not me!" If I had come out when I first came down--which seems to be pretty much what Williams did--my anger and bitterness would have been the primary expression too.
It's my experience that we all seem to go through that first stage, and it includes resentment against everyone who has been working to control and alleviate this disease, resentment because they didn't halt it before it hit me.
Fortunately, most of those who contract this autoimmune disease (tragically, someone is newly diagnosed each hour) didn't have their own show (or the celebrity afterlife of several years on a popular sitcom), so their anger was personal and muffled and endured until they found a way to face the challenge for all the years that stretch ahead.
You inform yourself, and an early conviction is that you know it all. But you eventually realize that all you know is the hard-won understanding scientists have achieved with the assistance of activists. You then learn to appreciate and to help the people who are raising the money and the awareness and the level of knowledge that progressively are making the experience of MS more livable and bearable.
You finally find your way through tears and frustration--the same ones Williams shed and vented on Larry King's show--to the endurance and courage that will get you through it. And, yes, to the appreciation that some brave souls are out there finding the slow, sure keys to that endurance.
My point for Williams is be careful what you say, because there are people listening. And if you misinform them--and you are doing that--they will suffer.
In his article, Williams acknowledges that he follows "the traditional methods" of treatment, but he dismisses them, saying, "The research isn't going to find a cure. It's going for stopgap measures." Montel, stopgap measures are a big leap forward from where we were before you joined us.
His interview suggests that he has no appreciation of how fortunate he is to have come to his confrontation with MS after all those hundreds of millions of dollars raised for research and assistance had resulted in the identification and development of the ABC drugs--Avonex, Betaseron and Copaxon.
When I was first diagnosed in 1984, there was nothing you could do to affect the course of your disease and alleviate the staggering symptoms of MS. Research, funded in substantial part by the MS Society that Williams seems to resent, took us a long way from "diagnose and adios," the fatalistic, frustrated phrase neurologists used (but not to their patients) in those days.
The great thing the ABCs did is empower us against this disease for the first time. Every time we inject whichever medication is identified for us, we are sticking a needle into MS.
These reliefs were not brought into the MS mix until 1993. Life changed dramatically for all of us with the introduction of these "stopgap measures." I think one of the reasons I waited so pathetically long before publicly--even privately--acknowledging my MS is that, pre-ABC, the disease was so uncontrollably diminishing that I was afraid of limiting my work possibilities.
Thank God, before I did emerge and did feel obligated to inform others, I was myself informed. I was informed by the knowledge the scientists (assisted by the activists) had so laboriously uncovered. I was informed by the empowerment that the product of their efforts had brought to my own life.
Williams should have a mind open to the knowledge others have uncovered for him and a heart open to the loving commitment of so many volunteers who raised the money and public awareness needed to make these strides. He can, with his gigantic access to the public, make a big difference. But he has to get a better bead on who are the enemies and who are his allies.
The best thing he can do for his MS comrades is just do his TV show every week, demonstrating that we are capable of such considerable application and energy expenditure. There has been progress, and we are the living symbols of it. That realization is what brought me out.
Actor-author David L. Lander played Squiggy for seven years on the "Laverne & Shirley" series. His first book, "Fall Down Laughing," was published this year by Tarcher/Putnam and chronicles his personal fight against multiple sclerosis.

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On the evening of the 3rd of September, or the morning of the 4th to our readers here in the UK, a musician from Portland, Oregon, made a startling admission. Joel Magid held very little back as he publicly took full responsibility for an act of sexual assault, one that was only prevented by the actions of a good friend.
There's no denying that Magid's actions were inexcusable, and a simple Facebook post will do nothing to help his victim, who likely still carries the emotional scars inflicted upon her on the night in question. The reason I bring attention to his post, however, is because of the conversation generated in the comments.
The response to the post was a mixed bag of support and outrage. Some commenters praised Magid for his 'bravery' in publicly admitting to his mistakes, stating that 'transparency is an important first step'. Others, regardless of his words after the fact, instead took the opportunity to let him know exactly what they thought, often not in the kindest of terms.
Magid clearly didn't make this confession immediately, as the comments reveal that a friend, likely the same friend who stopped the assault from progressing further, encouraged him to own up to what he did. We do not know the date on which the actual assault took place.
Magid's confession and the comments that followed do raise some interesting points, however. Firstly, are those offering support and praise, whilst leaving comments along the lines of 'brave' or 'good for you', completely misguided in their assessment of the situation? Taking responsibility for your actions is a positive, true, but does the perpetrator of a sexual assault really deserve a metaphorical pat on the back? In light of his confession, I'd say he's more deserving of a swift kick and some psychiatric help.
Secondly, I would like to comment on his medium of choice. Posting to Facebook was likely the quickest and furthest-reaching way of letting people know about his actions; but is it really the proper forum for a confession such as this? Before posting, I sincerely hope that Joel thought about the impact his post would have on those around him, and the victim herself. This sordid ordeal is now out in the public forum, and the victim, as some commenters mentioned, will be fully aware of his post and the comments left. She now has to sit and watch as people she likely knows heap praise on her attacker, all while forcing her to relive the situation as details are plastered across the internet. Perhaps he would have been better making this confession privately, to a law enforcement professional, so as to avoid inflicting any more mental anguish upon his victim.
Portland Police have stated that they are aware of the post, but are unable to act unless the victim comes forward to report the crime.
I want to know your opinions in the comments section below, but for now I'll leave you with a comment from Amanda Flowers, which I think sums up the situation best.


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The Francois Nicolle-trained Figuero (4g Yeats - Annaland, by Saint Des Saints) gained his first black-type win on his first attempt when taking Thursday’s Listed Prix Philippe Menager at Auteuil.
Racing over two miles and six furlongs for the first time, the bay was held up at the back of the field by Angelo Zuliani and was travelling much the best of the five horses as they turned for home. Sweeping to the front, he was pushed out to win by five lengths.
The four-year-old, who is owned by his trainer in partnership with Jacques Detre and breeder Thierry Cypres, remains unbeaten over fences, having won his chase debut in mid-March. The first foal out of the mare, his dam is an unraced half-sister to black-type performer Dwip.
Later in the day at Huntingdon, another son of Yeats justified favouritism in the two mile bumper. Having his first start for trainer Neil King and owner Peter Beadles, Willie Butler (5g Yeats - Belsalsa, by Kingsalsa) was purchased for £66,000 in February after being placed in both his starts in point-to-points for Peter Flood.
Initially disputing the lead with Idol’s Eye, the bay asserted four furlongs out and was pushed along from the final furlong. Despite showing some signs of inexperience in the closing stages, the favourite dup deep to hold off Mr Perfect by a length and three quarters.
Bred by Ned Morris, Willie Butler is closely related to Grade 1 performer Mulcahys Hill.

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Additionally, a penumbral lunar eclipse takes place before and after the umbral lunar eclipse. However, a penumbral lunar eclipse is so faint that many people won’t even notice it while it is happening. In our post, we only give the times of the moon passing through the Earth’s umbra – dark, cone-shaped shadow.
They note that the partial umbral eclipse begins at (roughly) 10:34 PM with the total eclipse starting at 11:41 PM. The greatest eclipse is at 12:12 AM with the total eclipse ending at 12:43 AM.
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JURY AWARD FOR PAST NON-ECONOMIC DAMAGES INADEQUATE AS A MATTER OF LAW--ARGUMENT REGARDING COMPROMISED VERDICT WAIVED WHEN ISSUE WAS NOT RAISED UNTIL PLAINTIFF FILED MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION OF THE TRIAL COURT’S DENIAL OF A MOTION FOR ADDITUR OR NEW TRIAL.
After a plaintiff was hit as a pedestrian and suffered a displaced right femur fracture that required surgical repair with a titanium rod, facial lacerations requiring surgery and permanent scarring, and where the plaintiff suffered three accident-related MRSA infections, the jury awarded him over $507,000 in past medical expenses for the more than 18 weeks he spent in the hospital. However, the jury awarded nothing for pain and suffering, inconvenience, etc.
The parties agreed that the verdict was inconsistent, and the court sent the jury back for further deliberations. The jury then came back 11 minutes later with an award for $1,000 in past non-economic damages and $1,000 for future non-economic damages.
Plaintiff moved for an additur or in the alternative a new trial, but made no mention of a request for a new trial based on the issue of liability due to a compromised verdict. The trial court denied the motion without a hearing, and plaintiff moved for reconsideration on similar grounds. The trial court actually allowed a hearing on the motion, and for the first time plaintiff argued there was a compromised verdict.
Unfortunately, the court found the plaintiff had failed to preserve the issue of a new trial on liability based on a compromised verdict, because the initial denial of the motion was jurisdictional, and not subject to reconsideration or modification. The court did remand, however, for either an additur or a new trial and past non-economic damages.
RESIDENTS OF BRAZIL IN FLORIDA FOR THEIR DEPOSITIONS IN A CORPORATE CAPACITY WERE IMMUNE FROM SERVICE OF PROCESS.
It is well-established under Florida law, that witnesses and suitors who attend court outside of the territorial jurisdiction of their residence, are immune from service of process while attending court, and for a reasonable time before and after going to court and in returning to their homes.
Because these witnesses were appearing in their corporate capacities and the plaintiff wanted to serve them in their individual capacity, this case did not fall within one of the exceptions to the general rule (i.e., an identity of parties and/or an identity of issues). There is simply no identity of person between a witness’s corporate capacity and in his/her individual capacity. The trial court should have granted the motion to quash service.
TRIAL COURT DEPARTED FROM ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS OF LAW IN ABATING PLAINTIFF’S THIRD-PARTY BAD FAITH CLAIM INSTEAD OF DISMISSING IT.
The plaintiff in this case sued the defendant driver and Geico insured when Geico refused to pay its $10,000 policy limits in the case. While the case was pending, the plaintiff filed a motion to amend her complaint to add Geico as a party defendant to the action, and to add a third-party bad faith claim against Geico. When Geico moved to dismiss, the plaintiff conceded that the bad faith claim was premature pursuant to the non-joinder statute, but asked the trial court to abate the action awaiting resolution of the underlying case, which it did.
The appellate court reversed. Pursuant to the non-joinder statute (section 627.4136), there must be a verdict or a settlement against the insured before the insurer may be added to the case. Thus, abatement was improper and the trial court should have dismissed the claim altogether.
ERROR TO DENY A MOTION TO DISMISS FOR IMPROPER VENUE IN A CASE WHERE THE PLAINTIFF WAS INJURED ON AN ESCALATOR INSIDE THE CRUISE TERMINAL LEADING TO THE CRUISE SHIP’S GANGWAY DURING THE BOARDING PROCESS.
The plaintiff was injured when she fell on an escalator inside the cruise ship terminal leading to the gangway during the process of boarding the ship.
On the cruise ship ticket, bold capitalized language advised cruise ship passengers of the many limitations on their legal rights, including waiver of jury trial, arbitration, jurisdiction and venue. The contract provided that all disputes arising out of the contract and the cruise “including travel to and from the vessel” WOULD be litigated in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida in Miami.
The plaintiff sued in state court arguing that jurisdiction was proper under general maritime law and the “Savings to Suitors Clause” of 28 U.S.C. section 1333. The plaintiff asserted that the case was properly filed in state court, because the district court lacked subject matter jurisdiction.
The court acknowledged that the mandatory forum selection clause applied to all disputes, and pointed to jurisdiction in the federal court in Miami. The issue was turned on whether the federal court or the state court had subject matter jurisdiction. Because the plaintiff’s injury occurred prior to embarkation, plaintiff argued the district court had no jurisdiction.
Looking to prior precedent, the question posed was whether admiralty jurisdiction exists when a cruise ship passenger alleges that as a result of the negligence of the cruise line, he or she was injured after exiting the ship and while walking in a restricted area to customs. In answering the question, the court found both the “location” and “connectivity” tests for jurisdiction were met.
Finding that the escalator in the cruise ship terminal was essentially the vessel’s gangway and the only way to board the cruise ship, the court found the location test was met. Additionally, because the safe boarding of a cruise ship has a potentially disruptive impact on maritime commerce and the general character of the activity giving rise to the incident chose a substantial relationship to traditional maritime activity, the connectivity test was also met. As such, federal admiralty jurisdiction existed in the case, and the case was dismissed to be filed in the district court.
AS LONG AS FINDINGS OF FACT MADE IN A DECLARATORY JUDGMENT ACTION ARE SUPPORTED BY COMPETENT, SUBSTANTIAL EVIDENCE, THE APPELLATE COURT WILL UPHOLD A TRIAL JUDGE’S FINDING ON COVERAGE.
To determine whether the injured plaintiff was a “relative” on her parents’ UM coverage (because she was an unmarried, unemancipated child away at college), the trial court conducted an evidentiary hearing. Although there was conflicting evidence that reasonably could have supported a contrary finding regarding the plaintiff’s emancipation status, because the trial judge’s ultimate findings were supported by competent, substantial evidence, the appellate court said it was constrained to affirm.
THE SERVICE OF A PROPOSAL FOR SETTLEMENT ON THE 91ST DAY AFTER THE INSURED’S COMPLAINT WAS SERVED ON THE CFO OF THE STATE WAS VALID AND BINDING UNDER RULE 1.442(B).
Plaintiff served her complaint on our State’s CFO. 91 days later, plaintiff served her proposal for settlement.
State Farm argued that while the CFO was served on February 4, 2014, the insurer did not “receive” the complaint from the CFO until February 7, 2014. State Farm was then arguing that the proposal was filed prematurely.
The court explained that generally when a statutory agent--in this case the CFO of the state--is served, that constitutes actual service of process. Thus, once service was perfected on the CFO, the running of the 90-day period started rendering the proposal for settlement timely.
WHERE LAW FIRM WHICH HAD WITHDRAWN HAD NOT FILED A NOTICE OF LIEN OR OTHERWISE PURSUED THE LIEN IN THE ACTION BEFORE THE VOLUNTARY DISMISSAL OF THE ACTION, THE TRIAL COURT WAS WITHOUT JURISDICTION TO ENFORCE THE LIEN--SENDING LETTERS TO A FORMER CLIENT WITHOUT FILING THOSE LETTERS DOES NOT PERFECT A LIEN.
Greenberg Traurig v. Starling, 43 Fla. L. Weekly D107 (Fla. 2nd DCA January 5, 2018).

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Blu-ray is becoming increasingly popular because of the image quality it supports, thanks to its huge storage capacity. There are times when you may want to make copies of your Blu-ray discs to preserve them from scratches and other sorts of damages.
other disc or a BD folder. In addition, it also supports saving BD contents to an ISO image file.
All in all, UFUSoft Windows 8 Blu-ray Copy provides various modes to copy BD contents. Be aware that its purpose is not to compose Blu-ray discs from scratch. Therefore, if you are looking for an application that lets you create BDs by adding standard files, you should look elsewhere.
* Support Windows 8.1 Blue, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows XP, Win Vista, etc.
Step 4: Set the output settings like “Remove HD Audio” for compressing the source file audio and in the meantime to guarantee the high quality of video/image of the target BD file. “Volume Label” for changing the target Blu-ray disc name by entering your favorite name. “Target Size” for selecting “BD-50″ or “BD-25″ as the target size. And enter the number of the quantity you want to copy in the “Copys” option.
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How to Rip/Convert Blu-ray Discs or BD ISO Files on Windows 8 PC with Windows 8 Blu-ray Ripper?


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Our Prayer Care program allows volunteers to join our Chaplain in praying for those who are in need. You can request prayer by using our E-prayer request form here. This form is for people who want to pray for others from their homes.
First, people request prayer online by providing a first name and general prayer request. Someone might, for example, ask that we pray for Bob’s healing after surgery or Sally’s recovery from illness.
Second, we share prayer requests with our Prayer Care volunteers by e-mail. To protect people’s privacy, we only share first names or initials and a general prayer request with our volunteers. We require that Prayer Care team members maintain strict confidentiality and not share information about these prayers. All Prayer Care volunteers are members of an Episcopal Church.
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text: # Overview The undelete API is used to recover any previously deleted resource other than user accounts. A resource can be retrieved via either its former ecosystem or the account of the user who deleted it. Performing an undelete operation from an ecosystem allows for the retrieval of any resource deleted from that ecosystem, including resources deleted by other users. Similarly, performing an undelete operation from a user account allows for the retrieval of any data that user had deleted. # Details When a resource is deleted, a temporary delete session for that resource is created from which that resource can be undeleted. A resource can be permanently deleted by deleting its delete session or by specifying that a delete session not be created in the first place. Individual resources cannot be undeleted if their container has been deleted. If an environment is deleted, the entire environment would have to be undeleted in order to access a single desired device within that environment.


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Twilio is a cloud-based communications company that provides its 40,000 customers—a mix of developers and non-developers—with basic building blocks for building voice and text messaging capabilities into their web apps, regardless of their level of technical experience.
Most of Twilio’s customers begin with trial credit and then start hacking away. It is only when they have built something useful that they decide to invest more in Twilio. So it is critical that the company’s support team helps all of its customers building something as quickly and seamlessly as possible, otherwise it’s a bad reflection on how easy Twilio is to use.
“Only when our customers have built something will they decide to use us for bigger parts of their actual business. This is why we have support agents on the weekends and always make sure that a developer is on support duty. It’s a key piece of our sales retention strategy,” said Renee Chu, Manager of Support.
Twilio wanted to make sure its help desk solution offered the same flexibility and reliability it provides as a cloud-based company. This is one of the reasons why they chose Zendesk Support, and have continued using it since November 2008.
Most of Twilio’s customers ask very technical questions, which is why their support team has a unique structure. A designated support team is on duty around the clock, and additional licenses allow engineers to jump in as needed.
In the past, Twilio’s customer support manager would manually look at every ticket in the queue and individually assign each ticket to the right person on the team, based on their availability and their knowledge. “That approach was good when we were really small, but this way of handling tickets doesn’t scale,” Chu said.
With Support, the team began using triggers to customize and automate workflows and direct tickets to the right people, dependent on their area of expertise. Agents also have views, or customized inboxes for their tickets, to ensure they never lose track of the requests assigned to them, and to enable them to easily respond in a timely manner.
Twilio also uses keyboard shortcuts to access and apply macros to FAQs or to simply change ticket fields of a support request.
A really important function of Twilio’s customer support team is funneling feedback from customers to the product team. Tags have proved to be invaluable to this end. “Whenever there’s a ticket with really valuable product feedback, agents will insert a tag related to product feedback and write a brief one sentence summary in a custom ticket field. All these tickets then get surfaced in a report that we download to a CSV file and later share with the product team. It’s just a really easy way to consolidate feedback and give the product team information they can easily digest,” Chu explained.


text: Relationships are what life is about so help us to start relating to You and with each other and to relate to what Your Son did for us. Look, it doesn’t matter where we are in this life because we’ve all messed up in someway or the other. We all have regrets, doubts, shame and broken hearts and faded dreams. We need to let these things go and release them to You. The past is not our legacy or our destiny. Yesterday does not define who we are or who we are going to be. Because we are all children of God, we are all accepted, we are all loved, we are all forgiven for whatever we did or think we did. And just as this season changes from winter to spring You bring us new life and a new start. The promise that this life is not the end. In Christ there are no good byes, in Christ there is no end. We will see our Heavenly Father face to face because of His Son’s sacrifice on that cross. Death has no hold on us. The battle is won, God is with us. To Christ be all the glory and honor. Amen.


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Old brick house in a village close to Dobrich, with built-up area of 90 sq.m and land of 2400 sq.m, fruit trees and vineyard.
The house has two rooms, living room, kitchen, entrance hall, outside toilet. The village is near to the Durankulak Beach the sea and lake. In the past few months many Companies have been selling land and houses in this run down village as it is so cheap a real investment opportunity.
We are offering you a plot of BUILDING land, you can build a few new houses here.
It is close to the center of the village and there are plan to build 300 new houses in a near by village with in two years at the moment there are only 28 Bulgarian living there as the building land rises in price Bulgaria Company are selling the land between 8 to 15 Euro a sq.m so with this village you have not miss the boat yet, And it's located close to the sea.


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EP “Live in Paris” is coming March 6th !
“A funky sound with Cuban and Brazilian roots, all the finesse of modern jazz, and the lyricism of the great American songwriters” – this is how Paris-based singer-songwriter David Garlitz describes the new direction taken on his next release, the David Garlitz Trio – “Live in Paris,” coming on March 6th, 2015.
After the success of his U.S. “micro-tour” in 2013 and the release of his first LP, “A Poor Man’s Pocket,” in January of the following year, Garlitz found two new partners-in-crime on the Paris jazz scene : drummer Karl Jannuska and bassist Matyas Szandai are two of the most sought-after players in the City of Lights, having played locally, toured internationally, and recorded with the likes of Kurt Rosenwinkel, Brad Mehldau, and Dave Liebman.
Garlitz, a native of Plymouth, New Hampshire, spent his early twenties in the “underground” of Philadelphia’s fringe-jazz community, before heading off to Havana, Cuba, to study Afro-cuban rhythms. Along the way, he fell in love with a charming Parisian girl and ended up in Paris, where he started writing his own songs, drawing as much inspiration from Cuban and Brazilian acts like Seu Jorge and Los Van Van as he did from his songwriting idols Paul Simon and Tom Waits.

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We had a mold problem for years caused by a leaking drain. When the ceiling collapsed in our pantry under the main bathroom, we discovered a large amount of black mold. After removing all the mold infested wood and sheetrock and treating the area with a mild bleach solution, we could still smell the mold. We called in Pure Maintenance and the smell was completely eliminated. We are delighted to have this health threat removed and were very pleased with how quickly and easily working with Brandon was. We strongly recommend their service.

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text: I’ve been hesitant for years about writing posts, updates, blogs, tweets, and thus do so only rarely. Last year may have been my most self-doubting year of all – only one update to news on this page! We aren’t dead, plenty happened I might’ve mentioned. I’m always suspicious the content of whatever I might contribute might be trite, or boring, proud or boastful, inadvertently "borrowed" from another source, perhaps not funny, not enlightening, or woefully ignorant. Or I’ll miss a grammatical error, which makes me crazy. But after reflecting on this past year, it seems I’ve been on the wrong track. I’m no genius, and may not be particularly stable, but I’m certain I have at least as much to contribute as our current president.

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We have recently moved house. The buyers, a property development company exchanged contracts on the 14/12 and then failed to complete on the 18/12. We had to unpack our removal Larry and stay at home until 4/1/19. They did complete but although our solicitor included our removal costs in the final statement they refused to pay this. Does this come within the 'incidental costs' described in the exchange contract. They paid the interest and our solicitors costs associated with serving of the notice on them. They say our removal costs are not covered.....what do you think?
Customer: We have written to them with a notice of intent to go to the small claims court...the above is their reply to us.
How much are the extra costs?
You need to write and set out your losses and request payment within 14 days of the letter of claim, or say you will go to Court within 14 days. You should make sure you send this signed delivery and keep a copy.
This is breach of contract. They agreed to complete, they failed to do so.
Their argument seems to rest on an interpretation of matter so incidental being wholly related to the solicitors costs and not ours. If the court agrees with them what costs would we have to pay?
Its not incidental. If you lose then there are no fees to pay.
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Spoon sauce on top and spread evenly.
Sprinkle pepper, cheese, and sausage on top. Reserve arugula till after pizza is baked.
Bake the pizza until the Naan has started to brown on the edges a bit, and everything is warmed through. Approx. 15 minutes. But keep an eye on it, at such a high temperature it could burn quickly. Thin & Trim brand sausage is fully cooked so you don’t need to worry about it cooking through.
Remove pizza from oven, sprinkle with a healthy handful of arugula, cut the pie and eat!

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Lots of people often hear about the potential of double digit investment returns privately money lending but do not know ways to get began. It isn’t very complex, the primary factor you’ll need in order to be a private money lender is use of money.
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The Wheel Fit™ Ultimate contains both faceplates to fit most all 4-, 5-, and 6-lug vehicles, including bolt circles ranging from 4-100mm up to 4-130mm and 5-100mm up to 5-135mm. It fits most all 5- and 6- lug vehicles, including bolt circles ranging from 5-5 up to 5-150mm and 6-4.5 up to 6-5.5. This kit will extend from 14" – 20" in tire bead diameter. It will also extend from 6.5" – 16" in width. Backside setting is completely adjustable within the constraints of the tool. A ruler mark is engraved on the side of the tool to indicate backside setting and width measurements.

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Councillor Ben Randles has been elected as the new mayor of Bradley Stoke.
He was formally handed the chain of office on Wednesday 9th May at Bradley Stoke Town Council’s annual general meeting.
Ben, who represents the Lakeside ward, was first elected as a town councillor in a by-election in October 2013. He has chaired both the Finance Committee and the Youth, Leisure and Amenities Committee, as well as being the press spokesperson for the past four years. He takes up his role with the unusual ‘claim to fame’ of being the first councillor appointed to the position of mayor who was born after the formation of the council in 1992!
Ben has lived in Bradley Stoke since his family moved here in 1997 from Chichester, West Sussex; attending Baileys Court Primary School, The Ridings High School and the University of the West of England. He remembers seeing Bradley Stoke as a building site and has fond memories of spending time on the local nature reserve and enjoying being outdoors in the area as a child.
As mayor, Ben is looking forward to being more involved in the running and governance of the council itself, ceremonial responsibilities and representing residents at events and visits. He has recently completed his first formal event, the opening of a new 999 Control Hub by HRH the Duchess of Cornwall for the South Western Ambulance Service. He is also keen to champion progress and wants to see Bradley Stoke not being adversely impacted by significant changes beyond our boundary.
The traffic problems in the area continue to be a source of misery to many local residents and Ben empathises with these frustrations. He is using what functions he has available to him to raise his concerns and he is attending additional functions and forums addressing the matter. More recently, he has been championing writing to the relevant bodies who have the powers to help out. He is hoping to build on the positive responses he has had so far. Ben is also keen to tackle the growing plague of graffiti in the town by helping residents to find ways to remove this “rot” from private property.
Ben’s charities for the coming year are the West of England MS Therapy Centre (based locally in Wheatfield Drive) and the Stroke Association.
We wish Councillor Randles a very happy and successful year in office.
Photo: Cllr Ben Randles (right) is congratulated by previous mayor Cllr Andy Ward after receiving the chain of office.
Photo: Cllr Ben Randles standing outside the council offices.
This article originally appeared in the June 2018 issue of the Bradley Stoke Journal news magazine (on page 26). The magazine is delivered FREE, EVERY MONTH, to ALL 8,700 homes in Bradley Stoke. Phone 01454 300 400 to enquire about advertising or leaflet insertion.
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A lovely new unique villa in Choeng Mon provides a relaxing alfresco lounge area overlooking the private pool. A really unique mix of modern tastes with all western conveniences.
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If you are new to this real estate field you might be wondering, what the heck is Circle rate? Let us give you a correct meaning of the Circle rate and information on what is the circle rate in Noida Extension?
The minimum rate that has been notified by the government through the registrar or sub registrar office of Greater Noida for registration of property transactions is known to be circle rate. There is a difference in market rates and circle rates! Most of the times, circle rates be likely to be somewhat lower than market prices. But, there have been cases wherein circle rates might even be higher than market prices of the property.
These Circle rates are actually notified by the government. And, these circle rates are used as reference point for fee of stamp duty on property transaction registrations in the area of Noida Extension. These circle rates also differs from property to property, it means it totally depends upon the type of the property. Registrar value of plots and independent houses are different from that of flats and apartments in Noida Extension even in the same area.
Luxury apartments in Noida Extension with premium amenities such as power back-up, open car parking, lift, covered car parking, security, and swimming pool will have to bear an additional loading for calculating circle rates in the city. If you like to know more about Circle Rate in Noida Extension, please get in touch with us and we will help you get the complete details. Moreover, we are one of the best and dedicated real estate consultancies in the National Capital Region known for our impartial property suggestions.
The administration had hiked circle rates up to 43% in 2012-13 into commercial category that was a maximum hike in circle rates. On June 28, 2016, a rapidly developing city Gurgaon cut circle rates by 15% across all the real estate segments on in order to revitalize the real estate market.


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I think I've read one too many depressing books about tough childhoods this year, because that combined with raising my own babies has me thinking about what I can do as a parent to help them feel safe and secure- both physically and emotionally. I'm not saying I do all or any of these things perfectly, but they're on my radar as I try to become the parent I want to be and that my boys deserve.
1- Follow through. If I tell my kids I'm going to do something, I'd better do it. Milo has forever been so trusting of me. When he was a baby and I'd tell him I'd be right back with something, he'd wait patiently until I went back. I realized then and there that I could never betray that trust. If I say I'll check on them, I do it. If I say they can have a drink after I finish something, I deliver. To me, this has been a way to build trust in a simple sense that will develop a lot deeper as we all get older.
2- Self esteem. This is something I've struggled with and I'm hypersensitive about it. I want them to know how loved and adored they are regardless of mistakes, outward appearance, struggles, talents, etc.
3- Spirituality. I think spirituality is a journey for every person on this earth, and I think you can be a devout anything and still have huge character flaws (I know I do). Above all, I want them to know that they're loved children of God. Everything else will fall into place.
4- Eye contact. They need to know that they matter. They alone have special rights to me and my attention and I will always honor that. "Can you play with me" will always be answered with a resounding yes (even if it's accompanied with "in x minutes").
5- This will always be a place of non judgement. I know my kids will make mistakes. I'm sure they will make big ones. I want them to know they can talk to me and I'll always be ready and waiting with love and constructive help when they're ready for that part.
6- Stability. We live and breathe by a routine and at this point doing otherwise would be an injustice to us all. We're flexible, and our routine is ever-evolving. But knowing what to expect works wonders for all of us.
As Milo gets older and more aware, parenthood becomes bigger and bigger to me. He's only 3-almost-4 right now, and I feel like there are too many things to prevent and teach. The best I can do is love my boys and teach them to be good, kind, charitable people. I can't keep out all the bad, but I can fill them with everything good I know.

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Mastered releases for PDX area artists: Tyler Stenson, Bruce Gaddy, Adam Zwig, Lord Master, Mig Artugue/Too Long Sparks, Winds and Strings, Ryan J. Lane/Memor, Class Picture and Matt and Melissa Stock.
Recorded and edited 2 CDs with Ryan and Chelsea Avery. Ryan won the Toastmasters Internationals 2012 World Championship of public speaking.
Recorded and edited a bus bus safety voice over for Lancer Insurance Company in Japanese.


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Home » The Finder Kids Vol. 25 – Party Time!
The Finder Kids Vol. 25 – Party Time!
In ultra-diverse SG, the festive season can seem extra-long – spanning from October and November (Halloween, Deepavali, Thanksgiving) through December (Hanukkah, Christmas) to January and February (New Year and Chinese New Year).
So, if you plan to stay on the island during this period, The Finder Kids’ “Your Guide to Festive Season Fun” will come in handy! Kid birthdays are another reason to celebrate each year.
If you’re looking for shindig-spiration, check out our “SG’s Best Kids’ Party Venues” roundup, then compare notes with the 14 parents who share how they buy toys. Hoping to instill gratitude in your LO, with so much gifting going on? We’ve got great animal volunteering options, charities to donate to and many more ways to give back!

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She holds a Master's in Social Work from Azusa Pacific University and is currently working towards licensure. She has worked with women and children of all ages and has offered individual and group counseling in a variety of settings including a public-school system, psychiatric facilities and with survivors of domestic violence.
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I went to see Kathy again last night. It was a calmer, more relaxed evening – well, in that I had no huge epiphanies. Mostly, anyway.
We discussed my week, which was mostly gleeful and happy. I had spent the night before with Laird hanging out at dollarama and value village, having way too much fun looking at stuff; and then he hung out while I dyed my hair (red again), and he listened while I played guitar, and it was really great. She asked about my pain issues, and I said my knee and hand were OK, but my neck was killing me while I figured out the combination to my new pillows. I laid down on her comfy comfy table and was having a hard time getting enough air into my lungs for some reason. But she did a little Reiki work on my knee, and then I picked the cards for the IET.
Remember how last time I picked cards and I got guilt, heart, and powerlessness? This time I didn’t look at the cards when picking them (the last time I chose based on the faces on the back), and instead, IÂ got – guilt, heart, and powerlessness. Seriously. She had me pick another one and it was threat – especially to the back of the neck – and to work on it required the throat and lungs, and it usually affects creative people.
So the guilt out of my head was very light and she figures it’s clear. I still can’t think of a single thing I’d be guilty for because I don’t do guilt – but probably I just repress it all. I waited for the heart work with some trepidation, but it was very easy and simple; she said it was like a shadow of the last time.. andÂ I was thinking of how much it hurt last time to hear those words ‘betrayal” and “trust” and “fear of having love taken away” and “rejection”… and this time I heard the words, and I thought of Kevin and even of George which is wayyyy in the past, andÂ I brought up specific scenes of memory where I had been betrayed and rejected, and I consciously thought of letting it go, letting it all go… and then I realized: IT DIDN’T HURT ANYMORE. I got this biiiiiiiiiiiiig grin on my face andÂ I just about cried; I couldn’t say it out loud, but feeling it was really lovely.
The powerlessness I feel is strongly connected to my jewellery as a business; I feel empowered now and had three separate brilliant ideas since last night. (In related news, Laird is helping me marketing-wise.)Â I had forgotten what the powerlessness and stress were replaced with the last time, but it was Ease (and power), and she talked about opening the door and letting in soul mates of every kind so they can take me by the hand and help me do what is right for me.
And then we discussed some jewellery options. I’m going to prototype some chakra bracelets for about $20 in her shop, and we’re going to split the proceeds down the middle; I’m doing wholesale prices but with consignment rules, because I want us both to profit and I want the lineÂ I develop here to be indicative of both of us – sort of “our” jewellery, wherein she picks the stones and the meanings and I create the pieces.
WhenÂ I got home, my cousin came over to redeem her holiday gift certificate from her mom (my aunt), and she got an amber-coloured glass ring, and a stick pearl and amber pendant. Then we sat and talked and while nobody noticed, I sneakily made a set of amber earrings to match and gave them to her 🙂 Fun times!
Now I have to shower and eat and go to work and I don’t wanna. Wah!

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The leadership of the lower house of the Brazilian Congress has moved to accelerate the impeachment process against the country’s President Dilma Rousseff amid continuing street demonstrations both against and in favor of her ruling Workers Party (Partido dos Trabalhadores—PT).
Friday saw demonstrations in every state of Brazil in defense of Dilma, as the president is universally known, and Lula, ex-president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, the former metalworkers union leader who was a cofounder of the Workers Party over 35 years ago.
While the CUT trade union federation, one of the main organizers of the demonstration, claimed that 250,000 people rallied in downtown Sao Paulo, Brazil’s financial and industrial capital, and another 50,000 reportedly took to the streets in Recife to the north, the demonstrations, dominated by the PT officialdom, the CUT, government-affiliated “social movements” and student federations, were far smaller than the protests held across the country last Sunday demanding the ouster of Rousseff and the PT.
Those demonstrations, like similar ones held a year ago, were dominated by better-off sections of the middle class who have been mobilized on an extremely right-wing basis. Participants included those calling for a reprise of the 1964 military coup that led to over two decades of military dictatorship. The crowd also included an openly fascist youth group as well as people calling for the fascistic American billionaire businessman Donald Trump, the leading candidate in the current Republican presidential primary, to rescue Brazil.
While Brazilian workers are not participating in significant numbers in these right-wing rallies, they are likewise not joining in any major way in the demonstrations in support of the PT, whose pro-capitalist policies and corrupt politics they blame for the Brazilian economy’s slide into its worst economic crisis since the 1930s, with continuing waves of mass layoffs combined with escalating inflation that is decimating living standards.
There was a brief clash at the rally on São Paulo’s Avenida Paulista Friday when a small group of antigovernment protesters raised a banner demanding Rousseff’s impeachment, provoking a surge by the pro-Rousseff demonstrators, who were repulsed by Military Police using pepper spray.
In the early morning hours preceding the rally, police shock troops cleared the avenue, which had been blocked by protesters demanding the ouster of Rousseff. The cops employed tear gas, water cannon and stun grenades against the rather small band of demonstrators. Abandoning the street, they assembled in front of the Federation of Industries of São Paulo (FIESP), the country’s leading employers association, whose chief came out to greet them and subsequently provided them with lunch. FIESP gave its backing to last Sunday’s anti-Rousseff rallies.
Anger on both sides of the impeachment debate was heightened—and the ranks of Friday’s rallies no doubt swelled—by the release on Wednesday of the contents of a conversation between Rousseff and Lula secretly recorded in a wiretap ordered by Sérgio Moro, the judge leading the Operation Carwash (Lava Jato) investigation into the ever-widening bribery and political kickback scandal surrounding the state-owned energy conglomerate Petrobras.
Moro and other investigators interpreted the statement as proof that Rousseff was prepared to make the appointment in order to block Lula’s prosecution in a criminal court and thereby forestall any conviction and possible jail time in connection with the corruption scandal. Ministers can be tried only by Brazil’s supreme court, which provides them with greater rights and proceeds much more slowly than a regular court.
Lula was briefly detained earlier this month for questioning in connection with the Petrobras scandal. He is accused by prosecutors of hiding his ownership of a seaside triplex apartment outside of São Paulo that was built by one of the construction firms accused of making political kickbacks in return for receiving lucrative contracts with the oil company.
Making the release of the wiretap even more egregious was that the recording was made after the warrant authorizing it had expired.
Moro has defended the release of the wiretap evidence, comparing it to the US Supreme Court’s 1974 order that Richard Nixon turn over White House tapes to Congress.
Meanwhile, an impeachment committee held its first meeting Friday as the lower house of Congress convened in a highly unusual Friday session. While Brazil’s deputies and senators habitually clear out of the inland capital of Brasilia on Fridays, not to return until Tuesday, the house speaker, Eduardo Cunha has vowed to convene sessions every weekday in order to more rapidly run out the clock on the 10 days that the constitution grants Rousseff to defend herself against impeachment charges.
The impeachment has been initiated on the basis of charges that Rousseff illegally manipulated the federal budget in order to maintain government spending in the run-up to the 2014 presidential election. Cunha, however, threw into the proceedings the charges made as part of a plea bargain by Delcídio do Amaral, the former PT leader in the Senate, that both Rousseff and Lula had actively participated in the Petrobras kickback operation.
The 65-member impeachment committee includes at least eight deputies who are themselves facing criminal charges before Brazil’s supreme court, while Cunha himself is a prominent suspect in the Petrobras scandal, accused of funneling tens of millions of dollars to his political allies and secretly depositing at least $5 million in Swiss bank accounts.
The deepening economic and political crisis has thoroughly discredited every major party and political institution in Brazil as the government veers ever closer to a full-blown constitutional crisis, with the executive, legislative and judicial branches each disputing each other’s powers.


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A group of black friends claim they were ‘racially profiled’ by a nightclub when they were refused entry – despite having booked and paid £750 in advance.
A video has emerged of a standoff between the 15 men and staff at the Cameo club in Bournemouth on Saturday December 5.
Cameo denies the allegations, but refused to give Metro.co.uk a specific reason for why the group was denied entry.
The men had booked a booth at the 2,800 capacity venue around a month beforehand, and that their names were on the guestlist.
They also claim that as they were being told groups of 10 or more weren’t being admitted, a group of 12 white men were allowed in.
He said the club manager had first asked them where they were from, and then told them there had been ‘an incident’ three weeks prior which meant there was ‘a security issue’ with admitting groups of 10 or more.
The group say they asked why they weren’t told about a security issue beforehand, to save them the journey from London.
‘We were asking for a better explanation, and then after 15 minutes of this a large group of Caucasian males turned up and queued up in the same place we were queuing,’ Leon said.
The group returned a short while later and were let in to the club, he added.
A spokesperson from Cameo told Metro.co.uk: ‘We categorically refute these allegations.
‘We operate a professional and well run venue and we reserve the right to refuse entry for various reasons, but race is never one of them.
‘We have a diverse customer base and staffing at the club. Based on our vast experience and judgement we did not allow in a total of 150 people on Saturday night.
The group say they are yet to receive the refund.


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IRVINE, Calif.--(HSMN NewsFeed)--Allergan, Inc. (NYSE:AGN ) announced today that the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has affirmed a favorable ruling for Allergan and Roche Palo Alto, LLC, formerly known as Syntex (U.S.A.) LLC, in a patent infringement lawsuit against Apotex, Inc., Apotex Corp., and Novex Pharma (the "Defendants") preventing the Defendants from obtaining U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval to market a generic version of Allergan's product ACULAR® (ketorolac tromethamine ophthalmic solution) 0.5% and enjoining the Defendants from manufacturing or selling the same.
In 2006, the Defendants appealed a ruling by the United States District Court for the Northern District of California that the Defendants' proposed generic product infringed a valid and enforceable patent owned by Roche Palo Alto, LLC and licensed to Allergan. The District Court's ruling provided that the effective date of any approval of the Defendants' Abbreviated New Drug Application may not occur before U.S. Patent No. 5,110,493 expires in 2009 and that the Defendants, together with all persons and entities acting in concert with the Defendants, are enjoined from making any preparations that make, use, sell, or offer for sale ketorolac tromethamine ophthalmic solution 0.5% in the United States. The Federal Circuit affirmed the District Court's ruling in all regards.
"This ruling is a triumph for the value of intellectual property rights and their protection," said Douglas S. Ingram, Allergan's Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer, General Counsel and Secretary. "It is only through continuing innovation that new and improved medicines are made available to health care providers and their patients. The development of, and equally importantly the respect for, intellectual property are essential for life-enhancing innovation. As we have repeatedly stated, Allergan will fiercely defend its intellectual property rights against those who would trade on the hard work and creativity of our scientists and R&D professionals."
This press release contains "forward-looking statements" including, but not limited to, the statements by Mr. Ingram and statements regarding litigation outcomes and the timing of generic versions of Allergan's products. These statements are based on current expectations of future events. If underlying assumptions prove inaccurate or unknown risks or uncertainties materialize, actual results could vary materially from Allergan's expectations and projections. Risks and uncertainties include, among other things, the uncertainties associated with the litigation and appeal process; general industry and pharmaceutical market conditions; general domestic and international economic conditions, such as interest rate and currency exchange rate fluctuations; technological advances and patents obtained by competitors; challenges inherent in product marketing such as the unpredictability of market acceptance for new pharmaceutical and biologic products and/or the acceptance of new indications for such products; domestic and foreign health care reforms; the timing and uncertainty of the research and development and regulatory processes; trends toward managed care and health care cost containment; and governmental laws and regulations affecting domestic and foreign operations. Allergan expressly disclaims any intent or obligation to update these forward-looking statements except as required to do so by law. Additional information concerning these and other risk factors can be found in press releases issued by Allergan, as well as Allergan's public periodic filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the discussion under the heading "Risk Factors" in Allergan's 2006 Form 10-K. Copies of Allergan's press releases and additional information about Allergan is available on the World Wide Web at www.Allergan.com or you can contact the Allergan Investor Relations Department by calling 1-714-246-4636.

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You will be managing the hiring of a variety of roles including Legal Counsel, Regulatory Specialists, Compliance Managers and legal Operations globally. By working closely with senior management and the company founders, you will be pivotal to the success of Revolut's international expansion.
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text: We discuss an approximate similarity search for word embeddings, which is an operation to approximately find embeddings close to a given vector. We compared several metric-based search algorithms with hash-, tree-, and graph- based indexing from different aspects. Our experimental results showed that a graph-based indexing exhibits robust performance and additionally provided useful information, e.g., vector normalization achieves an efficient search with cosine similarity.

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Starting on Monday 8th January, and for each of the 12 weeks, I’ll send you a short video each week that will show you the path to freedom from anxiety.
In addition, each Monday at 8pm UK time you’ll be invited to join my Head Coach Shannon and I for a live weekly clinic call online where you can ask questions, get some coaching or simply listen in as others do – you’re all up against the same thing and often hearing the insights of others can shift things for you.
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Ticket sales usually increase because the prize grows, lottery officers aforementioned.
The current prize is that the game’s biggest since December 2013, once holders of 2 tickets oversubscribed in California and Georgia shared a $648 million jackpot. the biggest Mega Millions jackpot, value $656 million, was oversubscribed the previous year.
In January, 3 winning Powerball tickets were oversubscribed in Florida, Tennessee and California to assert a share of nearly $1.6 billion, the biggest prize to have been won on one lottery game anywhere in the world.
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text: Zugabe Encore in English. Neoangin is notorious for his encores. If the atmosphere says so 20 encores are not unusual. In 2003 Fribourg in Switzerland a show escalated into a 5 1/2 hour long show in the backstage room, all involved parties had to recover for 3 days. Only since Neoangin himself witnessed a 3 hour-long show by Badly Drawn Boy, which he deemed inappropriately lengthy, he adopted the opinion that short gigs have their advantages as well.


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text: Well'Come! to The Pocket Pillow is situated in the Faro City Centre district in Faro 6 km from Faro Beach and 200 metres from Carmo Church & Bones Chapel. Featuring a simple décor underlining the the importance of the Arabic heritage in the Portuguese language all rooms are equipped with a TV. The guest house also offers bike hire. Old Town Faro is 300 metres from Well'Come! to The Pocket Pillow while Faro Airport is 3 km from the property.


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text: A border is coming to the British Isles – just where, though, is not yet certain. This weekend, the leader of the Irish Republic’s nationalist Sinn Fein party called for Northern Ireland to begin preparing for a border poll and a united Ireland. Sinn Fein has been making such calls ever since the Brexit referendum, but only recently have they gained some credibility. The United Kingdom’s imminent departure from the European Union is poised to disrupt the trade and regulatory harmonization that has made the illusion of a united Ireland – and thus the Good Friday Agreement – possible. If the U.K. leaves the EU’s customs union and single market as promised, or leaves the EU without a withdrawal agreement, a border somewhere between the U.K. and the EU is inevitable. The decision of where to place that border will reshape the British Isles and their relationship to the Continent.


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A National Geographic book has just ranked our very own Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden as the best “city garden” in the world.
Not only is the garden home to koi, bamboo, architecture, and weathered stones, it also hosts a variety of special events throughout the year. It’s a cornerstone of Chinatown and the East Vancouver community. In December they will be hosting the 18th annual Winter Solstice Festival and an exhibition in collaboration with the Hope in Shadows project. Follow @VanGarden on Twitter for information and updates from the garden.
National Geographic’s book: Secret Journeys of a Lifetime, that features the list of the world’s best city gardens, is currently available in stores and online.
How is this place in the winter?
It is such an exquisite garden and park. I love visiting the park, taking photos and watching people delight in discovering everything. On one of my last visits, I counted frogs on the lilypads. Vancouver is so blessed to have this treasure to visit for free.
Incredibly humbled by the honor! Thank you Rebecca!
@Tanya: Thrilled to hear that you frequent this neighbourhood! We love the park too though we’re a wee bit different in history, construction & programming. Have you been to any events here, especially our evening events (concerts, theatre & festivals)? They are quite spectacular!


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Jack Culcay defeats Weber, signs contract extension with Team Sauerland!
Jack Culcay (20-1, 10 KOs) took his chance and is the new WBA Interim World Champion at Super Welterweight! Fighting in front of a home crowd against compatriot Maurice Weber (21-2-1, 8 KOs) at the Festhalle Frankfurt (Germany), Culcay dominated most of the rounds. Despite Culcay landing hard punches to Weber’s head and body in the championship rounds, the latter refused to give in, letting the judges make their final verdict. After twelve rounds, “Golden Jack” won by scores of 115:112, 116:111 und 118:110.
Promoter Kalle Sauerland was pleased with Culcay’s performance, saying: “Jack controlled the action and took a deserving victory. After tonight, we are already looking ahead in several aspects.” Besides signing Culcay to a 4-year contract extension right after the fight, Sauerland plans to have Culcay fight for a world championship by the end of 2015.
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Washington: While declining comment on India's surgical strike on militants in Myanmar, the US has asked India and Pakistan to take steps to reduce tensions and move toward resuming dialogue.
"I don't have a comment on that specific operation," US State Department spokesman Jeff Rathke told reporters Friday when asked if the US supported or was concerned over India's cross border strike in Myanmar, a move that has raised hackles in Pakistan.But "we encourage India and Pakistan to take steps to reduce tensions and to move towards resuming talks," he said."The relationship between India and Pakistan is critical to advancing peace and stability in South Asia, so we welcome any steps India and Pakistan can take to reduce tensions and move toward resuming dialogue," Rathke said.
"We encourage India and Pakistan to take those kinds of steps, and we believe that India and Pakistan each have a mutual interest in addressing the threat posed by violent extremism and terrorism," he said.Asked if the US had reached out officially to India or Pakistan to defuse tensions over the Myanmar strike, Rathke said: "Well, we've encouraged a reduction of tensions on both sides at high levels, so that's something we've mentioned."
The spokesman also expressed concern over Pakistan's crackdown on Save the Children organisation.Rathke could not say whether the issue had been discussed in Islamabad, "but it's certainly a matter of concern to us.""Save the Children is an international nongovernment organization. They do important work," he said.Rathke also did not have an update on expression of similar concern over India blacklisting some NGOs a few weeks ago.
"We expressed our concerns and we've raised those with the Indian authorities. I don't have an update to offer here."Earlier in a press statement, Department Spokesperson John Kirby said the US was "concerned about Pakistan's crackdown on international charitable organizations and other NGOs."


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I decided to compile my personal favourites out of my thousand-ish loose poems into three distinct collections, primarily to clean up the clutter and make them more accessible. This is the second of said three collections.
The poems in this collection deal with short moments of peace and tranquility brought on by such things as nature or music – short breathers from an otherwise hectic existence. They can range from the distant view to the hedonistic indulgence – the shared characteristic is the peace and enjoyment of the moment.
The name of this collection might (almost) as well have been “Odes to Beauty”.
The poems were written from 2010 to 2017, and although my writing style changed over time during that period, a remnant of latent Romanticism is an undercurrent throughout this collection – more than anywhere else – as these were poems I wrote inspired by sights and sensations, and as such they are highly emotive compared to my general production.
and passes at a glance.
with the buzzing of a fly.
reaches me as you set the world ablaze.
and you? whereto does your path wind?
to prove to the world its might.
joy, which sunshine to the world’s mind brings.
darkness. The dualism of tears and joy.
and not in my trivial reality, but this you do!
up something half as beautiful as this.
no more than sunlight, clouds or morning dew.
when mouths were spilling stories, gossip, lore.
anticipating dawns that shall be coming.
on the day we danced. Oh, sweet flowerets!

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