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Most people want a companion, and every person has a different approach on how they meet their partner. Some will prefer to talk to someone they meet at a restaurant, some date people they meet on social media while others may prefer to use online dating websites. Despite which technique one applies, at last, you need a partner. If you decided on internet dating sites, you would need to find the ideal website since there are numerous such services and they, for the most part, give related services. If you wish to find the best internet dating website, you have to do your homework. This write-up will give details in which you can get the ideal online dating website.
First, consult with those whom you know, for example, your coworkers, companions or family who use some of the web dating services. Find the opportunity to see whether it is functioning admirably for them and check whether they can propose them to you. Since it is the web, go to the search engine and key in web dating services. Here, you will find a lot of sites that give such administrations consequently go to a majority of them to learn more. Compare the postings from the various sites you visit to know which website you will register with for their services. When you find the company you like, make sure that you read their terms and conditions to know their policies and rules. When on the web, visit online audit sites to see what different clients of the internet dating site you wish to utilize are expressing. If the clients have provided kind remarks, then it shows they are happy with their services, if not, it’s best that you look for another dating website.
Secondly, make sure that you choose a dating website that has a good reputation. An appropriate site is one that keeps the information of its customers confidential, and it doesn’t assemble data from its customers. A decent dating site is one that is difficult to hack hence it ought to have high-security standards. You can converse with different clients of that dating site you are intrigued with and get their thoughts concerning the site. This will assist you in knowing whether you are selecting a decent site or not. Additionally, a reliable web dating site is one that has numerous clients, and its numbers continue increasing as that indicates others have trust in that website.
Finally, some online dating websites charge a fee to use their services thus choose a website which is affordable. With these focuses, be certain of finding the best internet dating site to meet somebody of your choice.

industry_corpus2: Computing & Telecommunications


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If you want to pursue the sport of cheerleading, you'll need to know all you can about the three main positions: flying, basing and spotting. With this breakdown, find out which role best suits you. When you try out for the team, you'll know what to expect before your competition does.
The position of flyer in cheerleading goes by many names, including mounter, top, climber or floater. Regardless of what you call it, this position refers to the person who gets lifted or thrown into the air. It is probably the most sought-after position in cheerleading in that it offers the thrill and exhilaration of gracefully flying through the air and becoming the center of attention.
But cheerleading is a team sport and each position on a squad has its importance. No flyer can go up or come down safely without bases or spotters. And although weight and height might play a part in what role you fill on a team, it is your ability and skill that should ultimately determine your position.
Versatile cheerleaders should be able to fill any job they are needed in and will be an asset to their squad. Never limit yourself by thinking you can only do one thing. Under the right circumstances, anything is possible. By trying other positions you'll gain a better understanding of the responsibilities involved in each. This will make for a stronger squad.
Being a flyer requires several skills and abilities. First and foremost, you'll need confidence. Attitude is everything. Know you can do it because if you don't think you can, you probably won't. Moreover, you must trust your teammates and them you. If you trust them totally, you know that if you were to fall, someone will be there to catch you. With that out of the way, you can concentrate on what needs to be done.
This is a given, but it's worth repeating: If you want to fly, you can't be afraid of heights. You'll also need a good sense of timing. Everyone in a stunt should know what to do and when to do it. All stunting should be done to a count. The flyer should know that when the proper level has been reached to stick, hit or pull the stunt. The tips below can ensure your stunt goes smoothly.
Stay tight - Keep your hips and thighs tight (pinch a penny). Don't push out with your legs, this could spread your bases apart.
Use your arms - You should be able to hold your own weight. Lift yourself with your arms and help your bases.
Balance - It's much harder to hold someone up when they are wiggling around. Stay as stiff as you can and let your bases help balance you.
Keep eye contact with the crowd. When the flyer is up she should motivate and involve the crowd.
The base in cheerleading serves as the foundation of the stunt. Without bases, the flyer wouldn't go up, as it's the base's job to lift or throw the flyer. Although physical attributes may play a part in what position you fill (bases tend to be taller and stronger), it is your skill and ability that is important. And well-rounded cheerleaders can step in wherever they're needed.
To be successful, bases will need to use both their legs and arms. That is where the majority of your strength should come from. It should progress from your legs to your shoulders and then your arms. It's also important to keep your back straight, as bending your back or leaning will cause you to use your back to lift and may cause injuries to it.
Timing, as with other positions, is also important. Bases must be in sync with each other; they have to know when to dip, when to step and when to lock. Practice synchronicity without a flyer actually going up to avoid injuries.
Foot placement of bases is also important. Keep your feet shoulder-width apart to stabilize yourself and the stunt. And, remember, no talking during stunts. Only the coach or person calling the stunt should talk. Silence will help you stay focused and catch your flyer if need be. Although this is technically the spotter's job, a good base should be capable of catching the flyer and assisting. The flyer should never fall and hit the ground. So, be prepared and alert at all times.
If there is one position in a cheerleading stunt that is the most important, it is the spotter or scoop. Being a spotter (sometimes called third base) is no easy task. The responsibility of preventing injury to the flyer rests on the spotter's shoulders or, rather, in her arms. A spotter should always be in contact with the performing surface and should be an alert, fast-thinking, aggressive and, preferably, taller person. Spotters usually are the people who call everything during a stunt.
Spotters assist the flyer into the stunt but are not the primary support. They help steady or balance the stunt and catch the flyer, if she falls, to prevent injury. Their role in stunting is huge and should never be taken lightly.
Spotters should be attentive and able to react quickly to any situation. Spotters can help build up the confidence and trust of flyers. If the flyer knows she will be caught, she can focus more on her flying technique. Spotters must have perfect timing and have to know how to save a stunt and not be afraid to do so.
A spotter cannot have any fear of catching the flyer or of being hurt by doing so. If anyone is to hit the ground, it should be the spotter. Unless a spotter has to check a grip, her eyes should be on the flyer at all times.
Whenever possible, the spotter should keep in contact with the flyer. This not only helps balance the stunt, but it will make the flyer feel more confident and secure. And if the flyer should happen to fall, the spotter should know how to catch her head and neck first. By catching the head and neck, the spotter can prevent the most serious of injuries. The spotter (and bases) should also catch the flyer at the highest point possible. This helps slow her descent.
As you can see, it takes a very special person to fill the position of spotter and the importance of this position should never be underestimated. But whether you serve as spotter, base or flyer, you should practice good safety guidelines. Safety should be your top priority. And don't forget to smile and have fun!

industry_corpus2: Sports


text: Are you looking for a location for a longer stay? With an impressive 12,000 residences at more than 100 holiday resorts, Roompot Business always has the right solution! From hotels and apartments to chalets and detached luxury villas. Whether you're looking for a business-related overnight stay for employees, business relations or expats, we offer the possibility to create a home environment near the work location.

industry_corpus2: Hospitality & Catering


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The Metuchen Police Department and the Metuchen Auxiliary Police are looking for residents interested in becoming volunteer police officers. No experience is necessary; training will be provided.
The auxiliary police, consisting of both men and women, work with the department to reduce hazards, assist officers with patrols of the entire borough and in emergency or disastrous situations, conduct traffic, crowds and road closures, provide extra patrols at schools and places of worship, assist in first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation, and provide services deemed necessary by Police Chief James Keane.
Requirements to become an auxiliary police officer include being a Metuchen resident 18 years old or older, having a valid driver's license, and passing a criminal background check.
This is a volunteer position. The auxiliary police officers volunteer their time in an effort to enhance the quality of life for the citizens, visitors and businesses in the community.
All applicants will be required by the county to complete the Middlesex County Auxiliary Police Academy prior to becoming an auxiliary officer. Classes start in March and run until June and are roughly three and a half hours long two nights a week. Eight Saturdays of eight-hour days of training are also required.
If interested, contact Auxiliary Capt. Richard Dana Jr., Auxiliary Sgt. Angelo Donato III or Police Officer Cynthia Velez at 732-632- 8123.
Download an application here or pick-up a copy at Police Headquarters dispatch center.
Applications can either be mailed or dropped off at the Metuchen Police Department, 500 Main St., Metuchen, NJ 08840, with attention to Metuchen Auxiliary Police Sgt. Angelo Donato III.
All applications must be sent in before Jan. 17.
If you live in Highland Park you would have to apply to Edison Auxiliary Police since they are the town next to you.
i recently returned from active military orders i am currently working girth garda. i would like to become an auxiliary officer. i am from highland park but they do not have this program who do i contact? an is it to late?
Our Auxiliary Police provide great service to our town and should be lauded for everything they do - they are there at every (and I mean EVERY) town event to help with traffic, parking, pedestrian and crowd control. If these dedicated men and women were not volunteering their time, we would be paying someone else to handle these duties (or simply not having the events) - so not only are they keeping us safe, and making our events possible, they are saving us a bundle! Please consider volunteering your time - Metuchen could use your help!

industry_corpus2: Law & Justice


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As a Finance Analyst, you will have the opportunity to provide a full range of finance, accounting and analytical services to Chevron’s many business units located around the world. You can join us at different levels either at an entry level or assume a “seasoned” role depending on Chevron’s needs in conjunction with your work experience, skillset and developmental targets.
Chevron wants you to be successful. We will invest in your professional growth by providing you leading edge financial software to effectively carry out your role and we will provide you continuous learning and development.
In Chevron, we reward strong performance of our employees with advancement opportunities across the following teams in the Finance Shared Services Manila Center.
Teamwork — a strong commitment to maintaining collaborative working relationships with internal partners and external customers.
Technology — the ability to use sophisticated software and tools such as Microsoft Excel, Outlook, etc.

industry_corpus2: Finance & Economics


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The safety of everyone in Westmount, whether they be residents, visitors, or travelers simply passing through, has always been a primary concern of City Council and the administration. As is the case across the island, police and fire protection is provided by the City of Montreal. Westmounters have also come to depend on the local Public Safety Department, a trained corps of municipal employees responsible for by-law enforcement, parking regulation and a multitude of community safety programmes.
Safety in Westmount is a team effort, and Westmounters can take great comfort with the dedication and expertise of all the officers and personnel stationed here.

industry_corpus2: Politics & Administration


text: The quintessential and one of the most popular sports cars, the all-new Chevrolet Camaro is available at our Macedon dealership. This car is style and power personified, thanks to its excellent handling, great steering, and bold design. At the same time, the new Chevrolet Camaro, offered at our Macedon store, has been built around a lighter and smaller frame than its predecessor. On the inside, this car includes features, like interior spectrum lighting, rich textures, ample storage space, intuitive climate control, etc. Some of the safety features include Driver and front passenger knee air bags, Ultra-high-strength steel safety cage and the standard Electronic Stability Control System, Side Blind Zone Alert with Lane Change Alert, Rear Cross Traffic Alert, and more. If you are looking for the new Chevrolet Camaro, our Macedon dealership offers a wide range.

industry_corpus2: Automobiles


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32 SF Homes all rented under contract. Seller willing to break up into smaller packages and will to consider owner financing. Also has 17 lots available.
Looking for hard money lenders that lend based on asset and equity for rehabs, fix, and flips. I have a SF 3/1 rental outside Atlanta I own looking to upgrade and sell.
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industry_corpus2: Real Estate & Construction


text: Metamorphic P-T-t Paths. Quantitative P-T-t paths provide critical information for resolving problems in tectonics. Some of the most useful paths are constructed with forward thermodynamic models (e.g., THERMOCALC, THERIAK-DOMINO, and Perplex) combined with high precision geochronology. Because ages must be clearly linked to estimates for pressure and temperature, garnet geochronology is a proven technique that I have utilized widely in my studies. I have used this combination of THERMOCALC and/or DOMINO phase diagram sections with Sm-Nd garnet geochronology to better understand the metamorphism and tectonics in the Appalachians of New England, the Cascade Range of Washington state, the Coast Mountains of southeastern Alaska and British Columbia, Fiordland New Zealand, and the southern Appalachians in Alabama.

industry_corpus2: Technology & Research


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Zilio Industries is the perfect meeting between industrial and handmade quality of the product. Our investments are addressed both in innovative technology, the competence and also experience of human resources . The North-East area has a great entrepreneurial tradition that has been handed down to the generations of today, the skills and talent of the typical craft shops. From automation of the production lines to robotics, everything happens under the watchful monitoring of staff who is always prepared to take action in programming and customization.
Modern, automatic and efficient production lines, customizing of the product and its packaging, tracking of each component during its production cycle, organization and storage of the order. In Zilio Industries, everything points towards a strong technological innovation, where large production capacities go always together with strict quality control. Through a bar-coding system, we are able to check the production process of the orders: in fact you can know in every moment the working progress of all units and arrange for automatic process packaging and storage.
In Zilio Industries, the scheduling of manufacturing processes is essential but the most important thing is that we can produce really fast, and that we are able to adapt to every request of our customer’s; we know how to be flexible and are very efficient.
We often ask ourselves: what is our added value? Our real ‘know how' is all in the great Italian handcraft tradition: a tradition that has been passed down from father to son for centuries and that is actually the basis of the genius and doing business in this part of Italy. The eyes and the expert hands of our workers have leaded us to today's results, which make a difference in the eternal challenge of the search for the quality.
Always we are ready with our passport in our pocket and the laptop in the suitcase. In Zilio Industries we plan at least 100 trips per year. Our interest is o meet our customer face to face , following i their needs in order to understand and supply a product that respect their needs and pecularities.
The global market consists of many countries; every country with its own language, its rituals, its rules and its regulations. In Zilio Industries we are able to meet your requirements; we seek to understand your needs and turn a problem in to a solution. It is no longer a question of distance, but a question of 40 years of experience, and a large industrial capacity.

industry_corpus2: Manufacturing


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ATHENS, Ohio—The opioid epidemic costs more than human lives.
Athens County Emergency Medical Services pays about $28 for one dose, 0.4mg, of Narcan or Naloxone. ACEMS used 50 doses of Narcan from Jan. 1, 2018, to Oct. 1, 2018, said Tami Wires, deputy chief of ACEMS. That makes $1400 spent on Narcan so far this year.
“The ACEMS base rate for an Advanced Life Support Run is $757 plus a mileage charge for each mile the patient is in our ambulance,” Wires said in an email. Providing Narcan to someone qualifies as an ALS run.
Wires said the opioid epidemic began in Athens in the mid-to-late 2000s, which has caused ACEMS to increase the supply it carries.
Since 2004, the annual cost of treating opioid addiction and overdoses have increased more than eight-fold in the past 14 years. According to a report by the Henry Kaiser Family Foundation, the cost to treat opioid addiction in the United States was $300 million in 2004 and was $2.6 billion in 2016.
OHIOHealth O’Bleness Hospital in Athens does not track how much it spends on opioid treatment each year, said Keely Stockwell, O’Bleness marketing and communications manager.
The foundation reported that the average inpatient expenses for opioid addiction treatment totaled $16,104 per person in 2016, which was up from $5,809 in 2004.
In 2016, CNN reported the city of Huntington, West Virginia, had 27 heroin overdoses in a four-hour period. One was fatal.
Although Huntington is one of the places in the U.S. that was hit hardest, the local economy has been increasing, said Bryan Chambers, the city’s communications director.
Chambers said the opioid epidemic is “still the 800-pound gorilla in the room,” but the city of Huntington has been making progress and seeing results.
Each overdose in Cabell County costs EMS about $500, according to EMS data obtained from Chambers. From Jan. 1, 2018, to Oct. 1, 2018, there have been 868 non-fatal overdoses, costing CCEMS about $434,000.
Each 2 mg vial of Narcan is $29.83, according to Cabell County EMS.
Last year alone, Cabell County EMS spent $915,500 on overdose runs. 2017 will be a record year for fatal overdoses in Cabell County, Chambers said. Fatal overdose data was not able to be provided because the 2017 numbers have yet to be finalized.
Even though 2017 was a record year for the number of fatal overdoses, Chambers said there has been a gradual decline over a 12-month period. He said Cabell County is on pace for about 1,100 nonfatal overdoses in 2018.
Chambers said people often commit crimes in need for money to spend on drugs. Property crimes are down 14.2 percent for the first nine months of this year compared to the same nine months last year, he said. Violent crimes are also down 14.2 percent compared to this time last year.
The City of Huntington has implemented a needle exchange program, as well as several rehabilitation programs to help with the epidemic, Chambers said.
The United States is not alone in the fight against drug abuse. Germany, a country with a population of about 83 million people, compared to the 326 million people of the United States, still sees the effects of drug abuse.
63,600 deaths that same year, according to a study done by Altarum, a health care company. That is one opioid death per 103,750 German residents and one per 5,126 American residents.
Germany ranks 62nd in death by drug use, while the U.S. ranks fifth, according to worldlifeexpectancy.com.
Sandra Westphal has lived in Leipzig, Germany, for four and a half years. She studied in the undergraduate program at Universität Leipzig and then returned for her graduate degree in global mass communication. In fall 2018 she is studying at Ohio University as part of her graduate program.
She said there is a treatment center for drug addiction around the tram stop by her neighborhood, Reudnitz, in Leipzig.
Westphal said she has noticed increased coverage about opioids in cities that were hit hard, such as Leipzig.
“They have put a lot more law enforcement against it,” Westphal said.
Westphal said the opioid epidemic was brought to her attention when her Athens landlord told her about problems with opioids in the Appalachian region.Chambers said the opioid epidemic is a hard epidemic to treat because it doesn’t just affect one individual or one aspect of society.
Chambers said he believes that communication and partnerships throughout Huntington are what have helped the most.

industry_corpus2: Health & Medicine


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These members of the Cacti family can be found growing wild in rainforests of Brazil. In its native environment, it grows on rocks or in trees where hummingbirds pollinate the flowers. During the warm season, a screened porch, covered deck or pool enclosure usually gives plants the filtered sunlight and humidity they need.
Taxonomists seem to have been confused for decades over the proper classification. In 1953, Zygocactus became Schlumbergera truncata. The name Zygocactus may still be found on tags accompanying holiday cactus plants, even though that name is no longer valid.
Watering- Inside the house, plants often suffer from under-watering because their owners mistakenly assume the plant is a desert cactus. In a rainforest, they receive adequate moisture from the air. In the dry air of a heated or air-conditioned room, they need more frequent waterings than desert dwelling cactus and succulents do. Daily misting can help raise humidity around plants, but they need supplemental watering when the top few inches of soil becomes dry. Do not over-water and cause them to stay soggy.
Nice, full plants sold in 4" pot (photo is a representation of a mature plant).

industry_corpus2: Agriculture & Fisheries


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1 What is important poseidon drawing?
2 How does poseidon drawing help to cope with problems?
3 What if you can not poseidon drawing?
Drawing is a separate kind of art that allows you to portray your feelings and experiences on the canvas. Modern scientists say that it is necessary to draw everything, regardless of talent. We all ever painted. Someone is ordinary flowers, hearts and stars, and someone knows how to convey the beauty of nature and the experience of a person through his portrait through paints. If it were not for poseidon drawing, then we probably would not have learned how our ancestors looked.
What is important poseidon drawing?
Psychologists say that poseidon drawing is not only interesting, but also useful. Since poseidon drawing relieves stress, reduces anxiety, helps a person to abstract from all the fuss. Different types of creativity affect the psychological state of a person; therefore, many doctors strongly recommend poseidon drawing to people who have suffered a heavy loss or have suffered from criminal acts. The poseidon drawing also helps to cope with depression, bad mood, sadness. The poseidon drawing process stimulates the brain, helps to concentrate. Many scientists argue that if you are sitting in a boring meeting or lecture, you must take a piece of paper and not hesitate to draw patterns. So you can perceive and remember more information than if you just sat and listened.
How does poseidon drawing help to cope with problems?
Some psychologists and scientists have long argued that their problems and desires need to be visualized. They conducted a test and provided an opportunity for people to draw their problems. And it was a surprise that after such therapy, many claimed that their problems were not as big as they thought. On the contrary, in some ways even funny. Also poseidon drawing helps to achieve your desires and make your dreams come true. Try to draw what you want and hang a picture near the desktop. The more often it will catch your eye, the more you will try to go towards your goal. So you will certainly succeed.
What if you can not poseidon drawing?
Someone by nature is given the ability to poseidon drawing beautifully, and someone just enjoys the work of great artists. If you understand that you cannot do anything on your own, then start small. Now there are many colorings for adults. It is also never too late to go to art school and take lessons from masters. Do not be afraid of ridicule. And create for your pleasure.

industry_corpus2: Subject Education


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more than usual and I just can't quell the urge to blog about it.
software companies, not doing IT for some bank.
I tagged this article as “awesome” on my del.icio.us — enough said.
This entry was posted on Monday, July 25th, 2005 at 8:57 pm	and is filed under General.


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While we already know that classes are defined using the class keyword, structures are defined using the keyword struct.
The most important difference between a structure and a class is the fact that classes are reference types (references to heap addresses which hold their members), while structures (structs) are value types (they hold their members directly in the program’s execution stack).
As you can see, the above code is exactly the same as a class, with the only noticeable difference of using the keyword struct instead of class. Point2D is a structure, a value type, so its instances behave like int and double. They are value types (not objects), which means they cannot be null and they are passed by value when taken as a method parameters.
From this example, we can observe the demonstration of the fact that structures are value types. When they are passed as parameters to methods and functions, their fields are copied (the same way int parameters do), and when they are changed inside that method or function, the change does not affect the originals, just the copies.
First step, the point variable is created which holds a value of (3, -2). Next, the method TryToChangePoint(Point2D p) is called and it copies the value of the variable point into another place in the stack, allocated for the parameter p of the method. When the parameter p is changed in the method’s body, it is modified in the stack and this does not affect the original variable point which was previously passed as argument when calling the method.
This is because the variable point will be now passed by reference (not by value) and its value will be shared between point and p in the heap.
Use structures to hold simple data structures consisting of few fields that come together. Examples are: coordinates, sizes, locations, colors, etc.
Structures are not supposed to have functionality inside (no methods, except simple ones like ToString() and comparators).
Use structures for small data structures consisting of set of fields that should be passed by value.
Use classes for more complex scenarios where you combine data and programming logic into a class. If you have logic, use a class.
If you have more than few simple fields, use a class.
If you need to pass variables by reference, use a class.
If you need to assign a null value, prefer using a class.
If you prefer working with a reference type, use a class.
Classes are used more often than structures. Use structs as exception, and only if you know well what are you doing!
All value types (int, bool, char) are structs. We rarely benefit from creating custom structs.
There are few other differences between class and structure in addition that classes are reference types and structures are values types, but I will not going to discuss them. For more details refer to the MSDN article.
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industry_corpus2: Programming


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HP has launched a massive new PC monitor aimed at gamers – the Omen X Emperium 65.
As the name suggests, it is a 65-inch display which features support for Nvidia’s G-Sync and HDR content.
It also sports a 144Hz refresh rate, 3,840 x 2,160 resolution, 4ms response time, and its own soundbar.
The soundbar is rated for 120W of output and features three stereo amps. It also removes the need for a subwoofer by including Low Frequency Array Technology, said HP.
The company has also included a built-inch Nvidia Shield TV console with Wi-Fi connectivity. This lets users play certain games and use streaming services like Netflix.
Ports on the monitor are DisplayPort 1.4, HDMI 2.0a, USB, and HDCP 2.2, added HP.
AnandTech said the Emperium 65 will retail for $4,999 and will launch in February 2019.


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CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Urban Partnership Bank (UPB, www.upbnk.com) CEO William Farrow has announced his retirement, effective January 1, 2018.
“It has been my plan for some time now to retire at the end of 2017. It is time for a new chapter for Urban Partnership Bank. And with that, new leadership. This is a great opportunity for the Bank to establish the next steps forward. My goal when the Bank was formed was to help stabilize our communities, help property values rise in areas hit the hardest by the 2007 recession, create affordable housing, create jobs, save churches and safe havens by working through over $1 billion dollars of non-performing loans. It was also my strong belief that we could do all of this important work while running a profitable institution. The mission has been accomplished,” said Farrow.
Darrell Hubbard, currently Chief Banking Officer, will be promoted to President and CEO. Hubbard joined Urban Partnership Bank in 2011 and has served in a variety of leadership roles within the Bank. Prior to his tenure at UPB, Darrell spent 11 years with the National Equity Fund raising equity for funds to build affordable housing nationally. He also spent 18 years with First Chicago, last serving as a Managing Director for Fixed Income Securities. He has previously served on the boards of Roosevelt University, Ravenswood Community Services, St. Bernard Hospital, and the Urban Development Fund.
Urban Partnership Bank is an FDIC-insured, certified Community Development Financial Institution with approximately $500 million in assets that was established when it acquired the deposits and some of the assets of ShoreBank from the FDIC in August of 2010. Its mission is to make a difference every day: building vibrant urban neighborhoods, promoting economic and environmental sustainability and creating long-term success for its communities and the Bank.


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self learning is the process in which you learn without an instructor or teacher. It increases your memorize power and helps to store more valuable things in your memory.
self-learning is very important for the personal growth and development. In this category, you will learn all the aspects of self-learning.


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When shopping for the very best free software for DVD burning on Windows it’s important to know what is offered inside a free version over a paid version.
While this information will explain a few free burning apps and their benefits, I will also explain a few paid options as well, in regards to what they provide within the freeware counterparts.
Keep in mind that DVD burning apps are designed for you to burn DVD discs mainly for video, music, and data backup, or other forms of DVD creating like DVD authoring which is creating a movie disc with menus and chapters. .
When comparing free software applications) don’t be reluctant to research and check out a handful of different choices prior to deciding on the suitable one for you.
ImgBurn is definitely the solution I am choosing as being the best free burning software available to date. When it comes to advanced features and options, ImgBurn has all those covered. Additionally they are updated to most frequently and have a large userbase which could help you out if you should need it.
ImgBurn has a few more advanced features for those that are looking for more control over the final burn. If you run into trouble then the welcome menu provides quick access to some common tasks, but other basic features for example erasing a re-writeable disc are not immediately visible.
The best way to get familar with the app is to simply play around with each menu item, see what it does or read what it explains it does. If you don’t know what a feature is by the name of it, experimenting is usually fun, but of course don’t use existing content that you could damage.
However, should you simply aren’t interested in advanced functionality you may wish to take a look at a few other recommendations. Although ImgBurn is primarily aimed at advanced users, I still believe it’s deserves a download.
CD Burner XP is a second great choice when it comes to free DVD burning.. It is especially fantastic if you are accustomed to using Nero Burning ROM..
Explanation of CDBurnerXP is really a fast and simple solution for creating audio CDs,Video Discs (DVD and Vlu-Ray) and has extra features for ripping your audio CDs and finding track information on the net.
It adds sessions to multisession discs, burns on-the-fly, verifies burns, erases rewritable media; creates audio discs, creates video DVDs; command line version; LightScribe cover printing support with standard designer supporting custom background images; enables use of drives for restricted users; multilingual; some advanced features and options.
I love CDBurnerXP’s clean user interface. The four-paned interface makes it easy to find what you are searching for. You may then drop-and-drag files to your chosen media. Also the audio player, that is included, helps you make sure you have captured the tracks you want.
You might find the dropbox window handy since it enables you to browse your files using Windows Explorer after which quickly drop-and-drag files to your burn list along the way. Judging from other user reviews, many people had trouble with CDBurnerXP when burning data DVDs although I did find I had been able to utilize this function without too many hassles.
Once more, CD BurnerXP supports common types of optical discs like CD, DVD, and Blue-Ray discs including double layer mediums. You will discover creating Audio CDs, Video Discs, DVD or Blue-Ray, very easy.
I found dealing with re-writeable media can also be very comfortable with this program. ISO files can be created and burned as well with support of converting BIN/NRG file formats into ISO.
CDBurnerXP is multilingual and natively supports 32 and 64 bits version of Windows 7.
Roxio Creator 2011 is a high-def media studio that doubles as powerful & effictive video editing application. This software encompasses a number of practicala software application which could stand on its own. Anybody from tech-savvy video publishers to individuals with minimal experience may be able to discover something to match their demands with this particular program.
This application features a good number of transitions and effects as well as the capability to stabilize and refocus video.
This software app is one of the first to introduce 3D media, an area which is still not known to a number of video editing software package. With this particular software, you are able to produce 3D DVDs and transform 2D videos and photos into 3D projects. It’s also possible to play back three dimensional videos on your computer using the supplied 3D glasses.
The most recent version of Nero wanders from the software’s disc-burning origins, placing much more focus on consumer friendly features. Disc burning has morphed into just a thing to do and not a fun one at that, so Nero like all the other big boys of burning have changed their offerings to help individuals take more control of their digital pics, convert music, andedit video.
First is their video and digital photo app called Vision Xtra. Completely overhauled from their initial version, this particular updated version allows customers to create photograph slideshows from pics or video clips or a combination of both.
The video authoring package is yet another great feature permitting consumers to generate their own home movies from their hd camera video clips. Next is their traditional Burning ROM which is what all the prior editions of Nero were based on which provides you with the cabability to burn to conventional CD, DVD, and Blu Ray media.
Nothing complicated here with that. You could have documents to back-up and Nero allow that with ease. Lastly their BackItUp & Burn function which is a local and online-backup solution to your digital information. Set up regular backup scheduling either to dvd or to a web-based account. Set it and forget it unless you happen to loose your local data files.
The noteable improvements over version 9 are the capability to span burns over numerous CDs, DVDs, and Blu-ray discs additionally it now shows burn progress in the Windows 7 Taskbar which is a nice little touch.
In conclusion: Is Free or Paid a greater option for DVD burning?
It really comes right down to what you are looking to accomplish with your DVD burning tasks. If you are looking for straightforward burning features like backing up files to CD/DVD or creating simple music CD’s or burning ISO files that you have downloaded then the free apps are the strategy to use. If however you wish to be a master of your burning domain by creating and editing video, schedule backups, download/convert online video, create DVD chapters with professional looking menus making use of your personal video then a more robust collection of tools is exactly what you ought to be purchasing.


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TO RETAIN or to retrench - that is the question many companies ask themselves as they consider their cost-cutting options during difficult times. Many often face this dilemma: maintaining staff strength poses a heavy financial burden but retrenching employees can seriously erode staff morale.
However, there are several alternatives companies can consider before giving employees the axe, which is a drastic, cost-saving measure that ought to be the very last resort.
Human capital is a precious resource. In good times or bad, investing in employee training and development is a critical factor in attracting and retaining a superior labour force. A well-organised training programme can help companies identify skill gaps.
With enhanced skills and knowledge, employees are able to carry out existing tasks more efficiently. Additionally, staff training and development can be entwined with succession plans that prepare top talent to take on a different or new role in the organisation.
Therefore, companies should take advantage of slow growth periods to upgrade the skills of their staff. Employee training and development also double as a retention tool. It conveys to staff that employers value them.
Taking measures to retain valued employees ultimately saves cost, preserves profit margins and leads to better business opportunities. It will also ensure that the workforce is nimble and ready when market conditions improve.
Adopting flexible working arrangements can help defray operating costs and does not do permanent damage to employer branding. Retrenchment, on the other hand, can be harmful to the company's image.
To solve manpower issues without incurring too much cost, companies can consider enforcing a shorter work week or implementing forced leave.
With work compacted into four days or fewer, companies need not pay full wages while maintaining full staff strength. A shorter work week would also encourage companies to manage by results rather than the "face-time" of their employees.
An added benefit is that such working arrangements promote a work-life balance that enhances employer branding. Busy executives thus profit as it gives them the opportunity to manage their work and personal lives better.
The immediate returns of implementing such human resource management practices include lower operating costs. Long-term benefits include staff loyalty, improved productivity, increased retention and a healthier bottom line.
Companies can also explore alternative ways of cost-cutting. This includes implementing temporary salary cuts and scaling back bonuses. Companies can also make adjustments to the monthly variable component in employees' salaries or even freeze wage increments until the economy recovers. Reflecting on the current global financial crisis, many people would more than welcome pay cuts to stave off retrenchment.
Going green is an effective way of containing costs as well. While exercising prudence on electricity consumption and paper wastage may result in marginal savings, these measures are no less crucial to a company's overall cost-containment plans.
However, if employers have to resort to retrenchment, it is important to be sympathetic and sensitive to those being laid off. As retrenchment can be an emotionally and psychologically difficult period, employers should consider providing counselling for laid-off staff and engage outplacement services to help them explore other job opportunities.
Providing such support shows that the company has a heart and will leave a lasting good impression, even if the circumstances are unpleasant.
Ultimately, employers should consider all other avenues of slashing costs rather than letting staff go.
Tightening the corporate belt is a better alternative to cutting headcount.
It imbues in staff a deeper sense of loyalty and enhances employer branding - when good times come around again, companies will find it easier to retain and attract quality talent.

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Provide Background Details and Rationale: This purchase will provide all furniture and equipment for both Hopewell and Walden. The package included both schools in an effort to secure volume pricing from the suppliers. We received bids from fifteen different suppliers on various items in the package.
In some cases the District is able to take advantage of purchasing cooperatives and/or rebates for volume. In all cases the cooperative pricing was compared to the actual bids to validate the savings.
Thirteen of the fifteen suppliers were awarded items.
Provide Funding Source and Estimated Cost: Source and Estimated Cost: Proceeds from April 2017 No-Tax-Increase Bond Issue. The estimates for FF&E for both schools totals $1,470,000.
The total for all items is $1,297,037.


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French composer, singer and poet. He was the most prolific French composer of songs between Guillaume Du Fay and Claudin de Sermisy, and was widely acknowledged, along with Johannes Ockeghem, among the most outstanding composers of the second half of the 15th century.
The place and date of Busnoys' birth are unknown. In all likelihood he hailed from the tiny village of Busnes near Béthune (Pas-de-Calais) in the province of Artois. Nothing is known of his early musical training, though he surely attended an ecclesiastical choir school, as did most late-medieval singers, probably in northern or central France.
Literary, musical and other circumstantial evidence points to Busnoys' activity in aristocratic circles surrounding the French royal court in the Loire valley by the 1450s, if not earlier. The earliest known biographical document places him squarely in Tours, where he was a chaplain in Tours Cathedral.
By 1465 Busnoys had moved from Tours Cathedral to the collegiate church of St Martin, where Ockeghem held the dignity of treasurer; this would have facilitated even more direct musical contact between the two composers than had probably already existed. In September 1465 he proposed himself for the position "master of the choirboys" at the allied church of St Hilaire le Grand, Poitiers, position he occupied for one year.
Busnoys seems to have written nearly two-thirds of his chansons by 1466 (see Fallows in Higgins, 1992) – that is, by the time he left Poitiers. Much of the surviving sacred music, too, must have been composed before 1467. The four-voice setting of the Easter sequence Victimae paschali laudes, with its unusually high ranges, unique in his oeuvre, may have been written with the choirboys of Tours or Poitiers in mind; likewise the two settings of Regina caeli, the second of which has been described as ‘one of the loveliest stretches of music ever written’.
Not long after Busnoys left Poitiers his name turns up in a document of 14 March 1467, as a chantre in the service of Charles, count of Charolais and heir to Duke Philip the Good of Burgundy. Within a few months of his arrival at the court Busnoys must have composed the motet In hydraulis, whose text pays homage to Ockeghem as ‘a new Orpheus’ and designates Busnoys himself ‘the unworthy musician of the count of Charolais’ (the count became duke of Burgundy on 15 June 1467).
Along with the other singers of the Burgundian chapel, Busnoys accompanied Charles to all his major military confrontations before 1476: Liège and Péronne in 1467–8, Péronne, Beauvais and the conquest of the Somme towns in 1472–3, and the siege of Neuss, which lasted nearly a year during 1474–5. On 7 December 1476, at the outset of Charles's disastrous siege of Nancy, most of his chaplains were in Ghent serving his wife, Margaret of York. The duke died in that battle, on 5 January 1477. The appearance of Busnoys' name on the wardrobe accounts for Charles the Bold’s funeral marks the end of his association with the mercurial warrior-prince, who balanced an obsession with military conquest with a passionate interest in music and musicians. Busnoys remained in the service of Charles's daughter and heir, Mary of Burgundy, and on her marriage in 1478 transferred to the chapel of her consort Maximilian of Austria. The last appearance of Busnoys' name in the records of the Habsburg-Burgundian court is on 17 April 1483. Nothing more is known of him until his death was reported almost a decade later.
The most important claim made about Busnoys by 15th- and 16th-century theorist’s is Pietro Aaron's statement in his Thoscanello (1523): ‘It is believed that the tune (canto) called L'homme armé was invented by Busnoys, and that he took the tenor and, because it was short, transferred the beat from the semibreve to the minim in order to have a wider field’. It is uncertain whether Aaron meant that Busnoys had reworked the rhythm of an existing composed or popular chanson, or that he had newly composed it himself, either as a monophonic or polyphonic chanson or as the tenor of his mass. Giovan Tomaso Cimello (c1540) stated that Ockeghem had written the original song; in 1613 Pietro Cerone repeated the claim that Busnoys had composed the tune, but added that Ockeghem had been the first to write a mass on it. Busnoys' Missa ‘L'homme armé’ may or may not have been the original mass in the series of ultimately more than 40 composed on this tune, but in any case it was one of the first, probably written about 1460, and plainly the most influential of the first generation of L'homme armé masses.
View the Wikipedia article on Antoine Busnois.

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Grief Brain is real. It can release high levels of stress hormones in the body leading to confusion, fuzzy thinking, disrupted sleep, and depression. There are techniques to help regain your balance.
A client recently asked me, “When will my head feel normal? I feel like I am always in a fog!!
“You’re experiencing Grief Brain,” I said.
If this is happening to you too, be reassured. Grief Brain is a natural reaction to loss and subsequent grief. The intense grief sets off a chemical reaction throughout your body and brain.
In the Raw Grief state, you feel heartbroken. The loss acts as a stressor, triggering the pituitary gland to release adrenocorticotrophin (ACTH).
The ACTH sends a signal to the adrenal glands to release cortisone, a stress hormone.
So now you’re not only in the state of Raw Grief and feeling separation, but also in a hyper state of stress.
This early grief state, which can last 90 days or longer, is an intense, persistent stressor. Your body remains flooded with cortisone.
Next, your immune system becomes run down because of staying in a high state of alert. That’s why people so often fall ill after their partner dies.
Even when death is expected, the brain becomes “bottom heavy” – meaning that the fear centers at the base of the brain, also known as the reptilian brain, become over-active. Fear is now added to the stress. Feelings of hopelessness and despair well up.
The anterior cingulate cortex which helps regulate emotion is now under active. Your emotions run wild. They can feel like tsunami waves appearing out of no-where, not even triggered by a specific thought.
Over time this gives way to deep sadness or depression. In my own experience of great loss, I spent a year in this state of sad fragile grief.
The amygdala located deep in your brain, which regulates sleep, behavior, and mood is also triggered. The result is sleeping too little or too much. This is when sleep is disrupted, and you get trapped in “Brain Fog”.
Sleep is the next most important thing for your body after air and water. That’s why the Grief Assessment at Beyond Your Loss.com asks you to rate your insomnia and ten other behavioral characteristics of grief.
Finally, the hippocampus, which processes memory and regulates stress hormones, is whacked out. This gives way to feelings of anger or guilt.
Does this sound like you? Are you experiencing any of these symptoms of Grief Brain?
Help is on the way…….
Tune in to KKPZ radio program, Aging in Portland.
I’m talking about Grief Brain and how to regain your balance.
Saturday, February 9th at 11:00 a.m.
You’re invited to a unique Grief Support Group.
• Discover how to honor yourself in your grief journey.
• Get info and helpful coping tips.
• Experience YINN – Yoga specifically designed to release grief from your body. Taught by Vincent Eggleston, a sought-after Portland yoga teacher. Vincent can relate to those who’ve lost a sibling, grandparent, and other significant relationships.
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Her blessing touched me so much, I want to speak it to your heart too.
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On this day in 1974 the world of comedy lost one of its special friends. Frank Sutton died of a heart attack. He did not grow up wanting to be a comic. But if you were alive during the 1960’s watching “The Gomer Pyle Show”, you could not help but chuckle every time that his by-the-book character, Marine Sgt. Vince Carter, got into a “discussion” with goofy and simple-minded Gomer.
Frank truly fit his part! An interesting twist of his life is that he served with the Army in World War II. He tried to join the Marines but could not pass the physical. I guess you can say that he got back at the Jarheads years later.
Sometimes being first in something is not really all it is cracked up to be! You may get the recognition but that may be about it. That was the case in 1951 on this day. CBS-TV carried a four hour long commercial program that was seen in color for the first time. It was broadcast in New York City, Baltimore, Philadelphia, and Boston.
The only problem with it was that the public did not have any color televisions yet. Even CBS only had three dozen sets themselves. But it was a first just the same! Thank goodness that there are a few more color sets around these days.
Fear makes us do strange things. Many times we react without thinking things through. Even nations do that. For example, look at what happen to the Russians when they began the Berlin Blockade today back in 1948. Someone said that this was one of the first modern tools to use mass starvation for political coercion. Stalin was fearful that if there was a strong Germany it would conquer the Motherland after two failed attempts. However, he overlooked the creative minds of the West in Britain and the United States.
Within a week “Operation Vittles” was making airlifts of food and coal to the millions of Berliners living in the western corridor. It didn’t take long for Russia to realize that they made a world-wide political blunder. Their actions galvanized the West, not only Germany, to be weary of what Moscow was doing.
Up for any airlifts today? People are counting on you to bring the Bread of Life and Living Water to them!
America really took a big step in recycling on this day back in 1983! The Space Shuttle retrieved for the first time a satellite in space. It was not just your typical trip out to the curb with the recycle bin! I wonder if they had the logo of the green recycle arrows on the side of the spaceship during the mission!
For years the United States sent satellites up in space without too much forethought that the crafts might be growing old and outdated or taking up too much space. Outer space was quickly becoming the new high-tech trash dump. Send it up and never have to worry about it again. However, the country did and is still doing it.
In a different sort of way be thankful to God that when we pray our confessions of sin to Him, he doesn’t hurdle them somewhere to one day later to retrieve and use them against us. You and I are so blessed that he places our sins as far away as the East is from the West. No recycling needed. Thank goodness!
He had a bright new idea over a hundred years ago. Instead of having merchandise behind the counter for the customer to see, why not have it displayed in the open with a price tag on it. You eliminate the haggling and label the item at a discount price. Today that is common place, but back in the 1870’s it was a strange concept. But this idea almost didn’t take off.
F. W. Woolworth, the famous five and dime magnet of discount stores, opened his first store in New York this day in 1879. Within in a year, he had to close it down. He did not give up. Feeling that the idea was good just the location for the store was not, he tried again two years later in Pennsylvania. And as they say the rest is history!
Jesus told his disciples a similar concept. If the message is not received, dust yourself off and go to the next village and share the Good News. If things are not working for you today, don’t be sad. All it may take is a new location – a fresh start. What you may have is good. It just needs to be seen in a new way on a new day. Keep going!
Soccer has been the attention lately in most of world. But Americans still love their version of football. One of the best football coaches that ever lived began his life today in 1913. It is none other than the great Vince Lombardi. You can’t say the Green Bay Packers without mentioning him.
Maybe he got some good advice from another well known coach of Nazareth. He seemed to be more concerned about what was inside the person than what they knew on the outside. Christ also knew that His kingdom rested on not just him. He spent time with people especially his disciples. Maybe today would be a good time to channel your energy in looking inside a person and getting them to win together with you. That’s a good game plan for success!
It took hours upon hours to get the job done and in a matter of minutes it was gone. That may have been what was going on in Michael Cairney’s mind in 1979 on this day as he broke the record in toppling a row of 169,713 dominoes. This task took skill, stamina and a great deal of patience.
The amazing thing about people like Michael is that many of them get right back to putting more rows of dominoes together for the next time. They don’t settle for the record. They just seem to keep on going. They have an inner desire to be good at something and then strive for more.
Church leaders are like that. However, there are times we tend to rest after the record “whatever” – attendance, budget, building, etc. is reached. If you find yourself today in those doldrums like Elijah was after the showdown at Mount Carmel with the Baal gods, remember that there are still other goals to be had. You may not get there today. But you won’t ever make it if you don’t get back up and start!
What to do with a Doodler!
Where would the world be today without Mickey Mouse and all his friends? There would be a whole lot less smiles going around! And it was all because of a man named Walt Disney.
Today in 1917 he graduated from high school in Benton, Missouri. Even before this special date in his life, Walt was busy doodling in art anywhere and anytime. I bet there were teachers in school who pulled their hair out many days to see him drawing something instead of doing school work. Yet aren’t we grateful that these leaders in education did not stifle his creativity and genus.
You may be at your wits end with a church member. Remember that the Lord can still use them somewhere not in Walt’s kingdom but in His Kingdom’s work. Lead them to discover their potential. Your church and even the world may one day be appreciative for what you did with your “spiritual” brush strokes!
They say that music crosses over many boundaries. The tunes may be the same but the words may change from one language or culture to the other venues. Somehow the magic of music draws us together like nothing else.
This was evident on this day back in 1969. Two music rebels came together to perform a special on the Grand Ole Opry Show in Nashville, Tennessee. The first musician was none other than Johnny Cash. His life and country music was anything but normal at that time. Bob Dylan of folk, rock, and other genres of music was accompanying Cash that night. What an odd couple. But I bet they gave a performance that was unique and appreciated by the audience.
Today find some common ground with other people around you. They may not think like you or look like you. Thank goodness the Lord has made us all unique. Find a way to make beautiful music together in word or deed of some kind.
Back in 1888 on this day the San Francisco Examiner joined in the fun by publishing the now famous poem, Casey at the Bat. At first it didn’t get any real publicity. But it didn’t take long! Today we may not remember the whole poem, but we do know that there is no joy in Mudville because Might Casey has struck out!
When you are called on today to “step up to the plate” and do your work, don’t be like Casey. He let two perfect pitches go by before he swung at the ball. That shortened his chances to do anything by the time the third ball was hurled by him.
Don’t let opportunities whiz by you. Chances are they won’t be coming back. Make the most of what comes your way.

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Weeds are growing in my newly seeded lawn …….. what to do?
When planting a new lawn from seed (in particular), soil is normally added, amended, cultivated and/or aerated to provide optimum seed-growing conditions. Lightly cultivated soil is critical for new grass seed germination and eventual plant/root development, but also happens to be the “open door” needed for any/all competing nearby weed seed to flourish.
Here are a few precautions that can be taken to lessen the possibility of unwanted weed growth within your improved soil/new lawn area.
1). If attempting to grow grass within an area that already has a large population of weeds (broadleaf, grassy or grass-like weeds) consider applying a selective or non-selective herbicide to all unwanted growing vegetation a few weeks before soil preparation/seed planting takes place to completely eliminate the problematic weeds found (roots and all).
2). Plant grass seed in late summer/early fall to avoid increased spring season weed seed competition.
3). Use a premium blend of site-specific grass seed that contains 0% weed/noxious weed seed.
4). Consider mechanical slit-seeding (when existing site and soil conditions allow) to plant new grass seed directly into the soil through an existing stand of turf grass.
5). When planting grass seed in large lightly cultivated soil areas, consider covering all newly planted areas with seed germination blanket to lessen the exposure to wind-blown weed seed, feeding birds, etc..
If all precautions were taken, but a few problematic broadleaf weeds still happened to grow within your newly seeded areas, no problem at all. Here are a few simple steps that can be taken to eradicate the unwanted weeds found growing in your prized new lawn. If a small area, just manually pull any/all weeds found as they appear. If a larger area, spot treat the visible broadleaf weed foliage with a selective liquid herbicide to completely eliminate the weed (root and all). As lawn density builds over time, weed competition will become less problematic due to less bare soil exposure.
Just remember, planting or repairing a lawn from seed is not a quick proposition and without it’s fair share of short term challenges (maintenance, irrigation, environmental conditions, etc.). However, it is our continued opinion that planting a site specific lawn from premium disease resistant grass seed is the very best way to grow a healthy stand of turf grass that will eventually prove worth the wait. Please consider Pacocha Landscaping Services, Inc. for your next lawn improvement project. Thank you for visiting our site and have a great day!
Boo……. THISTLE …….. Boo ……….. GO AWAY ALREADY!!!
Anyone that has had a run-in with thistle around their yard knows how tough this broadleaf weed is and how difficult it is to completely eradicate. With it’s deep and wide spreading root mass and sharp pointed prickly foliage, it will not pull out of the ground easily (or completely) without a fight. The only effective and proven way we have found to completely kill mature thistle (in particular) is by applying a selective or non-selective (site dependent) systemic herbicide directly to it’s foliage. Often times several spot herbicide applications are needed over the course of many growing seasons (3 to 5 years) to completely kill thistle found growing in a regularly maintained lawn (in particular).
Tips on controlling and keeping thistle out of your lawn and landscape.
Never plant a new lawn or create new gardens without first completely eliminating any/all resilient thistle plants first.
When applying a systemic herbicide, allow plenty of time (4-8 weeks) for the liquid herbicide (selective or non-selective – site dependent) to translocate through the entire plant (from foliage to root mass) thus ensuring a complete kill.
It is much easier to chemically eradicate thistle when there are no other desirable plants (manicured turf grass, ground cover, vegetables, etc.) located in close proximity to the unwanted weed.
Always eradicate thistle found in lawn areas AND adjacent plant bed spaces. Since thistle spreads by seed, rhizome and/or cut root segments (variety of thistle dependent) it will continue to spread anywhere it can unless totally eliminated.
Thistle seed can remain viable in the soil for up to 20 years!!
If you have a bird feeder in your yard, try to avoid using bird feed that includes thistle seed.
Continue to monitor your property for young thistle plants and try to manually remove them whenever possible. If manual removal is no longer a feasible option, spot treat them with a systemic selective (lawn areas) or non-selective (areas where no other desirable vegetation is located) herbicide before the plant is allowed to flower and set seed.
Please be sure to contact Pacocha Landscaping Services, Inc. with any questions you may have or to schedule an on-site consultation. Thank you for visiting and have a great day!
NEXTDOOR……. the private neighborhood network that everyone can use!
Just a few weeks ago I was told about a pretty unique private website called Nextdoor.
Nextdoor is a FREE local social network that was exclusively created for our unique neighborhoods (across the United States) and the individual residents that choose to reside in them.
Whether it be local classifieds, crime and safety, urgent alerts, free items, event announcements, lost and found, etc. the usefulness of this website appears to be positively growing each and every day.
I have found that even a brief visit to the site can translate into a greater sense of neighborhood awareness. If you have just a few minutes to spare, check the site out for yourself. I think you will be pleasantly surprised!
Transplanted young EVERGREEN trees………………… The gifts that keep on giving!!
Just a few weeks ago I was very fortunate to not only experience a beautiful part of northern Wisconsin for the very first time, but was also blessed by being able to bring a piece of the tranquil northwoods home with me.
A long time friend not only allowed my cousin and I to stay at his wonderful Wisconsin property for a few days, but also very graciously allowed us to harvest/transplant a few young evergreen trees (spruce, fir and pine) that happen to grow wildly on his property for our own yards back home.
Wow, what a very special gift!
Every day I look at these fantastic small evergreen trees I can’t help but think of the great time we had and the overwhelming generosity of my friend and his family.
Thank you once again Rob for the wonderful evergreen gifts you have shared with my family……. we greatly appreciate it!!


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Trade presides over human rights and development.
The European Parliament has prioritised trade over human rights and sustainable development today in a vote that brings into force two agreements between the European Union and Central America, and Colombia and Peru. The agreements will not do enough to address human rights abuses in Latin America according to broad group of civil society organisations .
The two agreements build upon the 'business as usual' model of raw material extraction and export from Latin American countries to the European Union – a model proven to favour transnational corporations over inclusive and sustainable development. For example, the European Commission's own study on the sustainability impacts of the agreements show an increase in biofuel production for export – with the resulting increase of pressure on land. The impacts of this are being felt by rural populations, especially indigenous peoples .
The European Union argues that these agreements will strengthen action in the field of human rights, in particular through the democratic clause of the two agreements that will allow for the suspension of the agreements in case of serious human rights violations. However, according to undersigned organisations the agreements do not go far enough to guarantee the respect for human rights. According to studies by the London School of Economics commissioned by the European Parliament in March this year, the two agreements lack mechanisms for monitoring and enforcing human rights, highlighting that there is no there is no specific mechanism to monitor the implementation of the human rights clause, or a subcommittee dedicated to monitoring human rights and democracy issues.
Colombia remains the most dangerous country for trade unionists in the world. The Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court has reported there is a reasonable basis to believe that crimes against humanity have been committed in Colombia both by the State and by paramilitaries and members of the guerrillas. Ten trade unionists were murdered in Guatemala in 2011; the UN has proclaimed Honduras to be one of the most violent countries in the world and the most dangerous for journalists and peasant organisations.
In November, the governments of Colombia and Peru submitted documents in response to the request of the European Parliament to develop a legally binding "roadmap" oriented towards concrete results in human rights, environment and labour standards. According to civil society organisations, these documents lack concrete results, and in addition do not include specific measures to mitigate the impacts of these agreements.
The agreements still need to be ratified by the European Union member states. National parliaments are called upon to listen to the outcry of the Latin American and European people and give priority to human rights and sustainable development.
 ALOP, APRODEV, CIFCA, CNCD, FIAN, Friends of the Earth Europe, Grupo Sur, OIDHACO. In October, more than 160 European and Latin American civil society organisations sent a letter to the European Parliament, demanding it reject the Free Trade Agreement between the European Union and Colombia and Peru. In June, 11 Central American networks and six European and international networks pronounced their opposition to the Association Agreement between the European Union and Central America signed in Honduras on the 29th of June, one day after the third anniversary of the coup d'état en Honduras. These appeals came amid fears of the dramatic consequences these agreements might have on human rights, food sovereignty, local economies such as the dairy sector and the environment - impacting the lives of entire communities.
 For more information see the report "EU Trade Agreements with Central America, Colombia and Peru: Roadblocks for Sustainable Development" by ALOP, APRODEV, CIFCA, Grupo Sur and OIDHACO.


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Bentley announces an all new convertible for the Detroit Auto Show 2014. A prototype of the vehicle was showcased at the Detroit Auto Show 2013 with Bentley promising to showcase the road going version next year. The vehicle displaces a massive 616 BHP along with 490 ft lb of raw torque. The 6.0 liter V12 engine churns out maximum power and this monster can easily cruise at speeds of 202 MPH.
The Continental GT Speed convertible is set to share its drive train with the GT Speed Coupe and the general specifications and figures of both the vehicles are similar.
The GT Speed convertible uses the latest ME17 power train enhancement system and this makes the vehicle perform faster than the Coupe. The loss of the roof however desynchronizes the aerodynamics of the car by a slight margin and hence the benefits of weight loss are not felt entirely by the driver.
An energy recuperation system works in accordance with the drive train of the vehicle to establish a more than decent performance and induction of different drive modes also enhance the general driving experience. Selecting the Sport mode literally jolts the drive back into the seat as the general power production is increased.
The general ergonomics and exterior of the GT Speed convertible have not been changed and the vehicle is still based on its predeceasing design. The chassis has however been lowered and he suspension feels more crisp that the usual.
The 10 mm lowering of the general ride height makes the vehicle sit tightly wrapped around the road. Safety features include electronic driving assist measures like advanced traction control and steering assist. These may help drivers control their vehicle better but reduces the fun of driving and also hampers with overall performance. Experienced drivers may opt to switch off the assistance measures although it is not recommended for the beginners as the massive power generation of the GT Speed convertible will not spare a single soul.
The high grip and traction helps the vehicle maintain body control and this is a very important addition to the GT Speed. The additional radiator grille in matte black is the only difference this vehicle features with the Coupe and a B badge has been mounted on the side panels behind the doors as well as the radiator grille. The interior, like all other models from Bentley, is sumptuous and the cabin screams speed from all sides. Use of black leather upholstery makes the interior quite comfortable and cozy and the cabin is the most luxurious in its segment.
Bentley has gone a few steps ahead of it and has undone itself in terms of designing and the interior could easily be mistaken for a Rolls Royce. The GT Speed convertible is the best vehicle to hop on to for long rides and the power production will keep you hooked on to the steering wheel at all times. Hard cornering in this vehicle feels nothing less than a performance coupe, except for the fact that you are seated in luxury.


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Show of hands for everyone that's been confused by the relationship between Wes and Annalise on How to Get Away with Murder . Since the first episode of the series, Annalise has taken a liking to Wes and no one knows why. Is Wes Annalise's son? Is Annalise attracted to Wes? A lot of theories have been thrown out into the ring. On Thursday's episode of HTGAWM, Annalise told Eve "it's him" when speaking about Wes, so basically I'm taking that as a big thumbs up on the mother/son relationship, even though that seems too easy for a show this convoluted.
During an intimate scene between Eve and Annalise, who go way back, Eve questions why Annalise is protecting Wes, who is just a student. Annalise tells Eve that Wes is not just some student. "It's him," Annalise tells Eve, who immediately knows what she's talking about. You know who doesn't know what she's talking about? Me. And everyone else in this world who is too emotionally and mentally invested in this god forsaken show.
Eve tells Annalise that she is a very good person, making it seem like whatever secret correlation Wes and Annalise have has caused distress on Annalise. So all signs point to Wes being Annalise's son. But, how does that fit into Wes' life timeline? We know that Wes had a rough start as a kid. He didn't have a father in his life and his mother killed herself when he was a young teen, but what if Annalise's connection to Wes comes before all of that?
One Reddit user believes that Annalise could be Wes' biological mother, but gave him up for adoption as a baby because she got pregnant at a high point in her career where she didn't want to take care of a baby. Now, she brought him back into her life the only way Annalise Keating knows how (manipulation, power, etc.) and is finally being the mother figure she never got to be for him. It's a stretch, but it's also possible with the few clues we have been given.
My only concern with the mother theory is that it almost seems too easy. For a while, people have been speculating that Wes and Annalise are related. Hell, I think one of the other students made a joke about it at one point. Because of this, I'm not sure if the producers would write in such an expected storyline. They're so good at steering their viewers one way with bait, and then switching directions at the last second. What if we are only on the bait part, and we're still waiting for the switch?


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I returned home from Spring Fair International at the NEC in Birmingham completely exhausted but glad I visited. My tired feet stumbled (literally at times) upon some great companies and wonderful new products I hope to be stocking here at Ginger & May later in the year. The Spring Fair is a huge, absolutely huge, trade show dedicated to the homes, interiors and gifts market, with exhibitors from all over showcasing their existing and latest collections, primarily for retail buyers to shop. It's like shopping on an industrial scale. I read that there are 17 miles of aisles between the exhibitors, spread over 12 huge halls the size of aircraft hangers, of which I suspect it would be impossible to visit all, even if going each of the 5 days it's on. After a paltry effort over just a day and a half my legs were aching so much the pain interrupted my sleep! And not much does that!
There's lots to follow up on over the next month or two with regard to getting some of the wonderful finds on our shelves and I'll keep you posted. Stylish clocks suitable for children and teenagers were something I particularly kept my eyes open for and I wasn't disappointed, so we'll open a "clock department" very soon. Night lights were another and I was particularly struck by these solar powered metal Night Night Lights from the Original Metal Box Company. The three new designs pictured below will be up on their own website to buy soon (www.theoriginalmetalbox.com), and in the meantime it's worth a look for the bear, rhino, elephant and robot they have already, also available from Not on the High Street.


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Outsourcing has become very popular these days. It is a process wherein a business makes use of external provider for either services or products. Bookkeeping and accounting functions are just two of the many services that are being outsourced right now. A number of companies opt for this solution as a way to minimize the expenses related to executing and completing the tasks. Aside from reducing cost, outsourcing bookkeeping services can likewise improve the performance. Here are important reminders that should be considered when you choose to outsource these services.
• Determine what services to outsource. Accounting and finance function is very broad. Hence, it is important to identify which segment you want to outsource. Is it just the bookkeeping task? This is usually the solution if a company does not want to hire a full time bookkeeper to work with the accounting staff. For small business which might not have many finance employees, getting the accounting services is often a sensible option.
• Select a reliable outsourcing partner. Indeed, there are so many service providers that can be found these days. As a matter of fact, when you browse online, you can find a list of companies offering bookkeeping and financial services not just locally but from other places as well. If you are in New York, acquiring bookkeeping services NYC is never a problem considering that most firms in the area are based within the metropolis. The best way to distinguish the right one is by checking the track record of a potential partner. Read some feedback or you can inquire from your industry peers.
• Monitor the contract. Once you found an outsourcing partner and made an agreement, it is highly advisable to keep track of the contract. This is very important in order to identify any outsourcing issues that might arise. If needed, review and renegotiate the contract to make it consistent with the technology changes, industry structure and your business plan.


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Living in tough economical occasions, we all want to be able to reduce down on our expenses, without having to reduce our high quality of life. One of the things, people may want to save on, is expensive cable Television. But, is there an alternative to it? In some nations, there is. This kind of sources, as hulu, for occasion, provide free or extremely affordable accessibility to watching the best US Tv exhibits or movies. The question is, can you get hulu in the uk?
I personally wouldn’t do anything over a proxy simply because it has been demonstrated, for a destructive proxy server to document every thing despatched to the proxy: including unencrypted logins and passwords.
Will this require to be independent of the main location? Maybe the initial thing to do is to sketch out a diagram so that you can determine out what you want on paper initial. Start with your primary computer, server or community. This is where the info is saved that will need to be accessed by distant servers.
Many households living in China buy and spend for their personal personal vpn as an alternative. netflix eua stands for Virtual Personal Network. These vpn work fast and are the most efficient, but they do cost money and need a month-to-month demo.
#3 Set up a distant accessibility network: Distant accessibility software program allows you to remain home to accessibility your family members associates’ PCs. Whether you’re a road warrior or merely own multiple PCs or are the family members fixer or just want accessibility to all your information from anywhere, there are a couple of easy methods to do it. A fast lookup on “remote accessibility” pulls up many options.
Basically you want to display that you know a broad range of abilities and have shown profiency in these areas. Brush up your skills on Anti Virus and Anti Adware also. This is the newest and greatest thing I deal with every day. So volunteer to assist your buddies rid those computer with spyware. You will learn every thing from performing some thing!
Application and Gamming Tab- Initial you have over 30 slots to configure port forwarding.that’s a great deal of various solutions. Subsequent on this tab is the QOS (Quality of Services), right here you can give priority of bandwidth to particular ports and MAC address.


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Well, the excitement today at Shipley's donut was that an elderly customer in a van hit the gas instead of the brakes as he pulled into the front parking space. And, you can see the rest. The owner of Shipley's was on the phone trying to get an insurance adjustor out to Terrell on a Sunday morning to view the damage.
She said the van had came through the window about 30 minutes before we arrived, and didn't damage the vehicle at all!
I think I'll pass on a window seat. Somewhere at the back of the store will be fine!
Wow! You did get some good photos of the mishap, Brian. I'm glad you and Grandma weren't there for the excitement. Did you still get your doughnut and coffee? Hope so.


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Germination 1. Rub carob seeds between two pieces of sand paper or nick the surface with a sharp knife. Place the seeds in a bowl of water until they swell to about three times their previous size.
2. Fill a 12-inch-deep pot with sterile seed-starting medium such as vermiculite or a sterile, soil-less premixed formula designed for seed germination. Use a pot that has several drainage holes in the bottom.
3. Make a 2-inch-deep hole in the center of the pot. Drop the seed into the hole and cover it with 2 inches of potting mix. Plant seeds in the fall or spring. Keep them in a greenhouse for the first year. Keep the soil damp but not saturated during germination and first year of growth.
4. Transplant the carob sapling outside to a permanent position if the climate is suitable. Transplant in the the spring, one year after germination. In colder areas, transplant the seeds into a deep pot. Keep the tree in a greenhouse or protected area during the winter. Use a pot that is at least 4 feet deep to accommodate the long tap root.


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Tattoo aficionados could recommend to designs as "ink", "items", "skin layer craft", "tattoo fine art", "tats", or even "job"; to the designers as "design performers", "tattooers", or even "tattooists"; and also to locations where they function as "design stores", "design workshops", or "tattoo design parlors".
Tatts should look truly cool, provided a ton of thought and feelings has gone in to choosing your design, and based precisely on the understanding that this is actually a long-lasting branding on your body.
With a little research on the style, some planning and a really good, proficient tattoo design musician, the end result of this sort of tattoo design must be nothing but a breathtaking, dazzling as well as untamed masterpiece.
Typical tattoos are actually commonly laid out in black, and after that completed through dark shading or even various other different colors combined with black ink.
Feel me, There are bunches of tattoo designs in this planet as well as you could discover conveniently one best tattoo design for students.
Don't be actually scared in order to get a design that does not possess a deeper definition if you love the design.
Now there are actually a bunch of widely known tattoo design performers and a whole lot of fancy, alluring as well as exquisite styles available. Outstanding designs will certainly encourage students in order to get your personal ink carried out only find out more about the designers and the tales behind all of them.
Old or even ancient designs will definitely never head out from style in tattoos globe.
For tattoo addicts, complete back tattoos are actually typically their choices while lesser back tattoo designs are commonly really loved through charming and also seductive females.
One of the most typical strategy from tattooing in modern times is actually the electrical tattoo equipment, which inserts ink in to the skin using a singular needle or a team of needles that are actually soldered into a bar, which is actually affixed to an oscillating unit.
Whether they are actually inking a style students've offered them, deciphering your short in their own means or even food preparation students up one thing completely from the ground up, they are actually knowned as tattoo artists for a main reason.
Tattoo designs might be included in to a customized piece that are going to be enjoyed for a life-time.
If you're acquiring a tattoo design considering that students are actually higher or even drunk, defiant or even your good friends are goading students, at that point you're acquiring a tattoo design for all the incorrect causes and also the choice you cause is likely to show this lack of focus.
Tribal tattoo design designs can be found in various distinct forms, like butterflies, the sunshine, the moon, bears, paws, star tattoos as well as a ton of theoretical art.
These 3 tattoo designs are actually amongst the most well-liked tattoo suggestions for guys.
The Oriental term irezumi implies "attachment from ink" and also may suggest designs utilizing tebori, the conventional Japanese hand approach, a Western-style machine, or for that concern, any technique from tattooing utilizing attachment from ink.
For a tattoo the various other individuals are going to just like, the pinup gal can't be beat; and if that shuts down the females, after that students will not squander your time along with them, since women that like this are actually the ones students prefer in any case. Some folks send their own designs or even talk to the tattoo musicians to create one thing that they maintain fantasizing approximately.
The best crucial this is actually that the design artist is actually skillful, particularly in performing freehand work without a bunch of lays out as well as rules.
Some tribe lifestyles typically generated tattoo designs through reducing designs into the skin layer and massaging the outcoming injury along with ink, ashes or even other representatives; some societies proceed this technique, which may be a supplement to scarification.
Whether students select a personalized developed tattoo design or even prefer to play that secure along with a conventional piece, that aids to possess creativity just before creating any form of long-term mark on your body system.
Men today who are obtaining this design from tattooing are actually projecting not only trendy, yet likewise hard as well as an also a little bit of intimidation, within their boldly dark and wickedly curving theoretical designs.
Whilst traditionally folks would certainly connect up all the tattoos on their upper arms in to additional of a sleeve layout, that is turning into increasingly preferred in order to get great deals of smaller concepts up your upper arms that are actually certainly not always connected up through everything.
Sometimes less is more within tattoos and also students simply must possess a layout like this to have that lovely and substitute appeal that a whole lot of women and guys are actually going with these times.
Today several guys as well as girls loving sleeve tattoos opt for watercolor styles.


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The annual solicitation of nominations is posted on the ASTSWMO homepage each spring. The award is presented at the ASTSWMO Annual Meeting.
ASTSWMO, will recognize an outstanding individual who has worked (retired) in State or Territorial (State) government in the areas of waste and materials management, environmentally sustainable practices, and environmental restoration. The purpose of the award is two-fold: to recognize an outstanding individual for effort and service to the States, and advancement of our programs; and to promote the overall efforts of all State employees dedicated to the protection of public health, safety and the environment and the improvement of social-economic conditions related to waste management and contaminated site clean-ups.
Past member or staff of the Association. ➢ Leadership service – e.g. served as an Executive Officer, Regional Board Representative, Subcommittee Chair, Task Force/Focus Group Chair or other leadership responsibility assigned by the Board of Directors. ➢ Participant Service – served as an active member of a Task Force/Focus Group. ➢ Length of service in position of participation and/or leadership. ➢ High profile assignments, e.g. Congressional Testimony. ➢ Efforts to promote more State participation in the Association. ➢ Relationship and record with working productively with EPA, DOD or other federal agencies to promote strong State approaches and effective partnership with the federal government. ➢ Relationship and record with other media groups, e.g. NGA, ECOS, NACAA, ACWA, ASDWA etc. ➢ Relationship and record with working with and assisting other States.
The criteria will be distributed to every State Voting member and nominations would be solicited from all members.
The written and detailed nominations must be returned to the Executive Director who will consolidate the list and provide it to the ASTSWMO Board of Directors. o Include a written summary of the nominee’s achievements; years of service with ASTSWMO – leadership and membership; significant achievements; and other information that supports the nomination. o Nominations may be submitted jointly by more than one person.
At the summer meeting the ASTSWMO Board will select the award recipient. ➢ If a recipient is selected, they would be honored at the fall ASTSWMO Annual Meeting.