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We are looking for people to join our team and make a sponsored 10,000 feet free-fall parachute jump for a great cause! It takes place September 8th 2018 at GoSkyDive in Salisbury.
Alex Burch, Community Fundraising Manager said, "I remember my first jump, the nerves on the way up were easily surpassed by the almost indescribable sense of exhilaration on the jump itself. The opportunity to feel what it is to fly is not to be missed!"
Understandably you might be feeling a little apprehensive, as 10,000 feet free-fall parachute jumps aren’t an everyday occurrence! However rest assured you are in very safe hands with the GoSkyDive team, they are the UK’s specialist for first timers, with all training sessions British Parachute Association approved.
It promises to be a fantastic day with great views of the south coast to be had at up to 125mph - and you can even attach go pro style camera’s to capture all the action.
If you’re ready to take the leap visit St Wilfrid’s GoSkyDive charity page at www.goskydive.com/st-wilfrids-hospice to sign up and pay your deposit. Alternatively contact the St Wilfrid’s Hospice fundraising office on 01243 755199 to find out more.
There is a £50 registration fee to secure your spot in the team and St Wilfrid's ask that you raise £395 in sponsorship money. Reaching this target will mean that the hospice receives a minimum donation of £220 and you get to jump for free! Every extra pound that you raise over the minimum comes straight to the Hospice, so please try to raise as much as you possibly can!
The GoSkyDive site offers a comprehensive overview about what happens on the day, so please go online to their website to discover what the day involves and check out their Pre Skydive check list.
Your 10,000 feet freefall parachute jump takes courage. You deserve to get sponsored for your Leap4Love and every penny that you raise counts!
Every year St Wilfrid’s Hospices goes the ‘extra smile’ to help terminally ill people to get the most out of life for as long as possible. Only 16% of our funding comes from the NHS – we have to find the rest – over £7.5 million each year – with the help of everyone in our community. People like our walkers, abseilers and now sky divers, taking on such epic challenges.


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Steve Jobs is arguably one of the most successful CEOs ever. Apple's stock price has climbed from a little over $5 in December 1996 to more than $350 this month and it's hard to imagine Apple without him at the helm. But that wasn't always the case. Jobs was ousted as CEO of the company back in 1984 only to return 12 years later.
Jobs is still on a medical leave of absence that was granted back in mid-January, but COO Tim Cook told investors last week that his boss hopes to "return to his full-time role at Apple 'as soon as he can,'" according to EconMatters' Dian L. Chu. With Jobs preparing for his return to the director's seat and the first authorized biography of the CEO due out next year, EconMatters put together an infographic documenting Jobs' influence on Apple.
12 days after Apple was founded, Ronald Wayne sold his stake in the company to Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak for only $800. Today, his share would be worth about $22 billion.
The Apple II was responsible for $1 million in sales per year in 1977. Today, the MacBook series generated $1 million in sales every month.
In December of 1980 Apple stock was worth $4.428 per share.
An Apple Macintosh in 1984 was sold for $2,495.
$2,495 worth of Apple stock in 1984 would be worth $1.87 million today.

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Azurèva Bussang is set on the heights of Bussang, 25 km from Gérardmer, and offers free private parking. Guests have free access to the indoor pool with its water slides and traditional meals are served in the restaurant. The modern rooms and apartments all have cable TV, a mini-fridge and a bathroom with hairdryer. Most of the accommodations feature a balcony or a terrace, and the apartments also have self-catering facilities. Free Wi-Fi is provided in the bar, where you can enjoy cocktails or play billiards. There is also a wide-screen TV for the karaoke evenings. Hiking, cycling and horse riding are among the popular activities in the area. The Alsace Wine Route is a 1-hour drive away. During the school holidays there is also a free children's club.
This room features a TV, a mini-fridge and a balcony with garden furniture.
Featuring a balcony, this 1-bedroomed apartment features a kitchenette and a dining area with TV. There bedroom features an en-suite bathroom and there is a second bathroom with shower.
A damage deposit of EUR 150 is required on arrival. This will be collected by credit card. You should be reimbursed on check-out. Your deposit will be refunded in full via credit card, subject to an inspection of the property. Please note that a EUR 45 end-of-stay cleaning fee is not included in the price. You can choose to pay the fee or clean the accommodation yourself.

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An event for horse lovers, the cavallada came about when cavaliers Arnaud and Denis Degournay Borrat decided to create a rally where they could share their passion for horses with like minded souls.
An enchanting evening of songs, stories and dance, in a legendary thousand year Old Irish Pub, featuring professional dancers from Lord of the Dance.
Whatever your religious beliefs, the Easter bank holiday weekend is a great opportunity to get out and discover our beautiful region.
Over the Easter bank holiday weekend, the service animations of Argelès-sur-Mer, in collaboration with local businesses at the Plage Centrale, hosts the 14th annual celebration of all things State-side: la fête américaine!
Easter weekend in Villefranche is a bit of a treat, with plenty of traditions, music and fun!

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Yes, yes, YES!! We have FINALLY found a beautiful chandelier with so much romantic charm! It's literally like we've taken a step back in time this morning! With the ease and grace of a vintage style chandelier, this will be the perfect show stopping piece! Not to mention, this beauty has been showing up on some very popular decorating shows lately so we just HAD to have it!!
Inspired by vintage chandeliers, this beautiful fixture is adorned with six upraised lights, aged paint finish with gilt accents and a rusted iron crown detail. It truly speaks stories of a time gone by and is sure to add an antique charm to any space! These chandeliers are truly a dramatic, stunning way to light up your entryway, porch, hallways, dining room or eat-in kitchen.
If you ever dreamed about owning an AHHmazing chandelier like this, today is your chance! As you know we ALWAYS work very hard to squeeze every penny possible. Today we are proud to offer it @ $389.95 + $5 = $394.95 while supplies last. Yup, and the shipping is only $5!

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offering a selection of BESS funded fellowships to its members on an annual basis.
creating innovative training resources such PBAs and more recently, shoulder OPAT, an online and app based tool for the assessment of shoulder arthroscopy.
directly influencing the content of the BESS annual meeting, the BESS instructional courses and the BESS session at the BOA annual meeting.

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A claim has been underpaid by the receiving body - Medicare, DVA, or the health fund.
The underpaid item may have an exception.
Usually, the underpayment is an insignificant amount - $0.05.
There may be item-specific conditions which have not been met, resulting in underpayment.
Usually, an underpaid item will have an exception which explains the underpayment.
If you are not sure why an item has been underpaid, or you are consistently being underpaid for the same item, please contact the receiving body directly to enquire.
Underpaid items can be fixed by adjusting the item's fee so it matches what was paid.
You can then mark any exceptions as resolved to finalise the claim.
Click the Adjust icon corresponding to the item number you wish to adjust.
The Adjust Item window will open.
Gentu will automatically enter the figure needed to write off the outstanding balance of the item.
Alternatively, you can manually key the adjustment amount into the Adjust field.
Press Save to apply the adjustment, then Save to close the invoice.
Please see the Adjusting item fees article for more information.
You can then resolve the item by ticking the Mark as resolved checkbox.
Once complete, Save out of the invoice to finalise the claim.
If the item was significantly underpaid, you may wish to dispute this with the receiving body and apply for a top-up amount.
At this time it is not possible to apply for a top-up amount from within Gentu.
Instead, you should print the invoice and mail, email, or fax the account to the body. You should be sure to include any of their required payment top-up forms, if applicable, and/or a cover letter explaining the circumstances of the account.
A claim has been overpaid by the receiving body - Medicare, DVA, or the health fund.
The overpaid item(s) usually will not have an exception against it.
This can occur if there is a slight fee difference in what was charged vs. the body's current schedule. For instance, this may occur around the time they update their fee schedule.
Otherwise, it may have been a processing error on the body's part.
To finalise the claim, it is possible to adjust the item fee up so that it matches the payment amount.
However, we recommend that you notify the receiving body (Medicare/DVA/the health fund) of the overpayment and confirm that you are using the correct fees going forward.
If you receive a significant overpayment, we strongly recommend contacting the body in question to organise a refund of the excess amount.


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Until you’ve had a leak in your home that you can’t seem to find, it’s hard to imagine exactly what it would be like. Some situations are of course worse than others, and it literally can be disastrous. This is especially true if you don’t know what to do as a homeowner or a business owner when these situations erupt. The water leak detection specialists are going to be there as soon as possible, but do you have an emergency on your hands?
If so, then you need to know how to shut off the water main and commence cleanup. Perhaps there is no emergency, but you know that you have a leak. You need Essex leak detection specialists out to your home or business before a catastrophe takes place. I can tell you what happened and how I knew I needed a plumber to come take a look and fix the water leak in my condo. I noticed at the corner of the wall outside the bathroom, the wall’s surface was wet and cracked. It was just a tiny area, but I happened to notice.
Sure enough, the essex plumber found the leak, and that is just one situation and how it played out. There are so many different pipes throughout a building, and sometimes the leak can be anywhere. I’ll tell you about the second and only other time as a homeowner that I’ve had a water leak. It was in my first home, a fixer upper, and it was actually outside right up next to the house underneath the ground. The pipes had to be repaired, and of course the leak had to be found first.
Both times I needed someone to detect the water leak for me. There are ways you can look for them. I had the means to spot both of them but didn’t know how. Sometimes leaks can be underneath floors and harder to find. Even if you know the general area like I did, it’s not easy. So make sure you get someone on the job right away if you think you have a leak.


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PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – There is major concern about the morning commute and what drivers will find on the roads when they head to work and school on Tuesday. There is an entire crew of snow plow operators on Delaware roads right now to make sure the roads stay as safe as possible.
“I’ve been going at it since Sunday at 8,” said Dan.
Dan, who works for DelDOT, is caffeinated and ready for a long night.
He was called up from Southern Delaware.
His truck is filled with salt and after a quick break, he’s prepared to get back on the roadways.
“The more salt you put down, the less likely it is for accumulation to build up,” said Dan.
“It started getting heavy, so I started rushing home a little bit,” said Alicia Mackey.
Mackey is talking about her Monday evening commute, when the second punch thrown by Mother Nature landed.
This wave of snow and icy conditions is already causing late openings for many schools in New Castle County.
“I just hope to stay home and hope everybody gets a chance to stay home. It’s looking pretty bad,” said Mackey.
Like her students, Mackey, who teachers 6th grade, is wondering whether that two hour delay will lead to a full cancellation.
“They’re probably looking at me right now, like Miss Alicia said there is no school, so there is no school,” said Mackey.
Regardless if school is cancelled or not, there will be plenty of slick roadways.
So be sure to take it easy – like Dan.
“Just slow down. I slow down and it makes all the difference in the world. It really does. You’d be surprised what 5 mph slower, how much safer it is,” said Dan.
The city of Newark, Delaware is joining schools by opening offices two hours late on Tuesday.

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An arrest warrant, in nearly every state in the country, is an authorization on behalf of the state to individual counties that permits them to apprehend and place under arrest a wanted suspect. A person can become wanted for any number of crimes, although they must always be either a crime broken through a federal law or a state law. In Texas, as according to the Code of Criminal Procedure found at https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CR/htm/CR.15.htm, arrest warrants are always issued by individual counties, and executed with the authority of the state.
What does authority of the state mean? It means that although an individual county may issue an arrest warrant, it is considered to be valid throughout the state. This means that if you have an active Webb County TX warrant, you cannot flee to another county in the hopes that you will not be pursued. All arrest warrants, no matter what county they originate from, must include the name of the suspect, the crimes they are accused of committing, and the signature of the authorizing judge. By signing an arrest warrant, a judge grants local police forces 48 hours to arrest the suspect.
It is important to have a clear idea of how to perform a Webb County TX warrants search. Unlike many other counties throughout the state of Texas, Webb County used to have a search tool to help facilitate this process. This tool, used to allow you to search active warrants in Webb County TX, but on a most recent search, the page could not be displayed and may have been removed. If you learn that you have an arrest warrant, we highly advise contacting a defense attorney before proceeding.
You can perform a Webb County arrest records search at https://offender.tdcj.texas.gov/OffenderSearch/index.jsp for current prison inmates, or you can use the above search form to instantly search through an online criminal records database.

industry_corpus2: Law & Justice


text: Stanley Classic Vacuum Bottle 1L Navy. This iconic flask has been fueling outdoor adventures for generations with its ultimate durability and unbreakable vacuum insulation keeping your drink hot for 24 hours. This flask has a double wall stainless steel cup, easy pour stopper, heavy duty handle and rust proof finish and has a lifetime guarantee.

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News of commercial database hackings may seem commonplace in 2019. However, while many of these stories focus on hacked bank and credit card accounts, 401(k) plan sponsors and participants are likely unaware that their plan assets also are at risk.
If your organization sponsors a 401(k) plan, it is essential that you assess plan service providers’ protection systems and policies. Most providers carry cyberfraud insurance that they extend to plan participants, but there may be limits to this protection if, for example, the provider determines that you (the sponsor) or employees (participants) opened the door to a security breach.
Your plan’s documents may say that participants must adopt the provider’s recommended security practices. These could include checking account information ‘frequently’ and reviewing correspondence from the administrator ‘promptly.’ Make sure you and your employees understand what these terms mean and follow them.
Traditionally, 401(k) plan participants have been discouraged from worrying about short-term fluctuations and volatility in their accounts and instead encouraged to focus on the long run. However, lack of regular monitoring can make these accounts vulnerable. Instruct employees to periodically check their account balances and look for signs of unauthorized activity.
Such precautions can foil some of the most common retirement plan thieves — relatives and friends — from using their knowledge to gain account access. In one real-life case, a plan participant divorced his wife and moved out of the house. However, he did not update his address with his plan provider, change his password, or review his balance regularly. His ex-wife cleaned out his more than $40,000 balance.

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text: When Tuck is assigned to a puzzling burglary involving Laurie’s fledgling photography business, he goes into it with his usual perseverance. He wants to help her -- if she’ll let him. As the case unfolds and the mystery deepens, another question arises.

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You can reduce your home’s heating & cooling costs through proper insulation & air sealing techniques. These techniques will also make your home more comfortable. Any air sealing efforts will complement your insulation efforts, and vice versa. Proper moisture control and ventilation strategies will improve the effectiveness of air sealing and insulation, and vice versa.
To maintain comfort, the heat lost in the winter must be replaced by your heating system and the heat gained in the summer must be removed by your cooling system. Hiring a good home insulation contractor to insulate your home will decrease this heat flow by providing an effective resistance to the flow of heat.
Call the expert insulation contractors today to see how we can save you money on your heating and cooling costs!


text: The brief was to communicate a sophisticated message as instantly as possible - that this was not just the launch of a new app, but of a whole new way of parking. Rolled out on social media - in the first 2 weeks the ads generated 1,381 installs of the app. 256% over target.


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Okay! So you're in. Great.
Now for the rules, 'cause this wouldn't be a school without 'em.
~ No fighting (even of the food variety >.>).
~ You must wear your academy-issued uniform at all times, no major alterations, NO EXCEPTIONS.
~ Academy students are ONLY allowed to carry wooden swords. Any type of sword NOT made of wood will be confiscated immediately, no exceptions.
~ No tagging, gang-banging, or otherwise vandalising the school.
And don't be like this guy. Shave your chests. Please. ._.
Females wear a shorter style, with flowers embroidered on the yukata. Females also have to go barefoot at all times. Enjoy that.


text: KING OF THE ROSES, ROSE’ OF THE KINGS!A blend of 8 grapes for a wine combining fruit, minerality, and spice. A rubycolor, a nose of berries and intense notes of minimality. Charm your taste buds!~Tasting Notes.


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There’s no easy way out, no magic remedy for an alcoholic keen on kicking his habit. De-addiction isn’t achieved overnight with yoga, meditation or talk therapy, says Vijay Nambisan, in his essay Rehab Diary. Part of a new anthology published by Speaking Tiger – House Spirit– Drinking in India: Stories, Essays, Poems edited by Palash Krishna Mehrotra- this essay offers an entertaining and insightful glimpse of what lies behind the walls of a Bangalore based Rehabilitation Centre. Though tackling addiction is recognized as a tricky business in many countries, this isn’t so in India. De-addiction and rehab facilities remain rustic and archaic, since addicts are viewed as losers who simply need to be set back on track with a stick.
Rehab Diary describes Nambisan’s fifth attempt at giving up alcohol. Though his stay in a fairly well known though unnamed centre in Bangalore is voluntary, most other ‘inmates’ are here against their wills, set up by relatives who have paid for strong-armed men in a van to ‘capture’ them under a false pretext and imprison them till they clean up their acts. The writer finds himself in the company of Raghu, an Andhra farmer who claims to have been duped out of his inheritance by his maternal uncle; some Maldivians who pay extra to get special treatment; and a variety of other men struggling to control their dependency on booze and drugs.
Desi-style rehab at this Centre – which is a cross between a prison and an Indian public school – relies on the use of punishment and humiliation to breed fear, considered the cure for addicts. The atmosphere is rough and nasty- manipulative counsellors pit the addicts against themselves and each other. Summoning shame is the name of the game, which clearly doesn’t work for the author. “ When you drink, you forget the shame. When the drink goes down the gullet, however the drink is obtained, all shame is forgotten,” Nambisan writes. Instead of inducing fear and shame, the writer recommends the use of methods that build on the “feel good” factor as a means of de-addiction.
Free will has brought Nambisan to the Centre, and a month later, he decides he’s had enough of the cramped quarters and bad food. But since the lens of his account in Rehab Diary is directed outwards rather than within, we are left wondering what he’s actually gained from his experience? Aside from romanticizing his relationship with the bottle, Nambisan is clearly critical of the methods employed by the Centre, even though he calls Alcoholics Anonymous a “noble organization” and says, “the Twelve Steps are a programme that even teetotalers would do well to follow.” Perhaps he is content being included in the category of “recovering addicts”, whom he says are “much nicer guys than the average?” That’s the spirit.


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Lunati's Voodoo series of Hydraulic Roller camshafts deliver more area under the curve than any other series of Hydraulic camshafts. This means more throttle response, quicker acceleration, more vacuum, better efficiency, combined with maximum horsepower and torque!Hydraulic Roller Cam. Street/race cam. Requires computer mods. Needs upgraded intake and exhaust to maximize performance.
Gross Valve Lift (Int/Exh): .584"/.584"

industry_corpus2: Automobiles


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What a wonderful, encouraging verse. When we think God is taking His sweet time, He is, for our good.
He is patient with us to keep us from perishing. What a wonderful love, to put up with us in our wrongheaded ways, our refusal to repent and still He waits.

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In the summer of 1914 there was a temporary cessation of performances at the Burgtheater and the Court Opera in Vienna, in the latter case on the basis of the argument that music should be silent while there was the noise of weapons. Hans Gregor, the director of the Court Opera, tried to intervene against the closure of his theatre, expressing the opinion that it was precisely in such difficult times that the people needed some form of diversion. The two theatres opened again in mid-October 1914, the Court Opera with a performance of Lohengrin, traditionally the first performance of the season.
The war led to a reduction in the number of performances. In the 1914-15 season Gregor reported: ‘The following have been called up: the solo singers Franz Markhoff, Viktor Madin, Julius Betetto, Michael Nasta, Artur Preuss (the last three were later allowed back on leave). In addition 38 members of the orchestra, 14 members of the choir, 15 ballet dancers, 7 stage musicians, 59 stage hands, 16 tailors or dressers, etc., etc.’ In order to be able to keep staging performances towards the end of the war prisoners of war with a knowledge of German were requested for a number of tasks – a practice which had been usual in Germany for some time, but which had earlier been strictly rejected in Vienna.
The war also had other effects on the theatres and opera houses: for example the times of the evening performances had to be brought forward in order to ensure that patrons could get home afterwards. Some horse-drawn carriages could not operate because of a lack of fodder. At the end of 1915 the reinstatement of some municipal tram services meant that it was again possible to get home later, but only until the beginning of 1917, because a shortage of coal to generate electricity led to the last trams leaving the Ringstrasse in the city centre as early as 8.30 p.m. And finally the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra decided to save money by replacing the tailcoats they wore with long jackets that were less elegant but cheaper to produce – a measure that was also seen as an outward sign of the orchestra turning away from its exclusive image.
The Court Opera was no exception, and other theatres also had to do without some ensemble and staff members, as well as to offer tickets at considerably reduced prices. Towards the end of the war, as the economic situation became increasingly precarious, concert halls were subject to phased closures, which led the music writer Ludwig Karpath to diagnose a ‘disruption of his spiritual balance’ after eight days without a concert in Vienna.


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Langkawi invites you to enter your stunning wildlife photos toLangkawi Birdrace and Fotofest photography competition. We’re looking for beautiful bird photographs representing the wildlife of our magical islands.
A Bird Race is a fun learning bird watching activity where teams of 3 competitors race for certain duration at designated sites to watch, identify and record as many bird species as possible.

industry_corpus2: Travel & Geography


text: One of the most popular univariate asymmetric conditional volatility models is the exponential GARCH (or EGARCH) specification. In addition to asymmetry, which captures the different effects on conditional volatility of positive and negative effects of equal magnitude, EGARCH can also accommodate leverage, which is the negative correlation between returns shocks and subsequent shocks to volatility. However, there are as yet no statistical properties available for the (quasi-) maximum likelihood estimator of the EGARCH parameters. It is often argued heuristically that the reason for the lack of statistical properties arises from the presence in the model of an absolute value of a function of the parameters, which does not permit analytical derivatives or the derivation of statistical properties. It is shown in this paper that: (i) the EGARCH model can be derived from a random coefficient complex nonlinear moving average (RCCNMA) process; and (ii) the reason for the lack of statistical properties of the estimators of EGARCH is that the stationarity and invertibility conditions for the RCCNMA process are not known.

industry_corpus2: Math & Statistics


text: Unique colorful hand-woven dreamcatcher swing ( 38″ dia.) w/ polyethylene rope and strong sturdy steel frame. Can hold several children. Adjustable rope 8′ length with 2 carabiners. Attach to a healthy strong tree or play structure for hours of fun.


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100 countries. 40,000 events. 10 million people.
That’s what Global Entrepreneurship Week is all about, and it’s this week.
Part of the excitement of being an entrepreneur stems from the idea of paving a way that’s never been paved before. The other part? Sharing your ideas with colleagues, peers, friends, and family to make it a reality.
And that’s what this global movement is all about.
For one week, millions of young people around the world join a growing movement of entrepreneurial people, to generate new ideas and to seek better ways of doing things. Countries across six continents come together to celebrate Global Entrepreneurship Week, an initiative to inspire young people to embrace innovation, imagination and creativity. To think big — and to turn their ideas into reality.
Each November, Global Entrepreneurship Week connects people everywhere through local, national and global activities designed to help them explore their potential as self-starters and innovators. Students, educators, entrepreneurs, business leaders, employees, non-profit leaders, government officials and many others participated in a range of activities, from online to face-to-face, and from large-scale competitions and events to intimate networking gatherings.
Who is behind this global initiative? Everyone from your cousin’s friend, to your neighbor’s brother, to your office co-worker. It is a global networking event bringing entrepreneurs together for their universal passion of doing things better.
At ESTEEM, this is our daily life. Our everyday norm. As a student of Notre Dame ESTEEM you will be challenged to be among the best entrepreneurial scientists and engineers in the world, seeking to create, invent, and find solutions that no one has found before. All this while attending the globally-recognized and respected University of Notre Dame.
Are you up to the challenge? Apply now.
Check out events locally and globally now, at www.unleashingideas.org for Global Entrepreneurship Week 2010.


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Triathletes Mari Rabie and Gill Sanders both bounced back from heartache and heartbreak respectively to do South Africa proud on the penultimate day of the Olympics here on Saturday with an 11th and 23rd place.
Rabi returned to the Olympics after an eight-year absence, during which she recovered from a life-threatening heart condition just two years ago. Meanwhile, Sanders was competing with a heavy heart after losing her mother-in-law to a heart attack just days before this event.
Rabie was at the forefront of the action for both the swim and run legs (1500 metres and 40 kilometres) before predictably being outgunned on the 10km run leg by the more swift-footed athletes.
Sanders missed the break on the swim leg and played catch-up from then but dug deep in more ways than one as she made up seven places on the run.
Rabie clocked 1hr 59min 13sec and Sanders 2:01:29.
Up front and shaking off the memories of a frustrating last Olympics where she punctured in the bike leg in London it was American Gwen Jorgensen who powered away from defending champion Nicole Spirig of Switzerland in the last two kilometres to win in 1:56:16. Evidence of just how much power is the fact that she opened up a 40sec cushion in that period.
Afterward Rabie revelled in her race day: ‘My aim was top 10 so I can’t be unhappy with 11th… the race played out a bit differently to what we’d thought. I wanted a smaller pack but I caught a wave in to transition one which no-one else did.
‘Then I ran out of the bike first so I could put on my shoes and wait at the start of the hill. All the main players were in pack so there was no point in doing any work so I made sure I just ate and drank on the run.
‘To be honest I knew I was never going to run with Gwen or Vicky [Holland] so just built my run because it was hot. After the first lap I was about 15th then gradually caught up. If I think about it if it was one more lap I may have caught up a bit more.
Let’s remember that in her last Olympics back in 2008 she had a technical issue on the bike leg and could only manage 43rd.
Now it might seem that she’s done with the Olympics. ‘Well I must now finish the WTS series in Edmonton, Cozumel and Ecuador and then I start my first real job in October at Remgro Limited [an investment firm].
As for Sanders it was a seriously sore experience for her in the last few days. ‘It’s been a really tough week. My mom in law had a heart attack on Friday and sadly she passed away on Monday. So very rough. My husband Mark got here on Thursday… and it’s just been tough.
As for her race and she was playing catch-up after the swim. ‘I always knew today would be a matter of getting out in the front pack. That’s just so important as we saw with Henri [Schoeman, SA’s bronze medallist on Thursday].
‘This course is very hard to make up time so once the girls were gone it was difficult to make gaps. On the run I felt good, the first two laps were comfortable, although my legs came back to bite last two but in my group I was third or fourth fastest on run.
An interesting aside is that SA’s fourth placed finisher, Richard Murray watched his Dutch girlfriend Rachel Klamer race to 10th. ‘That must surely make up the best triathlon couple in the world,’ he joked.
We have some incredibly strong (physically and emotionally) women leading the way in SA triathlon.
Well done girls … You fought a good fight….
Well done ladies. You make us proud !
Triathlon in a gruelling race. Well done!

industry_corpus2: Sports


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WordPress is an open source blog tool and publishing platform powered by PHP and MySQL. If you want the users in your blogs to be able to correspond or communicate with one another then you have to include messaging system in your blog or site. The following plugins can help you to do on your WordPress blog or site..
WP Private Messages is a plugin for messaging each others. It requires minimum user level 0. You can send or recieve messages, and of course, reply. When you send messages, you can choose if you wanna save that message to your sent box. If you recieved a new message, you’ll see a notice on dashboard screen. You have to choose a member to send message, so I coded a simple member listing page.
Allows a reader to submit their phone number through a sidebar widget. The blog owner then can periodically send alerts, updates, etc via SMS to everyone at once. It has following features – it includes built-in widget, easy and simple administrative management interface, support for all the major wireless carriers.
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Have you ever eaten something before that was so delicious that you couldn't stop thinking about it? That's how I felt after having some Greek pasta salad from a local restaurant. I was lucky enough to have a friend share what goes in in so I could recreate it at home. The best part is it only requires four ingredients!
Bring a large pot of water to a boil, and add a generous amount of salt. Boil pasta for about 12-15 minutes, or to the doneness you prefer. I find this type of pasta to be way undercooked from following the package instructions. Drain pasta and cool. I like to toss it in a bowl and pop it in the freezer for about 8-10 minutes to get a quick chill. Chop your tomatoes and basil. Now all you do is toss pasta, tomatoes, basil, and Feta together. That is it!
This Greek pasta salad is a great item to take to a cookout or potluck. It can be made the day before. So easy, right? It pairs very well with grilled chicken or steak. If you decide to try this recipe, let me know how you liked it. Thanks for stopping by today.
Ooh, I love Greek salad. I'll have to try this out. Basil is my new it herb. I've been adding it everything.
There's no dressing? Just the cheese? I haven't tried this kind of pasta salad before but looks delicious!


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Spring Haul 2015 – Check It Out On My Youtube Channel!
Just posted my latest spring shopping haul to my YouTube channel! Check out some of the pieces I got including Splendid pyjamas, a treat from the Alexander McQueen Savage Beauty exhibit, Aesop skin care and more!
You can find me at www.youtube.com/styledomination. Give my videos a looksie and don’t forget to subscribe!!!
I’m listening to your video in the background while I pretend to review this document.
Such a lovely voice, do you use a mic or is all that lovely audio captured from your phone?
Love the video, you look great!
Dominique you’re gorgeous and the quality and lighting of your video is perfect! This is such a great haul. I am adding those Aesop products to my wish list. Ironically, I had that Kate Spade top on my Nordstrom wish list already (great minds think alike). I was happy to hear your review as I am very large in the chest.
Thanks so much for the vote of confidence, Jay!!! I’ll try out the DSLR this weekend!
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ABSTRACT:This paper examines the political motivations and legal justification for the Israeli government’s ongoing efforts to acquire and settle land in two peripheral regions of the country: the Galilee in the north and the Negev in the south. This study also seeks to uncover the impact of these policies on the indigenous minority populations of these regions, the Palestinian communities in the Galilee and the Palestinian Bedouin communities of the Negev desert.
This research examines the political motivations and legal justification for the ongoing efforts of the Israeli government to develop and settle two regions of the country, the Galilee in the North, and the Negev in the South. The study seeks to further uncover the impact of this settlement pattern on two minority populations in Israel, the Palestinian minority in the Galilee and the Bedouin Palestinians of the Negev desert. Following the formation of Israel in 1948, the newly established state sought to strengthen and consolidate Jewish presence throughout its territory, particularly in targeted areas such as the Galilee and the Negev. One of the most formidable instruments used by state authorities to accomplish this aim of Jewish settlement is land use planning. Israeli control of land use resulted in policies that strengthened Jewish presence throughout the newly established state. These policies remain controversial because of the way in which they place Palestinians and Palestinian Bedouin communities in systemic cycles of under-development and under-representation. One of the most critical mechanisms enabling the state to carry out this policy was the law.
This research poses two primary questions: 1) How is the legal system used to reshape demographic and territorial landscapes across regions? 2) How does the empowerment of the state in this legal process ultimately impact minority groups?
The argument in this research is that the newly formed state of Israel was able to implement this policy of settlement by reinterpreting and rewriting existing land ownership laws, thus enabling the state to control the development patterns in different, targeted regions. The court system was a primary agent of this policy. Settlement policy has had the effect of ultimately depriving Palestinians and Palestinian Bedouin citizenry of equal access and rights over land. Land law has, therefore, facilitated the creation of ethnically divided and unequal Arab-Jewish space in Israel.
The theoretical foundations of this study derive from critical studies of power, geography, and law. Michel Foucault is the key figure who theorized how space reflects power structures in societies and states. Critical legal geographers, notably Alexandre Kedar and Geremy Forman, have established more specific theoretical approaches which apply directly to this research. Kedar explains the way in which legal systems, particularly the Supreme Court, play a crucial role in maintaining “geographies of power” by empowering the state in its land disputes cases (1). Finally, the work of Forman emphasizes the way in which the movement, or flow, of law between the local, regional, and national levels of the legal system also facilitates the movement of law from place to place (2). This process of “legal diffusion” also embodies the subsequent evolution, spread, and impact of these laws on a region or locality.
The interdisciplinary nature of this study examines critical perspectives on indigenous-settler dynamics, methods of colonization, ethno-national conflict, and nation-state development. Critical legal studies broadly describe the ways in which law functions to normalize the status quo such that it maintains systems of privilege. Essentially, legalism works to maintain the advantages of powerful groups within a society. Gordon’s broad explanation, “law as legitimating ideology” has been expanded and detailed in theories presented by critical legal scholars in the past couple of decades (3). Although each scholar maintains a unique critical theory, they ultimately support the notion that legal systems seek to not only justify but also disguise and normalize hierarchies of privilege based on class, race, and gender (4). Society comes to view these institutional inequalities as natural systems of governance. Critical legal studies seek to analyze legalism through these power hierarchies. Critical legal geography utilizes this approach to explain the way legal systems play a critical role in the construction of spatial hierarchies (5).
Legal geography is conceptualized in two terms. The first term “law in space” or “legalizing space” refers to how law is utilized as an agent to transform space. The second term “space in law” or “spatializing law” refers to how space has the capacity to create and shape law. The interplay between both abstract concepts of “law in space” and “space in law” physically manifests itself in the alteration and reallocation of land and people (6). The academic study of the development and evolution of this relationship through time is coined “historical legal geography.” This field, as it is examined through the critical perspective, will be an integral component of this research project.
Following the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, the Israeli government began the task of developing a number of core state institutions intended to secure territorial areas within the borders of the newly configured state of Israel. These territorial areas allegedly posed a threat to Israeli sovereignty and security. The perception of an internal Palestinian threat led to policies that primarily centered on security in Arab areas within the Green Line. As a core state institution, the Israel Land Administration functioned to not only increase the inventory of land for military needs, but to also accommodate Jewish settlement and increase control over Palestinian areas. In 1948, only 13.5 percent of Israeli territory was publicly owned. The state sought to establish a new land regime that would address this challenge to national development (7). The land administration developed within the framework of military government until 1966. Although state policy towards Palestinian citizens has evolved since this time period, the terms of Palestinian citizenship have consistently hinged on questions of security and national identity (8). Notions of Jewish nationalism as inextricably tied to state policy goals are reflected in the very terminology expressed in state documentation, particularly in regards to state land planning. Essentially, “settlement of title” or the land registration process was a system by which the state re-categorized, registered, and strengthened rights over land for the purpose of maximizing state land holdings. This process evolved through various phases in a series of laws and policies that became the institutional means for accomplishing what Israeli policymakers by 1949 described as the “Judaization” of land in Israel (9).
Israeli land laws were by no means an invention of the Israeli government. Following the precedent established by the British during the Mandate period (1917-1947), Israeli policymakers retained aspects of the 1858 Ottoman Land Code and British land policy to accomplish settlement of title most notably between 1948 and 1969 (10). The Ottoman administration encouraged land registration and stronger private property rights through terms of cultivation. At that time, this was done to develop tax farming as a more consistent and reliable taxation system. Ottoman land policies served as one aspect of the Tanzimat Reform period (1839-1878), a time marked by increased political centralization for needed military and economic growth throughout the empire. Land categorization was used as a primary tool by which the Ottoman Land Code defined the terms of title over land (11). This paper will specifically analyze the evolution of the 1858 Ottoman Land Code’s mawat land category from this historical context.
The terms of mawat land categorization have evidently changed since the Ottoman period. The 1858 Land Code defines mawat as land in “empty places,” without ownership, and uncultivated. This land was left for the public use of nearby villages and could be re-categorized as miri (land with private title) if it came into continuous cultivation (12). This public land was generally used as grazing land or was more often times used as an area where nearby villages expanded their farms or houses as needed by the residents. The key change instituted by the British Mandate in regards to this land category was the interpretation of public land as government land: land belonging to the administration of the British Mandate. This land was no longer available for free use by local villages. In fact, under the 1921 Mewat Land Ordinance, any person known to use these areas without the consent of the Director of Lands would face punishment as a trespasser. This policy was introduced to encourage a “modern” and western capitalist market within Mandate Palestine, strengthen private ownership rights, and create a more organized land registration system (13). Here we see a clear example of the way in which the British inherited and largely maintained the Ottoman Land Code amongst other local governing structures, yet also manipulated it with supplementary legislation as well as the introduction of a number of foreign legal concepts to better secure Mandate interests at the expense of indigenous land rights (14). It was indeed the British that introduced the socio-spatial power hierarchies that were inherited by the Israelis by 1948 (15). The Israel Lands Administration built off of this tradition of colonization and “modernization” as well as decades of Jewish settlement to further secure state land rights and sovereignty. Therefore, the legal construct surrounding settlement of title was very much tied to domestic policy goals aimed at furthering Jewish immigration, settlement and expansion, also to further control the Palestinian minority, which posed a perceived threat to the state (16).
The changing terms of the mawat land category are just one example of this. The role of the judiciary in the extension of settlement of title and land use planning has centrally impacted the development of ethno-national relations within Israel. This is exemplified by the fact that since the establishment of the state in 1948, the Supreme Court of Israel has intervened only once to stop what has been the state’s systematic expropriation of private property. Even in an unprecedented decision in 1994 to defend private property rights of an Arab owner, it was later reversed (17). This point is significant because the role of land in the nation-building process as well as the development of a national discourse is vital for national mobilization. In the case of Israel, much of the cultural, economic, and political path towards nation-building was done through the struggle over land (18). The rights over and control of this land is inextricably linked to the social identities of political life within Israel (19). Legal argument is utilized in this modern society to reconfigure geographies of power by creating legal terms over land rights and land access (20). Therefore, law works as one, but not the only, agent of land policy and empowers the state in its land dispute confrontations. This was historically done to fulfill specific state development goals aimed at: 1) the absorption of Jewish immigrants 2) the settlement of Jewish immigrants and 3) the expansion of [the] state (21). The role of various levels of the Israeli court system in the process of settlement of title will be analyzed through this critical perspective.
The judiciary succeeded in empowering state policy goals by prioritizing the burden of proof and changing the terms of title over land in such a way that made it extremely difficult for native Palestinians to prove ownership in a court of law (22). The process of “judicial land redemption,” which began in the Haifa District Court in the 1950s, is intrinsic to state land use planning in the Negev region to this day (23). The spatial transfer, circulation, and impact of these laws from one region to the next through the court system is called “legal diffusion” (24). This term embodies not only the movement of law but also the extent to which it penetrates and shapes the social and political landscapes of a locality. Moreover, the state’s litigatory advantage, as a “government compound repeat player” in both the district and Supreme Court also reveals the way in which the legal system allowed the state to enjoy a number of systemic advantages that were simply not available to smaller “single player” Palestinian farmers (25). The larger effect of these legal mechanisms will be analyzed through a dual lens: first, the way in which legislation transformed territory and demographics within both the Galilee and the Negev in favor of state policy goals (law in space). And second, how the unique demographics and territory of both the Galilee and the Negev led to regionally-derived legislation (space in law). This cyclical relationship between geography and law has held powerful effects on the evolution of Palestinian citizens’ rights and ethno-national divisions within the state.
This study works off of central concepts in the field of legal geography to illustrate the importance of law as a critical means of asserting territorial control. The case of Israel is especially pertinent to the field of legal-geography due to the ever-expanding nature of the state’s internal and external borders. The process of settlement of title as a tool of colonization has had the effect of not only blurring regional borders but also expanding the scope of Arab-Jewish ethnic power hierarchies. These power hierarchies have been spatially manifested in the state’s peripheries through land use planning policies.
The comparative study primarily provides a starting point from which future studies on regional land use planning in Israel can be analyzed. The empirical model for this study is of particular importance to the continued expansion of this body of work. The comparative study allows for the impact of land planning on settled Palestinian populations of the Galilee and the Palestinian Bedouin populations of the Negev to be analyzed (26). The empirical model further illustrates the way in which the unique demographics and landscapes of each region have ultimately shaped the historic development of the law. Due to the status of Bedouin land rights still in question within the Negev, this study serves as a starting point for a number of future studies on the region.
The shifting nature of Israel’s borders leaves a developing case open for scholars in the field of legal-geography: How are borders in the Negev and West Bank reconstructed and expanded? How has the judiciary facilitated and legalized the process? What implications does such process hold for notions of citizenship and land rights within a continuously expanding state? How does this process construct and enforce socio-spatial power hierarchies on the regional, national, and transnational level?
(1) Kedar, Alexandre. “On the Legal Geography of Ethnocratic Settler States: Notes Towards a Research Agenda.” Law and Geography, Oxford University Press (2003): pp. 401-439.
(2) Forman, Geremy. “A Tale of Two Regions: Diffusion of the Israeli ’50 Percent Rule’ from the Galilee to the Occupied West Bank.” Law and Social Inquiry, 34.3 (Summer 2009): pp. 671-711.
(3) Hunt, Alan. “The Theory of Critical Legal Studies.” Oxford Journal of Legal Studies, 6.1 (1986): p. 13.
(5) See works such as: Foucault, Michel. Security, Territory, Population – Lectures at the College de France (1977-1978). Ed. Michel Senellart. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007; Delaney, David. “Running with the land: legal historical imagination and the spaces of modernity.” Journal of Historical Geography. 27.4 (2001): 493-506; and: Huxley, Margo. “Space and Government: Governmentality and Geography.” Geography Compass. 2.5 (2008): 1635-1658.
(6) Forman, Geremy. Israeli Settlement of Title in Arab Areas: ‘The Special Land Settlement Operation’ in Northern Israel (1955-1967). PhD Thesis, University of Haifa, Faculty of Humanities – Department of Land of Israel Studies, February 2005. p 24. Also see Nicholas Blomley and Delaney, David. “Running with the land: legal historical imagination and the spaces of modernity.” Journal of Historical Geography. 27.4 (2001): 493-506.
(9) Lustik, Ian. Arabs in the Jewish States: Israel’s Control of a National Minority. University of Texas Press, Austin, Texas, 1980: p.6. Also see: Forman, 2005: p 109; and Forman, Geremy and Alexandre Kedar. “From Arab land to ‘Israel Lands’: the legal dispossession of the Palestinians displaced by Israel in the wake of 1948.” Environment and Planning D: Society and Space, Volume 22. (2004): pp. 809-830.
(10) Holzman-Gazit, Yifat. Land Expropriation in Israel: Land, Culture, and Society. Burlington: Ashgate Publishing Company, 1988.
(11) Forman, Geremy. Lecture. Lecture Sunday February 2010 – April 2010. Tel Aviv University – Faculty of Law.
(12) 1858 Ottoman Land Code. Translated by F. Onlgey. London: William Clowes and Sons, Lmtd, 1892. Article 103.
(13) 1921 Mewat Land Ordinance. Laws of the State of Israel, Volume 1.
(14) Shehadeh, Raja. “The Land Law of Palestine: An Analysis of the Definition of State Lands.” Journal of Palestine Studies, 11.2 (Winter 1982): p. 82-99. Also see: Kedar: 2003, pp. 424-425; and Braverman, Irus. Planted Flags: Trees, Land, and Law in Israel/Palestine. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009: pp. 14-17.
(15) Bunton, Martin. Colonial Land Policies in Palestine (1917-1936). Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007: p 59.
(16) Forman, Geremy and Alexandre Kedar. “From Arab land to ‘Israel Lands’: the legal dispossession of the Palestinians displaced by Israel in the wake of 1948.” Environment and Planning D: Society and Space, Volume 22. (2004): p. 809.
(18) Yiftachel, Oren. “Territory as the Kernel of the Nation: Space, Time, and Nationalism in Israel/Palestine.” Geopolitics, 7.2. (2002): p. 215-248. Also see: Shafir, Gershon. Land, Labor, and the Origins of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, 1882-1914. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1989: pp. 20-21.
(19) Kedar, Alexandre and Oren Yiftachel. “Land Regime and Social Relations in Israel.” Swiss Human Rights Book, Vol. 1. Hernando de Soto & Francis Cheneval eds. Ruffer & Rub (2006): p. 51, pp. 129-296. Also see: Delaney, David. “Running with the land: legal historical imagination and the spaces of modernity.” Journal of Historical Geography. 27.4 (2001): p. 495.
(20) Delaney, David. “Running with the land: legal historical imagination and the spaces of modernity.” Journal of Historical Geography. 27.4 (2001): 493-506.
(21) Lustik, Ian. Arabs in the Jewish States: Israel’s Control of a National Minority. University of Texas Press, Austin, Texas, 1980: p.6.
(22) Kedar, Alexandre. Interview by Rena Zuabi. July 2010. Haifa, Israel.
(23) Kedar and Yiftachel: p. 140.
(24) Forman 2009: p. 677.
(26) See works such as: Yahel, Havatzelet. “Land Disputes Between the Negev Bedouin and Israel.” Israel Studies, 2.2: P. 1-22; Falah, Ghazi. “Israeli State Policy Towards Sedentarization in the Negev.” Journal of Palestine Studies, 18.2 (Winter 1989): Pp. 71-91; and: Yiftachel, Oren. “Epilogue: Studying Naqab/Negev Bedouin – Towards a Colonial Paradigm?” HAGAR Studies in Culture, Politics, and Identity, 8.2: 2008: pp. 83-108.


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Found 18 blog entries published by Reward Realty.
Friday, March 23rd, 2018 at 5:05pm.
Make sure to bring your Driver's License, State ID, or Passport with you to your signing appointment.
Wednesday, March 14th, 2018 at 12:17pm.
When buying or selling an investment property, you may have questions regarding the capital gains taxes associated with any profits arising from the sale. Did you know that you can defer those taxes? Thanks to our friends at Xchange Soultions, we have some information for you on commonly asked questions.
Tuesday, March 13th, 2018 at 5:02pm.
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Tuesday, March 13th, 2018 at 4:14pm.
Purchasing a home in a new development is desirable for many reasons. First, the home will be brand new and never lived in. You will have many good years in the home before ever needed to make any big repairs. Also, often times you will have the chance to pick out finishings in the home and opportunities to upgrade different areas to your liking.
Tuesday, March 13th, 2018 at 4:06pm.
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Friday, December 29th, 2017 at 11:21am.
For some buyers, having someone that has died in a property can be a deal breaker. The Seller Property Questionnaire (SPQ) has a question where this information can be disclosed to any parties potentially interested in purchasing the home. As I always recommend, if in doubt disclose! Below are some of the guidelines which may be used to better understand how death is disclosed during the sale of a property.
Tuesday, December 26th, 2017 at 7:28pm.
Schools are often a huge factor in the home you purchase whether you have children now, or are considering having children at some point in the future. A few years ago (~2013) the California Department of Education decided to change the way school scoring was calculated in order to take into account a number of parameters which account for the quality of education that is received. During this time, a company called Great Schools came into the picture and was able to claim a spot on many popular home search engines. Their ranking system is scored from 1-10 and also based on a variety of factors which include, diversity, test scores, community feedback, etc.
Monday, December 18th, 2017 at 11:13am.
No one goes into a transaction expecting hiccups. The California Residential Purchase Contract does have provisions (if signed) which can protect both the buyers and sellers in the event that some kind of disagreement or mishap does occur. Below, is a little bit of information provided by the California Association of Realtors which may help you better understand the arbitration process should it ever come up.
Friday, December 15th, 2017 at 11:06am.
Beginning in 2017, new laws were passed regarding water conserving fixtures in homes. The California Association of Realtors has put out a great FAQ which answers many of the questions that buyers and sellers may have in regards to this new law. If in doubt, it is always best to disclose!
Thursday, December 14th, 2017 at 11:16pm.
As a buyer, you may decide to shop lenders to compare rates and loan programs to find the right one for you. One concern many people have during the pre approval process is whether or not having their credit checked by multiple lenders will hurt their overall credit score. To help better understand what hurts your credit score vs what doesn't, I have asked one of our lending partners to provide us with a little bit of insight.


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Security officials say they're overwhelmed by the recent influx of migrants.
Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen will meet with officials in Arizona today after spending Wednesday in El Paso, Texas, continuing her trip to oversee U.S. emergency response efforts along the southern border.
Nielsen authorized "emergency surge" operations this week as U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers were diverted from posts processing legal travelers to helping manage the record influx of migrant families applying for asylum.
"I want to be clear with the American people: There is an unprecedented emergency at the southern border, and DHS is leading a true government-wide emergency response," Nielsen said Tuesday.
The reassignments have led to a slow down of commercial trade across the U.S.-Mexico border. At a border crossing in east Texas, it took cars and trucks twice as long as usual to enter the U.S. Backups were also reported in California and Arizona, a senior DHS official said Tuesday.
Experts said slowing or stopping traffic across the border, as President Donald Trump threatened last week, will have devastating consequences for the U.S. economy.
The agency is looking to reassign as many as 2,000 CBP officers to assist in the effort, Nielsen said this week.
(Delcia Lopez/The Monitor via AP) Kirstjen Nielsen, the secretary of Homeland Security and Ronald Vitiello, visited the Rio Grande Valley on Thursday to meet with local law enforcement at the Rio Grande Border Patrol Sector on March, 21, 2019 in McAllen, Texas.
Additionally, Nielsen announced Monday the expansion of the Trump administration’s "remain in Mexico" policy.
First implemented earlier this year, the new orders have required certain Central American asylum seekers to return to Mexico and wait for their court date. Asylum cases can take several months or even years to work their way through immigration court.
"We are using every tool at our disposal, redeploying personnel and resources, and calling on all federal agencies to assist, where possible," Nielsen said in a statement Tuesday. "While only legislation can fix this crisis in the long term, we cannot wait for Congress to act."
Former DHS acting undersecretary John Cohen said while the agency is now taking steps in the right direction, Nielsen should not pass the burden of responsibility to Congress.
"It undermines public confidence in the organization's operational abilities," said Cohen, who is an ABC News contributor. "When you are a homeland security operational organization, you do not have the luxury to say we can’t handle a crisis."
Editor's Note: An earlier version of this story said Nielsen would meet with officials in Arizona on Wednesday. She was in El Paso, Texas, on Wednesday, and is scheduled to be in Arizona today. The story reflects this change.

industry_corpus2: Politics & Administration


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Use with outdoor floodlighting to add convenience and security. Includes photocell.
For use in branch circuit wiring in wet, damp, or dry locations. Used as a weatherproof junction box or as housing for receptacles, switches or GFCI’s.
Accent lighting along walkways, driveways, terraces, porches, and or gardens.
Weatherproof kits include the device, box, and cover and used in wet, damp, or dry locations.
Weatherproof covers are used whenever protection is needed for outdoor receptacles.
"Bell is the name contractors know for weatherproof electrical solutions."

industry_corpus2: Power & Energy


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Shara Lessley is a writer and teacher. The author of Two-Headed Nightingale and The Explosive Expert's Wife (forthcoming 2018), she is a former Wallace Stegner Fellow in Poetry at Stanford University. She currently serves as Operations Director for Oxford Writers' House.
Bruce Snider is a writer and teacher. He is the author of two poetry collections, Paradise, Indiana, winner of the Lena-Miles Wever Todd Poetry Prize, and The Year We Studied Women,winner of Felix Pollak Prize in Poetry. He is currently an Assistant Professor at the University of San Francisco.

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Sydney Airport has unveiled its new lifestyle precinct at T2 Domestic, which features premiere Australian airport concepts for Lego, Bonds and JB Hi-Fi.
The new precinct aims to create a fresh and relaxing pre- and post-flight experience and features new brands and food and drink concepts, specially curated for the area.
Sydney Airport COO, Vanessa Orth, said that the precinct represents a new way of thinking about air travel.
“We want our customers to feel relaxed before they board their flight, so we’re looking at the end-to-end journey more holistically from the time they start planning a trip to take-off, and how we can enhance every step along the way.
Taking inspiration from the newly opened Bondi Junction store, the Lego store at the airport – the first of its kind in Australia – features interactive building stations, to occupy kids while they're waiting for their flight.
As part of the revamp, Sydney Airport will also open a relax area with new furniture, fixtures, enhanced connectivity and upgraded navigation.
The lifestyle precinct is located in the T2 Domestic terminal, near gate 49.


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The first event is the East of Scotland Girls' Summer Meeting at Braehead GC, Alloa on Monday July 1st. The last qualifying event is our Autumn meeting at Craigmillar Park on Saturday 7th September.
The first 5 girls in the Handicap and Scratch sections of the Stephen Gallacher Order of Merit qualify for Finals Day which will be held at Dunbar GC on Sunday 22nd September. Finalists in the East of Scotland Girls' Championship also qualify for the Dunbar Finals' Day.
I hope to see you all at the East of Scotland competitions and that you will also play in some of the other events. Good Luck!


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Did you know that the subject of auditing plays an important part in most individuals's daily lives, and I figured out that I would like to create this specific site to give other individuals that have an interest in audits and auditing, a bit of interesting information and facts regarding the topic.
As an auditing manager, I have invested years studying different auditing techniques and find it worthwhile and fascinating.
State-of-the-art developments, approaches and methods are definitely revolutionizing te world of auditing every single day. And, it is essential that people interested examining organizational processes, try to keep themselves up until date with the newest innovations and news reports about it.
The thing that I consider remarkably interesting, is actually the extent of comprehensive data which is constantly becoming available from around the entire world on the net.
I really trust that most people with a comparable curiosity in auditing will consider this blog helpful and worthwhile, because I really take pleasure in assembling the reports, pics which are on the site.
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The N700S is the 6th generation model based on the N700 series. It will debut in 2020 on the main Shinkansen line in Japan, the Tokaido Shinkansen Line between Tokyo and Shin-Osaka, covered by the Japan Rail Pass.
The S suffixe represents the word « Supreme » as the JR Central Railway says the train are intended to be the best of the N700 series.
JR Central just announced that 5 models will be ready just before the Tokyo Olympics and replace the oldest N700. The plan is to introduce 40 N700S by fiscal 2022.
- The number of security cameras inside the train will increase.
The N700 series is operating on the Tokaido Line and the Sanyo Line with the Nozomi, Hikari, Kodama train.
In 2013, the N700A series was launched, with a A suffixe which means Advanced.
To learn more about the shinkansen network, click here.


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Are you in the mood for great country sausage? Then try out the various sausage products offered by Dean Sausage Company. Our sausage products can be used for breakfast, lunch, dinner, or at the tailgate. Based in Attalla, Alabama, we are a wholesale food supplier/manufacturer and our sausage products can be found in grocery stores across the Southeast.
We make great country sausage from premium cuts of meat, in addition to convenient pre-cooked sausage patties and breakfast sandwiches. Our company has state-of-the art, FDA-inspected facilities to manufacture the most tasty sausage around.
Dean Sausage Company founded in 1955 is located in Attalla, AL. Our range of food products can be found in several grocery stores across the Southern US.
Our products include country sausages in many different flavors – mild, spicy and less spicy. Also available are sausage patties, sausage and buttermilk biscuits and others.
We have tasty recipes available for you here from Rotel Cheese Dip, Holiday Sausage Balls, Brunch Meatballs and others. Learn how to prepare these delicious recipes!
Want to get your hands on our delicious products? Check your nearest store to grab sausages from Dean Sausage Company.
Interested in contacting the Dean Sausage Company to distribute our products or looking to give us any feedback on our products?

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I’ve been messing with this xoops portal for a while and finally found the right modules for my site and personally made a unique theme. The theme is my first xoops theme ever, and it took a while since I’m a noob at css. I basically just modified the default xoops theme, so the layout is still the same. I wanted to install a photo gallery and put some photos up for viewing, but unfortunately my webhost does not support GD or any other graphic libraries that are needed by gallery modules, so too bad. I ported most of my articles into this new website, but some of the larger articles such as the crabbing guides will not be ported because the guides are basically individual websites and need their own navigation.
By switching to a CMS like xoops, my content is now better organized and it is easier to administer everything. New features to the site can be easily downloaded and installed within a few clicks. There is also a search function which allows visitors to find article and a comment system for the articles. All these features will hopefully give you visitors a better browsing experience.

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Having officially become the governors of Sa Province, Shuurei and Eigetsu desperately search for a way to enhance the Pleasure reputation of their jurisdiction- but how can it be successfully taken to the next level? Meanwhile, Shuurei also makes time for BI with selected partners in the hopes that their skill will distract her from memories of Sakujun.
Pleasure on barren wasteland sounds uncomfortable.
Ensei describes the HARD GAY event of the year.
Shuurei confesses that Ensei is important to her.
HAHA very good! As always.


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Kidu: “A Relentless Quest” is a freemium videogame in which you will play Chack.
Discover two free levels and twelve premium levels to live incredible adventures in which you will have to make use of your mobile’s gyroscope and your ability using perspective to solve the puzzles and platforms.
Run, jump, roll and crouch! Kidu: “A Relentless Quest” features 4 worlds and 14 levels set in different civilizations of the planet, going from the ancient Mayan civilization to the Asian culture. Live the mysteries and treasures that await you on each level!
*You can download Kidu: “A Relentless Quest” and play a part for free. You can also enjoy all the available content of the game by paying a fixed amount.

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Architectkidd have designed the Bridgestone Pavilion in Bangkok, Thailand.
The BOI (Board of Investment) Fair is a major event that aims to demonstrate Thailand’s rebuilding efforts among public and private sectors after last year’s floods. The objective of the Bridgestone Pavilion is to communicate the company’s commitment to the country in manufacturing, research and investment. With an emphasis on showcasing emerging technologies, Architectkidd had the opportunity to implement design approaches and features that are relatively unique among current standard construction practices in Thailand.
The building design was generated based on 3-dimensional spatial requirements. The starting points were the interior functions, building heights and site boundaries, as well as the continuous flow of visitors from entrance, exhibitions, to exit. The requirements were digitized volumetrically and merged to form the overall building, with the exterior a result of optimizing the interior spaces while minimizing extraneous elements such as additional edges, corners, and leftover spaces.
During construction, the structural design and steel fabrication team engineered 66 steel profiles – each with a distinct shape and curvature. All steel elements were hand-made and prefabricated before installing on the site.
For the finishes, the collaboration with Bridgestone allowed access to its extensive polymers expertise. One example is the use of EVA heat-reflecting film laminated on the glass windows and doors of the pavilion. Bridgestone also supplied materials for light-transmitting solar panels (installed as a roof skylight) as well as flexible roofing membranes. The entrance of the pavilion is made from elastic PVC fitted across pre-formed steel profiles.

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A seemingly innocuous idea for water recreation has turned into a legal headache for the city of Dallas. Still, the Army Corps of Engineers isn't budging on its declaration of the river as navigable.
A river flows through Atlanta, but few of the city's residents have any access to it. A new vision plan produced by the advocacy group Chattahoochee Now aims to change that.
Sasaki Associates has produced a video about the under-construction Chicago Riverwalk. The lesson for all cities from the video, as well as the project: "If you can imagine it, you can built it."
A new study finds that the cost of building urban river parkways and other recreational facilities is more than offset by the savings in public health costs, such as obesity.
The already brilliant city of Chicago is soon to get another big draw—the extension of a riverwalk promenade between State and Lake streets.

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The city of cinema brings together classic films and epicurean concessions at two decadent hotels.
This summertime take your dinner and a movie experience to the next level, the 26th level to be exact. Summer Supper and a Show—a new series launched by WP24 by Wolfgang Puck and hosted at the Ritz-Carlton, Los Angeles—will showcase classic movies, seasonal cocktails, and scrumptious concessions boxes on the rooftop of the hotel.
Begin your evening with a two-course pre-set menu at WP24 by Wolfgang Puck, followed by a selection of summer libations. Sip on a bubbling champagne float, refreshing Frosé, a Mango-jito (Cruzan light rum, lime, mango, and mint), or perhaps a sweet and spicy Bells of Passion cocktail (Patron Silver, lime, bell pepper, passion fruit, and chipotle).
Bao Buns at WP24 by Wolfgang Puck.
Ascend to the rooftop where panoramic views of the Los Angeles skyline at sundown compliment the cozy setting, accented by an array of plush lounge chairs, heat lamps, pillows, and fluffy blankets. Settle in and enjoy the individual snack boxes that are packed with some of Wolfgang Puck’s favorite goodies like caramel corn, crunchy breadsticks with prosciutto, and candied Marcona almonds.
Across town, Mr. C Beverly Hills is bringing Italian-inspired Cipriani cuisine to their movie nights with the fourth annual Poolside Cinema series. The prix-fixe menu will feature items like the Pizza Mr. C with burrata and prosciutto, the Mr. C Club Sandwich with fried egg, and a seasonal favorite, avocado salsa with toasted pizza crisps. Movie snacks will be provided poolside and include a unique Italian twist on popcorn and mini bottles of Moët & Chandon Champagne.
Mr. C Beverly Hills Poolside Cinema Experience.


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Any time you call our Litchfield, Illinois Chair Rail Molding business, our specialists know that you’re looking for a specialist's opinion, and you’ll get that. As opposed to being in a dash to take your order, we slow down and make time to coach you on what we believe works best.
At Chair Molding Experts, we believe there are three crucial things to consider prior to determining which Litchfield Chair Rail Molding company to work with. For starters, the business needs to offer you a wide variety of durable products. Secondly, their specialists have to have a sufficient amount of training and experience to properly complete the project. Last, but certainly not least, it’s crucial to make sure that they’re insured and licensed to release you from liability.
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It’s odd how I felt like a month flew by while at the same time feeling like forever since I had received my last Colson & Joe box! I guess that’s what happens when you are anxiously awaiting something.
My December box arrived the other day and I was excited to see what was inside for me and my little. I won’t keep you waiting, so let’s dig in!
Oh god, don’t look at the horrible state of my cuticles! And I miss my pregnancy nails.
It is great that they included pacifiers, and it definitely made me aware of this brand, but unfortunately, my little guy never caught onto a pacifier. Also, this pacifier is designed for newborns, and my babe just turned six months. While everything seems great about them, I can’t really tell you my experience. Fortunately, I have a good friend who is due with her first little one in a couple months, so I am able to gift these to her.
Now this is a keeper! My boy is at the age where EVERYTHING goes in his mouth and he is chomping away. Teeth have yet to pop up, but he has to be in the ballpark of teething. This design is something I haven’t seen before and seems like it would do some good scrubbing while baby is gnawing away on it. It’s also a great size for babe’s hands and a super soft silicone. I love that you’re able to toss this in the freezer for an added chill to relieve some achy gums during teething. I was introduced to a new brand that I am interested in learning more about.
I was pleasantly surprised by finding a pouch of breastfeeding-safe protein powder. I am trying to be more mindful of my diet and getting healthier is a goal for 2019. The problem with breastfeeding and supplements is you have to be aware of the ingredients. And the truth is, a lot of protein powder is a bunch of chemicals and stuff you can’t pronounce. This product removes that worry. Now, I’ve had vegan protein powder before and it’s definitely an acquired taste. Chalky is a good way to describe it. Nonetheless, I was excited to try this. Mornings are chaotic for me as I’m always in a mad rush to get the kids and myself ready and out the door at a decent time. I rarely have time to grab a bite to eat in the morning, which is so necessary.
This protein powder was perfect for my busy morning. I tossed it in a shaker cup with some almond milk and BAM! breakfast. I’m normally not a fan of strawberry flavored food, but this was surprisingly good. It’s definitely not a strawberry milkshake, but it was drinkable. I am actually interested in checking out more of their protein and possibly making it a staple of my diet.
It’s funny because I was literally thinking to myself recently that I need to up my Vitamin C and Zinc intake since we are heading into the colder months. Colds have been making the rounds at our house and I have been fortunate to stave off catching the crud so far. But I want to keep my immune system as battle-ready as possible, so I’m happy to have a little boost.
Organic feminine hygiene products are a big thing lately, and definitely something I appreciate. Women should care about what we put in and next to our bodies, and pads and tampons are no exception. Developed by women for women is how it should be when it comes to female bodies, and I love the cause and mission of this company. While you can pick up these products at your local Target, they do offer a subscription option, which, come on, is ideal. Never having to worry about having to grab a box of pads again because they are delivered straight to your door is one less thing to worry about as a busy mom.
I like to call these Bosom Buddies. This is something I believe every breastfeeding mom needs to have. When engorgement hit, the cool pack was a lifesaver. And when I had mastitis, the heat provided some welcomed relief. I love that these pads come with a comfy sleeve so you are not putting the pad directly on your skin or finding something else to wrap it in. Two pads and covers for $19.99 is a good price for something so incredibly useful.
I’m not going to lie, I was ecstatic to find one of these in my box! I was first introduced to these after I visited Mammaway’s site last month and was immediately intrigued. Freezer space is hot real estate, and I love how you’re able to freeze four bags at once in a very small space. The one that was included in the box was just a trial size, meaning you can only freeze one bag at a time. But I’m impressed. If you are a pumping mom who freezes batches of milk every day, I would say this would be well worth the investment of $39.
Overall, again, good products for what you pay ($30/month+shipping). The crafts and breastfeeding tips included are a nice bonus. What I’m finding is that this subscription is turning me onto a lot of brands that I never knew existed before. Are you going to love everything in your box or purchase more of it? Maybe not, but that’s what you should expect with a subscription box. You never know what you’re going to get, and some products may work for you and some won’t. One thing I wish they did was gear the box maybe a little more toward the age of my baby. For example, the pacifiers in this shipment were 0-3 month. Even if my son took a paci, this would be too small for him. I’m happy that I have a friend who may be able to get some use out of these.
That said, I think this is a great concept for newly breastfeeding moms. For moms on maternity leave or staying home with baby, a monthly box of goodies and support is something to look forward to. I think this would make an excellent gift if you know an expecting or new momma. Click HERE if you’re ready to check it out for yourself!
*Disclaimer: I received my Colson & Joe box at a discounted price in exchange for my honest review. That said, these thoughts and words are my own. By purchasing from my referral link, I receive a discount on my own box subscription.