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Window Coverings, Exterior Windows, and Floor Coverings At Affordable Prices!
Exceeding Expectations with Every Job!
We at Starwood Distributors take immense pride in exceeding the standards of our industry with our second to none customer service and high-quality products! Our expert sales and design team stay ahead of all the latest trends and styles when it comes to all the products that we sell. We are happy to share our vast knowledge of products with our customers, and we take the time to answer any and all questions. Our experts can help you find the best product with amazing possibilities!
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We are DFW’s Leading Expert in Window & Floor Coverings. We offer the highest quality services at competitive prices. This is in large part due to the Starwood Distributors’ team of experts. We have a team that is second to none! Our highly trained installers are friendly, on-time and courteous. Our skilled craftsmen at work are something to watch. You can trust them to get it right, no matter the product or location. They are trained by working as apprentices with senior installers before they head out on their own. Our experts know windows wholly. They know the little imperfections that lead to problems and have the techniques to solve them. Our administration employees who handle logistics and individual customer job detail are very efficient and handle their work with a lot of ease. We strongly believe that every good job is truly a team effort. Our team cooperates so that they deliver the most to our customers. But, we also focus on the vision of the business which is to provide the highest quality window coverings, floor coverings, exterior windows, and specialist design.
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The Starwood crew are very professional and great to work with. I was very happy with the remodeling work they did for me. They installed new custom wood shutters throughout, transformed my second master bathroom into a jewelry room, and the custom cabinets they made are beyond beautiful! No questions asked, I will use them again for any future home improvement needs. No need for me to look any further as Starwood is truly one stop shopping!
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I purchased several home upgrades from Starwood Distributors. We were very pleased with the service and the quality of work. The staff was always very responsive and able to answer all questions. We had all new plantation shutters, granite countertops, hardwood flooring, and new carpet installed through-out the entire house. All of the crews used were professional and the quality of work exceeded our expectations. We also felt the value was very good as we shopped at several different places including home improvement stores and found Starwood to be the best value. I would absolutely recommend them to anyone!
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text: Katie was one of two key players who implemented the Monmouth College Day of Giving that raised over $200,000 in 18 hours and 53 Minutes. In addition, she helped plan and executed the Science Symposium that focused on engaging and soliciting philanthropic support from alumni in the STEM fields. She has undergraduate degrees in the fields of business administration, economics, and Spanish from Monmouth College. As an undergraduate she also served as president of the student body, a dormitory head resident, and an active member of Alpha Xi Delta.

industry_corpus2: Subject Education


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DESCRIPTION: Redken Brews Beard and Skin Oil from Redken is an oil that moisturizes the beard. This mild formula contains peppermint oil, antioxidants and salicylic acid to combat acne, avocado and olive oils to combat dry skin. This moisturizing oil leaves the beard and skin soft.
Massage a few drops into the dry beard.

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We have lived in this property for more than twenty five years and have some great memories from our time here over the years.
The house really has been a loved family home for us and we hope that the new owners will love it as much as we have.
The garden is particularly great during the summer months as it is a real sun trap and a lovely place to relax in.
The location is superb, it is great been located so close to St James Street station and all the other transport links that the area has to offer.
Situated in a quiet, tree lined, residential road is where you will find this three bedroom period property. As you walk up the path you instantly fall in love with the house as it has significant kerb appeal.
The bright and airy through lounge has a large bay window which floods the room with natural light and is a perfect space for entertaining friends and family whilst maintaining a cosy and homely feel.
The current owners have enhanced the property by altering the layout slightly to provide you with a much more practical living space. This is an ideal family home with rooms that are all well proportioned in size.
If schools and education are at the top of you priority list, you have the well regarded South Grove Primary School, which is rated 'Good' by Ofsted, situated just off of Markhouse Road.
You are well located for the open green spaces of St James Park and also the local conservation area which is ideal for the outdoor types to take a leisurely stroll, let the children play or take the dog for a walk.
Commuters are well served by being only a short walk away from St James Street and Blackhorse Road tube stations, making the daily commute to and from work stress free.
Book a free property valuation with Maria Ticehurst from our local Walthamstow branch.

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Find all dedicated professionals you need. Simple, fast and at no costs.
The new app (iOs) has been launched on 'Blue Monday'.
Real professionals, students and volunteers.
Workbookers puts you on the map. Stop applying and searching endlessly for jobs and instead be found and be approached! Select your profession and present yourself convincingly with your professional workbook.
Find and compare the professionals you need. Filter and swipe through the Workbooks of candidates. Is there a match? Contact directly. No unnecessary intermediary, commission, success-fee or other threshold: just one-on-one.
Volunteers, students, craftsmen, professionals, scientists and employers come together on Workbookers. Whoever you are or whatever you are looking for: filter by +10.000 professions and find each other.
All with the same type of account but your own Workbook and user-role. This means that hiring employers also show who they are (Director, HR-Manager etc.).
For outplacement and career guiding organisations we offer ‘Workbooster’. An extra feature with which work seeking employees receive job-alerts automatically.
These alerts precisely match profiled professions, specialisms and skills with all actual job postings in The Netherlands. Workbooster is exclusively available for mobility centers, cities (Werk en Inkomen), education institutes and UWV.
Optimise professional mobility for your organisation.
With Whitelabel you can use the app in your own look and feel. For project cooperation, recruitment, internal mobility and outplacement of employees.
Organisations can precisely manage the visibility settings of employees and make them findable for specific partner organisations. In this way, organisations can exploit the maximum potential of all available internal and external craftsmen and professionals. Perfect for regional advantage and cooperation.
Please feel free to contact us for more information about implementation and guidance.
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It’s safe to say many conservatives were more than steamed last month when the Senate Republican leadership’s last gasp effort to finally fulfill seven years’ worth of promises to right the Obamacare wrong were foiled by a group of party holdouts who, independent of common sense and pleas from their colleagues decided not to support the Graham-Cassidy “fix it” bill.
The legislation was not even close to a full repeal of the Affordable Care Act but still would have corrected several of the law’s more damaging provisions. On balance the proposition was doing something to rectify a bad situation and most conservatives reluctantly recognized it was worthwhile to back it.
The bill didn’t even get a vote, however, having been pulled by Mitch McConnell, a leader so ineffective that he can’t even strong-arm or cajole a token few wayward members of his caucus to save the party once in a while. The usual suspects were all involved in the latest blockade – Senators Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski and of course the “traitor” John McCain.
And then there was Senator Rand Paul. The Kentuckian made it well-known he was growing impatient with the GOP’s half-hearted efforts to ditch Obamacare. In the end Paul decided not to support the Graham bill in what amounted to the final knife in the proposal’s heart.
Conservatives were miffed at Paul for the gesture but less so than with the moderate “I want more money for Medicaid” big government gang who cower from doing anything that might make some leftist interest group unhappy. They’re Chuck Schumer’s best friends. The media calls them “principled.” Conservatives have other non-repeatable nicknames for them.
What about Paul? He’s no squish, but is he becoming an obstructionist like the rest?
Maybe not. It turns out behind the scenes Paul has forged a bit of an unusual alliance with President Donald Trump. W. James Antle III of the Washington Examiner wrote last week, “One key difference is that Trump has endorsed every Republican healthcare bill that has had a decent chance of passing either chamber, while Paul has often come out against ‘Obamacare lite’ in the Senate. This prompted Trump to blast Paul as a ‘negative force’ on healthcare when the latter opposed the Graham-Cassidy bill, the last healthcare reform attempt by Senate Republicans.
Even Paul’s spokesman (Communications Director Segio Gor) described the relationship between the two former Republican presidential primary rivals as a personal friendship. Gor indicated Trump and Paul are in constant communication and it seems they both fault the GOP congressional leadership for the difficulties in advancing the Republican platform.
Paul was present at the signing of Trump’s Obamacare-smashing executive orders last week and the president specifically cited the libertarian senator as a good person to have on your side.
It’s great to see Trump developing friendships in Congress – one, because it will definitely aid in pushing the agenda down the line but also because it dispels the media created myth that no one appreciates Trump on Capitol Hill. When the press makes such wide generalizations about “friendships” in Congress it’s mostly in reference to the establishment leadership not liking somebody. It shouldn’t be forgotten that during last year’s GOP primary campaign the same “he has no friends” smear job was pinned to Ted Cruz.
If there really is tension between Trump and McConnell and Paul Ryan it’s because the former generated all the enthusiasm from the party base to give the latter their majorities, which everyone knows have largely been squandered by ineffectiveness.
As for Trump’s Obamacare executive orders, they’re not exactly the same as sealing policies into law but they’ll help a lot of struggling people get health insurance at a lower price. Not only that, but Trump’s action last week to cancel out the federal government’s unconstitutional Obamacare subsidies will almost certainly spur Congress to act on a permanent solution. By taking away the money propping up insurance companies, the Democrats no longer have the luxury of hiding under their taxpayer-funded golden parachute.
Kimberly Leonard of the Washington Examiner reported, “The cost-sharing funds, estimated at roughly $7 billion for this year, pays for low-income consumers' out-of-pocket medical expenses. Under Obamacare, insurers are required to offer lower costs for these services, for which the government then reimburses them. If they do not receive the funding, they must still offer discounts, and without an action from Congress they would be likely to sue for the money.
It’s the country’s worst kept secret that Obamacare was really just a massive scheme to extort money from young fit people to pay for insurance coverage for older and wealthier individuals with more health problems. No one disputes that these folks may need some sort of assistance to cover their bills but the system devised by the Democrats basically punishes one responsible group by forcing them to buy policies they don’t want or need just so another can get care for a price the market wouldn’t otherwise support.
Various proposals have been advanced to introduce free market solutions and transparency into the healthcare industry, something that would serve to lower prices for everyone. Perhaps at that point government could intervene to help out the neediest but there’s no reason to impose a “one size fits all” band-aid on a problem that can’t be crammed neatly into one little box.
The Democrats would prefer to force the entire country into a prohibitively expensive single-payer system that would supposedly cover everyone for everything. If you listened to Senator Bernie Sanders when he talked-up “Sanderscare” a month ago you would think the United States government could station a medical professional at every front door and only the rich would have to pay more for it.
Technically everything Goldberg said was true. Looking from the outside we see the puffy jowled McConnell complaining about Democrat protests and senate procedural hurdles. The majority leader did set aside the “Blue Slip” tradition last week to try and speed judicial nominee confirmations. But there’s a lot more he could do to instill some discipline in his caucus, ranging from withholding party campaign money to pulling coveted committee assignments to bringing public pressure upon the naysayers.
McConnell can’t tie dissenters to a tree and lash them with a wet noodle until they relent but he certainly can make their work lives awfully uncomfortable if they won’t play with the team.
There really isn’t a need for anyone to turn McConnell into a “bogeyman” because years of feckless leadership already gave plenty of people that impression before Bannon even became a household name during the 2016 campaign. Conservative leaders and media personalities openly blamed Karl Rove and the establishment for Republicans getting wiped out of Congress in 2006, for example – so the idea that the ruling class is the problem in Washington isn’t exactly new.
People aren’t stupid; conservative new and alternative media outlets such as Fox News have educated the public to a greater extent than in the old days when more people simply accepted that Republicans meant “conservative” and Democrats equaled the defenders of the welfare state.
Not anymore. There are plenty of elected Republicans who willingly join the minority party to back big government. The struggle over repealing Obamacare proved it. Some might claim Trump’s perpetually lukewarm popularity numbers reinforce their arguments to ignore him but there’s also a great deal of evidence that the polls don’t tell the whole story.
Bill Clinton’s pollster Mark Penn wrote in The Hill, “The failure to understand the 2016 election was in large measure not a failure of the final polls, many of which showed a close race, but a failure to understand the powerful storyline of Trump’s appeal with his respect for cops and the military, taking a more aggressive position against our enemies, and pushing for tax and health-care reform. His style is not what won him the presidency. It was, remarkably, his substance.
Mitch McConnell and Republican stonewallers may believe they have history and the public in their corner but Americans are on the side of good accountable, limited government that stays within the bounds of the Constitution and does as little as possible to interfere in people’s lives. Trump is advancing, they’re retreating. There’s only one way to win a war and it’s not by leading from behind.

industry_corpus2: Politics & Administration


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If you are a typical inventor, it is normally possible that you would expect to like to license your own personal invention and receive royalties, or even sell one outright – we’ll call that person “royalty designer.” But if you are more motivated with this competitive business streak, we can call this kind from person “entrepreneurial inventor,” clients may want to fire up a small business to make sure you produce your own technology and market it. Across this case, you are going to need much more schooling to develop, produce and distribute your product.
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Available for 95% of counties in the U.S.
This database offers the most detailed level of vector-based information on soil types and distributions available digitally. The resource consists of georeferenced digital map data, computerized tabular attribute data, and associated metadata, and defines soil characteristics, properties, and potential limitations or suitability for various uses.
A gridded format (gSSURGO) is also available. This file geodatabase has the capacity to store much more data and thus greater spatial extents than the traditional product, which makes it possible to offer these data in statewide or even conterminous United States (CONUS) tiles.
Soil data products are designed for use by landowners, townships, and county natural resource management agencies. The following examples can be queried from the database: available water capacity, soil reaction, electrical conductivity, and flooding; building site development and engineering uses; cropland, woodland, rangeland, pastureland, and wildlife; and recreational development.
The soil survey attribute database associated with the spatial soil map is a complicated database with more than 50 tables. The user should know about soils data and characteristics to successfully use this aspect of this information resource.
To download data, please visit http://websoilsurvey.sc.egov.usda.gov/App/HomePage.htm.

industry_corpus2: Agriculture & Fisheries


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Believing we're exempt from the moral law because we stand for "democracy" is the worst mistake we've ever made.
In the wake of President Trump’s Helsinki press conference, National Review declared itself “Against Moral Equivalence.” The magazine claimed that there could be no equating American meddling in foreign elections with Russian interference in our election because the goal of the U.S. is to “promote democracy and political liberty and human rights.” Though while America’s actions might be noble and have the sanction of heaven, National Review did concede that its efforts to promote democracy have often been “messy”—an adjective that the people of Iraq might find understated.
Robespierre himself was taken aback by the turn of a domestic revolution into a call for military adventurism. Of plans to invade Austria and to overthrow “enemies” of liberty in other nations, he famously remarked, “No one loves armed missionaries.” (Robespierre’s advice might have also benefited the American occupiers of Iraq.) The Jacobins’ moral preening led France to declare war on Austria in 1792 and set in motion years of French military adventurism that devastated much of central Europe. Military imperialism abroad and guillotines at home became the legacy of self-declared French exceptionalism.
Hubristic nations that claim a unique place for themselves high atop the moral universe tend to be imperialistic. This is because claims of national exceptionalism, whether of the French or American variety, are antinomian, even nihilistic. The “exceptional” ones carve out for themselves an exemption from the moral law. And prideful claims of moral purity are the inevitable predicate to imposing one’s will upon another. Once leaders assert that their national soul is of a special kind—indispensable and not subject to the same rules—the road to hell has been paved.
While supporters of American exceptionalism are careful to claim the mantle of Western civilization, their philosophical orientation in fact amounts to a repudiation of the central principles of the West and the Constitution.
Arguably, the tradition of the Judeo-Christian West has been special because it has asserted that human nature is not particularly special. And the Constitution has been exceptional because it’s warned Americans that we are not particularly exceptional.
For example, the legacy of Pauline Christianity, Irving Babbitt tells us, is “the haunting sense of sin and the stress it lays upon the struggle between the higher and lower self, between the law of the flesh and the law of the spirit.” No person or nation is above this moral challenge. The uniquely American repudiation of exceptionalism shines brightly in The Federalist, where no angels can be found among men, and, because no one’s behavior enjoys the sanction of heaven, extensive checks are placed upon people’s ability to impose their wills upon others. The foreign policy that flowed out of the worldview of the Framers was that of George Washington, a strong recommendation against hubris and foreign meddling.
These historical and cultural warnings about human nature have since been swept away by acolytes of American exceptionalism. Our moral superiority, they claim, makes us Masters of the Universe, not careful and mindful custodians of our own fallen nature. We have been put on earth to judge other nations, not to be judged. Tossing the legacy of the Framers onto the ash heap of history, George W. Bush declared in his Second Inaugural Address that our exceptionalism creates an obligation to promote democracy “in every nation and culture.” In this endeavor, Bush pronounced, the United States enjoys the sanction of heaven, as “history also has a visible direction, set by liberty and the author of liberty.” Bush’s Second Inaugural was probably better in the original French.
Now, the puffed-up American establishment, many of whom supported the bloody Iraq war, drip with moral condescension as they brand Vladimir Putin an existential outlaw and the enemy of democracy, foreclosing the possibility of common ground with Russia on nuclear weapons, China, terrorism, and other issues that matter to the national security of the United States. That Washington has meddled in countless nations’ affairs from Iraq to Russia—and caused untold damage—is of no account to the establishment. Rules do not apply to democracy promoters.
After the Iraq war, we should have reconsidered our hubristic American exceptionalism. One can take pride in the American tradition without laying claim to a uniquely beautiful national soul that is exempt from the laws of nature and of nature’s God. The hysterical reaction to Trump’s truthful admission that the United States too has made mistakes in its relationship with Russia is a sign that American exceptionalism is still in full flower among elites. Without the return of a certain humility, there will be more military adventures abroad and political strife at home.
No one has said America is exempt from the moral law because of exceptionalism. Proportionality is not remotely the same thing.
It’s a straw man, and destroys nearly all of your subsequent argument.


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The hit film "The Secret" brought the power of among the Regulation of Destination to numerous people worldwide. The Law of Destination was brought right into the limelight and also countless people assumed that this was the answer they had actually been looking for. While the Legislation Of Tourist attraction is a very effective law, it is only part of the total challenge of success. There are 12 other Universal laws and also in order to accomplish success you should integrate all these laws into your life. These 12 Universal Laws are so seldom discussed or taught that they are described as the 12 Forgotten Laws.
The first of The 12 Forgotten Universal Laws is The Legislation of Assuming. This regulation connects to the power of your ideas. Each invention, from the simple chair to the mobile phone, began as a believed in the mind of the inventor. The very same puts on your life. Before you can live your dream life, you should be able to "see" exactly what that dream life would resemble in your mind before it can become a reality.
The Legislation of Supply states that there is a limitless supply of anything you desire in the Universe. Instead of buying into the idea of deficiency that is so continued by the media, you need to realize that we live in a Cosmos of wealth and there is plenty of every little thing to walk around. Genuinely becoming aware of this abundance is important to being able to attract wealth as well as prosperity into your life.
The Legislation of Destination states that whatever you focus on is just what you draw in. Take notice of things that make you miserable and also you'll bring in much more points to earn you miserable. Yet if you concentrate your attention on things that make you satisfied as well as placed a smile on your face, after that you'll bring in even more of that right into your life.
The Law of Receiving states that you will just obtain exactly what you prepare to receive. So, for example, you can want $10,000 a month, however if you don't think that it's feasible or that you deserve it, then you'll never get it.
The Law of Increase take care of boosting and also improving every facet of your life. Currently matter how good your life is, there's constantly area for improvement and also growth.
The Legislation of Settlement states that "You reap exactly what you plant" Are you planting seeds of success or failing? In life, exactly what you place in is what you venture out. Whatever you do and the actions you send out right into deep space will come back to you, for better or worse.
The Legislation of Non-Resistance is one of the most ignored of all the 12 failed to remember laws. Yet it is as well as among one of the most effective of the 12 forgotten laws. The Legislation of Non-Resistance states that whatever you stand up to, persists. This merely suggests that the important things that you dislike grow stronger in your life. The even more energy you put into despising as well as resisting them, the stronger as well as much more effective they obtain. Lack of knowledge of this regulation describes why many individuals cannot use The Law Of Attraction successfully. Now matter exactly how tough it might be at initially, you must discover how to disregard the important things that you don't such as and also to redirect your attention to those points that make you satisfied.
The Legislation of Forgiveness specifies that in order to move forward in your life you need to launch excruciating occasions from the past. It's amazing to recognize how ignorance of this legislation could be blocking the circulation of success into your life.
The Legislation of Sacrifice states that in order to gain something you need to be prepared to pay the rate. Take a look at this as an investment in a better future rather than a current sacrifice.
The Legislation of Obedience states that the 12 Forgotten universal laws of success will collaborate with you if you obey them. If you live an unrestrained life and cannot continually exercise these 12 Universal Laws then do not be amazed if you stop working.
The Law of Success is a mix of every one of the previous 12 Universal laws. The Legislation Of Success states that you could prosper, despite your history, or how poor things have actually been in the past. Success is your bequest.


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Online publishers produce a ton of content and their challenge is to get this content in front of readers. Media companies often have limited resources and time is of the essence for these companies.
Email automation is a critical component for the media and entertainment industry. What functions do they need to look for in their (future) tools?
Why online publishers need email marketing automation so badly?
Email can help optimize traffic and drive readers back to a media company’s website. Having more eyeballs means more readers and subscribers, which in turn means a higher advertisement returns and readership, and reach.
So how can publishers take advantage of email automation to help benefit their business goals? There are several different functionalities tied to tactics that media companies are employing to get their messages into the inbox first without editors having to go into a system and schedule an email.
Webfetch allows media companies to build newsletters for integrated with any content management system capable of publishing content to a URL. The publisher can use the webfetch or RSS functionality in their email automation tool to scrape their site for content to populate a newsletter based on a set of prescribed rules. This can significantly increase (email) production by automating the message assembly and scheduling process via WebFetch.
For instance, the media company can pull all content that was published in the last day or the last hour, or all stories that are tagged with a specific subject and then send daily personalized emails based on these parameters to subscribers.
Creating a breaking news alert is the best way for a media company to push out important content through their real time email database, performing a service to readers who want up to-the-minute news and ‘having the scoop’.
News publishers can take advantage of pre-designated templates which can automatically be populated with breaking news and sent out to subscribers in 60 seconds. Be sure to check if your ESP is able to send that quick. Publishers can take advantage of these templates without even having to log into a platform.
Breaking news alerts can be set up automatically and content is pulled directly from the website and dropped into the email without any additional work for the media company. This allows for quicker time to the inbox and reduces the level of effort required for media marketers.
Media companies can create automated email newsletters based on their reader’s browsing behavior using web personalization tools. Web browsing tracking allow marketers to follow a subscriber’s activity on their website and then use that activity knowledge to send personalized email content to subscribers based on these behaviors. This is an effective way to send highly targeted messaging to a confirmed engaged user base.
With Link Categories a publisher can group like or similar links within your mailings into a single category such as advertiser, product or area of interest. This can be used for reporting back to advertisers or form insight into the areas of interest and identify (niche) target groups.
After the data has been collected, you can then also target to your engagers based on information they have clicked on. Higher targeted email advertisement, advertorials and additional subscriber information often leads to more attractive offering for advertisers and media partners alike.
Many media companies have built mobile apps to help drive engagement with their audiences on smartphones and tablets. Automated emails can be used to help promote these mobile apps. Publishers have the power to use device detection features in order to understand how their readers are accessing content. A publisher can then use this information to learn which subscribers are reading emails on mobile devices and then retarget email messages to them, in an automated manner, to promote their mobile apps.
These functionalities will help publishers get their message to readers, optimize their site traffic and increase revenue with a reduced level of effort on their end.

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Padel court with great elegance and visibility. Without framesin the backside offers a great vision of the game. Manufactured with high quality material and at a very competitive price.
StructurePanoramic background with 100x100x3mm tube. Resistant to impacts in two pieces of 5m, joined together by autodrill screws which these pieces are perfectly joined, with upper frame of electro-welded mesh 50x50x4mm. of 2000x1000mm. steel with hole for glass 2995x1995mm.
4 Panoramic sides of 4000x2000mm of structural tube 100x100x3, joined by autodrill screws being perfectly joined, with upper frame of electro-welded mesh 50x50x4mm. of 2000x1000mm. steel with hole for glass 2995x1995mm.
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This app is great for translating words but I really really wish it had vocal option so you know how the word is pronounced too. It would be the perfect app if it had this.
My only disappointment was the word scramble game appears to be English only. Would love to have it in Irish.
Easy to navigate, visually pleasant, and provide you with notifications for a word of the day which keeps my iris fresh.
The new interface is not as intuitive, nor as easy to use as previous versions. The back button whips you all the way to the opening page instead of going to your previous search item, A retrograde step for an otherwise excellent tool.
Writing a book in Irish. This will help me a lot!
Word a day learning the language & so much more than just a dictionary.
Collins makes even a dictionary fun with games (Hangman), Word of the Day, and other neat stuff.
I love having the ease of translating Irish onto English and the reverse at the tip of my fingers. This app comes in handy and is very easy to use. I use it all the time when I need to know what an Irish word means.

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Pairing – The amount of Swiss francs (CHF) that one can buy for every New Zealand dollar (NZD).
Alternative risk play – The New Zealand dollar is a risk-correlated currency, due to its exposure to economic performance on a global scale, and high interest rates within the country. The Swiss franc, on the other hand, is a safe-haven currency due to its tendency to strengthen during times of economic uncertainty in Europe.
Commodities – Agricultural prices can affect both these currencies, but New Zealand is far more reliant on income from agricultural trade. Oil prices, as well as gold and coal can affect the strength of the franc.

industry_corpus2: Finance & Economics


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When creating a website, CMS is installed only in the root catalog of a web server. After system installation, the static pages and files intended for display in different website mirrors (e.g., language mirrors) are located in the relevant subfolders of the root catalog. If you create several websites on the same hosting, you have to install the system in each root catalog of the relevant website. This approach will obviously result in a complete decentralization of the management of your projects. Moreover, the disc space of the hosting is not used properly.
The Bitrix Framework system is developed taking into account the requirements of the companies wishing to support several websites (e.g., language mirrors or topic-based sections). The multiple site concept requires significantly fewer resources to support projects and permits managing all websites from one place.
In order to create several sites without installing the system in each root folder of each site or in order to create several sites without placing them in subfolders of a root folder, two web servers (or virtual hosts of one web server) should be created with different root folders, and symbolic links of the folders /bitrix and /upload should be created inside each root folder using tools of the operating system.
Thus, common entities for all projects on the same hosting are the folders /bitrix, /upload, and the database. Websites are divided by static pages of the server and by the field Site of the database objects (news, polls, etc.).
Both sites must use the same encoding.
Sometimes it may be necessary to transfer two sites from various installations to one with a multiple site configuration. That is technically possible but it is not provided for in the standard configuration.


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Phil and Brendo talk about kid health issues, old computers, summer vacation, liquid fart spray, 80’s horror movies, and lots more. Thanks for listening!
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Phil and Brendo discuss Brendo’s recent job loss, Phil’s San Diego trip, Full House, Star Wars, Lucha Underground, The Goldbergs, Bob’s Burgers, and lots more. Also there’s lots of reader mail and the usual Marmaduke. Thanks for listening!
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Phil and Brendo discuss Phil’s orchard bonanza, Brendo’s work weekend, Animal Crossing (surprise!) and lots more. They also spend a lot of time being nostalgic about clothing from their childhood. I’m not sure how we got there, but it was fun!
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Campaign of harassment against drummer including occult practice and 'dark magic.
The former drummer of superstar Beyonce has accused the singer of 'extreme witchcraft,' casting magic spells of 'sexual molestation' and even murdered her kitten.
Thompson also claimed the singer murdered her kitten, but it is unclear whether she is alleging the animal was part of a sacrifice.
The drummer recently filed paperwork seeking to impose a restraining order against Beyonce, believing she had been tapping her phones and controlling her finances, according to The Blast.
Despite her claims, the judge denied Thompson's request for a temporary restraining order.
The singer is yet to comment on the allegations made against her.
According to The DM: Meanwhile, the Crazy In Love performer was back in her hometown of Houston, Texas, Wednesday night with husband Jay-Z as they rocked the NRG Stadium on their On The Run II Tour.
'Thank you to my hometown for being the loudest crowd so far,' she boasted in the caption of a montage of pictures she shared to her Instagram.
The power couple have just seven more concerts to go on their tour which kicked off in Cardiff, Wales, in early June.
The final concert is set for Seattle, Washington, on October 4.


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Sometimes you find inspiration in another map. Initially I started drawing this map based only on three corridors, and somewhere along the way I realized that it was starting to feel like Quasqueton – the dungeon from the classic module “B1 In Search of the Unknown”.
So I went with it and stole a few elements from the classic map, and tried to compress the whole In Search of the Unknown experience into a single small dungeon map instead of a massive sprawling complex – complete with one-way secret doors, alcoves along the entry corridor, the kitchen and dining rooms, throne room, garden, storage space, pools, and a lower level of natural caverns.
Originally I drew the core of this map for the Exquisite Corpse Dungeon 2 project, and then added the additional material to make it into a fully self-contained map once I scanned the section being used for the Exquisite Corpse. I’ll post the exquisite corpse slice when the Exquisite Corpse Dungeon 2 is finished and on display.
I love the pen and ink style of your dungeon designs, how long does a design like this normally take you?
When I’m really inspired, I can push out a map in 90 minutes. Typically there’s about a day’s work in each one.

industry_corpus2: Gaming


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The core components of the creative leadership mind incorporate curiosity, a sense of awe and the courage based on self-belief, to integrate across bias barriers. The process is meaning-purpose driven and fueled by task engagement and mastery gratification together with the gratification derived from achievement and value contribution.
While we accept the significant potential of neuroplasticity (the process of creating new neurological connections), we are nevertheless products of a strong deterministic nurture heritage. Is it really possible to instill curiosity and a sense of awe in the fully evolved adult? And what of self-belief and courage? Perhaps the best we can do in regard to establishing creative leadership is to work towards instilling gratitude for what we have and respect for others and the environment without judgement.


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The loss of those neutrons is called radioactive decay. As a result, the unstable isotope undergoes alpha decay and splits into new elements. An example is yttrium oxide stabilized with radioactive thorium oxide. Radioactive decay is seen in all isotopes of all elements of atomic number 83 or greater. The radioactive isotope of carbon was used to develop carbon dating tool, which has made the dating of various relics possible.
} Now, we have the formula for the half-life of a substance. Stable isotopes are dependable tools for determining many facts about geological materials, such as their age and where they came from. Beams of subatomic particles, such as protons, neutrons, or alpha or beta particles, directed toward diseased tissues can disrupt the atomic or molecular structure of abnormal cells, causing them to die. Carbon-14 decays over time, since it's unstable, like uranium. Once radionuclides are produced, they are packaged and safely shipped to users throughout the country, including hospitals, laboratories, universities and manufacturing plants. Cosmic radiation from the Sun and other stars is a source of background radiation on Earth. Older for example, pre-1970 watches and clocks used radium-226 as a source of light.
It's not something you need to worry about unless you are hauling a bunch of bananas across an international border. These effects can lead to dehydration due to severe vomiting and diarrhea. Radioactive element includes technetium, which has the most stable isotope and what is estimated as the longest half-life. Anthropogenic isotopes come from human-made nuclear activities, such as weapons testing and nuclear fuel production, while radiogenic isotopes are the end result of radioactive decay. This constant probability may vary greatly between different types of nuclei, leading to the many different observed decay rates. Some gemstones, such as , are naturally radioactive. So that in 1943 George Hevesy was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
Pottery and jewelry are of concern because acidic foods can dissolve small amounts of radioactive elements so that you might ingest them. Thus, the probability of its breaking down does not increase with time, but stays constant no matter how long the nucleus has existed. While between the ice crystals may be supporting the snow's weight, the system is inherently unstable with regard to a state of lower potential energy. This decay, called spontaneous , happens when a large unstable nucleus spontaneously splits into two or occasionally three smaller daughter nuclei, and generally leads to the emission of gamma rays, neutrons, or other particles from those products. You eat food, so you are slightly radioactive, too.
The problem here is that the protective face of the clock or whatever gets removed, allowing the radioactive paint to flake or peel off. The other blood cell compounds clotted grains and red blood prepare after the white blood cells. In almost all cases, you get more exposure to radiation if you take a ride in a plane or get a dental x-ray. By giving off a beta particle, the carbon-14 atom has changed into a nitrogen atom. Typically, radiation exposure causes burns and cell damage. Mostly, the uranium is a component in refactory minerals which do not readily break down and yield up their contained uranium to be leached out, redistributed and concentrated someplace where it could become a problem or an economic resource, depending out your viewpoint.
Here, using the gamma-ray spectrum, several nuclides that are typical of the decay chain of 238U have been identified: 226Ra, 214Pb, 214Bi. The bone marrow that does not get a higher dose can still produce the red blood cells, while at a sufficiently high dose it will occur a permanent damage in bone marrow and will lead to death lethal dose 3 — 5 sv. A sample of the substance is synthesized with a high concentration of unstable atoms. Chain of any number of decays For the general case of any number of consecutive decays in a decay chain, i. Please by the claims made and adding. Such uranium-containing glass is often referred to as canary or Vaseline glass. Radioactive elements include uranium, curium and thorium.
Alternative Titles: radioactive nuclide, radioisotope, radionuclide Radioactive isotope, also called radioisotope, radionuclide, or radioactive nuclide, any of several species of the same with different masses whose nuclei are unstable and dissipate excess energy by spontaneously emitting in the form of , , and. Some porcelain teeth have been artificially colored with uranium containing metal oxides make them whiter and more reflective. The normal ones are carbon-12. How is it possible, then, for an unstable nucleus to give off a beta particle electron? Gamma ray: A high-energy form of electromagnetic radiation. To see the half life equation and look at examples, read on! More common in heavy nuclides is competition between alpha and beta decay. Radioactive Elements Element Most Stable Isotope Half-life of Most Stable Istope Tc-91 4. A neutrino is not emitted, and none of the electron s and photon s emitted originate in the nucleus, even though the energy to emit all of them does originate there.
Unstable nucleus: An atomic nucleus that undergoes some internal change spontaneously. A small number of mostly light nuclides are affected. Such a decay would require antimatter atoms at least as complex as , which is the lightest known isotope of normal matter to undergo decay by electron capture. For example, in its attempt to achieve stability, a carbon-14 nucleus gives off a beta particle. The rays were given the names , , and , in increasing order of their ability to penetrate matter. Alpha decay releases two protons and two neutrons.
C-14 does not last forever. In this case, it too will decay, producing radiation. D , each nuclide population can be found in terms of the previous population. Be advised that over time, requirements could change, new data could be made available, and Internet links could change, affecting the correctness of the answers. The next discovery of the Seaborg radioactive isotopes Tc-99m and Co-60, which is a milestone in the field of Nuclear Medicine.


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Brand-new DELHI: India has stepped up efforts to sell an advanced cruise missile system to Vietnam and has at least 15 more markets in its sights, a push experts say reflects concerns in Brand-new Delhi about China’s growing military assertiveness.
, made by an Indo-Russian joint venture, would mark a shift for the world’s biggest arms importer, as India seeks to send weapons the other way in order to shore up partners’ defences and boost revenues.
government has ordered BrahMos Aerospace, which produces the missiles, to accelerate sales to a list of five countries topped by Vietnam, according to a government note viewed by Reuters and previously unreported.
Indonesia and the Philippines had also asked for the BrahMos, which has a range of 290km and can be fired from land, sea and submarine. An air-launched version is under testing.
It has railed versus China’s military assistance to arch-rival Pakistan and privately fumed over Chinese submarines docking in Sri Lanka, just off the toe of India.
“Policymakers in Delhi were long constrained by the belief that advanced defence cooperation with Washington or Hanoi could provoke aggressive and undesirable responses from Beijing,” said Jeff M Smith, director of Asian Security Programs at the American Foreign Policy Council in Washington.
34-member Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR), a non-proliferation regime of which China is not a member. June 6 was the deadline for any member to object to a Brand-new entrant, and none had.
joining another non-proliferation body, the Nuclear Suppliers Group , a move China has effectively blocked. Both groups would give India greater access to research and technology.
“A frigate integrated with the BrahMos can play a decisive role, it can be a real deterrent in the South China Sea,” the source said, adding Brand-new Delhi would have to expand the line of credit to cover the cost of the ship.

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Hampden start… but will it be his last for Rangers?
Deposed captain Barry Ferguson is poised for a starting place at Hampden in a Scottish Cup Final farewell to Rangers.
Sportsmail understands Pedro Mendes has been all but ruled out of the showpiece tie against Falkirk with a thigh injury, while Maurice Edu is also a fitness doubt after picking up a knock in the SPL title clincher against Dundee United last weekend.
That opens the door for Ferguson to make his first start since the Boozegate affair - and gives him the chance to complete his Ibrox career with an active part in landing the Double.
The player's agent, John Viola, is due to hold discussions with Rangers over his future next week, with newly-relegated West Bromwich Albion among the clubs eyeing a �1million summer deal.
Ibrox assistant manager Ally McCoist admitted Ferguson was likely to feature against Falkirk but was unwilling to predict it would be his last appearance. 'He has a year left on his contract and hasn't sat down with the manager or the chairman to discuss anything,' said McCoist.
'At this moment, I would think Barry has a very good chance of appearing for Rangers at Hampden. I would rather not comment on anything else until after the decision has been made between Barry and the chairman. If he stays on, I would be delighted.
Ferguson has made substitute appearances against Aberdeen and Dundee United over the last fortnight but hasn't started a match since Scotland's defeat in Amsterdam on March 28. The fitness concerns over Mendes and Edu, however, have put him in line to face John Hughes' men at the national stadium.
Team-mate Steven Davis admitted he would be delighted to see Ferguson join skipper David Weir in collecting the Scottish Cup - if Rangers can overcome Falkirk - after they joined forces to hoist the SPL trophy at Tannadice on Sunday.
'It would be nice for Barry to go up there for another trophy with David,' said Davis.
'He has been a great player for Rangers for a number of years. I think all the boys look up to him. You see his influence in training and in matches.
Final call: Ferguson set for Hampden start¿ but will it be his last for Rangers?


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Half-way through our trip to Italy, my phone stopped working. It wouldn't read the touch sensor for a day or so at a time- making it impossible to get into. I put up with it for a few more weeks (because I didn't have time to send it in to get repaired), and now I'm a month into a phoneless life and I have to say.... it is so nice.
While I wait, I have a £5 mobile phone. The tiny screen has a call log, contacts book, settings and game (singular- just one pathetic little game). It's so basic, and it has been a welcome detox from mindlessly scrolling social media and updating my inbox.
And all those helpful little apps? Whadday know- I can still login to my bank on my laptop and get everything done that I need as well as all the various functions that I spend clicking away at on my phone.
The only downside is that I never have a camera with me without my iPhone. I missed Viola's first day of school. I look at Harry's golden curls in the afternoon sunlight and realize that I only have my memories from sitting on the couch together, rather than a photo burst of them. So you know... pros and cons.
It's a real struggle to stay present- especially in the presence with my kids. In those quiet moments of sitting around the kitchen table or as they tinker with toys, I find myself constantly flicking back and forth between them and my phone.
I have the new iPhone 7 headed my way by the end of the month, and I'm already cringing at the bad habits that I'll fall back into.


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Buy Safavieh Windsor 9-Foot x 13-Foot Alexa Rug in Orange from $536.99 at Bed Bath & Beyond. Brilliant hues veiled in a distressed finish impart mod flair on this Safavieh Windsor Alexa Rug. Glamorous and sophisticated with a grand central medallion and large ornate border, Alexa is made using supple synthetic yarns for lasting color and texture.Brilliant hues veiled in a distressed finish impart mod flair on this Safavieh Windsor Alexa Rug. Glamorous and sophisticated with a grand central medallion and large ornate border, Alexa is made using supple synthetic yarns for lasting color and texture.
The Timeo Area Rug by Safavieh features a free-spirited design and warm colors that evoke a Bohemian-chic flair. With a mix of high and low loop pile, this rug is power-loomed of durable polypropylene in classic textures and trendy erased-weave.
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A nice find today via Open Culture, Jack Kerouac's hand-drawn maps of his and Neal Cassady's hitchhiking trip from July to October in 1948. As I'd speculated—and hoped!—here, it seems as if Kerouac and Cassady sped right through DeKalb on the Lincoln Highway.
Surely most ardent readers of Jack Kerouac’s novel On the Road have tried to map Sal Paradise and Dean Moriarty’s American journey. Above, partially alleviating your own need to take the pains of sketching out that great Beat journey yourself, we have a map drawn by the author himself. Pulled from Kerouac’s diary, it traces the route of a hitchhiking trip of July through October 1948, which no doubt fueled the still-potent literary impact of his best-known book, which would see publication almost a decade later in 1947. Each stop has a label, from the iconic American metropolises of New York City, Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Washington, D.C. to the less-known but no less evocative smaller towns like Des Moines, North Platte, Laramie, and Selma.
This is truly great to read! Walking down Lincoln,a freshman just having read On The Road, I often day dreamed about the possibility of Kerouac, Cassady and perhaps even Ginsberg ripping down a younger DeKalb. I've heard rumors of Ginsberg having read on campus in the 80's? Its interesting, no matter how long my past's heroes have been sitting on a shelf, I can't help but feel excitement towards news that may connect them closer to my own life. It makes the mental images I have of them seem more "real".

industry_corpus2: Literature & Emotions


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If you drive a Honda in the Reno area, count on the mechanics at SGA for all your repair and maintenance needs. We love Honda vehicles, and we’ll treat yours with the respect it deserves.

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.NET Framework is important for running applications developed under .Net platform.
Essential for the functioning of many software .NET Framework allows to run applications developed with the Microsoft.NET platform. In practice, the framework is used by many software.
.NET Framework offers among others a better support for multicore processors and increased performance, optimizing data access, support for SDK 2.0 Surface, Multi-touch Windows 7 menus tape and other additional features associated with the taskbar.
.NET Framework provides increased scalability and applications through improved caching, deploying and updating applications via ClickOnce, support the largest number of browsers and devices performance possible via the ASP.NET controls and services.


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A video game user plays XBOX.
Picture the average video gamer today.
Who do you see? Is it a put-together professional with a family and outside interests who games for fun? Or is it a middle-aged man glued to a computer screen sucking Cheeto dust from his fingers in a dark corner of a basement?
In the past, the latter has been the stereotypical image of the average gamer – introverted, quiet, eschewing outside contact with real people in lieu of virtual stories and characters. But in today’s online world, gaming has taken on a much more social identity. Early were the single-player, story-driven games you’d play yourself (think Zelda or Super Mario Brothers)... or if they did have multiplayer modes, you’d need a friend in the room with you.
Today, thanks to the rise of the internet combined with the popularity of well-known massively multiplayer online (MMO) games like World of Warcraft, Minecraft, Rocket League and League of Legends – and more recently , Fortnite and Playerunknown's Battlegrounds, both battle-royale style games in which up to 100 players are dropped onto a map with limited weapons and resources, last player standing wins – gaming relationships can be created and built across countries or even continents. Competitors turn into clans (gamer-speak for a group of people who you likely don’t know personally but regularly game with online) and clan members turn into real friends. This focus by many developers to make games that create communities has helped pave the way for gamers to literally and figuratively come out of their caves, and for gaming itself to be regarded as a social activity instead of an escapist hobby for the antisocial. It also doesn’t hurt that organized e-sports have seen a meteoric rise in popularity with the development of professional leagues and even college teams for gamers, or that watching others game via live stream is now insanely popular on platforms like YouTube and Twitch.
How do you see gaming as a social activity? What are your experiences creating and building relationships through games? If you’ve been a gamer for a while, what’s your take on the “myth of the lonely gamer” and how it has changed over the years?
Los Alamitos wants out of California’s sanctuary state movement – what are the legal repercussions?


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Spanish gypsies have contributed greatly to flamenco and there are several core gypsy families in Andalucía that gave birth to many styles of flamenco. Amongst these great family dynasties are the families Amaya, Molina, Carrasco, Montoya, Núñez, Vargas, Soto, Torre, Flores, Peña, Jiménez, Pavón, Ortega, Fernández, Loreto, Monje, Heredia, Cortés and García.
Today in the 21st century many of the younger generations proudly carry on their families artistic legacies. The Carmen Amaya family is one gypsy dynasty. The Diego Amaya Flores ‘Diego del Gastor’ family is another. Diego’s great aunt ‘Aniya La Gitanilla de Ronda ‘Aniya Amaya Molina’ (Ronda 1855 – 1933) sang, danced and played the guitar. She invented her own ‘solearillas’ which were cited and performed by her at the 1922 contest of flamenco song held by Federico Garcia Lorca. Aniya’s family ‘Los Negros de Ronda’ were from Grazalema, a province of Cadiz, only 28 km from Ronda. Aniya’s nephew Juan Amaya Cortés (Grazalema 1869 – Morón 1983) traded as a sheepshearer for 30 years, which he had learnt from his father Francisco Amaya Amaya. Juan Amaya Cortés would visit local fairs for trade including the Ganado fair in Grazalema.
When Juan Amaya Cortés’ father Francisco Amaya Amaya (Aniya’s cousin) passed away in 1907 his family continued to wander from town to town and from fair to fair de la Serrania until they arrived to El Gastor in 1912 where they decided to put some roots down. Aniya’s nephew Juan Amaya Cortés continued singing her soleares. Juan was very talented but never dedicated to flamenco professionally. The towns provided a warm atmosphere and hospitality to the flamenco singer. The family were surrounded by lovers of their art and Juan would often sing at family events. The family decided to move once again to Morón de la Frontera around 1920, where they finally settled down permanently.
Juan’s son Diego Amaya Flores ‘Diego del Gastor’ was a guitar genius taught by his brother José. Students would come from all over the world to study with him. Diego‘s nephews Paco, Juan, Agustin and Dieguito are all exceptional guitarists and each have their own personal style. Singing was also traditionally taught from generation to generation and many of Diego’s nephews and nieces became great singers and ‘festeros’ including La Chica de Morón, Mercedes, Andoranno, Fernandillo de Morón and La Niña de Amparo. Juan’s grandson José Rios Amaya ‘Pepe Rios’ was an exceptional gypsy dancer and dance teacher. Juan Amaya Cortes taught Pepe Ríos Amaya everything about gypsy flamenco dance.
Pepe started his artistic career at 12 years of age. He worked in many flamenco companies including those of Manuel Vallejo, Manolo Caracol, Chonca Piquer, Juanita Reina, La Niña de los Peines and the La Paquera. He was also Rosario’s dance partner. He performed in festivals all over, with his wife Amparo Torre (Manuel Torre’s daughter) and his sister in law María Torre. He dedicated almost fifty years of his life to teaching flamenco in Seville in the street Castellar. Amongst his most notable flamenco students were Concha Vargas, Inmaculada Aguilar, Javier Barón, Juana Amaya and his nephew Ramón Barrull.
Ramón Barrull was a genius. Apart from dancing, he played the organ, the guitar and also sang on occasions. Morón de la Frontera named him ‘El niño gran revelación del baile gitano andaluz’. Ramón would often accompany his uncle Pepe to the festivals and fairs and started to perform with his own group at festivals such as ‘El Gazpacho Andaluz’, ‘El Festival de Cante Grande de Ronda’ where he shared the bill with Manuela Carrasco and Camarón de la Isla. In the 1970’s Ramon invented a different kind of flamenco footwork, some say he was well ahead of his time.
Ramón wanted his son Jairo Barrull to follow in his footsteps and to carry on the family tradition, so Ramón’s gran took Jairo along to Pepe Rio’s academy when he was about 4 years old. Pepe showed him the 2-1 flamenco step and then it was down to Jairo’s father to prepare and train him to be a professional flamenco dancer. Jairo performed in family reunions and in the local fairs until he was 7 years old. It was in 1991 in a tribute to Juan Talega at the Festival Gazpacho Andaluz de Morón where he would perform in public for the first time.
Since then, Jairo has travelled around the world proudly upholding his father’s legacy and forging his own dance style. When Jairo was 13 years old he performed at the Vatican for the Pope John Paul II in José Heredia Maya’s ‘Un Gitano de Ley’ and at the Alte Oper of Frankfurt with German juggler Francis Brunn in ‘Incognito’. The German press repeatedly declared him ‘The Hope of Dance’ when he performed at the Berliner Philharmonie in 2003.

industry_corpus2: Subject Education


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"Talking of thrills, the professor assuredly gets his. He is thrilled through and through. He is gagged and then he is thrown into a mummy's coffin and humiliated to a great degree. But in the end he turns the tables and lands his enemy in durance vile - on a charge that was originally brought against the professor himself!"
"Professor Gregg arrived in New York on a liner at a time when news was very light, which explains why the reporters gave big displays to the fact that Gregg was returning with rare antique jewels which he had unearthed abroad. He also had a vast collection of other antiques, and the value of his belongings was set at an enormous figure. The accounts were read with great interest by a number of persons, including a gentleman whose fingerprints and photograph were highly treasured by the police of many cities. It struck him that the professor was far too wealthy, and he determined to see if they could not do business together. So he evolved a neat little plan whereby he hoped to meet the professor and the jewels. The professor received word that a mummy was to be sent to him for inspection, and hoped that he would buy it. He arrived on scheduled time, but he did not have much time to inspect it. For the mummy, who was the before-mentioned light-fingered individual, climbed out of his case, swatted the professor, and, assisted by the expressman, bound and gagged him, then interred him in the case and sent him away.
"The professor spent a few unhappy hours a prisoner in a dirty room, then he managed to free himself, and started back toward his hotel. On the way he met a newsboy, and hearing him cry out, 'All About the Smuggler,' he bought a paper. It interested him to read that Professor Gregg had been captured in his hotel room on a charge of bringing in valuables without notifying the customs authorities. His admiration of speedy metropolitan justice was intensified on learning that his substitute had been arrested, tried and convicted within two hours, and was already beginning to enjoy a six-month sentence. That the prisoner refused to tell the police where the gems were hidden also pleased the professor. The substitute was mutely brooding in his cell. He had been afraid to tell the police he was not the professor, for if he proved it he would convict himself of burglary, which meant a long sentence up the river. Still, although he had saved time for himself, he was far from being cheerful. Then a message arrived from the outer world. It was from Professor Gregg. He explained that he had sold all his antiques before the substitute arrived, and he thanked the latter warmly for representing him at the role call of the city prison. The substitute thought of the professor, who had told him he was now on the ocean, heading for a pleasure trip in Europe. The substitute was a strong, course man, but he wept. Then he removed his false white whiskers, part of the disguise the police had not penetrated, and cursed."
Note: The phrase, "up the river," in the preceding synopsis refers to Sing Sing, the state prison at Ossining, New York, up the Hudson River from New York City.
"Unfortunately the play permits a rascal to escape his just dues and to leave the country. Were not the story one of decided originality in theme as well as in the treatment, this fact would lay it open to censure, but this quality and serio-comic vein warrants the pardoning of its climax. A 'professor' arrives in New York from abroad, the newspapers relating of the vast treasure he is bringing with him in the way of antiques and ancient historical relics as well as jewels. A pair of crooks read of his arrival and plan to ensnare him and steal the treasures. They prepare the shell of a mummy and write the 'professor' at his hotel of their great discovery, asking the privilege of sending it to him, that he may inspect it. Meantime one of the pair makes himself up to resemble their anticipated host and secretes himself in the shell, which is then conveyed to the hotel. The expressmen are confederates of the crooks and at once seize the 'professor,' bind and gag him and put him in the box, the other stepping out. The box is taken back to their den, where the prisoner is left in supposed security. The impersonator then rummages through the hotel apartment in search of the supposed hidden riches. As he is at work detectives enter, arrest him as the 'professor,' and take him to prison on a charge of smuggling. The real 'professor' frees himself, escapes from the den, reads the account of his own supposed arrest, hies to a steamship pier, boards an outgoing vessel and then sends a parting note to the crook at the prison, congratulating him on his successful attempt, addressing the note to 'Prof. Gregg,' his own name. The last seen of the old rascal is when he is standing on the deck of the steamer waving a laughing farewell, the joke being doubly amusing because of his note, which informed the crook that he had sold all of his smuggled goods immediately on landing. It is thoroughly entertaining in the way it is staged, the scenes being finely put on and the acting being of a creditable standard."
"An excellent comedy-drama which grips the interest of the audience from start to finish."
"Riley Chamberlin as Professor Gregg 'put one over' on a very wise young man who thought he was also slick. It is good comedy - and a little out of the ordinary, in fact, novel."


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Located in The Beaches, this hotel is steps from Woodbine Park and Queen Street. The Distillery Historic District is 2.9 mi (4.6 km) away.
Located in Leslieville, this bed & breakfast is within 1 mi (2 km) of Woodbine Beach and Queen Street. The Distillery Historic District is 2.8 mi (4.4 km) away. Coxwell Station is 24 minutes by foot and Greenwood Station is 29 minutes.
Located in Leslieville, this vacation home is within 2 mi (3 km) of Queen Street, The Distillery Historic District, and St. Lawrence Market. Hockey Hall of Fame and Ryerson University are also within 3 mi (5 km).
Located in Leslieville, this vacation home is within 3 mi (5 km) of Queen Street, The Distillery Historic District, and Ryerson University. Yonge-Dundas Square and St. Lawrence Market are also within 3 mi (5 km). Greenwood Station is 23 minutes by foot and Donlands Station is 24 minutes.
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Tiles offered at Squarefoot Flooring are of high quality and durability. Our tiles are ideal for residential and commercial floor and wall application. Tiles offered are available in porcelain, ceramic, stone such as granite, marble, travertine, limestone, onyx, quartz, glass. We at Squarefoot Flooring offer tiles from Anatolia Tile, Ciot, Olympia Tile, Centura Tile, Daltile, Sarana Tile, Trusa, Faber Tile and Stone and more.
An assortment of natural weathered wood, featured in highly contrasting earth tones. Inspired by various wooden styles, Amaya provides a realistic finish with detailed knots and prevalent wood grain. The textured patterns represent its natural beauty, meshing the outdoors with a socially responsible solution.
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Simple yet timeless porcelain, providing the perfect easel allowing interior designers to flourish. Prima is inspired by the spectrum of Black & White, from the most pristine white sand beach to the blacks of the deepest ocean. The timelessness and purity of the Prima Collection offers an array of possibilities for any interior; classic or contemporary Double loaded porcelain technology in a true technical porcelain creates a product that has the look and the durability to stand up in the most high traffic commercial areas.
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Be blown away by Victoria's spectacular national parks. Take your pick of stunning scenery at the Grampians, Phillip Island and Wilsons Prom. Get close to koalas,penguins and wombats, encounter wild walking trails along the Great Ocean Road or wend tour way through the Dandenong Ranges on an iconic train track!
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There’s a wealth of information on this website, but if you also like to sit down with a good book, have a go at these.
Several great reads are available from the speaker at our opening Zeppelin event in October 2017 – Ian Castle. This is his latest, published in April 2018, available from all good booksellers and Amazon.
Another speaker in October was Stephen Bourne, a local historian and prolific author. For our Zeppelin commemorations, he was specifically dealing with the role of Black servicemen and families during the First World War, which he covers in his book Black Poppies – also on Amazon.
Still the definitive history of Burgess Park, well illustrated with photos, and full of memories collected from people who lived in the area which became Burgess Park. Written by Tim Charlesworth, it was published in 2000, so it doesn’t cover the most recent regeneration.
Avaliable from Amazon at a mere £5, with all proceeds going to the Friends of Burgess Park!
Find out the story of the man behind the 70+ buildings he was involved with funding, with illustrations of most, if not all of them. Available from the publishers and in many other outlets.
A fascinating look at the (now frequently underground) rivers and waterways of London. The book covers the Earls Sluice, wich runs among the northern boundary of the Park, under Albany Road, and also, of course, the Grand Surrey Canal. Available from Amazon (so the author gets a well-deserved commission) for £7.49.


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The most common issue with diesel engines is typically the death of an injector or two due to accumulative build-up.
A very expensive visit to your mechanic.
To help your very expensive injectors stay in good shape, it's a good idea to use a specific cleaner every so often.
Hence, I’ve compiled a list of the best diesel injection cleaners that you can buy right now, to keep your engine running for a lot of miles.
Each of these products will ensure that your fuel system is optimized and running as well as the day it was built.
When trying to figure out the best diesel fuel injection cleaner to buy, one of the most important factors to consider can be the brand.
Certain companies out there are well-known for making high-quality materials, which can help ensure that you aren’t getting a subpar mixture for your vehicle.
Fortunately, Sea Foam is one of the better brands out there, so that isn’t a concern here.
When compared to other diesel cleaners, you’ll notice that this mixture is more generic than others.
One of the reasons that I like this product so much is that you can use it on a wide variety of engines, whether it’s a car, truck, boat, gasoline, or diesel.
This versatility means that you can take advantage of it regardless of the kind of vehicle you have, and it allows you to put it into your fuel system much more easily, as you can dump it into the tank, the crankcase, or the carburetor itself.
Another reason that I prefer this cleaner to others is that it offers so much more than just a cleaner engine.
It helps to lubricate and stabilize your fuel system, which is why you don’t have to use it as often. Also, it helps prevent freezing in your lines and will quiet your engine.
Having a car can be expensive, which means that you want to be as economical as possible without sacrificing on quality.
Diesel injector cleaners usually pay for themselves based on the improvement you get in both fuel efficiency and engine longevity, but they can still be somewhat costly overall.
Fortunately, if you want something that’s effective and relatively cheap, then you’ll love this treatment from Lucas.
Technically speaking, this product is not designed specifically for diesel engines, which makes it a versatile option for a wide range of vehicles. Nonetheless, it still works wonders on diesel injectors, which is why I have it on this list.
The price alone is worthwhile, but the performance is also decent.
The primary reason to get this treatment is to improve your overall fuel efficiency and cleanliness.
Also, it helps prevent the wear and tear of cold starts by improving your fuel system overall, and it can reduce smoke and sulfur deposits exceptionally well.
Unfortunately, since this product is not geared towards diesel engines, in particular, it does fall short compared to other brands.
Also, it doesn’t last as long as many other cleaners, so you will go through it relatively quickly.
For best results, you should add it every time you fill your tank up. Thus, you should keep it in your trunk so that you never forget it.
So far, I’ve shown you cleaners that are more of a generic solution to the problem of deposits.
That means that while they work well, they aren’t geared toward diesel engines in particular. In this instance, however, Royal Purple is specially formulated for all kinds of diesel engines and fuels, including biodiesel and ultra-low sulfur diesel.
Not only that, but you can have anything from a light to a heavy-duty engine, and this stuff will work.
Overall, what I like about this product is that it both improves fuel efficiency and the overall life of the engine.
This formula is designed for year-round use, although if you have a wide gap in temperatures, then it may reduce its efficacy.
It can boost your fuel economy by 10% and your octane rating by eight, and it will help significantly with cold starts.
Overall, this is one of the better diesel injector cleaners on the market.
The only downside is that it may require several applications before you see any major changes.
You do have to apply it at every fill up for best results, so plan to have a canister in your trunk at all times.
When picking out the right diesel injector cleaner, the age of your car should be a factor in your decision-making process.
If your vehicle is still relatively new (less than ten years old), then you can get away with almost any cleaning agent, and they will work about the same. However, if you are driving an older car or truck, then you want something like this BG244.
The reason that this cleaner is ideal for older engines is that it is highly concentrated.
That’s also why the price is so high. Overall, when compared to most other treatments, this is one of the most expensive by volume.
Nonetheless, if your vehicle has a lot of deposits built up over the years, this can remove them in a single blow.
Unfortunately, because this does not also work as a fuel additive, you won’t necessarily see a significant boost in your engine’s performance. Overall, it’s good to use if you haven’t cleaned your system in a while.
One component that comes with many different diesel injector cleaners is a fuel additive that both improves efficiency and overall performance.
That being said, you can either get a blend that just removes deposits and keeps your system optimized, or you can get one that does that while making your car or truck operate significantly better.
In this case, Liqui Moly 2002 just does the former, so don’t expect to see a huge difference after applying it.
Overall, when getting these kinds of cleaners, you have to understand that you’re performing preventative maintenance.
Many people assume that all cleaners have fuel additives, but that’s just not the case.
When compared to other diesel injector cleaners, Liqui Moly 2002 does help make your engine run more smoothly, and you will notice an improvement over time.
Although it doesn’t last as long as some of the other blends I’ve seen, it’s a decent product at a reasonable price.
Also, the fact that it works with turbochargers makes it an ideal candidate for most passenger vehicles.
As with the BG244 above, this diesel injection cleaner is well-known because it is super concentrated stuff.
In fact, unlike anything else I’ve shown you on this list, the GM Upper Engine Cleaner has to be applied via the fuel rail.
If you’re not sure how to place it into your diesel engine, then you should have a professional look at it.
One thing to remember is that if you apply this product incorrectly, it will do severe damage to your car.
With that in mind, assuming that you’re able to inject this formula correctly, you will notice immediate results.
Because it’s so concentrated, it works best on vehicles that have not been cleaned in a long time, as well as older diesel engines that are losing their performance.
If, however, you have a newer car or truck, you won’t see significant increases in fuel efficiency or performance until you’ve used it a few times.
Overall, if your engine does have a lot of deposits or you just want to go longer in between cleanings, then this could be an excellent option for your vehicle.
What are the most common ingredients in diesel injector cleaner?
For the most part, these products are made up of a blend of the following materials.
Polyisobutylene: this substance acts as a detergent to remove sediments in your fuel lines. It also helps prevent knocking and misfiring.
Polyisobutylene Amine: this is similar to the material above, but it is much better at removing moisture from your fuel and the system as a whole.
Polyether Amine: this stuff works best at breaking down solidified deposits that won’t be removed with regular detergent. High-end cleaners will contain this chemical, also known as PEA.
How are the deposits removed?
The cleaner breaks up the sediment and gunk that is clogging your fuel system and ensures that they are burned up with the rest of your gas or diesel. The deposits are harmless, although they may produce smoke if a lot is burning off.
Should I add cleaner before or after I fill up?
Different brands will have their own instructions regarding this step, but usually, it won’t make much of a difference. As long as you stick to the recommended dosage, it can be added before or after.
Even though I’ve shown you some incredible diesel injector cleaners, I have to say that my favorite is by far the Sea Foam SF-16.
I love the versatility and performance of the spray since it will last longer and do more for your fuel system than anything else we’ve seen.
Overall, no matter what kind of vehicle you have (even if it’s not diesel), you can benefit from a Sea Foam treatment.


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The driver of 70% of U.S. economic activity, consumer spending rose a little less than expected in March but followed a strong February and remained at a reasonable pace. The Bureau of Economic Analysis said personal income rose more than analysts had forecast. The same report showed a key inflation measure – the core Personal Consumption Expenditure index, rising at a 2% annual rate for the fourth month in a row. That’s about where monetary policy officials at the Federal Reserve have said they’d like inflation to be at this point.
Manufacturing appeared to pep up in April after slowing its advance in recent months, according to the Institute for Supply Management. The trade group’s index, based on surveys of purchasing managers, hit its highest level in 10 months, much better than experts had expected.
Also beating expectations, motor vehicle sales rose slightly in April, at an annual rate of 14.4 million vehicles. Figures from Autodata Corp. show that next to February, vehicles sales climbed to their highest point in four years.
Echoing some other reports suggesting a recent slowdown in manufacturing demand, the Commerce Department said factory orders declined in March for the second time in three months. The monthly report is considered a volatile economic indicator but showed broad declines beyond a drop in commercial airline orders. The ISM Manufacturing Index for April offers hope, however, that orders since have improved.
Labor market conditions are still sorting out, according to the moving four-week average for initial unemployment claims, which rose for the fourth week in a row. Labor Department data showed jobless claims at their highest level since December while still 42% lower than the bleakest point of the recession. Claims have been below the critical level of 400,000 for 27 weeks in a row.
The ISM non-manufacturing index disappointed analysts by dropping more than expected in March, the second decline in as many months. But it still suggested continued expansion for the 28th month in a row with none of the categories in the index showing contraction.
Productivity fell in the first quarter as labor output dipped even as hours increased, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Economists said lower productivity could signal that employers can’t squeeze any more work out of their staff and need to hire more. The same report showed labor costs dropping, meaning inflation still isn’t much of a near-term concern.
The April employment report showed fewer jobs created than expected with barely a budge in hours worked or wages earned. Employers added 115,000 jobs in April, less than half the three-month average, raising questions about the sustainability of America’s modest pace of economic growth. The unemployment rate dipped to 8.1%, the lowest since January 2009, but much of that reflected Americans dropping out of the job market. Positive signs included statistical revisions showing 53,000 more jobs than previously estimated in February and March, as well as a rebound in temporary hires, which tends to portend increases in permanent positions.


text: Ms. Cheslow joined Success Academy in 2013, where she spent four years as a third-grade lead teacher and one year as an assistant principal at SA Bed-Stuy 1. In her last year as a Success Academy teacher, all of her scholars passed the NYS ELA Exam and received the highest possible score on the NYS Math Exam. Ms. Cheslow began her career in education as a student-teacher in Prince George’s County, Maryland. She earned her undergraduate degree in elementary education from the University of Maryland and her master’s degree in childhood and special education from Touro College. Outside of school, Ms. Cheslow enjoys spending time with her family and practicing yoga.


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If you like to combine winter sports, luxury and shopping you should plan your next vacation in the region of Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, Alpes du Nord. Enjoy a perfect stay near the highest mountain in Europe (4,810 meters) with insights form locals and experts.
Chamonix was the first ski resort to ever hold the Winter Olympics and is a favourite among free riders and ski hikers. The ski area of Chamonix has a lot to offer, from steep runs to the best powder. Use our guide to find updated information about how to get there, the slopes, chalet rentals, the restaurants, the ski schools, and the best après ski.
But it not only offers sports opportunities, the city has plenty of exclusive restaurants and perfect places to stay. Our expert Pierre Lelongue, a passionate winter sportsman and gourmand, has scoured this wonderful ski resort to compile all you need to know in these easy-to-use online guides full of insider tips.


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There are calls for the VAR system to be used sparingly, as a "parachute" for the referee, when it is introduced into the Champions League next week for the first time, .
European refereeing boss Roberto Rosetti on Wednesday avoided direct criticism of the way the video assistant referee had been used in domestic competitions, but said he wanted to get back to the original idea which was deploy it only to correct glaring errors.
VAR, widely considered a success at last year's World Cup in Russia, has been contentious in some domestic leagues including Italy's Serie A, with officials being criticised for being overzealous.
In one of the most-unusual decisions, bottom-of-the-table Chievo had a goal chalked off in a game last month against Fiorentina.
Chievo's Emanuele Giaccherini had the ball in the net after Fiorentina goalkeeper Alban Lafont sent a goal kick straight to him, but the VAR spotted an encroachment because a Chievo player had his foot on the line of the penalty area.
Sampdoria's 4-2 win at Empoli in December featured five VAR reviews, while Juventus and Sampdoria were awarded soft penalties with the help of the pitchside monitor in the Turin side's 2-1 win.
VAR will be introduced into the Champions League for the round-of-16 ties from Tuesday.
UEFA had backed down from using it earlier because its president Aleksander Ceferin said it caused confusion and needed more time to be implemented.
"I don't want to enter into domestic issues but I want to underline that we need to come back to the origin of the project," said Rosetti. "We need to intervene for clear and serious mistakes."
"We want clear evidence, clear images ... and serious missed incidents," he added. "The main goal is to be consistent."
Rosetti said that for factual decisions such as offside or whether an incident was inside or outside the penalty area, a recommendation from the VAR would be enough.
For incidents involving interpretation, such as fouls and handball, referees would be expected to view the incident themselves, pitchside.
"VAR has to be an insurance for the referee, a parachute for the referee, so my wish is that in 31 matches, there are no interventions," he said. "If something happens, we have to be ready."


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Home > Blog: Job Seeker Tips > Have Employers Ruined Facebook?
"Take down your pictures." "Delete offensive friends." "Censor your comments." Do this, do that, but whatever you do, make sure your profile is 110% employer-friendly.
I've preached all of this before, I've also taken a firm stand with all you job seekers out there who want the "profiling" to stop!
When did employers gain so much control over the social networking sphere? Facebook was just taking off when I was in college. Before that, everyone used MySpace. And these sites were nothing but pure fun and games; another way to keep in touch with friends and reconnect with old high school buddies.
Unless you make your profile viewable by friends only, your info is fair game for any employer out there who's looking to dig up a little dirt on you. Not looking for a job now? You still have reason to be concerned, since employees have been fired over incriminating details found on their Facebook profiles.
So if you want to hold onto the fun and games, you absolutely have to make your profile private, and don't friend anyone who could negatively impact your career. We shouldn't have to worry so much about how we're portraying ourselves to our friends, but unfortunately, there is no alternative.
Today's technology is fantastic, but it's a shame to see such an entertaining, personal site make such a potentially negative impact on our careers.

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