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The Triangle Tactical Q&A podcast turned a whole year old the other day, so I thought it might be fun to re-broadcast a few of my favorite Q&A podcast episodes during this week's show. I actually went through all of the back catalog of Q&A shows and picked out all of my favorites, and there was over 3 hours of audio, so I really had to pick and choose which ones to put in this show. I hope you enjoy.
If you're not subscribed to the Q&A podcast, you can find it here in iTunes, or here if you're on an Android device.
I mentioned a few weeks back that I'd like to have some more competitive shooting podcasts to listen to, and that I was happy to help you get your show off the ground if you are looking to get a podcast started.
Ryan Goold, a USPSA Master, is one of those folks, and his new podcast is up and running. It's called the Shooters Guide podcast, and it's focused solely on USPSA. At the time if this episode airing, he's got 4 episodes out, and has been doing them weekly.
His website is shootersguideblog.wordpress.com and you can find his podcast in iTunes or Google Play just by searching "Shooters guide podcast".
Check him out, and subscribe to his show. Here's his RSS feed.
If you'd like to send in a question, feedback, or whatever else, hit me up at luke@triangletactical.net.


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Let us enjoy the pAsuram and its meanings.
iyalvAga …. muyalvAr iyal amarar – AzhwAr says that nithyasUris are the apt entities for serving emperumAn. The meaning for iyalvAga can be taken as “fit” or as “by nature”. For the others [samsAris, those who dwell in materialistic realm], it is a cycle of taking births in various forms (and bodies) due to bad deeds, getting involved with worldly matters and at some point of time, by the mercy of emperumAn, getting engaged with matters concerning emperumAn. However, for nithyasUris, their involvement with emperumAn is due to their nature.
In thuzhAyAn – emperumAn adorns thuLasi garland to display his aiSvaryam – that he is the Lord of both nithya vibhUthi [spiritual realm] and leelA vibhUthi [materialistic realm].
adikkE sella – in order to attain his divine feet. SrI rAma tells lakshmaNa in SrI rAmAyaNam ayOdhyA kANdam 16-29 “bhAvagyEna kruthagyEna dharmagyEna cha lakshmaNa I thvayA puthrENa dharmAthmA nasamvruththa: pithA mama” (Oh lakshmaNa! My father is not dead as he has as his son, one who knows my mind, one who knows (dhaSaratha’s) activities, one who knows the customs of servitorship) [in other words, lakshmaNa is all these to SrI rAma]. The nithyasUris also carry out tasks as per emperumAn’s mind.
muyalvAr iyal amarar munnam – nithyasUris are capable, on their own, to take the initiative and serve emperumAn. lakshmaNa says in SrI rAmAyaNa ayOdhyA kAndam 31-25 “aham sarvam karishyAmi jAgratha: svapathaScha thE” (I will carry out all kainkaryam (services) to you when you are awake and asleep). nithyasUris will also carry out all kainkaryams.
Is it only nithyasUris who can carry out all services to emperumAn? AzhwAr says that he will create opportunities for us (the jIvAthmAs) to attain him [and serve him].
iyalvAga – in an appropriate way; reciting his divine names as per SAsthram; to learn vEdhas by carrying various penances as ordained in SAsthras.
niyamangaLAl parava – to be ecstatic after knowing about emperumAn through SravaNam (hearing), mananam (thinking about what was heard) and nidhidhyAsanam (meditating continuously about emperumAn) as ordained in SAsthras.
krishNa says in SrI bhagavath gIthA 9-24 “aham hi sarva yagyAnAm bhOkthA cha prabhurEvacha” (only I am worshipped in all yAgams (spiritual rituals) and I am the one who gives benefits out of those rituals) and in 10-8 “aham sarvasya prabhavO maththassarvam pravarthathE” (I am the cause of all creations and all entities function because of me). There is no difference between nithyasUris and other chEthanas (sentient entities) as far as their relationship with emperumAn is concerned.
We shall move on to the 14th pAsuram.
This entry was posted in iyaRpA, mudhal thiruvandhAdhi on June 22, 2017 by T N Krishnan.

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I've just completed G. Edward Griffin's book "The Creature From Jekyll Island" and I must admit I feel a bit duped. Like many Americans, I always thought that the Federal Reserve was federal or government bank holding US reserves. Well, I've learned that the Federal Reserve is not federal and doesn't hold reserves. In fact, as Griffin lays out so well, The Federal Reserve Act was authored by a banking cartel in 1913.
From its inception, and because it was authored by America's biggest bankers, The Federal Reserve Act put the big banks in control of American banking. It also gave the Federal Government the ability to create money from nothing which resulted in inflation (an invisible tax) that, to this day, most Americans don't understand. "Jekyll" lays out a history of money's involvement in war that is beyond chilling.
After reading this book, I have a new understanding of the history of both money and the world. In fact, to understand the history of the world post 1400, all one has to do is 'follow the money.' Money and banking have impacted history in ways that our school's text books never describe.
After you read "The Creature From Jekyll Island", I recommend spending some time on G. Edward Griffin's website, http://www.realityzone.com/index.html Beyond "Jekyll", I highly recommend "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis to further solidify an understanding of "bankers behaving badly."
It's interesting to note that politicians on both sides of the aisle are largely silent on the topic of The Fed. I suspect that some don't understand the issue while others do understand but don't want to touch the topic. Fortunately, in the 2012 primary season, Ron Paul helped to increase awareness regarding the corruption of The Fed. But this is only the beginning. In order to demand change, mainstream America needs to read and understand this book. Due to its length, I recommend listening to the new audio version, available on Audible.
Now that I've read "Creature from Jekyll Island", I want to know more. As a result, I'm getting my hands on everything I can find on the topic. At my company, McQ Media, we're in the planning stages of developing several radio specials regarding The Fed. I'm especially interested in putting this story into digestible podcasts and short video features. I'll report back with updates in the near future.
Until next time, buckle up, this is going to be very interesting.
Editor's Note: Pete Thomson is President/CEO of McQ Media, a Dallas based advertising and marketing firm. Thomson is involved in consumer advocacy journalism and serves as host of The Consumer Team radio program, broadcast on KRLD Radio, Dallas.
For a kid, a great summer vacation doesn't have to be a European trip that costs 5k per person. Growing up in "America's Hometown" Charles City, Iowa both my mom and dad operated retail businesses. Time off was tough to find, but we always seemed to find 3-4 days a couple of times each summer for a family vacation. Our favorite destination was Clear Lake, Iowa. Clear Lake was less than an hour's drive from Charles City, but for us kids, it was just as exciting as a summer in Europe.
Our favorite place to stay was 'The Hilltop Motel' which was operated by Al and Louise Allen, good friends of our family. Clear Lake and the grounds of The Hilltop were full of places to explore: The Dairy Queen was a favorite. And there's no better meal than a foot-long hot dog after swimming all day. Just across the street was the legendary Surf Ballroom, where Buddy Holly played his last show. Although I was too young to attend concerts, I watched with great interest as bands like Tommy James & The Shondells, The Grassroots and The Guess Who all came through town to play The Surf.
One of our most memorable Clear Lake adventures was during the summer of 1968, a year of political and social turbulence. In August the country was on edge after the violent Democratic National Convention in Chicago. Woodstock was happening. And in Iowa, there was a powerful rumor circulating that The Hells Angels were going to come rolling into Clear Lake to 'take over' the town over Labor Day weekend. People got so worked up that the Governor of Iowa called out the National Guard to protect the town. I was 11 that year and remember being very excited to see military jeeps and personnel all over town. Nothing materialized as far as the Hells Angels...but us kids got some great memories out of the deal.
As a dad I've thoroughly enjoyed spending time with my son on vacation. We make it to Iowa at least once a year...usually over July 4th. And this year, Mac's really excited about going to New York City for the first time. More on NYC as the trip unfolds. Until then, I hope you have a great summer that includes some vacation time with your family.
My mom passed away nearly 20 years ago. I think about her in some way every day. On Mother's Day I think about her a lot.
Mom was Always There. And not just the obvious things like rocking you to sleep at night. My mom had a way of being really connected to each of us kids. She had keen sense for when one of her kids was troubled with something. She could tell when I was the least bit upset purely from body language.
Mom was a Teacher: Her class room was the dining room table, where she set up 'camp' most days. Problems with homework? It got handled in the dining room. Issues with a girl friend? Again, the dining room. I learned how to write in the dining room. Mom taught all of us the art of writing at a typewriter. Each of us had our own Underwood typewriter and Mom was always there to proof our latest short story or piece for the school paper. Mom also loved to read. She was often reading 2-3 books at one time. I read a lot because of my Mom.
Mom was Funny: You had to get to know my mother to understand her sense of humor. She wasn't particularly outgoing. In fact, she avoided parties and social situations, preferring to be at home with her family. But around the people she was comfortable with, she was very, very funny. She was well read and had a sort of sophisticated, off beat and cheerfully caustic way of talking about life.
Mom Made Life Fun: Whether it was telling very interesting and creative bed time stories or taking us out on daily drives around town, Mom always found ways to make our lives fun. Some of her bed time stories, like 'The Witch in the Chevy 2' were funny and very original.
Mom Sacrificed: Mom majored in journalism at The University of Iowa. Her dream was to be a writer for New Yorker. And, she was smart enough and good enough to have made it to a high level in the writing world. Still, because she put others ahead of herself, her dream didn't happen the way she had planned. She gave up the bright lights of the city to stay home in her hometown of Charles City, Iowa where she could be with her mother, run her own business and start a family.
Mom Taught Us About Business: Both of my parents owned their own businesses on Main Street in Charles City. As the owner of Janan's For Young Ages, a children's clothing store, Mom was decades ahead of the explosion of women-owned businesses. Mom and Grandma Fan worked the business together for many years. Most days after school all of us kids would head down to Mom's store to catch up on the news of the day and bum a quarter from Grandma for a Coke. What we didn't realize at the time was the education we were getting about small business and balancing a career with a family. One of my favorite memories as a child was 'going to market' with Mom in Chicago at The Merchandise Mart.
Mom Loved Unconditionally: No matter what you did, Mom was always there. And through the tough days growing up, knowing that she was there was the greatest comfort and security a kid could ever have.
When I consider all these things about my Mom and realize that not all kids had mothers like mine, I know that I was truly blessed.
So as we celebrate Mother's Day 2012, a toast to you, Janan McQuillen Thomson, my Mom.
New Year's Resolutions Made Simple....3 Words!
If you're like a lot of people, you start the new year gung ho about your goals and dreams. New Year's Resolutions are often shared with other family members, published in blogs, on Facebook and Twitter, but almost never accomplished. Why? We don't identify the small. incremental daily activity that make achievement possible.
I really like blogger Chris Brogan's latest piece on setting New Year's Resolutions. Instead of specific goals, Brogan suggests selecting 3 words that embody a direction you want to take your life. For example, you might want to lose weight, improve your relationship with a family member and get control of your finances. The key words for these goals could be Health, Family and Focus. Instead of setting specific goals, select a word that describes the direction you want take your life. Then, every day, try to do do something that supports that area of your life.
Kudos to Chris for introducing this concept. It's simple but it has the potential to help us get closer to realizing those goals and resolutions that never seem to materialize.
Christmastime is here! One of our family's favorite aspects of the holiday season is the chance to gather round the fireplace and watch Christmas movies. Here's our family's list of 'The Best of Christmas Movies'.
I didn't see any of the Home Alone movies when they came out in the 1980s. I was busy being a single guy in Dallas. However, once my son was born in the late 90s, we quickly discovered this iconic Christmas movie and all of its sequels.
McCauley Kaulkin plays a great cute kid who has to come up with devious ways to fight off the 'Wet Bandits'. But the real stars of these films are Joe Pechi and Daniel Stern who play the best 'bad' guys I've ever seen in a comedy.
Home Alone's soundtracks have become a standard part of our Christmas listening. From the compostions of John Willams to the Christmas classics, these are worth the price.
Between The Santa Clause series and Christmas With The Kranks, Tim Allen has become a big part of our Christmas. When Mac was younger, the 'Clause' movies were a big hit. The depiction of The North Pole, especially, is so vivid. Now that Mac's a teen, his sense of humor is more in line with the Kranks.
As much as we love the older classic versions of 'A Christmas Carol', we love Bill Murray in Scrooged. I think it's one of his best movie performances of all time and although it's a long way from Dicken's, it captures the essense of the storyline in a very interesting way. Great support performance by John Forsythe.
And the Award for All Time Best Christmas Film goes to.........Christmas Vacation!
Mac and I agreed on this decision instantly. It is the funniest, feel-good, capture-the-season film I've ever seen. Chevy Chase is at his best and Randy Quaid is hilarious as Clark's (Chevy's) white-trash, mooching, yet good hearted brother-in-law. Each year, Christmas Vacation, is the first Holiday movie we watch.
Christmastime can get pretty busy. We hope you can slow down a bit and enjoy one or more of these Christmas film classics.
Jason McElwain is a special ed student and for several years has been the equipment manager for his high school's basketball team. On a special occasion recently, the coach gave Jason a chance to play. What happened is unbelievable. This story of an unlikely hero is the 'Feel Good' story of the year.
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Each year when I call Dad on Father's Day, I try to tell him something that I appreciate about him. Often, I’ll talk about valuable lessons he taught me through the years…and there were many. The best lessons I learned from Dad were about business. He is a true entrepreneur with an outstanding work ethic and a good ‘gut’ for business deals that will be winners.
Early in his career, he recognized the value of franchising. Indeed, even in the 50s and 60s, the mortality rate among start-up businesses was high. (SBA still has it at over 75% after 5 years in business). Dad recognized that in franchising you were in business for yourself but not by yourself. Dad’s years with Ben Franklin, owning at one time up to 5 stores, were full of great memories. During those years, all of us kids worked in the stores…as baggers, checkers and stockers. Having to handle money at an early age was valuable as was seeing the discipline that was needed to be a success in business. Through all the hard work, Dad made it fun.
As WalMart and K-Mart began to take over the retail world, Dad recognized that this business was not going to make it long-term. Wisely, he liquidated his stores and turned a going out of business sale into a major profit center. Another lesson learned: Make lemonade out of lemons.
Next, Dad found Subway Sandwich Shops. Back in the early 80s, everything about this franchise made sense to him. It was the ground floor. The corporate support was strong and he liked the franchise system that helped the business owner be successful. So, without a day of restaurant experience, my dad and his partner went to ‘Subway U’ in Connecticut and learned the restaurant business. 20+ years later, Subway and my father have been successful.
So, as I celebrate Father’s Day, I’m very thankful for not only being a dad myself, but also for the blessings I’ve received from a dad who is a great teacher. I hope my son remembers me in a similar way.

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Our Thanksgiving program, ideal for first to fourth grade students, is designed to teach students about the history of the Pilgrims. Students will learn where Pilgrims came from, why they left, and the various hardships they encountered as they created a colony in the New World. Our Thanksgiving program is a one-day event, beginning at 9 a.m. and ending by 2:00 pm. We offer this program seasonally in November until Thanksgiving. This event is specifically geared toward schools. Program includes Thanksgiving meal!
Choose from one of our great Christmas programs for half a day of fun or do both programs for a full day of Christmas excitement.
Where did the idea of the Christmas tree come from? Who were the first people to wrap presents? What is the most popular Christmas Carol in the world? All of these questions and many more are answered in our international Christmas program.
Although it may be snowing, the fun doesn't stop at Kimball Camp YMCA! In rotation format, students play games from the "wild west," make a craft, and even go on a hayride.

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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad today used the annual celebration of the anniversary of Iran’s Islamic revolution to announce that Iran has become a “nuclear state.” Although the bombastic dictator has made this claim before, his exultant announcement came shortly after Iran had announced that it would enrich uranium to the 20 percent level that it claims it needs to fuel a research reactor that is scheduled to run out of fuel later this year.
Ahmadinejad spoke before a huge crowd in Tehran mobilized by the regime, in part by transporting loyalists in from outlying regions. The opposition Green Movement also staged counter-demonstrations despite the attacks and intimidating tactics used by Iran’s police, Revolutionary Guards, and Basij militia. Many opposition leaders were attacked by thugs when they tried to meet with protesters. Presidential candidate Mehdi Karrubi and former President Mohamed Khatami were physically beaten.
Opposition sources charged that the police also fired tear gas and shots at an opposition rally led by Mir Hossein Mousavi, Ahmadinejad’s chief rival in the fraudulent presidential elections last June.
Ahmadinejad yesterday also made a phone call to Syrian leader Bashar Assad in which he warned Israel against attacking Syria, Lebanon or elsewhere in the region. “If the Zionist regime should repeat its mistakes and initiate a military operation, then it must be resisted with full force to put an end to it once and for all.” Tensions have been rising along Israel’s border with Lebanon, which was the battlefield for a 34-day war between Israel and the Hezbollah terrorist group in 2006. Hezbollah has been supplied with thousands of Iranian-made rockets and other weapons and has regained its military muscle in southern Lebanon after losing many gunmen and much territory in 2006. Ahmadinejad’s phone call is a pointed signal to Israel that if it launches a preventive strike at Iran’s nuclear program, then Tehran will order Hezbollah to launch terrorist and rocket attacks against Israel.
Iran’s provocative defiance of five U.N. Security Council resolutions and three sets of sanctions now puts additional pressure on the United States and other concerned countries to respond with much stronger sanctions. But China, which has opposed additional sanctions under the pretense that more sanctions would derail negotiations, is not likely to be cooperative.
And Russia also has defended Iran’s interests at the Security Council and cannot be trusted to support effective sanctions against Iran.
The United States is pushing for the strongest possible sanctions at the U.N. Security Council but the end result of these efforts will not approach the “crippling sanctions” that the Obama Administration has promised. Washington therefore must think outside the U.N. box and press its allies and other countries to impose stronger sanctions outside the U.N. framework. Iran would be hard hit by bans on foreign investment, gasoline exports, trade with firms affiliated with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and other measures undertaken by the European Union, Japan, India, the Gulf Cooperation Council or other countries.
But before it can ask other countries to impose stronger sanctions, the Obama Administration should support stronger U.S. sanctions which both houses of Congress have voted to approve.
The Obama Administration also should take a lesson from Ronald Reagan and support Iran’s freedom-seeking opposition movement.
An Israeli Preventive Attack on Iran’s Nuclear Sites: Implications for the United States.

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Here’s an event that I’m very proud to be a part of. Saint Strut is a fundraiser for the Saint John Regional Hospital Pediatric Department that is being hosted in the glamorous Delta Brunswick ballroom in Brunswick Square on October 10th. The event is being organized by the one and only, Judith Mackin and is a creative mashup involving fashion, film and architecture.
From a distance it may seem like just a fashion show, but for me personally it is about so much more. It’s about our city. It’s about sharing an evening with the great people of Saint John and showcasing all the beauty we are blessed to be around every day. My contribution is to provide films that will become the stage backdrops, so perhaps if fashion isn’t your thing, you can still enjoy some of the city’s everyday beauty that you may have overlooked your entire life. Filming these backdrops has opened my eyes to so many little subtleties of Saint John that I was never able to appreciated before, because I never knew they were there.

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The monthly Kome Iijan event for September 2002 took place on September 8. This was an "owarai special" (comedy special), and there were a lot of short skits.
Miyanishi Noa sang one solo song, Asu he no Yuuki. She wore a white sleeveless top and a black and white striped mini skirt.
At the end, Chou Bakuretsu Ranman Musume sang one song.
I took 296 photos with my D60 with 251 of them worth keeping. I also used my D30 and took 19 photos with 14 of them worth keeping.


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The campaign was successful, and gave birth to rich programming and more opportunities for organizing through alliance. After college, he began working with young people in Oakland and San Francisco in the areas of workforce development, academic counseling, music & media, organizing and advocacy. In 2011, he became Project Director of the ‘Heal the Streets’ program (Ella Baker Center for Human Rights). He co-wrote and implemented a youth-led, participatory action research curriculum designed to examine the root causes of violence in Oakland, CA. In 2013, he became the CA Organizing Director for ‘Young Invincibles’, where he would oversee three campaigns engaging young adults in debate around Health care, Unemployment and Higher Education. Joshua is a San Francisco native, but currently resides in Los Angeles. He takes a lot of pride in his experience with the diverse communities of California. He has a vision of inspiring young people to become soldiers in the face of inequality by coaching them to love, be critical, and to never become adjusted to injustice. Joshua is also a hip-hop artist-manager, and believes that music is essential to understanding and uplifting our people.
Zara Zimbardo, MA, received her Master's degree in Cultural Anthropology and Social Transformation from California Institute of Integral Studies, and has a B.A. in Religious Studies from UC Berkeley. For the last fifteen years she has been a body-based therapist both in private practice and community health centers.
She was the producer of an award-winning alternative current events television series highlighting grassroots movements for social and environmental justice, and has developed critical media literacy workshops, presentations, and curricula in collaboration with a wide range of schools throughout the Bay Area, from elementary to graduate level. As a member of the National Council of the Fellowship of Reconciliation, the nation's oldest interfaith peace organization, she has worked in solidarity with nonviolent activists resisting militarism in the U.S., Israel/Palestine and Colombia. Currently she participates with various anti-racism programs, including the White Noise Collective that she co-founded, as a facilitator using critical dialogue and Theatre of the Oppressed, a form of community-based education that uses theatre exercises as tools for transformation. Ongoing research interests include the politics of representation; Islamophobia; collective memory; U.S. militarism; and nonviolent social movements.
Aja Minor, M.A, is an educator with varied experience in social justice organizations from London to the San Francisco Bay Area. She dedicated her time to sharing Global, Human Rights and Popular Education curriculum with educational institutions across the world.


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I’ve seen a lot of debates centered around smartphones lately. Some say too many people are addicted to their phones (which is totally true). Many people, including myself, have wondered if we’d be better off without them. Thirty seconds later, we're checking Twitter. I’ve also seen a lot of parents talking about the appropriate age for their child to have a phone.
Smartphones definitely have their issues, but here’s one recent case where having one can definitely come in handy.
This past Sunday, a father from Cushing, Minnesota noticed his son didn’t show up for a family gathering. The story doesn’t say, but I’m assuming that the father had been trying to call his son multiple times to no avail. Luckily, the father ended up being technologically savvy enough to fire up the “Find my iPhone” app, which allowed him to track his son’s location around the Little Elk River by Randall.
The son and a friend of his had been swimming in the river on a hot day, but when the father arrived at the scene he found both kids semi-unconscious. He pulled them both to shore, and thankfully they were taken into the hospital just in time. No word on what exactly happened to them, but both are said to be in OK condition.
Yikes. So while there are a few downsides to owning a smartphone, this is one case where it totally came in handy.

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I'm Andy, from Plattsburgh NY. This summer is my most exciting one yet, as I am leading a second year in a row for Teen Treks. I've done a tour each summer for the past 5 years, the most notable ones going from Troy to Plymouth and back, as well as with Teen Treks on their New England and Maine coast trips.
I've been a Resident Assistant at SUNY Plattsburgh for 2.5 years, and was a summer camp counselor for 5 years. I like to sing, dance, do cartwheels, grow a beard, throw frisbees super far, hike, run, and make people smile.
I'm very passionate about cycling, whether it be cruising down a big hill or pushing up the next one. There is something just too special about the wind in your hair, the power in your legs (and mind), and the happiness from conquering a trail. Discovering new things is the spice of life, and I can't wait to make that happen -- on my bicycle, and alongside you!


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Two Lift Elevator Banks are low capacity layouts used in buildings with limited occupancy loads. Two Lift Elevator Banks have typical widths of 18’ | 5.5 m, depths of 18’6” | 5.6 m, and overall areas around 333 ft2 | 31 m2.
Three Lift Elevator Banks are low to medium capacity layouts used in buildings with low to medium average occupancy loads. Three Lift Elevator Banks have typical widths of 27’ | 8.2 m, depths of 18’6” | 5.6 m, and overall areas around 494 ft2 | 46 m2.
Four Lift Elevator Banks are medium capacity layouts used in buildings with medium average occupancy loads. Four Lift Elevator Banks have typical widths of 36’ | 10.9 m, depths of 18’6” | 5.6 m, and overall areas around 658 ft2 | 61 m2.
Six Lift Elevator Banks are medium to high capacity layouts used in buildings with large occupancy loads. Six Lift Elevator Banks have typical widths of 27’ | 8.2 m, depths of 27’ | 8.2 m, and overall areas around 704 ft2 | 65 m2.
Eight Lift Elevator Banks are high capacity layouts used in buildings with large occupancy loads. Eight Lift Elevator Banks have typical widths of 36’ | 10.9 m, depths of 28’ | 8.5 m, and overall areas around 992 ft2 | 92 m2.

industry_corpus2: Real Estate & Construction


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Prayer (from the Latin precari "to ask earnestly, beg, entreat") is an invocation or act that seeks to activate a rapport with an object of worship through deliberate communication.
Prayer can be a form of religious practice, may be either individual or communal and take place in public or in private. It may involve the use of words, song or complete silence. When language is used, prayer may take the form of a hymn, incantation, formal creedal statement, or a spontaneous utterance in the praying person. There are different forms of prayer such as petitionary prayer, prayers of supplication, thanksgiving, and praise. Prayer may be directed towards a deity, spirit, deceased person, or lofty idea, for the purpose of worshipping, requesting guidance, requesting assistance, confessing transgressions (sins) or to express one's thoughts and emotions. Thus, people pray for many reasons such as personal benefit, asking for divine grace, spiritual connection, or for the sake of others.
Some anthropologists believe that the earliest intelligent modern humans practiced a form of prayer. Today, most major religions involve prayer in one way or another; some ritualize the act of prayer, requiring a strict sequence of actions or placing a restriction on who is permitted to pray, while others teach that prayer may be practiced spontaneously by anyone at any time.
Litae (Greek: Λιταί meaning 'Prayers') are personifications in Greek mythology.
They appear in Homer's Iliad in Book 9 as the lame and wrinkled daughters of Zeus (no mother named and no number given) who follow after Zeus' exiled daughter Até ('Folly') as healers but who cannot keep up with the fast-running Até. They bring great advantage to those who venerate them; but if someone dishonors them, then they go to Zeus and ask that Até be sent against that person.
This is an obvious allegory on the supposed power of prayer to mitigate the misfortunes into which one's folly has led one.


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A new report predicts that the global wheelchair lift market will cross $2.3 billion during 2016-2022, growing at a CAGR of close to 10%. According to the World Health Organization, the geriatric population was approximately 524 million in 2010 and is expected to reach 2 billion by 2050. Aging population, increased incidence of lifestyle diseases such as obesity, and growth of osteoarthritis among aging population are some of the prominent factors that contribute towards this growth.
The automotive end-user segment is going to have the highest market share and the outside lifts segment is likely to dominate the market. The report suggests that the automotive wheelchair lifts market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 9.78% during the forecasted period. This is the highest among other end-user segments due to the advancement in technology and ever-changing lifestyle that has driven the market for customized vehicles, which employ a proper and hassle-free mechanism for wheelchair lifts. However, the outside lifts segment has the highest market share and is expected to grow tremendously during the forecasted period. Geographically, North America has the highest market share.

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The Hot Dog Truck: Southbound!
After the worst winter in recent memory and a spring season that can't quite get into gear, it is going to be nice to get on a plane this morning and head to sunny Florida for a week with the family! The only one not joining us is the dog-she's staying behind with my brother in law to mind the fort.
As soon as I click "publish" on this post, we are off to the airport and we will be in lovely Venice, Florida by 3PM.
We have a Hot Dog Story or two planned for our trip, a boating excursion to an awesome State Park/Nature reserve, some fishing, a trip to Busch gardens' Water Park and, of course, daily trips to the beach and pool.
I don't know if I will be able to keep on my nutrition regimen, but I do intend to hit the health club every morning.
I'll be posting from Florida, I hope to have a few pictures of HUGE fish I caught for publication too.

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Too many distractions, too many demands, too many trivial little bites taken out of our attention spans. Here, then, are some hot tips on coming back to the place where we want to be.
So, here’s the thing. You can either do something or nothing with your life and it may only make a big difference to a hundred people and one of them is you. Through work, luck and timing, you could also have a larger impact pursuing what you were born for and the satisfaction from doing meaningful things versus, say, watching endless hours of Game of Thrones or trolling Facebook is nothing to sneeze at.
If you don’t know your mission already, it’s worth rooting around for because it’s why you’re here and will energize your days. Everything else is recess.
Passion is purpose. It can be a person, place or a thing and is probably closer than you think so make a list of your natural gifts and talents and anything you love doing, any place you love being.
The coin toss sounds a bit like an Iowa primary!


text: Hello my name is Timothy Pierce. I am a 5th grade math and science teacher at Haynes Elementary. I was born and raised in Springfield, Oregon. I spent a lot of time outdoors when I was younger. Some of my favorite hobbies are building and flying model rockets. I’ve been married for almost 20 years and I have 2 children. I received my Bachelor’s degree from Texas A & M.


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Do you love A Thousand Splendid Suns book? Please share!
A Thousand Splendid Suns - Khaled Hosseini E-Book coming soon..

industry_corpus2: Literature & Emotions


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Arizona Geology 3D was developed by Julia K. Johnson and Stephen J. Reynolds, Department of Geological Sciences, Arizona State University, in cooperation with Stephen M. Richard of the Arizona Geological Survey and Josh Coyan of ASU. The QuickTime movies were constructed by draping the Geologic Map of Arizona over digital topography using Corel Bryce5. The geology was derived from an Adobe Illustrator file of the 2000 Geologic Map of Arizona published by the Arizona Geological Survey. Digital topography files (Digital Elevation Models - DEMs) are from the U.S. Geological Survey. Bryce5 generated thirty-six 3D perspectives for each 1� X 1� quadrangle, and these were combined into a QuickTime VR object movie using VR Worx. The shaded relief map is from Ray Sterner of Johns Hopkins University.
Paper copies of the Geologic Map of Arizona can be purchased from the Arizona Geological Survey or various map stores.
Thanks to Stephen Richard of the Arizona Geological Survey for providing the Illustrator file of the Geologic Map of Arizona.
This project was supported by the New Ideas Fund of the Department of Geological Sciences, Arizona State University, through the generous contributions of John Snyder, and by the NSF-funded Hidden Earth Curriculum Project.
Arizona Geology 3D is also available as a CD-ROM for nominal cost through Terra Chroma, Inc. (email: publications at terrachroma-inc.com).
If you use these images, feel free to include a link to the Arizona Geology 3D home page on your web page. If you develop educational exercises using this site, please send a copy to Steve Reynolds, Department of Geological Sciences, ASU, Tempe, AZ 85287-1404 (sreynolds @ asu.edu).
� Copyright 2001, 2002 by Julia K Johnson and Stephen J Reynolds. These images can be freely used for educational purposes as long as the source is cited.


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Alicante is superior variety possessing all the things we look for in a tomato, producing an excellent crop of fine, full-bodied flavour. A particularly popular variety, maturing early and producing a uniform crop of medium sized fleshly fruits early in the season. It succeeds equally well in soil, or in grow bags.
An heritage variety and old English favourite, Alicante was introduced in 1966, it is an improvement of the well known ‘Moneymaker’ type. The fruits weigh around 70 to 90 grams and have good resistance to mildew and greenback, a condition where the fruit fails to ripen evenly.
Recommended for beginners and an ideal variety for children to grow.
Tomato 'Alicante' has been awarded the RHS Award of Garden Merit (AGM).

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Because we shoot in real homes, we are not always at liberty to paint the walls. In those cases, we have chosen paint colors that best match the wall color in the photo. Please be aware that color may vary due to various light conditions, finish and other factors. It’s always a great idea to test a paint sample on your wall first.
You don’t have to decorate with a sea of red and green to create a festive, holiday home. We love using blues in every shade — navy, teal, sky — as a backdrop for metallic holiday decorations. To create some drama, we chose a deep teal, Sherwin Williams’ Tempe Star. Metallics, silvers, and grays pop off this bold color and bounce around the room.
With heaping doses of white and cream, there’s no need to be scared of a deep charcoal wall color. Urban Bronze by Sherwin Williams is one of our favorites because it has a hint of brown in it — just enough to keep it from feeling to cold. It works beautifully with warm golds, creamy whites, and sandy neutrals.
To create a seriously cozy space, we chose a deep, rich amber for the walls. Umber by Sherwin Williams complements emerald greens beautifully and picks up the rich caramel colors in our Kashan Rug.
Of course not every room needs a bold wall color. Sometimes you need something more simple. Benjamin Moore’s Linen White has just the teeniest touch of warmth, giving every room the feel that it’s glowing with sunshine.
To balance the strength of Christmas red, we chose Benjamin Moore’s Silver Bells — a gray with just a tiny touch of blue. White would’ve been too strong a contrast to our red accents. Gray balances out the warm tones but still creates a fresh backdrop for a room.
Find our best tips on choosing paint colors, or browse paint colors from past catalogs or decorating inspiration by visiting our Pinterest boards.
Did you like this post and find it helpful? Rate it below and share your thoughts in the comments!
I am so thankful for this article. I saw the rooms in the catalog and I immediately had to figure out the beautiful blue. Thank you! My master bedroom will be magnificent!
Go for it! It’s just paint. You can always paint over it!


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Research Paper Writing Software: Is It Really Helpful?
Research Paper Writing Software: Is It Any Good?
Before the advent of the internet and the rise of the personal computer, the average college student had to toil in their university’s library for hours and hours per week, accumulating research, taking detailed notes, typing drafts up on type writers, and printing using old, temperamental machinery. The process of conducting research and writing papers was, therefore, far more onerous.
These days, there are a wealth of web based and downloadable programs that can ease the burden of the writer. If you are just getting by with a textbook and a basic word processor, you are missing out on a number of useful programs that could make research paper writing far easier and quicker for you to complete. The following are just some of the programs and software applications you can use.
There are programs, both web based and downloadable, that can help you keep track of all the research papers, book chapters, web sites, lecture notes, and texts you use while conducting your research. These programs allow you to log all the reference information with just the click of a button, and then later go back and create an alphabetized, organized reference or works cited page.
Gone are the days of meticulously typing up your references by hand, checking and re-checking your paper for parenthetical citations. Now you can speed up the whole process with programs like Zotero and EasyBib. These programs are typically free to use and available in desktop and browser editions. If you are reading a number of academic sources and are expected to end your research paper with a reference chapter, this is the way to go.
If you are writing a research paper for a class or for a degree requirement, odds are you are expected to format your work in a particular style. But learning and navigating all the esoteric, highly specific rules of APA, MLA, or Chicago style can take a ton of time, and almost no one completes a first draft that is perfectly laid out and formatted.
Even worse, some of the common format requirements are impossible or highly difficult in a simple text editor such as Word. How can you be expected to put the page number in the bottom right margin on the first page of each chapter, but in the upper right corner for all the pages following? And how to attain the perfect, measurable margin requirements? Thankfully, there are free downloadable programs that can scan and edit your research papers and insert the proper format styles. Programs such as Perrla and StyleEase can quickly fix your draft and prepare it for your committee.


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The finding may not seem surprising, but it is fodder for one side in a traditional debate about language and perception, including the thinking that creates and names groups.
In stark form, the debate was: Does language shape what we perceive, a position associated with the late Benjamin Lee Whorf, or are our perceptions pure sensory impressions, immune to the arbitrary ways that language carves up the world?
The latest research changes the framework, perhaps the language of the debate, suggesting that language clearly affects some thinking as a special device added to an ancient mental skill set. Just as adding features to a cellphone or camera can backfire, language is not always helpful. For the most part, it enhances thinking. But it can trip us up, too.
In another experiment, Dr. Lupyan showed subjects a series of chairs and tables using pictures from the Ikea catalog. Some subjects were asked to press a button indicating that the picture was of a table or a chair. Other subjects pressed a button to make a nonverbal judgment about the pictures, for example, to indicate whether they liked them or not. Dr. Lupyan found that the subjects who used words to label the objects had more trouble remembering whether they’d seen a specific chair before than subjects who had only pressed a button in a nonverbal task.
Language helps us learn novel categories, and it licenses our unusual ability to operate on an abstract plane, Dr. Lupyan said. The problem is that after a category has been learned, it can distort the memory of specific objects, getting between us and the rest of the nonabstract world.


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NOD Electronics offers fast and complete medical PCB(Printed Circuit Board) and product manufacturing services to speed up your go-to-market schedule. High reliability is a top priority in the medical manufacturing industry.
The medical industry demands the highest standards of quality, precision and reliability when it comes to their circuit board needs. NOD Electronics offers an experienced engineering team with expertise in all aspects of medical grade PCBs. We provide completely integrated solutions that fulfill all the specific requirements of a medical device and the application it is used in.
The total costs of medical PCB manufacturing and assembly services are mainly determined by PCB dimension, laminate thickness, surface finish, layer(s), other special technical requirements (such as blind & buried via, impedance), components, numbers of soldering pads and test plan. You can send PCB files (gerbers) and BOM to get instant quotation within 24 hours.
In addition to our medical PCB assembly certifications, we are also equipped to build to IPC Class 3 where required. Our electronics manufacturing facility also supports RoHS assembly requirements, and we can also assist transitioning a Tin Lead assembly into a RoHS compliant one.

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The newest press release on the control area for FMD is attached below and indicates that the area enclosed by the R81 road, the R36 Road, N1 and the R524 Road has been declared a disease management area for FMD. No movement of cloven hoofed animals are allowed within, into or out of this area. Products from cloven hoofed animals may however be allowed within and out of this area with a permit issues by the local state veterinarian.
In addition, movement of cloven hoofed animals and unprocessed products out of Mopani and Vhembe districts as well as the Molemole Municipality of Capricorn District is discouraged until further notice. Only products processed using methods to inactivate the FMB virus are safe to be moved out of the area.
Foot-and-mouth (FMD) disease has been detected in cattle just outside the foot-and-mouth disease control zone in the Vhembe district, Limpopo. It is a highly contagious viral disease which affects cloven-hoofed animals such as pigs, sheep, goats, cattle and game, including antelopes, wildebeest, impala and buffalo. The disease does not affect human beings.
9/01/2019 The Department of Agriculture has quarantined the area and no movement of animals or animal products is allowed, including meat from game hunted in the area. Farmers further away from the outbreak are cautioned to not allow any new animals into their herds and to minimise the movement of animals to other farms.
The incident has been reported to the World Organisation for Animal Health and SA’s FMD-free status has been temporarily suspended. Containment of the disease requires strict monitoring, trade restrictions, quarantine and, in some instances, the mass slaughtering of animals. This will have implications for trade in game and game products across borders and both Botswana and Namibia have issued press releases in this regard.
Signs that animals are infected may include despondent animals, sores in the mouth of animals causing reluctance to eat and lameness. The disease spreads through contact with contaminated animals, farming equipment, vehicles and feed. Any suspected case of the disease must immediately be reported to the local state veterinarian.
For more information, you can contact the technical spokesperson of Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Dr Mpho Maja at 0823230166.


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Minimises pores and helps disguise fine lines and wrinkles.
Smoothes and brightens the skin.
Minimises appearance of pores and wrinkles.
Exfoliates, refines and rejuvenates the skin.
Gives excellent mineral UV protection.


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Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called LANES live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called LANES represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called LANES in Florida than any other state, but you are more likely to find a LANES by picking someone at random in Montana than anywhere else.
The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as LANES.
The following words are slight variants of LANES that are likely to be possible typos or misspellings in written material.


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Enhancing Your Home And Office With Photographic Portraiture.
Making Portraits That Touch The Heart and Decorate the Home.
Making your senior session fun and your senior portraits awesome.
Planning your child's portrait history.
Creating heart-touching portraits of newborns and their family.
Capture the beauty, romance, emotion, and joy of your wedding.
Allow family, friends and guests to purchase certificates which the bride and groom can use toward their wedding photography.
Capture the memories and the magic of family with the enduring beauty of a portrait.
Preserving your child's portrait history.
Capture and preserve the love, affection and expressions that are uniquely your family.
Provide your clients with helpful hints that will enhance your ability to create quality portraits and increase the size of client orders. These pages are derived from a variety of our successful preproduced promotional pieces. Client Education Pages are a complimentary benefit of hosting with Marathon.
Contact a Marathon Rep to add any or all of these pages to your website.


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Record Store Day: can independent shop decline be reversed?
Independent record stores closed at a “significantly higher rate” than other stores, new figures show – but can this decline be reversed?
Use your head – invest in vinyl?
Records are back in fashion, but for how long? As fans queue up at music stores around the world for Record Store Day, Channel 4 News finds out if there really is a vinyl revival on the high street.
Around 2,500 jobs are saved at retailer HMV after restructuring firm Hilco buys 141 stores, including 25 that were due to close.
#Cringe: will big companies (like HMV) ever get Twitter?
Social media has long been welcomed into the corporate marketing toolbox. But from HMV to Tesco, there has been many a #facepalm moment on Twitter in 2013 alone. Will they ever learn?
The struggling music retailer will bid to sell the live music arm of the business in an attempt to boost finances, after its half-year losses nearly doubled.
High petrol, cotton and wheat prices are being blamed for the turbulence on Britain’s high streets as music retailer HMV issues its third profits warning of 2011. Siobhan Kennedy looks at the numbers.


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There are several series on this blog which features judges giving advice to advocates. In his keynote address to the Bond Solon Experts conference Lord Justice McFarlane gives advice to experts. As ever the aim of this post is to encourage you to read the original, available on the Courts and Tribunals Judiciary website.
In the talk Lord Justice McFarlane gives several key pieces of advice to expert witnesses.
 Avoid being blatantly partisan and or too dogmatic.
Lord Justice McFarlane set out an explanation of the phenomenon know as “judgitis”. There was a danger of experts catching something similar.
Clarity in the witness box.

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It’s been a busy couple of weeks at New Life’s home for abused and abandoned children. We have taken in 4 new children, all of them with serious health issues. The first was Veronica, a 3 and ½ year old that was just released from the hospital after being treated for the injuries she suffered from physical abuse. Veronica’s full story can be read on our website.
Juan Francisco, just 48 hours old and 4 pounds came in last week. Juan’s mother was a 14 year old drug addict. She had been using marijuana, crack cocaine and alcohol throughout her pregnancy. It’s too early to tell at this point what the permanent effect will be in Juan’s life. In the short-term we are praying that he doesn’t suffer from withdrawal symptoms and that he will continue to grow and develop without complications. We serve a big God.
The Ministry of Family also brought us 2 sisters that were being abused. We don’t know a lot about Jessenia and Sarai except that they were removed under emergency conditions. We think these kids were probably street kids and used as child labor. We are also pretty sure they were living near the coast because they didn’t know what to make of a toilet. When asked where they went to the bathroom they told us, the ocean. Jessenia is the oldest of the girls. We were told that she was 5 but one look at her and no way this child is 5, more like 7 or 8. She has the light streaks in her hair which is indicative of long-term malnutrition. This is one street smart kid, Our director says that she has “un boca de un burro”. Think “potty mouth” or “curses like a sailor” and then you would have a general idea what she means. She knows how to work people and is a ham for the camera and loves to pose.
Jessenia’s little sister Sarai is quite the opposite. She is a very quiet and shy little girl. She won’t look you in the eyes and seems to be emotionally cut off. We don’t know if that’s from the abuse she’s suffered or because the shock of being removed from her family. It’s most likely a combination of both. We see that behavior all the time in children that have suffered abuse. Late Tuesday we had to rush Sarai to the emergency room. She was in respiratory failure. They immediately admitted her and started treating her respiratory problems. The doctors can’t tell what caused her problems. She may have an extreme case of asthma but to our doctor it more resembles an allergic reaction to something. We're just not sure to what. It will be trial and error to figure out what caused it. We will limit her diet and add things slowly and watch for any reactions. As I write this on Saturday, she is not doing well. There are not telling us when she will get out of the hospital.
All of these news kids are in very bad health and could really use a lot of prayer right now. Would you please pray for these kids however the Lord puts in on your heart? We are also having difficulty making budget with so many children in bad health. Would you consider making a special donation this month to help us out? I don’t ask for myself but for Veronica, Juan Francisco, Jessenia and Sarai. They have a long road ahead and you make it all possible!
Thanks again friends and partners. We couldn’t help these precious kids without your help. Finally will you share this article on your social networks? We want as many people as possible praying for these kids. Share, share, share.


text: Similarity plays a central role in language understanding process. However, it is always difficult to precisely define on which type of data and what similarity metrics we can apply in order to assess the similarity of two texts. Previously, we proposed a four-layer system  that takes into account not only string and semantic word similarities, but also word alignment and sentence structure. Our system achieved new state of the art or competitive result to state of the art on different test corpora for the Semantic Textual Similarity (STS) task from 2012 to 2015. The multi-layer architecture helps to deal with heterogeneous corpora which may not have been generated by the same distribution nor same domain. In this extended paper, we looked into the correlation between the two semantic processing tasks Semantic Relatedness (a more broad task of STS) and Recognizing Textual Entailment (RTE) to construct a co-learning model where we integrated our multi-layer architecture and Corpus Patterns technique to ultimately improve the performances of both tasks.


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Migrations tells the delicate moment of the departure of the birds to places on Earth at their most favorable. Performing, in the sky, spectacular developments dictated by many biological factors, the birds, as well as men go in search of the ideal conditions for « generate and regenerate. » Despite the presence of man conflict that often destabilizes their orientation, the birds have the atavistic ability to prefigure, in my mind, the real geographical maps of the area. The groups examined and moving, are composed of thousands of birds that turn and stand out like small gray dots on the white background of the sky. Once again, the rarefied images and have a few points of reference, create perceptual ambiguity that transforms these creatures in other microscopic organisms and on the move.
Through an empathic, slowly cadenced journey, there we assist to an emergence from the depths to the surface of matter, from its elementary to its complexity. The perceptive ambiguity of the nature of sound and images suggests plausible scenarios, surreal or completely abstract, to the mind, forming a "journey" from the micro to the macro world that tells the time of creation, from the basic elements of atomic structure and cellular organisms, which often don’t lead back to recognizable entities. In this case, the mode of video editing is called "videoation" as the sequence of images was created after the sound.


text: All motorcycle products of the category Helmets have a high manufacturer quality and take care of even the smallest details. At motardinn you can find the full catalogue of Protections products from HJC. The price of HJC FG-70s Ladon is 163.45 $, with the lowest price guarantee, secure payment and an efficient delivery service!


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Here's what travellers have asked, with answers from Hotel Iberia staff and other travellers.
WE are arriving early (6:00 AM) on a cruise.Can we leave our bags? or check in early?
Questions? Get answers from Hotel Iberia staff and past guests.


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We are happy to report our goal of $100.000 in pledge commitments to our Capital Improvements Campaign has been met and continues to grow ($110,000+) with more contributions coming each week! If you have not submitted your pledge commitment card, please feel free to bring those to the church office or place them in the mail.
We thank our members and friends of Christ Moravian Church who have made their pledge commitments. Maintenance work begins in our Church Sanctuary on Monday, December 30th. Over the next two months morning worship will be in our Fellowship Building. If you would like to learn more about these maintenance projects taking place in our Sanctuary building, please follow the links below. These are available to download in PDF format.


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Being injured in a car accident in Missouri and Kansas can be a stressful experience due to the worries about your health and how to pay your bills. While you're off work trying to recover, it can be even more frustrating if an insurance company engages in bad faith negotiating tactics when you file your claim for compensation.
Unfortunately, the negligent driver’s insurance company may not be only party engaging in these unfair practices. If the negligent driver has no or little auto insurance, you may find it difficult to negotiate a fair settlement with your own insurance company if you must file an uninsured or underinsured motorist claim.
It's important to understand the warning signs when an insurance carrier isn't treating you fairly so you're not taken advantage of during the claims process.
All insurance companies have a right and a duty to investigate and negotiate claims in good faith with policyholders and third-party accident victims. In all fairness, many insurance adjusters don't engage in bad faith tactics and try to act professionally.
Denying Claims For No Reason.
The validity of your claim is black or white, so carriers must have reasons for denying it. If an adjuster refuses to give you a clear explanation of why the claim was denied, or if you suspect it's invalid, you may need to enlist the help of a lawyer.
Simply accepting the word of the insured that he or she wasn't negligent in causing your accident isn't a full investigation. The adjuster should obtain the police report, review accident scene photos, take statements from you and potential witnesses as to how the crash occurred, and other necessary steps before deciding on your claim.
Once you reach a claim settlement of your claim, you should receive payment within a reasonable period of time. If this doesn't happen, the insurance company may not be intending to pay you or at a minimum, isn't acting in good faith.
Making A Low Settlement Offer.
It's common for carriers to offer less of a settlement than you deserve. However, this may be a bad faith tactic if they refuse to be more reasonable as negotiations progress and you provided documents and other evidence that refute their disputes.
Part of treating you fairly is responding to calls and emails from you or your car accident attorney within a reasonable period of time.
Some insurance adjusters make threatening statements to coerce a policyholder or third-party claimant into dropping the case. If this happens to you, retain an experienced car accident attorney immediately.
While the investigating adjuster has a right to ask you to provide documents and other accident evidence, this doesn't mean he has the right to make unreasonable requests for documentation. Doing so might be an attempt to delay settling your claim or to wear you down as a way to extend a lower offer.
If an adjuster intentionally misstates the law governing car accident claims, policy duties, or coverage, this can be a sign of bad faith tactics.
If any of these issues have come up during your claim process, contact a skilled car accident attorney immediately. You want the best resolution for your case, which includes fair treatment under the law and a proper settlement for your injury recovery.
At Kansas City Accident Injury Attorneys, we have decades of experience fighting for the rights of car accident victims. Take advantage of our free initial consultation to get your questions answered and learn about your legal options. Contact us online or call our office directly at 816.471.5111 to schedule your appointment.


text: You need to concentrate on getting your other offers lined up and checking your scorecard. Don't tell me you didn't get any offers! You must not have followed the road map!


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We will begin this tour with an easy trail located near Fogo volcano and it starts and finishes in the same place. In this trail, you will see diverse vegetation and walk through small mystical tunnels. Then, we will go to the top of the mountain where you will be able to see the Fogo lagoon and then descend until we reach Caldeira Velha, where you will have the chance to bathe yourself and relax in the hot springs.
Pick-up: Included in hotels in Ponta Delgada. Outside of Ponta Delgada, the extra cost is 20€ total per tour. For hotels in Furnas, Povoação & Nordeste the extra cost is 40€. This extra is paid directly to the tour provider on the day of the tour.


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The Bhojpur Consulting helps client (e.g. micro, small, medium or large enterprises, and government bodies) worldwide. We apply a proprietary and proven methodology to offer Enterprise Digital Transformation.
We prepare a detailed roadmap for Enterprise Digital Transformation initiatives and its Business Case. Please feel free to contact us directly, if you have any queries further.

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Register using the CONTACT FORM making the subject: "LIVE REGISTRATION"
Include your NAME and EMAIL and any personal message you would like the Artist to know.
Once your email is received and reviewed we will contact you so you can pick the painting.
You will receive your package via mail, tracking number will be provided after payment is received.
A code will be provided for you to login to private portal where a live interactive feed will appear of Artist who will demonstrate to you Live for 1-2 hours based on painting.


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Sorry for the red top type headline, I really couldn’t resist that one. I was woken from my slumbers last night by an indeterminate noise and the ceiling visibly shaking. Confused I was. What was happening, not the plumbing playing up again or my partner performing a tap dance in a pair of clogs upstairs? Removing the redundant laptop computer from my knee and heading off upstairs I encountered said partner asking me if I’d heard the earthquake? Tempted to say no out of devilment, I indicated yes, checked the curtains to see if the street was still in place then headed for bed.
Of course the media was full of the big story this morning. An earthquake with it’s epicentre in the town of Market Rasen, thirty miles south-west of Hull in Humberside had occurred to a literal tune of 5.2 on the Richter Scale. The quake had erupted at around eight miles beneath the earth’s surface.
Dare I say that this was a very British earthquake? Along my cul-de-sac, neighbours could be heard chattering out on the cold pavements shortly afterwards, comparing notes and anxious to understand what had happened. (It’s just an earthquake folks – go back to bed).
Apparently emergency services were inundated by calls from confused and frightened people disturbed by the quake. Unbelievably Midlands police alone received over 5000 calls in the first hour whilst in the town at the epicentre of the UK’s last major earthquake, Dudley in the West Midlands, 12 people presented themselves at their local police station in their pyjamas!
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At 01:00 on Wednesday 27 February, Britain’s worst quake for 25 years hit Market Rasen, Lincolnshire measuring 5.2 on the Richter scale and causing untold disruption and distress. The tremor decimated the area causing approximately £30 worth of damage. Several priceless collections of mementoes from Cleethorpes were damaged beyond repair.
One Lincoln resident, Ashleigh-Marie Dutton, a 17 year old mother-of-three said “It was such a shock, little Chardonnay came running into my bedroom crying. My youngest two, Tyson-Morgan and Aguilera-Amy slept through it. I was still shaking when I was watching Trisha and Kilroy later that morning.” Apparently though, looting did carry on as normal. The British Red Cross have so far managed to ship 800 crates of Sunny Delight to the area to help the stricken masses. Rescue workers are still searching through the rubble and have found large quantities of personal belongings including Benefit Books and jewellery from Elizabeth Duke at Argos and bone china from Poundland.
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Nokia announced something rather interesting today at the Mobile World Congress in that they will be making three low-cost smartphones that will be running off modified versions of Android. Even though Microsoft is still buying them, Nokia still opted to hop on the Android bandwagon in hopes that they might stay competitive in sales. The phones, called the Nokia X, X+. and XL, will be geared towards the budget phone market, with the lowest of the three, presumably the Nokia X, will be priced at 89â‚¬, which equates to about $120. Nokia is forking Android in a manner similar to that which Amazon did with their Kindle tablets, taking only the open-source parts of Android while leaving the Google Apps behind. Yes, you read that right... Nokia will be making their own app store for this phone. Nokia has stated that Android apps will only need to be mildly changed in order to run on their app store, so the interesting thing to see is if developers will bite and take the time to do so.
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At the humble age of 19, Zoe Woolmore is already on her way to forging a successful career in fashion design. The talented Adelaidian recently launched her self titled label Zoë Elizabeth; an eclectic mix of daring, experimental and free-spirited designs in easy to wear and flattering silhouettes.
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This is RADL caught up with the budding fashion designer to discover more about Zoë Elizabeth, inspirations behind the designs and label, future aspirations.
Congratulations on recently launching you’re A/W 2015 collection! Can you shed some light on what Zoë Elizabeth the label is and how it was established?
Thank-you! Zoë Elizabeth was established in 2014, it was always my dream to run a fashion label so when I finished school and went TAFE and learnt a lot more about design I just decided to jump in and do it. Zoë Elizabeth the label is devoted to the passionate, daring, experimental and free-spirited. My label is constantly evolving is aesthetics, and is always bringing fresh styles and timeless pieces to customers.
You're quite a young fashion designer, how did you get involved fashion design?
Fashion has always been something that I grew up loving, my mum was an embroiderer and would always be sewing and making me beautiful clothes. I never took much of an interest in anything else other than fashion or art and I would literally sit in class all day sketching and then I realised at a very young age that becoming a fashion designer was my dream.
Where do you find inspiration from when designing a collection?
I find inspiration in a lot of things. It depends what mood I'm in and what im aiming for my collection to invoke. Im very conscious of not following the latest trends when I design, as I want Zoë Elizabeth to be pieces that women can wear and re-wear for years and still be timeless and fresh with that Zoë Elizabeth edge to it. I find great inspiration in street style as it’s the closest thing to understanding what women are actually wearing, where they see fashion going and whats the mood for the season.
What other fashion labels and designers do you look up to and why?
I have a huge variety of designers I look up to past and present. I love current designers such as Victoria Beckham, The row and local designer Sally Phillips- they are true to themselves and have a distinct view of fashion which I admire. Past designers such as Valentino, Yves St Laurent and Balenciaga are the ultimate designers they will always maintain a huge influence on fashion and will continue to inspire designers for a very long time.
What is the process for creating a whole seasonal collection?
Each season its always different and exciting. It’s starts with me finding an inspiration and then exploring that and experimenting with new cuts and designs as well as different colours and fabrics. Its a very hectic and time consuming process especially because, I design and make the collection however its an amazing feeling once I see ideas, I've sketched out come real and theres nothing more fulfilling than seeing my pieces on Zoë Elizabeth customers.
The ‘Observations’ top is a personal favourite of mine. What’s your favourite piece from this collection?
Thanks so much! That’s definitely been a favourite this collection. I have a few favourites for different reasons like the 'JUMUNJI' top and pants because there fun and really easy to wear. The 'PROGRESSION' coat is a top favourite for its seriously flattering fit and effortlessly cool look. The ‘BRIGHTSIDE’ Fur vest has been very popular because its so comfortable and is my favourite throw on piece I'm always wearing it!
I have heaps! But, I'm a sucker for old Hollywood style icons like Bette Davis, Grace Kelly and Vivien Leigh who’s characters were all dressed by the iconic costume designer Edith Head- a personal icon to me. I grew up watching them and they were a huge impact on what made me fall in love with fashion and especially, understand from a young age the importance of making women look strong and independent, I was just mesmerised by it.
Your garments are manufactured here in Adelaide? Why did you chose to manufacture here instead of overseas where production costs are apparently lower?
Yes they are! Currently I'm the designer and manufacturer, I just decided to start my label small and see how it goes and I initially wanted to be apart of all the processes that go into running a label. It's definitely a possibility in the future to manufacture overseas or work with manufacturers within Australia however, I like that Zoë Elizabeth has a difference to most labels in that its made locally and by the designer at an affordable price.
If you could have one ‘muse’ to wear your creations, who would it be and why?
Thats a tough one! Im not inspired by just one ‘muse’, I love Cara Delevigne and Rihanna for their strong fashion choices and their experimental sense of style. However, I find that my greatest ‘muse’ are my friends and my customers, when I design I think of them and their willingness to try new looks as well as there inspiring outlook towards fashion and everyday life.
Where do you hope to see Zoë Elizabeth in say 5 years time?
I want Zoë Elizabeth to still be going strong and continue to be growing. Maybe take part in a Fashion Week but most importantly, still be designing exciting and fresh pieces that my customers will be able to wear seasons later and still look timeless and on point.