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Two weeks ago, the USRowing National Selection Regatta I opened the beginning of the 2015 racing season for elite rowing in the United States and with it, a major step on the road to Rio.
As we have for the past couple of years, Ellen Tomek and I competed in the women’s double sculls event. For the third consecutive year, we won the NSR and the opportunity to compete at a World Cup to hopefully solidify our spots on the 2015 United States National Team. This year is especially significant as the 2015 World Championships in September will double as the Olympic qualification regatta; which means the results will determine which events the United States qualifies for the 2016 Summer Olympics.
There is a running joke that the NSRs unfailingly bring out the worst of conditions on Mercer Lake. In my short rowing career, I’ve only experienced that this myth becomes very much a fact every April and May as we line up to test ourselves against our teammates and other American crews. This year was no exception and may go down as one of the wackier regattas in terms of weather and circumstance.
Due to high winds, the majority of the already limited practice windows were canceled during race week and crews were confined to training on land as they prepared for racing. Over the course of the four-day regatta, heats were canceled, races were delayed and moved, boats took on gallons of water and oars literally snapped as crews fought down the 2,000-meter course against waves and 15-20+mph gusts to try to make it across the finish line first. As I already mentioned, it was a wacky regatta.
Staying together for three years now to build the women’s double is a very foreign concept in American rowing. It’s an experiment and approach that is working well for us thus far, although it is not without its challenges.
Coming into the NSR as the incumbent boat–in any event–you do have a target on your back. You’re the boat to beat and the one with something to lose. To many, this can create a lot of pressure and perhaps take you out of your game, away from your focus. You go to the line just like every other crew, in our case with four sculling blades, a shell, and two moving seats. All that matters is getting across the line first. It doesn’t matter if you’re an Olympian or a novice, or how many National Teams you’ve been on. All that matters is getting across the line first. There is no if, there is no should or could, it’s about just doing in that moment.
The Final went well. Not great, not bad, but enough. We knew that the other boats would start out fast, so we just stayed as relaxed as we could and made sure we pushed away with every stroke once we hit our base rhythm. It was windy, very cold, and the water was a bit bumpy–we had one or two mishaps with our oars (well, I had one or two mishaps), so we just decided to cruise to make sure we held the lead that we had gotten in the first half. We ended up winning nearly six seconds ahead of the second place crew. You can rewatch all the excitement of the 2015 National Selection Regatta HERE.
Two days after winning the NSR we were back on the water, training hard and preparing to qualify at the World Cup II in Varese, Italy June 18-21. We celebrated the NSR victory briefly, knowing the summer racing was only weeks away and would bring faster boats and higher stakes.
Thanks for a great post. May I share it on Rowperfect?
By the way do you know that you can’t comment unless you have a WordPress account? I didn’t want to create this because it wants to make a blog for me. I don’t need that, I have one!
I suspect there’s a setting you can change to allow commenting without a WordPress account.
Did you see anyone doing land training on a RP while the weather was so bad?


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this is the other recipe i’m excited about from lobel’s meat bible by stanley, evan, david, and mark lobel.
in a food processor, combine red onion, scallions, garlic, peppers, ginger, 1 rib celery, allspice, pepper, thyme, soy sauce, 1 T of salt, and 2 T oil. process 20 – 30 seconds.
dredge oxtail in corn starch. shake off excess. heat 1/4 c oil over medium-high and brown oxtail 12-15 minutes per batch. watch for burning.
pour paste over oxtail and leave to marinate overnight.
let oxtail come to room temp > 1 h. cook bacon in a little oil on low heat. raise heat to medium and add onion. cook 8 – 10 mins. add oxtail and all of the marinade, stir in 6 1/2 c water, and bring to a simmer over high heat, skimming fat but not spice paste. reduce heat to low, cover, and cook at the barest possible simmer until meat is tender, about 3 1/2 h.
turn off heat and rest stew for 5 m, uncovered. skim fat. add carrots and celery. simmer on medium-low for 1 h.
stir in beans and continue simmering 15 – 30 m or until slightly thickened.
turn off heat, add butter and salt.
from lobel’s meat bible by stanley, evan, david, and mark lobel.
couldn’t find oxtail, so i’m using beef stew meat. the marinade smells incredible. it’s marinating now, so i’ll let you know what happens.
oops. i never updated that. and i have no memory of making this last year. awesome. well, my oxtails were disgusting and rotten, so i used 2 lbs of pork, instead, and marinated it for almost 24 hours because it was weird old sale pork. the weird old sale pork turned out to be really tender (possibly because of the 24 hour marination.) however, this recipe really didn’t stand out like i thought it would. maybe it’s because of the shortcuts i used, and the quality of the ingredients – dried thyme for fresh, old allspice berries, no celery, etc. either way, it was pretty bland and uninspiring. the broth is good – nice and gingery – but the meat itself just tastes like regular old meat. i am sure that using 3 habaneros would completely change the equation, as well as some great, fresh ingredients. not a bad recipe by any means, but not my new go-to recipe.


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“To help with healing process.” Lizzy replied.
The use of clay for medicinal purposes is well documented but if one has to live with clay ‘up there’ for years – unbelievable.
A few years ago a friend came to Lizzy to ask for professional advice as she was getting ready to marry. Lizzy was amazed to learn her friend was mutilated years ago and also that she has a clay to be removed before her big day. Traditionally in Lizzy’s friend part of Senegal, herbs and clay were inserted after mutilation to help with healing process, then the area sewn back leaving enough room for urine and period.
Like Senegal, Nigeria is very diverse, lots of traditions are only known within the tribe folks.
Incredible seeing many women who have been through the worse form of FGM coming out to share their stories in order to raise awareness especially those women who had to be reopen for marriage and for child births.
2:30 of the above UN video sums religious influence across Africa today. While FGM has been illegal since 2009 in Senegal, local people listen to their Imam who by the way has all his body parts intact using Islam as an excuse for FGM.
It didn’t take too long to convince a grandma of the harmful practice that is FGM – she has seen it all and perhaps just happy that the truth is now in the open in 3:5.
Given the diverse ethnic group in Nigeria, it was not too surprising that infibulation is practiced in the north especially among the Fulani and again using the same religious excuse.
Here I come again with Nigeria church with Mission House attached, the need to be involved in raising awareness on this important cause is high given many people seek approval from their religious leaders on issues. A child died in my town a few years ago at the church during circumcision performed by the Mission Mother against the father’s wish.
Dr Momoh’s speech at FGM event was inspiring but I was left with another puzzling question regarding the list of other forms of child abuse facing girls in Africa which were primarily driven by ignorance.
So I turned to sideways to Lizzy, “Breast ironing?” In Cameroon – this is done by mothers as a way to delay puberty so their girls don’t sleep around?
CLAY & HERB, BREAST IRONING Hmmm! Who does these? What of sort of belief or tradition allows, maybe I wouldn’t have believe this if I had read it somewhere else. I believe we really need to study cultural beliefs of Africans more often so that we can get enlightened, check the ones that need reforms, it’s high time we started reviewing our culture, correct those that we need to, to suit present lifestyle so as not to keep harming ourselves, heralding occurrence of diseases that are not known to world, making ourselves guinea pigs in the Western labs.
In fact I really don’t know what to say to this revelation.
Yeye, that is the prayer – for God to save us from ourselves!
Now, from research Fulani in our case practice infibulation which is the extreme form of FGM – just as we carry our traditions in our journeys, Fula in Senegal are the ones practicing the extreme form of FGM as well using clay and herbs as healing properties I would not rule it out that the ones up north are not doing the same given what we have all seen re Sharia law.
See, most of this traditions were borne out of not knowing any better – the story of a husband who because he travels a lot subjected his 3 wives to infibulation as a way to prevent them from cheating while he’s away with no thoughts to physical and psychological harm he is causing his wives.
Raising awareness will help us.
Thanks yeye for the reference, it so appalling thinking of the pain and resultant effects of these acts especially of the tools use for the breast ironing. Africa my Africa w need to overhaul our cultural practices.
Uhmn… in this case where tradition is favoured over health and common sense – I see a very corrupt mind!
Yas, just occurred to me – “Gross stuff…” comment isn’t enough o! I bet you knew a lot from the north, please share, I beg o!
Oh Lord! Breast ironing, seriously?’ I thought I’ve heard it all, apparently not. Oh my, this is just so sad. We had a presentation a few weeks ago in school, where some girls talked about FGM and it’s awareness. It was truly informative and an eye opener. There was no mention of “shoving of clay” though in the talk. I guess, they like me also, didn’t know such an act was practiced. Thank you so much for spreading this awareness.
Just learnt of clay bit last weekend too, given practices varies depending on tribes, let’s hope that’s all. I was as surprised as you so when the presenter mentioned breast ironing, all I could say to my friend was ‘are we nuts?’ And a few click online confirms all… Very sad.
But then I ask, whose job is it to educate and to enlighten? Most of these are only in the open because victims were in the west as for the extreme fgm, victims present a whole new challenge to their adopted countries… Our job I think – us who knew better.

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Welcome to our new monthly email for developers (both of iOS & Android), designers and development teams. We’ll include all our blog posts that might be useful to you + anything else that catches our eye.
Don’t forget to subscribe and get this straight to your inbox every month.
We’ve collated together all our GitHub libraries and their related blog posts.
Our team are quite the keen readers. Have a look at their book recommendations.
The presentation began (this was to be the 27th WWDC) with an acknowledgement of the vital role of Developers. The App store contains over 2 million apps and over $50billion has been paid out to developers.
This is the third in a series of blog posts about the process and experience of creating and publishing our “RateTheApp” widget in an Android Library.
Usability testing has become an important part of the design process here at Brightec and is one of the most pleasing elements of UX design.
Spotify v Apple Music. It's on.
It was a bold move for Apple, as they tried to regain their leading position in the music market that they’d lost since the early age of the iPod.
App Annie is the industry standard for professionals looking to track the app economy and benchmark performance against leading apps and publishers.

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Hello and welcome to exampundit. Here is a set of General Science Quiz on Physics for RRB Group D 2018 Examination.
(d) specific gravity of the needle is greater than that of water displaced by it.
Because the specific gravity of the needle is greater than that of water displaced by it.
The average density of iron needle is greater than water, therefore, it sinks.
(a) clouds prevent escape of radiation of heat from the ground and the air.
(b) absorb sunlight in the day and radiate the same in night.
(c) clouds make the atmosphere damp and generate heat.
(d) clouds obstruct the movement of air which creates heat.
Because water starts boiling at a lower temperature due to high pressure. According to Gay-Lussac’s law r ∝ T.
(a) they reflect heat falling on them.
(b) they radiate heat tansferred from the body.
(d) they are soothing to the eye.
The white clothes reflect heat falling on them in summer and they absorb the least from the sun.
Of the two bulbs in a house, one glows brighter than the other. Which of the following statements is correct?
(a) The brightness does not depend on resistance.
(b) Both the bulbs have the same resistance.
(c) The brighter bulb has larger resistance.
(d) The dimmer bulb has larger resistance.
Explanation: The dimmer bulb has larger resistance than the brighter one.
Resistance is the obstruction offer to the flow of current.
(a) it has a larger light emitting surface.
(b) voltage fluctuations do not affect it.
(c) in a tube electrical energy is almost converted into light.
In a fluorescent tube, electrical energy is almost converted into light. The inner wall of the fluorescent tube is coated with phosphorus which immediately transformed into bright light.
(I) A jet engine uses the surrounding air for its oxygen supply and so is unsuitable for motion in space.
(II) A rocket carries its own supply of oxygen in the gas form as a fuel.
In respect of a jet engine and a rocket, both the given statements are correct.
(a) it is tappered at the top.
(b) it covers a large base area.
(c) its centre of gravity remains at the lowest position.
(d) the vertical line through the centre of gravity of the tower falls within the base.
Because the vertical line through the centre of gravity of the tower falls within the base.
Assertion (A): Universe is expanding.
Reason (R): The result is based on red shift of spectra of galaxies.
(b) Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A.
(c) A is true, but R is false.
(d) A is false, but R is true.
(a) they draw more current which is inversely proportional to the voltage.
(c) they draw heat proportional to V2.
(d) low voltage sets in electrical discharge.

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Founded in 1866, Carleton College is a small, private liberal arts college in the historic river town of Northfield, Minnesota. Best known for its academic excellence and warm, welcoming campus community, Carleton offers more than 33 majors and 36 minors in the arts, humanities, natural sciences, and social sciences.
Carleton's 1,040-acre campus includes lakes and streams, a Japanese garden, and an 880-acre arboretum. We're a short walk away from Northfield's vibrant, historic downtown and a short drive from the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul.


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The stars aligned in 2012. After two cold vintages filled with extremes, Mother Nature mellowed and gave us a brilliantly even growing season. Artisans worked all summer fabricating our new concrete fermenters. The thick, naturally-insulating tanks enabled us to gently extract every delicate nuance from the happy grapes.
In short, 2012 eschewed in a whole new chapter for Stolpman Vineyards. Today, as we taste the wines maturing in bottle, it’s clear the vintage certainly delivered an unprecedented level of quality for our winery.
Still bright and fresh with seductively vibrant fruit, the textures through the mouth have integrated to smoothly coat through the finish. Wines from 2012 have just entered their peak – the plateau on top of the aging chart when the fruit still pops with energy, but the tactile roughness of youth becomes feathery and utterly delicious.
In order to understand why 2012 is such a benchmark vintage – besides the perfect weather – we need to look back further at the history of Stolpman Vineyards.
Tom Stolpman purchased our property in 1990 and then took the “shotgun approach” in planting 18 different varietals. We planted more of the grapes that worked, but had to rip out any varietals that we discovered were mismatched to our Ballard Canyon micro-climate. A long and expensive process.
After selling most of our fruit to other winemakers, in 2001 Tom hired Sashi Moorman and built out our winery space in the Lompoc Wine Ghetto. Not only did we start making Stolpman wines, but we began our dry farming experiments and transitioned towards organic farming.
After a couple years of working alongside Rajat Parr, we halted sulfur additions to our ferments and introduced old-word concrete tanks. Ballard Canyon AVA was approved just in time to unveil the Ballard Canyon Syrah bottle and we debuted our refreshed Ballard Canyon label for the 2012 vintage.
Looking forward, the new, super-high-density head-pruned Mourvedre and Cornas vineyards come on line in 2017. Perhaps we will see another Benchmark vintage this year!


text: Listed below are all Downtown located Lunchrooms in Amersfoort rated Rating between 6 - 10, with Wi-fi, with Accessible parking. Do you want to eat in Amersfoort? Would you like a nice dinner at a cozy restaurant or perhaps some tasty snacks? You'll find it at Eet.nu!

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This web-based training course on Digital Broadcasting functionality, administration and development, is available online to all individuals, institutions, corporates and enterprises in India (New Delhi NCR, Bangalore, Chennai, Kolkatta), US, UK, Canada, Australia, Singapore, United Arab Emirates (UAE), China and South Africa. No matter where you are located, you can enroll for any training with us - because all our training sessions are delivered online by live instructors using interactive, intensive learning methods.
Digital broadcasting is the process of using digital signals instead of audio signals for broadcasting over the radio frequency (RF) bands. With this training program, trainees will learn various models of digital broadcasting, advantages and disadvantages of digital broadcasting systems, bandwidth requirements for different signal types, multiplexing and transport stream formatting, encoder and decoder synchronization, satellite broadcasting and outer and inner coding. This online training program teaches trainees the DVB-S/S2 system parameters such as code rate, channel bandwidth, bit rate, cable television, carrier to signal noise ratio, byte to symbol conversion and modulation types. Instead of this, trainees will learn DVB-C/C2 system parameters, DVB-T/T2 system parameters, broadcast Services and measurement techniques for digital television. There are no prerequisites for this course. This course is beneficial for both fresher and professionals to enhance their learning and skills.
Digital broadcasting has greatly evolved with the introduction of computers. In every country its share is increasing at the exponential rate. This course is designed to develop practical as well as theoretical knowledge of broadcasting in trainees. Digital audio broadcasting is adopted slowly for radio broadcasting because it is mainly used in Satellite radio. This course is designed in such a way to meet the digital broadcast industry’s demand and standard. Employers are looking for those people who have done this course on various jobs offering web-sites. With getting exposure to this training course trainees will get a high value addition to their skills and can get the job in top fortune companies. This course is more application focused as compared to theory focused in order to give the trainees a profound usability experience and procedures.


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Many clues have to be combined.
Sneaky dirty spot on back wall in room 3 - I had a hard time seeing it.
The skull and pink/green/grey sliders were very satisfying.


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This RFC proposes the structure and upgrade plans as Ember is built from smaller individual packages.
This quest issue tracks the progress of upgrading test blueprints to match RFCs 232 and 268.
Learn how to design, develop and test data-intensive web and mobile apps that run on desktops, tablets, and smartphones with Sencha Ext J. Check it Out.
An overview of the Glimmer VM's improvement on load times by eliminating the need for template parsing.
This RFC proposes yielding values from link-to components including the active state and href values.
This RFC proposes using @ symbols in component template variables to better identify component attributes similar to Glimmer templates.
Part 2 of a tutorial series on building the Ember Super Rentals demo application using Ember and Cardstack.
Daniel lays the ground work for writing tests without the headache.
Jessica gives an insight into how to create meaningful test cases for async or other, time-related operations in our applications.
Erik gives an overview of the Ember community during EmberFest 2017's closing keynote.
Alex covers the basics of hybrid apps the dives into structure, graceful mobile web fallbacks, animation optimization & handling native integrations such as push.
Sarup walks through several Ember codebases and provides suggestions on improving them.
Edward explains the how and why of growing an open, decentralized software ecosystem that can sustainably pay for open source while respecting user freedom.
Marie describes the fundamentals and lifecycle of DOM and Ember events.
Sam and Ryan talk about a new Storefront API, disposable code patterns, how Ember CLI simplifies your app update process, and when to choose Ember.js.
Emmanuelle Delescolle - SDK... Ambitious... What about a RAD tool for the web?
Emmanuelle discusses creating a rapid application developement toolset to reduce code replication between data models and your API.
An addon that allows the user to add event entries to their calendar with ease.
An addon that adds observer macros to easily work with debouncing and other common patterns.
Removes addon-docs and ember-engines as optional dependencies.
Updated to use the run loop instead of concurrent tasks.
Fixes non-evergreen environments that don't rely on prototype extensions.
Moves content to cache to instance to prevent state leak, code consistency update, and upgrades to Node.js v4.x LTS.
Fixes Node 4 support and adds blueprint for using Sass + Postcss.
Adds support for Ember Changeset and minor feature updates.
An ember mixin providing proper support for Semantic UI modals.
A helper for wrapping matching parts of a text in a span tag with a stylable CSS class.
Unofficial Ember Data Adapter and Serializer for Cloud Firestore.
Allows the importing of Luxon inside your Ember app.
Uses Ember.assign instead of Object.assign, converts Testem to run Chrome headless.
Provides a scroller service that leverages ember-concurrency tasks to manage window and element scrolling.
An addon that emulates the text-overflow: ellipsis CSS rule and adds a preview of the full text.


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• At 9:00 AM ET, the S&P/Case-Shiller House Price Index for May. Although this is the May report, it is really a 3 month average of March, April and May prices. The consensus is for a 5.6% year-over-year increase in the Comp 20 index for April. The Zillow forecast is for the National Index to increase 4.0% year-over-year in May.
• At 10:00 AM, Richmond Fed Survey of Manufacturing Activity for July.
• Also at 10:00 AM, Q2 Housing Vacancies and Homeownership survey.

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Cover your back in the worst-case scenario with the techniques in this tutorial. Even new, high-quality hard drives will occasionally fail. Regular system backups are essential, especially for busy developers who make continual improvements to their code. This tutorial shows you how to protect yourself from losing huge amounts of critical data.
In this series, you'll learn how RSA and DSA authentication work, and see how to set up passwordless authentication the right way. In the first article of the series, Daniel Robbins focuses on introducing the RSA and DSA authentication protocols and showing you how to get them working over the network.
This tutorial shows you how to create a dynamic Web site using PHP and MySQL. You learn how dynamic sites work and how they serve the content. After reading this tutorial, you will be ready to serve your own dynamic content from your own site.
Function testing is a critical part of software development -- and Bash, which is already loaded in Linux and ready to go, can help you do it quickly and easily. In this article, Angel Rivera explains how to use Bash shell scripts to perform function testing of Linux applications that use line commands. The scripts rely on the return code of the line commands, so you will not be able to use this approach for GUI applications.
Bharata B. Rao offers a guide to the overall use and structure of inline assembly for x86 on the Linux platform. He covers the basics of inline assembly and its various usages, gives some basic inline assembly coding guidelines, and explains the instances of inline assembly code in the Linux kernel.
Most flavours of Linux come with the GNU debugger, or gdb to the shell. Gdb lets you see the internal structure of a program, print out variable values, set breakpoints and single step through source code. It makes an extremely powerful tool for fixing problems in program code. In this article I'll try to show how cool and useful gdb is.
This article describes how to build a Local Area Network (LAN) consisting of two or more computers running the Red Hat Linux operating system. The article begins with the basics: an overview of the TCP/IP (Transmission Control Protocol/Internet protocol) suite, and an explanation of assigning IP addresses in a LAN. Then the article covers the LAN hardware and configuration using a tool called LinuxConf in the Red Hat Linux operating system environment. Lastly, the article walks you through the critical steps of testing and troubleshooting your LAN.
In this article, Thomas Burger describes the Cyrillic script fonts and the various methods for representating them in Linux, including UTF-8. He provides instructions for setting up the font support and installation, and describes how it is supported in applications. He also supports his claim that the use of UTF-8 Cyrillic script fonts will make Linux the first truly international operating system.
Sed is a very powerful and compact text stream editor. In this article, the second in the series, Daniel shows you how to use sed to perform string substitution; create larger sed scripts; and use sed's append, insert, and change line commands.
Along with several other popular scripting languages, Python is an excellent tool for scanning and manipulating textual data. This article summarizes Python's text processing facilities for the programmer new to Python. The article explains some general concepts of regular expressions and offers advice on when to use (or not use) regular expressions while processing text.
In this series of articles, Daniel Robbins will show you how to use the very powerful (but often forgotten) UNIX stream editor, sed. Sed is an ideal tool for batch-editing files or for creating shell scripts to modify existing files in powerful ways.


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Victoria Police is a family friendly employer. We provide nine weeks annual leave, 14 weeks' paid maternity leave and two weeks paternity leave for the Police and PSO roles.
Shift work is a mandatory element for all policing roles and if you have never experienced shift work before, it may take some time to get used to. But once you are into the swing of shift work, you’ll find it can provide benefits that office hours can’t – such as being able to drop the kids off to school, take on some part-time studies, or indulge in a hobby. It’s about finding a work-life balance that works best for you and your family.
For Police and Protective Services Officer roles, you will be able to request your preferred locations, however this may not always be possible for the first 1-2 years in the role. For those with carer responsibilities, rosters are developed four weeks in advance to ensure you have time to plan for any assistance needed.
You will be able to request specific days off in advance from your rostering Sergeant and be given the opportunity to swap shifts with your co-workers.
At Victoria Police we understand the importance of family and we are committed to helping our employees achieve a good work-life balance. Our Welfare Services team are dedicated to assisting employees through difficult situations experienced on the job and at home to ensure you are supported in both facets of your life. And we structure our recreational, paid maternity and paternity leave to be as family friendly as possible.

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Back to Back billboard located at 3622 Dupont Parkway; Townsend, DE 19734.
An Old BP Oil/ Now Auto sales. Eastside of Rt. 13/1, South of Fieldsboro Road.
Description: 12’ x 24’ Right Hand Read traveling North on Dupont Parkway.
Rt. 9 Old Bridge #324FS - Incentive Rates!
NJ TURNPIKE EXIT 11-12 GREAT PRICE!!!!!!!

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Still on this big Stephen King read.
I will be using a new book next week, I promise!
Does Stephen King ever write short books? I hope you enjoy the rest of the novel! Happy Friday.
You can't go wrong with Stephen King! I have been hearing good things about this one. I hope you are enjoying it. Have a great weekend!
Great book, Freda! I'm featuring my Goodreads Group Read of the month: : http://bit.ly/2F17A7s A Snowflake's Chance in Hell.
I always love Stephen King's books and this was a good one. Happy Weekend!
Oh my, I was such a Stephen King junkie when I was young. Now I'm a big scaredy cat. Enjoy!
LOL King does love to write giant books!
I've heard great things about this book. However, it's just a little to creepy for me. I hope you enjoy your book and happy reading!!!! Have a great week.
This is mine for this week!!!!
Happy new year. Freda. Wishing you a fabulous 2018.
How cool that we both picked Stephen King books, Freda :) He's amazing, I love his writing. Enjoy and Happy Weekend!
Starting this new book, I had to skip forward to 56, I tried not to peek.
I listened to my first Stephen King this week and really enjoyed it though it seriously creeped me out! I went with a novella because his page counts terrify me almost as much as the subjects! This looks like a good read!
If I was to recommend a place to start reading Stephen King, it would be with a book titled; Rose Madder. It's his least creepiest and yet is a wicked good read. This one is not one of my favorites, and is long-winded.

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Twenty-five eager homehunters have already applied for Bromford shared ownership houses at the high-profile New Century Park in Coventry, where you can buy a two-bed home for as little as £30,875*.
The surge of early interest prompts a call from Bromford Homes Head of Sales (North) Alan Bradley. He encourages other first-time buyers to be quick or risk missing out if they want their pick of the plots off Brindle Avenue.
"This is a rare opportunity for local first-time buyers to get on the property ladder at a price they can afford here in the heart of Coventry," says Alan.
"We've got 43 two and three-bedroom homes that are being built here as part of the high-profile redevelopment of New Century Park.
"The level of interest is unusually strong, with many serious enquiries even before the first home is finished or our sales centre is open.
"This reflects the fact that we've got a great location and that, with Homebuy shared ownership, first-time buyers can realise their dream of home ownership here for a fraction of what it costs to buy a similar home outright."
The Larks Rise sales centre is set to open in April and the first shared ownership homes − being built by our development partners Barratt West Midlands and David Wilson Mercia − are scheduled for completion from the end of March.
Full prices for the first release start at £123,500 for a two-bedroom house and £147,500 for a three-bed house.
"Affordability is a key issue for so many first-time buyers and, with many lenders requiring fairly large deposits, shared ownership really is a great way for people to get into the home-buying market," says Alan.
"With shared ownership, you buy between 25% and 75% of your home and pay rent on the remaining share. It's as simple as that.
"It means you can get on the housing ladder at Larks Rise for as little as £30,875*, with deposits starting from £1,544 for a two-bed house, or £36,875** for a three-bed house, with a deposit of as low as £1,850.
"We do everything we can to make sure that the deal is truly affordable − whether you are buying the minimum amount or anything up to the 75 per cent maximum."
* £30,875 represents a minimum 25% share of a two-bed house costing £123,500 and a £1,544 deposit is based on a 95% mortgage.
** £36,875 represents a minimum 25% share of a three-bed house costing £147,500 and a £1,850 deposit is based on a 95% mortgage.


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Charles Raab is Professorial Fellow, having held the Chair of Government from 1999 to 2007 and from 2012 to 2015. He has served as a member of the academic staff since 1964, and has held visiting positions in the Oxford Internet Institute, the Tilburg Institute for Law, Technology, and Society (Tilburg University, The Netherlands), Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, and the Victoria University of Wellington (NZ). He was a Fellow at the Hanse-Wissenschaftskolleg (Institute for Advanced Study) in Delmenhorst, Germany, and is currently a Turing Fellow at the UK's Alan Turing Institute. With colleagues at the Universities of Stirling, St. Andrews and Essex, he is a Director of CRISP (Centre for Research into Information, Surveillance and Privacy (http://www.crisp-surveillance.com, and http://www.pol.ed.ac.uk/research/grants_and_projects/current_projects/crisp), and is a founder of the Scottish Privacy Forum. He is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences (FAcSS) and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (FRSA).
His main general research interests are in public policy, governance and regulation, and more specifically in information policy (privacy protection and public access to information; surveillance and security; identity and anonymity; information technology and systems in democratic politics, government and commerce; and ethical and human rights implications of information processes). His research has been funded by the ESRC, the Nuffield Foundation, the National Science Foundation (USA), the European Commission (including 6th and 7th Framework Programmes and H2020), and the former Scottish Office. He participates in the Research Groups on Policy and Governance and on International Relations, serves on the Steering Committee of the Centre for Security Research (CeSeR), and was co-convener (with Andrew Neal and Juliet Kaarbo) of the ESRC seminar series, Security in Scotland, with or without constitutional change. He is a member of the University's Institute for the Study of Science, Technology and Innovation (ISSTI), and of the Cyber Security and Privacy Research Network.
Charles Raab has engaged in advisory and consultancy work for UK and Scottish government departments, the Office of the Information Commissioner, the European Commission, the New Zealand Law Commission, Liberty, the Equality and Human Rights Commission, the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO), and the EU's Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA), among others. He was the Specialist Adviser to the House of Lords Select Committee on the Constitution for their inquiry, resulting in Surveillance: Citizens and the State, 2nd Report, Session 2008-09, HL Paper 18 (available at: https://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld200809/ldselect/ldconst/18/18.pdf) and Analysis of the Government's Response to Surveillance: Citizens and the State, 14th Report, Session 2008-09,HL Paper 114 (available at: http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld200809/ldselect/ldconst/114/114.pdf). He is a member of the editorial or advisory boards of many journals in the fields of information policy and public policy, a member of the programme committees of a number of international conferences and summer schools, and sits on the advisory boards of several research projects. He is a member of the Surveillance Studies Network, participated in the Canadian-funded project on ‘The New Transparency: Surveillance and Social Sorting’, and served on the Management Board of the European Union’s COST Action on ‘Living in Surveillance Societies’ (LiSS). He has given written and oral evidence to Parliamentary Select Committees. He is Co-Chair of the Independent Digital Ethics Panel for Policing (IDEPP), and is a member of the Data Ethics Group of the Alan Turing Institute as well as the Europol Data Protection Experts Network (EDEN). He is a member of the Scottish Government's Digital Identity Scotland Expert Group, the Governance and Ethics Action Group in the University of Edinburgh's Internet of Things (IoT) Programme, and the AI and Data Ethics (AIDE) Advisory Group in the University's City Deal and Data-Driven Innovation Programme.
(with W Webster et al., eds.) Surveillance and Democracy: Social, Political and Legal Perspectives on Europe (IOS Press, forthcoming); (with A. Lehmann et al., eds.), Privacy and Identity Management: Facing Up to Next Steps (11th IFIP WG 9.2, 9.5, 96/11.7, 11.4, 11.6/SIG 9.2.2 International Summer School, Karlstad, Sweden August 21-26, 2016, Revised Selected Papers (Springer, 2017; available at: http://link.springer.com/book/10.1007%2F978-3-319-55783-0); (with D Aspinall et al., eds.), Privacy and Identity Management: Time for a Revolution? (10th IFIP WG 9.2, 9.5, 96/11.7, 11.4, 11.6/SIG 9.2.2 International Summer School, Edinburgh, UK, August 16-21, 2015, Revised Selected Papers (Springer, 2016; available at: http://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783319417622); (with D Wright et al.) Privacy Impact Assessment and Risk Management, Report for the Office of the Information Commissioner (ICO, 2013, available at: https://ico.org.uk/media/1042196/trilateral-full-report.pdf); (with contributions by others), Fifty Years and More: The Department of Politics at the University of Edinburgh, (Edinburgh: Department of Politics, University of Edinburgh, 2012, available at: http://www.pol.ed.ac.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0008/91466/Politics_Dept_History.pdf); (with W Webster et al., eds.) Video Surveillance: Practices and Policies in Europe (IOS Press, 2012); (with B Goold) Protecting Information Privacy, Research Report 69 (Equality and Human Rights Commission, 2011, available at: https://www.equalityhumanrights.com/sites/default/files/research-report-69-protecting-information-privacy.pdf); (with C Bennett) The Governance of Privacy: Policy Instruments in Global Perspective (Ashgate, 2003; 2nd edition MIT Press, 2006); (with M Arnott, eds.) The Governance of Schooling: Comparative Studies of Devolved Management (Routledge/Falmer, 2000); (with M Anderson et al.) Policing the European Union (Clarendon Press, 1996); (with A McPherson), Governing Education: A Sociology of Policy Since 1945 (Edinburgh U.P., 1988); (ed., with intro.) Data Protection and Privacy - Proceedings of a Conference, (Social Research Association, 1982).
Commissioned by the Office of the Information Commissioner, he co-authored the Surveillance Studies Network's Report on the Surveillance Society (2006, available at: https://ico.org.uk/media/about-the-ico/documents/1042390/surveillance-society-full-report-2006.pdf), and an Update Report (2010, reproduced in House of Commons Home Affairs Committee, Information Commissioner’s Annual Report to the House of Commons pursuant to the Home Affairs Committee’s report ‘A Surveillance Society’, Fifth Report of Session 2007-08, Fourth Report of Session 2010-11, HC 702, published 1 March 2011; available at: http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201011/cmselect/cmhaff/702/702.pdf).
Complete list of publications is available on request.
Charles Raab took part in two EU FP7 projects: PRISMS (The Privacy and Security Mirrors: Towards a European Framework for Integrated Decision-Making, http://prismsproject.eu) and IRISS (Increasing Resilience in Surveilance Societies, http://irissproject.eu), and chaired the Ethics Committee of a third project, SIAM (Security Impact Assessment Measures, http://cordis.europa.eu/project/rcn/97990_en.html). He participated in the H2020 project, CANDID ( Checking Assumptions and Promoting Responsibility in Smart Development Projects), https://www.ntnu.no/blogger/elsa/candid-the-new-eu-project-on-the-role-of-social-and-human-sciences-in-smart-projects/), and is also engaged in further writing for publication in the fields of privacy theory and regulatory practice, surveillance, personal identity, security, resilience, and related topics.
Charles Raab is able to offer supervision on the above topics and on related ones in the broader field of public policy and governance.


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Where to take start on this big sale day?
Online Shopping on cyber Monday grows every year with double digit growth. It could be the biggest shopping day of this year too. Since cyber Monday is full of online discounted offers on gifts, clothing and especially on electronic items too. If your head is spinning from all the online choices then stay calm! Because as November gets started, searches get multiplied four times about cyber Monday deals on Google.
Amazon, being the pioneer in online shopping and the most trustworthy and reliable online platform, they have tremendous selection of offering products on sales. However, Amazon is known to offer best deals which are limited to certain period of time so keep looking on the clock and have your eyes on your smartphone or whatever device you’re using. They have this tremendous successful prime shipping program to offer too.
In case of electronics, Walmart is also liked by customers. A lot of people don’t know that they are standing in line on retail stores for discounted deals on TV instead they can find it at much lower price by Walmart shopping online. Walmart has well organized website to attract people and offer good deals on electronics with free shipping offer on some items along with free choice to pick up from store. Also offer some refurbished electronic products of Apple too.
EBay would also assure savings from 20 to 70 percent on the top Cyber Monday sales. EBay offers some great cyber Monday deals on laptops and tablets. Keep checking their site to get updates on cyber Monday hot deals. They also provide early cyber Monday deals. From EBay, you can get laptops of HP, Dell, Acer and Lenovo just under $399. However, eBay is more into selling pre-used and refurbished items of electronics.
Most likely Amazon and Best buy will provide discounted offers on DSLR cameras from the houses of Nikon and Canon. Expect some massive deals on 4k TV’s from brands like Samsung, LG and Toshiba.
Amazon is selling 2017 Newest HP Notebook 15.6 Inch with capacity of 16GB+128GB SSD in just $729.00 while BestBuy offers HP 2-in-16″ Touch-Screen Laptop – Intel Core i7 – 16GB Memory in $999.99 and open-box for $869.99 with free shipping till November, 14 2017.


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A.F. Branco Cartoon – BOOF!
Now that the smoke has cleared, some say the Democrats will pay a heavy price for their sleazy dirty tricks and assault on Justice Kavanaugh.


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Electrodes. All prices are in $USD.
SIZE (other sizes are available) Area METALS (cost in USD) for each single electrode.
Dont use wires or thin rods because of small surface area.
Comes with bar to attach electrodes and to fit across the large container.
GERMANIUM is a semiconductor and not available as an electrode.
We install a Germanium diode inside all of our generators--adds homeopathic Germanium.
Silicon and Selenium are also semiconductors and not available as metallic electrodes.

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The Foundation for Culture and Civil Society (FCCS) was established in March 2003 as an independent social organisation by a group of Afghans concerned with the fate of Afghan culture and the strengthening of Afghan civil society. Its board members include senior members of the Academy of Sciences, the Human Rights Commission , the Judiciary, members of artists' and research organisation of University of Kabul and the Director of the National Museum.
The Foundation is registered with the Ministry of Justice as an independent social foundation. Its staff is fully Afghan, although it benefits from the advice given by foreigners. The Chairman, Mir Ahmad Joyenda, is a veteran in government and international agency work and has wide experience in culture and research activities. It is headquartered in a historic building in the centre of Kabul, where it can accommodate up to 300 people in its weekly socio-cultural activities.
The Foundation's main objective is to become a focal point for all activities promoting modern Afghan culture and the strengthening of civil society. It is at once a motor for national development, within the framework of the peace process and national reconstruction efforts, and a bridge to the rest of the artistic and intellectual communities of Afghanistan.
The Foundation has received core support from the World Bank and the Open Society Institute, and is negotiating a 2.5 million Euro contract with the European Commission for the implementation of a nationwide small grants programme to support local culture and civil society initiatives.
It has received funds from UNAMA, the Swiss Development and Co-operation, Oxfam-Navib, TAF, US Embassy, HBS, Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission, and the Embassies of Norway and of the Netherlands.
In 2003 the Foundation's premises opened to the public as a full-blown cultural centre, providing a platform for Afghan performing and fine arts, film and literature, academic lectures and social activities such as workshops and seminars. The Centre has attracted many Kabulis who are interested in culture, and is already functioning as one of the motors of the Afghan culture revival.
FCCS regularly hosts events coming from abroad (photo exhibitions, western classical music concerts, international video screenings, theatre plays), bringing added value and an exchange of knowledge which can enrich the Afghan cultural heritage.
The Foundation has established linkages with partners, international or Afghan, to initiate activities in the provinces with local artists and civil society groups. These range from travelling theatre campaigns to local music festival and from advocating women's rights in remote areas to holding round tables on pressing social or culture issues.
The Foundation also helps Afghan artists to travel abroad, and hosts events organised by Afghan artists or researchers living abroad. On the other hand, it has provided a platform for foreign artists visiting in Afghanistan, to expose the Afghan public to foreign culture forms.
FCCS also seeks to enhance Afghanistan's visibility on the international cultural stage, collaborating with a range of partners both at home and abroad with a view to enabling Afghan artists to participate in international events such as the Venice Biennale and organising regional events such as the Afghan Cultural Week in Tajikistan.
Finally, in order ensure more citizens' participation in the peace and reconstruction process, the Foundation for Culture and Civil Society is talking part in nationwide outreach efforts to involve as many local partners and community-based organisations as possible in such processes as the Constitutional Loya Jirga, election, and good governance.


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This is a simple but stunning necklace! it has smooth powder blue amazonite beads against a shimmering blue flash opalite! the central stone is amazonite again which gives this necklace a beautiful focal.
The beads are attached to a silver plated chain with a lobster clasp and the necklace measures 18"
Amazonite is said to soothe emotional trauma, alleviate worry and fear and it's also believed to boost self confidence!
Opalite is a stone for emotional balance, it is said to improve your sense of self worth and it is also useful in helping success in business.


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From The Militant, Vol. IX No. 25, 23 June 1945, p. 5.
“Who’s going to do the dirty work under Socialism?” That’s one question that doesn’t come from the heart of the working man at all. He’s just thoughtlessly echoing the middle and boss class people who never have soiled their hands. Because if he stopped to think a second he’d say “Who does the dirty work under CAPITALISM?” And the answer would be THE WHOLE WORKING CLASS.
Somehow or other some people have got the idea that it’s just the garbage men who do the dirty work under capitalism. If that were true and that were the only dirty work we had to eliminate under Socialism, it would be a real snap. Why, for the cost of a couple of pocket battleships you could install private incinerators all over the country and let all the garbage men work in a perfume factory.
But it isn’t true. There are jobs far, far dirtier than garbage men’s. What about the furnace workers in the steel plants, straining their guts with all-day shoveling and slag picking in sweltering heat and getting pneumonia when the winds freeze the sweat on their bodies ? That’s a dirty job.
What about the foundry workers, pouring the metal into sand molds while the black smoke fills the shut-in buildings so much that the glaring red and white hot iron only dimly lights the place like a red sunset? Yes what about them – working along till they collapse with tuberculosis, silicosis and other lung diseases. All the horse pills in the drinking fountain dispensers don’t stop them from getting this coughing, blood-spitting business. And that’s a dirty job.
What about the miners, working their lives out on their knees and bellies in the bowels of the earth? They get lung diseases, too – and more besides. The cave-ins, the blow-ups, the asphyxiations – and the slow starvation in the death traps. And as for dirt, they come home every night covered with coal dust from head to toe. They still have the taste of it in their mouths. Do you call that a clean job?
Capitalist war isn’t exactly a clean affair either. Millions upon millions of youngsters are thrown into battle to murder and be murdered for the sake of Dupont and Mitsui. Most of those kids would have been squeamish about tossing around scraps and rotten vegetables. Now they have to plunge their stickers into MEN and turn them into rotting corpses. And afterward they have to endure the stink of the battlefield and try not to go crazy.
The only dirty work will be the job of cleansing all the filth the capitalists have left behind – like clearing up the debris from their terrible war.
Our workers’ society will have no need of war. It will have every need for strong, healthy, happy human beings and every reason to help them to be so. Our workers’ society will spare no expense to make all jobs safe and clean. UNDER SOCIALISM, NO ONE’S GOING TO DO THE DIRTY WORK.


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The following is a guest post by Zanos.
Aroma ingredients come in lots of different forms – from natural essential oils to synthetic aroma chemicals, not to mention combinations of the two.
They range from bases that hold fragrances together for longer, to individual odour notes, to more complex accords that blend multiple notes into a unified aroma, and pyramid notes that are perceived differently over a period of time.
While manufacturers might make a big deal of using only natural aroma ingredients, the fact is that synthetic aroma chemicals are by far the larger proportion of the market, and with good reason.
Lower cost and consistent budgeting for commercially driven projects.
Consistent quality and less variation due to climate or location of source.
Large volume production means reliable supply even of large quantities.
Natural aroma ingredients have their benefits too – and the higher cost and scarcity of some is even seen as beneficial in markets like top-end fragrances, where it is helpful for products to be thought of as exclusive.
But for some applications, synthetic aroma chemicals are the only option, including developing new molecules that don’t occur in nature at all, and these massively expand the range of options open to the perfumer.
What are the key markets for synthetic aroma chemicals?
Household toiletries and cosmetics with high-volume production.
Markets transitioning from natural fragrance ingredients to synthetic aroma chemicals.
Rising use of artificial menthol reduces need for natural crops.
Vanilla substitutes tackle supply problems due to weather events.
Chemical processing can also transform natural raw materials.
This last point is an important one because the line between natural fragrance ingredients and synthetic aroma chemicals is increasingly blurred by the methods used by perfume chemists to process natural ingredients.
Perfume ingredients like Ambroxan are a fine example of this, helping to reduce the use of controversial natural aroma ingredients like ambergris, while still providing the kind of musky, complex scent that great perfumes are built on.
It also highlights how intricately connected perfumery and chemistry are – whether blending aroma ingredients to produce a unique perfume, or applying chemical processes to create something more than the sum of its parts.
Because of this, the expertise of modern aroma chemists and experienced perfumers means that synthetic aroma chemicals are found in every market, both alongside and often instead of their natural counterparts.
This post is in collaboration with Zanos which specialises in sourcing and supplying high-quality natural essential oils and aroma chemicals for the UK and European flavour and fragrance industry. Founded in 2000 and based on over 25 years’ experience in the chemical and allied industries, Zanos has extensive contacts and performs as a distributor, supplier and sourcing agent.

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Sledge is a destruction-focused, close-range Operator. He has a medium armor class.
Sledge’s breaching hammer can be used to quickly go through destructible walls, floors and barricades. It’s also much quieter than using explosives but might leave you exposed to the enemies or traps on the other side of the obstruction, so be ready to quickly take cover from enemy fire. While Sledge is an effective breacher, his Breaching Hammer cannot breach reinforced walls and reinforced trapdoors.
Sledge's breaching hammer appears to be based on the Gerber Ding-Dong breaching hammer. This is further evidenced by sledge's use of the hammer as a battering ram at the end of his operator video.
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The idea of starting a family and planning for pregnancy can be overwhelming. From understanding your fertility to how to maintain the healthiest pregnancy journey- there is a lot of information to digest.
And, every journey to pregnancy is individual, so how do you know what¹s right for you?
Mary Jane Minkin, M.D., Yale Clinical Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences at Yale University School of Medicine says, ³Let¹s stick to the baby-making basics and keep it simple.
Find your fertile days: Using an app to track your ovulation is helpful, but an at-home ovulation predictor kit, such as First Response, will identify your two most fertile days. It detects the luteinizing hormone (LH) surge in your urine, or when you are likeliest to conceive, so get busy!
Rethink your lubricant: Your go-to personal lubricant might actually be hurting your chances of conceiving. Try a fertility-friendly one such as Pre-Seed, which mimics your own fertile fluids and helps support sperm quality.
Take folic acid before, during, and after pregnancy: A prenatal vitamin with folic acid is important at every stage of your pregnancy journey to support a healthy baby. Your health care provider can prescribe once such as OB Complete, or try an over-the-counter and easy to chew gummy vitamin like vitafusion Prenatal.
Testing, Testing, Testing: Always have plenty of pregnancy tests on hand. First Response Triple Check helps to reassure your result with three unique, accurate tests in one kit.
Don’t ignore your health post-baby: The 4th trimester is the period after giving birth and adjusting to your body post-birth is crucial. If you had a vaginal delivery, your pelvic floor might become loose, leading to issues such as urine leakage. Attain is the first over-the-counter solution to help strengthen the pelvic floor and calm the detrusor muscle.

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Simon Says are a child bereavement support charity. Their aim is to support children who have lost someone important to them so they can help to understand what has happened to them and move forward to rebuilding their lives.
Bavaria Yachts USA was appointed as the sole US importer, distributor and dealer for Bavaria yachts in the USA. The challenge was to launch the Bavaria Yachts brand in the highly competitive US yachting market with the new Cruiser models designed by Farr Yacht Design as well as the spacious Vision series - in just three months.


text: What is this plant/weed? It spreads easily and is a clinging/climbing type. I’m in central Texas.


text: Merus Power offers reliable and proven power quality and energy storage solutions for energy efficiency, operational excellence and compliance to technical regulations. Our product portfolio includes, Active Harmonic Filters, STATCOM's, Static Var Compensators (SVC's), Uninterrupted Power Quality (UPQ) and Energy storage systems (ESS). Our wide range of solutions from 208V 35kVAr up to 38.5kV 250MVAr, effectively solve power quality challenges of our clients in commercial buildings, light and heavy industries, infrastructure and renewable energy market segments.

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text: Sharpe's Battle. Sharpe must transform the Royal Irish Company, a ceremonial force, into a fighting regiment. The difficulty of this task is deepened by Lord Kiely's wife, a woman who needs help for a personal matter. Meanwhile, false reports of an English massacre in Ireland lead to even more unforeseen troubles.

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For years now I have had a love/hate relationship with Noise Cancelling headphones; for a few reasons but mainly cost and sound quality. As a result, I have never pulled the trigger on a pair of Bose Quiet Comforts despite being close many times in the past.
Well that all changed when I tried the new Sony Noise Cancelling headphones - the MDR-1000x's. I finally pulled the trigger on these when they went on sale for $399 vs the normal rrp of $699.
The MDR-1000x's are Bluetooth Noise Cancelling headphone that is very similar in design and aesthetics to the Bose QC35's. They were released back in September last year and have gained quite a bit of attention.
The Sony's come packaged in a nice fold open box that opens to reveal a hard zip up storage case.
The headphones then perform an acrobatic twist and swivel to fit into the case, again very similar to the Bose couterpart.
Let's face it, you could have all the feature in the world, but you ultimately buy headphones for sound quality. The MDR-1000x's share the same drivers as the exceptional MDR-1A's that Sony released a few years ago.
Overall I was very impressed with the sound quality of the MDR-1000x. Noise cancelling provides all sorts of challenges for sound quality and headphone manufacturers tend to do a fair bit of processing and EQ tweaking to try and compensate. The Sony's do a fantastic job of providing a nice natural sound stage with even high's, mids and lows. What is even more impressive is that even with Noise Cancelling switched off and the headphones plugged in via cable in passive mode with no processing or EQ they still sound great.
If I was to compare them to my PSB M4U headphones (similar sort of cost) that are very well regarded in terms of overall sound quality, I would say they come pretty close. They are not as flat as the PSB's and certainly have a more aggressive EQ but they are nice to listen too.
The Bluetooth pairing process on the MDR-1000x's couldn't be simpler. You just hold the power button down and you get a voice prompt saying Bluetooth pairing has started and you are good to go.
It is also worth pointing out the MDR-1000x's support SBC, ACC and AptX as well as Sony’s proprietary LDAC codec for their hi-res players. Unfortunately Apple neglected AptX in the iPhone 7, but my MacBook Pro supports an AptX connection and there is a notable sound difference between AptX and the default SBC/ACC on the iPhone.
Interestingly the Bose QC35's do not support AptX and only support SBC and ACC.
Sony has introduced a novel and convenient way to control the headphones, all the normal buttons are on the bottom of the left ear cup. You have a power button, a button to toggle noise cancelling on and off and a button to trigger the ambient noise modes. There is also a port to plug a 3.5mm normal headphone cable in if you want to use the headphones wired instead of Bluetooth.
But what is really cool is the introduction of touch controls, which once you get used to, works really well and are much simpler to use than finding the correct button while the headphones are on your head. Essentially the entire right ear cup is touch sensor. They have set it up like a normal D-Pad, you can swipe up and down to increase/decrease volume and left and right to skip forward or back in your playlist. You can tap to start and stop the track or answer the phone.
I was originally very sceptical of this method of control and thought it would end up being a PIA to actually operate, but once I was used to it I was pleasantly surprised, it actually makes things very simply and you don't end up pressing the wrong button by accident.
Solid Noise cancelling is one thing that Bose has held the trophy on for years. They really pioneered Active Noise Cancelling and no one has been able to compete with any real credibility for awhile now. Several people have come close but not to the same level.
Sony has really pulled out all stops with the Active Noise Cancelling in these things. I haven't had extensive listening time with the QC35's but I have with the QC25's and I would say the Sony's are 90% of the way there. They provide a solid noise cancelling experience, I also don't notice the pressure build up that I have experienced on cheaper noise cancelling headphones.
Sony has also introduced some interesting noise cancelling features such as the ambient noise mode. You can trigger this two ways, either by pushing the 'Ambient Noise' button which lets a certain amount of background noise in so you can hear what is going on around you. But you can also trigger a 'quick ambient noise' mode by simply holding your hand over the right ear cup this dims the music and pumps the ambient sounds into the headphones, this feature is AMAZING!, especially if you use your headphones in an environment where someone may try and talk to you.
The MDR-1000x's are feature packed, with Sony taking every opportunity to jam advanced features in. They are a natural competitor to the Bose QC35's and you will find many people doing direct comparisons and ultimately it will come down to personal preference on audio style as to which you prefer so I encourage anyone who is in the market for ANC headphone to listen to both side by side.
I personally prefer the sound profile of the Sony's and think Sony have done an amazing job and really raised the bar to provide Bose with some competition in the space which is great.


text: This page helps you compare HP Pavilion 15 cc129tx (3CW23PA) (i5 8th Gen/8GB/1TB SSHD/Win 10/2GB GFX) with HP Pavilion 15 cc134tx (3CW27PA) (i7 8th Gen/8GB/2TB/Win 10/4GB GFX). When you see HP Pavilion 15 cc129tx (3CW23PA) (i5 8th Gen/8GB/1TB SSHD/Win 10/2GB GFX) Vs HP Pavilion 15 cc134tx (3CW27PA) (i7 8th Gen/8GB/2TB/Win 10/4GB GFX) comparison on Pricebaba, watch-out for the specifications of these phones and also the VFM score. With Pricebaba’s Value For Money Score, you can know how HP Pavilion 15 cc129tx (3CW23PA) (i5 8th Gen/8GB/1TB SSHD/Win 10/2GB GFX) stands against HP Pavilion 15 cc134tx (3CW27PA) (i7 8th Gen/8GB/2TB/Win 10/4GB GFX) and which one you should buy. The best price of HP Pavilion 15 cc129tx (3CW23PA) (i5 8th Gen/8GB/1TB SSHD/Win 10/2GB GFX) is currently Rs. 57,229. The lowest price for HP Pavilion 15 cc134tx (3CW27PA) (i7 8th Gen/8GB/2TB/Win 10/4GB GFX) is Rs. 74,990. The prices for both these products were updated April 25, 2019.


text: 8 foot Artificial Outdoor Cycas Palm Tree: Ribbed Synthetic Trunk & 24 Fronds is a ruggedly designed commercial grade outdoor palm tree. The fronds on this tree can be removed and stored for the winter months. This tree comes with a 5 year limited warranty for defects and fading.


text: The Director of Crops at the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Food Security (MAFFS), Henry Kargbo has testified that he never initiated the procurement requisition for the 2,500 bags of fertilizer in 2016. SW-11 said this on Wednesday 14 March, 2019 when he was reading his written statement that he made to the Commission of Inquiry Secretariat on diverse dates (1 & 5 March, 2019). Answering whether it is the responsibility of the end user to do procurement requisition as was testified to by SW-9 (Senior Procurement Officer (SPO), Francis Kaikai on 27 February, 2019), Kargbo replied saying that “the statement is not correct as he only provided technical advice on the type and specification.” Kaikai during his testimony stated that procurement procedures demands that the needy unit is the originating officer and that he said was prepared and signed by SW-11. “It was prepared by him and was brought for my signature” Kargbo responded. Looking at the initiation document for the supply and delivery of NPK 20:20:20, NPK 15:15:15 and UREA 46%, he said that he recognised it but was only copied on it. He further stated that on the one that mentioned NPK 20:20:20, even though he was copied he knew there was a problem with the specification. On whether he read the said document before signing, he replied “I did read it, but frankly I was not aware because I was expecting the SPO to have done due diligence by providing the correct specification of NPK 0:20:20 that he was given.” In June, 2016 the former Minister Monty Jones sent a letter to the former President Ernest Bai Koroma requesting for Executive Clearance for them to use the restrictive bidding process for the purchase of 60,000 bags of NPK 20:20:20 fertilizer. Kargbo said that he wasn’t aware of the content of that letter and insisted that the specification he gave was for NPK 0:20:20 and not NPK 20:20:20. At which point during the interview he was shown the procurement requisition for the three types of fertilizer which has the names of those who appended their signature on it. He testified to the fact that the document was signed by him, the Permanent Secretary Abdulai Koroma and the Chief Accountant Edward B. Kamara, and it was for NPK 20:20:20, NPK 15:15:15 and UREA 46%. Still on who made the requisition, Kargbo insisted that the SPO only made a request to him to provide specification of the fertiliser but before that the Executive Management Committee (EMC) of the Ministry through the ‘wisdom of the former Minister’ came up with the flagship programme to increase the production and productivity of rice and other crops. The specification he emphasised was done in writing and on whether the document was prepared before the procurement process he said he couldn’t tell, but that the moment the SPO requested he knew that they were in the process.


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India is celebrating its 71st Independence Day on 15 August 2018.
14th August 2017 (Tuesday) 1330 UT (7.00 pm IST) onwards “Address to the Nation” on the eve of Independence Day in Hindi and English by Shri.Ram Nath Kovind, Honble President of India.
All stations of All India Radio will relay this on MW, SW & FM.
All India Radio will broadcast the running commentary in English and Hindi on the Flag Hoisting and Prime Minster’s speech to be held at Red Fort, New Delhi between 0135-0240 UT (0705-0810 IST) on 15th August, 2018 on the following SW frequencies.
6140 Aligarh 250 kW ?
7340 Mumbai 100 kW ?
The Regional SW Stations will start using their daytime frequencies about 1 hour or more earlier than usual on 15th August as follows to relay the Commentary. This may provide enhanced reception of stations than on normal days.
The sign on schedule for that day is as follows with normal sign on timings in brackets.
All stations of AIR will relay the running commentary.

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Aggregated turnover is your annual turnover plus the annual turnovers of any business entities that are your affiliates or that are connected with you.
Associates of an individual include people and entities such as relatives, or closely connected companies or trustees of a trust (other than the trustee of an employee share trust). For example, a partner in a partnership is an associate of the partnership and an individual's spouse is an associate of the individual. An individual may also be an associate of a self-managed super fund in which they are a member or of a family trust of which they are a beneficiary.
Capital gains tax (CGT) is the tax paid on a capital gain. It is not a separate tax, just part of a taxpayer’s income tax. The most common way to make a capital gain (or capital loss) is by selling or disposing of assets such as real estate, shares or managed fund investments.
the cost to you to preserve or defend your title or rights to it – for example, if you paid a call on shares.
Cost base is also explained in Subdivision 110-A of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997.
If an employee acquires ESS interests under a taxed-upfront scheme, the discount is the market value of the ESS interests at acquisition, reduced by the amount paid to acquire the interests.
If an employee acquires ESS interests under a tax-deferred scheme, the discount is the market value of the ESS interests at the deferred taxing point, reduced by the cost base of the interests.
Employees can include current, past or prospective employees and their associates. For the purposes of the ESS rules, directors and independent contractors are also treated as employees.
An employee share scheme is a scheme under which ESS interests in a company are provided to its employees (including current, past or prospective employees and their associates) in relation to their employment.
The report that an employer provides to us (the ATO) with information on discounts that employees or their associates have received on ESS interests either directly or through an employee share trust.
The statement that an employer gives an employee with information about any discounts the employee or their associates have received on ESS interests. It contains information needed to complete the employee’s tax return.
This is a term used in the industry that means to use or convert the right you have to a share in the company.
a number of shares, where that number cannot be determined at the time of acquisition of the right but will be determined at a later time.
An option is a form of right that gives the holder the right, but not the obligation, to buy a share in the company for an agreed price (the exercise price) by exercising their option during a certain time period.
Division 13A of Part III of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936, which provided for the taxation treatment of shares or rights acquired under employee share schemes before 1 July 2009.
An ESS interest acquired by an employee is at real risk of forfeiture if a reasonable person would consider that there is a real risk that the employee may forfeit or lose the ESS interest, other than by intentionally taking no action to realise the benefit.
The meaning of 'real' is something more than a mere possibility.
Benefits an employer gives their employee because of their employment (other than salary and wages) are included as fringe benefits, even if the employer actually provides them to an associate of the employee. The grossed-up taxable value of those benefits that the employer records on their employee's payment summary for the income year that corresponds to the employer’s FBT year is their reportable fringe benefits amount.
The reportable fringe benefits total is the sum of the reportable fringe benefits amounts from different employers.
any reportable employer super contributions your employer may make for you.
as part of the employee's remuneration package, in circumstances when it is reasonable to conclude that the employee's salary or wages would be greater if the ESS interest was not part of that package.
ESS interests acquired under salary sacrifice arrangements are treated as acquired at a discount. The amount of the reduction in salary or wages under the salary sacrifice arrangement does not form part of the cost base of the ESS interests.
the company's aggregated turnover did not exceed $50 million.
the amount payable to exercise an ESS interest that is a right is greater than or equal to the market value of an ordinary share in the company when the right is acquired.
control more than 5% of the voting rights in the company.
The employee’s ownership and voting rights include the ownership and ownership and voting rights of their associates.
This test does not include the ownership of shares or the voting rights the employee would have if they were to exercise any ESS interests they hold that are rights.
control more than 10% of the voting rights in the company.
ownership of shares and the voting rights they would have if they were to exercise any ESS interests they hold that are rights.
the amount that the employee's rental property deductions are greater than their rental property income, for the income year.
Look up any unfamiliar terms we use to help you understand ESS.

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Today we are in Richard's Bay, still South Africa. Richards Bay is home to a vast population of aquatic birds and is where hunter John Dunn shot the longest crocodile ever recorded in South Africa, a whopping 22 feet. We were on a waiting list for another game drive, in Hluhwwe, pronounced Shoo shoo we. We did get on so we chose to go to St. Lucia Wetland Nature Reserve and we were happy that we did as we finished our big Five sighting when we we saw a buffalo standing on the edge of the water.
This was a boat trip and the island is home to 526 different bird species. I recorded the sighting of Scooter Herons, Egerts (like our Fl ones), Cape and Red Cormorants, Swallows, Swifts, Giant Kingfisher, Pied Kingfisher, African Fish Eagle and my favorite, the African Jakarta, called the Jesus bird because it's feet are very large and they can actually walk on water. The African Fish Eagle has only one mate and if the mate dies it stops feeding and also dies. Greater love has no one!!!!
We also saw crocodiles and more hippos. This time we learned some new facts. Hippos give birth in the water in the reeds. If the baby is male, the mother has to stay there, venturing out only occasionally until the baby is old enough time to fend for it's self. If taken back to the pod the father, the dominant make will kill his own child. A baby hippo weights two tons at birth. If we are not careful we may resemble a baby hippos before we get off this ship. A hippo can hold it's breath for six minutes and can run 25 miles an hour. They are very nervous when out of the water. They stay in the water all day and come out at dusk and feed during the night. If they encounter people while feeding they immediately charge. I think I have said before that they kill more people than any other animal. The boat captain had a hippo tooth. Wow is that a big ivory tooth. It is as large as some elephant tusks.
This, too, was a great day and we are happy that we chose this trip because it was our last chance to see the buffalo.
Mozambique! Maputo is the capital and the largest city and is a port on the Indian Ocean. Maputo is a melting pot of several cultures, with a strong South African influence. The Bantu and Portuguese cultures dominate but the Arab, Indian and Chinese cultures is also felt. The most important landmarks are the Fort of Nossa Senhora da Conceiao as well as the Central Railway Station, an enormous structure which looks more like a palace for Kings. There is also an iron house designed by Eiffle , the designer of the Eiffle Tower, that was built in France and sent here in sections when the French were in control. No one ever lived in it. Can you gone living in a steel house in the subtropics??? What were they thinking??
We had a real treat here. A former student, Cindy , has been living here and is working as a liaison from the University of Minnesota with the Mozambique Department of Agriculture. She met us at the port with a brand new van and a driver and gave us a resident's view of the city. We saw the Cathedral, the Fort, the Train Station, the Parque (park) Tundero, had a walk through the central market with it's huge display of exotic vegetables, fish, mud crabs and other items too numerous to mention. The mud crabs are interesting. They bring them in big tubs filled with mud and they are sold with a nice helping of mud. We passed by the wealthy section and President's house as well as most of the Embassys. The Polana Hotel is the best hotel there and it looked very good. Cindy took us to a local restaurant for one of the tastiest meals I have had in a long time. Seafood is abundant here and the major influence is Portuguese. The Portuguese really know how to cook seafood. We had peri-peri prawns (shrimp), fabulous Portuguese vegetables which were a medley of potatoes, cabbage and I forget the others. The peri-peri shrimp were delicious. Peri-peri is a Portuguese spice that is pretty spicy.
Portuguese is the official language here and for me it was much easier to understand than the Portuguese in Portugal. My Spanish was also understood.
It was a fabulous day with Cindy. I am very proud of her, although I can take no credit for her success. I do hope that being in my Spanish class inspired her a little. She has her doctorate in Food and Resource Economics, not the exact title. She has worked in many countries in Africa helping countries develop agricultural products. Cindy speaks several languages and is a very interesting person.
Cindy dropped us off just as the sky opened and it poured. We arrived back at the ship looking like drowned rats......but it was worth it. We had a great day. Thank you, Cindy.

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At Office Evolution Columbus we want to celebrate International Coworking Day on August 9th, 2018 in a BIG way. We're providing one day of free coworking from August 7th to 10th.
Work at any of our 4 locations in the Columbus Metro Area (Dublin, Easton Town Center, Worthington, Downtown-Huntington Bldg). We'll have snacks, coffee and the best community to work alongside of to celebrate International Coworking Day! Those who come in to work will be entered to win a free week pass!
This is a day to celebrate coworking across the world. Coworking is much more than an office space where members gather to work. It is the collaborative spirit that develops when people are in proximity to each other every day. Shared workspaces are often inhabited by small companies, freelancers and remote workers who gather in an environment that is conducive to productivity and builds community.


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It’s a sair fecht, this trekin roond an roond an roond up this tower. It’s takin forever – the view frae the tap better be guid.
Are ye sure there’s nae better wye than takin this langsome roondaboot road?
This is terribly hard work treking round and round and round up this tower. It is taking forever – the view from the top had better be good.
Are you sure there is not a better way than taking this interminable spiraling road?
The inspiration for gigantic castles towering up to impossible heights with humans inhabiting them like insects comes from the Iain M Banks novel Feersum Endjinn.
It tells of descendants who have lost most of the advanced science of their ancestors but not their hubris.
And now the engineers have revolted, and yet, all together, they must somehow escape the star dimming scourge known as the encroachment that is eating the galaxy and heading their way.


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The Pomona Swap Meet is the perfect Car Show for all the sweet reasons. Lots of rides in all states of perfection.
Bring in out: The Impala, no matter what isle, they dominated this car scene.
Pomona is in the Gallery!
Pomona Swap Meet: Ranchero Emblem in distress.


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We seek to make the admissions process at Los Encinos School easy and accessible. We are happy to answer your questions, and invite you to begin the information gathering process by attending one of our weekly admissions tours. We believe that the best way for you to learn about our school is to visit and to observe the magic of students and teachers in action.
Each small-group school tour is led by Ilene Reinfeld, Head of School, and provides a time for you to ask any and all questions you might have about the Los Encinos experience. To reserve your space at one of our school tours and begin the process, please complete this RSVP form or contact Jill Lasker at (818) 990-1006 ext. 1103.
Click to launch the online application form. Please note, the application takes approximately 10-15 minutes to complete. If you’d like to save your work and return later, you’ll need to click to the final section where you see the blue “Submit” button. Go ahead and click “Submit.” Then you’ll see a link to “Edit Your Response.” Click the “Edit Your Response” link and bookmark it so you can return to it later. If you prefer to print the form, see below. Any questions, please call us (818) 990-1006, or email admissions@losencinosschool.org.
Please find the forms below that you may download and return to Los Encinos School, Attn: Admissions, 17100 Ventura Blvd., Encino, CA 91316, or email them to admissions@losencinosschool.org, or FAX to (818) 990-0142. (Each link below opens a PDF document. Hit the “back” button on your browser to return to this page).
We understand that for many families the cost of an independent school education may be more than what their family budget can accommodate. The Los Encinos School Tuition Assistance Program strives to make sure that if a child and family are a good match for the school, then finances will not prevent that child from attending.
As a school that values diversity, equity, and inclusion, Los Encinos uses the tuition assistance program to ensure that we are a socio-economically diverse community. In fact, nearly 25% of our students receive tuition assistance. You also may be surprised to learn that the average family income of a tuition assistance recipient is $145,000.
In addition to need-based grants, Los Encinos School offers several payment plan options that allow a family to spread tuition out over the year. Tuition Assistance awards are confidential and are determined by the Tuition Assistance Committee. Applying for assistance does not guarantee an award as decisions are based on need, availability of funds, and the number of qualified applicants.
FAST stands for “Financial Aid for School Tuition.” Please follow the instructions in the User Guide below and click the FAST logo to begin the online application process. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to call.


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Wonderful Signs recently completed the office signage for a private bank in New York. With meticulously painted letters and a beautiful frosted "watermark" symbol as the background, this multi-layered signage brings elegance and style to a professional workspace.
Wonderful Signs recently completed the beautiful signage for a luxury bespoke fashion brand in Midtown Manhattan. With beautiful hand crafted antique finish background, the bronze letters are securely attached to the face. A nicely beveled edges give the signage subtle atheistic that is consistent with the historic nature of the building. The result is a stunning storefront with elegant signage that gives a long and lasting impression of the brand.
Conference rooms are where ideas are exchanged and deals are closed. It needs openness so the minds are clear, and some privacy where no distraction is allowed when important decisions are made. Frosted film is the ideal material for such an important space in corporate offices. Take a look at our recent works, and see how we can transform your conference rooms into the center of your work space.
Wonderful Signs recently completed a corporate signage project for Ferrero in New York. With branded visual distraction marks and brass logo letters throughout the river-view office, the space has been transformed into an open, bright and efficient space for future research.
New York City has very stringent rules for installing signs on landmark preserved buildings. The rules vary from location to location, and there are very specific requirements that you must follow in order to obtain approval. Some may consider this to be an unnecessary hurdle for businesses, yet the benefits of these rules are for the long run for our community and our city. It helps preserve the historic nature of our city and make New York the No.1 tourist destination in the world.


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Reach more conversions with a unique, custom made landing page.
Get more leads and conversions by creating a powerful page for your brand or company. Creating a page in AdPage is easy, fun and effective.


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Classes begin September 10th at our NEW LOCATION 148 Provision Parkway, Waterloo!
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If you have taken classes before with Fusion Dance & Performing Arts and you have given us your e-mail address, try the forgot your password link. If not, please contact the office to give us your e-mail address and to set your password.


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If you know someone who lives and works in China I would definitely suggest trying to find local companies to help, these are going to have the best rates and be able to help you within your niche.
If you don’t then you are stuck with looking from the outside in, which can be a tough enough job when you have a language and cultural barrier to contend with, along with the fact that China has its own equivalents for things like Google and Facebook.
For general purpose advertising these are the three sites that kept coming up in my research, they are all big companies and generic but unfortunately they are the only ones who seem to care about selling to non-chinese advertisers.
Feel free to comment with any you have come across!


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The hospital has operated a state-of-the-art sleep center since 1991. This is a modern two-bed facility staffed by trained polysomnographic (sleep study) technologists.
You are encouraged to contact your physician or hospital staff for more information.
"Needless suffering caused by undiagnosed sleep disorders"
Take a moment to evaluate your sleep.
T or F – I feel sleepy during the day, even when I get a good night's sleep.
T or F – I get very irritable when I can't sleep.
T or F – I often wake up at night and have trouble falling back to sleep.
T or F – It usually takes me a long time to fall asleep.
T or F – I often wake up very early and can't fall back to sleep.
T or F – I usually feel achy and stiff when I wake up in the morning.
T or F – I often seem to wake up because of dreams.
T or F – I sometimes wake up gasping for breath.
T or F – My bed partner says my snoring keeps her/him from sleeping.
T or F – I've fallen asleep driving.
If you answered True to two or more questions, please print out this questionnaire and discuss these sleep problems with your physician, or contact our office to arrange for a consultation at 504.535.7209.
Here are some tips for how you can encourage a reluctant bed partner to get help if you suspect that he/she may have a sleep disorder(s), such as sleep apnea.
Tell your bed partner when he/she has snored loudly, made choking or snorting sounds or stopped breathing during sleep.
Sometimes hearing is believing, you may need to record the sounds of your bed partner's snoring, and play it back to them.
Bring attention to the daytime symptoms of sleep apnea that affect your partner, such as daytime sleepiness and falling asleep while driving.
Educate yourself about the many health risks involved with untreated sleep problems.
Tell your bed partner how worried you are about his/her health, and how relieved you will be to find out if he/she has a serious sleep problem, such as sleep apnea.
Go with your bed partner to their primary care physician, and ask about having he/she evaluated for a sleep problem.
Encourage your bed partner to develop a plan for better health. Serious health problems can be avoided and improved with proper diagnosis and treatment of sleep disorders.