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There’s something about 40 – The 40 days of Pythagoras, Greek Mathematician, Philosopher, Scientist & Mystic.
The image on your left is of the Greek island, Samos. The place where one of the most famous mathematicians of the past, Pythagoras is believed to have been born in 570 B. C., very little in known about the man himself except that he traveled a lot, visiting places such as Egypt in his search for knowledge and God knows what else, what we do know is that he dabbled in various sciences and is remembered throughout history as a mathematician, scientist, philosopher and…even a mystic, whoever he really was, I only remember him from the math class back when I was in school, where we were taught the Pythagoras theorem. I recall, it was pretty easy.
But was it knowledge that made his famous? Not at all as you’ll see. The following is a marvelous anecdote about him I came across a few years ago is an eye opener.
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There’s something about 40 – The 40 days of Paulo Coelho.
While I was checking my inbox this morning, I received an email from Goodreads inviting everyone who had read Paulo Coelho’s bestseller, ‘The Alchemist’ to ask him any questions if any for a discussion group event to be held on April 2nd 2013, as you may know, this is the Goodreads version of another social network’s similarly titled but much more famous discussion group where they invite celebrities et al for a tête-à-tête with readers across the world, now the book itself is something I had read a long way back, and one of those books I had read cover to cover, though I had a few questions I could ask Coelho, I still wanted to refresh my memory regarding the book itself, so off I went to Wikipedia’s page for ‘The Alchemist’.
Of the many things I read, one thing caught my attention, the ‘The Alchemist’ itself was not Coelho’s first publication but his sixth and all of his previous books were failures, while this too appeared that it was going to tread the same path as the Alchemist’s first publisher, a local publishing house in Brazil, after having had very reasonable success with the book told Coelho in no uncertain terms that, that it was never going to sell, and that “he could make more money in the stock exchange”.
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industry_corpus2: Math & Statistics


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Victoria is the capital city of British Columbia, located on the southern tip of Vancouver Island, Canada. It is a major tourist destination with attractions such as the First Nations totem poles, heritage architecture, restaurants and cafés, a bustling harbour, museums, gardens and art galleries.
Victoria’s downtown area is decorated with English-style lamp posts and hanging flower baskets, and its shops and stores are mainly located in well preserved heritage buildings. Beacon Hill Park is popular with visitors as are the Butchart Gardens.
Victoria's varied coastline includes waterfront walkways, water taxi terminals, marinas and sandy pebbled beaches. The Inner Harbour, the "Hub" of Victoria, is central to many activities including the BC Provincial Museum and the Pacific Undersea Gardens.
Port Location – The cruise port terminal is located at Ogden Point, at the start of the Dallas Road waterfront walk.
Transport Links - Passenger rail service to Victoria is provided by VIA Rail Canada, which operates the Malahat train north, along the eastern coast of Vancouver Island, to the cities of Nanaimo, Courtenay, and points between. There is one daily round trip, departing Victoria in the morning, and returning from Courtenay in the evening.
The Victoria International Airport has non-stop flights to and from Toronto, San Francisco, Seattle and many cities throughout Western Canada. Multiple scheduled helicopter and seaplane flights are available daily from Victoria's Inner Harbour to Vancouver International Airport, Vancouver Harbour, and Seattle.
The BC Ferries Swartz Bay Ferry Terminal, located 29 kilometres north of Victoria, has hourly sailings to Tsawwassen (a ferry terminal south of Vancouver) and to many of the Gulf Islands. The Washington State Ferry terminal in Sidney provides ferry service to Friday Harbor, Orcas Island, and ultimately Anacortes, Washington.
In Victoria's Inner Harbour, an international ferry terminal provides car ferry service (M/V Coho) to Port Angeles, Washington, high-speed catamaran service (Victoria Clipper) to downtown Seattle, and seasonal passenger ferries to destinations in Washington including Friday Harbor, Port Angeles, and Bellingham.

industry_corpus2: Travel & Geography


text: This is an improved Japanese variety that is ideal for planting early and can provide a crop ready to harvest in May to June. The onions are a nice globe shape and have a mild flavour. The young ones can also be used as spring onions in salads.

industry_corpus2: Agriculture & Fisheries


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A teenager was officially charged on Friday afternoon following his arrest on Wednesday night on murder and gun charges. Drequan Scott, 18, was arraigned at the Calhoun County courthouse charged with homicide and felony firearm charges.
Scott was arrested after Battle Creek Police responded to a house fire at 250 Graves Ave. and discovered the victim, 58 year old Howard Gillette, deceased near the rear of the home. Authorities say he died from multiple gun shot wounds, possibly 24 hours prior to when the fire occurred.
Police said that was Scott’s second arrest in one week. The first time was for drunk driving on New Years Eve with Michigan State Police locating a handgun in Scott's vehicle. He was then taken into custody but later bonded out.
Authorities are looking into whether there was any prior connection between the two men.

industry_corpus2: Law & Justice


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The brand's trench is not only affordable with its under-$500 price tag, but comes in three striking styles: Noir black, Rouge red, and our personal favorite, Serpent (shown above). Be sure to check out the brand's adorable Instagram for inspiration on how to style this classic piece.
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text: I obtained a BSc in Psychology from the University of Aberdeen (2003), and a PhD in Neuropsychology from the University of Edinburgh (2007). Between 2007 and 2013 I was a post-doctoral research fellow within the Human Cognitive Neuroscience unit of the University of Edinburgh, supported by personal research fellowships from Alzheimer's Research UK and the Royal Society of Edinburgh and Lloyds Foundation for Scotland. I joined Heriott-Watt University in 2013 as a Research Leader and Assistant Professor/Lecturer.

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The University of South Carolina Upstate has announced its Chancellor’s and Dean’s lists for the Fall 2013 semester, with three Clarendon County residents named to each.
Emily Bryant and Jenna Foster, both of Manning, and Tyrone Cummings, earned a 4.0 GPA and were enrolled in at least 12 course hours to earn their spots on the Chancellor’s List. Jillian Benton and Deleisha McFadden, both of Manning, and Courtney Manning of Summerton earned a 3.25 GPA or higher and were enrolled in at least 12 course hours to earn their spots on the Dean’s List. Upper-classmen must earn a 3.5 or higher to be included.
USC Upstate in Spartanburg offers more than 40 bachelor’s degree programs in the liberal arts and sciences, business administration, nursing and teacher’s education, along with master’s degrees in education, informatics and nursing. Among the fastest growing universities in South Carolina, USC Upstate is a diverse and dynamic community of 5,500 students from throughout South Carolina and 51 countries. Visit www.uscupstate.edu for more information.
The Manning Times congratulates these students on their achievements.


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This sermon will be preached tomorrow at Reveille United Methodist Church at 8:30, 9:30, and 11:00 a.m. Please join us.
Peace and wholeness to you in Christ from Japan!
I can’t help but think of Matthew 8:1-4, where Jesus heals the leper, and Matthew 10/Luke 9, where Jesus gives the twelve authority over sickness. Then He sends out the whole church in Mark 16:15-20. Every time, He gives us a command to heal the sick while we preach the kingdom of God.
It grieves me that so many Christians have more faith in their diseases, or in the words of doctors, than they do in the power of God to heal them, as revealed in both Testaments. Jesus commanded us to heal the sick and raise the dead. He was not speaking only metaphorically.
Death is, of course, ultimately unavoidable. But our loving, living, powerful Heavenly Father promises us an abundant, satisfied life full of blessing. We the church have settled for less, and the powerless “form of godliness” we have accepted will never win the world to Christ.
It’s a shame that people have not experienced God’s power to heal them physically. Believers need to see healings happen. I’ve seen them and done them many times, at church and on the street, but mostly in the public school where I taught for eleven years. As Jesus plainly demonstrated, and as He commanded us to demonstrate, His divine message demands divine evidence. We can and must produce that evidence. I’m working on a book right now to make it plain to Christians everywhere. I hope to stir up a restoration of miracles in the church.
Forgive me for mistaking the intent of your sermon. I know you love God and His people and provide the very best for them. I wish you well, brother!


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industry_corpus2: Automobiles


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remember my post awhile back about the bee’s requirements for clothing? since that conversation i’ve been making a real effort to compromise, and i think we’re both happier for it!
i fell in love with this fabric combination, but was seriously worried that the bee would not like the blue because it is dark. but she loves it too!
i think mostly because it “goes down, then out.” it’s very good for twirling and dancing.
and a sweet pink lining.
for my part, i think i did a lovely job of matching up the gingham. on this shoulder at least. let’s just pretend the other one looks as nice, shall we?
i’ve been a bit obsessed with gingham, well, for ever really. but lately i’ve wanted to combine it with all sorts of things. i made this dress as sort of a trial run for four (FOUR!) flower girl dresses that i will be making for my sister-in-laws late august wedding. i really want to combine gingham and tulle, and this pattern is a contender. however i’m not in love with the fully-lined and invisible zipper parts. i’m thinking of only lining the bodice and trying an exposed zipper, if that’s an easier.
the caroline party dress by mouse house creations, in a size 4 for my ever-diminutive almost 5 year old.
holly it’s fantastic! and I think this would make lovely flower girl dresses too. nice work!!!
sometimes i feel like such a phony, being a trained textile designer and loving gingham and polka dots so hard. but you can’t beat a classic!


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The Nicholas Agency is hosting a Chicken Barbeque to support the Wounded Warriors! Come support a good cause and enjoy a great lunch.
Tickets are discounted if you pre-buy them AND they will guarantee you get a mouth-watering, extremely delicious meal on Sunday, May 18th.
Be sure to bring the whole family!!

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industry_corpus2: Manufacturing


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The Libs Team met today to discuss a weighty topic: what is its mission as a team, and are we set up to achieve it?
To improve the quality of the crate ecosystem, as a product.
“as a product” means that we need to focus on the end-to-end experience people have with the ecosystem. It’s not enough to have great libraries if no one can find them. It can be a problem to have too many libraries. Docs count for a lot!
“the crate ecosystem” means that the Libs Team needs to look far beyond std and help look after the library ecosystem as a whole. The Libz Blitz was one of our first major attempts on this front.
“improve the quality” means that we don’t own or oversee the ecosystem, but that we work together with library authors to improve the experience. What quality means, and what aspects to prioritize, is of course also important to nail down.
That’s a lofty goal! Let’s take a look at how we’ve approached it in the past, and then talk about the future.
Please comment on the internals post!
For std, the work involved shepherding and deciding on RFCs and jointly reviewing PRs that impact the stable API surface. Despite the fact that std is not substantially growing, the workload here is sizable!
For the Blitz, the work involved leading crate evaluations, doing API walks in synchronous meetings, and working with crate authors to help push through changes. As by-products, the team also worked on the API guidelines and, to a lesser extent, the Cookbook.
These efforts definitely made a positive impact on our goals, but collectively the team feels that there’s more we could be doing, and that a rebalancing of priorities is in order–partly drawing on lessons from our 2017 work.
One clear lesson from the Libz Blitz and the impl Period is that there are a lot of people out there who are excited to help improve Rust’s ecosystem, but we lack the infrastructure and leadership bandwidth to direct this energy effectively.
So the Libs Team needs to grow its leadership, and grow to accommodate people eager to pitch in. Today we announced two additions to the team, which is a good step.
However, a limiting factor is the current “monolithic” structure to the team, which means that every member is expected to participate in all activities, including signing off on std changes. To remove this bottleneck, we are considering a “working group” model, in which team members cluster into smaller working groups that tackle particular topics, where each member participates only in the groups they have time/interest for. Examples groups might be: std, SIMD, networking, API guidelines, cookbook. To some degree these groups exist informally now, but we want to be more systematic about them, explicitly delegating decision-making power and designating a lead for each group.
The working group model should allow us to drastically increase the number of people involved in the team, while at the same time making us more agile by moving day-to-day decision-making to smaller, more focused groups.
We’re working with the Core Team to flesh out these ideas, in part because several other subteams are pursuing similar thoughts; expect an RFC on this topic soon!
With the above changes, the Libs Team should be able to devote much more of its focus to the broader crates ecosystem, and not just std. But where should that focus go?
What follows are some preliminary thoughts, with the main goal of stirring up discussion.
Crate availability. Does there exist a crate for your needs?
Crate discoverability. Can you find that crate?
Crate quality. Is the crate good? How can you tell?
Crate interoperability. Does the crate fit well into the rest of the ecosystem?
Last year, the Libs Team’s focus was clearly crate quality. Now we want to retool to hit on all of these topics.
Where are the gaps in the ecosystem? That’s not just missing crates, but crates that are missing important features in their domain. In the past, the Libs Team has sometimes tried to look at availability issues by examining the entire ecosystem and comparing to ecosystems for other languages–an approach that’s never panned out.
I think instead we should spin up working groups devoted to particular topics/goals. For example, we could have a SIMD working group with the mandate to produce a stable SIMD API and the power to make decisions on related RFCs. But working groups could also be more broad, e.g. by bringing together people interested in “networking” in general. The theory is that these domain experts, by talking more regularly, can come to better understand the gaps and turn them into contribution opportunities. They can also, of course, work to improve the quality of the crates in their domain.
It’s important to note, though, that working groups should be spun up only when we have committed leaderhip for keeping up momentum and organization of the group. That comes back to team growth.
In the “distant” past (circa 2016), we floated ideas like the Rust Platform, that involved “blessing” crates and tools that would then, in some sense, be “shipped” as part of the Rust distribution. Part of the goal was to improve discoverability by officially curating these crates. But in discussion with the broader community, it became clear that this approach just has too many downsides; it takes the oxygen out of the room for crate iteration and competition, amongst other things.
Instead, in 2017, the crates.io team put a lot of work into improving discoverability within crates.io. The Libs Team also intended to turn the Cookbook into a central point of discoverability, but that work hasn’t fully panned out.
Strategically: by creating resources like the API guidelines, we started to give library authors much more guidance how to create a high quality crate.
Tactically: through the Libz Blitz, we directly impacted the quality of specific crates.
Both of these efforts were shaped by the Libz Blitz, which purposefully targeted nearly-stable crates in an attempt to help clear up remaining design questions and polish toward a 1.0.
Supplementing the API guidelines with more “long form” material, e.g. by writing detailed “design evaluation” documents that explain all the design choices made in a particular crate.
Surfacing pockets of the ecosystem that lack uniformity, such as the current situation around -sys crates, and working to produce a set of consensus conventions.
Improving maintenance of vital crates (e.g. libc, rand, cc) by bringing on more contributors.
Doing deeper dives into particular domains that need more design work; dhardy took on such work with the rand crate, and there are several other areas that need more than a Blitz-style treatment to get to 1.0-level libraries.
I’m sure there are other avenues to explore, and I’d love to hear your ideas! It’ll also take some work to figure out how to map these to working groups we can plausibly staff.
One important aspect of looking at the ecosystem as a whole is making sure that crates work well together. For example, there’s currently an issue with error-chain that is preventing smooth interop with failure. The Libs Team should be working to surface and help solve this kind of issue. Probably this is best done by working toward another useful goal: building and documenting mid-sized sample applications that plug together various Rust libraries.
Finally, a general point: to fully achieve its mission, the Libs Team needs to have much more contact with the ecosystem in general; the team should understand what libraries are becoming important in which areas, and spend time checking them out and helping contribute. There are a lot of ways we could do that, but most fundamentally this means bringing more folks working in particular sub-ecosystems into the Libs Team working groups. Thoughts on how we might structure such an effort are welcome, particularly from crate authors!
This post was essentially a brain-dump of my current thinking about how to take the Libs Team to the next level. I’m eager to hear from you about the problems you see with the ecosystem, the ways you can envision the Libs Team helping, and best of all, the ways you’d like to be involved.

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When determining the value of a Senior Living Community, a buyer will look at many factors including location, age, size, acuity type, etc. However, the most important factor is cash flow. Many sellers may wonder, “how does trending cash flow determine the value of a Senior Living Community.” An asset is worth its future cash flow plus its future sale price, discounted back to today’s value. One of the best ways to predict the future is by analyzing what the community is currently producing and what it has produced in the past. The more consistent a community’s financials over the past several years, the more confident a buyer will be that it will continue to do so and willing to pay more for the community.
Typically, a minimum of three months of consistent cash flow is needed to maximize the price. However, 12 months is ideal. If a seller can clearly demonstrate what they did to fix the problem, sometimes even a shorter amount of time is needed. Additionally, the new cash flow will have to continue through the marketing, due diligence and closing timeline. This typically takes 3-5 months.
If a potential buyer determines that the new financials will realistically continue, a higher price is warranted. However, if the new financials are just a cyclical event or was achieved by using Medicaid or steep rental discounts, it will be difficult to achieve the higher sales price and a longer track record may be required.
In late January, the SLIB team attended the 2019 ASHA annual meeting (American Seniors Housing Association). While it was great to be away from the polar vortex that hit the Chicago and St. Louis areas, we didn’t enjoy the best of weather in Southern California, but it was better than the historical cold snap at home.
The SLIB team also attended the eCap Healthcare Summit and will be attending the NIC Spring Conference next week in San Diego. Please contact me if you will be attending the NIC Spring Conference.
1. Should we be concerned about overdevelopment in the seniors housing space? Overdevelopment was a big topic at the ASHA annual meeting, and I think it is the biggest risk to the acquisition market moving forward. This is obviously a market-to-market (and sometimes, submarket-to-submarket) risk. If the area that an owner has a seniors housing facility becomes overdeveloped in the future, census levels will obviously suffer and valuations will go down.
2. Who are the active buyers and sellers in today’s market? While there is some skepticism on how new development will impact the current market, there is still a great deal of variety in buyers. REITs, private equity, owner-operators and even some “mom and pops” have been interested in purchasing properties and growing their portfolio. The sellers have been very diverse as well. “Mom and pops” are still very active sellers, but we have seen more regional and national owners look to take advantage of the market and either sell their entire portfolio or divest of a couple of properties that don’t match their strategic vision.
3. What are the most important metrics that buyers are using in today’s market? Cap rates, another big topic at the ASHA annual meeting, are the most important metric when valuing a cash flowing property. The difficulty comes in valuing a property that is underperforming. In those cases, a potential new operator will put together a pro forma and land on a rate of return that they’re comfortable with. Those deals typically see a wide range in offer prices.
4. Are there different buyers for different seniors housing asset classes? Yes, absolutely. Institutional groups typically chase larger, higher quality assets with consistent cash flow. Their low cost of funds has driven owner-operators down the acquisition spectrum to the smaller assets that may be underperforming.
5. What is the optimal size for acquisitions? Typically, the larger the offering, the better. Institutional groups have a lot of equity to deploy and if they can deploy it in ten $30 million transactions as opposed to thirty $10 million transactions, groups will typically prefer fewer transactions. One-off or small portfolio transactions have a different pool of buyers, which tends to be less institutional and requires a broker to have a greater knowledge of the individual market and its individual buyers.
6. With pricing strong in today’s market, why are some owners making a decision to hold? The current market conditions have hastened the time frame for owners that had a planned exit strategy in the next 12-24 months. That being said, some owners are trying to increase their portfolio’s profitability and increase value in that way. Even if cap rates see a modest increase, a major increase in profitability will still see the owner come out ahead by waiting to sell.
7. What does the increase in development do to cap rates moving forward? It adds a level of risk moving forward. Anything that adds risk – whether it be development, reimbursement or labor risk among others – will naturally push cap rates up.
8. Where do you see the market headed over the next 12-24 months? In the near-term, it should be strong – cap rates are still higher than most other asset classes, interest rates are low and institutional equity needs to be placed. Further into the future, overdevelopment, government reimbursement changes, interest rate increases, increased regulation, increased tax rates and the housing market could cause a bit of a pullback in pricing. That being said, I still think the seniors housing space is better equipped to handle this uncertainty than other asset classes.
If you have any questions on the topic of this post or would like a confidential valuation of part or all of your seniors housing portfolio, please contact Matthew Alley at 630-858-2501 ext. 225 or alley@slibinc.com.
SLIB’s first closing of the year involved a 182 bed SNF. Forest Manor is well regarded in the local market and has a well maintained physical plant. The $15.5M+ transaction closed January 4th, 2019. Bradley Clousing, Toby Siefert and Daniel Geraghty handled the transaction. Inquire for more details or view our press release here.
In January, McKnight’s Long Term Care News published an article featuring SLIB’s Jeff Binder discussing today’s lending environment for SNF operators. Read the article here, and contact Jeff Binder with any questions.
SLIB arranged the successful sale of a 125 unit AL/MC/IL asset for $15,750,000 in the greater Atlanta area. The first building houses 32 assisted living and 32 memory care units, while the second building houses 61 independent living units. The property earned an EBITDAR of $1.3M+ at the time of sale. The transaction closed January 23rd. Bradley Clousing handled the transaction. For more details, view our press release here.
This February, NREI released the latest issue of Seniors Housing Business. Jason Punzel shared insights on investment strategy in today’s market in the article, “Buy, Sell or Hold.” Read the article here, and contact Jason Punzel with any questions.
SLIB closed a competitive bid process for a 174 bed SNF in Reno. The sale included vacant land on-site that could be used for future expansion. This facility earned more than $1.5M in EBITDAR, in spite of bed occupancy averaging between 60-65%. Matthew Alley, Jason Punzel, Brad Goodsell and Vince Viverito handled the transaction, which closed February 1st. For more details on the transaction, view our press release here.
SLIB arranged the transaction of a 100+ bed SNF in Camp County of East Texas. This deal leveraged SLIB’s nationwide and local expertise as the purchaser is a mid-sized owner-operator located in Texas. There were some regulatory issues at the facility, which the Buyer hopes to correct and build census. Matthew Alley handled the transaction, which closed February 1st. For more details, view our press release here.
SLIB successfully secured a buyer for an ALP in Upstate New York. According to Dave Balow, who arranged the transaction, “Due to the limited supply of ALP beds in NY, and the high margins present for each ALP resident, demand for ALP beds in NY is extremely high.” For more details on the transaction, which closed February 1st, view our press release here.
For more information on any of these transactions, or if you want to know what your Seniors Housing Community may be worth, please contact our brokerage team at 630-858-2501.

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Global Telelinks announces the introduction of "Conference Call Service" from the major countries of its operations in the most convenient & least expensive way. This service allows you to conduct teleconferences anytime, day or night, without ever having to make a reservation.
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Dial the dedicated access number (213 325 0666) from your pre- registered phone number.
Once your call is answered by your participant press *1* and system will prompt you to dial the number of any other participant.
Yes it saves lot of money for you. Let us take an example: Say you’re calling India from your prepaid account with Global Telelinks using you mobile phone. During the conversation you realize that your spouse should also be part of the discussion on phone. If you call your spouse using conference feature provided by your mobile operator, you will pay heavy charges while with our Conference Call Service you simply dial *1* and invite your spouse in the conversation by only paying for the additional leg of the call.
Do I need to dial the dedicated access number every time I add a participant?
No you need to dial the dedicated access number only once.
Do I require scheduling a conference call or making reservations?
No you can initiate a conference call anytime you want.
Can I call multiple numbers in the same country?
Per minute/per person means you'll be charged for each minute that each of your conference participants is on the call.
For example if you have 3 people in conversation from India, Singapore & UK at applicable rates of HKD 0.04, 0.03 & 0.02 respectively and your call lasts for 10 minutes to each of the mentioned location, you'll be charged at 1 person (India) x 10 minutes x HKD 0.04 + 1 person (Singapore) x 10 minutes x HKD 0.03 + 1 person (UK) x 8 minutes x HKD 0.02 = HKD 0.86 for the conference call.
Yes you can use your cell phone. Although access to our system is available from your cell phone, your cell phone provider may/or may not charge you for AIR TIME and other applicable CHARGES. Global Telelinks is not responsible for the particular contract items related to what your cell phone provider is allowed to charge. Please make sure you know what your cell phone service plan states regarding this issue.
Yes you can use those short key nos. after dialing *1*.
Important: The Conference call out-dial feature is not automatically activated. To activate this feature you need to pay a one time activation fee of HKD 10 and maintain a minimum required credit balance in your account.


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For healthcare workers, a healthy back is critical. This program will teach your home care employees how the back works and what they can do to protect it and prevent injury on the job.
We only get one back so it's important to take good care of it. Designed specifically for home care workers, this informative training program will teach your employees how to preserve one of their most important physical assets.
This training program describes current back-safety procedures, details how to safely lift and move patients, and how posture, diet and exercise helps protect the back from injury.
Incorporate this training into your agency's current back-safety program and help protect your home care employees from injury.

industry_corpus2: Health & Medicine


text: Roughly seventy-five billion M dwarfs in our galaxy host at least one small planet in the habitable zone (HZ). The stellar ultraviolet (UV) radiation from M dwarfs is strong and highly variable, and impacts planetary atmospheric loss, composition and habitability. These effects are amplified by the extreme proximity of their HZs (0.1–0.4 AU). Knowing the UV environments of M dwarf planets will be crucial to understanding their atmospheric composition and a key parameter in discriminating between biological and abiotic sources for observed biosignatures. The Star-Planet Activity Research CubeSat (SPARCS) will be a 6U CubeSat devoted to photometric monitoring of M stars in the far-UV and near-UV, measuring the time-dependent spectral slope, intensity and evolution of M dwarf stellar UV radiation. For each target, SPARCS will observe continuously over at least one complete stellar rotation (5 - 45 days). SPARCS will also advance UV detector technology by flying high quantum efficiency, UV-optimized detectors developed at JPL. These Delta-doped detectors have a long history of deployment demonstrating greater than five times the quantum efficiency of the detectors used by GALEX. SPARCS will pave the way for their application in missions like LUVOIR or HabEx, including interim UV-capable missions. SPARCS will also be capable of ‘target-of-opportunity’ UV observations for the rocky planets in M dwarf HZs soon to be discovered by NASA’s TESS mission, providing the needed UV context for the first habitable planets that JWST will characterize.

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„The Great McGunnigle“ von EDWARD BOYLE.
1. Why was Milloy reluctant to go to school?
2. What problems did he have with McGunnigle last year?
3. Compare and contrast their physique.
4. Write your own ending of the story.
1.) It was on a sunny August morning when Alex Milloy did not really want to go to school. He was reluctant in spite of the prepared breakfast. But there was another thing that had been reason enough to feel like that: McGunnigle lived in the same area and Milloy thought that he might meet up with him on his way to school.
2.) There had been many problems Milloy had with McGunnigle last year. Some of them occurred in class like accusations over homework, copying in exams, inattention or insolence. Milloy was in trouble with him all day. But the worst altercations happened outside the class. On several school functions, he got in trouble with McGunnigle. At a Halloween party, he bothered Milloy’s girlfriend so that they nearly fought each other. Another clash occurred on the annual school fête when McGunnigle bought several items from Mrs Milloy’s ‚White Elephant‘ stall and offered derisory sums of money for them. Milloy was vexed about the fact that McGunnigle was staring at Mrs Milloy and leering ‚Sure no one will come and buy that know‘.
3.) Alex Milloy is 5.8 feet tall (= 1.76 m), weighs 8 stone, eleven pounds (= 55.8 kg) and is able to run quite fast. In soccer, he avoids physical contact as far as possible.
McGunnigle is quite stronger. He is almost 6 feet tall (=1.83 m), weighs 10 stone, ten pounds (=67.5 kg) and carries on school sports. He climbs ropes, somersaults over the horse and plays basketball very well. In soccer, he is playing „sweeper“ and does not avoid physical contact but causes injuries on other players.
4.) „Good morning Mr. Milloy. Sit down there and listen“, he said forcefully. „I’ve just heard about your little amok run. Well, I thought it was one of your little freak outs but… do you know who’s at the infirmary’s now?“ Milloy did not really listen to him because he was still full of elation about his deed. A deed that no one had expected. It was him, Alex Milloy, who had had the courage to strike back, to revolt against his teacher, and in his eyes, he had been more than successful. What else could he do? Something really worse… „Did you understand me, Milloy?“ A loud voice interrupted him from thinking. „You ought to know who is there now! Of course, it’s your English teacher, Mr. McGunnigle. But do you know his right hand is broken?“ „McGunnigle…,“ Milloy thought, „that guy I had been in trouble with.“ He continued planning out how to harm McGunnigle evenmore. „McGunnigle, McGunnigle…“ – the name echoed in his mind and suddenly, he detected the ancient weapon cabinet. „No, I didn’t know that before but I’m thrilled to hear that“, he shouted and flattened the headmaster with his fist. „Now I’m running amok!“ He forced the cabinet open with a long ruler that was lying on the Head’s desk. Some pictures flashed up in his mind very quickly. He saw McGunnigle saying, „Don’t be smart“. Then the board ruler, his hand crashing it down on the teacher’s fingers.
The door of the cabinet shattered into pieces with a loud noise. Seconds later, the head’s secretary rushed into the office and screamed when she saw Milloy holding two shotguns. „Out of my way“, he shouted and ran out of the room. When he reached the door of the school’s medical center, he stopped. Pupils and teachers who saw him screamed and dashed out of the school building. The pictures flashed up again. His enemy was dancing with his girlfriend Greta and he could nearly smell McGunnigle’s drunkenness. Another picture; the teacher touching Greta’s spine. Milloy loaded his weapons. „That is enough. Speak to my guns, ‚McNiggler‘!“ He slammed the door and before he could see anybody, he fired both shotguns at the same time. A few seconds later, the whole room was full of blood. But there was no McGunnigle in there. Neither dead nor alive. All he could make out was a head with long hair, part of a dead body that was lying behind a desk. When his head turned around to the wardrobe, Milloy was heavily shocked. He recognized the jacket. It was Greta’s.

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Punjab Education Commission PEC 5th class Results 2019 of Attock Board will be announced on 31st March 2019. The students will be able to download gazette of their results on 31st March at 10: am sharp.
PEC releases school wise results of all 37 districts of Punjab simultaneously. The district wise results are given to district boards on 30th March to be announced the next day officially. We have arranged online results platform for students belonging to all districts of Punjab. They can check by name and check by roll number. The list of position holders is also released on 31st March by PEC. The official list of position holders will also be posted on our website.
The students who have given PEC 5th class examinations 2019 as a private candidate at Attock Board will have their results in the same gazette as regular candidates. They can also download pdf of their results from our page. To notify the students regarding system of PEC, after the announcement of results the students can recheck their paper if they have any complain or reservation regarding checking.
PEC has two main duties: one to execute 5th and 8th class examinations and two to prepare annual results. Both of its functions are transparently and fairly done. The anonymity of students is assured to maintain fairness. PEC results 8th class result 2019 are delivered on 31st March whereas the printed mark sheets will be delivered to the students within a week after the announcement of result online.
There has not been a single year when PEC results were delayed from 31st March. The PEC 5th class result are always on time and meritorious. Every year a report is prepared on the basis of annual results which will also be available on official website of PEC for public reading.


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It can be difficult raising a young pirate in today’s society—it’s not quite like it was in the old days. Buried treasure isn’t just lying around in every beach. Treasure maps aren’t waiting around every corner and the real Tortuga Island is a nice little island near Haiti that’s totally not filled with pirates. And have you tried to find the Black Pearl for your child to command? It’s definitely no simple task! That’s why it’s good to have one part of the equation ready when trying to teach your child all the tricks of the trade, like this licensed Pirates of the Caribbean costume.
With this kid’s Captain Jack Sparrow costume, your child gets the look of the most notorious rogue to ever sail the high seas. It comes with a white pirate shirt top with a printed vest. It also comes with sashes and belts attached at the waist. It even includes a pair of trusty pirate pants to accompany your child on their journey. Once your child puts them on, he’ll look just like the captain from the film, Dead Men Tell No Tales.
With this Pirates of the Caribbean costume, you can focus on teaching your child the important piracy lessons, like how to walk with fancy swagger like Johnny Depp. Or you can teach him how to use his compass to find the treasure of his heart’s desires. You can even teach him how to run from deadly foes like Davy Jones and even Captain Armando Salazar.


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1. It can provide us with palatable water and health.
2. It makes natural hydration better, providing nice taste and no bloating.
3. It can decrease the harmful parts in the water, which ensure our health.
4. It can be adsorbed easily.
2.6L Slim Portable AOK alkaline water filter in Refridge door size, keeping your filtered water fresh and cool at home with the newest slim design alkaline pitcher. This convenient, hand-held pitcher fits in the door of your refrigerator and restores your tap water to its mineral-rich state - just like nature intended. Using the same elements as nature’s filtration system. We add calcium, magnesium and other beneficial minerals, and has been independently tested to reduce chlorine taste and odour and support a great-tasting daily drinking healthiest water for you and the family.
Because of western eating and living habits, most people are unfortunately often 'acidified'.
Water is a source of life. Our body composes about 70% of water. The normal pH-value is about 7. It is very important to drink enough water. Not all drinking water is good for health. Our Slrp filter purifies tap water into tasty and healthy water. Just because we all deserve to drink pure water. The health benefits of alkaline water are still unknown and new to many people. It is our mission to raise awareness on this issue.
It reduces and restructures the size of water clusters in order to improve natural hydration (3 to 6 times more than tap or bottled water). No bloating, great smooth taste.
High-quality carbon reduces chlorine, harmful contaminants, pesticides and heavy metals (lead, copper). Not just clean tap water, but healthy water!
Adds negative organic hydroxyl ions which reduce free radical damage and are more easily absorbed into the body. Negative ORP = -350 mV = oxidation-reduction potential. Gives an indication of the purity and the (anti-)oxidant levels of the water. The lower / negative, the better the quality of the water.
Alkalinity raises the water pH up to 8-10 by adding natural ionic minerals such as magnesium, potassium, calcium and many more.

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It is said that when St Patrick was trying to convert King Lóegaire mac Néill to Christianity that the ghost of Cúchulainn appeared (why something as pagan as a ghost would appear I am not certain). Either way the king granted Patrick an area on which to build his church (Bottom of Scotch Street).
On entering the gallery my first thought was that there did not seem to be a lot to see. This is because you can see from one end to the other of the 120 metre hall.The items are displayed either in cabinets or free standing and it quickly becomes apparent that the visit is going to take longer than first thought.


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Unique holiday getaways at The Cozy Moose Lakeside Cabin Rentals in Maine offer a one of a kind vacation experience. New England Holiday vacation specials for cabin lodging and snow activities are sure to please. Great holiday cabin getaways in Maine anytime of year.
Enjoy Cozy Moose Comfort during your holiday getaway. Vacation cabins are decorated for the holidays with warm fall colors. The holiday cabins are great place to stay particularly for quality time with loved ones. Enjoy a small town parade, and a visit my Santa in Greenville, Maine the day after Thanksgiving with tree lighting and family activities.
For a traditional Maine Christmas getaways, choose Cozy Moose Cabins on Moosehead Lake for a scenic lake and mountain getaway. The accommodations are decorated with Maine pines and winter accents for a notable holiday vacation offering a Pre-Season Santa Special. A great Christmas vacation idea for couples.
Moosehead Lake Region welcomes winter with ongoing celebrations of winter activities for all. During February vacation week, enjoy snowmobile event and a Chocolate Festival. We invite you to come play in the snow. Enjoy a Maine Winter Vacation in our Winter Wonderland. Minimum stays may apply of 4 to 5 nights.
Connect to nature and enjoy the beauty of a winter wonderland at Cozy Moose Lakeside Cabin Rentals. Explore Winter in the Maine Woods. Book a 2019 Holiday Getaway Package Offer with a Tour for January 2019 and March 2019.
Winter cabin lodging and tour starting price is $820 based on double occupancy with a king bedroom for 3 nights of lakeside lodging including a private tour. Choose a Winter Tour of your choice with a local Maine Guide for an unforgettable adventure. Multiple tour discounts available.
Be Green, visit Greenville, Maine for your getaway. Complimentary holiday floral arrangement for guests booking this 3 day weekend getaway. Celebrate with a traditional brisket meal served by area restaurants.
Starting Price: $645 : Based on double occupancy in King bedroom for two people for 3 nights of lakeside lodging.
Seasonal rates apply over Easter Vacation with 5 night minimum stay.
Available nightly for 4 to 5 nights stays. It is important to realize you can rent weekly and save. For more information on Summer lodging check out the weekly schedule for the purpose of planning a summer holiday.
Summer Getaways – Fun things to do on a summer holiday on the lake.


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The Device42 Generic Spreadsheet Import Tool enables users to take data in existing spreadsheets or CSV files and easily load them into Device42. The tool supports XLS, XLSX, and CSV formats and enables users to quickly and easily map columns from the spreadsheets to the appropriate fields in Device42.
Here is a video how-to on this Generic CSV import tool.
The spreadsheet converter is a standalone executable and is available for download here .
To get started, open the tool, browse for your existing xls, xlsx, or csv file, and select the file.
You now see a preview of the first several rows of your spreadsheet. If you have any extraneous header rows that you wish to delete, you can delete them here by clicking “Remove first N rows”.
After you do this, click “Next”.
Now select a column from your existing spreadsheet and then select the field you want to map to in Device42.
In the example above we have the “Device Name” field in the spreadsheet and we are mapping it to the “Device: name” in Device42. Once the correct field for Device42 is selected you can click on “Map to” and this will map the field.
Each time you map a field, you will see a green check box indicating that “Device” has already mapped this field. Now click “Next” to continue to map other fields.
If you have a field that doesn’t have an appropriate Device42 field to map to, you can create a custom Device42 field. When you do this, the spreadsheet converter will automatically create the custom field for you and associate it to the Device you are importing.
Note: Custom fields are only available for Devices.
If you click “Save current mapping as template”, you will save a template that you can use for future spreadsheets that are similar in format. This will save you time spent on mapping fields.
Once you are done mapping the fields as well as saving your template click Finish.
To run the script, select the file name and enter the Device42 IP address and the authentication information. Click on “Run” and your data from the spreadsheet will be imported into Device42!


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David has over 30 years experience in the financial services industry. The majority of David’s experience has been gained from working in the fiduciary sector in Guernsey. He has also however worked in Gibraltar and Switzerland and served a short time working for an investment management company in Guernsey.
After playing a major part in establishing a large trust company in Guernsey in 1997 which he left in June 2006, David established Liberation Management Limited with Jacqui in 2007. David has been a full member of The Society of Trust and Estate Practioners since 1994.

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On a page for its School of Technology, Rasmussen College lists six “Assumptions to Avoid” for women who want to enter the field of computer science. I couldn’t comment on whether these “assumptions” (alleged misconceptions like “the work environment is hostile to women”) are actually disproved by the commentary. But I might suggest a seventh “assumption to avoid”—that women haven’t always been computer scientists, integral to the development of the computer, programming languages, and every other aspect of computing, even 100 years before computers existed.
These are but a few of her achievements in a computer science career that spanned more than 42 years, during which time she rose through the ranks of the Naval Reserves, then later active naval duty, retiring as the oldest commissioned officer, a rear admiral, at age 79.
In addition to winning distinguished awards and commendations over the course of her career—including the first-ever computer science “Man of the Year” award—Hopper also acquired a few distinguished nicknames, including “Amazing Grace” and “Grandma COBOL.” She may become known to a new generation by the nickname, “Queen of Code,” the title of a recent documentary from FiveThirtyEight’s “Signals” series. Directed by Community star Gillian Jacobs, the short film, which you can watch in full here, tells the story of her “inimitable legacy as a brilliant programmer and pioneering woman in a male-dominated field,” writes Allison McCann at FiveThirtyEight.
Hopper’s name may be "mysteriously absent from many history books,” as Amy Poehler’s Smart Girls notes, but before her death in 1992, she was introduced to millions through TV appearances on shows like Late Night with David Letterman (top) and 60 Minutes, just above. As you’ll see in these clips, Hopper wasn’t just a crack mathematician and programmer but also an ace public speaker whose deadpan humor cracked up Letterman and the groups of students and fellow scientists she frequently addressed.
The 60 Minutes segment notes that Hopper became “one of that small band of brothers and sisters who ushered in the computer revolution” when she left her professor’s job at Vassar at the start of WWII to serve in the Naval Reserve, where she was assigned to the Bureau of Ships Computation Project at Harvard. But she never stopped being an educator and considered “training young people” her second-most important accomplishment. In this, her legacy lives on as well.
The world’s largest gathering of women technologists is called “The Grace Hopper Celebration.” And a documentary in production called Born with Curiosity (see a teaser above) hopes that “shining a light on and humanizing role models like Grace makes them relatable in a way that inspires others to greatness.” At a time when women make up the lowest enrollment in computer science out of all of the STEM fields, Hopper’s example and encouragement may be much needed.


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QUITO (Reuters) – Ecuador has reached a $4.2 billion staff-level financing deal with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), President Lenin Moreno said on Wednesday, as the Andean country grapples with a large fiscal deficit and heavy external debt.
The country will also receive $6 billion in loans from multilateral institutions including the World Bank, the Inter-American Development Bank, and the CAF Andean development bank, Moreno said in a message broadcast on national television and radio.
Ecuador’s sovereign bonds surged last week after the IMF confirmed it was engaged in formal talks with Moreno over a possible financial arrangement. Staff-level agreements between the IMF and member countries are subject to approval by the Washington-based lender’s executive board.
The OPEC nation’s debt grew under former leftist President Rafael Correa. Moreno earned Correa’s support during the 2017 election campaign, but has implemented more market-friendly economic policies since taking office.
Moreno said the maturities on the loans extended “up to 30 years” and that the interest rates “on average” did not exceed 5 percent.
“This money will create work opportunities for those who have not yet found something stable,” he said.
In his address, Moreno said most of the money would be dedicated to “social investment,” citing a rising number of police officers and promising retirees they would not lose out on an annual bonus.
Skepticism of the IMF runs strong in Ecuador and throughout Latin America, where many blame Fund-imposed austerity policies for economic hardship.


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A borderline taboo subject, but comical nonetheless! Enjoy some knowledge with your morning cup of joe!
^^ Dundore and Heister, on Penn Ave in Wyomissing, has some great treats for your gut bacteria!
Now, I’m not saying to go eating anything unsavory, but this is some interesting research! What will the future bring?
Here’s an interesting article on why your calories may be inaccurate or misleading if you’re using My Fitness Pal, which I know many of you are! Hint: it really doesn’t matter. If you’re hitting your macro goals you’re doing just fine.
Click this link to read up on why your jeans really fit better when you’re eating low carb, and gain a few takeaways on whether it means you’re truly doing what’s best for your body. Paul Nobles provides a well-rounded, knowledgeable perspective on the low-carb idea.
If life is anything, it’s a constantly varying experiment. Try something new and see what works for you.
Want Abs? You Gotta Eat.
A little food for thought this weekend. Carry on!
If there is one thing that I’m learning with Eat To Perform is that there are two camps that really stand out. “The Clean Eaters” and the folks that enjoy most of the foods above, sometimes responsibly and sometimes not. The simple fact of the matter is this, both could benefit from knowing the approach of the other and why it does or does not work. It’s this polarizing point of view on food that leaves people feeling judged and frankly doesn’t lead to whole lot of enlightenment.
If you are a health professional (trainer, dietitian or even a doctor) if you aren’t teaching your folks some level of flexibility, are you really helping them? Let me put that differently: if you tell someone their life will be better if they do the Tour De France every 4 months, that’s not all that sustainable is it? The reason I am using the Tour De France as an example is because it represents the type of extreme you are prescribing and it’s leaving everyone obese.
Do you honestly think these folks have never dieted or tried reducing their intake of processed foods? Admit it, you haven’t spent a whole lot of time doing the research and what you are offering as the solution is ACTUALLY the problem for a lot of people. Painting your clients in a corner like that isn’t helping and if you are fit you know that you don’t eat like that and if you do eat like that you’re missing out on a lot of genetic potential.
Not the courageous type this time, but the literal type. Your guts contain loads of information that make you who you are, maybe more so than many other organ systems!
Some signs your digestive microbiome may be out of whack include intestinal issues, mental issues (depression, brain fog), stress, weight issues, and skin conditions. Surprisingly, you can change your own microbiome for the better if you work at it. A few tips include: getting dirty and sweaty, incorporating more fermented foods and good veggies into your diet and reducing sugar and meat / animal products. Check the links to learn more!
A couple more interesting articles here and here. Enjoy!
Friday Food for Thought – Are you really human?
“Refined sugar is lethal when ingested by humans because it provides only that which nutritionists describe as “empty” or “naked” calories. It lacks the natural minerals which are present in the sugar beet or cane.
“Tom Sanders, professor emeritus of nutrition and dietetics at King’s College London, said the study needed to be viewed “with some skepticism” because it was uncontrolled. It did not compare the children with a similar group who continued to eat a high-sugar diet. The comparison instead was made with their weight and health before the study while on their usual diet. “But it is well known that obese children underestimate and under-report food intake, particularly of soft drinks and snack foods,” said Sanders.
Bottom line, it’s probably not great. Do your research, use your brain, and decide for yourself.
Most Americans are getting way too much sugar. It shows up in hidden foods you might not realize: pasta sauce, yogurt, salad dressing, “healthy” breakfast cereal… And sugar is a crazy addictive substance – for a good reason – it provides quick energy and fat storage that our ancient ancestors could use to get away from danger and/or hold on to extra calories in case food became scarce. Why not create an innate drive to find and consume it? The problem with modern society is that sugar is now everywhere and food is hardly every truly scarce. So how do we adapt to modern times?
Eat like your grandparents would have. No constant access to sweets, treats, snacks.
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text: Stream 1,000s of Movie & TV Shows.. Free Download Akshay Kumar upcoming Padman full movie in HD. This film will release on 9th February 2018.. Padman full movie watch online and free download in Hindi. You will get Box Office collection, Songs and Tickets information of Padman movie 2018.

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Sets fire to moth’s wing-spanned hair.
Notes: palo santo wood, ambrette seed, botanical white musk accord, white copal resin, sandalwood, white floral.
Ingredients: coconut oil, an essential oil blend, natural plant extracts, artisanal plant tinctures of ambrette seeds and white copal.
Choose between a beautiful black glass bottle with a crystal roller ball inside a matte black tube (10ml/.33oz) or a matte black gift box (20ml/.67oz).


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After Your Commercial Property In Fort Myers Experiences A Fire Damage Emergency, Our Crew Is Here To Help!
Temporary closures can impact revenues. Contact SERVPRO of N. Ft. Myers / Punta Gorda at (941) 575-5910 now.
It is not uncommon for a busy restaurant to experience a kitchen fire. Firefighters can contain a fire to a small area, but damages can be inflicted on appliances and ventilation. In some situation, billowing smoke can enter the dining area leaving behind soots or smoke residues. Often these residues come from protein fires which involve the burning of animal fats. What is left behind is a thick set residue and a very unpleasant odor that could force temporary closure.
We can provide a crew of professionally qualified restoration experts for commercial fire damage in Fort Myers. Our experience in working with commercial property managers is extensive as well as working closely with insurance adjusters local to the area. In the case of soot and smoke deposits, acting quickly is essential. Firefighting procedures involve water which can cause soot to set into fabrics causing permanent damage.
SERVPRO restoration method involves conducting a thorough pre-test of the affected area to decide which techniques and equipment are going to be most effective. Different types of material burn at different temperatures, meaning that no two fires are the same. Testing soots can help us to clean more efficiently as well as prioritizing certain aspects of the routine. Fabrics, for example, are likely to be treated first due to the greater risk of permanent damage if left to sit.
Smoke travels into clean air rising toward the ceilings of the property. Where there is ventilation or an air duct, thick smokes can enter leaving behind soot and odor. SERVPRO has technicians with multi-disciplinary training including HVAC & Air Duct restoration. We can enter, assess and restore these crucial elements to help get your business get back to work as quickly as possible.
The most successful way of tackling odors is by finding the source. At times, an odor may linger after appliances and surfaces are clean. SERVPRO can bring in industrial grade thermal foggers to deodorize the area thoroughly. Thermal foggers vaporize solvent which acts as a pairing agent, finding and attaching itself to odor particles. These particles are then neutralized.

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There are 3 Wedding Lawns in Deccan Gymkhana, Pune.
Popular Wedding Lawns in deccan-gymkhana are Deccan Rendezvous, Central Park Hotel.
There are 2 AC Wedding Lawns in deccan-gymkhana. Furthermore Wedding Lawns such as Central Park Hotel allow open catering as well.


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It takes a lot of materials and know-how to do a house painting job well, so it's a great idea to ask a professional for help. At John Follien Painting, we serve the families of Pflugerville, TX. Our locally owned and operated company offers excellent customer service, and you can request a free estimate before going forward with your plans. We also have references for potential clients to check out upon request.
Our staff provides speedy responses to all inquiries.
We offer convenient hours and appointment times.
Numerous homeowners in Pflugerville and the surrounding communities have depended on the professionals at John Follien Painting. We'll pay attention to the details of your job, and our company will employ an environmentally friendly approach for everything that we do. Call us today and have one of our contractors put together a plan for your house painting project.
John was able to complete our project within less 72 hours of meeting with him the first time. He was kind, consultative, professional and fast.
To start, I found John Follien Painting on the web when I searched for Pflugerville Painters. I saw that all the reviews are very positive / 5 out of 5 stars. I now see why and I am so happy that John and his team painted the interior of my mother’s 2200 square foot house. The entire process started when I talked with John on the phone. We met at my mother’s house the next day. I arrived early and John did too. I immediately could tell he is a straight shooter and not a sales person. We reviewed the job and John made several excellent suggestions that saved both money and time, without sacrificing any cosmetic results. John sent his quote in early. It was exactly the price range that I was expecting for quality work. I accepted his bid. John and I agreed on a Monday start date. He and his crew arrived on time (actually about 15 minutes early) on the start date and worked professionally and diligently the entire day. They also stopped work on time every day. It was refreshing to work with a contractor that started and stopped on time. All 5 of the crew showed on time each and every day until the vast majority of the job was complete on Thursday. John and his son arrived on time on Friday to do touch ups and knock out the job completely. They finished by mid-afternoon. I could not find 1 item or location that required further touch up. This was the first time ever that I did not have any items on the punch list -- Simply Amazing. I work as color and finishes expert and have a discerning eye. The house has double tray ceilings and 3 colors were used. 1 - walls, 2 - ceilings, 3 - accent color in specific areas. All of the work was finished with impeccable results. John and his team are the epitome of professionalism and have my highest recommendation. It is by far the best results that I have ever experienced with a contractor. I hope to have the good fortune to hire John Follien Painting for any future painting jobs.
It was for my rental property in Pflugerville,Tx. John showed up and gave me a quote and he was very nice and easy to talk to. He was professional and does what he saids. It was small job replacing base boards and painting masterbath room. He did a good job and showed up on time and finished on time. I would used him again.
John and his team were great. Was able to get an estimate on Saturday and work started the following Tuesday. Quality work and a very reasonable price. Will call them again for any and all painting needs in the future. Thanks John for your professionalism.
Great experience using John Follien Painting. We had tried to tackle a project ourselves and quickly realized we had too much left to do, and too little time to finish it in. We called John Follien and immediately got a response. He was at the house that evening and by the next day he and his son had completed the 2 large rooms we needed done. They did a great job and in a very short time frame. Very professional, friendly and efficient painters. Would definitely recommend and do business with again!
I'm so impressed with the job John Follien and his crew did on the exterior of my house. They were thorough, courteous, and did impeccable work for a good price. I highly recommend them!
This is the man to call. Fixed my caved in garage ceiling flawlessly and the damaged wall from shower water.
We are very pleased with John Follien Painting! John was extremely easy to work with. He was responsive in a timely manner to my internet inquiry and he was professional and helpful. Brad did an amazing job painting stripes on our wall and was also very nice. We will definitely use them again and highly recommend them!
John was very easy to work with. He was referred to me by a friend and he did not disappoint. Very detailed work for a very fair price. I highly recommend and will refer him to all my friends.
John did an excellent job painting my master bedroom and did it on short notice. I highly recommend him!!
We have used John and his team more than once and we are always thrilled with their work. They are neat, courteous, always on time and complete the job as agreed upon. I would actually go so far as to say John's work is always excellent and I never feel overcharged. I will continue to recommend his team to my friends and family.
John and his crew are perfectionist! They are efficient, as well. They literally painted my entire house on the day of my closing as we were moving in. His prices are affordable. More than pleased with the workmanship of this company.
I can't say enough good things about John Follien Painting. We were about to close on a brand new build and I wanted a different paint color. Mr. Follien came the next day, gave me a quote by the afternoon, and was available a few days later. They worked through all out clutter since we had just moved in and did a wonderful job. Him and his crew were fast, efficient and GOOD. He was so patient when picking out the perfect color. At one point he came by in the evening and painted seven different samples on the wall until we found the perfect one. I would definitely recommend them and will be using them again if we decide to do any more paint jobs around the house.
I had the exterior of our house painted by John and his crew this week. They were prompt, quick, and did an excellent job. While painting, John noticed a few problem areas on our home that needed to be addressed and brought them to my attention. He took care of those for us the next day with a reasonable addition to our, what was already, good price. We could not be happier and quality was the end result. I definitely recommend John and his team and will use their services again when needed.
Wonderful customer service. Top quality.
My house looks beautiful! Many thanks to John Follien and the crew who painted it. I'm very satisfied with their work and highly recommend them.
I wish they had 20 stars. I came home to find the ceiling that caved in in my garage not only fixed, but flawlessly fixed. Like it never happened. He also fixed the wall in my bathroom that was damaged from my shower water. His rates a very fair and I could not be more happy with the results. This is the man to call.
I have used John and his team for years now and he has always done a great job. He has done specialty painting, general interior painting and dry wall repair for me and I have never been disappointed. He is my preferred vendor for painting. He is a consummate professional.
After having several rather questionable estimates, John Follien Painting came in and gave me an estimate with explanations for everything. He didn't cut corners on the paint that was used or the work that was done. I would have this company back to do work for me in the future and will also recommend them to my friends and family. If you want a timely job done and done right, this is the company to call. Thank you, John Follien Painting!
I used John Follien Painting for painting some interior areas of my house and was impressed by the work done and great detail. I had a special paint design request for my sons room and John Follien Painting far exceeded what I thought the room would look like. They are professional and do quality work. I will continue to use John Follien painting for any paint work I need done in the future.
John and his team are great! John came out on short notice on a Saturday morning and took a look around the exterior of the house and gave lots of suggestions and options at a very fair price. Not only was the quote fair it was fast, after we went with John's quote he was able to work us in quickly and the house was completed in a couple days. The service included pressure washing the entire house, walkways, driveway and patio then staining the patio and applying Behr Marquee to the house and gutters not to mention recaulking the house and expansion joints, wow! John uses the best products and you can really tell he will not settle for anything less than the best. I would highly recommend working with John and his team and will hire them again in the future.
I was moving into a new home and only had a 2 day window to get a painter in there before moving. John was able to get the job done in one day and did an excellent job! Thanks!
John is a great guy as are his crew. He is hands on and involved with the daily work. The house looks great! Affordable, straight forward, and high quality!
Before moving into a new house, we decided to have a lot of the rooms painted. John and his crew did an amazing job. They showed up at exactly the time we were given and finished the job on time as well. John and his crew were incredibly friendly, and he was very flexible when I had some color choice concerns. Overall, we could not be happier with how everything turned out. We have used other painters in the past, but the work John and his crew did far surpasses the quality of work done by others. The house looks beautiful, and we will definitely be calling John when we are ready to paint the remaining rooms.
Quick, professional, organized, prompt. High quality workmanship and dependable. Will definitely use again. I often deal with contractors and John and his team were the best painters I have used.
John is a true professional. Work was started/completed on time. Very reasonably priced. Colors and quality of paint were perfect choice!
We could not be more thrilled with the work John and his crew did on our new home! It turned out absolutely beautiful! We are new to home owning and to having things painted, he took time to walk us through our options and made us feel at ease! We had a lot of the downstairs and our media room painted but weren't sure what colors we wanted spare bedrooms to be so we waited on those. We also thought we may try our hand in painting them ourselves, but after the great work they did and the reasonable pricing, we will be having John and his crew do those rooms as well soon enough!
We have used John and his crew on 3 different occasions and have been pleased with the spped, quality of work and prices. As long as he is in business he will be our go-to guy for any painting needs.
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Whether being worn for protecting the eyes or as a fashion statement, sunglasses remain one of the most difficult accessories to buy when it comes to narrowing down on one that suits our look, budget and purpose.
Where the decision in the yesteryears wasn’t that difficult with Ray-ban ruling the market, today with a plethora of brands joining the bandwagon offering mindless options in colours and styles, the buying has just got so much more tough!
We take a look at some of the most popular sunglasses brands in India you can rely on for both looks and quality.
The first thing that comes to mind when you think of Ray-Ban is an image of an airplane pilot in his white crisp uniform sporting a pair of Ray-ban’s, isn’t it?
Born in America, Ray-Ban’s carved a niche for itself with their Wayfarer and Aviator lines of sunglasses. Originally owned by Baush & Lomb, the brand now belongs to the Italian eyewear conglomerate – Luxottica Group.
If it is Ray-ban then you cannot not have a pair of their Aviator’s. We simply love this one from them that comes with sky blue lens and a silver metal frame.
Understated yet gorgeous! Perfect for everyday wear and they are a must carry for your holidays too!
With a matte transparent frame, this round frame sunglasses will highlight your facial features no matter what you choose to wear.
They are apt to go with ethnic as well as western wear and are good to be carried to work or on a holiday alike!
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If you are into sports or have an active outdoor life, this is the brand for you.
Oakley holds more than 850 patents and the brand is known for its innovative lens technology, including PRIZMTM. This American brand is especially designed for people on the go!
Our pick is this bold pair that would surely turn quite a few heads all wanting to give you second glance. The lens is in a combination of blue, green and red and it comes with 100% UV protection.
Light in weight, the frame is half rim and made of a material that is handcrafted and offers excellent resistance to corrosion.
From the house of the Tata Group from the Titan family, Fastrack true to its name offers fast fashion accessories – from sunglasses to watches to bags.
Their eyewear collection is a hit with the youth in India as it is not only easy on the pocket but offers the latest in terms of design and style.
With temple finish in matt and sporting a navy blue colour, these sunglasses that offer 100% UV protection are ideal for evening and nigh wear. Its squarish round frame shape adds to its aesthetic appeal and its polycarbonate lens material makes it durable and light in weight.
Check out the entire range of FastTrack sunglasses on Amazon here.
Clean lines, bold shape and sturdy shapes define Polaroid brand. They have been leaders when it comes to polarized lens technology.
Their range of sunglasses offers a perfect combination of technical performance and design and at a price that doesn’t pinch your pocket!
With black frame and full rim plastic frame, these are perfect for women with an oval face structure. Wear it for an afternoon outdoor lunch or a casual evening out with friends, they are sure to give you a glamorous look while taking care of your eyes as well!
Check out the entire range of Poloroid sunglasses on Myntra here.
A relatively new entrant in the category of sunglasses, they have been slowly and surely capturing the market with their affordable price range and features akin to renowned brands like Ray-Bans.
Available through major eCommerce shopping portals, they have a fantastic range for kids as well! Be it Aviators, Browline, Retro Square, Round, Wayfarers, Club Masters, Wrap Around, Cat-Eye or Oversized sunglasses, they have it all!
Why should adults have all the fun! These lovely pair of sunglasses for the tiny tots are perfect to be worn by both girls and boys!
From the character or Roary the Racing Car on it to its packaging, they are designed to win over the little ones compelling them to wear when they step out thus relieving you of worrying about the harmful sunrays hurting their delicate eyes.
Check out their entire range on PaytmMall here.
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The brand is known for its breath-taking collection of handbags for men and women but as part of their brand extension, they also offer an equally breath-taking collection of sunglasses.
Neatly packaged, the range can be picked up from their online store as well as from their offline stores. You can even pick up Hidesign sunglasses from all major eCommerce shopping portals.
These classic aviators are made using eco friendly material/ With leather detailing, the sunglasses are polarized and have UB protected lenses. The golden frame gives it a royal look, perfect to set that lovely first impression.
Check out the range of Hidesign sunglasses on Flipkart here.
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This is a Bangalore based brand that has Bollywood youth icon Alia Bhatt and Varun Dhawan as its brand ambassadors.
Unisex in appeal, their chic collection is targeted to win over India’s youth with a collection that is affordable, chic and trendy.
With a golden violet frame colour and lens in a shade of pink, they are the prettiest pair of sunglasses you would ever own. And for the price at which its are being offered, we would call it a complete steal!
The round frame has been given a twist in its shape with some edges being highlighted and the lens mirror is quite attractive as well. We are totally head over heels in love with it!
Shoppers Stop has an entire range of Idee Eyewear on display. Check it out here.
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If fashion is what drives you and Vogue is the brand for you! Launched in 1973 under the same name as the fashion magazine, Vogue Eyewear was acquired by the Luxotticca Group in 1990.
Since then the brand has undergone a series of transformation making it one of the most fashionable sunglass brand in the world.
What sets it apart is their ability to reflect the dominant fashion trend of the moment and offer it at an affordable price.
Designed for women, these aviators comes with lace detailing design on the rims giving them a classic feminine touch.
The grey lens colour compliments the gold tones frame that is square in shape. Team it up with your ethnic or western wear and it will simply add a touch of magic to your overall look for the day!
Check out their entire range on LensKart here.
One of the most coveted sunglass brand in the world, Police is known to use the finest quality of lenses and like Ray-Ban they have gone ahead to create a niche for themselves when it comes to maintaining their design sensibilities.
Born in Italy, the brand has a strong patronage and those who are used to wearing Police are hard to be convinced to try another brand.
Wayfarers are apt to be worn with casuals and this pair from Police can be your companion for life. The polycarbonate lens with acetate frame gives this pair durability and comfort to be worn all day long.
With just a few months for summer to set in, it is best you pick up a pair of sunglasses for yourself at the earliest. And with the above names to guide you, there is hardly an excuse you have to delay your shopping!


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I am sitting in an airplane somewhere above the Atlantic, racing back to New York. Home.
Ten years ago, in the evening, I was working in my office in Tokyo when my wife called asking to join her - at once - to watch a breaking news story on television. I was confused by her unusual request, I felt disturbed, but there was something in her voice that deeply concerned me. What followed was hours of holding hands, staring at the screen, slowly understanding what was happening, but not yet comprehending the global consequences. I called my parents in Europe and I remember my mother, who experienced WWII as a child, crying, saying a simple sentence “This is the beginning of another war”.
After a short night I went to the office where the situation was surreal. The normal buzz of people talking across the open office floor, colleagues walking into meetings, to printers or copy machines, has been replaced by silence. Nobody spoke, nobody walked, and the energy of the place was gone. My Japanese colleagues were silently sitting at their desks, working or just staring. The aura was filled with pain of what had happened at, what had seemed at the time, the other end of the world. The silence was interrupted from time to time by a phone ringing, which was answered swiftly, whispering into the phone, quickly bringing the dialogue to an end to restore the silence.
What followed was a change of the world, as we knew it until then. In the months after the attack America deepened its faith and belief in its values and the strength of the Nation. “United we stand” became the renewed bond between the people and between America and its friends and allies. On the day after the attack Jean-Marie Colombani wrote an article in the French newspaper Le Monde titled “We are all Americans”.
Ten short years passed since that day. At the same time it seems to be an eternity. We bend our Constitution to collect information about our enemies. Over 5,600 US soldiers died in Iraq and Afghanistan. In addition, over 40,000 have been wounded. We overstretched us strategically and financially in two major wars. At the same time we lowered taxes. We alienated our friends and allies. We finally changed our President and hoped that this will bring change. Change to the better, immediately, everywhere - from a swift end of the wars to health insurance for everyone. That was the promise. Instead, we are still at war. We went through a monumental economic meltdown which might still be lingering and possibly reignite, unemployment gets dangerously close to the 10% mark and our national debt is at a staggering $ 14 trillion. At the same time when we express our disapproval, we conveniently ignore to realize that this is not the failure of one man. We want change but we reject the consequences.
In 2003 I moved with my family to America. Back in the late 1980’s and early 1990’s my wife and I where educated here. Our son was born here. We became residents and we are proud of it. We are home. It hurts to see how the Nation is torn. Our political process collapsed and we lack leadership everywhere.
It seems that we are paralyzed. It seems that we forgot what made us great. It is that notion of “United we stand” on which we build our country. The sun will rise when we stop fighting ourselves, when we prioritize our challenges, when we accept that it will be uncomfortable for every one of us to solve our challenges. It is time to re-build our Nation.
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What’s so scary about sharia, or Islamic legal principles? According to a recent decision from a US Federal Appellate Court – one level below the Supreme Court – not much.
The recent decision of the 10th Circuit Court effectively blocks implementation of Oklahoma Law 755, also called the “Save Our State” measure. Law 755 was passed as a constitutional amendment by 70 per cent of Oklahoma voters in November 2010. Along with prohibiting courts from using “international law,” it also expressly “forbids courts from considering or using Sharia Law.” Similar laws have passed in Tennessee and Louisiana and comparable bills are pending in at least 20 states.
The 10th Circuit Court received the case after US District Judge Vicki Miles-LaGrange decided in favour of Muneer Awad, Executive Director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations in Oklahoma, who had sued to block the law. He claimed Law 755 violated his rights to religious freedom, which are protected by the First Amendment of the US Constitution.
This issue’s salience here in the United States is symbolic, it isn’t really about law. While the term “sharia” sounds scary to lots of Americans, the irony is that many who think they are opposed to sharia would be only too happy to support many of its general claims. For instance, those who claim to mistrust it would often love to have Americans (and perhaps especially lawyers and judges) pay more attention to the Ten Commandments – a kind of reasoning encouraged by sharia.
Decades ago, Princeton University professor Edward S. Corwin published a still-used short book entitled The “Higher Law” Background of American Constitutional Law, which should be assigned reading for anybody wary of sharia. According to Corwin, American constitutional law was founded not only upon Enlightenment philosophical notions, but also upon theological affirmations. In fact, he suggested, American jurisprudence rested on a deep ethic that was quite congenial to transcendent “higher” reasoning.
As Williams discovered, much of the furore over his comments has focused on issues prone to sensationalism. Different customs have developed in Western democracies and Muslim majority countries regarding property (especially borrowing and lending) and family life (especially monogamy and divorce). But these contrasts could just as easily be applied to England and the United States a century ago and England and the United States today. Divorce laws in particular have changed dramatically.
In the vast majority of cases, there is no conflict between Islamic legal principles and the jurisprudence of English common law or American constitutional law. One reason for this is that the “higher law” backgrounds of the different traditions in fact share an Abrahamic ethic: the social covenant to command the good and prohibit the evil. As expressed in A Common Word, a consensus document between Muslim and Christian religious leaders, Muslims share two basic ethical principles with Jews and Christians: love God and love your neighbour – as well as other core values.
US courts have the responsibility to uphold constitutional rights. Other scholars and professionals have responsibilities to educate the public and dispel myths about sharia.
Sharia is bound to resurface in the 2012 US presidential campaign. The way to move forward is to point out demagogues and allay fears of those concerned. The debate over sharia might even help us define a clearer role for religious reasoning in public life. In short, it might help us find common ground.
Jon Pahl is Professor of the History of Christianity in North American and Director of MA Programmes at the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia.
It can be done rather simply. This doctrine still holds today.

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This particular kind of rug padding is better than the rest for various reasons. It has a very different texture on both sides depending on which comes in contact with the floor and which is in contact with the rug. Based on these varying textures, strong bonds are formed. These ensure a non-slip link between the rug and the floor. Thetextures form a very strong bond; the rug pad with both the floor and the rug ensuring complete safety when walking. Durahold rug pads work effectively well when it comes to serving as a protective layer against all dust and wet spills. They are resistant to such hazards. They ensure either of the two does not penetrate down to the floor. As a result of this, they allow easy and thorough cleaning of both the rug and the hardwood floors.
This helps in maintaining the pad and the rugs life and cleanliness. This is also because of their unique arrangement. They form a vacuum between the rug and hardwood floor that the newness of both items is sustained over a long period of time. Their density and thickness allows them to offer resistance towards all kinds of pressure often placed while moving furniture around. This way you can even place dining tables, sofas, beds, chairs and other similar heavy appliances on them without worrying about damaging your floor. The arrangement of their interwoven strands and their overall texture is unique and different.Because of this physical quality they do not require the incorporation of any glues or adhesives to stick to the floor. They cling to the floor on the basis of the suction cups formed. These arecreated because the side in contact with the floor has alternate elevations and depressions.
For this reason even after years of use of the hardwood floors, they have no marks of the rugs installation.As a result of this maintenance, they allowyou to maintain the newness and shine of the hardwood floors. Oftentimes people have heated floors.This meansthat the floors will omit constant heat to manage a rooms temperature. Ordinary rug pads have the very troublesome tendency to melt off. This makesthem permanently stick to the floor not only damaging the heating system but also completely destroying the hardwood floor. Durahold rug pads are made of such a rubber that it does not melt even on heated floors. It sustains its firm nature and even assists the room through its insulation qualities. So if this is one of your concerns it can be catered to with the right kind of rug pad.
All the above mentioned properties make Durahold rug pads one of the best choices which can help in protection and cushioning any kind of floor, area rug, mat and carpet. Their natural capacities, varying densities, pressure resistant and water repellent qualities have made them the top notch rug pads. If you have any extraordinary concern that regular rug pads seem unable to counter, Durahold rug pads will ensure that they do. Purchase them now and secure your homes comfort and aesthetic appeal; without compromise.


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Big Cat Habitat is a large-animal rescue in Sarasota, Florida.
Founded in 1987, this animal rescue & sanctuary has become a temporary and permanent home for dozens of exotic animals. Animals you can expect to encounter include bears, primates, birds, tortoises, and of course some big cats like lions and ligers! They even have some smaller furry friends you can interact with in the petting zoo area, like goats and chickens. Big Cat Habitat continues to expand and develop further to provide the best for the animals in their care. Tickets for adults are $18.00, Children ages 3 – 12 are $8.00, and for children 2 and under admission is free.

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