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USCIS (US Immigration offices in the USA) and US Consulates (that issue visa stamps in passports) have recently developed a brand new restrictive interpretation of the immigration and nationality laws and applicable regulations.
Working for Multiple Employers is possible in some cases but “Freelancing” is not allowed under US Immigration Law for foreign nationals inside the USA who are working on a Non-immigrant Visa such as H1b, E-3, L1, O-1, E-2, E-1.
Now, more than ever, companies that employE-3 and H1b and/or L-1 workers must be prepared for a surprise visit from the USCIS.
Don't be deterred by misinformation in the media. There have been NO changes to legal immigration to the USA. E3 visas are still being processed quickly for those who meet the requirements.
Immigration bureau.com aka the Immigration Law Office of David E. Yurkofsky, recently successfully helped an existing client renew their E3 visa in Ottawa, Canada including after she faced obstacles that could have resulted in a 60- day delay.
We recently helped a young Australian entrepreneur obtain an E3 Visa. Find out about his story.
We pride ourselves on our impeccable record in obtaining O-1 Visas & EB-1 Green Cards Based on "Extraordinary Ability". Below we have compiled a list of some of our successes with the approval times of each case.
While there may be a wide range of free blogs offering advice on visas and immigration to the USA, relying on this information can be dangerous.
The USA Visa Application process can be tricky, confusing and difficult to navigate on your own. Here are some cautions, and why we suggest hiring a visa lawyer for your application.
We've compiled a helpful list of links to various USA immigration websites and government departments.

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Display current and the upcoming three-day forecasted weather conditions for the geographic location of your choice!
Hop Weather is as easy as it gets—install, choose your location, add your template code, and never think about it again. Weather data is fetched from https://www.weather.gov and results are cached for 300 seconds. Style your weather conditions with beautiful icons or just display as text on your site, email newsletters, and other EE-generated content.
Visit https://w1.weather.gov/xml/current_obs/ to find an airport code for the location you want weather conditions for.
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This entry was created March 26, 2019, 10:37 am.
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This quote is only good from our Missouri locations. If you'd like to get a quote on providing liquor for an upcoming party or reception, please fill out the information below and we will get back to you with options.
Deliver will incur a fee depending on order size and distance. Event must be in the state of Missouri for delivery. Please include the name and address of the event space in your message.
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Scientific breakthroughs from genome-sequencing projects brought the realization that reliable interpretation of the resulting information makes unprecedented demands for innovations in statistical methodology and its application to biological systems. This unique opportunity drives research at the Statistical Inference and Computation in Genomics Laboratory of the Ottawa Institute of Systems Biology. The Statomics Lab (http://www.statomics.com) seeks a postdoctoral fellow who will collaboratively develop and apply Bayesian methods of statistical inference to attack current problems in analyzing transcriptomics, proteomics, metabolomics, lipidomics, and/or genome-wide association data.
A thorough knowledge of Bayesian theory is essential, as is the ability to quickly develop reliable software for approximating posterior distributions using complex models. Strong initiative, excellent communication skills, and reception of a PhD or equivalent doctorate in biostatistics, statistics, or a closely related field within the four years prior to the start date are also absolutely necessary. The following qualities are desirable but not required: expertise in one or more methods of frequentist inference; a working knowledge of biology; familiarly with R, S-PLUS, Mathematica, C, Fortran, and/or LaTeX; experience in a UNIX or Linux environment.
To apply, send a PDF CV that has contact information of three references to dbickel0@uottawa.ca (without the zero), with “Bayesian Genomics” and the year of your graduation or anticipated graduation in the subject field of the message. In the message body, concisely present evidence that you meet each requirement for the position and describe your most significant papers and software packages with summaries of how you contributed to them. All applicants are thanked in advance; only those selected for further consideration will receive a response.

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The Sudanese government should immediately charge or release recently detained political activists, and investigate all allegations that they have been subjected to torture and ill-treatment, the African Center for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS), Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), and REDRESS said today.
“There are strong grounds for concern about the well-being of all three young men”, said Sarah Jackson, deputy regional director for Eastern Africa at Amnesty International. “Sudanese authorities must guarantee the safety of all those detained and ensure that anyone in detention is either charged with a recognized criminal offense or released without delay”.
“These detentions of political activists are part of a wider human rights crisis in Sudan, where the space for freedom of expression, association, and assembly is severely restricted and dissenting political activists are censored with brute force”, said Katherine Perks, program director at ACJPS.
“Sudan continues to crack down severely on dissenting voices with complete impunity. The international community must take a strong stand against the current wave of detentions of political opponents and the security organ’s continued acts of torture against activists”, said Sheila Muwanga Nabachwa, vice president at FIDH. “The African Union and the United Nations must not only request that Sudan fully abides by its human rights obligations, but they must also envisage concerted actions to ensure it does”.


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The goal is to reach the summit of a formation or the endpoint of a pre-defined route without falling.
Rock climbing competitions have objectives of completing the route in the quickest possible time or the farthest along an increasingly difficult route.
Scrambling, another activity involving the scaling of hills and similar formations, is similar to rock climbing.
However, rock climbing is generally differentiated by its sustained use of hands to support the climber's weight as well as to provide balance.
Rock climbing is a physically and mentally demanding sport, one that often tests a climber's strength, endurance, agility and balance along with mental control.

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Qu'aimez faire de bon sur chapa ?
Does anybody know exactly where I can make application for a no credit check payday loan?
Un arnaqueur merite un ban !!!

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LOWISA 54 – August 3 – 10, 2019 LOWISA is an internationally acclaimed racing and cruising event held annually out of Kenora, Ontario. Now embarking on its 54th year August 3, 2019 LOWISA is poised for many more years of sailing adventures.
The LOWISA regatta consists of 6 days of racing with one midweek layover day on the pristine waters of Lake of the Woods, one of North America’s premiere boating destinations. Each day consists of a random course of approximately 20 miles thought the maze of islands to a different wilderness anchorage.
The fleet is separated into divisions according to the boat’s PHRF rating. There is also a cruising fleet for those boats wishing to avoid the stress of racing. Trophies are presented on the Saturday evening at the end of the week for each division. Additionally, overall trophies are presented for fastest overall elapsed and corrected times for the week.
Check us out at www.lowisa.org or find us on Facebook.
The North West International Rowing Association is a regional association of Canadian and American rowing clubs of the Upper Mid-Western United States and Western Canada.
The Winnipeg Rowing Club, the Minnesota Boat Club and the Saint Paul Lurline Rowing Club as the Minnesota and Winnipeg Rowing Association founded the Association in 1885.
The Association was dormant from 1897 to 1905 during the Boer and American-Spanish Wars. The Association was revived in 1905 as the “West-Canada Rowing Association” and the annual regatta held in 1906 at Minnetonka. In 1909 the North West International Rowing Association name was adopted.
The 109th Annual NWIRA Championships Regatta were held on Rabbit Lake on August 17-18, 2012. The Kenora Rowing Club was host to the Championship regatta.


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Author: Blue Pill Media Inc.
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Enjoy simple and clear step by step instructions on how to pass each floor!
Share this app with your friends and help them get to the next floor!

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Detroit, Michigan is ranked second in the nation for volume of Restoring Family Links (RFL) cases and in the past five years has opened nearly 550 cases. Dearborn, a city just north of Detroit, is home to the largest Iraqi immigrant population in the United States. This community has made providing certificates of detention for Iraqi refugees from the Persian Gulf War a majority of the casework the chapter handles. I began volunteering with Restoring Family Links at the Southeastern Michigan Chapter in Detroit last September and can whole-heartedly say RFL in Detroit would not be what it is today if it were not for the support from LaForice Nealy, the CEO of Southeastern Michigan.
Shortly after I began volunteering for RFL in Detroit, I realized what a massive challenge I had taken on. Before LaForice was CEO of Southeastern Michigan, the Restoring Family Links program of Detroit struggled to receive the support and resources necessary to address a large, culturally diverse community with acute family reconnection needs. When LaForice became the chapter’s CEO, he understood these challenges and then when I came on, he set out to help me succeed by focusing on how to best deliver RFL services to clients.
He scheduled meetings with me to address the needs, goals, and direction for RFL in Detroit. After the meeting, with a plan established and objectives in mind, he made sure to stop by my desk to check in every week when I was in the office. The conversation always started out light but he always made a point to ask "how is Restoring Family Links going, how are you, and what do you need?” From this point forward, I knew I had a champion behind me.
LaForice has ensured that I have the resources necessary to build a team of volunteers. He has also realigned the program under Volunteer Services to guarantee that someone was accountable for the program 24 hours a day, seven days a week. He makes sure people throughout the chapter know about RFL and are continuously aware that RFL is a service the Red Cross provides. He has even personally seen that mail for Restoring Family Links does not get lost in the mail room, but is on my desk Monday mornings, assuaging my fears that client information would get lost. Without the unbelievable support from LaForice, Restoring Family Links in Detroit would not be on its way to becoming a robust service the community can trust.
LaForice, thank you standing by the Restoring Family Links program from day one. Your impeccable support, advocacy, and dedication to Restoring Family Links has made the program what it is today and what it will be in the future.

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You can depend on Bike Storage Guys to offer the top service for Bike Storages in Cascade, MD. Our team of qualified contractors will offer the professional services you need with the most advanced solutions in the market. We grantee that you get the very best services, the right price tag, and the finest quality supplies. Give us a call by dialing 800-395-6926 to get going.
Conserving money is an integral part for your task. Yet, saving money should not signify that you eliminate excellent quality with Bike Storages in Cascade, MD. Our efforts to help you save money won't sacrifice the excellence of our results. Our intention is to make sure that you have the best supplies and a end result that will last through the years. It will be possible given that we know the way to save time and money on materials and work. Get in touch with Bike Storage Guys when you'd like the finest services at a minimal price. You're able to connect with our staff by dialing 800-395-6926 to begin.
It is important to be informed regarding Bike Storages in Cascade, MD. You should not go in without knowing it properly, and it's good to understand what to prepare for. We will take the unexpected surprises out of the situation by offering accurate and complete info. Step one is to call us today at 800-395-6926 to set up your work. During this phone call, you get all your questions responded to, and we are going to arrange a time to commence services. We always get there at the scheduled hour, prepared to work with you.
You've got plenty of good reasons to choose Bike Storage Guys to meet your needs involving Bike Storages in Cascade, MD. We have the top customer support scores, the best resources, and the most helpful and productive cash saving practices. We fully understand your requirements and goals, and we are available to assist you using our experience. Dial 800-395-6926 when you need Bike Storages in Cascade, and we are going to work with you to expertly accomplish the project.

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ATA Carnet is a universally accepted customs document issued in 78 countries including India, aims at facilitating temporary admission of goods into a member country without payment of normally applicable duties and taxes, including value-added taxes. Its operation is administered by World ATA Carnet Council (WATAC), ICC, Paris which governs the operation of the ATA Carnets in all participating 78 countries. It eliminates the need to purchase temporary import bonds. So long as the goods are re-exported within the allotted time frame, no duties or taxes are due. The acronym ATA is a combination of French and English phrases "Admission Temporaire/Temporary Admission."
TIR Carnet is an international transport document that allows transport of goods from the customs office of departure to the customs office of destination under the TIR procedure, defined by the TIR Convention. It is the universal customs transit system based on a UN Convention implemented at global level in Public-Private Partnership for moving goods across international borders without any additional checks. It is overseen by the United Nations Economic Commission (UNECE), and managed by the International Road Transport (IRU). TIR stands for “Transports Internationaux Routiers”.
FICCI Workshop on ATA Carnet: "Your Visa for temporary export/import of goods between International Borders"

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LWB and I went to Scotland on holiday. One day 3 - June 23 - we headed to grab Scotland's first cache, placed in December 2000. We were feeling pretty cocky because the tallest mountain in Scotland is actually just a wee shorter than WV's highest point. We figured we had this. We are Idiots.
The cache was hidden in a lovely area and was a fairly easy find once I focused. Deciding to continue on and hit the summit of Ben More at 3800+ feet was something freakin' else! The view and the smug sense of self-satisfaction was worth every bit of pain that followed me for the rest of the entire holiday (we arrived home July 3 so it was a long darn time).
that little dip in the elevation, that's where we had to drop down and across a valley to get the cache and then come back. It was a heck of a climb!

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One of the challenges of apartment living is finding a home that suits your style. The Estates at Canyon Ridge are the perfect San Antonio apartments when you want ample space and luxury features and a beautiful space to decorate and make your own. When you arrive at the community, one of the first things you’ll notice is the idyllic and resort-style features that surround each apartment home.
The serenity of the fountain and the lush, green foliage that peeks around each corner creates a peaceful place to call home. You’ll also see great attention to detail in the common areas like the expansive and well-equipped gym and the club house with its fine furnishings. Each feature around these apartments in San Antonio makes you feel like you’re on a vacation each time you return home from work in the evening.
When you tour one of our stylish apartments, you’ll notice that they need very little in the way of extras because all the decorative features are already included. You’ll see beautiful granite countertops and brand new appliances that make cooking a joy. Gathering in the kitchen for a family meal or when making a weekend lunch with friends will become a favorite pastime. Another feature you’ll love about these San Antonio apartments for rent are the garages featured alongside each home.
In some apartments, it’s common to see a large parking lot for vehicles without protection from the elements and no privacy. The Estates at Canyon Ridge are an exception to that rule with ample and protective space for your vehicle. We love seeing the excitement on the faces of our future residents as they see the effortless luxury that awaits at these apartments for rent in San Antonio. Stop by for a tour, and we’re sure you’ll want to submit an application right away.
Copyright © 2019 The Estates at Canyon Ridge. All rights reserved.


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SOON - Fear or laughter? to laugh is good for you!
Laughter can be good or bad. It can make people happy or it can hurt their feelings. We can laugh at people about the way they look, or for something they may have said or done. This laughter is bad.
Here we are thinking about laughter that is good for us and the people we are with.
Rushanthan from Sri Lanka sent us this proverb to us, and he explained what it means: "Laughter shows that we are happy. A man who laughs, brings happiness to other people and wins friends. It is like a medicine making the person feel happy and well. Someone who cannot laugh misses the joy that life can bring. He may not have friends around him. He may lose his health. His thoughts about life are sad and he stops feeling happy."
Many of the stories which Jesus told are also very funny.
Scientists tell us that laughter helps us when we are ill or have big problems in our lives. They are now learning why this happens and how laughter helps us to fight illnesses in our bodies. When we laugh our blood pressure becomes lower – this is good for us. Laughter makes us use many muscles, especially in our faces. It makes our muscles exercise which helps to keep our bodies working and healthy. Scientists also tell us that when we laugh, more special cells grow in our bodies. These destroy germs that cause illness. So, if we laugh often, our bodies will be able to fight illnesses more easily.
We often keep bad feelings – anger, sadness, fear – inside our minds. These can make us ill. We often try to get rid of these feelings in a way that will hurt someone else. Laughter can help to take away our bad feelings.
There are many things that can make us laugh, such as a funny film or book, or friends who can tell funny stories. It is good to be with people who make us laugh. But we must not laugh in a way that will hurt other people's feelings. God wants us to be happy and to enjoy life. He can give us his joy which will last for ever. That does not mean we will always be happy and laughing. His joy is something inside us that is not changed by what is happening around us. We can have his joy if we ask him.


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Product categories of Ripener, we are specialized manufacturers from China, Ethylene , Ripener suppliers/factory, wholesale high-quality products of fruits R & D and manufacturing, we have the perfect after-sales service and technical support. Look forward to your cooperation!
GB9830-88 "fruit and vegetable cold storage after ripening" requirements, safety, no residue.

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Keep rodents, especially chipmunks and squirrels, out of homes and cabins.
What can I do to prevent TBRF?
Avoid sleeping in rodent-infested buildings whenever possible. Although rodent nests may not be visible, other evidence of rodent activity (e.g., droppings) are a sign that a building may be infested.
Prevent tick bites. Use insect repellent containing DEET (on skin or clothing) or permethrin (applied to clothing or equipment).
If you are renting a cabin and notice a rodent infestation, contact the owner to alert them.
Treat “cracks and crevices” in the walls with pesticide.
Establish a pest control plan to keep rodents out.
Why shouldn't I remove the nests myself?
Activities that put you in contact with deer mouse droppings, urine, saliva, or nesting materials can place you at risk for infection with Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome (HPS), a potentially fatal condition. Hantavirus is spread when virus-containing particles from deer mouse urine, droppings, or saliva are stirred into the air. Infection occurs when you breathe in virus particles.


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Ten (10) credits of natural science, including at least five (5) credits in physical, biological and/or earth sciences, including at least one course with a lab.
15 credits of remaining general education courses to achieve the required 60 credits.
Students will earn an Accounting Clerk Certificate after completing the first three quarters of the AAS degree. All students graduating from this program must have a minimum grade of 2.0 in each of the accounting, economics and general business required courses. Students must also have a 2.0 cumulative minimum grade point average in all required courses in this program.

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Colouring for adults is a new trend. The colouring plates in this book are based on the patterns and designs of wallpaper specialists Eijffinger, whose wallpaper and fabrics are a landmark in the world of interior design. The company has selected the best patterns for this book, with themes such as romance, nostalgia, nature, exoticism, vintage and retro, you can continuously create another atmosphere. Start colouring and feel the inspiration!
Founded in 1875 Eijffinger has become an internationally operating converter in wallcoverings and fabrics. Eijffinger started trading in The Hague where interior products such as wallpaper and trimmings were delivered to the upper class. Soon the combination of unique wallpaper designs, reliable service, exceptional quality and broad distribution in Holland resulted into an impressive market share. During the last 135 years Eijffinger has survived world wars, various economic crises and the rise of do-it-yourself markets. Throughout, Eijffinger has continuously developed exclusive and surprising collections which provide a distinct and characteristic interior decoration for each individual. In Eijffinger's own creative studio the best industrial designers develop new wallpaper and fabric collections. Therefore, Eijffinger is leader in the world of interior decor. Eijffinger's creativity and innovation in design, colour and materials has been a major strength, so its products are now available in more than 90 countries.

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These kids are crazy talented! We’re talking about Anna Graceman, Bianca Ryan, Adrian Romoff, Jackie Evancho. Heavenly Joy Jerkins, Anna Christine, Kadan Bart Rockett, Ruby & Jonas, Grace VanderWaal.
Compared to what they can do, your double-jointed thumb probably isn’t going to impress any judges. Welcome to MsMojo and today we're counting down our picks for the Top 10 Best Kid Talents in America's Got Talent.
For this list, we’re looking at the craziest and most impressive talents that young people have displayed on “America’s Got Talent” and the moments that made them famous.
This then 11-year-old singer wowed the judges so much that she took home the top prize on the first season of “America’s Got Talent.” Interestingly, Bianca was actually trained as a dancer from a young age and only changed gears when she decided to audition for “Star Search” as a singer instead. In her audition for “America’s Got Talent”, she performed the Dreamgirls torch song “And I Am Telling You I’m Not Going” and got “yes” votes from all three judges. She continued to impress the judges and audiences alike, and became the first singer, the first female, and the first kid winner of the show.
Another talented 11-year-old songstress, Anna Graceman made it to the Top 10 in the sixth season of “America’s Got Talent.” Graceman’s parents fostered a love of music in her at a very young age, playing classical music for her even before she was born. By 18 months old, she was singing the melodies of entire songs, and by four she was playing the piano. Clearly their nurturing paid off because she made it all the way to the finals, impressing the judges – and audiences - along the way.
Not only is this kid a whiz on the piano, but he’s also pretty much a genius, having skipped five grades in school. In his quarterfinal performance, Romoff performed Euphemia Allen's "Chopsticks" and Mozart's "Eine Kleine Nachtmusik" and managed to garner a standing ovation from judge Heidi Klum. Ultimately, he didn’t get enough votes to be able to move on in the competition, but it worked out alright for him, though. At only 9 years old, he was invited to attend Juilliard School of Music, and went on to win a $100,000 college scholarship.
After hearing this impressive performance, it’s hard to believe that Jackie Evancho’s parents didn’t realize that their daughter’s singing ability was anything special. After seeing a film version of “Phantom of the Opera”, Jackie became enthralled with all things opera and went around the house singing all day. Her parents thought her voice was “nice”, but it took seeing the audience’s reaction after a performance at a local talent show to realize just how incredible her talent was. AGT’s judges and the audience, however, were impressed from the get-go and Evancho ultimately placed second in season 5 of the show, paving the way for fellow operatic hopeful Laura Bretan.
Anna’s rendition of traditional folk song "The House of the Rising Sun" caught the eye of the judges in the audition phase of season 8, and her crooning brought her all the way to the semi-finals. In the quarter-finals she sang Nina Simone’s "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood", and garnered many votes from the audience. After her final performance, the judges were split on whether she should proceed, with Howard Stern and Mel B. supporting her. Unfortunately the tiebreaker went to the audience’s votes and Anna was eliminated.
This kid was made for show biz. With her parents being producer Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins and singer Joy Enriquez, Heavenly Joy was primed for the stage from a very young age. The then-5-year old may not have made it past the Judge Cuts, but audiences were clearly impressed by her skills. Today, the video of her audition has received over 22 million views on YouTube since it aired. She sang a Broadway-worthy rendition of “In Summer” from the movie Frozen while tap dancing at the same time, reminding Howard Stern – and many others – of a modern Shirley Temple.
Ballroom dancing may not seem like a pursuit for young people, but this light-footed duo defies expectations. Season 8 was actually the second time Ruby Castro appeared on the show, having made it to 6th place as a member of the dance troupe “The Untouchables” in the previous season. The two had worked together for less than a year before their show audition, but they'd quickly found success on and off the AGT stage. Ruby’s older brother D’Angelo, meanwhile, also appeared as a ballroom dancer in season 8 and, it was his act – D'Angelo and Amanda – that kept the younger duo out of the Semifinals.
Singing and dancing may be enviable skills, but you can’t help but be in awe of what this little girl can do. Her unbelievable contortionist skills seemed to defy biology, but she pulled them off with ease. Victoria, who was adopted from China when she was 6 months old, has some skills that can’t be replicated by just anyone. After being eliminated in the Vegas round, Victoria was brought back as a “wild card” contestant later on in the season. In the end however, and despite wowing the audience, she just didn’t get enough votes to make it to the quarter-finals.
What do you call a renaissance man who isn't quite a man just yet? Whatever the title would be, Kadan Bart Rockett should definitely hold it. Landing on the show for his magic skills, Kadan is also an actor who starred in the movie “Dark Skies” with Keri Russell, as well as appearing in several TV spots and many commercials. He has even performed his act on cruise ships, in theatres, as well as for “Cirque: Illusions of Grandeur”. For his audition on the show, though, he stuck with his take on a stage magic classic: sawing his younger sister in half in front of the judges.
When Grace VanderWaal appeared on stage for the first time in the 11th season of “America’s Got Talent,” no one expected the powerhouse performance she gave. Howie Mandel gave her a “golden buzzer,” projecting her right to the live shows. Performing an original song with flavors of Regina Spektor and Florence Welch, even Simon Cowell was impressed, commenting that she could be the next Taylor Swift. The then-12 year old VanderWaal went on to win the competition and has since released an EP of her songs and has made numerous TV appearance to showcase her talents. There’s no doubt that we’ll be seeing more of her!

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TANNERSVILLE – Rep. Jack Rader (R-Monroe), along with St. Luke’s University Health Network, will host a Fall Wellness Festival on Saturday, Sept. 16, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Northampton Community College’s Tannersville Campus.
This is a free event with over 65 vendors on site. Free health screenings, door prizes, healthy cooking demonstrations, Zumba classes and chair yoga will be offered. A prescription drug take-back station will be available for the safe disposal of unused and unwanted medications.
For more information, contact Rader’s district office at (570) 620-4341.

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Last Friday, I was scheduled for jury duty in Stamford. The night before, as instructed, I logged on to a website to see if my services were needed.
There, in red letters, I read the news: "Daniel Woog" was not to appear.
Sitting by myself, in front of my computer, I nearly wept with joy.
Am I a bad person for wanting to avoid jury duty?
It is not that I don't understand that serving on a jury is not only our civic responsibility but a privilege that people in many parts of the world have fought and died for-- are doing so at this very moment, in fact.
Jury duty is a fundamental part of American citizenship. Like voting and not owning slaves, it took a couple of amendment tweaks and Supreme Court cases to get it right, but now we're good to go.
Though "go" does not include those of us who applaud the concept of a jury trial in theory but cower at the thought of being one of those American citizens actually sitting in the jury box.
From "Inherit the Wind" and "Twelve Angry Men" on through "Perry Mason" and "L.A. Law," we all know that the idealized image of a legal case bears no resemblance to reality.
No movie or television show in the history of media has shown someone receiving a legal document, summoning him or her to appear on a certain day. Nor has it ever depicted that same person trying to park in a too-small lot, passing through a metal detector, then being herded into an overcrowded, overheated room where a TV blares "Fox News" and the only reading material is a Good Housekeeping Magazine from 1994, in which underpaid civil servants hold your future -- for that day, maybe the next two or three, quite possibly the next several months -- in their bored, heard-it-all-and-then-some, uncommunicative hands.
Been there, done some of that.
A while ago, I was summoned to appear for another jury session. This was also in Stamford. That time, I did not check a website to see if I was scot-free because, even though the Internet was in worldwide use, it had not yet come to the judicial system of Connecticut. So I called a phone number, waited desperately to hear that I was off the hook, and -- despite an almost comical list of names, direct from a World War II hero flick ("Rodriguez, Chin, Koslowski, O'Sullivan, Goldberg...") -- I realized with a heavy heart that the god of hot, humid days spent in windowless basement rooms had screwed me over.
I appeared at the appointed hour. I could have been 90 minutes late and it wouldn't have mattered, of course, because in jury rooms nothing happens at normal speed. The morning passed with all the joy of sitting in a dentist's chair during a massive tooth extraction project, only not as quickly.
Finally my name was called. Well, actually not me --for the purposes of my voir dire interview I was "Daniel Wong" or "Weeg" or "Wooje" or something -- but who was I to argue? This was the most action I'd had all day.
A judge and several lawyers were seated in a smaller room. They all wore frowny-type faces. After a boilerplate lecture about the seriousness of what was going on -- basically a repeat of the 1950s-era movie we'd all seen earlier -- we heard the outlines of the case we were being questioned for.
It was -- I am not kidding -- the wood chipper trial.
If for some reason you have not heard of this murder -- the only possible explanation being that you lived on a continent without TV, radio or the National Enquirer -- it involved a guy who (allegedly) killed his wife and disposed of her body with -- how can I put this delicately? -- a wood chipper (during a snow storm) (on Lake Zoar). He was nabbed when he made the classic mistake: He returned the machine to the rental company completely clean. In the history of the universe, no one has cleaned a rented wood chipper.
I cannot recall the questions I was asked by the frowny-type people. I think I was too stunned at the prospect of actually serving on the wood-chipper trial -- which would probably take 10 months, involve gruesome testimony, and end up with the jury sequestered in a Best Western motel while one completely crazy woman refused to go along with the rest of us, causing us the day before Christmas to declare a mistrial and then endure the wrath and ridicule of the entire state of Connecticut -- to respond coherently.
Whatever the reason, I was dismissed from the jury pool. I don't think I actually high-fived the judge on my way out of the room, but I might have.
So it is not that I don't understand the importance of jury trials. I do. If I ever killed my wife, I would want the best, fairest and most judicial trial possible.
I just wouldn't want me to be on my jury.
Dan Woog's column appears each Friday in the Westport News. He may be reached at dwoog@optonline.net.


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The apple trees seem to be doing well. This is the Sundance.
This is the GoldRush tree.
The lettuces are doing so well and we've already eaten a lot from them. Remember what they looked like before?
Great gardens! I love garden posts! what a neat idea to use kale and lettuce as an edible ornament!
It's been over a month and I really miss your posts. I hope all is well in your nest.


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The DR 6.75 Premier wheeled trimmer mower is powered by a premium quality Briggs & Stratton 675 EXi petrol engine. The 675EXi provides powerful performance and easy operation. Maintenance is simple with tool-less filters and there is no need for regular oil changes, just an occasional top up.
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As companies become more international, there is an?important?need for employees that are fluent in different languages. People with language skills are more valuable in the global job market. The knowledge of more than one language is necessary in most sectors.
The importance of Spanish as a language of business has been increasing in the last few decades, due in large part to the constant economic growth Latin American countries have been experiencing –many of these countries have taken huge leaps forward in terms of their international economic positions.
Considering that Japan is geographically isolated island nation that is densely populated and poor in natural resources makes the strength of the Japanese economy seem even more impressive. The Japanese have relied on their creativity and scientific know-how to succeed not only economically but also in ecology?ways.


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Visiting Yangon in the middle of the monsoon is seeing green crumbling city. The heavy rain makes everything soaked in water. The concrete give way to green plants of different kinds all the buildings are dressed in green. This can´t last forever in the end the concrete walls will dissolve and fall apart. I arrives this green steaming hot city by taxi in the late evening. I asked the driver is this city safe? The driver laughed and said. Indeed, very safe you can walk in the middle of the night in Yangon, no one will ever touch you but you won´t meet anyone either, we have all gone to sleep.
Bagan is South East Asia most important tourist site in the same league as Angkor Wat in Cambodia. Bagan is divided between New Bagan called Nyaungu and Old Bagan. In Nyangungu one can find all the services of a town, police station, hospital, market, restaurants and the cheaper accommodations. This is the arriving point for the buses from other cities. Old Bagan is in a bend of Ayeyarwaddy River several kilometers southeast of Nyaungu. In this part of Bagan are all the better hotels with higher standards since it is closer to all the old famous Padogas and temples of Bagan. I arrived in the middle of the night in NyaungU so I stayed overnight at In Wa Guest house. They offered a nice room with air-condition, toilet, shower and beddings for 5 US$ (2007). This was dirt cheap compared to our guest houses charging 20US$ for the same standard.
A monk who had studied Buddhism for at least thirty years receives a robe as a gift from the local spinning-mill at Inle lake. Normally, the monk begins his studies at age of twenty, but he must start before he is twenty-seven years old. The process of manufacturing the robe follows the cycle of the moon. One cut the Lotus lowers stems at the full moon. Each process in the spinning-mill is according to the phases of the moon so the monks’ robes are ready for the next full moon. The owner said in the end of July, I will give six monks their robes during their initiating process, since they have completed their thirty year studies. According to the owner Burma had two monks on the highest level belonging to two different paths. The government pays all their expenditures.
After a twelve-hour rough bus ride during the night from Inle lake I arrived at six a´clock in the morning in Mandalay. I booked a seat in a shared taxi to Pyin U-Lwin for 6500 Kyats (about 5 US$). At nine o´clock the car filled up .with passengers. We left Mandalay in a white Toyota from the good old 1970s. The driver was a hotheaded man without any patience. He drove in a furious speed on the serpentine roads up into the mountains trying to overtake trucks in sharp bends but he usually failed and had to stop quickly. After a couple of hours driving the engine was exhausted and one could smell smoke in the car.
I stayed at the chinese owned hotel Great Wall in Mandalay. I walked towards the city centre it was 20th of July then I first met him the bicycle Trishshaw driver Myint Thein or the Trishaw man as he called himself. He had black hair was surprisingly tall to be a Burmese man in his middle age. Myint asked, do you need my service today, I go anywhere?
I visited Burma / Myanmar during the monsoon season 2007, started travelling in Yangon the capital of Burma, flew to the northwest coast to Sittwe. Continued by boat in heavy monsoon rain on the river of Kanadan upriver into the Chin state to Mrauk U. I looped back to Yangon again for a flight up to Heho in the Shan state there a taxi waited for a drive to Inle lake.


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Matthew Aaron Vittitow, 20, contempt of court.
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Johnnie Wayne Janes, 55, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon; trafficking in controlled substance, first-degree (less than 2 grams methamphetamine); possession of marijuana; possession of controlled substances, first-degree (methamphetamine); possession of drug paraphernalia.
William Glen Fulkerson, 50, non-payment of fines (2 counts); receiving stolen property under $500.
Cody Jacob Salsman, 25, theft by deception, include cold checks under $500.
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Vincent Mitchell Biven, 74, operating a motor vehicle under the influences of alcohol/drugs/etc.
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Program Efficiency Ratio: By definition, the ratio is calculated by dividing an organization’s program service expenses, which is money spent directly to further the NPO’s mission, by its total expenses. It measures how much an organization is spending on its primary mission rather than administrative costs. It is ideal for this indicator to be as close to one as possible. However, since it would be unrealistic to expect all money spent by an organization to be used directly toward the mission, expected results should be in line with other NPOs with similar missions and business models.
Operating Reliance Ratio: This ratio measures how effectively the NPOs could pay all expenses from program revenues alone, by dividing unrestricted program revenue by total expenses. In an ideal situation, the Operating Reliance Ratio would be one or greater as it indicates that the NPOs’ programs are able to sustain themselves and the management is mindful of the organizations’ expenses and cash flow. However, restricted revenues are sometimes relied on by many NPOs that affect the outcome of this calculation.
Fundraising Efficiency Ratio: This ratio is often used by NPOs to measure how efficient the NPOs are at raising money. It is calculated by dividing the unrestricted contributions by the fundraising expenses, which are money spent by the NPOs to raise the unrestricted contributions. The higher the result, the more efficient the organization is at raising money. By monitoring this ratio, NPOs can gauge whether or not their fundraising efforts are becoming more or less efficient and re-evaluate as necessary.
Understanding these three KPIs is a starting point to select benchmarks more specific to your sector and organization. However, ratios aren’t the last word and sometimes ratios alone can’t reflect the full picture of a NPO’s efficiency. Multiple tools and financial analyses should be used complimentarily to provide a more in depth look into a NPO’s financial health.


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This course is intended for staff who work in academic departments or research units that hire international faculty and researchers, and who have already taken Hiring International Scholars Usint the H-1B Visa, Part 1. Participants will focus on special problems in hiring non-U.S. citizens using H-1B visas. Topics covered include the comparative benefits and restrictions of the H-1B (including using the alternatives of the O, TN, E-3 or H-1B1), facilitating international travel, change of employer, part-time employment issues, and union notification.
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1 It is beautiful and elegant, well-made and well-structured with special material and low failure rate.
2 It is quite easy in operation in the whole process and just by adding the oxygen bomb filled with oxygen and samples into the calorimeter, then the experiment can be automatically completed.
3 Injecting water into the inner barrels by means of binoculars effectively avoids the overflow phenomenon due to high water level.
4 The water level balance box is used for water level equilibrium so that the repeated error can be smaller than 0.5g, the water volume is accurate and experimental time lasts shorter.
5 Imported mixing motor is used so as to make sure of fast water convection of inner barrels and can meet a full mixing.
6 The test software extends great support for windows platform which is good at stability and easy operation and simple understanding.
Test time: it takes 6 minutes for temperature balance in early ignition. The main temperature will be measured after 12 minutes of ignition and the entire experiment lasts from 18 to 20 minutes (coal heat is low and the test time can be relatively extended).

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Tatanka is one of the few Native American wrestlers that wrestle today. He is from North Carolina and part of the Lumbee tribe of Indians.
Tatanka started out in WWE during the early 1990's with an unprecidented almost two year undefeated streak; his first loss came by Ludvig Borga. After several near title wins, he traded sides and joined Ted DiBiase's Corporation as a bad guy. Tatanka left WWE in 1996 and was gone from the big time spotlight for nearly 10 years. Tatanka returned to WWE in 2006 and he looks to win at least one championship in WWE.


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Bring in the season with Applique Market’s great selection of special designs. The Christmas Season is a great time of year for customized clothing with our Joy Serif Ornament Vintage Stitch applique design.
Enjoy a Christmas Season filled with tons of fun with our Joy Serif Ornament Vintage Stitch applique design. This design is perfect for adorable outfits during the month of December and especially on Christmas Day! Stitch it on a pillow or garden flag to really celebrate the season.
The Joy Serif Ornament Vintage Stitch applique design listing includes seven sizes for a wide array of hoops: 4×4, 5.0, 6.0, 7.0, 8.0, 9.0 and 10.0 inch. This design features a vintage or ‘bean stitch’ finish, there is no satin stitch.


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Banks do charge clients a service fee for having an account. However, the services fees vary at each bank and depend on factors such as the type of account, services used, and the number of times money is deposited or taken out of the account. The interest rate for the account might also vary at each banking institution.
When deciding on which bank to use, it is important to consider what you need the account for and how often you will use it. Review the types of accounts, services, service fees, and interest rates from a number of banks to compare your options before making a decision.
Citizenship and Immigration Canada has information about Banks and financial institutions in Canada.
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If children grew up in the rainforest, they’d get most of the nutrients for proper growth and development from whole foods like fruits, vegetables, whole grains and fish. Nutrients that are often missing from today’s diets. Bluebonnet Super Earth® Rainforest Animal® Whole Food Based Multiple helps bridge this nutrient gap, providing important vitamins, minerals, super fruits and vegetables in two yummy animal-shaped chewables. Natural assorted flavors.
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From the Is This Really Necessary Files: An ad launch for Ultimate Plunge Wonderbra sees women actually plunging down a giant projected neckline right into… well, you know where.
It takes courage to go out in public wearing a deeply plunging gown. It also takes a lot of guts to jump off the side of a perfectly good building. Like the pair on display here, Wonderbra is attempting to jam those two things together in full support of its latest product.
To ensure that an ample proportion of potential buyers get an eyeful of the new Ultimate Plunge model, Wonderbra has devised one of the more literal, and head-scratching promotional stunts in recent memory. The company sent a group of women, apparently over-brimming with confidence, on a building-side bungee expedition against the backdrop of a giant underwear model. The daring divers went past a projection of the valley just beneath the model’s sternum before bouncing back up again. One giant leap for womankind this was not.
The recently unveiled Ultimate Plunge Bra offers a cleavage deeper than Barry White’s lower register, designed for those whom double-sided tape seems a stitch too far. A clear strip at the bottom holding the two cups together is barely visible–although the display it helps create above means nobody will be looking at it anyway.
In launching the Ultimate Plunge, Wonderbra invited women to enter an online competition, the prize being an opportunity to bungee jump down a giant projection of model Adriana Cernanova, on the side of Battersea Power Station in London. (Cernanova is filling the void left behind by Eva Herzigova, whose “Hello Boys” ad allegedly caused car crashes when it debuted 17 years ago.) It was a no-brainer which area on the model’s body served as the dropzone for the contestants’ leap. The effect was sort of a full-body motorboating in miniature.
Oddly enough, men were not permitted to enter the contest. Is it because Wonderbra’s site lacks sufficient bandwidth to support all those submissions from eager bungee-enthusiasts? Or would the spectacle of men performing this stunt just have been too… ridiculous? Was the use of female jumpers a hilariously misguided hedge against charges of sexism? The Internet can barely contain all the possibilities, which will no doubt leave women deeply divided.
Watch video of the plunge below.


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We provide proven, practical and expert training that is cost effective. We have clear transparent charges which are set out clearly from the beginning of our agreement with you.
All our courses are designed for in-house delivery and can be tailored to the needs of the particular professional or staff group, the care environment or client group.
We run regular events through the year. These include annual conferences for professional groups such as AMHPs and BIAs. We also have a passion for developing more specialist advanced training and run training day events for professionals interested in these more challenging topics.
We have been involved in a number of projects to provide an alternative to the normal style of in-house delivery such as training DVDs.


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A.C.C. Systems, Inc. is all about prototypes. We supply local 3D printing services at about 1/3rd the cost of other stereolithography companies. We know product design and can convert 2D concepts into 3D realities fast with low to no engineering costs. Next day delivery available.
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Weeds is an American comedy television series which was on Showtime from August 8, 2005 - September 16, 2012. The series is about a widow (who is played by Mary-Louise Parker) who is a mother of two sons Silas (who is played by Hunter Parrish) and Shane (who is played by Alexander Gould) and she turns to selling marijuana to support her family after her husband, Judah (who was played by Jeffrey Dean Morgan) suddenly dies.
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Can a drug called temozolomide help improve survival when given with or after radiotherapy in the treatment of a particular type of brain tumour?
The aim of this study is to find out what the best treatment is for patients with a type of brain tumour called anaplastic glioma. Doctors usually use radiotherapy to treat tumours like this. We want to find out if it is helpful to add a chemotherapy drug called temozolomide, during and/or after radiotherapy.
Patients in this group will receive radiotherapy on its own. Chemotherapy can be given later if the tumour starts to re-grow.
Patients in this group will receive radiotherapy and take chemotherapy tablets (called temozolomide) at the same time.
Patients in this group will receive radiotherapy alone, then four weeks afterwards they will receive temozolomide tablets for up to a year.
Patients in this group will receive radiotherapy and take temozolomide tablets at the same time. Four weeks after the completion of radiotherapy, they will receive more temozolomide for up to a year.
It is important to understand the best ways to treat anaplastic gliomas as currently this is not well understood. Temozolomide is helpful in other types of brain tumours, but we do not know if there will be benefits to patients with anaplastic gliomas, or if any benefits may be outweighed by side effects.
The BR14 trial is being carried out by the European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC).The pharmaceutical company Merck provided some funding. In the UK, this trial is funded by the charity Cancer Research UK.
The trial will be recruiting patients until late 2015.
This trial is recruiting in the UK, Europe, USA, Canada and Australia.
Around 800 people who have an anaplastic glioma. They will have undergone surgery or a biopsy for this tumour, and need some additional treatment.


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Preheat oven to 450°. Heat oil in a large, heavy skillet over medium-high; season chicken with salt and pepper. Add chicken to pan skin-side down and cook until browned, about 5 minutes. While chicken cooks, trim stems of carrots and clean. Transfer chicken to a plate; add carrots to chicken fat in pan and place chicken, skin-side up, on carrots. Transfer skillet to oven. Roast chicken and carrots until chicken is cooked through and carrots are tender, about 12 minutes.
While chicken cooks, wash and trim dandelion greens. Transfer chicken to serving plates and toss greens with carrots and lemon juice in hot pan until wilted.
This is a great way to cook chicken! I brined for about 8 hrs and I made sure that the chicken had some time to dry before browning. It gave it a great color and taste.
12 minutes did not do it for this chicken! Still raw and back in the oven right now...hope it will cook through shortly, but am dubious. Any ideas as to what might have gone wrong?
Wasn't long enough for meme, either. Guessing our chicken thighs are bigger.
I love all-in-one-skillet dishes! Also everything just looks more beautiful in a skillet. I wasn't a huge fan of the dandelion greens (bitter), but I could see trying again with other times of greens mentioned by users below.
Delicious! We had never tried dandelion greens before. My picky husband loved it.
I'm making it again - this time with thinly sliced collard greens.
Loved this made with turnip greens. Making it again with asparagus pieces, fingerling potato halves, a few roasted plum tomato haves and lotsa chopped garlic. Think any combination would be excellent.
This recipe is AMAZING! So simple and infinitely adaptable. Thank you.
I made it two nights in a row! Tonight I frenched a couple of leg-thigh quarters, and dredged the pieces in a seasoned flour. It turned out very crispy and divine!
Yum. Can I have dinner at your place?
Any greens will work with this. Since I am growing way to much kale, I'm going to do this with kale.
Any suggestions for a substitute for the dandelion greens? They aren't available where I live. Thanks!
Isabel...go outside. Dandelions grow EVERYWHERE! Pick the youngest leaves as the older ones can be bitter.
I used a "power greens" mix, the kind that comes in a plastic tub. I think it contains several varieties of baby kale, chard, and spinach. So delicious!


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The Gemini program was designed as a bridge between the Mercury and Apollo programs, primarily to test equipment and mission procedures in Earth orbit and to train astronauts and ground crews for future Apollo missions. The general objectives of the program included: long duration flights in excess of the requirements of a lunar landing mission; rendezvous and docking of two vehicles in Earth orbit; the development of operational proficiency of both flight and ground crews; the conduct of experiments in space; extravehicular operations; active control of reentry flight path to achieve a precise landing point; and onboard orbital navigation.
The main objectives of Gemini 1 were to test the structural integrity of the new spacecraft and the Titan-2-GLV launch vehicle. Another objective was to test the new tracking and communication systems for the Gemini program and provide training for the ground support crews for the first manned missions.
The planned mission of this capsule lasted only three orbits. The spacecraft itself remained intentionally attached to the second stage of the rocket and there were no plans for recovery.
The Gemini 1 capsule was built specifically for this mission and differed significantly from the later operational capsules (Gemini 2 to 12). It lacked life support systems and had ballast instead. A heat shield was mounted, but four large holes drilled in it to make sure that the spacecraft was destroyed during reentry. In place of the crew couches were measuring equipment that relayed telemetry measuring the pressure, vibration, acceleration, temperature, and structural loads during the flight.

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U-Design puts ‘U’ right in the middle of the FUN.
What’s more, bespoke play equipment to make your playground and playtime fun for all.
This is why FLP think planning your new play area or outdoor fitness site should be a rewarding, simple and fun experience.
Of course today, fun is sold as a consumer product. You have to write applications for fun, write a report as to why you deserve to have fun, and ‘fun’draise the cash to put towards fun. We know. That side isn’t fun.
So, we want to make the remaining experience non manufactured and actually fun.
The process is a simple one, and U-Design is exactly as it sounds. The service is for bespoke projects from small special needs units, access bridges to larger themed multi-play units and fully equipped assault courses. Your project can be based on existing products and tweaked to your specific requirements or wholly new and unique.
We will guide you on the legalities of play equipment design and advise you when it comes to surfacing and fall heights, but the creative ideas are all yours.
Bespoke designs are a fantastic group involvement activity; for children, fun is strongly related to play and they have great capacity to extract the fun from it in a spontaneous and inventive way. What a great legacy to build and be a part of.
We invite you to watch the manufacture of your equipment on site and make the journey one to remember. You can see just how the bespoke play equipment is adapted to and designed to meet compliance regulations. We will then manufacture and bring your design to life and install in your playground.
U-Design is completely for you and your team of young designers.
Bespoke Play Option for Kids Playground Equipment, Schools and Councils, Recreation Play Areas. Outdoor Playground Equipment, Outdoor Fitness, Commercial and Domestic Play Equipment, Export and Business. Talk to us if you’re considering something different and unique in Play and Fitness.


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The budget friendly price point on these bowling medals makes them perfect for those larger events or tournaments where several awards are needed. The medal features a ball and pins circled by a border of stars and stripes. The ring at the top allows for a ribbon to be easily attached, and the back can be personalized for your event, or to honor the achievement of an individual. This medal is available in Gold, Silver, and Bronze.
This impressive trophy is what every bowler or team wants to bring home at the end of the season. The top tier features a bowler standing high on a torch riser and is flanked by 2 gold rising stars. The bottom tier is 3 10" columns that frame the 3D twist bowling figure. Held together between the white lid and a base that has room to personalize, this award is a great way to recognize your league winners.


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Wasn’t really into Allan Rayman’s new album, but I do think Might Get Strange is worth some solid airtime. Latin flavors and just catchy enough to have been on repeat all week.
With just 5 followers and 500ish plays on Soundcloud, Talladega are true newcomers to the music scene. Gotta say, they’ve got the catchy lyrics thing down. Kind of track that I can totally see making it onto radio.
Bit of a throwback track to classic rock, Stay is the newest release from another Soundcloud newbie.
If you’ve heard Lais before, this track will not surprise you. It’s classic Lais at his best.
It’s mostly a bunch of newcomers to the blog this week, starting with Blasko and his new pseudo-dance track Japanese Hotel.
Another one of those tracks that gives instills some panic – plus it features Mansionair, who are always the sign of a good time.
These two are definitely not newcomers to the blog. I love almost everything either Pomo or Harrison Brome touch, so it was only natural that this track would be making the cut.
I will always have room for Sufjan Stevens in my life. He carried me through a lot of my late highschool and early university years. Michigan is one of my all-time favorite albums. While sometimes he’s a bit TOO eccentric for me, there’s always some calming charm in everyone one of his tracks. And yes this is a Christmas track – it’s never too early for Mr. Stevens.
A super solid, nothing too fancy pop-rock track from Airplane Man. Find myself passively bobbing along each time time Brain Damage crosses my playlist.


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What Patterns Are Related To Hypotension (Low Blood Pressure)?
The Chinese Medicine treatment of hypotension (low blood pressure) generally involves arriving at the appropriate TCM diagnosis or pattern. This pattern within the individual is what treatment is based on not the general condition (see treating the cause and not the symptoms).


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PERC’s latest visiting fellow is Todd Zywicki, the Foundation Professor of Law at George Mason University and senior scholar at the Mercatus Center. He teaches is the area of contracts, bankruptcy, and law and economics. He is the co-editor of the Supreme Court Economic Review and a frequent commentator on legal issues in print and broadcast media. He blogs at The Volokh Conspiracy.
Todd is a 2011 PERC Lone Mountain Fellow researching the political economy of Takings law. We thank him for taking the time to answer our questions. See more of PERC’s ongoing Q&A series here.
Q: You work is heavily influenced by Gordon Tullock and his contributions to the study of spontaneous orders and methodological individualism. How might Tullock’s work be applied to environmental policy and law?
A: Tullock’s central insight is that the cost of government policy is not just the misallocation of resources—using resources for lower rather than higher-valued uses. There is an additional cost—the resources that people use seeking preferential treatment from the government. He refers to these as “rent-seeking” costs and they can be quite large. The lessons for environmental policy and law are important: whenever decisions about resource use are moved from the world of private property and contract to the public domain, there will inevitably be rent-seeking costs as well. Thus, even if government makes wise decisions in the end (which it often does not), there will still be the costs of operating the system. And those costs can be large.
Q: While you are at PERC you have been working on a project exploring the political economy of the “Takings” law. Can you offer a brief overview of the government’s eminent domain or Takings power?
A: The Takings power permits the government to seize private property for public use so long as it pays “just compensation” for the property taken. This enables the government to seize property to build roads, schools, etc.
Q: You have pointed out that law and economic analysis has been invoked to justify increased discretionary power for the government to take private property for public use such as in the case of Kelo v. New London. What is missing from this analysis?
A: In Kelo many law and economics scholars have posited that the challenges confronting a private developer seeking to assemble many parcels of land in order to build an office building are identical to those of the government when it wants to build a school or post office. The underlying problem, it is claimed, is a hold out problem that landowners might try to hold out for a premium price, thereby killing the project. I argue that the situations are not analogous. In particular, when building an office building there are many similar alternative sites where the building might be constructed and so as a result the developer can shop among many different parcels of land, thereby eliminating the hold out problem. Governments might have less ability to do that (or perhaps not). So I argue that even if one supports allowing the government to use the Takings power to overcome hold out problems, that does not support using the power for private developers in a case like Kelo. Moreover, there is a second point—to the extent that there are not comparable substitutes in Kelo it is only because the City of New London, in that case, gave Pfizer a bunch of subsidies and benefits to encourage development there. As a result, Pfizer felt compelled to build in New London. But that is merely an artificial distinction among different parcels of land that should not justify using the Takings power to later overcome the hold out problem that prior intervention creates.
Q: When it comes to Takings law, there is a question over whether holdouts are strategic or a reflection of subjective value. Could you explain this distinction and how it relates to Kelo?
A: Subjective value is the case when I have some property that is worth more to me than the market value. For example, I have an autographed picture by Franco Harris of the “Immaculate Reception” that I received as a gift. The fact that I received it as a gift means that one is more important to me than a different, otherwise identical picture. Strategic holdout occurs when I claim that I have subjective value in something and so I won’t sell it for a premium. But it could be that I am simply holding out for a higher price. This might occur, say, if a developer needs 20 parcels of land to build a shopping mall. If I own one of those parcels, I might refuse to sell unless the developer pays me a premium for my land. In that case I might be acting strategically.
It is impossible to tell in any given case whether I have sincere subjective value or strategic hold out power. I argue that we solve this problem indirectly by determining whether or not a hold out power is actually a credible threat in any given case, which relates to the question of whether there are market substitutes. If so, then we needn’t worry about the question of whether hold out is sincere or strategic. In Kelo, as I noted, I don’t think there really was a hold out problem.
Q: If not through the Takings powers, how should the government deal with strategic holdouts?
A: If there truly are strategic holdouts then as a last resort the government may need to use the Takings power to address that. But it is important not to simply assume a holdout power where one does not exist.
Q: The Fifth Amendment requires that if property is taken for public use, the government must pay “just compensation” for the seized property. Judge Richard Posner has argued that, under certain assumptions, the justification for compensation is incomplete. You claim public choice theory provides a justification for this requirement. What’s your argument?
A: Posner argues that the requirement to pay “just compensation” is not necessary to induce governments not to take land inefficiently because landholders can take steps to stop the taking—litigation, PR firms, political activity, etc. In theory, if the land is more valuable to the owner than the government, the landowner would be willing to outspend the government to keep it from taking the land. This should prevent inefficient takings.
But while that argument may be correct on its terms, it ignores a central public choice point: the cost of litigation, PR firms, etc., are costs diverted from productive activity to merely preventing this inefficient result. That is thus a loss to society as a whole. As a result, I argue that the purpose of the just compensation requirement is to reduce the stakes and thus provide incentives for people not to waste so much money on these activities.

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May is Asian Heritage month not just in Canada but also in the U.S. This blog was republished with permission from the author.
VIRGINIA, USA – “Where do you come from?!” a little girl confusedly asked me one day in the middle of class.
As she pranced away, I thought about how this tiny preschooler had been alive no more than 4 years and already had the conception that only white people were from America. Granted, Charlottesville is largely a white city in Virginia, but there were still a good handful of Asian American, African American, and other ethnicities of children at the school as well.
Even more curious was a conversation I had with a half white and half Chinese American boy who told me he was born in the United States but was actually from China because his family went on a trip there for two weeks when he was a baby.
The following are a few common micro-agressions heard on a regular basis along with alternative ways to avoid them.
Alternatives: Asian American, Filipino American, multicultural, etc.
Alternatives: Asian American, Filipino American, etc.
Sherina Ong is currently working as a substitute teacher in Charlottesville, VA and is a staff writer for for Pilipino American Unity for Progress (UniPro Now). Her interests include education and Asian American issues.
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We used to spank. We were both spanked as kids and we turned out okay. We read parenting books that laid out the benefits of spanking and we felt fine with it. Teach the kid who is in charge.
We still spanked; Sam mostly, but Kate a few times. I felt moderately guilty about it, but what options did we have? We have to show them who’s boss! We can’t let them run the show. Time outs didn’t work, at ALL!
Then when Sam was in kindergarten, his behavior started getting worse. Just more testing and pushing limits. I was having to “show him who was boss” much more often, and it really didn’t seem to be working.
Not only did I feel guilty about spanking now, it wasn’t even working anymore!
Why yes, yes he did!
Sam said he liked working hard to get to Purple at school and he’d like to try that at home too. I thought this was worth a try, so I told both kids to go grab some construction paper and clothespins and make their own chart.
Y’all they are in the 4th Grade now and we are still using those charts.
Here is an example of how it works in our house. You start Sunday on Green. Monday you are really kind helping your sibling with homework, you move up to Blue. Tuesday you complain when Mom asks you to unload the dishwasher, back down to Green. (By the way, I’m not going to get on to him, I calmly walk over to the clip and move it down.) Wednesday you put your laundry away without being asked—wow, Blue! Thursday you gave a sibling a compliment so you could move up to Purple, right in time for Friday Prize… well played, son!
Friday Prizes are anything from a pack of gum to a new t-shirt. It depends on if there is anything they already need that I can disguise as a prize or just a little treat that is not something they would get everyday.
If you’re on Red, which is pretty rare these days, no screens and no play-dates until you get off. And in our house, it’s pretty easy to get off of Red. You can do extra chores, be really kind, humble and super apologetic, I’ll let you move back to Yellow (which is kind of like parole).
I have had people criticize me for doing this for a few reasons. One, they’re not “paying” for their crime. ‘What? They can just get off because they apologized?’ Yep. ‘What if they’ve been awful all week, and then turn it around Thursday night just to get Friday prize?’ Yep.
Well, when I sin and I tell Jesus I’m sorry and ask His forgiveness, does He give it? He does, immediately.
What if I ran from Jesus my whole life and then got to the end of my life and repented and asked Him to let me into heaven, would He? Yep.
That is an extreme example of course, but it is the grace and mercy that reflects His love and character. I want to be like that. I want to be full of that and teach my children to be gracious and to show mercy to others.
They will learn plenty of lessons from the natural consequences of their foolishness and sometimes it is my job to point it out.
Oh, your shoes are wet? Yuck. Well next time, bring them inside when Mom calls you for dinner and don’t leave them by the trampoline over night… Have a good day at school!
You “forgot” to put the permission slip in your back pack after Dad told you three times, guess you’ll miss out on the Science Fair. Sorry, bud.
Now that I know more about the fear that indwells in kids from hard places, I am a bit horrified that we spanked Kate at all, but at the time it seemed like that was the only option that we had. I’m glad that we found a new tool after all.
It is not a perfect system, but it has worked well for us in our home. They are learning from it and they know who is in charge after all. When I’ve mentioned to the kids that they will eventually outgrow it and we’ll have to come up with something else, they have protested. So I guess that says something!


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The Blogade is a great way to meet new people, interact with fellow bloggers and have a good time. You don’t have to be a blogger to come–if you’re thinking about starting a blog or if you just want to know what all of us bloggers are like in person, then come on down! It’ll be fun!
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Laois / Re: 2019 Allianz Football League Division 3.
At the moment, the full forward line worries me the most. They are too static, and I have a feeling that Evan and Donie don't play well together. When the two of them are on the pitch at the same time, teams can go forward with a little more abandon and in numbers, knowing that they have time to track back. I found it amazing that Westmeath"s full back was so adventurous, and even managed to score a point. Timmons did too, but that was a rare foray. This guy was at it all second half.
Doesn't bother me who we play. It won't bother them either. They will feel we're beatable. I saw nothing when we played them that you can't set up properly against. Their threats are very obvious. We've been promoted without playing a full game to our potential. The 3 point win against Carlow flattered them and not us. We need to find a bit of a killer streak from somewhere.
Long term Ballyroan. Relatively speaking, Sugrue is a young manager.
Whisper that one very quietly Leixlad. We need to keep him for as long as possible. That said, he should be on their radar. He's doing good things with us. He's changing the mindset. Lads know what is expected of them and as a consequence of that, the rewards have followed. We're a million miles away from being a Division 1 team, and we still have so many limitations, but our players are giving their all and want to play for Laois. He has taken away the moral high ground from those who didn't commit to the panel but are good enough to be there. In the past, it was fashionable to sit on the sidelines and pour scorn on what was going on with Laois. That's not the case any more, and John Sugrue has made that happen. We're lucky to have him.
I was thinking the same. He really got on my wick. I just hope he did what is being reported above. Just makes the win sweeter. By the way, was Sugrue having a sly dig in the post match interview by saying they were a "well coached side?". He couldn't have been serious surely?
I don't see any pressure. I think the players and Sugrue would know if we don't achieve promotion, that we probably should have. Notwithstanding that, nobody will get carried away if we don't. The pressure will more than likely come from within because they will know themselves. It's obvious enough that we have yet to put all of the pieces together, and listening to Sugrue after matches, he has yet to declare himself fully happy. For what it's worth, I believe there's a lot more in the tank, but in an overall context, we're moving forward.
I take your point Giovanni and it's fair enough. Maybe it's a lack of planning, a lack of height or movement. Maybe it's all of those and more. It is very obvious at this stage that going long rarely works for us, and you have to have that option somehow. Offaly could see our nervousness and pushed up. We retreated at that point and that allowed them to get some very soft scores. I'd like to see us try something different because without knowing the stats, it feels like we come away with one in four or five when we go long. The short kick out means our backs are constantly working without a break. I often think a lot of our wounds are self inflicted in that regard. There were worrying moments after we went six points up and that was the most disappointing aspect of the day. Just reading on the hop's comments there, I'd agree that the ball in and subsequent scores were largely without pressure being applied.
We always looked like the better team today, but we still have a number of deficiencies. We have no outlet at midfield at all and the amount of self inflicted pressure this creates can cripple us. It now looks like we are dependent on the short kick out.
Our tackling at the back needs some sort of specialist attention in my opinion. It's fair to say that we have unnatural backs, but opposing players are not put under enough pressure. I was disappointed that we conceded 15 scores against a fairly raw looking Offaly team. I'll give the Offaly lads one thing. They lack nothing in guts and determination whereas we never look like we're at full tilt. That's as bad an Offaly team as I've ever seen, but they still made inroads with too much ease. Their Number 12 consistently gave us problems and was the best player on the pitch in my opinion.
I've been trying to work out where the final third performance came from last night. Prior to it, we were nervous, pedestrian and lacking ideas. It is true, as Laois Today pointed out, that Johnno suddenly started to dominate at midfield. It's also true that the substitutions made an impact, as did a bit of shuffling of the pack. We have been trying to get away with playing lads out of position for a long time, and we probably still will because we have shortfalls in several positions. However, whilst a bit of experimentation is no harm if you think you haven't got the right man for the job, in general, I always think it's best to go with the best man in that position. That means that sometimes you have to leave good players on the bench, but so be it. Easy to say when you don't have to keep lads happy.
Anyway, that final third is what we are looking for. Movement, teamwork and energy. Benny Carroll had a good game considering he's been out for a while. He's what you'd expect of a good Portlaoise lad; comfortable on the ball, makes the right decisions and doesn't panic. With the way Longford set themselves up, we needed to be patient, and his runs infield regularly gave us an option that didn't look on just a few seconds before. He's fairly typical of the sort of lad who does well for Laois; a ball carrier and a good distributor. I am always happier to see us working the ball up the field rather than hoofing it aimlessly at the two big lads. By all means use that option when it makes sense to do so, but last week in Westmeath was the limit with high balls in. Percentage wise, we don't win enough of those balls to make it something we should do every game. We arguably don't move well enough either when we isolate our bigger men, and I mean that with no offence intended. Evan is a much better player on his toes. I hate seeing him standing on the edge of the square and waiting, because when he's running at you he is so elusive.
The most pleasing aspect for me was the concession of only 4 points in the second half. We were noticeably tighter and their threatening players were stifled. I said last week that getting the mix right is so important, and for the likes of Attride, who is so good going forward, it is horrible watching him struggle in a position that doesn't come naturally to him. He was so much more involved when pushed up to wing back. We probably can't completely avoid that in fairness because keeping good players happy also comes into it, but players like him look happier pressing further out. It was noticeable also how much of the game was played in their half in the second half. That took a lot of work when the breeze was in their favour.
Probably not, but I don't think it's a priority. We didn't look like a team seeking promotion last week, and we looked hopeless against Louth. I can't imagine the wheels have come off so spectacularly, although I could be wrong.

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