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For all trees and bushes begin by cutting out the crossing, dead, damaged and diseased wood. For apples and pears, next shorten the previous year’s growth on the main branches by one third, leaving the laterals that grow off the main branches unpruned to develop fruiting buds the following year. Finally cut out shoots growing towards the centre and any crossing or congested sideshoots. Older trees develop fruiting spurs; short, woody growths on the tips of branches, thin these out if they become congested.
The winter pruning of gooseberry, red and white currant bushes is the same. As with the trees, cut out crossing, dead, damaged and diseased wood. Next prune all side shoots to 1-3 buds from the base of the stem, finally shorten the branch tips by around ¼ cutting back to an outward facing bud. If you don’t have room for a leaf mould bin you can collect leaves in hessian sacks or bin liners, aerated with a few holes. Add a sprinkling of water to the leaves and tie up. Leave in a shady corner till the following autumn and check the leaves are well rotted before spreading under trees and shrubs or under woodlanders in the shady parts of the garden.
December is a good time to plant trees and shrubs but don’t plant when the ground is waterlogged or frozen. Soil preparation is key to healthy establishment and growth so spend time getting this right. First dig over the soil to the depth of the rootball and over about 1 m square, at this stage you can incorporate some well rotted stable manure to improve the soil structure. Tease out the roots of containerized plants and spread out the roots of bare root plants. Dig the hole to the depth of the roots and about three times the width of the spread. Soak the plant or pot well for 20-30 minutes before planting. Place the tree or shrub in the hole making sure that the root flare area will be level with the top of the soil. For larger or heavy trees and shrubs a stake may be necessary to prevent the plant toppling over as it establishes, put this in before back filling. Fill in the hole, making sure to lift and shake soil between all the roots and tamp down gently to fill any air pockets. If a stake has been used tie the plant to the stake in an upright position.
Leave grass uncut, the stems will provide hibernation sites for beneficial insects.
Prune climbing roses and ornamental vines.
Prune plants prone to bleeding from cuts such as maple, Acer and birch, Betula.
Take hardwood and root cuttings.


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We are fascinated by power. We stand in awe of those who apply it adroitly, and in fear of those who abuse it. We lust for power. Everyone would rather be a hammer than a nail.
The people on this list were chosen because, in various ways, they bend the world to their will. They are heads of state, major religious figures, entrepreneurs and outlaws. Comparing the relative power of such a diverse group is slippery business. To do it, we defined power in four dimensions. First, we asked if a person has influence over a lot of people? For heads-of-state we looked at population; for religious figures we measured the size of their flocks; for CEOs we counted their employees; and for media figures we considered the size of their audience.
Then we determined if they were powerful in multiple spheres, awarding bonus points for those who can project their power many ways. Silvio Berlusconi (No. 14), for instance, got a big boost for not only being the prime minister of Italy, but also a billionaire media mogul and owner of a soccer team, AC Milan.
Finally, we insisted that they actively wield their power. This eliminated some the richest people in the world, including Ingvar Kamprad, the billionaire founder of Ikea, and the descendants of Wal-Mart Stores founder Sam Walton.
We culled an initial suspect list of more than 100 names to 75, and then asked seven Forbes editors to rank them in all four categories. Those ranks were averaged to produce the final list. Obviously our rankings are not intended to be definitive; they are meant to spark a conversation--even an argument or two.
They certainly produced some surprises. The editors picked Hu Jintao, president of the People's Republic of China, as the world's most powerful man, ahead of U.S. President Barack Obama (No. 2). Julian Assange (No. 68), the editor-in-chief of WikiLeaks, snuck onto the list in last place, while many traditional media types, including Mark Thompson, the director-general of the BBC, fell off altogether. In a clear sign of the times, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg (No. 40) ranked 10 spots higher than Bill Keller (No. 50, the executive editor of The New York Times.
Power can be used for good or for ill, and three criminals made the list this year: al-Qaida founder Osama bin Laden (No. 57); Joaquín Guzmán (No. 60), the billionaire drug trafficker who heads Mexico's Sinaloa Cartel; and Dawood Ibrahim Kaskar (No. 63), who runs a vast criminal enterprise in India and who is thought to have had a hand in the 2008 terror attacks that killed 174 people in Mumbai. These rankings are not meant to justify or glorify these odious men. They simply reflect reality.
Since no one has the final word when it comes to comparing the world's most powerful people, we asked an elite group of experts to make their own lists, selecting seven influential individuals from the world's nearly 7 billion people. See these "One In A Billion" picks here.
Who did we miss? What did we get wrong? Leave your comments and suggestions below. We're listening.
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industry_corpus2: Politics & Administration


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The City of Georgetown is Located in the state of KY. We have compiled the ultimate Database of phone numbers from around the state and country to help you locate any lost friends, relatives or family members. We offer the ability to search by first name, last name, phone number, or business name. We make it easy for you to find anyone, anywhere in Georgetown, KY.

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A Thai-style cilantro limeade may sound somewhat exotic but it’s really nothing more than water, lime juice, cilantro, coconut sugar and a pinch of salt. And you can whip it up in a matter of minutes.
I adapted it from a recipe in The Herbalist’s Kitchen, a new cookbook by herbalist Brittany Nickerson. Brittany lives here in western Massachusetts and I was lucky enough to attend her book release party in Amherst a few weeks ago. I picked up a copy, and a few days later, on an intensely muggy 90-plus degree day, I came across her recipe for a cilantro lemonade.
When I saw the picture there was an intuitive voice inside me that said I NEED THAT NOW! Except I didn’t have lemons or honey, two essential ingredients in the recipe.
However, as I was doing a Thai soup cooking class the next day, I realized I could easily adapt the recipe into a Thai-style cilantro limeade. So I subbed limes for lemons and coconut palm sugar (but not the granulated type) for honey.
As soon as I took a sip it was like someone turned an AC on inside me. Man did that hit the spot.
Cilantro is of course, a widely used herb around the world and is quite prominent in Thai cuisine. I feature it quite a bit in my own book, The Thai Soup Secret. In The Herbalist’s Kitchen, Brittany details the many health benefits of cilantro which includes digestive health, detoxification, blood sugar balance and removing excess heat from the body.
Limes are also a great source of vitamin C and coconut palm sugar has health benefits too (in moderation, of course). Please see my article 5 Reasons Why it’s OK to Eat Natural Sugar to learn more about the health benefits of coconut palm sugar.
Most of us are familiar with the granulated version of coconut sugar which is widely available in supermarkets. But for this recipe I use the version that’s more of a soft paste. This syrupy version has more water content than the granulated version and it’s made very much the same way that maple syrup is made. Coconut sap is collected from the buds of coconut tree flowers and is then boiled to various consistencies. The reason I recommend the syrup version is that it has a richer, more creamy caramel taste than the granulated version.
The differences in taste are like night and day. Once you taste it for the first time it will be hard to go back to the granulated version.
Any Asian food store will have multiple types of coconut sugar. If you don’t have an Asian food store near your, I’ve noticed a few health food stores now stocking the coconut sugar syrup version alongside the more common granular products.
I think this is a new product by this company because I couldn’t find it on their website or even on Amazon. But they do have a straight palm sugar product which would be very similar to this one. You can find it here on Amazon.
Otherwise, if you don’t have an Asian market nearby, I’ve used Eastland Palm Sugar, which is another product directly from Thailand.
Once you have the cilantro, limes and coconut sugar, you’re ready to make a Thai-style cilantro limeade.
Here’s a simple recipe adapted from The Herbalist’s Kitchen.
A simple limeade recipe with a Thai twist.
Combine all ingredients in a blender or Nutribullet and puree. If you'd like you can strain out the small bits of cilantro through a fine mesh strainer though this is totally optional.
Taste and add more of any ingredient, if desired.
Pour into individual glasses with ice cubes on a hot summer day.
In recent years, herbalism has moved from the fringes of the natural health movement to a more mainstream awareness. Many of us are now re-discovering the benefits of herbs and the many ways our ancestors used them in everyday life.
In Recipe’s from The Herbalist’s Kitchen, you’ll learn traditional uses of herbs with simple recipes for things like herbal teas, herb tinctures, herb-infused oils and vinegars, herb-infused honeys, herb butters, herbal drinks, herb pestos and many more.
There’s also recipes for broths, soups, stews, salads, meats and fermented foods.
If you’re new to using herbs in your kitchen, I couldn’t recommend a better starting point than this book. Personally, I’ll be using it for years to come.
Click here to see The Herbalist’s Kitchen on Amazon.
Finally, if you’re interested in learning directly from Brittany, head on over to her website, Thyme Herbal and check out her many class offerings including options for online study.

industry_corpus2: Health & Medicine


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Last year we released a limited edition Liquid Swords Battle Scene Wood Block prints. Only 100 were made and are hand numbered. At the time of the initial release we only put 90 up on the site for sale (holding 10 back for damaged or missing product).
Over the past year we have had people emailing us asking if any were available and since we are in between a few big releases we figure it was a good time to put the remaining blocks up. To be clear these 5 are from the initial 100 we did last year, not a reprint.
This 18 x 18 wood block is based on the albums Battle Scene visuals which were included in Liquid Swords original album packaging. These wood blocks are screen printed by AntiDesigns, with a deluxe resin finish by Josh Falk. This resin finish adds a nice texture to the wood block, giving it a glass-like look. The process is quite involved, first with Jay (AntiDesigns) making the screen and hand printing each block while Josh pours the clear, colorless liquid resin over the wood, adding flame to cast it permanently. These are hand-numbered and limited to 100.

industry_corpus2: Film & Entertainment


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industry_corpus2: Sports


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The contracted scope of work required the construction of a new, modern 30,000 square foot Cars Plus and Cycles Plus auto/motorcycle dealership complex that is situated on a 6.8 acre site.
The complex is comprised of two air-conditioned showrooms which would showcase the Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep, Hyundai, Suzuki and Kawasaki dealerships to include 15 sales offices. The showrooms are separated by the service bay drive through breezeway. The complex is equipped with a full back-up power generation system.
The 3,000 square foot administration office located on the 2nd floor would be the location of the President and Vice-President’s office, accounting department, records storage, conference room and business offices.
The facility would also consist of a modern 8,400 square feet, service bay automotive shop with 17 auto-lift stations, 1 wheel alignment machine station and 17 state-of-the-art mechanic work stations. The 2,400 square foot, parts warehouse consists of 2 floors of parts storage, a technical library and a parts manager’s office.
The means & methods of construction used on the structure were paramount to the success of the project. The project design utilized a precast concrete tilt-up wall system. A total of 41 precast wall panels casted on the floor slabs. The heaviest wall panel weighed in excess of 32 tons. The flatness of the initial concrete floor placement was crucial, since the wall panels would be casted directly on the floor slabs. Stack casting was performed due to the limited floor space available for this process. After the first panel was casted, formwork could be assembled onto the first section in preparation of casting for the next panel. This process was repeated up to six (6) panels high. Careful planning went into this process to ensure that the final lifting and placement of walls could be performed safely and efficiently, allowing the crane operator a safe visual line of site for each lift. A total of 52, 13 ton concrete Double-T roof planks were placed for the roofing system. Steel haunch plates were casted into the wall panels where the double-Ts would eventually rest upon. The roof was then topped off with a 3 ½” thick concrete slab.
The main asphalt paved parking lot would have approximately 250 parking stalls, with the rear coral base parking area to be used for the storage of approximately 350 new vehicles and equipments.

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There are more than 5 different express bus companies offering direct services from Singapore to Ipoh; their prices are fairly competitive, ranging from $33 to $50.50, 1-way. However, they differ in their pickup and drop-off locations, so use the table below to select your preferred express bus operator.
There are two bus terminals in Ipoh: Medan Gopeng, located in the heart of the city for bus services within Perak, and Amanjaya Bus Terminal, about 15km from the city centre which serves the long-distance interstate express buses. Passengers who alight at Amanjaya can take a shuttle bus to the city centre. Some bus operators drop passengers off at Jalan Bendahara which is nearer to Ipoh city centre than Amanjaya bus terminal.
If you are returning from Ipoh to Singapore, then it may a better option to take the express buses from Jalan Bendahara than travelling out of town to Amanjaya Bus Terminal. However, if you intend to go to other part of Malaysia e.g. Penang, Cameron Highlands or Malacca, then you will have to take an express bus from Amanjaya.

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text: Vani, after graduating from the University of Manitoba, Faculty of Dentistry, seized the opportunity to complete a surgical residency in Vancouver, BC. Since joining the Brightside team in 2015, Vani has been known for her upbeat personality and easy going nature with patients. When she’s not cruising through the dental office in her high heels, you can find her barefoot on her yoga mat or lacing up her travelling shoes for her next dental mission.


text: Pakron has been involved in several pop-up ventures over the past year, but Urban Vegan Kitchen (UVK) is the first full-fledged restaurant to feature a menu of his creation. He collaborated with Pamela Elizabeth, who co-owns UVK with David Tianga, to concoct an impressive array of vegan comfort food that doesn’t shy away from salt and fat. Pakron draws heavily on his Southern roots, serving up fried okra and hush puppies alongside American classics like a burger and a BLT. Elizabeth, who started the vegan fast food chain Blossom du Jour more than a decade ago, has long been working to disprove the stereotype that vegan food is flavorless, dry and fussily healthful above all else. With its comfort food-centric menu and funky, low-lit bar area downstairs, UVK feels like an ode to plant-based joy.

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text: For the past ten years or so, we have seen 3D printing technology – also called Additive Manufacturing – really gain momentum in the industry. In fact, it has become so common-place that there has been speculation by some that it might actually replace traditional manufacturing in the not so distant future. Although I can see many benefits of this amazing new technology, and although I do agree that it will someday impact our lives – such as how we, as consumers, acquire many common household items - I have my reservations about how much it will ultimately change the need for traditional manufacturing processes as we know them. Because of the limitations on mixing printing materials, and the fact that the materials available for use in printing are not always the best for a particular application - not everything that can be printed, should be printed.

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Rosewater goes beyond boasting a delightful scent. Here are our top 10 benefits of Rosewater and why it should be a part of your daily skincare routine.
Rosewater helps to maintain your skin’s pH balance.
It helps fight acne, dermatitis and eczema.
Rose water hydrates, revitalizes and moisturizes the skin, and makes it smooth.
It also helps to heal scars, cuts and wounds.
Rose water cools the skin.
It helps to tone the skin. It also has anti-bacterial properties.
The antioxidant properties of rose water help to strengthen skin cells and regenerate skin tissues.
The nourishing and moisturizing properties of rose water enhance the quality of hair.
Rose water helps to treat mild scalp inflammations and dandruff that are caused by fungal infections.
It also helps to revitalize aging skin and keeps fine lines and wrinkles at bay.
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"What was your reason for getting up this morning?" asked Tom Van Tassell, who opened the workshop.
"Purpose is really a personal conversation," Pals said. "It's important to be fully present, to come as a learner."
As we continue on our Blue Zones journey, everyone is welcome to learn more about themselves at our Purpose Workshop. Invite your friends and neighbors!
Bring a heart healthy dish to share!

industry_corpus2: Subject Education


text: It's amazing how things can change in a year. But at the same time some things are the same. That's tough when you are waiting... so while I'm waiting I've decided to be the best version of me possible. The best me is a healthy me, mind, body and spirit!. In the book I'm reading, it talks about that in between... we can use that time wisely and work on yourself or you can sit and sulk, questioning God. I've decided to channel my focus. Either way, nothing will happen until God's perfect timing! While working out today I heard a word while catching up on @womanevolve podcast... it talked about common miracles and how we need to be grateful for the things we have. Remember your burden, your complaint or inconvenience may be someone's miracle!! Now THAT'S a word!! So in this season of waiting I'm gonna be grateful for my common miracles!!


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Thank you Jan and Ron for your tireless leadership, time, and effort!
If you agree we have a right to know and are a registered voter, but have not signed yet, please make a point of doing so at one of these locations before April 22. For sites outside of Ojai go to http://www.labelgmos.org/ventura.
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Stephen Truhlar is a member of Marcus and Millichap’s National Hospitality Group working out of the firm’s Austin office. Stephen has two years of experience in financial modeling, asset, and real estate valuation. As a Financial Analyst, Stephen analyzes deals, authors pitch books and advises senior associates on hospitality investments in over half of the states. Currently, he is working with the firm’s top producing hospitality group, The Miller-Gomes Hotel Team; which has generated over $1 billion in hospitality transactions throughout the nation.
Stephen started his career as an intern with KPMG’s valuation team and specializes intangible assets and real estate valuation before moving to Marcus and Millichap in March.
Prior to Stephen’s professional career, he attended Texas State University earning a BBA in Finance. His financial background along with business insight allows him to effectively advise on trends and investment analysis.

industry_corpus2: Finance & Economics


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David Marsh scored twice as Clyde remained on track for the end-of-season Scottish League Two play-offs with a 3-1 win over 10-man Stirling.
Sean Dickson had headed narrowly wide for the visitors before at the other end David Gormley saw his effort on goal blocked.
And Clyde broke the deadlock in the 14th minute when Marsh drilled home following Scott Linton's corner.
It was 2-0 four minutes before the interval when Marsh headed home Ross Millen's cross.


text: Lizzy is a 2 year old, female, Pug mix that came to the rescue center with another Pug mix named Trisha. Lizzy is active, & playful. She appears house trained, is up to date on shots and has been vet checked. For more information please contact Tri-County Animal Rescue Center.

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SpektreWorks is a engineering services company based in Scottsdale, AZ that specializes in unmanned systems development. We offer creative engineering solutions and fresh ideas. We design and build unmanned systems that revolve around the clients needs. We take time out to understand the business objectives and, most importantly, the customer before making recommendations for how we will execute on our strategy. With a resolute commitment to delivering the very best work for our clients, along with our creativity, experience and knowledge, we will continue to build on our position as market leaders in commercial UAS applications.
The engineering team at SpektreWorks has a combined 35 years’ experience in unmanned systems development and rapid fielding of custom electro-mechanical systems.
With over a decade of experience in mechanical and systems engineering, Jeremy brings a wealth of knowledge in leading-edge engineering principles and practices with an emphasis in design, testing, and manufacturability.
David is a Mechanical Engineer with a systems focused approach to engineering development. By combining his diverse background of skills in mechanical, electrical, and systems engineering, he is able to develop advanced electromechanical systems to satisfy customer needs. David specializes in UAV systems integration, electric propulsion system analysis, and control system development. Previously, David has worked as a systems engineer on the development of UAVs for public safety and military ISR.
Joe has an extensive and diverse background with Unmanned Systems. He has been flying full scale aviation, building model aircraft, and DIY UAS for well over 2 decades. He is qualified as a UAS Test Pilot and EP/AVO Instructor on multiple DoD platforms, specializing in the Ardupilot Pixhawk & Cloud Cap Piccolo Autopilot Systems, and is certified by NASA to operate UAS on their behalf. He is an FAA certified Commercial Helicopter Pilot, a Private Fixed Wing Pilot with High Performance and Complex ratings, as well as an FAA Part 107 Small Unmanned Systems Operator. He has over 5000 hours of UAS operation that include Flight Instruction, OCONUS Operations, and R&D efforts for high-risk experimental UAS programs.

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Dunedin artist Nico Madill didn’t want to go to art school. Instead he opted to coach himself through various forms of creative expression... so far the results have spoken for themselves with virtually all of Nico's incredibly detailed work selling as soon as it hits the gallery.
Nico is a big advocate for leaving some elements in his work up to chance saying, “I work primarily in collage using easy to find materials like discarded cardboard, bits of thrown out board, frames from second hand shops and colouring in pencils”.
His dark, and beautiful palette of exquisitely formed collages are made up of excrutiatingly detailed individual drawings and paintings which take sometimes weeks to prepare.


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It’s a rainy day here in Pune. This was much much needed shower to calm down the humid weather.
Right now, it is drizzling outside. The smell of the mud and the cloudy dark weather making me miss my ‘comfort zone’, my bed so much. All I need is my bed, my cozy blanket, my laptop to watch my favorite series F.R.I.E.N.D.S. and a bowl of hot French fries with mayonnaise. Ahh bliss..!!!
In the evening, when the signs of the rain started to appear, I just stepped out to get clicked by my dear friend. Of course to upload pictures of my OOTD on blog hehe.
Today I am wearing this Chikan kurti, which I had bought from a shop in a flea market. I love shopping in flea markets and of course street shopping. Don’t you???
The work Chikan means embroidery. This is one of the famous traditional textile decoration style from Lucknow. So the technique here is the white thread is embroidered on cool and pastel shades of light muslin and cotton garments.
Talking about the shade of this kurti, ahh many of my friends loved this kurti especially those, who love mangoes. hehe all thanks to it’s color. Even for me, it reminds me of mango flavored ice cream. That’s why I have named this one as Mango Kurti.
Paired the kurti with white leggings to keep the color combination neutral.
Ears, I wore these dark yellow threaded earrings with red beads.
As the sleeves are already 3/4th length, I avoided wearing any accessories on hands. Just to go with simple and sober look.
For footwear I wore this comfy gold toned flats from the brand Catwalk. Bought from the online store – Myntra.
I hope you too liked my simple outfit of the day.


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With the Lucasi L-2000JB jump break pool stick at your fingertips, no shot will be too tricky or too awkward. Featuring a North American hardrock maple shaft and natural stained Birdseye Maple forearm and sleeve, this jump break cue has a classic look, quality craftsmanship and a solid hit. Two sections of black Irish linen wrap with white specks makes it easy to maintain your grip, no matter what shot you attempt. And two sets of Uni-Loc quick release joints makes assembling this cue a snap. Lucasi's signature quality, superior hit and affordable price have made it the number one selling cue on the market.
The L2000JB includes a manufacturer's lifetime warranty against defects and warping.


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This Economic Letter is adapted from speeches delivered by Janet L. Yellen, president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, on September 4 and 5, 2008, to a group of community leaders in Salt Lake City, Utah, and to the Rotary Club of Los Angeles, respectively.
Regrettably, the nation’s economy has been in rough waters for over a year now. Last summer, a precipitous slide in house prices triggered a crisis in financial markets and a credit crunch that is making it hard for consumers and some firms to borrow. These developments are ongoing and perhaps deepening, as banks and other financial intermediaries are continuing to delever by scaling back their balance sheets and shrinking their lending activity. In the face of these developments, firms and consumers have also been pulling back, causing unemployment to rise. As if this cycle of events feeding back on each other weren’t bad enough, oil and other commodity prices have surged in recent years, generating worrisome numbers for headline consumer inflation. So, the problems facing the Fed have been myriad, complex, and difficult. We have had to balance concerns about economic weakness with equally compelling, but conflicting, concerns about inflation.
Quite recently, there has been a bit of a shift in the inflation picture, however. Commodity prices—most notably oil prices—have fallen well below their earlier peaks. I will argue that this development probably largely reflects a weakening in economic conditions in many industrialized countries, including European nations and Japan. By reducing the worldwide demand for commodities, weaker global growth should relieve upward pressure on U.S. inflation. Lower commodity prices should also be good for U.S. economic growth, although this benefit is likely to be counterbalanced to some degree by the detrimental effects of slower foreign economic growth on our exports, which have been surging. If commodity prices keep falling—or even if they remain at current levels—the Fed’s objective of promoting both price stability and full employment will become more readily achievable. In the remainder of my remarks, I want to elaborate on these points.
I’ll begin with housing, because the “boom and bust” cycle in the housing market was the trigger for many of the developments I’ll be discussing. The effect of the collapse in the national housing market on our economy has been profound. First, outlays for residential construction have been falling at double-digit rates in inflation-adjusted terms since 2005 and this decline has been a huge drag on growth. Slower economic growth has pushed up the national unemployment rate to 6.1%—over a full percentage point above the level that, in my view, is consistent with “full employment.” Going forward, it seems unlikely that construction activity will pick up any time soon. Inventories of unsold homes remain at elevated levels, and, although home sales have shown signs of leveling off recently—certainly a ray of hope—the volume of sales remains quite weak.
Second, the drop in house prices—around 15-20% off its peak depending on which measure you use—has weakened the financial condition of many consumers. The value of their homes is an important part of their wealth, and equity in those homes serves as collateral for home equity loans and other types of borrowing. The result is that consumers are likely to spend less, reducing the pace of economic activity. Declining house prices also appear to be the single biggest factor behind the recent rise in mortgage delinquencies and home foreclosures. When families face financial difficulties due to illness, job loss, or divorce, an equity cushion often allows them to get through the hard times by borrowing needed funds or even selling the house. But when home price declines have wiped out home equity or driven it into negative territory, people often end up in delinquency or foreclosure. The vitality of the subprime mortgage market appeared to depend on continued home price appreciation, and, of course, it is now in shambles with around 20% of subprime mortgages currently delinquent or in foreclosure nationwide. Delinquency rates on prime mortgages are far lower. But they, too, are on the rise.
The third profound impact of the national housing market collapse has been on financial markets, and the turmoil that began last August is still alive and well. For example, spreads between the rates that must be paid by risky borrowers over those on Treasury securities remain very high. And, as you know, we’ve begun to see a growing number of failures of depository institutions—notably IndyMac, which represented the largest failure in decades.
In addition, many financial markets are still not operating efficiently or effectively. In particular, the market for so-called private-label securitized mortgages of even the highest quality remains moribund. These complex instruments were the primary source of financing for nonconforming residential mortgages, including subprime loans.
Outside of expanded lending by the FHA, there is now little or no lending to higher-risk residential mortgage borrowers. Jumbo mortgages for prime borrowers are available, but at historically high spreads over rates on conventional mortgages, as banks have been reluctant to make these loans. Beyond higher rates, many depositories are tightening the terms of their lending, capping or terminating some home equity loans, and in general trying to reduce their exposure to credit losses by reducing the scale of their lending. Importantly, the government-sponsored agencies—Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the largest of all mortgage lenders—have suffered credit losses and are having to pare back their crucial roles in the mortgage market. The result of all of this is a severe economy-wide credit crunch, comparable to the one that hit the economy in the recession of the early 1990s.
The story of how falling house prices, and, in particular, their effects on the subprime mortgage market, triggered the problems in financial markets is well known. At the most basic level, financial market participants suddenly realized that house price declines could result in substantial losses on subprime mortgages through delinquencies and foreclosures, that the extent of those losses was highly uncertain, and that the complexity of mortgage-backed securities and the collateralized debt obligations incorporating them made it difficult to know which participants would suffer the losses.
The story of how these problems will ultimately be resolved is far less clear. Obviously, it would help a lot if house prices stopped falling. But even though the rate of decline of house prices has shown signs of moderating, it appears that these prices will keep heading down for some time. The ratio of house prices to rents—a kind of price-dividend ratio for housing—still remains high by historical standards, despite having fallen substantially from its historical peak in early 2006. This suggests that further price declines are needed to bring housing markets into long-run balance. Moreover, large inventories of unsold homes can be expected to continue to put downward pressure on housing prices. In view of these factors, it’s not surprising that the futures market for house prices predicts further declines this year.
Going forward, the ability and willingness of commercial banks and other intermediaries to extend credit depends in part on their capital levels. Capital has been depleted by large losses, but it is encouraging that financial institutions have raised a considerable amount of new capital over the past year. Even so, balance sheet pressures and broader financial market dislocations may well be with us for some time. My guess is that market functioning will improve in 2009, but things could get worse before they get better. One major concern is that home prices could fall more than markets now expect, leading to larger losses for financial institutions, which would further impair their ability to make new loans. The deepening of the credit crunch could then lead to further declines in house prices, intensifying the adverse feedback loop that seems to be operating in our economy.
Beyond the many repercussions of falling house prices, another factor putting a damper on economic activity has been surging prices for commodities, including energy, food, and metals. There’s plenty of debate about where this surge in commodity prices came from. Some have argued that speculative trading in commodity markets is the main cause but, personally, I’m not persuaded by that explanation. For example, if speculators were important in driving prices up, then inventories would have risen as these speculators sought to profit from future sales at higher prices. However, inventories have instead been declining in most commodity markets, apparently reflecting high fundamental demand from buyers who actually use the commodities in the production of other products.
In fact, in general, I’m more persuaded by arguments based on the fundamentals of demand and supply—and I think they explain not only much of the run-up in commodity prices, but also the recent declines. In the run-up, demand was boosted by rapid worldwide economic growth, with China and other developing countries accounting for a good deal of the increase. At the same time, new supplies of oil have been harder to come by. As for food prices, supply has been constrained by a number of factors, including drought conditions that hampered wheat production in Australia, and demand for biofuels that has diverted crops away from food usage.
As I said, the fundamental forces of supply and demand can also explain the drop in energy and some other commodity prices since June. Most important is that the demand for commodities has probably fallen in response to a weakening of economic growth in many industrialized countries. In the second quarter, it was only barely positive in the 30-country OECD bloc as a whole, and Japan, France, Germany, and Italy all experienced outright contractions. Moreover, prospects for growth do not appear to be that good for the second half of this year; for example, the OECD Economic Outlook projects growth of only 1-1/4% for Japan, the euro area, and the total of OECD countries in this period.
Several factors are behind the worsening outlook abroad. First, as in the U.S., higher oil and food prices have cut into consumer spending. Second, although most of Europe had little subprime lending of its own, deteriorating U.S. financial market conditions have affected banks and markets abroad that invested in structured products originated in the U.S.; this is particularly true for banks in the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Germany, and France. As in the U.S., this exposure has led to higher funding costs, tighter bank lending standards, and wider spreads for riskier borrowers. Third, several countries, including Spain, Ireland, and the U.K., have experienced their own housing booms and downturns, creating further stress on their banking sectors. Fourth, slower growth in the U.S. and the depreciation of the dollar against their currencies have dampened European and Japanese exports.
Finally, monetary policy in Europe has been less accommodative during this period than in the U.S. For example, while the Fed cut its target interest rate substantially to 2% during the course of the credit crisis that began last summer, the European Central Bank kept its policy interest rate steady throughout, and then tightened by 25 basis points to 4¼% in July. Part of the reason for the difference is that the European Central Bank’s mandate requires it to focus exclusively on controlling headline inflation, which reached 4% for the 12 months ending in July—a rate well above its official objective of below, but close to, 2%. In addition, even though much of the recent increase in inflation is attributable to commodity prices, and therefore likely to be a temporary phenomenon, the central bank has been worried about second-round effects on inflation expectations, wages, and other costs, and justifiably so. The euro zone has a greater degree of wage indexation and collective bargaining than the U.S. So it is more likely that higher headline inflation will fairly quickly get built into wages there, setting off a wage-price spiral that could be persistent and difficult to stop.
Now that growth appears to be weakening outside the United States and prospects for inflation have improved with recent declines in commodity prices, financial markets have revised down expected future levels of interest rates in the euro zone and elsewhere. As a result, in recent months the course of the dollar has changed from the steady decline over the prior six years to an appreciation. A stronger dollar will tend to weaken demand for our exports, reinforcing the effects of weaker growth abroad.
Turning back to our own economy, it was recently reported that growth in the second quarter came in at a fairly robust rate of 3¼%. And this seems like good news—especially considering what the economy has just been through. Growth slowed sharply in the fourth quarter of last year, and, indeed, the data show that activity actually contracted slightly. Though growth turned positive in the first quarter, it was tepid at best.
While one might be tempted to interpret the recent strong numbers as a sign that things are turning around, there are three important reasons to think that the strength will not hold up, and that economic performance will be decidedly subpar in the second half of the year. First, consumer spending in the second quarter came in at only a moderate rate, even though it was boosted by substantial tax rebates. But there are no plans in place to repeat those rebates, so by the fourth quarter, the economy will no longer benefit from that fiscal stimulus.
Second, export growth alone contributed one-half of the total real GDP growth registered in the second quarter. This element has been an important source of strength in our economy for over a year, buoyed by strong growth abroad and by the weakening of the dollar. However, the dollar has rebounded some in recent months and, as I noted, economic growth in many of our industrialized trading partners has slowed or even turned negative, suggesting that exports will no longer give much of a boost to the pace of our economic growth.
Third, the problems in the housing markets, financial markets, and labor markets continue to be a drag on growth and employment. Fortunately, the recent fall in commodity prices should help to cushion some of this downward pressure on activity.
Overall, I anticipate that real GDP growth in the second half of this year will come in below the growth of potential output, which implies that the unemployment rate will rise further. On its own, this obviously is not good news. And its interaction with the housing and financial markets raises the potential for worse news—a deepening of the adverse feedback loop I’ve been describing: more unemployment causing more people to fall behind on their mortgage payments, leading to further delinquencies and foreclosures, tighter credit conditions and further downward pressure on activity and employment. This kind of process represents a downside risk for the economy, and the September 5 jump in the unemployment rate highlights that risk.
Finally, let me turn to inflation, where recent performance has been a serious concern. As of July, the headline PCE price index—a comprehensive measure of consumer prices—was up by a whopping 4¼% over the past year, compared to 2½% over the prior year. An important reason why inflation was so high, of course, was because of the steep increases we experienced in food and energy prices. On top of that, the rise in commodity prices boosted the costs of the wide array of businesses that use them as inputs, and some have responded by passing those cost increases through to their own prices. The consequence is that core inflation, which excludes food and energy, is also up. The core PCE price index rose by 2½% over the past 12 months, which is somewhat above the range that I consider consistent with price stability, but close to its pace of increase over the last several years.
As bad as inflation has been, I am very hopeful that inflation will come down quite substantially, though perhaps not as fast as I’d like; we probably need to live through another quarter or two of higher inflation, as previous increases in commodity prices boost the prices paid by consumers for food and energy.
One reason for inflation to come down thereafter is the recent decline in commodity prices. As long as they don’t keep going up, they will cease to put direct upward pressure on headline inflation. Furthermore, the slack we now have in labor and product markets will impart some downward pressure on the growth of labor compensation. The pace of wage and salary increases has been stable and quite modest in recent years and a weak labor market may cause it to decline even further.
Another important factor in the inflation outlook is inflation expectations. If the public were to conclude that the recent experience of high inflation will be long-lasting and not temporary, then workers might demand higher compensation and firms might satisfy those demands, setting off a wage-price dynamic that would be costly to unwind. I argued earlier that such a wage-price spiral was less likely here than in Europe because our economy has less wage indexation than exists in the euro area. However, that does not mean that we can afford to ignore the risk that such a damaging spiral could develop here.
Fortunately, I do not see signs of this development at this point. Outside of a few booming sectors such as energy, there are no real signs of escalating wage pressures, and the two broad measures of national labor compensation that we monitor have shown remarkably small increases recently and over the past year. Taking productivity growth into account, growth in labor costs per unit of output in the overall economy has been quite modest. Moreover, various measures of longer-term inflation expectations suggest that they remain relatively well contained. With the recent decline in commodity prices, inflation expectations for the next five years have edged down slightly in both the Michigan Survey of households and the Philadelphia Fed’s Survey of Professional Forecasters. Furthermore, since June, compensation for inflation and inflation risk over the next five years—as measured in markets for Treasury Inflation Protected Securities—has dropped noticeably and is now under 2%. For the period from five to ten years ahead, compensation has dropped a bit and remains at the lower end of its trading range of recent years. In summary, it seems clear that inflation risks have diminished somewhat in recent months as commodity prices have come down from their highs. But they have by no means disappeared and are very much at the forefront of the Federal Open Market Committee’s attention.
This brings me to my views on monetary policy. The Committee responded to the difficult economic conditions that emerged last year by easing monetary policy substantially, cutting the federal funds rate to 2%, which is more than three full percentage points below where it was just last summer. Although this rate is low by historical standards, I still don’t consider the stance of monetary policy to be excessively stimulatory. In light of all of the disruptions to the financial system I described, I consider financial conditions to be more restrictive overall now than when the financial crisis struck a year ago. Policy must be calibrated to push through the substantial headwinds the economy faces.
So, to summarize the outlook, while the economy did well in the second quarter, that strength is unfortunately likely to prove ephemeral. I anticipate sluggish growth in the second half of this year. Overall inflation over the past year has been unacceptably high. But, the prognosis for the not too distant future is favorable. The recent drop in commodity prices has improved the policy choice facing the Committee. However, going forward, it is clear that we must keep a close eye on both inflation and inflation expectations to ensure that we continue to earn the inflation credibility that we have built up over the past two and a half decades.


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FRANKLIN COUNTY, AL (WAFF) - Alabama State Troopers report that a Phil Campbell resident was killed in a single-vehicle crash Tuesday evening.
It reportedly happened at about 6 p.m. on County Road 77 near County Road 56 in Franklin County.
Troopers say the vehicle left the road and rolled over, entrapping the driver.
Troopers identified the driver as 52-year-old Ronnie Presley.
Presley was alone in the vehicle.

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Two separate worlds lie on two sides of the road in a seaside neighborhood of Istanbul Both too close and too distant from each other. What happens when two young people from these two worlds fall in love?
Kemal is one of the three children of a middle class family that lives in the neighborhood. His only aim in life is to make a living and survive. It’s Kemal’s last year in mine engineering. His dreams are restricted with the truth and he doesn’t believe in miracles. Especially in miracles like love.
Kemal is soon tested when Nihan comes into his monotonous life. After that day Kemal’s world turns upside down and he loses control.
Nihan is the girl from the glamorous part of the neighborhood. She’s distant to the values of her environment; she’s actually distant to her own world. Kemal and Nihan’s love is almost impossible. But their love ignores the distance between them and they somehow manage to stay together. Until the day that Kemal has to leave Istanbul to work in a mine. That day will be a crossroad for Kemal and Nihan, a moment of a tough decision.
At that crossroads, Kemal has to accept that Nihan and him belong to two very different worlds. Along with this big life lesson, he buries his sorrows and moves to Zonguldak. What he doesn’t know is that Nihan too has a secret that she needed to burry with all her youth and love.
Kemal and Nihan are as apart as their worlds. And their love is now impossible.
Soon after Nihan marries Emir Kozcuoglu who has been in love with her since they were children. Although their marriage looks ideal from the outside, for Nihan there is no greater love than Kemal.
Kemal, heartbroken, turns to his job. All he has been doing for 5 years is to hide from his past. But life has other plans for Kemal besides the mines. One day a mine accident turns into a milestone for Kemal and a brand new path appears in front of him. This new path will bring the completely changed Kemal to Istanbul to affront Nihan, Emir and everything else that made him turn away.
Kemal won’t be able to escape his past anymore. His destiny will force him to complete his unfinished businesses.
This story will show us that all the balances we take for granted can change. That the status difference can change in favour or against. That destiny works to complete unfinished businesses. That someone we thought was far away can be very close and that those we thought were close to us are actually far away from us.
The story shows us that a love can leave a very big wound in a person’s life and that if that would isn’t healed it can turn into endless love.

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Beef is the culinary name for meat from bovines, especially domestic cattle. Beef can be harvested from cows, bulls, heifers or steers.
Beef muscle meat can be cut into steak, roasts or short ribs. Some cuts are processed (corned beef or beef jerky), and trimmings, usually mixed with meat from older, leaner cattle, are ground, minced or used in sausages. The blood is used in some varieties of blood sausage. Other parts that are eaten include the oxtail, tongue, tripe from the reticulum or rumen, glands (particularly the pancreas and thymus, referred to as sweetbread), the heart, the brain (although forbidden where there is a danger of bovine spongiform encephalopathy, BSE), the liver, the kidneys, and the tender testicles of the bull (known in the US as calf fries, prairie oysters, or Rocky Mountain oysters). Some intestines are cooked and eaten as-is, but are more often cleaned and used as natural sausage casings. The bones are used for making beef stock.
Beef from steers and heifers is equivalent, except for steers having slightly less fat and more muscle, all treatments being equal. Depending on economics, the number of heifers kept for breeding varies. Older animals are used for beef when they are past their reproductive prime. The meat from older cows and bulls is usually tougher, so it is frequently used for mince (UK)/ground beef (US). Cattle raised for beef may be allowed to roam free on grasslands, or may be confined at some stage in pens as part of a large feeding operation called a feedlot (or concentrated animal feeding operation), where they are usually fed a ration of grain, protein, roughage and a vitamin/mineral preblend.
Beef is the third most widely consumed meat in the world, accounting for about 25% of meat production worldwide, after pork and poultry at 38% and 30% respectively. In absolute numbers, the United States, Brazil, and the People's Republic of China are the world's three largest consumers of beef. On a per capita basis in 2009, Argentines ate the most beef at 64.6 kg per person; people in the US ate 40.2 kg, while those in the EU ate 16.9 kg.
The world's largest exporters of beef are Brazil, Australia, the United States and Ireland. Beef production is also important to the economies of Paraguay, Argentina, Ireland, Mexico, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Russia, and Uruguay.


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Activities | Shree Mookambika Cultural Academy Reg.
Apart from cultural scenario Sri Mookambika Cultural Academy has also conducted many social oriented programmes like planting trees in schools like Balavikasa school and Government Higher Primary School of Mani and temple premises of Sri Mahalingeshwara Temple Puttur, Anti Plastic Campaign in the premises of Mahathobhara Mahalingeshwara Temple and Darbe of Puttur, and distributing plant saplings to the students in very personal level to the students of the institution. Along with this, the institute arranges Lecture demonstrations on Indian Culture and its moral values, conducting workshops on learning the inner core of Natyashastra like ‘Natya –Chintana’ and various certificate courses in collaboration with Nupura Bhramari Trust(R.).
Sri Mookambika Cultural Academy is an institution of family of artistes with Vidwan Deepak Kumar as Director, his Father D.Bhavani Shankar as correspondant, Vidushi Preetikala as director of music department and Vidwan Girish Kumar as the co-ordinator of dance department and Smt Shashi Prabha as costume designer and also co-co-ordinator.


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A beautiful British Wren brooch, made from an original watercolour illustration, printed onto shrink plastic and sealed with a layer of resin and finished with a silver plated brooch back. This quirky British Bird brooch makes a bold look pinned to your jacket or bag.
As worn by Michaela Strachan on Springwatch 2017 & 2018.
Brooch measures approximately 5cm diameter.


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wow – a real london outfit. i love the colours!
It’s got to be difficult to stand like that.. interesting..
beautiful mustard, though the skirt looks like the accessory he should’ve removed before leaving the house a la Coco Chanel.
Wow! What a fusion of styles. The yellow looks amazing.
This is not my type of look, but it looks graceful on him. Love the mustard blazer and his mysterious look.
great outfit and blazer! love the style!
Proportion is off. Nice hair though.
Interesting outfit, the skirt and 80′ yelow jacket it’s a fantastic combination. But the skirt it’s the burden of compozition. Bravo mr. Scott!
i love the color combo but wish it wasn’t so dragged down below his knee.
i love the yellow mustrad blazer, but the denim pants “broke” the skirt.
What an interesting combination! Gotta love the mustard blazer!
One of the few shots on here that just doesn’t do anything for me.
love how the mustard stands out. not sure about the outfit though.
Not a fan of the yellow but what a great look. So bohemian and yet so chic.
Skirt for Men is always a pleasure to see it even when we think about it out from the catwalk we believe that it will be so ugly to wear… NICE !!
That blazer is such a fresh color and cut! Love how he wore it! I can’t wait for FW Paris!
While I typically think it’s great to see men in skirts, I feel that this one detracts from his outfit. There’s a lot going on!
Love the bold jacket and am intrigued as to why he’s standing like that…a form of artwork in itself, what a pro!
Very London. I’m loving it!
Mustard gold caramel chocolate–nothing better in combination. Jeans white and Docs just add the staple. Looove him!
Those are some brave bold layers!
In love with the awkwardness!! ANd the mustard oversized blazer. Love it!
Mustard / Toblerone / Saffron, the it color we will have to master for the winter.
Very interesting outfit, elegant with ethnic chic vibes. The proportions are a real statement!
Apparently, the only way a man can look good in an unbuttoned double breasted blazer is by wearing a skirt.
he’s my friend CJ! WOOHOO!
Oh I absolutely love the colors, the layering and the fabulous hair cut! I never thought anything longer than mid-thigh with jeans could work before I saw this. Now, in rare cases, I think it can be pulled off.
I think he was inspired by the proportion of how men in Indonesia (also most of Southeast Asia) wear the sarung. Like in this photo http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Sarungan.jpg/225px-Sarungan.jpg Cultural reference aside, this is a unique and fantastic look for fall.
Im living for this look! unique, obscure, elegant!
@ M. da Chump–your comment made me laugh out loud (as in really laughing out loud and startling the cat, not “LOL”ing, which, it seems, has little to do with actually expressing amusement). Thanks for the chuckle.
Nice look but bad proportions!
Love the oversized yellow mustard jacket, right on trend!
Wow! I didn’t think the color mustard on blazers will be making a stylish comeback.
I love this color.. mustard .. its wonderful!
Impress with his brave on playing with layers. Love the mustard color. However, the whole look doesn’t enhance his beauty. It is more like clothes wears man instead of man wears clothes.
The skirt is beautiful and goes well with the rest of outfit.
I think the mix of pattern, texture, color and proportion here is just great – he’s nailed a look that could read kooky but instead reads artful and interesting.
Such an interesting look, can’t really decide if I love it or hate it. I do love that mustard jacket though!
Strong personality and cool way to wear.
The beautiful fabric of the skirt; devine!
It’s not my style.I coldn’t NEVER wear it BUT he cans and why not?It’s looks intersting on him.
Too original and too much inspiration for my taste.
Who’s he talking to? What’s he doing later? You think about all that when you see this pic. Lifestyle image!
I hope I’m remembering this correctly, but anyone over the age of 45 might remember David Bowie performing Boys Keep Swinging with Klaus Nomi on SNL in 1979. Bowie wore a big-shouldered tweedy suit with pencil skirt. Seeing it on him then, I was certain that within two years we’d see men going to meetings on Madison Avenue in pencil skirts. Not so. Still, it works on this guy.
Wow different.. you have to give him credit for taking risks like this!
I love the jacket and yes i do remember bowie wearing the jacket on the lets dance album!
Why are so many people ( especially ones who watch this site ), freaked out by a man wearing a skirt ? He looks great, what is the problem ?
Jealousy , maybe…..or insecurity ….?
I just love the color.. its wonderful!
A bit too much.. .. no opposition to any one element but to all the elements together.
Too self-conscious.. it ruins it when you realize someone thought this much abt how to put himself together.
Tanuki: I doubt it jealousy or insecurity that people are freaked about a man wearing a skirt. But a skirt over jeans? Nooooo.
Love the outfit without the skirt. Or without the jeans. Something about it says “trying to hard”. But I love what he’s trying to do, here, and it’s very fashion-forward.
Lizpr – nothing to add. Skirts for men YES but no jeans or jeans without skirts.
Interesting to see that in London. Love it.
Albeit the outfit is exhibits a delightful colour spectrum I find the outfit too grandiose however I do give the gentleman kudos for dabbling or sampling in so many styles and ages and his confidence.
Why the redesign? I’m going to stop coming in here because it’s not fun to scroll past all the comments to click to load another page with every style image. Scrolling is the easiest, why mess with that?
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That is a bizarre looking outfit.


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Please join us in our ministry to Japan.
Check here often to follow our steps.
We will be posting news, testimonies and photos on this page.
We are having an amazing time here with our dear friends the Ayatsukas and their missionary partners the Camps. Such a joy to be a part of the work they are doing here in Japan. Thankfully we were able to rest the first few days we were here. Then we attended ASK and BFF (description below the pictures), spending time building relationships people we met before, and starting new ones.
Starting last Tuesday, we have had a very busy schedule! We have been dancing and speaking multiple times a day. Some people have invited us over to their homes for lunch, and we have been able to show them the love of Jesus.
We have put stories and pictures from our week below!
Thank you to everyone who has been praying for us, and thank you for your patience in receiving this update!
ASK (After School Klub) is a ministry started by Rocky and Marla Ayatsuka that reaches out to kids ages preschool - elementary. This is an opportunity for the kids to hear Bible stories, as well as learning English. We get to love on the kids, and play with them. Some of their parents sit in on the class time, which means they're hearing about the Lord too! We LOVE being a part of this time.
- Tomorrow we have a big day. We will have a kids workshop in the daytime, and a performance at night. This is an amazing outreach opportunity. Please pray that as we prepare, that we will be listening to the Holy Spirit, saying and doing what HE wants us to do!
-Our bodies are very tired after this week, so please pray that we will be refreshed physically, being ready to do what the Lord has called us to do. We know He will give us strength.
-Pray that the people we will encounter in the next few days will see Jesus, and that they will want to give their whole lives to Him.
BFF (Bible Family Fellowship) is Rocky and Marla's home church. It has been growing significantly these past couple of years. Praise Jesus!
We know God has big plans for this trip. We are savoring every moment of His work in the lives of the people our hearts love so much.
"Last year I made a little friend. My heart fell in love with her, and even though we couldn't really speak to each other, we become good buddies. I didn't know if she'd remember me a year later, but when she walked into ASK and saw me, she had a big smile on her face. She wanted me to sit by her, hold her hand, and give her piggyback rides. Her family attended church last Saturday, which I was excited about because some people in her family don't know Jesus... ...yet!
I'm praying that Jesus will do a work in their hearts.
One phrase that Jesus has been speaking to me about Japan is 'They were created for freedom'. That is my heart's desire for my people... freedom."


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On Saturday the 29th, myself and 100 other bloggers descended upon London for the #LDNbloggersparty arranged by the gorg Scarlett of ScarlettLondon. There was hair and makeup products for our viewing pleasure, as well as cocktails galore and plenty of great conversation! I met up with Ellie, Islay and Christina before the event for a bit of lunch and shopping!
Our OOTDS! Watch my VLOG to see where everythings from!
We ended the day with some photoboothin fun, and a dinner at Ed's Diner- talk about good day! Thank you to the organisers, brands involved in the goody bag and all the friendly bloggers I met.


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The notion that Medicaid patients rely heavily on hospital emergency departments for routine care is false, argues a recent recent study by the Center for Studying Health System Change, which looked at a series of common misapprehensions about emergency department use.
Only 10 percent of emergency department visits by nonelderly Medicaid patients were for non-urgent symptoms, compared to seven percent of visits by nonelderly, privately insured patients, the study’s findings showed. More than half by nonelderly Medicaid and privately insured patients were for genuinely emergent or urgent situations, defined as those needing attention immediately or within one hour, respectively.
A significant opportunity to reduce emergency department visits among children would be to target a small group of conditions that account for more than half of visits: acute respiratory infections, along with other common infections, and injuries.
Medicaid enrollees age 0 through 64 had 45.8 emergency department visits per 100 enrollees compared to 24 visits per 100 privately insured enrollees.
There were 5.6 emergent emergency room visits per 100 nonelderly Medicaid patients compared to 3.6 per 100 privately insured patients.
There were 10.4 semi-urgent emergency room visits per 100 nonelderly Medicaid enrollees compared to 5.5 per 100 privately insured patients.
Acute respiratory and other common infections and injuries combined accounted for more than half of all emergency department visits for children age 0 through 12 years.
Nonelderly adult Medicaid enrollees represent higher emergency room use across all medical conditions, suggesting health-status differences with privately insured adults.


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4 Bedroom Detached House For Sale in Norwich for Offers Over £550,000.
This stunning property is an absolute must see with an imposing driveway leading to " The Chalfonts"
The property consists of a stunning lounge with fireplace, further reception room which the current vendors use as a music room and relaxation room. There is a beautiful kitchen diner, family area ideal for entertaining along with a good-sized separate utility.
To the ground floor there are two bedrooms one of the bedrooms includes an ensuite with a Jacuzzi bath.
To the first floor there are a further two double bedrooms along with a family bathroom.
To the outside the property has a large driveway with plenty of parking and lawned area. To the rear the garden is fully enclosed and mainly laid to lawn.
Located in the heart of the Broadland area of Norfolk, Blofield is the most perfect location. A charming and idyllic village with the Broads National Park and the stunning North Norfolk coastline both on the doorstep and just a short drive from the beautiful and vibrant city of Norwich.
The village has superb road transport links with the A47 connecting it to both Norwich (5 miles West) and Great Yarmouth (14 miles East). The Railway Station at Brundall is only a few minutes away and connects with Norwich and beyond. There is also a regular bus service.
Blofield benefits from a wealth of local amenities and services. There is a Primary school, Doctors surgery, library, Post Office, variety of shops, The Kings Head public house and more. The village also has its own Community Centre and other community venues which host a wide variety of groups and clubs including Womens Institute, childrens play groups and sporting clubs. Golf enthusiasts can also enjoy the facilities at Norfolk Premier Golf which is located close by.

industry_corpus2: Real Estate & Construction


text: Masakatsu Sashie was born in 1974 in Kanazawa, Japan where he currently resides. Kanazawa is a city known for rich cultural traditions in arts and crafts. In 2000, Sashie received an MFA from Kanazawa College of Art. His work has been exhibited throughout Asia and the United States including art fairs such as The Armory Show in New York and Art Hong Kong. In 2012, his work was included the Giant Robot Biennale 3 exhibition at the Japanese American National Museum in Los Angeles, California.


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Phonemes are sounds that are made by graphemes (letters). When two letters 'work together' to make a new sound/phoneme they are called digraphs. They are two letters that make one sound.
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text: How often do you see smoke rings? Perhaps never! Teh art of creating such things with the help of a cigar needs years of practice while making it with some appliances costs much money and also requires some space. However, if you are willing to make a superb prank such things won't stop you on your way to astonishing people! Watch these guys scare simple citizens as they introduce them to a guy which actually seems to be burning rather than making something beautiful!


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The 2,587-acre Frozencamp Wildlife Management Area (WMA) protects wooded slopes, open bottomland, and open ridge tops on the left and right forks of Frozencamp Creel. Game traditionally hunted in the management area include deer, grouse, squirrel, rabbit, turkey, and waterfowl. Left Fork Lake, at 22 acres, and Right Fork Lake, at 20 acres, accommodate fishing for bluegill, largemouth bass, and channel catfish. Right Fork Lake is equipped with a boat ramp. Left Fork Lake is accessible only on foot. A 200-yard shooting range has been developed the property. Camping is prohibited in the managementa area.
Directions: Frozencamp Wildlife Management Area is located in western Jackson County and eastern Roane County between Ripley, WV, to the west, and Spencer, WV, to the east. To reach the area from Ripley, follow highway US-33 east approximately 14 miles and turn right onto Frozencamp Road (CR-28). A mile farther, turn right onto CR-28/2.
Frozencamp WMA is managed by the W.Va. Division of Natural Resources. It was formerly known as the Frozencamp Public Hunting & Fishing Area.
Further information on lodging, dining, and recreation near Frozencamp Wildlife Management Area may be found in our guide to travel in the Heartland Region in central West Virginia, in which the management area is located. The county is also often considered part of Mid-Ohio Valley Region, in which travel information may also be found.


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[Los Angeles, CA, 2-6-2019] The research report covers the leading companies in the global Ayurvedic market such as Maharishi Ayurveda Products, Dabur, Himalaya Drug, Herbal Hills, Biobaxy Technologies, Planet Ayurveda, Basic Ayurveda, Natreon, Arvincare. They provide details about important activities of leading players in the competitive landscape.
This report focuses on Ayurvedic volume and value at global level, regional level and company level. From a global perspective, this report represents overall Ayurvedic market size by analyzing historical data and future prospect. Regionally, this report focuses on several key regions: North America, Europe, China and Japan.
The report on Global Ayurvedic Market is a professional report which provides thorough knowledge along with complete information pertaining to the Ayurvedic industry a propos classification, definitions, applications, industry chain summary, industry policies in addition to plans, product specifications, manufacturing processes, cost structures, etc.


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text: In Provence, hills bloom with fragrant purple lavender as far as the eye can see. The pure, fresh fragrance of this hand cream will transport you to a Mediterranean farmhouse garden, while it comforts and soothes your hands. Made in France.


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Life. Unrestricted. Boost your body image and recover from food & exercise madness. | Boost your body image and recover from food & exercise madness.
“Thin = healthy” is as causal as “warm = sun”.
Self-worth and happiness are not weight-related.
You. Reading this? … That’s mindboggling!
Before you get to know me a little better, I’d like to say thank you: Thank you, all of you lovely people out there!
Your encouragement, our connection and mutual support truly inspiring. If it wasn’t for your own unique stories, your way of standing in your truth and expressing yourself authentically, your listening without judgment and your inexplicable interest in me, no one would be reading this. Since most of you, my friends, are English-speaking, this should explain my main choice of language for this site.
Only by meeting some amazing people, studying with the big names in the field—Byron Katie, Brené Brown, Virgie Tovar—I started to slowly turn my life upside down. It began to dawn on me that my way of living small, the extent of self-imposed torture and this utter lack of kindness towards myself, could be changed. By me.
It’s a shame to say that as so many others, I needed to crash full-on before I started considering other truths, truths of worth, truths of living.
For me, my complete lack of self-worth manifested itself in a life spent on diets, obsessing over food, constant overexercising, and hating the reflection in the mirror, no matter what my weight was (read: severely underweight and also “plus size”).
Only when all the air was sucked out of me and I felt nothing but trapped—empty and wishing not to be here anymore—did things begin to change.
Funny how sometimes, we need to see pitch black nothingness before we can hit the RESET button.
I started getting to know myself a little better. I started questioning age-old beliefs. And I started processing some of the old muck that keeps so many of us stuck.
This is the point where others usually deliver the punchline by saying that they’ve done all the work and seen the light.
That they made it through recovery and are no “there”, shouting encouragement to all of us eating-/exercise disordered people that are still struggling. Look. I can’t deliver that (yet).
I’m still fumbling around in foggy MESSVILLE a lot of the time, I’m still afraid to let go of some of the rules and restrictions, and I’m still terrified of being shamed and rejected as I was when I was a kid. Of course, I’m only human.
But I’m much more aware of what’s going on, (yes, therapy helps!) and I’m continuously educating myself on all things diet-culture, body image, personal growth and resilience.
For much too long, I was waiting to fully engage in life. Waiting for the green light to come on. Hoping that—once I had all my ducks in a row—I could eliminate failure and rejection. Then, oh boy, THEN I would fully allow myself to enjob, to love, to laugh, or—for that matter—to blog.
Yeah, riiiiight. It just doesn’t work that way.
If I wait until it’s all sunshine and rainbow, no blog of mine will ever see daylight!
So? This basically is me giving my inner perfectionist the finger.
I’ll tell you what: It’s wildly encouraging.
Lesson for today: Own your story. Live life now.
Also, seriously: No body hate here. I’ve got enough of that myself, thanks very much.


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Oro Loma is proud to continue to provide the best possible wastewater collection and treatment services to its customers at the lowest rates in Alameda County. Our residential sewer service charge is 60% lower than the Alameda County average.
All sewer service charges shall be developed using the unit costs listed in Table A-1, as regulated by Ordinance No. 37. Any sewer service charges not specifically identified in this Resolution will be prepared using the unit costs of Table A-1 and the appropriate parameter from the Table.
Sewer service charges for this class of customer is $3.273 (2016), $3.518 (2017), $3.782 (2018), $4.066 (2019), $4.371 (2020) per actual water use, measured in hundred cubic feet (ccf), with a minimum annual charge of $181.00 (2016), $194.00 (2017), $209.00 (2018), $224.00 (2019), $241.00 (2020).
Sewer service charges for this class of customer is $2.406 (2016), $2.586 (2017), $2.780 (2018), $2.989 (2019), $3.213 (2020) per actual water use, measured in hundred cubic feet (ccf).
Sewer service charges for this class of customer shall be prepared based upon actual flow and loadings, times the unit costs as follows, with a minimum annual charge to be collected in the amount of $181.00 (2016), $194.00 (2017), $209.00 (2018), $224.00 (2019), $241.00 (2020).
Users of the District’s sewerage system serviced by lift stations constructed after January 1, 1995, shall pay an additional annual charge as determined by District to cover renewal and replacement and operation and maintenance costs of the lift station. Charges for residential customers shall be a flat fee regardless of type of unit. Charges for commercial customers shall be based on flow volume.
B. Lift Station 14 (Canyon Drive) provides sewer service to Tract 6833 (Henry Lane) and residents of the Five Canyons Development generally east and west of Five Canyons Parkway, except Tract 6196. The parcels of Tract 6179, which are tributary to this lift station, are charged separately under Lift Station 15.
New Lift Stations: Should the District, after the effective date of this Ordinance, desire to approve construction of a new lift station intended to serve one or more new customers, the annual user charge for connection to that station shall be set by the Board of Directors and approved by motion. Such charges specified in the motion will be incorporated into this Ordinance at an appropriate future date.
Certain District commercial customers have unique situations which require billing computations based on Equivalent Dwelling Units (EDUs). In these cases, District staff determines the appropriate annual charges which are memorialized in a written agreement between the parties and approved by Oro Loma Sanitary District Board action.
* Includes application review and inspection.
** Includes all costs for sampling events, analysis, program administration and equipment.
The District’s policy is not to pay any interest on refunds or claims connected with sewer service charges, developer deposit accounts, or other sums deposited with the District.

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With a penchant for crazy ideas and deals like ‘emotion cars’, Softbank has struck yet again, this time acquiring the king of semiconductors of Britain, ARM Holdings.
On 18th July 2016, Soft bank caught the global chip industry by surprise with a $32 billion deal to acquire ARM Holdings PLC, the U.K.-based designer of the microprocessors that power more than 95% of the world’s smartphones which includes the likes of Apple, Samsung and Huawei. The 25-year-old British company has the crucial advantage of not having to make its own chips—it just designs the processor architecture and licenses it to these companies. The deal in turn has resulted in Softbank getting a share of revenue in almost everything from smartphones to connected gadgets at home.
The deal has been record breaking in many ways. It is the largest deal ever made by Softbank Group eclipsing the $22 billion made for Sprint in 2013. In the world of microchip Mergers and Acquisitions, the Arm Holdings deal ranks second only to Avago Technologies’ $37bn acquisition of US chipmaker Broadcom, according to Dealogic data.
It has been a year of technology for Mergers and acquisitions with deals totalling $342.7bn so far, up 17.8 per cent year-on-year. That’s the greatest volume since the dot com bubble of 2000.
It’s also the largest UK target tech deal on record, and the second largest Japanese outbound deal ever.
Many analysts say that Softbank’s acquisition timing is perfect both politically and financially. The offer came a few days after the UK’s announcement of its decision to exit the EU, otherwise known as “Brexit.” and the pound has fallen 11% since the Brexit vote took place on July 24, 2015, making the ARM acquisition $4 billion cheaper for Softbank. However, Masayoshi Son denies this benefit, stating that ARM’s shares rose on the Brexit news. Also due to Brexit the deal was welcomed in the UK as the deal shows overseas buyers’ confidence in the UK.
If we look at ARM, the slowdown in smartphone sales may slow its revenue growth in the short term. But in the long term, ARM would be at the centre of IoT (Internet of Things), with its architecture being used by the likes of Apple (AAPL) and Samsung (SSNLF). It would also give tough competition to Intel’s (INTC) IoT efforts.
ARM already commands a 25% market share in the IoT market and expects to increase that to 50% by 2020. On the other hand, Intel looks to increase its market share to 45% by 2020, and so with Softbank’s acquisition of ARM, Intel will have to tighten its seat belt and speed up its efforts to secure a big enough bite of IoT.
CEO Masayoshi Son main interest is making ARM technology the central CPU for billions of Internet of Things devices in the future. Softbank already owns a telecom network in Japan and Sprint in the US, and understands that these networks and others will become a major conduit for interacting with and delivering data to IoT (Internet of Things) devices. It expects ARM to be at the center of the IoT revolution, which would bring a “paradigm shift in human history.” ARM is the long term goal for Softbank, envisioning that nearly every IoT device in the world could be powered by ARM designs. This requires heavy investing and the strategy marks a shift in Softbank’s strategy, from telecom services to IoT.
The deal with ARM allows Softbank to have a chance to at several growing tech areas such as cloud, virtual reality for mobile devices and the Internet of Things. Also ARM’s dominance in mobile computing translates into consistent cash-flow. Also, If ARM’s communications chips become a standard for the internet of things, the resulting profits could dwarf what the company gets from smartphone chips now.
For ARM, The deal will help them further accelerate the use of ARM-based technology wherever computing happens. The purchase suggests that we will see another surge in ARM’s productivity, and that could mean even better and broader products. The research and design is an expensive and fundamental part of ARM, and the expansion of that might well be a boon in the future.

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