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Jakarta. Bali-based boutique and gallery Canaan held an event in Central Jakarta on Wednesday (21/02) to promote handicraft from East Nusa Tenggara's Flores Island to a wider audience.
The event, dubbed "Canaan in Flores," was held in collaboration with social enterprise Du'Anyam and Kaum restaurant to support rural communities and female artisans.
"In partnership with Du'Anyam, we want to showcase our collaborative merchandise, which will be available for purchase," said Emmelyn Gunawan, the founder of Canaan.
Meanwhile, the Kaum culinary team, headed by chef Antoine, created a special menu using authentic ingredients and cooking methods from Flores.
The featured menu, which includes ikan kakap kuah asam, lawar teri segar, jagung bose and sorghum rempah, will be available at the restaurant on Feb. 21-22.
"Besides the crafts, we also want to introduce traditional food and coffee from Flores. This is interesting, as we don't see many restaurants in Jakarta that sell food from the island," Emmelyn said.
Works by Indonesian fashion and lifestyle photographer Chris Bunjamin were also on display during the event, along with merchandise by Canaan and Du'Anyam.
Chris said the photographs were taken during his trip to the island in August last year.
"As a lifestyle and commercial photographer, I wanted a project that challenges my perspective. This project showcases my vision and stories in creating a finer body of work in a unique and adventurous way," he said.
Canaan, which is known for showcasing locally made products from Bali, Sumba, Flores and Toraja, also prides itself in its curated products that show a mix of traditional craft and modern innovation.
Besides operating as a traditional retailer, Emmelyn said the brand is also responsible for providing a better living environment for its artisan partners and less privileged communities.
"We realize that many of our artisans and creative communities living in villages across Indonesia are lacking proper education for themselves and their children," she said.
Emmelyn said proceeds from the sale of the photographs and merchandise would be donated to the Hoshizora Foundation, a nongovernmental organization dedicated to creating an equal opportunity for every Indonesian child to obtain a proper education.
The proceeds will go to the children of Du'Anyam weavers under the new Hoshizora partnership program.
Dedicated to empowering women and improving maternal and children's health in Indonesia, Du'Anyam provides additional year-round income opportunities for women of childbearing age by leveraging existing, yet underutilized skills, in local communities.
"Increasing their financial means to access better nutrition and health services. We don't want to give them what they want, instead we train them to get what they deserve," said Azalea Ayuningtyas, co-founder and chief executive of Du'Anyam.
"To provide them with sustainable alternatives, we decided to empower these women to do what they love to earn a living," she added.
Based on the organization's evaluation, education is one of the top-three expenses for these women.
"By providing scholarships to them, we believe they can worry less about educational expenses for their children and allocate their incomes towards nutrition for their families," Azalea said.
The more than 450 women in 17 East Flores villages who currently work with Du'Anyam have increased their incomes by up to 40 percent.


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Airport Car Hire Daytona Airport can allow customers to choose from a variety of cheap vehicles such as Ford E150 Econoline 2Wd,Ford F150 Ffv 4Wd,BMW 330I,BMW 330Xi and the Ford Escape Fwd. Not only do we have a great range of compact and economy cars but you can get off road vehicles, prestige cars and automatic cars at staggeringly low prices. Any Airport Car Hire Daytona Airport comes with excellent and friendly service as our staff can meet you at the airport and show you to your vehicle, as well as guarantee you the cheapest rates available.
Any Airport Car Rental Daytona Airport includes complimentary breakdown assistance, an unlimited mileage offer and the most comprehensive insurance package on the market. Our cars rental deals are sought from world wide car rental giants such as Advantage Rentals, National, Budget, Easycar, Alamo Car Hire, Dollar, Sixt and Avis Car Hire..All you have to do is select the vehicle of your choice and the dates and times when you want to pick it up and we can give you an instant and affordable quote.
Car Rental Daytona Airport gets great rental deals for young drivers too, so whatever your age check out the latest offers.

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« Quinces- why are they not keeping?
The ‘Willoughby’ apple – has anyone heard of this?
I have just come across a young apple tree labelled ‘Willoughby’ in a survey of an early 20th century orchard on the Lincolnshire/ Notttingham border, near Retford.
Does anyone know anything about this one, please? It is not in the National Fruit Collection.

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Molly McGuane is a communications professional for the MAA center. Molly is an advocate for victims of asbestos-related disease and those who are vulnerable to asbestos exposure.
Asbestos is no longer common but still poses a threat. If you work in one of these industries, be aware of the risks.

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Safety connect is a subscription-based telematics service that uses global positioning system (gps) data and embedded cellular technology to provide safety and security features to subscribers.
Safety connect is supported by toyota�s designated response center, which operates 24 hours per day, 7 days per week.
Safety connect service is available by subscription on select, telematics hardware-equipped vehicles.
By using the safety connect service, you are agreeing to be bound by the telematics subscription service agreement and its terms and conditions, as in effect and amended from time to time, a current copy of which is available at toyota.Com. All use of the safety connect service is subject to such then-applicable terms and conditions.
lps drivers receive necessary response from emergency service providers.
stolen vehicle location helps drivers in the event of vehicle theft.
Emergency assistance button (sos) connects drivers to response-center support.
Enhanced roadside assistance provides drivers various on-road assistance.
After you have signed the telematics subscription service agreement and are enrolled, you can begin receiving services.
A variety of subscription terms are available for purchase. Contact your toyota dealer, call 1-800-331-4331, or push the �sos� button in your vehicle for further subscription details.
Phone calls using the vehicle's bluetoothr technology will not be possible during safety connect.
Safety connect is available beginning fall 2009 on select toyota models.
Contact with the safety connect response center is dependent upon the telematics device being in operative condition, cellular connection availability, and gps satellite signal reception, which can limit the ability to reach the response center or receive emergency service support. Enrollment and telematics subscription service agreement are required. A variety of subscription terms are available; charges vary by subscription term selected.
Automatic collision notification, emergency assistance, stolen vehicle location, and enhanced roadside assistance will function in the united states, including hawaii and alaska, and in canada. No safety connect services will function outside of the united states in countries other than canada.
Safety connect services are not subject to section 255 of the telecommunications act and the device is not tty compatible.
The safety connect response center will offer support in multiple languages.
The safety connect system will offer voice prompts in english and spanish.
Please indicate your language of choice when enrolling.
You may be unable to contact the response center if the network is busy.
When the engine switch is turned to ignition on mode, the red indicator light comes on for 2 seconds then turns off. Afterward, the green indicator light comes on, indicating that the service is active.
In case of either airbag deployment or severe rear-end collision, the system is designed to automatically call the response center. The responding agent receives the vehicle�s location and attempts to speak with the vehicle occupants to assess the level of emergency.
If your vehicle is stolen, safety connect can work with local authorities to assist them in locating and recovering the vehicle. After filing a police report, call the safety connect response center at 1-800- 331-4331 and follow the prompts for safety connect to initiate this service.
In the event of an emergency on the road, push the "sos" button to reach the safety connect response center. The answering agent will determine your vehicle's location, assess the emergency, and dispatch the necessary assistance required.
If you accidentally press the "sos" button, tell the response-center agent that you are not experiencing an emergency.
Subscribers can press the �sos� button to reach a safety connect response-center agent, who can help with a wide range of needs, such as: towing, flat tire, fuel delivery, etc. For a description of the enhanced roadside assistance services and their limitations, please see the safety connect terms and conditions, which are available at toyota.Com.
Important! Read this information before using safety connect.
The safety connect system installed in your vehicle is a low-power radio transmitter and receiver. It receives and also sends out radio frequency (rf) signals.
In august 1996, the federal communications commission (fcc) adopted rf exposure guidelines with safety levels for mobile wireless phones. Those guidelines are consistent with the safety standards previously set by the following u.S. And international standards bodies.
Those standards were based on comprehensive and periodic evaluations of the relevant scientific literature. Over 120 scientists, engineers, and physicians from universities, and government health agencies and industries reviewed the available body of research to develop the ansi standard (c95.1).
The design of safety connect complies with the fcc guidelines in addition to those standards.


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Author: Grimes, Nikki Illustrator: Lewis, E.B.
Elizabeth "Bessie" Coleman was always being told what she could and could not do. Growing up in a time when segregation was a way of life, it was not easy to survive. Bessie didn't let that stop her. Although she was only eleven when the Wright brothers took their historic flight, she vowed to become the first African American female pilot. Her sturdy faith and determination helped her overcome obstacles of poverty, racism, and gender discrimination.

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The majority of registered Democratic voters view Sanders favorably and support single-payer healthcare.
It’s true that individual politicians have succeeded under this umbrella, through art and luck, but their party and their policies have faltered under this ideology. Yet its practitioners continue to hawk their wares, undeterred by a losing streak that has brought their party to its knees.
Consider the recent New York Times column from Steven Rattner, the Wall Street executive who helped Barack Obama rescue the auto industry.
Mr. Rattner is unhappy with Medicare For All’s growing support among Democrats and centrism’s waning fortunes. He frames that dissatisfaction, first and foremost, as a personal critique of Medicare For All’s leading proponent.
Nor are voters spared Rattner’s scorn. Those who agree with Sanders on the issues are not “supporters” or “allies,” but “acolytes,” suggesting they are motivated more by religious fervor than by reason.
Another word for these “acolytes” might be “Democrats,” since a poll conducted earlier this year showed that 80 percent of registered Democratic voters viewed Sanders favorably.
Although Mr. Rattner writes about “the fringe of our party,” 65 percent of Democrats say that expanding Medicare to cover every American is a “good idea.” Which begs the question: Who’s really on the party’s “fringe”?
An informed reading of those polls suggests otherwise. First, the elastic word “consensus” suggests virtual unanimity among voters and obscures the idea’s growing support. Yes, one poll did see a drop-off in support after questioners raised the possibility of higher taxes. But pollsters did not mention the fact that, overall, healthcare costs would be reduced for most households, in some cases dramatically.
That omission left respondents with the impression that their costs would go up, and was thus misleading. Significantly, when Democrats were warned of higher taxes, 59 percent of them still supported Medicare For All. That suggests that voters can be educated on this issue.
Concern about repealing the Affordable Care Act seems equally under-informed, since Medicare For All would replace it with substantially better coverage, and at significantly lower cost for all but the wealthiest households.
More broadly, Rattner expresses concern that the overall Sanders agenda lacks appeal beyond the Democratic base. He might want to note a recent poll showing that the “crusty Pied Piper” is not only popular among Democrats but, in Newsweek’s words, is “far more popular among independents and Republicans” than the centrist Hillary Clinton.
Dukakis was so reluctant to call himself a liberal, in fact, that it became an embarrassment – one George H.W. Bush turned to his advantage after Dukakis finally and reluctantly accepted the label.
Those centrists who insist on mentioning George McGovern, a candidate whose challenges were manifold, artfully ignore more recent losing presidential candidates in their own mold: Jimmy Carter in 1980. Dukakis in 1988. John Kerry in 2004. Hillary Clinton in 2016.
It’s true that Bill Clinton and Barack Obama also fit the centrist mold. But both of them also represented an exciting generational shift, and Obama was forced to tack back to the left in 2012 to restore his flagging poll numbers.
Rattner conflates Medicare For All with Hillary Clinton’s 1994 healthcare proposal. But it’s inapt to compare a federally-run program with Clinton’s plan. The latter was bedeviled by structural complexity, careless design, a poor political rollout, and an overdependence on the private sector.
It was, in fact, a “centrist” plan.
When Rattner laments the difficulty of selling voters on “the more carefully constructed proposals of centrists,” he is confusing complexity with efficiency. It is a fundamental principle of both good engineering and good management: the cleaner the design, the greater the efficiency. Conversely, the more complicated a program becomes, the more likely it is to fail.
The Affordable Care Act improves life for millions of people, but its complexity has left it with multiple failure points. It depends on both the goodwill and the efficiency of private insurers, neither of which have been much in evidence. Its incentives for achieving actuarial balance are difficult to design and execute.
Politically, the ACA is overly vulnerable to Republican attack. Contrast the GOP’s difficulty undermining Medicare’s popularity among its core voters with its success in weakening their support for the ACA.
This two-century frame conveniently glosses over the Democratic Party’s greatest achievements, including Social Security and Medicare. And has Rattner reviewed the OECD’s comparative data for developed countries? The United States has a higher poverty rate, higher infant mortality, lower voter turnout, fewer paid holidays and vacation days, and weaker paid medical and family leave than the Western European countries Mr. Rattner disdains.
Democrats have been peddling exactly these nostrums for decades. Meanwhile, they have lost all three branches of the federal government, two-thirds of state houses, and two-thirds of governorships.
The Democrats have achieved their greatest political and policy successes when they have ignored the “centrists” – in reality, ever-present naysayers who cloak their negativity in the pseudo-technocratic jargon of centrism. It’s hard to imagine that the New Deal, Medicare, or the Moon Landing would have ever happened if milquetoast Democrats like these had been in charge.
Meanwhile, the old order is crumbling. 73 percent of voters are dissatisfied with the way the country’s being governed, despite topline economic improvements. 61 percent agree with the statement, “Republicans and Democrats have done such a poor job representing the American people that a third party is needed.” That’s nearly twice as many as those who feel that the two parties are doing an “adequate” job.
The bipartisan, centrist political consensus is breaking down. That’s not an accident, and it’s not an injustice. It’s the result of repeated failures, both abroad and at home. The question is, what will replace it: something better, or something worse? If Democrats continue to follow the losing ways of the past, we probably won’t like the answer.

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I was delighted to be back at the charmingly restored dairy farm buildings of Southend Barns in West Sussex, photographing my last wedding of 2017 in the low November afternoon sun. Long shadows stretched out over the green stripes of the neatly mown lawn in the courtyard as wispy clouds brushed across the clear blue sky above the infamous three canopy peaks. Claudette and Aaron’s wedding day was pretty en pointe weather wise and I was excited for all the little magical moments, that I felt certain, we would all experience on this crisp wintery afternoon.
For those who adore flowers, Jess and Tom’s floral inspired wedding day captured the rustic and romantic late summer ambience with an abundance of fresh blooms and various floral details adorning the venue and theming outfit style selections. This positively creative couple celebrated their nuptials at a unique scenic countryside barn venue, where the little bit of September rain was embraced and where the fun and celebrations continued long into the evening.
What a perfect day Rachel & Rich's late summer wedding was! We loved being part of their day and being able to capture their special moments.
On a fresh August day in Bournemouth, I had the pleasure of photographing a lovely couple who were engaged to be married in the following October. Bride-to-be Melissa was blown away by a doting Gareth, who had led her up to the top of a magnificent hill boasting a backdrop of breathtaking views. Whilst on bended knee, he captured her heart with his thoughtful and romantic proposal. The rest, as they say, is history! Having later booked me to be their wedding photographer, it was decided that an engagement shoot was an ideal opportunity for a little pre-wedding photographic warm-up. The couple accompanied me up to the top of the very same hill where the engagement had taken place and there we stood and marvelled at the views. They reminisced as they unwrapped the heartwarming proposal story and, like Melissa, I too was blown away (but this time literally)! - The wind on that hill was so ridiculously strong we did all we could to not get blasted back down onto the beach! Yet somehow we did end up there, a touch windswept but still in one piece, and there I was able to capture Melissa and Gareth, standing apart, individually strong, yet together against the bold yet dreamy melting amber sky.


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You can�t make your room bigger, but you can make it feel bigger. By simply changing the position and direction of your desk, you can completely change the feel of your room. By simply changing the position and direction of your desk, you can completely change the feel of your room.
Some people have a separate study room and bedroom. The same principles apply, in that you want to create a conducive environment for sleeping / working / etc., whatever purpose that you use your room for.

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As recreational fishing is a popular sport within Lawrence County, the district has acquired the monofilament recycling bins (pictured at the right) for public use. Currently, there are bins located at Bessemer Lake, Rock Point, Bevington Boat Access, and Enon Valley Rod and Gun Club. Periodically, bins are emptied either by community volunteers or district staff. Unfortunately, some bins do become full of garbage rather than fishing line. Upon emptying the bins, the garbage is separated out from the fishing line. The fishing line, once cleaned, can then be submitted to the Lawrence County Recycling Department (located in the County Courthouse).
The recycled fishing line is then sent to Berkley Conservation Institute. BCI then recycles the used line into Berkley Fish-Hab Structures. To learn more about BCI and the recycling process, follow the link above to their website.
If you would like to request a bin for placement within Lawrence County, please contact Jo Ann McCready at jmccready@lawrencecd.org.
For more information about the program itself, please visit the Monofilament Recovery and Recycling program webpage, http://mrrp.myfwc.com/.


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The perfect necklace for Baby Elephant to match with her Mama Elephant!
This necklace has "Baby or Sister Elephant" with 1 small Elephant silhouette on it.
The Sister necklace comes on 15" Chain, sized for a little girl. And the Baby necklace comes on 10" Chain, sized for a baby/toddler.
This necklace pairs perfectly with our Mama Elephant necklace!


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In an interview with a newspaper based in Austria, where he is due to make a state visit next week, Turkish president Abdullah Gul demanded that Austria improve conditions for its immigrant Turks and teach the Turkish language in its schools.
"In nurseries, schools and universities, the options must be extended. It is very good to learn both languages, German and Turkish."
Gul should talk!!! he married his 1st cousin when she was 15 years old.
In Turkey there are currently over 300,000 Turkish teachers out of work and Turkey's education is 32 out of 34 countries on the last OCED ranking just above Mexico and Chile BELOW AVERAGE.
and GUL wants to dictate to the world what we teach and how we teach it with their 1,000 Turkish Schools? Don't think so.
These schools are being closed in Greece, Turkmenistan, Moldive, Krygyzstan and many many more investigations.

industry_corpus2: Subject Education


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Thread: TTP pilots- what controller are you going to use?
I've got two Xbox 360 controllers, [one still unused and vac packed since 2007- pretty much the last time the Xbox360 elite was turned on ] and a PS4 controller I bought to use with the PSTV unit I use for playing Pure & Pulse.
Who has experience using the DS4 software that allows the PS4 controller to work like a Xbox 360 controller wirelessly?
Are there any quirks I should be wary of?
Can I get a previously unused Xbox 360 controller to work wirelessly, or does it need to be wired up?
I don't know, I've purposely avoided this dilemma of mismatching software/components with PC gaming for years, by choosing to play video games on consoles.
The last thing you need is hardware problems, let alone video driver problems.
I've used DS4Tool pretty reliably in the majority of games I have on PC (except where UPlay is involved, piece of sh*t). I haven't tried it wirelessly, but wired works very well with minimal setup time. Far better than the old MotionInJoy application to get a DS3 working!
I'm not sure if DS4Tool and DS4Windows are the same. I'm using the latter. I can confirm, though, that the bluetooth connection is really jittery and may foul up on you - certainly when you go to plug in to charge: the computer then reads it as two controllers and it gets confused. However, if using DS4Windows, the wired connection (much simpler setup) works flawlessly in my experience.
It looks like DS4Tool is no longer in development, so it's possible DS4Windows is a continuation of that. What I know for certain though is that DS4Tool does not work on Windows 10, so you'll need to use DS4Windows if you've upgraded.
I ended up getting a wireless gaming receiver adaptor off Ebay very cheap AUS$15 approx delivered, and use the wireless Xbox 360 controllers I've had sitting here gathering dust since 2007.
It was a bit of a pain installing the drivers, as WIN 8.1 wouldn't auto load them from the disc I got with it.......after Googling what I should be looking for, I found them at Microsoft's site and installed them....works fine.
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you shouldn't have had to install them at all., or failing that I would expect you could have just been able to say 'find my drivers automatically' or whatever the option is, it then just grabs them from windows update for you.
Yeah I know what you mean.....I tried that procedure to find my drivers automatically, both from the disc [Win 8.1 wouldn't give me a manual option to select a place to look - despite have admin clearance and being in device manager - go figure ], and online, Windows just wouldn't play ball.
I don't know if it's because I use Classic Shell to make Win 8.1 tolerable to use on a desktop it played up?

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Just learned that Patrick Marleau will not play tonight because of an injury.
And the team is not saying whether it’s upper body or lower body.
Expect Jed Ortmeyer in the lineup.

industry_corpus2: Sports


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Indulge your inner chef in Allure’s artistically designed kitchens. These airy, open concept spaces allow you to entertain while you create and strike a perfect balance between beauty & functionality.
Your gourmet kitchen features chef-inspired quality Kitchen Aid stainless steel appliances such as a French door refrigerator with ice & water dispenser and glass shelves, slide-in gas range, built-in dishwasher with hidden control panel, ultra quiet sound package and stainless interior, 1.6 c.f. stainless steel microwave and stainless steel chimney hood. Allure also offers the option for a fully integrated refrigerator & dishwasher with paneled doors to match your kitchen cabinetry.
Personalize your kitchen with European style cabinetry with soft close hardware featuring extended height upper cabinets in a variety of choices to match your tastes. Elegant quartz countertops with convenient flush eating bar and a stainless steel, undermount sink with a quality Moen single lever designer faucet with pull-out spray complements your style. Your space is accented with sparkling full height glass tile backsplash and is illuminated with recessed pot lights.
The meticulous attention to detail spent on these extraordinary kitchens is sure to bring out the culinary artist in you.


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Marouane Fellaini became the fourth Manchester United player to score in Russia 2018 as Belgium produced a Reds-style comeback to beat Japan and reach the World Cup quarter-finals.
The big midfielder – whose new contract with the club was announced by ManUtd.com on Friday - came off the bench to play an influential part in the Belgians’ breathtaking recovery.
In yet another of this tournament’s many exhilarating matches, the much-fancied Europeans rallied from being 2-0 down to the Asian underdogs to winning 3-2 with essentially the last kick in injury time.
Belgium midfielder Marouane Fellaini has signed a new contract with the Reds.
Read more about Romelu Lukaku’s latest goalscoring landmark for Belgium.


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Julia Child is that name in the culinary world which influenced both the laymen and professionals in ways that no other chef has. Her whimsical vibes and easy-going nature encouraged the home cooks to believe in their cooking skills without worrying about making mistakes. When the busy air of modern living led the American home cooks to canned food and takeaways it was Child who made them fall in love with cooking all over again.
Child’s unapologetic ways of cooking style inspired many cooking enthusiasts and chefs to follow their passion which came as no surprise that many wanted to be like her. Today, on August 15th, as we are celebrating her 105th birthday and her enduring legacy, we are here with a few tips for the ones who want to cook like Julia Child.
It’s true that Child enjoyed fancy meals especially during her days in France, however, when it came to cooking she never believed that one should be able to cook something fancy to become a good cook. All she believed in was good food made of fresh ingredients.
Child always had an un-regretful attitude toward cooking. She wasn’t afraid of making mistakes even after becoming a television personality. Child believed that you learn new things from every single mistake you make in the kitchen and life as well. And, that could be why she said “The only real stumbling block is the fear of failure. In cooking, you’ve got to have a what-the-hell attitude”.
Child loved butter more than any other ingredient. She never accepted or understood the concept of diet food. For her, diet food was something to be eaten while you’re waiting for your steak to cook. Butter was an unavoidable part of Child’s cooking and what she saw were results that no other fats can give in cooking. Her deal was with real butter which is the best thing for cooking French cuisine.
Cooking comes right when you do it with passion, affection, and love. Yes, love is an important ingredient that helps make even an ordinary dish extraordinary. When you cook something with all your heart, without even tasting you would know how delicious that dish would be. Child always looked at cooking as an act of love which she thoroughly enjoyed doing for her beloved husband Paul Cushing Child.
Child famously said “People who love to eat are always the best”, and we couldn’t agree more. If you cook and are surrounded by people who love to eat, then it’s needless to mention that you will excel in cooking just by feeding them. And for some strange reason, we noticed that foodies are kind at heart too.
Julia Child never thought about the outcome of her passion neither did she plan anything big when she joined the culinary school to learn cooking. All she did was to follow her heart and found passion in cooking, in which she kept herself tremendously interested.

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This was just perfect. There was even a roasting spit ready to be used, and the only thing left to do was to serve him up……..
The wolf boy’s expression was one of utter dismay and hurt. But this was a normal reaction, anyone who knows that they had fallen into a trap with their life at stake, would look like the wolf boy now.
“You….. intend to hand me over to these magical beasts?!” He licked his dry lips. Even though he felt that he had lost too much blood and could not last much longer, he still gritted his teeth and blocked the road to the tree. His whole body was tense, and his eyes were narrowed into slits. The hands that were hidden behind his back opened up and the sharp fingernails extended out instantly, ready for action.
The wolves felt their leader’s emotions, and slowly surrounded them with low growls in their throats. The way to the tree had been sealed off completely.
The young girl pouted once, and looked at the tense muscular outline of the youth in front of her. She glanced at the wolves behind him………… Were they treating her like an idiot! It would be strange not to notice such an obvious enmity from them.
“Are you trying to betray your savior who directed you to a place of safety?!” Sue asked sincerely.
“Sorr….” The wolf boy paused, then blushed a little as he nearly apologized. He suddenly realized she was trying to secretly change the topic.
“………..” Who told you your queen was a dwarf…….. Sue nearly fell to the ground with her face flat on it. If this wolf boy did not reveal his true thoughts, she really did not know he actually classified her as a dwarf.
She should just *Meow* his *Woof*!
“………” It was not that she had nothing to say for herself, the issue was they were of different races, and there seemed to be a great misunderstanding here…………… Sue’s little fat arm shot up sharply to her temple and rubbed the throbbing vein back down.
It looked like she had been too lonely in the forest for too long. She was fortunate enough to find someone who could speak, and she really did not want to do anything bad to him. If it was something like when she was in the game, she would have gave him an uppercut and left this bird– wolfbrain alone.
She saw that there was a series of movements from within the foliage, and a familiar black round head popped up from it. There was a pair of glowing, golden yellow eyes at the center of that black round head. It was especially conspicuous.
“………” Sue continued to be speechless. Wonderful, even the boss among the elite magical beast bosses was here, and they directly skipped to the final level.
Waves of despair struck at the wolf boy. Even though he was still willing to battle, he was not stupid. This black panther was clearly the one that led a group of high ranking magical beasts to attack him.
If this panther was here, it would mean the other beasts were nearby. With it in front of him, and the forbidden area that he could not cross behind him……. Even if he was not injured, the possibility of escaping alive was small.
The black panther slowly walked towards them, with a wild boar on its tail……..
“Blam!” It threw the wild boar into the safety zone with its tail. After pausing for a while, it swayed its tail and turned around, went to tree and jumped to its usual spot, closed its eyes and started to nap.
The wolf boy was startled when he saw the loli suddenly blocking him from the panther with her body. He was still under pressure from the black panther’s intimidating figure, until it jumped onto the tree to show that it let him off. He finally sighed with relief, felt his body turn to jelly, and nearly collapsed straight onto the ground.
The wolves whimpered and gathered around him. They stopped surrounding Sue and the little white tiger, and every one of them rushed to the wolf boy’s side, using their fluffy body to rub him in order to get fawned upon and support from him.
“Then do you know why they wanted to join up and attack me?!” The wolf boy frowned, showing that he did not understand why this happened.
The higher ranked magical beasts were not on friendly terms, and acted on their own half the time. There were only a few cases where they would join up and fight together, for example, a very powerful enemy that they could not handle alone, or a creature that drew the ire of the entire magical beasts……. Before he set off, he had heard that only the necromancers’ undead army had this treatment…….
Was this girl treating him like an idiot again?!
The dwarven race actually chose to insult the half-beasts’ intelligence in this manner………..
If it was in the past, invaders who barged into the forest would encounter against magical beasts in charge of their own territory. The magical beast would simply fight to either win as a victor, or was defeated and vanquished……. But it was different now, everyone was friendly with each other, and they needed the exercise.
And so the wolf boy climbed onto their chopping board…….

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Tell us of all the things you would like to see and do and we will tailor a trip to fit your exact dates and requirements! Create a perfect holiday!
Whatever your individual requirements, we are expert at designing a personal itinerary tailor-made to your needs, taking into account the time you have, what you may prefer to see, accommodation, transport and meal preferences. We'll advise you on the must-sees; plan the scenic routes or the quickest connections. What's more, you can tweak our initial proposal, making all the adjustments you need, so it really is a perfect fit for you.
Whilst we have incorporated the major attractions of China in our tour packages and city packages with the diversity that this breath-taking country has to offer, it is impossible to cover it all. So if you would like to tailor your own holiday to China, just feel free to contact us by sending emails to info@islamiChina.com. The team of islamiChina.com is China tour industry's most experienced in Muslim inbound traveling. We know local Muslim community; we know mosques and we know Halal restaurants. We pride ourselves on the extensive travel experience that our team brings - we have visited all the destinations we feature and know them inside-out. This first hand experience and in depth knowledge enables us to design a holiday that matches your individual travel needs with the best China has to offer.
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The Technology Association of Louisville Kentucky (TALK) will be hosting a cybersecurity event titled “Securing the Network Perimeter Against Bad Actors.” This free event is on Thursday, August 18th, from 5:00 to 8:00 PM located at the new Genscape Headquarters on 1140 Garvin Place, Louisville, KY 40203. This talk will address strategies to set up to avoid cyberattacks necessary in large and small corporate environments, as well as related threat intelligence, and security measures necessary. For attendees, there will also be a networking dinner. NOTE: There will be a valuable cybersecurity offer from our sponsors, Fortinet, and Level 3, to all companies in attendance.
To register, go to https://securingthenetwork.eventbrite.com or send email to: dawny@talklou.com.
Our experts at Level 3 Communications have cited several statistics that indicate that over time, the bad actors have gotten better. The average cost of a corporate data breach has grown to $4 million dollars per incident, a 29 percent increase since 2013. The number of security incidents increased 38 percent in the last two years. These bad actors are not strictly targeting large corporations, but small businesses as well, according to the annual Ponemon Cost of Data Breach Study.
In 2016, fifty-five percent of all cyberattacks are either carried out or facilitated by employees within the walls of a business, according to IBM. Of those attacks, 31.5 percent are intentional. Spear phishing makes it easier to infiltrate malware, and poor password controls have made it simpler to pull out data. This means that the insider threats are getting tougher to detect, and IT assets are getting more distributed and harder to defend. In this age of Internet of Things and cloud computing we see data protection moving inward as well.
Level 3 Communications Bruce Roton has over 37 years of experience in the Information Technology industry with the past 12 years focused on information security and security operations management. He is currently the Director of Security Solutions Architecture at Level 3 Communications. Mr. Roton is also engaged in leading edge security research and development to drive the evolution of security from legacy technologies to intelligence based mitigation systems. These future systems will be learning and adaptive, and based on functional profiling and behavior. Prior to this position he spent over 7 years at Verizon’s Cybertrust/Teremark Division as a Security Engineering Manager, and Director of Security and Cloud Engineering. He has also held positions as a Security Consultant, Security/Network Systems Engineer, Director of Customer Support and senior programmer (both applications and OS).
Businesses face evolving DDoS attacks, infections by dangerous new forms of malware, APTs, and social engineering attempts intended to compromise their valuable information. Each year, the number of data breaches increases, and organizations scramble to thwart attackers through a variety of approaches.
The presentation opens with a review of trends in the security space around Operational Environments, Threat Actors, and Threat Mitigation strategies. We then explore how attackers typically breach security defenses and the common mistakes that allow them in. Next, the presenter will review advanced analytic approaches that effective IT security teams can take to manage evolving threats, adhere to regulatory and industry compliance standards, and efficiently manage headcount and budgets, as they evaluate new security solutions. Lastly, the session will hone in on methods to detect what others miss by defining and searching for Indicators of Compromise with a set of practical recommendations.
1. What are the trends in the Security market, and why are traditional security strategies becoming less and less effective.
2. What are the latest technologies and techniques for identifying Indicators of Compromise (IOCs).
TALK is one of 53 tech councils in America and represents the Louisville, Kentucky marketplace. Our mission is economic and workforce development which includes STEAM curriculum and cyber education.

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Swimwear is something that many people dread having to wear, but for a trip to the beach or a holiday it is unavoidable. Like many things in fashion however, get the right style and your swimwear can work with your body to make you look and feel fabulous. In the past, the only choices were a one-piece or a bikini in a few different colours, but now there are thousands of styles and designs to choose from to suit every shape and size. Check out ASDA George’s swimwear range for some fantastic figure flattering styles. Find your shape below for advice on what suits you best.
Pear-shaped ladies are blessed with a booty and some fantastic womanly hips. Make the most of your shape in either a bikini or a swimsuit that has detail on the top to balance out your bottom half. There are loads of fantastic one-piece swimming costumes available that have a plain lower half, and a pattern on the bust area, these are a juicy pear’s best friend.
When it comes to bikinis, there is absolutely no reason to shy away. This year, mixing and matching your bikini separates is very in vogue, so why not try a top with a pattern and some embellishment, and contrast with bottoms in a block colour. Complete the look with some accessories, continuing the balancing act with a statement necklace, bold earrings or a sun hat.
A great deal of women in the UK fall under the apple-shaped category, and it is the one group that seems to hate swimsuits the most. With plenty of beautiful swimwear that will suit this body shape available there is no need to worry. These can be super affordable too with supermarket clothing range George at ASDA having such great value options.
You apple ladies will likely feel most confident if your perceived trouble areas are not completely exposed. This leaves two options, the all-in-one costume, or the tankini. Plain fabric tankinis will make you look slimmer if you are not feeling too confident, and some detailing around the bust with draw the eye up your body. If you want a bit more control opt for a one-piece that is high in lycra, or a ruched side so the fabric hides any bits you want to conceal.
Everyone wants to be slim all over, but it can make women feel quite boyish and unfeminine. Luckily there are some great swimwear options to help give the illusion of curves, where they may not naturally occur.
Because you don’t need to worry about your tummy, bikinis very much have the green light for banana shapes. The brighter and more extravagant the better, and patterns and embellishment will draw attention to the bust and hip area making you appear more curvaceous. Tassels are very in this summer and are one of the top ways to add volume to flatter chests.
Whatever your shape and size, look and feel amazing this summer in some of 2013’s best swimwear fashions. There is something for everyone so grab your towel and head for the beach.


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One of the main benefits of probiotic foods can be the gut healing properties that the good bacteria brings. This helps immune systems to stay healthy - something that we need more of as we get older, it seems!
It’s observed that as we age, there is less and less microbe activity in our gut. This is can be why many consider older people to have weaker immune and digestive systems.
While it’s not guaranteed this will happen to you when you reach your golden years, there may be some preventative measures to postpone irritable bowel symptoms.
Perhaps parents should say "eat your probiotics" instead of "eat your greens"!
There are several studies where teams of researchers investigated the results of good bacteria on worms. Two studies in particular (referenced below) found significant lifespan increases in the worms that were exposed to a probiotic bacterium called Bacillus subtilis.
Experts from the National University of Rosario explain that they conducted their testings on worms because “the ageing regulatory pathways of this worm used as an animal model have been conserved along the evolution, and they are basically the same as the human ones”.
There also needs to be more studies to find a correlation between longevity and probiotics directly, but currently, we only have the ageing worms to aid in continuing research.
While there is no direct proof yet that probiotics can definitely extend our lifespan, you can see the many benefits of including fermented foods into our everyday diet.
At the end of the day, if you do want to live a life with healthy gut flora, fermented foods could potentially be one of the best ways to help.

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MW Recruitment: currently 6 jobs.The latest job was posted on 20 Apr 19.

industry_corpus2: Finance & Economics


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we are pleased to announce the availability of Heimdal 7 release candidate 1 (i.e. 7.0.1).
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Scuba Minion Dave is just a fun guy to be around. You may find him around at our events. You can also find Scuba Minion Dave on Facebook.
Valentine's Day 2018, Scuba Minion Dave had an admirer. He proposed his love to her in return with a video.
Scuba Minion Dave and Pumpkin made their relationship official February 16th, 2018.
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“Each boxing match is a story, a unique and highly condensed drama without words."
The archetype of a boxing writer is some hardboiled guy brimming with cynicism and chomping on a cigar. But that description only goes so far. Guys named Homer, Virgil, Egan, Byron, Hemingway, and Mailer wrote about boxing, and some of them never touched tobacco.
Into this guild of two-fisted guardians protecting the last bastion of male exclusivity from the poisonous onslaught of women’s lib comes a willowy creature full of talent who digs the fights. Joyce Carol Oates has three names and deserves every one of them. Not only is she one of America’s great novelists. She is also a savvy critic of the fight game.
Like many of us, Joyce Carol Oates came upon boxing by accident. Her father loved the game and left dog-eared copies of The Ring lying around their home in upstate New York. Those old mags with their baroque graphics and black and white photos were as compelling then as they are today and caught the attention of an inquisitive dark-eyed little girl.
Even as a child, Oates was an astute and wary observer of the rites of man, and she was repelled and attracted to the strange beauty and beautiful violence that made everyone’s heart beat faster.
Much has happened since then. Ms. Oates has been much published and much praised for the quality of her oeuvre, but she never lost her fascination for and abhorrence of the manly art.
On Boxing by Joyce Carol Oates is as fine a book on the subject as any ever written. If she had written under a pseudonym, something butch rather than fem, her treatise on the world’s cruelest sport would be praised to the high heavens, instead of being attacked as the work of some broad.
Although women boxers now grace our ranks with alacrity and grace, the fight game is still, for better or worse, a boys’ club.
Boxing might indeed be only like itself, but it found a home — albeit rancorous and uncongenial — in the broader category of sport.
Boxing is a hurting business, no one emerges unscathed, but Oates sees beauty in the ugliness. She also understands boxing better than boxing understands itself.
Boxing may be akin to dance and music, but it wins the brutality sweepstakes — even allowing for classical ballet and the mosh pit — without much of a fight.
Oates concedes that boxing, at least conceptually, is appalling, but less appalling than round after round of oppression, economic collapse, famine, and war.
Tyson’s talent has abated, he can no longer show us what he can do, but he is no more boxing than a redwood is a forest. Boxing is layered, dense, complex, comprehensive, and deadly serious.
Joyce Carol Oates, despite her gender, perhaps because of it, rips the veil of misconceptions disguising the sport of sports.
Tyson is a horrible example of a boxer. He was trained for the sport by a man with a mind for boxing, but Tyson himself is a brute emotionally, mentally, and spiritually. He is only showing his sensitive side now because that’s what happens to a brute who’s powers have been stripped. If he had the mindset for boxing, nothing could have taken away his dominance. Ali is the greatest example. He went through a longer period of persecution. HIS opponents came not to survive, but to fight. Tyson’s power was fear. Once he lost his opponents stopped fearing him, he started losing. Him biting Holyfeild’s ear was a display of weak-mindedness and loss of personal control. He is no boxer. He is a brute trained in the arts of boxing. Her using him as an example to rip into the sweet science just shows how little she understands it. Boxing is about mininmizing mistakes and capitalizing on your opponent’s mistakes. Not about being an animal. It’s a mental war expressed in physical form. It’s not a fight. It’s boxing. As for her book, I will only read it of someone gives it to me as a gift. She has no support from me. -Ray Jacobs, Future World Champion.
Actually, Mailer was a wimp and a woman beater. I have a video of him fighting with Rip Torn and he scratches and pulls hair. Unreal. Rip ripped him a new one.
Boxing writers come in all shapes and forms. Lots of wannabes and those who would like to associate with macho types. Dangerous to stereotype them. But most have a penchant for the dramtic and for history.


text: Staff Reporter Windhoek The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) is requesting members of the public to assist in tracing three witnesses who are needed take the stand in a corruption case currently unfolding in Swakopmund Magistrate’s Court. According to ACC spokesperson Albertus Mbanga, the trio who reside at the coast are vital to the corruption case the ACC is spearheading. The three are Kutyowa Akwilinus Shikale, a Namibian male, ID 860808 00888, whose last known address is Erf 32, Omuthiya Street, Kuisebmond, Walvis Bay; Vatileni Shivute, a Namibian male, ID 880704 0025, whose last known address is Erf 6612, Twhangana Street, Kuisebmond, Walvis Bay; and Efraim Mwalopange, also a Namibian male, ID 860214 00682, whose last known address is Erf 32, Omuthiya Street, Walvis Bay. Mbanga noted that the trio should immediately get in touch with the Anti-Corruption Commission’s regional office in Swakopmund or alternatively contact the investigating officer, Steven Kativa on 064-418312 or 081-2776767; or senior investigating officer Frieda Kanyama on 064-418312 or 081-2929480; or Nelius Becker, chief of investigation and prosecution on 081-1299215. Should any member of the public have any information on the whereabouts of Shikale, Shivute or Mwalopange they should not hesitate to contact the aforementioned ACC investigative officers.

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I miss my father a lot. He died of a heart attack while scuba diving over 20 years ago. I was 31 years old. It was way too soon for me to lose him. I doubt there is a day I don’t think about him.
I needed him then, but I need him now even more. I have some questions I need to ask him, but he is not here to ask.
After my father died, a business associate of his said to me, “Your father died without enemies. For a man as wildly successful as your father, I can’t think of a higher compliment.” That has been a comfort to me over the years. I pray the same could be said of his children. He was honest, fair and generous to a fault. Rare qualities.
Near the time of the funeral, a boyhood friend of my father asked me, “Did he ever tell you about the time he laid down his Harley?” He went on to tell me about my father’s motorcycle accident that Dad never got around to telling me about. That explained why he would never allow me to ride a motorcycle on the street. We had a motorcycle that I was able to ride on the ranch, but never on the road. He protected me.
He cared patiently for my mother while she suffered with multiple sclerosis for 20 years. He taught me patience and tenderness where it really counts.
He taught me how to ride, care for and love horses when I was a young boy. He played eight tracks of Johnny Cash and the Sons of the Pioneers and Frankie Lane. He took me snow skiing when I was only 6 years old. He loved to laugh every day, and he taught me how important it was to see the humor in everything. He taught me to always look things up in the dictionary and encyclopedia if I didn’t know what a word meant or if I was unfamiliar with a topic. In fact, he bought me my very own set of encyclopedias when I was 8 or 9 years old (Britannica Junior). Without him really trying to pass these things on, all the things he took the time to teach me have meant something to me my whole life.
He used to say to me, “It doesn’t matter so much what you are as who you are.” It took me a lot of years to figure out what that one meant. He also used to say, “I’ll give you something to cry about!” And he often did do something if I didn’t stop crying—something I did a little too often when I was a boy.
In spite of his mistakes and quirks, I love him and miss him dearly. In fact, I think I love him more because of his quirks and mistakes.
Dad, thank you for being you and teaching me the difference between a good man, an average man, and a great man.
your disappointments. Whatever your relationship with your father, God placed him there so you could help each other, no matter the good or bad things either of you have done in your life. May you have the courage to speak your mind and heart to him this Father’s Day.
Thanks Daddy! I miss Papa Fitz too, I often think about him . And thank YOU for being a great dad too, I think about you every day too and I'm glad I've learned so many really wonderful things from you.


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The government’s lackadaisical approach has left temporary police, also called Myadi Prahari, hired for local level elections at their wits’ end. They are facing a hard time, as they have not been paid a single penny even a week after they started their training. While their drills have been affected, they are struggling to manage food and lodging.
The government has hired 75,000 individuals as temporary police, and since April 7 they are undergoing 13-day training at district police offices. They have been hired as backup for Nepal Police and are supposed to help in arranging lines at voting booths during the elections set for May 14.
Police chiefs of many districts said that these temporary recruits undergo exhaustive drills every day and their diet has been compromised for the lack of budget. So far these hirees have been managing food and other stuff either on credit or brining them from home.
According to DIG KC, those who are unable to afford daily meals have asked police offices to help arrange food and lodging at restaurants and hotels on credit.
The problem is even bigger in Hill districts where people from the far-flung areas have been selected and the training is conducted at the district headquarters and some police units. These recruits either have to make hours-long round trips or must stay in hotels in the district headquarters, for which they need cash.
Rasuwa is a case in point. Many who have been selected to work as temporary police are from places as far as a day’s walk from the district headquarters. Since police personnel in the district themselves are living in tents, these recruits are left with no option than to stay in hotels in Dhunche, the district headquarters, where they have to shell out money from their pockets.
The problem is no different in Kathmandu.
“They are having a hard time,” admitted SSP Chabilal Joshi, chief of the Metropolitan Police Range, Kathmandu.
He, however, hoped that the problem would be resolved within a few days. Since the Cabinet has already approved the budget, the Nepal Police Headquarters will soon release the funds,” he said.
According to estimates, around Rs 3 billion will be required for 75,000 temporary cops for their 55-day work. The date of recruitment starts from April 4.
Each temporary cop will get a monthly remuneration of Rs 17,230 besides rations.
Bal Krishna Panthee, spokesperson for the Ministry of Home Affairs, said Rs 2 billion has already been released by the Ministry of Finance.
“Following concerns and complaints, we have directed subordinate units to make some arrangements so that these recruits could manage food and lodging on credit for now,” he said, adding the headquarters would soon write to the Ministry of Finance for additional budget.


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Wooden Carving Elephant demands all the praise in the world and is a beautiful product handcrafted by skilled artisans with immense precision. It a home decor item which can be placed in showcases and tables in home and offices too. It can also be used for gifting purpose.
We are manufacturer and wholesale dealer of all types of wooden handicraft articles of deties, elephants, etc.
We specialize in temple architecture, temple contracts and temple marble carving & designing. we deal in manufacturing, supply and trading of stone sculptures of marble eg statues like elephants, lion, tiger, peacock, human & other, front like entrance decorative gates, stair case, stone chairs, corners, stone fountain, garden articles, marble pillar carving etc.
We Offer Marble Elephant etc.

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A Plum Pie Media project.
'When We Have All Gone Home' was a school-holiday project , whereby young people came back to an empty school to animated everything they could find. The animation took place over 3 days during Easter 2007 at Rawmarsh City Learning Centre, Rotherham.


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On Sept. 19, the Chairman of the Housing Authority of the City of Austin (HACA) and NAHRO President Carl S. Richie, Jr. joined HACA President and CEO Michael Gerber, HUD Secretary Ben Carson and Federal Housing Commissioner Brian Montgomery to commemorate the groundbreaking of HACA’s redevelopment of one of its public housing properties, Goodrich Place.
The new community, renamed Pathways at Goodrich Place, is being redeveloped as part of HUD’s Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD) program. RAD provides ways to address the unmet capital needs of affordable, federally assisted rental housing. It authorizes the conversion of a property’s public housing funding to Section 8 funding, which can leverage private investment for development and rehabilitation. Pathways at Goodrich Place represents the 100,000th public housing unit to be converted through RAD.
Pathways at Goodrich Place will replace 40 public housing units with 120 mixed-income homes. All current Goodrich residents will have the right to return to the property once construction is complete, and the redevelopment will result in significant quality-of-life improvements for residents and the community.
NAHRO, established in 1933, is a membership organization of almost 20,000 housing and community development agencies and professionals throughout the United States whose mission is to create affordable housing and safe, viable communities that enhance the quality of life for all Americans, especially those of low- and moderate-income. NAHRO's membership administers more than 3 million housing units for 7.6 million people.


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When your parking lot lines, speed bumps, arrows and handicaps are freshly painted it shows that you take pride in your business and makes your place of business look great. You can take help of professionals for parking lot striping in Charlotte.
When you choose your provider there are a couple things you can do to make sure you are get a quality job. First, visit the providers website. Is there website professionally done or does it look like they just threw it up in a day? Look for pictures of their work. Do their lines look straight? Is there any overspray?
Do they use nice stencils, or do they used outdated or ugly fonts and arrows? Line painting should always offer free quotes, so when they come in to estimate your parking lot it is a good opportunity to get a sense of what kind of people are working for the company.
Here are some other things to consider. Line painting should only be done in warmer weather and the road needs to be completely dry. It can not be done when the pavement is damp from rainfall.


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Not going to lie, I read Pierce Brown’s post in the voice of the grandpa in The Princess Bride.
In addition to teasing treason, war, romance, destruction, betrayal, twists (AND turns), foxes, space knights, duels, whiskey, crumbling empire and trips to Mercury jungles and Mars tunnels, all packed into a “swervy turvy adrenaline shot of a plot,” Brown notes that we probably couldn’t have guessed the cover image because we haven’t met the Gorgons yet.
What are Gorgons? Or potentially more to the point, WHO are Gorgons? Are they snakes or are they actual people represented by some kind of snake symbol?
Right now, we can only speculate. But we have heard “Gorgon” before (outside of greek mythology). Gorgon Island is the name of the island on Venus on which the Ash Lord’s fortress was hidden. It’s possible that’s where Gorgons live, but that seems almost too obvious. I’m more inclined to think the island was named after a group of people, perhaps its conquerers. Or maybe it was the original home of a bunch of slithering, black snakes…?
Lysander recognizes it as an old war relic, but he doesn’t go into details about its meaning. He also seems fairly in awe of Pandora, who’s old now but still fairly terrifying (she nearly gouges his eye out).
The snake implant on her hand may be completely unrelated to the cover of Dark Age, of course. But it seems worth noting, right? And given that this woman was something of a myth to Lysander, she seems important enough that we could see Pandora again in the future, whether or not she has anything to do with the Gorgons.
I’m not sure if we can read that as confirmation, but pitvipers would line up with what he mentioned about Dark Age taking us to the tunnels of Mars, which is certainly where you’d want to go if you were foolish enough to go looking for a pitviper.
Dark Age is already available to preorder over at Random House Books (and other places that sell good books).
Next: Next post: Dark Age Official Description Teases Death, Destruction, Redemption And… A New POV?


text: These are wonderful. What a great match. There is no one like Rafa, no one with his heart and his spirit and his determination and mental strength. Thank you for these. You and Juan are great!


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Abri-Form Junior is Abena’s disposable diapers for teenagers and children, designed specifically to fit juniors between 5-15 years that suffer from quick and uncontrolled urination.
Abena’s youth diapers offer a narrower core and a smaller leg cut, which makes them a perfect choice as incontinence diapers for teenagers. It is designed to look more like ordinary underwear with printed textil-like backsheet. Strong curved elastics and flexible tapes give an optimum and variable fit, also making this junior incontinence product a suitable solution when looking for diapers for disabled children.
Abri-Form Junior is fully breathable and has a specially designed non-woven sub-layer which spreads the liquid providing quicker absorption and makes the user feel dry even after leakage.
Developed specifically for 24 hour incontinent juniors between 5-15 years with quick and uncontrolled urination.


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A quick snippet about a MUST-SEE. I saw Abrahamse and Meyer’s production of Richard III at the Market Theatre in 2011 and was BLOWN AWAY. Lots of CAPS, bolds, italics and underlinings in this blog. You get it ? EmphaSIS. So based on that I made sure I saw the same directors’ production of Hamlet in 2017. And now Abrahamse and Meyer’s production of Macbeth comes straight from its debut at the 11th International Shakespeare Festival in Craiova Romania.
The production features direction, set and lighting design by Fred Abrahamse, costume design by Marcel Meyer, illusions by Matthew Baldwain and a soundscape by Charl-Johan Lingenfelder. Abrahamse and Meyer have also collaborated on the puppet design and creation. Gayle Edmunds on Channel 24 describes the roles of the 6 actor all-male cast: With the aid of puppets, masks and simple costume changes Stephen Jubber morphs from Duncan to Macduff, and Tristan de Beer from Third Witch to Lady Macbeth, to Fleance. Tailyn Ramsamy meanwhile takes on the roles of Banquo and Lady Macduff. The final members of the cast are Matthew Baldwin (First Witch, Malcolm, Murderer and Ross) and Jeremy Richard (Second Witch, Donalbain, Porter and Murderer).
This is one production I am NOT going to miss.
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The tickets (book through Computicket) for this two-hour production cost from R100 – R180.
The 3 witches with eerily portrayed with animal skulls and horns amid swirling smoke. In Shakespeare’s time women were not allowed to appear on the stage so it is apposite that the 3 witches are played by men.

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People have been very open about their opinions of the couple, mostly because Beckinsale is 20 years older than Davidson. Davidson opened up about the relationship for the first time during the “Weekend Update” segment when Colin Jost asked him if he’d like to talk about it, according to Page Six.
“Apparently, people have this crazy fascination with our age difference, but it doesn’t really bother us,” Davidson told Jost.
Davidson pointed out that a big age difference in relationships isn’t uncommon in Hollywood or other industries. He mentioned names of men who have dated much younger women, including Leonardo DiCaprio, Richard Gere, Scott Disick and Donald Trump.
How could you not spot this couple?


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Advantage Mobility is delivered by the Community Interest Company Advantage Social Enterprise CIC Ltd.
A community Interest Company is a type of company, designed particularly for social enterprises that want to use their profits and assets for the public good. At Advantage, this means that we have decided to use our profits to first ensure the cost of our premises, The Lifestyle Centre, which will also be used by Age UK Nottingham & Nottinghamshire to provide advice and assessment, and then any surplus will be donated to Age UK Notts to help them continue their work with older people of Nottingham & Nottinghamshire.
Advantage Mobility, based at The Lifestyle Centre in Nottingham (NG2 2JD), sells a wide range of daily living aids and mobility solutions to help people maintain their independence.
We were concerned by the number of companies that sell mobility scooters and solutions to the public over the internet without any assessment, which can lead to people having scooters which aren’t appropriate to their needs and that can put them at risk of injury. Some retailers also fail to provide sufficient training or only provide expensive solutions. As such, we at Advantage Mobility are committed to properly assessing customers to ensure they get the right and best mobility solution for their needs.
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Advantagemobility.co.uk also contains hundreds of daily living aids which are available to buy instantly. These are brought to you in partnership with Able2, a leading supplier of daily living aids and rehabilitation products.


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Looking to buy a cheap used Iveco car in Maida Vale or even a discounted used car? We can help you to find the cheapest used Iveco cars in Maida Vale on the Internet.
We will help you find a used Iveco car in Maida Vale by searching our ever growing database of used Iveco car classifieds and used Iveco car listings. Used car dealers sell their stock through us and you will also find many used car supermarkets advertising their used Iveco car stock through our site. So if you are looking to buy a used Iveco car in Maida Vale then look no further than us.

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text: I will admit that I have a rather large shoe collection. A collection that covers most colours and even a wide variety of shades. I will also admit that this is maybe because I have a VERY slight shoe obsession (counselling not required, I swear). However because I have so many already, this means I am always on the hunt for something really different to add to my collection, which led me to try the Miz Mooz Nico heels from Royal Vintage Shoes.

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As attendees arrived up the escalator they were greeted by Andy, Herb and Carolyn who ran the Registration Booth. Once checked into their rooms attendees entered the Conference area from the elevators.
What attendees saw projected onto the 9 foot by 12 foot screen in the main speaking room was operated behind-the-scenes by CJ Sheppers, Richard Hubbard and Richard Heryford. Additionally all images that were projected onto the big screen were also seen on three 30" monitors at the back of the room, and in both Exhibit area's.
Just to the left of the registration desk, along the outer edge of the foyer, was ESV Co, TFH Publications, Advanced Reef Technologies, SpectraPure, Fancy Publications and Cercona. Behind the registration desk was Warner Marine Research, Dirks, Aquarium Supply and Surplus, Marine Ornamentals 99, Aquarium Pharmacuetical, Perfecto Mfg., Contempo Aquatics and US Aquarium.
Upon enetring the foyer the BRIGHTEST exhibit was Sea Dwelling Creatures with their awesome reef tank and livestock. Behind them was CPR, Wasatch Marine, FAMA and Coral Technologies.
Towards the middle of the foyer was Stanley Brown of the Breeders Registry, Tropical Science and A&T Woodworking. Looking back across the foyer West Coast Aquatics and MASNA.
At the opposing end of the foyer was ECO Systems, KNOP, Aqua Trends / Harbor Aquatics and Marine Depot.
The main exhibit room contained the greater number of exhibitors starting with the MASLA Sales Booth which offered Polo Shirts, T-Shirts, MACNA X Video Tapes, SPS Fragments, Tank Raised Clowns, Cardinals and Psuedochomis's, along with a wide assortment of extremely attractively priced drygoods, books ( with Author signings ) and Mangrove Pods.
Just to the opposite side of the door was Microcosm, Ocean Nutrition, Aquadyne, and facing the door was Aquatic Revolution and Energy Savers / Coralife. Down the middle row was Champion Lighting, Niche Engineering, Hamilton Technologies, Aquatronics, Neptune Systems, Aquarium Systems, and Tetra Second Nature.
Across the rear row was Marineland, RK2 Systems, Aquatic Eco Systems, Marilyns Fishy Business, Hiatt Distributors and Rainbow Lifegaurd. Flanking the exhibitors across one side of the room was Fish Dimension Supply.
Bob Keane and Mrs. Daniel Knop making pitches for their products, behind them are the Aquatrends / Harbor Aquatics and Aquatic ECO Systems booths.
Bruce Carlson, of the Waikiki Aquarium, participates in the MACNA X On-Line Chat Room that ran the entire lenght of the conference in which each speaker was a part of following their presentation. All Internet services were provided by John Benn of PetsForum Group.
The MASLA Sales Booth. All the exhibitors, such as Tetra, recieved tremendous exposure.
Aquarium Systems displayed one of the many exciting aquariums as well as their new products. Once one was wore out touring the 57+ exhibit booths, the WESTIN Hotels Ocean Terrace was a great place to sit, relax, discuss and enjoy the Long Beach harbors great view.
A special thanks to Bill Rose for his assistance and contribution of the above photographs.

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Square Enix Forums > Games > Hitman Series > HITMAN > Just picked the full game up [Video] too much choice!
View Full Version : Just picked the full game up [Video] too much choice!
I just picked this game up after the initial buzz seems to have worn off, I have done the first two missions really enjoyed them. I have to say the variety and choices available are amazing. The replay value is huge here.
Welcome! Glad to hear you're enjoying the game! :) Out of interest, what is the theme you have on your PS Home-screen in the video?
You have some DAYS OF HIGH ADVENTURE ahead of you, my friend.
Please do! I don't care if it is old stuff, I love seeing how people pull contracts off!
it's frustrating also, because there could be SO much more choice without the damn triggered events.;) The Marrakesh "Poster Boy" one comes to mind.
Could you be a little more specific? Triggering Poster Boy requires that you go to a literal corner of the map where basically nothing else is happening.
that's exactly it. We shouldn't have to run over, or look at a sheet of paper, and then go back and trigger the event to happen. They will not move unless you go over to them. Same w/bare knuckle boxer. Novikov should drink the drink regardless. If you miss the opportunity to poison it, oh well. But no, we have to look at the ingredient list in basement which will trigger Viktor to actually drink it., run up & poison. It's hand holding nonsense.


text: The time is ticking and we have only ten weeks to our meeting in Smolenice. I would like to thank you for all the registrations, which we have obtained so far. To ease the work of the organization committee and to make your attendance to the meeting as pleasurable experience as possible we decided to introduce registration deadline set to 20th of March 2014. After that date the late registration will cost 50 Euro in addition to normal registration fees. Also, we would like to encourage “as soon as possible payment” of the registration fees. The number of the rooms in the castle is limited and we book them according to the rule: “first paid, first served”. We are also pleased to announce that the abstracts will be published in the official SDRM Journal, MAGNESIUM RESEARCH. We hope to see as many of you as possible in Smolenice to enjoy science, special atmosphere of the castle, good food and wine, and the old and new friendships.

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Re-blogged today as it was one of the most popular posts on the blog.
She could sing, she knew that because sometimes she would hide in the reeds of the riverbank and harmonise with the birds who lived alongside – mostly they were not the greatest of songsters, the ducks, herons, woodpeckers, jays who lived in the river and the trees by it but they sat of an evening and made music for their own entertainment.
A bard, however, must know more than just singing – a bard must know history – so Otter sat under the trees and listened to them talking, she dived under the water of the river and let the water talk into her ears. Rather than just swimming through the water, she asked the water to tell her of its life, its experience, the mountain snows where the water had come from, the sea where it was going.
But the wise ones, the owls, the nightingales, the long-memory horses, the superior cats, the hunting dogs, the clever corvids all snorted and told her that bards were not fishmongers.
One night, when the animals gathered together for the solstice, each to their own stone, in a circle, facing the centre where the moonlight shone and the spirit made herself known, something moved the otter to stand on her hind legs and sing, sing the song of the river where she lived, the song of the trees who had stood for hundreds of years, the song of the stones under which she made her holt, the song of the earth where she breathed her sleeping snores each night.
And as she sang, each creature joined in for their own song was woven into that song until all life offered up one song – birds, insects, mammals, the stones and trees, all of creation offered up one song of Solstice to the spirit and a ribbon of multicoloured hue rose from the earth to the sky to tie them together. And in that moment the clouds covered the face of the Moon apart from one beam that shone on the otter to make a circlet on her head – the gold of a grateful Queen to her Bard.
Standing on her hind legs, her forepaws clasped to her chest and her eyes closed, the otter swayed to the music and knew that the next day she would still be a fishmonger but also a bard and for that she would be forever grateful.
This tale appears in the Anthology “Once Upon A Time”, the proceeds from which go to a charity for children with reading difficulties. Click on the picture to buy it.
Thank you – there will be more in the series. Otter has a lot of adventures on her journey to become a proper Bard!
Beautiful and evocative story. More please.
Utterly charming and so full of hope!
Oh thank you! Yes, it was written in hope because it really doesn’t matter what your “day job” is – you can still become whatever it is you want to be. If we don’t have dreams, what do we have?
Love them otters! 🙂 A delightful story and I think an otter bard is as natural as a fish monger for them.


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It’s been around 48 hours since WordPress 3.4 beta 1 was officially released, with around 20 new tickets opened, and at least as much closed since then, there are currently 171 tickets open.
Let’s see what changed this week in 3.4 and future releases of WordPress.
A little while back jQuery Masonry was introduced to help with variable height header images. A week later it was stopped from being enqueued, and this week, jQuery Masonry is out of the picture altogether.
So, why the sudden change of heart? Ticket #20345 pretty much explains it all. Some markup or incompatibility issues were found. jQuery Masonry is still planned on, though, but for now the new ticket awaits review. No milestones have been assigned.
Fixes some of the issues raised in ticket #19756 regarding missing and incorrect inline documentation.
At the moment, WordPress 3.4 beta 1 inline documentation contains quite a lot of errors. See if you can contribute to get some out of the way. Minimum PHP knowledge is required.
Icons that are twice as large have been introduced for retina displays. .icon32 classes are available along with the necessary images. You can get these if you device matches the @media only screen and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 1.5) media query.
It isn’t yet clear how custom icons for menu items are going to be given the advantage of going retina.
Speaking of handheld devices, a mysterious black box was reported on the iPad.
Gets the ability to apply background and header images from the Media Library, see changeset 20358 and a link to customize the currently applied theme, among some other changes this week.
A new filter is introduced. It has found its way into the getHeaderValue() method which is used by several methods of the HTTP API.
Around an hour ago the WP_User class got a new method: exists(). The method is a simple one-liner and here it comes: return ! empty( $this->ID );. Cheers to cleaner code.
Quick update: A couple of moments later WP_Theme got its own exists() method.
So how are you finding WordPress 3.4 beta 1? Like it?
good post, hope the stable 3.4 will release soon. btw, thanks for helping me on focus keyword error. thanks n hope we could be friend….


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The Freeh report, of course, not only implicated former President Graham Spanier, Athletic Director Tim Curley, VP for Finance & Business Gary Schultz, and Joe Paterno in a calculated coverup of child sexual abuse, but it implicated the entire culture at Penn State as the reason for the concealment. That report — and Freeh’s reputation — have come under intense scrutiny since he released the report, which most people paying attention to this story would say makes some significant reaches in logic. However, this is the first time anyone from the President’s Office at Penn State (or any of Penn State’s leaders in general) has publicly criticized the report. Former President Rodney Erickson, as well as Board of Trustees leadership, have refused to refute any of the report’s conclusions in the time since it was released.
Barron’s position on the Freeh report has remained somewhat guarded before today. The AP interview comes only two days after a Daily Collegian profile quoted him as saying “The Freeh report, I don’t think, has a great deal of significance for the institution at this point in time.” Barron has previously pledged to conduct a thorough review of the Freeh report himself, but has remained silent on its progress.
Barron also weighed in on the now nullified NCAA sanctions in the AP interview today, saying that the NCAA overreached in its decision to sanction the football team (also something his predecessor and Board leadership have refused to do).
Kudos to President Barron for saying something that no one in Old Main has had the courage to say in three years.


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Microsoft BizTalk Server does the heavy lifting, but it's the little things that count — and the BTS LOB Adapter Pack could do so much for you behind the scenes that it might justify your licenses all by itself.
I've been accused of shilling for Microsoft often enough that it doesn't annoy me anymore, and there's certainly some truth in the accusation, especially where Microsoft BizTalk is concerned. I think BizTalk is cooler than Elvis. But every so often I can actually be smug about it, and the current state of BizTalk's Adapter Pack gives me just such an occasion.
We justify paying through the nose for BizTalk licenses with its B2B capacity and sheer infrastructure muscle. But the line-of-business (LOB) adapters have lots of less glamorous uses that are so simple, fast, and useful (and above all, cheap!) that they should have a moment in the spotlight.
The LOB Adapters are canned application integration. They're designed to do easily-configured drill-down into Oracle, SAP, Seibel, SQL Server, and other data sources, surfacing data from either side of a potential transaction so you can get your mapping on, then point it where you will. And most of the time, you can do it without writing a line of code.
When I say codeless, I mean codeless. Your database coughs up a schema of a table that needs some love, and you generate XML for the mapping (any database or ERP system will offer this up with a few mouse-clicks). You (or a user, for that matter) create a form for the transaction with InfoPath (and do a desktop deployment, or have SharePoint host it), and the BizTalk Mapper lets you hook the two together any way you please.
You can create forms for inputting data into one or more tables, for modifying existing data, for reporting, whatever you like - and you don't have to write any code. Oh, you can create the web form in .NET if you just can't help yourself, and you may need to write a stored procedure on the data source side if you're getting fancy with the data. But you can create a toy like this (or, for that matter, a great many) in one sitting, and have it deployed in production on the same day you create it, if that suits you.
What works codelessly and painlessly between a database and a user is just as codeless and painless between two databases. Migrating a table (or many) from one back-end platform to another is just as convenient, using the adapters, as a front-to-back transaction. Source and target offer up their schemas, you map them to each other as needed, and you're in business in a single sitting.
You can do this A-to-B move manually and in real time, if it suits you, but BizTalk Server is built to facilitate automation. So a scenario that requires transport of data between data platforms on some regular schedule (or, for that matter, in some event-driven mode) is as easily built and deployed as a one-shot move. Even that is no great trick if you're skilled with T-SQL or PL-SQL or SSIS; but when SAP and Seibel enter the equation, the ease-of-use the adapters offer becomes a massive time-saver.
This particular adapter isn't in the LOB Pack, but it comes canned with BizTalk all the same, and is just as easy to use. What can we do with this one? If you're a SharePoint shop, you know that a SharePoint List is just a SQL table in disguise. How cool is it, to be able to populate a SharePoint list from a non-SQL source? Mixing and matching from among your enterprise data sources, you can basically publish data from ANY source to and from SharePoint sites, and let your SharePoint users drive. And with the adapters, you don't have to build any special machinery to get it done.
Okay, so I'm shilling. But I'm also pretty smug.
Scott Robinson is a 20-year IT veteran with extensive experience in business intelligence and systems integration. An enterprise architect with a background in social psychology, he frequently consults and lectures on analytics, business intelligence and social informatics, primarily in the health care and HR industries.