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BOSTON -- The Red Sox sent David Ortiz off before his final regular-season game with a promise that he will return.
This week, in the playoffs, when he goes for his fourth World Series title.
And next year, when they hang his No. 34 from the Fenway facade among the team's retired numbers.
During a pregame ceremony Sunday attended by Red Sox greats like Carl Yastrzemski and teammates from Ortiz's three championship teams, the ballclub honored their soon-to-retire slugger by draping a Dominican flag over the Green Monster and bringing out his father - Big Papi's real Papi - to stand next to him in the middle of the diamond.
Ortiz broke into tears when he mentioned his late mother before gathering himself together to thank his teammates and members of the organization from owner John Henry to clubhouse attendant Pookie Jackson. He also thanked the fans - dropping to one knee and tipping his cap to the crowd - along with the media, Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred and Dominican Republic President Danilo Medina, who were both in attendance.
"He changed the Red Sox," Manfred said before the game. "He was a key part of the amazing three wins here. It changed the course of the franchise.
"But I also think that he changed the city. He became a symbol of the strength of the city and will always be remembered for that."
Ortiz announced in November on his 40th birthday that this would be his final year, setting up a season-long farewell tour around the major leagues.
As the home team, the Red Sox get to go last.
The Green Monster scoreboard read: "Thanks, Big Papi." Banners hung from the light stanchions above. And Ortiz's image was mowed into the center field grass, as it has been for the entire season-ending series against the Toronto Blue Jays.
Fans in the right-field bleachers held up cards that formed Ortiz's No. 34 during the ceremony. During the game, the cards revealed the message: "Thanks, Papi."
And of course there were the three World Series championship banners behind home plate, all thanks in part to Ortiz. During the ceremony, Mike Lowell, Pedro Martinez and Jonny Gomes carried out the World Series trophies.
Mary J. Blige sang the "Star-Spangled Banner," as she did before Game 1 of the 2013 World Series. The Red Sox also played the Dominican national anthem in Ortiz's honor, and Medina threw out a ceremonial first pitch.
Stopping by Fenway Park on the day several playoff positions could still be determined, Manfred defended Ortiz from a report - without confirming it - that he tested positive for a performance-enhancing drug a decade ago.
The New York Times reported in 2009 that Ortiz was among the players on a list of those who tested positive in a 2003 survey test of urine samples designed to determine the degree of steroids use in baseball. Ortiz has denied using performance-enhancing drugs. Neither the union nor the commissioner's office has explained the report, and players and management successfully fought a legal battle to keep the list and samples secret after federal agents seized them.
Manfred said on Sunday there were at least 10 names on the list whose inclusion could be doubted for "legitimate scientific reasons."
"Even if you were on that list, it was entirely possible that you were not a positive," Manfred said.
Asked if there was anything baseball could do to help Ortiz clear his name, Manfred said the results have been destroyed.
Since Ortiz did not violate baseball's drug rules, the only damage from the report is to Ortiz's legacy and his Hall of Fame candidacy when he reaches the ballot in five years. Manfred said it was up to the voting members of the Baseball Writers' Association of America whether to induct players who have formally tested positive for steroids.
But he said: "In situations where it is leaked, that is unfair to the player, and I think it would be wrong" to exclude them.
Manfred said Ortiz stopped by his office last offseason to say he planned to retire. The Red Sox slugger again went to the commissioner's office when the team was in New York last week; this time, he asked to use a conference room, where he met with beneficiaries of the David Ortiz Children's Fund and other members of the community.
"I got the biggest kick out of just watching this stream of people coming through," Manfred said. "Each one was a better story than the last."
Manfred said he planned to talk to Ortiz about serving the sport in some capacity after he retires. Major League Baseball plans to run a commercial in English and Spanish during the playoffs that ends, "Thanks, Big Papi! You're not walking away, you're walking off."
Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker said the bridge over the MassPike that leads from Kenmore Square to Fenway Park would be renamed in Ortiz's honor; Mayor Marty Walsh said the city would do the same for a street that leads from the ballpark to another train station.
The Red Sox Foundation and the team's owners have pledged $1 million to the David Ortiz Children's Fund.
The governor said he was surprised to find that there was a bridge left in the state that hadn't already been named for someone - and it was right next to the ballpark. It was a natural to name it - "Big Papi David Ortiz Bridge" - in honor of someone whom he called "the most important player in Red Sox history."
"I certainly don't think we have three World Series without him," the governor said.
Walsh said the weekend was bittersweet.
"We have great memories," he said, "and there are still great memories to be made."


text: Have fun creating DIY jewelry with the Matubo Gemduo Czech Glass Beads-Bronze Gold. The Gemduo's unique shape and sharp lines allow the beads to nestle closely together with barely any space between them. They are 8 x 5 mm diamond-shaped beads with two holes.

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text: At First Advantage, we have seen how background screening in EMEA has changed markedly over the last three years. While there is no shortage of anecdotal evidence around these changes, we wanted to investigate the data to see what it could tell us. The key findings of that investigation are summarized here in our first spotlight report on verifications screening in EMEA. This report highlights some of the key findings and trends in verifications for our region, including volumes of checks and discrepancy rates over time and across industries, for education, employment and professional verifications.

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Звук: Heather Harper, Luigi Alva, John Wakefield, English Chamber Orchestra, Leslie Pearson, Kenneth Heath, Adrian Beers, Raymond Leppard - Monteverdi: Il Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda - (T. Tasso)/Madrigali Guerrieri et Amorosi (Book VIII) слушать песню и музыку онлайн бесплатно на Zvuk.com!
Sir Philip Ledger/Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields/Choir of King's College, Cambridge/Heather Harper/Helen Watts/James Bowman/Robert Tear — The Choice of Hercules (2002 Remastered Version): Where shall I go?
Sir Peter Pears, Heather Harper, Sylvia Fisher, Dame Janet Baker, Nigel Douglas, John Shirley-Quirk, Benjamin Luxon, Jennifer Vyvyan, English Chamber Orchestra, Benjamin Britten — Britten: Owen Wingrave, Op. 85 / Act 1 - "May God bless the Queen"
Sir Georg Solti, Bernd Weikl, The John Alldis Choir, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Teresa Kubiak, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden — Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin, Op.24, TH.5 / Act 3 - "Knyaginya Gremina! Smotrite!"
Plácido Domingo, London Symphony Orchestra, Marcel Peeters — Leoncavallo: "Mattinata"

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Celebrated on February 17th, National Random Acts of Kindness Day has grown in popularity each year. It is celebrated by individuals, groups and organizations, nationwide, to encourage acts of kindness. It is a favorite day to many, as people everywhere are enjoying doing these acts of kindness.
Linked to Oxfam’s GROW campaign, the Food for Thought school resources get young people learning, thinking and taking action for a fairer and more sustainable food system.
A vital part of achieving any Eco-Schools award is 'Informing and Involving' the wider school community with what your eco-committee is up to. Use this fantastic resource pack for practical ideas and inspiration, all about how to spread your school's sustainable message! Check out our Eco-Schools display headings too, to make your green message really stand out.


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Facebook has just made some huge changes to its News Feed and added new features such as Ticker and Lists (see my last blog on Facebook updates). So what does it mean for your privacy? With all these new features and so called improvements, there comes uncertainty as to what it can do and what you are exposing yourself to.
Please do me a favour and move your mouse over my name here, wait for the box to load and then move your mouse over the "Subscribe" link. Then uncheck the "Comments and Likes". I would really rather that my comments on friends and families posts not be made public, thank You! Then re-post this if you don't want your every single move posted on the right side in the "Ticker Box" for everyone to see. I'll be glad to do the same for you if you post this!
People are clearly worried about what is being shared where.
Remember you can also Subscribe to important people like artists and politicians and be able to follow them just like on Twitter.
Sharing - Make sure you check the sharing settings before you post an update or photo / video to select your audience. Do this by clicking on the sharing icon on the bottom of the status box. If you do not see a sharing icon (because you are on a public page, for example) always assume what you are posting is public.
Lists – You can now organise your Friends into Lists and then share your news to a particular list. If you add a Friend to a Smart List, be aware that they will be notified (except if adding them to Close Friends) so make sure you don’t mind them knowing which list you to add them to.
Tags - Check your privacy settings and make sure you are happy with how Tags are set up. If you are tagged in a photo you should a) now be asked to agree to the tagging and b) be able to see who can see the photo and remove the tag by clicking on the blue cog symbol on the top right of the post. You can always block a person who persistently tags you without your permission.
Facebook Pages are public and are used by companies to share information about their products. If you “like” a Page you link to it, it is added to your profile and may be shown in your Friends News Feed. You can check how your Page looks to the outside world by clicking on View As… Remember any updates you post which are marked as Public can be seen by anyone, not just your Friends.
The updates to Facebook, which are intended to make your choices easier and clearer, seem to pose an important question (and a bit of a tongue twister!) - Should social media be so social by default? What do you think?

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Trying to the server email notification setup in Administration.Basic Settings.
The EHLO looks suspicious, shouldn’t that be something else?
As a matter of supporting information. The user account setup for the NC administrator has an email account and the NC email client works (sends and receives mail) with these creds and server settings.
Additionally other email clients are working with the mail server.
So where is the "!!Unable to connect… " coming from?
Due to the fact that your server announces the availability of TLS (“Transport Layer Security”) encrypted sessions, but an error appears when doing so, I would try to make sure that this problem is fixed first.
How to inspect remote SMTP server's TLS certificate?
Ah, self-signed certs don’t work?
Afaik, it should work. But you have to make sure that the root certificate of your own CA exists on your local server so that the certificate chain can be verified correctly.
Please keep in mind it isn’t a good idea to use a self-signed certificate if you’re going to announce the availability of TLS to the public internet, because no-one would be able to verify the certificate chain.


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The Deal On Rims has been one of the largest distributor of Red Dirt Road wheels since Red Dirt Road wheels first began producing rims. All Red Dirt Road wheels carry the manufacturor's warranties against defects in workmanship. If you have a warranty issue on a set of Red Dirt Road wheels that we sold you, just give us a call and we will facilitate the warranty process. If you purchase a Red Dirt Road wheel and tire package from us, we can mount them and balance them with the recommended tire size for your vehicle and send the set to your door ready to be installed onto your vehicle. All of our wheellines are of the tested for quality and durability or we don't carry them. One thing that you can be sure of is that you have chosen one of the largest distirbutor of wholesale Red Dirt Road wheels in the nation!!
Valerius Red Dirt Jeeps ride with Thunder wheels from (RDR) Red Dirt Road.

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Problematic tenants do exist. Though their numbers are very few, yet there are some tenants that are a source of pain to their landlords. If you are a landowner and are looking to evict your tenants, you would require eviction locksmith services. Beverly IL Locksmith Store is a professional locksmith in area that has been offering fast and reliable eviction services to property owners in need. You can depend on our lockmasters to help you complete the eviction process smoothly.
If you are looking for dependable and affordable eviction locksmith services in and around Beverly, call us at 773-796-2243 now to book an appointment.

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I breathe in the smell of chrism oil, marked solidly on your forehead in the sign of the cross on Saturday night. Twice, I think it was. For good measure I suppose.
I didn't well know the priest who baptized your brothers two years ago. Father George was Indian and kind and indulgent of our tendency to show up at mass with a homeless lot, none of us able to restrain ourselves from an overeager swaying to the music. But Father John, who baptized you this weekend, is our friend. Or at least as close to a friend as a boss can be, but he came over for Christmas dinner so that counts for something. John is white as snow, a Midwesterner to his core, worlds away from Father George with his brown skin and thick accent I often struggled to understand. And then there's Father Charlie, who concelebrated your baptism mass but whose bum shoulder meant he couldn't be the one to dip you and make you cry. Charlie is from Ghana, and the fact that you boys get to see a black man in a place of authority is a gift not lost on me in the times we live in. Like when Kevin prepares the bread and the wine, his dark sacristan hands confident and steady at the altar. I lean in close and whisper to Alyosha. There's Kevin! Isn't it so cool that a Ugandan is up there?!
He nods his little head but I can't read him. Maybe it's because he's a child who has known nothing but a life of tapestry.
When we first felt the winds of change breeze across our cheeks, your daddy and me, we thought about Anglicanism. It made so much sense to follow that trail, with its beautiful liturgy and catechesis, crossing over not insignificantly with Catholicism but carrying a lighter sense of severity in the minds of our Protestant friends and family. In the end there were many reasons we jumped off into the deep end, but one of them was the universal component of the Catholic church. How can we mindfully raise a transracial family, your daddy wondered, if our religious affiliation literally means "white"?
So here you find yourself, 3 months old and so freshly Catholic that anyone who bends to kiss you still inhales a waft of heaven. I love this faith we've folded you into, tucking the most critical corners in tight and not minding about the rest, the way I swaddle you snug when the sun goes down. It's a patchwork quilt of a collective, and the diversity of thought and culture and practice moves me to no end.
My heart's desire is to model for you what it is to be the Catholic prophetic: a voice that is for all people, all life, all from love. I will mostly fail but maybe I'll get it right here and there, and by God's grace maybe that will be enough to propel you further than what I can see. You have begun your journey, my little one. May the Holy Spirit prove an ever present companion for you. May you trust the light exists when all you see is darkness. May you dare to counter hate with love, offense with forgiveness. May you live out the life of God that is within you.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be; world without end. Amen.

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Ytterbium (chemical symbol Yb, atomic number 70) is a soft silvery metallic rare earth element. It is found in the minerals gadolinite, monazite, and xenotime. The element is sometimes associated with yttrium or other related elements and is used in certain steels. Natural ytterbium is a mix of seven stable isotopes.
Ytterbium is found with other rare earth elements in several rare minerals. It is most often recovered commercially from monazite sand (~0.03 percent ytterbium). The element is also found in euxenite and xenotime. Ytterbium is normally difficult to separate from other rare earths but ion-exchange and solvent extraction techniques developed in the late twentieth century have simplified separation. Known compounds of ytterbium are rare—they haven't been well characterized yet.
Ytterbium was discovered by the Swiss chemist Jean Charles Galissard de Marignac in 1878. Marignac found a new component in the earth then known as erbia and named it ytterbia (after Ytterby, the Swedish town where he found the new erbia component). He suspected that ytterbia was a compound of a new element he called ytterbium.
In 1907, the French chemist Georges Urbain separated Marignac's ytterbia into two components, neoytterbia and lutecia. Neoytterbia would later become known as the element ytterbium and lutecia would later be known as the element lutetium. Auer von Welsbach independently isolated these elements from ytterbia at about the same time but called them aldebaranium and cassiopeium.
The chemical and physical properties of ytterbium could not be determined until 1953 when the first nearly pure ytterbium was produced.
Ytterbium is an inner transition metal (or lanthanide) that lies in period six of the periodic table, between thulium and lutetium. It is a soft, malleable, and rather ductile element that exhibits a bright silvery luster. A rare earth element, it is easily attacked and dissolved by mineral acids, slowly reacts with water, and oxidizes in air.
Ytterbium has three allotropes, called alpha, beta, and gamma. Their transformation points are at −13 °C and 795 °C. The beta form exists at room temperature and has a face-centered crystal structure while the high-temperature gamma form has a body-centered crystal structure.
Normally, the beta form has a metallic-like electrical conductivity, but becomes a semiconductor when exposed to around 16,000 atm (1.6 GPa). Its electrical resistance is tenfold larger at about 39,000 atm (3.9 GPa) but then dramatically drops to around ten percent of its room temperature resistivity value at 40,000 atm (four GPa).
Naturally occurring ytterbium is composed of seven stable isotopes—Yb-168, Yb-170, Yb-171, Yb-172, Yb-173, Yb-174, and Yb-176—with Yb-174 being the most abundant (31.8 percent natural abundance). 22 radioisotopes have been characterized, with the most stable being Yb-169 with a half-life of 32.026 days, Yb-175 with a half-life of 4.185 days, and Yb-166 with a half life of 56.7 hours. All of the remaining radioactive isotopes have half-lifes that are less than two hours, and the majority of these have half lifes that are less than 20 minutes. This element also has six meta states, with the most stable being Yb-169m (t½ 46 seconds).
The isotopes of ytterbium range in atomic weight from 150.955 u (Yb-151) to 179.952 u (Yb-180). The primary decay mode before the most abundant stable isotope, Yb-174 is electron capture, and the primary mode after is beta emission. The primary decay products before Yb-174 are element 69 (thulium) isotopes, and the primary products after are element 71 (lutetium) isotopes. Of interest to modern quantum optics, the different ytterbium isotopes follow either Bose-Einstein statistics or Fermi-Dirac statistics, leading to interesting behavior in optical lattices.
One ytterbium isotope has been used as a radiation source substitute for a portable X-ray machine when electricity was not available.
This metal could also be used to help improve the grain refinement, strength, and other mechanical properties of stainless steel.
Some ytterbium alloys have been used in dentistry.
There are few other uses of this element, such as in the form of ions in active laser media.
Although ytterbium is fairly stable, it nevertheless should be stored in closed containers to protect it from air and moisture. All compounds of ytterbium should be treated as highly toxic although initial studies appear to indicate that the danger is limited. Ytterbium compounds are, however, known to cause skin and eye irritation and may be teratogenic. Metallic ytterbium dust poses a fire and explosion hazard.
Greenwood, N.N. and A. Earnshaw. Chemistry of the Elements. 2nd ed. Oxford, U.K.; Burlington, MA: Butterworth-Heinemann, Elsevier Science, 1998. ISBN 0750633654. Online version Retrieved August 30, 2007.
"Ytterbium" Los Alamos National Laboratory, Chemistry Division. Retrieved August 30, 2007.
"Ytterbium" It's Elemental. Jefferson Lab. Retrieved August 30, 2007.
All links retrieved July 28, 2013.
This page was last modified on 28 July 2013, at 13:33.

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My recipe for Double Chocolate Muffins have been getting a lot of love lately! If you haven't already, you should check out that recipe and make a batch soon! I promise it will be the healthiest Double Chocolate Muffin you can make!
The popularity of those muffins gave me the itch to try my hand at making a traditional Chocolate Chip Muffin! Regular chocolate chip muffins happen to be my favorite, and every Sunday John's parents come over with muffins for us from a bakery in his hometown! I almost always request the plain Chocolate Chip Muffin! It is simple and delicious...plus it means you get to eat chocolate for breakfast!
The muffins that I came up may not be quite as good as those jumbo, fluffy muffins made with white flour...but they are pretty darn good! The ingredient list is short and they are super easy to make! I used whole wheat flour to make them a bit healthier, but you can use white flour if you like! I save my white flour indulgence for Sundays!
The best thing about these muffins...they are loaded with chocolate chips! In every.single.bite!
Lacie loving her muffin while Sweet B is licking up crumbs in the background! Both of my girls love a good muffin!

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Cylindo is looking for a Delivery Manager with exceptional communication and interpersonal skills. As a Delivery Manager, you will be working closely with a team of skilled professionals from the visualization industry in order to ensure the creation and delivery of quality products to the largest companies in the furniture industry. You will be communicating with Cylindo’s clients to make sure that deliveries have taken place on time and to maximize client satisfaction from working with Cylindo.
Cylindo is the visualization platform for eCommerce offering immersive visualization software, state of the art 3D content creation and cloud-based deployment. We help our clients take maximum advantage of today’s most advanced technologies that translate directly into increased sales and enhanced brand image.
Cylindo is a global organization with offices in Europe and North America. You’ll be working with passionate and smart people in an informal environment with competitive compensation packages. Get to know us at http://www.cylindo.com/career and feel free to contact us for any questions you might have.


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If you need to assign a course as a “one off” to an employee, Login as a web admin and click on “Training” in the main navigation and then on “Online Training”.
You now see a list of all of the training courses. Find the course that you want to assign to an employee, then click on the name of the course to open the course information page.
In the example below we are planning on assigning Ergonomics and Musculoskeletal Injury (MSI) Awareness to an employee.
Click the Add button by an employee name to add just that employee. Do this for all employees you want to add training to and then click confirm.


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showing major places in Florina.
providing regional information. Florina road map and visitor travel information. Download and print out free Florina maps.

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Powered with 2.2GHz dual-core Intel Core i7 processor the machine is capable of handling numerous tasks simultaneously which can further boost up to 3.4GHz. With astonishing 16GB 1600MHz memory it can perform smoothly on multiple tasks at the same time.
The machine is coupled with 256GB PCIe-based flash storage for users to save their files, images and videos. MacBook Pro MGXA2 is also has built-in battery customized to give maximum time. This makes it the first choice of business and travelling class as well.
Apple Mac Book Pro MGX A2 is Powered with 2.2GHz dual-core Intel Core i7 processor the machine is capable of handling numerous tasks simultaneously which can further boost up to 3.4GHz. With astonishing 16GB 1600MHz memory it can perform smoothly on multiple tasks at the same time.


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Order a free test sample of the desired shielding product. This often helps you make your decision for the ideal shielding product.
Prior to shipping the product samples, we may call to clarify any outstanding issues. We send up to 3 test pattern for free, from 4 pieces 50 cents postage per sample.
One of PROnatur24’s services is to provide free test samples of our anti-electrosmog “shielding fabric” and “shielding mesh” products. The requested sample is an adequate 10 x 10 cm and gives you a first feel of the product.
Fill your test sample order in completely!
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Before shipment, but at the latest after the shipment, we will contact you by phone to discuss and answer any questions about the shield fabric or shielding fabric.
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The material does its job. That is the main thing. Now I am thinking about where I can put it. It is not long enough for my living room, which is a shame because I have an even stronger transmission mast there. It is too long for my son’s bed (to build a Faraday cage), it would be a waste. I am now thinking about sewing it to the curtains in the kitchen and children’s room.
Hello, Sandow. Because the material is available in all lengths, it is not possible to have a piece that is “too short”. Just calculate the number of running meters you need and it will fit. The curtain will then be sewn so that the individual pieces go vertically from top to bottom. Depending on the chosen material, one piece is 1.4 m to 2.5 m wide. Finally, a lead strip should be stuck underneath to weigh it down.
TEST! Rent the canopy Electrosmog WIFI risk-free for 14 days (€298 + deposit). Protection against HF electrosmog (cell phone, WLAN, LTE, DECT). Cannot be grounded!


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Precision Seeding Solutions is a family owned business that was started in 2011 by David and Lauren McGavin.
David saw that there was lost potential in the sunflower summer crop on the family farm. The seeds weren’t precisely placed and there was uneven germination leading to a decrease in yield potential. From here David searched for the best possible planter that could give us an edge over singulation where he discovered Precision Planting and from here Precision Seeding Solutions was born.
Precision Seeding Solutions is based in the Liverpool Plains of Northern NSW.
Precision Seeding Solutions services the East Coast of Australia with the help from independent service partners.
We all believe in good work ethic and we pride ourselves for our great attention to detail. Our service partners have a metermax Ultra test stand on hand to test meters and have done the required training by Precision Planting to become Premiere Dealers.
Ask us about our planting productsCALL US.

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text: I often have readers offer to support this ministry financially, and I deeply appreciate those offers. I do not need financial support personally, but if you would like to do something to help, please support my church. You can do so by sending a check for any amount to St. Peter's by-the-Lake Episcopal Church, 1954 Spillway Road, Brandon, MS 39047. You can best help me by helping our parish and our ministry. Thank you for all of the support and encouragement you offer me!


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What does Androsace Cernuiflora mean as a name of something?
Androsace cernuiflora is a species of Androsace.
Go to the thesaurus of Androsace cernuiflora to find many related words and phrases!


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PodCamp Barcelona 2010 will take place in El Masnou from September 13 to September 18th. Yes, that's right, five days of PodCamp Barcelona — because this year we have a new venue, a new format and a theme: community. PodCamp Barcelona has always been about community — in fact, the original idea of the event was to create a community out of the various people and projects using what could loosely be termed "web 2.0". But this year, the theme is going to be more explicit and for this reason we have decided to change the format.
So what's going to happen in El Masnou from September 13 to September 18?
From Monday, September 13 to Thursday, September 16 there will be workshops every evening. The idea of these workshops is to give back to the people of Masnou through our knowledge. If you want to run a workshop at PodCamp Barcelona, please contact us.
Friday and Saturday will be different however. Friday evening will see two sessions and a wine tasting. Saturday will have four sessions in the morning and after lunch, a sobremesa where each table will be able to discuss, provide ideas and conclusions about each of the six community sessions. The idea is to get everybody to participate whether they are presenting or not, and to crowd source ideas to further develop the six communities presented. Of course, there will be another winetasting after the sobremesa session, and possibly a concert by musicians who use social media in their work. If you wish to lead a community session please contact us.
The conclusions from the community sessions will be filmed and put on the TalkingAbout platform where the debate can continue.
There will also be a Speaker's Corner where anybody will be able to present any project they want. The presentations at Speaker's Corner will also be filmed and posted online. If you want to present in Speaker's Corner please contact us.
All of this will take place as in a brand new building in El Masnou, Els Vienesos, gracias once again to the fantastic participation of El Masnou council in PodCamp Barcelona. We hope that PodCamp Barcelona 2010 will enable more people to participate in the debate and lead to practical conclusions for ongoing community activity.
Oh yes, and one more thing: this year there are two new members in the PodCamp Barcelona team – welcome aboard @pdavenne and @moof Bring it on!


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In a covered large nonstick skillet cook potatoes in a small amount of boiling water for 5 minutes. Add asparagus. Cook, covered, for 5 to 7 minutes more or until vegetables are tender. Drain vegetables in a colander. Cool and dry the skillet. Lightly coat the skillet with nonstick cooking spray. Return vegetables to the skillet.
In a small bowl combine eggs, parsley, rosemary, onion powder, salt, and pepper. Pour over vegetables in the skillet; do not stir. Cook over medium heat. As mixture sets, run a spatula around the edge of the skillet, lifting egg mixture so that the uncooked portion flows underneath. Continue cooking and lifting edge until egg mixture is nearly set (top will be moist).
Remove skillet from heat. Let stand, covered, for 3 to 4 minutes or until top is set. Sprinkle with tomatoes and Parmesan cheese.


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The Defiance Project, in collaboration with FaultLine Theater, will be putting on an original work called “The Life Machine”.
Life Machine tells the story of young women pushed to the point of murder. Set amid the shifting economic and technological landscape of 21st century America, Cole Ferraiuolo’s radical retelling of this real life murder case presents an immersive media world of sound, movement, projection and performance. Life Machine revitalizes age old questions of gender, power and oppression and asks us all to reconsider what we are truly capable of.
Check out the promo video as well as the Indie GoGo Campaign!


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When it’s time to move, sometimes the packing can be the most overwhelming part. At Ashe Van Lines Moving & Storage, we can alleviate some of the stress that comes with having to pack your personal or commercial business items by offering packing services to meet your needs.
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text: The German artist Sebastian Utzni (1981°) has lived and worked in Switzerland since 2004. He has made a series of thirty woodcuts in bright rainbow colours which depict violence in the media and on the internet. For this he drew inspiration from paintings in the Basilica of St. Stephen in the Round on the Celian Hill, in Rome, by the sixteenth century artist Niccolo Circignani, which portray the torture of early Christian martyrs. The similarities between then and now are striking. Latin extracts from the Bible also figure on the Roman paintings, the English titles are contemporary. The work has been hung in the BOZAR rotunda in reference to the Roman basilica. The decision to confront the visitor first with the backs of the works helps conjure up the image of the torture chamber. The bright rainbow colours emphasises the contemporary nature of the piece.


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Achieving good colour and a spot colour’s reliability and consistency is easier than many people think. That said, there are various practical measures one can take that will affect the bottom line directly.
For a long time, colour management was only seldom used in large-format printing. Sign shop personnel would linearize and then send their cyan, magenta, yellow and key/black (CMYK) jobs to their digital printers.
Industrial printing is a dynamic and potentially rich area that opens new opportunities for print service providers (PSPs) to extend their range of applications, but it is important for a minimum set of parameters to define the visual characteristics and technical properties of their products.


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Scary movies usually offer lots of thrills and chills. Like so many film fans, I love to be frightened while watching terrifying things happen on screen. So I’m always surprised when a movie of this genre fails to work for me. Unfortunately, Death Note is one of those films. It doesn’t start out that way, however.
High school student Light Turner, played by Nat Wolff, seems like a sympathetic character right away. He’s being bullied -- and we are on his side immediately. As Light, Wolff (The Fault in Our Stars) manages to project a great deal of screen appeal here. And when Light becomes the keeper of a mysterious notebook that comes with a spikey-headed demon (voiced by Willem Dafoe), we can hardly wait to see what he will do with it.
But as soon as Light -- along with his girlfriend (Margaret Qualley) -- go too far with this power and a famous detective (Lakeith Stanfield) starts to hunt him down, the movie begins to fall apart.
into your very shaky hands.
makes you decide the book to hide.
But its power has you amazed.
It even the Death Demon raised.
What would you do? What do you say?
You now can make bad people pay.
Just by writing out their right names.
This Demon is not playing games!
be for you a bit too thrilling?
If you’re discovered, well, what then?
It has to come -- just where or when?
The Death Note film covers all this.
Is it a hit? Sadly, a miss.
and Dafoe’s vocal for the beast.
but last half loses the right touch.
Too bad the frantic action flops.
It’s too jumbled before it stops.
Scary in parts, I must admit.
So some horror fans might like it.
Death Note, directed by Adam Wingard (The Guest, a terrific film!), is an adaptation of a famous Japanese manga by Tsugumi Oba and Takeshi Obata. I understand that screenwriters Charley Parlapanides (Immortals), Vlas Parlapanidas (Immortals) and Jeremy Slater (The Lazarus Effect) made many changes to the story. That makes me wonder how much better this offering might be if they stayed with the original source.
For more information about Death Note, go to the IMDb or Rotten Tomatoes website.


text: Get creative and experiment with a variety of brushes and applicators with Paint Brush & Palette Knife Value Pack. This large set includes gold nylon, black nylon, ivory taklon, and light brown taklon brushes along with white plastic palette knives, foam wedges, and foam brushes. Spread, dab, and apply paints and stains with exactly the finish you need!


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The emergence of social enterprise is one of the most interesting developments in recent years for anyone interested in the relationship between faith, economics and business. Beyond representing the disintegration of the boundary that previously separated business from charities, the definition of what a social enterprise might be is diverse and contested. Is it the efficiency of business solutions in meeting social needs where governments and charities have failed? Or is it a re-imagining of the fundamental purpose of all business - to do good alongside doing well? We will explore the implications of looking at this conversation through a theological lens. How does our understanding of who God is and what it means to be human impact our understanding of the relationship between social transformation and business?
Mark is studying for a PhD in economics and theology at King’s College, London, considering the role of social enterprise in an alternative economic imagination. He works freelance in management consultancy.
Studying for a PhD in economics and theology at King’s College, London, considering the role of social enterprise in an alternative economic imagination. Works freelance in management consultancy and lectures on economics, theology, and philosophy. Previously interim Director of the Marketplace Institute at Regent College, Vancouver. KLICE award holder in business and economics with an MA in theology and culture from Regent College, Vancouver.


text: Distillation is used for separating a solid from a liquid. Mixture is heated until the liquid evaporates leaving behind the solid residue. The vapours are passed through a condenser, which turn the vapours into liquid again which is collected in a flask.

industry_corpus2: Technology & Research


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Raoul Wallenberg usually had to make split second decisions; to strike while the iron was hot. The task he had undertaken was nothing less than saving Jews condemned to Hitler’s “holocaust”.
Raoul was a fascinating, even an unlikely “Scarlet Pimpernel”. A Swedish Lutheran, aged thirty, he was employed as first secretary of the Swedish legation in Hungary in the early 1940’s. He had wheedled from the King of Sweden, his diplomatic appointment to Budapest for precisely the purpose of rescuing victims. He had also wheedled from the King the authorization to give asylum to anybody who held a Swedish protective pass. Handing out protective passes to Hungarian Jews kept him constantly on the go, but by means of protective passes, he was able to save the lives of 100,000 Jewish people.
One day, for example, Raoul learned that a crowd of Jewish Hungarians had been corralled and packed into a train for a Nazi extermination camp. He reached the railroad station just in the nick of time. Brushing by the Nazi guard, he climbed on the roof of the train and moved along from car to car handing Swedish passes through the open doors and windows. The German officers ordered him down. The Hungarian Nazis shot at him. Nevertheless, Raoul finished his work calmly and efficiently. Then he got down and shouted, “All who have passes leave this train!” The pass-holders came out and he directed them to a fleet of autos bearing Swedish flags. Thus, he saved the lives of dozens of Jews, and the Nazis were too befuddled by his quick strategy to do anything about it.
In 1945 Raoul Wallenberg was finally arrested. Some think he may still be a prisoner in a Russian camp. But even in prison he can only be consoled by the memory of the day when he had “proceeded in haste” to rescue that particular trainful of Jews.
When Mary learned that her cousin, Elizabeth was soon to give birth to a child, she too “proceeded in haste” to the mountains where Elizabeth dwelt. (Today’s gospel). In coming to Elizabeth’s aid, she also brought the unborn Jesus into the presence of the unborn St. John the Baptist. And to John the future Savior communicated at that moment the freedom of the sons of God. May we never put off to tomorrow the good we can do today.
Q246: Why put the story of Mary’s visitation to Elizabeth only a few days before Christmas (Lk 1:39-45)? Is there a special message here?
Mary traveled “in haste” (v. 39) to share her Good News with Elizabeth, carrying the Messiah to others. And she came to serve Elizabeth in her time of need. Upon hearing Mary’s voice, Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit, and her baby (John the Baptist) leapt in her womb (v. 41).
One can draw many lessons from this beautiful scene. Surely “charity” stands out, as Mary comes to help Elizabeth. Mary is a model for love of neighbor. And from her loving service we see blessings flow, to both Elizabeth (who is filled with the Holy Spirit) and to John the Baptist (who is sanctified in her womb). We also see a reminder that Mary brought Jesus to the world, not just to Elizabeth and John. God chose her to be the willing instrument through whom he would come into the world, to save the world. So we see Mary as the Mediatrix of grace, as she brings the very life of God to everyone she meets.
One needs to respond to this choice of God, who made Mary his instrument to reach us! We need to reflect on the mysteries of both the Incarnation and the Visitation, through Mary, and link them to our own mission as baptized Christians. If Mary is the “model Christian” to imitate, then our task is clear. Are we ready and quick to help our needy neighbor in his/her time of need? Can people see the joy and love of Jesus in us, and recognize Christ in us? Am I fully aware that I bear Jesus within me, because of my Baptism, and that my mission is to bring him to others, with joyful haste, just like Mary did?
KNOW YOUR CATECHISM! Our freely given “yes” to God’s will in all things, especially to the ordinary teaching of the Magisterium, models Mary’s obedience to God’s will and her charity toward neighbor (CCC #967-9). When Mary visits you, it is God visiting you (CCC #717). What kind of a welcome have you been giving Mary? For what action is she called “blessed” (CCC #148-9)?
Q559: How can I relate to this story of two pregnant women (Luke 1:39-45)?
There is nothing more delightful and peaceful than seeing a newborn child being held lovingly in its mother’s arms. A tiny bundle of red, wrinkled new life puts a smile of awe and wonder on the face of everyone on this planet. Every parent muses: “What will this child grow up to be? Will he bring me joy or cause me pain?” It doesn’t matter to them, because pure love and affection is being poured out on the newborn child, the beginning of an endless supply of committed love.
Today we hear about two pregnant women (Luke 1:39-45), who probably asked those very same questions. Mary and Elizabeth did not know the answers, but they did know without any doubt that the very conception of their babies was the result of an intervention on the part of God. Elizabeth’s son became a desert evangelist, preaching repentance and judgment as well as the coming of the Messiah. He would eventually be killed by those who did not want to be confronted by their sins. If Elizabeth had known in advance, what could she have done?
Mary’s son started out in the carpenter’s trade, but as we all know he had a unique identity and a unique destiny. At the appropriate time he began his public ministry of bringing to all humanity the truth of his divine Father’s unconditional love. Jesus died on our behalf to bring us that revelation, to teach us how to love, and to redeem us from our sins. If Mary had known about his coming agony in advance, what do you think she would have done?
This was part of a reflection by Fr. Bill Grimm. He reminds us that Mary and Elizabeth could not protect their boys from life’s dangers. But they could and did do everything in their power to teach the boys to be faithful to the will of God, which ultimately is the only thing that matters. So Fr. Bill encourages you to ask yourself about your preparation of your own children. Are you teaching them the divine principles of living life according to God’s will? If you die today, will your children go to heaven?
KNOW YOUR CATECHISM! The Holy Spirit prompted Elizabeth to hail Mary as the “mother of my Lord” (CCC 495). What character traits do you see in Elizabeth that suggests and merits calling her a role model for Christians?
Our God is faithful to his promises; but the way he keeps those promises does not always fit our expectations. The prophet Micah challenges the widely accepted notion about these promises when he proclaims the Messiah will come from Bethlehem instead of the great capital city of Jerusalem. The Letter to the Hebrews also transcends popular when he describes Christ as the high priest who offers his own body rather than sheep or goats in sacrifice to the Father. In Mary and Elizabeth we encounter the paradox of an unwed virgin giving birth to the Son of God, who will be prepared for by the son of a barren over-aged mother. That’s how our God works; He is not bound by our conventional wisdom.
As Advent draws to a close let us pray for the faith that opens our lives to the Spirit who leads us by his own paths to the Kingdom of God.


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The total safety and well-being of guests is our primary focus at Fun World. Which is why our rigorous maintenance efforts are an integral part of our daily safety routine.
Before we start the day, our skilled maintenance technicians and operations staff inspect and double-check every ride and attraction thoroughly. Each of these employees has received rigorous training in both general safety procedures and specific safety measures of the attraction they operate. This team is always on-ground, inspecting rides through the day and answering any questions on ride limitations and safety signs.
We know that you will enjoy the rides only if the water is clean. To ensure this, we have put together a dedicated team to provide you fresh water that’s crystal clear and hygienic. We treat our water with filtration, purification, and disinfection technology. This water maintenance protocol is an effective safeguard against a wide range of waterborne diseases.
Each of our rides and attractions strictly adheres to industry standards, and our very own in-house R&D team is constantly working towards making them safer and more enjoyable with the latest seatbelts, anti-friction locks, and so on.
So come over to have a safe and enjoyable time at Fun World!


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Mumbai, Aug 10, 2018 : A 12-year-old girl, student of a civic body-run school in Mumbai died today while over 160 other students were hospitalised due to suspected poisoning after they took iron-boosting pills given by the school.
The girl was administered iron and folic acid tablets on Monday at the Municipal Urdu School Number 2 at Bainganwadi in suburban Govandi, a statement from the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said.
The statement added that the girl skipped school on Tuesday but attended classes on Wednesday and Thursday. She died at her home Thursday night after a "history of vomiting blood".
Officials today said tuberculosis might be a cause behind the girl’s death, though the BMC statement maintained that the "details of her previous illness are not known".
A BMC official said the parents of 161 other students of the school "panicked" and brought them to the civic body-run Rajawadi Hospital at Ghatkopar and Shatabdi Hospital at Govandi.
"A few children complained of nausea and giddiness. However, no one had major signs or symptoms," a senior BMC official said.
He added that all the children were examined by paediatricians and advised discharge from the hospitals.
Padmaja Keskar, Executive Health Officer, BMC said the tablets given to the students were "tried and tested", adding that the cause of the girl’s death would only be known once the post-mortem report came in.


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Through These Eyes author Athelene King (center) with her older sister Wanda “Pixie” (left) and twin sister Angelene as children. Photo courtesy of Athelene King.
A walk down Memory Lane in El Dorado, Arkansas and on the streets of San Francisco are what you’ll find on the pages of “Through These Eyes.” It was a time of great change when the infamous Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in major league baseball and the Little Rock Nine integrated the first high school in Little Rock.
Written by Athelene King, the book offers a family memoir about the inner workings of the King family household filled with love and support led by King’s mother, Esther Dawson King. “I really wanted to revisit my mother’s life story and provide a personal account of how she became highly successful against all odds raising three daughters,” she said.
Dawson’s mother, in spite of divorcing her father, went on to become an entrepreneur and owner of four properties in the Bay Area. King recalls how the family vacation to San Francisco was, in fact, an act of divorce. King also shares how her mother’s commitment to excellence while working three jobs at a time enabled the family to move from the projects into a home.
“I hope when people read my family story they will come away with renewed faith that God provides daily miracles in all our lives if we accept and acknowledge all glory is unto him,” said King.
King also shares how she and her two sisters all pursued home care careers for the severely disabled and followed in their mother’s footsteps.
Born in the segregated South in El Dorado, Arkansas, Athelene King’s education was briefly suspended due to the 1930s Great Depression, however, she obtained a high school diploma and later completed nursing school and cosmetology school.
The author also honors the memory of her own daughter, Olivia Melan Graham (Libby), whose untimely death nearly destroyed her. “Never ever, is any child supposed to die in the very prime of their life,” the author writes. Yet, the tragedy brought the family together.
Togetherness and family ties stream throughout the 127-page-read and a dozen family photos.

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Fenphedra 3X Review – Is it Really 3 Times Better?
Fenphedra 3X is marketed as “the ultimate high performance fat burner” and as “the best appetite suppressant in the world!” Furthermore, it supposedly boosts results three times more than the original Fenphedra product. Like the original formula, it has been designed to reduce hunger and burn fat, only better.
While there is no supplement facts sheet provided for Fenphedra 3X on the official product webpage, according to the site, the formula contains clinically proven ingredients, which include Chromax (as Chromium Picolinate), Super Citrimax, and Glucomannan. No other ingredients are listed or mentioned.
The best way to determine the safety and effectiveness of any diet pill is to research its ingredients. In the case of Fenphedra 3X, this product contains Chromax, which, according to the website, research has shown to reduce feelings of hunger. Super Citrimax is a non-stimulant extract from Garcinia Cambogia, a fruit that has been touted for its ability to increase weight loss by as much as 300% compared to exercise and diet alone. Finally, Glucomannan helps the body to process excessive amounts of bad (LDL) cholesterol and helps the body to process food quickly and efficiently, resulting in energy and weight loss.
As fascinating as these claims are, there is no solid evidence that proves any of these ingredients are, in fact, effective for causing or assisting with weight loss. Moreover, the official product page does not provide any study citations to back up the claims it has made about Fenphedra 3X or its ingredients.
No side effects have been listed for Fenphedra 3X, but in the FAQ section on the website it does say that the product is not recommended for anyone sensitive to caffeine or other stimulants, which would suggest that this product contains stimulants or ingredients that have stimulants in them.
According to the official product page it also clearly states (at the time this review was written) that the recommended dosage is “5 pills before breakfast and lunch” and that each bottle lasts 30 days. This implies that users are to take 10 pills in total per day (5 before breakfast and 5 before lunch), but this does not make sense considering each bottle contains 120 capsules and not 300. Therefore, it is more likely that the recommended dosage is actually 4 pills per day (2 prior to breakfast and 2 prior to lunch). This mistake makes one wonder just how much care went into the design of this product.
At the time this review was written, a 30 day supply of Fenphedra 3X cost $49.95 plus shipping and came with a 100% satisfaction money-back guarantee.
If you are interested in taking this product, it would be prudent to first speak with your doctor.

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That held us twain together.
But still I miss the child – poor kid!
To die in a neighbouring shire.
And now (so to speak) my adroitness is chronic!
My weapon with firmness I grip.
And so I am bound to hit one or the other!
At Welbeck, so what do I care?
My fame (and my game) I can daily redouble!
And bear him off to bed.
In the Police Court sense!
Of gibus, old and green.
Though snubbed and beaten black and blue?
Would be a waste of pelf.
That there's nothing much diviner than the pleasures of the Spring!
(Like the language Leo Maxse always uses of Lloyd George)!
While the poet sweetly prattles of the pleasures of the Spring!
And disseminate diseases in the ranks of old and young.
As the time of which I'm writing with such genuine disgust.
I decline to see the splendour or the witchery of Spring!


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In honor of Holy Week, I wanted to share with you an excerpt from my “Becoming Truly Human: Gurdiieff’s Obligolnian Strivings” e-course, just now winding down.
The usual way in which Christians have come to hear this statement, however, is through the distinctly dark filter of “atonement theology.” In its starkest version, God is seen as being angry with the people of Israel for their repeated backslidings; He requires a human substitute to pay the price. (In Christian fundamentalism this is often languaged as “Jesus died for your sins.”) The roots of this theology lie in the Old Testament temple ritual, where each year a compulsory scapegoat was sent out into the desert, carrying on its back he collective sin of the Hebrew people. Early Christians simply took over this metaphor and Jesus became the cosmic scapegoat.
The English mystic Charles Williams was working from a whole different model when he brought forward his notion of substituted love, a teaching which had actually been present all along in Christianity, but under-emphasized. Essentially it overrides the idea of victimhood, that punitive mainstay of atonement theology. Rather than passively enduring a victim’s death at the hands of an angry God, Jesus steps up to the plate and voluntarily offers himself in an intentional act of “lightening the burden of our Common Father”—i.e., taking on his own shoulders a bit of that collective burden of suffering that weighs so heavily upon the human condition.
These actions make no sense in the world of formal cause and effect. Nothing really changes; the carnage still goes on. And yet, from each of these examples, there rises a certain fragrance, a deeper and more mysterious scent of what it might mean to be a human being. Precisely situated on the line where kenosis (self-emptying love) crosses “exchange”—(“love your neighbor as yourself”), they speak powerfully of a love which is deeper than human origin, and hence, not bound by finitude.
My friend Kabir Helminski once observed, “Two stones cannot occupy the same space, but two fragrances can. “I offer that image as a way of picturing, perhaps, how this fragrance of substituted love at the heart of the Paschal Mystery might mysteriously intertwine, interpenetrate, and ultimately enfold our sorrowful planet in the at-ONE-ment of its embrace.
The course will continue to be available as a private or small group study; please visit the Spirituality & Practice website for more information.


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The Pew Center for Arts and Heritage in Philadelphia has announced its 2011 fellows in the arts. Poets CAConrad and Pattie McCarthy are among the twelve Philadelphia-area artists, musicians, and innovators awarded sixty-thousand-dollar fellowships.
Conrad, who has lived in Philadelphia for twenty-five years, is a self-taught writer for whom "poetry and other art disciplines are forms of courage.” Innovator of a type of writing he calls "(Soma)tic poetry"—"instructions and recipes that invite the reader-listener into deeply embodied experiences," Conrad is the author of six books including The Book of Frank (Chax Press, 2009), The City Real & Imagined (Factory School, 2010), Advanced Elvis Course (Soft Skull Press, 2009), (Soma)tic Midge (Faux Press, 2008), and Deviant Propulsion (Soft Skull Press, 2006). His latest, (Soma)tic Poetry Exercises & Poems, is forthcoming from Wave Books this fall.
McCarthy studied creative writing at Temple University, where she earned her M.A. in 1998. Experimenting with language and narrative, her collections include Table Alphabetical of Hard Words (2010), Verso (2004), and bk of (h)rs (2002), all published by Apogee Press, and she is currently at work on a project involving various Marys of history and fiction (from the Virgin Mary to Marys who figured into the Salem Witch Trials, for instance).
The awards, now in their twentieth year, are given to Philadelphia-area artists and writers at any stage in their careers. While there is an entry process for nominees, those who may apply for the annual fellowships are selected by an anonymous panel familiar with artists working in the region.
In the video below, Conrad reads from his most recent collection, The Book of Frank.


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Based on reports from multiple people reportedly in attendance at the hearing this week, the concession by Sony Music’s attorney that the vocals were not Jackson’s was instead made hypothetically, as part of a legal argument that even if the vocals were not actually Jackson’s, the First Amendment would still protect Sony Music’s right to sell and market the album as such. The argument appeared to have been misconstrued as fact.
The story originally appeared in HHNM and was syndicated by Okayplayer.
Sony Music has conceded in court that they released three fake songs sung by an MJ impersonator on the late legend’s first posthumous 2010 album, Micheal.
Sony Music Entertainment has admitted to releasing and selling fake songs by the late Michael Jackson.
Sony’s revelation comes four years after several songs were released that were said to have been recorded by the late legend.
The fraudulent songs, including “Monster,” “Keep Your Head Up,” and “Breaking News,” appeared on the 2010 posthumous album, Michael. According to court documents obtained by HHNM, Vera Servoa – the fan who launched the investigation into the fake songs – filed a civil suit, accusing MJ’s longtime friends Eddie Cascio, James Victor Porte, and his production company, Angelikson Productions LLC of creating and selling music through Sony and the Jackson estate.
Cascio and Porte initially claimed that the songs were recorded in Cascio’s basement in 2007. Then Serova and the Jackson family contested the claims, saying MJ never recorded them. Serova testified in the Los Angeles Superior Court that they were recorded by a Michael Jackson impersonator named Jason Malachi.
As a result, Sony Music Entertainment conceded in court that it had released fake songs.
It’s unclear if there will be an monetary punishment for Sony, or if fans or Jackson’s estate will be awarded.

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For seven days in December 1944 Allied forces fought with German forces at Bastogne, as part of the Battle of the Bulge. The Germans wanted to control the crossroads and the battle was hard fought. By December 27, Patton’s Third Army arrived and the besieged American forces were relieved.
Beresford Clarke of Fort Wayne, Indiana, spent his 21st birthday fighting the battle. “It was a tough fight,” he said. When Patton’s 3rd Army was relieved by another division, it returned to the town of Wadgassen on the Saar River.
Eight inches of snow didn’t lessen the fighting. For a week Allies hid in buildings, shooting at the enemy stationed behind fortified structures called pillboxes.
Each morning someone from Clarke’s unit drove a jeep back to the rear where Head Quarters was stationed. There the driver picked up food, ammunition, and orders of the day. Enemy snipers hid out in elevated locales, such as church steeples, so it was a risky venture. Clarke was often the jeep driver. “If I drove fast, I had a better chance of escaping!” he said.
Sleeping in foxholes under several inches of snow was the norm. Clarke saw many casualties. “It was difficult seeing people go down,” he said.
After basic training, Clarke was sent to Army Specialized Training Program (ASTP) in Burlington, Vermont, for two months. It was a short-lived program based on the premise that the war might outlast the available number of college trained men needed to provide technical information. High school graduates who had tested at a certain level of intelligence were set aside for this program. By early 1944, the program was disbanded and the men re-assigned.
Clarke was assigned to the 26th Division, 328th Infantry anti-tank unit of Patton’s 3rd Army. After training in Columbus, SC, Clarke boarded a ship in New York City for Europe.
Clarke’s unit camped in the fields of Normandy where cattle roamed and joined the fight in the liberation of the nearby town of St Lo. The city had already suffered an extensive attack by American troops during the Battle of Normandy. The city was bombed again by Germans in July. Gaining St. Lo would give Allied forces access to the opening of the Falaise Gap, a foothold to expel German forces from northern France.
At Metz, a city in northeastern France soldiers bunked down for the night, but were awakened and told to prepare to leave. Some troops boarded trucks while others prepared to walk to the small Belgian town of Bastogne. “We walked for two days in snow,” said Clarke.
During the spring of 1945, Allies prevailed along the Saar River, taking over towns along the way. “We told the Burgermeister (mayor) in each that they must hand over all weapons and all uniformed soldiers must surrender,” said Clarke.
In one village the Allies smelled something strange. Upon being questioned, one Burgermeister admitted to working with a Jewish concentration camp in the area. “We saw stacks of bodies,” said Clarke. “I couldn’t believe anyone could do what Hitler did and that other people could follow him.” The 3rd Army liberated the camp and left other Americans in charge.
That was not the end of surprises. As the 3rd Army bedded in a nearby hay loft, soldiers felt lumps under the straw. When they pulled out parts of a Messerschmitt Bf 109, a German fighter aircraft, they discovered the barn was part of an underground aircraft assembly plant. Again, members of the Third Army remained behind to control the discovery while others proceeded through the area.
Clarke was at Hitler’s birth place in Linz, Austria, on May 8, 1945, when he heard the war was over (May 8/ VE Day). That was when Clarke’s real work began.
Having worked in a camera store before the war, he had applied to join the Signal Corps at the beginning of the war, but was not accepted.
After VE Day, the Army confiscated hundreds of rolls of film soldiers had shot during the war. Clarke’s interest in photography was honed when he received orders to join the 165th Signal Corps in May 1945.
Since the Civil War when it was first organized, the US Army Signal Corps had developed, tested and managed communications support for the command and control of combined arms forces.
While stationed in Czechoslovakia, Clarke and another soldier set up a dark room with chemicals and an enlarger. “Our job was to develop photos from 500 rolls of film,” said Clarke. The signal corps had been made up of men, mostly middle-aged, with experience in photography, even some from Hollywood. Clarke also shot photos of troops awaiting discharge.
When Clarke received his discharge a few months later, he was shipped from Marseilles, France, to the East Coast of the US, then Camp Atterbury in Indiana where he was discharged at the rank of T5 corporal. He returned home with several items from the war, including a German flag, German daggers, rifles, shotgun, pistol, knives.
Clarke graduated from Purdue in 1948 as a mechanical engineer. He worked in Fort Wayne. In 1953 he married and he and wife Lucy became parents to three children.
Clarke and family members have returned to Europe to trace his path as a soldier during World War II. Clarke participated in the Honor Flight of Northeast Indiana in 2013.
This article first appeared in News-Sentinel.
Beresford Clarke died 10/23/15. I feel privileged to have had the chance to meet and interview him. Stories like this are available in my book, WWII Legacies: Stories of Northeast IN Veterans which can be purchased on this site’s home page and Amazon.


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Ruth Grindrod is a landscape photographer living in Norfolk in the UK. I like to work in a variety of landscapes but favour sea and coastal photography. I believes that the end product in photography is a quality print and this is what I strive to produce for My work has been published both in the UK and abroad.
Norfolk and parts of Suffolk have been my home for periods totalling over thirty years. In that time, the population has risen dramatically as the popularity of both has grown. There were times when there were beaches and parts of the countryside that were empty of all, bar those who were ‘in the know’. Despite this growth, there are still areas where you can wander, be alone with your camera to find some solitude. It is these areas that I try and photograph.
The essence of landscape photography in these areas, and in particular Norfolk, for me is waiting for light that transforms these particular landscapes throughout the seasons. Many people associate Norfolk with a boring flatness, quaint old windmills and big skies. This view usually derives from a limited understanding of this large county situated in the east of England. The landscapes are in fact much more varied and much more exciting for any landscape photographer who takes the time to look and explore and who doesn't just want the classic wind pump shot with the sun setting behind it.
The Norfolk coastline is dynamic, changing slowly over time but also sometimes very dramatically and quickly. The cliffs at Hemsby on the north-east coast are a prime example of rapid change as large sections have completely fallen into the sea almost overnight. The Broads, by contrast, formed by the flooding of peat pits, joined by intersecting and meandering rivers, provide a gentle under-stated atmosphere.
The quality of the light can change dramatically depending on weather conditions and seasons. Autumn, spring and summer mists frequently cloak the Broadland rivers. These provide for some transient and quite magical landscape photography opportunities which require gentle and subtle processing in order to capture the real feel of the landscape. Bordering these slow flowing rivers are habitats of reeds and grasses which sink their roots into the peat below. From a distance, these look fragile and brittle which belies the hidden strength of this vegetation. There’s a reason that Norfolk thatch for roofs is still being made from Norfolk reed. In the very early dawns of June, before the pleasure boats begin to travel up and down the rivers, this habitat is also abundant with silver thread spider webs glistening with dew coating the spider silk.
Beaches such as at Overstrand and at Mundesley beach with its distinctive timber groins reaching far out into the sea provide many opportunities to experiment with different captures of the sea complemented by the sometimes pastel, or more dramatic colours of dawn skies.
For photographers who don't want to carry a huge pack of equipment, a good 24-70mm lens or equivalent with a few key filters such as a medium 0.9 Lee grad and a 0.45 hard grad can capture a variety of scenes along the broads with ease. I use a Nikon 810 and a Fuji XT2 with a 16-55 mm lens. Both equally do a great job.
The often over-looked north-east coast is ideal for capturing dawn’s first rays as these beaches are some of the most easterly in England. Beaches such as at Overstrand and at Mundesley beach with its distinctive timber groins reaching far out into the sea provide many opportunities to experiment with different captures of the sea complemented by the sometimes pastel, or more dramatic colours of dawn skies. Long exposures can be particularly effective in this situation. The cliffs along this northeast coast, made up of glacial silts, sands, clays and gravels are highly vulnerable to coastal erosion by the North Sea. Nevertheless, these provide the photographer with a range of textures, patterns and forms to work within a landscape composition. You will probably also find that along this area of the coast, you are less likely to have to fight your corner with another ten photographers, unlike at some other iconic locations in the UK. Areas such as these do make the photographer work hard and sometimes break the ‘rules’ of photography to create an individualistic shot. It takes planning and sometimes a few return visits to get the shot as there are no dramatic mountains or valleys waiting for you. It is, however, worth the time and the experience of being often alone, and is something I cherish. When I am out here, I look for patterns and textures in the skies which will complement the simplicity of aspects like groins and shingle beaches.
The North Norfolk coast, by contrast, is well known and well shot, often in locations that require only a short walk from your parked car, for example, Burnham Overy, Brancaster Staithe and Thornham. These are beautiful locations and well worth a visit if you haven't been. However, there is a lot more to the North Norfolk coast than just a sailing boat in a muddy creek. It is worth making the moderate to long walks out to the coastline which has remained unspoilt because of sand and shingle beaches separated by intertidal mud flats and salt marshes- so no building possible on here to date! The coastal marshes have been described as the finest coastal marshes in Britain. These change in terms of height, colour and texture and are interspersed with creaks and salt pans giving a variety of tone and character. This provides the photographer with a plethora of opportunities to photograph minimalistic detail, abstract impressions and large open vistas.
For those who want to capture some vivid colour in their landscape then make sure to visit in July when the sea lavender is a haze of purples and mauves. The miles of sand dunes after the salt marshes are home to marram grasses which again can be a real playground for any landscape photographer as they can be the foreground, the centre or the backdrop for your coastal shot. Occasionally you may be lucky enough to catch some of the very high tides along this coast which literally flood the carparks and roads that you drove on the day before. When this happens, the area is transformed and is reminiscent of 17th century Flemish landscape paintings full of small wooden jetties and fishing boats underneath textured skies.
More than ever before, everyone is able to take a photograph. Social media sites literally overflow with millions of photos posted daily. I am not going to criticise those that want to record and maybe revisit places they have been and share these with others. But I do think that the essence of an engaging landscape photo and what sets serious landscape photography apart from ‘snaps’, is a photo that makes the viewer look again, examine in detail and more importantly conveys an emotive element within the photo. Many of the photos I have shot in Norfolk are simply composed and contain a limited range of colours and hues (apart from the full-on sea lavender sunset ones which there is a place for, even though perhaps at present not fashionable!). This I believe conveys the outstanding elemental beauty of Norfolk. The photos I have included in this article have been shot inland, on The Broads and on the North East and North Norfolk coast throughout the year.
Later this year my work will be exhibited at Aldeburgh Gallery http://aldeburghgallery.co.uk/ Suffolk where I will be focusing on the ‘elemental’ in the landscape.


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Later I thought, “What’s to hate?” Green beans can be baked, sauteed or grilled, eaten with or without butter, with or without sauce. On special occasions, I like them baked in a casserole with onions on top. They seem willing enough to please, with their way of turning a brighter green as they cook. Some people even snap them in half and eat them raw.
I then remembered that at two different potlucks Connie had complimented me on my canned green bean casserole with onions on top.
Perhaps it is the preparation of the canned green beans that is a problem for Connie, I thought. Three steps required—opening, draining and rinsing–before any cooking can take place. That must be it–the preparation is the problem, not the bean itself.
Tonight I will make two casseroles—one for tomorrow’s potluck—and a special one for Connie, in my quest to erase the association of green beans and hate.
If only it could always be that simple.


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The night is falling down upon the Highlands.
Wesley finished his work and he's going back home and Maggie is showing Lara the castle.
That knight was Lord Domhnall.
This one was Lady Rebecca.
but everybody here call her Miss Becky.
But some years later she poisoned him.
took the lid off her murder and she was hanged.
These are the gorsts that haunt the castle.
Let's go into the stable.
because I must feed Midniht.
and I can't waste any of them.
this ancient gun with a lasersight.
World you like to play chess with me?
Nobody ever wants to play with me.
Use the white pieces and move first.
A mask, a stickand a black cloack.
in or out the walls.
it looks like a proper screen.
and play films or sounds.
and all the other ghosts were due to himself.
to scary her and let her refuse the estate.


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Hi everyone! You may remember my review of The Everly Putrajaya not too long ago. Well, we enjoyed our stay so much, that we decided to spend some time there, over the festive holidays. Actually, soon after posting my first review of the hotel, I sent them an email, just to let them know that I appreciated my stay there.
To my utter surprise, Mr Dennis Tan, the owner of The Everly Group, personally replied to my email! He also very kindly offered to treat my family and I to a complimentary dinner during our second stay. Isn't that wonderful?! Allow me to rave about my experience... and please bear with me, this is going to be a loooong post.
I love talking about food, but before we get to that, let's afford ourselves some time to take in our surroundings, shall we? Let's start at the beginning, that is... at the entrance to Fuze Restaurant. We came down to have dinner after Maghrib, at around 8.00 pm.
The restaurant interior is huge, and as you can see, there's lots of sleek lines and surfaces. The walls are in neutral grays and beiges, while the carpet and dining chairs anchor the room with a pop of colour.
I love the "woven" light fixtures, hanging in the middle of the restaurant. The architectural features in wood add warmth and the tall pillars, adorned with a rainbow of glass tiles, are a fun visual touch.
Oh, let's not forget to mention that the dining chairs are inscribed with Latin phrases! Carpe diem!
If you seek a private room for a very special occasion, they have it.
Here's a peek inside the private room.
A look at the menu... and now, finally, on to the food!
Some croissants to start things off, my son actually had a bit too much of this and ruined his dinner.. LOLS. What can I say, he loves bread!
Meanwhile, I have a thing for mushrooms, so I had the wild mushroom soup. Nice texture and strong shiitake flavour, which is perfect for my taste buds!
I also had the savoury soft shell crab with arugula, orange segments and wasabi-mint dressing. Everything in this last sentence just makes my mouth water!
I washed it all down with pineapple juice, which was richly fruity and sweet.
My son had the tempura battered fish and chips with fuze fries, apple slaw and tzatziki sauce.
My husband had the roasted Australian lamb rack, served with sweet pumpkin, red quinoa, herb butter and jus. I had never had quinoa before, so I was pretty excited to try it.
He ordered his favourite... watermelon juice.
I spotted pavlova with whipped cream and berries on the menu, so I couldn't resist! It's so pretty, I could hardly eat it!
My son wanted ice cream, but we didn't want to order anything fancy, as we weren't sure if he'd eat it. Ms Hein, the manager of the restaurant, very kindly got my son a bowl of ice cream.
Here's Amir with Ms Hein and Nash, our wonderful hosts for the evening.
Our heartiest thanks and gratitude to Mr Dennis Tan, Ms Mary Loon, Ms Hein Nguyen and Mr Nash for this wonderful and memorable treat!
Besides creative Western and fusion dishes, Fuze also serves local fare, which is what most of us decided to go for. I had curry noodles - Yummy gravy!
My husband had char kuey teow - Sedapnya!
My brother had seafood fried rice. On a bed of veges!
My sis-in-law had nasi goreng kampung.
My mum had what my son had the night before, while my son had herb and parmesan chicken schitzel, which came with fennel slaw and beetroot mash potato.
For lunch from 12 noon to 2.30 pm. Dinner is from 6.00 to 10.30 pm.
Thanks for this nice review. I have been eyeing on Everly and how am glad to bump into your review for the food. Looks good to me. Going for the review on the room next. Thanks sis!
Hi Siti thank you for visiting and for leaving a comment :) Have a great weekend!
Hi, I was wondering if reservatioms are needed to dine here? Thank you.


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Gary Giampetruzzi is a partner in the Investigations and White Collar practice in the Litigation Department of Paul Hastings, based in the firm’s New York office. Mr. Giampetruzzi routinely advises clients on day-to-day compliance matters, and represents corporations in high-profile federal and state investigations, including those involving federal and state False Claims Act (qui tam suits), State Attorney General consumer protection statutes, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (“FCPA”), and oversees other complex civil and criminal litigation matters. While his practice cuts across numerous sectors, including defense, energy and private equity, Mr. Giampetruzzi possesses particularly deep experience in the life sciences sector, representing many of the world’s most prominent biotech, pharmaceutical, and medical device companies.
Prior to joining Paul Hastings, Mr. Giampetruzzi most recently served as Vice President, Assistant General Counsel and Head of Government Investigations at Pfizer Inc, with responsibility for government investigations across the company’s multiple business units and operations globally, and associated government litigation with U.S. and international prosecutor offices. He was previously a Deputy Compliance Officer responsible for international compliance investigations and programs with responsibility for the implementation and maintenance of compliance programs and systems across the company's international operations, with an enhanced focus on emerging markets.
Mr. Giampetruzzi has extensive experience with all facets of the anti-corruption and FCPA landscape. He has been a leader in this growing area of practice for almost two decades, having led the development of cutting edge compliance programs and measures, conducted and overseen hundreds of internal investigations, and been on the ground in more than 40 markets worldwide (including Asia, Africa, Europe, the Middle East, and Latin America). He was instrumental in the development of proactive market review approaches that have been incorporated into recent government resolutions, and acquisition due diligence techniques that were cited in the Justice Department’s FCPA Guidance document. He has the proven and longstanding ability to provide end-to-end support, from front-end compliance counseling and program build-outs and enhancements, to the efficient conduct of global internal investigations, and the defense of companies before U.S. and international authorities, while keeping an appropriate eye towards the increasing risk of follow-on civil litigation.
On the U.S. healthcare side, Mr. Giampetruzzi provides day-to-day compliance counseling around program design, monitoring and proactive testing, and conducts internal investigations regarding a variety of issues, including those involving anti-kickback and off-label promotion laws, patient support programs, and specialty pharmacies. He has overseen several of the more significant government investigations in the pharmaceutical industry in recent years, as well as the defense and resolution of numerous whistleblower qui tam suits involving claims under the False Claims Act and related state statutes. Mr. Giampetruzzi has more recently been asked by pharmaceutical companies to defend their practices associated with patient support programs and specialty pharmacies in connection with federal investigations by several prominent prosecutor offices.
Mr. Giampetruzzi is highly regarded by counsel, healthcare industry insiders, and regulators for his strategic thinking and sound judgment. He understands how to engage appropriately with the regulators, and how to litigate effectively when is needed. He brings unique experience and perspective to each client representation, having himself been the client for more than a decade at one of the largest multi-national corporations in the world. During that time, he partnered closely with business colleagues, and helped navigate a complex organization through some of the most significant compliance and enforcement issues faced in the pharmaceutical industry. As a senior leader, Mr. Giampetruzzi routinely operated at executive leadership team and board levels, and understands from his firsthand experience that the particular needs of each client and circumstance are different, and that the approach and solutions must be too. He genuinely appreciates the pressures and realities facing clients and in-house counsel, and works with them to understand and achieve their specific goals.
Representing a multinational pharmaceutical company in connection with its global anti-corruption / FCPA due diligence associated with its US$16 billion acquisition of another pharmaceutical and medical device company.
Representing a multinational pharmaceutical company in connection with its global anti-corruption / FCPA due diligence associated with its US$16 billion acquisition of the vaccines business of another pharmaceutical company, divestiture of its oncology business, and a consumer healthcare joint venture.
Representing a small pharmaceutical company in connection with FDA and government investigations across multiple prosecutor offices into drug registry, off-label promotion, and patient support program issues.
Representing a mid-sized pharmaceutical company in connection with a federal investigation into patient support program, pricing, and specialty pharmacy issues.
Development of enhanced online anti-corruption training curriculum and revised global anti-corruption policies and procedures for a global private equity firm.
Oversaw the negotiations, finalization of terms and preparations for the announcement of the landmark US$2.3 billion Bextra civil and criminal, off-label promotion and kickback investigations with the Boston, Philadelphia, and other U.S. Attorney’s Offices, Main Justice, HHS OIG, and State Medicaid Fraud Control Units (largest criminal case in history at the time).
Oversaw the US$491 million Rapamune civil and criminal, off-label promotion investigation with the Western District of Oklahoma U.S. Attorney’s Office, Main Justice, HHS OIG, and State Medicaid Fraud Control Units.
Oversaw the negotiation and resolution of the grand jury investigation into the promotion of the $10 billion in sales, drug Protonix by the Boston U.S. Attorney’s Office, achieving a novel, civil-only resolution entailing US$55 million in disgorgement under the Food, Drug, & Cosmetics Act.
Oversaw internal investigations and associated voluntary disclosures under the FCPA for a pharmaceutical company involving numerous markets around the world to the U.S. Department of Justice and SEC, and certain foreign authorities, beginning in 2004, and concluding in 2012. Secured a full declination for the parent company, a deferred prosecution agreement for the relevant corporate subsidiary, no imposition of an independent monitor, and explicit government recognition of the company’s compliance efforts.
Oversaw the acquisition due diligence, resultant internal investigations in numerous markets and associated voluntary disclosures to the U.S. Department of Justice and SEC, which resulted in a full declination for the parent company and subsidiaries, and a purely civil resolution.
Defended a pharmaceutical company against government inquiries and investigations by the Chinese Administration of Industry and Commerce (“AIC”) in Beijing, Shanghai, and other cities and provinces across China.
Oversaw the successful resolution of several individual State Attorney General and multi-state AG coalition matters, including the US$33 million consumer protection settlement with a coalition of 44 states around the promotion of Geodon, and the US$45 million consumer protection settlement with a coalition of 34 states around the promotion of Zyvox and Lyrica.
Mr. Giampetruzzi brings creative lawyering to bear on each of his client’s challenges, with some of the compliance approaches he developed having become a best practice (e.g., proactive FCPA market reviews, now routinely in government resolutions), and even being cited in the U.S. government’s FCPA guidance document (e.g., FCPA acquisition due diligence).
Mr. Giampetruzzi is a frequent and well-recognized speaker at industry conferences on a variety of white collar defense topics, including global compliance programs, government investigations, state and federal U.S. healthcare enforcement, and the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.
Gary Giampetruzzi and Palmina Fava were named to Ethisphere magazine’s 2017 Attorneys Who Matter among specialists in Private Practice category.
Palmina Fava and Gary Giampetruzzi were named to Ethisphere magazine’s 2015 Attorneys Who Matter listing in the Specialists – Private Practice category.


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I'm looking to get some kinda hi-fi separates rack to house CD player, amp, pre-amp, record deck, maybe tape deck, too. Googling them, they mostly look like the kind of appalling glass and steel constructions which only suit a Michael Mann film. Anyone recommend any manufacturers etc?
I thought the wooden ones at www.hifiracks.co.uk didn't look too bad.
depending on your budget/needs, ikea's made a few end tables and stands that neatly fit 19" gear. some are easily stackable and some have room for rackmount rails if need be. but those podium ones look a lot nicer.
If you are on a budget then get something from IKEA. But the ones from HiFi racks are really good and relatively affordable because you can pay a lot more for equipment supports (for example, Fraim, it's beautiful but really expensive). Slightly pricier than Hifi Racks but also very nice is Isoblue. I ordered a two level Podium rack last week, however. The people who make them seem very friendly. Takes about 4 weeks for delivery. Thanks very much!
Does anyone have any tips for a nice work desk??? I've tried google but only hideous websites and ugly desks come up..... I'm after something 45-60 inches wide, but not too deep, a full length sliding keyboard ( all my crap ) tray and....most importantly.. it needs to be really robust, the one im using now wobbles and annoys me.
Also, I have no desire whatsoever for cabinets, PC trays, drawers or anything like that, I dont need to keep anything down there and I want to swing my legs.
My ex-girlfriend had a really great idea. She took a regular door, sanded down a side of it, bolted one side of it to the wall and the other side of it to a waist-height table cabinet of drawers. The desk ends up being about 10 feet long and, as weird as it may sound, looked perfectly normal. The result is a massive, sturdy desk that costs a fraction of what it would cost to by something similar and hard to come by.