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Crain's Chicago Business was named best business/finance website in the U.S. for sites with fewer than 1 million individual readers a month in Editor & Publisher's 2013 Eppy Awards.
Crain's also was among the top three finalists in three other categories: best mobile app, best webcast for its monthly Apps for Life review and best business blog for Joe Cahill on Business.
Crain's, in its winning submission, highlighted its breadth of coverage, which extends from business to technology, real estate, health care, politics, opinion, sports, dining and lifestyle features. Crain's was founded in 1978 and is owned by Detroit-based Crain Communications Inc.
The Eppy Awards, which honor news sites across 31 categories, are in their 18th year.

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A Chinese activist has been detained while investigating alleged workers’ rights abuses at a supplier for Ivanka Trump’s shoe brand.
Hua Haifeng was working undercover for the US-based China Labor Watch (CLW), which said he had witnessed examples of forced overtime and wage violations.
Two other activists involved in the investigation are missing, CLW said.
The supplier also makes products for other brands including Karl Lagerfeld, Coach and Nine West, it said.
CLW called on US President Trump to press for the release of Mr Hua.
Amnesty International has demanded the release all three activists, saying the two missing are feared to also have been detained.
“The trio appear to be the latest to fall foul of the Chinese authorities’ aggressive campaign against human rights activists who have any ties to overseas organizations, using the pretence of ‘national security’,” William Nee, China researcher at Amnesty International, said in a statement.
There has been no comment so far from Chinese authorities, the Trump administration or the Ivanka Trump brand.
CLW said Mr Hua was detained in Jiangxi province on suspicion of illegally using eavesdropping equipment but that this allegation had “no factual basis”.
The group’s executive director, Li Qiang, told the BBC the firm Mr Hua had been investigating, Huajian Group, had “violated workers’ rights in ways that included: forced overtime, wages lower than China’s legal minimum wage, managers’ verbal abuse of workers, and violations of women’s rights”.
In 17 years of investigating Chinese factories it was “the first time any [of] our investigators have been detained under a criminal process,” Mr Li said.
Mr Hua’s wife told the BBC she had lost contact with him on 28 May, but then police contacted her on Tuesday to say he was being held.
“I was shocked and freaked out,” Deng Guilian said.
“I only know that my husband was investigating a factory based in Ganzhou, Jiangxi province. That factory manufactures US president’s daughter’s product,” she said.
The other two men – named as Li Zhao and Su Heng – were working undercover at Huajian factories in Dongguan in Guangdong province and in Ganzhou.
China has seen frequent crackdowns on labour rights activists and rights lawyers in recent years, with campaigners being harassed, arrested or jailed.

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This is the perfect holiday cake! Merry Christmas Eve!
Awww, shucks. Happy new year Thalia!! Here’s to a beautiful 2017 <3 Biggest hugs!
Oh gosh, I gotta make this happen soon. Looks so good!
Stumbled on your site this morning and have enjoyed your lovely cakes and thoughts. Can you tell me more about luster dust? Best sources, colors and things you have learned about using it? THANK YOU! I enjoy making birthday cakes for friends and family and your site is inspiring. Your ideas in cooking and decorating are creative, whimsical and beautiful but also remain within the realm of possibility for the home cook.
Beautiful!! Love this so much!
Hi, firstly this looks great and I would like to make it for this weekend.
Just checking — there is only 55g of butter for the whole cake? Or is that just for 1 6-in layer?
I love this recipe and look forward to baking it. I’m making mini cakes and want to put the batter in a traditional Jelly Roll pan so I can cut out small squares. Is this recipe’s batter sufficient enough for the pan, or do I need to double the recipe, and if so, can this recipe be doubled.
I am so excited to make this. In fact, I posted on my FB page, with your pge, saying I was so excited to find your recipe I gave myself an anxiety attack. Thank you for answering my question. Thank you for spreading your passion to people like me.
I ended up baking this cake recipe into mini cupcakes. They turned out amazing. I am so glad I found your recipe. It will offer a great presentation and a surprise to the pallets of the ballet company’s patrons. I volunteer goodies like this for the reception table so the ballet company can earn tip money from treats amazing like this one.
This cake is stunning! I’m going to make it but do you think I could double the recipe or make 1 1/2 x and use 8 inch pans? I have 8’s and 9’s. Also, have you tried using buttermilk in the batter? Thanks!
Thanks for the tips! I’ll let you know how it turns out this weekend.
I stumbled onto this recipe a couple of days ago and can’t stop thinking about making it!! Your cakes are gorgeous!!!!!!! I have a couple of questions, you have flour as a cake ingredient, is it cake or all purpose flour? I only have 9” round pans so would you recommend the apricot or orange for the the filling? Lastly, I would like to try the magic dust ; does it have a taste to it? I only want to use water so that my children can enjoy as well.
Hi, approximately how many servings does this size yield? Thanks!
Hi Jocelyn! Thanks for reaching out. Usually I get 8 slices out of a 6-inch cake like this one. They are generously sized but not huge. I could see squeezing 10 out of it as well.
Many thanks for putting ingredients in grams – don’t save any recipes in cups. Assuming the flour is self raising ?

industry_corpus2: Hospitality & Catering


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Look for hidden objects in many stunning locations, including archeological sites, museums, temples, and markets.
Solve Rube Goldberg style puzzles where you restore ancient mechanisms, complete enchanting jewel boards, and fun mini-games.

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Contributed by Duncan Fremlin. In 1946, the citizens of Toronto must have been in a good mood. They had sugar and coffee and tea and gas for their cars and all the good stuff that was in short supply during the war.
I can’t imagine what was going on at City Hall at that time, but I do know that no one ran against the incumbent mayor, Robert Hood Saunders. It’s hard to imagine that happening in 2019.
The ward of Rosedale/Cabbagetown had an interesting election also. There were four candidates and the gentleman who won the least number of votes was a Mr. William Dennison, a developer, a friendly man who eventually served as mayor of Toronto from 1967 to 1972. During his time in office, swaths of Cabbagetown west of Parliament Street were bulldozed in favour of the St. James Town high rises and if he had his way, the rest of the neighbourhood would have soon followed. In March 1978, City Council approved a sweeping expansion of ‘St James Town south’, along Ontario, Bleecker and Wellesley Streets to Carlton. Under John Sewell’s leadership, this project was, fortunately, stopped. We can thank Mr. Sewell and his associates for saving our precious neighbourhood.
There was a 1946 planning report with suggestions on how to direct traffic across the valley. One idea was to extend Amelia and Winchester Streets and connect them with Rosedale Valley Road. There would then be a bridge built connecting the traffic to a new freeway which eventually became the Don Valley Parkway. A chilling suggestion for today’s Cabbagetown residents.

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We work closely with leading UTV dealers in providing their customer vehicles with platforms that are far more versatile for work, or play, in the same way as we provide our HI-CAP bodies for 1 ton pick ups. A regular UTV body cannot carry a Euro pallet or a straw bale, they are restricted by limited internal dimensions and rigid sides. Our UTV platform will be built to your exact specification to fulfill whatever role is required, be it a full drop side body, to a simple platform to mount feeding machinery. Your new HI-CAP UTV body is fixed to the existing body mounts, so there’s no cutting or welding on your UTV chassis.
Because our bodies are built onto your existing chassis and are not in a kit form, your body can be any size or design to suit your specific needs and application.

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***** NO ONWARD CHAIN ***** We are delighted to offer for sale this two bedroom retirement apartment, located on the first floor of the popular Fountain Court. Comprising a communal entrance hall, entrance hall to the apartment, spacious lounge/dining room, kitchen, two good size double bedrooms and bathroom. Further benefits to the property include Upvc double glazing, communal gardens and a communal car park.
We are delighted to offer for sale this two bedroom retirement apartment, located on the first floor of the popular Fountain Court. Comprising a communal entrance hall, entrance hall to the apartment, spacious lounge, kitchen, two good size double bedrooms and bathroom. Further benefits to the property include Upvc double glazing, communal gardens and a communal car park.
You enter the building through a door with a security intercom system. Stairs lead up to the first floor apartment.
You enter this spacious apartment through a solid wood door with internal doors leading to the lounge, two double bedrooms and bathroom. There is a Dimplex night storage heater, intercom phone, built in shoe/coat cupboard, double doors to a large airing cupboard (stained glass panels) and smoke alarm.
The lounge/diner has a Upvc double glazed window to the front, door leading to the kitchen, electric meter, Dimplex night storage heater, coved ceiling, TV point and warden contact control box.
The kitchen comprises a UPVC double glazed window to the rear. There are a range of matching base and wall units, rolled top work surfaces, stainless steel inset sink unit, tile splash backs, Siemens electric cooker, plumbing for washing machine, space for fridge freezer and wall mounted Dimplex heater.
Bedroom one has Upvc double glazed windows to the rear and side, access to loft space, wall mounted electric heater and warden alarm cord.
Bedroom two, which could conveniently be used as a formal dining room, comprises a Upvc double glazed window to the rear, wall mounted electric heater and warden alarm cord.
The bathroom has an obscured Upvc double glazed window to the rear, close couple W.C, pedestal wash hand basin, panelled bath with Triton shower over, tiled splash backs, shaver socket with light, wall mounted electric heater and warden alarm cord.
The attractive and well kept communal gardens with a fountain to the centre are a lovely place to spend time with other residents or enjoy some peace and quiet.
There is communal car parking.
Residents are must be a minimum age of 55 years old.


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Lahore: 05-11-2018: Speaker Punjab Assembly Ch Parvez Elahi while talking to Khyber Pukhtoonkhwah Assembly Speaker Mushtaq Ahmad Ghani has said that how could Shehbaz Sharif completed new building of Punjab Assembly of my tenure whereas he had not let hospitals, educational institutions, peoples welfare and well-being and development other institutions of my tenure as the Chief Minister operational and scrapped work on every such project and did not let it be functional on which plaque of my name as Chief Minister Ch Parvez Elahi was displayed.
During visit to the Punjab Assembly, Speaker Mushtaq Ahmad Ghani also toured new under-construction building. Speaker KPK Assembly expressed surprise on how you hold sessions with such large number of members despite there being no space in old building of the Assembly.
He said that new buildings of Sindh and KPK Assemblies have also been completed and sessions are held there but this grand project of construction of new building of Punjab Assembly could not be completed even after passage of many years.
He praised the peoples welfare projects including Rescue 1122 Service and provision of free medicines in the emergencies of the hospitals of Ch Parvez Elahi tenure, . He also appreciated his efforts for provision of facilities to the Assembly Members.
Ch Parvez Elahi said that we had also construction of new building in 2005 but after us work was stopped on it, now work is going afoot speedily under his supervision and Insha-Allah next budget session will be held in new building. He further said that Shehbaz Sharif has always preferred his revengeful temperament and false ego over everything else, this is why cardiology hospital, burn center and emergency block constructed during my tenure were not made functional and large number of people had expire due to non-availability of timely treatment.

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Mother, Daughter, Friend, Caregiver. Happy, Conservative, Religious. Understanding, Strong, Loving,Humorous, Dancing through life!
Demand Trump just ignores the courts! #MAGA MT @CorinaCalbert13 Ignore the courts! ...It's up to the President according to Constitution!


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industry_corpus2: Manufacturing


text: NVWE Notes: This is a terrific “East of Eden”: even deeper and fuller than its gorgeous 2016 sibling. The aromas are a zesty, densely-packed array of green apple skin, lemon sorbet, white peach pit, toasted meringue, toasted hazelnut, nougat and baking-spice scents. It is as bright if more evolved in the mouth, where chiseled flavors of fresh green apple, pineapple core, gooseberry, lemon, white peach pit, honeysuckle, vanilla and toasted hazelnut are caressed by a creamy texture then given a sharp-edge at the lingering finish by a blast of chalky minerality. If food-worthy and outright delicious already, this beauty probably deserves at least two more years to fully express itself.


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The theme for the 2016 Annual Assembly will be 'Future-Thinking in FCERM' - a call to the Flood Risk Management Community to consider the innovative approaches to building flood-resilient societies in a time of environmental change.
The event will be headlined by Prof Hailey Fowler, Professor of Climate Change Impacts Newcastle University and Phil Younge, FCRM, Environment Agency. They will be leading us in exploring what the future of Flood Risk Management will look like within the context of our changing climate, and our ever-advancing technological capabilities.
Networking, time for collaboration and a return of the 2-minute presentations were what you asked us for more of and our 2016 programme will deliver all of these elements!
We'll be setting aside specific time to look at tools such as Crowd Sourcing and Citizen Science, Multi-event modelling and ommunincation tools for flood risk management with a view to exploring what practioners need and how we can better utilise new technologies in our flood risk managment remit.
Information on how to get involved in the 2-min presentations can be found on the Eventbrite Registration page. You can view the full programme using this link, or by opening the flyer below.

industry_corpus2: Water Resources & Marine


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Signing: To sign brown, you make the ASL sign for B (extend your fingers, and tuck your thumb under) and run your index finger down the side of your face.
The sign is a little like you are smearing brown war paint on your face.
Usage: The brown sign can be taught along with the other color signs using the color flash cards.
Flash Card: Click the link to view the Brown Baby Sign Language Flash Card. The flash cards are printable and available in both U.S. Letter and A4 sizes.
Could you please add a sign for ginger bread man? THANK YOU!!
Finger spell ginger, use the sign for man and the sign for bread.
I really like your memory tricks. I ALWAYS forget “brown” but then I read the “brown war paint” description. Thank you!!

industry_corpus2: Subject Education


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Hotels in the Middle East reported negative performance results during November 2017, while hotels in Africa posted growth across the three key performance indicators, according to STR, a provider of analytics and marketplace insights.
Occupancy in Middle East hotels decreased 1.8 percentage points to 69.6 per cent during the month. Average daily rate (ADR) declined 4.6 per cent to $171.10 while revenue per available room (RevPAR) dropped 6.3 per cent to $119.01.
STR analysts note that consistent declines in RevPAR over the past two years correlates with the drop in oil prices. Qatar, Bahrain and Saudi Arabia have experienced the steepest performance decreases in 2017, and all have been significantly affected by reduced corporate business.
Occupancy in African hotels was up by 8.7 percentage points to 64.3 per cent. ADR grew by 0.9 per cent to $106.73 and RevPAR surged 9.7 per cent to $68.66.
Northern Africa drove demand and occupancy growth for the region, with increases of 26 per cent and 25.2 per cent, respectively. Egypt helped that performance with continued high occupancy growth (+39.3 per cent). ADR decreased in Northern Africa (-4.0 per cent), which was in part due to decreases in Morocco (-8.5 per cent) and Tunisia (-2.0 per cent).


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Osmo Pocket automatically detects and illuminates low-lit scenes into bright photos. You can also take tripod-free 2-3s handheld long exposure shot in Pro mode.
Story mode uses a combination of preset shooting patterns and camera motions to help you create professional-quality video whenever you want. Exclusively-designed filters and soundtracks give a unique finish to your footage. Mimo is the companion to let you point, shoot, edit, and share amazing moments.
Osmo Pocket enhances the photography experience with intuitive functions and allows total customization. Pro mode lets you manually adjust camera parameters and adjust exposure. Powerful imaging capabilities also capture RAW format photos and D-Cinelike videos, retaining rich detail and allowing more room for post-processing.
A suite of accessories (sold separately) perfect for Osmo Pocket offers even more options for filming and photography, helping you make unforgettable footage.
Uses a twist-lock design to attach to the Accessory Mount, and an industrial adhesive strip for a firm hold to a helmet, board, and other surfaces.

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When the Emperor was Divine (2003) is Julie Otsuka’s short debut novel detailing the hardships of a Japanese-American family taken from their California home and sent to a Japanese internment camp in Utah during World War II. This story uses some familiar elements from contemporary fiction because it is told from the perspectives of each of the family members, with the father’s point of view being especially impactful because of his confession to the crimes of his countrymen.
Many stories about World War II focus on the European front, the Holocaust, or the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, so it’s refreshing to see a book written about what life was like for those in the United States who claimed Japanese heritage. The family in Otsuka’s novel has lived in the United States for a long time and they have adapted to the culture in numerous ways. However, as the war begins, the racist overtones slowly start to emerge. The two children, a sister and a brother, don’t even speak much Japanese, yet because they are a minority race, they have to confront the stereotypes of Japanese people at the time.
While the internment camps for the Japanese-Americans were not as awful and unforgiving as the concentration camps that the Germans made for the Jews, this story shows that America acted out of fear and ignorance and used the pretense of “safety” in order to allow these desert internment camps to happen. This book serves as a good reminder of what racism can lead to and how minorities feel about being blamed for the problems of their respective mother countries.
When the Emperor was Divine is available for purchase on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and at other booksellers.

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And sudandlie I sleipit syne.
O mankynd, for the luif of thee.
That it wes sorow for to se.
That it was pietie for to se.
Quhill cors and corps and all did crak.
Onto the Fader most of micht.
Deid bodies rais in the citй.
Quhill blude and watter did furth glyde.
And out at the gettis did schow.
Byding our Salvitour, Chryst Jesu.
Onlie for luif of sweit Jesu.
With spreit halflingis in effray.
Befoir the Crose of sweit Jesu.


text: Inspired by traditional Arctic kayaks, the Coast XT is capable of serious expeditions and pro-level performance. With superb speed and handling, it's our most sophisticated kayak yet. In 2018, we've made major improvements to the assembly process, comfort, fit, and safety of our flagship model - all of these features create a boat that's as beautiful to look at as it is to paddle.

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text: Over 2 days, year 6 walked to the Military Museum to further learn about the fascinating facts around WW2. We were able to experience the privilege of holding a real gun and using the air raid warden’s rattle while dressing up as key people around at the time. We learnt about life during the war and deepened our understanding of shelters, evacuation, rationing and other precautions which were made. We also had the opportunity to look around the museum and sketch the key artefacts. It was interesting to see the real life tank and experience the artefacts up close.


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More than 17 years ago, I began putting our teaching videos up on the internet, free of charge. It cost us a great deal at that time, which was before YouTube came on the scene. YouTube has been a great asset in getting the message out to the world — but we did it differently than most.
Most ministries “monetize” their videos, which means they allow advertisements to play before, during, and after the video; this creates a financial kickback to the ministries to help pay for their production costs, etc. YouTube has encouraged us many times to monetize our videos in this way, but we have refused.
We have refused for reasons of integrity. We refuse to interrupt any of our programs with commercial messages from outside sources because those sources may have products or services that may not line up with what you expect from A Rood Awakening! International.
Most importantly of all, we want to get the Gospel of the Kingdom that Yeshua taught straight to you without distractions. Of course, we’d appreciate “likes” and “shares” but it’s not our primary concern. Our concern is to give you these teachings free of charge online.
We do it the way the Almighty said. We are freely giving, we are asking you to freely give in return.
This time, coming up to the end of the year, we have so many teachings we want to give to you, but we can’t do it without you. In fact, there are things that are waiting in the wings that, honestly, we just can’t do because of financial restraint.
We have more seasons of The Chronological Gospels series that are set to go, but we can’t produce them. Why? Because the finances are simply not there yet.
We have so many people, so many of our executive producers that are stepping up with $5,000, with $10,000, some of them with $20,000 donations to help fund this. But every gift counts! Any gift is appreciated and gets you involved with this ministry.
If you’ve been thinking about it, do it now, before the end of the year. Instead of giving your money away to the government, you can help to get the gospel of the kingdom out to the world.
I’m asking you to postmark your gift before December 31st. Thank you for standing with us.


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Meatballs are so good on pasta and even on it's own as an appetizer. I have a recipe here you can make that comes with a cheesy surprise and fresh spinach in the middle. The ingredients listed doesn't tell you what amounts to use, but you can estimate and depending how much meat/meatballs you want to make.
2) Mix all ingredients for Meat Mixture in a large bowl and set aside.
3) Sautee spinach and garlic until spinach is wilted. Transfer to a colander to drain and cool. Once cooled, squeeze out as much water as you can. Chop spinach and mix with mozzarella and parmesan.
4) Form meat mix into balls and place a small amount of filling inside.
5) While meatballs are cooking, heat tomato sauce, oregano, salt, pepper, and sugar in a small saucepan.
6) Serve with tomato sauce for dipping.


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The Action of this property depends upon Server Property.
First, if Server Property is True, ActiveX control opens TCP port specified by LocalPortNumber Property and wait for connection from client. At this time, connection is not established -- when client connects server, it will have connected. Active Property becomes True when TCP port has been opened successfully, although connection has not established.
Besides this, if Server Property is False, ActiveX control attempts to connect to server specified by IPAddress Property and PortNumber Property. It is possible to use IP address or computer name (host name) for IPAddress Property. If server is running on the same computer, it is possible to specify IPAddress Property as "" (empty). TCP port number of your computer can be specified by LocalPortNumber Property, however it is possible to let server determine free TCP port number automatically. If TCP port number is fixed number, it may take very long time to establish connection, so auto numbering faculty is very useful. To use auto numbering, set LocalPortNumber Property 0. When connection has been successfully established, Active Property becomes True.
If you set this property False, then connection will be lost. Don’t worry to forget to disconnect established connection at termination of application. ActiveX control automatically delete all of the connection. When Active Property on server side is set to False, then all the connections between each client are disconnected.
If the other side of Active Property is set to False, connection will be disappeared (like spouse relationship). Please notice that Active Property will be set to False automatically at this time whatever it is client.

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The medical industry has also taken advantage of 3D printing's ability to make unique objects that might otherwise be tough to build using traditional methods. U.S. surgeons implanted a 3D-printed skull piece to replace 75 percent of a patient's skull during an operation in March 2013. Researchers also built a 3D-printed ear mold that served as the framework for a bioengineered ear with living cells.
The spread of 3D printing technology around the world could also shrink geographical distances for both homeowners and businesses. Online marketplaces already allow individuals to upload 3D-printable designs for objects and sell them anywhere in the world. Rather than pay hefty shipping fees and import taxes, sellers can simply arrange for a sold product to be printed at whatever 3D printing facility is closest to the buyer.
Such 3D printing services may not be limited to specialty shops or companies in the near future. Staples stores plan to offer 3D printing services in the Netherlands and Belgium starting in 2013.
Businesses won't be alone in benefiting from 3D printing's print-on-demand-anywhere capability. The U.S. military has deployed 3D printing labs to Afghanistan as a way to speed up the pace of battlefield innovation and rapidly build whatever soldiers might need onsite. NASA has looked into 3D printing for making replacement parts aboard the International Space Station and building spacecraft in orbit.
Most 3D printers don't go beyond the size of household appliances such as refrigerators, but 3D printing could even scale up in size to build objects as big as a house. A separate NASA project has investigated the possibility of building lunar bases for future astronauts by using moon "dirt" known as regolith.
But 3D printing still has its limits. Most 3D printers can only print objects using a specific type of material — a serious limitation that prevents 3D printers from creating complex objects such as an Apple iPhone. Yet researchers and commercial companies have begun developing workarounds. Optomec, a company based in Albuquerque, New Mexico, has already made a 3D printer capable of printing electronic circuitry onto objects.
A .22 pistol assembled using a 3D-printed receiver part.
The 3D printing boom could eventually prove disruptive in both a positive and negative sense. For instance, the ability to easily share digital blueprints online and print out the objects at home has proven a huge boon for do-it-yourself makers.
But security experts worry about 3D printing's ability to magnify the effects of digital piracy and the sharing of knowledge that could prove dangerous in the wrong hands. Defense Distributed, a Texas group, has already begun pushing societal boundaries by working on the world's first fully 3D-printable gun.

industry_corpus2: Health & Medicine


text: ER32 Collet Set Metric Size High Precision Spring Clamping Collet set 18 pieces. The item "ER32 (18Pcs) Collet Set Metric Size High Precision Spring Clamping Collet" is in sale since Monday, August 13, 2018. This item is in the category "Business & Industrial\CNC, Metalworking & Manufacturing\Workholding & Toolholding\Workholding\Collets". The seller is "salechamps" and is located in Hallandale, Florida. This item can be shipped to United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Denmark, Romania, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Czech republic, Finland, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Estonia, Australia, Greece, Portugal, Cyprus, Slovenia, Japan, China, Sweden, South Korea, Indonesia, Taiwan, South africa, Thailand, Belgium, France, Hong Kong, Ireland, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Italy, Germany, Austria, Bahamas, Israel, Mexico, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, Switzerland, Norway, Saudi arabia, Ukraine, United arab emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Croatia, Malaysia, Chile, Colombia, Costa rica, Dominican republic, Panama, Trinidad and tobago, Guatemala, El salvador, Honduras, Jamaica, Viet nam.


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Navy Officer Arrester for Spying Against U.S.
Today, April 11, 2016, Reuters reported that a U.S. Navy officer, Lieutenant Commander Edward Lin, will face espionage charges. Lin was apart of the Navy’s Patrol and Reconnaissance Group, which handles intelligence collection operations. While it has yet to be fully verified, it is believed Lin was sending secrets to either China or Taiwan.
The case of Lieutenant Commander Lin would just be a small piece in China’s larger plan for stealing U.S. secrets. The strategic threat of China understanding our military capabilities rivals that of terrorism and cybersecurity, and it is unclear if the U.S. has the ability or understanding to counter this threat.
Lin, born in Taiwan, was accused “twice of sending secret information and three times attempting to do so to a representative of a foreign government “with intent or reason to believe it would be used to the advantage of a foreign nation.”” according to Reuters.
While Lin may not have had access to highly classified information, it is a known strategy for the Chinese to rely on large numbers of low level workers to gain information. The Chinese work the information like a puzzle, putting smaller pieces together in order to form a larger picture. It is more difficult to find hundreds of low level people, as opposed to known higher ups with sensitive information.
The Canadian Navy has also been a victim of Chinese espionage. In 2013 it was discovered that a Chinese-Canadian man, Qing Quentin Huang, was sending information to the Chinese. Huang was arrested for allegedly sending information regarding Canada’s ship building capability. With this information, foreign governments can gain a tactical advantage over a nation’s Navy by preparing for the capabilities it would encounter.
The U.S. has uncovered multiple attempts by the Chinese to steal sensitive material regarding economic and military technology and capabilities in the past.
Gwo-Bao Min was an aeronautical engineer from Taiwan. In 1975 he began to work at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. An FBI investigation into Min discovered he had been giving secrets to the Chinese regarding nuclear weapon technology, including how to miniaturize nuclear warheads. However, no formal charges were placed on Min, as prosecutors felt the evidence was not strong enough.
Katrina Leung was recruited by the FBI to spy on Chinese officials, and during her time with the FBI it is estimated she was paid more than $1.7 million. Leung turned out to be a double agent, and was able to acquire classified information from her FBI handler James Smith. Leung passed along information regarding military, nuclear, and political information to the Chinese for over a decade.
Wen Ho Lee was an employee of the Los Alamos National Laboratory where he worked on the bomb-design unit. The FBI began to investigate Lee in the early 1980s when he began connecting with Gwo-Bao Min. Lee was then suspected of stealing the design of the W88 nuclear warhead and sending it to the Chinese. Lee was arrested in December 1999 and indicted on 59 felony counts alleging that he illegally downloaded classified information and violated the Atomic Energy Act and the Foreign Espionage Act. However, after striking a deal with the Federal Government, he only pled guilty to one count, and was later given compensation for a faulty investigation.
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It’s no secret that we have been utilizing some of the most advanced GPS surveying technology the commercial industry has to offer. But what most people don’t know is that we’re able to do it at a fraction of the cost of most traditional methods. How?? Photogrammetry – the next step in aerial surveying!
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Today during our April Health and Safety Meeting, we dissected the topic of hydraulic hoists and elevators that we may come across as a part of Phase I Environmental Site Assessments (ESAs). During Phase I ESAs our goal is to find current or historical potential environmental risks to a property, which is like making a map for more intrusive assessment methods. The clearer the information for that map, the better.
This is where the hydraulic hoists and elevators come in, both old (removed) ones and new. Hydraulic hoists can be above- or in-ground and the location of the hydraulic fluid tank (which contains oil) can vary, which affects the risk level. Similar to a buried fuel tank, buried hydraulic reservoirs and hydraulic pistons have the potential to leak. Similarly, hydraulic elevators come in multiple forms where the depth of potential impact varies with the depth that the elevator piston can reach. As you might guess, it can take some sleuthing to find all the facts! During our site inspections we look for evidence of old hoists in the form of cutout and re-poured concrete, and we ask a lot of weird questions - but we promise there is a reason we’re asking them.
At the March Health and Safety meeting, we discussed the topic of silica in the workplace. Silica is one of the most common elements on earth, but is considered a Group 1 carcinogen in humans. Continued long-term exposure can be dangerous to one’s health, and can lead to the development of silicosis. Some examples of professions that are susceptible to exposure include construction, mining, sandblasting, masonry, and demolition. The use of less-hazardous substances, proper personal protective equipment, workplace maintenance, and mitigative measures can limit exposure to silica.
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This morning during our monthly HSE meeting we held an open session with all staff in attendance to identify, understand, and manage stress in the workplace. The outcome of the session was the identification of 20+ sources of workplace stress, ranging from long hours to the daily commute to the economy. However, even more coping mechanisms were brought forward which included taking micro-breaks, removing distractions, unplugging from devices, going outside, daily exercise, and seeking professional help. The session proved to be effective in starting the conversation for some - and maintaining the conversation for others – and continues our path forward with the overall goal of maintaining a healthy workplace.

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Although these portraits are different to my studio portraits I still always try to bring out the best in the children with a little of what I put into my studio work. For me posing, lighting and styling are still important elements. I just can't take the time to do as much as I would for studio portraits, nor is it possible to consult with all the parents ahead of time to learn of their preferences. For future reference though, for anyone sending their children to playgroup for portraits, please choose clothing that is more simple with less going on. Overly bright and busy patterns are often a big distraction in portraits.
Where I can I like to include things that the children like. If a child brings a favourite cuddly toy they are welcome to have that with them in their photos. In some cases I can't always convince them to leave the toy out of the photo anyway. I believe that if something is that important to the child then it will make a fantastic memory for years to come.
In the case of this young boy, he loves books and it was the perfect way to get him to sit and interact with me. This too is a wonderful memory for his parents because they said this is exactly what he is like at home too. It worked a treat when wanting the two boys to sit next to each other, a task that is difficult more often than not when working with small children.
So what is the very important lesson I speak of? The lesson is this. Please do not practice smiling with your children before photo day. This is rarely a help to me and more often than not makes it difficult for me to get natural smiles from them. They will often sit in front of me and put on a very cheesy and false smile that they believe is what they've been practicing. They think they are doing what you have asked of them but it looks very unnatural. It then takes me considerably longer to work them out of that smile, if I can at all. Some kids won't do anything but what they believe is the smile mum wants to see. Its wonderful that they want to try but not wonderful when parents are disappointed that I didn't get a natural expression. Please don't make a big deal about photo day at all. Its just another day at playschool. They don't need the worry about the unknown. And they don't need to practice smiling. With the right interaction they are pretty good at that all on their own.
I pride myself on the patience I have with these children. And its not that I have the patience of a saint. Its just that I know the more patient I am the better the results. I really do like photographing children and I want to do the best I possibly can. That's not to say though that I don't have moments when I am screaming on the inside. Its just that I've learned to never let them see me sweat. I have worked out that if I remain calm I can almost always get what I need. During playgroup sessions where there are fewer children to photograph than a full sized school I can take my time and work with them and hopefully create beautiful portraits of every child.
So please remember, don't practice smiling and don't make a big deal about photo day. They'll be fine and I will work with them to bring out their natural beauty, which may not be all smiley anyway. I spend enough time with them and I often ask the staff about the children as well so I am usually pretty good at creating portraits that reflect each child's personality. But at the end of the day, these are still school photos and not full studio sessions so please be realistic in what I can achieve in that environment.


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I didn’t become the mom I am when my husband and I decided to start a family. Like most people, God had been shaping my life for motherhood before I even knew it. It began when I was in preschool. I didn’t know it at the time, but I was sick. I’m not certain exactly when it happened because I was so little, but some of my earliest memories are painful ones. The problem with pain, though, is that you don’t realize it’s pain when you’ve only ever been in pain.
When I was 17, I spent a an unforgettable summer on a mission trip with some wonderful friends from my church youth group. I knew then I wanted to be a missionary. The warm air in that impoverished Caribbean nation made me feel so good and I felt like I was exactly where I was supposed to be, doing what God wanted. It was humbling and exhilarating all at the same time to have the opportunity to daily share Christ with the kids I worked with. And though it was also hard, I loved being completely dependent on God. He daily gave me strength.
I didn’t want to lose the closeness I had with God or the purpose that I felt on that trip, so when I came home, I made one of the most pivotal decisions of my entire life, although I didn’t know it at the time. I prayed that God would continue to keep me completely dependent on Him. God isn’t safe. He’s good, but His ways aren’t our ways. I had no idea that only three weeks later, the pain that I had felt my whole life would become excruciatingly unbearable. I went from being an athlete to barely being able to walk. It was so bad, I had to crawl up stairs and it hurt even to be touched. If someone just accidentally bumped into me, I was reduced to tears.
The summer ended and I began my senior year of high school, but everything had changed. I needed all the support I could get, so gone were my plans to attend college out of state and when I lost my voice, my dreams to major in music also ended. I realized I wasn’t healthy enough to go live overseas anymore so I couldn’t go into missions, either. I was devastated. And, to make it even worse, I still didn’t have a diagnosis. I was so scared because pain like that usually means something bad. Really bad. It took a year before I was finally diagnosed with fibromyalgia; a chronic illness that has to do with overactive nerves and causes miserable pain. There is no cure for it and my case was severe, yet, I was relieved knowing that it wouldn’t take my life like some of the others diseases that were being considered. Still, I felt so hopeless and lost in darkness. Didn’t God understand that all I wanted to do was to serve Him? I felt like He took my ability to do that, but truly, I had the complete dependence I had asked for.
It took me a few years before I could understand the point of all my failed dreams. God wanted to teach me something first. I learned how to manage my illness and got it under control so I could live pretty normally despite being in constant pain. I met and married my husband, Brian, finished college with a degree in psychology, and we started a family.
When Jackson was born, everything changed. I fell in love with being a mom of three boys. God started showing me how wrong I was to think that my plan might have been better than His. I couldn’t have been happier being mom to my Monkey, Gremlin, and Trouble, respectively. And I love that we laugh. A lot. There was the time that Ethan colored himself and Luke completely with a blue marker in three minutes while I was on the phone. Later,when Luke was a toddler, he drank day-old cold, black coffee, straight from the coffee pot when my back was turned. And once, at two years-old, Jackson snuck out of bed in the middle of the night and we found him watching The Chronicles of Narnia with the sound turned all the way down and the subtitles on. Yup. All we can do is laugh!
Still, my heart ached. I didn’t feel done with our family. Brian and I lost a precious baby between Luke and Jackson and I found myself wishing that I could make some difference. I’ve always had a desire to adopt, but it never worked out. The doors just kept closing until, one day, one door stayed open. Foster care. It wasn’t what I planned. It was messy, complicated even, but the need was great. I brought it up to Brian and he was immediately in. I know it makes no sense to do this. I was only 29 years old when we started the process. We have our three boys, live in a house with only three bedrooms, and I’m sick. There were so many reasons to not do it, but God put it on my heart. The desire wouldn’t go away and when God asks you to do something, you can’t say no.
Right now, I’m a mom to four. We are on our second placement with a precious infant foster daughter. God gave me my girl. I might not get to keep her, but that is okay; God is bigger than the pain of goodbyes. If there is one thing I learned from my miscarriage, it is that I am going to make the most with all the time I am given with my kids, biological or not. They are all my kids. I’ve also realized that I don’t want to be normal. My boys are amazing; they love their foster sister and are incredibly compassionate. They’ve seen so much pain as they’ve watch me struggle with illness and they want to take care of their foster sister since they understand she has lost her biological family. They are so empathetic and are learning to serve God sacrificially even at the tender ages of 8, 6, and 2.
It occurred to me once as I walked into the social services building that I actually am on the mission field. I may not have been able to go overseas, but God brought the mission field to me. The psychology degree I hadn’t planned on getting was exactly what I needed. And I might not be using my voice to sing, but I’m using it to tell others about God. As a foster parent, I get to work with these precious, hurting birth parents and make a difference. Because of my pain and chronic illness, I am open with them about how I don’t have it all together. They know I understand and so they listen to me. I never expected my pain to be so important.
Being a mom is so much more than simply taking care of kids, making PB&Js for lunch and reading bedtime stories. Being a mom means giving of ourselves in ways that we never expected and serving God even when it doesn’t make sense. My journey wasn’t what I had planned, but it was what God planned and His plans have proved far better than mine ever could.
S.L. Payne, a Southern Californian transplanted to the South, lives with her husband, three biological sons and foster daughter. She is thankful for God’s faithfulness in her illness as God has used to it help her see Him in everything; the three boys have supplied the humor! She loves writing, photography and laughing with her family. She writes at Rest Ministries and on her website, www.uncommongrace.net, where she hopes she can encourage others to live in grace. You can follow her on Twitter @saralynnpayne.
“I never expected my pain to be so important.” … I just love that pearl in the middle of your post. It’s so beautiful what God can do with our stories. ALL of our stories. Even the pain. Sometimes, especially the pain. Your story matters so very much and was incredibly encouraging to me today. Thank you for linking at Unforced Rhythms.
Thank you so much, Julia! But, truly, I feel like I am the blessed one! Coming through all of this to be used by God in such an incredible, albeit difficult, way is so humbling!
I love how you were able to share the ‘full’ story, from start to almost finish… since He is still writing the story, right. You should read Isaiah 54 sometime and be encouraged.. more will be the spiritual children he is sending to you. 🙂 I enjoyed my visit but especially the title and the purpose. It is a beautiful thing when we realize our mission as mothers is to imitate His love to others and to enjoy it.
This is a beautiful post! Thank you for sharing this with us!
Oh, sweet sister, how I can relate! Although our past pain end experiences look somewhat different, I feel as though we are kindreds in many of the things He has been teaching and revealing to us. Thank you for sharing your story! I am always amazed to see how God works in every situation, big and small, and He has clearly done a big work in yours. Your family is absolutely beautiful! Praise God for the gift of children!
I came by your blog- absolutely loved it! Yes, we do have a lot of similarities! I wrote a post about the baby we lost that you might like too- it is at http://uncommongrace.net/2014/05/19/its-better-this-way/ . I’d love to connect more with you too!
Thanks for sharing your story! I too am a foster mom, and can so relate to all you wrote! I have often thought of foster care as our families mission field. Thanks again!
Thanks again for dropping by and have a blessed week!
I am learning this, too as a step-mom: “Being a mom means giving of ourselves in ways that we never expected and serving God even when it doesn’t make sense.” In some ways, I didn’t know the depth of loving someone unconditionally until I became a step-mom. I am still learning the depth of that kind of love, in fact. Thanks for your story.
Amen! If you would ever be interested in sharing your story of being a stepmom, I would love to hear it and possibly post it here. Email me at wynterkaiser@gmail.com if you want more info. And thank you for for visiting M2M!
Thank you for sharing your story. I love how God works through our pain and shows us so much of who He is in the process. Thank you for sharing at the wonderful Wednesday blog hop today.
Thanks for visiting M2M and thank you for hosting the WWBH each week. I look forward to participating and reading the other great posts every week!
SO so beautiful! You made me laugh and cry (toddler drinking coffee – omg – my 1.5 year olds dream beverage!). I’m so happy you have your foster daughter – it sounds like you are a great family and will love her SO much!
I’m glad you enjoyed this and I hope you will come back each week to read more real stories of motherhood from REAL moms!
Thanks so much, Madaline! It sounds like our kids would be friends! I seriously can’t believe all the things they do- it gives me a lot of material for my blog 😉 Hence my camera is usually sitting out for those instances… I feel so blessed to have our foster daughter too. She is the most precious little thing and we adore her! I really appreciate your encouragement!
What a great post. Thanks for sharing. You are such a hero and blessing to the kids you foster.
Thank you for stopping by M2M today!
Isn’t it true that God’s plans are so different than what we would choose, but eventually so much better for us. I have had some similar experiences, and I felt I sometimes railed against the heavens asking for my way, but God knew what I needed (better than what I wanted). I am so grateful for Him and that He loves me. Thanks for sharing your story. Beautiful. Love those little ones! They are so darling.
“But God know what I needed better than what I wanted” Such truth! Thank you for visiting M2M today and for your inspiring words!
You are so right! I love how you put it too that God knew better. I feel like this whole journey has been about my humility and learning to just trust Him even when I don’t understand. Clearly, He has a plan and it is often more than we could even imagine, and that is just what we get to see of it. Thank you for your encouragement!
Needless to say, before the visit was over, I had a talk with both of them. I asked her to count to 10 before responding to my challenging child. I asked him to obey our hostess and not repeat bad words. The rest of the visit was without major incident.
What a fantastic story! And what a joy it must have been for you to hear him answer anger and malice with Truth! Thank you for sharing and thank you for dropping by M2M today. Have a blessed week!
Patti, that is an amazing story- you are making such a difference for those kids! I have to admit that it bothers me that a lot of society labels foster kids as trouble when their behavior is often just a result of all the trauma they have been through. That is absolutely incredible to be able to stand up for himself like that coming from that kind of neglect!
Wow, you have had quite the journey! How remarkable to see how the Lord has carried you through the plans He had set for your life. His ways are truly not our ways. I am inspired by your story, thank you so much for sharing this post on Wined Down Wednesday! I am now following you and looking forward to getting to know you more!
Thank you! Here at M2M, I share a new, diverse story of motherhood each week and sometimes mix in an original post of mine, a guest blog post or LinkUp every now and then. Thanks for hosting the WDW, I look forward to participating and reading the other great posts each week. And I hope you’ll come back here often, as well!
Hi Cathy, I’m glad you came over! I love Wynter’s site 🙂 I feel so honored to be able to share my story here! All of the other stories are wonderful and it is so inspiring! I’m going to be linking back here in my post on my blog next week because I would love for others to find this site too.
I’m a mom of 5 sons – and I so understand what you’re saying. Growing up broken from my parents divorce – when I started my family, I wanted a daughter. Growing this family of 5 sons has a lot of stories to get where it is – and God told me He wanted me to be whole through Him, not half whole through watching a daughter grow. A mom of sons only has a wonderful opportunity – just like you describe – to become spiritual mothers to girls who need that – and I think our hearts have a special ability to reach like that.
You have moved me to tears. I think being a foster parent is one of the most selfless things a person can do. How you’re able to manage it all through the pain your in is amazing. You are a strong, strong woman and a wonderful mother to ALL of your kids.
It’s amazing to see how the Lord has guided you and even though at the time you didn’t understand, he guided you to the place you were meant to be.
Thanks so much, Pamela! I appreciate all your encouragement! I am so sorry to hear that you have fibro too 🙁 It is no joke. On my site, uncommongrace.net I write a bunch about it and chronic illness and how God works through it and I have a bunch of links to devotionals I’ve written for Rest Ministries, a faith based chronic illness support ministry. I’d love to connect with you there too! I am so glad God could bless you through our story! Our current foster daughter (we had another little girl who was with us for a couple months and then returned home) I know is supposed to be with us. She has some health issues that the social workers weren’t aware of at the time, but God was and He provided. We’ve had experience caring for some for some of these issues and it has been such an amazing fit. We got her at one month and have had her for eight months so far. We’d appreciate prayers for her situation! Thank you again, Pamela!
Thank you so much for sharing this. I have been graced with C.F.S, and have had a week of knowing that God has given me this pain for a reason, but really struggling to see the reason – this has helped so much, it’s given me the strength and encouragement I needed to carry on blindly, but faithfully, for a little longer.
Amen! Grace and peace to you, dear sister!
What a great reminder that God’s plan is better than our plan (even when we don’t agree)!
Thanks for sharing this touching story. It’s so hard, but we all have to learn to embrace God’s plan for our lives, even when it differs from our own plan.
I ran into unexpected fertility issues after the birth of my second child. We tried to adopt (through the foster system), but things ended up falling through. It took me 17 long years of heartbreak and railing at God to accept that he had said “no” to more children for a reason. Interesting, my passion for adoption has been passed on to my 20-something daughter, and my agony over infertility has given me a heart for others walking that path. I am in the process of writing a memoir about those years.
So, in everything, God has a purpose, and he works for good. Oh, if I had only remembered that when the infertility first began.
What an amazing story! Thank you for stopping by M2M and if you are ever interested in sharing more here, I would love to feature you. Just email me at wynterkaiser@gmail.com and we can talk some more!
Thanks for the share at the #WWDParty.
I love what you said about God not being safe, but good. That’s so true. There is risk in serving Him, especially when things don’t turn out as we had hoped or planned. Thank you for sharing your story at The Weekend Brew!
Such a heart touching story… Thank you for sharing from your heart! Would love for you to share this at our link up party on my blog please 🙂 Hope you have a great week!
That was such a thoughtful and inspiring post! Thanks for sharing!
What a beautiful story! Thanks for sharing at our Motivational Monday party!


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Along with the pollen comes the “flying power drill,” also known as a carpenter bee. Carpenter bees are large, black and yellow bees often seen hovering around the eaves of your house. Often confused with bumble bees, they differ in the color of their abdomen and nesting site.
Female carpenter bees are the ones that bore holes in wood. They prefer bare or weathered softwoods, usually avoiding well-painted wood and wood with bark on it. Their holes can be four to 12 inches deep. Because of this, these holes not only have an unsightly appearance but can cause structural weakness as well.
Females seldom sting but when disturbed or handled can deliver a painful sting. Males on the other hand cannot sting but tend to be quite aggressive while guarding their territory, dive-bombing human heads when nearby.
After the gallery (hole) has been constructed, an egg is deposited with a mass of pollen and nectar. The egg and pollen mass is then sealed with a plug of wood pulp and saliva.
This process continues at a rate of one cell per day until about six cells are constructed. After completion, the adults soon die. During development from egg to adult, the wood is continually attacked.
So how can you keep carpenter bees from boring holes into your home? I know what you are thinking; bees are pollinators, why would we want to kill them?
The truth is we get little benefit of pollination from carpenter bees. As a child, our control method for carpenter bees chewing holes in our horse barn was swatting them with a riding crop. I would not recommend this method.
There are three methods that can be used to control carpenter bees: chemical treatments, residual surface and gallery treatments, and preventive treatments. There are three methods that can be used to control carpenter bees: chemical treatments, residual surface and gallery treatments, and preventive treatments.
Aerosol insecticides labeled for use on flying insects and bees can be applied directly to the carpenter bee. Care should be taken to avoid being stung. Residual insecticides such as permethrin and cyfluthrin sprays can be applied to wooden surfaces that are being attacked by carpenter bees. Unsightly residue can occur on treated wood.
Galleries can also be treated directly with these insecticides or others such as carbaryl or deltramethrin dust that are labeled for carpenter bee control. After activity has ceased, holes can be plugged with dowel rods, plastic, wood or other suitable materials.
Newly painted wood with oil or latex paint will normally not be attacked by carpenter bees. Pressure treated wood is often resistant to attacks until it is weathered for several years.
Boric acid can be used as an organic control by placing powder in the area or in the holes.
Pyrethrin sprays can be effective. These chemicals are derived from chrysanthemums and are not generally considered dangerous. Professional pest control operators can also be used.


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Surroundings mattresses are incredibly simple to use. They might be inflated and deflated anytime and wherever. You need to use these mattresses as an extra bed, camp mattress or perhaps a first bed.
But among the principal explanations why men and women tend to shy from the benefits of air high-quality beds from Allure is because of poor air retention. People are afraid that the air flow might dissipate overnight and they will suddenly find themselves sleeping on the floor.
1. Get yourself a proper bed frame or box spring for your first air bed.
If you are using this mattress as a first bed, you should get a suitable bed frame for that. Using a box spring also does not hurt. This will provide extra help to the mattress. What is excellent about bed frames for air-sort beds is that they prevent the bed from getting into contact with sharp objects on the floor. While most air-kind of mattresses are puncture resistant, it is still better not to provoke it so it will last longer.
2. If you don't have a bed frame, try cleansing the area around the bed.
If you're a dorm or a flat dweller and you also have dispensed with the necessity for a bed frame or perhaps a box springtime, you should figure out how to clean your bedroom. Eradicate clutter. Grab sharp items that might enter into direct connection with the mattress.
To create your mattress even more resistant to punctures, use mattress addresses. The addresses will add very much more coverage to your bed mattress. It will also keep your bed from accumulating dust particles. It will make clean-up a lot easier.
Since it still has to adjust to your weight, you should not inflate it to its optimum degree if you would like a firm sleep surface area. This might harm the seams of the bed. If you would like it to become a little firmer, try putting a firm one-inch memory foam pad on top of it.
These beds usually feature a repair package. You need the kit to repair damages pronto. Do not wait for the seams to unravel completely. If you see indications of deterioration, fix them immediately.
With the help of these tips, your air mattress should go longer than predicted. Remember these pointers when attempting to sustain your mattress.
Thinking about usage viscoelastic foam mattresses?
Just about everyone has heard the storyline of the real princes. To check the original princess and the glowing blue blood on her behalf prince captivating, the queen keeps a pea under the princess's mattress. The pea keeps poking her all night, and the princess cannot sleep. That proves the excellent high quality of a real princess. I always question, if today's mattresses had been available in those days, would the princess pass the test? I doubt. Not necessarily if the bed seemed to be viscoelastic foam mattress.
Viscoelastic foam mattress is originated way back inside of 1990. The creation would have resulted from NASA if they wanted to acquire the cushioning for the astronaut's seats which have no aftereffect of the g-power. The cushioning seemed to be intended to carry the effect of varying g-force. These solutions worked perfectly with the astronauts. The medical fraternity for the patients soon followed these solutions. The technology was made available to the general public soon after.


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December 30, 2015 Things To Know.
1. Record Mississippi River flooding threatening hundreds of homes.
Record flooding occurring in several Mississippi River towns has federal officials monitoring 19 different vulnerable levees. The flooding, which has already been blamed for 20 deaths in Missouri and Illinois in the past few days, threatens hundreds of homes and has caused the closure of several highways. The Mississippi River is expected to reach about 15 feet above flood level in St. Louis Thursday, making it the second worst flood in the city’s history. The flooding is very unusual for this time of year.
2. Two fatal crashes in Austin since midnight.
Two fatal crashes occurred early Wednesday morning in Austin. At 5:50 a.m. police responded to a fatal crash on the northbound service road of Interstate 35. Police also responded to a fatal wreck in which a pickup truck crashed into a tree at Barton Springs near Lamar Boulevard at 2:20 a.m.
3. Whole Foods settles New York City overpricing claims.
Whole Foods has agreed to pay the New York City Department of Consumer Affairs $500,000 in settlement for claims that the Austin-based company overcharged its customers for some prepackaged products. The retailer continues to insist that the claims are limited to that city and it doesn’t have a pattern of overcharging customers.
4. Austin gas prices at lowest level of the year.
With average prices for regular unleaded gasoline in Central Texas at $1.77 per gallon, down 3 cents this week, the Austin-area is currently experiencing its lowest gas prices of the year. The lowest gas prices in the area could be found in Round Rock Tuesday, where a gallon was selling for $1.58. The local average price per gallon has dropped 44 percent in the past 15 months.
5. Missing country singer’s dog found alive with friend’s body.
The dog of missing country singer Craig Strickland was found alive near the body of Strickland’s 22-year-old friend Chase Morland. Because Strickland’s dog was older, family members said they remain hopeful Strickland is found alive. Morland and Strickland were reported missing earlier this week, and it was discovered the boat the two friends were using for duck hunting had capsized due to the severe weather in Oklahoma. The search for Strickland continues Wednesday.


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Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday called for exploring fields and ways of cooperation with Denmark under the Belt and Road initiative.
Xi was meeting with Danish Prime Minister Lars Loekke Rasmussen, who was in China on a four-day official visit, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.
He called for launching a new type of cooperation featuring high tech and high added value, with a focus on the cyclic economy, energy conservation and environmental protection, food safety, agricultural technology, renewable energy and urbanization.
Xi called on both countries to plan cooperation on a strategic level and from a long-term perspective, respect each other's core interests and major concerns, boost exchanges of personnel at all levels and enhance cooperation between the two governments, legislative bodies, political parties, localities, and peoples.
The two countries should continue and step up cooperation in the hunt for corrupt officials who have fled abroad and recover their illegal assets, Xi said.
He also called for social and in-depth people-to-people exchanges in areas including tourism, giant panda research and football.
China expects to see enhanced coordination in multi-lateral frameworks such as the United Nations and the Arctic Council, said the president, pledging to expand arctic cooperation with Denmark.
It is not only in line with each country's interests but also conducive to China-Northern Europe cooperation and China-EU relations to develop a sound, steady and sustainable China-Denmark comprehensive strategic partnership, Xi told Rasmussen.
Xi said he hoped the two countries can make 2017 "a harvest year" of bilateral ties.
China supports European integration and is willing to forge the China-EU partnerships for peace, growth, reform and civilization, Xi said, adding that China will enhance communication with Denmark and other Nordic countries.
Rasmussen applauded China's rapid economic and social development and its important role in UN peacekeeping and combatting climate change.
Rasmussen said China-Denmark relations have made great progress since the comprehensive strategic partnership was established in 2008, noting that Denmark upholds the one-China policy.
Denmark will work with China to tap potential in health, food, education, culture, tourism and football cooperation to promote bilateral trade and people-to-people exchanges, Rasmussen said.
Denmark is ready to have close communication with China in international affairs, step up cooperation in sustainable development, jointly maintain the global free trade system and push forward EU-China relations, Rasmussen said.
Also on Thursday, Rasmussen met with top Chinese legislator Zhang Dejiang on ties between the Danish Parliament and the National People's Congress of China.
Rasmussen is in China at the invitation of Chinese Premier Li Keqiang. He and Li held talks on Wednesday, witnessing the signing of cooperation documents on people-to-people exchanges, food and drug, quarantine and animal protection.
Prior to Beijing, Rasmussen visited a giant panda research base in Chengdu, capital of southwest China's Sichuan province, on Tuesday. China will send two giant pandas to Denmark.

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Jon Shain is a veteran singer-songwriter who's been turning heads for years with his words, his fiery acoustic guitar work, and his evolved musical style - combining improvised piedmont blues with bluegrass, swing, and ragtime. Shain's latest CD, the critically acclaimed Home Before Long, was produced by legendary British drummer Dave Mattacks and Boston studio wiz Tom Dube, and recorded with his band, the Jon Shain Trio. Shain's musical partners include FJ Ventre on upright bass and vocals, and John Currie on dobro and guitar, and Bill Newton on harmonica.
Attending Duke University in the late 80s, Shain was a student of American history with a dedicated interested in southern musical traditions. This led him to a gig with piedmont blues legend Richard "Big Boy" Henry. After a short apprenticeship in the blues world, Shain cut his touring teeth from 1989-1998 founding the Chapel Hill, NC folk-rock group, Flyin' Mice and their spin-off group, WAKE. While sharing stages with luminaries such as David Grisman, Tony Rice Unit, Hot Tuna, Leon Russell, Dave Matthews Band, and the Dixie Dregs, the band released four CDs and played clubs, schools, and festivals up and down the East Coast, building a legion of fans.
After his band's breakup, Shain went solo, returning to his roots in the folk and blues circuit. He released Brand New Lifetime in 1999 to positive reviews and solid airplay in the US and abroad. Spring 2001 brought the release of Fools and Fine Ladies, which garnered reviews from papers such as the Washington Post to national magazines like Relix and No Depression. 2003 saw the release of Shain's acclaimed album, No Tag, No Tail Light. The CD was produced in Boston, MA by Dave Mattacks and Tom Dube, and marked a watershed in production values, performance, and writing, eventually winning great reviews in Sing Out!, No Depression, Relix, The Boston Phoenix, and meriting a full page article in Dirty Linen.
In addition to festival slots and headlining club dates, Shain has performed shows recently with Little Feat, John Hammond, Keb' Mo', NRBQ, N. Mississippi All-Stars, Ian Anderson, and many other greats.
When Shain is not recording or performing, he stays busy giving private instruction in Piedmont blues fingerstyle guitar, and teaching group workshops in songwriting, blues guitar, and "jamming". Whether in the one-on-one atmosphere of the teaching studio or onstage sharing a song with a roomful of strangers, Jon Shain is a natural communicator, keeping students and fans coming back for more.


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A propagation greenhouse is typically a small scale greenhouse where seeds and cuttings are started. They provide adequate space to start seeds and propagate your plants. Benches hold seed trays and allow plants to mature. Solar Innovations® offers grow lights and seed mats to assist in seed production. A bench type offered by Solar Innovations® which work wonderfully in a propagation house, are seedling beds. This type of bench is essentially an indoor raised bed on legs. It has a solid top to hold soil. Seedlings can grow directly in the bed, providing an indoor vegetable or flower garden; it is possible to have fresh organic produce year round.
Seedlings should be transplanted outdoors as they mate to ensure lighting, temperature, and humidity are all controlled they will typically be larger and healthier than grown on a window sill. Monolithic glass can be used in unheated greenhouse or insulated double pane glass can create year-round heating and cooling. A monolithic glass greenhouse is strictly for starting seeds and cuttings. Greenhouses are constructed with of an aluminum frame that will not rust, warp, rot, or require constant finish maintenance.
For a greenhouse to be used year round, it requires heating and cooling, which Solar Innovations® offers. Vegetables and flowers can be grown in the middle of a snowstorm. Accessories can be controlled; such as venting, water solutions, heating, and cooling. Most accessories can be automated to help plants survive the winter or a long vacation. Plants, such as geraniums and coleus, can be brought into the greenhouse in fall and will continue to grow.


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The nature of remote consultations and prescription medicines ordered by consumers must also be kept private. A physician's job ranks among the top healthcare jobs due to the status with the job along with the high pay. So, you've been inside the job market or prefer to hit it soon and they are looking for promising professions to join.
If you happen to be interested in certification to improve your career potential as being a Georgia pharmacy tech, then look into the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board certification program. You must be sure you question them about their services to ensure that you will be compliant. Chances are there will likely be only one person working the drive-thru at any given time whereas there will be multiple people working inside.
Make sure before leaving the doctor's office you recognize all of the directions. These kinds of pharmacies have more staff, so seem to have your prescriptions filled faster. This rather underwhelming wage is considered the normal or basic wage for pharmacy technicians without recognition for being an authorized pharmacist.
We were going towards the big city to see a doctor, so that it made sense. When all factors are thought, however, I would must say how the prices charged at CVS Pharmacy and Rite Aid Pharmacy are quite comparable. Veri - Sign and Scan - Alert Hacker Safe are the two names you ought to be looking out for as well because they names will proclaim that these websites are secure for paying online.
Making a note with the prescriptions on the computer. This service just isn't free, and you will must pay $140 for first pharmacy school and $40 per pharmacy school after that. The very thankful parent will come over to collect their, now happy child.


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What is Xe May Sandwich Shop?
Owned and operated by Lan Woo and Davis Ngo, Xe May Sandwich Shop offers tasty and affordable eats in the East Village of New York City. Drawing from Davis Ngo’s parents three decades of bahn mi sandwich experience in Chinatown and Lan Woo’s interest in the culinary arts, the two childhood friends started Xe May Sandwich Shop. Xe May Sandwich Shop offers bahn mi sandwiches, tacos and salads with an asian twist. Xe May Sandwich Shop is a great place to grab a tasty meal that won’t break the bank.
What to Eat at Xe May Sandwich Shop?
Super Cub Classic Banh Mi Sandwich – Anyone who has a tight Banh Mi game knows that the most important component of this Vietnamese sandwich is the bread. The white baguette at Xe May Sandwich Shop was flaky on the outside and soft on the inside. This combination provided the crunch and the chew we all want from a perfectly toasted french baguette. The Super Cub Classic Banh Mi Sandwich features BBQ pork, headcheese, pork roll, pate, fresh cilantro, pickled julienne carrot, pickled julienne daikon, cucumber spears and Sriracha mayo. The BBQ pork, headcheese, pork roll and pate were on point. All the proteins were tender, not overly salty and well seasoned. The pickled julienne carrot, pickled julienne daikon, cucumber spears and cilantro provided acidity, crunch and a refreshing herbaceous finish. Xe May Sandwich Shop offers their Banh Mi sandwiches with three different levels of spiciness.. medium (Sriracha mayo), spicy (jalapeno slices and Sriracha mayo) and xtra spicy (jalapeno slices, Sriracha mayo and extra Sriracha). We opted for spicy. This level of spiciness provided the right amount of heat without overpowering the individual components of the Super Cub Classic Banh Mi Sandwich. If you’re looking for a classic Banh Mi Sandwich in the East Village, Xe May Sandwich Shop is the spot to get your fix.

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Rural Woodland Hills was horse country. I learned to ride a horse at my grand uncle’s ranch in Montana during the summer of 1950. By 1952 we had horses in our Woodland Hills backyard. As a youngster I rode to Calabasas, Canoga Park, and Chatsworth on dirt roads….Cowboy actor Monty Montana used to go to local elementary schools to show off his rope tricks and horses. He came to Woodlake Elementary about 1952 or 1953….Sheep herders were still bringing their sheep wagons, horses, Border Collie dogs, and herd of sheep to graze off the wild oats that grew across the road from my home in Woodland Hills. I used to love going shopping in Canoga Park where we’d often see an old man and woman who used a two-goat cart to go to the store.
England presented his story — The 50’s, a Golden Era of Horses for a Kid in the Valley — at a recent gathering of the San Fernando Valley Historical Society.


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Just thinking about bankruptcy can scare a person. A good number of debt and managing their expenses. If this troubles you, or you’re currently living this particular nightmare, then the contents of this article are going to prove of good use to you.
Don’t use a credit cards to pay off your taxes if you’re going to file bankruptcy. In most states, you cannot get this debt discharged, and you could end up owing the IRS a whole lot more. This makes using a credit care irrelevant, when it will just be discharged.
You have other options available like counseling for credit counselling services. Bankruptcy will leave a permanent scar on your credit report and before you take this huge step, so if there are less drastic options that will solve your credit problems, it is in your best interest to make use of them.
You might find it difficult to obtain an unsecured credit after filing for bankruptcy. If that’s the case, apply for a secured credit card. This will show people that you are making an honest attempt at reestablishing your credit worthiness. After using a secured card for a certain amount of time, you will then be able to acquire credit cards that are unsecured.
Filing a bankruptcy petition might facilitate the return of your property, like your car, electronics or other items that may have been repossessed. You may be able to get your possessions back if they have been taken away from you within 90 days before you filed for bankruptcy. Speak with a lawyer that will be able to help you file the entire thing.
Don’t pay for the consultation with a lawyer who practices bankruptcy law; ask him or her anything you want to know. Most attorneys offer free initial consultations, so meet with several. Only make a decision after you feel like your questions have been addressed. You don’t need not decide right away. This will give you time to interview several attorneys.
People who are afraid of bankruptcy have good cause to be; the process can be scary and stressful. While it may have frightened you previously, you should fear bankruptcy no longer after reading this article. Take advantage of all the suggestions you’ve read here so that you can get your finances on the right track.

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Consultation is an important means of gathering community feedback. The information assists Council to understand the community’s view on a whole range of subjects.These may include opportunities for feedback on specific local issues through to planning for the future needs of the municipality.
Council consults with the community through planning consultation forums, interviews, resident surveys, invitations for submissions, committees, public meetings, information nights, direct mail to residents, the provision of drafts and exhibits for public comment, on-site meetings, online surveys and at Special Committee Meetings where residents are given the opportunity to comment on any issue.


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We scoured all of Claremont to find the best Gutter Cleaning & Repair Pros. Below is a full list of the services we offer in the Claremont area, as well as a list of cities where we provide home repair services.
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Fundamentax Financial Services, LLC’s wide range of personal taxation and tax planning services are geared for individuals and families, small business owners, or those retired or self-employed.
Whether you own your own business or work for others, Fundamentax Financial Services, LLC tax specialists remain well-versed in all recent federal and state tax laws to ensure optimal financial benefits at income tax time and all year long.
What distinguishes Fundamentax Financial Services, LLC from other Des Moines tax and financial planning services?
Fundamentax Financial Services, LLC provides guidance on a full range of approaches that promote tax savings and improve cash flow; allow Des Moines clients to develop and attain their financial goals.