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Senior Rebecca Mulligan snaps a photo of a sunflower.
The spring season has finally begun and seniors are getting ready for the season and for the year to come to a close.
“Spring is one of my favorite seasons because it means summer is right around the corner,” says senior Maddie Mulligan.
Spring break is also here and that means most students go on vacation.
Seniors Christian Baron and Brendan Parzych are going to California for their break.
“I love California because it’s where I want to move to next year and start my life,” says Parzych.
Baron stated that he is very excited to go to California because of the warmer weather.
Some students also decided to take opt out of vacation time, to focus on their school work, to finish out the school year strong.
“I’m planning on committing to a college over spring break,” says senior Claudia Pistachio.

industry_corpus2: Subject Education


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Plucked from the middle of one of the saddest Old Testament books, this verse flashes as a beckon of hope. A reminder of what is true, even still in the midst of the unthinkable.
I watched the Hunger Games and Catching Fire recently. Set in circumstances most of us consider beyond the realm of possible, I read Lamentations and then think ‘oh, no. Way possible. In fact, it could be so much worse.’ Thinking back on the cruel proposition of Suzanne Collin’s books, I wonder what would I do? How could I hold on to joy? Would faith sustain in such a horrible and heart-crushing arena?
In Jeremiah’s case, it was worse. Things couldn’t get much more so. Starvation, desolation, cannibalism, and utter destruction. Hopelessness colors the backdrop of life. And yet, tucked in the third chapter of Jeremiah’s outcry, we read gems so unbelievable and beautiful that even the most stoic are brought to tears.
In Awana, I recently taught on Moses, the baby in the basket. The take away was this: Life can get ugly. Sometimes things are bad. Really, really bad. Does that mean that God does not see? Does not care?
No. No, it doesn’t. Israel was delivered—redeemed from the enslavement of the Egyptians. But it came through pain. It came through difficulty.
Being redeemed doesn’t mean I get to live on ‘Boardwalk’ for the rest of my life. The easy-peasy life of a Christian is generally an Americanization of Biblical theology. It isn’t promised in the Bible. The promise is this: those whom God has redeemed He will hold. His faithfulness is greater than all the bad in life. Stronger than the worse suffering. He reminds us of His sure redemption and calls us to look to eternity.
That is the anchor of hope.
I haven’t had the guts to watch Hunger Games yet because of the depressing dystopian motif. However, being that it was filmed a few miles from my house, I’ve watched parts of it and said, “I know those woods!” But really, this is so true that we aren’t promised the easy life. It’s nice to be reminded of the circumstances from which Jeremiah spoke because so many mornings I feel the failure and trials of my life, and not his mercies. As always, Jen, you speak truth!
And as always, Sondra, you make me smile.

industry_corpus2: Literature & Emotions


text: East Union is the third project developed by Lake Union Partners along East Union Street in Seattle's Central District. Located at the corner of 23rd and East Union, the project includes 144 units of mixed income apartments and 18,000 square feet of retail on the ground floor. The design includes expansive windows, weathered stained cedar siding, black steel, and an efficient layout including an interior courtyard with resident gathering space. Located in the center of the busy East Union commercial corridor, the project is also close in proximity to downtown and Capitol Hill with easy access to the Eastside.

industry_corpus2: Real Estate & Construction


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With Merchant Capture, you can conveniently scan and image your checks in your office, eliminating a trip to your financial institution.
Today, business professionals can office from anywhere. Merchant Capture offers the convenience of scanning and imaging your checks, without leaving the office.
Each month, your business account is billed for transactions and a monthly access fee.
Call us today. We would be happy to discuss how Wells Bank can help make your business banking process more efficient!

industry_corpus2: Finance & Economics


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What is greater than death?
Life is greater than death.
But everything within us screams otherwise.
What is the one thing we fear most? Death.
What is the one thing we cannot prevent? Death.
What does every pain and heartache and hospital bill tell us? Death.
We must face the inevitable. Death is coming.
For death is the result of that one man’s sin.
He sinned, so we sin.
He died, so we die.
He never sinned, but we did.
And then he died, so we don’t have to.
For the free gift of eternal life is the result of that one Man’s death.
And of its universe-exploding reversal.
Eternal life is not like death.

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A pencil that perfectly traces the lip contour.
A soft, delicate and glide-on tip. An integrated blending brush and pencil sharpener.
Result: a semi-matte line that stays impeccable and precise all day long.
Use on the lip contour before applying lipstick with the brush.
To improve makeup hold, the pencil can be used on the entire lips and then blended with the brush.
• Volatile ingredients that provide softness and long wear.
• Derivatives of cotton seeds and jojoba seed oil to ensure a glide-on feel, comfort and good coverage.
• A Vitamin E derivative that protects against free radicals.

industry_corpus2: Manufacturing


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Interactive ESD Trainings at location.
ESD Training: Modern Electronic Industries are obliged managing an "ESD-Program" as an integral but logical part of a complete quality program.
In fact, those who do not have an active ESD-Training-Program puts themselves and their customers at risk.
The International ESD Standards IEC 61340-5-1 and ANSI S2020 state: ESD Training is essential and needs to be part of employee introduction courses.
Relevant structured ESD training or courses shall be provided for all personnel who specify, procure, design, mark or handle ESDS in any way or are likely to do so, including those who manage and supervise them.
Special emphasis should be placed on training of personnel who are to undertake field work.
Subcontractors, cleaners and temporary personnel need to receive awareness or appropriate training for their activities.
Visitors must be made aware of your local ESD handling procedures, ESD training is necessary..
Personnel need to be trained to employ effectively the materials, equipment and procedures provided in accordance with this technical report and to understand why electrostatic precautions are needed in order to have an effective ESD secured safety process.
ESD-products and ESD-information, advice and counseling to implement an "ESD-safe" environment according to the rules of the art.
We share our ESD knowledge with our customers and provide practical, interactive ESD-Trainings and ESD-courses.
What are the electrostatic discharges?
Control exam of ESD Awareness Training .
Follow-up training should be provided at an appropriate (documented) interval specified by the ESD coordinator .
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WorldCom's John Sidgmore says the technologies that will foster the Net's tremendous growth have not been invented yet.
LAS VEGAS--Predicting a rosy future for the Internet, WorldCom vice chairman and UUNet chief executive John Sidgmore acknowledged that the technologies that will enable the Net's 1,000 percent annual growth--a rate he expects to continue--have not been invented yet.
"It is not going to slow down. In fact, it's going to go a lot faster," Sidgmore said in a keynote address at the Networld+Interop trade show today. "This environment is all about speed; it's all about change."
But afterwards, Sidgmore said the fundamental technologies on which the Internet is built need to change. "The technology [for Net growth] doesn't exist yet," he added, voicing optimism that the attraction of both financial and intellectual capital to the Net will bring the necessary building blocks online.
Sidgmore also warned that expectations of fast, cheap Internet usage may not be realized.
"Fast Internet access can't be cheap," he said. "That's a huge expectation problem because the world believes Internet access should be cheap with a $20 or $21 a month model. But the math doesn't work."
Users who access content nearby aren't the costly users, he said--it's those who fetch information from distant servers.
"We have to make content local for the Internet to scale," he noted.
Sidgmore's optimism about continued Internet growth stems in part from his belief that the increases in Internet usage to date have been fueled by new users.
"All the new multimedia applications--that's all in the future. When these new applications start to come on, we will see a new level of demand growth that we've never seen before" because multimedia applications demand far more bandwidth than text or graphics, he predicted.
Traditional telecommunications firms are jumping on the Internet bandwagon because they fear for their futures if they don't, Sidgmore contended. Half of international phone calls today are in fax transmissions, he noted, which could as easily go over the Net as on traditional voice networks.
"What is at stake for telcos is not the niche market but the core business," he said. "That realization made them move. That's why they started buying ISPs. They didn't start becoming cool overnight. They got scared."

industry_corpus2: Computing & Telecommunications


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This 1979 Land Cruiser is simply better than new!
Finished in a unique Cadet Blue high-quality gloss paint with an interior that blends premium saddle stitched leather and dash pads, diamond-patterned alcantara headliner and sun visors, this iconic Toyota Land Cruiser is a truly special new vintage motor vehicle.
Powered by the indestructible 3L B-type engine, the car has undergone a full and documented frame-off restoration spanning thousands of man-hours of work, including complete engine rebuild. We preserve the original overland spirit and elevate it to a more refined experience – it is simply better than new.
This hardtop Land Cruiser has selectively been bettered – while staying rigorously true to the look and feel of the original – for today’s use – we build cars meant to be driven, not museum artifacts.
Some of the enhancements (besides the luxurious, genuine leather upholstery and alcantara headliner) include LED headlights, power steering, Bluetooth-enabled retro-classic radio, and handcrafted floor mats. But it’s still ready for a bug out with a customized jerry can and off-road hi-lift jack.
Powered by the indestructible 3L B-type engine, the car has undergone a full and documented frame-off restoration.
The Toyota BJ40 Diesel, very similar to the petrol Toyota FJ40 was introduced in 1974 with the B, 3.0-liter inline 4-cylinder diesel engine. This engine helped sales in Japan since it put the Land Cruiser into a lower tax compact Freight-car category over its 3.9-liter gasoline version.
This build is one for the books – and the it is the perfect New Vintage Motor version of the legendary classic. It is now time for the remodeled FJ40 to start a new life. Preferably in the hands of an adventurous and passionate owner!
My vision for my 1992 Toyota Pickup SR5 Xtracab 4WD V6 is for an off-road capable mini truck that looks great on the road too!
My 2006 Harley Davidson Softail Night Train was my retirement gift to myself. They stopped making the Night Train in 2007.


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Holders Cowie Thistle took on local rivals AC Mill Inn in this Association Trophy First Round derby match at Stonehaven.
Cowie had players out today and were forced to field a weakened team. They started forcing AC Mill Inn back into their own half and keeper Lawson had to look lively saving shots from Leith and Abernethy.
In the second minute Cowie were awarded a free kick twenty yards out. Adie floated the ball over the defensive wall and found the head of Robert Day who headed home via the post.
Five minutes later Mill Inn were awarded a free kick at the edge of the box and keeper Stubbs made a fine save from Muir. Mill Inn were unlucky in the sixteenth minute when a shot from Muir hit the post, came back into play and was cleared upfield by Davidson. Muir was unlucky again when his drive was pushed for a corner by keeper Stubbs.
This was turning out to be a very competitive game with both teams playing flowing football with some heavy tackles thrown in.
In the forty ninth minute AC Mill Inn were forced to replace their keeper after he fell badly making a save. They were pushing forward trying to get the goal back but poor finishing by Hood and Adam let them down.
In sixty-six minutes Cowie went two up when a free kick rebounded off the post and Martin McLean pounced on the ball and made no mistake from close range.
Three minutes later Mill Inn had another chance but once again the ball went wide of the target. The game was virtually over in seventy-six minutes when Martin McLean chipped the substitute keeper McClelland to put his side three goals in front.
AC Mill Inn’s Wood was shown the yellow card followed by a red for tripping Cowie’s striker outside the box. Deep into added time the visitors made it 4-0 when Ross Abernethy‘s header hit the bar, dropped down, hit the keeper and went into the goal.

industry_corpus2: Sports


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This is prime grazing property on 2 titles, and would be perfect for horses, stud beef cattle and cropping. It has a seasonal creek, ample water, power and excellent views from the high points.
The property is close to the Albert River and located on Nindooninbah Estate Road.
Ideal in size and located close to all facilities, this is a rare find in the very popular Beaudesert area. The region is rapidly growing with subdivisions and rural developments. This beautiful piece of land has great potential and an excellent position, and would make a superb lifestyle/stud/grazing property.

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The U.S. government may have overpaid Mylan by as much as $1.27 billion between 2006-2016 for its EpiPen emergency allergy treatment, the Department of Health and Human Services said.
Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine said his office sued five drug manufacturers, accusing them of misrepresenting the risks of prescription opioid painkillers, helping fuel a drug addiction epidemic.
Teva Pharmaceutical’s experimental drug to prevent migraine cleared a late-stage study, paving the way for a U.S. regulatory submission during 2017.
The U.S. FDA approved the New Drug Application for Nicox S.A.’s Zerviate, the first topical ocular formulation of the well-known antihistamine cetirizine.
One of healthcare’s latest tech billionaires did not develop a new drug or device. Instead, Rishi Shah, founder of Outcome Health, installs tablet computers and large-format touch screens in physician’s waiting rooms and offices. The company announced a financing round that valued it at $5 billion pre-money. That means the 31-year-old Shah is now worth about $3.2 billion.
Eli Lilly and Company announced that its Phase 3 RANGE study of Cyramza (ramucirumab) met its primary endpoint of progression-free survival, demonstrating a statistically significant improvement. The Phase 3 global, randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled trial is evaluating ramucirumab in combination with docetaxel in patients with locally advanced or unresectable or metastatic urothelial carcinoma whose disease progressed on or after platinum-based chemotherapy. Bladder cancer accounts for the majority of all urothelial carcinoma.
Are there unintended consequences of gene editing? A paper published in Nature Methods indicates there are and that news sent share prices of CRISPR, Editas Medicine and Intellia tumbling.
A little more than two weeks after being placed on administrative leave, Gur Roshwalb – chief executive officer of Akari Therapeutics – resigned his position.
Switzerland-based Novartis AG announced findings from a pilot study of CTL119 that had dazzling results. CTL119 is a CAR-T cell therapy, where T cells that express chimeric antigen receptors (CAR) are engineered to target any cancer antigen desired.
Outcome Health announced a financing round valuing the company at $5 billion pre-money, to expand its impact from 20% to 70% of all U.S. physician practices by 2020.

industry_corpus2: Biopharmaceuticals


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For an overview of the upcoming dates at Klangmanufaktur, please visit our German website.
Our concert series Coherences takes place every first Thursday of the month at 8 pm in our workshop.
At Coherences the focus lies on the musical moment. Neither the program nor the artists are being disclosed in advance. Our aim is to dissolve the barriers between stage and pit, creating a room for musical experiments and welcoming the unexpected, the instantaneous, the coherent.
Fee at your own discretion, no reservation, access through the elevator barrier-free. For an overview of our upcoming dates, please visit our German website.
At public dress rehearsals, musicians preparing for concerts or recordings in our facilities open up the intense rehearsal process. We invite you to be a part it.
At Klangmanufaktur we are offering trainings for concert technicians. Over several days, we are sharing content and skills needed for professionally servicing pianos.
if you are interested including your desired date.
The trainings are limited to 3-4 participants.

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Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) starts in childhood. It may continue throughout your life. When it does, it may affect your job and even your relationships. Fortunately, with help, you can manage ADHD.
Your therapist can help you learn healthy ways to cope with ADHD. Sometimes, your partner or family may attend your sessions with you. This helps them understand more about your disorder.
An ADHD coach works with you to achieve your goals. You’ll learn the best ways to manage your time. You’ll also learn to avoid clutter and noise that may distract you. In time, your life will have more order and structure. And your coach will provide support and feedback on your progress.
Try to work at home, at least part time.
Ask for a private office.
Ask your office assistant or secretary to help with details.
Use a day planner and to-do lists. Write yourself notes.
In some cases, medicines can help control symptoms of ADHD. Most often, you'll use medicine along with therapy, coaching, and lifestyle changes. Your healthcare provider may prescribe a stimulant to help you stay focused. Or you may take a type of antidepressant. It may take some time to find what works best for you. Keep in mind that medicines don’t cure ADHD. And they may cause side effects such as headaches, trouble sleeping, or stomach problems. Take your medicine as prescribed. If you’re bothered by side effects, be sure to tell your healthcare provider. Always talk with your healthcare provider before making any changes to your medicine.

industry_corpus2: Health & Medicine


text: Description: The "Spokane", of Wilson Trans. Company, was the first steel ship launched at Cleveland, Ohio in 1886. She was stranded on Gull Island, Lake Superior, in 1907. On December 6, 1935 the "Spokane" was towed down the Cuyahoga River in Cleveland for cutting up at the American Steel & Wire Company.


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CARICOM Today:- The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is seeking to re-introduce the single security check for direct transit passengers on multi-stop intra-community flights.
He was at the time speaking at the opening of the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) Air Transport Conference on 21 November 2018 at the Guyana Conference Centre.
CARICOM had successfully implemented a single security check initiative during the Region’s hosting of the ICC Cricket World Cup in 2007. With a pause in that arrangement, intra-regionally travellers making transit stops are required to go through security checks until reaching their final destination.
Secretary-General LaRocque told the meeting that under the auspices of the Caribbean Aviation Safety and Security Oversight System (CASSOS), work will soon commence on the development of a regional policy, through which the single security check would enhance travellers’ experience in the Region and minimise inconvenience.
CASSOS which was formally launched in 2009, has been facilitating growth and development of the regional aviation sector through training, resource sharing, and harmonization of policies and procedures, among other areas. CASSOS’ Member States seek to uphold the highest standards of safety and security in aviation, as determined by the Rules and Regulations of the ICAO, the Secretary-General told the Meeting.
He said the actions CARICOM has been taking were not limited to its domestic situation, but was also in pursuit of enhancing global transportation links with the consequent benefit to the regional tourism product.
In this regard, he said a consultancy has been launched to formulate a Regional Airlift Policy and Strategy, with technical reviews, analytical work, along with stakeholder consultations in Member States already undertaken.
The objective of the Regional Airlift Policy and Strategy, Ambassador LaRocque said, is to harmonise aviation policies in the Community and support the expansion of the tourism sector as a major contributor to the sustainable growth of Member States.
Noting that those objectives have key linkages with the objectives of the Air Transport Conference, he said that the presence of the Honourable Joseph Kofi Adda, Minister of Aviation of Ghana, and Her Excellency Dr. Amani Abou-Zeid, Commissioner for Infrastructure and Energy of the African Union Commission, presents an opportunity to explore possibilities for air links and consequent increase in travel among the African diaspora.
The International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) Air Transport Conference at the Guyana Conference Centre advanced the outcome of a Special Event on Promoting Air Links between African States and the Diaspora which was held in Accra, Ghana in 2017.
The Secretary-General, in emphasizing the vast potential for improving tourism and trade between linkages between the African continent and CARICOM Member States, encouraged the Meeting to advance those prospects.
Dr Amani Abou-Zeid in her remarks to the opening of the Conference invited Ambassador LaRocque to discuss connecting the Caribbean and the African continent. Underscoring the immense potential of this collaboration, she said that Africa’s population is expected to double to 2.5 billion people by 2020 and the African diaspora is estimated at more than 150 million with 23 million in the Caribbean alone.
IT is over due, yes put an end to this nonsense!

industry_corpus2: Transportation


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The NOOK tablet’s back has two important bits of business. The back panel of the NOOK Tablet is the source of sound and expanded memory.
Near the USB port is a small speaker. Don’t expect the sound quality (or volume) to rival your stereo system. The audio is good enough to hear system notification tones and — with a bit of effort — music or audio.
But if you plan to groove to some of your personal tunes, buy earbuds and plug them into the outlet at the top end. If you want to share the sound with someone, you can buy a splitter that allows two devices to plug into the same jack.
If you’re going to be listening to music or speech, it may help if you do not lay the tablet flat on its back; to get the best sound, the speaker should not be covered.
This tiny opening can accept a little sliver of electronic flash memory (called a microSD or microSDHC card) as large as 32GB. This card holds information that is in addition to your tablet’s built-in memory. And though 32GB is a whole lot of room, if you fill up one card, simply remove it and install a new card.


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As followers of various of the threads i have started will know, I have tried several times to organise a trip to the eastern part of Germany, but somehow it never came off. Then about 6 months ago, a colleague asked if i was interested in a lawyers' exchange trip to a place called Naumburg [where? - yes, that was my reaction too!] which turned out to be about 2 hours' drive south of Berlin.
Yes, yes, yes, i said, love to, and much to my surprise DH said yes too, so on a positively sultry day in late september, we found ourselves setting off to the airport for our flight to Berlin. I say setting off to the airport; first of all we had to deliver DS back to his uni in Wales, which actually meant driving past the airport [Bristol in case you were interested] over the Severn Bridge, and through the Brecon Beacons to mid wales.
Lampeter SA48 7PA 01570 421301, we set off on an even hotter day back to the airport to catch our 3.25pm flight to Berlin.
it is a strange feature of the easyjet timetable, that ALL of the Bristol - Berlin - Bristol flights are late evening ones, except this Wednesday afternoon one, so i was very pleased that we were able to book it, as it meant that we could pick up our hire car in relative daylight when we landed. That at least was the theory!
Before I go any further, a bit about the "exchange". We were not of course swapping houses - the idea is that as with school "exchanges" we go there, they come here, we go there, etc, the only difference being that we are all lawyers, and mostly judges. This particular exchange started about 8 years ago, and happens every 2 years, so this was the third visit to Naumburg for a few people, though actual personnel change on both sides as they move on, and in one case, sadly die. We had not been before, nor had the people we were due to stay with hosted anyone previously, so we were all "newbies".
As the exchange proper was not due to start until the thursday evening, we had decided to take advantage of the early flight, hire a car, and drive to Potsdam, where we would spend the night and most of the next day. the flight was uneventful, we even had a spare seat between us which was nice, and we arrived on time. However, I had underestimated the amount of time it would take to collect the car, sign the paperwork, inspect the car and go back to get the paperwork changed to reflect the fact that the car was a bit damaged, and by the time we set off, it was getting quite dark. THat should not, of course, have affected our Tomtom [nickname "that thing", as in where the bl...dy hell has that thing sent us again?] but it did affect my ability to read the map, which is why it took us a good 90 minutes to arrive in Potsdam instead of 45. why it thought that taking us across country on unnameable "Umleitungen" was preferable to the perfectly good Autobahn a bit to the south I will never know.
which I had found by way of TA and booking.com, where we were welcomed by name [we were the last people checking in that night so not as clever as i'd thought, but a nice touch] and given an electronic key to our room, which turned out to be in the attic of this newly converted military building.
AFter parking the car in the locked yard [an extra €6 but worth it for peace of mind] we headed off for the restaurant recommended by the girl in reception. Where this was and what we had will, I am afraid, have to wait until the next exciting installment, coming up here, on fodors!
Can't wait. The hotel looks really interesting.
very interested in hearing about your experience!
Looking forward to hearing more! You always seem to have such marvelous adventures and a great way of noticing little details to make them interesting.
thanks for joining in, folks. I'm not sure about marvellous adventures; we do tend to make things over-complicated, by, for example, combining this trip with DS 's return to uni, but we had little choice, as we don't want to do what was in effect the same journey twice. the biggest task fell to DH who had to pack the car. Luckily he has played a lot of tetras, so he got it all in - just.
and no, we did NOT take the cyclists and water-rats package, though we light have rented bikes if we'd realised the distances we were going to walk!
ok, back to the TR.
Annhig: great so far, and you've left us hanging, on purpose, of course, but I love that!
does this lawyers/judges exchange take place in other countries? I wonder if I have heard about it before. does the exchange group have an official name?
taconictraveller - I don't know about such exchanges happening with other countries, but I do know, because one of our number is part of them, that there are two other lawyers'/judges' exchanges between England and Germany, all of them are eastern Germany based. whether this is a co-incidence or reflects a particular desire for contact with "foreigners" [which would be very understandable], I know not.
I'm not aware of it having an official name - "the Naumburg and southwest English lawyers' exchange" perhaps, though it hardly runs trippingly off the tongue, does it?
ok - Day 1- evening.
by the time we got there [DH wanted to linger by the thai massage parlour on the corner and I was fascinated by the people playing hit and run tischtennis in a bar with sofas outside on the street] we were pretty hungry, which was just as well, as the choices recommended to us by our waiter would have fed the army which used to lodge in our hotel. Anyone who is on a low carb diet, look away now. DH had something called Bauernschmaus [every bit of a pig you can think of plus some bits you don't even know about] plus steamed potatoes and sauerkraut, I opted for the game casserole which came with pear and redcurrants. BOTH were accompanied by something resembling a large white fluffy dumpling, about the size of a cricket ball, which I worked out was a semmelknödel, or a large white fluffy dumpling.
OMG. but it was exactly what we wanted - typical hearty tasty german food. there was no chance of us finishing it, but we gave it a good shot, and both enjoyed trying some of the other's dish. DH, who has never much fancied sauerkraut before, decided he quite liked it, and I really liked the pear with the game, so much so i might try serving it that way at home.
of course all we wanted after that was coffee and our beds, so after a quick look at the Tor which was now all lit up, we walked back to the hotel, DH dragging me past the massage parlour and me averting his eyes from the bar. Which was where we hit a bit of a snag, because it turned out we had left DH's toilet bag in the B&B back in Wales, despite having both done an "idiot check" of the room before we left. ho hum. We were too tired to argue about whose fault this was, so slipped into our bed, which I suspect was much more comfortable than anything those soldiers had.
one note of caution - these "cheaper" attic rooms [€97 for 2 including breakfast and the parking fee] have a quite sloping ceiling so if you are very tall, they may not be for you. also the decoration is quite stark, in fact non-existent, apart from some photos of pre-WW2 Potsdam. OTOH, the room and bathroom were scrupulously clean, the shower was excellent, and the staff were terrific.
as it turned out the next morning was the breakfast. hot and cold choices, boiled eggs, squeeze-your-own fresh orange juice, endless coffee, tea or chocolate, croissants...it was a shame that we were still quite full from the meal the night before. but we did our best to do it justice, and then, before we set off for the Sanssouci Park, had a quick walk around the centre of Potsdam, me to look at the Dutch quarter which i had read about, and DH to buy a toothbrush and toothpaste, both of which we accomplished. Because this was our first visit to what was the DDR, apart from a long-weekend on Berlin about 5 years ago, I was interested so see if I could spot any differences from the west; truthfully there did not appear to be any in Potsdam, but something i noticed as we walked round struck me as particularly poignant - set into the pavement was a quotation the end of which read something like [and excuse the roughness of the translation] "freedom does not look after itself". more on this topic later.
We had debated whether or not to leave the car where it was or to drive to the park, but were put off walking by the hotel staff telling us that there was a lot of walking involved in seeing the park, so in the end opted to drive. which was probably the wrong choice, as we promptly got lost, and after an inadvertent driving tour of the park, [which is so big a road goes through it] ended up parking almost back where we'd started from! But once we actually got to the Sansoucci palace, our luck changed and we were able to get tickets to walk in straight away. [they only sell 2000 tickets a day to the interior of the palace, these tickets being timed, so there is never any crush]. Tickets for the Sansoucci only are €12, for all the palaces in the park, €19. We only bought the Sansoucci tickets as we didn't think that we would reach the other palaces but later I wished we'd bought the combined ticket as we did actually get round the whole park, more or less.
once inside we were equipped with audio-guides [choice of several languages including english] and set off around the palace, which has been painstakingly restored, and lovely it is. loads of light, mirrors [had someone been to Versailles? - get those sun king motifs], but within a human scale. I liked it. but the outside, I LOVED. The walkways at Schönefeld airport feature huge hoardings of the Sansoucci terraces, but the reality is far more impressive. Each of the six south-facing terraces is lined with vines, interspersed with pyramid -shaped yews and niches filled with fig trees [who gets the job of closing all those glass doors?]. it was really just delightful.
but the rest of the park beckoned, so we set off to to explore. first of all we went to the botanical gardens, [very interesting glass houses, but the outside was not very exciting to be honest] and then found ourselves by the New Palace, which we didn't really have time to go into, though if we'd bought the combined ticket, we'd have made time for it. Sadly they are digging up the central path through the park so you can't get the view that the architect had envisaged but even so, it is immensely impressive. on the way back through the park we came across the chinese palace which was so well-protected that the alarm kept going off, with a disembodied voice warning of the imminent arrival of security guards, which didn't seem to worry anyone!
By now it was about 2pm and we knew we needed to set off for Naumburg by 2.30, to be there by the appointed hour of 5 pm, so we retraced our steps to the car, [via those wonderful terraces for a last look] set up the satnav [called a "navi" in german, apparently] and stopped dead. it was telling us it was 4 hours to our destination, not 2. Had all my researches on viamichelin and elsewhere been wrong? had i misread the map? Was I a complete idiot?
but look - it's showing that there are TWO Naumburgs - one about 400km away to the south west, another, Naumburg (Salle) just where it ought to be, approx 200km to the south of Potsdam. Whew. off we go.
As DH had done the awful drive from the airport to Potsdam last night, it was only fair that I drive today, so now it was my turn to negotiate the traffic and the roadworks with the "help" of the navi, but as it daylight, and DH could see the map, we got along a lot better and were soon on the autobahn going south. by good fortune we soon came across a service station with a "Marché" cafe and decided to have a snack, as we'd missed lunch. The complete antithesis of the motorway service stations we get in the UK, Marché features fresh seasonal produce, freshly cooked. it's not that cheap, but for a large plate of various salads, a large roll and a fruit smoothie, we each paid less than €10. there are fresh fruits, juices, and dishes galour and there's a veg garden outside the door. Why can't we do that?
After brief introductions, it was decided that we should follow them to their house, about 10 mins drive away, which gave us our first real look at the town, but only a brief one. After that we were shown round the house and offered a welcome drink. These first few minutes could have been a little awkward, but our hosts were both charming and very welcoming, and thanks to their excellent english, we were soon chatting away. all too soon however we were required to leave to attend a welcome dinner up at the court building.
I will gloss over the speeches [very funny] and food [very good]. We had the opportunity to get to know not only our hosts and their german colleagues, but also the other english members of the group, few of whom we had met before. perhaps because our hosts were so friendly, [and possibly because of the copious amounts of wine and beer we were offered] this was all a great deal easier than it might have been, and we were soon mixing well with both our new german and english friends.
Tomorrow - digital judges and Handel in Halle.
Love your trip report. Sanssouci is indeed spectacular, glad you saw it.
"Marché", btw, is Swiss - and I am really happy they are in the Hauptbahnhof in Dresden and the Zoo in Leipzig and, and ... excellent food.
you are of course one of the fodorites who helped me plan this trip [and the others that never came off] so thanks for all the tips you gave me, including the mention of the Königstein, which DH and so enjoyed climbing on our last day well, after all that good german food, we needed the exercise!.
I looked up Marché and see that they are part of swiss food giant Mövenpick which I think rather proves my point; if they can produce such good fresh food not just on the autobahn but also at stations, zoos, and airports [they are at Schönefeld as well] why can't the others?
anyway, back to the TR.
thanks, Annhig. Can't wait for more. this will be most interesting to me.
Totally agree with you on Marché. It is a shame the others don't make the same effort.
After the carousing of the night before it was hard work to get ourselves out of bed, but by 8.30, all of us were assembled back at the court building for the drive to Halle. This being a lawyers' exchange it was inevitable that work would have to intrude somewhere, and our hosts had sensibly put it at the beginning of the programme so we could get it our of the way and get on with the more important business of enjoying ourselves, so the programme for the morning was to a symposium winningly entitled "district judge or digital judge?"
As i am not myself a judge, though most of our party were either full or part-time judges [a beast unknown in Germany it appears] i was not expecting the topic to be of great interest to me, but in fact it turned out to be quite fascinating as we explored the implications of the uses and misuses of digital technology in the legal system. Whilst mainly about the German system [which is quite different from that in England and Wales] nevertheless we have many issues in common. Mainly though i was extremely impressed by the ability of our hosts, and the speaker in particular, to converse about such a difficult and complex subject in a foreign language. Even those of us "guests" who claimed to have some german could not begin to address such a technical subject, whereas several of our hosts were if not completely comfortable, certainly very fluent. in fact out of an english party of 9, only 3 of us spoke any more than 2-3 words of german, whilst all of our hosts could converse to a reasonable level in english. And language teaching is being cut back in english schools rather than increased and you can probably tell what I think about that.
After what had turned out to be a surprisingly interesting morning, and a very pleasant lunch in the university refectory, we were then treated to a guided tour of Halle from a lady who had lived there all her life, including of course the years of the DDR. I should explain that our visit coincided with the 20th anniversary of the re-unification of Germany on 3rd October 1991, so such matters were perhaps particularly in peoples' minds. Our guide explained that because foreign travel had been more or less impossible she had decided to become a tour guide so that she could meet foreigners and practice her english and for her, like everybody else we met, re-unification had been the best thing to happen to her. of course there were losers - the DDR judges who all lost their jobs for example - but looking at the pictures of the DDR pre-1989, and listening to the experiences of our hostess, who had been brought up in the DDR, it was difficult to imagine that many people would want a return to those days.
By now a spot of light relief was required, which was provided by a refreshment break at the oldest brewery in Halle, where we had the opportunity to try the local brews, one of which, with an alcoho % of about 7% was amusingly suggested as being suitable for women - so of course we all had to try it. [we weren't driving!]. We were then treated to a tour of the house in which Georg Fredrick Handel [Hãndel in german] had been born. this was one of the highlights of the trip for me - as a long-time member of various choirs I have sung the Messiah innumerable times, and to see a facsimile of his manuscript of the Halleluiah Chorus, as well as to hear all about his life and other works, was a real thrill. But even the non-musicians in our group came away very impressed by the museum was presented and anyone who found themselves in Halle should really make time [and hour or so] to visit Handel's Haus.
Sadly there was no time to linger so we all piled back in the cars and minibus,and headed back to Naumburg for a dinner and wine-tasting at a local pub, somewhere down by the river, where we had yet another great evening, trying no less than 6 local wines and food specially selected to compliment them. Our hosts certainly pulled out all the stops when it came the organisation of the trip, and one of the topics of the evening between us guests was how we could possibly entertain them to the same standard. Still, we've got 2 years to think about it!
tomorrow - a day off, german style.
Ann, thanks for a very interesting account. It's a great change from all the usual guff about how great Paris is, and what clothes one should wear there. I am looking forward to reading more.
I was born at the end of the war, and the fall of the iron curtain followed by the reunification of Europe was the most significant event in my lifetime. Nobody had predicted it, and the fall of the communist regimes could easily have been followed by unrest and economic depression, perhaps even civil war. The repercussions are still being felt in terms of migration, trade and international relations.
you can have lots of detail about what we ate and drank and wore if you like!
in fact clothes were a bit of a problem, as the weather all over europe was unseasonably warm, and we were fast running out of hot weather attire. however one of the many advantages of staying with a family is that having a few clothes washed is very easy, so that is what we [or rather our hostess] did.
I agree with you about the impact of the "fall of the wall"; of course it has been most keenly felt by those who were behind the "iron curtain" but it has proved highly significant for all of us. all of us, hosts and guests alike, were of course keenly aware of these issues, our hostess most of all as the only "ossie" ie east german of the group. what emerged from our discussions however is that our children, whether german or english, are very unaware of the events of 20-25 years ago, and take their freedoms very much for granted.
which brings us back to the sentence i found on the pavement in Potsdam, i think.
I'm reading this with great pleasure. That is one of my favorite travel destinations (the former East Germany.) Can't wait for the next installment.

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Would that — freedom to dissociate — get you out from under the Supreme Court’s “plenary” authority in lawyer disciple, which they delegated to the Bar? We have a corrupt judicial branch for the reasons Bob Grundstein says “Bad minds in High places” and these Bad Minds have too much power over our lives and our constitutional rights. We need everyone, not just lawyers, to get involved in this fight so count me IN and let me know what I can do to help.
Bravo Anne, you’re the best and please pass on my appreciation to the lawyers that are taking up this fight… but, I think, you all will need the help of citizens as we are NOT beholding to the Supreme Court for our law license and WE can say things that most lawyers wouldn’t risk saying (present company excluded) for fear of their livelihood.

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Japan take philippines on first turn.
@Warplayer12: @Cmdr: @Warplayer12: America has a NO that give them 5 ipc each round they control the Philippines So you take a 2 IPC island on round 1, then give America extra IPC for: Alaska, Mexico, Continental United States for 2 rounds? That’s a net gain for the Americans of 16 IPC. :? :? :? My bad, saw the 1940 title, but you do bring them into the war and give them whatever objectives Pacific allows specifically. I’m sure there is at least one for Hawaii and others, and I think there is that 30 IPC one for W. USA. So it’s even worse.
When will the Soviet Union and Japan be placed in war?
Welcome Iwo Jima Joe +1 for your first posting! page 24 of the AAP40 rulebook under Mechanized Infantry “A mechanized infantry unit must normally stop when it enters an enemy controlled territory. However, when moving along with a tank, it can enter an unoccupied enemy controlled territory as the first part of a two-space move that can end in a friendly or hostile territory.” The wording ‘when moving along with a tank’, ‘must normally stop’, and ‘as the first part of a two-space move’ would mean an answer of –must come from the same territroy-- to your question above.


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Well it just had to happen. The Peach Tree just decided it was time to flower and along comes an April snow shower. Looks iffy for peaches again this year. However, given the lack of moisture we have had this spring five inches or so of an April shower is truly a welcomed event and perhaps will bring May flowers.
The melting snow will keep the temps from going below freezing. They might survive and give you peaches.
Hi Jim, we will see it was well below freezing last night. This happens most years and peaches seem to come only about once every 3-4 years. We have tried to cover the tree from time to time but got lazy this year.
Crossing my fingers for the peaches!
Thanks, it is going to take a little luck and sunshine. Hope your day is going well.
Very pretty like a Japanese print, but a little sad, too.
Hi Eliza, yes there is a yin-yangness to the late season snow this year. Probably another year without peaches yet we sure did need the moisture and all the plants will be very happy.
It captures natures moment of harsh reality so beautifully Mike.
Thanks Val. Hop your spring is treating you well.


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A RARE short-snouted seahorse was found during a beach clean at Yaverland.
Blue Seas Protection hosts as beach clean on the first Sunday of every month, starting at 11am.
At the last one, one of the group's younger members, eight-year-old Myles Perolls, and his dad, Roger Perolls, found the seahorse.
The seahorse, an endangered species, was washed up on the shore, entangled in seaweed.
Blue Seas Protection is keen to see the protection level for the whole bay raised from an MPA (marine protected area) to an MCZ (marine conservation zone).
It has already identified the bay as a natural nursery area for the undulate ray, listed as red endangered by Unesco.
The group also conducted a micro plastic particle survey from the pier to Yaverland, in conjunction with Portsmouth University.
Members worked hard picking up and sieving sand to capture micro plastics to determine the extent of the pollution and threat sea creatures.

industry_corpus2: Water Resources & Marine


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Kyle Rankin, author of Knoppix Hacks and a sysadmin, writes about a few of his Knoppix rescue stories.
As a battle-hardened sysadmin, I've seen a lot of broken systems (some I broke, and some were broken for me). I've carried a number of rescue disks, including tomsrtbt and the LinuxCare Bootable Business Card, but over the past year or two, I've started to rely completely on Knoppix as an all-in-one rescue disk. Below are some real-life accounts of how I've saved some broken systems with just my Knoppix CD.
Looks like I need to go pick up a copy of Knoppix Hacks for myself. I haven't played with Knoppix recently, but I did used it to get data off NTFS formatted hard-drive by booting up Knoppix and running the included ssh daemon. Very slick.


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It’s become an annual tradition now, the winter pilgrimage to Barnegat Light to see the winter waterfowl. Every year it gets colder and windier, and every year the jetty gets longer.
Or at least it seems longer! Especially this year, as it was my first time picking my way from rock to rock with a tripod on my shoulder. I’m not the most sure-footed of creatures, as my friends will be happy to tell you. But I also don’t have the steadiest of hands, so having the tripod was a big help.
The day started with a Black Scoter near the Lighthouse. Hmmm… Dark bird on dark water. Helpful of him to have a bright yellow bill.
A small duck bobbed alone in the big bay. I was a little surprised to see this Bufflehead out here in the Inlet. I’m used to seeing them in fresh water lakes. But they frequent the salty bays too.
Common Loon. Someday I hope to see them in full breeding plumage, and hear them call.
The birds we came to see are the Harlequin Ducks. Two males swam near the rocks at the end of the jetty. There were only four Harlequins there this day, two males and two females. We didn’t mind. Quality over quantity.
It was 22° with winds gusting over 20 mph. I wore heavy wool socks, long underwear, lined pants under rain pants, a turtleneck, fleece AND insulated vest under a down jacket, a scarf, two hats and three pairs of gloves, with hand warmers inside. This duck thought I was the funniest thing he’d seen in awhile.
FUN FACT: Why are the ducks comfortable swimming in the frigid water while we humans are shivering on shore?
It starts with their feathers. Next to the skin lies a thick insulating layer of down feathers. Above the down are layers of interlocking and overlapping feathers that leave a minimum of bare skin exposed to the elements. The birds attend meticulously to feather maintenance with liberal doses of preen oil.
Look closely at a duck after it surfaces from a dive, and you will see the water beading up and running from its waterproof feathers like rain from a freshly waxed car.
Ducks’ feet and legs lack feathers to protect them, and could be a dangerous source of heat loss. But water birds have evolved to combat this by utilizing a countercurrent heat exchange system. As hot blood in the arteries flows into the upper leg, it transfers heat to the cold venous blood returning from the feet. Blood that reaches the feet is much colder than the body, close to the temperature of the water in which the duck swims, but the blood that returns to the heart is warm. This heat exchange minimizes heat loss from the legs, while maintaining a healthy body core temperature. Cold feet, warm heart!
Sandpipers were in attendance as well as ducks. Two small gatherings of Ruddy Turnstones perched precariously on the icy rocks.
Back near the Lighthouse were three Red-breasted Mergansers, one female (rear left) and two males.
Accompanying the Mergansers were a young male Common Eider (left) and a female King Eider. The King Eider was a new bird for me. Common Eiders I’ve seen before, but only females at a distance. Seeing both this close was a treat. I’d have been happy with Eider one!
Time to snuggle in somewhere warm at the end of a cold day at Barnegat Light.
It’s my fault, I admit. The snow, I mean. Two years in a row I lamented my lack of good snowy photographs to use for Christmas cards, and those years were marked by a decided lack of snowfall. Be careful what you wish for! This year Mother Nature had the last laugh. We’ve had just about 60 inches of snow, when the winter norm averages 22”. And March can still bring some big storms, so we may not be done yet.
I’m done, though. I loved the snow in January and early February, but I have all the snow photos I need, thank you very much. Enough already! I’ve had it with hiking on slippery, ankle-turning ice.
So the last three weekends I have escaped to the southeast, once to the Pine Barrens, twice to the Jersey Shore. No white stuff, and lots of ducks. I love ducks. They’re so colorful and varied, and they are always doing interesting things. In the winter, places like Barnegat Light and Avalon draw sea and bay ducks in droves. Great places to duck out of the snow.
Above and below are perhaps the most gorgeous of ducks, male Harlequins. Lots of birders take the adventurous trek atop the Barnegat Light jetty just to admire these beauties.
I have a soft spot for Long-tailed Ducks. They have such endearing expressions.
Males are comfortable enough with their masculinity to sport pink on their bills. Females stick to earth tones.
The Scoters are new birds for me this year. They tend to hang out farther off-shore, so they’re not as easy to photograph. Here’s a large raft of Black Scoters in Avalon, above, with a few Long-tailed Ducks and gulls amongst them. Black Scoter, male, below.
This fellow with the colorful proboscis is a male Surf Scoter. My first life bird of the day.
This is a Common Loon, transitioning into breeding plumage.
Female Red-breasted Merganser at Barnegat Light, above and below.
Purple Sandpiper on the rocks at Avalon.
I don’t usually take photos of gulls, unless they’re flying or doing something really interesting. Gulls pose identification problems, and usually I’m seeing the same species over and over. This particular gull flew past in West Cape May, and I’m glad I took the shot. When I got home, I realized I had something different – Bonaparte’s Gull, a life bird for me. It was my second lifer that day.
In popular birding places, you often run into other birders who are happy to share news of interesting birds. Two guys I met in Avalon suggested I go to Stone Harbor Point to look for the Smith’s Longspur that had been seen there. “Just look for a big group of people; that’s where it will be.” Sure enough, out in the grassy meadow between beach and bay was a group of people with binoculars and scopes, chasing a cryptically colored, sparrow-sized bird around. I never would have found it, much less identified it, by myself. Lifer #3 for the day. Smith’s Longspurs hang out in the middle of the country, and are quite rare in the East, which is why so many people wanted to see it. I’m sure this poor bird was wondering if he’d ever get a break from the crowds to eat in peace.
I also heard from two different people of another unusual sighting, a Ross’s Goose in a field behind some homes in Cape May Point. Sure enough, there it was. A great way to end a day of birding at the Shore.
In the last week or two, the weather has warmed enough that the foot-thick snow pack has all but disappeared. My crocuses are blooming, the first rays of sunny gold heralding the inevitability of spring.
The Bald Eagles at Heinz Refuge are incubating eggs. Geese have been migrating north for some time. Soon these winter ducks will take off for their breeding grounds to bring new life into the world. Flowers and trees will bloom, and baby animals will be born.
It won’t be long before spring is off to a flying start!
Let’s take a little trip back to the images that inspired this blog in the first place. In February I went on my first trip with the Heinz Refuge Photo Group, to Barnegat Light on the Jersey Shore. In the winter the Inlet attracts a variety of ducks and shorebirds you don’t get to see other times of the year.
The challenge is getting to them! To get close you have to walk out on the stone jetty, which can be dangerous when it’s wet or icy. People have been known to fall between the rocks and get stuck.
The day of our visit was sunny, cold and very windy. Fortunately the jetty was dry, and we walked the whole length of it. The ducks were very close in, I saw 6 new bird species, and it was a great photo day for me and my new zoom lens.
All of these birds were new species for me.
Long-tailed Duck with an itch, and demonstrating a perfect belly-flop.
Common Loon – my first view of Loons. They were silent though. So I didn’t hear their signature eerie calls.
What the well-dressed photographer wears at Barnegat Inlet. Double mufflers! Colleen, trying to keep warm.
The stars of the Barnegat Show are the Harlequin Ducks. The colors of the males’ plumage are amazing. They were out at the end of the jetty, so we had to walk a long way to see them. Hopping from large boulder to large boulder was slow and tiring. The payoff was worth it, though!
Harlequins like the surf rough, and had no difficulty standing up to the waves, even if it meant getting a face full of water. Cold water.


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Eight years after Graceling, Bitterblue is now queen of Monsea. But the influence of her father, a violent psychopath with mind-altering abilities, lives on. Her advisors, who have run things since Leck died, believe in a forward-thinking plan: Pardon all who committed terrible acts under Leck's reign, and forget anything bad ever happened. But when Bitterblue begins sneaking outside the castle--disguised and alone--to walk the streets of her own city, she starts realizing that the kingdom has been under the 35-year spell of a madman, and the only way to move forward is to revisit the past.
Benson Fisher thought that a scholarship to Maxfield Academy would be the ticket out of his dead-end life. He was wrong. Now he's trapped in a school that's surrounded by a razor-wire fence. A school where video cameras monitor his every move. Where there are no adults. Where the kids have split into groups in order to survive. Where breaking the rules equals death. But when Benson stumbles upon the school's real secret, he realizes that playing by the rules could spell a fate worse than death, and that escape 'his only real hope for survival' may be impossible.
Diagnosed with Stage IV thyroid cancer at 12, Hazel was prepared to die until, at 14, a medical miracle shrunk the tumours in her lungs. for now. Two years post-miracle, sixteen-year-old Hazel is post-everything else, too - post-high school, post-friends and post-normalcy. Enter Augustus Waters. A match made at cancer kid support group, Augustus is gorgeous, in remission, and - shockingly, to her - interested in Hazel.


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Exposed wooden beams give the home a rustic feel. Ceiling beams in the living room radiate warmth and looks homey. Even if the wood is still as sturdy and stable, no beam lasts forever. Climatic and human impacts will not leave the thickest beams unscathed. Thus, although your wooden support structure can trustworthy for a long time and shine in its full splendour, it will need to be revamped from time to time. Renovation of beams are connected with some effort, but will be worth it in any case. Not only will you renew the old wooden beams, but your entire home will shine in a new light. The treatment of old wooden beams and ceiling beams does not even necessarily require the help of an expert. With a little DIY know-how, you can easily create and implement solutions. What you do need, and to what you’ll have to pay special attention, can be found here in our simple guide.
Wooden beams have always been important in the construction of roof trusses and wood-beamed ceilings. But which species are mainly used in the construction? In traditional half-timbered houses, oak as a material is particularly popular because it is extremely weather- and pest resistant. However, the beautiful and bright oak has its price.
The more favourable solution is the spruce. The wood is valued for its high load capacity and receptivity of antifouling paints. Moreover, this type of wood seems to hold up continuously for years, with only relatively few cracks.
Other species that are often used in the beam construction, are fir, pine and larch. The latter type of wood is renowned for its robustness and acid resistance as well as for its colour intensity. Those who do not want to decide between the wealth of materials do not have to despair: The combination of different types of wood with its different grains can have its visual appeal.
Old wooden beams are beautiful to look at. Many people are looking to consciously age wood and deliberately age it artificially. However, moisture, uneven load distribution, pest attacks and fungus deteriorates many a wooden beam in the course of his long life. Before you undertake the restoration, you should take the precaution to check if the beams of wood are possibly infected by worms or fungi.
To find out if your timber beams are rotten, you can measure the drilling resistance of the wood and look at the condition of the drill cuttings. If the timber bar’s interior is strongly attacked, not even the best restoration work will achieve anything and you’ll have no choice but to replace the beams. Infected beams pose a high risk in lowering the load capacity of the structure. Before replacing the bar you should then definitely get a professional to pay the beams a bit of skilled attention.
Do your beams display deep notches, dirty crevices, cracks, holes or even protruding wood fibres? Then it is high time for a thorough restoration. First, review the possibilities regarding existing nails and screws.
Next, you must relieve the bar of dust and coarse dirt. For cleaning you can use a hand brush. Plaster remaining in the beam can be, for example, scraped with a spatula. Visible holes can be repaired by making use of a special filling compound.
Then it goes to grinding. An electric sander can facilitate the tedious work, but beware: Residues of old nails might be present in the wood, which is why you should work with a minimum of pressure. If you want to play it safe, then you can sand the beam by hand. Ask for advice in a hardware store regarding which abrasive paper is appropriate for the type of wood in question. Protect yourself when grinding with a respirator, thick gloves and safety goggles. Also, always respect the fibre direction of the beam when grinding it smooth. Otherwise you’ll risk the ugly event of fraying the wood’s surface.
Straight cut, clean beams can be treated with (natural) wood oils or a biological stain, in order to protect them against environmental influences. These products bring out the natural grain of the beams much clearer. On the other hand, it preserves or intensifies the original colour of the wood. A particularly good and natural oil for wood preservation is linseed oil.
Instead of treating the bars with oil or a glaze, you can also paint it. Paint acts as good as a glaze. The difference is that a lacquer layer protects the timber from the outside while a glaze penetrates into the wood, thus protecting it from the inside.
An increasingly popular type of treatment is one which we do not want to hide from you at this point: The post-treatment of oiled beams with beeswax. The wood wax as additional surface protection must indeed be re-applied every few years, but is one hundred percent natural and environmentally friendly.
Finished with all of the dos, we now also want to draw your attention to the don'ts. Wooden beams that have to withstand the weather should be treated not only with a colourless glaze, because the cellular structure of the wood can be weakened by UV radiation when there is paint damage. Correctly, however, you should pre-treat the wood with a colourless glaze and then sweep it with a pigmented stain.
Keep your wooden beams away from wet sources. Wood is a living material that breathes, expands, contracts and is decayed and rotten in constant contact with moisture. Some wood species are particularly susceptible to discolouring fungi. Even brief contact with moisture is sufficient cause for damage, and the wood changes its appearance.
How much maintenance is necessary?
Now you know which types of wood are used for beam structures, how to proceed when restoring it, and what resources are used for its treatment. Since the whole renewal and treatment process is relatively complex, you will be glad to hear the length of intervals at which the treatment steps are to be repeated. Wooden beams with a good surface treatment can easily survive up to a decade without signs of aging, embrittlement and peeling. If the bar is used by your cat as a scratching post, however, or if you have raging toddlers around, then you’ll have to treat your rafters more often.
Now that you are equipped with the most important information, we wish you much fun during the restoration!
Since you have the wooden beams covered, take a look at how you can: Make your own beautiful wooden furniture out of pallets!
Have you recently undertaken the task of restoring your wooden beams? We'd love to hear about it!


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Created in February 2014 through a 50/50 joint venture of the world’s largest and second largest steelmakers, ArcelorMittal and Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation, AM/NS Calvert is located in Calvert, AL. Our state-of-the-art steel processing facility has the capacity to process 5.3 million tons of high-value steel grades including hot rolled bands, hot rolled pickled and oiled, cold rolled, and advanced coated products for the automotive, pipe and tube, appliance/HVAC, service center and construction industries in the NAFTA market.
Day to day management of benefit plan providers, auditors, and consultants.
Ensure data accuracy for benefit related data including: enrollment, deductions, COBRA and benefit changes.
Analyze participation and utilization for all benefit plans on a monthly, quarterly and annual basis for cost control and risk assessment factors.
Maintain knowledge of and analyze government regulations and compliance.
Assist Team Members with benefits questions and claims related issues.
Manage the annual open enrollment process, including employee communication, coordination with providers and payroll.
Manage the COBRA process for eligible Team Members and Dependents.
Analyze different benefit plan models and make recommendations for enhancements/cost savings.
Reconcile weekly and monthly benefits statements and approves benefit invoices.
Oversee 401(k) plan, audit of payroll deferrals and match contributions, responsible for preparation of annual NDT and Form 5500. Coordinate Admin Committee meetings, legal notices and annual audit.
Design and maintain a comprehensive wellness program, including the wellness committee.
Assist with compensation programs including merit cycle, promotions, new hire offers and internal movement.
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AM/NS Calvert is a 50/50 joint venture of the world’s largest and second largest steelmakers, ArcelorMittal and Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation. Our state-of-the-art steel processing facility has the capacity to process 5.3 million tons of high-value steel grades including hot rolled bands, hot rolled pickled and oiled, cold rolled, and advanced coated products for the automotive, pipe and tube, appliance/HVAC, service center and construction industries in the NAFTA market.


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Part of franchising’s appeal is buying into a proven business model, but it takes more than following the playbook to succeed as a franchisee.
The number of franchising options confuses many who want to buy a franchise and may increase the chances of making a bad choice. A step-by-step approach can help identify the right one.
Franchising holds considerable appeal for some people who dream of being their own boss. But misunderstandings and even outright scams produce only disappointment for many franchisees.
Money to buy a franchise isn’t always easy to come by. But you can still raise the cash to finance your purchase if you take the right approach.
Buying a franchise should be done only after careful research. Here’s how to get started.


text: Although Campylobacter is a common cause of gastroenteritis in humans in New Zealand, the source of infection usually remains unknown. However, the high frequency of human infection may be due to the relatively low infectious dose. Campylobacter jejuni and some other Campylobacter species are commonly found as commensals in livestock in cluding cattle which may be reservoirs for a number of Campylobacter species. The objective of this study was to estimate the prevalence of Campylobacter carriage in healthy dairy cows at the study farm. The combined epidemiological and microbiological investigation was useful in conducting a longitudinal study of Massey University No. 4 Dairy Farm in this project. The project surveyed cows of different ages in the herd at different times over the study period. In order to determind whether strains of C. jejuni isolated from the cows were identical, Pulse-Field Gel Electrophoresis was applied to examine the similarities among C. jejuni isolates. Based on the results of an initial pilot study, selecting a suitable sample size of dairy cows for planned sampling events saved time and cost in estimating the Campylobacter prevalence. In this study, on a basis of the results of pilot study, a sample size of about 60 animals was selected in order to estimate 90% confidence level within 10% accuracy. Finally, the results of prevalences of Campylobacter at different samplings were applied to calculate 95% confidence intervals for prewvalences in different populations.


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Rachel Brady is an Australian singer, songwriter with a true social voice with an exceptional singing voice and heart. I know this lady personally, a total pleasure to know her acquaintance.
Rachel is vegan, could be one of the reasons I have a soft spot for her. Her heart and soul comes out in her music guys, you will truly love this womans talent.


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This large toy car is inspired by the classic design of cigar racers, its simplistic styling is complemented by the cream rubber wheels and the metallic blue paint work. Beautifully made and great quality, this timeless piece will be treasured by all ages and would make a fantastic gift. Playforever aim to create virtually indestructible art toys that last a lifetime.
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Paper suture bags often rip and fall from the sterile field onto the floor. Contents cannot be easily seen and can be a hazard.
(2) clear plastic pouches allow for easy identification of its contents.
Designed to be draped over the back table or mayo stand, which eliminates the possibility of it falling to the floor.
The Z-Suture Saddle Bag™ can be used as a sealable transport bag.
A non-magnetic instrument drape designed to keep instruments from falling off the sterile field while providing a neutral zone for the hands-free transfer of sharps.
Instruments & surgical supplies falling off the sterile field.


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CeramicSpeed Bottom Bracket, which converts the PF30 standard to fit a 24 mm spindle like Shimano, FSA or Rotor. Available with CeramicSpeed Standard or Coated Bearings, this bottom bracket is suitable for MTB bike frames with a shell measuring 46mm inner diameter. The mounting cups can be red or black.
If you want to install Shimano, FSA or Rotor cranks with 24mm spindles on your off-road bike, this CeramicSpeed BB PF30 Shimano MTB Bottom Bracket not only delivers you the unique mix between low friction and long lifetime, but it also comes as an extremely lightweight system.
To secure the best properties this MTB bottom bracket comes with their special LongLife grease.
When going off-road, wear and contamination is a risk that you should not have to worry about, the coated version offers extra protection.


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When an immigration case has run its’ course and the alien has not violated the terms of the bond, ICE cancels the immigration bond. Once this is done, ICE notifies the Debt Management Center of the cancelled bond. After the cancellation is processed, which can take a long while; the obligor receives a Form I-391 Notice - Immigration Bond Cancelled. The instructions requires the obligor is file for a refund of the principal and any accrued interest.
If a cash bond is breached, ICE notifies the obligor through a Form I-323 (Notice - Immigration Bond Breached). As per the bond agreement, ICE is permitted to remain with the principal amount from breached bonds. Nevertheless, the obligor is permitted to receive a payment of accrued interest.
1. If you are in possession of the original immigration bond receipt (Form I-305) and your copy of the immigration bond contract (Form I-352), mail Form I-305 and Form I-352 to the address listed below.
2. If you no longer have the original receipt (Form I-305), complete Form I-395 (Affidavit in Lieu of Lost Receipt of United States Immigration and Naturalization Service for Collateral Accepted as Security) and mail a notarized original to the address listed below. Include a copy of the bond contract (Form I-352) if available.


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BESA Lighting website is a responsive web design with a minor parallax element on the homepage. The complex portion of this website is a behind-the-scenes search function that sorts through tons of products to deliver customized search results.
BESA collaborates with American designers and European craftsman to merger traditional techniques like hand-blown glass, with cutting edge design for state-of-the-art architectural lighting products.
This website is also responsive, and to understand the importance of a responsive website, know that Google will actually demote your website if it isn't responsive in a search done on a mobile device. Why would they do that? Simple. Google wants their users to have the best searching experience possible based on the results Google delivers. And a non-responsive website, being viewed on a smart phone, is not a good user experience.
So whenever you’re talking to a Columbus web design firm, or any web designer, be sure they're keeping up on Google’s algorithms. Otherwise, it can hurt your website’s rankings, while your competitors’ might be doing the right things.


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The provisions for product warranties include contractual and statutory obligations arising from the sale of industrial trucks and spare parts. It is expected that the bulk of the costs will be incurred within the next two years after the reporting date.
The provisions for personnel comprise provisions for partial retirement obligations, long-service awards, annual bonuses and severance pay. The provision for partial retirement obligations is recognised on the basis of individual contractual arrangements. The KION Group recognised restructuring provisions of €74,465 thousand in 2011, predominantly in connection with the planned transfers of production.
Other obligations largely comprise provisions for guarantees and litigation.

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