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Marc Cooper thinks Mumia Abu-Jamal makes a poor poster boy for the anti-death-penalty movement. That opinion has earned him the ire of zealous Mumia supporters — as well as a surprising number of accolades from other progressives. The MoJo Wire invites you to get in on the conversation.
Read the article that sparked the debate: “What’s Mumia Got to Do With It?” Read last week’s responses here.
The one point that Cooper failed to respond to in Clark Kissinger’s piece is whether or not Cooper has ever talked to a good sampling of the youth who’ve become inspired by the fact that Mumia was, in fact, a Black Panther at age 15 and, despite how it was used against him during his sentencing trial, Mumia continued to stand strong, keep writing, and keep fighting for the people. You should come to an Act Your Rage, a free, monthly open mic put on by the Youth Network of Refuse & Resist! in New York, Boston, Chicago, and other cities, and actually listen to why so many young people–some who never would have considered themselves activists–have come forward to dedicate their lives to stopping this execution and changing the current political climate in this society. And all this because of who Mumia is.
You’ll find that they’re not all “self-described (‘ill-informed’) anarchists who … have boonswangled the rest of the world into believing Abu-Jamal is a political prisoner,” as one man suggested.
You may believe you already know these “flaky” young “cult-groupies,” who’ve decided to “submit” to Clark Kissinger, MOVE, or Mumia, but I dare say they’re not the monolith that mainstream media (including you) have made them out to be. The people who support Mumia range from those who are simply against the death penalty and maybe don’t feel the need to know every piece of evidence or memorize every witness, to those who see the travesty of his trial like you, to people who don’t care about guilt or innocence and believe he ought to be out on the streets just because he’s a revolutionary. You could ask many of these kids if they think Mumia’s innocent and they may give the same answer you did — “I don’t know.” And that’s precisely why they’ve dedicated their time to fighting the execution.
As a link to the spirit of the 1960s, Mumia represents the possibility for change and the role of youth in that change. From middle-class kids in the suburbs to kids who face police harassment everyday in the city — we all see our futures wrapped up in his for many reasons, but basically– if they can execute Mumia on the flimsiness of his trial, what will it mean for us? If his politics can be used against him, what precedents will that set for us?
This proves my point. I find very little appealing about mobilizing anyone — young or old — around the case of one individual whose innocence is dubious.
For the umpteenth time I will repeat that Mumia got a bad trial. That makes him legally innocent. But not morally. I am pleased that Mumia has one of the best criminal defense attorneys in America on his side. I sincerely hope that Mumia exercises all of his legal options to fight for all of his rights. But that alone is not worthy of a mass political movement.
The Free Mumia movement is way too much about Mumia’s case and far too little about the mass application of the death penalty. I refuse to patronize young people just because they are young. They deserve the truth as much as anyone else. I am also old-fashioned enough to believe that the truth is always in order.
I have little to no confidence in the criminal justice system to reveal the truth. I have almost as little confidence in the leaders of the Free Mumia movement. How about agreeing to educate young people on the inequity and barbarity of the death penalty, period? What is so difficult to understand about that?
As one of the 80 percent [of Americans] who support the death penalty, I think Mumia’s case is very good one for death penalty opponents, because it moves me. It causes me to question the criminal justice system. It causes me to question my support of capital punishment.
My concern with capital punishment is that the system is flawed and racially biased. It is only cases like this that show me just how flawed the system is. If the system were corrected, I would probably support the death penalty in some cases. Maybe that’s not your goal, but your absolutist position does not move me.
I get a little impatient with letters like the above. Ms. Harper supports the death penalty, but is moved by Mumia. She “questions” the criminal justice system and her support of state murder, but she opposes my “absolutist” position. She’d like the system to be corrected so she could more freely support the murder of just some of the condemned.
Wow! What better argument for precisely an absolutist position! We need to educate people on the absolute issue. Let’s bring this back to Mumia. What happens to the Free Mumia movement if Mumia does get a new trial, if he gets a fair trial, and if he gets convincingly convicted? They will face two choice: Either give up, or argue that no matter what the evidence, Mumia has to be innocent. The rest of us will be opposing his execution regardless. The rest of us who are absolutists — absolutely!
I don’t know you, but I would like to give you a big HUG for your article about Mumia. Not that I want him to die: NEVER! I am an abolitionist and will always remain so. But people are dying every single day without a single supporter or a single line in a newspaper. Here in France, people are so manipulated that if you ask a personality to say something about some other possibly innocent convict, they answer: yes, but what about Mumia? When the widow of our former President, Mrs. Danièle Mitterrand went to Pennsylvania to visit Mumia, I was appalled.
Thank you for the hug and support. But mostly thanks for your ability boil down into so few words what I clumsily was trying to say. Every person rallying for Mumia is on person fewer rallying for the other nameless 3,500 death-row inmates in America.
Whatever needed to be accomplished in terms of generating publicity for Mumia has already been achieved. He’s better known than Jesus. He has top-notch legal counsel. So? Now what? Are his supporters going to continue making him and his case an obsessive cult? Or are they going to start spending some of their energy on all the other prisoners, including, say, “confessed cop-killers?
I would also like to take a moment to put a challenge to the readers: I have been heavily attacked for having the temerity to suggest that Mumia is not the best icon for the anti-death penalty movement. But where is the outrage around C. Clark Kissinger? Here we have the leading, most vocal supporter of Mumia Abu-Jamal strenuously arguing in favor of public executions staged in sports stadiums. Am I the only one who thinks it outrageous? I hope not. I know not.
Read last week’s discussion with Marc Cooper.

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The History Spotlight focuses on the landmarks, residents and stories that have shaped Santa Monica into what it is today. Content is being produced in partnership with the Santa Monica Landmarks Commission, Santa Monica History Museum and the Santa Monica Daily Press.
The article below originally appeared in the Santa Monica Daily Press on January 28, 2019, authored by Lily Richman.
Designed by architect John Byers, Miles Playhouse, built in 1929, is the centerpiece of Reed (formerly Lincoln) Park.
Ever since, the community has continuously used this building for a diverse and vibrant array of programming. John Byers, who once taught Romance languages at Santa Monica High School, became one of the City’s foremost architects, designed numerous homes and buildings in the early decades of the 20th century.

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The Department of Art & Art History at Stanford University is an academic department offering undergraduate and graduate degrees in Art Practice, Art History, and Film and Media Studies, including Documentary Film and Video. More information about the Department’s activities, faculty, and existing staff can be found at https://art.stanford.edu.
The Events and Communications Manager manages the Department’s events programming, written public communications, and donor stewardship. This position works closely with faculty and key staff at the direction of the Department Manager, and is responsible for planning and executing the Department’s 80+ large and small events each year, including lecture series, special guest lectures, faculty job talks, symposia, film screening receptions, and gallery receptions from inception to execution, including budget preparation and tracking, vendor negotiation, advertising, social media, event setup and oversight. Under minimal supervision, this position will also provide support in planning, coordinating, and implementing the Department’s communications strategy, including the development of the Department newsletter, oversight of the website, design and coordination of media relations efforts including email and digital content distribution, and social media presence. Responsibilities include oversight of the Department’s busy events calendar to avoid conflicts, coordinating travel, lodging, and honoraria for Department guests, and supervising the activities of vendors including caterers, freelance designers, and mailing houses to ensure high quality and timely results. Coordinating with appropriate stakeholders, this position will also oversee the Department’s written donor relations, including creation of donor acknowledgement letters and stewardship reports.
Successful applicants will have demonstrated success planning and executing events of various size and scope, in addition to a high level of professional written communications experience. The Events Manager is, in many circumstances, the public face of the Department. Crucial qualities include the ability to remain calm in hectic circumstances, to effectively balance competing needs, and to serve as a welcoming liaison with Department guests. Must have practical knowledge of Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop and experience with email marketing tools such as MailChip. Experience working in the visual or performing arts and/or non-profit sector is highly desired. Evening and weekend hours are required during busy periods. Please submit both a cover letter and a resume when applying for this position.
Initiate and lead meetings with stakeholders to plan scope and format of events, establish and monitor budgets, and/or review administrative procedures and event progress.
Serve as project leader on specific events, coordinating teams that plan, implement, and manage all aspects of events such as: marketing, vendors, press and/or media.
Responsible for budget planning and management, venue management and equipment and facilities management for specific events.
May oversee development of registration strategy and logistics.
Build and maintain relationships with internal and external partners.
Procure and coordinate vendor services. Negotiate vendor contracts to minimize liability and risks.
Research and provide recommendations for potential event locations, and evaluate alternatives.
Investigate, document and report complaints regarding all aspects of events including customer service, crowd control and staff issues.
May inspect event facilities for maintenance, janitorial and fire safety issues, ensuring enforcement of Environmental Health and Safety and other facility regulations. Arrange for correction if issues are found.
Communicate with visiting entities for assigned events.
Bachelor’s degree and three years of relevant experience or combination of education and relevant experience.
Demonstrated success managing event teams and planning, developing budgets, and meeting budget goals.
Excellent project management skills, and the ability to manage complex timelines and multiple projects.
Excellent interpersonal, communication, time management, and customer service skills. Must be well organized and detailed oriented.
Exceptional customer service skills with the ability to cultivate partnerships.
Demonstrated high level of confidence in making strategic decisions, good judgment, and innovative and creative problem-solving skills.
Knowledge of Microsoft Office suite, File Maker Pro and knowledge of cloud applications such as Google Docs and Forms.
Ability to interact and successfully collaborate with a broad spectrum of contributing groups and customers.
Valid Non-Commercial Class California Driver’s License.
Frequently stand/walk, sit, perform desk-based computer tasks, and use a telephone.
Occasionally kneel/crawl, twist/bend/stoop/squat, grasp lightly/fine manipulation, and grasp forcefully, lift/carry/push/pull objects that weigh 21-40 pounds.
Ability to obtain and maintain a California Non-commercial Class license and drive day or night.
* – Consistent with its obligations under the law, the University will provide reasonable accommodation to any employee with a disability who requires accommodation to perform the essential functions of the job.
May require some travel and working evenings and weekends.
Subject to and expected to comply with all applicable University policies and procedures, including but not limited to the personnel policies and other policies found in the University’s Administrative Guide, http://adminguide.stanford.edu.

industry_corpus2: Subject Education


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The term 'Green Books' or 'us' or 'we' refers to the owner of the website whose Registered Office is Little Road, Ayyanthole, Thrissur - 680003, Kerala, India. Our company registration number is U22110KL2002PTC015558 . The term 'you' refers to the user or viewer of our website .
Neither we nor any third parties provide any warranty or guarantee as to the accuracy, timeliness, performance, completeness or suitability of the information and materials found or offered on this website for any particular purpose. You acknowledge that such information and materials may contain inaccuracies or errors and we expressly exclude liability for any such inaccuracies or errors to the fullest extent permitted by law. Your use of any information or materials on this website is entirely at your own risk, for which we shall not be liable. It shall be your own responsibility to ensure that any products, services or information available through this website meet your specific requirements..
This website contains material which is owned by or licensed to us. This material includes, but is not limited to, the design, layout, look, appearance and graphics. Reproduction is prohibited other than in accordance with the copyright notice, which forms part of these terms and condi-tions.
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Riehl World Training & Consulting, Inc.
Serving globally as an expert witness in disputes involving financial trading & investing.
Heinz Riehl has over 50 years of experience at the very highest levels of the financial industry. With particular expertise in the areas of foreign currency exchange, money market and securities, futures, margins in futures, options and derivatives as well as internal controls of financial trading. His reputation and knowledge base with his focus on customer suitability and appropriateness places him in an expert witness category few others can match.
As co-founder of Citibank Germany, Heinz initiated the concept of Treasury in Banks. He formulated Citibank’s Market Risk Policy and was a co-founder and member of Citi’s Market Risk Policy Committee. Over a distinguished 36-year Career, living in Germany, Manila, Hong Kong and New York, he directed financial trading risk management and internal controls of Citibank’s foreign exchange, money market, and securities business on all five continents.
Chairman of the Committee for several years.
In 1983 Heinz co-authored “Foreign Exchange & Money Markets”.
In 1998 he wrote “Managing Risk in the Foreign Exchange, Money and Derivative Markets”.
This book was selected by the China Banking Regulatory Commission and translated and published in China.
Heinz taught graduate courses in the areas of foreign currency exchange, money markets, securities, customer suitability and derivatives trading, as well as the application of risk management strategies and internal controls in financial trading to protect against errors and fraud.
As lead Director in the areas of Risk Management and Internal Controls, Heinz remains current in applying the latest strategies of financial trading and investing as well as internal controls.
Copyright ©2005-2014 Riehl World training & consulting, Inc. All rights reserved.

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The standards for the reporting of scientific data to the IOTC are defined in various IOTC Resolutions. A detailed description of the types of data to report and standards that apply in each case can be found in the Guidelines for the reporting of data to the IOTC. The Guidelines for the reporting of fisheries statistics to the IOTC are based on the existing IOTC Data Requirements and are intended to help the reporting of data to the IOTC.
The forms for the submission of fisheries statistics to the IOTC are available as Excel template forms to simplify the process of entering and submitting the data. This format allows the reporting officer to enter the data directly on the form for later submission by e-mail to the IOTC Secretariat. Please, refer to the Notes for the Completion of IOTC Forms for details on how to use the forms.
In addition, the IOTC Secretariat prepared and distributed in 2009 an IOTC Questionnaire on data collection, data management and data dissemination. IOTC CPCs and other parties that have not returned the Questionnaires are invited to do so at their earliest convenience.
The IOTC Secretariat receives data from the IOTC Regional Observer Scheme, environmental data, and information on vessels that catch IOTC species in the IOTC Area of Competence and the activities of those vessels.

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1991 VW Golf GTD intercooler - page 1 - User's ride Wall - VWDiesel.net The IDI, TDI, and mTDI source.
Hi guys, i'm new on vwdiesel.net but i've been into vw's for about 10 years now.
My first car was a golf mk2 GTI, i've had it for about 10 years now and fully restored it. Secondly I've bought a mk2 GTD, as a daily.
at this point the headgasket failed (340 000km).
So I put new stuff in it, 22mm masterbrakecylinder, new coolantreservoir, new dieselfilter, PAS bracket. Also did some wiring, moded the coolant reservoirbracket so the wiechers strut bar would fit.
redid the frontclip, painted gloss black, new lock + catch, new stickers, bolts etc, nice and new.
Dynamatted the entire car, expensive but worth the money.

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President Heidi Hadsell recently returned from a trip to Bangkok, Thailand, where she attended a two-day conference on the prevention of violence against children in her role as a board member of Arigatou International: Prayer and Action for Children.
In addition to Arigatou, sponsors of the conference included ECPAT International, which coordinates research, advocacy and action to end the commercial sexual exploitation of children, and the International Network of Engaged Students.
The conference was followed by a board meeting of Arigatou International: Prayer and Action for Children.


text: Recent advancements in the development of the Real Time Acousto-optic SAR Processor are presented. In particular, the technique for introducing the azimuth reference function into the processor via an acousto-optic Bragg cell is discussed. This approach permits the reference function to be stored in electronic memory, thus giving the processor the flexibility needed to adapt rapidly to changes in the radar/target geometry. The architecture is described and results are presented which show the applicability of the technique to both spot-light and strip-map SAR.

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Balgownie Estate is located a leisurely one hour's drive or approximately 65 kilometres from Melbourne's central business district and the airport. A luxury resort boasting 4.5-star accommodation, a purpose-built conference center including executive boardrooms, Rae's Restaurant, Cellar Door, Natskin Spa Retreat and Health Club.
Its renowned one bedroom spa suites offer guests the ultimate indulgence including a separate bedroom with king size bed, large spa bathroom, kitchenette and dining table with a private balcony to sweep up the magnificent vista of the valley.
Two bedroom apartments offer two bedrooms, large kitchenette, and two bathrooms.
The qualified event team at Balgownie Estate Vineyard Resort & Spa will personally tailor meetings or functions, big or small, be it strictly business, purely leisure, or a balance of both. A combination of incentive and team-building activities can be arranged for your group if required.

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2.6 miles from Qutub Minar, Dagar Apartment is located in the Chattarpur district of New Delhi. This apartment has free WiFi, a garden, as well as a terrace.
Located in New Delhi, 2.7 miles from Qutub Minar, Amigos India features free bikes, a terrace and a shared lounge, as well as free WiFi.
Featuring a terrace, Designer's Den offers accommodations in New Delhi, 2.5 miles from Qutub Minar and 7 miles from Lodhi Gardens.
Offering air-conditioned rooms in the Chattarpur district of New Delhi, OYO 17007 Rising Inn is 2.5 miles from Qutub Minar. This 3-star hotel offers a 24-hour front desk and free WiFi.
Located in New Delhi, MRR Reality has a terrace. The property is around 2.3 miles from Qutub Minar and 7 miles from Lodhi Gardens. Free WiFi is at guests' disposal.
Located in New Delhi within 2.4 miles of Qutub Minar and 7 miles of Lodhi Gardens, Capital O 10824 Hotel Star Suites provides rooms with free WiFi.
Featuring free WiFi and a restaurant, Anant Koti Hotel offers accommodations in Chhatarpur, New Delhi. Guests can enjoy the on-site restaurant. Free private parking is available on site.
2.8 miles from Qutub Minar, Edition O 30094 Behind Tivoli Chhatarpur has 3-star accommodations in the Chattarpur district of New Delhi.
Located in New Delhi, Preksha Meditation health camp has accommodations 2.7 miles from Qutub Minar and 8 miles from Lodhi Gardens. Guests can relax in the garden at the property.
OYO Townhouse 067 Chattarpur enclave is located in New Delhi, within 3.1 miles of Qutub Minar and 8 miles of Lodhi Gardens.
Prestige Apartments is located in New Delhi. Free WiFi is available. All units feature air conditioning and a flat-screen TV.
Spread over 5 acres, the eco-friendly Oodles Hotel in central New Delhi features an outdoor pool and massage treatments. It is 5 minutes' walk from Chattarpur Temple.
Art Abode offers accommodations in New Delhi, 2.3 miles from Qutub Minar and 6 miles from Lotus Temple.
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Today's design team post for Itsy Bitsy will make a cute Valentine card for someone special! I started out with a piece of white cardstock and the Honeycomb stencil. I first blended Green, Royal Blue and Lavender Pearl Pigment inks together through the stencil.
Then, leaving the stencil in place, I spread Acrylic Matte Medium over top of the ink using a palette knife. I gently removed the stencil and washed it off while setting aside the panel to dry.
I then got to work on the rest of my card, stamping the cacti images from the Llama Birthday stamp set in Black Chalk Ink on pieces of white that I cut into squares and rounded 2 of the corners on. I also blended some of each of the pearl pigment colors over the cacti once the chalk ink was set. This not only looks great, it saves you time from having to hand color in each of the images.
I popped the cacti and the Looking Sharp banner up on the card front using mini Foam Dots for added dimension.
Inside the card, I die cut an oval using the Cross Stitched Ovals thin cut die set, brushed some ink along the edges and stamped on it -building up the sentiment from the set one word at a time. I also brushed a little bit of ink on the aloe-vera plant image to help tie everything together.
The texture is subtle but really eye catching on this card front so I let it take center stage!
Well, my time here on the Itsy Bitsy design team is quickly coming to a close...but I've learned alot, made some great friends and had a ton of fun during my term with this great company. I am so glad they gave me this opportunity to be even a tiny part of the crafty goodness that they bring into this world!
Until next time, happy crafting with Itsy Bisty!


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Shotover Country Park covers 117 Hectares of land between Shotover Plain and the Eastern Bypass. It was once part of the Royal Forest of Shotover, until deforestation during the Civil War led to the area being given over to open farmland and rough grazing. Shotover Country Park is known for the beautiful areas of rare heather habitat, small valleys with streams and ditches, woodland, grassland, wetlands, springs, a natural sandpit and stunning views over Oxford. Most of the park is a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI), and it has been managed by the Oxford City Council since the late 1930s.
Shotover Country Park contains areas of ancient oak woodland, evergreen woodland (including spruce and pines) and deciduous woodland. The wild service tree, one of Britain�s rarest trees is also found here. Celandines, wood anemones and bluebells thrive on the floor of the ancient woodland, whilst heather and bracken are abundant within the heathland. Flora recorded within meadows and dry acidic grassland at the site includes the golden saxifrage, ox-eye daisy, common spotted orchid, knapweed, betony, early hair-grass, squirrel-tail fescue, bird�s foot, knotted clover, slender trefoil, knawel, sheep�s sorrel and heath bedstraw. Watermint is among the fauna that thrives in the wetland areas in and around the pools.
Twenty seven species of mammals have been recorded at Shotover Country Park, including muntjac deer, roe deer, voles, rabbits, foxes and badgers, along with indigenous reptiles such as fogs, toads, grass snakes and the common lizard. Newts, five species of bats (including the noctule bat) and over one hundred species of breeding and over-wintering birds from the song thrush, blackbird and wren to the green woodpecker and red kite inhabit the site. Summer visitors to the park include the black cap, willow warbler and garden warbler. Twenty eight species of butterflies, such as the orange-tip and white admiral, and almost two hundred different species of moths have been spotted at the site. Other insects that thrive at Shotover Country Park include beetles such as the bloody-nose beetle and chrysomela popuil in addition to rare species of flies and aculeates (bees, wasps and ants). The bare ground at the heath and grasslands in particular provides ideal habitat for numerous species of solitary bees and wasps to dig their burrows.
Shotover Country Park is managed for wildlife and for leisure by the Countryside Service of Oxford City Council. The park contains one of the few extensive examples of unimproved heath and acid grassland in Oxfordshire, and as such since 1999 considerable conservation effort has been made to maintain and reinstate areas of this important habitat. OCV have assisted on countless occasions at Shotover Country Park. Tasks here typically involve management of the rare heathland habitat by scrub clearance of invasive bracken, brambles, gorse and birch saplings to promote and encourage the heather and the insects that rely on this rare habitat. We have also repaired rabbit fencing and paths at the site.
Coppicing, a traditional way of managing woodland, is another important conservation management technique that OCV assist with at Shotover Country Park. Trees are cut off close to the ground and allowed to re-grow for around 2 to 30 years before being coppiced again. In addition to providing a reliable "crop" of timber, this practice lets sunlight reach the woodland floor allowing a more interesting selection of wild flowers to thrive, and in turn potentially providing more food for woodland inhabitants such as dormice. Coppicing also greatly extends the life of trees, allowing them to thrive for hundreds of years.
Other important tasks at the site include the creation and maintenance of walkways to allow public access, and fences to protect areas of the site from both humans and animals.
Shotover Country Park is to the East of Oxford, just outside the ring road. From the A420 (London Road) in Headington, turn down the B4495 (Windmill Road) and then turn left onto Old Road. Head down Old Road, over the ring road, and to the car park for Shotover Country Park.


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My friend, Raji requested me to prepare a checklist for establishing a wireless network in his office .Here it goes. You can also use this for setting up a wireless network in your environment like cyber cafes, home, school, college campus or any public place. Before we proceed, refer this table which lists various wireless standard devices available in the market.
1 Do you have any devices of 2.4 GHz frequency range operating within your proposed wireless network?
Hint: Devices like Micro Oven, Bluetooth radios and Cordless phones operate in the same frequency (2.4 GHz) and they would interfere with your wireless network, resulting in loss of connectivity and weak signal strength.
Alternate: Note down the operating frequency of Micro Oven and set a different channel for your wireless network, other than one used by Micro Oven. You can get this detail in your Micro Oven manual.
2 What are the wireless standards supported by your client’s wireless network card?
Hint: use netsh wlan show all command to find the wireless standards supported by your wireless network card. See the ‘Radio types supported’ column for all supported standards.
Recommendation: Even though you plan to deploy 802.11n wireless device to avoid the problem explained in the above point, all your client’s wireless network card needs to support the same standard to operate in 802.11n network. But in case, if client’s wireless network card supports only 802.11g then your whole wireless network will operate in 802.11g standard (even though you setup 802.11n device) because of backward compability.
3 Do you propose a wireless environment that is more prone to reflection of wireless waves?
Hint: Metal filing cabinet, Concrete constructions with steel bar reflect and scatter wireless signals and thus reducing the operating range of Wireless network.
Recommendation: You cannot do any alternate solution other than placing boosters in weak signal areas.

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Pool Bar and Grill - við sundlaug veitingastaður þar sem í boði er hádegisverður. Gestir geta fengið sér drykk á barnum.
Notir þú debet-/kreditkort verður sett biðgreiðsla á þann reikning fyrir allri upphæðinni sem þú kemur til með að skulda gististaðnum og innifalin í henni verður 50 USD biðgreiðsla fyrir hvern dag til að dekka tilfallandi gjöld.
Building F is a bit of a far walk to the pools. More attention to general cleaning of unit is required. Staff were helpful and pleasant. Two bedroom unit was spacious and well laid-out for a family.
I really enjoyed Floridays Resort. We were in building F and a secondary pool was next to our building. The room was very large, and comfortable. For those that complain it is "dated" and you didn't have enough kitchen accutraments, jeeez. For the money this cant be beat. Not noisy, and very centrally located.
Given a condo with a major water leak and mold/mildew. Compensated for having to move with resort fees waived and certificates that could only be used for 3 breakfast items. Maids never swept or vacuumed the tile floors. By the end of the stay it was pretty bad. Pool and bar area was nice.
The main pool was what drew us to this property and the water was really cold so my kids didn’t even want to swim in it. They preferred to swim in the smaller pool close to our building because the water was warmer. It was 70-80 degrees outside when we were there so that wasn’t a factor. I had put in a request to have a balcony facing the pool. Instead I ended up with a room in a building that was the farthest you could possibly be from the main pool area. The balcony I ended up with was on the first floor and I didn’t even use it because of the amount of bugs coming from the pond outside. It had a screen that didn’t help at all. Also please be aware that the hotel will put an extra $200 hold on your card on top of what you paid for the reservation. This hold did not come off until 3 days after I came back home. All in all I probably won’t stay here again. It was a nice room, but the perks that drew me to reserve it in the first place were not what I thought they were.


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We know that it caster chair is far much more of an office stuff. Ergo, should you want to set that within the table, you need to consider of the plan. Pick curvy casters to get rid of the off ice atmosphere from the chair. Don’t forget to choose fine upholstery which operate well along together with your table layout. Nice rear remainder shapes with a few curves about it’s going to be quite a great add-on. It’s also best to place this type of chair in more formal living area.
In this refinish wood table, choose a tall Czech table if your table is too little to possess dining table but too massive to do almost nothing. Since this dining table is healthy dimensions and attract cabin turn to a little table. Or it is possible to have buffet or table island use because eating place.
Make the tables and chairs multi-purposed. |} Except for getting meals, it is okay sometimes to be used as a desk to help our children do their homework or as a table when we work with our laptop to perform our workplace tasks, etc.. Hopefully this guide will make you easy to choose the best refinish wood table that go well with your life style.

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When this leading independent exploration and production (E&P) company embarked on a 4-year journey to set new standards in safety-critical maintenance, they chose AG as their SAP implementation partner.
AG developed the SAP design, defined the standards in SAP of huge amounts of complex maintenance data and carried out all data remediation activity. The work allowed the company to achieve IT processes and data in SAP that were fully aligned to their business and industry best practice – such as ISO 14224. While their Maintenance Excellence Programme is not yet complete, with the help of AG they are fast realising a fully structured, preventative and predictive approach to maintenance management.

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Car rentals from AVIS Car Rental in Riva Del Garda were reviewed by 2000+ customers with a rating of 6.6/10. The cheapest car from AVIS Car Rental in Riva Del Garda is Opel Adam of Small, Compact, Mini car rental class. Its price is just $42.63 per day.
Most of our customers usually book vehicles of Economy car rental class in Italy. The cheapest Economy car from AVIS Car Rental in Riva Del Garda is presented by Fiat Panda for $42.63 per day.


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Medicare tries its best to give seniors the medical coverage they need in order to enjoy their retirement years in the best possible health. However, there are certain gaps in Medicare Parts A and B which, if you neglect to cover them, can end up costing you thousands. Thankfully, this is the reason that Medicare supplement insurance exists – to protect you from these coverage gaps. Medicare Advantage is one such form of supplement insurance. We’ll discuss the pros and cons of Medicare Advantage in this article.
Some people refer to Medicare Advantage as a “Medicare replacement” policy. This is not far from the truth. These policies are sold by private health insurance companies which provide coverage that is equal to or better than Original Medicare. This minimum level of coverage is required by federal law. Once you purchase an Advantage plan, the government will no longer pay out claims on your Medicare-related procedures. That responsibility of your new health insurance company.
Living in South Dakota, as opposed to somewhere like Florida or New York, will have you paying dramatically different rates. There are many other circumstances, such as age, weight, and current health status, which will influence your specific monthly premium.
The popularity of Advantage plans is significantly influenced by price. As you can see, HMOs are much more popular than the others. It should come as no surprise that they are also the most affordable plans. PPOs and PFFS plans are more costly, hence less popular. The differences in price are directly related to each plan’s provider network.
Your provider network determines where, when, and how you can get the medical care you need. Smaller, less expensive networks (like HMOs) will limit where you can get care, and there are expensive penalties for seeking care outside of the network. Larger networks, like PPOs or PFFS plans, are more expensive but give you more options as far as doctors and hospitals go.
Despite the hassle of provider networks, Medicare Advantage plans have a strength when it comes to ancillary coverage options. You have the option to add dental, vision, and/or prescription drug coverage (under an MAPD plan) to your policy. With most other supplements, you would be purchasing those coverages either separately, or not at all.
Are you within your IEP, or is your IEP approaching soon? If so, then you’re in luck. Enrolling in Medicare during your IEP virtually guarantees you coverage with little hassle. And when you enroll in a Medicare Advantage plan during the same time frame, it will be much easier to get approved. You are more likely to run into trouble if you enroll after your IEP has expired, if you are outside of your Special Enrollment Period, or if you have a serious medical condition such as ESRD. However, your state department of insurance or your local insurance agent may be able to help you get covered. For more information, you can also take a look at our Medicare Advantage Enrollment Options page.

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The new St. Moritz Ovaverva Swimming School, offers a varied programme for children and adults throughout the year.
The St. Moritz Ovaverva Swimming School, led by Wolfgang Hoffmann, is looking forward to your visit.
A range of different pools provide optimal opportunities for training and lessons.
Booking counter at Suvretta Sports right at the main entrance to the swimming pool.
Trendy swimming equipment is available in the Suvretta Sports Shop at the entry of the OVAVERVA indoor pool!


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Does not present an effective general impression. Musical ideas do not hold the listener’s interest.
Includes at least one interesting musical idea. Yet, the overall impression is not effective.
Includes some interesting musical ideas. The general impression is pleasant and moderately effective.
Strong aesthetic appeal and general impression. Would be enjoyed by many listeners. Keeps the listener interested.
Musical idea is familiar or a cliché. No variety or exploration of musical elements (range, timbre, dynamics, tempo, rhythm, melody).
Musical idea is neither familiar nor a cliché. However, there is no development, variety, or exploration of musical elements.
Involves some original aspect(s) or manipulation(s) of musical idea(s). Explores and varies at least one musical element.
Includes very original, unusual or imaginative musical ideas. Explores and varies at least two musical elements.
Gives no sense of a completed musical idea. Exhibits no clear beginning, middle or end section. Form appears random rather than organized. Musical elements (range, timbre, dynamics, tempo, rhythm, melody) do not connect well or are not used to organize musical ideas or the form.
Presents one complete musical idea. However, composition lacks overall completeness. Fails to use musical elements to organize musical ideas or form.
Ending feels final. Uses at least one musical element to organize the musical ideas and overall form.
Presents at least one complete musical idea. Has a coherent and organized form with a clear beginning, middle, and end. Uses musical elements to organize musical ideas or the form.
Rubric is a modification of one presented by: Hickey, M. (1999). Assessment rubrics for music composition. Music Educators Journal, 84 (4), 26 -33.


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Andre Dubus III is the author of The Garden of Last Days and House of Sand and Fog (a finalist for the National Book Award, and a major Hollywood film). His latest book, Townie, blew my mind. It in, he describes growing up broke and largely unattended in a rough Massachusetts neighborhood with his three siblings, and his hard-working mom, while his father, the celebrated fiction writer Andre Dubus II, lived across the river and saw the kids on the weekends.
After a childhood spent in fear, the young Dubus became an impressive street fighter, then a boxer, always on the lookout for someone to defend. What touched me so deeply about the book was the way Dubus talks about untangling himself from a net of violence, and finding himself in creative life.
His relationship with his father remained friendly but superficial until he, Dubus Senior, was in a terrible accident where he stopped his car to check in with a couple who had been in a crash, only to be run into by an oncoming car. He lost one leg as a result, and was in a wheelchair and chronic pain for the rest of his life. His son Andre Dubus III stepped right in and did everything he could to help his dad heal and return to his writing.
Townie is a pretty incredible story filled with wisdom.
Bethany Saltman: In Townie, you write about realizing that your dad had no idea what your life had been like. And then, “We were headed to a place where only hurt feelings could surface, both of us misunderstood, a universal human plight, it seemed. I changed the subject. But I told myself that he and I would have to talk openly about this one day. And what was this, anyway?” Can you talk a little bit about that choice?
Andre Dubus III: I think most people’s childhood is painful. And one of the things I find troubling about American culture is this overly psychological approach to pain. We have very little tolerance for pain, loss, ambiguity, emotional confusion, a lack of clarity. We’re such little worker bees with goals. I’ve always been really hesitant to try to fix something emotionally fraught too soon, too readily, with something like a conversation with my father. I think it’s kind of a talk-show approach, that when we have a problem, we must fix it.
All of your three siblings and yourself suffered terribly. How did you all stay so connected as a family?
People who were marooned on a boat for 17 days on an open sea with no food and sharks circling—I think there’s a bond from that kind of shared suffering. I also think that no matter what my parents were good or not so good at, I think somewhere along the way, we must have felt loved. Though I won’t say I felt treasured.
You write a lot about karma in your book. For instance, when writing about the energy of violence you call it, “the light that shot into your brain, how it made you want to do the same to another.” It’s incredible to me how you transformed those karmic forces into a creative life.
I think you’re right, and it has to do with my having gone to the belly of the beast with the violence. It was karmic. I knew innately that the more violence I did, the more I drew to me, and the violence got more and more dangerous.
The truth is, for me anyway, writing got me out of the ego, this whole practice of sitting with a pencil in my hand, staring at a page, and trying to become another human being really put me in a place of empathy. I think as a kid I looked at people as good guys and bad guys: Bullies were bad, and victims were good. It was the really rigorous discipline of writing fiction that got me into looking at people in a more complex way.
That’s also one of mine. It ends with the narrator having a conversation with God. Who the hell can pull that off?
I know. The love the narrator has for his daughter is so mind-blowingly present and tender. Forgive me if this is too personal, but reading that, did you ever feel a hope, like, Wow, maybe my dad felt that way about me?
Yeah, you’re right on. I think when I read the degree of love that the narrator had for his daughter, I was surprised at how much love was coming out of this father for a child.
I think 99 percent of us wake up trying to have the best day we know how to have. That’s not the same as the best day we can have. The truth is, my father’s capacity to show fatherly love surprised me in his work, and he got better as he got older, and especially after he became a crippled man. Talk about the Buddhist letting go thing, this guy had to sit still and listen. He was in a wheelchair, and he has to actually look at whoever is in the room and ask them for help. He was humbled, literally, which then humbled him spiritually. He told me he would still stop on that highway knowing everything he was going to lose.
You used to study the cultural forces that create meaning—class structures, etc.—but in the end you found creativity to be meaning enough.
Yes, this whole karma thing is fascinating to me. When I made the decision to box—which was, ironically, one way I was trying to control my violence—that probably created the space in which I sat down, brewed some tea, and wrote my first scene. Something made me sit down. And when I was done, I was in a heightened state of awareness. I could see, with great clarity, my dirty little rented kitchen in a way I hadn’t seen it before. I had no intention of being a writer; it was just the act itself that got me, this descent into the dream world. I was more myself. And I was more awake. And it was drug free, and I loved that.

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The organisers of the event say: "It could be for you, your employees, your teenagers or even your grandparents!
"At 11 am we will deliver a short fun presentation informing you of the range of funding options available along with the relevant qualifications. These include: Accounts, IT, Hospitality Supervision, Management, Business Admin and Customer Service. Then there will be an informal chat with tea/coffee and cakes where you can ask questions and meet the tutors."


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French Montana joins the Mass Bail Out movement, an organization that assists people who can't afford bail.
Every other day it seems someone in the uindustry is being robbed, WHAT'S REALLY GOOD?!
Reports allege no one was injured.
Social media went crazy when Diddy posted the same picture but he cropped out French & Fab.
French and Evelyn are reportedly getting cozy with each other.


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This is a limited first run of the Spring Drew Blood EP on cassette. Only 100 tapes available! Get yours now (along with a digital download!) while they last.
Includes unlimited streaming of Spring Drew Blood via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
Jennica, Digo, Rich. Garage Pop based out of NYC.

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Philadelphia Sign Company has been branding America’s businesses with quality signage since 1905 and now has unveiled a new international enterprise: PSCO Global Group. PSCO has successfully grown in scope and scale to become an international presence in the sign industry. Some of the factors that have contributed to the company’s ongoing success have been the inclusion in TISA, a global alliance; the addition of ID Associates, and the expansion of the company’s maintenance and lighting and wayfinding solutions divisions. The company’s global footprint belies its regional name: Philadelphia Sign’s geographical reach extends from coast to coast and around the globe. PSCO Global Group has no boundaries.
ID Associates, Inc., a Southeast-based sign company, has been building brand identity through quality signage products since 1999. ID Associates broadens core competencies and enhances our ability to better serve corporate sign customers. More than ever, we can connect you with your customers, nation-wide, by consistently delivering outstanding interior and exterior signage, conversion and national sign programs.


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Last night I spent hours in the kitchen lovingly making home made Vegetable Soup & Vegetable Samosas, which were followed by Lemon Meringue Puddings.
It was such a disappointment when my vegetable soup didn't turn out quite right.
I started the soup by chopping up some onions and frying them in fry light. I kept pouring in a splash of vegetable stock (1 pint used in total) until all of the stock had been soaked up into the onions. I then added some herbs and spices, some Worcestershire sauce and some Marmite to the pan. Tomato and Basil Passata was then added along with some water and a load of veggies (Carrots, Leeks, Swede etc). I left all this to boil on the stove for about 30 minutes.
I think the mistake that I made was to add a cinnamon stick to the soup, which I later forgot to take out before putting the soup in the blender....... disaster, the soup had such a strong & unpleasant taste to it that I could only manage to eat a very small bowl of it before deciding enough was enough! Plus I kept finding little bits of wood .....yuk!
At the same time as making the soup I also made some little Samosa bites. These were made with mashed potato, peas and Indian spices. I then cut some filo pastry into squares and tried to fill them with the spicy mash and peas. The triangles were a bit of a mess and very fiddly so I decided instead to roll them a little like a spring roll. They were then brushed with egg wash and baked in the oven until they started to brown (about 15 minutes). Meanwhile I made a mint yoghurt dip with (no fat) plain yoghurt, a little mint sauce and some Canderel.
The result was pretty good, obviously not as authentic as the real thing but a good low fat alternative at 1 syn each on Extra Easy or Green. I will definitely try these again.
On to my puddings. Well after so much effort to get to the end result and when they came out of the oven they looked so so good....(for low fat meringues anyway), I thought fantastic....but alas they were awful, really bitter with an un-meringue like texture. I wont bother putting up the recipe that I followed as I wouldn't wish that dessert on my worst enemy.
I am very glad to say that tonight's dinner has been much more of a success, very basic, tasty and filling (Photo below). I followed the meal off with sugar free jelly, a Muller light yoghurt and some fresh fruit.


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If you’re looking for ways to update your living space, or just want to update a garage-sale find, consider recovering old lamp shades. Clear a large work space and then remove any decorations from the old shade. Use a pencil, tracing paper, and a yardstick or ruler to measure your lamp shade and create a template. Use the template to cut out your fabric. Then spray the fabric with adhesive to attach it to your shade. You can have a brand-new look in no time!
Clear off a big enough work space to fit your materials. You will want to work at a table, as you will need a flat surface where you can spread out all of your materials. You should consider putting newspaper down on the table and on the ground surrounding your work station because spray adhesive can stick to almost any surface and could do damage to your furniture or floor.
Remove any old fabric from the lampshade frame. If the old fabric of your shade is torn or ruined in any way, you’ll want to remove it before you recover the shade. Remove the trim (if there is any) by pulling on it; it should come off easily. Using scissors, puncture the old fabric and gently cut sections away from the frame. Make sure you don’t cut the liner fabric.
You should also remove the old fabric if it's a darker color than the fabric you're using to recover the lampshade. If the original fabric is thick, keep in mind that light might have a hard time getting through 2 layers of fabric.
If you're covering a plastic lampshade liner, you don't need to remove anything.
Take off any decorations or ribbons if you’re keeping the old fabric. If the old fabric is intact, you don’t have to completely remove it. Instead, just remove decorations or ribbons. You can use a pair of small scissors or a sewing blade to cut through ribbon without puncturing the shade. Then, pull it away.
Choose a thin, lightweight fabric. When recovering a lamp, you will want to choose a fabric that is lightweight and relatively thin. If the fabric is too heavy, the light from the lamp won’t be able to shine through.
When you're choosing your fabric, stick to thin fabric like cotton. You can also test the fabric by holding it up to a light and making sure enough comes through.
Another thing to keep in mind is the pattern of your fabric. Drum and rectangular lampshades will look great in any fabric. Tapered lampshades look best in more randomized patterns.
Use tracing paper and a pencil to trace the shape and size of your shade. Lay your shade on its side on the tracing paper. Make a mark on your shade so you know where you began. Then roll your lamp shade along the paper, tracing the path it makes with a pencil. Make sure you're marking along the top and bottom of the shade.
Use a yardstick or ruler to connect the 2 edges of your tracing. If you have a drum or rectangular shade, the top and bottom edges of the tracing should be exactly parallel. Use a yardstick or ruler to draw a line connecting the edges. If you have a tapering pendant shade, the top line will be shorter than the bottom line. Use a yardstick or ruler to connect the edges at an angle.
The exact angle you need to draw for a tapered shade will vary depending on the size of the shade and the angle of the taper. As long as the ends of the top left and bottom left lines are connected, and the top right and bottom right lines are connected, the angle will be fine.
Add about 1 in (2.5 cm) around the edge of your markings. You will want a bit of extra fabric to work with. Adding an extra 1 in (2.5 cm) to each edge of your tracing will give you enough extra fabric.
Cut out your pattern. Once you’ve added the extra length to your pattern, use scissors to cut it out. You will use this pattern to trace the shape and size of your shade onto your chosen fabric.
Spread the fabric face down on your work surface. Make sure there is no bunching or wrinkling and that the material is completely smooth on the flat surface. You want it to be smooth so that you do not accidentally cut across a wrinkle and end up with an uneven fabric cover for your lamp.
If the fabric is wrinkled, iron it before you lay it out. If the fabric is old or you've repurposed it from another project, consider washing it first.
Trace your template onto your fabric. Lay your template down on top of your fabric. Then use a pencil, chalk, or disappearing ink marker to trace the outline of the template onto your fabric.
If you're worried about the template staying in place, you can use straight pins to secure the template to the fabric. Pin the template at the corners.
Use fabric scissors to cut the template out of your fabric. Fabric scissors will cut through the fabric better than regular scissors will, preventing frayed edges. Gently cut the material along the lines you traced from the template. Remove any remaining fabric from the work surface.
Spray the underside of the fabric with adhesive. Lay the fabric out flat, face down. Apply a spray adhesive to the fabric, holding the can about 3 in (7.6 cm) away from the fabric.
It is very important that you do this in a well-ventilated area, as spray adhesive can make you very ill if you breath in too much of it.
Avoid spraying the adhesive on anything besides the fabric. Remember that spray adhesive is incredibly sticky (and permanent). If you accidentally spray it on anything else, you could have a mess on your hands! Cover the floor around your work area with newspaper and cover any furniture with a sheet or blanket.
Position your lamp about 1 in (2.5 cm) from the edges of the fabric. Carefully set your shade down on the fabric, about 1 in (2.5 cm) from the edge, top, and bottom.
If you're recovering a tapered shade, make sure you match the top of the shade to top of the fabric and the bottom of the shade to the bottom of the fabric. You don't want to put the fabric on upside down!
The edges of the shade should be parallel to the edges of the fabric, too, no matter the shape of your shade.
Roll your shade onto the fabric. Move slowly, holding the fabric taut at the other end as you go. Make sure that the fabric is always flat. Otherwise, you'll get wrinkles in the fabric.
Fold over extra fabric at the end to create a seam. Once you’ve rolled your shade all the way down the fabric, you’ll have a bit of extra fabric along the vertical edge. Fold the extra fabric under so the edge is hidden and you have a straight seam. Use a hot glue gun to adhere the seam to the lamp shade.
Fold over the edges and secure them with clothespins. Once your fabric is attached to the shade, fold over the edges at the top and bottom and then secure them with clothespins. This will keep the fabric secure and will also encourage the adhesive to adhere.
If you haven’t sprayed the adhesive to the edges of the fabric, that’s okay. Instead, use a hot glue gun to secure the edges to the inside of the lampshade.
Add a border or decorations to finalize your design. To really make your lampshade look store bought, add a border around the bottom edge of the lamp. Simply use a hot glue gun to stick a thicker piece of fabric along the top and bottom edges of your lamp. You can also add fringe, rickrack or other types of materials to cover the hems on the top and the bottom of the newly covered lampshade.
Try to match the seam of the border to the seam of the fabric for an even look.
Can I cover the inside of a lampshade with fabric?
No. Be careful of fire hazards.
How do I recover the frame on my lampshade?
How do you measure a lamp shade that is not round?
It depends on what shape it is. If it is a rectangle or square, multiple the length by the width.
I would like my lampshades professionally recovered, where can I find a place that does this?
To recover a lampshade, start by removing any old fabric from the frame. Next, lay your lampshade on its side on a piece of tracing paper, and roll it along the paper as you trace the path it makes at the top and bottom of the lampshade. After that, draw a line connecting the edges of your tracing, and add 1 inch around the perimeter to allow for extra fabric. Then, use your pattern to cut out your new fabric, and spray the underside with adhesive. Finally, roll your shade onto your fabric, and fold any extra material under the edges. For more tips, like how to choose the right fabric for your lampshade, read on!
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It is one of the most important dates on the fashion calendar and it represents the vitality and importance of this city as a cultural and social center for the world’s creative communities……We’re talking about Fashion Week New York City!
NYC VIBE takes a look at the highlights of this bi-annual exhibition of style which is like no other in the world.
The most talked about presentation this year was not by a traditional designer. It was by one of the world’s biggest pop stars, Rihanna! Rihanna literally went “Over The Top” at New York Fashion Week with a motorcross meets surf theme that featured gravity defying acrobatic stunts. On the ground at Ri-Ri’s Fenty X Puma Show, models glided along a catwalk surrounded by illuminated dunes of sparkling pink sand. And once again, breaking with tradition – Rihanna skipped the customary bow at the conclusion of her show with a few laps on the back of a speeding motorcycle!
A World War 2 aircraft carrier anchored on the Hudson river may seem like an unlikely place for a fashion show by one of the worlds top designers – However for Malan Breton at New York Fashion Week – This was the perfect locale to debut his 2018 Spring Summer collection. With Kristine W singing “Fly Again” to compliment Malan’s theme of The Lament of Icarus – The show was staged as a multimedia experience. Breton’s designs featured strong details, soft silk chiffons, embroidered silks and linen tweeds.
Another pop star turned fashion designer – Selena Gomez – unveiled her Coach X Selena Gomez collection. As an actress and a singer, Selena is a role model to her fans who also identify with her sense of fashion. She is arguably the world’s most famous millennial – with over 125 Million Instagram followers. The Coach 2018 Spring Summer collection celebrated the creativity of New York City with a backdrop of glittering fire escapes and other urban elements. Coach worked closely with the Haring Foundation to collaborate on this special collection. The Coach – Keith Haring Collection featured the late artist’s line drawings on bags, sweaters and leather goods.
Fashion Week generates an estimated $547 Million Dollars in direct visitor spending – Leading to a total economic impact per year of $887 Million Dollars. The economic benefits of Fashion Week surpass such events as the New York City Marathon, the 2014 Super Bowl and even the U.S. Open Tennis Tournament.
No one can predict the future of fashion in New York City – However one thing is for certain – From emerging designers to industry icons, New York Fashion Week remains a benchmark for success.


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Interact with other players in the betting market and share tips and recommendations to mutually benefit in the betting domain.
Send real-time notifications and tips to users which will help in making the process more interesting and engaging for them.
This feature will help in diversifying the game to a larger audience who will be able to engage with the game in their own language.
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Acebusters is the first decentralized and fair poker platform live on the ethereum mainnet. By utilizing the technology of blockchain, Acebusters decentralized application (Dapp) provides players with the ability to connect and create the largest poker liquidity pool.
A biggest and most comprehensive global fantasy soccer platform offering all formats of fantasy contests including daily, weekly and season long games. The platform offers unique gameplay and twisted drafts to ensure fun and engagement for the fantasy sports players.
A commission-free Bitcoin based sports betting platform that integrates the odds from an API, and allows user to find and place bets on the outcome of various sports game.
CrickSix is a world premier daily fantasy cricket app which applies the interactive sports concept known as Daily Fantasy Sports, to the international game of Cricket.
Fantasy Esports Global brings the next generation of fantasy esports to gaming fans all over the globe. Think you know the game? Compete in free fantasy challenges and win serious prizes. The application offers a new venue to esports fans to play and enjoy their favourite eSports in an innovative and competitive environment.

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This book introduces the idea of hypergeometric function, the Swiss army knife of combinatorial mathematics, and proceeds to develop algorithms for their computation as well as numerous applications. The authors also reveal what, exactly, computers can help us to decide, what is a "closed form" solution, what are "canonical" and "normal" forms, and inject relevant philosophical digressions that keep the discussions lively and entertaining. The authors also present snippets of "Mathematica" code so that you can try out many of the basic operations yourself.
A comprehensive treatment focusing on the creation of efficient data structures and algorithms, explaining how to select the data structure best suited to specific problems. It uses Java programming language and is suitable for second-year courses.

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Here’s the dilemma. You’re getting ready to redo your kitchen and you want it to be stylish and modern but not trendy. After all, this is the only kitchen renovation you ever plan to do and you don’t want it to be outdated before you are even finished with the final touches.
If you’re paralyzed because you’re afraid of making the wrong decision, we get it. We’re facing a similar dilemma here, FYI, with floors that need to be done and so many options from which to choose and no winner (yet) because it’s not yet clear if what is currently hot is just a flash in the (floor) pan or will stick around for a while.
So how do you know how to choose? First, it depends on what your goals are. If you’re just looking to update and then sell your house, choosing materials that are trending now may be a good call. If you’re thinking, “I want to love this and have it still look good in 10 years,” that’s another story.
Yes, neutral can be boring. It’s true. (It can also be super chic when done right.) Making a bold choice with your kitchen countertops might feel like the right way to go right now, but you may turn around in a couple years and regret that choice, especially if you’re going to try to sell your home. You can always bring in pops of color with accessories or items that are easier to replace or redo.
For the last several years, grey has been the go-to color for homes. Prior to that, it was beige – a color that is currently seeing a resurgence even though grey is not gone – yet. Black and white is another currently hot option for color schemes, and, the bonus is, “black and white remains a classic combination,” said HGTV. Certain colors will never go out of style – House Beautiful has 10 of them. But remember that no matter what color you choose, it’s not permanent. Painting is one of the easiest ways to update your space and change the mood whenever you like.
Just keep in mind that high ceilings and other architectural features may make a DIY situation un-DIY-able and may make a redo more expensive because you have to hire someone. Key in on walls that don’t soar to a pitched ceiling or that can act as a focal wall for high-impact that’s easy to accomplish yourself.
You may have a desired look cemented in your head for your kitchen, but are you making smart choices? Shaker cabinets, farmhouse sinks, and marble countertops are a few good options if you want something that looks modern but “will stand the test of time and still look as beautiful twenty years from now as it does today,” said Apartment Therapy.
Sentiment among homebuyers rose in December following a strong 2015. Fannie Mae’s analysis shows that buyers had increased confidence in the US economy and their own personal finances and its sentiment index rose 2.4 percentage points to 83.2. The net share of respondents who believed that now was a good time to buy stayed at 35 per cent while 8 per cent felt it was a good time to sell, doubling the previous month’s percentage. Job security and personal finances showed increased optimism along with expectation of higher real estate prices, although fewer respondents felt that mortgage rates will go down.
Mortgage rates have started 2016 lower according to analysis from Freddie Mac. It’s Primary Mortgage Market Survey showed that average rates for a 30-year FRM were down to 3.97 per cent for the week ending Jan. 7 compared to 4.01 per cent a week earlier. For 15-year FRM’s the average was slightly higher than last week, rising to 3.26 per cent from 3.24. 5-year ARM’s averaged 3.09 per cent (up from 3.08).
Figures from the Mortgage Bankers’ Association show that mortgage credit availability decreased in December. Its Mortgage Credit Availability Index declined 2.4 per cent to 124.3 with conventional and jumbo loans seeing the largest declines.
This week’s expected rate increase by the Federal Reserve should not cause home buyers to panic, if history is any indication.
Back in the early 2000s, after the tech bubble burst, the Fed dropped its benchmark rate to 1 percent. Then in the summer of 2004, it began raising it by a quarter percent. At the time of the central bank’s first increase, the interest rate on a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage was around 6.3 percent. During the next four months, it dropped to 5.7 percent.
As the Fed continued to raise the benchmark rate, the rate on a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage declined, falling to 5.58 percent in June 2005. By the time of its last increase in the summer 2006, the rate on a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage was at 6.68 percent. It had gone up less than a half percent even though the benchmark rate had climbed from 1.25 percent to 5.25 percent.
Could mortgage rates follow the same course this time around? Possibly. But keep in mind the Fed hasn’t raised its benchmark rate in nearly a decade. It’s hard to predict how the market will react to such a momentous change.
“You’ve got 33-year-old bond traders who’ve never in their career seen” the Fed raise its benchmark rate, said Bob Walters, chief economist at Quicken Loans, the largest non-bank mortgage originator.
John Wake, a self-described “geek-in-chief” at Real Estate Decoded and a real estate agent in Arizona, believes that in 2004 when the Fed increased the benchmark rate it caused an already frenzied housing market to become more manic. Home buyers, worried that rising rates would prevent them for affording a house, became desperate to buy right away.
Wake points out that often what people expect determines what they do. If home buyers expect mortgage rates to increase, they will act as if rates are increasing even if they don’t.
“That could get people to buy sooner rather than later, which could drive prices up even more next year, which is what I am worried about,” he said.
Walters doubts a slight mortgage rate increase will have much impact on the housing market.
“I don’t think most people are going to run out and make a life decision for a quarter of a point interest rate,” he said.
As the chart from the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis shows, a very loose connection exists between the benchmark rate and a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage. Mortgage rates are more closely linked to 10-year U.S. Treasury yields, and bonds tend to move ahead of, rather than after, central bank decisions. As a general rule, when 10-year Treasury yields go up, mortgage rates go up. According to Freddie Mac’s national survey of lenders, the 30-year fixed-rate average was 3.95 percent last week. It has remained below 4 percent since late July.
Inflation has been hovering below the Fed’s 2 percent target. The U.S. economy has been doing fairly well lately, despite turmoil in the global economy, its effect on the dollar and low oil prices.
No matter what the Fed does this week, it is likely that uncertainty in the global economy will continue to put downward pressure on long-term rates. The Mortgage Bankers Association is predicting the interest rate for 30-year fixed-rate mortgage will be around 4.8 percent at the end of 2016, that’s an increase of less than one percent.
What Fratantoni wonders about is what will happen after the Fed raises the benchmark rate, what its plan will be going forward.
Fratantoni is especially curious about what the Fed will do with its balance sheet. The central bank pumped trillions of dollars in stimulus into the market in the wake of the financial crisis, buying mortgage-backed securities. Pre-crisis, the central bank’s balance sheet was about $800 billion, primarily in short-term Treasury bills. Now it’s $4.2 trillion, and the Fed is the largest single investor in mortgage-backed securities in the world, holding $1.7 trillion in MBS.
Despite those concerns, Fratantoni is optimistic about next year’s real estate market.
Waters agrees. Although he demurred when asked what he thought the interest rate on a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage would be at the end of the year, he didn’t think it would be significantly higher.
Below is a chart created using Freddie Mac’s October 2015 U.S. Economic & Housing Marketing Outlook. As you can see interest rates are projected to increase steadily over the course of the next 12 months.
According to CoreLogic’s latest Home Price Index, national home prices have appreciated 6.4% from this time last year and are predicted to be 4.7% higher next year.
A majority of Fed officials have signaled they expect to raise interest rates this year for the first time since 2006. That message was underscored when policy makers inserted a reference to the “next meeting” on Dec. 15-16 in their October statement, in connection with their assessment on when to act.
Are Today’s Home Prices in a Bubble?
An ongoing rebound in U.S. home prices is different from the credit-fueled run up that fanned the financial crisis and tipped the nation into recession when the real estate bubble burst, economists at the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco find in new research.
The distinction matters: San Francisco Fed President John Williams has recently warned that it’s important to monitor for asset price bubbles, saying that preventing imbalances from building is one argument in favor of raising interest rates off near-zero, where they have been held for seven years. Williams said in October that he was “starting to see signs of imbalances emerge in the form of high asset prices, especially in real estate,” and that once such issues grow large, they are difficult to tackle.
Williams noted then that the market isn’t yet at a “tipping point,” and the researchers uphold that conclusion. They find that today’s market lacks many of the riskiest characteristics that were evident in the run up to the late-2000’s housing collapse.
Since bottoming out, the median house price has recovered to just 8 percent below the prior peak, according to the paper.
This time, however, the ratio of home prices to rent stands at about 25 percent below its mid-2000s high, the researchers find. The number is analogous to the price-to-dividend ratio for stocks and provides insight into whether price matches up with the fundamental value of the underlying asset.
“As house prices have recovered since 2011, so too has rent growth, providing some fundamental justification for the upward price movement,” the researchers write. What’s more, the mortgage debt-to-income ratio, which reached an all-time high in 2007, has continued to decline.
Mortgage rates continued to move higher in anticipation of a Federal Reserve rate hike next month, according to the latest data released Thursday by Freddie Mac.
Home loan rates began creeping up after the Federal Reserve signaled earlier this month that a December interest rate hike was a possibility. What the Fed does with interest rates doesn’t have a direct relationship to mortgage rates, since they are more closely tied to long-term U.S. Treasury yields. Bonds are more likely to move ahead of a Fed action than in response to it.
With the release of last week’s stronger-than-expected jobs report, the possibility that the Fed will raise rates became greater and home loan rates experienced an upturn.
The 15-year fixed-rate average climbed to 3.2 percent with an average 0.6 point. It was 3.09 percent a week ago and 3.2 percent a year ago.
Hybrid adjustable rate mortgages also rose. The five-year ARM average grew to 3.03 percent with an average 0.4 point. It was 2.96 percent a week ago and 3.02 percent a year ago.
The one-year ARM average increased to 2.65 percent with an average 0.2 point. It was 2.62 percent a week ago.
“A surprisingly strong October jobs report showed 271,000 jobs added and wage growth of 0.4 percent from last month, exceeding many experts’ expectations,” Sean Becketti, Freddie Mac chief economist, said in a statement.
Meanwhile, mortgage applications were flat again this week, according to the latest data from the Mortgage Bankers Association.
The market composite index — a measure of total loan application volume – slipped 1.3 percent from the previous week. The refinance index dropped 2 percent, while the purchase index increased 0.1 percent.
The refinance share of mortgage activity accounted for 59.8 percent of all applications.
Mortgage rates were largely unmoved heading into this week’s Federal Reserve meeting, according to data released Thursday by Freddie Mac.
Because expectations were that the Fed would not bump up the federal funds rate at this time, nothing caused home loan rates to be pushed or pulled significantly in either direction.
The 30-year fixed-rate average slipped to 3.76 percent with an average 0.6 point. (Points are fees paid to a lender equal to 1 percent of the loan amount.) It was 3.79 percent a week ago and 3.98 percent a year ago. The 30-year fixed rate has stayed below 4 percent for more than three months.
The 15-year fixed-rate average remained at 2.98 percent with an average 0.6 point, the same as it was a week ago. It was 3.13 percent a year ago. The 15-year fixed rate has hovered below 3 percent for three of the past four weeks.
Hybrid adjustable rate mortgages were mixed. The five-year ARM average was unchanged at 2.89 percent with an average 0.4 point. It was 2.94 percent a year ago.
The one-year ARM average dropped to 2.54 percent with an average 0.2 point. It was 2.43 percent a year ago.
“Treasury yields oscillated without a clear direction heading into the October FOMC meeting, as investors were confident there would be no rate increase,” Sean Becketti, Freddie Mac chief economist, said in a statement.
Freddie Mac aggregates current rates weekly from 125 lenders from across the country to come up with a national average mortgage rate.
Meanwhile, mortgage applications slipped this week, according to the latest data from the Mortgage Bankers Association.
The market composite index — a measure of total loan application volume – fell 3.5 percent from the previous week. The refinance index dropped 4 percent, while the purchase index decreased 3 percent.
The refinance share of mortgage activity accounted for 59.5 percent of all applications.
Another Reason to Buy a Home: Ridiculous Rents!
If the fact that mortgage rates are still insanely low – dropping again last week – and new loans can make down payments as low as three percent for first-time homebuyers still aren’t enough to get you into the real estate market, here’s perhaps the most compelling reason of all to buy a house: rents are ridiculous and only getting more so everyday.
Black Daisies You’re not building any equity by paying rent. If the rental rises in value, you won’t be the one to benefit. And, in fact, you’ll probably end up paying more for the privilege of living there.
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Parking Is Horrible. If your options don’t include reserved parking and spots on the street are limited, you know just how bad it can be. But did you know that parking actually makes apartments more expensive? Buzzfeed tells us why.
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Still stuck renting for the time being? Apartment Therapy broke down their least favorite things about renting and offered a few ways to deal with them.


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How can you Blow the Whistle and file a Qui Tam Lawsuit?
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The False Claim must be a materially false submission to the government for payment and it must make the payment. It sounds simple, but break down, what is false about the submission and did the government actually pay it. Since it is a fraudulent act, you must be able to specifically articulate the wrongful act, but a skilled qui tam lawyer or whistleblower law firm can assist with that.
As any whistleblower law firm will tell you, the Department of Justice (DOJ)looks to corroborate your allegations and will consider who else can support your allegations. If there are witnesses, at some point you may share their contact information with the government. However, by contacting them yourself you run the risk of turning them into Medicare whistleblowers. If they file first, your lawsuit can be barred by False Claims Act’s “first to file” provision.
One of the questions the government will want to know is how much fraud has gone on. Qui Tam litigation is a matter of prioritization and the bigger the fraud, the more likely the government will dedicate resources to investigating and stopping it. As a rule of the fraud is in the mid seven figure range or above the government may intervene in a strong case. Below seven figures, it is doubtful they will undertake the matter and from 1 million to 5 million questionable. Still, no matter what the extent of the fraud is you should speak with a whistle blower firm to understand your rights.
Fraud against the government is rampant but intervention only occurs in a fraction of cases. Often the amount of money the government can recover is the most compelling factor. You may want to consult a whistleblower lawyer for a more realistic assessment of recoverable damages. Also, things don’t happen right away. There’s a lot of hurry up and wait.
Navigating the statutes is complicated work. You need to comply with the pre-filing prerequisites and file the matter under seal. If you don’t file it properly, you may have inadvertently not blown the whistle, but instead blown your chance for a recovery. With Medicare whistleblower actions it is doubtful that you will be able to stay anonymous from start to finish, although initially your identity will be concealed until the lawsuit is unsealed. With SEC matters, you can blow the whistle yourself, but you can not remain anonymous. Many SEC whistleblowers come to us after they attempted to do it by themselves and have already damaged their case, sometimes beyond repair.
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PAGO PAGO, American Samoa — The U.S. Homeland Security Department's inspector general is concerned about the cost of a pilot project to build housing in American Samoa in the aftermath of the deadly and destructive September tsunami.
DHS Inspector General Richard L. Skinner noted in a March 30 memo to Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator Craig Fugate that FEMA hired Partnership for Temporary Housing to build as many as eight homes for up to $3.9 million — an average of $487,500 each.
The amount is much higher than other calculations on the price of housing in the U.S. territory, Skinner said.
"According to a FEMA disaster housing strategy document developed in late 2009, the Development Bank of American Samoa loans applicants approximately $40,000 to build a two-bedroom home and approximately $60,000 for a three-bedroom home," Skinner wrote.
He added that according to a response for data received on March 5, 2010, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' independent government cost estimate is $139,801 for a 920-square-feet, two-bedroom model and $166,316 for the 1,262-square-feet, three-bedroom model.
FEMA Deputy Administrator Richard Serino said in Pago Pago that the FEMA figure is only an estimate.
"This is an initial estimate of the cost per home and it's something that we will continue to monitor," Serino said Sunday during an interview with The Associated Press. "As part of an assessment, you look to assess all recovery efforts including this pilot program and its costs. There are a lot of things to be realized before the final fix figures are made."
The assessment includes talking to affected residents, survivors, local government officials, members of the private sector and others "to get a real ground assessment of recovery efforts with our federal and local partners," Serino said.
"It was very important for me to come here to see for myself the challenges faced by American Samoa," he said. "The territory is pretty remote, and one of the big challenges is getting materials and suppliers here, which is quite difficult."
Skinner said the federal government offered residents whose homes were destroyed two options — financial assistance of up to $30,300, or a two- or three-bedroom home, depending on family size.
As of Feb. 16, 179 American Samoans had chosen the money, while 56 had selected a home, he said.
U.S. Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, is also concerned with the FEMA contract let out under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act.
"This contract represents FEMA's precedent-setting decision to use its construction authority under the Stafford Act," Thompson said in Washington. "The use of that authority along the Gulf Coast after Katrina would have been helpful.
"But while I am glad that FEMA has decided to set precedent, I am troubled that the contract terms and the price offered appear to set such a bad precedent. I urge the administrator to reconsider this excessively priced construction contract," he said.
In American Samoa, extended families normally live in one home, and it's not unusual to have six to 10 relatives living in a three-bedroom home. Many families frown on the practice of immediate relatives going out to live on their own instead of staying within the "aiga," or family.
Last year's tsunami killed 34 people and destroyed or damaged more than 200 homes.

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