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Thank you for commenting on my blog. I share your concern for the victims of atrocities. However, there are 2 sides to this issue. Please read both sides in order to get a full understanding of what I'm about to convey.
God is just. So sin cannot go unpunished. But He is also merciful. So while punishing sin, He spares the sinner, if the person obeys God according to 1 John 1: 8-9: "If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness."
And the fire is not quenched.'" (Mark 9:48) So all in all, justice is being done and will be done.
Take it from me, God is never unjust. He is perfect. You may wonder "what will happen to those who are illiterate or live in tribal areas? Who will tell them the message of salvation through Jesus Christ?" Christian missionaries reach out to the remotest corners of the world specifically so that these people do not die without a chance. If they repent and follow the Lord and His Word, they will be saved. Remember, every human being is given at least one chance to know the true living God and turn to Him before dying. Believe me; I have seen a close relative given at least 2 chances by God, which he ignored. He died in his sleep last year, without knowing Jesus. I sometimes think about this: salvation, God's fellowship and eternal blessings are just a prayer away. Yet most people do not let go of themselves and their opinions. Dear friend and precious soul! Do not join the group of such people. You are just too precious in God's sight!
May God bless you. May His peace be with you!


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Who knew lasagna was for dessert? We sure didn’t, but now we’re hooked. The signature layers of lasagna lend themselves well to dessert because it allows you to pack in a ton of different sweet flavors. This layered dream of a dessert has it all: buttery caramel, creamy whipped topping, sweet and tender apples, and velvety vanilla pudding. Oh, and a crunchy and buttery oatmeal cookie base. It’s pretty darn dreamy, you guys.
And yeah, we know that this pretty much only resembles “lasagna” in that it has layers, so you are free to call it an icebox cake if you’re so inclined. We can’t get enough of the caramel apple combination, and the creamy whipped topping and vanilla pudding set it off so nicely. It’s the perfect dessert for fall, but it’s definitely one we won’t mind revisiting any time of year!
Preheat oven to 375°F. Bake cookies according to package directions, then cool completely.
Once cooled, blitz half the cookies in a food processor until they become coarse crumbs. Transfer to a medium bowl, then continue blitzing the remaining half of the cookies.
Add remaining cookie crumbs and melted butter to the bowl and stir until well-combined. Press cookie mixture evenly into the bottom of a 9x13-inch baking dish.
In a mixing bowl, beat together the cream cheese, powdered sugar, and 1/2 cup of the caramel sauce with an electric mixer until smooth. Gently fold in 2 cups of the Cool Whip until well-combined, then spread evenly over the prepared crust. Top evenly with apple pie filling.
In another mixing bowl, beat together the pudding mixes and milk until thick, about 2 minutes. Spread evenly over the apple layer, then top with remaining Cool Whip. Cover and chill 4 hours.
When ready to serve, slice into squares and drizzle caramel sauce over the top. Enjoy!

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The rhetorical tradition, Michelle Ballif asserts, is based on the systematic exclusion of sophistry. In keeping with Aristotle’ s prescription, rhetoric continues to be a counterpart to dialectic, a handmaiden to the pursuit of truth— even if that truth is merely probable.
According to Ballif, this search for truth manifests itself among current rhetoric and composition scholars in the form of an assumption that language is primarily communicative (i.e., that language can represent truth more or less faithfully). Ballif shows how invested we are in the notion of truth, in the idea that language represents truth, and in the assumption that the speaking/writing subject has, or should have, some essential relation to truth.
Provocatively, Ballif questions why the profession wants to retain these beliefs in the face of vociferous arguments from "new rhetorics" that the discipline no longer posits a foundational self or truth, and in the face of the poststructuralist critique, which has demonstrated that founding truth is always accomplished by first positing and then negating an “ other.” As an alternative to this negative and violent rhetorical process, Ballif suggests a turn to sophistry as embodied in the figure of Woman, one with the power to seduce us (literally, to lead astray) from our truth and our demand for it.
This figuration of Woman, however, is not the dialectical other used to sustain the identity and privilege of Man. On the contrary, this Woman is an Other Woman: A Third Woman as a Third Sophistic practice that escapes Plato’ s binary (philosophic rhetoric vs. sophistry) and renders the distinction between truth and deception incalculable. Ballif examines three figurations of the Third Woman as Third Sophistic as offered by Gorgias, Friedrich Nietzsche, and Jean Baudrillard.
Michelle Ballif is an assistant professor of English at the University of Georgia. She is coeditor (with Michael G. Moran) of Twentieth-Century Rhetorics and Rhetoricians and (with Victor J. Vitanza) of Realms of Rhetoric.

industry_corpus2: Subject Education


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We are again seeking experienced Registered Dentists to become part of a close knit teams in Christchurch and its surrounds.
We have locum, part-time and full-time roles available.
The practices have close knit teams who look out for each other, create great work environments and are very positive about this great place which is reinventing itself.

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According to The Asahi Shimbun, passengers will soon be able to ride with improved peace of mind with expressway bus operator Willer Express Japan Inc., which is set to introduce wearable drowsiness detectors for all its drivers.
Willer Express’s entire fleet of about 190 buses will be fitted with Fujitsu Ltd.’s “FEELythm” device by October 2016, the company said. According to the Osaka-based firm, it will be the first expressway bus operator in Japan to equip all its vehicles with the device.
“Competition is intense in the expressway bus industry,” Willer Express President Koji Hirayama said during a news conference.
The FEELythm’s sensor, which is attached to a driver’s earlobe, detects drowsiness by measuring the pulse rate. A unit worn around the neck and connected to the sensor vibrates to alert the driver when drowsiness starts to kick in.
The device will enable officials in charge of monitoring the bus operation at Willer Express headquarters to check when drowsiness is detected and urge drivers to take a rest.
Willer Express’s move came as demands are growing for the improvement of safety measures including through intensified management of drivers’ health following a series of fatal accidents involving expressway buses.
In 2012, seven passengers were killed and 39 were injured after a bus crashed into noise barriers on Kanetsu Expressway after the driver dozed off.
In January 2016, a ski bus veered off the road and tumbled down a hillside in Karuizawa, Nagano Prefecture, killing 15 people on board. The subsequent transport ministry investigation revealed slipshod safety management on the part of the bus operator.

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To visit Borneo is to immerse yourself in natural wonders – the world’s oldest rainforests, steamy jungles, rugged mountains, thriving reefs, rare plants and animals.
In Sabah, part of ‘Malaysian Borneo’, this natural bounty is easily and comfortably accessible.
Shortly after arriving at historic Sandakan, I’m walking through the ancient rainforest in gilded afternoon light.
A pair of orangutans stroll on the boardwalk in front of me holding hands. A little further along, a group of adolescent primates are doing cartwheels and pushing each other out of branches.
The protected forest around the Sepilok Orangutan Rehabilitation Centre is also home to the Bornean Sun Bear Conservation Centre where rescued Sun Bears forage right under the elevated walkway.
Boats departing from Sandakan cruise along the Kinabatan River to the swampy jungles at Sukau, home to Asian elephants, Proboscis and Silver Leaf monkeys, jungle cats, gibbons, mouse-deer and countless exotic birds - ideally appreciated from the comfort of an atmospheric eco-lodge.
At nearby Lankayan Island, I count five turtles as I make my way to lunch in the breezy dining area that’s suspended over water.
Lankayan Island is surrounded by dense, thriving reefs and guests are invited to view turtle egg- laying and participate in releasing hatchlings.
I peer down at passing fish.
The diving here is exceptional, with wrecks, astonishingly large coral formations and a wealth of marine life including fascinating macro species.
Hopping on a boat for a morning snorkel on outlying reefs, I’m stunned at the size, ‘gelato’ colours and pristine state of the corals.
Lankayan’s house reef offers hours of blissful floating- I just can’t get enough of the dense thickets of coral with incandescent blue and yellow fish darting about or large fish that congregate under the jetty.
The seagrasses near the beach are the domain of green and leatherback turtles and if I keep still I can get quite close and swim in tandem with them.
Sabah’s capital, Kota Kinabalu, is a compact, low slung city with a real buzz. Think Sunday markets, shopping temptations, temples and irresistible eateries amidst a chilled setting.
A personable and homely base for exploring this walkable city, the Le Meridian is across the road from the cheerful clamour of a market and a waterfront boardwalk. My room overlooks a harbour sprinkled with traditional timber fishing boats making for sensational sunrise views.
Dwarfing every peak between the Himalayas and New Guinea, World Heritage listed Mt Kinabalu is day-tripping distance from ‘KK’.
A rare combination of beautiful beaches, captivating underwater scenes and jungles, Gaya Island is a beguiling microcosm of Borneo’s attractions. Remarkably, this rain forested island is just a 20-minute boat ride from Kota Kinabalu.
The air here is thick with birdsong and gigantic butterflies and even on the most prosaic of tasks, like walking along the raised boardwalks to the lavish breakfast buffet, chances are you’ll see an exotic creature.
At the jungle embracing Gaya Island Resort, it’s quite common to have a hornbill land on the balcony whilst you’re kicking back on your daybed or lapping up a spa session.
I could spend entire, deeply contented days lounging around my spacious villa or relishing the fact that a big bonus of visiting Malaysia is the fabulously varied and flavoursome cuisine.
Should I stir, options include diving, snorkelling, kayaking in the mangroves, guided nature walks, sunset cruises, and yoga.
A quick boat ride gets you to a jungle- fringed ‘Private Beach’ or to nearby islands for snorkeling over filigree corals accompanied by the largest clownfish you’ll ever see.
Published under license from Well Travelled.

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The Geek Vape Ammit MTL 24mm RTA is the flagship rebuildable tank atomizer featuring a single coil configuration, various airflow options, and a lightly knurled airflow threaded top fill method. Combining many different features, the Geek Vape Ammit MTL RTA is a powerhouse with its single coil configuration, building on the spacious build deck with a dual post layout top secured with Phillips screws. This allows this mouth-to-lung tank atomizer to focus solely on concentrating flavor, expanding the complex flavor profiles by blasting the single coil with a variety of airflow compositions. The airflow system intake is located at the top of the RTA, preventing any pesky leaks, while guiding the airflow down underneath the coil to allow for a full-bodied flavor to be produced. In addition, the airflow system can be adjusted as the control ring consists of either a single larger intake slot or a series of progressively smaller inlet holes. Furthermore, The Geek Vape MTL RTA hosts a top fill design, complete with a lightly knurled top cap for easier grip and simple removal.
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text: *One Year Home Warranty to the Lucky Buyer* Award winning Downingtown Schools, a cul-de-sac, crazy low taxes and a high adorable factor makes this a great home in Brandywine Greene! 3 bedrooms and a full bath are conveniently located on one side of the house with an awesome custom made barn door for privacy and quiet. On the opposite side the family room is spacious with wood floors, a wood burning fireplace and custom built ins. The beautiful lighting fixtures add a wonderful touch to the style of this home, a great bonus! With an open concept for kitchen and living space, this home is cozy and functional with all you need for entertaining and family time. The natural light from all angles pours in for a bright and welcoming feel. The patio doors lead to a spacious deck and fenced in yard that are great for playing and relaxing nights under the stars! Store your garden and lawn items in the bonus shed for easy access. The basement has two areas; one unfinished for storage and laundry and one fully finished with new carpet. This space is great for an office, playroom or even a movie room! A new roof and a new bathroom in 2018 give piece of mind for a move in ready home! This home is back and better than ever with a price to sell!

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Use toy trains to decorate a boy's transportation-themed bedroom.
Decorating a toddler boy's bedroom with a transportation theme will create a space full of imagination and excitement. You can easily modify this timeless scheme as the child ages, using cartoon transportation images in the toddler's room and transitioning to more realistic images as he grows. Select a general transportation theme and highlight his favorite vehicles, such as race cars or trains.
Paint the walls in a vibrant, bold color such as red or blue. Hang a complementary-colored, transportation-themed wall border around the room, either next to the ceiling or around the middle of the walls. Place large vinyl wall decals in various places around the room featuring cars, trains and airplanes. Use replica street signs, such as stop signs and railroad crossing signs, as wall art. Hang colorful airplanes from the ceiling for added effect.
Create large murals on the walls instead of painting the room one color. Paint the bottom half of the walls green and the top half blue to represent the ground and sky. Use black paint to create a road between the two paint colors, winding up and down as it goes around the room. Paint colorful cars, trucks, rescue vehicles and construction trucks traveling on the room's road. Include white, fluffy clouds and airplanes on the blue part of the walls.
Purchase a race car bed or, for a more budget-friendly option, paint different types of vehicles on the headboard and baseboard of the existing bed using stencils. Switch out dresser and nightstand knobs with vehicle-shaped knobs. Place a large, wooden train set on a table in the room for a transportation playtime activity.
Select a linen set -- blankets, sheets and pillows -- that matches his favorite transportation mode, such as race cars, trains or planes. Place throw pillows shaped like vehicles on the bed and any chairs in the room. Lay a large play carpet on the floor featuring roads where he can play with his toy cars, or select rugs that feature road signs.
Hang shelving on one wall to display toy cars, trains, boats and other vehicles. Install a long shelf that goes around the upper part of all four walls and a run a train track with a remote-control train. Use a toy box or storage bins decorated with transportation pictures to organize toys.
Based in Lake Mary, Fla., Charity Tober writes mainly on finance, career, interior decorating, parenting and weddings. Tober has also self-published two children's picture books. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in business administration from the University of Florida.
Tober, Charity. "How to Decorate a Toddler Boy's Room With a Transportation Theme." Home Guides | SF Gate, http://homeguides.sfgate.com/decorate-toddler-boys-room-transportation-theme-53583.html. Accessed 18 April 2019.


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These first few days are the kind when you can only think 10 minutes into the future. The rest is all hazy.
I came down with the stomach flu a couple days after Johnny came home. Gil had pulled a muscle in his back while were at the orphanage and found himself in quite a bit of pain. Little guy doesn't want to go to sleep, and when he does, wakes up (and wakes us up) multiple times a night. Um, kind of like a newborn, I'm guessing.
And yet not like a newborn. Maybe more like when the undisciplined neighbor child comes to your house and doesn't know the rules and messes everything up. Like when he throws his entire bowl of eggs on the floor because he doesn't want to eat them. Or dumps a cup of water in the trash. Or grabs the dog's ears and sticks his fingers in her eyes. Except unlike the neighbor kid, you can't send him home in a couple hours. It feels like a stranger is in the house.
So then you do discipline him because, well, he really can't touch the stove, but there's no long history of trust already built in the relationship. Which makes that whole love-discipline balance a lot trickier than it already is, even when you're only talking about one-minute time-outs.
Some of his tears are angry, but a few times, they have been sad. It starts over something inconsequential, and quickly turns into chest-wracking, whole body sobbing. Yesterday he said, over and over, I want to look for it! I want to look for it! But there was nothing to look for. His three-year-old mind has no words to express what he has lost, but his heart is grown-up in what it feels. I hold him and cry with him until he pushes me away. He wants me, but he knows that somehow I am responsible for his pain.
In the midst of the sleeplessness and the haze and thoughts of, What did I get myself into?, there's much more that I don't want to forget.
On that first morning, Josiah told me, Mommy, when I knew that Johnny was coming home the next day, I wanted to jump out of the window and fly all the way home!
And then, hours after the two met each other, Johnny said to his big brother, Njoo (Come) Josiah! And Josiah turned to look at me with absolute wonder on his face. Mommy! He can say my name! And he wants me to come!
Or when he fell asleep on his big sister.
Or when he was terrified to get into the bathtub until I told him, Ogelea (Swim), Johnny! and he realized that the bathtub was pretty much the same thing as a wading pool. And then "swim" he did, as evidenced by the water all over the room. Josiah said, I can't wait for bathtime tomorrow night!
That sweet mixture of English and Swahili, the English coming out with the Tanzanian accent that I know will soon be lost. How all birds are called vultures. Except for crows, which are called penguins.
The most exciting part of the day is when he gets to go in the car. Anywhere. For any length of time. Coming in close second is the time of the day when he gets to pick out his underwear.
I listen to them laughing outside. And I am given the gift of looking past the haze. The orphan becomes a Son and a Brother. The Becoming is painful and joyful, full of loss and gain, of dying to self and becoming a new person. For him. For us.
Candy in mouth; tears gone. Mostly.
Youth Ministry is filled with lots of, um, drama. We loved our students, but there were many nights Gil and I would stay awake fretting over their poor decisions or self-destructive behavior. And that's not even counting for what we would basically call....immaturity.
Sometimes we wondered if anything we said was making a difference. Our whole hearts were poured into these kids, and yet often I thought they really just showed up for the caramel popcorn.
Like anything worth waiting for, we just had to be patient. Our years of youth ministry are over, but we are just now getting the privilege of seeing the fruit. This summer was great evidence of that. So many of our former students were in Tanzania this summer, many of them visiting their families, but others coming back on their own, pilgrimages to the country where they grew up.
And the cool thing is that they looked us up. We want to see you! They said. Sweeter words are never heard to a youth minister's heart. They wanted to see us!
They are adults now, all grown up, yet full of that infectious excitement of youth adulthood. Succeeding in school, getting advanced degrees, earning awards. But more importantly, caring about people, passionate for Africa, following Jesus.
There were so many here this summer that we didn't even get to spend time with them all. If that was you....we still love you! Come see us next time!
Cecilie and her friend introduced us to the Danish tradition of making a birthday cake to look like the child....and then making the first cut at the neck while everyone screams. Obviously a good way to keep Danish psychiatrists in business.
McKenna was an intern with us for six weeks this summer. She wasn't one of our HOPAC students, but she was one of our flower girls when she was 3, so she falls in the same category!
I Want a Daddy Too.
This is George. George is almost six years old, and has been at Forever Angels since he was a newborn.
When Gil and I went to Forever Angels to pick up Johnny last week, Gil told me about a conversation he had with George.
Why did you choose Johnny? George asked Gil. What did Johnny do to make you choose him? I want a Daddy too.
Oh, Child. Rip my heart out of my chest. And then jab a knife into it.
How do you possibly answer that question?
Well, George, we were looking for a child who is younger than you. It just sounds lame.
What did Johnny do to make you choose him? From our first trip up to Forever Angels, it was obvious that George was doing everything possible to get chosen. He tries hard to be happy and charming, all the time. He smiles fetchingly. He poses for the camera. He wants to be the first to hug you. He gives kisses to strangers.
When we were saying our good-byes, in the midst of the din of dozens of noisy children, George whispered to me, I want to go too.
Just go ahead and twist that knife.
Forever Angels is only licensed for kids up to age 5. So just this week, George is being transferred to a long-term orphanage. A sponsor is paying for his school fees, so he will get to go to school. He tries to be excited about this.
But it's still an orphanage, not a family. And George knows there is a difference.
I know that not everyone is called to adopt. There are many good reasons not to adopt, and I would never encourage anyone to go into it out of guilt. Because let me assure you--adoption is tough, especially with older children. It's a arduous process to bring home a child, and then it's even more arduous to help that child adapt to your family.
I know not everyone is called to adopt. But there needs to be more who are. I don't know if it's you; I don't have anyone specific in mind while I am writing this. But there needs to be more who are.
There are thousands, millions of Georges out there. There are about 30,000 children in the United States alone who "age out" of the foster care system every year. That's 30,000 children each year who turn 18 and have no one.
In a country that is one of the richest, most Christian in the world, this should not be. Among churches who are exhorted to care for the fatherless, this should not be. Among people who say they are pro-life, This Should Not Be.
Update on 4/21/19: Tragically, we received word that on Easter Sunday, George suddenly passed away. George was living at a Christian orphanage where he was loved and cherished, but he never did get a Daddy. May his story inspire many others to consider fostering or adoption.
We missed out on a lot of years, but Forever Angels volunteers took dozens of pictures. We get to recreate Johnny's history for him, and as any adoptive family knows, that is priceless.


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Chest pain can be caused due to various reasons ranging from something as minor as indigestion to something as serious as a heart attack.
If you suffer from chest pain for the first time it might be hard to detect the cause behind the pain. In case you experience chest pain which lasts for a few minutes, take it seriously and consult a doctor immediately. According to the statistics by the National Center for Health Studies (NCHS), 13% of emergency room visit due to heart pain end up as a heart attack. In this article, we will provide information about the first aid for chest pain.
In case of a heart attack you experience the symptoms like pain during exertion, pain in the jaw, arm or back, tightness or pressure in the chest, dizziness, fatigue, abdominal pain, and short breathness.
Avoid driving to the hospital unless that's the only option you got. The patient's treatment will start as soon as the ambulance arrives.
The symptoms of angina include chest pain accompanied by pain in the jaw, arm, back or neck, fatigue, nausea, sweating, dizziness, and shortness of breath.
Give a nitroglycerin tablet or nitroglycerin spray to the person under the tongue and wait for five minutes to see if the person is feeling better or not.
In case there is no improvement in the person's condition call an ambulance by calling an ambulance.
If a person has chronic stable angina - a common type of angina-dissolve a nitroglycerin tablet under his tongue or provide a nitroglycerin spray and repeat this process again in a gap of 5 minutes till the person takes 3 tablets.
If angina prevails despite giving the 3 doses in a gap of 5 minutes each, call an ambulance and also give that person a regular-strength aspirin of 325 mg.
If taken to the hospital, the patient will be analysed by a doctor to figure out whether the root cause of the chest pain is heart attack or something else. The person would undergo tests like blood tests, chest X-ray and ECG.
Do inform the medic of this person regarding this emergency situation in order to keep a follow up on his health.
Call an ambulance if a person shows any symptoms like shortness of breath, nausea, pain in jaw or arm, etc., because heart attacks are often mistaken for acid reflux.
Give an antacid to the person.
The person will be checked by the doctor to find out the exact cause of the chest pain and he might have to undergo tests which will include blood tests, chest X-ray and ECG.


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Marks & Spencer’s boss Steve Rowe said his turnaround plan for the retailer was on track as its sales decline slowed in the first quarter and it scaled back discounting and end-of-season offers.
However, he cautioned that the mood among shoppers on the high street was “volatile” and that consumers were “very much shopping for now and cautious with their spend”.
Like-for-like sales in the company’s clothing and home division fell by 1.2% in the 13 weeks to 1 July compared to the same period last year.
But that marked an improvement on the sharp 5.9% decline seen in the previous quarter. The latest figures were partly helped by the timing of Easter.
Mr Rowe also said that while the overall figures showed a sales fall, full price purchases were up 7% with reduced discounting and no clearance sale.
Meanwhile, the retailer’s food business, where it is expanding its presence with the opening of more standalone Simply Food stores, saw overall revenues up strongly.
However a like-for-like comparison of stores open for at least of year revealed a 0.1% decline.
Earlier this year, M&S reported a 63% plunge in annual profits as costly restructuring took its toll and sales slumped in the year ending 1 April.
Mr Rowe said at the time that the retailer was facing an “uncertain economic horizon” with consumers “quite fragile” – echoing concerns across the sector about the impact of accelerating inflation and stuttering wage growth on household finances.
The chief executive, a company veteran who became boss last year, has sought to turn around its fortunes with a plan that includes dozens of stores being closed or scaled back as well as hundreds of head office job cuts.
He has also poached Halfords boss Jill McDonald to lead its clothing, home and beauty division from this autumn and revealed plans for a small-scale trial of online food sales.
In May, M&S cheered investors with the appointment of former Asda boss Archie Norman as its next chairman.
The latest trading update comes as wider industry figures showed a pick-up for sales growth in June with the arrival of summer.
Like-for-like sales rose by 1.2% compared to the same month last year according to the data from the British Retail Consortium (BRC) and KPMG.
However the report said the growth in retail spending was mainly the result of higher food prices with shoppers more cautious about splashing out on non-essentials.
Laith Khalaf, senior analyst at Hargreaves Lansdown, said: “Overall conditions for high street retailers remain pretty grim, with consumer purses under pressure and competition coming from all angles.


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This paper provides evidence of the potential beneficial effects of CSE on attitudes, knowledge, and behaviors regarding sexual and reproductive health among adolescents. In addition, it identifies areas that should be strengthened to increase the positive impact of CSE.
Methods: The HIV and Sexual Reproductive Health Status of Young People in Swaziland analysis were prepared in stages: desk review and analysis, consultations/interview meetings with key stakeholders, data analysis and compilation of the report.Results and discussion: Early sexual debut, high adolescent fertility rate, unmet need for family planning, and on-going problems with sexual and gender based violence (GBV) are some of the key issues faced by young people in terms of reproductive health in Swaziland.


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19apr11:00 am- 1:00 pmLunch & Factory TourAxiom Electronics LLC.
Join the EMA for this opportunity to view the local engineering and manufacturing facility at Axiom Electronics in Beaverton Or. This local business opens its doors providing another opportunity to utilize our local resources.
Axiom Electronics is one of the leading electronics manufacturing services companies in the US for complex, mission critical, high reliability electronic assemblies. Axiom is AS9100 certified and is highly experienced in military, aerospace, and space applications as 70% of the business comes from such entities. They have received special recognition on various space programs and provide support to a wide variety of unmanned air and undersea vehicles.
This event is open individuals directly involved with electronics manufacturing only.

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I bought this Astra in February 2013 as my daily driver. It has been pretty flawless in the time I have owned it, needing only normal servicing and very little else. When I bought it, the criteria were economy (diesel), manual gearbox, but without the liability of the modern dual mass flywheel to fail. It has been a good solution and a few times topped 60mpg averaged over a tank, but more commonly around 50mpg. It also still drives ‘like new’, and I mean it – I drove a lot of these as brand new hire cars from work.
This was the first Vauxhall I owned with the CAN bus architecture, which Tech2 provides excellent access to. I took advantage by buying the more upmarket DAB radio, Bluetooth gateway and the graphic information display, which were connected by a home-made (plug in) extension loom, which was designed to be easily removable. The difference in the sound from the standard speakers was surprising, with the CDC30 head unit significantly better in quality (and power) than the standard CD30MP3.
I also added cruise control, which on this model (being a diesel) is as simple as buying the stalk, fitting it and then enabling the options in the Column Information Unit (CIM) and Engine Control Unit (ECU). Other easily configurable items are anti-hijack locking, which automatically locks the doors as the car starts moving and then unlocks them as either a door is opened from the inside or as the ignition is switched off and ‘follow me home’ headlamps, which stay on for a few seconds while you get out, lock the car and walk to (presumably) your front door.
The following photos were taken on the 8th February 2015 as I prepared to sell it after 20,000 easy miles. It always feels odd to me that I buy cars, get to the bottom of them, rectify everything and get them into long-term ‘keeper’ condition and then decide I want something different. I rarely see the buyers again, but the few I do have evidently enjoyed their (trouble free) ownership.
And then it was sold – to a nice chap called Paul. I was a little sad to see it drive away as it occurred to me that I’ve owned this one for a little longer than average. Ah well.

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I just started reading Andrew Lee Rubinger’s blog, or maybe he just began blogging? Not sure, but he has a polished, funny, irreverent, and clean writing style. In particular, I appreciate his thematic connections between other parts of life and the funny pool of sweat, blood, and tears that is open source software. Write on!
Comments closed — Trackbacks closed RSS 2.0 feed for these comments This entry (permalink) was posted on Saturday, February 23, 2008, at 3:24 pm by quaid. Filed in Fedora, FLOSS, JBoss, Writing.
Well the EJB is a point against him as Java is slowly going the way of Cobol.
If I were going to make asinine statements, I’d sign a fake name too.
Until you back up this claim with some evidence, I call your FUD.
PS – Apologies if your name is really “Boo”. Like “Ridley”, “Berry”, or any rapper’s girlfriend.

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As a specialist media buying agency PromoMEDIA offer a wide range of advertising options for businesses in Addlestonemoor who are looking to attract more customers, increase awareness or to keep their brand in the public eye on a local or national level.
Newspaper Advertising in Addlestonemoor – this is also known as print media. We can place adverts for your company in any regional and local newspaper. Print advertising continues to be a hugely effective form of marketing across the UK and is very cost-effective. As well as local titles we also cover all the main national titles such as The Daily Mail, The Daily Mirror, The Telegraph, The Daily Express etc. At PromoMEDIA we can get you both great rates and importantly different size print ads in brilliant positions. If you are interested in our print buying options and for more information about the benefits of print ads in general, read more here.
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Bus Adverts in Addlestonemoor – you’ve all seen them and no matter where you are in the country there's always buses and bus stops! It's therefore not surprising that there are so many bus ad options to consider, from bus seat adverts, bus stop advertisements, bus ticket ads, large posters on the side of buses, T-side adverts and bus rear ads. You can even brand a whole bus! If you want to get the wheels in motion today read more here or get in contact today for a free bus advertising quote.
Phone Box Adverts in Addlestonemoor – the trusty old phone box has re-invented itself in recent years - no longer somewhere to just make a simple phone-call, they are now places where you can recharge your mobile phone, use WiFi and of course; advertise! Phone box ads options have developed too and you can brand the inside of a phone box, advertise on internal screens or in fact brand a whole phone box should you wish to. A staple in most areas of the country and in a variety of locations, from street-corner to high-streets, they are an increasingly popular and original form of marketing. Seen by hundreds and indeed thousands a day in some locations, have you considered phone box promotions for your company? Read more here or drop us a message for more information on phone box adverts.
Shopping Centre Advertising in Addlestonemoor – promoting and marketing inside shopping centres and in their car-parks is increasingly popular, especially with brands that are sold within the shopping complex. This is often why you see luxury brand and retail advertisements in shopping centres. Shopping centre ad options are varied but typically include billboards, lift adverts, escalator ads, 4 sheets and 6 sheets adverts. Shopping centre advertising is a highly successful form of marketing as it targets people in the mood to spend and in a relaxed frame of mind! For more information on advertising in shopping centres available through PromoMEDIA read our dedicated page or for more info on out of home advertising read here.
Print Distribution in Addlestonemoor – targeted distribution of leaflets and posters is important, this makes sure that your print literature is seen by the right people. Print distribution often involves getting printed materials into areas of high-footfall such as local bars, cafes, clubs, gyms, cinemas etc. Basically, anywhere where your audience/target market may be out and about. Expert print management companies break down this distribution into "print runs" so you can effectively target the right people.
Vehicle Ads in Addlestonemoor - this includes truck, lorry and taxi ad options (sometimes bus adverts also falls into this category). Vehicle adverts are often very cost-effective and you can brand individual vans or lorries or even whole fleets. You can also consider the journeys that these vehicles may be taking as well if you are looking for potential customers in certain areas. To read more about vehicle advertising read here.
As an independent media agency, we offer a full selection of total advertising solutions and work with a diverse range of business. So whether you are a small local business, an SME enterprise or national company we can provide a full range of advertising options in Addlestonemoor to cater for your needs.


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Over the last two months, Apple has updated almost all of its core product lines, with the addition of a 13” model to the Retina MacBook Pro line and new silicon for the iPad and Mac mini to go with ground up redesigns for the iPhone, iMac, iPod touch, and iPod nano. But the biggest story from the “little more” event was definitely the introduction of the iPad mini, a 7.9” counterpart to the 9.7” tablet that started it all.
We’ve been hearing whispers of a 7” Apple-built tablet since even before the original iPad was shown off in January 2010. By late 2011, the speculative consensus seemed to center around a 7.85” iPad targeted at the then-new Kindle Fire, with a 1024x768 resolution that would give it the same pixel density as the iPhone 3GS and a resolution that matched the regular 9.7” iPad. We’ve basically been hearing about this new device every two weeks since then. Apple’s “veil of secrecy” is almost entirely gone at this point, something that is getting more obvious with every new product launch and a fact I think is worth mentioning because we’ve essentially known what the iPad mini was going to be, design and component-wise, since late summer.
The result is a healthy blend of parts-bin engineering, a device that shares features and components with many other iOS devices. The design language is nearly identical to that of the fifth generation iPod touch, as is the SoC (the 32nm shrink of A5, also shared with the iPad 2,4) and camera - a 5MP sensor with Apple’s five-element, f/2.4 optical system. With the same aspect ratio and screen resolution as the iPad 2, the iOS software stack is pretty straightforward too.
The Retina display technology is one that very prominently didn’t trickle down to the iPad mini; with seemingly the entire rest of Apple’s mobile lineup going Retina, from the iPod touch all the way up to the 15” MacBook Pro, the lack of a super-high resolution panel is noteworthy. We’re left with a 7.85” IPS panel (rounded to 7.9” in Apple’s marketing material) that runs a 1024x768 resolution and a pixel density of 163. That’s the same as the first generation iPhone (as the 3G/3GS), which was cutting edge back in 2007, and half that of the iPhone 4/4S/5. I’ll talk more about the display later on, but it’s safe to say that the Retina display is the single biggest omission from the iPad mini feature list.
Unlike previous releases of the 9.7” iPad, which have all come with new SoCs or otherwise significant internal upgrades, there’s not much in the way of silicon-level innovation. Each iPad has come with a new SoC, with A4, A5, A5R2, A5X, and A6X all showing up first in the various iPads, and the only major Apple SoC release in that time to not ship first in an iPad was A6, which of course came alongside the iPhone 5 two months ago. The iPad mini, on the other hand, is on paper basically just an iPad 2,4 in miniature form, plus better cameras, optional LTE, and new industrial design.
The mini is available with the same color schemes as the iPhone 5, with the black or white bezels being joined by slate and silver anodized aluminum chassis, respectively. NAND options are the usual 16/32/64GB, with LTE-enabled models available through AT&T, Verizon, and Sprint. Pricing starts off at $329, with NAND going for $100 per step and $130 for LTE, as on the other iPads. This is a major point of contention with the mini, because the most obvious rivals in the Android world, the Nexus 7 and Kindle Fire HD 7”, start at $199 and charge less for NAND upgrades. A 32GB Nexus 7 will run you $249, same with the 32GB Kindle Fire HD, while a 32GB iPad mini goes for the rather princely sum of $429. You could buy two 16GB Nexus 7s and a bundle of paid apps for the same as a 32GB mini.
But here’s the thing - I don’t consider the iPad mini a competitor to the Nexus 7. The Nexus 7, to me, is what I buy if I’m in the market for a $199 tablet or I want a 7” Android device. It’s a completely different experience than the iPad mini. In my mind, the closest competitors for the iPad mini are, in order, the iPad 2, the Kindle Fire HD 8.9”, and the Nook Tablet HD+. The iPad 2 is obvious because these are the two lowest priced iOS tablets right now, and with similar underlying hardware, they’re actually pretty closely matched. I think the latter two are especially interesting comparisons to make, because all three exist in the ~$300 “small premium tablet” niche that has suddenly appeared.
Consider it like the Mini Cooper equivalent in the tablet world - a premium experience offered at a very attainable (if not particularly value-oriented) price point. Obviously, that game plan has worked very well for BMW in the automotive world, and certainly if any company could use it successfully in consumer electronics, it would be Apple. The business case for it almost writes itself, but does it result in a truly stand-out product or a half-hearted me-too attempt by Apple to grab a share of the budget tablet market? With relatively little in the way of new hardware to talk about, a lot of this review will center around the user experience, and that’s really what will determine how successful it is. Let’s start with the major differentiating factor brought by the iPad mini, the new form factor.


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WHAT: Schools can instantly notify parents via text and email messages if students cut class.
LAUNCHERS: Zak Kukoff, CEO [ @kukoff, LinkedIn ]. Jonathan Yan, COO.
WHY: Schools lose $30 to $50 per student per day in state and federal funding every time a student skips class.
INSPIRATION: Says Zak, "TruantToday is based on my experience in high school. Last year, when I was a freshman, I was erroneously marked truant from a class. My parents got a call from the school notifying them two days later, but by that point, I already could have committed a crime."
BUSINESS MODEL: Charges schools on a per-student basis but ensures that they are not charged more than the school would get in state and federal funding. Zak says the school gets credit for their next year of service if it pays more than TruantToday brings back.
CUSTOMERS: Three committed customers, two in late-stage talks. Not disclosing names.
ON STAYING IN HIGH SCHOOL: Zak and Jonathan are committed to running the company full-time. Zak says they can either graduate early or finish online.
INVESTORS: Not disclosing until round closes.


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What is skin analyzer amazon?
• Ordering period: Back Order has been extended from 31st October, while stocks last.
• Targeted delivery: Back Order is limited and will be fulfilled in batches beginning mid-December 2017 onwards. Stocks will be distributed on a first-come, first-served basis.
• This particular Back Order is only available to Platinums & Above. ABOs who wish to purchase can do so via their upline Platinums.
• The skin analyzer amazon is not covered by the AMWAY Satisfaction Guarantee, but by a separate manufacturer’s warranty. Its warranty period is 12 months from the date of receiving stock.
5. Save and Output: SD card can transfer the test data to computer, and with the first letter of the customer’ s name will find the test data easily.
Prev: Read this the next time you’re ready to give up on skin analyzer singapore.

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This is a non-technical climb at 30 to 45 degrees. You must be in very good physical fitness with very good heart and lung endurance. The summit, at 5137 meters, is lower than Mount Kilimanjaro, but because of incline and cold weather, it is a harder climb.
Blizzards may delay climbing. Only the fearless or foolish climb in these months.
At camp 2, even in August, temperatures turn extremely cold after sunset, and you crawl into your sleeping bag to arise at 1 AM for the summit climb. The last 400 meters are snow- and ice-covered year-round requiring crampons. Winds can be 40 knots or more on the summit, making it bitterly cold even in August. You must dress in layers to keep warm, including your hands.
How to Make a Tiny Camping Stove from a Beer Can You'll love this!
Photo stop at Muradiye Waterfalls.
Horses carry gear, food, backpacks.
Visit in nomad summer tent.
Mount Ararat summit is snow-covered.
View Kurdish kilims and Persian carpets. Don't go home without one!
Mount Ararat is the highest point in Turkey, rising in isolation above the surrounding plains and valleys and providing a panoramic view of Armenia, Iran, and Turkey. Ararat is a dormant volcano with no crater. It has not erupted in historic time. The most recent eruption was probably in the last 10,000 years. However, an earthquake rocked the mountain in 1840, burying a chapel, convent, and village on the slopes in Ahora Gorge. Today nomadic Kurds reside on the mountain from June 1 to September 1 with their herds of cattle and sheep. A smaller cone, Little Ararat (3896 meters) rises just southeast of the main peak.
The Search for Noah's Ark continues to attract archeologists, geologists, and historians from around the world. According to Old Testament legend, Noah's Ark came to rest on the "Mountains of Ararat" following the Great Flood.
Raider's of the Lost Past: The Quest for Noah's Ark features the American team. It was shown on Yesterday TV in UK, Nov. 2012. Amy Beam and Richard Bright are interviewed in it. Download the full-length 51-minute movie at WorldMediaRights.com.
We are not associated with the Chinese-Turkish-Dutch-American hoax and Noah's Ark Ministries International (NAMI) who claim to have discovered Noah's Ark. We did have the misfortune to have the American Joel Klenck as one of our climbing customers in 2011. He raised the standard for astonishing deception adding to the growing body of "pseudo-scientific" lies causing so much damage to honest archeology. The Director of Archeology at Harvard University states there is little they can do to control what a graduate publishes after he leaves Harvard.
We are now scheduling tours for 2018.
The Turkish government opened Mount Ararat after being closed in 2016 and 2017.
Public and private Ararat trekking tours.
Tours for Armenians that include historical sites.
Private car tours for 2-4 people.
Individuals may join any of the following PUBLIC TOURS.
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We meet you at Van airport at 9 AM and take you to Van Castle, then a boat trip to Akdamar Island with a famous 10th century church with exquisite stone carvings, followed by lunch on the shore of Lake Van. Enjoy a scenic 3-hour drive to Dogubayazit, stopping en route at magnificent Muradiye Waterfalls for photos then passing volcanic Mount Tendurek. Arrive to Dogubeyazit 3-star hotel followed by orientation meeting, equipment check, and dinner.
After breakfast in hotel, leave unnecessary items locked in storage room, drive to starting point at 2250 meters on Mount Ararat. Unload gear and trek 4 hours to base camp at 3200 meters. Horses will carry your backpacks and gear. You carry your own small day pack with lunch packet. Stop for tea and photos in a nomad tent along the way. Enjoy a hot dinner. Overnight at camp 1.
Trek to 4100 meters and return to camp 1 for the night.
After breakfast, take down tents, pack, and trek 4 hours to camp 2 at 4200 meters; transportation of equipment by horses. Enjoy hot dinner and go to sleep early at camp 2.
Wake up at 1 AM, drink tea/coffee, eat, fill thermos with hot tea, depart from camp 2 at 2 AM. Climb 5-7 hours to Mount Ararat summit at 5137 meters for sunrise. Return to camp 2 around 9:30 AM, eat, rest, pack gear for horses. Return to camp 1 for the night.
After breakfast at camp 1, pack equipment for horses and descend to 2250 meters to meet minibus for transfer to hotel. Have shower and short rest. Men may go to barber for shave and neck massage. Drive to hot springs to relax in thermal pool in private room. Return to Dogubeyazit for celebration dinner and Turkish deserts.
Dogubeyazit/Agri regional tour of Işhak Paşa Palace (closed on Mondays), Tomb of Ahmed-I Hani (famous scholar and poet), Urartian Castle, old Bayazit city archeological ruins, mountain drive to Noah’s Ark National park (Durupinar), lunch of homemade cheese and bread, grilled chicken and tomato kebob, and watermelon with a family in a Kurdish village or nomad tent. Visit carpet factory, transfer to hotel for packing and shower. Farewell dinner.
Breakfast in hotel; transfer to Turkish Airlines bus for 1.5 hour drive to Agri airport for 13:40 departure.
The following tours are available ONLY to groups of 6 or more.
Groups may choose their own dates.
Tour leaders may receive a discount.
Mount Ararat is a national park. For your safety, the government of Turkey requires all climbers on Ararat to be led by a Turkish licensed guide. It also requires special permits to climb Mount Ararat. We get the permit for you. It costs $70 USD and is included in our tour prices.
Prices Please contact us for our competitive prices.
Please contact us to begin planning your trip. If you would like us to call you, please send your phone number. When you decide on your tour program, we will email you a reservation. It will include payment instructions.
To confirm your reservation, guarantee the price, and begin the permit application process, a 50% payment is required. Payments are only refunded (minus expenses already incurred) if you cancel at least 6 weeks before your start date or if the government closes the mountain (highly unlikely) during your scheduled trek. People may be added to a reservation or dates may be changed without penalty. Payments may be made online with PayPal or by bank transfer. Full payment must be received two weeks before arrival or a 100 Euro late fee will be applied. We handle people, not money when you arrive.
Allow one month for the climbing permit. Make your reservation months in advance because airline seats are limited and hotels are full in the summer.


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The Cannabis Bill 2018 has two main functions: regulating the production, prescribing, and supply of medical cannabis for patients; and permitting Rastafarians (and other religious groups) to possess, cultivate, and supply cannabis – at quantities exceeding existing thresholds - for religious purposes. The bill stops short of legalising cannabis for recreational purposes.
The new bill allows "an adherent of a religious body, including, but not limited to, the Rastafarian faith … [to] register with the Authority to" cultivate over four cannabis plants, and possess or transport over 15 grams of cannabis, for religious purposes. It also allows such religious followers to “dispense cannabis solely for religious purposes as a sacrament in adherence to a religious practice of the religious body, at a sacramental dispensary”.
“[The police] were rampant. Just the smell of marijuana, they would literally go into people’s private homes and literally abuse them […] I recall a couple of times I see guys running, literally running from police officers even before they approached them because they knew the consequences. The consequences were not just prosecution. It was also brutalisation. I want to take this opportunity to apologise to the family members of those individuals for the abuse that would have taken place over the decades”.
To atone for the harms caused to the Rastafarian community, the government have strived to include adherents of the faith as stakeholders in the new bill’s legislative process.
Inclusive public consultations began in January, during which Rastafarians, community groups, NGOs, churches, and other organisations were invited to make provide feedback and suggestions on cannabis reform. Some Rastafarians expressed concern at the possession threshold limits introduced earlier this year.
“For the Rasta man and the Rasta family, [these thresholds are] a joke. We drink it, we eat it, we make oils and other things from it. I applaud the effort but we’re looking to see much more done. I still think the government needs to at least match the Jamaica bill. Anything less, we see as not acceptable. In Jamaica you’re allowed two ounces and for every working person in a household you’re allowed to grow five trees,” said Kiyode Erasto Straker of the Ras Freeman community, St. Lucia News reports.
Such feedback has evidently been take on board by legislators.
Having already successfully passed three readings in the House of Representatives, the bill is ready for its final debate prior to being passed in to law. However, Prime Minister Browne has decided to organise one final public consultation on the law - involving Rastafarians and medical professionals - on November 23.
“We invite the various stakeholders to come and give their views on the proposed marijuana bill and for us to make changes and to come back here within the next 10 days by which time we will have our final debate and to pass this Bill into an Act, the Cannabis Bill of 2018,” Browne declared.
Antigua and Barbuda will join many other countries in the Americas in legalising cannabis for medical purposes, including Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, and Uruguay.
Read the Cannabis Bill 2018 in full here.


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Headboards come with matching pipping and buttoning as standard. We can also work with a customer’s own fabric so get in touch through our bespoke option if you’d like to discuss this.
Bespoke: We work closely with local joiners to produce our headboards frames so we are more than happy to discuss bespoke commissions, we can help to design headboard shapes or advice on colour combinations as well as working to your own specific dimensions. Feel free to get in touch through the bespoke section of our website.

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Wave I: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Romania, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom.
Wave II: Germany, Switzerland, Canada, Greece, Australia, Sweden, Norway, Hungary, Montenegro, Albania, Iceland, and Romania.
The Comparative Candidate Survey (CCS) is a response to the growing number of candidate surveys in the Anglo-saxon world and beyond. More or less regular candidate surveys are conducted in Australia, Germany, the Netherlands, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States. The rational of the CCS is to harmonise these dispersed efforts and give them a cross-nationally comparable core. The CCS is an internationally coordinated effort. It combines an internationally agreed and locally adapted core questionnaire with questions that try to capture national and election specifics. The core candidate questionnaire specifically focuses on the issue of individualisation of electoral campaigns, i.e. the empirical question to which extent the candidates run their own campaigns distinct from those of their parties.
CCS has been running since 2006. Using the CCS wave I questionnaire, the first wave includes candidate surveys from 32 elections across 24 countries. To date, the second wave incorporates candidate surveys from 13 parliamentary elections in 12 countries, where the CCS wave II questionnaire was used. More information on the project can be found on the CCS website (www.comparativecandidates.org).

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D'Oliveira posses the largest collection of cask aged old vintage Madeiras on the island.
All their Madeiras are bottled to order with the bottling date listed on the back label.
They believe strongly in long cask aged wines.
Thanks to The Rare Wine Co. for writing about this producer.
But what is really extraordinary is that D’Olivera has held on to many of its most famous vintages, creating a unique, and irreplaceable, stock of old wines. And remarkably they are all D’Oliveira wines, not purchased from other shippers or growers.
No wonder others in the Madeira trade consider these to be such supreme examples of classic Madeira. In fact, during the 1970’s and 1980’s, when the Madeira Wine Co. (Blandy’s, Cossart, etc.) was beginning to run low on old vintages to sell, it was to D’Oliveira that they turned.

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text: Not as good as the other books in the series. This one is more of a straight murder mystery, with little history mixed in. Almost seems like a direct rip off of Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None. Finally gets better towards the end.

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text: 1. In medium saucepan, combine prunes with 1-1/2 cups water; bring to boiling. Reduce heat, simmer, covered for 10 minutes. 2. Preheat oven to 350 F. Grease bottom of an 8-1/2 x 4-1/2 x 2-5/8 inch loaf pan. 3. Sift flour with sugar, baking soda and salt. Set aside. 4. Drain prunes, reserving liquid. Pit prunes and chop. Add reserved liquid and measure. Add water if need to make 2 cups. 5. In large bowl of electric mixer, combine egg and shortening or oil. Beat well at medium speed. Add prune mixture; beat until well blended. 6. Add flour mixture; beat at low speed just until smooth. Turn into prepared pan. 7. Bake 50-60 minutes or until cake tests done. 8. Let cool in pan on wire rack 10 min. Remove from pan; cool completely on rack. Wrap in plastic film or foil; refrigerate overnight before slicing.

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Flirting online can be very, very difficult. The Internet is still very much a typed medium, and the nature of flat, expressionless text makes it difficult to engage in the light, winking, double-entendre filled practice of flirting. Good flirting relies on toying with the meaning behind words, and conveying precise meaning through flat, expressionless text seems to render online flirting impossible.
Of course, flirting online isn’t actually impossible. In fact, flirting online doesn’t even need to be particularly difficult. As long as you keep a few points in mind, you won’t have any trouble making it clear there are worlds of meaning behind every online message you send a guy.
How do you make it clear you’re flirting with a man when you speak with him in person? Chances are, you change the tone of your voice and the cadence of your sentences. In other words, when you start verbally flirting with a man, you slip into an alternative way of talking, one that’s obviously and demonstrably different than how you speak during “normal” conversation.
When you flirt online, you need to use an alternative way of writing. You need to type differently than you do during your “normal” online communication. If you type up your flirtations in a simple, clear-cut, direct and to-the-point manner, a guy will take what you say just as seriously and bluntly. But if you change the cadence of your sentences, and if you change the tone of the words you use, he will know you’re flirting.
For example, one of the best ways to type flirtatiously is to use ellipses, those rows of three periods that leave sentences hanging while opening up lingering spaces between your words — spaces where alternative meanings and all sorts of delicious assumptions can fall.
To emoticon or not to emoticon?
Emoticons have developed a bad rap among people of a certain age and level of assumed “maturity.” That’s because many of us used emoticons when we were younger, when we first started chatting away online, and we continue to associate those little smiley faces and winking yellow dots with a juvenile form of flirting.
But let’s be honest — flirting is always at least a little juvenile (that’s part of the fun!) and we used emoticons in our chats when we were teenagers because, when it comes to making an intention clear, emoticons work.
Think of emoticons as a new form of punctuation. You don’t want to go overboard with your emoticons any more than you want to send a message online with a dozen exclamation points tacked on to the end. And like proper punctuation, an intentionally placed emoticon can radically change the tone and intention lying behind every message you send.
Now that you have some idea of what it takes to flirt online, you likely have a single remaining question: Where online should you flirt? Are some online platforms inappropriate to send a flirtatious message on? Or is every website fair game to play on with your man?
Simply put, just as offline flirting happens anywhere and everywhere, online flirting can occur anywhere you want to engage in it. There are a few exceptions, but as long as the messages between you and your man are private, then there’s nothing more inappropriate about sending a flirty message to his email while he’s at work than sending him a flirty text message whenever you want. As long as you respect his public professional image, all online channels are open for a little fun.


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legs and a little smile, and a little voice, and little round-about ways. As long as I can remember him he was always going little errands for people, and carrying little gossip. At this present time when he called me "Sophonisba!" he had a little old-fashioned lodging in that new neighbourhood of mine. I had not seen him for two or three years, but I had heard that he still went out with a little perspective-glass and stood on door-steps in Saint James's Street, to see the nobility go to Court; and went in his little cloak and goloshes outside Willis's rooms to see them go to Almack's; and caught the frightfullest colds, and got himself trodden upon by coachmen and linkmen, until he went home to his landlady a mass of bruises, and had to be nursed for a month.
Jarber took off his little fur-collared cloak, and sat down opposite me, with his little cane and hat in his hand.
What an interesting collaboration! Charles Dickens, Wilkie Collins, Elizabeth Gaskell and Adelaide Ann Procter ... apparently each of them wrote a chapter. There's no indication of who wrote which episode, although elsewhere I learned that Dickens and Collins wrote the first and last chapters together, and Gaskell "The Manchester Marriage," Dickens "Going into Society," Procter "Three Evenings in the House" and Collins "Trottle's Report." This tale first appeared in 1858 in the Christmas edition of Dickens' Household Words magazine.
An elderly woman comes to London and becomes obsessed with a seemingly long-empty house from which she believe she sees an eye looking out at her. To calm her agitation, she asks her friend and her butler to find out the history of the house, and the two men present her with a series of tales about the previous inhabitants.


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Fortified by their faith, the fire-walkers step out onto the glowing path while the audience cries out encouragement.
Kataragama hums with activity at the time of pujas (offerings or prayers). Devotees laden with offerings move lightly, barefoot, up the temple steps. From inside comes the sharp sound of breaking coconuts as worshippers begin their devotions. It's just after six in the evening, not long now to the evening puja. A queue snakes round the shrine's inner walls; the people stand patiently, clutching plates heaped with fruit and flowers and decorated with brilliant red garlands made only for Skanda, son of Shiva and the god of war and wisdom, for whom the main shrine in Kataragama is dedicated. It is said that Skanda rested on the mountain at Kataragama after defeating an army of demons.
A murmur ripples through the crowd. The temple elephant is making its ponderous way through the north gate and across the courtyard to the first of three shrines. Aloft in its trunk it holds a single lotus flower. The mahout taps the elephant gently on the shoulder and it kneels, placing the lotus before a statue of the Buddha. The elephant heaves itself off its knees and turns towards the next shrine, dedicated to Ganesh.
The performance is repeated and the elephant is rewarded with a few bananas. It moves towards the final shrine, the Maha Devale. The crowd parts silently and the elephant glides gracefully through, unperturbed. It kneels. A sigh rises from the crowd. The shrine doors are about to be flung open to admit the worshippers and their gifts.
This gentle rhythm is broken only for the annual festival that is held on the Esala poya (full moon), usually in late July or early August. This is a time of feverish activity at Kataragama. Elephants parade, drummers drum. Vows are made and favours sought by devotees who demonstrate their sincerity by performing extraordinary acts of penance and self-mortification: some swing from hooks that pierce their skin, others roll half naked over the hot sands near the temple.
A few perform the act of walking on beds of red-hot cinders—treading the flowers, as it is called. The fire-walkers fast, meditate and pray, bathe in the Menik Ganga and then worship at the Maha Devale before facing their ordeal. Then, fortified by their faith, the fire-walkers step out onto the glowing path while the audience cries out encouragement. The next morning the festival officially ends with a water-cutting ceremony (said to evoke rain for the harvests) in the Menik Ganga.
The Kataragama shrine is ancient. Legend has it that it was built by King Dutugemunu in the 2nd century BC, but it is apparently even older than this. There is an old pilgrimage route to Kataragama that starts in Jaffna and runs down the east coast, passing through Yala. Because of the war, this route is sadly too risky to undertake. But pilgrims still make the trek up the mountain. At dusk you can see the lights from the shrine on the mountain from the precincts of the Kataragama shrine.


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February 23, 2008 Last Saturday of February Priest’s Saturday Theriot, Louisiana U.S.A.
Claire Rose wrote: Today is a beautiful day! My husband sprinkled inside & outside our home with Holy Water. There were three religious present, one brother and two sisters. About 1p.m. I saw Padre Pio in my kitchen. Our Mother’s Presence is very strong today. Many felt Her Presence! Many rest in the Holy Spirit for almost an hour before 2:00 p.m. when I sprinkled myself, all the rooms & people with Holy Water. I invited Our Lady under all Her titles and all the Holy Angels and Saints and Souls being made Holy in Purgatory to pray with us and for us for Holy Priests, for vocations to the priesthood.
Our Mother continues, “Your prayer life, your priesthood should be centered on the Most Holy Blessed Sacrament of the Altar. Oh My beloved priest sons, I am a gentle Mother filled with everlasting love for you. I am ever ready to help you in your path to holiness and wholeness. Come to Your Mother My priest sons. My Arms are ready to enfold you. I want to hold you close to My Immaculate Heart. Come My sons, respond to Your Mother’s Call!
In this Lenten journey, I ask you to look deeply into your hearts. Ask the Holy Spirit to help you weed out all that is not of God that is within your heart and your soul. Never be discouraged by your failures and your sins. Turn to Your Mother anew, with a firm resolve to avoid serious sins in the future. Go to Confession My sons and all of My children. Go with an open and sincere heart. You will be greatly blessed by your honesty.
This mystery was said in French. I can hear my grandmother’s voice and many others praying with us in French.
Our Lady says, “Fr. Michael, thank you for your obedience. Leave all in My Immaculate Hands and place your full trust in Divine Love!
Our Mother says, “Kneel My child and pray!” I experienced a deep union with Jesus Our Bridegroom, on the Holy Cross. I want to stay in that place. Our Mother put a cloak on my shoulders and She fastened it. I could not see the color. I could feel it’s weight and as Our Mother arranged the cloak around me, She embraced me and held me, then she fastened the front. I felt totally protected and at Peace.
Our Lady says, “I bless you, your families and your religious articles. These must also be blessed by a priest. Thank you for your continued response to My Call! Thank you for your sacrifice in coming here to pray with your Mother. All will return home safely. I leave you in Peace. I fill you with Love.
I saw Holy Father John Paul II. He had a twinkle in his eyes as did Fr. Albert Hebert, Fr. Coglin, Brother Jim, Mrs. Della Guidry, My sister, many others, St. Padre Pio, and many others, smiling and waving.
The weather is starting to get a little warmer in our area for which I am grateful. We even have sunshine today after a long period of grey and rain. The whole area was sprinkled with Holy Water by a holy religious brother present who was visiting with us from another area. People started coming around 1:30 p.m. and put their petitions in our petition box. We said the three Hail Mary’s that the children say in Theriot, LA for priests. We invited Our Lady under all Her titles to pray with us and for us for Holy Priests and for Vocations to the Priesthood. We invited all the Holy Angels and Saints and Souls being made Holy in Purgatory to pray with us and for us for Holy Priests and for Vocations to the Priesthood. We started the 20-decade Rosary for Priests at around 2:00 p.m.
I am taken to a place of refreshment and light and peace and love. I stay there awhile. The Rosary is being said in English, French, Spanish, Latin and other languages.
A--, My daughter I love you! You are Mine! I thank you My daughter for joining Me to pray for Our beloved priests. Continue to do so in your daily life My little one! I love you!
Our Lady says, “Oh My children, My priest sons, My religious, I thank you for praying with Me for Vocations and for your brother priests at My request. I join you from all over the world to from a river of prayer for the priesthood. And as a river your prayers flow to all places all over the world high and low. Oh My youth, as My Son Jesus calls you to His Service listen to His call. Pray in your hearts to follow His call! Do not be afraid to be of His Service totally and completely. Listen to His call My youth! Listen to His call! I love you My youth, Oh how I love you! I bring many Holy Angels and Saints with Me today to pray with us for Our beloved priests. Your prayers rise before the Throne of the Most Holy Blessed Trinity and is most pleasing to the Trinity! No prayer is wasted! All prayer is used to a good and Holy use. I love you My all, I love you!


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Broadcasting. This is Roger Bragado-Fischer, Moonbase Theta. It is November … 3rd, 2098. The time is 20:13. Base temperature is 24 degrees Centigrade; surface temperature is minus 135. We are at … seven weeks to shutdown.
Base operations are stable. Power is keeping up with the additional needs, water supplies are steady again. Food stores and miscellaneous supplies are sufficient for the remaining schedule. Helium-3 is at 62%, which we’re aware is below projected levels. There have been … problems.
Personnel have been reallocated as per my previous broadcast. Ashwini and myself have been clearing the backlog in processing and storage; Wilder has continued to expand and supervise the mining … the mechanical aspects. Michell has acted in what has mostly been an … observational capacity.
Water supply and distribution falls within the heading of Agriculture and Environmental Services; Nessa was always a backup supervisor for the ice mining operations. As such, they were assigned to complete the decommissioning of those operations, so the equipment could be applied to increased HE-3 mining efforts.
Everyone was working under appropriate safety protocols. Nessa memorized them before joining the duty roster – they quoted them to the rest of us constantly during changeover. It was completely accidental. It also appears to be unrelated to the quakes we’d experienced recently.
I don’t see any benefit in blaming Wilder. Their cybernetics are the only reason they survived.
Nessa will be … sent down on the next scheduled supply rocket. Please inform their partners and children. A memorial will be planned here for next week, if you would like to have anything read.
I don’t think it’s right what’s been done with them; I was outvoted. Instead of using Nessa’s allocated stasis pod, the … remains have been stored outside the station. I think they hoped out of sight would mean out of mind. However, when you pull up external monitors, you can see just the corner of the … the body bag. The way it sways … it’s hard to stop looking.
I’m told that mining activities will resume tomorrow morning. Supplies should exceed 80% in time for transport.
One final note – Ashwini has predicted an increase in solar flare activity over the next two weeks. This may affect scheduled broadcast times; please refer to the attached report for alternatives.
Personal message to follow, to be directed to family and friends of Agriculturalist … you know who to send this to. I … don’t have words, really. Your loss is our loss. They are … it was … we wouldn’t have any of this without them. I promise, we’ll see them safely home.
Second personal message – Alexandre, love and thoughts to you. I’ll explain next time.
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We look back at the album that made Amy Winehouse a global phenomenon.
The 60th anniversary season of Official Albums Chart content continues today with another trip down memory lane. Today, we look back at an album that definitely didn't result in a "sophomore slump". Celebrating it's 10th birthday this October, this Amy Winehouse gem is a true classic.
There's a reason for the old "difficult second album" cliché. For most artists, following up a successful or acclaimed debut is a near impossible task. They've usually lived and breathed the songs on their first album for years, long before their management or record deal changed their lives for ever. And then it's time for album number two which usually means, unless you kept back some classics, that you have to start again.
Amy Winehouse had already tasted modest success with debut Frank – a jazzy, bluesy affair covering topics like unreliable boyfriends, dangerous flirtations, relationship woes and frenemies. The critically acclaimed collection, which peaked at 13 in its third week of release in 2004 before beginning its descent, earned the star two BRIT Award nominations that year, with Stronger Than Me taking an Ivor Novello Award.
Amy may not have had a million-seller on her hands, but she'd had enough goodwill from tastemakers and opinion-formers that made her next move worth watching.
While there was buzz around Amy, it’s fair to say that few outside those closest to her expected her to blow up in such a big way. But blow up she would, with second album Back To Black.
While Amy’s first album had teased darker themes, Back To Black was wall-to-wall heartbreak. Before writing and recording the album, Amy had begun a relationship with Blake Fielder-Civil, which would end when he went back to his girlfriend. As we all now know, that separation was temporary, but as Amy put Back To Black together, she didn’t know that – and it shows. Amy's favourite thing to do when she was feeling low was to lose herself in songs with a morose edge. Her ultimate tune to play when in a funk was the Shangri-Las I Can Never Go Home Anymore, a melodramatic, dark song with themes of loss and separation that seems at odds with its rich production and sweet melodies, but totally set the tone for Amy's second album.
It was this bittersweet clash that Amy totally understood – even when you're in the depths of your own misery, life still goes on.
The Back To Black campaign began with the release of Rehab, the autobiographical ‘60s pastiche – in the very best sense of the word, of course – that made light of a very real problem. The story goes that Amy’s previous management company tried to persuade the star to check into a rehabilitation programme to sort out her alcohol issues, but she flatly refused.
The classic line “If my daddy thinks I’m fine” refers to Amy’s dad Mitch telling his daughter he didn’t think she needed rehab but should give it a try. In an interview, Amy said she took his advice, kind of. The star walked in, said a few hellos, told them she drank because her relationship was over and left. And that was Rehab. Done.
On hearing this story, producer Mark Ronson said it had hit potential, and he was right. Rehab was Amy’s first ever UK Top 40 hit, and a Top 10 too! It peaked at Number 7 and spent 19 consecutive weeks in the Top 40.
Next up was You Know I'm No Good - Amy’s tell-all about her then-failed relationship with Blake, the brilliantly anguished yet resigned admission by Amy that she just couldn’t help herself. According to Amy's brother “I cry for you on the kitchen floor” was based on Amy’s normal behaviour whenever she broke up with a boyfriend.
The success of the album, which was now nudging 360,000 copies after three months on sale, plus the fact it was New Year when music sales are traditionally on the quiet side, meant You Know I’m No Good fared less well than Rehab, peaking at Number 18.
Arctic Monkeys performed an inspired cover of the track in their Radio 1 Live Lounge session, and Amy herself would perform the track as a medley with Rehab during her set that was broadcast by satellite at the Grammy Awards where, of course, Amy would take home five trophies.
During You Know I’m No Good’s chart run, Back To Black reached Number 1 on the Official Albums Chart for the first time. It would go on to spend six weeks there, on and off.
When the title track came to have its day in the sun, Amy’s trademark image was now fully formed – this was the first official video to feature that famous beehive. Another tale of lost love, Back To Black’s sombre video – which saw Amy attending the funeral of her very own heart – clearly matched the singer’s mood.
Sales of the album had passed 900,000, so you could forgive the record-buying public for not paying the song as much attention as they should have. Averaging around 20,000 sales a week, the album’s success meant Back To Black would peak at Number 25.
This right would eventually be wronged upon Amy’s sad death in 2011 – a wave of public affection carried the track into the Top 10 for the first time, peaking at Number 8.
Interestingly, Back To Black’s B-side was an acoustic cover of the Zutons’ Valerie, which Amy had performed in Jo Whiley’s Live Lounge. Amy was about to have a huge hit with it – her highest chart peak – when she lent her vocals to Mark Ronson’s version of the song later in 2007. It would reach Number 2, kept off the top spot by Sugababes’ huge selling About You Now.
By now, the ups and downs of Amy's personal life had become a tabloid focus but Back To Black’s hits still kept on coming. Tears Dry On Their Own featured a sample of Marvin Gaye/Tammi Terrell classic Ain’t No Mountain High Enough, which was never a hit for the duo but was covered by Diana Ross in 1970, reaching Number 8.
The final single from Back To Black was perhaps the saddest of all Amy’s songs. Heartrending ballad Love Is A Losing Game would actually miss the Top 40 on its first release. The last single she'd release during her lifetime, Amy performed Love Is A Losing Game at the Mercury Prize in 2007 and the BRIT Awards in 2008. It would go on to win an Ivor Novello Award – Amy’s third. In a bittersweet moment of chart justice, Love Is A Losing Game did eventually make the Top 40, peaking at Number 33 following the star’s passing in 2011.
QUIZ: How many of the UK's 60 biggest selling albums do you own?
December 2007 was boom-time for Back To Black. In the run-up to Christmas, a deluxe release of the album helped it sell 330,000 copies in just two weeks, passing the two-million mark. So the single campaign was over, but Back To Black's popularity showed no sign of waning. In 2009, Back To Black would become one of the best selling of all time, when it sailed past the three-million milestone that August.
Latest stats show Back To Black has now shifted 3.58 million in the UK, with 3.3 million of those being physical sales. 2007’s Deluxe Edition – then counted as a separate release – gave Amy her third Number 1 album, meaning that she ties with Kate Bush for the most Number 1 albums by a British female solo artist.
Back To Black is the second biggest selling album of the 21st century, just behind Adele’s 21. Quite the legacy for Amy to leave behind. We're celebrating the 60th anniversary of the Official Albums Chart, and it is safe to say that Amy is a true musical diamond.
We're celebrating 60 years of the Official Albums Chart throughout July on Official Charts. Tell us which is your all-time favourite record on Twitter using #MyFavouriteAlbum.

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Pieper noted that the study received critical funding from philanthropic organizations: the Mary Alice Smith Fund for Neuropsychiatry Research, the Titan Neurology Research Fund, and the Brockman Medical Research Foundation.
This work was also supported by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences through the University of Iowa Environmental Health Sciences Research Center (P30 ES005605), and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
Pieper is co-founder and consultant of Neuroprotective Therapeutics, and holds patents related to the P7C3 series of neuroprotective compounds.

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