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The month of May marks BPD Awareness Month and you can share your pride in reducing stigma and increasing education all month long (and in five different colors, if necessary).
Can what we eat make a difference in how we feel?
Not all that long ago—and after some extensive reading and research—I began to connect the dots between nutrition and mental health. As a DBT therapist, I’ve watched many of my clients make a serious commitment to correcting significant (and often serious) nutritional deficiencies that have contributed to their emotional dysregulation. I now know that excellent, high-quality foods can make a positive difference when it comes to treating both depression and anxiety.
One of my favorite treats to make for myself and my husband is a lovely chocolate avocado pudding. This recipe is high in fiber, magnesium, vitamin C, vitamin B6, and polyphenols—micronutrients with antioxidant and anti-inflammatory benefits. It’s also a low-carb, keto-friendly dessert* that will help keep your blood glucose stable so that you can avoid the physical and emotional crash that often comes with eating foods higher in sugar. With just one serving, I promise that you’ll be full for hours.
Chill in the fridge for one hour. This recipe makes two (2) servings.
If you’re looking for more information on the link between food and mood, I can recommend the book Nutrition Essentials for Mental Health by Leslie Korn, PhD. It’s a comprehensive bible of knowledge, information, and ideas for addressing many of the symptoms related to borderline personality disorder.
* You can also have this for breakfast!
Anxiety, worry, fear, and catastrophic thinking are all common symptoms for individuals with a diagnosis of borderline personality disorder (BPD). Anxiety and panic attacks can be manifested through shallow and rapid breathing, crying, a racing heart, feelings of physical numbness in the hands or face, stomachaches, sudden headaches, and other symptoms. Some individuals think that they may be having a heart attack when they experience what feels like pain in their chest coupled with an inability to breathe normally. Anxiety can be truly terrifying for many people.
Other people become very quiet or are completely silent when they are panicked. People who are experiencing anxiety may shut down and might even dissociate—a way for individuals to emotionally protect themselves during emergencies (such as natural disasters or accidents) or during those moments when emotions and thoughts may become completely overwhelming. If you love someone with anxiety, you may find that it may be difficult to communicate with someone when they are having a panic attack. Your family member or friend may not be able to speak or follow directions for several minutes when anxiety is at its highest.
Sometimes people think that they need medications to help reduce their anxiety but the good news is that our emotions and emotional reactions don’t last forever. You may find that even intense anxiety may peak and then begin to diminish within a relatively short time span—often 10-15 minutes. A lot of people find comfort in knowing that anxiety may look and feel very different an hour from when their symptoms are at their worst. If we can be mindfully patient and compassionate with our anxiety, it will become more manageable.
Focusing on and reciting short statements can help us to survive extreme anxiety. See if you can say these short phrases as slowly as possible as a way to also help regulate your breathing. If you rush through these statements, they will not be helpful during a panic attack.
• I will survive this panic attack.
• I can love myself through this.
• I am not my anxiety.
• I can let go of fear.
• I am helping myself.
• It’s okay to not be okay.
You may have another word, phrase, or even a short prayer that helps you to survive extreme anxiety. Please use whatever strategy works best for you or bookmark this page so that you can find these ideas quickly when you need them.
Sometimes people feel embarrassed or ashamed of their very normal emotional reactions—especially if they were given the message during childhood that it wasn’t safe or acceptable to express emotions. Believing that we “should” feel or react a particular way can keep us stuck in unwanted emotions much longer.
If you are finding that fear and worry is interfering with your relationships or if anxiety is keeping you from reaching your goals, I encourage you to work with a mental health professional who understands what it’s like to live with anxiety. A trained therapist can often teach you how to manage your anxiety within a short amount of time—all without addictive and potentially dangerous medications like benzodiazepines.
What helps you the most when it comes to successfully coping with anxiety?
Tell us about Recovery Mum—your YouTube channel. How did you get started?
I was new in recovery from drug addiction and had just completed seven months as an inpatient at a 12 step rehab. When I left treatment I threw myself into 12 step meetings, doing at least one a day. Nine months after leaving treatment, my children who had been living with my Mum, came back to live with me. When I would tell them I needed to do a meeting I would be met with cries of “please stay at home with us Mummy! We like it when YOU get us to sleep”. I felt torn as I knew that my recovery was vital but I also knew the kids were too young to understand that. I started to think of all the other Mum’s out there that also struggled to attend meetings. That’s when I decided to set up Recovery Mum. I thought I would share my stories with people in the hope that it would help them. Initially I thought the channel would be more drug and alcohol recovery based, but in a short period of time I realised just how many people out there suffer with BPD. I honestly had no idea! I also realised that the same concept could work with people with BPD – one person in recovery helping another, just as fellowships such as AA and NA work. My channel now focuses on all the issues that I have personally struggled with, such as BPD, addiction, depression, post-partum depression, anxiety and an eating disorder.
Who is The Big Book on Borderline Personality Disorder intended for? Who did you have in mind as you were writing it?
When writing The Big Bookon Borderline Personality Disorder, first and foremost at the front of my mind was those people who are still in the grips of this disorder. I wanted to not only help them understand the disorder and therefore themselves a bit better, but also to give them a message of hope. Going back 10 years ago, I never believed there was a way out of the hell that I was living in and for a long time I didn’t see the point in treatment as I thought it was pointless. I want others to know that there IS a way out.
Secondly I wanted to help loved ones of people with BPD understand this disorder. Outsiders only see our behaviours – they don’t know the thoughts and feelings we have that are driving these behaviours. That’s why I have included our thoughts and feelings as well as our behaviours in each chapter describing the BPD traits.
Was writing The Big Book on Borderline Personality Disorder personally challenging to write?
Believe it or not, I didn’t find it too challenging. I have spent the last few years talking about BPD on my YouTube channel so much that a lot of the information is just there, fresh in my mind. Obviously some days were better than others, where the words would just flow, followed by days of being stuck on one paragraph!
What was a typical day like for you when you were writing The Big Book on Borderline Personality Disorder?
A typical day would be me waking at 7am and rushing around to get the children ready for school. Once back home, I would open up the laptop and start writing. Lottie, my 1-year-old would be playing in the same room so I would try and alternate between writing and playing with her. Once Lottie went up for a nap I would film a video for my YouTube channel and then get back to writing until it was time to do the school run again. As soon as I walked back through the front door I would go straight into the kitchen to begin making dinner. It wasn’t until all 4 children were asleep after each having stories read to them that I could start writing again. I would try and write most evenings. Literally every spare moment I had needed to be spent writing! I completed the majority of the book in just over three months.
What has made the biggest difference for you in your recovery?
Having balance and a routine in my life! I never used to know whether I was coming or going. I was taught in rehab that if we make a daily plan and stick to the plan we won’t go off plan! This helps keeps us safe from relapse. Being spiritual has also been incredibly beneficial. The wonderful thing about spirituality is that there is no right or wrong way of doing it – you just do what feels right for you. For me that is keeping check of my behaviours and thinking of others – basically, be nice.
What do you wish everyone could know about borderline personality disorder?
That we can recover from it and go on to lead very happy lives.
What's the most important thing for family members to know about borderline personality disorder?
That we don’t choose to have this disorder and we don’t behave the way we do because we are nasty people – we are people that are suffering with overwhelming and intrusive thoughts and feelings that are so intense we feel them physically as well as mentally.
I would tell myself that I have an inner strength I am not yet aware of. I would tell myself to not give up, no matter how bad things seem to be, there is light at the end of the tunnel – it’s just that I can’t see it yet, but it’s there.
What advice do you have for someone who has just been given the diagnosis of borderline personality disorder?
Don’t panic! This is NOT a life sentence! Recovery IS possible – and be careful when googling BPD as there is a lot of misinformation out there. I would say that if the information seems negative, stop reading it. There are a lot of people out there that have been hurt by someone with BPD and due to this hurt they can be really angry – often posting information that is very one-sided, inaccurate and damaging for someone in early recovery to read.
What is the most effective way for you to self-soothe when emotions are running high?
For me, going to the beach and watching the waves is so calming. I feel so small when looking out at the ocean and it really helps me connect to something bigger than me, a higher power.
When I start to feel my mood dropping I also self soothe by having a movie night on my own. I order Chinese food to be delivered, snuggle under a blanket on the sofa and watch a comedy that’ll make me laugh. I feel so relaxed afterwards.
My Mum is my inspiration. She stood by me when so many others didn’t. My brother has been diagnosed with a progressive degenerative brain disease and he is slowly losing his motor skills, talking, walking, eating, etc. My Mum looks after him now and still finds time for her grandchildren, a children’s charity, work, friends and family – she is literally super woman.
I have such a variety of music that I listen to – everything from 60’s tunes by The Temptations, Ben E King and Aretha Franklin, to Ed Sheeran, Taylor Swift, Meatloaf, Eminem, Dappy, Madonna, Rihanna, Backstreet Boys, Il Divo, Rag n Bone Man, DJ Khaled and Justin Bieber! I’m listening to The Greatest Showman album a lot at the moment! I don’t have a favourite ‘type’ of music – it all depends on my mood.
Recovery from BPD really is possible. Congratulations, Shehrina! Check out her book by clicking here.
For those of us who value creativity and personal expression, keeping an art journal might be a fun way to document your DBT skills and daily mindfulness practice.
While you don’t have to throw away your traditional diary card, creating an art journal can be a tool to let your creative light shine as you document your recovery journey. You can even show off your work during your individual sessions with your DBT therapist.
You, of course, may have dozens of different ideas.
I love this particularly pretty art journal (and this one is my second favorite) but if you have another favorite way to preserve or share your work, I’d love for you to let me know by writing me at amanda@hopeforbpd.com.
Daily DBT practice can change your life for the better. How are you keeping track of your thoughts, emotions, and behaviors today?
Interested in learning more about DBT skills, ideas, and strategies? Check out My Dialectical Life—a DBT self-help tool.
Most people with a diagnosis of BPD want quick and lasting relief from their symptoms that may include depression, anxiety, feelings of hopelessness, difficulty controlling anger, self-sabotaging behaviors, suicidal thinking, self-injury, and substance abuse.
While you may not have asked for BPD, you are responsible for taking steps to help yourself feel better.
Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) is an evidence-based treatment for BPD. That means that there is lots of evidence to show that it is highly effective in helping people get better and stay better.
Within DBT we strive for the synthesis of opposing views and ideas so that we can let go of black and white thinking patterns.
That synthesis (or balance) is most commonly referred to as Wise Mind.
Wise Mind is a place where we are acting neither out of Emotion Mind nor Reasonable Mind. We honor both but cling to neither. It's here where we begin to let go of some of our black and white thinking and find room for a middle path. You already know that this is a much healthier place to live.
Finding the dialectic between the two has been challenging.
People who keep a diary card every day, make every therapy appointment, consistently reach out and ask for help, and put their recovery first will see some pretty significant (and lasting) results anywhere between six and twelve months. Having a mental health diagnosis can be emotionally and fiscally devastating and from a relational and financial perspective, making an investment in an evidence-based treatment like DBT can yield great returns.
This same idea is true for any goal we set in life. The harder we work, the more results we'll see. The greater the effort, the richer our reward. Hard work really does pay off.
The other side of working really hard to get better in the fastest time frame possible is to be patient.
Being patient means taking the time (even if it takes years) to figure out what works, what doesn't, and how we can learn and grow from our mistakes. We learn from failure in a way that we do not learn from our successes.
Patience also teaches us an important lesson in watching life unfold in just the way it was meant to transpire.
Even though we'd like for things to be different, recovery simply doesn't happen in a nice linear and predictable way. It's usually full of encouraging starts, disappointing stops, and progress that can sometimes be challenging to spot even on the best of days.
People with a diagnosis of BPD are often under a great deal of pressure to change quickly. For example, spouses may threaten divorce or well-meaning parents may insist that their child return to college shortly after a suicide attempt. For some people, these may be effective motivators for change but for others it will only be an impediment that will stall recovery.
The secret is in honoring the dialectic between pushing for hard work and being exceptionally patient with ourselves or someone you love. The bigger secret is to know when to push and when to practice patience.
Are you ready to get the help you need today? Reach out to me at amanda@hopeforbpd.com.

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The University of the Highlands and Islands gives you the chance to do something different, something special. Staying in our student accommodation is a great way to meet fellow students from around the world and help you to settle into your life as a student.
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Gasoline Related Blood Disease: What Danger Years Later?
When it comes to gasoline related blood disease, if you are affected, you need to know about glutathione and how it can protect and help heal.
Depending on the part of the world you are from, it could be called petrol related blood disease. The study looks at three men and their exposure to gasoline using gas to wash car parts or siphoned gas from gas tanks priming the siphon hose by suctioning with their mouth. This not only exposed their skin, it also exposed their oral mucous membranes and lungs to the vapors. The most dangerous chemical in gasoline being benzine.
They had 30-50 years from the beginning of exposure to on set of disease. There were between 3-17 years following cessation of exposure to onset of disease.
In all cases of hematological (blood) disease potentially related to benzene, any form of contact with gasoline, even if exposure was uncommon, should be carefully researched.
Study looking at a potential anti-convulsive had some interesting findings.
The study “clearly implicated the role of free radicals in ...a certain kind of induced convulsion...” More importantly, it also “...explained the possible mechanism of protective effect of...GSH...”.
There is a risk of acute meyloidal leukemia occurring in people who are exposed to benzine.
Benzene, a solvent used in the rubber production, oil refineries, chemical plants, shoe manufacturing, and gasoline-related industries. It can also be found in cigarette smoke, motor vehicle exhaust, certain glues, cleaning products, detergents, art supplies, and paints.
GSH is known to be a detoxifier. It can offer protection beyond just the detoxification. Eating a diet that helps boost glutathione will help. Also, managing the water and electrolyte balance will help. The electrolyte best serving the cleansing of the body is unprocessed sea salt. You can learn more about this at www.WaterCures.org.
The connection between glutathione detoxifying and providing protective effects against the detrimental properties of benzine is strong. Many who have even a casual exposure to benzine or gasoline products may benefit from boosting their intracellular glutathione.
There is no study that looks at those who have been exposed and then, after the onset of symptoms has tried to boost their glutathione. But there are studies that show glutathione is a powerful detoxifier.
Perhaps the information about the gasoline or petrol related blood diseases should serve as a warning.


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Build, update, and show off your family tree with the Ancestry.com app. Whether you're a beginner or an expert, this user-friendly app makes finding and learning more about your heritage fun and easy.
This updated app for Android lets you interact with your Ancestry.com family trees or build a new family tree from scratch. You can add or edit family members and even upload photos. While visiting a relative, an ancestral home, or a cemetery, take a picture and add it to your tree instantly.
Growing your family tree is easy too. When Ancestry.com finds historical records that might match ancestors in your tree, you'll see green leaves or "hints". With a few quick taps you can add the new information to your tree. Not a subscriber? In App Purchase options puts billions of historical records at your fingertips.
Location data is only used as a convenience when entering details about a fact or photo. For example, if you are at the site of an ancestor's home or gravesite, this feature allows you to easily add the location details.

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Protects you and your family's future while providing protection to you against unforeseen circumstances.
DREAMPACK Secure the Future is an investment plan which protects you and your family's future while providing protection to you against unforeseen circumstances.
The benefits mentioned in this DREAMPACK are only applicable when all the products of the pack are availed together and activated within 90 days of account opening.
Terms and Conditions pertaining to each product in the DREAMPACK remain the same.

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For many years Route5 have been assisting main contractors and subcontractors with their construction tendering and estimating in Haringey. This has been done either as an ongoing service or assisting in relieving pressure on their own in-house resources.
For more information regarding Construction Tendering and Estimating in Haringey contact us direct today. Call us on 07526 269 546 or fill out our online enquiry form and we’ll get back to you as soon as possible.

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We live in a world that rewards hiding sin, because we reward based on performance, not based on vulnerability, brokenness, living right before God. The world rewards this way, but God our Father does not reward this way. Transparent, honest, confession of our sins is met with vast mercy on a scale I cannot describe in words.
It is mercy that carries power (grace), mercy that includes justice, and mercy that keeps our opportunity going to believe in the Son of God and experience salvation and reconciled relationship with God. Hiding sin sabotages our hearts, and betrays Christ Jesus.
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There are three types of binding Heritage Agreements that can be entered into between a person who is responsible for a heritage item or place and the South Australian State Government.
Under the Heritage Places Act 1993 (SA), Heritage Agreements can, after consideration by the Minister for Sustainability, Environment and Conservation with the State Heritage Council, be made between the Minister and the owner of land constituting a registered place or State Heritage Area. The Minister responsible for the Native Vegetation Act 1991 (SA) may enter into a Heritage Agreement with the owner of land on which there is native vegetation.
The Minister responsible for the Aboriginal Heritage Act 1988 (SA) may enter into a Heritage Agreement with the owner of the land on which an Aboriginal site, object or remains is situated. An Aboriginal site is one having significance according to Aboriginal tradition, archaeology, anthropology or history.
A Heritage Agreement can impose restrictions and duties on the owner of the item that is the subject of the agreement. These restrictions may include limiting the way the owner uses the item or property. The Agreement may also require the owner either to carry out work for the preservation or enhancement of the item or place, or to allow the work to be done. These restrictions and duties will also be binding on occupiers and all subsequent owners of the item or place and the Agreement is registered in the Lands Titles Registration Office or in the General Registry Office by the Registrar-General.
A person who enters into an Agreement may receive financial assistance and technical advice or assistance. Where the Agreement is made for the purpose of preserving or enhancing native vegetation it may release the owner from the duty to pay all, or part, of the rates and taxes (including council rates) relating to the item.
A Heritage Agreement can be varied or terminated by mutual consent between the parties to the Agreement or in any other manner or circumstances provided for in the Agreement. Where a party to a Heritage Agreement fails to comply with it or it appears they may fail to comply, any other party to the Agreement may apply to the Environment Resources and Development Court for an order securing compliance.

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Paladin Studios is an independent game development studio from The Netherlands. They create games that make people smile – be it a sweet twinkle, loud laugh, or evil grin.
Founded in 2005, the game studio is based in The Hague, The Netherlands. With a team of 40+ Knights of the Round Table, they are on a never-ending quest to craft games with a spark. The company aims to bring out the best in its people, and is filled to the brim with creativity, professionalism and good vibes.

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Produced, Composed and Arranged by Kiyun Kim and Libu at HOGGYMUSIC Ltd.
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What is a Podcast Novel?
This is Kitty NicIaian dropping in to let you know that episode 13 will be slightly delayed as Dan came down with strep throat right after the convention. His voice is far too gone to record the last bit of the episode, and he keeps falling asleep when he tries to do anything mentally intensive (like, edit).
He’s recovering, though, and will get the episode up when he’s well again.

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text: There has been a pub on the site of Whitelock’s Ale House in Leeds since 1715. Now listed, much of the interior seen today was established in the late nineteenth century. The logo and custom typeface are based on signage and advertisements inside the pub, and expanded with new characters and punctuation where necessary.

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text: This terrifying thriller unfolds as pregnant Rachel and her husband, Matt, are stranded after wrecking their car on a remote Scottish road. Though hostile at first, a nearby farmer and his wife welcome them in after learning that Rachel is with child. Suddenly, Rachel realizes the family's "daughter" is a local girl who'd gone missing years before. But when she and Matt attempt to escape, they're held at gunpoint just as Rachel goes into labor. Will their child's first day on earth be the couple's last?


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In this Sunday, Oct. 11, 2015, file photo, members of North Korea's Moranbong band sing and dance during a joint performance with the State Merited Chorus in Pyongyang, North Korea. North Korea's Moranbong band, an all-female band formed by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, has canceled its concerts in Beijing and abruptly left the Chinese capital for unknown reasons.
An all-female band formed by North Korean leader Kim Jong-un canceled its concerts in Beijing and abruptly left the Chinese capital due to unspecified communication issues, possibly further cooling relations between the traditional allies.
The Moranbong Band had been scheduled to hold three concerts in Beijing beginning Saturday night in what was viewed as a visit to cultivate ties between the countries.
The performance "cannot be staged as scheduled due to communication issues at the working level," the official Xinhua News Agency said, citing a news release from unnamed "relevant departments."
Band members arrived at Beijing's airport in North Korean Embassy vehicles on Saturday afternoon, and departed aboard a North Korean Air Koryo jet shortly after 4 p.m. following a lengthy delay, Chinese news website sina.com reported.
A staff member at the National Theater, where the band was to give the invitation-only performances, said the concerts had been canceled, but did not give a reason. An accompanying North Korean musical troupe, the State Merited Chorus, also pulled put because of the communication issues, Xinhua said.
Calls to the International Department of the Communist Party's Central Committee, which organizes exchanges with foreign political parties, rang unanswered on Sunday and there was no statement available online.
Although North Korea is well known for its unpredictability, the sudden cancellation of the concerts could hurt relations between Beijing and Pyongyang. Ties between the sides have been noticeably cooler since Kim assumed power in 2011.
The news release quoted by Xinhua said China attaches high importance to cultural exchanges with North Korea, and was "ready to continue to work with it to promote the bilateral exchanges and cooperation in culture and all other areas."
The band's abrupt departures might have been related to stories circulated by the South Korean media about a rumored past relationship between the married Kim and a female member of the band, which also made rounds on Chinese social media, said Yang Moo-jin, a North Korea expert at the University of North Korean Studies in Seoul.
While China continues to provide crucial economic support and diplomatic cover for Kim's impoverished communist regime, the North Korean leader appears to have used defiance of Beijing to shore up perceptions of his own power and independence of action.
Relations appeared to be on the mend following a well-publicized visit to Pyongyang by high-ranking Chinese official Liu Yunshan in October. However, Kim's unwillingness to visit China and his government's refusal to restart denuclearization talks have frustrated the Chinese leadership.


text: Sport is good for all To begin a conversation about sport it is important to say some words about it’s history. And I’d like to tell you about Olympic Games. An athletic festival with competitions in music and poetry was held every four years on the island of Peplos in Southern Greece. The period between the games was called an Olympiad. The games were held in honour of Zeus, the principle god of the Greeks, who according to the legend lived on Mount Olympus. The festival lasted five days and became a symbol of peace and friendship because in keeping with the decree of that time no wars should be waged during an Olympiad. The athletes competed in running, boxing, wrestling, horse and chariot racing and the like. The winners were given laurel wreaths in the temple of Zeus.


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Greek restaurant chain Opa! has laid claim to a major downtown Palo Alto corner space: 140 University Ave., most recently the short-lived home of alkymists.
Opa! founder Angelo Shelby Heropoulos did not return requests for comment, but his company's name is listed on a Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control application posted in the University Avenue window. The space has been vacant since alkymists suddenly closed in November after less than two months of business.
Before that, the space housed Palo Alto Grill, which closed after just more than a year. alkymists and Palo Alto Grill were both run under the ownership of Luka Dvornik, a Croatian transplant who also owned now-shuttered Lavanda down the street. Before Palo Alto Grill, Japanese restaurant Miyake occupied the 140 University space.
Opa! currently operates five restaurants in the Bay Area ? Los Altos, Los Gatos, Willow Glen, Walnut Creek and Campbell ? where they serve "authentic" Greek cuisine. The menu is vast, with numerous Greek-style appetizers, spreads, salads, flatbreads, gyros, pita sandwiches, souvlaki, grilled meats and fish and plenty of less traditional items like sliders and a cheesesteak pita sandwich.
Opa! also does brunch, happy hour and cocktails; luckily the Palo Alto spot came with a full liquor license.
Awesome, a chain Greek restaurant like a block from Evvia and two blocks from Cafe 220. Really filling a niche there.
I don't believe there are any shuttered restaurants across the street from 140 University. Amber Dhara (150 University) is still open. Rudy's is now office space. Lavender was a block away at 185 University, now occupied by Sam's Chowder House.
Best of luck to the new owners.
Oops, I meant Lavanda. Silly spell-checking!
I think the New York sandwich place is still open too.
Jay Park -- You're totally right, my mistake!
Sam's Chowder House is a gem. Great food and healthy portions at very reasonable prices.
140 University is a tricky location based on how it's situated with respect to the street. Nothing since Miyake has been able to survive there. Good luck to the new place.
Opa in Los Altos is one of our favorite Casual Greek Restaurants.
I do NOT think of them in the same way as Evvia....and I think they will be a great addition to Palo Alto's multi-cultural dining.
I agree with come on.
For a couple bucks more per entre, you get great food at Evvia.
Opa! should have moved to Menlo Park. The old Oak City location has been vacant for quite a while.
Please give me a reason to dine there.
When you see Evvia's reservations taken at peak times for two weeks out, it's easy to see why another Greek restaurant could be a good addition. There's lots of good choices for Mediterranean food in Palo Alto, but that's probably because it's healthy, delicious, and works well at a variety of price points. Cafe Taxim is a favorite of mine for casual dining.
I'm excited to give them a try!
Palo Alto gets all the new food choices. If you want to find an empty restaurant space, look at downtown Menlo Park where there are currently several just sitting open -- the former BBC, Su Hong, Oak City Grill, and Tokyo Subway. Most of the places open now in MP do a good business and the locals would welcome more options.
@Menlo Resident- I heard the landlord o Su Hong/Oak city isn't really looking all that hard to fill the space (but take it with a grain of salt).
Bad location. Another chain restaurant? Not a good formula.


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So now we’re about half way through November and it’s around now that the average person begins to get excited about Christmas and for people like me, who have been excited since September or earlier, to become very excited. But, sadly, this pleasant time of year doesn’t only bring about these happy people, but also people who feel the need to say “It’s only November, Christmas is ages away!” This annoys me for several reasons.
A month is not a very long period of time. I’m always looking forward to things that are happening in several months’ time, and so, of course I’m excited about Christmas months in advance too. I think that most people are pretty excited about things of an equal temporal distance because you so often see people on Facebook write things like “Only three months until my exotic summer holiday, I can’t wait” but then when winter comes around they write “Excited for Christmas? It’s only November, you silly jerk”. So I just don’t understand why it’s not acceptable to be excited early for Christmas, my theory is that people complain about this excitement to cement themselves as an ‘adult’. Christmas is, for them, something which is ‘for kids’ and so a serious adult like them won’t be getting excited for it except, maybe, on Christmas Eve (this is may also explain, another criticism, of this wonderful time of year). This is rather ironic though, because for a child, yes, a month may be a long time, but for an adult that time will fly by in the blink of an eye.
In the end, I guess this is just another example of people complaining for the sake of having something to say which I find quite sad. The internet is full of sarcastic, annoyed comments about things, so much so that it outweighs all the nice things people have to say and I hate to think this is an accurate reflection of human nature. Why can’t we all be more positive about life?


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The Buffalo News - 2019-04-10 - SCOREBOARD - From News and wire service reports.
Los Angeles Lakers president of basketball operations Tuesday night at an impromptu news conference before the team’s regular-season finale.
He said team owner had not been told of his decision in advance.
Johnson, a Hall of Famer from his playing days with the Lakers, said he is resigning because he doesn’t enjoy the job.
“I was happier when I wasn’t the president (of the Lakers),” the 59-year-old said.
His announcement came on the heels of an ESPN report that he and coach have not spoken for weeks.
on the team. The Lakers entered the Tuesday night game against the Portland Trail Blazers with a 37-44 record.
Walton, 39, is set to wrap up his third consecutive sub-.500 season with Los Angeles.
Dwyane Wade, playing the final home game of his NBA career, scored 30 points to lead the Miami Heat to a 122-99 win over the Philadelphia 76ers.
With his wife, actress sitting courtside, Wade made 10 of 23 shots, including 4 of 10 on attempts from beyond the arc. It was his secondhighest scoring game of the season.
But it was a bittersweet night for the Heat (39-42), who were eliminated from playoff contention earlier in the evening when the Detroit Pistons rallied from a 22-point deficit to defeat the Memphis Grizzlies.
Wade, who is retiring at age 37, will end his career on Wednesday at the Brooklyn Nets.
The United States women’s hockey team made short work of Russia in its final preliminary game of the IIHF World Championships Tuesday in Espoo, Finland, winning 10-0.
The Americans were perfect in prelim play, beating Finland, Canada, Switzerland and Russia by a combined 27-4, with the closest game being a 3-2 win over Canada. The U.S. now advances to the quarterfinals where it will face Japan Thursday.
(Williamsville) had an assist on Stecklein’s first goal and (Getzville, Nichols School) had a helper on Knight’s goal. Both are members of the Buffalo Beauts.
And on the 100th day, UCLA found its new basketball coach.
The Bruins hired Cincinnati’s on Tuesday, ending a lengthy search that started on the final day of December and concluded one day after the final game of the college basketball season. Cronin agreed to a six-year, $24 million contract that will nearly double his salary with the Bearcats.
Meanwhile, stepped down as St. John’s head coach on Tuesday, with speculation falling on Arizona State and former UB coach as his replacement.
Mullin went 59-73 at his alma mater, taking the Red Storm to one NCAA Tournament – this season’s First Four, where they lost to Hurley’s Sun Devils. Hurley is “expected to be at the top of St. John’s list” of replacements, according to a Sunday report from Jon Rothstein of CBS Sports.
The NFL and NFL Players Association announced Tuesday that they will take part in regularly scheduled meetings to discuss a new collective bargaining agreement.
The league and its players most recently agreed upon a collective bargaining agreement in 2011. The deal, which was reached after a player lockout, runs through the end of the 2020 season.
Both sides hope that starting negotiations early may help to avoid a work stoppage after the end of next season.
James Rojas, a Jamestown native who played for Hutchinson Community College (Kan.) this past season, has been named a First Team NJCAA All-American.
Rojas is now trying to reopen his recruitment.


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Your B.C. craft beer guide has arrived right in time for the winter craft beer season! Get your copy of The Growler's Winter 2018 issue.
This issue, we’re excited to announce the first-ever Growler Craft Beer Awards, AKA the Growlies! Unlike other craft beer awards and contests, the Growlies are decided by you, the beer-drinking public. We tallied up tens of thousands of votes and you can see the results, along with profiles of some of the winning beers and breweries. We hope you’ll join us and celebrate everything that makes the B.C. craft beer scene such a beautiful, delicious thing.
Speaking of delicious things, ‘tis the season for dark, malty beers, so Joe Wiebe looks at the history of porters and stouts, and what, if any, the difference is between the two. If you’re thinking about cellaring some of the boozy year-end releases that are out right now, we have a handy guide so you won’t get soaked by gushing bottles of poorly stored beer. We’ve also got lots of seasonally appropriate, non-denominational fun, from gift guides and winter reading lists, to a recipe for yummy beer soup that will warm your soul, and your liver!


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Lighted for night play, the Shawnee Practice Facility is not only unique but also, a great after dinner or early evening activity with night hours 5pm-9pm.
Each of the six holes on the Chip & Putt are modeled after the greens and bunkering from other famous Tillinghast designed golf courses including the San Francisco Golf Club, Winged Foot and Baltusrol.
Use of our Practice Facility; the Chip & Putt and Driving Range complimentary for guests of The Legacy Collection. Range balls are available for a nominal fee. See below rates.
Designed by golf architect, Tom Doak.
Situated on the beautiful grounds of The Shawnee Inn and Golf Resort, the Tillinghast Chip & Putt offers 6 par 3 holes of varying length.
Our Chip & Putt course offers the novice golfer an opportunity to build confidence and develop their game, while providing the more experienced golfer a chance to test their short game skills.
Open 5:00 pm - 9:00 pm, 7 days a week. Rates are $6 per adult and $3 per child (17 and under). Guests staying at the Shawnee Inn and Golf Resort are complimentary and clubs are available at no extra charge.
The driving range is 250 yards long, architecturally designed with a few bunkers and target greens by Tom Doak.
Located at the front entrance to The Shawnee Inn and Golf Resort, our Putting Green offers beautiful views of the pristine Delaware River. Practice teeing to improve your short game results. Open during golf season May - October. Range balls are available in the Golf Shop at The Shawnee Inn and Golf Resort.


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Council undertake inspections and issue licences to any business for the sale of food. Under the Sale of Food Act 1950 there are certain conditions regarding the premises where food is manufactured, prepared, packed, kept or served for the sale of food and conditions regarding how the food is served.
The Public Health Act 2010 (NSW) was applied to Norfolk Island law in 2018.
The Public Health Act 2010 (NSW) affects private water suppliers on Norfolk Island. Private water suppliers are anyone who supplies drinking water in the course of a commercial undertaking, where the water is not sourced from a water utility. Norfolk Island does not have a reticulated water supply meaning that all commercial operators are considered private water suppliers. For example: cafes, restaurants, tourist accommodation, ice manufacturers and water carters.
The Public Health Act 2010 (NSW) also regulates the use of public swimming pools and spas, legionella control and skin penetration.

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Events that last a lifetime are those handled with care.
Whether you’re planning a product launch, conference or holiday party, Karamella Candy enables our clients to fully engage with their audiences through the creation, design and production of memorable live events.
We just wanted to thank you for making Courteney’s wedding so perfect on Friday.The cocktail station & candy bars were fabulous. They looked beautiful, and were an absolute hit with everyone. Yum indeed.


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Yes, you Corvette connoisseurs, this special news IS regarding the 2019 Corvette Special Edition debuting at the Rolex 24 at Daytona this week. It appears in the process of creating the C8, Chevy heard the cries of C7 enthusiasts and decided to gift us with one last go-around–an all-new C7 Special Edition.
Now we don’t know much about it, heck—we won’t even be able to make it to the unveiling, but we expect nothing less than a Travolta-inspired introduction.
While there’s no overhead lifters, and four-barrel quads, (oh yeah) we’re expecting up to 755 horsepower in the last of the C7’s. (And yes, the C7R race car will compete in the Rolex 24 at Daytona!) In fact, Chevy is already testing the all-new C8.R race car, which we can expect to meet at the 24-hour race at Daytona in 2020.
We know that you know that it’s not the first C7 special edition–if you recall the 2016 Corvette Z06 C7.R Edition and 2018 Corvette Grand Sport and Z06 Carbon 65 Editions. But nonetheless, it is the latest, greatest and last of its kind.
Now as for the C8 road car, it’s been said to be revealed sometime this summer, and based on speculation, will likely bring a powerful 6.2-liter V-8 with it. It seems the Chevy Corvette is still giving us reasons to swoon over it. Critics are suggesting that further down the line, we might just see an all-wheel-drive C8 with a hybrid powertrain racking up approximately 1,000 horsepower.

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Imagine a big “ERASE” button that sat on your desk and allowed you to wipe out an embarrassing moment from the past -- a kind of metaphysical version of the Staples “Easy button.” It would be tempting to hit that button on occasion, but such a device exists only in the realm of fantasy.
Some privacy advocates now want to mandate such a button for the Internet. It is unlikely that such a mechanism could be implemented, and even if it could, it would have troubling ramifications for freedom of speech, digital commerce, and Internet governance more generally.
While U.S. policymakers have yet to embrace so far-reaching a concept, a bill introduced this week by Senators John Kerry and John McCain mandates “data minimization” by website operators, which could provide an opening for broader regulation. Some congressional Democrats are rumored to be interested in the Eraser Button concept.
First, and most obviously, such notions conflict violently with speech rights and press freedoms. Enshrining into law such expansive privacy norms places stricter limits on others’ rights to speak freely, or to collect and analyze information about others.
The ramifications for journalism are particularly troubling. Good reporting often requires being “nosy” while gathering facts. Could a public figure claim “a right to be forgotten” when a journalist pens an article about them beating their wife or committing corporate fraud?
Germany already has a law like this for convicted criminals, who can have old facts about their crimes repressed after they have served their sentences. Such a “right” to repress facts is obviously at odds with the First Amendment here in the U.S., but even a milder version of a right to be forgotten will run up against speech rights.
Security issues are another concern. Is there an iron-clad way for sites to verify someone’s identity before processing a deletion request?
Such a system could also open dangerous backdoor vulnerabilities to hackers or others with malicious intentions. More routinely, a parent or ex-spouse who was angry after a bitter fight might possess the requisite information needed to process a deletion request. Similarly, teens often share a great deal of personal information with friends, which could lead to a disastrous scenario if they request deletion of information that is not theirs.
What about shared content? For example, many photographs, blog posts, or social networking entries include multiple people and are copied and reposted on multiple sites (and often archived). Facebook says users submit around 650,000 comments on the 100 million pieces of content served up every minute on its site. If one person decides to hit the Erase Button, must everyone else’s content be deleted?
At a minimum, the “right” will lead to a flood of requests -- both genuine and bogus -- from aggrieved parties and ne’er-do-wells alike inundating every website where people can share information. Every blogger could conceivably be asked at any time to delete any comment on any post ever written. Who makes these calls?
There are other thorny enforcement issues to take into account. Who actually owns the data collected by online sites and services? Personal information uploaded by individuals may be used by a website or data collection service to run website analytics, serve up advertising to support “free” online content, or just improve the user experience. Untangling all that can be complicated, especially in light of the sheer volume of information uploaded every day. “The truth about data is that once it is out there, it’s hard to control,” says IBM engineer Jeff Jonas.
What we are talking about here is the destruction of history, otherwise known as censorship. Few would have suggested that burning books was a smart way to protect privacy in the past. Is burning binary bits of information any wiser?
Online operators should also be careful about what (or how much) information they collect -- especially if they primarily serve young audiences. The Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 already limits the collection of information from children under age 13. Infantilizing the rest of us is hardly a solution.
Many excellent online safety and privacy-enhancing tools also exist that parents and teens can tap to better safeguard their online privacy. In extreme cases, online reputation management companies can be used to better manage online privacy.
But half-baked ideas like an Internet Eraser Button or “right to be forgotten” would require a massive expansion in Internet regulation and threaten free speech rights in the process. We should just forget about it.


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Facebook is not just like a page, it is a destination of lot things, you can find anything in the facebook. You can review all films, products and world news here, you ca browse online products in fb shopping page. and may soon be your go-to for shopping as well as photos of your cousin’s new baby. According to a report from BuzzFeed, Facebook Pages will soon host e-commerce shopping sites.
Facebook is testing digital stores in the page with “buy” button. The digital storefronts will even have a “buy” button to help you get items you’re obsessing over.
“With the shop section on the page, we’re now providing businesses with the ability to showcase their products directly on the page” Facebook product marketing manager Emma Rodgers says.
It’s not clear when the ‘shops’ feature may roll out; it’s still in the testing phase. Facebook currently has a few partners it’s working with, but is mum about who its launch partners will be. Cross your fingers that your favorite store or brand is on-board.


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Microsoft continues on its steady path toward compliance with the European Union (EU) General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Today we are announcing new parental consent requirements for accounts held by children in the EU. We are instituting these requirements across our product platforms to meet GDPR requirements, well in advance of the May 25 deadline, to afford our customers the time needed to verify their accounts and authorize any necessary consent.
Where a controller is relying on consent to process personal data, the GDPR requires parents to provide their consent to process personal data of children younger than 16 years old. EU member states may choose to set a lower age – which some have done – provided it isn’t lower than age 13. At this time EU regulators have not provided definitive guidance on how to verify parental consent. To implement parental consent requirement in the GDPR, Microsoft is relying on the high standards afforded under the U.S. Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) to verify parental consent for children’s accounts across our product platforms. We have already started to roll out the necessary notifications to our users in many EU member states. We will complete the rollout by the end of April.
Using COPPA processes, we will prompt existing users to provide their country and date of birth. Users who are younger than the age of consent for their country will then be prompted for parental consent when they sign into their account during a short grace period. To verify their child’s account, parents will need to use a credit card or a debit card with a card verification value (cvv) for a 50-cent charge which will be credited toward an existing Microsoft account. This nominal charge also offers parents an extra step of protection to be aware of any misuse when reviewing their card statement. Parents who cannot, or choose not, to go through this process can also contact Microsoft Customer Service and Support to verify age and identity based on appropriate government documents.
After the grace period, the child’s account will be blocked until the parent completes the consent and verification process. Microsoft will continue to support data subject rights for children whose accounts are blocked pending parental consent. For new users, Microsoft will block final creation of the account until the parent provides consent within two weeks, after which the account will be deleted.
While we appreciate these new GDPR requirements may cause some temporary inconveniences, verifying that an adult is giving their child permission to use an account is an important component of Microsoft’s effort to help children explore technology safely. We also encourage parents to use this as an opportunity to review their child’s account content, screen time and monitoring settings by visiting account.microsoft.com/family.


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Biloxi, Mississippi is the oldest town in the State of Mississippi. It is believed to have been settled in 1721 by the French and served as the capital of the Province of Louisiana until Bienville, a Governor of the time, moved the capital to New Orleans. The area was originally under French rule. It was later ceded to the British and then to the Spanish. In 1811 the area came under the control of the United States as part of the Mississippi Territory.
Biloxi has a subtropical climate that is largely controlled by the Gulf of Mexico. Like most of Mississippi, the summers in Biloxi are hot and humid. The winters are mild and wet. Residents of Biloxi and the surrounding town can generally enjoy pleasant weather much of the year.
According to the 2010 Census the population of Biloxi is approximately 44, 054 people, of which 71.4% are white and 19.2 are African American. Biloxi has a 4% Vietnamese population. Educationally, 81.9% of the people are high school graduates and 19.2 have a Bachelor's Degree or higher. Median income is $34,106 and median income for a family is $40,685.
Biloxi has grown from tremendously since the arrival of gaming. The majority of the casinos on the Mississippi Gulf Coast are located in Biloxi, including the beautiful Bea Rivage and the Hard Rock Cafe. The economy is supported by gaming, seafood, and tourism. Biloxi was devastated in 2005 by Hurricane Katrina but it has rebounded and growing.
Coxwell & Associates is a law firm offering legal services to the people in Biloxi and along the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Resident can call the law firm's local number for an appointment at the coast office or request an appointment by e mail. The law firm focuses its attention in several distinct areas of the law that will benefit Biloxi residents. Coxwell & Associates handles criminal defense, serious injury cases, financial fraud, and other limited general litigation.
The Gulf Coast office is not available for walk-in clients. Appointments must be requested in advance. The Office in Jackson, MS, is conveniently located off High Street Exit on Interstate 55. Anyone familiar with the Mississippi State Fair will immediately recognize the High Street Exit. During October when the State Fair is in Jackson the attorneys in the law firm can see the bright lights, hear the joyous screams of the kids, and smell the Fair food.


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The project estimator knows how to play the commitment game. The project sponsor wants commitments about the project’s duration and cost very early in the project. The process is often political and involves much more than numbers. But experienced project estimators play the estimating game properly and don’t get caught committing to numbers that have a low probability of success.
I’m 60% confident that we can finish the project within a duration range of 3-8 months and a cost between $50,000 and $250,000.
We’ll be done in approximately 5 months and the cost will come in at about $110,000. But that’s just a rough guess!
I will have no idea until we detail the deliverables, estimate the work and find out how many people I will have to do that work.
When do you want us to finish and what’s the budget?
Answer #1 – It’s truthful but it enrages executives.
Answer #2 – Executives quickly forget the“rough guess” and are happy.
Answer #3 – It’s the whole truth but it’s useless for executives.
Answer #4 – It’s very ingratiating to executives but it’s a project deathtrap.
Which choice do most project managers make? Choice #2. It deals with the reality of the situation. Executives are under the gun to make cost/benefit and priority decisions about projects. There are also strategic realities that force certain completion dates on everyone.
The project estimator, you, are caught in a vise when asked to provide estimates. That’s especially true when the scope of the project is vague and the availability of resources is largely unknown. Project estimator tactics can make this situation a little better for everyone.
You should announce this four-step estimating process during the project initiation process. You explain the estimates you’ll give executives in each of the four stages in the project lifecycle.
Project Initiating: Use project-level order-of-magnitude estimates that are based on similar projects.
Early in Planning: Use analogous estimates for major deliverables that are based on similar project deliverables.
Final Stages of Planning: Use bottom- up estimates based on data from project team members.
Status Reporting: Use rolling estimates weekly until the project is completed.
Project Estimator Tactics: Statistical Hocus Pocus?
elaborate statistical analysis of previous projects.
Whatever the source of the data, the top-down estimates provided relatively broad ranges in the overall estimates.
In the third and fourth estimating techniques, the PM used the project work breakdown structure (WBS) and duration/work estimating techniques at the level of individual team member assignments. The numbers got a lot better because the PM used a bottom-up approach. They aggregated the estimates from project team members to develop the overall project estimate. In this bottom-up approach, the PM based the project estimate on the team member’s own estimates for their individual assignments. The fourth estimate type was rolling estimates. They’re also based on a bottom-up approach where the team members make regular weekly re-estimates of their work/duration. As the team completes tasks and deliverables each week, the uncertainty decreases and the estimates become more accurate.
There was one consistent thread through each step. The PM had the benefit of a clear and unambiguous scope definition. And they had measurable outcomes for each of the assignments and project deliverables. Estimating is difficult enough without the burden of a vague project scope or team member assignments that can’t be measured.
A major step to consistent project success and vastly improved project estimates comes from archiving data from previous projects. This is a modest investment that makes the entire estimating process more effective. When data from completed projects is archived, the organization can stop playing estimating fantasy games. They have a consistent database and methodology for developing the kind of “better and more accurate” estimates we’ve been discussing.
To learn more about these estimating techniques consider our project management courses over the Internet. You work individually with your instructor and have as many live video conferences as you want.


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Biocides are products that act against pests and bacteria. To have this effect, they often contain hazardous chemicals. If you want to know what’s in the biocides you buy and to find the most environmentally friendly options, try out our database on biocides.
We rely on biocides for many things. For example, we disinfect our hands at hospitals to avoid spreading bacteria, and we use mosquito repellents to avoid nasty bites.
Disinfectants protect your skin and the surfaces in your home from bacteria, yeasts, fungi and viruses.
Preservatives protect products from bacteria, yeasts and fungi.
Pest control products protect you and your home from pests.
Other products, such as those that protect a boat from fouling.
The use of biocidal products is regulated in the EU. Authorities assess the risks of using a biocide before deciding whether to allow the product on the EU market.
While we rely on some biocides, we could do without others or use less of them. Making informed choices about the biocides we buy and use can help to limit their impact on our health and the environment.
Pick up a biocide, such as a hand sanitiser, a toilet cleaner or a mosquito repellent, and type its name into the search bar of ECHA’s biocidal products database. You will be able to find out where in the EU the product is authorised, what its main ingredients are and how it can be used safely. You will also have access to the assessment done by national authorities on the product’s possible risks to humans, animals and the environment.
The information in ECHA’s database can help you identify products with a more favourable profile for health and the environment. For example, if you want to find the least hazardous disinfectant available, you can run a search with the product-type ‘disinfectant’ and choose up to four products to compare. You will be able to see if any of the products contain an active substance that is considered less hazardous, or if the products contain active substances considered candidates for substitution or any substances of concern.
If you are interested in buying a mosquito repellent, you can search the database with the term ‘mosquito’ to find the products currently approved on the EU market as mosquito repellents. If you just want to know which products are authorised in your own country, you can search by market area.
The database contains information on the biocidal products that have been authorised in the EU. If you cannot find a product, it is likely because either the product or the active substance in it is still being assessed by the authorities. All biocidal products and active substances are assessed before they are allowed on the EU market – the exception are products that were on the market before 2000, which can continue to be sold while the active substances are being evaluated.
Have a look at our unique database to find out more about chemicals used daily in Europe.

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Over the past few years we have gained a world class experience working with Polish and foreign clients. We offer you a wide range of luxury and exclusive cars with English speaking chauffeurs.
Welcome to the most professional and experienced limousine service in Warsaw.We will help you get around Warsaw in safe & comfortable conditions with our fully trained staff.We have also supplied our luxury fleet (mainly Mercedes brand) for official delegations.Every single request will be dealt with individually. When you arrive at Warsaw Airport, your private driver will assist you to your private vehicle (Mercedes Viano or V class) for a comfortable, convenient transfer to your Warsaw Center hotel.Your private airport ride includes flight tracking, so even if your flight is delayed, your driver will be there to meet you at the right time. Once you have landed, you receive 60 minutes of complimentary waiting time, allowing you to collect your luggage and make your way to arrivals.

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We have loved working closely with CBeebies to develop a new programme, with Peeple, called The Baby Club, for both babies & parents.
We hope you and your baby enjoy singing, sharing books and playing as you watch it together.
Perhaps see if you can find a local group at your nearest centre?
Keep your eyes peeled ... coming to your screens in March.


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Ralph and Scott are happy with their PA new home!
Deciding to purchase a new construction home can be a scary adventure for some people. There is always the fear of the unknown – will the builder deliver on their promises? Will my sales rep try to oversell me? How will I know I made the right PA new home decision?
Rather than jump into something like home building blindly, we would recommend that any prospective purchaser talk to one of our current homeowners. After all, what better way to know what the journey will be like than to talk to someone who has walked in those shoes?


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Zombies vs Cheerleaders is a sport slot by real-time Gaming. It is one of many commonly played and favourite slot machines games with a zombie theme. A few other games on this theme include the Plants vs Zombie slot as well as also the Zombie Outbreak slot machine. Zombies vs Cheerleaders comes with a bonus round in which you select whether you would like to be the zombies or the cheerleaders. All wins the cover right to left and left to right. There are 25 cover lines.
The sport is a follow up to Actual Time Gaming’s favourite Zombies vs Cheerleaders slot machine game, which has been motivated by many movies featuring zombies or even cheerleaders, and 1 or two non-slot games.
Both particular tiles from the game would be the zombie as well as the Zombies-vs-Cheerleaders emblem. The emblem is the scatter symbol of that the game, if 3, 2, 4, or 5 symbols look and 2X is paid out by it. If 3, 4, or 5 of those scatters show up on display the bonus match is triggered. The zombie would be your emblem that is WILD, and it succeeds to all symbols except that the scatters. Every time some triumph is contributed to by a WILD symbol the potential win is compensated. There is a zombie with a baseball cap, a zombie with black hair, and other unique tiles: a cheerleader, a cheerleader. Any 3, 4, or 5 mix of those tiles (independently, not collectively ) pays from 50 to 1000 times your wager. The zombies are paid then by the cheerleaders. The rest of the symbols from the sport will be the conventional”card deck” personalities: 9, 10, J, Q, K, A. The Ace payments are most as much as 250 times your wager on wins.
If you win the bonus game, you’re prompted to select between two choices: Zombies Gone Wild and Cheerleader Escape. Cheerleader Escape presents three doorways to you and asks you to locate the exit. You need to open three doors, searching for the exit. Each depart takes you to some degree that is greater. You may play up to 6 degrees. About the level, you will acquire a multiplier. You continue through the school rooms that are damn before a zombie grabs you and comes out. The zombie may seem scary at any moment. Zombies going to win awards with his many spins. When a WILD emblem is turned up alongside by a Cheerleader tile, her tile gets too. Get five WILD symbols, and you score 1000 times your wager. The spins may be retriggered, giving you the next 5 spins. The game offers a jackpot that is arbitrary. It could be provided on any twist. You don’t know although it resembles a jackpot for this author don’t anticipate a win. It may roll up in the tens of thousands on several variations of this match.
The user interface for this particular game is standard. Control buttons are installed across the bottom of the play screen. You’ve AUTO PLAY on the far left, followed closely by VALUE (that permits you to specify just how now you bet per line), LINES (that lets you alter the number of pay lines you wager on each spin), MAX LINES (which resets your lineup options quickly), and SPIN. After the reels have begun turning the SPIN button becomes a STOP button, and you’re able to disrupt the reels. This attribute is designed primarily for if the much right reels enter”turbo” mode. You find the reels that are proper rate up if three or two scatter symbols appear on the left side of this display. The notion is that you can disrupt them”in just the ideal moment” to activate a scatter (bonus) game. The reels can be interrupted whenever by you that the STOP tag appears. You may grab emblem or a scatter as it rolls but before the turbo twist kicks in, of tripping a bonus match, the odds appear tiny.
Clicking on AUTO brings up a dialogue box which permits you to place your automobile spin game’s requirements. You select wager per line at the half and winnumber of twists lines. There are two choices for STOP CONDITIONS, so you don’t unintentionally play all of your cash. We don’t know of any cheats for this game. However, we do understand you could play with this or at a version on your internet browser.
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In the library of Lynn Nesbit’s Manhattan apartment, designed by Courtney Coleman and Bill Brockschmidt, the klismos-style chairs are by Jonathan Burden, the 19th-century armchair is French, and the sphere sculpture is by Giorgio Vigna; a Giuseppe Penone drawing is flanked by 18th-century Italian sconces, the marble mantel is custom made, and the shades are of a Rogers & Goffigon linen.
The 19th-century light fixture in the entry was found in Paris, the antique center table is Chinese, and the Russian mahogany chair is upholstered in a cotton from Brunschwig & Fils; the artworks are by Gabriel Orozco, and the walls are painted in Benjamin Moore’s Coastal Fog.
In the sitting room, artworks by Joe Brainard and Lynn Davis flank a pair of English museum cabinets, and the chandelier is from the 1940s; French dining chairs upholstered in a Rogers & Goffigon linen surround a custom-made pedestal table, the cocktail table is by Roman Thomas, and the Swedish side table is from the ’30s.
The reception room contains a 19th-century Karelian secretary, a pair of English Regency armchairs from Niall Smith Antiques, and bronze garden stools; a French mirror hangs above a custom-made console, and the Khotan rug is antique.
The shelving, ladder, and lamps in the library are custom made, the mahogany table is by Rose Tarlow Melrose House, and the chairs are English Regency.
The powder room’s walls are sheathed in a Pierre Frey linen, the Urban Archaeology vanity has Waterworks fittings, and the French mirror is from the ’40s; the vestibule is covered in an Adelphi wallpaper.
In the master bedroom, the headboard and vanity are custom made, the bed is dressed in Schweitzer linens, and the Italian bench is from the 1940s; the antique chairs are upholstered in a Brunschwig & Fils linen, the photographs are by Lynn Davis, left, and Seton Smith, and the walls are covered in a Clarence House twill.


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The Fort Gratiot Lighthouse is the oldest in Michigan, the current brick structure dating to 1829. That lighthouse replaced an earlier, wooden structure that was destroyed by a storm (Keeping with our Adams theme, the original lighthouse was completed in 1825, the year before John Adams died). The modern brick structure was constructed under the supervision of Lucius Lyon, a name very familiar to those of us in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Mary Beth and I first visited this lighthouse some years ago, but were not able to access the tower because it was still owned and operated by the Coast Guard. The Government transferred the lighthouse to The Friends of the Fort Gratiot Light, a restoration organization, in 2009.
The lighthouse has been given a new lease on life and still sends out its green blinking signal to guide ships navigating the Great Lakes. Our guide, Mike, a retired Coast Guard veteran, gave us a tour of the whole grounds and let us climb the tower (92 steps!). The view was spectacular!
Marine City has a lighthouse, too, but its function is more decorative than real. This is the Peche Island lighthouse, which was built in 1908 on Peche Island (an uninhabited island in the Detroit river), but by the 1980s it was about to collapse. The Coast Guard had the tower replaced and brought the old structure to shore. It ended up on display in Marine City. It still retains its 6th order Fresnel lens although it is inactive.
As you can imagine, acting in a two-hour play where both Mary Beth and I are on stage the whole time can be draining.Well, we've found the perfect place to recharge: The Sweet Tooth in Marine City, just doors down from The Snug Theatre. This establishment has lots and lots of candy, as well as Hudsonville Ice Cream! I had the Black Cherry last week and it was to die for! I'm not certain what flavor I'll have this week, but I'm sure it will be very tasty. The Sweet Tooth offers candies and chocolates for sale before each performance of "My Dearest Friend" and during intermission. Mary Beth and I hope you will take the time to come to Marine City, Michigan and watch us play!

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Heraklion and Knossos, Crete, Greece, 12th to 13th October 2018.
I’ve been back but I’m continuing the temporary posts. What that means is that I’m just processing in Lightroom and ignoring images that I bracketed for exposure or for focus stacking. There are quite a few of those. In due course I’ll include those images and others in final posts with details on the subject matter, including history and archaeology. That may take a while because I expect I’ll finish off final posts for Cuba and the Caribbean (2016) first.
Venetian fort in Heraklion, from our hotel room.
Old building in need of roof repair, also from our hotel room, Heraklion.
Recreated murals in South House.
Original fragment of mural with some recreated surrounds.
Heraklion Archaeological Museum ( and following images).
Decoration on a jar, Knossos, 1800-1700BC.
Octopus jar. The most famous jar decoration of them all, Knossos, 1500BC.
Bull-leaping fresco, original and restoration, Knossos, 1450BC.
Gold axe, Arkalochori Cave, 1700-1450BC.
The Harvester Vase, Hagia Triada, 1450BC.
The Snake Goddess, Knossos, 1650-1550 BC.
Funeral urn, Knossos or Eastern Crete, 1700-1450 BC.
Coffin, Tylissos, Panokklisia, 1370-1300 BC.
Conversing lovers, detail of vase decoration, Arkades-Afrafi, Archaic period, 7th century BC.
Shells for sale by fisherman.
Fishing net on the wharf.
This entry was posted in Greece and tagged Archaeology, Architecture, Art, Crete, Greece, Heraklion, History, Knossos, Landscape, Live Music, Photography, Sculpture, Street photography, Travel.
I love the bull-leaping fresco. The throne room looks great too, but I hope someone had a nice cushion for that throne.
It seems an oversight that they didn’t design a cushion that would survive for 3,500 years.


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Philadelphia won the Super Bowl.
They won with a back-up quarterback, yielding 33 points, not forcing the Patriots to punt once and giving Tom Brady the ball with 2:21 left in the game needing a touchdown.
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The Friends of the Seminole Theatre and the Seminole Theatre Players are proud to announce the 2018 Summer Season.
After the success of last summer's sold-out production of Hairspray, co-produced with the experienced Ginsberg Productions, the Seminole Theatre Players have been deternined to bring more community theater to the area. This summer's line-up includes two shows with very different genres, sure to please everyone.
The Seminole Theatre Players is also announcing the new STP Executive Panel for the 2018-2019 Season. Thank you to all who applied.
The Executive Panel will be overseeing all operations, and announcing more exciting shows and projects.


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The Delta Bag Journey video follows the POV of a piece of luggage as it moves through the bag check system of Delta Airlines.
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Changes in the system of higher education in Russia determine the need for its intensification due to the substantive burden of international scientific and pedagogical cooperation, which requires additional resources in terms of training teachers and students. The problem of creating an algorithm and a mechanism for monitoring the formation of the readiness of masters for intercultural integration in the scientific and pedagogical community is being actualized. The purpose of the research is to substantiate and test experimentally the algorithm and mechanism for monitoring the formation of the readiness of masters for intercultural integration in the scientific and pedagogical community. The scientific novelty of the research lies in the fact that it: describes the trends in the development of master training for intercultural integration in the scientific and pedagogical community, affecting the specifics of the educational process at the university; identified and described the essential characteristics of the algorithm and mechanism for monitoring the formation of the readiness of masters for intercultural integration; substantiated and described the role positions of a foreign language teacher as a subject of pedagogical interaction in the process of professional training of masters; justified the choice of criteria, indicators, methods and tools for diagnosing the training of masters for intercultural integration based on the study of a foreign language.
The practical significance of the study lies in the fact that: its results are used in the activities of higher education institutions in Russia; the proposed algorithm and monitoring of the formation of the readiness of masters for intercultural integration in the scientific and pedagogical community provide the foreign language teacher with the opportunity to plan their own professional activities when preparing masters for international cooperation.
As a result of the research, the article concluded that the developed algorithm represents the interrelated stages of cooperation between the teacher and students based on the methods of active teaching of a foreign language, with the inclusion of monitoring the results of preparation for intercultural integration.

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You know the drill. Go to work, get paid, go home. Even in the most prestigious of jobs, the dread of high stress with your life on speed dial for someone else is a real pain in the neck. Literally and figuratively. If you’re mid-career and have thought, “I wonder if I could do [fill in alternative career]…” but then shrugged it off saying, but “I don’t know where to start!”, then Career Crossroads Coaching is for you.
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We aren’t really doing school this summer, I’ve been really focused on my garden and my chickens. I started out with about a dozen chickens, I now have 20, which is more than I ever planned on having. I came across this article today, what a great idea.
The community in which I reside has a large number of low-income citizens with limited resources for food. I feel compelled to assist those in need and plan to do so by providing them a healthy supply of non-GMO eggs every week.
Wouldn’t this be a great project for a homeschool group? Build a chicken coop, share the cost, share the profit, what a terrific way to teach kids to be entrepreneurs. We built a chicken coop out of mostly reclaimed items. Some used siding, left over decking, extra wood from other projects. Most of the 2 x 4’s we had to purchase but even the door came with the spare hardware.
All the comforts of home. We spent about $200 in materials. The nesting boxes used to have tools in them from a hardware store. The owner gave them to us. I’ve seen people use plastic buckets laid on their side or make them out of pallets. You can make nesting boxes out a variety of material, just get creative.
What ever projects you decide to tackle this summer, have fun and tell us about them. We’d love to print your article or story.
Are you raising chickens? What’s your favorite thing about them?

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If your iPhone crashes and erases your saved contacts and phone settings, don't despair. Use the option to restore your data that iTunes offers, provided you have a backup available. Restoring contacts from a previous backup created in iTunes saves you the time and effort involved in retyping each contact lost from your iPhone.
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For a reader, there’s something magical about picking up a first novel — that promise of discovery, the possibility of finding a new writer whose work you can love for years to come, the likelihood of semi-autobiography for you to mull over. The debut is even more important for the writer — after all, you only get one first impression. Luckily, there are a lot of fantastic first impressions to be had. In fact, the year’s best might have been published just this month. After the jump, check out some of the greatest first novels written since 1950 — some that sparked great careers, some that are still the writers’ best work, and some that remain free-standing (but hopefully not for long!). Don’t see your favorite debut here? Add it to the list in the comments.
Helen DeWitt is a genius. So, for that matter, are her characters: the resilient, frustrated Sibylla and her four-year-old son Ludo, who learns new languages like other children learn new words, and by 11 has a practical, dry outlook on life that balances his almost absurdist quest to find his father. DeWitt has estimated that she attempted some hundred novels before she wrote this one. If that’s true, boy was it worth it: formally innovative, delicious to read and full of knowledge, books rarely get better than this.


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Is Pre-paid Legal Services still around? Weren’t they the original legal plan offering legal insurance to individuals?
Yes, but they changed their name to LegalShield. It’s the same company and they are still offering individual plans, so you don’t have to be an employee of a big company to sign up through your HR benefits department. Individuals and small businesses can go online, select a plan (most cost about $25 a month) and sign up for it. People can call an attorney for legal advice the very next day – and keep calling, as often as they need, for as long as they remain members.
“Legal services companies wisely allocate their human resources based on data about the most common legal matters opened by law firms nationally. They carefully analyze trends and predictions over time in such areas as bankruptcies, foreclosures, estate planning and divorces. They also consider the need for services like contract review and business formation — things for which everyone needs a lawyer. Ultimately, product development must be guided by personal experience. How can we better serve consumers and improve their experience in dealing with lawyers? What are the obstacles? What are the biggest factors that contribute to the high cost of retaining a lawyer, and how can we reduce that cost?
It’s about cost. It’s about … how does a family get a legal question answered, without it costing $1,000, $3,000 or $5,000? LegalShield, formerly Pre-Paid Legal Services, Inc., has helped people beat the high cost of legal services since the 1970s. Really.


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On Friday 15th December, all W6 students are invited to raise money for a local charity, and wear festive attire for the day, along with the rest of the school. Students can bring in just £1 in addition to wearing their festive knits, with all proceeds going to St Barnabas House, a local charitable hospice based in Worthing, West Sussex.
We look forward to having some festive fun, alongside raising money for a great cause. More information can be found on our Facebook page “SRWA Sixth Form” – join in the discussion.


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Review: I am an emotional train wreck right now. Seriously, Pivot Point is brilliant. I don't even know how to cope with it right now, let alone really review it, but I finished it moments ago and I want to get my thoughts down while they're still fresh.
My very first impression of the book was a mix of "Wow, this is kind of a terrifying world" and "This book is obnoxiously cliche." However, neither of those original impressions really lingered for very long (well the first one did a bit). Addison is a girl with mental powers who lives in a secret city called the Compound. Beyond the fact that everyone who lives there has mental abilities, it's a fairly average place. Addie has the ability to Search, or view the consequences of each side of a choice placed before her. When her parents get a divorce, she Searches to decide whether or not to stay with her mother or go with her father into the normal world with the "Norms".
This is where the book evolves from average-ness into awesome-ness. Each subsequent chapter alternates between the story line of the two choices- but the choices play out as if Addie had actually made that decision. There's the story line where she stays with her mother and gets involved with the star quarterback and then there's the story line where she goes into the normal world, makes new friends and meets a normal guy who was mysteriously injured in a football game against Addie's old paranormal school.
The stories remain separate, but the same key plot points happen in both, and you get to see how Addie's choices play out in either story, from different viewpoints. I found it especially delightful as the reader because when a protagonist makes an important choice in a novel, I tend to spend the rest of the book wondering in the back of my mind about what would have happened if they had made a different choice. I got to see two completely different dimensions intertwined with a sinister and interesting plot and I loved it. I found myself comparing the different choices and really getting involved in the book.
I do have one small critique though, which was that there was some minor confusion in the middle chapters of the book when the plot events in the stories coincide really closely. It was vaguely tricky to remember which chapter I was in and which life Addie was living. I blame this partially on the speed at which I read, which is terribly fast (I started and finished this book today in between class and work). Sometimes I read so fast, I don't have the time to properly record the events that I'm reading in their right order and it gets a little tangled. So if you're a fast reader, keep in mind that you might have to pause for a moment to straighten things out, but it's definitely not a reason for you to avoid this book.
I could semi-predict what was going to happen before it happened, but I was just barely ahead of the book and it kept me on my toes. I wanted to know which choice Addie would pick when she was done searching, because I just couldn't decide ahead of time. And in the end, when she made her choice, I was amazed. Not because it was some huge break from what I expected or from the rest of the novel, but because it wasn't conventional and it was just...heartbreaking to me. The way the choices played out...it just...UGH. I really wish I could pick the plot events apart here, but I don't want to give anything anyway. I want you guys to read the book and be as surprised as I was, as engrossed as I was, and as impressed by this novel as I was.
YES!! So glad you enjoyed it. We just read and really liked it too. (Blog post here: http://www.weheartya.com/2013/03/2-for-price-of-1-dual-narratives.html.) And sadly, yes, it's not longer, BUT there is going to be a sequel or a companion novel or something!!!
Line we can't forget: "You don't choose this."
I really liked this book too and also had a bit of trouble keeping track as a fast reader-glad someone else has that problem!