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[ISLAMABAD] With all four strains of the dengue virus now circulating in Pakistan and outbreaks of the viral disease being reported in new areas, this South Asian country now faces a serious health problem from the mosquito-borne pestilence, researhers say.
A study published August in The Virology Journal documents dengue serotypes prevalent in Pakistan during the 2011 outbreak in Punjab province, which claimed more than 365 lives, as well as the 2013 Swat Valley outbreak that killed more than 57 people.
It was the first time dengue had been reported in Swat, a tourist destination in the mountainous Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, some 600 kilometres north of Punjab which is more amenable to the spread the disease because of higher population density and a hotter climate.
“Pakistan is witnessing dengue outbreaks continuously and it causes severe damage in the form of morbidities, mortalities, and socio-economic disturbances,” says lead author of the study Amjad Ali, a molecular biologist at the University of the Panjab, Lahore.
Ali and his colleagues used real-time polymerase chain reaction tests to look at 600 blood samples collected at health centres in Punjab during the 2011 outbreak, and 740 samples collected in the Swat Valley during the 2013 outbreak. Specifically, they sought to identify which types of dengue were circulating in both areas, as well as their prevalence among the affected populations.
They found that all four dengue virus serotypes — labelled DENV-1, DENV-2, DENV-3, and DENV-4 — were circulating in Punjab at the time of the 2011 outbreak, with DENV-2 and DENV-3 accounting for 42 and 41 per cent of those infected, respectively.
The incidence of DENV-1 was four per cent while DENV-4 was recorded in nine per cent of patients. Additionally, four per cent of those infected in Punjab had both DENV-2 and DENV-3 viruses, which may have had an impact on mortality rates.
Infection with one strain does not provide immunity against other strains so that person living in an endemic area could have up to four dengue infections during his or her life span.
In the Swat Valley, the investigators determined that only the DENV-2 and DENV-3 viruses had been circulating, accounting for 40 and 60 per cent of infections, respectively. They also found that eight per cent of patients in the Swat Valley had been infected by both versions of the virus.
Males aged 15—45 were hit hardest by the virus outbreaks in both locations.
David Harley, an epidemiologist at the Australian National University, Canberra, said the paper provides more evidence of the ongoing increase in dengue incidence globally.


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One of my passions is cooking, baking and of course eating it all!
I like to cook recipes from all over the world and I find it useful to have cups and spoon measurements in my kitchen supply. A little tip from me for all you cooking and baking enthusiasts out there!
A little plus that I didn't know about, is that the cups come with a cookie cutters on the base of the cups. Haven't tried them out, but later this week I am going to!
Two days ago I came back from a successful Latin American tour and found out that autumn has made it's appearance. Leaves are touching the ground and the air is nice and crisp. Kind of looking forward to the warm colors that will be here soon.
Red lips are perfect for any season, but autumn is not the same without them and my red lip phase is still going strong. I just think that it suits any woman and is the perfect choice to brighten any complexion.
Essence's new limited edition, 'Hello Autumn' is now available in the German drugstores. The red lip cream caught my attention. 'Beauti-FALL Red' is now living in my hand bag. I love an affordable red lip that is comfortable and easy to apply!
SmoonStyle has its fourth birthday today! Hurray!
Exactly four years ago I typed my first blog post. A simple post with a picture of a gorgeous sky in Warsaw, Poland.
I wanted to share my love for all the things that interest me. SmoonStyle still is a blog that I love to update, but unfortunately my priorities lie somewhere else at the moment. Hence the low amount of blog posts. Don't worry, I will still continue to be present here.
A huge thanks goes to Rebecca Brayman for sticking with me. She has poured a lot of genius creativity into my blog and later on to the EPICA website. Thank you!
Last but not least, another huge thanks goes to all the readers! How I enjoy your support and when fans tell me in person that they like to read my blog. Even some husbands have confessed they read my blog to then show their wives.
SmoonStyle is close to hitting 6,000,000 views and has 3,474 followers. To celebrate this birthday, I will give away 4 beauty bags with my favorite KRYOLAN products.
I will pick four winners by the 2nd of October. Contest is worldwide! Good luck!

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e-Builder Enterprise has provided Northeastern University with the ability to identify potential cost savings earlier in the project lifecycle. With this greater visibility into project costs, the University was able to return $9.8 million in 2014 to University clients that could be invested in new and existing facilities to advance its academic mission. Because of this, Northeastern University was nominated and selected as a finalist for the 2015 Construction Innovators Award.
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NEMANJA MATIC says he expected Chelsea to beat Manchester City in yesterday's Premier League showdown at Stamford Bridge.
The pair could not be separated with David Silva's first-half strike cancelled out Loic Remy's opener in a 1-1 draw.
The result ensures City stay five points behind Chelsea in the race for the league title.
And despite the scoreline favouring the hosts rather than Manuel Pellegrini's visitors, Matic insists he expected a win.
"We expected three points," he said. "But I think the draw is a good result for both teams.
"We had some chances, they had some chances but it's the same, a five-point difference and we are happy because of that and I hope we will continue.
"I am happy with how we played because we gave our best.
"We had against Liverpool a hard game and played 120 minutes. We felt it especially in the last 20 minutes of the game today.
"It was very difficult to run with City players because they were more fresh than us but everyone gave 100 per cent."

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text: In ancient Greece, a stranger passing outside a house would be invited inside by the family. The host would wash the stranger’s feet, offer him or her food and wine, and only after the guest was comfortable would the host ask their name. While today’s greeting practices have changed, this early relationship between host and guest is an example of the lengths we can go to in order to make one comfortable in an unfamiliar environment and deliver a personalized experience.


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Georgia Bulldog Derek Canas was diagnosed with AIDS at age 15 years old. After a blood transfusion as an infant, years of untreated HIV led to his unique medical chart landing in a classroom for medical students. Coincidently, this led to the discovery that a series of unexplainable medical issues, one of the students pointed out that he was not once tested for HIV. One thing we can learn from Derek who's been living the next 17 years of his life after his diagnosis in overtime is to appreciate the little things.
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The Relais Rosa dei Venti is in Moniga del Garda on the south-western shore of Lake Garda. It consists of 32 apartments in six buildings, which are located in a wonderful green space with olive trees. Every holiday flat has lake view and a large terrace or veranda, so you can enjoy the sun, rest awhile and dine outdoors with your company.
For your holiday with your darling, the whole family or your friends, the Relais Rosa dei Venti offers comfortable apartments in different sizes. Apart from one, two or three bedrooms, every holiday flat has a living room with a fully equipped kitchen unit, satellite TV, air-conditioning and other comfort you may need for a pleasant holiday. Two pools with shallow pool and lawn for sunbathing, a football pitch, barbecue and bread service on request complete the offer.
The shore of Lake Garda and the touristic harbour are only about 200 metres from the Relais Rosa dei Venti and the nice old town of Moniga del Garda is reachable on foot within a few minutes. If you want to spend a wonderful lakeside holiday inclusive of sunbathing, relaxing, water sports, strolling and a maximum of holiday freedom, then you will surely come to the right place.
The 2 bedroom apartment (sleeps 4/6) is well sized (70 sqm) and located at the ground floor or top floor. SAT TV and DVD player! Heating and air-conditioning system. There are 2 sofas, table and chairs. The living room has an incorporated kitchen and dining area, though in summer you will probably enjoy dining outside on the patio, equippend with table, chairs and 2 sunloungers. The living area seats 6 people comfortably. The kitchen is modern and well equipped, with microwave, hobs with two rings, fridge, coffee-machine, sandwich maker, electric kettle, sink and so on - everything you need to prepare your own meals. There are two bedrooms and one shower room. The shower room has a sink unit, wc, and bidet. Bedroom 1: has a double bed Bedroom 2: has 2 single beds Double Wallbed in the livingroom.
Located in a single storey building made of 5 apartments. Wonderful lake view overlooking the new pool with whirpool. SAT TV-LCD and DVD player. Heating and air-conditioning system. Living room, one sofa and one sofabed, with incorporated kitchen. Kitchen has microwave, hob with 4 rings, fridge, coffee-machine, sandwich maker, electric kettle, sandwich maker. Bathroom with shower and toilet. Bedroom 1: has a double bed. Bedrroom 2: has 2 single beds. Double Wallbed d in the living room.
One bedroom brand new Elegance apartment 70 sqm ground floor with patio 2-4 people. Located in a single storey building made of 7 apartments. With the best lake view we can offer. SAT FLAT TV. Heating and air-conditioning system. Living room, one sofa and one wall bed with a real metrass, incorporated kitchen. Kitchen has dishwasher, microwave, hob with 4 rings, fridge, freezer, coffee-machine, sandwich maker, electric kettle. Bathroom with shower and toilet. Bedroom 1: has a double bed. Wall bed in the livingroom.
+ Die Lage und der Blick, sehr schön. Die ganze Umgebung vom Gardasee ist wunderschön . Es waren sehr schöne Ferien.

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Berlin Diagonale at Augenblick mal!
Independent children‘s and youth theater in Berlin - Berlin Diagonale provides artistic exchanges with members of the community during the Augenblick mal! festival. Berlin Diagonale puts a Berlin stamp on things with a bundled format, offering the opportunity to get know a variety of different artists and groups „made in Berlin“.
Following the well-attended programming during the Augenblick mal! festival 2013 and 2015, we are again inviting visiting industry professionals to converse with the members of Berlin‘s independent performing arts community - this time the focus is on independent children‘s and youth theater during the 2017 edition!

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VAN NUYS – It was the picture-perfect setting for Barack Obama’s first visit to the San Fernando Valley.
A fan palm waved behind him. The branches of orange, tangerine and lemon trees hung overhead. A light breeze kicked up, the first sign of the Santa Ana winds that would arrive later.
“I wake up to this every morning,” his host, Mimi Vitello, told the Democratic presidential candidate as they walked from her small home into her backyard. There the media horde, down to Inside Edition – prerequisite of all superstars – awaited them Wednesday afternoon.
In the backyard of this cozy Van Nuys home, the 2008 presidential race had finally come to the Valley.
Fresh off the warm-and-fuzzy Democratic debate the night before in Nevada, Obama joined with Vitello and three other Valley residents for what his campaign called an “economic round-table” discussion.
The four Valley residents listened intently to Obama outline a $10 billion program to provide financial relief to homeowners in danger of foreclosure, a cornerstone of his plan to deal with the lending crisis he said has cost the California economy $23 billion.
The Illinois senator also pledged to provide tax credits to 10 million middle-class homeowners struggling with out-of-control mortgage costs – among them 850,000 homeowners in California alone.
In turn, the four Valley voters put a human face to the economic problems he says are facing America’s middle class.
Kerry Bryant, an African-American woman who has stumbled into credit-card debt helping finance her son’s college education.
Carlos Garcia, a Latino school maintenance worker who has been turned down repeatedly trying to consolidate his debts and worries about how his high school-age son will pay for college.
Gustavo Lizarde, a Latino auto repair shop owner who has fallen increasingly into debt because he can no longer pay for the health insurance he needs.
And Vitello, 52, a registered nurse, concerned about the improvements she needs on her house and about the adjustable interest-only $335,000 loan on the 980-square-foot home in the 14300 block of Miranda Street.
Vitello offered Obama the ideal jumping-off place to talk about the home-foreclosure crisis.
As he did in the previous night’s debate, Obama criticized Countrywide Financial Corp. for its role in the subprime-lending debacle and the controversy surrounding the firm’s former CEO getting a $110 million resignation package.
“That’s outrageous,” said Vitello, putting her hands to her mouth.
“This is a Countrywide mortgage, isn’t it?” Obama asked.
“Well, maybe you can get him to help you with (repairing) your fence,” Obama said, drawing laughs from his round-table partners and reporters.
Possibly the most moving account of their problems was detailed by Lizarde, the small-business owner who said his credit-card debt mounted with increased interest rates until he could no longer pay his $700 health-insurance premium.
“Millions of people,” said Obama, who appeared moved by the accounts.
If elected president, Obama said, he would crack down on unscrupulous lenders and introduce a “credit-card bill of rights” requiring disclosure of hidden credit costs to protect consumers lured by temporarily low credit-card rates only to wind up over their heads in debt.
Obama’s backyard economic-plan discussion comes just a week after Democratic rival Hillary Rodham Clinton came to a union hall in the San Gabriel Valley where she proposed a $30billion program to deal with the mortgage crisis and help struggling homeowners and their communities.
His foray into the San Fernando Valley was part of a trip rounding up support for the Feb. 5 California primary, including a $2,300-per-plate fundraiser at the Pacific Palisades home of David Fisher, an investment manager and a major contributor to Democratic candidates in the past.
Clinton will make the first Valley visit of her campaign today when the New York senator appears at California State University, Northridge.
As he was leaving the backyard economic round-table, Obama was asked about reports that he has compromised his attacks on the role of big money in politics and the influence of corporations by taking money from Wall Street interests.
Obama maintains that the bulk of his fundraising has been from small contributors.
He was also asked how many credit cards he owns – two, he said, both with a zero balance.
Obama said it had not been too long ago that he and his wife, Michelle, had debts from college loans and used credit cards to get by.
The Obama financial picture changed with publication of his best-selling autobiography, “Dreams From My Father,” and a $1.9million publishing deal for future books.


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Ultra-processed food and beverages have become a staple of the Western diet. The average American now obtains about 60% of their calories from ultra-processed products that are typically energy dense and nutrient poor with a high glycemic load (Figure 1). While the connection between overconsumption of these highly palatable products and obesity seems plausible, there is debate about whether industrial processing itself—independent of calories and macronutrient composition—contributes to adverse metabolic outcomes (e.g. excess fat accumulation, poor glycemic control).
To begin addressing this conundrum, researchers at the National Institutes of Health are conducting two controlled feeding studies of adults (aged 18-50 years) to assess how processed and unprocessed foods affect (1) daily food consumption and (2) metabolic health. Prepublication results from the first study comparing ad libitum energy intake on an ultra-processed diet versus an unprocessed diet for 14 days found that participants consumed more calories during the ultra-processed diet. Unsurprisingly, participants gained an average of about 2 pounds on the ultra-processed diet and lost about 2 pounds on the unprocessed diet. Results from the second study—in which the processed and unprocessed diets consumed are matched on calories, macronutrient composition, sugar, fiber, and sodium—are not yet available but will provide important insights on the metabolic effects of food processing.
Increased ultra-processed food consumption and excess weight. A cross-sectional analysisof anthropometric and dietary data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey found that a diet with ≥74% of total energy from ultra-processed foods was associated with a 1.6 unit higher BMI, 4 cm greater waist circumference, and 62% higher odds of abdominal obesity (relative to a diet with ≤ 36.5 % of total energy from ultra-processed foods).
Increased ultra-processed food consumption and all-cause mortality risk. A prospective cohort study of middle-aged adults in France (NutriNet-Santé cohort) found a 14% increase in risk of all-cause mortality and a 12% increase in overall cancer risk for every 10% increase in the proportion of the participant’s diet composed of ultra-processed foods.
These data suggest that the high proportion of ultra-processed foods in the standard American diet contributes to our current health woes. Curbing consumption of ultra-processed foods, which have an estimated average sugar content 5 to 8 times higher than that of other minimally-processed and prepared foods, may indeed be an effective way to reduce added sugar intake.
However, reductions in ultra-processed foods will be a challenge. They are tasty, convenient, inexpensive, and have a long shelf-life. As the diversity of U.S. crops has declined over the past 30 years, the number of new packaged food and beverage products entering U.S. markets each year nearly doubledbetween 1998 and 2016 (11,853 vs. 21,435 products launched). The nation’s supply of vegetables would need to increase by an estimated 70% if all adults were to reduce ultra-processed food consumption and adopt diets consistent with USDA dietary guidelines. Limiting the availability and affordability of ultra-processed foods without ensuring universal access to unprocessed or minimally-processed foods at comparable cost would further disadvantage low-income populations for whom ultra-processed products tend to comprise a greater proportion of the overall diet. The studies of the impact of ultra-processed foods emphasize the need for a broad revision of our current agricultural and marketing policies to enable a reduction in disparities as well as the promotion of a healthful diet.

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The RSPCA Halifax, Huddersfield & Bradford branch are inviting all two legged and four legged friends to their annual ‘K9 Party In The Park’ on Sunday 9 September 2018, 12:00pm-5:00pm at Manor Heath Park, Halifax HX3 0EB.
and lots more to keep the whole family, four-legged or two-legged highly entertained!
To find out more about K9 Party visit the RSPCA Halifax, Huddersfield, Bradford and Dsitrict branches website here: https://www.rspcahalifaxhuddersfieldbradford.org.uk. You can also find out more on Facebook by searching for ‘K9 Party In The Park 2018’.
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In the tradition of the oldest African-American Catholic Church in the United States, St. Francis Xavier is committed to meeting the Spiritual, Educational, and Social needs of our parishioners and surrounding community. In the sure hope and certainty that this will lead us to establish a profound relationship with Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior.
We believe in one God the Father, in Jesus Christ, the only Son of God, eternally begotten of the Father, God from God, Light from Light, true God from true God, begotten, not made, of one Being with the Father.


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دشتیان, احسان, اخوت, مجید, آرزومند, حمید. (1397). تخمین کانال MIMO با استفاده از QRD و الگوریتم وفقی LMS. مجله مهندسی برق دانشگاه تبریز, 48(2), 609-616.
احسان دشتیان; مجید اخوت; حمید آرزومند. "تخمین کانال MIMO با استفاده از QRD و الگوریتم وفقی LMS". مجله مهندسی برق دانشگاه تبریز, 48, 2, 1397, 609-616.
دشتیان, احسان, اخوت, مجید, آرزومند, حمید. (1397). 'تخمین کانال MIMO با استفاده از QRD و الگوریتم وفقی LMS', مجله مهندسی برق دانشگاه تبریز, 48(2), pp. 609-616.
دشتیان, احسان, اخوت, مجید, آرزومند, حمید. تخمین کانال MIMO با استفاده از QRD و الگوریتم وفقی LMS. مجله مهندسی برق دانشگاه تبریز, 1397; 48(2): 609-616.
تخمین کانال یکی از مهم‌ترین عواملی است که در سیستم‌های MIMO نقش تعیین‌کننده‌ای در ارزیابی عملکرد دارد، روش‌های متفاوتی برای تخمین سیستم‌های MIMO وجود دارد که روش‌های وفقی، ازجمله این روش‌ها می‌باشد. در میان روش‌های وفقی نیز الگوریتم LMS دارای محبوبیت بیش‌تری است و بیش‌تر شرایط یک فیلتر مناسب، ازجمله پیاده‌سازی ساده و پیچیدگی کم‌تر را دارد. از سویی دیگر، برخی از آشکارسازهای مهم در سیستم‌های MIMO از تجزیه QR برای استخراج سیگنال ارسالی استفاده می‌کنند که دارای پیچیدگی در محاسبات می‌باشد. در این مقاله روش جدیدی برای تخمین QR کانال مخابراتیMIMO ارائه شده است و به جای اینکه مشخصه کانال H تخمین زده شود و بعد در آشکارسازی تجزیه QR صورت گیرد، از همان ابتدا و مستقیماً ماتریس‌های Q و R با الگوریتم LMS تخمین زده می‌شود. درواقع ماتریس کانال با تخمین Q و R نیز به دست می‌آید. نتایج شبیه‌سازی در مطلب نشان می‌دهد استفاده از الگوریتم LMS و تجزیه QR در تخمین کانال، با تعداد تکرارهای بالا و یا افزایش SNR، کاهش خطا را در پی خواهد داشت.
Channel estimation is one of the most decisive factors in evaluating performance of the MIMO systems. There are different methods for estimation of MIMO systems, that, adaptive algorithm is which. Among adaptive algorithms, Least Mean Square (LMS) algorithm is the most popular because it has the features of a proper filter including simplicity in applying and no complexity in using. In the other hand, some of important detectors in MIMO systems use QR decomposition for signal extraction, which is of a higher level of complexity. In this paper, a new method for MIMO channel QR estimation is proposed and instead of estimating the channel matrix H and them decomposing QR in detector, from the beginning, Q and R estimated directly actually, channel matrix is detained through the estimation of Q and R. according to MATLAB simulation applying LMS algorithm and QR decomposition in channel estimation with iteratively and/or SNR increment will result in the error reduction.
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The April war demonstrated once again that the right of people of Artsakh to self- determination cannot be suppressed by the use of force, the Armenian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement.
"The use of force was accompanied by atrocities perpetrated by Azerbaijani armed forces against both militaries and civilians in the most horrible manner. They replicated the massacres and ethnic cleansing committed by Azerbaijan against the Armenians of Nagorno-Karabakh in the beginning of 1990s," the Ministry said.
"This time the eminent threat of larger scale of atrocities against civilian population was prevented by the effective defense of the Nagorno-Karabakh army. The sacrifice of militaries and voluntaries became a part of continued heroic struggle of the people of Artsakh to live free and in dignity in their ancestral homeland," the statement reads.
According to the Foreign Ministry, the April war demonstrated once again that the right of people of Artsakh to self- determination cannot be suppressed by the use of force.
"The status and security of Nagorno-Karabakh stand as indispensable issues of substance in any result oriented negotiations that should guarantee the peaceful life of the people of Artsakh. The non-use or threat of use of force, strict adherence to the ceasefire, introduction of the risk reduction and confidence building measures are essential for the creation of an environment conducive to peace," the statement continued.
"The stalemate created by the April aggression showed that there is no alternative to the peaceful and negotiated resolution of Nagorno-Karabakh conflict under the auspices of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs," the Ministry concluded.

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If you love fashion and already think of ways to make your wardrobe your own unique fashion line, choosing a major at a fashion design school will be an easy choice. If you love fashion but find that the actual process of “design” doesn’t appeal to you, don’t worry – you can still put that passion to good use. The truth is, you don’t need to be interested in the details of designing garments to catch a dream job in the fashion industry. As long as you love fashion, enjoy the fast-paced and sometimes high-pressure environment found with most jobs in the industry, there are plenty of choices when it comes to majoring in fashion design.
But what if you don’t know which part of the fashion design industry interests you the most? With this in mind, we look to major fashion design colleges to see what it is they are offering in the way of allied services in fashion design – that is, the majors that don’t necessarily produce “fashion designers”, but produce those that are integral parts of the industry.
Graphic Design and Visual Communications degree programs are best for those who love the art of design. At fashion design schools, graphic designers and visual communicators learn all about the programs used in electronic design, learn about behavior and psychological impact of visual designs, and are prepared to launch into the fashion design industry as set-creators, commercial and television careers, and more. They also work closely with marketing majors to produce posters and advertisements.
As it turns out, there are many majors out there that seemingly have nothing to do with fashion design at first glance – programs like visual communication, graphic design, and digital media. While the titles are misleading, they have a very big role in the fashion design industry. This is probably why so many fashion design schools do their best to include the degree programs in their curriculum. The good news is that at a fashion design school, even studying graphic design and visual communications will focus the student on how these arts relate to the fashion design industry – something students won’t get at any other college. Therefore, it is important to choose the right school. If fashion design is the catalyst that motivates you, then a fashion design school should be your first choice when seeking one of these degrees.


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In the interest of full disclosure here are three letters , two from our solicitors and one from EDC. They broke the habit of a lifetime and responded in about an hour. Basically we don’t trust them an inch. All the plans are interrelated in our view and if they try to stuff the Masterplan into the local plan or use anything from their woeful consultation they will immediately face our judicial review. Which we will win! and they know it.
We hope you all had a very Happy Christmas.
Santa sent this present to us and the supporters of Keep Penrith Special a few days before Christmas.
We hope we may be getting through and that all the facts about how the Masterplan was put together will spill out. We think this is a result of work by our lawyers (Eden DC) Judicial Review Pre-action Protocol Letter – 19 December 2018 ), the impending Debate on 10th January (6.45 Penrith Town Hall) on your petition and the fact that the media, our own CWHerald, the BBC , ITN and hopefully Edenfm, are planning to attend.
…we hope that one of the first things that happens is that the woeful Masterplan is put in the bin. We don’t want it recycled btw!
PENRITH & EDEN NEEDS YOU!
Many thanks to everyone for your support and encouragement for our efforts. The result is astonishing. At 3pm on Friday 2nd November Keep Penrith Special handed over your signatures to our Petition. You will read in the Cumberland and Westmorland Herald on Saturday we had the following raw numbers: (i) online signatures – 2,536, (ii)signatures from canvasing people who had no email 420, (iii) returned postcards 1,489 – (iv) totalling a raw number of 4,445. As at midday today we have had an additional 74 postcards and a further 28 on-line signatures. We are confident that 3,148 of these signatures are residents of the Eden Valley. We have collected everything onto a database in order to remove duplicate signatures and the final count to be clarified next week, should exceed over 4,000 individuals overwhelmingly from our Eden Valley.
We will keep you posted as to what happens next. That ‘next’ will involve building what we are calling the 3PE. That is the People’s Plan for Penrith and Eden. We will build it up from the ground up by proper consultation with everyone. We will do it completely professionally. We will involve EDC and anyone who wants to join, including any Councillor as individuals. BUT, and this is the BIG ‘BUT’, we will NOT give the pen to EDC and EDC Officials until after plan is published. We want to have finished writing this plan by early April 2019. That will give plenty of time for existing and any potentially new Councillors that want to stand to tell everyone if they are in favour of the 3PE BEFORE we all vote in the Elections in May. This will ensure the Masterplan is dead forever.
Our Solicitors received this letter today 2nd November on Lowther Estate Trust notepaper signed by David Bliss on behalf of Lowther Estates( Lowther ) . We do not intend to reply, but we thought you all would like to see it as presumably Lowther want to clear up any uncertainty over their position.

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The Lowdown: Muse have long dabbled with infusing electronica into the sonic staples of rock, and Simulation Theory, their eighth record, sees the trio lean into that sound more boldly than ever. However, this delicate rock-electronic elixir is executed far more successfully on some tracks than others. Whereas certain songs allow the bevy of nuance that Simulation Theory presents to achieve a natural state of cohabitation, others bombard the ear with excess — forcing the musical duality with a heavy hand rather than letting it naturally manifest. It is clear from Muse’s past work that they are indeed capable of really delivering, but this time, they just didn’t do so as strongly.
The Good: Simulation Theory is at its best when it revels in simplicity, allowing the rock and electronic elements to find natural cohesion without one dominating the other. This is achieved when sonic excess is stripped back, which creates ample breathing room for the nuances of the soundscapes to gradually unfold as opposed to feeling forced and crammed. “Pressure” and “The Dark Side”, for example, stand out as two of Simulation Theory’s strongest tracks due to their ability to source mastery from subtlety. Yes, the rock and electronic elements that hallmark the album are present, but they’re not overbearing by any means. This allows the ear to organically detect some of the album’s strongest moments of musicianship, such as the strength of Matthew Bellamy’s vocals and the strategic riddling of flavorful guitar licks, and they shine through with ease.
The Bad: Simulation Theory’s dizzying display of electronica often muddles the stylistic strengths that are legitimately there. Bellamy’s vocal performance is as skillful and unwavering as ever, but tracks such as “Propaganda” and “Break It to Me” find it buried by overproduced soundscapes that feel far too crowded for a three-minute duration. The lyrics, then, wind up as a casualty of this as well. From the portions of the album in which they are audible, it is apparent that they put forth insightful commentary on the fractured state of the present. With that being said, the lyrics are perhaps one of Simulation Theory’s greatest strengths — but, when they’re drowned out by beats and bass that are reminiscent of the musical fare of a cheap nightclub, one would never know that.
The Verdict: Simulation Theory is certainly one of Muse’s most innovative albums to date, but with innovation comes inherent risk. Muse’s firm embrace of electronic tropes risks fragmenting their fan base, particularly those who had been by their side since their earlier days and would find certain elements of Simulation Theory to sound shockingly foreign. On the other side of the coin, though, listeners who had previously revelled in the moments where Muse dipped their toe into electronica will delight in finally seeing them cannonball into the pool. It’s polarizing for sure, but that’s not necessarily a bad thing.


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As usual, Professor Jack Ponton (Letters, 8 July) cuts through all the smoke and mirrors erected by the renewables industries to give the facts.
He points out the absurdity of the regular and monotonous claims from the wind industry that at certain times they providing enough electricity to power umpteen million homes.
Until there is a research breakthrough in battery storage, wind-generated electricity will continue to be an expensive failed science which only benefits the developers and land owners.
I am reminded of a former MSP who berated me on my anti-wind stance, stating that the wind produced at night was more than required during the day and was not wasted but stored in batteries.
I asked her where this scientific breakthrough was located. Silence.
I suspect that many of our present politicians are equally ignorant and are unaware of the risks that renewables pose to our energy security, especially with their anti-fossil fuels fixation.
Do they appreciate that Longannet is due to close soon, followed by nuclear?

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The CHSP provides assistance for people 65 years and above (50 years for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples ATSI) secured until June 2020.
Social support service are also offered to residents of surround local government areas such as Karoonda East Murray, Southern Mallee and Tatiara, Registration for services is available by calling May Aged Care on 1800 200 422 to the TBCC CHSP service is called Coorong Community Links Combined Program – Tailem Bend Community Centre. Further CHSP information can be found on https://www.myagedcare.gov.au/.
Further NDIS information can be found on https://www.ndis.gov.au/about-us/what-ndis.


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This Condo Apt home at 01 181 Dundas Street East in the city of Toronto and found in the neighbourhood of Church-Yonge Corridor is no longer active.
Other neighbourhoods nearby are Downsview-Roding-CFB, Weston-Pellam Park, Humberlea-Pelmo Park W4, Bay Street Corridor, Humberlea-Pelmo Park W5. Dundas Street has 25 postings currently on the market, while the area of Church-Yonge Corridor has 417 postings on the market. That's just 3.2% of the 12917 total properties for sale in the city of Toronto. Properties in Church-Yonge Corridor are listed for an average asking price of $1,081,790, or an approximate monthly mortgage of $3,665 . That is 1.2 times less of the average asking price of $1,313,258 in Toronto. The average Church-Yonge Corridor listed property is 646 sq ft, has 1.2 beds, and 1.4 baths. The neighbourhood around 181 Dundas Street East has 29.7% apartments.

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zocke.es ~ 8 Ball Pool Multiplayer zocken!
Beschreibung: Play for free against other players and friends in 1-on-1 matches, and enter multiplayer tournaments for the billiards crown. Level up as you compete, and earn Pool Coins as you win. Enter the Pool Shop and customize your game with exclusive cues and cloths. This is the complete online 8 Ball Pool experience.

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We are back to Phnom Penh for the weekend, and we have tons to update you on! During our week in Kien Svay, our team and much of the FLIFLY staff were able to go around to several households who did not have electricity to talk and survey them about where they received their light source and how they felt about them. This was part of our tech evaluation where after we interviewed them, we would give them a solar lantern for the week to try out.
We also were able to teach at A New Day Cambodia again this week about flashlights, and Veterans International Cambodia, a wheelchair organization that may be interested in the Leveraged Freedom Chair.
We are planning to head back to Kien Svay tomorrow to work on composting and biogas! We are going to have a composting workshop tomorrow for 30 farmers!!!!
1. Translation Party! We were able to have some ITC students over for dinner and they were able to translate some materials for us from English to Khmer!
2. Was able to visit Tuol Sleng, a memorial for those in the Khmer Rouge Genocide.
3. Cooked so much- beans, veggies, and lots of fruit!
4. Visited Csaro, a waste management organization and got lots of compost!


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Click the “Pricing” button for each format. The Author Price is displayed according to the size, binding and page count. Set the Retail Price of the print and electronic versions of your book. The retail price will determine how much revenue you will make selling through our distribution channels. The minimum price is shown by default.
SOMETHING TO KEEP IN MIND WHEN SETTING YOUR PRICE: CHANNEL FEES.
On a 3rd party Marketplace, channel fees apply.
So if the e-book is $10, the channel fee is $6, we split the remaining $4 80/20; the author makes $3.20 and the publisher makes $0.80.
If a physical/print-on-demand book is sold, the channel fee is $6 and the manufacturing cost is $2, we split the remaining $2, 80/20; the author makes $1.60 and the publisher makes $0.40.

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Bret Schneider's work is less rooted in music theory than an artistic exploration of sound.
For much of his professional career, Bret Schneider has worked in the art world. That includes his education at the Art Institute of Chicago, a stint at the Pulitzer Arts Foundation here in St. Louis and, most recently, a month-long stay in Austin, Texas, to help with the installation of a new exhibition at a history museum there.
"It's a weird thing to say, but a lot of people don't know how to do simple things like hanging paintings or hanging photographs," he says by phone from Austin. "It's a strange thing that it's become an in-demand thing."
That's a particularly practical application of his background in the arts — the literal, physical placement of the material in a room — but much of Schneider's own work has tended toward the theoretical side. As a musician, his recently released song set Constellations takes that fascination with theory and sets it loose in computer-generated algorithms that spin out synthesized patterns of various tones and textures.
Schneider grew up in Cleveland, where his earliest forays into electronic music were inspired by what he calls "the alienated-bedroom-producer idea." His education in Chicago was focused in sound art, a field of study that is concerned with the physics of sound much more than musical theory or traditional composition.
"I went to study it because I heard some composers that I really liked, and it was really compelling to hear these works that were emphasizing spatial and acoustic environments and were playing with the science of sound," he says. "It wasn't really music, which was always really interesting to me as an idea."
Many of the artists and composers Schneider studied focused on physical material and sonic space, and as he re-engaged with his own musical creations about five years ago, he says he was initially thinking about what he calls "the material of vibration." But as atonal, noise and experimental musics have continued to evolve with the proliferation of modular synthesis, Schneider took the roots of his sound back to the bare necessities: simple waveforms without any complex harmonics or overtones.
"Constellations was an attempt to get back to simplicity," he says. "We've been immersed of this sound-expansion world where you can achieve any sound you want to. It's not really about the complex timbres you're making; it's about evolving over time. I just went back to the fundamental waves rather than work with complex tonality."
That simple palette differentiates his album from other similar releases, which will often seek to load a tone with as much harmonic information as it can bear before stripping it away again.
"Whether that's expressed on a computer or modular synth or a guitar, it's about the ability to hear changes over time," Schneider says. The goal, he says, is to experience "the way sound events occur over time."
Opening track "Imi's Song" pairs looping patterns of soft, plucked tones with more resonant trails that trip up and down the scale. The sequences don't quite intersect or speak to one another, but their proximity gives a plangent, moody undertone to the three other tracks, which often employ more aggressive tones and a greater rate of arpeggiation.
"It's definitely a change from the way I work, in hearing glacial changes in the way a pattern changes into another pattern," Schneider says of the pace of several compositions. "I don't want to describe it as melodic but it has a more traditional palette."
Schneider says that while his compositions take a lot of work on the front end — writing algorithms, reducing musical events to numeral values — his entire goal is to create environments where the musician, such as it were, plays no role in the compositions' performance.
"I was trying to create a system where I could press play before I go to work and have it generate eight hours of music," he says. "It didn't quite happen that way; it's hard to break that spontaneity barrier. The holy grail of generative music is that it will develop something on its own without a human hand."
Schneider's album was released through local imprint Distant Bloom, launched by Oxherding's Fitz Hartwig last year as an outpost of this type of generative and modular music (the label also released a tape by the Portland-based artist Ann Annie, one of the leading lights of YouTube's robust modular-synth community). The label's releases, to date, celebrate slow, ponderous and largely serene events of electronic music where evolutions are subtle but cumulative for the attentive listener.
He knows, though, that ideal circumstances don't always exist and that artists are lucky to grab ten minutes of the modern listener's magpie brain. "That's an interesting problem, to make it as complex and dense as you can," he says of distilling his work into something compact. "It's important that the listener hears the permutations of the pattern."


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Bank branches and mini-banks accept all payment types from population in favor of state, commercial enterprises, establishments, organizations and payment in favor of state budget independently of payer and current accounts of organizations-receivers location within the Republic of Uzbekistan.
Above operations are performed by means of cash acceptance as well as money transfer by order of physical persons about money write-off from their deposit accounts, plastic cards using computers, terminals and infokiosks. Payments are made on base of municipal services suppliers’ receipts executed by client or, in case of their absence, by form 002-Ш-ТХ , that can be executed in place of payment.
Operations on payments acceptance from population for municipal services and other paid services can be made in any bank branch irrespectively of payer’s residence and organizations’ current accounts – payment receivers within the Republic of Uzbekistan.


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RENTON, WA: Microscan has announced that it will demonstrate MicroHAWK-tiny enclosed imaging devices for barcode reading and machine vision for clinical instruments at the 2016 AACC Clinical Lab Expo. The event is going to be held from August 2 to August 4 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
Microscan is a provider of machine vision solutions that encapsulate ground-up hardware design as well as software development. The company has developed MicroHAWK-a complete engine and camera platform with life science and OEM applications in mind. The launch of MicroHAWK will be an addition to its existing line of cutting edge products that includes AutoVISION line of machine vision smart cameras, and Vision MINI and Vision HAWK, with lens, lighting, processor, and communications on a single miniature device.
The new MicroHAWK family of imaging devices is inclusive of a fully-integrated imaging engine and three industrial-rated miniature imagers. The product enables the users to automate critical processes like specimen and reagent identification and tracking, tube cap presence and absence, cap type and color identification, dimensional measurements such as tube height and diameter.
MicroHAWK empowers the users to meet any decoding or inspection task, in any integration space, and with scalability to adapt to meet unpredictable requirements in the future. With MicroHAWK, the company has traversed the path from providing only barcode imaging solution to the universal imaging of any code, or text to achieve any automation task based on visible data.
"We manufacture, sell, and support solutions and custom applications in industries from packaging to electronics assembly and clinical instrumentation,” said Scott Summerville, President, Microscan Systems.

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text: 2 Acres m/l***: Country living at it's best in this 3 bedroom, 4 bathroom home. This Custom built timber framed 3 bedroom, 4 bath home with service elevator, a large pond. The house is truly one of a kind. The owner is the builder and the developer of the 240 acres m/l country development. Master bedroom suite with gas fireplace, hickory ceiling and walls, large walk-in shower and jetted hot tub. Guest Bedroom is finished with walnut ceilings and walls, gas fireplace and access to full bath room. Very private setting. The third bedroom on 2nd floor is finished in old barn board, carpet and access to additional bathroom. The large living room has Cathedral ceilings, walls are finished in white oak, with stone wood burning fireplace. Hardwood oak flooring, adjoins large covered porch overlooking your pond and the neighbors pond with deer and turkey frequenting the property. Large kitchen/great room has hardwood floors, custom hickory cabinets, post and beam construction, with timber from the property. Large island, gas range, stainless steel appliance package, old wood cookstove with brick hearth. Enclosed porch off great room. 2nd floor has large family rec room area with lots of built in shelves for storage. All built-ins are done with old barn boards and old barn beams. This home is a custom home with much of the wood taken off the farm and old barns out of the area. All this and you are just a couple of minutes from Stephens Forest DNR ground. This would give you plenty of acres to hunt. This country sub-division has a 20 acre m/l lake that you can boat and fish out of as well. Sit outside on the covered porch and relax. Enjoy the view of the pond viewing squirrels, birds watch a deer drink. WOW this is living!!! *** Buyer can purchase the property with more acres and more improvements.


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Students can earn up to 10 bonus points on one test or quiz per nine weeks by completing the following games. Students earn 2 points for each game they complete, with a maximum of 10 points per nine weeks. For credit, students must email a screen shot of the game’s final confirmation screen to Mr. Sanford. For directions on how to take a screen shot follow this link.
Comma Chameleon: Feed the chameleon by using the correct punctuation.
Going to work With Commas: You’re the new boss in the office, put the commas in the right place.
Comma Confusion: Beat the aliens by punctuating correctly.
SOL Review Battleship: Review the SOL and answer questions correctly to sink your opponents battleship.
Word Frog: Antonyms, homonyms and synonyms.

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text: Rugby Acne medication gel contains 10% benzoyl Peroxide, which can prevent the pimples to burst out. The benzoyl peroxide gel actually works deep into the facial pore, from where pimples and acne burst. It would be highly recommended acne treatment gel for preventing acne, pimple, blemishes, whitehead, blackheads, etc. You can get the 3 oz. tube of original and high-quality acne medication gel from Amazon Pakistan.


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Some Ramblings...........This project was built mostly from junkbox parts, very few were actually purchased specifically for the Sweeper. As such, component substitution is wide open. The enclosures for both the Sweeper and the VCO were recycled from other uses. I merely use air conditioning duct sealer tape to cover any holes that I can't incorporate into the design. Notice the liberal use of the tape in the VCO box, covering a rather large hole where a battery holder used to be. Likewise, there's lots of room in the VCO enclosure and none in the sweep generator. For the front and rear panel lettering, I use printable sheets of adhesive-backed 8 1/2 x 11 paper, available at any office supply store. The panels are laid out using Windows 'Paint' program, with many test-prints on plain paper until the dimensions are correct. Then print the layout on the adhesive paper, cut to size and carefully apply to the enclosure, before any parts are mounted. If done on a color printer, a nice front panel can be made. For further protection, a clear adhesive sheet can be applied over the panel.
The use of an optical isolator is not necessary for the marker output. I used it because it was very simple and I don't like to mix negative supply voltages with 5 volt logic. Transistors don't usually open, they short!
If the 'Spot' pushbutton is held on, the VCO frequency can be varied between the setup points with the 'Marker' pot. This can be handy if you don't really care about setting an exact start and end frequency, but just want to see the response at a certain frequency.
If you are sweeping an unknown circuit or item, such as an unmarked crystal filter or resonator, start with the widest sweep possible. Once the peak is located on the display, the 'Min' and 'Max' pots may be used, without the 'Min/Max' switch, to center and widen the peak for detailed measurements.
To adjust the sweep width displayed on the oscilloscope, select ‘External Horizontal Input’ and use the ‘Horizontal volts / division’ and fine adjustment knob to display the desired sweep. The terminology used for these controls on various scopes may be different, but should be very close. In any case, the amplitude of the sweep signal determines the sweep width. The controls will probable allow for a wide range of sweep adjustment, from perhaps a ½ inch sweep, to a scan that extends well beyond both edges of the oscilloscope screen. Here lies another way to expand the scope display. By expanding the sweep beyond the physical limits of the screen and centering the display of interest, this widens the displayed peak, although the marker will also extend beyond the scope screen. The start and end VCO frequencies remain the same, but a smaller portion of the sweep is displayed, effectively decreasing the ‘frequency per division’.
As the sweep speed is increased, by increasing U2’s clock frequency, the displayed information becomes less accurate. As on a spectrum analyzer, increasing the sweep speed tends to act as a low pass filter on the display. This is because the scope trace is scanning so fast that the screen persistence won’t allow display of sharp peaks and valleys. Likewise, a very slow sweep rate will display every little nuance in the signal, but measurements are more difficult because of the opposite persistence effect ; it disappeared! I included the four position DIP switch to select the best sweep speed for whatever type of oscilloscope is used, and once set, it does not need to be adjusted further.
A signal that I was going to bring out to the rear panel of the sweeper is the U2 carry output, RCO on pin 13. This is a low signal, one clock pulse wide, that occurs at the beginning of each sweep. It could be used as a trigger to sync other equipment to the sweeper. It is not used on the prototype.
The prototype was built on several small printed circuit boards. More often than not, I find that it is just as easy and quick to make a pcb, as it is to wirewrap or perfboard a circuit using IC’s. The boards are hand-drawn, and drilled with a handheld Dremel tool. They are not fancy, but functional. Warmed-up Radio Shack ‘PCB Etchant Solution’ will etch a board in about ½ hour. First I lay the board out on .100 inch graph paper that I make on my computer using Microsoft Excel, or it can be purchased at an office supply store. Then tape the drawn pattern to the blank PCB. I drill the board next and smooth and clean it with a pot-scrubber, like ‘ScotchBrite’. I then use a ‘Sharpie’ or freezer-marking pen, available in most any grocery store, to draw the traces on the blank board. Then I etch the board, clean it once more with the scrubber, and it’s done. Dispose of the used etchant down the toilet, and don’t splash it anywhere. It will permanently stain anything it touches.
Finally, I just found that Mini-Circuits (www.mini-circuits.com), sells a neat ‘designers kit’ of seven DIP-sized VCO modules that cover the frequency range of 25 MHz to 1.025 GHz. They run on 12 volts and use a tuning voltage of 1 to 16 volts. Digi-Key sells a small, inexpensive DC to DC converter SIP, made by Power One, which runs off 5 volts, to take care of the increased tuning voltage. The VCO kit is part number K-POS2 and costs $79.95. If I decide to build something up, I will put all the details on this webpage.
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Designed by OgilvyAction and presented by journalist Cristina Parodi, together with our CEO Roberto Bianco, this event was introduced by various experts in the field of intralogistics such as professor Enzo Baglieri and professor Gino Marchet. The appropriate technical introduction was followed by a more symbolic, artistic part, where the fluid, acrobatic and explosive language of modern dance illustrated the most innovative characteristics of Smoov: flexibility, strength, precision, smartness, dynamism and versatility.
The Tormaresca vineyard, part of the Gruppo Antinori, was the first to use the ASRV system at its modern winery in the countryside of the Upper Salento at Masseria Maime. A two-level warehouse, with 800 pallets that store packaged boxes of wine, which is controlled via wireless using 2 ASRV vehicles who handle between 15-20 pallets per hour in a temperature-controlled environment.
A company specialised in the production of metal cabinets and racking installed a Smoov system in its premises in Montecorvino Pugliano in the province of Salerno. This inter-operational, fully automatic warehouse has 700 pallet spaces spread over 3 levels and contains 2 lifts for moving between floors and 4 automatic in/out bays. Inside the warehouse 3 ASRV vehicles handle around 40 metal baskets per hour during each shift.
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Enes Kanter is heading to Portland.
The 26-year-old center is signing with the Trail Blazers, the team announced Wednesday. He was released by the Knicks after the trade deadline last week.
Kanter also confirmed the move on Twitter.
"I look forward to helping the Blazers achieve the ultimate goal of competing for a championship," Kanter said. "Excited to meet my new teammates, coaches, staff and most importantly the fans."
The Lakers were interested in adding Kanter, as well, ESPN's report says.
Portland inked Kanter to a four-year, $70 million offer sheet when he was a restricted free agent in July 2015. But, the Thunder kept him after matching the deal.
Kanter was then sent from Oklahoma City to New York as part of the Carmelo Anthony trade in September 2017.
Kanter averaged 14.4 points and 10.5 rebounds in 44 games for the Knicks this season before he was waived. He had been unhappy with his role in New York.
The Trail Blazers enter play Wednesday in fourth place of the Western Conference with a 33-23 record.

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The first step is knowing exactly what’s in your credit report so you can plan to sort things out. You can request a copy of your credit report by contacting a credit reporting agency.
While any overdue debts stay on your credit file for five years, if you pay out the balance of your debt, your credit file can be updated. It’s vital you do as much as possible to clear any outstanding debt as lenders will want to see what actions you’ve taken to address any credit issues.
If the information in your file is not accurate, you can request to have it corrected by contacting the credit reporting agency and the credit provider involved.
Each lender has its own particular criteria for approving home loan applications so it’s worthwhile shopping around if at first you get a no. Remember though, that too many applications in a short timeframe can negatively impact your credit report if you’re being turned down for each application.
Working with a mortgage adviser will help you avoid adversely affecting your credit report as we work with a panel of lenders who deal specifically in lending to borrowers with credit issues and can match you up with the right one so you avoid being declined.
Banks have strict home loan assessment rules which may be holding you back from getting a mortgage with credit issues. Alternative lending solutions from non-bank lenders may offer a more flexible lending product that could better suit your circumstances.
These lenders tend to take an alternative approach to mortgage applications, considering each application on its merits and looking at a much wider set of lending criteria, which means they can often provide a financial solution when the banks turn you down.
Check you are in a position to comfortably manage your mortgage repayments without defaulting. You can use an online mortgage repayment calculator like this one to determine how much you’ll be required to repay each fortnight or month. Then draft a budget factoring in all of your monthly incomings and outgoings. Be sure to include a bit of a buffer for any interest rate increases so that your repayments are not too big a stretch for you.
One of the biggest hurdles for home buyers with less than a 20 per cent deposit is Lenders Mortgage Insurance (LMI). This is the fee charged by lenders to cover themselves should you default on your loan repayments later on.
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To get around this, rather than using a third-party mortgage insurer, some lenders can offer a Lender Protection Fee (LPF) which gives them the flexibility to assess your loan without having to get outside approval from LMI providers.
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Thousands of people around the world are seeing the benefits of purchasing items wholesale online from China. In this guide we shall give you a quick run through of the benefits and disadvantages of buying wholesale from China as well as how you can go about doing it.
What are the benefits of purchasing wholesale from China?
As we all know, we are suffering from a serious recession so we are constantly on the lookout for bargains. Bargain hunting is the key benefit of purchasing wholesale online from China – you can save thousands of dollars over buying products that have been manufactured in the USA or Europe.
China has very low production costs – largely due to cheap labor and materials –which is why they are able to offer businesses around the world highly competitive prices on their products.
What are the disadvantages to purchasing wholesale from China?
Despite the financial benefits of purchasing wholesale from China – there are disadvantages to be aware of.
There are always risks involved with purchasing online – particularly from a foreign country that you have no connection with. Ensure you do an in depth risk analysis before paying out the big bucks for anything.
China is not renowned for its quality products. That is not to say that all their products are of bad quality – but they do specialize in quick mass production. If you are concerned about the quality of items that you will be purchasing wholesale from China then most of the reputable wholesalers offer you the option to receive a sample. This is usually at a cost – however it will help you eliminate the risk of bulk purchasing items that you later decide are not of the quality you expected.
How can you use the internet to purchase wholesale items from China?
There are hundreds of websites offering wholesale items from China – and beginning your search is as simple as typing some key phrases into your search engine.
Spend a couple of hours browsing through the different wholesale websites – and never just settle on the first one you find. They significantly vary both in price and quality – so it is important to do your research before purchasing anything.
A large number of Chinese wholesale websites do not reveal their prices until you register. To register you will be required to give them your details including your business name and the purpose of your proposed purchases. It usually only takes a day or so to approve your application and you will then be able to view the prices of their products.
Like most wholesalers around the world, the more you buy the more you save. So look at what deals different websites offer for bulk purchases – as some offer huge discounts. It can often work out cheaper to buy a large amount of a product than just a couple.
Before choosing a website off which to purchase your Chinese wholesale items – always do your research and get customer feedback. Using your search engine again you will quickly be able to find reviews and feedback regarding specific wholesalers – this should give you a general idea of how reliable they are and what service they provide.
Although we have covered most of these before, it needs to be reiterated that you need to do a lot of research before purchasing wholesale items online from China.
There are a lot of websites offering their good – but not all are as good as others. Try to stick to large, reputable websites. You can usually tell the good quality ones from the quality of their website and if they have good English translation on there. This shows that they have a large English-speaking client base.
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There are many products that you should not buy from China as online wholesale items – these include electrical items, perishable goods and leather goods – as these may have regulations in your home country. Electrical items are also usually incompatible with foreign systems – unless otherwise specified.


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You may be able to get a DRO if all of the following apply to you: | you are unable to pay your debts; | your debts are worth up to PS20,000; | you do not own your home; | other savings or things of value you own, called assets, are worth less than PS1,000; | you do not own a car worth PS1,000 or more; | you have not had a DRO in the last six years.
The notice was served after Chaudhry Imran Qaiser, an Awami National Party candidate for the PP-20 by-election scheduled for Jan 9, brought the matter to the notice of the DRO.
All five have been directed to appear in person or through a counsel before the DRO on January 6.
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RISE IN DROS The number of people going into a type of personal insolvency known as "bankruptcy light" increased during the first three months of 2016, official figures show.
The FDA pilot program would be a completely voluntary program and a veteran could withdraw from it at any time for any reason, retaining all of their appeal rights, including the ability to submit new evidence, have a hearing and continue their appeal through DRO review or traditional appeal to the Board.
Women account for two-thirds of all DROs because men in trouble are more likely to file for traditional bankruptcy or an Individual Voluntary Arrangement.
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You can only apply for a DRO through an approved organisation such as the CCCS or Citizens Advice.
R3 Midlands Chairman James Martin, a partner at the Birmingham office of Begbies Traynor, said: "We believe the introduction of the DRO is a positive step towards combating poverty, releasing those who are trapped in impossible debt, but it does open the gates to an unknown quantity of debtors.
Individuals who meet the strict criteria for a DRO will deal directly with an approved intermediary organisation, such as the local Citizens Advice Bureau.
After LCL'S tax year ended on July 31, 2000, its operating agreement was amended to state that on liquidation of the company its members were required to satisfy the negative balances in their capital accounts, thereby imposing a DRO on the members.
DRO has proven effective in eliminating a wide variety of problem behaviors with different populations, and it is a procedure that does not require extensive training to implement (Homer & Peterson, 1980).
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Speaking of that we should get the CDM class going. I know guys have older gas trucks sitting on the shelf that used to run oval. Just throw some foam tires on and get it out there. I can start bringing mine every week if we can get enough guys to run.
For club races I'm fine with thAT. would need to meet all the regular cdm class rules though. so far we gave had zero cdms show up.
Hopper would an electric truck be allowed in the California dirt mod class?
Sorry for the late notice but I'm sure you'd all rather have the track in primo shape for this weekend!
Anyone have a B-4 for sale?
Very nice street stock main event!!!
Easiest way by far is to pick up a used b4 for under $100. Slap on a front bumper and body mounts, body and legal 17.5 electronics. Please read through the street stock rules BEFORE putting one together.
Is there anyway to turn an old T3 staduim truck into a street stock? If not what is the easy route of building one?
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410 Sprint A Main from 10/12 enjoy.
Great night of racing last night. Hopper did a great job of running the races and for the most part all the racers did a great job of making the program run smooth. We had a full class of 410 sprints and the racing was awesome and it was really fun to watch Butch and Hopper go wheel to wheel in the 360 main. Great Job Delta!!!!!!
Woohoo! Great night tonight and done by 10:30! Thanks to everyone that made it out! Can't wait for gold cup next weekend!
snake ill be at the track around 4 today we can getbyour car speedy.. i have a 2.5 turn we can bolt in.
We had some rain on wed evening butvthe track was not effected and is still holding up great. We Harvard handfull of racers come by this afternoon to see what it looked like. It looks great! Gates open at 4 and racing starts at 7. We'll be done by 11.
Thanks Butch! I remember my car was no match coming out of the turns.
Jake, I wouldn't say you would get smoked. I ran 4th last time out with my gearbox car. There might be a slight advantage but missing a wreck or 2 will easily make up the difference.
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Few people enjoy a complaint being made about their work. Here are seven learning points from our First-Tier Complaints Handling Survey 2017 to help you avoid complaints or deal successfully with them when they occur.
The new Money Laundering Regulations 2017 came into force on 26 June 2017 and new sector guidance has now been published. The regulations impact us all. David Pope reports.
Helen Whiting, CILEx Regulation’s Practitioner Authorisation and Supervision Manager, highlights the reasons why competencies evidenced through Work-Based Learning portfolios are so important for lawyers - and for consumers of legal services.
Sarah Bailey discusses how pro bono can benefit not only members of the public, but law students and qualified lawyers too.


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In December 2017, Norway became the first country in the world to switch off national FM radio. The aim was to provide a better radio offering to listeners and create a sustainable position for radio in the face of rising competition from digital media and online services.
Just over a year after the completion of its digital switchover, a report released by WorldDAB at the Radio Days Europe conference in Lausanne, reveals how the switchover has impacted Norway’s radio listening.
One of the major arguments for the digital transition was to increase the diversity of Norwegian radio services. DAB+ has made it possible to increase the number of free-to-air national services across Norway from five to 32 stations, greatly extending the choice available to listeners across all demographic groups. These new services have proved highly popular with listeners and now account for 36 per cent of total listening hours.
Seasonal and event-specific pop-up radio stations have also proved popular with Norwegian listeners – during the Olympic Winter Games and the FIFA World Cup, NRK Sport grew from a usual share of 1 or 2 per cent to more than 20 per cent on certain days, making it the third largest station during the events and highlighting listeners’ appetite for such pop-up stations.
The penetration of DAB+ radios – and, in particular, the proportion of cars equipped with DAB+ – has risen considerably, with almost all new cars sold in Norway (98 per cent) now including DAB+ as standard. It is expected that within the next three to four years, 80 per cent of all cars on the road will be equipped with DAB+.

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CRG Forum is back up!
Sorry for the inconvenience but things are back to normal now!!!
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Glad to see the forum back!
Glad the site is back up!! Thanks to the guys that put in all the hard work.
About to turn blue waiting. Thanks to all!
We may never know what exactly happened, but thanks to the tireless work of those who restored the site. Withdrawal was severe and rough!
Ok so Gary has been busy!
I sold 3 project cars and some parts (but bought a few more parts because of great prices). Overall, downsizing. Kinda looking for a big block or Z project car, but thats off the record! It’s not a want ad!
Glad the forum is back up. I missed you guys and your cars.
Thanks for getting back on line! I was having withdrawals, CRG is my escape when I'm stuck in the office at work, Camaro fever is very therapeutic !

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We are two months into 2013 and Criticwatch is both optimistic and pessimistic about the state of the quote whore phenomenon. January and February tends to be a feeding frenzy for junketeers and those without a critical thought in their brain and boy has this year gotten off to a bad start. Movie-wise. Out of 23 wide releases up to this weekend, 20 of them have failed to hit 60% approval at Rotten Tomatoes. Yikes. That includes all four March 1 releases. We can just assume that The Last Exorcism Part II (the 8th film not to screen for press this year) is going to be in the negative. The optimism comes in that we have not seen a lot of repeat offenders piling up their numbers. The pessimism comes from seeing that studios have found some new quote whores to replace the usual suspects. And we know that March is normally when the giant himself, Peter Travers, comes out of hibernation.
Wonderful, right? Direct from the lips of another member memberof the Broadcast Film Critics Association. The last time we heard that a film "rocks" in its advertisement, it was 2012 Quote Whore of the Year Joel Amos saying it about the remake of RED DAWN. Nice company, huh? Who's next?
Oh great, this guy. This is only Shawn's second quote of 2013. Hopefully it will be his last. Seriously, can we stop studios? Shawn Edwards is a punchline. Everybody is aware by now. $190 million on the line, Warner Bros., and you want to use a joke to convince people they should go see it? You want to know the last three films he was quoted as saying were "thrilling?"
The most consistent of the quote whores this year so far has to be Maria Salas. She now has one quote per month including Marlon Wayans' A Haunted House, a film that went unscreened for press and used quotes from Twitter to hopefully deflect that it's the second-worst reviewed film of the year. Why Open Road felt the need to use her on Side Effects, the best-reviewed film of 2013, is anyone's guess? Ours is pure laziness from their marketing department. Look at Maria here play the whole pun game while we give you a little of her history on "thrill rides" and fantasy films.
A couple of weeks ago we saw our first quote of the year from Ben Lyons and wondered why anyone continues to dig up his opinion. Maybe because Safe Haven is precisely the kind of film for people who like dumb stories about pretty people - aka the audience for Extra. This week his dad, Jeffrey, is on the hook for the Giant Slayer. Funny how that moniker could apply to Ben for starting the downfall of At the Movies. Delightful, huh?
Delightful, right? Now you have seen us make a couple references already to Warner Bros. likely writing their own copy for these quotes. We have seen the memos. We have the heard the stories. This happens all the time people. Whether Criticwatch can make a case-by-case basis for it is another deal. We're not in the room. We're not in these people's heads. But if it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck... When you see the word "epic" used to describe last year's WB efforts The Dark Knight Rises and Cloud Atlas, that makes sense. The scope of the story and filmmaking without question falls into that territory, no matter who might be saying it. But consider the following quotes and think again.
See what we're getting at? It's possible that "epic" is just a money word on the tip of every junketeers tongue. Or maybe it's just a sign that the whole critical world needs to get just a little more creative and a little less obvious as seen just by the quotes chosen by those who still write reviews at Rotten Tomatoes.

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Why does Vegas take so long to Undo dropping new media into timeline?
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I'm not at my editing computer at the moment, but I seem to remember that when I set the clip to 'project' instead of 'clip', the text became solid grey and it wouldn't let me adjust the settings.
I would also like a response to this!!
Sorry - simple question. Cannot seem to find the answer via a search; I have tried. I am doing some comps for a project that is in SD anamorphic, 720 x 486 (using blackmagic uncompessed 10 bit codec).


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