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Sinergia (the Spanish term for “synergy”) is a technology innovation academic challenge developed by the SPE Colombia Section and supported and sponsored by Halliburton. The objective of the program is for final year students and recent graduates to show their hard and soft skills to the oil and gas industry community by proposing an innovative solution to an enhanced oil recovery (EOR) challenge using technology and programming skills.
The Sinergia 2018 competition was advertised on the section’s social media platforms and had a launch as part of Halliburton’s Landmark Innovation Forum & Expo in Colombia, which was transmitted via streaming to the target audience. Eighty-three teams applied to Sinergia2018 but only ten spots were available. Each team comprised three people with skills in teamwork, programming, oil and gas knowledge, and proficiency in English. Participants were from the engineering fields such as petroleum, chemical, mechanical, systems, electrical, electronics, and geology.
Five EOR challenges were proposed for the competition. Each team received one of them and had 2 months to come up with an innovative solution to it. During the development of the program, participants had to attend live webinars of training sessions in soft skills, technical knowledge, and use of the iEnergyCloud platform provided by Halliburton. More than 20 hours of training were delivered to the participants. An SPE technical committee evaluated the solutions proposed and selected the three best teams for the Grand Final. SPE Colombia Section members volunteered to create the challenges, organize the training sessions, and the evaluate the proposed solutions.
Finalists of the Sinergia 2018 competition.
The Grand Final round of the competition was held in Medellin Colombia as part of the SPE Technical Conference, an event organized by the student chapters in Colombia. The finalists presented their solutions in front of an audience of approximately 300 people and the three Halliburton judges. All the teams showed great research skills, implementing artificial intelligence and programming skills, and the Holistic Engineers team with members Diana Ramos, Juan Barrero, and Miguel Sanchez were announced the winners. They created a software that optimizes parameters for cyclic steam injection. The winners were invited to join the Halliburton DEEP Program, obtaining their first working experience. Currently they are hired by Halliburton and working in Colombia.
Preparations are going on for the Sinergia 2019 edition, and we expect this program to expand to other countries for creating more opportunities for SPE young professionals. We intend to become a showcase for participants, so people in the industry can see their talents.
For more information, visit the SPE Colombia web page at www.spe.org.co.

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Cultivation: Based on the low-impact methods of Demeter farming – to preserve the diversity of nature. The coffee cherries slowly ripen in the shade of overhanging trees.
Harvesting: By hand. This ensures only the ripe coffee cherries are picked and carefully sorted.

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text: The event is free and open to anyone who wants to participate. Take along some sketching implements and sheets of paper or a notebook and use the opportunity to socialise and get advice on improving your art. You'll also be able to view the Humble Beginnings exhibition, which is running at the café.

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text: Match Hampton & Richmond vs Slough Town results and Live score on footlive.com. Hampton & Richmond - Slough Town match for England: National League South starts on 09/02/2019 at 15:00 UTC/GMT. With footlive.com you can follow Hampton & Richmond results and Slough Town results. Live results, Goal Scorers , Half Time result, Full-Time result, 2nd Half result, h2h, head to head, line ups, goals, red cards, yellow cards, statistics, betting, follow the game with foot live.

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The ultimate stopover in Outjo while on Safari between Etosha National Park and Otjiwarongo, near the main road beside GemStones / Tourist Info!
our Restaurant with Bed & Breakfast and Beergarden is situated at the corner Hage Geingob Street / Tuin Street / Kronkel Road.
According to my experiences in South Africa and Switzerland I offer you international and especially swiss meals. At the FARMhouse African and european cooking join together to highlights.
For smaller, individual groups a daily menue is available as well as our wide variaty of menues a la carte.
Larger groups are also really welcome. For these groups an assortment of our menue card up to a complete three course menue is available on request.
Italian coffee specialities, Espresso and Cappucino made with an original Italian coffeemaker is offered and our cakebuffet surprises with daily fresh and homemade cakes and sweets.
You are looking for a room overnight?
We also offer Bed & Breakfast up to family rooms. Spacious Parking area in front of the restaurant.
Outjo is the ideal stopover for day trips to the surrounded sightseeing specials.
You would appreciate to go with a native tour guide? We can arrange day trips to Etosha, Vingerklip Lodge, Omburo or the Himba Village!

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I've created a short, informal survey regarding both this blog and the Facebook group. It will help provide some basic demographic information and also allow me to find out where in the world everyone is! It is a private survey and entirely confidential, I am the only person with access to the information.
Thanks in advance, and I hope you and your families are well.
Thanks so much for setting up a group and site, it's very helpful!
I have 5 year old twin boys and a 15 month baby boy. One of the twins and my youngest have signs of CMS and it is such a relief to come across your Blog.
My 5 year old, O, started showing signs of CMS when he was just a few months old. I've lost count of the number of people who told me it was "just a baby thing" when deep down I knew it was something more. My initial fear was that of Autism. He was significantly delayed in a number of areas. At 21 months he didn't walk, talk, point or wave but he made good eye contact. Since then he has seen a physiotherapist, occupational therapist, speech therapist and neurodisability specialist. They have described him as a "mystery" as he shares many Autistic traits but is not deficient enough in the social aspect to meet the criteria for diagnosis. Interestingly, during his ADOS screening his flapping was described as "very Autistic" and has always been his main feature.
Fast forward to 5 years old and he's doing brilliantly. He's very bright and capable at school but, I feel, still has some difficulties with his social communication and control of his emotions. His flapping is as bad as ever. It was a revelation to read the Johns Hopkins study which described children with CMS as having other comorbidities. I am now more sure than ever that this is the correct diagnosis for my son.
My youngest son, J, also displays the symptoms of CMS. Until today this really perplexed me as he has absolutely no other Autistic symptoms; he is the happiest, most sociable and interactive child you could hope to meet - the antithesis of his brother at the same age! But now it all makes sense. I'm convinced they both have CMS and that O's condition coexists with anxiety and perhaps OCD or ADHD.
Incidently, they have both been diagnosed with hypotonia (low muscle tone) and I'd be really interested to hear if this is the case for other children too.
Throughout all the various appointments with Specialists we've had over the years not one has mentioned CMS, I don't think it is widely recognised in this country but in my opinion it needs to be.
I want my children to be diagnosed with this condition because I want them to receive understanding and compassion (particularly for O's issues which coexist). If they get picked on at school I want teachers to be able to educate the children. I want my sons to know that they're not "wierd" but that they have a recognised medical condition that can profoundly affect their day to day living. I want some advice on how to deal with it and, most importantly at this stage in their lives, I want to be able to educate their teachers and make them realise that they may need additional support with socialising and communication.
I would love to hear from other mums, particularly in the UK. I want to do everything I can to make this a recognised condition for which my children can receive help.
Hi....I see there hasn't been much activity on this blog recently. Is it still up and running? My son was recently diagnosed and there's not much information on the topic. Is the facebook group still in existence?
It is still up and running, but we are in the process of creating a new site. The Facebook group is very active as well and offers a more secure place to post questions...link is on the upper right of page.
Hi. I am a desperate mother from Puerto Rico with a government covered health insurance (Medicaid). I cannot receive proper medical consultation with this coverage for the diagnosis and treatment of a primary motor stereotype. My son has presented repetitive movements and over hyperactivity in school. He is 5 years old. Very smart and loving child. However in school the teacher complains that he can't stay still and that he makes sounds and seems living in an adventureous fantasy . He moves his hands a lot. What disturbs me the most is when he moves his neck making his chin touch his chest and swallows loudly. He also demonstrates an involuntary stomach contraction. He holds his stomach in and then releases his stomach outwardly with air. I have told his pediatrician I have visited a neurologist and yet no diagnosis. Please help!

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PWRMF - Power Metals Corp.
VANCOUVER , March 21, 2019 /CNW/ - Power Metals Corp. ("Power Metals Corp." or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:PWM)(OAA1.F)(PWRMF) is pleased to announce that we have engaged SGS Canada Inc. regarding metallurgical testing of the spodumene pegmatite Main Dyke on the Case Lake Property, east of Cochrane, Ontario . Power Metals has signed a Non-Disclosure Agreement with SGS and started to transfer key documents to SGS. SGS is planning to start the metallurgical testing with heavy liquid (HL) separation and mineralogy analyses.
VANCOUVER , Jan. 10, 2018 /CNW/ - Power Metals Corp. ("Power Metals Corp." or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:PWM)(OAA1.F)(PWRMF) is pleased to announce that it has started planning for a drill program at Paterson Lake, 60 km north of Kenora , northwestern Ontario . Power Metals has an approved Exploration Permit from Ontario Ministry of Energy, Northern Development and Mines for drilling at Paterson Lake.
VANCOUVER, Sept. 6, 2018 /PRNewswire/ - Power Metals Corp. ("Power Metals Corp." or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:PWM)(OAA1.F)(PWRMF) is pleased to announce that drill hole PWM-18-123 has intersected 35 m of pegmatite including high-grade spodumene zones on the West Joe Dyke, Case Lake Property, 80 km east of Cochrane, northeastern Ontario. Drill hole PWM-18-124 intersected spodumene pegmatite from 1.5 to 18.9 m (17.4 m interval) with up to 10% spodumene.
VANCOUVER , July 31, 2018 /CNW/ - Power Metals Corp. ("Power Metals Corp." or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:PWM)(OAA1.F)(PWRMF) is pleased to announce that the Company's 20% working interest partner, MGX Minerals Inc. ("MGX"), along with Orion Laboratories, LLC ("Orion") and Light Metals International Inc. ("LMI") have commenced laboratory bench-scale testing of a 10 kilogram bulk sample of spodumene-rich drill core originating from the Case Lake lithium project in Ontario . The mineralized material is currently undergoing chemical and mineralogical homogeneity testing, with the objective of extracting lithium compounds and achieving a 95% pure spodumene concentrate.
VANCOUVER , July 9, 2018 /CNW/ - Power Metals Corp. ("Power Metals Corp." or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE: PWM) (OAA1.F) (PWRMF) is pleased to announce that the first hole of the summer drill program, PWM-18-84, has successfully intersected 126.25 m of pegmatite within the Main Dyke at Case Lake, east of Cochrane . The purpose of this longitudinal drill hole was to test the continuity of the Main Dyke along strike and down dip.
VANCOUVER , June 29, 2018 /CNW/ - Power Metals Corp. ("Power Metals Corp." or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:PWM)(OAA1.F)(PWRMF) is pleased to announce that it has engaged San Diego Torrey Hills Capital, Inc. ("Torrey Hills Capital"), a Rancho Santa Fe, California based investor relations firm, to provide market awareness and investor relations services to the Company, subject to TSX Venture Exchange acceptance.
VANCOUVER , June 27, 2018 /CNW/ - Power Metals Corp. (the "Company") (PWM.V) (OAA1.F) (PWRMF) is pleased to announce that, further to its news release of May 30, 2018 , it has completed a brokered private placement of 3,448,300 units (each, a "Unit") at a price of $0.58 per Unit for gross proceeds of approximately $2,000,000 (the "Offering"). Eight Capital (the "Agent") acted as agent for the Offering. Each Unit is comprised of one flow-through common share of the Company (a "Share") and one-half of one flow-through common share purchase warrant (each whole warrant, a "Warrant"). Each Warrant will entitle the holder thereof to acquire one non-flow-through common share of the Company at a price of $0.85 until June 27, 2020 . The Offering was led by Eight Capital, pursuant to the terms of an agency agreement entered into by the Company and the Agent on June 27, 2018 (the "Agency Agreement").
VANCOUVER , June 21, 2018 /CNW/ - Power Metals Corp. ("Power Metals Corp." or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:PWM)(OAA1.F)(PWRMF) is pleased to announce that drilling has commenced in the Main Dyke area, on the Henry Dome on the Case Lake Property, 80 km east of Cochrane . The first drill hole for this 2018 summer drill program will be PWM-18-84 on the Main Dyke (Figure 1). A total of 5,400 m of drilling and 50 holes was previously completed on the Main, North and South Dyke last year with great success. Dr. Selway, VP of Exploration, stated "We are thrilled to commence drilling again at Case Lake for this extremely large drill program.
VANCOUVER , June 14, 2018 /CNW/ - Power Metals Corp. ("Power Metals Corp." or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:PWM)(OAA1.F)(PWRMF) is pleased to announce that the geological mapping program at Case Lake, 80 km east of Cochrane, Ontario has discovered lithium mineralization on an entire new dome (Dome 9). This is the first time that spodumene has been identified outside of the Henry Dome (Dome 8) where all work to date has been done. This significant discovery validates Power Metals' exploration model that lithium pegmatites are hosted by tonalite domes on the Case Lake Property.

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Arrival at Bangalore airport and transfer to Mysore .Check in at Hotel. Mysore is known as city of Palaces. Proceed for sightseeing. Visit Brindavan Garden, Mysore Palace, Chamundi hills, Zoo/Sreerangapattanam etc. By evening ,return to hotel. Overnight stay at the hotel.
After breakfast,check out of hotel and transfer to Ooty- also known as Udhagamandal which means the "Queen of hill stations".It is a land of picturesque picnic spots and used to be a popular summer and weekend getaway for the British. Check in at hotel /resort and overnight stay.
After breakfast, proceed for sightseeing of Ooty. Visit Botanical Gardens. These gardens have around a thousand species, both exotic and indigenous. In the centre of the Gardens, there lies a fossilized tree trunk estimated to be 20 million years old.Also visit Ooty Lake which is surrounded by groves of Eucalyptus trees with a railway line running along one shore.Later, drive to Coonoor and visit Sims Park and Dolphin Nose Point.Overnight stay at hotel.
After breakfast, check out of hotel and proceed to Kodaikanal. Kodaikanal is known as the "Princess of Hill stations" and serves as a popular tourist destination. On arrival at Kodaikanal,check into hotel. The rest of the day is free for leisure. Overnight stay at Hotel.
After breakfast,proceed for full day sightseeing of Kodaikanal. VisitBerijam Lake-a beautiful picnic spot, Bryant Park- a park which boasts of over 325 species of trees, cactuses and shrubs and appears like a gorgeous rainbow when all its flowers bloom, then Rock Pillar which is a set of three giant rock pillars which stand 122 metres high.later, return to hotel.Overnight stay at hotel.
After breakfast, check out of hotel and proceed to Coimbatore airport to catch your flight for onward journey.

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Personal loans can be used for a variety of reasons and can provide a great benefit if you are able to secure one with terms that are favorable to you. What you do not want to do is use person loans as a quick fix for a problem and take on a payment or interest rate that is going to prove to be problematic for you. That means that you need to be able to get a personal loan that makes sense for you, and it is important that you consider all of your options before you make any final decisions. By doing your homework up front, and shopping around, you can find a loan that will get you where you need to be without causing you financial hardships down the road. When it comes to personal loans there are secured loans and unsecured loans. Each has its advantages and disadvantages, so make sure you look at them carefully before you commit to either option.
Secured personal loans are loans that are backed by some type of collateral. Common examples of these types of loans are car loans and mortgages. With a secured personal loan, the collateral gives the lender added security in that they will be able to recover all or at least some of their money in the event that the lender defaults on the loan. Because of this secured loans are often offered with lower interest rates, longer repayment terms, and a higher lending amount. This makes sense since most banks and financial institutions are risk averse, and always prefer an option where the chances of them taking a loss will be as minimal as possible. The bottom line is that unless you have outstanding credit, and a lot of income; your ability to secure a large amount of money with personal loans is going to be by going with a secured loan.
Unsecured personal loans are the opposite of secured loans in that there is no collateral involved. Common examples of these types of loans include student loans, signature loans, and credit cards. When you get an unsecured personal loan your interest rates are obviously going to be higher, repayment period significantly shorter, and the total amount of money you can get will be much lower than it would with a secured loan. With that being said if you are able to build up excellent credit, and have a reliable income, then using unsecured personal loans can be very beneficial to you. While you will not be risking any collateral with this type of loan, you will be putting your credit on the line and the last thing you want to do is ever hurt your credit score.
Unless you are one of the lucky few in the upper one percent you are not going to be able to live life in the modern world without loans. Even if you do not want a credit card, you are probably going to need a car loan or mortgage at some point. So, what you have to do now is make sure that you monitor your credit, and that you do your homework before you make any final decisions on getting a personal loan.

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Break things off with the delivery guy.
If you auto-dial your local pizza place once a week, you’re not alone: according to last year’s Euromonitor International Consumer Foodservice report, pizza is South Africa’s best loved takeaway/home delivery fast food, with double the sales figures of any other takeaway. The problem: our fave fast food is loaded with fat and sodium.
Hold the sausage. “Parma ham is much leaner and provides the same meaty satisfaction without all the kilojoules or grease,” says Gans. Trade mozzarella for goat’s cheese or feta and you’ll get a mouthful of creamy goodness and 11 percent fewer kilojoules.
Layer one slice ready-made pizza base with half a cup diced tomato and half a cup chopped rocket. Top with 14g thinly sliced Parma ham. Sprinkle with one tablespoon crumbled goat’s cheese or feta and a pinch of freshly ground black pepper. Drizzle with one teaspoon extra virgin olive oil and bake in a 190°C oven for five to seven minutes, or until cheese melts.
If you like your slice on the sweet side, there’s another option besides Hawaiian-style (that’s pineapple and ham for the uninitiated). Try some non-fat ricotta sweetened with orange marmalade, a touch of honey and slices of fibre-filled pear for a healthy meal that tastes like it could be dessert.
Spread two teaspoons orange marmalade over one slice ready-made pizza base. Top with a quarter cup non-fat ricotta and spread well to cover. Top with a third of a thinly sliced Bosc pear. Drizzle with one teaspoon honey and bake in a 190°C oven for five to seven minutes, or until warmed through.
“Feta on pizza is a really smart choice,” says Gans. “You only need a little to get a lot of flavour, which results in a huge kilojoule saving.” Then there’s a generous serving of veggies, including roasted red peppers and rosa tomatoes, which dish up more than 40 percent of your daily vitamin C.
Top one slice ready-made pizza base with two tablespoons drained roasted red peppers, five halved rosa tomatoes, five halved pitted kalamata olives and one teaspoon feta-cheese crumbles. Bake in a 190°C oven for five to seven minutes, or until cheese melts.
You don’t have to weigh down your slice with chorizo or extra cheese to score a hearty serving of satiating protein. A reduced-fat hard cheese such as Slimmer’s Choice Cheddar, Gouda or mozzarella (around 13 percent less fat than regular cheese) and skinless white meat chicken with a coating of tangy barbecue sauce keeps you satisfied – so you won’t be tempted to polish off the rest of the pizza by yourself.
Toss a third of a cup cubed grilled chicken breasts and two tablespoons diced red onion with one tablespoon barbecue sauce. Spread evenly over one slice ready-made pizza base. Sprinkle with one teaspoon grated reduced-fat cheese. Bake in a 190°C oven for five to seven minutes, or until cheese melts.
Fennel is one of the ingredients that give Italian sausage its distinctive taste. Sprinkle it, fresh or dried, onto your pizza and you’ll get the flavour you crave minus all that unwanted fat and bloat-inducing sodium.
Sauté half a cup diced fennel, three-quarters of a cup grated courgette and a pinch of chilli flakes with one teaspoon olive oil in a small pot over medium heat for five minutes, or until fennel softens. Spread over one slice ready-made pizza base. Sprinkle with two tablespoons reduced-fat grated mozzarella cheese melts. Bake in a 190°C oven for five to seven minutes, or until cheese melts.
You could order a side salad with your pizza – or you can just pile your greens on top instead. This combo features crumbled goat’s cheese, which adds a big kick of robust flavour for a fraction of the fat you’d get from a standard mozzarella-loaded piece. And best of all, there’s zero cooking required.
Toss one cup baby spinach with half a cup sliced red grapes, one teaspoon pine nuts, one tablespoon crumbled goat’s cheese and one tablespoon light balsamic vinaigrette. Top one slice ready-made pizza base with the salad.
—Ask for your pizza to be made with half the usual amount of cheese – or even better, order a cheeseless pizza and top with a cheese that contains less fat, like feta.
—Opt for a thin crust over the regular kind – this simple trick can reduce your carbs from two servings per slice to one.
—Order a cheeseless pizza and sprinkle your slice with one tablespoon of grated Parmesan cheese.
—Shrink your portion by sharing a pizza with a friend and ordering a side salad to bulk up the meal – eat the salad first so it fills you before you tuck into the pizza.
—Bulk up your toppings with veggies like broccoli, asparagus, artichoke, cauliflower, spinach, peppers, tomatoes, sun-dried tomatoes, aubergine, mushrooms and onions as they contain micronutrients and will fill you up.
Looking for more healthy recipes? Here are seven insanely delicious zoodle recipes, seven ways to mix up your cauliflower rice, 10 things you can do with avocado that don’t involve toast. Enjoy!


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Assam Police constable Admit Card 2018 PST/PET Examination Process and date 2018 in Assam.Assam Police Admit Card & Hall Ticket 2018 Assam Police Call Letter 2018.
Hey guys in this blog we are going to discuss about Assam Police Constable Admit card Hall Ticket & Call Letter 2018.So lets discuss about all the process and information of Assam Police Constable Recruitment 2018.
Assam police has published a notification about recruitment of 5494 post of Armed / UN Armed [DFF].From Assam many young persons filled their online applications for these posts. The submission of application forms has started from 02-05-2018 to 02-06-2018.For more details visit below.
Those who applied for assam police recruitment 2018 they are waiting for the examination of Assam Police 2018.Assam Police is going to conduct PST/PET conducted first within a short period of time.So don't worry about this.Have a good preparation for the examination.
THE DATE OF EXAMINATION 2018 WILL BE PUBLISHED ON ASSAM POLICE OFFICIAL WEBSITE.
HERE IS THE LINK OF OFFICIAL WEBSITE ASSAM POLICE.
At First PET/PST will be conducted.
There are 100 questions each have half marks.
There is no negative marking process.
The extra curricular activities and special skill test have 10 Marks.
There is no mark for PST.
All the candidates are recommended to get in touch with the official website of Assam Police about the notifications regarding the examination and Admit Card and more details.Also You can Bookmark of this website for more information of Assam Police and Various Jobs and Digital In formations.
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Although nearly 90 percent of urban dwellers had electricity by the 1930s, only 10 percent of rural dwellers did. Private utility companies, who supplied electric power to most of the nation’s consumers, argued that it was too expensive to string electric lines to isolated rural farmsteads. They argued that most farmers were too poor to be able to afford electricity anyway.
The Roosevelt Administration believed that if private enterprise could not supply electric power to the people, then it was the duty of the government to do so. So, in 1935 the Rural Electric Administration (REA) was created to bring electricity to rural areas like those in central North Carolina. In 1938, nine men gathered at a small gas station in downtown Asheboro to talk about building an electric cooperative themselves. They, too, believed that people in rural areas deserved the quality of life that electricity provided people in cities. As their talks continued, the men decided to form a cooperative that would bring electricity to the countryside. This business would be owned by those it served and the electricity would be distributed at a fair and reasonable cost to all who wanted it.
Those nine founders signed their names on the line to borrow $300,000 to build their new electric cooperative—Randolph Electric Membership Corporation—and for just $5, rural residents could become member-owners of this new cooperative. Today, Randolph EMC has grown to more than 31,000 consumer-members spread out over more than 4,100 miles of line in areas of Randolph, Moore, Montgomery, Chatham and Alamance counties.

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Patel touched the third rail of university politics - homosexuality!
Apparently, the cultureShock: Reclaim organizers are made of evil and humor is water.
"Patel’s comedy skit was cut short after the students who organized the event interrupted him and demanded that he end his performance early.
The students got on stage, took the comedian’s microphone, and denounced his jokes in front of the audience, as first reported by The Columbia Spectator.
So much for the diversity of Asian American artistic expression. Diversity defined by the cultureShock: Reclaim true believers: You can express yourself fully if you believe what I believe, says what I want you to say, and do as I tell you to do.


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Our goals are simple: restore habitat to gain as much natural function as possible and protect those places of highest importance from alteration and development.
KCT works with landowners to conserve critical habitat through land purchases and conservation easements.
Easements and acquisitions are just some of the conservation tools that we use when working with landowners to keep important habitat lands from being developed.
We identify priority projects that can restore natural processes and improve habitat values in the upper Yakima River Basin.
We enhance fish and wildlife habitat through projects that create river side channels, remove fish passage barriers, place wood back in streams, restore riparian vegetation and much more.
We engage the community and visitors to help inform them about their role in protecting and managing the lands they love.
Those living and visiting Kittitas County have a deep connection to the land, and we are furthering that by teaching how they can protect the place where they live, work and play.
From Snoqualmie Pass to the Roza Dam in the Yakima River Canyon, the upper Yakima River basin is home to an astounding array of natural resources that support and nourish both the wildlife and humans that frequent this area. The cold, clear headwaters of the Yakima River and its many tributaries are the lifeblood of the chinook, sockeye, and coho salmon that are born and return here to spawn after a long journey along the Yakima and Columbia Rivers to and from the ocean. Several populations of federally endangered bull trout, spend their entire lives in the in the upper Yakima basin waters. This area, on which so much wildlife depends, and where so many people live, work, and play, is where the Kittitas Conservation Trust calls home.
Formed in 2002, KCT works together with interested landowners, government agencies, and tribal partners to identify high-value conservation resources in the basin.
KCT has specific tactics we use to protect key habitat throughout the upper Yakima River basin, which is under pressure from increasing growth and development.
Our three-person board is comprised of representatives from the public and private entities that agreed upon the Cooperative Agreement and formed KCT to fulfill their vision.
KCT has always done a lot with a little, working behind the scenes to rehabilitate and protect important lands that are home to critical habitat and wildlife in Kittitas County.
For over 1,000 years, people have felt a deep connection to the land and waters of the Upper Yakima River basin. Today, that tradition continues, and we know that landowners want to preserve the areas that are special to them. There are a variety of options for conserving land, and we work with landowners to find the one that is right for them.
Learn more about the important habitat and wildlife in the upper Yakima River basin and the work we are doing to protect our wild places.

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FUNCHAL (Portugal), 17 April 2013 – The FIM Motocross World Championship is already travelling toward the awarded track of Sevlievo in Bulgaria to celebrate the fifth MXGP of the 2013 season during the 21st April weekend. The Bulgarian Grand Prix will be special this year, as the Gorna Rositza track will celebrate its 10th anniversary hosting the FIM Motocross World Championship.
The first year that the FIM Motocross World Championship travelled to Sevlievo was back in 2002 when Joel Smets won the 500cc class on a KTM, Mickael Pichon dominated the 250cc class on his Suzuki and Alessandro Puzar the 125cc category on his Husqvarna. Since then the most renown motocross riders of the last decade have won in Sevlievo: Mickael Maschio, Stefan Everts, Yves Demaria, Alex Salvini, Marc De Reuver, Josh Coppins, Antonio Cairoli, David Philippaerts, Tommy Searle, Marvin Musquin, Max Nagl, Clement Desalle and Ken Roczen. Last year it was Gautier Paulin and Tommy Searle who won the MX1 and MX2 classes, while the young motocross talents Tim Gajser, Caleb Grothues and Brian Hsu were crowned the 125cc, 85cc and 65cc FIM Motocross Junior World Champions. Sevlievo has also seen Livia Lancelot and Stephanie Laier winning when the FIM Women’s Motocross World Championship was celebrated in 2009 and 2010. 2005 was the only year that Sevlievo did not host any Grand Prix of the FIM Motocross World Championship.
Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Antonio Cairoli is travelling to Sevlievo after having obtained his 57th GP victory on his home soil. The Italian, who does not really look at the numbers, is feeling better than ever and he is determined to obtain what it would be his maiden overall victory in Bulgaria since he is racing in the MX1 class. The only time that Cairoli won in Sevlievo was in 2007 while he was still competing in the MX2 class.
His teammate Ken De Dycker is currently second in the MX1 point standings after finishing second overall in the Grand Prix of Trentino last weekend. The Red Bull KTM Factory Racing rider has already won two heats this year, the second race of the Dutch Grand Prix and the qualifying race last weekend in Arco di Trento, so his next goal is being on the first step of the podium and stop the winning streak of Cairoli.
Rockstar Energy Suzuki World’s Clement Desalle started the 2013 season on the top of the rostrum and with the red plate on his bike, but now he is third in the point standings and Gautier Paulin is just one point away from the Belgian. Desalle had good speed in Arco di Trento and his rhythm was also good, but after finishing third in the first heat he crashed after the start of the second moto and finished eighth. This weekend he will give his best to be on the top of the podium of the Bulgarian Grand Prix as he did in 2011.
Kawasaki Racing Team’s Gautier Paulin left the Grand Prix of Trentino with really good feelings with himself and his bike. The French rider is still fourth in the championship, but just one point away from Desalle. Last year Paulin won the Bulgarian Grand Prix and although it is a track he liked, he mentioned that every year it is different and that it will be difficult to beat Cairoli, as he is in one of his best moments of his racing career.
The fifth position of the FIM MX1 World Championship is now for Kevin Strijbos who is closer than ever to finish on the podium. The Belgian rider is back on a factory team this year and his results have been very consistent so far. However, the Rockstar Energy Suzuki World rider is still missing to achieve his main goal, which is finishing among the top three of the MX1 class.
Tommy Searle, who won the Bulgarian MXGP last year in the MX2 class, is currently sixth in the point standings but he is just two points behind Strijbos. The British rider had two very good starts last weekend in Italy, so he just needs to keep his rhythm at the front in order to obtain what it would be his maiden MX1 podium. Rui Gonçalves is seventh and he is followed by Evgeny Bobryshev, who might not take part in the Bulgarian Grand Prix as he is still recovering from a fracture in his fibula.
Xavier Boog, who will enter his 100th Grand Prix this weekend in Sevlievo, is currently ninth in the MX1 classification, followed by Max Nagl who will be riding to finish among the top three this weekend and move up in the standings of the championship.
Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Jeffrey Herlings is travelling to Sevlievo after having won all the Grand Prix celebrated so far, being the last two the most difficult ones by far as he had to move from the back of the pack to the front in all the of the heats. The Dutch rider is fulfilling his 2013 goal, which is winning all the races of the FIM Motocross World Championship, but if he wins this weekend in Sevlievo, it will not be one more MXGP victory, but it will also be his first overall win in the Bulgarian track.
The second position of the MX2 standings is still for his teammate Jordi Tixier who has increased his difference with third classified Glenn Coldenhoff up to 13 points after the MXGP of Trentino. Last year the Red Bull KTM Factory rider finished 13th in the Bulgarian Grand Prix, but after his last two fantastic performances there is no doubt that Tixier will be racing for an overall win once again this weekend.
After the MXGP of Trentino Glenn Coldenhoff moved up to the third position of the MX2 classification after finishing fifth overall. The Standing Construct KTM rider is having one of his best starts of the season, but even if he has taken the holeshot in several occasions and has won the qualifying race of the Grand Prix of the Netherlands, he is missing a podium finish. The Dutch rider did not take part in the Bulgarian Grand Prix last year, but he is confident that he can obtain a good result this weekend.
Silver Action KTM’s José Butrón obtained his second podium of the season last weekend in Arco di Trento and he moved up to the fourth position of the MX2 point standings. The Spanish rider succeeded in finishing second in the second heat of the Italian round, so if he has the same speed and rhythm this weekend, he might be able to finish on the podium once again and reduce the 17 points difference he has with Coldenhoff.
Monster Energy Yamaha’s Christophe Charlier was very close to be on the podium last weekend in Arco di Trento and the French rider finished the Grand Prix very satisfied with his riding. Last year the French rider could not take part in the Bulgarian round as he was still recuperating from a fracture on his foot.
Romain Febvre moved from third to sixth in the MX2 point standings as he missed the Grand Prix of Trentino due to a fracture in his fibula. Max Anstie is tight in 98 points with Febvre and Dean Ferris, who showed in Arco di Trento that he is almost fully fit again from his injuries, is eighth in the Championship.
Jake Nicholls, who was on the podium in the Netherlands, got a mechanical problem in Arco di Trento and got a DNF in the second heat. The British rider is still down in the ninth position in the championship seven points behind Ferris. Mel Pocock is completing the top ten of the MX2 standings.
Home rider Petar Petrov, who is currently thirteenth in the championship, is looking forward to racing in Sevlievo this weekend with the main goal of finishing among the top ten and moving up some positions in the standings.


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It is said that we are all victims of our own ignorance. Those that will venture to go out and discover themselves and their full potential will experiment with things that are completely out of the way, away from the mainstream.
Today after having accepted the first batch of the students at Auro University, I want to share my experience of living life on the edge in the field of academics. It has not been an easy journey but then I was not looking for an easy way out on anything in life. I have been a lone fighter hoping to make a difference in the field of education. I had all the opportunities to join the mainstream and become part of the government sponsored education mafia. Offers came to me to be part of committees and commissions but I refused to sell myself to the status quo. I was branded as arrogant by those who sold themselves at a cost that is national loss for the generation X.
Sometimes it seems that I am fighting a losing battle but there is something within me that says that the whole world rest on hope and if I give up hope there will be no change. I introduced new methods of teaching and learning along with colleagues who believed in the philosophy of transforming the educational landscape of this country. There has been a lot of success in the new models that were introduced. But still there is a long way to go to make it a popular means through which education reforms can be introduced.
Even today I find myself fighting a losing battle but my enthusiasm and energy are as high as they were 14 years back when I returned to India from the United States. The biggest challenge today in education is the commitment of the teachers. While saying that I would also like to put on record that there are still some very good teachers left in this country. However, most of the teachers seem to have taken the easy way of considering teaching as a job to make a living. Unfortunately this is very destructive to the whole culture of academics. We as teachers have to carry the responsibility of training the next generation of leaders of this country. This requires teachers to go beyond the call of duty as they are bestowed the responsibility for the future of India.
Over the last several years I have been trying so hard to convince policymakers to look for new solutions to old problems in our education system, but they don’t see that there is any problem at all. I am listing the steps that need to be introduced in our educational systems to make it more robust and to align it to the realities of the new economy.
1. Move away from percentage system of examination to credit based examination. The completion of a degree program should be based on completion of the required credits rather than the number of years of study. This will allow hard working students to complete their degrees in less time than the normal time it takes today.
2. Introduce general education as a requirement in all degree programs irrespective of the area of study. It is important that students have a good understanding of areas such as Indian culture, India’s Intellectual traditions, History, sciences and mathematics. These provide students a holistic academic experience.
3. Let us get over from the concept of teaching, nothing can be taught today. We have shift gears from teaching to learning and this can be achieved only if we engage the students in a learning process. Students need to learn by doing things rather than to hear lectures in a classroom environment.
4. We need to experiment with new system of examination. Do we know why we are examining students; the need to focus on application of fundamental principles should be emphasized in today’s environment. We as teachers have to accountable and transparent. Students should have the right to see their examination scripts and get feedback on what went wrong so that the same mistakes are not made again. They need to be given an opportunity to learn even from the mistakes they make in an examination.
5. New methods of delivery are more required today than ever before. Hearing, seeing and doing have to be incorporated in our educational delivery in the classroom environment. We are not pushing our students to think, we are just forcing information into their heads which is already available on the internet.
6. Teachers need to walk the talk. They are good at telling what are the right things to do but very poor at being a role model to students. It is all visible to the students in the world we live in.
There are so many other issues that can be discussed but I will hold it for right now. I will still continue to live life on the edge and keep trying to make that small difference that we all need to make. As teachers it is our responsibility to ensure that we have done enough for our children and that they will be able to lead a good life when we are not there.
It is ok to live life on the edge in whatever you do in your life…. Just keep making that small difference..
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The official notification about the RRB NTPC exams getting postponed has been released by Indian Railways.They have rescheduled the examinations for 8 centres including West Bengal & new dates have also been released.This is a good news for all those anxious candidates who were worried whether the RRB exams will be cancelled.
Is rrb ntpc exam cancelled or postponed? was the biggest confusion in the minds of numerous candidates after a section of them received SMS from railways on their test dates being rescheduled.
The computer based tests (CBT) that are to be held in the following venues from April 26 – 30, 2016 will now be conducted in other centres on May 2 & 3.
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The other important point to note in this notice is – “Examination in other centres all over India will continue as per schedule”.
There is NO change in exams that were already completed in other states.So if you had appeared for the test before April 26 from a different city, you are not affected.
They are also informing about this rescheduling process through sms & email following which the revised e-call letters must be downloaded from RRB kolkatta website.
In another development related to the postponement of RRB NTPC exams,a news report in Indian express talks about the reasons for rescheduling the tests.
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For reasons known only to itself, Hackney Council has ordered the Premises Studio and Cafe (home of the best fry-up on Hackney Road) to remove a gigantic rabbit painted on its exterior wall by a Belgian artist who goes by the name of ROA.
Now if it was painted on Buckingham Palace, for example, I could understand. But this is one of the most bleak, dispiriting and ugly stretches of East London. Most of the buildings at the Shoreditch end have been bought up by a developer, who is sitting on them (ie letting them slowly crumble) until another London Yellowstock Brick monstrosity gets built, and quite frankly that giant rabbit is the saving grace of the place. Especially when you’re crawling along on a slow-moving 55.
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Interested in getting some current feedback on Jetlinx. Ive seen a couple of threads but they arent very active. Thought I would start a new one to get a conversation going.
Here's my story -- AF retired, KC-135 and T-1s, about 3500 TT, BE40 typed, about 1500hrs in the T-1. Out of cockpit for last 4 years. Working in Flt Sim business. Contemplating move back to flying.
Would be interested in speaking to a Jetlinx recruiter to get some specifics if one is on here.
Any chance a jetlinx pilot could clear something up please, '' 8 hard day's off" per month. Something I am missing, do you folks only get 8 day's off in any given month? That cannot be right. Please, can someone explain your schedule. Thanks a bunch.
I believe the 8 hard days are bid based on seniority. Some choose to lump them all together, others use 2 per week.
I ran into a Jetlinx crew a few weeks ago in SAT, and unfortunately.. yes, the schedule is “that” bad, with only 8 hard days per month off. Because of this, they and many of their friends were considering lesser paying jobs that gave them a real schedule with more time off.
They said that they did receive additional time off if they were not called, but that they could only count on those 8 days... To be fair, they added that if it weren’t for their Draconian schedule, that they were overall pleased with the other aspects of their job.
To the best of my knowledge, JetLinx now has the worst schedule in the industry, mirroring the awful schedules that Gama/Wheels Up (6 on/3 off) and Executive AirShare (12on/3off) used to have before revolving door attrition forced them to treat their pilots better, with (8/6), and (10/5, 8/6) schedules respectively.
It’s not 2013 anymore, and both Corporate and 135 pilots are coming to the realization that they don’t have to put up with this anymore..
Thank you for responding to my request for any information concerning their totally awful schedule. Talk about no QOL! Who in their right mind would even think about applying to a outfit if you only get 8 maybe 9 day's off a month. I bet management or support office staff does not work 22, 23 day's a month. GET REAL Jetlinx.
Not seniority-based, it's more specific to the aircraft you're assigned to... meaning tail #, not type. You're normally tied to one specific tail, and you coordinate your scheduled OFF days among the other pilot(s) assigned to that airplane. Some planes are crewed with 3 pilots, some are crewed with just 2. That depends on the contract that the company has with the aircraft owner. Jet Linx doesn't have their own fleet, they do aircraft management for airplane owners.
OR, you might be designated as a floater, which means you move between aircraft, which might also mean traveling to different bases to fill staffing gaps.
Important to do apples-to-apples comparisons. Gama/Wheels Up, and many other companies that do rotational schedules, also allow you to live wherever you want and they airline you to/from work to begin and end your rotation. So when you're "on", they own you... and if you're not flying you're on hotel or airport standby. Granted, the benefit with that arrangement is that when you're "off", you're actually OFF.
So, if you're not flying, and it's not a hard OFF day, you're on standby. At home. They can only call you from 0800-1700L for same-day trips. After 1700L they can only call as late as 2000L to notify you for next-day trips. In my two years with Jet Linx, I only got called for pop-up trips about once a month (or less) on average.
On many of those standby days, you don't get called or used at all. So at 1701L, crack open a beer and enjoy the rest of the evening. I'll concede that this sort of arrangement does make it hard to make personal plans, since you don't know for sure whether you'll be on a trip or not on certain days.
And the flying varies. Again, 8 days off a month doesn't mean you're GONE for 20-22 days. And the contrast here with the rotational "fly-you-to-your-airplane" companies is that you're not spending all your "ON" days away from home. You might fly several out-and-back type days where you still come home each evening. You might go out for just an overnight, or you might be out on the road for 3-4 days or more. It varies.
Jet Linx's 8 days off was also an improvement over the 5 days per month they had when I first started there. So the company leadership recognizes the need to keep improving QOL for the pilot group. Could they do better? Maybe... if they keep having turnover and hiring problems, they might have to.
So I'm not necessarily trying to be a cheerleader for Jet Linx, I'm just trying to correct some misperceptions about the schedule and what "only 8 days off" means. Every company is different. QOL might mean different things to different people. Overall I was pretty satisfied with Jet Linx, and I thought I was treated pretty well there. Good company culture and safety culture. I left on good terms in July to start another position that fits me for this stage of life. But I would also consider working for them again if the right opportunity presented itself (aircraft type and location).
No that would be a company at the Flying Cloud airport. Promise eight days off a month, then pay only $200 to work on them. But the upside is the pilots know they will be off the last 8-10 days of each quarter.
Don’t forget, at least when I was there... They can make you move some of your “hard” days, with no additional compensation if an owner trip pops up.

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Synopsis: The last Gunslinger, Roland Deschain (Idris Elba), has been locked in an eternal battle with Walter O’Dim, also known as the Man in Black (Matthew McConaughey), determined to prevent him from toppling the Dark Tower, which holds the universe together. With the fate of the worlds at stake, good and evil will collide in the ultimate battle as only Roland can defend the Tower from the Man in Black.
Review: Full disclosure: although I am quite an avid reader of Stephen King’s novels, I was somehow never able to complete The Dark Tower series, his 8 volume, 4,000+ page magnum opus, never having progressed beyond the second novel. It was clear from the get-go, however, that The Dark Tower movie adaptation could not possibly be a faithful reproduction of the series, especially with a scant running time of 95 minutes. And indeed, The Dark Tower is more a movie based on the idea behind the novels, and ends up feeling quite a bit more generic than what the fully realized world of the Dark Tower novels could have delivered in a film.
It was clear that the movie would be at best a superficial peek into the Dark Tower universe given its surprisingly short running time, but the lack of exposition makes it hard for audiences to develop any sense of context, especially anyone who has no exposure to the novels prior to watching the movie. The film flits from scene to scene without a sense of gravity, so even key sequences with character demises feel strangely lightweight, and it is near impossible for the audience to be vested in even the story arcs of the main characters, much less anyone else in the periphery.
One of the most inexplicable creative decisions is to shift the main focus of the film from the Gunslinger (an excellent portrayal by Idris Elba to boot) to the young Tom Taylor’s Jake, whose performance does not impress. This causes the film to feel even more generic and like a mediocre YA novel adaptation, which does the film no favours. Matthew McConaughey obviously had a fine time hamming it up as the villain, but this is certainly not one of his more memorable roles in recent years.
The Dark Tower also looks decidedly low-rent, with barely passable special effects and muddled cinematography that suggests most of the film’s budget went towards paying the salaries of Elba and McConaughey. While being released in the tail end of the summer blockbuster season, the film feels anything but. It’s not a bad movie by most measures, but feels more at home on the small screen – in fact, one wonders how improved the adaptation could have been if it was greenlit as a TV series rather than a one-off feature presentation.


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Could someone please help me set up my ooma hub correctly.
Do you have anything connected to the WALL port of the hub?
Are you using a cordless phone connected to the PHONE port on the ooma hub?
You might try a corded phone just to make sure the cordless phone is not interfering with your wireless internet.
I tried using the corded phone as well but still was unable to make/ receive calls.
Which OOMA setup page are you getting this info from? The web site or IP address off the computer/ooma hook up?
I cannot get my home network port on the ooma to work. I have tested it; no dial tone. Is that a configuration problem?
You're hub seems to be set up correctly. The setup page looks good.
I know this is going to sound elementary, but it almost seems like there is a bad phone cable attached. I would try a known working phone cable and a known working network cable, although it does seem like the network is working fine.
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stocks22 wrote: Which OOMA setup page are you getting this info from? The web site or IP address off the computer/ooma hook up?
stocks22: Do you have your ooma device connected between the modem and router or after the router (like you would a pc)?
I think Wayne's reply above where he suggests the possibility of a bad phone cable was intended for you, and I agree - it does sound like something amiss with the connection of the phone to the Hub. If not the phone or cable it could be a problem with the Hub's phone port (which would require an exchange).
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Istanbul's gay dark life is solon panoptic about and after-midnight. number of the gay night clubs are not busy enough until am, but in that location are a significant number of gay bars open and vivid before midnight as well. In Istanbul, gay bars and clubs are busiest on Saturdays nights as everywhere else. tues and wed nights would be vivid in similitude to the other mid-week nights, but this also depends on peculiar events organized in all venue.
Nearly all of the Puerto Vallarta gay nightlife aspect - the cantinas, bars, discos, lounges, night clubs, antros and party venues are in the South Side or Romantic Zone area, and only one, Antropology, is located just north of the Cuale stream which runs through the middle of town. Most PV gay bars are thus inside a preferably short-term aloofness of each other. recurrent event will often brainstorm the crowd having fun pool-side at Hotel Mercurio, at the hillside Signature sit down with tis spectacular views or on the top of the Blue Chairs Hotel, which has a assemblage of fun daily events.
La vita gay di grandma Canaria è decisamente vasta, variopinta ed eccitante, migliaia di ragazzi ogni anno approdano nell'isola che vanta 365 giorni all'anno di festa, locali, musica e tanto tanto divertimento. Yumbo Center è sicuramente la principale attrazione gay dell'isola. Di giorno è un normalissimo centro commerciale ma di notte esplode in un vortice di tentazioni a cui è difficile dread di no!


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Memoire Palace Resort & Spa envisions being the One and Only Destination Palace Resort presenting immense crafted facilities and activities to mesmerize your mind in your adventurous journey to the Realm of Gods in Angkor Wat, Siem Reap, Kingdom of Cambodia.
The Resort is beautifully developed amidst the lush garden and serenity of the countryside after decades of trawling through the fundamental of Cambodia rich culture. From interior to exterior design reflects the glamour of Khmer contemporary art epitomized by French colonial styles of the 1960s.


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The tables are adjustable in height and tilt angle with split legged base. There are rails on the edges of the tables to prevent items slipping off.
4 lockable swivel castors for ease of manoeuvrability.


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Jason is a project manager/estimator for Hanson’s Plumbing and Heating, Inc. out of Vergas and Perham, MN. They offer a full line of mechanical services for both residential and commercial customers. Hanson's Plumbing and Heating company has been involved in PHCC for 30 years.
Tom is the President & GM of T M Johnson Bros Inc. He is a second generation Plumbing Heating and Air Conditioning contractor in Cambridge MN. The business was started in 1964 by his father Robert who was also a long time member of MN PHCC. TMJB specializes in residential and light commercial service and remodel work in East Central MN. Tom Is a former PHCC National Heating Contractor of the Year in 2010 and National Comfort Institute’s National Contractor of the Year in 2014. When not working Tom enjoys riding his Harley and traveling America’s backroads.
Jeremy co-owns and operates Carlson Duluth Company of Duluth, MN and Randall’s Heating & Cooling, Inc. of Cloquet, MN. The companies offer full mechanical contracting services focusing on mainly residential and commercial customers. He is the fourth generation in our family to be involved in the plumbing and heating industry, and they have been involved with the PHCC association for over 50 years.


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Perhaps this is how the “trickle down” theory of economics works.
They are a part of the urban landscape — homeless people with shopping carts overflowing with bags of cans and bottles and other discards to be redeemed for cash at recycling centers.
West Oakland, a.k.a. Dogtown, is the site of one such center, and Amir Soltani and Chihiro Wimbush’s immersive and wrenching documentary “Dogtown Redemption” (Monday, 10 p.m. on PBS) profiles three of those who depend on it for their marginal livelihoods over a period of seven years.
If there were a Guinness record for loading a shopping cart, Jason Witt would probably win it. He estimates that his perfectly balanced, precarious-looking loads weigh in at around a quarter of a ton. But his reign as the king of cans might be nearing its end, as his HIV condition worsens.
Landon Goodwin, the wryly witty former preacher, now a crack addict, seeks to rehabilitate himself and do good deeds for fellow sinners after a beating by four punks with lead pipes nearly kills him.
In footage from 1985, Miss Hayok Kay looks vibrant, joyous, and beautiful as the hip drummer of a punk band. Nearly 30 years later, she has become an alcoholic. Ostracized by her prominent family, she survives on the streets by collecting cans. Her worn and battered face and hands make her look decades older than her 50-something years as she tells her story while eating ramen noodles plucked from a garbage can.
Soltani and Wimbush know their subject is affecting enough without resorting to histrionics. They subtly unfold the unexpected details of these three lives — key revelations involve a gravesite, a young son, and dim recollections of sexual abuse, which is hinted at and returned to with added detail. The cumulative cinematic effect is powerful and emotional, similar in style and content to “Foreign Parts” (2010), the hauntingly tragic documentary from Véréna Paravel and JP Sniadecki from Harvard’s Sensory Ethnography Lab.
After watching “Dogtown Redemption” you might not look at these urban recyclers — or think about the word “redemption” — the same way again.
For more information go to www.pbs.org/independentlens/films/dogtown-redemption/.
Remember ISIS? It seems as though no one in the media does, judging by news coverage that feeds so heavily off the schoolyard spat that the presidential election has become. Well-rounded viewers can fill in the gap by watching Frontline’s taut report “The Secret History of ISIS” (Tuesday, 10 p.m. on PBS), directed by Boston-based producer and journalist Michael Kirk, before the next bloody headline about the terrorist army and would-be caliphate outrages the world.
“History” begins in the aftermath of 9/11, when the Bush administration was determined to link Al Qaeda to Saddam Hussein to justify the invasion of Iraq. The CIA, however, suggested they first take care of this upstart terrorist Abu Musab al Zarqawi, who was prepping for insurgency in an Iraqi jihadist training camp. The administration declined, not wanting to prematurely show their hand and detract from the shock and awe of their imminent air strikes against Baghdad.
Instead, they saw Zarqawi as additional evidence of Hussein’s connection with Al Qaeda — even though the yet little-known Zarqawi, according to the CIA, had no affiliation with Osama bin Laden (he once tried to meet with the Al Qaeda head, but bin Laden dismissed him as a “thug”) or Hussein (who would have killed Zarqawi as an enemy of the state). But those details did not prevent the bogus Zarqawi link from being included as a key point in Colin Powell’s speech to the United Nations seeking authorization for an invasion, thus falsely justifying the war and elevating the aspiring jihadist from obscurity to international, though as yet undeserved, infamy.
Further miscalculations — such as disbanding the Iraqi army and putting 250,000 angry, armed people out of work and into the streets — played into Zarqawi’s scheme to provoke civil war and thus create an opportunity to establish a new, autonomous Islamic state — a caliphate.
If the Bush administration was too eager to engage in war, the film argues, President Obama was too hesitant to do so. Having promised during his campaign to withdraw US forces from Iraq, Obama did not react soon enough to the growing threat of ISIS, now led by the even more ruthless and formidable Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi after Zarqawi was killed in an airstrike.
Briskly argued and elucidated, “The Secret History of ISIS” can be seen on Tuesday at 10 p.m. on PBS. Perhaps the history wouldn’t have been so secret if anyone was paying attention.
For more information go to www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/film/the-secret-history-of-isis.
Basil Bunting, who died in 1985 at the age of 85, is Britain’s greatest little-known modernist poet. He was a Quaker who was imprisoned as a conscientious objector during World War I. He sailed around Italy with Ezra Pound during that poet’s time at Rapallo. During World War II, he was a British intelligence officer in Persia. And as a youth he loved a girl he never forgot.
Many of those events are explored in his most famous poem, the autobiographical “Briggflats” (1965), named after the Quaker meeting house in Cumbria, where he is buried.
Philip Trevelyan, who is alive and well at age 72, is perhaps Britain’s greatest little-known documentarian. The son of a painter and potter, Trevelyan sought in his films to celebrate the art, lives, and industry of the common people. His documentary “Basil Bunting” (1982), the last in a series of his films at the Harvard Film Archive, combines Bunting’s incantatory recitation of that poem with conversations with the poet and glimpses of his life.
This is a great opportunity to discover two artists you might not know about, in one film.
“Basil Bunting” screens Sunday at 5 p.m. at the Harvard Film Archive.


text: Dionicia Dagdag "Ining" Derige, 89, of Waipahu, a retired employee of Schofield Barracks Guest House and Del Monte Fresh Produce, died in Waipahu. She was born in Santa Maria, Ilocos Sur, Philippines. She is survived by son Ernesto, daughters Erlinda Malano and Carmen D. Nguyen, sister Filomena C. Allagones, 10 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Visitation: 6 p.m. Wednesday at Mililani Mortuary-Waipio, makai chapel. Services: 6:30 p.m. Additional visitation: 10 a.m. Thursday at St. Joseph Catholic Church, Waipahu. Mass: 11 a.m. Burial: 12:30 p.m. at Mililani Memorial Park. Aloha or casual attire. Flowers welcome.


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The brilliance of the 410 comes from the innovation of putting a lightweight comp upper onto a sturdy trail outsole. This winning combination is on of New Balances leading styles.
The New Balance 410 trainer was released back in the 80s originally designed as a lightweight, technical running shoe consisting of nylon and suede with contrast lace and stripe to the rubber gum sole and branded detailing to the sides and back heal.
This re-designed version of the cult classic trainers takes you back to the running boom of the 80s. Sporting the original college team colours and the same design these stunning New Balance 410 trainers have it all. Featuring a lightweight comp upper on a sturdy lugged trail outsole giving it the perfect balance of comfort and class.
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I ordered a half bushel of jumbo Blue Crab for Saturday delivery. The crabs (many more than expected) were obviously fresh and ALL in perfect condition. The seasoning is superb and the packaging is perfect.
Why did I choose Linton's? Frankly, they were the only business who personally answered their phone. We could not be any more pleased and will definitely order again - and again.
I am a native of Baltimore, Maryland and moved to North Carolina a few years ago, and was having a fit because I couldn't get any blue crabs. They have blue crabs in NC, but not in the middle of the state where I live. I went online and found Linton's Seafood, and have been purchasing their crabs ever since. They are big and they are meaty. The crabs are sooo very fresh when they arrive, and I can't wait to eat them and then order some more. I am a customer for life.
These are wonderful meaty crabs. And you can't beat the convenience of having them delivered directly to the front door. Always a Friday treat for me and sometimes friends.
I ordered soft crabs and crab meat on Wednesday morning. They arrived on Friday before 10 AM. The dry ice had not even begun to melt! Everything was packed very well. The soft crabs were cleaned the way I like them, no devil left. The crab meat is the best I have bought in 20 years! Far less shells etc in the meat! I will be ordering again, and often to fill my freezer. Nothing better than crab cakes or soft shell crab sandwich during the cold winter!

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Hadbro Publications, Durban. 1966. Hardcover. Complete. A hale and hearty copy. The boards are scuffed, marked, foxed, worn all about from storage and handling. They are steady, sound, sure. The contents are most pleasing. They are very healthy : clean, clear, generous, diligent, keen. fk. Very Good/No Jacket.
A Drum & City Press Book / South African History Archives. 1998, First Edition. (ISBN: 0620224797). Softcover. 192 pages (complete). A most congenial book. The covers are bright and healthy. They have some mild wear about the edges from handling and shelving. There are some very light rubbing marks. They are attractive. The contents have very mild user wear to the corners. Otherwise, the contents are energetic, eager, clean, clear, very generous, most entertaining. fk. Very Good/No Jacket.
Atlas Publications (Pty) Ltd. Johannesburg. 1965. 200 pages (complete). A much owned, comfortable copy. Contributions from the cream of South African sports writing in the 60s: Jimmy Clark, Sydney Chaitowitz, Evan Krantz, Trevor Dreyer, Lubbe Snoyman, Sy Lerman, Rocco Smith, Paul Irwin, Solly Abkin, Vernon Woods, John Holliday, Ray Woodley, Hennie Viljoen, Charles Fortune among many others. The covers are much worn, creased, scuffed and marked. They are amiable and secure. There are some previous owner signatures. The contents are placid and benign. They are conversational, companionable, clean, clear, assured, a little worn here and there, still eager. fk. Good/No Jacket.
TradeMark TM, Cape Town. 2010, First Edition. (ISBN: 0620466049). Hardcover, with dust jacket. 208 pages (complete). An agreeable copy. The dustjacket has wear, marks, scuffing. It is comfortable and secure. It is particularly arresting. The laminated boards are tidy. They have corner wear, scuffing. The contents are most satisfying. The pages are utterly engaging, evocative, energising. They are generous, clean, clear, confident, contented. fk. Very Good/Good.
Yithethe maAfrika (Pty) Ltd. Port Elizabeth. 2011, First Edition. (ISBN: 0620499516). Hardcover, with dust jacket. 144 pages (complete). Accompanying DVD affixed to the front pastedown. The plastic envelope is as new. Illustrated matte dustjacket. Neat, tidy, bright, healthy. The boards are handsome, steady, sound. The contents have been mildly affected by damp. There are no stains, blemishes or marks. The pages are tight, fresh, devoted, very clean and clear, very confident, most certain. A pleasing copy. fk. Very Good/Good.
Peter Raath / soccerthroughtheyears.com. 2002, First Edition. (ISBN: 0620298057). Hardcover. 394 pages (complete). A RARE SIGNED copy of this history of South African soccer. Inscribed and signed by Peter Raath on the frontispage (dated: 8/8/2011). A handsome copy. The illustrated laminated boards have marks and scuffing from storage. The edges and corners have very light wear. The boards are sound, healthy and hale. The contents are in excellent condition. They are very neat, very confident, clean, clear, tight - as if almost new throughout. fk. Fine/No Jacket. Signed.

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Asia Pacific has great opportunities for solar energy, but does the return on investment really work?
Much of the Asia Pacific region is on prime equatorial and tropical land, with some of the world’s highest solar insolation levels and significant solar energy generation potential. The rapid and sustainable development of solar energy applications plays an important part in achieving grid parity in the region.
Assessing contractual terms and implications.
Leasing is currently the more popular model, as operational and maintenance support is taken care of. However, warranties should be carefully studied as PV panel installation may invalidate the roof and roof waterproofing warranties. Accurate financial forecasts are more difficult in the current climate of volatile oil prices – uncertainty in payback periods are the norm at the moment, typically 12 years as compared to 10 years in 2013. Moreover, business case studies are commonly based on the forecast that commodity prices will continue to be on the rise.
Since the great oil crash of 2014, oil and gas have remained low. According to the oil price chart on Nasdaq, the price for crude oil is currently hovering between US$49 and US$52 per barrel, similar to the price back in 2008-2009 during the financial crisis. It is still significantly lower, considering that the projected oil price is aimed at trading approximately US$100-per-barrel benchmark – a price that was pretty much the norm around 2012.
However, solar energy has always been regarded as the most feasible source of renewable energy for the city-state of Singapore. In fact, in a time of oil and gas prices fluctuation, this has highlighted the attractiveness of renewable energy’s relative isolation from fuel-price fluctuations. Since investment in power generation is a long-term strategy, changes in the price of oil and gas will not in themselves derail investment in alternative sources of energy as the key element at play is the return of investment over time.
Furthermore, as renewable energy is a technology-driven sector, with the refinement and improvement of manufacturing methods, installation techniques, and development of know-how, one would hope that the efficiency of the solar panels would improve over time, which would benefit the further use of this solar technology.
Faithful+Gould has been supporting one of the largest solar panels installation projects in Singapore.
The Singapore government has been promoting the use of PV panels to be installed across multiple public sector buildings, including residential area. This allows viability to be tested on a large scale. The government’s lead should also result in the industry becoming more competitive and encourage more organisations in the private sector to invest in solar technology. One example is Faithful+Gould's work with an aerospace client. We have been supporting one of the largest solar panels installation projects on an existing site that comprises several buildings, located in the north-east of Singapore.
In China, the rapid developing green building movement (LEED and China Green Building Label) also helps promote the solar energy implementation. Besides PV panels, the solar hot water system is a popular technology for buildings with stable hot water demand, so lower investment and quick payback can be achieved.
At Faithful+Gould, we help clients with the solar energy decision-making process, taking account of the manufacturers’ warranties and the suitability of the building’s structure. We also work with clients to explore all possible sustainability options for their buildings, ensuring that LEED and/or BCA Greenmark are achieved.


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So remember when I said the nice weather wouldn’t last on Long Island? Well, I was right … for the wrong reasons. Gone are the days of 80 and sunny, replaced by 60s and rainy, rather than the insufferably hot and humid days I expected. Outdoor activities are still not a great idea. Know what is? An Eating Noms post! Get ready to expand your belt loops, folks. This one’s worth it!
Recipe: Chocolate Chip Banana Bars (slightly edited), from Butter with a Side of Bread.
Yield: 24 bars, but we’ll see how long that lasts….
Materials: Mixing device, baking sheet, oven, and the ingredients!
Pros: Simple ingredient list and directions, easily customizable, makes the house smell a-ma-zing.
Cons: You gotta love bananas (I do!) because they’re super flavor-forward.
Would you make it again? Would? Will. This recipe is delicious and is a great way to give some love to those bananas no one buys at the store because they’re not bright green. We all have the power to make small, impactful choices, peeps. Don’t let good food go to waste.
We had a bunch (ha! see what I did there?) of really ripe bananas in the house. We also had some Hershey’s nuggets in the freezer (frozen chocolate = the best chocolate). And as you may have guessed from the last Eating Noms post, we usually have flour and brown sugar. I just needed to find a recipe that would pull this goodness together. Enter: Butter with a Side of Bread.
I mentioned above that I slightly edited their recipe. Here’s what differed: I swapped chopped nugget bars for chocolate chips. I also left the cinnamon out and used one less banana because I only had four on-hand. They were still so, so good. I’m not sure the recipe needs either ingredient, but hey, go wild! And while you’re at it, you might consider adding other ingredients like walnuts or almonds, because again, this recipe has loads of potential for personalization.
Meanwhile, just look at how delicious these babies are! I wish I could show you how good they smell — alas, the internet isn’t that sophisticated yet. You’ll just have to make them to find out for yourself.

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In order to achieve such a compact and strongly-held network of carbon atoms, it is believed that diamonds must have crystallized deep under the Earth’s surface. At these depths the proper conditions for the formation of diamonds exist; at 90 to 120 miles deep, pressures are more than 65,000 times that of the atmosphere at the Earth’s surface, with temperatures exceeding 2,700 degrees Fahrenheit. Such pressures and temperatures reproduced in laboratories have successfully yielded synthetic diamonds.
There are many kinds of diamonds: transparent, translucent, or opaque; ranging from colorless to sooty black, with many colors in between. Mostly transparent diamonds, colorless or tinted, are used as jewelry. Others are used widely in industry. The color of a diamond depends on the kind of impurities embedded inside it. Yellow diamonds, for example, betray minute quantities of nitrogen, while boron imparts a bluish hue. There are other inclusions in diamonds that have great scientific value. Such samples are time capsules that yield valuable information about conditions deep in the Earth’s upper mantle where diamonds formed, as well as clues to the formation and age of the diamond.
Diamonds are found in alluvial deposits – gravel swept by streams, rivers, glaciers, and ocean currents. They are also found in sedimentary rock where gravel deposits and organic material have been compressed into rock. Diamonds can be found in some samples of kimberlite – a type of volcanic rock first identified in Kimberley, South Africa. Diamonds found in kimberlite are thought to be very old, perhaps as much as three billion years old. Tiny flecks of diamond have even been found inside meteorites – bits of rocky space debris that land on Earth.
Diamonds are crystals. Crystals are the ultimate form of symmetry in nature. Their shape reflects the internal orderly arrangement of atoms within the crystal. In diamonds, atoms of carbon are held tightly by covalent bonding, where two neighboring atoms share an electron, endowing the diamond crystal with great strength. But despite that hardness, diamonds can be cut with saws and polished with grinding wheels coated with tiny industrial diamond fragments. In their natural form, diamonds can appear quite unimpressive. They are cut and polished by skilled craftsmen in a pattern that reflects and refracts the light among its facets to reveal the hidden beauty of the stone.
Diamonds’ cold, sparkling fire has held us spell-bound for centuries, inspiring rich, passionate myths of romance, intrigue, power, greed, and magic. Ancient Hindus, finding diamonds washed out of the ground after thunderstorms, believed they were created by bolts of lightning. In our place and time, the diamond is a symbol of enduring love, and often graces engagement rings.
Some diamonds seem to have lived lives of their own. One legendary stone in the diamond hall of fame is the Koh-i-noor (“Mountain of Light”). The Koh-i-noor diamond’s early history is shrouded in time. It is believed to be 5,000 years old, and was featured in the great Sanskrit epic The Mahabharata. Originally owned by the Rajah of Malwa in India, the Koh-i-noor has since been a player in victories and defeats spanning India, Persia, and Afghanistan. It was in the possession of the great Mogul dynasty from 1526 to 1739. Its owners included Shah Jehan, who built the Taj Mahal in memory of his queen Mumtaz. The Persian invader Nadir Shah briefly possessed it until his assassination in 1747. The jewel then fell into the hands of Afghan rulers who eventually surrendered it to the Rajah of Punjab, Ranjit Singh.
Two years after Ranjit Singh’s death in 1839, Punjab became part of India under British rule. The stone was presented to Queen Victoria, who had it cut from its original 187 carats to 108 carats in an attempt to further enhance its beauty. After her death, the diamond became part of the British crown jewels. Queen Elizabeth (later the Queen Mother) wore it in her crown at her 1937 coronation.
Bottom line: Information about April’s birthstone, the diamond.

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Family Roofers in Morley & Churwell for over 30 years.
DPR Ltd is a family run business who has been providing professional roofing services to the Morley community for over 30 years. We have a strong team of both domestic roofers and commercial roofers all of whom are fully qualified and trained to respond to your roofing needs.
As a family business we place a lot of emphasis on ensuring the highest quality of service. From our free site survey to job completion, we will remain professional and honest throughout. We will be more than happy to provide you with references as to the quality of our roofer work upon request.
Why Choose DPR Ltd to as your Morley Roofing contractor?
As a business, DPR is a full member of CORC (roofing contractors), the Federation of Master Builders and the Federation of Small Businesses. We are also CHAS approved which means you can have complete confidence in the quality of our work.
Removed and replaced with six Mendip roof tiles.
Made good all disturbed areas.


text: Joseph's Legacy animal rescue announced Monday it would end an animal-assisted inmate rehabilitation program at Warren Correctional Institution following the blunt force trauma death of a participating rescue dog. "Evie was an extremely sweet dog who had so much more life, happy moments and years ahead of her," the organization wrote on its Facebook page. "Our volunteers are hurting so deeply."


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Sotheby’s Hong Kong presents yet another interesting series of its Contemporary Ink Art Autumn Sale, this time themed Contemporary Ink Art: Confluence that is inspired by the fabled Silk Road with ink works from China, Europe, South Asia and Middle East. A public exhibition will be held from 28 September to 1 October 2017 at Hall 1, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, while the auction will take place on 2 October 2017.
Presented for the first time in Hong Kong, the sale features paintings by artists like Hans Hartung, Charles-Hossein Zenderoudi, Krishen Khanna and Isamu Noguchi – all masters known for their use of ink, brush and/or calligraphic principle. There will also be more contemporary pieces by Inoue Yuichi, Tseng Yuho, Li Huayi, Liu Dan, Gu Wenda, Li Jin and Xu Lei.


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Looking for a Tree Surgeon in Tadworth then look no further.
Nichols and Sons Tree Surgeons is a family owned and run Tree Surgeons based in Sutton, Surrey. We are dedicated to offering a full range of arboricultural services to a large client base made up of both domestic and commercial clients in Tadworth and the surrounding areas.
Nichols and Sons have an excellent reputation for carrying out professional Tree Surgery in Tadworth and the surrounding areas of Sutton, Mitcham, Morden, Cheam, Ewell, Carshalton, Kingston, New Malden, Cheam, Worcester Park, and the surrounding areas.
Our tree surgeons are experts in tree felling in the Tadworth.
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continued where it left off in June, with some exciting action.
to be a competitive atmosphere boasting two of the tightest games of the day.
back-and-forth game that ended in a 9-9 tie and saw 13 different point scorers.
(Eats), Danny Link (Animal House) and Matthew Wilkins (WestStar).
(Dart) and Will Jackson (dms).
8 October to participate in the ECHO Hockey Disney Classic Tournament. The C.I.
squads of 10 and under and 12U players to participate in the event.