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Tracy Huckfield from PDC approved pole dance school Pagan's Pole achieves 4 star Pole Dancing Instructor Status.
The Pole Dance Community team are proud to announce the first successful application for 4 star Instructor status. Tracy has worked hard to gain her 4 star status and her application was backed by 2 other PDC approved pole dance schools; BodyBarre in Manchester and Candy & Chrome in North Wales.
Tracy (pictured left demonstrating the Cupid and below right demonstrating the Allegra) has been pole dancing for many years having started as a student in 2007. In 2008 Tracy decided to undertake some continuing professional development so she successfully completed an Exercise to Music (ETM) course to further her fitness knowledge.
After completing her ETM Tracy felt ready to set up her own pole dancing school and Pagan's Pole was born. Tracy said "I found that mixing the pleasurable sides of pole dancing with the hard work was beneficial to all involved, so we started jamming regularly and arranged trips to different pole dancing competitions, shows, jams and studio openings."
In the same year Tracy entered a local pole dancing competition in Carmerthen and won the first prize of £1000 cash. Tracy also performed at the Pole Unity event organised by PDC approved pole dance school Vertical Dance. Other pole dancing events that year involved Tracy dancing at the Wakestock Festival.
To continue her professional development Tracy qualified as a Pump FX instructor giving her excellent fitness knowledge in the world of weights and weight training.
In 2009 Pagan's Pole achieved PDC approved pole dance school status. Tracy said "In 2009 I saw a massive increase in my student numbers as pole dancing became more acceptable as a form of exercise."
Also in 2009 Tracy entered a national pole dancing competition as well as returning to perform at the Wakestock Festival. Tracy also attended pole dancing master classes with Felix Cane and Jessalyn Medairy.
It was during this year Tracy recognised the need for a pole dancing competition for the North Wales area; "I became very aware that many of my students wished to compete but were hesitant about the long travelling distances and the size of the national competitions." Tracy then came up with the North Wales Pole Dancing Competition (NWPC), a regional competition that allowed students to prepare for national competitions and to enjoy the taste of competing in their own locality. The NWPC was an immense success.
To date, 2010 has been a busy year for Tracy and Pagan's Pole; Pagan's Pole student have competed in the United Kingdom Amateur Pole Performer competitions and Pagan's Pole also submitted a pole dance troupe to perform at Pole Unity. Tracy has also been gaining more valuable pole dancing experience via master classes with Pantera, Suzie Q, Karen Chaundy and Sally Ann Giles. In November Tracy will be adding another form of CPd to her Pole dancing CV when she attends a Pole Secrets instructor training course.
The success of the North Wales Pole Dancing Competition led Tracy to create the All Wales Pole Dancing Competition (AWPC) to be held next year. Tracy said "The AWPC will hopefully establish Wales as a part of the Pole Dance World!"
To help with the funding of the AWPC and to create yet more opportunities for welsh pole dancing students Tracy has been organising various pole dancing master classes with renowned pole dancers such as Karen Chaundy (PDC approved pole dance school BodyBarre) and Sally Ann Giles.
Throughout her pole dancing career Tracy has worked tirelessly to educate the public about the fitness pole dancing phenomenon and she regularly performs at shows and events demonstrating pole dancing to the masses. Pagan's Pole are also the official dance act for the North Wales Gay Pride Mardi Gras event in April 2011.
The Pole Dance Community would like to congratulate Tracy on her new 4 star status which marks her out as a great pole dancing teacher and an ambassador for the art of pole dancing. Tracy is officially our first successful applicant for 4 star and we look forward to sharing news with you of our other successful applicants.
Pictured from left to right are Karen Chaundy (PDC approved BodyBarre), Tracy Huckfield (PDC approved Pagan's Pole), Sally Ann Giles and Stacey Sneddon (PDC approved Stacey Pole). Picture courtesy of Glyn Davies.


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Tel Aviv is a shopper’s paradise with a large number of shopping malls. Here are the details on a few of them.
See also our Guide to Tel Aviv Shopping.
There are several major chain stores: Hamashbir Lazarchan and Superpharm, as well as several luxury stores of international and Israeli brands.
5 sales floors with houses 223 stores and businesses, 18 food restaurants or coffee shops and 2 movie cinemas and other additional services.
City Garden has 6 food and restaurants and a culture and entertainment center.
The Ayalon Mall was the first mall in Israel to have a large shopping complex outside the city center with a parking lot surrounding it. Since the mall is close to Tel Aviv and Bnei Brak, many visitors come from these areas. The mall contains international stores such as Zara and Aldo, in addition to Israeli chains such as Castro, Fox and Honigman.
Other shopping areas have developed around the mall – coverings sports goods, home design etc.
This entry was posted in Tel Aviv Shopping on 18.06.2017 by admin.

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"There shall be a Secretary of Recruitment, who shall be responsible for recruiting and attracting new and suitable nations to the region, welcoming new nations, facilitating their assimilation into the region and ensuring their progression; and promoting the happiness, well-being, and harmony of member nations."
- from the Constitution of The Western isles.
The Office of Recruitment is a team of members of the region who are dedicated to recruiting nations to The Western Isles. The office is a vital part of the region as it ensures there is a steady flow of new members of the region and it overlooks several other regional factors to ensure new members feel the region is accessible to them.
The Office of Recruitment is currently led by Noronica.
We are the official members of the Committee for Recruitment. Our job is to recruit and maintain new members of the region, ensuring that they feel welcomed. If you have any enquiries or problems that you would like to discuss, please contact our members. To find out more, read the 'Secretary of Recruitment' section in the Constitution or ask any of us in the committee.
As a key part of the growth of the Western Isles, we are always looking for members of the region to give a better insight or ideas to recruit. If you think you can bring an interesting contribution to the office, feel free to telegram the Secretary of Recruitment.
Represents the Office in the regional government, maintains the Office's factbooks, maintains the recruitment campaign, oversees the Office.
Creates new advertising initiatives, advertises the region on other formats such as Reddit or the forums.
Maintains contact with new players on the map to ensure they feel secure and welcome to the region.
Ensures that there are enough dispatches and aides to help new players and ensures that new and older players are satisfied with the opportunities that they have in the region.
To keep the Office of Recruitment active, it adheres to the schedule below.
Mass telegrams are not free. To effectively recruit more members to the region by the use of mass telegrams, we need donations. If you could spare money to support the region, please follow these simple steps.
If you donate, please telegram the Secretary of Recruitment so that they may add your name to the list below!
STEP 1: Go to the NationStates Store.
STEP 2: Click "Gift Options" at the top.
STEP 3: A box will appear. Click the box and type in: Noronica. Click "Select"
STEP 4: Make sure that my nation's flag pops up and a box has appeared at the top.
STEP 5: Scroll down to the bottom to where it says "Telegram Stamps". Type in the number of stamps you wish to give. It's 1000 for $1, 5000 for $5 and so on. Even 1000 is a huge help, but if you can afford more that's great. Now press "Update". Make sure the cost accurately reflects how much you wish to donate.
STEP 6: Either pay with Paypal or "Buy with Card". Complete the transaction and you should get a confirmation receipt.
You don't have to be a member of the Office of Recruitment to help promote the region. All we ask is that you help us by using these simple steps. Even doing one of these tasks helps us to recruit new members.
Donate stamps to our recruiting account. Follow the instructions above!
Edit your signature page here: ucp.php?i=profile&mode=signature by copy-pasting "Member of the The Western Isles" into your signature box. If you want, be creative! We want others to be excited about our region, and we want you to be comfortable with it.
Upvote any factbooks posted by anyone in the region, especially those that are made by officers (click the up arrow in the upper right-hand corner of the dispatch).
Encourage any friends to join The Western Isles, we are always willing to meet new people, especially those with connections to you.
Be friendly and helpful to any new nations that join The Western Isles.
Actively participate in the news thread, any RPs, and any regional discussions.
If you are a Redditor, tell r/Nationstates about us!

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text: Late Sep 2011. Biked out Powerline (walked the bikes up the last mile or so). Stashed bikes at the saddle and trudged up the scree and through some termination dust to Avalanche. The bike back down from the pass was pretty sweet.

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The Nova Scotia Chapter of Dying with Dignity Canada invites you as a concerned volunteer to attend the 2015 Annual Meeting. This is the only meeting held throughout the year in order to allow all our volunteer time to be spent on working with people on presentations and events.
Come and give your suggestions on what we can and should be doing during this exciting time. How best can you use your time to be of help to people as they tackle this issue and their own end-of-life concerns?
We will be approaching the final days up to the election. What should you be doing to keep the issue in the forefront of the agenda whichever party should be the winner?


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Palacio de Oriente offers a set of products with characteristics typically associated with the Mediterranean diet, which place a strong emphasis on the traditional values of canned food: healthy, natural, balanced, with no preservatives or food colourings and with the unmistakable flavour of olive oil.
Palacio de Oriente's canned seafood products are notable for their high protein content and for the fact that they are rich in Omega 3 and Omega 6 fatty acids, particularly those preserved in olive oil.
The food pyramid is a method used to suggest the variety of foods to consume on a daily basis and the corresponding amounts of the same in proportion to each other.
Helping to reduce cholesterol and triglycerides.
Prevention of cardiovascular disease, resulting from the reduction in blood pressure, the increase in vasodilation and the anti-inflammatory effects provided by the consumption of these fatty acids, thus reducing the risk of myocardial infarction.
Omega 3 and Omega 6 fatty acids are involved in the formation of cell membranes and they make up most of the brain tissue. They are found in the nerve cells responsible for the regulation of the cardiovascular, immune, digestive, and reproductive systems.
They help children to have better visual acuity and improved retinal development.
Palacio de Oriente makes it its business to ensure that you can enjoy at any time of the year products that are tinned when at their very peak in terms of maturity and nutrition, when the product is at just the right point as regards flavour and texture.
"Squid is delicious to serve with pasta, rice, pizza and wonderful salads, in the company of good friends, with a nice glass of white wine or combined with an apperitif”. A quick, light and succulent dish.
“Called 'Chipirones' (baby squid) in Spain, this is a product that is both original and authentic, cooked and prepared the traditional way, it is delicious in salads, or with pasta, pizza and polenta; a dish for all seasons; a new product to discover”.
Octopus is the most weIl known seafood product from the Galician coast. Its delicious meat is a real treat for chefs, given that it can be prepared in myriad ways, by adding some paprika (not included) we get one of the great dishes of Spanish cuisine, the famous “Pulpo a la Gallega”.
Albacore (germo alalunga), also known as Albicore, is the most highly-rated of all tuna species. It is fished exclusively with fishing rods. It is famous for its white, lean, light and tasty meat. It has a very low fat content, and the use of a recipe that uses very little salt, make it easy to digest and an ideal product for all kinds of diets. This product is a good source of Omega 3 and 6 oils. Connoisseurs of good tuna will find the most exclusive species of fish in this product.
Yellowfin Tuna (thunnus albacares) gets its name from the colour of its dorsal fins; it is the second most consumed species of tuna in the world. Our production method maintains all of the nutritional properties of the fish intact, without the use of any conservatives or artificial colours. Yellowfin Tuna in olive oil is remarkable for its high content of proteins and fatty acids (omega 3 and 6), which are very nutritious and can help prevent heart disease and high cholesterol. Its delicate flavour is ideal for all kinds of recipes and occasions.
The seas off northern Spain (where the Atlantic Ocean becomes the Cantabrian Sea, a sea where the cold waters of the north blend with more temperate waters) is where we find the very best anchovies in the world. The raw material is “Engrandis Encrasicolus” or European Anchovy, which has no equal in terms of its size and the taste of its meat. Fillets of this fish are naturally compact, with an intense flavour. It is fished between April and the start of June and the amounts that can be taken from the sea are carefully monitored. This fish is prepared manually in a meticulously traditional manner, always making sure to observe the minimum maturation times required to achieve a high standard of finished product (at least six months). Our Palacio de Oriente fillets in olive oil are compact, fleshy, free of any bones, and with a naturally intense yet delicate flavour, with just the right amount of seasoning.
Palacio de Oriente Fillets of Portuguese Mackerel in olive oil is a top of the range product that is very rich in Omega 3 oils. The mackerel (scomber Colias) is selected, worked on manually and packed in fillets one at a time. The fishing takes place in the clear waters south of the Iberian Peninsula (Portuguese and Spanish). The fillets are prepared according to an old recipe that is remarkable for achieving just the right amount of cooking and saltiness, giving us fillets that are tender, compact and tasty, thereby meeting the standards of even the most demanding Italian palates.

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We went to art camp to be productive and productive we were.
But there was time for fun. We went into Gaylord to the kitchen store.
Inside, a fabric artist's studio where the cute pillows they sell are made.
And we celebrated my upcoming (or maybe by now, past!) birthday twice!
But back to the art. Here are a few of my art camp things. My massage therapist's dog!
The sailboat vendor in the Tuileries.
Wine bottles from a Paris shop.
I had trouble with this tulip.
But it's looking OK. Not the best but a good learning experience.
An epic fail. Let's just call this one a "primitive."
Always a bit of a mess.
Boy, are you two prolific art campers! Love all the things you produce and 'play' with. I can almost smell the lake and country air just by visiting your blog and that makes me happy with memories of painting on my folk's cottage porch.
I left BDay wishes at my blog.
Great art! I'm having a little bit of a solitary art camp for myself this week-end (still no weight bearing on right leg, but increased mobility with practice on the knee roller). I love your watercolors.
Art Camp Delight . . .
Birthday time . . . looks happy . . .
Love your WC Dog and Cardinal . . . you have the touch!
I liked the “Sheep Chub” too . . .
Is your friend having calendars printed . . .
Art camp for grown-ups? This is a revelation!
Nice to catch up with you and see your smiling face plus all the art, Jeanie. Happy Birthday!
Art Camp sounds like great fun!! I really enjoy seeing the variety of things you paint.
The kitty bookmark is quite a sight to see!
Hello, I love all the artwork. The german shepherd is beautiful. I like the cute sheep too. Pretty photo of you, keep the birthday celebration going. It is fun. The corn salad looks yummy. Happy weekend to you!
Art at its best! I love it all, inclusive the beautiful, talented ladies doing it.
I love your art work and I love you.
I just love all the art and sunsets. The salad looks scrummy too.
Happy birthday again. I left a b'day wish on Sandra's blog, too.
You and Kate had a fabulous time, I can tell. I painted some fabric today, but it was a horrible fail. Live and learn, though. You seem to have been more prolific than me. I LOVE your watercolor paintings and the photos you share of them, too.
Happy belated birthday Jeanie, you certainly had a marvelous day.
The bookmarkers are so pretty, and the dog, and the Montmartre...very talented lady!
What an opportunity to really focus on your art. Those bookmarks are so amazing. What a great idea to insert something you love into the books you love. Maybe I need an author camp to get me to focus.
How great it is to visit you again; I've been juggling a few things lately not being able to visit. I AM IN LOVE with your work. The therapist's dog, the cardinal, MONTEMARTE! I love both versions, but I've always been a pen and ink, black and white admirer of Paris,so your original is quite lovely as well!
Oh Jeanie, my lakeside summer is coming to an end in two weeks. Back to the classroom for preparations, then school opens the day after Labor Day. It was a great summer, and your posts always keep me in tune with the lakeside fun of living in the upper midwest. CHEERS!
Wow! So productive!!!!! My favorite might be the Montmartre....Who puts on the Art Camp? And thanks for sharing the shops, very inspiring!! I think you celebrate each and every day but happy special celebration for your Birthday!
Happy Birthday to you!! Celebrating more than once is always fun. I just love your artistic style. I have to say that the wooly sheep is maybe my favorite one, although all are fabulous.
Applause! Super impressed with your art!
Bravo smitten w/ the sailbaots and Montmartre!
Happy Birthday!! Lots of bdays in August..Marie's is tomorrow..many in our family..my dear frined Nancy..A good Birthday month! Have a great yr !
Good paintings, I like the bookmarks, the Paris scene and the dog best.
Happy Birthday, one day late! Here's how it goes: Step 1: Find out birthday date Step 2: Record date in special book Step 3: Remember to check special book for the month's birthdays.
Oooooops! That third step can trip a girl up!
I love your art camp and want to be a camper too!
What a magical experience. Love your watercolors!
Art Camp at the lake! Perfect!
No, I wouldn't be complaining either. What a special time to just play and do art, plus add on the celebration of your birthday. Love, love the bookmarks too.
I hope you had a fabulous Birthday! You are such an inspiration to me with your wonderful, warm and genuine spirit and classy style. My Birthday is this month too...getting older and wiser is great isn't it!
Love this art and once again how I would enjoy having you as my neighbor!
You're so talented. I'm so glad you enjoyed art camp and I enjoyed going with you!
Thanks for the link to Susan's Corn Salad recipe. It looks delicious.
The sailboats water color is charming.
You deserve two birthday celebrations! Yes, you DO!!
I want that corn salad!!! Boy that looks good. I hope to make it to Hobby Lobby today to get a custom mat ordered for your painting. School starts on Wednesday so it is a flurry of activity.
Love the way you make time and space for art.
I love all the paintings Jeanie. Such happy colours. That studio is to die for....drool.
Oh, that sunset is soooo pretty, Jeanie. The post cards are all delightful, but there's just something about the Cardinal that gets to me. The kitchen store looks charming, and these are the places that I'm really drawn to. Yummy corn salad - that looks like feta cheese perhaps?
Beautiful artwork! I love seeing the progression of the Montmartre piece. So cool! You are both so talented. I bet your massage therapist will love the portrait of her dog. And yay for multiple birthday celebrations! You can’t have too many celebrations in my opinion!!!
Such vibrant fun Jeanie! The joy really shines in some pieces. I like your use of colour, and how it balances with the other shades.
Oh, your artwork is just fabulous Jeanie! Sounds like you had a wonderful time with your friend. Thanks for sharing with SYC.
Hi Jeanie, just hopping by to let you know that I will be featuring you at SYC tomorrow.
Wow!! I really love your bookmarks! They're cute in every detail!
Postcards from the Lake: Art Camp Begins!

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Welcome to “drought school,” or what the city of Sacramento refers to as its water conservation workshop. Once or twice a month, in a program similar to traffic school, the city offers water offenders an opportunity to whitewash their fines.
Few cities are more aggressive when it comes to policing water use. Sacramento levied 1,137 fines for wasting water from April to September, the latest data available. Nonetheless, water conservation officials said they aren’t out to collect revenue; the idea behind drought school is to get residents to learn from their mistakes.
“We don’t want to take their money; we just want them to follow the rules,” said Maureen Coulson, a conservation project manager.
The Sacramento Regional Water Authority runs a similar program, called “water school,” on behalf of 16 area water agencies. Attendees must pass a five-part quiz to get their fines waived, although program director Amy Talbot acknowledged the test isn’t too difficult. (Question 2: Name one way to reduce outdoor water use.) The point, she said, is to get people thinking about conservation.
“It provides a way to capture their attention for an hour and educate them on how to save water,” said Talbot, the authority’s water efficiency program manager. The authority’s classes have attracted just 34 students combined this year, although Talbot thinks attendance will perk up this fall.
Many enrolled after they were caught watering their lawns on the wrong day. Others got nailed for washing their cars without a shutoff nozzle. On this particular Saturday, quite a few in attendance were landlords whose tenants broke the law.
They all had one thing in common: They were guilty of a second offense, which brings a $50 fine. The first citation carries a warning, not a fine. Third and fourth offenses bring fines of $200 and $1,000, respectively, and won’t be waived.
Crnogorac and his fellow instructor, Paul Brown, showed the students slides of the snowpack disappearing over the years from Half Dome and charts explaining Sacramento’s water-consumption patterns, and he provided them with tips on how to fix leaky toilets and ensure their sprinklers don’t shower the street.
Fully 60 percent of Sacramento’s water use goes to outdoor irrigation, Brown said, reminding students that Sacramentans are limited to watering their lawns just once a week starting Sunday. He and Crnogorac urged the students to take advantage of the city’s rebate programs for low-flow toilets, washing machines and smart controllers for their sprinklers.
All in all, things went swimmingly. Some students took notes, although a few checked their phones. A couple chimed in with questions, including a query about the city’s decision to let developers build more houses during a drought.
“That’s a question for a councilman,” Crnogorac said.
Drought school has been around for years, city officials said, but enrollment has bloomed this year. The instructors are under no illusions about why their classes are suddenly so well-attended.
Some students said afterward that it wasn’t just about the money.
There’s quite a bit more at stake in drought school than $50 fines. Communities statewide are under orders from Gov. Jerry Brown to cut water consumption by an average of 25 percent, as compared with 2013, through next February.
Because Sacramentans historically have been heavy water users, the city has been ordered to hit higher savings: 28 percent. Sacramento has reduced usage by an average of 33 percent since Brown’s order took effect in June, but missed the target in September, when savings fell to 26.5 percent.
When the hour was up, the students politely applauded their instructors and headed out the door with their goodie bags: buckets loaded with complimentary low-flow nozzles and written materials on water efficiency.
Their instructors, meanwhile, left knowing this wouldn’t be their last class. Just before the session began, Brown said, he had been out patrolling the streets of Sacramento, issuing citations to future students.
“They were letting runoff spill into their gutter,” he said.

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-Would you like to know the neuron id of your Lonworks device/s?
-Would you like to find out the subnet and the program ids for your lonworks device/s?
Node Util is a completely FREE tool made available by Lonmarks for diagnosis of Lonworks networks and devices.
The NodeUtil Node Utility is a test and diagnostic tool that can be used with Echelon’s family of network interfaces (including the PCLTA-20, PCLTA-21, PCC-10, i.LON® 10, i.LON 100, i.LON 600, i.LON SmartServer, SLTA-10, U10, and U20 network interfaces). It is a is a console application for Microsoft® Windows® systems. NodeUtil Node Utility can be used to diagnose and configure LONWORKS® network interfaces, routers, and devices.
Using Node-Util it is only possible to view and modify the configuration of a single device, it is not possible to manage a device’s configuration in the context of the network containing the device.
Important: Using NodeUtil, it is possible to make a device inoperable, so that it no longer communicates with other devices in its network. Certain operations, such as modifying communications parameters to incorrect values, can cause an unrecoverable device failure. The NodeUtil Node Utility is provided as an UNSUPPORTED software tool.

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With another move likely to add gasoline on the fire of the recent Provider or Enabler discussion VMware announced the acquisition of SlideRocket, a SaaS-based business presentation provider.
SlideRocket is a tightly focused company, delivering presentation solutions with a modern and cloud-oriented approach, directly aimed at business but with a range of solutions also covering personal or SMB usage.
it is very interesting to note how this last move fits in the global VMware’s strategy and its renewed focus on end users – even more stressed by the fact that CTO Steve Herrod wrote a lenghty piece himself on the “Post PC era”. The terms of the acquisition, however, were not disclosed.


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North Carolina’s jobless rate ticked up two-tenths of a percent to 9.6% last month.
Figures released Friday by the state Division of Employment Security (DES) show the private sector added 16,000 jobs over the month. But local government job losses erased much of that progress, with 14,200 positions eliminated.
“Given the trends we’ve seen over the last year, it is clear that increasing unemployment through government layoffs does not reduce joblessness,” said Alexandra Sirota, Director of the NC Budget & Tax Center.
DES officials note one bright spot in the data is the fact that North Carolina’s current unemployment rate is 1.1 percentage points lower than a year ago, when the jobless rate stood at 10.7%.
Chart: NC Division of Employment Security (DES).
There is no bright spot in this news report. Many people have just dropped out of the work force, and there are less people working than 4 years ago despite massive deficit spending. More than 15 million people are out of work, and have little hope of finding anything. It’s a bleak picture, and will only get worse.
I’m the eternal optimist and I believe the economy will begin to pick up after the presidential and gubernatorial elections elect more business friendly leaders.
Recovery from the last GOP administration will take some time.
I don’t think you’re young enough david if Obama gets another 4 years.
We have $100 TRILLION in unfunded liabilities sitting out there, and the Obama administration wants to keep things like they are. This is so pathetic ! No wonder they’re putting a muzzle on Biden !.
You are trading in what I call “political derivatives”, where you try to win regardless of the facts. When Obama reduces a liability you call it theft. When he increases it you call it a burden. It’s even absurd to say Obama wants to “keep things like they are”, as the outcry is resistance to his proposed changes.
there are going to be a lot unemployed people marching in Charlotte @ the DNC. Obama has said he “will not rest” until everyone who wants a job can find a job.
I don’t think he’s lost any sleep about it the last 3years.
So when Republicans in NC run their campaign on the promise that if elected they would create jobs for North Carolinians and then when elected they didn’t where is the accountability? Evidently Republicans believe jobs can be created here at home regardless what happens in Washington so why blame President Obama for unemployment in NC?
Republicans refuse to allow job creation to happen in NC. Why??
Instead of creating jobs, as they promised during their campaigns, Republicans like LaRoque was busy, according to the paper tail, filling their treasure chest with the people’s tax dollars because of a sense of entitlement. We don’t need smaller government we need Republicans like LaRoque out of our pockets.
The Republicans have lied to the people. It’s time to through-the-bums out and elect people who can get the job done.
A very feeble argument Jack ! Take a look at Utah (Republican) and California(Democratic) and how both states are faring in the bad national economy. We are trying to put the same thing in place as Utah, but it takes some time–low taxes, etc.but I think the state will eventually turn around .
Utah is a backwater,with a population of 2.7 million and Cali is bigger than a lot of countries at 40 million, poor analogy. Look at the dismal record of Red southern states, that’s a better reflection of the effects of Republican policies.
California was once a robust, high growth state in the 70’s, but 30 years of Democratic leadership have turned it into something that resembles Greece or Spain. State government is essentially broke with a $17 Billion dollar deficit, 3 cities have already gone bankrupt with more on the way, infrastucture is crumbling, education is among the worst in the nation and public universities are going downhill, utilities are saddled with excessive regulations with the highest rates in the country, taxes are sky high, entitlements out of control, and the state ranks 48th for business environment. The middle class is leaving the state, and crime is out of control.All of the current Democratic policies have been tried in California, and what a mess it is now. That’s the contrast I’m talking about.
Three of the top seven Universities in the world are in California, deregulation of utilities pushed by Enron caused massive problems in California(read “The Smartest Guys in The Room), most of California’s budget crisis is from loss of revenue due to declining incomes, corporate taxes and other taxes from 2007-09 as a result of the recession. Because of it’s sheer size, California was affected by the housing bubble disproportionately. Texas ranks as the most business friendly state, least labor friendly state, terrible education, and has a deficit of 24 billion, larger than Cali’s, that’s the contrast I’m talking about.
David, most of your post is BS, and you know it. It is what it is in California, and unfortunately you can’t sugarcoat it.

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In later life, many of us will probably need long-term care in one form or another. It is a good idea to think ahead about your likely care requirements, so you know in advance what kinds of care are available, what these might cost, and whether you may be able to get some or all of your care paid for by the state or Local Authority.
Step one is finding out whether you need care, and what form this care should take. If you start to struggle on a day-to-day basis, contact your Local Authority adult social services (either directly or via your GP) and they will arrange a care needs assessment. This will make recommendations based on your health, mobility and any other specialist needs.
What are my options for care?
This might be anything from a couple of carer visits per week, to several hours every day. This takes care of basic needs (such as washing, dressing, taking medication, cooking).
A care home provides help with basic needs 24 hours a day, as you are a resident there.
A nursing home is a care home that also has qualified nurses on duty 24 hours a day, so can offer specialist medical care.
Will I get funding for my care?
Once your Local Authority is aware of your care needs, they will carry out a means test to see if you’re eligible for help with your care costs. The means test will look at all your assets, including your pension and any savings or investments. Usually it will also include the value of your home, unless you, your partner or a dependent will continue to live there. Bear this in mind when weighing up your options – for example, a means test for care in your own home will not include the value of your home, just your other assets.
As a rule of thumb, if your assets total less than £23,250 in England and Northern Ireland, £26,500 in Scotland or £30,000 in Wales, you should receive at least some funding for your care. Your Local Authority and/or financial adviser can tell you how much you’re entitled to. However, even if your means test finds that you must pay for your own care, you may still be able to claim some benefits regardless of your other assets. Use this benefits calculator to find out which you may be entitled to.
Find out more about help with paying for care.
How will I receive my care funding?
You can choose to receive Local Authority help in either of two ways. You can ask the council to provide care services directly to you, or you can opt to receive payments from them to help you fund care yourself. These are called 'direct payments' and are means tested (see above) so may cover only part of the cost of your care.
If you are aged 65 or over, you are automatically entitled to attendance allowance if you need care. This is paid at two rates: £55.10 per week if you only need daytime care, or £82.30 per week if you also need care at night.
Remember that if you pay for a private carer in your own home (with or without Local Authority direct payments) you may become an employer, with associated responsibilities. On the other hand it can enable you to have more choice and control.
The exact cost of your care will depend on various things, such as the type of care you receive, how many hours per week you need it, where in the UK you live, and your care provider. Here is a broad summary of the costs you can expect for different kinds of care.
Care at home usually costs between £10 and £30 per hour, depending on the provider and when you need them (e.g. night times and weekends may be more expensive). The average hourly rate is around £15, so for three hours of care every day you could expect to pay just over £16,000 per year.
The average cost of a residential care home in the UK is around £32,0001 per year. However, this can vary significantly depending on where you live. Some care homes in the North West may charge as little as £27,000 while those in London and the South West can charge nearly £40,000.
Nursing homes are generally more expensive (£43,000 per year on average) but like care homes their fees vary by region. The cheapest may be found in the North East (around £35,000 per year) while the most costly are in the South East (over £54,000).
Which is better: care at home or residential care?
Should you move into a home or be cared for in your own home? There are lots of things to think about when making this choice. Here are some of the main issues to consider.
The means test: If you move out of your home and you have no partner or dependants living there, your home will be counted among your assets. Staying at home may make it more likely that you receive Local Authority funding.
How much care do you need? If you need more than 5 hours of care per day, the costs will approach those of a care home. It may therefore make financial sense to move into residential care (but bear in mind the means test – see above).
What will work best for you? Think about the practical pros and cons of being in your own home, versus being in residential care. If the financial and practical issues are finely balanced, it may come down to personal preference.
There's much more here about comparing your care options.
How do I choose the right care?
The first step is your care needs assessment, which will give a broad idea of your requirements. A good next step is to talk to a local financial adviser who specialises in long-term care. Such an adviser will have extensive experience of situations like your own, and should be familiar with the best options and providers available in your area, along with the costs and the best ways to meet them.
If you've found a care provider and want to check their credentials, you can look them up on the website of the regulator, the Care Quality Commission. If a provider does not have a good or outstanding rating then you may wish to consider alternatives.
The high cost of long-term care means it is important to plan for it in advance. Ideally you should have this conversation with a financial adviser at the point of your retirement, to give yourself maximum time to prepare.
However, even if you will need care very soon, a financial adviser can still be a great help. They will act in your best interests, advise you on suitable care, and help you arrange the best ways to pay for it. Find out more about how to pay for long-term care.
Be sure to choose a financial adviser with specialist qualifications and experience advising on long-term care. You can find one using the Unbiased search.
1 Figures taken from Laing & Buisson Care of Older People UK Report 2016/17.

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Tzaneva MA. Ultrastructural immunohistochemical localization of gastrin, somatostatin and serotonin in endocrine cells of human antral gastric mucosa. Acta Histochem. 2003; 105:191-201.
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Tablets and smartphones killed pocket consoles?
Every Tablet users must have an SD card!
Can you type faster on a tablet?
How easy is it using a Tablet?
I just saw a woman who used her Ipad as a phone!
Aoson m71g .. Is it awesome .. Your advice !!!!!
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Tensions have been high in the Middle East since Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain severed diplomatic and transport ties with Qatar, accusing it of supporting terrorism. Doha denies the accusation.
The ISIS threatened attacks in Saudi Arabia after the terror group claimed responsibility for assaults in Tehran that killed at least 17 people, Site Intelligence monitoring group reported on Friday.
Suicide bombers and gunmen attacked the Iranian parliament and Ayatollah Khomeini's mausoleum in Tehran on Wednesday. Scores of people were also wounded.
ISIS claimed responsibility and threatened more attacks against Iran's majority Shia population, seen by the hardline terrorists as heretics.
In a video that appeared to have been recorded before the attack on Tehran, five masked fighters were shown threatening Shia in Iran as well as the Saudi Arabian government saying their turn "will come".
"Allah permitting, this brigade will be the first of jihad in Iran, and we ask our brothers the Muslims to follow us, as the fire that was ignited will not be put out, Allah permitting," one of the masked terrorists said, according to SITE.
"Know that after Iran, your turn will come. By Allah, we will strike you in your own homes... We are the agents of nobody. We obey Allah and His Messenger, and we are fighting for the sake of this religion, not for the sake of Iran or the Arabian Peninsula."
ISIS, which controls territory in Syria and Iraq, had carried on attacks on Saudi security forces as well as deadly bombings and shootings that target the kingdom's Shia in the past.
Iranian authorities said five of the attackers were Iranian nationals recruited by ISIS, while Iran's powerful Revolutionary Guards Corps blamed the assault on regional rival Saudi Arabia and has threatened revenge. Sunni Saudi Arabia denied any involvement in the attacks.
On Friday, the U.S. embassy in Saudi Arabia issued a security notice to U.S. citizens recommending that they "exercise caution in places frequented by foreigners due to the continuing risk of terrorist attacks... across the Kingdom."

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One OPPF program in particular has benefited hundreds of Ohio medical students through the “Consider Psychiatry” initiative. This initiative provides quality enriched activities for students, allowing them to gain greater exposure to psychiatry and offering an opportunity to meet and network with practicing psychiatrists. Since its inception, students have been able to attend the OPPA Annual Psychiatric Update, at no charge, where they will be matched up with other psychiatrists for mentoring.
The generosity of members, like you, goes to support programs like the above aimed at encouraging medical students to consider and then choose psychiatry as their preferred specialty in residency.
Please make your tax-deductible donation here – no matter how big or small – to the future of your specialty!
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Before the ceremony, the Dallas Military Frontier Band will perform a patriotic music concert. Dozens of local patriotic organizations, veterans groups, scout troops, ROTC units and others will be in the impressive flag processional.
The event is free and open to the public. Contact Williams at rbrtwill1@verizon.net or 817-488-5524 to inquire. Visit www.MOWW-FW.com to learn more.
Get a taste of great food and a taste of early holiday shopping at the Taste of Northeast, set for Nov. 12 at the Hurst Conference Center. Hosted by the Arts Council Northeast, the festive event will feature signature dishes or drinks from 25 area restaurants and a fashionable array of retail shops.
“Sample a wide variety of food from many types of cuisine, along with several types of drink to try,” said Jessica Farrell, who is chairing the event.
The venue is at 1601 Campus Drive. Parking is free, and the event is open from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m.
Tickets are $25 in advance or $30 at the door. Arts Council members and Star-Telegram Press Pass holders receive a $5 discount on advance tickets. Purchase online at www.tasteofnortheast.com or call 817-283-3406.
While a margarita machine cranks out an endless supply of the tasty libation, guests dressed in their Texas formal best will party for a purpose to help out Children’s Charities of Fort Worth at the annual Margarita Ball on Nov. 21 at the Worthington Renaissance Hotel.
Here’s how it works: Guests buy a $50 ticket and bring a new, unwrapped toy valued at $35 or more. Evidently, this is not a problem because since 1989, the Fort Worth Margarita Society has given away more than 25,000 toys to needy local families.
“Guests will enjoy margaritas and hors d’oeuvres, while listening to live music from the Walton Stout Band, enjoying a 25-table Texas casino alley as well as photo opportunities with Santa and former NFL players,” spokeswoman Beth Hutson said.
Officers are President Mark Alexander, Stephanie Culver, Ann Allen, Carolann Morris, Gene Gregorio, Linda Garcia and Paul Braswell.
Shine up those fancy boots and hats and head to bit.ly/margaritaball to purchase tickets. Direct inquiries to fwmball@gmail.com.
How many upscale parties do you attend that include an “eat a bug” adventure, stargazing, a nighttime hike and personal interaction with forest animals? That’s just part of the evening’s merrymaking moments at A Night With Nature on Nov. 7 at the River Legacy Living Science Center in Arlington.
Hosted by the River Legacy Foundation, the inimitable night will give party guests something to tell their friends about because of the unique experiences attendees will enjoy.
“Guests will enjoy live music, s’mores by the fire, stargazing led by the Fort Worth Astronomical Society, and some unique nature adventures — including a rare opportunity to eat a bug and brag about it,” said Laura DiStefano, who is co-chairing the event with Leslie Friedman. Richard and Sylvia Greene are honorary chairs.
Blue Mesa Grill will be serving incredibly delicious cocktail appetizers, and guests will enjoy sipping unique varieties of mixed drinks provided by Deep Eddy Vodka. New this year are craft beer offerings served by Division Brewing.
Visit with friends as you peruse a silent auction that includes vacation stays in Colorado and Florida, a wine-tasting party and a Kindle e-reader.
And be sure to get a photo with one of the adorable animals that will be crashing the party. Back by popular demand (I loved this last year) is the Blackland Prairie Raptors organization, showing some of its beautiful birds, including owls and hawks.
Be sure to take home an exclusive, limited-edition River Legacy Living Science Center ornament that will be available for a donation to the charity.
“A Night With Nature celebrates and supports the environmental education initiatives of River Legacy Foundation by sharing its mission and programs with adults in an entertaining and social atmosphere,” spokeswoman Kristi Payne said.
Tickets are $100 per person, and sponsorships are available. All proceeds will fund the Nuts About Nature 2.0 capital campaign to support exhibit hall renovations to River Legacy Living Science Center.
▪ Timeless Concerts series will perform at 8 p.m. Saturday in the Botanical Research Institute of Texas, 1700 University Drive, Fort Worth. Music will be a blend of French Impressionism, English pastoral melody and Irish folk tunes in the music of Ernest Moeran. Tickets: $29 each, $25 seniors, $15 college students, $35 for a concert and raffle ticket. www.TimelessConcerts.com.
▪ Metroport Meals on Wheels 35th Anniversary Celebration is Thursday. Drinks, hors d’oeuvres and live music. Contact bdinsmore@metroportmow.org to inquire.
▪ The Jordan Elizabeth Harris Foundation’s “Bring the Conversation to Light” luncheon is Nov. 12 at the Roundup Inn at Will Rogers Coliseum. Former NFL quarterback Eric Hipple is the keynote speaker. The event is to help promote awareness of suicide and mental illness. For details, visit www.JordanHarrisFoundation.org or call 817-485-1313.
▪ “Downsizing Made Easy” seminar is at 2 p.m. Thursday at Brookdale Arlington (formerly Town Village), 1250 W. Pioneer Parkway, Arlington. Registration is free. Sign up at www.SeniorDownsizingExperts.com or call 817-635-1043.


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It was an amazing surprise when I received a personal message from a wonderful lady who plans her wedding. She was trying to find gifts for her bridesmaids and she has chosen Tiny Heart Necklace from EfZinCreations!
Necklaces prepared and packaged in beautiful tiny boxes with mini hearts to decorate them! Of course a gift also prepared for the bride, something blue to wear… a beaded bracelet with gold details!
This was a great honor and of course an amazing challenge! Honor because my creations will be part of a romantic wedding, one of the most beautiful memory in a couple’s life. Challenge because I want everything to be exactly as the bride wish and in that way to “help” her a little bit with the wedding’s preparations…and I think most of us know exactly this feeling!
So this was a great opportunity to have Bridesmaids Jewelry Set in my etsy shop and the first one is already active!
Love them! So dainty and elegant! Good job!
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STUCK IN A RUT, STUCK IN A RUT, STUCK IN A RUT, STUCK IN A RUT……….
My wife has given me her permission to be a bit eccentric as long as I don’t go too weird on her. By eccentric, we are not talking about the goofy uncle who lives in a run-down house with weeds in the yard who yells at kids on Halloween and hoards every paper that comes into his house. I’m thinking more in terms of wearing brightly colored T-shirts with colors which clash with the wear-to-the-office shirt, never wearing anything but jeans, and riding a bicycle the three miles to work every day of the year, come rain, intense cold, hellish heat or any other type of weather mother nature has in her arsenal. I also like to eat liver, Brussels sprouts and pickled herring. Within my wife’s limited standards of acceptable eccentricity, I am free to rethink everything about life, although she may balk at some of the applications to life I dream up. Nonetheless, she does not frown on me discussing with her my shifting views of biblical end times theology, my woeful and acknowledged ignorance of what prayer truly is, my growing horror at the idolatrous worship of money and possessions in America, my nagging fear that what we normally call church in America is nearing terminal collapse, the approaching disintegration of our economy as the need for incessant growth collides with the reality of finite resources and a limited number of consumers, my joy at the rapid growth of environmental concern by followers of Jesus, my partial utopian view that when followers of Jesus really learn what it means for the church to be the bride of Christ we will become an unstoppable juggernaut for good and transformation, and the reviewing in my mind of virtually everything I grew up thinking I believed. My wife patiently and gently puts up with all my mental eccentricities, making her a qualified candidate for canonization far beyond what Mother Theresa ever was.
On my daily weather-ignoring bike ride to work, there is a block-long discontinuation of the street. This puts me on a narrow path across a grassy field before the street picks up again. The path is a bike trail and also a walking path for all the neighborhood kids who walk to and from the local high school. The twice a day drum beat of teenaged feet and the daily pressure from those of us who ride bikes has turned the path into a foot-and-a-half-wide, six-inch-deep rut. It looks kind of like one-half of the old Conestoga-wagon- dug Oregon trail we see pictures of in history books.
As soon as I leave the street and am in the trail I become like those little electric race cars where the guide fits into the slot in the track. I am committed to the rut. I am stuck in it. Sometimes being stuck in the rut is comfortable, but sometimes it is miserable. On rainy days the rut gets wet and muddy, and slogging through the mushy rut on my bike takes extra energy and concentration. In the winter the rut fills with snow, making pedaling through it a true cardiovascular workout. During the changes in season, the soft gushy mud often freezes and the freshly imprinted tire tracks become sharp, jagged mini ruts that make balance difficult as I bounce and bump my way to the office. The mini rut bumps are to my backside what screeching nails on a chalkboard are to my ears (back in the day when such ancient stuff was used).
Sometimes being stuck in the rut is very comfortable and I don’t even have to think about where I am headed; history, tradition and others are taking me where they have always gone. At other times being trapped in the rut is too much to endure and I have to get out. I have learned a valuable lesson in rut exiting. Trying to gently ease my way out of the rut is a lot of work and is seldom successful. As I try to gradually and gently steer the front wheel of my bike up and out, it almost always just slides back into the rut. Not only do I fail at exiting the rut but I also often struggle to maintain balance as I fall back in. The only way out of the rut is to make a determined and energetic quick turn. There is always a momentary jerk, a bounce, and a short struggle for balance; but I do get out.
My morning bicycle commute is a daily reminder to me of both the comforts and dangers of ruts. What other ruts am I in? Sunday church? Formulaic daily Bible reading? Overeating? NCIS reruns? Routine life in suburbia? An interminable chain of 9 to 5’s? The false comfort of materialistic isolation? A rut has been described by someone more clever than I as a grave with both ends kicked out. In what ruts am I stuck from which I need to escape? Willful and selective eccentricity can often be a good thing if it motivates us to challenge our assumptions and frees us to make the quick turns which can liberate us from life’s ruts. Choose your exits. It’s time.
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UNC Asheville’s Overlook Hall will have a new addition this summer when 112 photovoltaic (PV) panels are installed on the rooftop to contribute to the campus’ electrical grid. This is the first significant PV array for the campus.
The donation of the panels, valued at more than $27,000, comes from Strata Solar, the largest solar developer in the state of North Carolina.
The 26 kilowatt grid-tied solar PV array will cover the lower roof surface at Overlook Hall and be visible from the top-floor lounge.
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Masa Inokuchi is a violin-maker and craftsperson. With dreams of using Canadian maple for his violin making, Inokuchi immigrated to Canada with his wife Shoko and three children in 1968. During the years it took to prepare himself towards a career in violin making (which took more than ten years because tone woods need to be aged more than ten years), Inokuchi engaged in the business of making Japanese style interior décor items like shoji screens and tea ceremony rooms for private homes and restaurants.
In the past 50 years that Inokuchi has been making instruments, he has made over 300 including guitars, violins, violas and cellos. Many of his instruments are played by professionals and enthusiasts in Canada, USA, Japan, U.K. and Europe. In the past 5 years, Inokuchi has been working on building an airplane.

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"We shall have to repent in this generation not so much for the evil deeds of the wicked people, but for the appalling silence of the good people."
"A strong civil society promotes responsible citizenship and makes democratic forms of government work. A weak civil society supports authoritarian rule, which keeps society weak."
(February 12, Colombo, Sri Lanka Guardian) The Citizen's Movement for Good Governance (CIMOGG) is one of the few civil society organisations in Sri Lanka which has consistently stood up for civil rights and good governance in our country. Earlier this week, CIMOGG sponsored a public lecture by Jayantha Dhanapala at the auditorium of the Organisation of Professional Associations on energising the civil society in Sri Lanka. In his lecture, Dhanapala contended that civil society had an important role to play but was not doing enough, even though there were mechanisms available that allowed for civil society to intervene in promoting good governance.
Dhanapala argued that Sri Lanka had traditionally been a closely integrated society with inbuilt social security systems that helped less fortunate relatives and friends. A bereavement in a neighbour’s family, the financial distress of a friend or accommodation for a poor or elderly relative met with spontaneously generous responses even among the poorest. Our society’s responses to the tsunami and now to the floods have been exemplary. Likewise the concept of shramadana and voluntary work in public projects has been a traditional feature embedded in our culture for centuries. It is but a step from this charitable concern for our fellow citizens and constructive community action to civic, non-partisan involvement in issues that impact on the welfare of our society as a whole and our rights as citizens.
Dhanapala then went on to examine what he thought were the reasons for the civil society not being more effective in the good governance of our country. He thought the reason lay firstly, in the confusion between non-governmental-organizations or NGOs and civil society. Secondly, there was a conviction that civil society and NGOs are both concepts imported from the West and financed by foreign sources which invariably work against the sovereignty of our country and our national interest. Thirdly, there was such a heavy politicization of society over six decades of the practice of partisan politics that every participant in public life and every opinion expressed is viewed through the prism of party politics. We no longer appreciate the fact that honest men and women can disagree and that dissent is a necessary feature in democratic society. Successive governments have adopted the posture that "If you are not for us; you are against us".
Dhanapala then went to expand on the mechanisms that were available to the civil society to intervene to ensure good governance – the Ombudsman, the Parliamentary Committee for High Posts and public interest litigation. But this columnist is not convinced that these mechanisms provide effective protection of democratic rights and liberties. As far as the Ombudsman is concerned, we are aware that certain individual cases of injustice have been redressed by appeal to the Ombudsman. But it seems unlikely that the Ombudsman will be able to put right general abuse of power by individuals and agencies of the political establishment. It also appears that the Parliamentary Committee for High Posts is largely ineffective and/or non-functional. Public interest litigation is costly and probably will prove ineffective in the current highly politicised environment. Dhanapala hints at the more effective role that has been played and could be played by organisations like the Civil Rights Movement, which since 1971, has been committed to the protection and promotion of the civil rights and liberties of the people at all times.
Although Dhanapala does not refer to it, another organisation which, like the Civil Rights Movement, has consistently over the years focussed on the trampling of people's rights by various actors on the political scene and called for a restoration of these rights has been the University Teachers for Human Rights (UTHR). It was formed in 1988 on the initiative of three academics of the University of Jaffna – Drs Rajini Thiranagama, Rajan Hoole and K Sritharan. Writing in 2001 in his 'Sri Lanka – The Arrogance of Power', Rajan Hoole states that their intention in founding the UTHR was, in the wake of the Indian Army's advance in Jaffna at that time, not to let the Indian Army or any other power sort out the future of the people. "We must act not by pushing ourselves to heroic mantles but by creating an institutional framework, whereby the attitudes of different individuals will find their rightful place and so help the community to determine its own future. It was within this organisational framework that any attack on the rights and dignity of the people could be resisted firmly."
Hoole continues, "It was a remarkable experiment in the University of Jaffna. It required patient and exhausting political work, talking to people and persuading them to take on responsibility. Rajini (Thiranagama) and Sritharan were at the forefront of this effort. Its strength was that no individual was unduly exposed, because a large number of people from the Vice Chancellor to the students and non-academic staff were part of the effort. The LTTE found this self-assertion on the part of the University striking at the very heart of its totalitarian claims. It set about identifying individuals to put an end to the University's activism and murdered Rajini on 21st September 1989."
Kandiah Kanthasamy was a lawyer and human rights activist in Jaffna who was abducted and presumably killed by one of the many militant groups then operating in Jaffna in 1988. In a lecture to commemorate that sad event, Regi Siriwardena stated: "I think everything we have gone through in the last decade confirms the wisdom of those who ruled out assassination as a legitimate method of pursuing liberation of any kind. You may start by killing unpopular politicians or oppressive agents of the State, and claim that their killing is just retribution for their crimes, and perhaps few people will shed tears for the victims. But once you have started on this slippery slope, there is no possibility of stopping anywhere." And Siriwardena goes on to state that this self-conviction that only you are right will lead to killing anyone who who is an obstacle in your way, all those who disagree with you, labelling them as traitors who needed to be eliminated.
In the course of the same lecture, Siriwardena also referred to the manner in which peaceful Tamil satyagrahis protesting against the Sinhala Only Bill in 1956 had been attacked by thugs while the Police looked on. In the late 1970s, striking and picketing workers and demonstrating university students were attacked by thugs, sometimes with extreme brutality. What was the thinking, asked Siriwardena, behind those in power when they dealt in this manner with minority satyagrahis, workers and students. Perhaps they said to themselves, "We'll teach them a lesson they won't forget!" But the lesson learnt was one very different from the one intended. By crushing democratic and peaceful opposition, it promoted the belief that that the only effective weapon against a State ready to resort to violence was counter-violence. Thus, both in the North and South, State violence actually promoted extremism and strengthened those whose methods of dissent were the AK-47 and the T-56.
Recent events give one the uneasy feeling that we have come a full circle and are now on the verge of going through the same cycle once more. It is now nearly two years since the crushing of the Tamil insurgency and there has been no evidence of any LTTE activities since then. There have been incidents of violence, white van abductions, etc in the North and East and the people of the area know that this has not been by any ex- or pro-LTTE elements, despite tendentious reporting to that effect. The violence in the south has been by elements who, the people believe, can similarly be controlled by the State agencies. It is the government's duty to restore and safeguard the democratic rights and and liberties of the people. That is the only way the ordinary man and woman can live without fear. And it is the civil society's duty to stand up and fight for the restoration and protection of those democratic rights and liberties.


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Jenn McKinlay’s wonderful series continues as the Dinner in the Stacks fundraiser is about to take place in Briar Creek. That is if the new library board president, Olive Boyle doesn’t screw everything up. She is a cantankerous woman that makes Ms. Cole (lemon) look like a real peach. Olive Boyle has all kinds of plans for the library including uniforms and getting rid of Lindsey and Paula. She also makes some last minute decisions regarding the fundraiser dinner, but luckily Lindsey is able to get everything back on track.
The big night arrives and so does Olive Boyle along with her friends. She tries to steal the limelight by trashing Lindsey until the plug to the mic is pulled. The event goes on as planned but at the end of the night the board president is missing and when she is found, she has been stabbed to death in the stacks with Paula by her side. She claims she didn’t do it and Lindsey believes her, but she is their prime suspect. Lindsey soon learns Olive has plenty of enemies even among her friends. She vows to stay out of the case but with the evidence pointing to Paula her staff begs her to solve the case before their friend is sentenced to life at prison library.
Each addition to the Jenn McKinlay shelf at the library makes me happy. This installment has all of my favorite characters working together to find out who killed the woman no one in town really liked. All these characters continue to evolve and grow and by the end one of them startles them all by taking a giant step. The author also integrates the characters from her Cupcake Bakery Mysteries and her Hat Shop Mysteries as they first show up as guests at the dinner and then drop in at the library. It was fun seeing all the characters in one place.
Ms. McKinley has written another extraordinary mystery. She sets a quick pace and leads readers down a tightly woven path. All this while dropping actual books and authors into the story line with Lindsey making book recommendations or checking books out or putting them back on the shelf. The suspect pool is large and eliminating people from the list isn’t easy. Each twist bring new possibilities but we are kept guessing right up until the end.
I was engaged by the characters and entertained by the entire story. I always enjoy my trips to Briar Creek and can’t wait to return next year.
This sounds like an intriguing book, and what better place to set it than in a library!
I love the Library Lover’s Mysteries, and it would be wonderful to win a copy of Death in the Stacks. Thanks Lori for featuring this book on your blog and for your great review!
So excited about this cross visiting of characters!
I will read this it looks so good!
Special Guest – Lesley Cookman – Author of Murder by the Barrel (A Libby Sarjeant Murder Mystery Series) – #GuestPost / #Giveaway Gratitude Giveaway Hop 2017!!

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Are You Looking For An Academy Where There Are Other Friendly Women Just Like You?
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How would you like to get in shape and Learn to Defend yourself at the same time?
Here at Pacific Top Team Brazilian Jiu Jitsu we believe anyone can learn Jiu Jitsu. As part of our Women’s Program we offer a Woman’s only Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Class as well as a Mixed Self Defense Class. Learn the most effective self defense techniques and championship proven Brazilian Jiu Jitsu techniques from Female European, Pan Am & World Champion Kimberly Prussyers. It is not a qualification to compete to participate in our women’s program! But is a qualification to Have Fun!! The goal for our women’s class is to teach women how to effectively defend themselves, while promoting exercise, and creating a fun environment.
Hi, my name is Kim, I’M HERE TO TELL YOU!
Try out my Women Only Brazilian Jiu Jitsu program in Corona. I WILL DO EVERYTHING IN MY POWER TO HELP YOU ACHIEVE YOUR GOALS!
I bet of all the fitness sites you have checked out… you have not seen a website like this! Well, you are in for a GREAT read – and hopefully this is a read that will FOREVER change your life! Please hear out this SIMPLE and IMPORTANT message.
LADIES, IT’S TIME TO MAKE YOU A PRIORITY!
BELIEVE ME I HAVE BEEN THERE. I HAVE 4 BOYS, GAINED OVER 60 POUNDS WHILE PREGNANT, WORKED FULL TIME BUT MAKE THE DECISION TO CHANGE MY LIFESTYLE AND COMMIT TO A HEALTHIER ME!, THE RESULT WAS AMAZING I WAS ABLE TO LOSE ALL THE WEIGHT AND AM IN BETTER SHAPE THAN I HAVE EVER BEEN IN MY LIFE. I HAVE NOT ONLY ACCOMPLISHED WEIGHT LOSS GOALS, BUT FITNESS GOALS AS WELL WHICH HAS LED ME TO BEING A HAPPY, HEALTHIER, MORE CONFIDENT WOMAN.
NO MOTIVATION – Going by yourself to the gym is simply not motivating… especially as the weeks and months start rolling by… assuming you last months before being sucked dry of any will power and quitting.
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We are pleased to announce our repertoire for the 2018–2019 season. Sing with us! We welcome new members of all vocal parts.
The motets of J. S. Bach are brilliant works, posing challenges and rewards to choral singers. They are filled with technical demands (fast passages, sustained singing, German diction, rhythmic precision, to name a few). Scored for double chorus, Der Geist hilft unsrer Schwachheit auf (The Spirit gives aid to our weakness) is in three sections: an opening Allegro for double chorus, a contrapuntal section for four parts, and a closing chorale, all sung in German. Haydn's Missa Cellensis in Honor of the Blessed Virgin Mary is rarely done. With so many wonderful masses by Haydn, it is still surprising that this one is often overlooked. Exciting, dramatic choral movements, together with some of the most amazing solo movements of any mass setting, make this piece a spectacular concert item. The orchestra writing is particularly tricky—Haydn is never predictable! Singers will enjoy the opportunity to focus their technique with these two masterworks, and audiences, unaware of the technical demands, will enjoy a delightful concert.
French composer Darius Milhaud (1892-1974) was a member of Les Six, a group of French composers that included Poulenc and Honegger. He composed the Service Sacré pour le Samedi matin in 1948. It is one of two such settings for the Jewish liturgy commissioned by Congregation Emanu-El Synagogue in San Francisco, along with that of Ernest Bloch. This colorful, varied, and poignant work is a masterpiece of the 20th century sacred repertoire. Sung in Hebrew with narrations in English, it is scored for baritone soloist, narrator, choir and organ. This program will appeal to a broad variety of singers and will be a unique offering on the NYC choral concert scene.
Until recently, Pergolesi was thought to be the composer of this Magnificat, but recent scholarship credits Francesco Durante. The music remains the same—a delightful setting of the Virgin Mary's song of praise, for string orchestra, chorus and soloists. Handel's Laudate pueri is a brilliant work for strings, oboes, chorus and soprano soloist. While the Durante is a well-known piece, the Handel is a unique opportunity for choral singers. Both pieces will be sung in Latin. A sunny program for summer!

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Oomomo Don Mills is offering this contest and is referred to as the "Contest Organizer”.
The Colouring Contest begins 10:00am EST on Saturday, March 30, 2019 and closes at 8 pm EST on April 21, 2019.
Contest is open to any persons who are twelve (12) years of age or younger and who reside in the province of Ontario.
Colour the entry form. Entry forms are available at North York Oomomo store at 896 Donmills Road, North York, Ontario starting March 30, 2019 and its website at www.oomomostore.com.
Contestants must provide their name, age, parent name, and telephone number on the entry form.
Return the completed entry form to the Oomomo Don Mills store on or before April 21, 2019.
Contest Organizers will not be responsible for, or accept any liability resulting from, contest entries which are delayed, lost stolen or misdirected for any reason.
No purchase is required to enter the Colouring Contest. All qualified entries will be displayed at the store.
There will be one prize awarded for each Contestant by completing the entry. A representative of Oomomo will contact Contestants individually for claiming the prize after reviewing the entry submission.
The legal parent and guardian of each Contestant must sign a contest prize acknowledgement and release before the Prize will be awarded.
Prizes must be accepted as described; substitutes by the Contestants will not be allowed and may not be transferred to other persons unless permitted by law. Prizes are subject to their conditions of use and have no cash value.
By entering the contest, all entrants agree to be bound by the rules of the contest and release the Contest Organizers from any liability with respect to the contest and the redemption of any Prize.
Contest Organizers reserve the right to withhold the prize or disqualify any Contestant's entry in the event that any Contestant fail or refuse to comply with these contest rules.
By entering this contest, Contestants and their legal parent(s) or guardian(s) consent to the Contest Organizers publishing or announcing any Contestants’ name and photograph(s) in future publicity, without permission or compensation to the Contestant or any other party. This shall include unlimited reproduction, publication, use and distribution in all forms and media, and in all manners including advertising, trade, display, editorial, art, video production, exhibitions, and website content.
If for any reason, in the opinion of the Contest Organizers, in its sole discretion, the contest is not capable of running as planned or if the administration, security, fairness, integrity, or proper conduct of the contest is corrupted or adversely affected, including by reason of infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures, or other causes beyond its control, Contest Organizers reserve the right to cancel, terminate, modify, or suspend the contest including any method of entry.
Any inquiries or concerns relating to the contest should be addressed to Oomomo Don Mills. This contest is subject to all applicable federal, provincial and municipal laws and regulations and is void where prohibited.


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All pen bloggers are regularly asked their opinion on the "best pens" for various purposes. Building on my own responses to these questions and several blog posts I've written over the past couple of years, I created the following reference guide. Your mileage may vary with these recommendations: there's no substitute for your own personal preference and experience. Buying and trying lots of pens is the fun part of this hobby! Where possible, I've linked to both my review of the recommended pen and a purchasing option (some of which are affiliate links). If I've not reviewed a specific pen, I've linked to someone else's review that I find well-written and reliable.
Note: This is the 2017 version of my "best pens" list. You can check out the updated 2018 version here. I update the guide each year, but this year I've decided to leave the previous year's version live, at least for a while, so that everyone can see how the list changes. Please be advised that many of the links to purchasing options here are to paid sponsors and affiliates. I may be compensated a small percentage of any purchase you make, which is how I support the site and keep things running.
Good fountain pens don't have to be expensive. You can get an excellent first writing experience for as little as $10.
If you're willing to shop around, you can find excellent fountain pens for under $100 that aren't for "beginners," but still don't break the bank.
Note: You may ask why the gold-nibbed offerings such as the Pilot Custom 74 and the Platinum 3776 aren't at the top of the list. That's because in order to get them at this price, you have to order direct from Japan, and if something goes wrong with the transaction, your recourse may be limited in the sense that it may be difficult to get a refund and/or a replacement. I would not recommend this for inexperienced or first-time pen buyers who are unwilling to take on some risk.
Many people have a set expectation that once you go over the $100 price point, a fountain pen should have a gold nib to be “worth the money.” When I was first starting out in this hobby I shared that viewpoint. I’ve since come around on this issue, especially now that I’ve had the chance to try some of the extremely high quality steel nibs coming out of Germany.
Honorable Mention: Otto Hutt Design 06 and Cleo Skribent. Otto Hutt and Cleo Skribent are both smaller German brands that make excellent pens, but for whatever reason tend to be difficult to find outside of Europe. Otto Hutt also sits at the higher end of the $100-200 price range.
The price of gold is still high, but you can find many affordable options for a fountain pen with a gold nib in the $100-200 range. Crossing the century mark for the first time can be a daunting experience, but I don't think you can go wrong with any of these options.
There's no price limitation here, just my pure, unadorned opinion.
Note: You can sometimes find lower prices on the Pro Gear Imperial Black, Black Luster, and Custom 823 by purchasing directly from Japan. However, given the higher price point of these products, I won't officially recommend that people do this unless they are willing to accept the risk. If at all possible, use a method of payment that offers buyer protection in the event of a problem.
The majority of the writing I do on a day-to-day basis is note-taking, so I use a lot of pocket pens and pencils. Here are my favorites.
I can't use fountain pens all the time at work. These are the gel pens, ballpoints, and fineliners that you will find me using on a day-to-day basis. I may break this list into different categories of pens in the future, but here's what's currently on my desk.
Note: Pilot and Pentel both sell reusable pen bodies and refills for the G2 and the Energel. The Pilot G2 Limited and the Energel Alloy are both sturdy and reliable.
Sometimes you don't want to use a disposable pen, but a fountain pen just won't work for whatever situation you find yourself in. All of these pens will acquit themselves admirably.


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Flowers and floral arrangements are the most appropriate way to offer your love and condolences to a family who’s lost their loved one. Celebrate life with elegant floral arrangements from Added Touch Florist.
We have a wide selection of sympathy flowers that will fit any budget. Rely on our experienced florists to create elegant and tasteful arrangements that offer utmost respect and love to those who are grieving.


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Description: A vulnerability was reported in PHP. A remote user can cause denial of service conditions.
A remote user can send specially crafted IMAP user name or password data to trigger a double free memory error in 'ext/imap/php_imap.c' and cause the target service to crash.
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DENVER, July 9, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — ClinOne announced the release of its much-anticipated mobile redesign for iOS and Android mobile platforms. The new design improves work flow for clinical trial sponsors and research sites.”We worked extensively with our UX/UI designers to provide a new approach for the mobile workflow for ClinOne’s research site-facing application which further centralizes critical study information,” according to Eric Schraufnagel, ClinOne’s CTO.
The new design also provides users the opportunity to create profiles and include personalized images. Clinical trials are typically very large in scale, and we are often distanced from our research sites and site users that play a critical role in our successful trials. Through ClinOne, we are improving the relationship between sponsor and site, including the human touch of profiles and personalized images.
Substantial improvements to the navigation were made to reduce the number of screens needed to get to the user’s destination, particularly within the Schedule of Events. This will greatly enhance the research user’s ability to manage critical patient information for a clinical study at the point-of-care.
“Our largest improvement is centralizing on all study communication into a single community environment – where our users can access study community posts on a single page – where previously we required accessing the community page within each study,” according to Rob Bohacs, ClinOne CEO.
The ClinOne solution and its suite of products were created to improve access to mission-critical clinical trial details through the web and mobile devices. The company’s sole mission is to allow important trial details to be at the fingertips of participating researchers. Currently, more than 2,800 active clinical trials in 54 countries rely on ClinOne’s technology. Visit www.clinone.com for more information.

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Skills2learn are an award-winning company that develop e-learning, virtual reality, serious-games and creative multimedia solutions.
In the following samples, I acted as Instructional Designer working with subject matter experts from a consortium of colleges and businesses.
Working with Lisa has been really easy –she quickly established what I wanted from the elearning modules and captured the look and feel we were hoping for in the final presentation. I’m really delighted with the final modules and feel very proud to have these among our elearning suite.


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Northumbria's reputation for research into renewable energy has received a major boost, with confirmation that the UK’s next generation of doctoral researchers in this field will train under a regional partnership led by the University.
In news announced today by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (Monday 4 February), £5.2 million has been awarded to Northumbria, Newcastle and Durham Universities to open a new national Centre for Doctoral Training in renewable energies. Industry partners have contributed further, taking the total project value to approximately £11 million.
Although there has been a strong growth in the renewable energy sector in recent years, the next revolution within the energy sector will be in providing sustainable power sources for what is known as ‘distributed devices’. It is estimated that more than 40 billion smart and interconnected devices, such as smartphones, tablets and Fitbits will be in use by 2024, all of which will need to be charged frequently.
Further massive growth is expected in new devices, such new forms of unmanned electric transportation and medical technologies that can monitor and treat patients at home rather than in hospital. This makes it vital that renewable energy sources are used to charge and power them.
One such example of this is work being undertaken by Dr Neil Beattie, who is leading the ReNU centre at Northumbria University. He is currently investigating how to produce a specialist form of paint that could be sprayed onto cars or rooftops to generate solar energy at any location.
Science and Innovation Minister, Chris Skidmore, said: “As we explore new research to boost our economy with an increase of over £7 billion invested in R&D over five years to 2021/22 – the highest increase for over 40 years – we will need skilled people to turn ideas into inventions that can have a positive impact on our daily lives.
The news further cements Northumbria’s reputation for research excellence and follows recent announcements of doctoral training partnerships funded by NERC – the ONE Planet partnership focusing on global change – the Economic and Social Research Council’s NINE partnership with universities in Northern Ireland and the North East of England for social sciences research, and the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) Northern Bridge consortium for research into the arts and humanities disciplines.


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“Peter manages to capture everything that is hard to capture about golf in his clean-cut book “Iron Golf Mind”. Through a narrative every dedicated amateur or professional golfer can relate to… “we’ve plateaued and we don’t know why”… we’re introduced to conversations between an amateur player and his newly found ideal golf coach, revealing a detailed analysis of how a golfer’s mind works and how we need to reprogram our mind to continually progress our golf.
Iron Golf Mind is a great book not only for golfers, for anyone.
This is a perfect book for a dad like me, who wants his son to become a good golfer, but at the same time, a good person as well.
I think many fathers choose golf as their children’s sport hoping they will learn something extra from the sport.
Your book is just perfect to achieve what I was looking for.
I have a 13 years old son and I have been applying what I learned from this book to his golf game.
Great news is that he has developed much better attitude both on and off the golf courses!!!


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DELL recommends that you back up your data regularly.
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Supporting the success of business professionals by providing comprehensive virtual assistant services.
Cloud 9 Admin helps business professionals spend more time building their business. Our team of experienced Virtual Assistants help businesses from all sectors develop more streamlined, responsive operations, allowing our clients to work with their sights set firmly on their business goals, unobstructed by paperwork and routine admin.
Our Executive PA’s work in partnership with business owners from all sectors to develop a more streamlined, responsive operation. We give our clients the opportunity to work with their sights set firmly on their business goals, whilst knowing that they have a dedicated Executive PA to organise their vital business administration, diaries and travel arrangements.
Our team of Executive PA’s specialise in working with Financial Advisers, Wealth Planners and Chartered Financial Planners. We have years of experience of providing administrative support to Advisers, whilst they concentrate on building their own client relationships. Support can include appointment-making, submitting applications, contacting providers and recording fees. Read more.
A Virtual Assistant is a self-employed Personal Assistant, who not only looks after your business admin, but who works with you on a consultation basis to help your business grow. We offer support and advice on systems and processes designed to organise you and your business, help to save you much needed time and to clear your way forward so that you can spend more time in your specialist area.
Cloud 9 Admin is owned and managed by Nikki Coverdale from her office in York, North Yorkshire. The business was set up in 2009 after Nikki realised that her skill, passion and ambition, could support the success of small to medium sized businesses.
Nikki's experience has come from supporting IFA's and Mortgage Advisers for a leading Insurance Company and working closely with high level management as a PA. She spent some time as a PA to the CEO of Business Link York and North Yorkshire, before leaving to start up as a Virtual Assistant.
Nikki has been an important addition to my business. Her excellent knowledge of the Financial Services market place means she has been able to pick up several business critical tasks, which allows me more time to concentrate on fee earning work.
In addition, she has a very proactive attitude and is a pleasure to work with. I wouldn’t hesitate in recommending Nikki to anybody who is looking for an outsourced PA or administrative help.
Nikki is a very effective, very reliable member of the Death and Disease team. She is utterly trustworthy and extremely efficient. I have no hesitation in recommending her!


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The 7 days itinerary starts every Saturday from the Alimos Marina of Athens.
The Saronic Islands are a perfect destination for first-time sailors. The winds here are not as strong as in the Cyclades, which leads to a smoother sailing experience. So, if you are afraid you may get sea sick, exploring the Saronic is a great choice.
Athens - meeting at the Dia Noche cafe within the Alimos Marina.
Aegina: Very close to Athens, Aegina has many hidden bays and beautiful beaches, wonderful for swimming and snorkelling. Due to its history of rivalry with the Greek capital, you will find here lots of interesting things to see, like the Aphea Temple.
Poros: With a very charming port, with lots of bars, tavernas and buzzing nightlife, Poros is the place where you can mingle with the locals. There are a few beautiful beaches nearby that can be reached by bike or if you feel lazy after a night of dancing we can take you there by boat.
Hydra: In the shape of an amphitheater, Hydra is one of the most romantic islands. You can enjoy a beautiful sunset view from one of the cliff side bars and then head back to port for a nice dinner in the stylish tavernas by the water. It feels like a little Venice. The port is very busy, so we need to arrive early.
Moni: Very close to Aegina, Moni is a tiny island great for a snorkelling afternoon. If you are lucky, you may even spot a deer in its pretty pine forest.
Methana: The landscape of volcanic peninsula of Methana emits a mysterious atmosphere that promises lots of thrills even to the most discerning travellers. With the passage of the narrow strip of land connecting the peninsula with the coastline of Peloponnese, another world appears in front of your eyes ready to be explored, blessed with an impressive volcanic scenery.
Agistri: Agistri is a small paradise with pristine turquoise waters, great for snorkelling. Swim up to one of the tiny beaches and make it your own. At night, explore the nice tavernas by the sea, then head to one of the cosy cocktail bars.
The 7-day itinerary starts every Saturday from the Alimos Marina of Athens and cruise towards the beautiful surrounding islands.
This cruise is designed to explore at least 6 or 7 islands during your adventure. Our local skippers know the best spots for every taste and can work with you on a customised itinerary.
Crystalline waters, secluded bays and fresh local food are the highlights of every sailing journey in Greece.


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News: Wishing to own a Jaguar Land Rover? Try it!
Wishing to own a Jaguar Land Rover? Try it!
It’s a fantastically manufactured car that has imbibed in it, all the characteristic traits that make a numero uno convertible class-apart than others. Feels like authors need to compose noteworthy prose describing ‘the indescribable’ about the most popular automotive combining the bests of Land Rover and Jaguar to give proper renaissance to world’s premier luxury sports car that was in the offing!
A real car with charismatic aura brought into this world by Tata Motors Limited, Jaguar Land Rover has gained immense market reputation as a brand having a high potential of building its own value among the rest. Globally recognized as a world-class vehicle it is very unlikely that this car would not respond to the stimulus of a heavily prospering consumer market. Remarkably engineered for drivers of all ages without any gender discrimination, Land Rover is being viewed as one car that would culminate all the reel dreams into real. A product of state-of-the-art R & D, this car would cover miles after miles of distances in its designer chassis that would give even a casual driver a feel of unending peace and satisfaction.
Jaguar would do what was never done before. Posing as an economic purchase, a safe investment that makes it to be a long lasting legacy vehicle, JLR has banished all the myths. With momentous growth in the sales spectrum, Jaguar Land Rover has been instrumental in increasing the percentage of profits earned by the manufacturers of the prized convertible.
Jaguar Land Rover is to be marked as an all-terrain vehicle with the finesse and class features of an off-road capacity convertible that is the sole attribute of the brand. Innovatively produced off-road techniques like: Terrain Response (TR), combine to form the robustness of the vehicle. Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) can be driven safely on a range of terrains through making viable choices like selecting the vehicle gear, recognizing the obstacles and avoiding them, along with planning the vehicle path. You might even change the car configuration after selecting the appropriate air suspension ride height which can be standard or off-road as well as a transfer box ratio, which could be high or low range. Through the Automatic Terrain Response (ATR) customers might be made aware of the realistic situations that they might face upon riding the car of their choice.
The team involved in the development of JLR brought forth a Human Machine Interface (HMI) allowing selection of the automatically operational special program, that can retain the special program selection facility done manually, providing advice that a driver would need. The Human machine interaction is simplistic and intuitively operational during off-road driving. The integration of existing Terrain Response with HMI is significant as it meets all the standards set by the Company going on strict technical guidelines. As a resolution, the development of a new switcher along with driver information messages came into being.
Automatic Terrain Response is believed to affirm that the Jaguar’s already installed off-road feature set; increases both the vehicle’s capability as well as the utilization of those capacities. While reinforcing the brand’s stable monopoly in the market, with the equally important accomplishment of the feat referred to as ‘customer satisfaction’, Jaguar plays it cool, being the owner’s pride. Technology is an added plus with the vehicle being completely eco-friendly.