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The pound suffered a heavy sell-off yesterday, skidding to its lowest level against the euro in almost a year as markets ramped up bets on Britain leaving the EU without an agreement with Brussels on their future relationship.
The slide against the euro, the biggest one-day fall since the end of May, left the pound below 90 pence for the first time in nine months. That’s bad news for Irish exporters to the UK because it makes their goods more expensive.
London-based traders reported a significant increase in investors hedging against a ‘no-deal’ Brexit, an event which could send sterling into freefall and hurt the UK economy by raising trade barriers with the EU.
The exodus began after UK trade minister Liam Fox said on Sunday there was up to a 60pc chance the country could leave the European Union next March without a trade deal in place.
There was no obvious trigger for Wednesday’s big moves lower, but rather a building sense of investor anxiety as the clock ticks down towards a series of EU-Britain meetings, starting in September, with no agreement in sight.
Conor Haugh, head of retail customer business at Bank of Ireland Global Markets, said there was a “noticeable surge in customer hedging over recent days despite summer markets”.
He said Mr Fox’s comments appear to have “upped the ante on Theresa May after her meeting last week with French president Macron couldn’t find a way around the current impasse in trade talks”.
Sterling slumped half a percent versus the euro to 90.175 pence. The pound fell to as low as $1.2859 against the dollar.
Analysts said the pound was also being hit by a growing realisation that, after last week’s Bank of England’s policy meeting, UK interest rate increases were likely to be as limited as one a year and contingent on a smooth Brexit.
“What we are seeing is broad sterling weakness, a very aggressive weakening trend,” said Peter Kinsella, strategist at Commonwealth Bank of Australia.
The BoE raised rates from crisis-era lows last week, but few investors saw the increase as a vote of confidence in the economy with so much political uncertainty ahead. “Some are thinking in the market that the BoE raised in order to give them ammunition to cut rates in the face of a ‘no deal’,” said Neil Jones, head of hedge fund FX sales at Mizuho Bank.
Options markets supported the idea that there would be little relief in the coming months for sterling.
Risk reversals – used commonly to hedge against expected currency moves – in sterling/dollar fell to their lowest since early March 2017. That indicates a sharp rise in demand for sterling ‘puts’, or options to sell the currency.
Morgan Stanley analysts yesterday recommended investors take out a sterling hedge given the prospect of more volatility on the horizon, but added that Britain was still likely to secure a deal with the EU.
British Prime Minister May will discuss Brexit with the EU’s 27 other leaders at an informal summit in Austria next month and meet with them again in October to try to seal deals on the terms of Britain’s withdrawal.
The pound has fallen 10.6pc since mid-April versus the dollar and is down almost 5pc year-to-date. Traders are also preparing for Friday’s reading of second-quarter British economic growth numbers, which might offer some relief.
Elsewhere, HSBC has shifted ownership of its Polish and Irish subsidiaries from its London-based entity to its French unit, and will do so for seven more European branches, as it prepares for Brexit.
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I’m sitting with a startup team helping them prepare for a critical sales presentation. Errol is not present, so we don’t have his correspondence with the client. And no one can find the phone number of the consultant coordinating the evaluation for the client. It’s a mess.
Because every one of the people they deal with at clients, suppliers and other companies has been stored in the online HighRise CRM, everyone on the team has access to their contact details at all times, from their desktop or their phone or tablet. Every email going out or coming in has been copied to a special Highrise “dropbox” email account, so all the correspondence with clients, including attachments, is also on tap for everyone in the Highrise system - which lives in the cloud, so it is also automatically backed up as well.
Our startup has acquired a small amount of funding from a retired “angel” investor, who was worried that they’re not moving fast enough. They’ve now given him “read-only” access to their Highrise system, so on a daily basis he can log in and see all the quotes going out, records of phone calls, orders coming in, etc, putting his mind at rest that they’re working hard!
Our startup is also using the business version of Evernote. Each team member stores all his documents, drawings, audio recordings of meetings etc inside the Evernote system on his laptop, filed under various tags. His desktop Evernote database syncs to a Evernote database in the cloud shared by everyone, so that everyone can access any document or file at any time (including previous versions), across all their devices.
Within their shared Evernote database they have some special “notebooks” as well that are shared with outside suppliers, like their graphics design agency, who upload their work (and download critiques) from one of these notebooks. As with Highrise, documents can also just be emailed into Evernote. And since Evernote automatically OCR’s every graphic and document placed inside it, anyone can find anything through the search bar.
Our startup provides clients with the ability to log support calls and track their progress by using Zendesk, which gives them a sophisticated support tracking and knowledgebase system for providing top-notch technical support.
All the development work in our startup is managed through teamworkPM from Ireland, which allows them to professionally manage all their projects. This is again a cloud-based system so everyone who is authorised can see at all times what is going on, from all their devices. And again because it lives in the cloud, no one has to worry about backing it up.
Alison’s mistake was simply putting all her knowledge directly into someone else’s head. When that person walked out the door, all that knowledge left with her. What Alison needs to do next time is document all her procedures at the same time as she is training someone. Then when she adds the next person, or replaces someone, it is just a matter of them learning those procedures.
This can be done simply and easily by drawing up basic checklists for every job inside her company. Add a supplier - there’s a checklist for that. Put out a press release - there’s a checklist for that. A great spot to store all these checklists is in Evernote (which comes with tickboxes for just this). At my first company, it was a given that you must document every task with a checklist, which was stored with all the other checklists in a database like Evernote.
Comes Christmas time, and we’re thinking, “what small gift can we do for these customers? Have we done coffee mugs for them before? No? Right let’s do that”. The staff member given the job recalls that we did coffee mugs as gifts for a different group of customers a few years ago, and searches in our database. A few seconds later she has the checklist drawn up before for that exercise, with several suppliers listed, recommended packaging, courier tariffs for delivery, etc.
In the coming week I’ll be working with new ventures in Pretoria and then heading to Cape Town.
Next Saturday I’m looking forward to joining Rashiq Fataar, head of the Future Cape Town think tank, for his walking tour of Cape Town to look at new and proposed developments, the impact of densification, including Cape Town’s new tallest building Portside, public transport infrastructure investments, including the MyCiTi bus system and the modernisation of Cape Town Station, public spaces and their role in city life, the challenges and opportunities of walking and cycling, perspectives on heritage and more. Come and join us if you can!

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Case Blog - Harrison vs. Commissioner of Public Safety – MN Ct. App.
Word of warning to drunk drivers: The Minnesota Court of Appeals has ruled that blood tests to determine your blood-alcohol content are not a violation of your Constitutional right against unreasonable searches when the blood sample was legally obtained.
In a consolidated appeal, Jesse Wayne Harrison challenged the previous decisions of the district court sustaining two separate revocations of his driver’s license after he was stopped twice in early 2009 for suspicion of driving while impaired in Carver County. Harrison agreed to have his blood drawn on both occasions, but when the blood samples (which Harrison admitted were legally-obtained) later showed an alcohol concentration over the legal limit, Harrison argued that the tests were inadmissible because they were obtained by authorities without a warrant, thus violating his federal and state constitutional rights to be free from unreasonable searches.
The Court of Appeals recognized that warrantless searches are presumptively unreasonable. However, there are recognized exceptions to the warrant requirement, one being a search conducted because of exigent circumstances. Katz v. United States, 389 U.S. 347, 357-58 (1967). Both the United States Supreme Court and the Minnesota Supreme Court have applied the exigent-circumstances exception to blood-alcohol testing (due to the threat of destruction of evidence should the search be delayed while waiting to obtain a warrant).
Harrison argued that the case law cited by the Court of Appeals regarding the exigent-circumstances exception applies only to the collection of a blood sample. Harrison contended that a warrant was still required for subsequent testing of the sample. Unfortunately, Harrison could not cite any authority for his position.
The Court cited United States v. Jacobsen, 466 U.S. 109, 122, (1984), which states that a search occurs when an expectation of privacy that society is prepared to consider reasonable is infringed. The Court concluded that when the state lawfully obtains a blood sample under the implied-consent law for the purpose of determining alcohol concentration, that person has lost any reasonable expectation of privacy in the alcohol concentration resulting from analysis of the sample. Furthermore, the Court said that absent such a privacy interest, any testing of the blood sample for its alcohol concentration is not a search that implicates constitutional protection. Therefore, Harrison’s assertion that his constitutional rights were violated by the warrantless testing of his blood sample was without merit.
So, what steps can you take to protect yourself if asked to give a blood, breath or urine sample?
1. CALL A CRIMINAL DEFENSE/DWI ATTORNEY. In Minnesota, if you are arrested on suspicion of DWI, you have the legal right to consult a lawyer prior to responding to a request by police to consent to chemical testing.
2. If you do consent to the search and do provide a sample of blood, breath, or urine, tell the police officer that you want to arrange an additional test. In Minnesota, a person who consents to chemical testing after a DWI arrest has the legal right to an additional test.
Minnesota Statutes Section 169A.51, Subd. 7 (b): The person tested has the right to have someone of the person's own choosing administer a chemical test or tests in addition to any administered at the direction of a peace officer; provided, that the additional test sample on behalf of the person is obtained at the place where the person is in custody, after the test administered at the direction of a peace officer, and at no expense to the state. The failure or inability to obtain an additional test or tests by a person does not preclude the admission in evidence of the test taken at the direction of a peace officer unless the additional test was prevented or denied by the peace officer.
Considered and decided by Stauber, Presiding Judge; Stoneburner, Judge; and Ross, Judge.
A person whose blood sample is lawfully obtained and preserved in connection with a valid request under the implied-consent law has no reasonable expectation of privacy in the amount of alcohol contained in the sample and, therefore, subsequent testing of the sample to determine the alcohol concentration does not constitute a search that implicates constitutional protection.
In this consolidated appeal, appellant challenges decisions of the district court sustaining two separate revocations of his driver’s license. Appellant argues that after his lawfully-obtained blood sample was preserved, the warrantless testing of the sample for its alcohol concentration violated his federal and state constitutional rights to be free from unreasonable searches. Appellant asserts that the district court in each case erred by failing to suppress evidence of his alcohol concentration as the fruit of an illegal search, and erred by sustaining the license revocations that were based on the illegally obtained evidence.
In early 2009, appellant Jesse Wayne Harrison was arrested for driving while impaired (DWI) on two separate occasions and was asked to consent to testing under the implied-consent law. On each occasion, Harrison consented to a blood test to determine his alcohol concentration. Harrison was, on each occasion, transported to a hospital where a blood sample was drawn. Harrison was cooperative during both incidents, and he concedes that the blood samples were lawfully seized.
The samples were analyzed to determine Harrison’s alcohol concentration. The results of each test indicated an alcohol concentration over the legal limit. The Minnesota Commissioner of Public Safety revoked Harrison’s driver’s license under the implied-consent law in each case. Harrison challenged the license revocations, arguing that the alcohol-concentration evidence in each case was inadmissible because testing the preserved blood samples for their alcohol concentration without a warrant constituted an unreasonable search, in violation of his constitutional rights. In each case, the district court sustained the license revocation, concluding that because Harrison’s blood was lawfully seized, a warrant was not required for the subsequent testing. This appeal follows.
Does the warrantless testing for alcohol concentration in a blood sample, which was lawfully obtained from a person under the implied-consent law, constitute an illegal search under the United States or Minnesota Constitutions?
I. Our standard of review is de novo.
A proceeding to challenge the revocation of a driver’s license under the implied-consent statute is civil in nature, not criminal. State v. Dumas, 587 N.W.2d 299, 303 (Minn. App. 1998), review denied (Minn. Feb. 24, 1999). Harrison’s challenge to the license revocations is based only on his assertion of violation of his rights to be free of unreasonable searches under the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution and Article I, Section 10, of the Minnesota Constitution. Because Harrison raises only a question of law, our review is de novo. See Shane v. Comm’r of Pub. Safety, 587 N.W.2d 639, 641 (Minn. 1998) (stating that, where the facts of a case are undisputed, questions of law are reviewed de novo).
II. The exclusionary rule applies to implied-consent proceedings.
The Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution provides, in relevant part, that the right of the people to be secure in their persons against unreasonable searches and seizures shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue without probable cause. Article I, Section 10, of the Minnesota Constitution contains a parallel provision. Generally, evidence seized in violation of the constitution is inadmissible for criminal prosecution in a court of law. State v. Jackson, 742 N.W.2d 163, 177–78 (Minn. 2007) (citing Weeks v. United States, 232 U.S. 383, 398, 34 S. Ct. 341, 346 (1914) and Mapp v. Ohio, 367 U.S. 643, 648, 81 S. Ct. 1684, 1686–87 (1961)). The exclusionary rule has been applied to implied-consent license-revocation proceedings. See, e.g., Haase v. Comm’r of Pub. Safety, 679 N.W.2d 743, 748 (Minn. App. 2004) (concluding that an officer’s warrantless entry into Haase’s garage was an unreasonable search and that district court erred by declining to suppress evidence seized pursuant to the warrantless entry, and reversing the district court’s order sustaining revocation of Haase’s driver’s license).
“It is a basic principle of constitutional law that warrantless searches are presumptively unreasonable.” State v. Shriner, 751 N.W.2d 538, 541 (Minn. 2008) (citing State v. Licari, 659 N.W.2d 243, 250 (Minn. 2003)). Because reasonableness is the touchstone of the Fourth Amendment, there are several exceptions to this rule. Id. (citing Brigham City v. Stuart, 547 U.S. 398, 403, 126 S. Ct. 1943, 1947 (2006)). Among the recognized exceptions to the warrant requirement is a search conducted because of exigent circumstances. State v. Hatton, 389 N.W.2d 229, 232 (Minn. App. 1986) (citing Katz v. United States, 389 U.S. 347, 357–58, 88 S. Ct. 507, 514–15 (1967)), review denied (Minn. Aug. 13, 1986).
Both the United States Supreme Court and the Minnesota Supreme Court have recognized the validity of the application of the exigent-circumstances exception to alcohol testing for impaired driving. See Schmerber v. California, 384 U.S. 757, 770, 86 S. Ct. 1826, 1835 (1966) (“[T]he delay necessary to obtain a warrant . . . threaten[s] the destruction of evidence.”), Shriner, 751 N.W.2d at 549–50 (“[The] rapid, natural dissipation of alcohol in the blood creates single-factor exigent circumstances that will justify the police taking a warrantless, nonconsensual blood draw from a defendant, provided that the police have probable cause to believe that defendant committed criminal vehicular homicide or operation.”). In State v. Netland, the Minnesota Supreme Court specifically held that “under the exigency exception, no warrant is necessary to secure a blood-alcohol test where there is probable cause to suspect a crime in which chemical impairment is an element of the offense.” 762 N.W.2d 202, 214 (Minn. 2009). Harrison concedes the constitutionality of the warrantless seizure of his blood for alcohol-concentration testing in this case because the exigency exception applied. See id. at 213–14.
III. Testing for alcohol concentration in a blood sample, lawfully obtained under the implied-consent law, does not constitute a search that implicates constitutional rights.
Despite language in the relevant caselaw that the exigent-circumstances exception applies to secure a blood-alcohol test incident to DWI arrest, Harrison argues that this caselaw only applies to the collection of a blood sample. Even if we were to concede that existing case law permits a separate analysis for collection and testing, which we do not, we would conclude that Harrison’s argument is without merit.
Harrison’s theory is that any exigency that made the warrantless draw of his blood reasonable ceased to exist when the sample was taken and preserved and, therefore, the later testing of the blood sample for its alcohol concentration requires a warrant or an exception (other than exigency) to the warrant requirement. Harrison cites no authority for his assertion that testing a blood sample for its alcohol concentration is an unreasonable search separate from lawful collection of the blood sample.
A search occurs when an expectation of privacy that society is prepared to consider reasonable is infringed. United States v. Jacobsen, 466 U.S. 109, 122, 104 S. Ct. 1652, 1661 (1984) (holding, in part, that a chemical test that merely disclosed whether or not a particular substance was cocaine did not infringe upon any legitimate interest in privacy). Similarly, the protections of the Minnesota Constitution against unreasonable searches and seizures are not triggered unless a person has a legitimate expectation of privacy, defined as “those expectations of privacy that society is prepared to recognize as reasonable.” State v. Gail, 713 N.W.2d 851, 860 (Minn. 2006) (quoting Katz, 389 U.S. at 361, 88 S. Ct. at 516 (1967) (Harlan, J., concurring)) (quotation marks omitted).
We conclude that when the state has lawfully obtained a sample of a person’s blood under the implied-consent law, specifically for the purpose of determining alcohol concentration, the person has lost any legitimate expectation of privacy in the alcohol concentration derived from analysis of the sample. See United States v. Kincade, 379 F.3d 813, 837 (9th Cir. 2004) (holding, in connection with statutory DNA testing of individuals convicted of certain crimes, that after a defendant’s identity has become a matter of state interest due to conviction of certain crimes, the defendant has lost any legitimate expectation of privacy in the identifying information derived from blood sampling). Absent such a privacy interest, any testing of the blood sample for its alcohol concentration is not a search that implicates constitutional protection, and Harrison’s assertion that his constitutional rights were violated by the warrantless testing of his blood sample is without merit.
Because Harrison has no legitimate expectation of privacy in the alcohol concentration derived from analysis of his lawfully-obtained blood sample, the testing of his blood for its alcohol concentration did not violate Harrison’s constitutional rights against unreasonable searches.

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It has been over 6 months since the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) has started testing and implementing the Single Window Initiative (SWI). CBSA announced it “recognizes the transformative change SWI adoption represents to the trade community” and as a result has extended the deadline to onboard SWI to January 1, 2019.
It goes without saying that if your business imports goods into Canada, that this may affect how you do business. For this reason, your declaration will require more detail than previously provided.
So, what is the SWI exactly?
Briefly put, the Single Window Initiative is a single point for advanced reporting to the CBSA. Customs, in addition to other government departments (OGDs) will collect the information they need from you within a single declaration. We mention advanced reporting because this declaration will be required BEFORE the goods arrival at the border.
The intention here, as you may have guessed, is to streamline the reporting process for declarations. The SWI simplifies the process by allowing for digitally sharing the required information to all involved government agencies to check for compliance. The CBSA, in collaboration with 9 OGDs will be participating the the SWI, which will allow for customs brokers to have a single point of entry for reporting of required information. The CBSA will then send the information to the appropriate agency for assessment.
This initiative will also contribute to the government’s goal of going paperless, work to reduce redundancy and to closely align with US Customs and Border Protection (USCBP) and the World Customs Organization (WCO).
While the responsibility has shifted onto importers to provide additional information on their shipments, CBSA will be responsible for transmitting the required information to the applicable government agency.

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With the Northern end of the world fast-approaching winter, the only thing that comes to mind is layering. Lots and lots of layering. For those in the US, this season to rejoice for. It’s a period in the year where people can start getting extra creative with their outfit leading up to winter. Once again Civil Regime is catering again!
In this season’s collection, dubbed as ‘Battle Cry’, Civil Regime continues with the neutral colour choice across a selection of pullover hoodies, faded flannels and elongated tees that complements layering well.
If you’re keen to get something different, the collection is available Friday 14th 9pm (USA PST) via their online shop.

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You are purchasing a collection of American Silver Eagle proof 1986 thru 2018 in original mint packaging. The mint did not offer a 2009 a Proof Silver Eagle. The item "1986-2018 complete SET OF PROOF AMERICAN EAGLES in original Mint packaging" is in sale since Friday, March 16, 2018.
This item is in the category "Coins & Paper Money\Bullion\Silver\Coins". The seller is "wrudella43" and is located in Stanhope, New Jersey. This item can be shipped to United States.


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With the number of NC vineyards growing rapidly, it can be tough to select just one to visit. Our selection process on some weekends is strictly decided by the time we have. So we picked this one by it’s proximity to I-40 given it wasn’t far out of the way we were already headed. It also didn’t hurt that it had craft beer as the combo winery/brewery are all moving up my priority list.
Pulling up to Daveste Vineyards, you embark down a dirt road where you’re encouraged to go no more than 10mph as “there are vines growing.” As you walk in, you’re taken by the high ceilings, the original paintings and the coziness of the couch by the fireplace.
Despite the summer temps being in the 90’s most July days in NC, we still always enjoy a full-bodied red wine. Daveste’s 2014 Malbec fits the bill. But if you want to try this one, you should make a trip quickly as our guide told us the vine died and they won’t be making any more.
Another neat experience to cap off the end of our tasting, was enjoying the 2013 Dulcinea. We were instructed by our guide, after our first taste to enjoy a dark chocolate Hershey Kiss and then taste again. The dark chocolate completely changes the flavors that comes through. The espresso flavor is much more pronounced after trying the dark chocolate. A unique and neat twist on your average tasting.
We also had to try a flight of the craft beer they brew at Daveste. Making our way through the generous pours, the Stout left the biggest impression. Normally, the hot summer temps is not the prime time to enjoy a Stout but would like to enjoy a few of these. It reminded me a bit of the Founders Breakfast Stout that I love to enjoy each year. Highly suggest trying the flight if making the stop.
Overall, the venue is beautiful with multiple places to enjoy a bottle or a flight of their craft brews. Outdoor locales include multiple patios, waterfalls, or rocking chairs on the front porch. Wish we would have had more time to enjoy.
After reading the NC Wine Guys blog about being consistent on social media by using #NCWine, I began to wonder how many people actually search using that hashtag.
There are so many great photos displaying NC Wine from the visitors themselves. It’s often we will run across these by searching the hashtag #NCWine but you’ll find many more by searching the location of the winery/vineyard itself (who may not have an account themselves).
While doing this over the last few months to create our own itinerary, I’ve wondered how much more powerful it would be if these pictures could be shared where more could enjoy or even plan a visit. If the wineries and vineyards themselves could repost the pics more easily on their own profile, it would benefit all vineyards in and around that area.
We’ll have another blog, with a list of the top 5 vineyards with the best pictures tagged on Instagram with no official account for the Vineyard itself.

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Peter oversees activities in all offices as well as handling new and brokerage sales. He is the liaison between the manufacturers and Seattle Yachts.
Peter is a lifelong boater, having learned to sail in Northern California at the age 11. Over the years, he has boated extensively in several areas of the country. In 1998 Peter purchased Northwest Yachts and subsequently developed the Northwest series of trawler and expedition styled motor yachts. In early 2016, Northwest and Seattle Yachts agreed to merge their dealership and brokerage activities into one entity and operate under the name “Seattle Yachts”. Northwest will continue to be the brand of boats. Now Seattle Yachts has two offices to serve our client’s needs, Seattle and Anacortes.


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Nicole Eisenman, Sketch for a Fountain, 2017. Bronze and plaster. Group of five figures. Each, 33 1/2 x 59 x 118 inches, approximately. Edition of 4, 2 AP. Installation view, Skulptur Projekte Münster, 2017. Artwork © Nicole Eisenman. Image © Skulptur Projekte 2017. Image courtesy the artist, Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects,and Anton Kern Gallery, New York. Photograph by Henning Rogge.
Nicole Eisenman is the winner of the 2020 Suzanne Deal Booth / FLAG Art Foundation Prize, the Contemporary Austin announced today.
Eisenman receives a $200,000 unrestricted cash prize and she will present a solo exhibition premiering in February 2020 at the Contemporary Austin’s downtown venue, the Jones Center with the option to extend the exhibition to the museum’s sculpture park at Laguna Gloria. A scholarly catalog will also be produced.
A related exhibition will then travel to the FLAG Art Foundation in New York where it will open in fall 2020.
The biennial Suzanne Deal Booth/FLAG Art Foundation Prize — administered by the Contemporary Austin — includes $600,000 to exhibition production expenses. It is one of the art world’s largest prizes to an individual artist and is awarded by a committee to a visual artist of any nationality, working in any medium and at any stage in their career.
Nicole Eisenman. Image courtesy the artist and Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects. Photograph © Nathan Perkel.
Primarily known for her paintings full of pathos and dark humor that pull equally from art history, queer politics and pop culture, the 53-year-old Brookly-based Eisenman has been heralded as one of the leading figurative painters of her generation. More recently Eisenman has begun making three-dimensional, figurative work — indoor and outdoor sculptures and installations that both reference and depart from conventional forms and narratives.
A 2015 winner of the MacArthur Fellowship — aka the “genius grant” — Eisenman was this year nominated into the American Academy of Arts and Letters. She is also the recipient of the Guggenheim Fellowship (1996), the Carnegie Prize and the Louis Comfort Tiffany Grant (1995). In 2014, a 20-year retrospective exhibit of her work, “Dear Nemesis, Nicole Eisenman 1993–2013,” was organized by Philadelphia’s Institute of Contemporary Art.
Though Eisenman has already achieved major commendations, Louis Grachos, executive director and CEO of the Contemporary, said that awarding her the Booth/FLAG prize was in keeping with the award’s foundational mission to offer an artist unfettered support.
“Eisenman’s recent turn toward sculpture is huge shift in her practice really matches what this award is all about — to propel an artist toward developing a new body of work,” said Grachos.
Heather Pesanti, chief curator and director of curatorial affairs at the Contemporary Austin, said the open nature of the award will allow Eisenman to explore new directions and create new work.
Nicole Eisenman, Huddle, 2018. Oil on canvas. 127 1/4 x 105 inches. Artwork © Nicole Eisenman. Image courtesy the artist and Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects. Photograph by Matt Grub.
Then in May, the Austin museum announced the expansion and renaming of the award after New York arts patrons Glenn and Amanda Fuhrman matched Deal Booth’s philanthropy, doubling the size of the prize and adding a showing of the exhibit at Fuhrman’s private museum, the FLAG Art Foundation in New York.
Fuhrman is a collector and co-founder of MSD Capital, an investment firm that exclusively manages the capital of Michael Dell and his family.
Artists are selected for the Booth/FLAG award by a rotating, independent advisory committee made up of curators and art historians of contemporary art.
In addition to Pesanti, this year’s advisory committee included Ian Berry, Dayton Director of The Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery and Professor of Liberal Arts at Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY; Lauren Haynes, Curator, Contemporary Art at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR; Eungie Joo, Curator of Contemporary Art, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA; Helen Molesworth, critic; and Lilian Tone, Assistant Curator, Department of Painting and Sculpture, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY; along with institutional advisor Stephanie Roach, Director of The FLAG Art Foundation.

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Elizabeth is a licensed Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics nutritionist and is also certified by the American College of Sports Medicine, as both a Personal Trainer and Exercise Physiologist. Her nutrition and fitness experience spans more than 20 years during which time she has finally aligned her practice of nutrition and fitness to develop successful weight-loss and wellness programs. She focuses on an individual’s needs and tastes to customize nutrition programs for each client. She has a strong interested in nutrition as it relates to autoimmune function. Elizabeth is excited about the opportunity to help more individuals navigate the confusing hype that surrounds the complexities of nutrition today.
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The Swedish electric motorcycle brand is honored to receive the Motorcycle Design Award from the German Design Council.
CAKE, the Swedish manufacturer of lightweight electric off-road performance motorcycles, is honored to win the Motorcycle category of the German Design Council’s 2019 German Design Award. This is the brand’s ninth winning award overall since launch this past January. The annual awards celebrate projects that truly represent pioneering contributions to the German and international design landscape, and as part of the awards, CAKE’s first model, the Kalk, will be on display at the Ambiente Fair from February 8 – 12.
The German Design Council, the expert for brand and design in Germany, bestows the German Design Award. Commissioned by the highest authority to represent new developments in the German design industry, the German Design Award directly contributes to the overall commercial success. Prizes are only awarded to projects that truly represent pioneering contributions to the German and international design landscape. Established on the initiative of the German Bundestag (the lower house of German parliament) as a foundation in 1953, it supports the industry in all matters consistently aimed at generating an added brand value through design.
Built with a purpose to inspire people to contribute to speeding up the journey towards a zero emission society by combining excitement and responsibility, the all-electric high-performance off-road motorbike brand is designed for exploration and discovery. First launched this past January at the Outdoor Retailer Show in Denver, the first model – the Kalk – was recognized as “Best in Show” by several outdoor industry publications and has received numerous accolades since. With a focus on design, performance and innovation, every single component of the Kalk had to be custom built, resulting in numerous patents pending. The CAKE Kalk proves electric vehicles can still be aesthetically pleasing while being eco-friendly.

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Before choosing a tree to plant, consider the maintenance needs.
Fast-growing trees can be a blessing when you need shade, a bit of privacy or if you need to block an unattractive view of your neighbors. Evergreen trees are a good choice -- they retain their foliage all year so that the view is consistently hidden -- but some deciduous trees also work well as screens. Choose carefully, because not all fast-growing trees make good screening plants.
It's tempting to choose trees that grow as quickly as possible, but sometimes the fastest-growing trees are the worst choices. This is because many fast-growing trees grow so quickly that they have invasive roots or weak wood, and they can become riddled with disease or suffer from severe insect pest infestations. Instead, choose a tree that grows relatively quickly but is strong and hardy if you want your screen to last. Trees that have dense foliage and grow about 2 feet per year are a good choice, advises This Old House.
Some evergreen trees feature needles, and some of these change color during fall and winter. The dawn redwood (Metasequoia glyptostroboides), for example, has long, soft green needles that turn orange in fall. Hardy in U.S. Department of Agriculture plant hardiness zones 5 through 10, it can grow to a maximum height and width of 100 and 25 feet respectively, so plant it where it will have plenty of room to spread out. The Eastern white pine (Pinus strobus) has bluish-green needles and a pyramidal shape. It grows in USDA zone 4 through 9, the species can grow to 80 feet tall and 40 feet wide, but many cultivars are smaller. Try "Fastigiata," which grows to 50 feet tall and 20 feet wide.
The hybrid popular (Populus deltoides x Populus nigra) is that rare tree that grows quickly but is still a good choice for a screen. It grows between 5 and 8 feet per year if conditions are right. It grows in USDA zones 3 through 9, to a maximum average height of 50 feet and width of 30 feet. It's not evergreen, but the leaves turn a glorious gold in the fall. For an evergreen choice, try "Nellie R. Stevens," (Ilex x "Nellie R. Stevens") a fast-growing holly tree that camouflages your neighbor's house and brightens up your winter landscape with vibrant red berries. This cultivar grows in USDA zones 6 through 9 and will reach a maximum average height of 30 feet and 12 feet wide.
Don't be seduced by an extremely fast growth rate or clever marketing, especially if your trees will be near your neighbor's property. Your neighbor might not appreciate trees that soar into the stratosphere or trees that drop debris all over the yard. The Leyland cypress (x Cupressocyparis leylandii), for example, is a poor choice. Although it grows in USDA zones 6 through 10, and soars to the height of a five-story building, it suffers from a host of disease and bug problems, advises Fine Gardening. Another tree to avoid -- according to Fine Gardening -- is the Lombardy poplar (Populus nigra). It grows in USDA zones 3 through 9, and is dense and extremely narrow. The tree shoots up to a height of 100 feet in as little as 20 years, but it has invasive roots and weak wood. It drops branches and leaves constantly and is easily damaged by wind and winter storms.
University of Florida IFAS Extension: Ilex x "Nellie R. Stevens"
Sanders, April. "The Best Fast-Growing Trees to Camouflage the House Behind Us." Home Guides | SF Gate, http://homeguides.sfgate.com/fastgrowing-trees-camouflage-house-behind-98159.html. Accessed 23 April 2019.


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We would like to thank, Judy Baker, 9th Congressional District Candidate-Missouri, for becoming the first candidate to step up to "Advertise their Support" for the VFW and Veterans on the VFW MO WebCOM Network.
Ms. Baker’s sponsorship banner promoting her VFW PAC endorsement will play for the final week of the Election at the top of all Department, District and Post sites.
If you are a candidate in the State of Missouri and would like assistance in advertising your campaign to the 90% voter participation rate, of the 40,000 plus members of the Department Missouri: Veterans of Foreign Wars of the US, on 1 or all 300 sites within the Network, you can visit the following link for rates and placement opportunities.
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Dr. Fattahi graduated from Northeastern University earning a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering, with minors in Biology and Business. He went on to study dentistry at Tufts University School of Dental Medicine and completed his Doctor of Dental Medicine (D.M.D). He is currently a member of the American Dental Association and Massachusetts Dental Society.
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Still trying to understand if I need to adjust pH at water changes or not forever?
Add egg crate in an established tank?
SO Excited! Fluval FX5 arrived today! Any tips or suggestions?
Is this a good deal, great deal or just so so?
Will these filters be enough?
I have a snail problem.
What do you guys use to keep your ph up?
Mass death in my molly tank.
too much pressure for fluval?
I think I ruined my tank!!!
Marineland Double Bright LED? or What lighting do you use?
Are Concrete Paving Stones Safe?
crushed coral a indepth discussion?
My new 90 gallon tank and equipment selected!
How necessary is lowering PH for New World tanks.
Another 3d background... but not styrofoam and cement.
Aqueon ProFlex Model 3 for 125 gallon aquarium ???
Upgrade from eheim 2075 to eheim 2080?
Leveling Aquarium... need advice please!!!
What powerhead should I use for good water circulation?
Do I need more circulation?
How Does My Cycling Tank Look?
Advice needed: designing a see-through aquarium.
New to forum, hello. Eheim question, thanks.
Whops! Didn't rinse my gravel.
Kosher Or Epsom Salt To Harden Water?
Finding stones/rocks for my 60 gal hexagon with Africans.
what is on my hood?
steady ph but gh kh low ?
canister for under a 100 ?
what should i do with an ammonia spike?
what's the best rocks for cichlids?
White strings looking stuff in my filter intake tubes?
Automatic water changer with conditioning question?
Do i really need to silicone my top brace to my tank?
Non Paint Background that doesn't reflect?
anybody else get annoyed by API master test kits?
Male JD with female Convicts?
High nitrate levels, help please!
My cycle wont stop stalling!
What did you do for your peacock hap tank?
do i need an airstone?
Newbie to the site canister ?
My Alkilinity is very high. what dose this mean??
unhappy with whisper hob filter.
What's a good "Over-the-Back" Filtration system for a 30 Gal? Rookie Inside!
What the heck?! 8ppm of Ammonia?!
Canister Filters, love or hate'em?
How should I clean my canister filter?
Switched all my tanks to sand!
What's a good Canister Filter to use?
Possible diseased seed filter during my fishless cycle.
3 days into fishless cycle and Nitrate already showing up?
Do you run your HOB filter with the filter top on or off?
Build ones own aquarium!? Is this a good idea or!?
Thoughts on internal and external UV sterilizers?
How would you filter/clean this tank???
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Lambis Tiger 13 cm 5 p.
Paphia Textile 5 cm 200 gr.
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Concussion symptoms can make it difficult to engage in normal, everyday activities like school, work, and leisure.
Just like with exercise, in the past it was suggested that people avoid activity until symptoms resolve. But, we know that avoiding normal activities can actually make you feel worse over time.
We recommend you maintain some low-level activity during your rest phase (up to 3 days) and then slowly and gradually return to normal activities in a prescribed way.
You should not return to any risky activities where there’s a chance of injury for at least 2-3 weeks and in most cases longer. Talk to your healthcare team.
What type of activities are okay to do after concussion?
Begin low level activities at home like basic chores, making meals, watching TV, using a computer, and others but limit your time.
How much activity is okay?
If you are doing typical safe everyday activities, you will not damage your brain (even though you still experience symptoms).
GREEN ZONE. Activity did not change my symptoms much. I should increase the intensity or duration .


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The skeptics fall into several categories. 1) scientists with legitimate questions about a very complex issue which is being whitewashed for ideological reasons. 2) contrarians who include public intellectuals like my esteemed Vanity Fair colleague Christopher Hitchens, who asked me over dinner one night two years ago if I thought global warming was really real, and referred me to a recent (Aprilb 27/8 2007) posting by our former esteemed colleague Alexander Cockburn on his site Counterpunch. The posting is very interesting. Cockburn is definitely not a warmist. He compares the booming trade in carbon credits to the Vatican selling indulgences centuries ago. In fact there is a lot of scamming and shadiness in the carbon credit business. I’ve thought of writing about it myself. Around this time I hooked up with an old journalist friend who was now a carbon trader in London. He had just made a million-pound deal with some major polluter to plant a ten thousand acre jatropha plantation in Indonesia to compensate for its emissions. Jatropha fruits were the hot commodity in the alternative energy biodiesel fuel business. Since then an aquatic algae has been found to be even better. Who is going to verify that the trees are even planted, let alone harvested and their juicy nuts squeezed into biofuel when the trees comes to maturity ten-twenty years from now, when the entire energy picture will undoubtedly be very different and jatropha will have long since ceased to be part of the mix ?
Returning to Cockburn, he then points out the CO2 tonnage of emissions produced by humans burning coal oil and natural gas peaks in 1928 at 1.1 gigatons. By 1932 its has fallen to .88 gigatons, a whopping. thirty percent drop. “Hard times drove a tougher bargain than all the counsels of Al Gore or the jeremiads of the IPCC” have been able to achieve. This is an interesting point, especially since the current global economic downturn, now in its second year, has reportedly also caused a 30% drop in fossil fuel emissions, or maybe all human emissions; I’d have to look the source again. You can see from Cockburn’s language how contemptuous he is of the warmists, which sets off immediate alarm bells about his objectivity. He obviously has an ideological stance, but to what extent does this have to do with his niche as a professional contrarian, and what does he really know ? He goes on to say that the parts per million of C02 in the atmosphere went from 306 to just 307 between l928 and l932. Now they are 380, so he concludes, “thus it is impossible to conclude that the increase in atmospheric C02 stems from the burning of fossil fuels” when the emissions went up 21% but the atmospheric concentration went up only 0.5%” First of all, how sound are these numbers ? While rejecting mainstream climate science in general, Cockburn accepts them without question, because they are useful for his position. Secondly, there are many other human sources of atmospheric carbon besides burning fossil fuel : deforestation, forest fires, land conversion, the charcoal stoves still used by billions, and myriad others. I would question whether the amount that from burning of fossil fuel could accurately be separated from the other sources in l928-32, or even now. I have learned to be suspicious of all numbers. As I said in my piece on AIDS in Africa (Dispatch #54), “the figures are figurative.” And thirdly, with 1.1 gigatons, 1928 was not the peak year for human fossil fuel or total carbon emissions at all, so what is he talking about ? In 2006 the International Energy Agency reported 5.7 gigatons of carbon emissions just for the U.S., and in 2007 the U.S. Energy Agency reported 6 gigatons nationally. The global amount is close to five times that. Fossil fuel burning accounts for about a quarter of that, so we’re looking at roughly five or six gigatons, minus 30% since the economic meltdown.
Back to dinner with Hitchens, I assured him that I had made a thorough reassessment of the evidence and was still convinced that we are the main cause of this global warming and referred him to the IPCC’s physical science basis FAQ’s, which should answer any doubts he might have. But, looking back on it, I said this in a way that was also ideological, as someone who was in the faith, which I did not dare to challenge, because it was part of my heroic, which was and still is to do as much for the world, particulary its biological and cultural diversity, as I can while I am here. Hitchens, with his contempt for religious belief, picked right up on my unquestioning piety, my need to believe in the greenhouse narrative, because it was a central pillar of my whole schtick, my mission, but said nothing. I for my part wondered why he had turned into a doubter. Was it part of his general swing to the right of late ?
3) the libertarians, who are right-wing contrarians. People like Alex Jones, the Texas talk show host. These guys are not even worthy adversaries. They will say anything to stir things up and get attention. And while claiming to be independent, they are in sync with the Republican philosophy, which is not to stymie individualism, free-market trickle-down capitalism.
4) the Republican capitalist oligarchy, the uncompassionate conservatives who wants the oil to keep flowing and everybody to keep consuming it and filling the sky with carbon so they can keep getting rich. Their interest is obviously to minimuze the effects of the emissions. They have at their disposal an army of right-wing bloggers and hackers and dirty-tricksters who are ready to destroy the reputations of anyone who challenges their anti-environmental ideology and will resort to disinformation if they can’t get any real goods on him. I have seen nothing about who actually hacked into the British Climate Centre’s e-mail system. That would be a very interesting and useful piece of information. One of these boys, I bet, or their buddies in Europe or Asia. These skeptics are a persuasion, just as some of the warmists are. And as Bertrand Russell said, “The most savage controversies are those about matters as to which there is no good evidence either way.” Except the evidence that the human contribution is significant is overwhelming, even if not all of it isn’t true. They know from the tobacco wars that all they have to do is keep raising doubts about the science. The hard-core, ideological skeptics represent a much smaller segment of public opinion than the hard-core ideological warmists in Europe, but in the U.S., where they are most vociferous, there are more of them, which is not surprising because we are the number-one consumers of oil. With both sides, it’s about more than just what is causing this climate problem ? Your stance on global warming correlates with your stand on abortion, evolution, gay marriage, whether you live in a red or blue state, whether you listen to NPR or Rush Limbaugh. I am beginning to think that in every society there are two basic types of people, who are as distinct as cats and dogs or men and women, and that what makes you one or the other could be genetic. And whether you are a warmist or a skeptic is more a function of the psychology of conservatism, how compassionate you are capable of being for people who aren’t as fortunate or well off as you are, what makes some people want to become prophets or draws them to apocalyptic scenarios, how upset you are about the obvious degradation of the environment and the devastation of what is left of the world’s species and cultures, than what is actually happening with the climate.
When the news broke that e-mails by some of Britain’s top climate scientists that were extremely damaging to the warmist cause had been hacked, I wasn’t at all surprised. I was already aware of the scientific orthodoxy, and that any scientist who questioned the greenhouse narrative did so at risk to his career. The party line was not only operative in the scientific community. When I reported to my editor that the Russian scientists seemed to have serious and legitimate questions about the importance of the human contribution, he advised me not to give that a lot of play, because “we have a lot invested in the reality of this.” This could be seen as evidence of what the skeptics are constantly accusing, that there is a conspiracy by the liberal media to sell the American on “the greatest hoax of all time,” as the ultra-skeptic oilstate redneck Senator James Inhofe (R-Okla) calls it.
But from what I can see, the media has been giving the skeptics much more attention than they deserve, and if anything most of the coverage has been slanted in their favour. And I am living proof that, liberal as I am, there is no liberal conspiracy. Which I hope these three blogs have made clear.
If you take anything away from this, I hope it is this : We don’t really know how big the human component is compared to the natural one. I don’t think it is possible to put numbers on either of them at this point. Let’s take the desertification of Mali, for instance, the subject of Dispatch #31. According to scientists sitting at computers in Texas, the Sahara is spreading south and shrinking the size of the wooded and grassy Sahel and causing massive drought in the region because of the increasing frequency and intensity of El Nino and of the similar periodic warming event in the tropical North Atlantic, which is due to our carbon emissions. But according to the Malian minister of the environment, the cause was that more and more trees are being cut by the exponentially growing population, the cause was local and mechanical instead of being a repurcussion of something distant and meteorological whose effects are felt all over the world. Who is right ? Who can know ? I saw devastating effects of deforestation on my tour of the country– erosion, frehsly clearcut swaths shriveling baking in the sun into desert hardpan that nothing could take root in, vast fires sending clouds of thick black smoke into the night, blizzards of dust redder than the usual seasonal dust storms, because they were filled with particles of sun-dried lateric soil that the wind had picked up. So I was inclined to believe the man on the ground, the environment minister, who was seeing what was actually happening, and not the guys in Texas looking at their computer models. But what do I know ? That’s how every scientific paper should start : What do I know, but here’s some new data for you.
And in the end, it doesn’t matter how much of it is human. There are so many other imperative reasons for us to be reducing our consumption and waste stream. And every little bit helps.

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No. 3563. Certificate of Authenticity included.
Very good used condition. In original plain white box.
Very nice addition to your Nascar collection.
1/18 Scale: 1996 Monte Carlo #95 Caterpillar, David Green.
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Berry the Fruit Fairy prepares for the Heart Day celebration in this sweet Candy Fairies confection.
Berry the Fruit Fairy is distracted from her Heart Day duties when she sees a snazzy new dress on a fellow fairy. She’s supposed to be making candies for Princess Lolli’s celebration, but all she wants to do is make a new dress. She picks some wild candy hearts that she finds growing and tries to use those, but they turn out to be sour! Now, with the help of her friends, she must venture to the Sour Orchard to undo the yucky magic and try to set Heart Day right.
What do you think?” Berry held up a string of colorful fruit chews. The Fruit Fairy enjoyed making delicious fruit candies, but she also loved making jewelry. The more sparkle the better! Berry loved anything and everything to do with fashion.
“Berry,” Raina said. She had a worried look on her face. The Gummy Fairy was filling up a bottle of cherry syrup for the trees in Gummy Forest. She had come to Fruit Chew Meadow for flavoring for the red gumdrop trees—and to visit Berry. But instead of finding Berry working on her fruit candies, her friend was making a necklace!
Berry shrugged. “These round fruit chews are just so pretty,” she said with a heavy sigh. She held up the colorful strand again and admired the rainbow pattern she had made. “I just had to make a necklace with them!” She carefully knotted the end of the string. Then she put on a special caramel clasp that Melli, her Caramel Fairy friend, had made for her. Berry placed the finished necklace around her neck. She proudly spread her pink wings as she showed off her newest creation.
Princess Lolli was the ruling fairy princess of Candy Kingdom. She was a caring and gentle fairy, and always treated the fairies very well. All the fairies loved her and wanted to please her. The sweet princess’s favorite shape was a heart, so every fairy in the kingdom made special candy hearts from flavors found all over Sugar Valley. There were chocolate, gummy, mint, caramel, and fruit heart candies for Princess Lolli and the fairies to enjoy. Heart Day was a happy day, filled with good cheer—and delicious candy.
“I will start on something today,” Berry declared.
At that moment another Fruit Fairy flew up to the friends. Berry had just met her the other day. Her name was Fruli, and she was new to Sugar Valley. She had long blond hair, and today she was wearing the most beautiful dress Berry had ever seen. There were tiny purple and pink candies sewn along the collar and cuffs that sparkled in the sun. Over her dress was a soft cape made of pink-and-white cotton candy. The fairy soared down next to them with her pale pink wings.
“Yes, I like to read,” she said very softly. She looked down at her white boots. Her response was so quiet that Berry and Raina could barely hear her.
Again, her voice was so low and soft, Berry and Raina could barely hear her.
“I just came to collect a couple of fruit chews for Princess Lolli,” Fruli said.
“Well, you came to the right place,” Raina said, smiling. She gave Berry a little push forward. She wondered why her friend was being so quiet around this new fairy. Usually, Berry was very outgoing and not shy at all. “Berry grows the best fruit chews on this side of the Frosted Mountains.” She put her arm around her friend.
“Raina,” Berry mumbled, feeling embarrassed. She smoothed her dress with her hands and noticed a big cherry syrup stain on the front.
Oh no, Berry thought. What a big mess! Fruli has the nicest clothes. And look at me!
“These chews?” Fruli asked, pointing.
Fruli took a few candies and put them in a white chocolate weave bag. “Thank you,” she said.
Before Berry or Raina could say a word, she flew off.
“She was so shy!” Raina exclaimed.
“Berry—,” Raina started to say.
Berry flew off in a hurry, leaving Raina standing in Fruit Chew Meadow alone. Raina was worried. When Berry got an idea stuck in her head, sometimes things got a little sticky.

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Mobil Car Repair was founded in 1987, and is located at 4115 Bayou Rd in Lake Charles.


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Standing on hard concrete floors up to 8 hours a day, 5 days a week can be a pain, literally. There are well documented studies of the effects of standing on hard concrete floors for long periods and one of the most common pains associated with standing, that is difficult to treat, is heel pain (plantar fasciitis).
If you are aware of anyone suffering with heel and foot pain, along with pain relief there are some simple stretching exercises that can significantly relieve the symptoms, that involve flexing the toes of the affected foot, in either a standing or sitting position.
Another exercise is to take a standard food can (beans/ tomatoes/ soup; whatever is to hand), and while sitting, remove shoes and roll the can backwards and forwards across the sole of the foot, from heel to toe. This exercise is great to do whilst sitting or relaxing. The contents of the tin are unaffected, and the rolling motion helps to relieve the symptoms of plantar fasciitis.
The best solution to heel and other joint pain is prevention – financially and socially for your workers and your company. Our best-selling, ergonomic Bubble matting is proven to make standing for long periods more comfortable, relieve joint pains and reduce fatigue. Our VivoMax is versatile for use for sit-stand desks, food factories and laboratory areas.
Aches and pains can be a significant contributor to employee absence, with its knock-on effect on employee morale and productivity along with stresses for shop-floor management. Anti-fatigue matting from Strata resolves this issue. Our mats are easy to install; simply unwrap and place where required and the mats can be moved as workspaces are reconfigured or re-sited.
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Bon Voyage World Languages Academy is not currently hiring!
Please check back in the future to see our openings.
Are you a language teacher who wants more flexibility in your schedule? Do you want to work from home? GREAT! We would love to have you join our team of dedicated, certified teachers teaching a very unique and effective method ONLINE!
Applicants must be certified teachers with at least a C1 level of proficiency and experience in teaching languages. Applicants can be certified in any country or for any state.
Applicants who are not certified teachers will not be considered.
Starting pay is $20 per class hour plus $250 for initial training. Training is provided and all software and curriculum materials are provided.
We are also currently seeking university students looking for practicum experience as teacher assistants for a period of 6 months.
Opportunity to transition to working part time at $12 an hour after internship period has ended.
T.A.s have the opportunity to tutor students for a rate of $12 per hour.
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2. Are foreign inoculations needed?
3. What medication do I need to bring?
4. What about travel arrangements?
5. Tell me more about domestic flights from BA to La Pampa.
6. Can you give me and idea on private air transports from Buenos Aires to La Pampa?
7. Do you also have a cost figures for ground vehicles from Buenos Aires to La Pampa ?
8. Is there good shopping?
9. Do I need a permit to bring my gun into Argentina?
10. What about hunting license?
11. When is a good time to travel ?
12. If we wanted to spend a day or two in Buenos Aires what would that take, what is there to do, and would you recommend it?
13. Is Argentina a safe place?
16. What about the lodges, How is the food like?
18. Is it necessary a deposit?
19. Where can I rent a car?
20. Do you only offer Big Game outings ?
21. How big is the free-range area?
22. How big is your Preserve at Monasterio Hunting Ranch?
23. Do I need special equipment?
24. Is the hunt guided or self-guided?
25. Do the guides speak English?
26. What Big Game species may I Hunt apart from Red Deer Stags ?
28. Tell me more about Wing Shooting.
29. Do you hunt on other areas as well ?
30. And if we should visit. What will be the best time?
31. When occurs the Red Deer Roar ?
32. What does include the Std Red Deer hunting package ?
33. Are there snakes at the Ranch?
34. What is the success ratio on Big Game species?
35. What would you consider a realistic expectation for hunters to shoot free-range Red Deer in a pre/post rut period?
36. Approximately how much Big Game will be seen each day ?
37. You offer different types of big game hunting including Puma hunting?
38. I understand at any time we could elect to go inside the Preserve, and what are the odds of getting a medal class free-range stag?
41. Some of the companions will want to go along on the hunt sometimes, is that a problem?
42. Will you assist clients with all the formalities related to trophies?
43. What about the hunting schedule: number of daylight hours hunted, move to hunt site by foot or truck, tree stand or ground blind hunting, etc.?
44. How much hassle is there with locals or local officials (farmers, villagers, etc.)?
45. How much rain can I expect?
46. Can I bring Pigeon & Doves back home?
47. What happens to the Pigeon & Doves I shoot?
48. Can you give some information on “Diamante” ranch.
49. Can you give some information on “El Monasterio”.
Visas may be required depending on your country origin.
USA/CAN/EU citizens do not require VISA.
Passport that is valid for 6 months after the last day of your trip is required. Visitors traveling from non borders countries are exempt from some taxes on traveling costs and new articles.
No. Fortunately Argentina is an epidemic free country and hunting places are extremely safe.
upset stomach, motion sickness, headache, etc. Visitors to Argentina do not usually experience stomach problems associated with drinking water. However, it is always better to be safe than sorry so when in doubt, ask for bottled water. We recommend medical insurance in the case of an unexpected illness or emergency.
You must ask your travel agent for a roundtrip airfare to Buenos Aires. You will need to book a flight into Buenos Aires Ezeiza international airport (IATA: EZE // ICAO: SAEZ) generally coming from any US/CAN/EU major city or any country Capital. You will need to schedule your international flights to arrive in Buenos Aires early morning.
2- You can head for the domestic airport (IATA: AEP – ICAO: SABE) to catch connecting flight to La Pampa (IATA: RSA // ICAO: SAZR) departing by midday or late afternoon.
At the conclusion of the hunt, the returning charter flight will depart from La Pampa by past midday and arrive to Buenos Aires by 17:00-18:00 hs with plenty of time to catch late international flights. Please make sure to book a midnight departure flight in case you don’t plan to stay a night/day in Buenos Aires.
In case you decide to book a hunt with us, we will request your tentative flight information so as to double check connections´ time window. In case you don´t want to head for the airport during the same checkout day, you can stay a night at Buenos Aires or better called “The Paris of America”. We can arrange hotels and different attractions for your stay.
Aerolineas Argentinas airlines domestic flights are now schedule from Sundays to Fridays.
As you know, charter flight option may vary depending on the aircraft and group size. We have set an agreement with a premium company. Our ranch will be running a regular service in cooperation with another top class Ranch. This charter flight service will cost approx 750 USD roundtrip. Confirmation depending on total hunters confirmed for each week.
This service connects Buenos Aires with La Pampa airport offering a complete solution to endless domestic flights connections, avoiding all the checkpoints at the domestic airport, which is time consuming and irritating. You will be contacted by our airport responsible right at your arrival. Charter flight to La Pampa will be scheduled to depart from Buenos Aires by 12:00-13:00 hs landing at destination by 14:00-15:00 hs.
Private flight will take you there in about 1,5 hs to 2 hs depending on aircraft.
total roundtrip. Smaller agents can charge around USD 8,000 for getting hunters to Santa Rosa on a Cessna 310 (4 pax plus luggage).
Yes we have. Its 6 hs drive. All national route in very good conditions up to the Ranch ( lasts 8 km of good dirt road ).
A private ground transfer with good cars ( always used for 2 or 3 hunters group ) will cost aprox USD 1,500 roundtrip.
step out of the premium bus.
If you are interested in this last option just request us some pictures and you will see by yourself what we are talking about.
Argentina is a shopper’s haven for leather, wool garments, fine gemstones, furs, antiques and gaucho goods. We can assist you on this point but hotels referenced are nearby downtown shopping malls and well-known Alvear Street and Florida Street.
The procedure to enter your gun to Argentina is very simple and it is done when the hunter arrives at the airport. Gun permits will be obtained at the Customs Agent. Only two guns per hunter are allowed to enter Argentina. Each gun pays a permit/fee of USD 130 to be paid at airport Renar/Police authorities.
Info on this simple process can be found at RENAR website ( government ) Contact your Agent or nearest Argentine Consulate to obtain updated info.
The U.S. Customs agents will require that you have a FORM CF-4457 completed prior to your departure. It lists a description of your guns along with the serial numbers. ( Don’t worry, your not registering them …this is a single copy form and you will have the only copy of it ). This form proves that you owned these guns when you left the country. It will prevent you from paying duties on their value upon re-entering the U.S.A. You can do this at any U.S. Customs office prior to your departure.
Estancia Poitahue, Victorica, La Pampa, Argentina.
Location – Province Rute 151, Kilometer 49.
District – Loventué, La Pampa.
It can be acquired at the ranch. This will be arranged upon your arrival.
Big Game: USD 200 per specie, up to 4. The fifth animal and up don´t pay license fees. Tags are included in these fees.
Upland Birds: USD 200 all species (weekly permit).
La Pampa climate is moderate with no particular rainy season. The seasons in the Southern hemisphere are opposed to the seasons in the northern hemisphere, with high temperatures from 30°F to 95°F depending on the season.
The humidity is low. It is a great way to take a break from cold winters, or escape from summer heat.
During Argentina summer, December, January and February temperatures raise up to 90°F. In March, April and May is moderate, with temperatures ranging between 59°F and 83°F.
Light garments for the day and warmer clothes for mornings and evenings are recommended. In June, July and August, the climate can be quite cool with temperatures ranging between 32°F and 68°F. Therefore, warm garments are suggested.
We can assist you here at BUE at no charge.
We will send you all the info regarding shows, city tour, attractions and that type of things. We are used to assist on Hotels and city attractions.
The government has recently gone through changes in an effort to stabilize the economy. The efforts appear to be working. Throughout the country it is business as usual in Argentina is a Democracy. At no times on my trips have I felt unsafe.
However we always take reasonable precautions. We like to keep honest people honest.
The weight limit for internal Argentina flights is 40 pounds.
Excess luggage can be stored at our office in Buenos Aires if needed. Please check with your airline for current regulations.
The official currency is the Argentine PESO.
Most shops in Buenos Aires will accept dollars and give you change in pesos if they do not have dollars. Credit cards are widely accepted, especially American Express, Visa, MasterCard and Diners International. Travel checks are not always accepted and when they are, banks and shops will charge approximately 4% for exchanging them. For personal checks, banks also charge between 4% for exchanging them. We suggest that you bring cash and use credit cards and/or personal checks for higher expenses. It is always a good idea to check the exchange rate before departure.
Accommodations are world class; our lodges have been totally refurnished and prepared to accommodate demanding hunters. “Poitahue Ranch” can accommodate more than 8 Hunters with companions. “El Diamante” Ranch can host 4 hunters plus some companions and our “El Monasterio” Lodge can host 6 Hunters with companions.
Come and stay in on one of our premium double based suite rooms specially geared up for hunting activities; Generous air conditioned suite rooms with comfortable beds.
Poitahue´s accommodations consist of a main lodge house with 2 private suite rooms, a living room & main dining room with fireplace, 2 fully equipped bungalows each with 2 private suite rooms and private hall room for your hunting gear & preparation, a separate club house consisting of a large living room with fireplace and a lovely bar saloon which tends to be the spot for late hours reunions and post hunt appetizers. We also have an area for gun cleaning with an office that has a wireless internet access point and patch cords access along with a desktop PC at no charge.
Our staff includes a chef fully dedicated to prepare delicious home-style and international meals & desserts. Poitahue´s Private Wine and Beer will be always available at no extra charge.
Continental breakfast, abundant and delicious international meals, also you will be able to enjoy our famous Argentinean “asado” (BBQ). Always served with our premium Poitahue wine.
A good common practice is to set aside USD 35-50 per day at our lodges for tips for the staff.
It is normal to tip city guides, restaurants on a 10% base, hotel bellboys will be ok with USD 1 per bag.
A deposit o is required before your trip in order to confirm your hunt reservation.
The deposit is through bank transference, we can provide bank accounts in USA and Argentina.
We can reserve a car for you, or if you prefer you can book it with one of the international car rental companies that operate in Argentina.
Big Game hunting High season is in March/May plus wing shooting in May/Jun.
Red Deer Rut period during March to mid May is the most wanted attraction.
Hunters look for a free range Red Deer plus other 8 big game free range species during this period.
We also receive groups of hunters during the rest of the year, mainly looking for mixed hunts.
Deer in post rut + boar, buffalo, blackbucks, Scottish or others exotics free range species plus excellent wing shooting.
When talking about Dove & Pigeon & Partridge and Ducks you should know that Pigeon High season occurs on May/Jun meanwhile Dove can be done year round in addition to a Deer package if requested. Partridges season stats in May meanwhile Duck can be hunted from April to August.
We offer both prem Big Game and small game offers. At the end it will depend on the season and Hunter hunting schedule.
A good free range Red deer trophy will require at least 6 hunting days during rut, during late or non rut period the success rate tend to be lower.
More than 50,000 acres at Poitahue Ranch plus another 25,000 acres of free range at our “El Diamante ” nearby Ranch.
We also have more than 10,000 free range acres at our “El Monasterio” Ranch. All Ranches are part of our family owned Ranches.
When booking on a Big Game hunt, we highly recommend a good pair of binoculars, comfortable hunting boots (waterproof) and camouflage clothing… gaiters are must because of the “rosetas” that are like small rounded seeds cover by thorns which stick into your lower pants.
A light raincoat is always welcome.
For pigeon and dove hunting, shoulder pads, earplugs, gloves and protection goggles are recommended.
Fully guided by our experienced guides.
We have qualified interpreters in our staff, which will be with you at the ranch or by radio at the field.
La Pampa wing shooting is the next world wing shooting hot spot to be discovered. This province offers same dove quality like Cordoba but with Premium high volume Pigeons, Partridges and premium Big Game.
We have selected a circuit of seven ranches specially prepared for Pigeon & Dove & Partridge hunting. Located in one of the most rustic places on the planet, but with all the luxuries of the great cities. All of them are part of our family owned ranches.
Ducks spot is coordinated with a Partner Lodge located in Buenos Aires Province… the world’s famous Duck Hunting spot.
Duck lodge is located at 3-4 hs drive form our Ranches.
Hunting is coordinated and conducted according to the preferences of our guests including lunch service on the field in order to minimize any disruption to the hunt. We offer personalized professional guides equipped with 4×4 vehicles, GPS and radio communications equipment.
There is always availability of shotguns and cartridges to fully enjoy the adventure.
You will easily shoot over 1,000 shells per day on Pigeons and Doves.
You will be able to go for a mixed hunt. A Pigeon, Dove, Partridges, Ducks and Big Game hunting at the same outfitter.
Poitahue Ranch: Free Range Big Game ( 10 big game free range species ).
Monasterio Ranch: Free Range Big Game plus Preserve hunting and premium Dove shooting.
Diamante Ranch: Free Range Big Game plus Preserve hunting.
Dove & Pigeon Ranches: several ranches selected for small game or wing shooting.
We don’t organize hunts in other places. But we can connect you with referenced outfitters in Argentina if some additional specialty is needed… we are used to link Agents with fly fishing offer if needed.
Depends on what you want to hunt !!!
La Pampa Red Deer Roar takes place from mid March to End April. Depending on the weather and moon can vary some few days.
Everyone that comes during Roar can’t believe what is like… this is not like a bugling elk, this is more like a heavy bass lion roar generating echoes inside the woods.
Red Deer Package includes a full week hunt with a free Range stag ( no size limit ) plus a free range bonus management stag. Other additional trophies can be harvested with extra costs as per our full price list.
No. You are not likely to find snakes on La Pampa region.
Due to our rich fauna and our excellent PH’s and guides, we can assure you a 90- 100% average success on most of our free range species.
Chances for red deer are good despite being in a non roaring period. Pre rut gives the chance to be one of the firsts out there so you will have plenty of opportunities. There will be not so much hunting pressure so that’s good.
Red Deer is always a tuff tuff mission but success rate is good on the pre rut. Post rut is good time despite the hunting pressure effects but chances are good cause we keep the numbers of hunters low during mid season and low season.
Clients looking for Red stags on post rut will also have the chance to go for water Buffalo, blackbucks or rams or sheep. Boar is likely to be hunted during night and chances are high if you can shot at night. Blackbuck is as tuff as the red stags because most of the time requires longer shots in open areas.
You should have a shot opportunity at game every day. Game is very abundant.
Puma was forbidden since 2008 season in La Pampa province. And nowadays its only permitted to be hunt at authorized ranches.
We can offer Puma hunting in a partner ranch near Poitahue with proper legal authorization ( less than 2 hs drive form Poitahue).
Puma hunting should be done in groups of two at the most. We can receive several hunters at Poitahue and schedule their Puma on day hunt on the other ranch along the week so as to avoid overlapping.
As mentioned we have a Preserve area at Diamante Ranch where you will find Record class Red Deer Stags.
Also you will have the option to go to our Monasterio Preserve for 1 or two days and try big game hunting plus high volume Dove hunting.
Free range Red Deer average goes around heavy 6×6 bulls but surprises are usual with 7×7 bucks over 330 SCI points or better. We have a quality management program in order to improve free range genetics.
We are used to organize photo safaris, horse back riding and trekking excursions.
Yes, of course. We’ll be in charge of all the paperwork related to trophies, so that you can have everything ready when you return home.
Our hunts are mainly done by stalking on foot.
Hunters will be driven to the different section by truck and continue by foot.
A daily hunt on Poitahue consists on a Morning hunt by leaving the ranch at 6:15 just before first light and returning by 10:00hs aprox.
Having a premium lunch and a nap. Evening hunt starts at 17:00hs and lasts till lowest light conditions which will be till 20:30hs aprox.
always rules so the hunt can turn into a tuff mission stalking elusive herds of does and its high rank big boys.
Some times water spot ground blind is the best choice, a spotting on a crossing, tree stands, stalking a herd detected far away from the hills, Poitahue offers different type of hunt according to the conditions.
None whatsoever. You will be hunting in private property.
Few rains are to be expected since the weather is very dry, despite this, we can provide light rain “ponchos”.
We do not recommend it but yes. Customs with them can be a problem.
Sometimes resulting in having to dispose of them prior to re-entering your country.
As many as you like will be prepared for you to eat.
The rest are given away to the bird boys and local families. They are not wasted.
It will be like booking your private House at the woods. Good accommodations with 2 double bed rooms. Good bathroom. Kitchen and living room. Direct TV. Air conditioner. Maid and cooker services. Laundry and all that stuff. Fireplace. Outside gallery with a big table and a barbecue place. Very good food & beverage plus our premium wine all inclusive.
You will be able to Hunt free range Red Stags, wild Boar, rams, water buffalo as also the possibility to hunt blackbucks, rams, goats at nearby Poitahue Hunting Ranch ( aprox half hour drive ).
Diamante Ranch is located at 1,40 hour drive from Santa Rosa Airport.
Monasterio is has a castle style lodge with prem accommodations and +10,000 acres of free range plus +4,500 acres of high fence preserve rounding the lodge containing several big game species. Its the lodge shown at the webpage.
Incredible castle style lodge with single and double bed rooms. Fully equipped bathrooms.
Incredible living room and dining room with a lovely fireplace. Indoor and outdoor barbecue section. Very good food & beverage plus our premium wine all inclusive.
Direct TV. Air conditioner. Maid and Laundry services.
We can offer fair chase free range hunts for Red Stag, wild boar, Buffaloes. The preserve sections host several Big Game exotic species like Axis deer, Mouflon, blackbucks, Fallow deer, Scottish rams, Dorset and 4 horned rams, wild goats as also medal class Red Stags, water buffaloes and wild boars.
Monasterio Ranch is located at 30 minutes drive from Santa Rosa domestic Airport.


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La doublure (1898) is the title of Raymond Roussel’s first novel. The main character is the stand-in for a famous stage actor. While walking through the Nice carnival, the stand-in splits into two.
How can an object live in fiction, in the imagination, in the personal and collective unconscious and at the same time in reality?
La Doublure is an exhibition which proves the existence of alternative realities, works and the exposed archives suggest strongly that we do not live in a world with only one reality.