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Pick up these seven better-for-you items in a store near you.
When it comes to packaged meat products, there's a little less transparency than you would like. Many products might be more mystery meat than whole foods, and it's hard to tell which choices are best. Well, we're here to help. Check out this list of some of the healthiest packaged meats and meat alternatives on the market. You can thank us later.
Frozen fish that comes with heart-shaped flavor cubes and parchment paper to boot. Dig in to a buttery soft fillet, in flavors like Red Trout with Salsa Verde or Striped Bass with Roasted Red Pepper Almond Sauce.
You’ll instantly taste the superb quality of this pasture-raised poultry, and it’s all thanks to its humane and antibiotic- and steroid-free treatment. Cook up tender, juicy chicken for dinner tonight with a good conscience.
These antibiotic- and nitrite-free organic sausage links are fully cooked. Plus, with their minimal ingredients, you know exactly what you’re getting. Three links have 9g of protein and 120 calories.
This meat alternative is a slightly tart but hearty addition to any vegetarian’s or omnivore’s diet. It comes in six flavors, and is a good source of fiber. Add it to salads or sandwiches, or just heat and serve over rice.
Grass-fed beef has double the anti-inflammatory omega-3s as corn-fed cattle; what’s more, it’s higher in conjugated linoleic acid, which may help reduce body fat. One serving provides 159mg of omega-3s.
These plant-based burger patties are soy-free and free of the hormones and antibiotics that may be in traditional burgers. Plus, they have an authentic meat taste and texture, and are packed with 20g of protein.
Flavorful chicken patties are ready for you to toss on the pan and enjoy. And since they’re made from chickens that have no added growth hormones or antibiotics and are vegetarian-fed, they’re clean and lean.

industry_corpus2: Agriculture & Fisheries


text: As I noted in my first post, I was a little skeptical about whether a Nash Equilibrium (NE) could be evolved by taking the squared loss of each hand. My conclusions were that, given an expected value evaluation function, it was possible using a best-opponent fitness but not using a squared-loss fitness. There turns out to be a small bug in the squared loss code which caused a big change in results. Below are the results for the correct fitness function implementation.

industry_corpus2: Math & Statistics


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• Replenish and restore moisture for silky, shiny hair.
• For all hair types especially normal to dry, color treated and foiled.
• Great at moisturizing dry scalps!
• Aromatherapy of Mango, Orange and Tangerine.
protect the hair and skin from harsh environmental damage.
color treated, foiled and bleached hair.
& helianthus annuus (sunflower) seed extract*, helianthus annuus (sunflower) seed oil*, carthamus tinctorius (safflower)seed oil*, simmondsia chinensis (jojoba) seed oil, , panthenol (vitamin b-5), tocopherol (vitamin e)*.
12 fl. oz. - 355 ml.

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TRP (Transformation Resource Planning)™ enables the entire organization to participate in the multi-cloud world without restrictions on the number of users or companies that can utilize this flexible and configurable solution. Integrate with SOAP & REST API’s and leverage Web Services faster than ever.
Premier Computing has developed an entirely new market segment that is geared towards the companies that have been the victims of old-time ERP solutions. No more change orders, no more exceeding budgets, no more monotonous coding problems, and no more timeline or budget extensions. Best of all, we offer solutions that entirely transform your business and elevate your team to new levels by allowing them access on any device, from any location, at any time.
We give you a full TRP solution with strong financials, distribution, manufacturing, construction management, eCommerce, field services and so much more.
Stay on top of business with integrated tools that help you predict outcomes and make educated decisions. With a TRP solution from Premier Computing, you’ll never have to worry about falling behind. Learn more about what a TRP solution from Premier can do for your business.

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Don’t miss out on the biggest football party in Barrie with; drink specials, prizes to be won, and over 40 TV's to watch the game!
Join The Rock 95 Morning Crew At Buffalo Wild Wings in Park Place this Sunday, February 3rd for the Big Game!
There will be prizes to be won, specials on; Budweiser, and over 40 TV’s to choose from!
And everyone in attendance will have the chance to win tickets to see the Trews live in Concert on March 1st!
Kickoff is scheduled for 6:30 pm, make our reservation today or get there early to get a seat, don’t miss out on the biggest football party in Barrie!

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Travel Select has you covered for any length of journey with this versatile matched luggage set featuring two upright suitcases, a carry-all tote, and a compact utility bag.
The companies teamed up to launch a limited-time collection of 40 unique pieces available online and in select stores.
With the parade of holiday parties that are about to ensue, we found four key accessories that are both office- and party-friendly.
Smart luggage, like the 7 we picked here, is blowing old quaint bags out of the water.
Expand your carry-on size travel options with this compact two-piece luggage set from Traveler's Choice.

industry_corpus2: Hospitality & Catering


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To make LWPF, conventional single-mode optical fiber production processes must be modified to reduce or eliminate moisture in the raw materials and/or in the manufacturing processes.
The manufacture of LWPF requires the careful control of moisture levels at every step in the fabrication and post treatment of the fiber so that the water peak attenuation is kept below 0.
To make LWPF, conventional single-mode optical fiber (CSF) production processes must be modified to reduce or eliminate moisture in the raw materials and/or in the manufacturing processes - preform vapor deposition, drying and fiber drawing.

industry_corpus2: Manufacturing


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Abstract. Taking Jane Bennett’s vital materialism and Bruno Latour’s theory of action seriously, this article suggests that neither human individual nor any unit of human collective should be the starting point for a discussion on cosmopolitanism.... Book Description: Critically engaging with thinkers including Slavoj Zizek, Alain Badiou, Catherine Malabou, Jean-Claude Milner, Martin Hagglund, William Connolly and Jane Bennett, Johnston formulates a materialist and naturalist account of subjectivity that does full justice to human beings as irreducible to natural matter alone.
Jane Bennett, Vibrant Matter: A Political Ecology of Things (Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2010), 200 pp. $22.95 (paper). The impact of new materialism on the study of rhetoric is indefinite... apply Bennett’s vital materialism (and its adjacent philosophical methodologies) this paper first outlines the central components of Bennett’s ontology and how they might present ways of thinking about our experience of the seasons.
This article discusses the basic arguments and important achievements of Jane Bennett’s vital materialism, as well as some problems and limitations of this theoretical perspective.
What Bennett offers is a ‘vital materialism’ that negotiates the difficult—some would say impossible—task of presenting a vitalism that comes unhinged from Spinozist teleologies of nature.
return to matter, such as the vibrant matter of Jane Bennett or the principle of factuality of Quentin Meillassoux, by outlining a genealogy of the material conditions for the individuation of forms.
The political dimensions of this ‘vital materialism’ are probably best spelled out in the writings of Jane Bennett, who has worked on elaborating the implications of the material turn and posthumanist conceptions for politics and political theory for a long time.

industry_corpus2: Subject Education


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Anchor is proud of its successful history and heritage. We have a simple philosophy. No matter what your skill level, Anchor threads and kits are designed to encourage self-expression and pleasure in the art of embroidery and crochet – right to the very last stitch.
Let Anchor be your partner in creativity and expression. The Anchor range covers a wide selection of different crochet and embroidery threads and kits. We’re recognised throughout the world for our wide color range and superb design – not to mention a commitment to the highest quality and constant innovation. We believe that crafting should always be fun – and that’s reflected in every Anchor product.


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New Fathead MAD HATTER Mascot Tee!
New FH Girls Bird Shirt!
New FH Girls California Palm Shirt!
The Original 1984 Fathead Stank Tank!
New Fathead Bar Stripes Tee!
Fathead Hit the Lip Tee! Made of 100% cotton. Comes in white and blue.


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Photos and information published on the website are only those of dead persons or who have given their preliminary agreement.
If your data do not appear or appear by mistake, please contact me.
A remark for the genealogists who "plunder" websites such as this one or others, searching the most amount of data as possible. Those who do not even make the effort to verify the information and even less to indicate their sources!
They are not genealogists, they have no respect for the work of others. They will recognize certainly by reading these lines.
There were 1177122 connections since the website is online.


text: PWSA (USA) was organized in 1975 to provide support for individuals, families, professionals and organizations and to be a resource for education and information about Prader-Willi syndrome. The organization was first headquartered in Minneapolis, then moved to St. Louis, Missouri, and then found its permanent home in Sarasota, Florida in October of 1997. The association is governed by a national board of directors. The board works in conjunction with the paid and volunteer staff of the national headquarters, and a network of chapters throughout the country to direct the organization's operations and serve its members.

industry_corpus2: Health & Medicine


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When you think of "structures" don't just think of buildings and bridges.
Structures are just about anything on the layout that was man made and doesn't fit into one of the other Master Builder categories. These are just some examples of the types of 'structures' that you could build to earn this certificate: buildings (all kinds), factories, bridges (all kinds), signal towers, oil derricks, docks, power line towers, cranes (stationary or mobile), ships, etc.
Of course, there is a certain level of complexity expected to qualify for a merit award. If you take a plank and put it across a drainage ditch and call it a bridge, it is unlikely to score 87-1/2 points no matter how nicely modeled a plank it is!
At least six different types of structures must be represented in the total.
The intent of this requirement is show that you can model a variety of types of structures, not just several variations of the same type. For example: a wood frame station and a brick station would be different types, but a wood frame station from Kansas and wood frame station from California would probably not, unless you could show that there was a substantial difference in the construction. When in doubt, why try and split hairs? Instead, try your hand at building something completely different. You might learn some new modeling skills in the process, and who knows ? You could even have fun doing it!
One of the six types must be a bridge or trestle.
Before you panic with visions of elaborate wooden trestles dancing in your head, stop for a moment and consider just how many different types of bridges and trestles there on or around a railroad. Remember, your bridge doesn't have to span the Grand Canyon; a short span over a creek or dirt road may be enough. The point is to demonstrate that you know how to build a bridge that is appropriate and will support the load that it has to carry. If there is no place on your layout for the tracks to cross a bridge, how about a bridge that carries something else? You could replace a grade crossing with a bridge that carries the road up and over the tracks (as many prototype railroads have been doing in recent years), or build a foot bridge like the ones over many rail yards Finally, remember that you can even build the bridge as a separate model - it doesn't have to go on your layout.
At least six of the models must be scratch built.
The remaining six, if not scratch built, must be super detailed with scratch built or commercial parts (for extra points).
There are all sorts of ways to super detail structures. Look closely at what you are trying to model, and see the little details: signs, ladders, electrical fixtures, window details, roof details, etc. For buildings, including an interior (and a way to see it) is definitely recommended, with as much of it as possible scratch built for extra points. Including some sort of "scene within a scene" is a good way to catch the judges' eye. Adding detail to your structures will not only meet this part of the requirements, but will also add to your score, and to the overall appeal of your model.
One way to save money and increase your scratch building score is to buy only one of a particular detail part, and use it as a model to make the rest yourself. This means build the others yourself from scratch, NOT to use the commercial part as a master to make a mold to cast copies of it.
You must earn a score of at least 87-1/2 points on six of the twelve models in either an NMRA sponsored contest or in AP Merit Award judging.
Note that only six of the twelve must earn 87-1/2 points. The others don't even have to be judged! They do all have to be described on the Statement of Qualification (SOQ).
Your twelve structures do not all have to be of the same scale or era, or on the same layout. In fact, in most cases, it's better to build the structure separately, have it judged (either in a contest or in separate Merit Judging), and then install it in its final location. In this way, the judges can get a better look at it.
Note: Many contests require that structures NOT be mounted on any kind of sceniced base, or they will be considered "Displays". However, for separate Merit Judging, they can be part of your layout.
Also refer to the articles "Master Builder - Structures", and "The Building Inspector", both in the NMRA Bulletin, August 1991.

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It’s Saturday, I slept in and it’s obviously turning into a silly day.
For instance I was a big fan of the MacGyver series back when it was on tele. The lack of guns and lots of science always appealed and every problem in the world can be solved by a Swiss Army knife some bleach and some chocolate (this may explain my swiss army knife fetish), any way I was on wikipedia and mistyped the search item and look what I found… List of problems solved by MacGyver.
Someone (or lots of someones) is putting together a list of problems that were solved by MacGyver on an episode by episode basis.
MacGyver repairs a post mix soda gun by bleeding off some built-up CO2 that has caused a valve to stick. He takes off the button panel of the soda gun, removes the troubled valve spindle (both with his Swiss Army knife) and inserts a miniature pirate’s sword from a plate of olives. Using the sword, he opens the valve to the CO2 line fully, and draws out the sword which lets it close naturally. Unverified. Terminology source. Approximate time: 9:30.
In order to bypass an electronic door lock, MacGyver shorts out the circuitry. He detaches the main circuit board from the door, which is on the back of a metal plate. Using a cut power cable from a nearby lamp, he applies electricity from the wall to two of the main points on the circuit board. These points are apparently wired to a switch on the inside of the door lock which is designed to pass a current through them when the switch is pressed. The resulting short circuit causes the lock to open. Unverified. Approximate time: 15:45.
When he needs to remotely control a car’s door locks, MacGyver connects the car’s mobile phone to its onboard computer’s signal lines for the door locks. Using his knife to open the back of the phone, he identifies the contacts where power is routed when the phone is taken off the hook. He opens a tube of wires and identifies, presumably based on color, the two wires which control the computer’s locking circuitry. He wraps one wire around each contact, reassembles the device, and waits at a nearby phonebooth. When the car’s owner gets in, he calls the phone and pretends to order a pizza. The doors lock when the owner puts the phone down. The doors unlock when MacGyver approaches the car and signals to pick up the phone. Unverified (researchers should know this episode aired Sept 29, 1986). Approximate time: 25:00.

industry_corpus2: Film & Entertainment


text: Contemporary styled ballpen with easy to grip barrel. Print area: 10 x 58mm. Price includes full colour print in one position.


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Rapidly changing global realities, including climate change, call for deep and lasting transformations towards more sustainable futures. Meeting these challenges requires new ways of producing knowledge and making sure it gets used.
The need for transformative change across all dimensions on sustainable development is echoed in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, which commits to ‘bold and transformative steps’ on sustainable economic, environmental and social development.
The International Science Council has long advocated that the social sciences are essential to addressing global change. We need more social science, and a more transformative social science, one that is open to working across fields of science (interdisciplinarity) and co-creating knowledge with society (trans-disciplinarity), and that reflects multiple socio-geographic perspectives and approaches.
T2S was launched as an Internationational Social Science Council (ISSC) initiative on global environmental change. It builds on a long history of ISSC-led social science research on the topic of global environmental change.
The ISSC established the Human Dimensions Programme (HDP) first as a Standing Committee (1988) then as a research programme (1990). It became the International Human Dimensions Programme on Global Environmental Change (IHDP) in 1996, when the International Council for Science (ICSU) became a co-sponsor. IHDP joined a larger family of international global environmental change (GEC) programmes, including Diversitas, on biodiversity science, the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP) and the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP).
By 2015 IHDP, Diversitas, and IGBP had transitioned to Future Earth, the new, global research platform on sustainability. The ISSC was closely involved with the design and launch of Future Earth, later sitting on the programme’s Governing Council. The T2S programme contributes to Future Earth.
The T2S programme was designed over several years. It was informed and inspired by a three-year project to design a research funding and coordination initiative for the social sciences on climate change and global environmental change. The Global Change Design Project (previously known as the Climate Change Design Project) was undertaken by the ISSC on the invitation of – and with support from – the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida). Significant outputs of this design phase include the ‘Transformative Cornerstones of Social Science Research for Global Change’ (ISSC Report: Hackmann and Lera St. Clair, 2012) – a knowledge framework to conceptualise and articulate what the social sciences can uniquely contribute to environmental change research; and the 2013 World Social Science Report “Changing Global Environments”, which brought together over 150 authors from all over the world, and was co-published with UNESCO and the OECD.
The Transformations to Sustainability Programme is supported by Sida for an initial period of four years. The programme was launched in 2014 with the selection of 38 international seed grants, followed in 2015 by a call for proposals for funding which closed at the end of March 2015. Eighty-eight eligible proposals were received for a possible three grants, testifying to the appetite of the research community worldwide for integrated research on social transformation in the context of global environmental change. The call for proposals is available for reference.
The selection panel (Programme Steering Committee) narrowed the field to eight finalists, before finally selecting three proposals for funding. Three Transformative Knowledge Networks were launched in 2016.
In July 2018 the ISSC merged with ICSU to form the International Science Council, which now oversees the T2S programme. The ISC is participating in the NORFACE–Belmont Forum call for proposals for Transformations to Sustainability, launched in 2017. This new programme is inspired by the existing programme, and has secured at least 13.5m EUR in committed research funding. The ISC will fund social scientists based in low- and lower-middle-income countries to participate in the projects selected through the new programme.


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Where Can You Find Satellite Maps of Where You Live?
Satellite maps of where a person lives and nearly everywhere else on Earth are available for download from many online sources, including the USGS Earth Explorer, TerraServer and Google Maps. Image quality, content and formats vary greatly.
The widest variety of images are available at EarthExplorer.USGS.gov, which hosts everything from aerial imagery to digital elevation models and LiDAR. A private firm runs TerraServer.com. It provides satellite imagery from government and private sources that users can view for free online or download for a fee.
Perhaps the simplest way to view a satellite image of a home is to use Google Maps. Users can enter a city or address at Maps.Google.com to get an up-to-date map that the user can overlay with Google Earth satellite images. Images on Google maps are free to view but are not downloadable.
Get Earth View And Satellite Maps. Install Now For Satellite Maps. Enter Location For Street And Earth View. Get Live Traffic Updates & Free Satellite Maps.
Is It Possible to Find the Satellite View of Your House?

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Welcome! The South Dakota State University Graduate School offers post-baccalaureate programs that are full of proud university tradition, exciting research possibilities, and plenty of options to meet your interests. Our 6 academic colleges providing graduate studies include: Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences, Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, Education & Human Sciences, Engineering, Nursing, and Pharmacy.
Feel free to use the navigation on the right to take a look around and imagine the possibilities. We look forward to hearing from you!
Are you ready to take the next step? Apply now!
Need to access your graduate application to upload additional documents or check the status of your application?
HOUSING - The Southeast Development is a housing neighborhood designed to accommodate juniors, seniors, and graduate students. Leases are signed on a per-bedroom basis so new graduate students can sign a lease without having to worry about finding additional renters.
Information regarding other accommodations for graduate students can be found by calling Housing and Residential Life at 605-688-5148 or by visiting our website at https://www.sdstate.edu/residential-life.


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Travelon Coaches Macarthur are in the process of taking over EBus. The Operators of EBus made the decision not to continue operating the service this year. With most clients using the 30 day payment system as a small bus company it makes it very hard to give you the service you expect and deserve in Macarthur. Goods and services should be paid for in a timely manner which just doesn't happen. In many cases its well over 30 days.
If bus operators stood together the industry would be better off for it. That does not happen and many small operators really are struggling as they are kept waiting and waiting for payment.
We thank the schools of Macarthur for using the service and realize the payment system is not there decession. We wish all other operators the best of luck with their operations in the future.
To all our former schools thank you for supporting us, we recommend Travelon as there fleet is of a far higher standard than most others are offering in the area. Travelon has over 20 years servicing Macarthur and surrounding areas.
Volvo Motorcoach , away for a day or a week ! Full details on the about us and service's page.
Pictured below the Interior of the EBus Hyliner, and our tour spec Motorcoach.
69 Seats, two classes on one big Coach.
Click clack ,all the way to the back.
Teachers please note due to the large capacity, of the Hyliner Coach all bags and or luggage must be stored in the luggage bins under the Coach, to keep the isle way clear and cabin free of any obstructions to the exits.
See the About Us page for a look at the interior layouts of our Buses and Coaches.

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Personnel Security Consultants, Inc. (PSC) is a 100% woman, minority owned, certified small disadvantaged business with the owner being of Hispanic/Native American descent and an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation. PSC is 8(a) certified through the U. S. Small Business Administration.
Personnel Security Consultants, Inc. was formed as an investigative firm specializing in personnel security and employment suitability and the development of training programs to support these services. Personnel Security Consultants’ focus is on personnel security training, adjudications and tailored employee background investigations. We have adjudication and investigation contracts all over the United States, including over 200 different Indian Tribes and Tribal programs currently enrolled.
Personnel Security Consultants is trusted source of expertise in investigations and program development. We are registered under the Central Contractor Registration and PRO-Net, and have been enrolled into the Federal government Online Representations and Certifications Application (ORCA) process. We are a licensed and bonded Private Investigation Company with Investigators insurance through the Talbot Agency, New Mexico.
Absolute Identity Solutions is an American Indian owned and operated company. AIS is owned by Brenda Arres Guachena, and her son Harold Arres. Brenda is an enrolled Tribal member of the Rincon Band of Luiseño Indians, while Harold is an enrolled member of the Soboba Band of Luiseño Indians.
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This statistic shows the breakdown of Internet users visiting audiovisual piracy websites in France in 2015, by age. In 2015, six percent of regular visitors of audiovisual piracy websites were 65 years old or older, compared to 30.8 percent aged between 35 and 49.
* Base: 46,5 millions Internet users in France as of December 2015.


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That is not a case of beer BTW.
My son likes to surprise us by returning from the far side of the earth unannounced. This time he did it with an extra bonus – a wife. We knew he was married of course – they’ve been waiting to get a visa for ages. With typical government efficiency the crack Canadian Department of Visa Delaying Tactics turned it around in a mere 18 months, although they like to inform the public that it generally takes 6 months!

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Luckily for us, it has mostly been a glorious autumnal week here in Devon. Our builders have been all over our house, propping up ceilings, filling holes with concrete and positioning all sorts of steel things in our loft. As much as M would love to help, our house during the day hasn’t really been a suitable environment for a 2-year-old! We have therefore spent a tiring but wonderful week in self-enforced exile, kicking the fallen leaves in Bicton Park and throwing handfuls of sand and shells into the sea at Exmouth.
Consequently, our time in the kitchen has been severely limited. No time for cakes, cookies, bread, pies or pastries … but hey, I did manage to create a rather tasty chickpea pâté one evening. My savoury-toothed husband was very pleased to have something he actually liked to take into work for a change!
Cut the peppers in half and de-seed. Dunk the pieces 3 times in boiling water to remove their harsh flavour. Chill by dunking in cold water. Pureé 1 pepper and roughly chop the 2nd.
Melt the butter in a saucepan. Chop and gently sauté the onion and garlic. Add the apricots, 1 can of chickpeas, spices, herbs, lemon juice and seasoning. Cook gently until softened. Whizz to blend. Stir in the 2nd can of chickpeas and the roughly-chopped red pepper.
Soak the gelatin sheets in cold water for 10 minutes.
Heat the red pepper pureé. Remove from the heat. Add the soaked gelatin (squeeze first to remove soaking liquid) and mix well until melted.
Add the pepper pureé to the chickpea mix and stir well to combine.
Whisk the whipping cream to peaks. Add the cream cheese and whipped cream to the chickpea mix. Stir well.
Scrape into a loaf tin and refrigerate overnight.
I have two questions that I hope you can help me with.
1) For a veggie: is the gelatin cruitial or can it be omited and thus be slightly more runny?
2) For vegan: can the cream cheese and whipping cream be ommited and replaced with olive oil to moisten further…or prehaps more blended veg (carrot may be nice) to make it go further?
I don’t have any experience of vegan cooking, so I can’t suggest anything I’ve already tried. Have you ever used agar? – it sounds as though it might work if you wanted a slightly more ‘set’ pate than you’d get by just leaving out the gelatin. Adding extra blended veg would proabably taste good – or perhaps you could try substituting the cream and cheese with something like coconut milk/cream or ground almonds …?


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text: The Rufous-Sided Towhee’s scientific name is next to impossible to pronounce (Pipilo erythrophthalmus). Translated it means “red-eyed chirper” which refers to its red eye and its most common call, “chewink”. Its nickname is Chewink because of this sound. The rufous-sided towhee breeds from British Columbia east to Maine and south to California, Louisiana, Florida and Guatemala. It winters in the south from British Columbia, Nebraska and southern New England.


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text: This statistic shows the total volume of new mortgages in the Netherlands from 2006 to 2017 (in million euros). In 2017, mortgages totaled approximately 116.6 billion euros. This is a decrease when compared to the previous year.


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Today I woke up and decided that we needed a good ol’ Mexican style breakfast, Vegetarian style. This black bean Mexican omelette was just what was on the menu for this morning! Breakfast doesn’t have to be a lot of work for a wonderful tasting meal. This black bean Mexican omelette is full of flavor and protein, it’s super delicious, and so easy to throw together!
I usually make a big pot of black beans and then freeze the left overs so they can be used for any meal like this black bean Mexican omelette. Here is the recipe for my black turtle beans you can use in this recipe or you can use a can of black beans from your local grocery store. Either one works with this recipe.
Once your omelette is cooked, just add your favorite ingredients. I added what we had on hand. The fluffy eggs, mixed with the black beans, avocados, and cheese, makes this one delicious omelette! Adding the remaining ingredients brings out all the delicious flavors of this black bean Mexican omelette!
Is there a weekend day that is set aside for your family where you all enjoy a big breakfast together? This would be the perfect meal to make on that special day! During the weekend is the only time I’m able to do any cooking or baking lately. Work is going great! I’m sooooo busy and usually am working 10-12+ hrs a day, leaving only the weekend to enjoy family time and getting in the kitchen to make delicious meals. For those of you that don’t know, I’m an Admission RN working for Hospice and for a wonderful company with amazing co-workers! It’s such a rewarding job, sad as well, but to be there for our wonderful patients, and their families, is what makes this job so amazing! So, bare with me and I’ll post new recipes as often as I can.
Try this recipe soon, and whip up some delicious black bean Mexican omelettes the next time you are wanting something a little different for breakfast!
Spray a frying pan with a non stick cooking spray or coat with butter. Set aside.
In a medium mixing bowl, whisk 4 eggs and 1 Tbs milk together (make one omelette at a time, then repeat this step once first omelette is done).
Add eggs to heated pan.
Once flipped over, add a couple heaping spoonfuls to black beans on one side of the omelette and spread over 1/2 of omelette.
Flip over one more time so cheese melts.
Once cheese has melted, add omelette to serving dish, add more cheese, and top with remaining ingredients.
Repeat with the remaining eggs to make another omelette.
I will have to try and make the turtle beans! I’ve often added pinto beans to my omelette but the black beans look amazing in this dish!!!


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The ABC Television Network series SPEECHLESS will be honored with the Annie Glenn Award for 2017 by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA). Named for Annie Glenn, advocate and wife of astronaut John Glenn, the award honors those who have made a positive impact on the lives of people with communication disorders. "Speechless" is produced for ABC by Twentieth Century Fox Television.
Mrs. Glenn, who experienced a severe stutter well into her adult years, has worked tirelessly for roughly 40 years as a champion for people with speech, language, and hearing disorders.
"Speechless" is the trailblazing ABC family comedy that centers on a 16-year-old boy with cerebral palsy, and his dysfunctional, yet lovable, family. The character, JJ DiMeo, is nonverbal and uses an augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) device to communicate. The actor who portrays him, Micah Fowler, also has cerebral palsy.
The show's creator, Scott Silveri, grew up with a brother with cerebral palsy who was nonverbal. The show is one of very few in the history of television to feature a character with a disability in a lead role. Among them, "Speechless" is especially unique in that it is a comedy.
Reflecting on the show's impact, Mrs. Glenn noted, "It really is remarkable that a show like [Speechless] is on TV these days. Years ago, an individual with a disability would never have been a lead character in such a funny show. Think about how many people now understand that people who use different ways to communicate are the same as you and me. And that TV family is just as silly as your own family. I think that gives a lot of hope to families out there dealing with some struggles and trying to figure out their next steps. Nothing is bigger than the family working together."
"We at 'Speechless' are honored and deeply gratified to be this year's recipient of ASHA's Annie Award," said "Speechless" creator/executive producer Scott Silveri. "'Speechless' is a show about communication: between parents and their kids, between brothers and sisters... but on a more literal level, between one non-verbal young man and the world around him as he strives to find what each of us wants-a way to be heard.
Immersing ourselves as we have in the world of speech and alternative communication has been a revelation for our writers, cast and crew-one that has changed every one of us. But we do our work in a world of make-believe. As such we are humbled to be recognized by ASHA, a body of pioneers and tireless advocates who offer real-world solutions. We celebrate ASHA for the work they do, and thank them for this generous recognition. We will continue to strive to tell stories that are worthy of this honor," Silveri continued.
"We are thrilled to recognize the show 'Speechless' with our 2017 Annie Award," said Gail Richard, PhD, CCC-SLP, 2017 ASHA President. "As a prime-time comedy on a major television network, 'Speechless' has a tremendous platform to raise awareness and understanding of people who communicate in a manner that is different from the norm. We hope its success will encourage the inclusion of more characters and stories in the media and entertainment industries that showcase the unique experiences and capabilities of people with communication and related disorders."
The award will be presented to "Speechless" actors Micah Fowler and Cedric Yarbrough at an evening ceremony on Friday, November 10, 2017, at the ASHA Annual Convention at the Los Angeles Convention Center. The presentation of this prestigious award is an annual and well-received highlight of the professional conference, which regularly draws approximately 15,000 attendees-largely audiologists and speech-language pathologists.
First awarded in 1987, past recipients of the "Annie" include Vice President Joe Biden, James Earl Jones, Gabby Giffords and Mark Kelly, Julie Andrews, Jane Seymour, Bob and Lee Woodruff, Bill and Willie Geist, and "The King's Speech" screenwriter David Seidler.
SYRACUSE — Early Thursday morning at the cafe across the street from Syracuse Stage, an actor named Mickey Rowe (pictured) ducked in from the drizzly chill just as a barista unlocked the door. Starring as Christopher Boone in Simon Stephens’s “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time,” he had a matinee to perform in a couple of hours, and an interview to give first.
On Broadway, where the play was a Tony Award-winning hit, it ran eight times a week, with two actors alternating the demanding role of Christopher, a 15-year-old with autism who sets out to solve a mystery. In Syracuse, Mr. Rowe — thought to be the first openly autistic actor to play the role — does all nine shows a week.
For him, such arduous work is a point of pride: evidence that an actor with a developmental disability can be up to the task. Confident enough in his performance to send a tweet to a writer for The New York Times, asking her to come and see (it worked), he means to show what’s possible when companies take a chance on actors like him — and by extension, what’s possible in the wider culture when other employers do.
He doesn’t argue that roles like Christopher need to be played by people on the autism spectrum, but simply that those actors must be given a shot.
A boyish 29-year-old Seattle native with the slight but toned build of a gymnast, he looked me in the eye and shook my hand when we met. On our table, he placed a sheaf of papers face down — scripted notes it made him feel better to have, which he consulted if I asked a question he wanted to be careful answering. His vocal tone, timid at first, soon had the resonance of an actor’s voice.
That’s how he’s felt about performing, too, ever since he was little: perfectly comfortable as long as he knows the part he’s meant to play.
Whether Mr. Rowe is the first autistic actor to play Christopher is hard to pin down, given the number of “Curious Incident” productions around the world. Even Mr. Stephens, the playwright, said that while Mr. Rowe is the first he’s heard of, he can’t be sure.
Casting Mr. Rowe was the result of a deliberate effort by two professional regional theaters, Syracuse Stage and its co-producer, Indiana Repertory Theater (where the show opened this fall), to audition actors both with and without autism for the role. At a time when theaters are discussing diversity, there is a heightened pressure to include performers with disabilities. “Uncommon Sense,” Tectonic Theater Project’s new Off Broadway play about people with autism and their families, has an actor on the spectrum, Andrew Duff, in its ensemble.
Robert Hupp, the artistic director of Syracuse Stage, said that seeking out actors on the spectrum “made logical and irrefutable sense” for “Curious Incident.” To him, Mr. Rowe’s performance is clear validation.
Mr. Rowe, who earned a bachelor’s degree in drama from the University of Washington, found out when he was a senior there that he had autism. Legally blind, he struggles to read print smaller than 18-point type (he wears contacts onstage and glasses “in real life,” he says), and was in special education classes for his vision throughout childhood — years he spent friendless, obsessed with magic tricks and circus skills: stilt-walking, juggling, unicycling.
It strikes him as telling that he got speech and occupational therapy, too. He suspects his parents knew he had autism but didn’t want to label him, and if so, he understands. He hasn’t asked them, though; he said they don’t have that kind of relationship.
He is not Christopher, though, and he and Christopher occupy very different spots on the spectrum. Even so, he recognized enough pieces of himself in that monologue that he went home and listened to the novel, by Mark Haddon, that Mr. Stephens adapted into the play.
Not long afterward, struggling to get work, Mr. Rowe threw in the towel on trying to pass as neurotypical. In an essay on the theater industry website HowlRound, he wrote about being an actor with autism, noting the “tension between everything that I am and everything that might be conventional for an actor.” He hoped his disclosure would change the way people looked at him, just enough to give him a chance.
The piece raised his profile and put him on the radar of anyone searching for an actor with autism, but in practice nothing changed. Going out for roles, he still faced immediate roadblocks: the small talk, the eye contact, the instant connection an actor is supposed to make with the director.
“Just how you walk into the room and shake hands with the person when you first meet them is a huge part of the audition, and people on the spectrum aren’t very good at that,” he said.
So his résumé was comparatively slender when the Indiana/Syracuse production asked him to submit a video audition. Soon the show’s California-based director, Risa Brainin, flew to Seattle to see if he had the chops. If he didn’t, they weren’t going to compromise.
In Syracuse, where the production runs through Nov. 12, Mr. Rowe plays Christopher with an agile grace, an impish humor and a humanizing restraint that seems directly connected to his experience of autism. When the stage directions say that Christopher barks like a dog, for example, Mr. Rowe chooses to underplay it.
The attention the show has gotten has been positive for him. For one thing, Lincoln Center asked him to speak at its autism-focused Big Umbrella Festival next spring. And the ripples extend farther. Marissa Wolf, who is directing “Curious Incident” this winter at Kansas City Repertory Theater, in Missouri, said Mr. Rowe’s casting inspired her to choose an actor with Tourette’s syndrome, a condition often associated with autism spectrum disorder, to play Christopher in her production.
Eager to work with Mr. Rowe again, Mr. Hupp and Ms. Brainin have been scheming about future projects, pondering which roles — maybe something in Shakespeare? — would be a great fit for him.
What Mr. Rowe wants is a life in the American theater, probably with a stint in graduate school on the way. He can envision himself as the leader of a regional theater, and he is undaunted by the socializing that would require. Mingling may not be in his skill set, but to him, an artistic director is simply playing a role. And knowing that takes the fear away.
"This is GLAAD’s eighth year of tracking number of series regular characters on primetime broadcast scripted series who are depicted as people with disabilities (PWD).
"According to the 2016 American Community Survey conducted by the U.S. Census, 12.8 percent (40.7 million) of U.S. noninstitutionalized citizens are living with an apparent disability. In its count, GLAAD included characters who would be covered under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), which includes people living with non-apparent disabilities such as cancer or HIV and AIDS. Inclusion of those disabilities would greatly increase the figures found by the U.S. Census Bureau.
"While the percentage of series regular characters living with disabilities on broadcast has increased this year, primetime programming continues to fall short in reflecting the reality of this demographic. This year, the percentage and number of series regulars with disabilities has risen slightly to 1.8 percent (16 characters) from the previous year’s 1.7 percent (15 characters). This is the highest percentage of inclusion since GLAAD began gathering disability statistics in the 2010-11 season."


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Mr. Cunningham's is a civil rights discrimination litigator. His practice focuses exclusively on representing victims of digital discrimination under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. He has successfully settled digital discrimination cases for his clients without having to resort to litigation. He has also represented clients in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida where he has litigated cases to force defendants to end discriminatory practices. Mr. Cunningham graduated from the University of Florida College of Law in 1986. He has been a member of the Florida Bar for 30 years.
He served in the administration of President George H. W. Bush in the United States Department of Labor. Mr. Cunningham handled day-to-day legislative and regulatory affairs for three agencies within the Department including the Wage and Hour Administration and the Office of Federal Contractor Compliance Programs (OFCCP). The OFCCP ensures that companies doing business with the federal government comply with federal anti-discrimination laws such as the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. The Wage and Hour Administration enforces federal minimum wage and overtime regulations. Mr. Cunningham was a member of the team at the Department of Labor that worked with the Congress in drafting the ADA.
Title II of the ADA applies to state and local governments. It prohibits discrimination against persons with disabilities by public entities in their programs, services or activities. It requires modification of policies, processes and procedures unless it would create an undue burden or fundamentally alter the program, service or activity. Title III of the ADA applies to public accommodations. Public accommodations include movie theaters, hotels, grocery stores, dry cleaners, lawyers, accountants, gyms and many other types of businesses. It guarantees disabled people full and equal enjoyment of public accommodations.
Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act applies to recipients of federal funding and federal government contractors. It prohibits discrimination against people with disabilities in any program or activity receiving federal funds. Section 504 applies to state and local government, school districts, and colleges.

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We are praying for peace and justice for Freddie Gray’s family and for Baltimore’s residents. And these powerful and important words from Rev. Lura Groen in Texas echo for many of us as well.
After six years of regular worship, six:eight had its final worship service on April 8, 2018. Thank you to everyone who was a part of this community in big or small ways!


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During Hangzhou Huari Refrgerator 34th Anniversary month, We are release the new products to celebrate this event.
The new product is showcase refrigerator and the models no. is BC-177AEA and BC-290AEA. These two models showcase is similar appearance but different capacity (177L and 290L). Our showcase have 4 wire shelves with transparent glass goor, inside with light,also have lock and keys.These showcase refrigerator can use for shop and store to display the drinks, fruits, vegetables and so on, Except the commercial use, people can use it in home too.
Hangzhou Huari Refrigerator Co., Ltd is a 34 years refrigerator and chest freezer manufacturer, on future we will inisit on Huari Spirit and continuous to provide high quality products to our old and new customers.


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For every mystery, there is someone, somewhere, who knows the truth. In this case, it’s Angela Draghicescu.
Pianist and classical music P.I., Angela Draghicescu. Photo: Courtesy of the artist.
Pianist Angela Draghicescu never meant to become a classical music investigator. But a simple desire to play good music led her to an unavoidable conclusion: some very important composers were grossly underrepresented in classical music repertoire.
But…why?, she wondered. Authorities seemed stumped and inquiries into the whereabouts of these composers’ work turned up only dead ends. And thus began Angela’s emotional journey to find answers.
That search resulted in the creation of her project, Women Who Score. It also took Classical Classroom down a terrifying rabbit hole full of twists, turns, and questions as we, too, tried to find out what happened to the music of women composers throughout history.
Special Thanks to Todd Reynolds for his music, Taskforce: Farmlab from Outerbourough.


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Nikkole Salter and McCaleb Burnett in Kirsten Greenidge’s THE LUCK OF THE IRISH. March 30 – April 29, 2012 at the Calderwood Pavilion at the BCA. huntingtontheatre.org. Photo: T. Charles Erickson.
The Luck of the Irish by Kirsten Greenidge, Huntington Theatre Company, Boston Center for the Arts Virginia Wimberly Theatre, 3/30/12-5/6/12, http://www.huntingtontheatre.org/season/2011-2012/The-Luck-of-the-Irish/.


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Imperial, territorial, and economic rivalries led to the “Great War” between the Central Powers (Austria-Hungary, Germany, Bulgaria, and Turkey) and the Allies (U.S., Britain, France, Russia, Belgium, Serbia, Greece, Romania, Montenegro, Portugal, Italy, and Japan). About 10 million combatants killed, 20 million wounded.
Austrian Archduke Francis Ferdinand and wife assassinated in Sarajevo by Serbian nationalist, Gavrilo Princip (June 28). Austria declares war on Serbia (July 28). Germany declares war on Russia (Aug. 1), on France (Aug. 3), invades Belgium (Aug. 4). Britain declares war on Germany (Aug. 4). Germans defeat Russians in Battle of Tannenberg on Eastern Front (Aug.). First Battle of the Marne (Sept.). German drive stopped 25 miles from Paris. By end of year, war on the Western Front is “positional” in the trenches.
WWI was inevitable mainly because of Germany. Due to her militarism, the power vacuum in the Balkans, colonial rivalry, nationalism, and most important THE SYSTEM OF ALLIANCE.! The latter was the most important because of the Triple Entente and the Triple Alliance. When A.H. declared War to Serbia, Russia started to mobilize her army. When this happened Germany created the Blank Cheque. After this France joined. Later on Gr. Br ,would join because of the invasion to Belgium.
These all were unavoidable and uncontrollable circumstances which lead to the WORLD WAR I.
Militarism denoted a rise in military expenditure, an increase in military and naval forces, more influence of the military men upon the policies of the civilian government, and a preference for force as a solution to problems. Militarism was one of the main causes of the First World War.
Germany was competing with the UK to build battleships.
By 1914 all the major powers were linked by a system of alliances.
The alliances made it more likely that a war would start.
The alliance systems were a cause of the First World War.
The alliances were made in secret and so produced much distrust and suspicion among the European powers. Their general suspicion prevented their diplomats to devise a suitable solution to many of the crises preceding the war.
All the great powers were competing for colonies / territory.
The British feared Germany in Africa.
This was an age when all nations wanted to assert their power and independence.
In Europe Slavs, aided by Serbia and Russia, wanted to be free of Austrian rule.
It led to a series of national struggles for independence among the Balkan peoples. Other powers got involved and caused much instability.
As the powers try to dominate each other in Europe, their rivalries may be regarded as one of the causes of the First World War.
After 1870, the European nations began to acquire colonies in Asia, Africa and the Pacific. Their imperialistic activities accelerated from 1880 onwards. Between 1895 and 1905 imperialistic expansion reached its climax.
Colonial rivalry was a cause of the First World War.
Colonial rivalry led to strained relations among the European powers. In Africa, all the European powers except Austria and Russia had colonies there. Thus there were many clashes among France, Britain, Germany and Italy.
Colonial rivalry led to strained relations among the European powers. In Africa, all the European powers except Austria and Russia had colonies there.
Thus colonial rivalry had little to do with the outbreak of the First World War.
There were also economic struggles between Germany and France. In 1870 France had already lost two of her coal producing provinces–Alsace and Lorraine to Germany. From 1871 onwards, France had to import coal from other countries. Thus France had to compete with Germany in Morocco because the place was rich in mineral resources.
Undoubtedly economic rivalries played a considerable part in creating international tensions in the 43 years before the First World War. As a matter of fact, the economic rivalries have been much exaggerated.
Thus economic rivalries played a minor part in causing the First World War.
Early in the twentieth century, the European powers had formed themselves into two rival groups: the TRIPLE ENTENTE versus the TRIPLE ALLIANCE. The policies of these groups began to clash in many parts of the world. Altogether there were four important clashes from 1905 to 1913: two arising out of the Moroccan question, and two concerning disputes in the Balkans. Whenever a clash arose, the two groups seemed to be on the point of war.
The First World War finally broke out in the second half of 1914 because of an ‘accident’ in Bosnia.
The final event which led to the outbreak of the First World War took place on June 28, 1914. On that day, the Archduke Francis Ferdinand, heir to the Austrian throne, and his wife were shot dead by a young Serbian nationalist of the Black Hand at Sarajevo, the Bosnian capital .
The Serbian Black Hand had to assassinate Archduke Ferdinand because he wanted to convert the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy (the Dual Monarchy) into a Triple Monarchy by the inclusion of Serbia. Although the Serbs might gain a certain degree of autonomy within the Triple Monarchy, their long cherished wish of creating a united Serbian state would be dashed to the ground.
After the formation of the Dual Alliance between Russia and France in 1893, Germany feared attack on two fronts–France in the west and Russia in the east. The result was the Schlieffen Plan (this was the war plan for Germany during the First World War).
America’s policy of insisting on neutral rights while also trying to broker a peace resulted in tensions with both Berlin and London. US president Woodrow Wilson repeatedly warned that he would not tolerate unrestricted submarine warfare, and the Germans repeatedly promised to stop. In January 1917 the German military decided that unrestricted submarine warfare was the best gamble to choke British supplies before the American troops could arrive in large numbers. A proposal to Mexico to join the war was exposed in February, bringing war closer. After further U-boat attacks on American merchant ships, Wilson requested that Congress declare war on Germany, which it did on April 6, 1917 . The House approved the war resolution 373-50, the Senate 82-6, with opposition coming mostly from German American districts. Wilson hoped war could be avoided with Austria-Hungary; however, when it kept its loyalty to Germany, the US declared war on Austria-Hungary in December 1917.
The United States Navy sent a battleship group to Scapa Flow to join with the British Grand Fleet, a number of destroyers to Queenstown, Ireland and several submarines to the Azores and to Bantry Bay, Ireland to help guard convoys. Several regiments of U.S. Marines were also dispatched to France. However, it would be some time before the United States would be able to contribute significant manpower to the Western and Italian fronts.
In the First World War, the Allies, which made up of 27 states including France, Britain, Russia, Italy , the United States, Rumania, Greece, Serbia and Japan, fought against the Central Powers including Germany, Austria-Hungary, Turkey and Bulgaria.
Italy refused to support Germany and Austria on the ground that Austria was the aggressor. Her real purpose in staying out was to bargain for territory. Because her irredentist claims were directed against Austria, only one outcome was possible.
The First World War has established an unforgettable memoir in the history books. World War 1 was a massacre of human life and an important event that determined the present state of the modern world. Yes, World War 1 was inevitable. The foundation of the causes of World War 1 can be traced back to several factors that were building up international tension to the ultimate result of war. In the 1900s, the European countries were extremely competitive in extending their influence around the world. Their competitive nature was motivated by the encouragement of nationalism within countries, the entangled alliances between nations, the arms race and the battle to acquire colonies around the world contributed to the small disputes that lead to war.
The First World War lasted for four years and three months. It began on August 4, 1914 and ended on November 11, 1918. It involved sixty sovereign states, overthrew four Empires (German Empire, Hapsburg Empire, Turkish Empire, Russian Empire), gave birth to seven new nations, took ten million combatant lives (another 30 million were wounded), and cost about £ 35,000 million.
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Tiffany is a young and beautiful Domestic Long haired girl who is looking for her furrever home.
Rosie is very smoochy little girl. She about 1 year old and loves cuddles and sitting on your lap.
Russel is a brown tabby domestic short hair and although shy at first is very smoochy and cuddly.

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A supplement that contains a probiotic and a prebiotic to promote healthy skin, hair, nails, and microflora.
Potent. Contains eight probiotic strains.
Promotes the health of skin, hair, and nails.
Promotes a healthy immune system. 25 billion CFU per serving of good bacteria and antioxidants.
With continued use, you'll experience stronger hair and nails, clearer skin, and less discomfort in the form of occasional gas and bloat.
"The skin is the mirror to the gut." - Rose-Marie Swift. Traditional beauty regimens start with skin, but RMS Beauty has taken a different approach. Starting with the inside of the body, RMS Beauty has discovered the importance of working from the inside out. Improve your well-being and enhance your natural beauty by simply adding this supplement into your beauty regimen. It doesn't get easier than that.
Delayed-release capsules in a recyclable dark glass bottle to promote shelf stability. Each capsule contains 25 billion CFU per serving of good bacteria. Gluten-free and GMO-free ingredients containing no milk, soy, wheat, shellfish, egg, tree nuts, peanuts, corn, or animal by-products.
Take 1 capsule two times a day with or without food.

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I am so, so inspired by this meaningful and memorable wedding. The couple chose to solidify their commitment atop a parking ramp because it was a place that had special meaning to their relationship and their commitment to the world.
"It truly was the most beautiful wedding I have ever been to, and fit this couple so well. This couple spends time every week walking around downtown and visiting their homeless friends, and the bride teaches English to Somali immigrants in our neighborhood (the newlyweds and my fiance and I all attended a bible college in downtown Minneapolis--which is right next to the famed parking ramp). The pictures were also taken by another friend of ours, and the food was catered by friends at the college's food service (where the bride also worked during her time at college). They also got the flowers from the farmer's market that morning, and another friend of ours who works at a florist arranged them. All in all, they strived for a simple, joyful day, and they definitely pulled it off with the help of all their friends and family."
Way to be the change!
That is a such a grand way for that couple to have incorporated their personalities into their celebration.
And oh, how I adore my hometown skyline! Yay Minneapolis! Yay love!

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Will investors’ appetite for equity products continue to grow in 2018 following this year’s surge?
Nicolas Marque, BNP Paribas: Investors’ appetite for structured equity products depends on the momentum in the underlying and structuring conditions – momentum is expected to remain favourable to equities. Although a number of risks have arisen – high valuations, for example – the consensus is that benign conditions and attractiveness of equities relative to other asset classes should be prolonged for most of 2018.
In terms of structuring conditions, 2018 should be more favourable, with risks facing equities helping volatility increase alongside a firm expectation of higher interest rates. Structured products are expected to experience headwinds at the beginning of the year, following enforcement of Mifid II. Market participants will likely focus more on the go-live of new systems and adapting more to new regulatory requirements than on new product issuances or investments. Bottom-line growth of equity structured products is likely to continue for most of 2018, but at a slower pace and in a bumpier mode.
How has BNP Paribas tackled regulatory changes in the financial services industry and adjusted its business model to new frameworks?
Nicolas Marque: Mifid II is a wide-reaching regulatory change that impacts the entire business value chain – both on our side and the clients’. An adaptation of our IT systems has been essential to meet these new regulatory requirements while maintaining our efficiency. Digitalisation of our business enables us to capture the relevant data more easily, change processes quickly, automate repetitive tasks and ultimately respond to our clients in a seamless manner. We set up a number of project streams to ensure we are fully compliant under Mifid II requirements. For packaged retail and insurance-based investment products (Priips), a task force is in place, with the aim of fully automating the production of key information documents internally. We believe these changes will lead to better investor protection and more market transparency, and thus a more sustainable industry.
What feedback has there been from clients on BNP Paribas’ Target Income Enhanced Returns (TIER) indexes and Smart Derivatives?
Nicolas Marque: The TIER range of indexes has been designed to address two main issues that clients face: for distributors, how to grow the wallet of structured products in end-client portfolios; and for real money managers, how to smooth timing impact on investment returns.
By implementing daily reverse convertibles in a systematic and transparent fashion, TIER indexes are a suitable solution for private banking investors, allowing them to deliver a well-known and appreciated investment profile while removing timing risk through the smoothing of execution. Institutional clients have indicated that TIER provides an interesting income profile based on equity allocation, and is therefore well positioned in the current low rate/low yield environment. Compared with a pure equity allocation, the defensive profile also provides a certain level of diversification, as TIER will typically perform better in reasonably bear or ranging equity markets.
Clients have continued to appreciate the versatility of our Smart Derivatives platform. Some fully utilise its structuring richness – for example the payoffs, underlyings and structuring tools – which makes it one of the most comprehensive platforms in the market. Others leverage its business capabilities by deploying our platform in a customised fashion at different layers in their organisations to support strategic development and workflow of structured products within their distribution networks, while containing operational costs.
What has differentiated BNP Paribas from its competitors this year, and what is its recipe for success in this space?
Nicolas Marque: Critical mass is essential in equity derivatives and even more so in the distribution business, which requires heavy infrastructure investments – particularly in the context of new regulatory requirements. BNP Paribas has consolidated its leading position through a number of acquisitions over the past few years. The successive risk transfers of equity derivatives books started with Crédit Agricole in 2014, followed by Royal Bank of Scotland in 2015 and most recently with ING in 2017, which contributed to building this critical mass and further improving infrastructure and IT.
Since 2012, Smart Derivatives has been recognised as the leading single-dealer platform allowing clients to manage all of their structured products online. BNP Paribas was the first to propose a pricing platform of this nature, revolutionising the structured products industry and continuing to elevate the platform with new features year after year.
How is the French market evolving, and what opportunities and challenges does it face?
Nicolas Marque: Like other European markets, the French market has been suffering from a low yield and low volatility environment, with clients struggling to find attractive returns – at least on a relative comparison basis. France is home to Europe’s largest insurance industry by general account assets (contrat en euros), with life insurance companies seeking the transition to unit-linked policies for both commercial and risk management reasons. A structured unit-linked policy with full capital protection has become the preferred option for clients, and has subsequently evolved into partial capital protection as structuring conditions dictated. In this context, there remains room for product innovation to provide income strategies for clients with lower risk appetite than traditional equity investors.
A new area of innovation, somewhat inspired by the German market, is a hybrid product combining general accounts with structured unit-linked policies. Recent changes in the tax regime (flat tax) could lead to a revival of investments through securities accounts, which might help further growth.


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The dichotomy of being conventional or unconventional is a strange one, especially in a North American culture. A capitalist society seems to encourage us to be ambitious and to be individuals, to strive for success and to be better than everyone around us. We stress individuality, perhaps more so in Canada (cultural mosaic) than in the United States (bubble on o’ melting pot), because that’s what separates multi-billionaires like Bill Gates from the average person who slaves away for ten bucks an hour. Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Ted Turner, Rupert Murdoch… these guys, for better or for worse, are visionaries and set out to do things that other simply do not do.
On the other hand, there is also a prevailing wind in Canada and the United States that urges you to conform. To think, to act, to be like everyone else around you. This is probably best illustrated in the high school environment, where “in groups” and cliques are established very early on, and — for the most part — everyone wants to popular and no one wants to be shunned as an outcast. Even when you look at emo kids, goth kids, and other individuals with anti-establishment tendencies, it’s clear that some young people affiliate themselves with these groups in order to fit in, if only with other emo kids.
He seemed to have the notion that the Faculty of Arts was for people who couldn’t make it into the sciences. Moreover, he associated the Faculty of Arts with fine arts (music, painting, sculpture, acting, etc.). Clearly this is not the case. I eventually decided on a major in Psychology and a minor in English Literature, because that material actually interested me. I tried taking first year economics and I was bored out of my mind (although I still got very good marks in both economics and mathematics). Being practical didn’t really appeal to me.
The same can be said about what I’ve decided to do with my career post-graduation. I did reasonably well in Psychology, so again, a classmate asked me if I was going to pursue a Master’s Degree and eventually a PhD in the field. I eventually decided not to, because I couldn’t see myself doing that as a career. The expectation after graduation is to go find yourself a conventional 9-to-5 kind of job. I did, initially, but again, I found that it wasn’t really for me. I had experienced the 9-to-5 before during my co-op work terms, but the most enjoyable work terms were the ones where I was assigned a project and pretty much worked alone, when and where I wanted to. I did not like the structure imposed upon me at Enterprise Rent-A-Car as a management trainee. I wanted my own structure. I wanted my own freedoms.
I suppose it was that line of thought that led to my career in freelance writing. To my knowledge, among my high school graduating class, I am the only one that is a full-time entrepreneur, running his own business. A friend of mine, Jenn Best, runs her own photography business, specializing in weddings mostly, but it is a side project for her. She has a 9-to-5 job as her primary source of income. Everyone else is either still in school or has found themselves in a pretty conventional and conformist kind of job: accountants, HR recruiters, software developers, retail store managers, and the like.
Notice that he said “when you go back”, not “if you go back”. He may not know this, but I have absolutely zero intention of ever going back to the 9-to-5 grind. That’s not one of my goals. There are sacrifices and risks that are made by being a freelance writer — unstable income, lack of immediate social contact with co-workers, the increased difficulty in “growing” your resume — but the advantages and rewards, for me, far outweigh the negatives.
If I were to pursue my writing career in a more conventional kind of way, particularly if I wanted to do something in journalism (I had a pretty heavy interest in doing that for quite some time), my life would be very different than how it is today. In all likelihood, if I were to do what most other aspiring journalists do, I would either be fetching coffee for a mid-range columnist or slaving away at a small town newspaper that no one cares about. Instead, I work from the comfort of my home, waking up more or less when I want to, working anywhere that has a broadband internet connection.
There’s nothing wrong with being conventional — I still put on my slacks one leg at a time like everyone else — but there is definitely something that can be said about doing things a slightly different way. It’s all about calculated risks.
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Nicely written. I’m very like you, I’m good at math, but I think it’s very boring. Well, it’s good you made the choice not to have a normal job.
Great article! While there are definitely benefits to being conventional, and some people seem to really need and enjoy it. However I feel like people get so caught up in what they think they should be doing that they forget to ask themselves what they want to be doing. There are a lot of options out there. I love my 9-5 job and I have time to work on side projects in my other interests! But I refuse to take a job that I don’t find interesting or rewarding, life is too short!


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Three Lives for the Czar was written by Stephanie Plowman. Three Lives for the Czar was published by Houghton Mifflin Company. Subjects of Three Lives for the Czar include 1904-1914, Fiction, History, Juvenile fiction, and Russia.
About Stephanie Plowman (Author) : Stephanie Plowman is a published author. Published credits of Stephanie Plowman include Three Lives for the Czar.

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Goblin – The expert saboteur of people, projects and progress.
Warlock – Male version of a witch.
Werewolf – the person who agrees with everything you say, then transforms and bites you in the back.
Witches brew – The gossip and destructive conversations taking place in the parking lot.
Frankenstein – The (misunderstood) monster with good intentions.
Carved Pumpkins – The good ideas getting sacrificed for the sake of company rituals or history.
Dracula – The person sucking the life out of meetings.
Bats – Harmless “issues” that flutter about the office, scaring and distracting everyone.
Costume – What people say and wear when they don’t want to speak the truth in meetings.
Candy – Cheap, meaningless praise meant to win people’s dedication and loyalty.
Zombies – The destructive stories that never seem to die as people insist on repeating them.
Ghosts – Outdated legacy attitudes, approaches and behaviors that people refuse to move beyond.
Thankfully, Halloween (and thus, this destructive glossary) happens only once a year. Is today the day your team turns the page of the calendar, and accelerates the building of a culture that is home to more productive elements?


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Email completed form to user - ideas?
Thread: Email completed form to user - ideas?
user because they have to print it out, sign it, and get it notarized.
external PDF thingy on the Linux UserApp server to achieve this.

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I consider it\'s a real issue when you try to put expressions in many close succeeding notes. CC11 is the most important control for making alive sounds.
Is something can be done ?
but I messed with this today and think there is a way to correct this problem with midi-ox.
I\'ve noticed that Giga drags sometimes with CC changes. A workaround is to split the parts to different tracks and trigger the sound from 2 different MIDI channels. Put quieter parts on one track and the louder parts on another.
Midi-ox helped me to have a total control over the CC11 attitude.
In the translation map window a CC7 (Velocity control) output set to 0 is sent for each input NoteOff. For each NoteOff input a CC7 output set to 127 is sent.
Of course this work only for succeeding notes with no chords in the used channel. But it saves from a lot of plumbing !
If people here are concerned with those experimentations some Cal files and the Midi-Ox translation map file could be available.


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I need to start breaking news on my blog. So here, never before published on the Web, is the cover of my forthcoming book, King’s Gambit: A Father, a Son, and the World’s Most Dangerous Game. The pub date is Sept. 11—not, I hope, an ominous sign.
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This work is part of the Student Guides series. It offers fascinating Bible facts. This work is also packed with charts and figures.
About "Bible Facts and Figures (Essential Bible Reference Series)"
How many double-decker buses could have fit into Noah's Ark? Which Bible character is mentioned most times in Scripture? Where should you look in your Bible when you need peace? Who were the judges of Israel, and what did they do? Answers to all these fascinating questions and many more are to be found in this treasury of Biblical information, designed for beginners, but useful for all students of the Bible.
Dr Tim Dowley (Ph.D., University of Manchester) is a historian, and a prolific author and editor of Bible resources for adults and children. He has also written popular biographies of J.S. Bach and Robert Schumann.
This title presents valuable introduction to the Bible as a whole, explaining key elements, such as why there are two Testaments, how people lived in Jesus' time, and the importance of the Dead Sea Scrolls. Contents include time charts, colour maps and diagrams, and a brief list of who's who.
What did Mary and Joseph's house in Nazareth look like? What sort of boat did the fishermen Peter and Andrew sail? How did Luke the physician help his patients? This title answers these and other questions about life in Biblical times. It is suitable for children of age 7-9 years.


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Black Scented Rice (Oryza sativa Linnaeus) locally known as Chak-Hao amubi/ Chak-Hao poireiton is now confined to serving only as delicacy in local feast and festivities. Till very late, the black rice is not cultivated commercially as the same cannot be used as staple food thereby resulting to limited market access. But now having realized the inherent unique properties, a good scope for commercial cultivation and value addition of its products for a profitable agro-business have been envisioned. The area under cultivation of Black Rice is comparatively very low, approximately it ranges 60-70 ha only till last kharif 2015. Even though the yield of Chak-Hao is very low as compared to HYV Rice, it is still more profitable in term of economic returns as evident from the analysis report detailed below.
Processed Rice (65% recovery): 2028 kgs.
Processed Rice (70% recovery): 4200 kgs.
Carbohydrate 76; Protein-6.8; Iron-1.2;Fiber-0.6 Antioxidant-traces.
also from South Asian and European Countries. However, of the two prominent varieties viz. Chak-Hao Poireiton and Chak-Hao Amubi, the later is having more demand from the consumers.
This location specific potentials could only be harnessed when commercial cultivation could be undertaken either on Contract Farming System or Public Private Partnership (PPP) model as this can only ensure production with the required quality parameters and assured buy-back arrangement.
The most important common constraint encountered with Chakhao is poor keeping quality caused due to heavy infestation by Rice Weevil and Rice Moth both either in processed or unprocessed grain due to high moisture content during harvest and storage. Standardized technologies need to be disseminated to the growers for commercialization.
Purple or black rice is considered to be the healthiest rice variety, with a higher vitamin and mineral content than both white and brown rice. Black rice owes its colour to powerful natural black colouring pigments called anthocyaninswhich boast an impressive antioxidant activity adding to the health benefits of this rice variety. In addition to being a good source of vitamin E, fibre and protein, black rice is shown to reduce inflammation levels in the body. According to findings of the research, black rice consumption contributes to the prevention and management of serious conditions such as atherosclerosis, hypertension high cholesterol levels, arthritis, allergies and even cancer.
How is black rice different from white and brown rice?
Finest of all, black rice varieties are stickier than regular white rice or brown rice due to a lower Amylase content and a higher Amylopectin content. Amylose and amylopectin are the two components of starch. Stickier black rice is thus called glutinous; despite being called so, it contains no gluten. Secondly, its dark colour is the result of a high anthocyanins content which gives rice a black pigment when raw.
What does black rice taste like?
Actually, black rice has mild nutty taste. Paired with a sticky texture, it is ideal for desserts such as rice pudding, Kheer, rice bread, even noodles, pasta and so on. Overall, black rice is ranked healthier than brown rice and regular consumption is said to con tribute to overall health. Here are 5 reasons why we should consider including black rice in our diet.
The dark colour of black rice indicates the presence of powerful antioxidant-pigments called anthocyanins. The same anthocyanins that give black rice its black and purple colouring can be found in blackberries and blueberries. As we already know, blueberries blackberries and other dark-coloured fruits boast an incredible antioxidant activity. And so does black rice. Antioxidants prevents cell damages caused by free radicals and thus provide protection against illnesses such as diabetes, heart disease and even reduce cancer risks by treating conditions that may evolve into cancer.
2. Black rice promotes heart health.
main cause for atherosclerosis and heart attacks. The plaque that shrinks arteries is actually fat, calcium and other deposits. Apparently, the anthocyanins in dark-coloured fruits and vegetables and black rice control cholesterol (blood fat) levels and thus contribute to maintaining a healthy heart and healthy circulatory system. They are so effective that no modern drug has been able to replicate their cholesterol-lowering effects yet.
Black rice is said to help prevent diabetes, Alzheimer’s disease and even cancer due to its high antioxidant content.
5. Helps to Prevent Diabetes.
risk of developing diabetes and even obesity, consuming whole grains is much more beneficial and preventative than consuming refined carbohydrates. Compared to eating processed carbohydrates which are stripped of their fiber, antioxidants, and other nutrients that help to slow down the absorption of sugar in the blood stream, black rice is a much healthier option.Black rice contains the entire bran of the grain where the fiber is stored, and fiber is able to help glucose (sugar) from the grain to be absorbed by the body over a longer period of time.
Being gluten-free, black rice can be safely eaten if we are suffering from Celiac disease, gluten intolerance or even wheat allergy black or purple rice, brown rice, white rice, amaranth, buckwheat and quinoa are all gluten-free and thus go easy on the small intestine, allowing for digestion to run its normal course.
Overall, black rice is by far the healthiest rice variety.
It supports cardiovascular health, delays aging and plays a part in the prevention of certain illnesses such as diabetes and Alzheimer. Regular consumption appears to regularize blood cholesterol levels and reduce inflammation. Low in sugar and rich in fibre, black rice makes a genuinely healthy dietary choice with good amount of vitamin E.


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You are possibly the only actor who looks what he used to look like two decades ago. How have you managed to retain your youth?
Besides leading a very disciplined life, being a fitness freak and eating right, it's happiness that has kept me young, I play a lot with my son's friends, don't take stress and consider myself younger than I really am. Laughter really is the best medicine. I'm also a positive person and don't talk ill of anyone. A spoon of Chawanprash before bedtime does help.
Is there a lot of pressure on Desi Boyz to do well given that the last few of your films flopped?
There's no pressure. I don't take any stress. I do my job and leave the rest to God and destiny. I take my work very seriously, but my health is also important.
Why did you decline the offer from Madame Tussauds earlier this year? Are you selective about the accolades bestowed on you?
My dates were clashing, I gad given them to a producer and couldn't back out.
So will you go to Tussauds and give them the consent to make your wax statute once you have the time?
I will have to see. But I've never said I won't accept this recognition. I accept all awards and recognition with humility.
Are you playing a double role in the Prabhu Deva directorial Rowdy Rathore?
I don't want to say anything about the film now and spoil the fun. It's too early to say whether it's a double role or a triple role. Watch the film and you'll know.
Despite reaching the pinnacle of stardom, you have remained very grounded. How do you manage that?
Thank you very much. My roots have kept me grounded. I am proud of my roots.
In the run up to the release of Desi Boyz, you give a desi tip to your Twitter fans every day. Share an exclusive tip for our readers.
I'm having an animal friendly day. So my tip is, 'You know you are desi when you'd rather smash your car into a tree than hit the local desi cow.