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SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, July 3, 2018 (Gephardt Daily) — Wanda Eileen Barzee, one of Elizabeth Smart’s two kidnappers, was denied parole Monday.
The Utah Board of Pardons & Parole said that Barzee will be granted a rehearing in January 2023. Her sentence is due to expire one year later, in 2024.
The board said it would consider an earlier rehearing if Barzee will cooperate with a mental health evaluation.
Barzee refused to attend her last patrol hearing in Salt Lake City on June 12, officials said.
She has also refused required psychological evaluations, required by law, Utah Board of Pardons & Parole officials said.
Barzee, now 72, was also denied parole at her last hearing, held in February 2011.
Barzee pleaded guilty in 2009 to kidnapping and unlawful transportation of a minor in connection with Smart’s abduction. Barzee was sentenced in 2010 to 15 years in federal prison, but got credit as part of a plea bargain for the seven years she’d already spent behind bars in both the Utah State Hospital and Salt Lake County Jail.
At the time Barzee was sentenced, she was also ordered to serve one to 15 years in the Utah State Prison for state kidnapping charges in the Smart case.
She was transported back to the Utah State Prison in April 2016 after completing her federal prison term in Texas.
In 2002, Brian David Mitchell, Barzee’s then-husband, snatched the then 14-year-old Smart out of her bed. The couple held the teen captive for nine months.
Mitchell, now 64, was convicted in 2010 of aggravated kidnapping and illegally transporting a minor across state lines for sexual purposes. He is serving a life sentence in a federal prison in Arizona.
Elizabeth Smart-Gilmour is now 30 years old, and lives in Park City with her husband and their two young children. She recently announced on Instagram that she is expecting her third child in November.
She and her husband met while each served a France-Paris mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Earlier this year, she was nominated for a Daytime Emmy for her work as a special correspondent on “Crime Watch Daily.” She also runs a foundation dedicated to helping kidnap victims and their recovery.

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Mendip District Council only maintain trees that are on Mendip District Council owned land.
Before reporting an issue please check to see if the tree is located on MDC owned land. You can do this by using our online mapping system.
Mendip routinely survey all their trees on a 4 year cycle, before reporting please check our schedule below as we may be visiting your area soon.
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If the tree is not owned by Mendip, they might be owned or maintained by a housing association, Parish or Town Council or Somerset County Council.
Stonebridge Humps (rear of Lime Close): Fallen stems to be removed, remaining stem to be felled, clear and remove asrisings from site.
Land of Cornhill/Town Lane: 2x MDC trees - Prune to clear building, Pollard, remove climbing plants. Further works will be undertaken at the same time on behalf of the Town Council (complete).
Walton, closed Churchyard: Thuja - Crown clean & crown thin by 10 - 15%, Taxus baccatta - Crown Lift to 3 - 4 m, remove climbing plants.

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I recently returned from the annual PCA Women’s ministry Leadership Conference where I facilitated our fifth writer’s event. (I love when things like that become a tradition!) Each year, the event has been different. We’ve explored and highlighted different aspects of writing, including growing as a writer, writing different genres, blogging, and publishing.
Each year we’ve had a variety of different women participate in a panel discussion. I love these panels because we get to hear from women of all ages and stages, both in life and in writing. We learn from those who write Bible studies and those who write fiction. We hear stories from both new and seasoned authors. We talk about the Christian’s purpose and goal in writing. And we receive encouragement to keep moving forward in our writing, one word at a time.
In thinking about our panel discussion from this year, I thought it might be helpful to share some of my favorite books on writing. I’ve collected a number of books over the years, including books on writing poetry and non-fiction, books on the craft of writing, books on the mechanics and grammar of writing, as well as writing memoirs from various authors.
I received C. S. Lewis and the Art of Writing: What the Essayist, Poet, Novelist, Literary Critic, Apologist, Memoirist, Theologian Teaches Us about the Life and Craft of Writing for my birthday one year and it is a treasure! I savored it, reading it slowly, one chapter at a time. This book looks at the creative life of C.S. Lewis and reveals his growth as a writer, his struggles in writing, and his writing process. It is both fascinating biography and inspiration for writers. The end of each chapter contains a writing exercise to implement and practice what was discussed in the chapter.
On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction is a classic every writer should have on their shelf. In his straight forward, no nonsense way, Zinsser provides practical tips on how to improve and sharpen one's writing. I also highly recommend his other books, such as Writing About Your Life, Writing Places, and American Places.
The Elements of Style, Fourth Edition is a small handbook on the mechanics of writing, including punctuation, sentence structure, and even commonly misused words and phrases. If you've forgotten what you learned in high school English class, you'll want this book on hand.
Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation is a fun way to learn about punctuation. The author is British, so there is some difference in how we use punctuation in the US, but she points out those differences. Punctuation does matter, and unless you are a grammarian who loves the rules of the English language, you may forget some of the finer rules. This is a great little book to add to your writing library.
Many authors have written memoirs about their writing and their creative process. Writing is an isolating and solo activity. I find it helpful to read about an author's process, what inspires them, how they keep moving forward, as well as the barriers they've faced in their writing. When I can't sit with a fellow writer and talk shop, I enjoy reading writing memoirs, such as this one by Madeleine L'Engle: Walking on Water: Reflections on Faith and Art . Here's a favorite quote: "the chief difference between the Christian and the secular artist--the purpose of the work, be it story or music or painting, is to futher the coming of the kingdom, to make us aware of our status as children of God, and to turn our feet toward home." Another good one is Letters and Life: On Being a Writer, On Being a Christian , by Bret Lott.
The last book I will share is not a book on writing at all, but it's a book I always recommend to writers: The Freedom of Self Forgetfulness: The Path to True Christian Joy . Writing involves some challenging things for writers to navigate, including both affirmation and rejection, the uncomfortable feeling writers have in marketing one's writing, receiving critique and criticism, and much more. This short book by Tim Keller grounds writers in the truth of who we are in Christ and what God thinks of us. It is good heart preparation for all that writing entails.
These are just a few of my favorite writing books on my shelf. How about you?
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The past few years, I've rather unexpectedly found myself speaking about writing; I've led a few conference workshops for writers and have even spoken to college classes on the subject. I often receive emails from aspiring writers with questions about all aspects of writing. And as a freelance editor, I find myself mentoring writers.
I am by no means an expert on the subject, but I have learned a few things about growing as a writer as I've gone through my own writing journey. I use the phrase "growing as a writer" intentionally because I don't think it's something we master. Writing is something that even gifted writers can continue to grow in, develop, and improve. There's always something new to try, a different story to tell, and further development of one's voice. Like all areas of life, we can always improve in our writing.
On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction : A classic by William Zinsser. If you don't have this one, get it. It is practical help and advice from a seasoned writer, including great tips on how to make every sentence count. Writing About Your Life: A Journey into the Past : This is another favorite book by William Zinsser, specifically for writers who want to write about their life. He uses many examples from his own writing, memories, and travels. The Elements of Style, Fourth Edition : This book will remind you of all those things you forgot from English class.
Another way to learn and grow as a writer is to attend writer's workshops or conferences. There you can learn how to write articles, queries, and proposals. You'll also learn about the process of publication, whether for a periodical or book publishing. I attended a writer's conference about five years ago and still look back at what I learned there to help me in my writing today. I've also participated in virtual writer's workshops, listened to interviews with seasoned writers, and read more books and articles than I can count on various facets of writing.
2. Ask Editors, Fellow Writers, and Friends: When I first started writing—beyond my personal blog—I joined a writer's critique group. It was helpful for me to have other people read my work and critique it for content, grammar, and understanding. They helped me see my bad habits and even showed me holes in my content where someone could misread and misunderstand what I intended to say. Editors are also an invaluable and often overlooked source of help. If you submit your writing to other websites or publications, ask your editors there what you can do to improve. What would make your writing better? Read through their edits and take note of the things they change. Especially when they change the same things each time. For example, I found a few editors trimming my pieces back, which revealed to me that I tend to be too wordy. In the last book I wrote, I had several friends read it for content, grammar, and understanding. They pointed out to me things I missed in my own editing and in our discussions about the book, I realized things about my writing I needed to change.
3. Read: Writers are readers. Read good writing. Read poetry, classics, and other quality work. What you read shapes your own writing. Circle new words you haven't heard before and look up their meanings. Keep a list of words and phrases you've read that you like and experiment with using them in your own writing. Evaluate writing that you particularly like. What do you like about it? What stands out to you? Is it the words the writer uses, their voice, the way they unpack a difficult concept and make it understandable? Practice writing using various techniques you've seen authors use. Play around with different ways to communicate the same message. Which way do you like best? Which feels the most natural to you?
4. Practice: A writer only improves with practice. As I said in a recent workshop I led: "In the end, a writer is not someone who thinks or talks about writing, but one who actually does it." Make a commitment to write a certain number of words a day or week. Use a writer's app or carry a journal with you wherever you go and jot down thoughts, phrases, and ideas for writing. Blogging is a great way to get regular practice. If you don't have a blog, write for someone else's blog. Write for your church's newsletter. Write wherever you have opportunity. Just do it often.
What about you? Do you love to write?

industry_corpus2: Literature & Emotions


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The music of this group led by Oscar Penas is firmly rooted in the post-bop mainstream, yet it sounds fresh and distinctive, possessing a quality of lightness coupled with considerable drive. And Astronautus serves notice that a major new saxophonist has arrived. His name is Javier Vercher, and with any kind of luck, we'll be hearing a lot more from him.
Vercher has as distinctive a saxophone voice as I've heard lately. His tenor tone is full and round, with a warmth that somewhat recalls Hank Mobley or George Coleman. He navigates the extreme upper register of the horn with ease, and often contrasts high note forays with probes into the deeper registers of the horn. He distributes accents unpredictably, and he always generates a rolling, momentous swing. On soprano sax, he brings his lyrical side front-and-center.
Javier Vercher is the best, but not the only, reason to recommend this recording. Oscar Penas wrote six of the eight tunes, invoking the variety of setting and style common on many jazz albums today. There are swingers, an odd-time signature foray, a reflective ballad, and on the title tune, a cursory nod to fusion. And while the guitarist doesn't solo often, when he does, he's spare and to the point. Pianist Jose Medina generates the combination of urgency and reflection that characterizes all the music here, and by playing both acoustic and electric keyboards, he creates textural variety. The rhythm section is uncanny. Fernandez generates powerful swing, even as drummer Steimberg scatters cymbal ticks all around the beat, always serving the music. Together, they create an irresistible rhythmic tide.
Even given Fresh Sound's track record at recording the best young jazz musicians, Astronautus is something of a sleeper, and I would have preferred that the CD booklet shed some light on who these musicians are. The group was founded in Barcelona two years ago, and the disc was recorded there. But there's not much more to be gleaned from the (bilingual) notes. Regardless, I hope we'll hear more from them, particularly the very talented Vercher.
Track Listing: Astronautus, Aries, Il Superchopper Di Firenze, Adalab, Quasi-Blues, Fotografia, Sueno Perdido, Buenas Noches Por Favor, Quasi-Blues II.
Personnel: Oscar Penas, guitar; Javier Vercher, tenor and soprano saxes; Jose Medina, acoustic and electric pianos; German Fernandez, bass; Mariano Steimberg, drums. Tracks 3 and 9, add: Guim Garcia, alto sax. Track 9: Luisa Brito, bass.


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Homelessness, communication, innovation and entrepreneurship – these were the top trending topics discussed at INTI International University & Colleges’ first TEDx event for this year. Organized in conjunction with INTI’s 30th Anniversary, #TEDxINTI is a series of five TEDx events that will be held across five of INTI’s campuses nationwide.
The #TEDxINTIIU Organising committee comprising of 25 students from INTI International University.
The first of the five conferences, TEDxINTIIU, was organized at INTI’s flagship university, INTI International University, and brought together 11 prominent speakers. Each an expert in their respective fields, these speakers took to the stage to share their ideas and solutions on some of today’s widely discussed problems and issues.
The lineup of presenters included Edison Lim, a visual artist who specializes in magic; Gajen Nad, one of Malaysia’s first Chindian standup comedians; Heidy Quah, one of the youngest NGO founders in the country who runs six schools which provide basic education to almost 600 refugee children; J.J. Fernandes, a pioneer radio host who became popular for the Hitz! FM’s ‘Gotcha’ call; and Melissa Th’ng, Malaysia’s first representative on the reality TV show ‘Asia’s Next Top Model’ and a radio presenter at Hitz! FM.
The event also featured INTI alumni Marcus Low, founder of Hostel Hunting, who, during his college days at INTI, created an online application that would help fellow students solve their accommodation woes. Low, a high achieving student during his time at INTI shared his take on entrepreneurship, the power of sharing and how his ability to communicate his ideas landed him his very first investor.
Other speakers included 25 year old Yusser Al Qaswini, who used her drawing talent to raise funds for war victims in Iraq. Her work with UNICEF has seen her raising money to help the Internally Displaced People (IDP).
Seasoned TEDx presenter and renowned inventor, Robest Yong, was also part of the outstanding lineup and talked about his passion to solve everyday problems through his inventions. Yong dazzled the audience with some of his inventions which included a screen protector that also acts as a braille indicator, enabling the blind to use a smartphone.
The inspiring, hilarious and stunning stories brought to life by these presenters left a significant impact on the crowd of nearly 300 attendees comprising students representing INTI and other institutions. Some of the topics, including entrepreneurship, pursuing one’s passions and overcoming failure especially hit close to home for these aspiring young leaders.
“The objective of any TEDx event essentially boils down to sharing inspiration. It was a great opportunity to organise TEDx at INTI as there is a huge following of students who enjoy these thought provoking sessions Organizing this event at the university level was an amazing experience for all those involved, including the record 30 volunteers who came forward to make this event a success ,” said Prashun Choudhury, the curator of TEDxINTIIU.
The next TEDxINTI event is set to take place at INTI’s Penang campus on May 28, 2016 and will feature another exciting line up of prominent presenters and INTI alumni.

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The Dream is Still Alive. It’s Alive, I Tell You.
Well, Dream 1 came true–they reunited and I returned to the sweet age of 11/12.
And now, NOW, another dream manifests itself.
I’m seeing them in concert.
I’m seeing NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK in concert! Ack!
Not many understand the sheer, lunatic joy of it all. They don’t get why my voice changes from normal to screechy when I refer to them in conversation. They don’t comprehend why my friend and I (who are attending the concert together) are losing it now, months before we travel to the arena and proceed to lose our minds in public and maybe on camera. I explain it this way: every girl has a boyband love. There’s a boy band for every generation, right from Frankie Limon in the 50s to those Jonas Boys. And every girl had their beloved boy band. These guys were mine. It’s very nostalgic and cool. It’s the reality of what we wanted all those years ago when we begged to see them in “real life” and had to accept the limitations of television and video. The adolescent adoration can now be realized, all in real time. Yikes. So excited. See the countdown clock above their heads. The clock is on.
When I write my children’s book, Shadi (I’m using the nickname supplied to me by my sis, your colleague), you’re totally illustrating it. In fact, you and my sis can do it together. I mean it.
Of course, you may have to wait 100 years for the draft, but whatev. Ok – not 100 years. 98.
Can’t wait to see the book you illustrated in September! My sis sent me a postcard.
It’s Beef, for Sure, but it ain’t Beef Stew.
At present, I have a beef with the current state of music. Anyone who reads this JournaBlog (which means me, and…um, me) knows that my love of music is serious and out of this world. So, when I go through the radio stations while riding in the car, I usually find myself dismayed. Where’s the good music gone? What I’m hearing (before quickly changing the radio station) is weird, profane and largely uninspiring. It’s depressing.
But is there a light at the end of this ridiculous tunnel?
Yes, and this light’s name is Adele. Adele is a 20 year-old Brit singer who has lyrics and melodies that thrill me. I listen to her every day. I wrestle with going against the budget and buying her album on itunes. I scour her website to find out if she’s coming back to this area, being that I missed her when she last came. I watch clips of shows were her songs were played. This young woman is absolutely incredible. The Winehouse comparisons have been made, of course, which is unavoidable, being that they’re from the same country. But to me, besides being countrywomen, the only two things that bind them are songwriting prowess and tunes that will be played over, over, and over again.
In the upper right hand corner will be songs by Adele. Since no one reads this JournaBlog anyway, I’ll listen to ’em.


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It s pretty fair to say that the Global Financial Crisis and the hangover of the GFC we have endured for the last eternity, has greatly affected global economies. This in turn has affected the hiring strategies of employers worldwide, with a variety of economies and sectors being affected in different ways.
much better over the course of the GFC than many of the European Community countries and certainly better than the US. Australia’s jobless rate from September 2011 to January 2013 was on average well below 5.5%, while according to the US Bureau of Labour Statistics the jobless rate was nearly 9% of the population in the United States, Sweden, and the United Kingdom, and higher across much of the rest of Europe.
In February of 2013, here in Australia over seventy thousand new jobs were created, a thirteen-year record for job growth in Australia. This job growth far exceeded the expectations of many experts, whose modest predictions of under-ten thousand new jobs for February were way off the mark.
Australia is doing fairly well, in terms of growth within white-collar sectors. As of 2013, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics nearly 70% of employed individuals were white-collar workers,. Technological progress has helped herald a new increase in white-collar employment across our nation. The banking industry has also begun to recover domestically, bringing new job opportunities with it for Australians. It remains to be seen how economic/employment trends will affect Australia’s forthcoming election, will Julia Gillards Australian Labor Party successfully use them to their advantage, or will we see a new Government take the helm of the country?
That said, white-collar work is an extremely broad category that could refer to any number of industries, and different industries may recover at different rates. The financial sector has experienced fluctuations in terms of employment recently, although the trajectory may be uncertain at this point.
Older workers may be benefiting from the growth in the white-collar sector more than younger workers, and those in emerging adulthood. The Generation Ys in Australia are still experiencing some difficulty transitioning to the working world. It is believed 25% of young adult Australians are depending on financial help from their family and friends, according to a Melbourne Institute study. However, there is no reason to believe that these trends will continue, and they may be a transitional gain for these individuals as the economy continues to recover and job growth expands.
University educated young adults in Australia will no doubt find new opportunities, as white-collar industries continue to flourish. Those who are able to use this time to return to school and become even more qualified professionals may be at an even stronger advantage in the longer term.
On the other hand Australia has been experiencing some deficiencies in the number of skilled blue collar workers in certain jobs, in particular within the Oil & Gas, Mining & Resources sector, which has seen significant growth in recent years, with some analysts believing this sector, has propped up the Australian economy.
It remains to be seen how policy will change over the course of the next year, in the run up to, and past the forthcoming General Election, in particular with regard to the numbers of overseas workers allowed Australian working visas to help satisfy the shortfalls of roles we are seeing in some sectors. What the future will bring for the workers of Australia it is hard to tell, but I believe we are in for some positive times ahead which can only mean good things for the Australian economy and Australians one and all!


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On Thursday, March 7th we departed from Rome Ciampino to Madrid, Spain! We met Gabby who had flown in earlier and checked into the airbnb. After washing up, we went to sleep immediately after the busy travel day.
On Friday, March 8th we woke up from a good night’s rest and began to explore our first city.
We started the day with breakfast at Taberna El Paso del Tiempo which was absolutely delicious! A bunch of us ordered the classic Spanish breakfast– chocolate and churros while some of us ordered a tortilla de patatas, or a Spanish omelet.
Next stop: Museo Nacional del Prado. We spent a good two hours admiring the famous artworks inside the Prado art museum.
After the Prado, we got a late lunch at El 17 de Moreto where we wanted to try tapas and sangria. I had chicken quesadillas which were pretty good and the sangria was delicious too.
Then, we walked around Parque de El Retiro which was relaxing and full of greenery and flowers. We found cherry blossom trees that were blooming– just in time of us to enjoy them and get some photos.
In the park, we found the Crystal Palace, Palacio de Cristal which was surrounded by a small pond with a fountain. As we walked further, we came across the Monumento a Alfonso XII which I recognized seeing before in photos.
After walking around downtown Madrid some more, finding cute shops to meander into, catching a coffee shop break, and discovering the International Women’s Day parade, we headed up to the rooftop of Bellas Artes. We timed it perfectly and saw the most beautiful sunset. We stayed until the sky turned from yellow and orange to pink and blue and finally to dark blue.
With our hearts full, we walked over to Ambar Cacao Restobar where we ate a late dinner. I had an arepa which is two corn pancakes with beef, chicken, etc in between.
After grabbing a quick breakfast at a cafe, we started off the day by visiting the Royal Palace of Madrid. It was huge and had gardens outside. We were even able to see the change of the guards. While I would have loved to go inside it, Kira, Sarah and I decided to save some money by walking around downtown and exploring the hidden streets and corners.
We walked some more, finding unique shops to peep into and finding colorful walls down busy streets. We ended up back at Bellas Artes at one point. We found Plaza Mayor, a square that was beaming with life and tons of good eats. Right next to Plaza Mayor was the indoor food market called Mercado de San Miguel where I tried some tacos. Sarah and I also found this adorable ice cream place called Mistura where I had pistachio ice cream! It was so refreshing and delicious.
I absolutely loved Madrid for its cleanliness, culture and kind people. Next stop: Lisbon, Portugal!

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From oilseeds (rapeseed, canola, peanuts, sunflower seeds, corn germ and flaxseed) oil can be pressed.
Mostly for extraction the seeds are first crushed, broken or ground.
In wind mills (edge mill, stamp mill) this occurs under large spinning standing side (runner) stones. The flour is then heated to about 35-40 degrees and, in a flat horse hair bag, put in the cavity of a pressing block. With the aid of pile-driving wedges those are squeezed to 300 bar. A kind of wine press is also suitable.
The second pressing after (braking the cake an re)heating to 50-60 degrees can be up to 350 bar.
Formerly labeled as "cold pressed" meant to olive oil that little heat was used. After heating can be obtained more oil, but of inferior quality. By cold pressing the nutritional value remains intact. But the increasingly powerful presses and centrifuges today can harvest in one cold pressing all the oil. "Cold Pressed" or "first cold pressing" is now an outdated label.
The finished cakes are a good feed (for cattle) because they are low in fat (a few percent) and rich in protein.
Hundred kilo of flax seed supplies about 27 kilo first stamped oil and 3-4 kilo second gang oil with an oil content of flaxseed of 37-38 percent.
Camelina sativa is also called cameline, gold of pleasure, Brassicaceae family. From the seeds oil can be pressed for oil lamps, as cooking oil and sometimes as a lubricant. Ten kg of seed gives 3 l of oil.
Rapeseed and rapeseed oil are used as fuel for lamps and as cooking oil.
False flax (Camelina sativa) the Celts used already as lamp fuel.
Flaxseed oil also dries and thickens, making it suitable for putty, paint, soap etc.
Oils for special purposes such as paint oil is cold pressed. Much knowledge about this is unfortunately already lost.
A hair is a press mat for a wedge press to strike oil. It is a woven mat with cords of together twisted horsehair. Behind it is a with a leather lace sewn leather cover to protect the mat and to get him out the press.
The hair was made from tail hair of a stallion. That of a mare was unsuitable, weakened by urine. Sometimes white hair was added from a cow's tail. Currently, a combination of nylon and sisal is used.
Sometimes people used press planks of laminated beech wood.
The ancient Greeks left after pressing the olive press cake 20 days to ferment and then squeezed it again. This provides a sharper (olive) oil. Then the cake could still be soaked in warm water for a third pressing (for lamp oil).
You‘ll harvest with a lot of work little oil, but the source is readily available, and on the other hand not used for anything else (if you do not make substitute coffee of them): rosehip seeds.
A Piteba oil press would do well for this exclusive product used for centuries as the "beauty oil" against scars, stretch marks, moles, broken cuticles and wrinkles. The effects you’ll notice only after several months.
It is made from the seeds of Rosa Mosqueta which resembles Rosa Rubiginosa, the Eglantine that grows wild here.
What type a rose bush is you can also see from the thorns. Thorns of dog rose (Rosa canina) curves downwards, field rose (Rosa arvensis) tends to be a bit down and eglantine points right from the stem.
By pressure is meant the force, as opposed to stretch stress, which is applied per unit of surface area. You can press by muscle power, weight, etc. If you try to hit with the same pressure or force a coin or a nail into a wood block, you notice that 'per unit area’ is very important.
We have advantage to apply this knowledge.
By reducing the surface (sharpening, grinding), e.g. with a thumb nail, a pole, an arrowhead, a sharp knife... has the same pressure a greater effect.
Conversely, the distribution of the pressure will also be useful, e.g. with snowshoes (vs. Stiletto), a ladder laid on the ice, caterpillars, extra wide or double tractor tires, a strut with widened ends, a bed of nails. A bridge, jetty or shelf weighing at one point or over the entire length can make a big difference.
Even air has weight and exerts pressure.
1 bar corresponds to 100 000 Pa. The word bar comes from the Greek word baros: weight.
The carbon dioxide in a (solid) bottle of sparkling wine has a pressure of 5 to 6 bar. Oil pressing or hammering we do at about 300 bar. In order to make usable biogas we bring it under pressure. In boilers and steam boilers we provide valves to escape (over) pressure by steam.
Bara, stands for absolute pressure, and (baro or) barg (bar gauge), for overpressure.
With pumps and bellows we use over-and under pressure.
Divers (who dived without dive computer) were teached a sizable chunk of this during their training.

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A lot of things can happen online, some of which are beyond your control. One of these is invalid click activities that are caused by a number of things, but can lead you into one unfortunate situation - getting banned from AdSense for good. Since you need AdSense to keep track of your website's performance, you should do anything possible to protect yourself against invalid clicks.
StatCounter can help you in this mission. This is a web traffic analysis tool that lets you track all clicks and exit links. Through it, you will know where a majority of your invalid clicks are coming from, and the corresponding IPs that you can then block to protect your AdSense account.
Getting started is as easy as signing up and creating an account. You can then create a new project for a website that you want to track. Like most analytics tools, StatCounter is fairly easy to use. Make sure to select a counter or Invisible tracking, and opt to receive reports in a weekly or monthly basis, so that you can keep an eye on invalid AdSense clicks.
After entering the appropriate information, press the "Add Project" button which will take you to the "Choose an installation Guide for your website" page - here click the "Default Installation Guide" link. Now, StatCounter will give you a code along with instructions on how to install this code on your website. After adding the code, press the "Check Installation" button on the right toward the bottom of the page in order to finish the installation process.
Once you have added StatCounter to your website, your reports will be available within minutes. Now let's see how to track invalid AdSense Clicks using StatCounter.
Click on Stats and click on the menu called "Exit Link Activity". This will show all the links that visitors clicked on to leave your website. Here, you can also find Date, Time, Exit Link Clicked and the page on which the exit link was clicked.
The exit link could be a advertisement or a link to other website. To display only the clicks on the AdSense ads, use the "Exit Link Match" filter to 'google adsense'. This way, you will be able to see how many clicks are there on advertisements and at what time the click was made.
To see even more information about a particular visitor who clicked on the link, click on the magnify icon. This will show you the Search Referral, IP Address of the visitor, Host Name, their Location, how many times they've visited your blog before, Visit Length, Browser, OS, Resolution, ISP, and the pages they viewed including the exit links.
So this is how you can track the invalid AdSense clicks using StatCounter. Although you may have to disable advertisements on your website temporarily to avoid a potentially disastrous situation, such as being click bombed, it is a better alternative than being kicked out of AdSense permanently. Through StatCounter, you will be able to detect invalid clicks or any suspicious activities that will inflate the number of clicks on an ad. Since you can't control an advertiser or publisher's desire to increase their earnings, you should monitor click through rates or the cost per clicks you are making. If there is a sudden increase of clicks but you make zero CPC, it's time to track down on these invalid Adsense clicks and put a stop to them.


text: A large class of digital imaging systems can be modeled mathematically by linear, continuous-to-discrete operators. In this dissertation, we present the theory of Fourier crosstalk as a means of analyzing such systems and demonstrate its use through several imaging applications. Crosstalk employs a Fourier-series representation for compactly supported objects and defines the aliasing associated with a sampling geometry in terms of the action of the system operator on the Fourier basis. This information is quantified within the infinite-dimensional Fourier crosstalk matrix, elements of which record how pairs of basis functions alias in data space. Several parallels exist between crosstalk and other system evaluation tools: the analysis of a system in terms of a specially defined basis is similar to Singular-value Decomposition; for linear operators with shift-invariant kernels, any finite-dimensional crosstalk submatrix becomes diagonal in the limit of infinite sampling, and the diagonal elements are proportional to the squared moduli of the Fourier coefficients of the modulation transfer function; for the task of estimating Fourier coefficients from noisy data, the crosstalk matrix is proportional to the Fisher information matrix for certain Gaussian and Poisson noise models. This last relation is an example of how crosstalk applies to objective task-based assessment of image quality. In an investigation of 1D sampling, we examine the aliasing characteristics of homogeneous and stochastic sampling. The merits for these sampling schemes depend on the task required of the data. Estimation problems benefit from the relatively low-magnitude aliasing created by homogeneous sampling. A detection problem involving a low-pass signal in high-frequency background and noise suggests that stochastic sampling can sometimes perform better. This result emphasizes the shortcomings of image quality measures that are not task-related. In an application of crosstalk to the x-ray projective transform, we demonstrate that there is a consistency between efficient sampling geometries as defined by crosstalk theory and a recognized Nyquist sampling definition. Applied to the cone-beam transform, crosstalk indicates that symmetries in the placement of orbit points are detrimental since they preclude adequate sampling of all elements in a bandlimited set of Fourier basis functions. An extension of the sampling problem that considers features of a pinhole aperture cone-beam system includes studies of the effects of pinhole size and detector spacing. These show that pinhole radius has a greater impact on resolution of the Fourier basis than does detector spacing. In an accompanying evaluation of numerical methods for calculating crosstalk, Monte Carlo techniques are shown to be an essential tool for developing other, more efficient, methods.

industry_corpus2: Biopharmaceuticals


text: This motorized retractable awning we installed on this cottage has a black metallic textured powdercoating. It’s 16.5ft wide and has a 8ft projection. The black metallic textured powdercoating is a custom feature with this awning and enhances the look. The awning can be operated with the touch of a button and has a wind sensor as a security measure.


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Philip Gerard’s new book is The Art of Creative Research: A Field Guide for Writers (University of Chicago Press, 2017). He teaches in the Department of Creative Writing at the University of North Carolina Wilmington and is the author of four novels, six other books of nonfiction, numerous essays, short stories, public radio commentaries, and documentary television scripts.
Recently I spent the better part of two weekends hanging out with a fellow named Dennis Harper whose lifelong avocation has been history—specifically, walking the ground of the battlefield at Wyse Fork and collecting artifacts. Wyse Fork, near Kinston, North Carolina, was the site of a fierce battle very late in the Civil War. Confederates there fought to keep the US Army forces from New Bern from joining up with Gen. William T. Sherman’s sixty-thousand-man juggernaut sweeping north from South Carolina.
Just as at Gettysburg, the last day of battle finished with a brave but doomed uphill frontal assault by Confederates on massed Union troops dug in behind a wall, this one made of pine logs and earth—with appalling casualties. Twenty-one cannons poured canister shot—giant shotgun shells full of shrapnel—on them at point-blank range, killing or wounding more than a third.
Harper, who leads guided tours dressed in the authentic uniform of a Confederate colonel, literally grew up on the battlefield. As a boy he began finding some of the more than ten thousand artifacts he would eventually collect and catalogue, many on display at the local visitors’ center: musket balls, belt buckles, buttons, coffee cups, rifles, bayonets, gold fountain pen nibs, even a signet ring.
His research is meticulous. He maps each find and then matches up artifacts with specific units who fought there—and sometimes even with a particular soldier, culling through regimental rosters of thousands of names. As we toured the battlefield together, he talked about the importance of combining physical evidence with the documentary record to arrive at a true understanding of how those men behaved.
For example, historians typically draw neat battle lines on maps where commanders reported their troops to be. But if you walk the field, you read the ground better, feel the rises and swales in your legs, note the sight lines and exposed places, and realize they were really a couple of hundred yards east or south finding cover in the nap of the land—the line of debris confirms this. As freezing men struggled to load their rifles under fire on a windy, sleety morning, they dropped a lot of bullets. Once the bullet hit the mud, it was useless—a man would have to take time to find it on the ground, pick it up, and clean it off before loading it, else it would foul his weapon and not fire. So the firing line is defined by an almost perfectly straight line of dropped, unfired bullets. And because each regiment carried its own variety of firearm, we can even tell which regiment or company stood where.
Likewise, the “capture zones,” where attacks broke the lines and artifacts of both armies intermingled, can be recognized by equally clear, readable debris fields.
In all my four years of research on the Civil War for a magazine series and book, it had never occurred to me that so many men dropped bullets because of frozen fingers—or out of nervousness, clumsiness, or plain old fear. All of a sudden those men became more real, standing there, desperately trying to load their weapons before the next volley shattered their line. The simple fact of dropped bullets caused me to re-imagine what I thought I knew, to inhabit the point of view of the common soldier, standing shoulder to shoulder with his comrades in the sleet, fumbling though fatigue and the adrenaline rush of danger.
It had never occurred to me that so many men dropped bullets because of frozen fingers—or out of nervousness, clumsiness, or plain old fear. All of a sudden those men became more real.
So often research is the act of re-imagining our settled assumptions, seeing a person or object or activity not as we presume it to have been but as it was for others acting in a different time and place.
So drummer boys in the Civil War were not just cute mascots—they were a vital part of the command and control mechanism of the army, beating out instructions above the din of battle, and therefore high-value targets.
Horses were not companions and pets but engines—they moved cannons and wagons and troops. So shooting horses—to us an act of brutality—was a sure way to keep the enemy from retrieving his guns from the field so you could capture them.
Regimental flags—the colors—were not just rallying points of honor and pride but giant pushpins on the moving map of the battlefield: a general on a hill above the fray could watch the progress of his troops by following the flags—one reason that color-bearers were also high-value targets and why, as one was shot down, another would grab the fallen colors and hoist them high again at great risk to his own life.
And sometimes the seemingly minor detail illuminates the moment in a way that makes it rise off the page and come to life. Fragments of heirloom plates found in a position where US Army soldiers dug in prior to an attack were not just spoils looted from homes along the route of march. They were also entrenching tools—as were coffee cups, bayonets, and bare hands—since only one man per company was issued a shovel. I can close my eyes and see those desperate men clawing at the ground with plates, trying to scoop out a trench in which to hunker down against the gunfire. The broken crockery speaks of panic and impending deadly combat.
Objects in a soldier’s kit also saw double duty. A bayonet was a fearsome weapon—seldom used, in fact—except as a reliable candle holder, bearing the light by which a homesick soldier could pen a letter to his wife. The havelock—a linen flap fitted to the back of the kepi (or forage cap) to protect the neck from sunburn—was torn off and used to strain coffee grounds.
That’s one of the great lessons of research: things often meant different things to the actors of history than they do to us. The museum shows us the events of history like a language learned from books—the field tells us how the people of that time actually spoke that language of artifacts.
And if we are to understand their actions and their motives, we need to imagine ourselves into their places and learn what those things meant to them.
So for me, research begins as an act of imagination—or perhaps, more accurately, re-imagination. It’s the hunt for facts, true, but it’s also a kind of time travel, reconstructing the debris of a long-ago event into a living story.
Philip Gerard can be found online at http://philipgerard.com as well as on Facebook.


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When was Highland County, VA Created?
Highland County was established on March 19, 1847 from Bath County and Pendleton County (West Virginia) .
What is the County Seat of Highland County, VA?
The County Seat is located in Monterey also, the county government website is www.highlandcova.org/ .
What counties are adjacent to Highland County, VA?
Bordering Counties are Pendleton County, West Virginia, Augusta County, Bath County, Pocahontas County, West Virginia.
Where can find Highland County Birth, marriage, Divorce and Death Records?
Highland County vital records can be found at the Virginia Department of Health (VDH) Office of Vital Records which has Birth and Death Records since June 14, 1912 and copies of Marriage and Divorce Records since 1918 to present. Please refer to the information to the Statewide Vital Records in Virginia for current fees and application process.
You can search online for Highland County Birth, Marriage, Divorce or Death Records. You can also order Order Electronically Online or you can download an application for copies of Highland Co. Virginia Birth, Marriage, Divorce, Death Certificate Applications to mail.
What Highland County, VA census records are available?
There are many types of census records for Highland County guide you in researching your family tree. Federal Population Schedules are available for 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880 (free index), 1890 (fragment), 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930, 1940.
What genealogical records can I find in the Highland County Courthouse?
The below facts shows exactly what death, marriage, birth, property, wills, and court records are typically in Highland County. The years listed below are the first noted records with this county. See Also Virginia Corthouse Records Research Guide.
What genealogical and historical societies, archives, museums, associations and libraries are available for Highland County, VA?
A list of Highland County Historical and Genealogical Societies, Libraries, Archives. See also list of Statewide Virginia Archives, Historical & Genealogical Societies.
Where can I connect with other Highland County, VA Researchers through message boards and forums?
What other genealogical resources are available in Highland County, VA?
The following are web links to Genealogy, Records and Resources pertaining to Highland County. A lot of these genealogy links fall into 3 categories: Commercial Sites, Personal Sites or Organization Sites. Some have free access some call for a fee. This is just a listing which has been compiled or submitted. I do not endorse or promote one genealogy site above another.

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Through the analysis of a capitalist text, and by reflecting on the discourse of Marx and Althusser, this paper attempts to demonstrate why Marxism remains a potent politics of dissent. It suggests that Marxist philosophies can come to function in an ultimately reparative manner through their promotion of countercultural ideologies.
Jonathan Hay is studying for an MRes by English at the University of Chester, and is currently researching Posthumanism and Science Fiction. They have presented papers at the 2017 Talking Bodies conference and the 2018 University of Chester Postgraduate Research Symposium. Further research interests include Marxism, Feminism, and Queer Theory.
Hay, Jonathan. 2018. “Toys and Radical Politics: The Marxist Import of Toy Story That Time Forgot”. FORUM: University of Edinburgh Postgraduate Journal of Culture & The Arts, no. 26 (June). http://www.forumjournal.org/article/view/2774.


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So, as my blog grows, I have an urge to feed it with new content that’s fun and exciting. I’m glad so many of you liked the ‘I’m Goan and I shower at Night‘ post – and more than anything, relieved to know that tons of folks experience the same thing!
If you’re following me on Twitter, you’ll know about my aversion to franchise eateries. I’ve sort of made it a rule to not visit franchise coffee shops anymore (or restaurants for that matter). It’s amazing how much time and money we spend drinking the same standard coffee 378491 times when there are plenty of places serving food that’s miles better! Wouldn’t you agree?
In the process, I’ve discovered lovely, little gems that I want to tell you about.
If you’re in Goa, maybe you can plan your next catch-up in one of them. And if you’re not, consider visiting them on your next holiday. They’re worth it!
I came across a picture of Urban Café’s mosaic wall when a tourist uploaded a picture of it on Instagram, captioned “Streets of Goa.” I hadn’t seen this beautiful street and made it my mission to find it! How cool that it turned out to be in Fontainhas! This little toy-town, fashionably called ‘Latin Quarters’ is the ideal setting for Urban Café. Small grilled balconies and doors that open out into narrow, winding streets make it the most charming area in Panjim.
This hideout is perfect for writers, solo travelers and people who want to get away from the noisy beach belt *wall-poster reference.* While the food options are limited to sandwiches, muffins and wraps, what you should go here for is a cold coffee, free wi-fi and a good, long read. Pick up a magazine from the rack full of books in different languages, put your feet up and sip a coffee in silence and air-conditioned coolness! Downstairs has a very wooden, open and earthy feel while upstairs has dim lights and soft couches.
Urban Café also has dorm-style accommodation under the brand name ‘The Hostel Crowd.’ The staff gladly showed me around when I asked them to. With the same wooden furnishing and white bunk beds the rooms are simple, yet bare with super-clean shared bathrooms. They aren’t air conditioned, but have a standing fan. However, for a price as cheap as the one they offer, you can’t expect luxury. I didn’t get to see the deluxe rooms as they were occupied.
The first time I visited Baba Au Rhum, they were closed because a power cut the previous night hampered their baking. So I went again the next day and boy, am I glad I did!
In a tiny nook off the road in Anjuna, Baba au Rhum embodies a free-spirited, retro vibe that’s drawing locals and tourists alike. While my visit here has been waaaay overdue, this cafe is anything but undiscovered. It is rustic, surrounded by a bamboo forest and overlooks breezy fields. Trippy, instrumental music, wooden benches & tables under a canopy of trees and plenty of dogs lounging around give it a serene, beautifully laid-back ambiance. So casual was it, that a bunch of Indian tourists began doing the bhangra in the middle of the restaurant (why do people do that!) and were at the receiving end of quizzical looks from people who wanted some peace.
The food, you guys! Fresh, baked bread. Croissants, healthy sandwiches, burgers topped with grilled onions and cheese, quiches and all-day breakfasts are just the start. A wood fired oven churns out heavenly-smelling pizzas and there are options for vegetarians and gluten intolerant people as well. Not forgetting their salads fruit juices, coffees and sinful signature desserts like lemon tarts and chocolate/coffee eclairs!
Definitely going back to try a little more every time!
A new addition to the Goa food scene is Black Vanilla – a hip little place on the Campal road in Panjim. While the facade is full of hanging flower pots and ferns, the inside is a mix of rustic charm and sleek black accents. You’ll find a wooden tree-shaped book-case, colorful plastic chairs and wooden stools besides a glass case laden with goodies. The highlight is a gorgeous chandelier made out of a cartwheel and filament bulbs in jars!
The menu is a mix of pizza, sandwiches, bagels and burgers and sweet treats like croissants in new flavors. Red velvet Swiss rolls, satisfying chocolate pastries and cheesecake are made with French perfection. I personally prefer the lower floor as it is airier and brighter than the top. While-away some leisurely hours with tea, coffees and milkshakes. Check out my thin crust pizza – half chorizo and half ham, cheese and olives!
Tell me… should I do more posts of undiscovered, places like these? Let me know because I may just have a Part Two coming up!


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Singapore – 10 August 2018 – Samsung Electronics Singapore today announced the latest addition to its premium Note series – the Galaxy Note9. The Note series is testament to Samsung’s latest groundbreaking innovations, and the Galaxy Note9 builds on this legacy with a premium smartphone that delivers ultimate performance, and is for the first-time ever equipped with a new S Pen with connectivity and Samsung’s most intelligent camera yet.
"Over the years, mobile phones have become an essential part of consumers’ lives, and the Galaxy Note9 has been developed to meet consumers’ high expectations," said Sarah Chua, Vice-President, IT & Mobile, Samsung Electronics Singapore. "The new member of the Note series builds on the Note legacy, combining the Note series’ most well-loved features with new and improved innovations, allowing consumers to get the best experience from work to play."
Consumers rely on their smartphones for almost everything they do – all-day, everyday. They need a phone that can keep up with their lifestyles, where they do not have to look for the nearest outlet to recharge, delete content to free up storage for their next snap, wait anxiously for their video to download, or deal with any lag time when gaming. Consumers need a phone that will not let them down, and the Galaxy Note9 delivers.
All Day Battery1: The Galaxy Note9’s 4,000mAh battery is the largest ever on a flagship Galaxy phone, providing consumers with long-lasting battery power to use all-day – to talk, text, play games and watch movies from morning to night.
Store More, Delete Less: The Galaxy Note9 is available in two internal storage options – 128GB or 512GB2. With the ability to insert a microSD card, the Galaxy Note9 is 1TB-ready3, providing consumers with peace of mind knowing that there is enough storage on their device for their favourite photos, videos and apps.
Speed and Power: The Galaxy Note9 is a super powerful smartphone with a cutting-edge 10nm processor and support for the fastest network speeds available in the market (up to 1.2 gigabits per second)4 to stream and download without slowing down. The Galaxy Note9 also comes equipped with an industry-leading, Samsung-developed Water Carbon Cooling system and on-device AI-based performance-adjusting algorithm, to deliver a powerful yet stable performance.
The S Pen is the signature feature of the Note series, where Samsung has expanded the notion of what a smartphone can do. Beginning as a tool for writing and drawing, the S Pen is now putting more power and control in their hands.
Now equipped with Bluetooth® Low-Energy (BLE) support, the new S Pen delivers an entirely new way to use the Note. With just a click, it is now possible for users to use the S Pen to take selfies and group pictures, present slides, pause and play videos, and more. Developers will also be able to integrate the S Pen’s new, advanced BLE functionalities into their apps in future5.
Consumers can find it hard to take a picture that looks like one taken by professionals, but it should not be. The Galaxy Note9 builds on Samsung’s industry-leading camera technologies with new capabilities that takes the work out of taking the perfect picture.
Scene Optimizer: The Galaxy Note9’s camera is Samsung’s smartest yet. It uses intelligence to identify elements of a photo, such as scene and subject, to automatically classify it into one of 20 categories and instantly optimize it based on the category. The result is a stunning, life-like image with bold colors and dynamic definition.
Flaw Detection: The first shot may not always come out right. With the Galaxy Note9, the smartphone lets users know if there is something wrong with their shot, so they can take another picture without losing the moment. A notification will appear on the screen immediately if the image is blurry, if the subject in the image had blinked, if there was a smudge on the lens, or if there is backlight impacting the quality of the image.
Premium Camera: Equipped with a unique combination of advanced intelligence features and leading premium hardware, the Galaxy Note9’s camera is one of the best on the market. It comes equipped with advanced noise reduction technology and a Dual Aperture6 lens, which adjusts to light just like the human eye. No matter what the lighting conditions are, the Galaxy Note9’s top-tier camera delivers a crystal-clear shot.
The Infinity Display7 is the cornerstone of Samsung’s design heritage, and the Galaxy Note9 has the largest edge-to-edge display ever on a Note. The 6.4-inch8 Super AMOLED Infinity Display provides a truly immersive multimedia experience. The Galaxy Note9’s Infinity Display is complemented by stereo speakers, which are tuned by AKG, and the ability to deliver Dolby Atmos® immersive audio for a life-like audio experience. Watching videos on mobile has never looked or sounded better than it does on the Galaxy Note9. The Galaxy Note9 was also named by YouTube as a Signature Device that is able to deliver a best-in-class YouTube experience.
The Galaxy Note9 also delivers a PC-like user experience with Samsung DeX9. Users can work on their presentations, edit photos, and watch their favorite shows, powered entirely by their phone. Users can easily experience Samsung DeX with the easy-to-carry HDMI adapters10. When connected to a monitor, the Galaxy Note9 can power a virtualized desktop and even serve as a fully-functional second screen. Users can take notes with the S Pen while watching a video, use the Galaxy Note9 as a trackpad to right-click, drag and drop, or open multiple windows on the monitor. It has never been easier to be more productive.
The Galaxy Note9 is equipped with premium Galaxy technologies, including fast wireless charging, IP68 water and dust resistance11 and Samsung services such as Samsung Health and Samsung Pay. The Galaxy Note9 features Samsung’s trusted, defense-grade Knox security platform to keep important information safe, and biometric authentication options including fingerprint scanning, iris scanning and facial recognition capabilities.
The Galaxy Note9 is a portal to the full Samsung ecosystem of devices and services, opening up a world of possibilities. Users can use the Galaxy Note9 and SmartThings to control connected devices, or get more done with Bixby12, a personalized, intelligent assistant.
For more information about the Galaxy Note9, visit http://www.samsungmobilepress.com, news.samsung.com/galaxy or www.samsung.com/galaxy.
Samsung will be holding a pre-order promotion in celebration of the exciting launch of the Galaxy Note9 in Singapore. All consumers who successfully purchase the Galaxy Note9 (128GB2) during pre-order will be entitled to a free upgrade to the Galaxy Note9 (512GB2), worth $33013, at the point of collection or delivery (upon full payment) of their Galaxy Note9 from 22 August 2018.
To pre-order, consumers simply have to place a $100 deposit for each device and select their choice of collection points from Samsung Experience Stores islandwide and appointment timeslots during opening hours. Alternatively, consumers can choose to make full payment and get their Galaxy Note9 delivered to their choice of POPStation or via delivery to their designated address.
The Samsung Trade Up Programme15 makes it easier for consumers to own the Galaxy Note9.
Exclusively with the launch of the new Galaxy Note9, customers who purchase the Galaxy Note9 can trade-in their old eligible device16 from 22 August 2018 to 31 August 2018, to receive an additional $100 trade-in value17 on top of the regular trade-in amount.
The Samsung Trade Up Programme is now available at any Samsung Experience Stores (with the exception of Singapore Changi Airport Terminal 3), for consumers who purchase the Galaxy Note9 without a mobile contract from participating Samsung Experience Stores. Consumers’ old eligible device will be assessed on site, and they will be able to offset the total trade-in value from the purchase price of the Galaxy Note918.
b. Do a quick assessment using the Samsung Trade Up (SG) app to valuate their old device.
c. Have the old device collected at their doorstep and receive the trade-in value via bank transfer.
The Samsung Concierge Care Pack offers consumers a suite of premium value-added services such as 1-to-1 device exchange within 30 days20 and 50% savings for a one-time out of warranty repair20, to provide consumers peace of mind by keeping their Samsung Galaxy device in tip-top condition. The Samsung Concierge Care Pack is valid for 12 months from the date of purchase of the new device20.
Consumers can visit www.samsung.com/sg/samsungconcierge to learn more about Samsung Concierge.
In celebration of the launch of the new Galaxy Note9 in Singapore, Samsung has collaborated with Viu to bring the best of Asian entertainment experience to their fans to watch on-the-go on their Samsung Galaxy device.
Samsung will be holding a Samsung Galaxy Exclusive Launch Party later today (10 August 2018) from 7pm to 9.30pm at Gardens by The Bay. To reward Samsung and Viu’s customers in Singapore, the exclusive party event will showcase the latest Galaxy, with fan-favourite Hallyu artistes, "What’s Wrong with Secretary Kim" lead actress Park Min Young and "Running Man" Sparta Kim Jong Kook making an appearance to meet-and-greet with their fans in Singapore! "What’s Wrong with Secretary Kim" and "Running Man" are currently among the top shows available on Viu.
1 Tested by Strategy Analytics from 11-24 Jul 2018 in USA and UK with pre-release version of SM-N960 (128GB), estimated based on its 2017 ‘Average User’ usage profile. Actual battery life varies by network, features and apps used, frequency of calls and messages, battery condition, and other factors.
3 Based on 512GB model with 512GB microSD card, sold separately.
4 Actual experienced speeds may vary by country, carrier, network, environment, product condition, content source and other relevant factors.
5 Functionality available in end-2018.
6 The Dual Aperture supports F1.5 mode and F2.4 mode. Dual Aperture is installed on the rear wide-camera.
7 A near bezel-less, full frontal glass, edge-to-edge screen.
8 Screen measured diagonally as a full rectangle without accounting for the rounded corners.
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MILWAUKEE (Sept. 17, 2018) – Cousins Subs® Make It Better Foundation awards $6,000 in grants to two Wisconsin-based nonprofits—Cedar Springs Church and Reach-A-Child, Inc.
A $2,000 grant was awarded to Cedar Springs Church based in Slinger, Wisconsin to cover the cost of 2019 registration for underprivileged children who would like to attend Cedar Springs Outdoor Adventure Day Camp.
A $4,000 grant was also awarded to Reach-A-Child, Inc. operating out of Madison, Wisconsin to support its Milwaukee Fire Department Program, which will allow 38 fire department vehicles to carry a reach bag – a durable backpack filled with new, vetted children’s books along with a number of drawstring backpacks. Upon arriving at a crisis scene, firefighters first take children to a safe place and then together, read one of the books found in the reach bag. The child then keeps both the book and drawstring backpack.
Each grant is funded through the Cousins Subs’ Make It Better Foundation, a nonprofit charitable organization established in 2013. The Make It Better Foundation aims to improve the general welfare and quality of life in the communities Cousins Subs serves and addresses three areas of interest that are vital to any community: health and wellness, hunger and youth education. Since its inception, the Make It Better Foundation has awarded more than $320,000 to nonprofit organizations throughout the state of Wisconsin.
Wisconsin-based Cousins Subs®, a family-owned, fast casual sub shop established in 1972 by Bill Specht and his cousin, is driven by the mission to Believe in Better – both in the quality of food it serves and in the communities it supports. Cousins Subs and its franchisees operate more than 100 sub sandwich shops throughout Wisconsin, providing guests with quality deli fresh and made to order grilled subs using only the freshest ingredients on its signature bread baked daily. For more information, visit www.cousinssubs.com. You can also find Cousins Subs on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.


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They say seeing is believing. Here are 100 of the most startling and intriguing photographs you are ever likely to see. If you don’t already believe in the paranormal – they may convince you! The photos cover the entire range of the unexplained, from possible ghosts and spirit manifestations, through psychic powers and weird creatures to UFO sightings. Contained within these pages are 100 of the best-attested photographs in the history of the paranormal. Also includes hundreds of Sightings news reports and readers' own spooky experiences and photographs from the pages of Paranormal Magazine.
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Tyson Stelzer, Champagne Expert and Author of The Champagne Guide Stelzer ranks this champagne well in front of Moet & Chandon, Veuve Clicquot & Billecarte-Salmon. He ranks it on par with vintage Laurent-Perrier, vintage Taittinger Comtes de Champagne, and vintage Louis Roederer, which all sell north of $200... "With new contracts in place in the outstanding 2008 vintage and thirty percent declassified premier cru fruit in the blend, this is as cracking as I have ever seen Brut 17. A pristine bouquet of vibrant lemons and strawberry hull opens out into a palate of fantastic, linear freshness with great persistence, a fine, creamy bead and refreshing minerality. An ideal aperitif style. This champagne ranks as among the best value small producer champagnes. Super elegant champagne style."
Wine Enthusiast "A crisp, finely balanced wine, this is packed with fresh citrus, peach-skin and green-apple flavors. It’s a textured wine with layers of minerality on the palate. The acidity is just right—a fine streak that cuts through the fruitiness and gives a tight, taut finish."
Gilbert & Gaillard "Light gold. Delectable, clearly-defined nose with the fruit character (apple, raspberry) becoming more assertive after swirling. Clean, fleshy, crunchy fruit on the attack. Refined bubbles, pervasive freshness. A charming dry Champagne for the aperitif."
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All wings have checked in. Legion Brewing is ready to celebrate its two-year anniversary, and our staff has pulled out all of the stops. Among them, the Brew Staff is releasing a very special barrel-aged beer – one that was brewed in mid-2016 and has been aging in our cellar ever since.
Cleared for launch, we call your attention to Red Leader (Barrel-aged Raspberry Sour, 6.2% ABV, 35 IBUs). This beer began its life with an enviable grain bill, which included pale, wheat, caramel and dark chocolate malts. Once brewed, we transferred the beer into whiskey barrels and added NC Raspberries to the mix. As delicious as that sounds, we weren’t prepared to send Red Leader on an attack run against the Death Star just yet.
Red Leader would have to cool his jets in the hanger – American Oak barrels in this instance – long enough to soak in a proton torpedo’s worth of whiskey barrel goodness. Now, a year-and-a-half later, Red Leader’s S-foils are locked into attack position. Expect this brew to boast an intense berry aroma, subtle barrel nuances, and a tart complexity. Roger that, Red Leader!
“Much as it was with the limited number of skilled pilots available to the Rebel Alliance, this is a special release that is in short supply. Red Leader is super noteworthy to me because it is one of the first releases from our barrel-aging, sour program,” interjects Associate Brewer, Scott Griffin.


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Worry. Does it hold you back or does it motivate you as you build your business, make plans for your future, and follow your dreams? That's the million dollar question. Depending on your perspective, as you approach a problem, worry could paralyze you or it could be your sixth sense, like an advanced warning system, keeping you sharp. Whatever the case, we all worry, but instead of having worry stop you dead in your tracks, learn to manage your worry and turn worry into its distant cousin, intuition (a.k.a. gut instinct), and use it to your advantage.
1. Will I ever make another sale? The sale that I just made, will it be my last one and why isn't my phone ringing? Is my internet connection down and why is every email I get spam? Did I go out of business and someone just forgot to tell me? These are just a few insecurities that go through my head, even after 30 years of being in business. And it's normal if you have them too. The point here is to manage your worry, either let it wash over you and manage it or let worry keep you sharp instead of paralyzing you with fear. Yes, you will make another sale, and no, you are not going out of business. Instead of worrying, take action and look at the big picture, settle into the steps needed to reach your goals. Don't focus on the loss column, keep yourself facing forward, stay positive and keep your head in a good place. Baby steps forward, focus on the tasks at hand and you will make another sale, and another, and another.
"If the problem has a solution, worrying is pointless, in the end the problem will be solved. If the problem has no solution, there is no reason to worry, because it can't be solved. "
2. Can I make a living at this? Give your ideas time to grow. In the beginning everything seems so delicate, vulnerable and fragile. It may take some time to grow roots. But stay with it, believe in your ideas, and you absolutely can make a living at it. Your ideas will become reality. Over time, the roots of your ideas will grow deeper and stronger as you develop your ideas into products and services. Tell everybody and anybody that will listen what you are up to. Become a student and learn everything there is to know about your idea. Welcome passion into your life and become an expert at your passion. The world will eventually beat a path to your door to learn from you. That being said, be patient and do not rush it. Always keep in mind in order to get what you want you have to help others get what they want. In order to become successful, never lose focus on helping others solve their problems.
3. How will I ever find the time to do everything on my plate? It will seem like 24 hours is not enough time during the day to get everything done. Do your best to prioritize, manage, and delegate, all the while keep moving. Failure to move, take action and develop systems will keep you on the hamster's wheel. Get beyond the wheel by sticking with only those ideas that contribute to your main goals. Learn to say no when something crosses your desk that is not in your plans. By nature, you are an ambitious person, uniquely qualified and capable of many amazing feats. Remember, you will never be short of ideas, just short of time to accomplish every one of them, so learn to manage your time effectively.
4. How long will I have to keep up this pace? Not forever! My good friend Strickland Bonner (co-host on The Nice Guys on Business Podcast) always reminds me of the mechanics behind a flywheel. The flywheel is a large wheel-like object, requiring a disproportionate amount of energy to get started, but once moving keeps a steady pace of continuous energy going. In the beginning, as you start building your business and you crank into action, lots of effort is required just to get the flywheel started. Because it's only you and your idea, it can seem lonely, daunting, intimidating and tiring. Once you experience the taste of a sale, or a positive word from someone, your actions will be fueled by your success, helping you crank that flywheel, building momentum. Think back to all of the things you did for the first time - tying your shoes as a child, balancing your checkbook as a college student, getting your social media legs as an adult, they were all a challenge to you, but you practiced until you got to be an expert at each of these tasks. Now, they are all a given. Things will get easier over time, (or so it will seem because you will no longer need to put so much energy into many of the tasks that are second nature to you. Your flywheel will zip along, powering your business.
5. Why do I feel like a fraud? This is a feeling that many entrepreneurs have at some point during their journey. Most often it happens during the first few years of building your business. You will be going in a thousand directions, not 100% sure of up from down. You will be called upon as the "expert" in your industry and you will be overcome with a feeling of insecurity. You will have thoughts like this, "Why are they asking me this question or want my point of view? I barely know what the hell it is I am doing, so what makes me an authority." Whenever this feeling hits me, I take a deep breath and think about all that I have done to get me to where I am in my journey. I remind myself of all of the triumphs, wins, successes and glory-filled moments. You are worthy of being titled an expert because you have worked hard to get to the point that someone calls upon you for your input. Think like an expert and you will become one.
"Why do I feel like a fraud? I barely know what the hell it is I am doing, so what makes me an authority."
6. How can I stay current and up to date with my products and services? Time marches on and you need to stay current. Embrace change and allow it to become one of your best friends. The best way to do this is to listen to your customers. Hear what they say, listen to what they are asking for and do everything you can to provide it. A guaranteed way to fail to to stick with your old ideas and to ignore the march of time. In a recent interview I did with Jeffrey Hayzlett, former Chief Marketing Officer and V.P. of Eastman Kodak talks about Kodak's inability to change with the times, eventually leading to Kodak's failure. They thought they were in the film business, when in actuality they were in the business of preserving memories. Years before their collapse they were presented with opportunities in the digital camera arena but refused to get too deep into it because they thought they were in the business of making film. Be ready, willing and able to change with the times and to make adjustments to your business.
7. How do I know where to invest in my business? Should you put money into advertising, marketing, technology, systems, education or somewhere else? Like any business, you will have to stick to a budget. At every stage of building your business, you will need to prioritize where money should be invested. Have open and honest conversations with others in your industry that you respect and look up to. Keep your business as lean as possible, especially in the beginning stages. There is nothing wrong with building your business out of your basement or spare bedroom. You should be busting at the seams before you take on the responsibility of paying rent or hiring staff. Keep in mind your best investment is you. Educate yourself and put money into getting around other successful people (conferences, mastermind groups, etc). Avoid "idea of the month" mentality. Develop a solid plan and stick to it. Most businesses fail because they run out of capital or they don't manage the money that is coming in properly. If you are working for someone else while you are building your own business, hold onto your job as long as possible, because lean times will make it very challenging to pay the bills unless you have plenty of reserves in the bank.
"Will I ever make another sale? Did I go out of business and someone just forgot to tell me?"
8. Why is everyone in my industry killing it while I am failing? Not the case. Don't believe everything you see on Facebook. People frequently post their wins and very rarely post their losses. My wife, Danielle, often reminds me to stop comparing my beginning to someone else's middle. We all grow at different rates and grow to different levels. If you need a reminder about how far you have come, just look at all you have accomplished over the last few weeks, months or years. Document your progress as you go and you will be amazed at how far you have actually come. Also, leave the pity party now, the pointy hat doesn't look good on you AND you are much better than that.
9. Who can I trust to help me? Building relationships will be a key component on your way to success. You will not be able to succeed without the help of others, so invest wisely in these relationships. Surround yourself with positive people who believe in your message and truly want your success. Find partners that you like and that you feel comfortable with. A great way to build relationships in business is to find others that you can help as well. As I continue to build my speaking and podcasting businesses, I am always on the lookout for businesses that also need something that I offer, so we can work in trade or barter. Many of those relationships have evolved over the years and the owner of those businesses have become my most trusted sources for information, knowledge and business. Give out what you are hoping to get back in return. If you start by being a trustworthy entrepreneur, you will find others in a very similar space.
10. Should I rely upon others or do it myself? Most entrepreneurs fall into the trap of thinking that the best way to get something done is to do it themselves. And while that may be true for some things, it will not be true for everything. We all start by doing our own books, marketing, invoicing, selling, social media posting, blogging, and so much more. At some point you will need to let go of the control of many of these responsibilities, otherwise you will be limiting the growth of your business. Some tasks should be automated, others will require bringing team members into the mix (on-site or virtually). Whatever the case, keep an eye on others that specialize in what you specifically would consider a support task. The key thing to remember is your goal is to work on the business and not always in the business.
"Most entrepreneurs fall into the trap of thinking that the best way to get something done is to do it themselves. Not true!"
11. What systems should I have in place? Systems are a way of life, there are systems everywhere you go, helping you do everything from raising a baby, planting crops, developing your network and to help you grow your business. Regardless of it's complexity or simplicity, you will need a system in place to manage your customers, marketing, accounting, prospecting and that's not even taking into account systems in place to manage inventory and help you further explore the products and services you develop and provide. Start with your biggest tasks, look for ways to make more efficient your processes. Time is your most precious resource and any systems you put in place should help you become more productive and more efficient, saving you time and money.
12. Are my customers happy? The best way to determine the happiness of your customers is to ask them. Don't be afraid of the answers they give you and always hear what they have to say. Your customers will tell you everything they love about you but work hard to find out what it is that you and your company need to improve upon. Growth will come when you fix the things that are wrong with your business. Don't get defensive or play the blame game when you have issues. Shoulder the responsibility, fix the problem, report back to your customer and check their temperature again. They will appreciate you more when you are imperfect, human and open to their suggestions. Never argue with a customer, even when you win, you lose.
Running a business can be very challenging. Add into the equation a beefy dose of worry, plus a dash of self-doubt, and pretty soon paralysis sets in. By keeping yourself focused on your goals and narrowing your goals into smaller, bite-size pieces, the bigger picture will often times be much more clear. I have found that clarity and specific action steps will help ease my worries and let me focus on the tasks at hand, allowing me to grow my business, with a few less worries.


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It is early in the a.m., and since I woke up thinking about your letter, it seemed like a good time to reply. I don’t really love the morning, despite the fact that my kids have to be on the school bus (now my 13-year-old takes the city bus) by 7:10. While this may seem unusual to anyone living in the suburbs, I feel both blessed and liberated not being the family chauffeur. City living, as many working women are beginning to understand, provides much more flexibility and precious time than the suburban commuter life. While we will never have enough space for all our books (or even our clothes!) or a backyard with a swing set, our apartment is a happy clutter where no child will be forgotten in the bowels of a finished basement, and Riverside Park has plenty of grass and ball fields. OK. I can hear you saying, “Where is she going with all of this. Wasn’t Sukkoth enough of a digression yesterday?” But it’s all connected, as some famous philosopher once said, or maybe that was my mother.
I have spent a lot of time thinking and writing about the quality of urban life for families and not just for the tourists most mayors think are the key to urban regeneration. Not only have I read your Broken Windows article and value it’s important impact on criminal justice policy, but its thesis goes to the heart of how we make urban areas communities again, places where we can work and live. Before we go more deeply into your crime-prevention theories and your work in the New York City subways during the 1980s, I think its important to consider the relationship between free speech and crime control. I have been struck with how political conservatives have used the issue of crime to justify autocratic, if not authoritarian, policies. Street crime is not usually rampant in non-democratic regimes, whether it’s the Communist Soviet Union or authoritarian Taiwan. Public order, however, has been a challenge for democracies. To what extent are we willing to suspend individual rights for the safety of the community? Do we have to tolerate police misconduct? Do we bar political demonstrations from the steps of city hall? Do we take away government contracts from groups such as Housing Works for protesting current New York City AIDS policy? All of these have been policies of Mayor Giuliani. While all these questions do not have an obvious relationship to public safety, for the mayor of New York they are all part of keeping public order. By extension, the mayor has the right to close down an art exhibit if it offends his sense of public decency. Where does free speech end and public order begin? For Mayor Giuliani, its obvious: It all begins and ends with his own personal preferences and there’s no need to worry about the democratic process.
I know it’s still early, but what do you think?