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Iran is much closer to acquiring a military nuclear capability than supposed, due to its unexpected progress in developing uranium enrichment facilities using centrifuge technology. By admitting that it has a uranium enrichment program, Iran is basically telling the world that it indeed has military intentions.
Since the mid-1990s, there has been a continuous stream of leakage of Russian technology, technicians, materiel, contracts, and activities to Iran from some 20 companies, institutes, universities, and engineering firms in the two critical domains of missile capability and nuclear development.
The Russians secretly negotiated additional nuclear cooperation agreements with Iran, with full knowledge that they were assisting Iran in its military programs. The result is an Iran that is within a short distance of having a first-generation, nuclear military capability coupled with a delivery capability.
We cannot be confident that reform in Iran will eliminate the strategic threat to Israel. Even the moderates are extremely problematic on a number of issues. Iran’s attitude toward the West is basically hostile and the regime shows no signs of any sharp policy changes.
Last year, President Bush defined the new threats to the U.S. as the axis of evil: Iraq, North Korea, and Iran. Secretary of State Powell noted that all three have common denominators of hostile governments, totalitarian regimes, and the pursuit of non-conventional weapons capabilities, specifically, nuclear capabilities.
During the year since the American announcement, these countries have accelerated their non-conventional programs, almost defiantly and openly. In this respect, even North Korea is a Middle East problem because with its past links with Middle East countries, there is great potential for proliferation of these technologies and capabilities from that country.
Recently, Secretary Powell announced that Iran was much closer to acquiring a military nuclear capability than supposed, due to its unexpected progress in developing uranium enrichment facilities using centrifuge technology. However, by admitting that it has a uranium enrichment program, Iran was basically telling the world that it indeed has military intentions.
Until recently, everyone was focused on the Iranian reactors in Bushehr. Reactors by themselves, and especially power reactors, are not the route to a military capability. The Bushehr complex fulfilled a number of purposes: To have a nuclear infrastructure, a nuclear community is needed of physicists, technicians, chemists, scientists, and engineers who work in the field. Having such a facility justifies the training and presence of such a community. Such a facility offers a useful and convenient facade to serve as a cover for activities that have other purposes. Bushehr also served to deflect attention as the real events were taking place elsewhere. Iran has dozens of nuclear facilities – some secret, some less so – affiliated with various government ministries and universities. In some of those facilities there may be efforts to develop designs for weapons and a real military program.
In the early 1990s, Iran received assistance for its nuclear programs from a variety of sources. One leading country was China, which was providing assistance on a number of points that could have helped Iran to acquire fissile material for nuclear weapons. Vigorous American diplomacy in 1997 stopped this activity, but only after some damage had been caused and some materiel was received and used by the Iranians.
The possibility of Pakistani assistance to Iran in this realm is also feared. Pakistan is a neighboring country, it has nuclear capability and technology, and it needs the money. Iran is in need of the technology and it possesses the money. All the ingredients of a deal were always there.
However, Russia is the country that has caused the most concern in this regard over the years, and has been the focus of most of America’s containment diplomacy. Ironically, as long as Russia was controlled by the Soviet Union, it was extremely effective in its cooperation on nonproliferation. When Russia became more democratic, “free market” economic forces became more manifest, and Russia today is a major headache with regard to the issue of Iran. Since the mid-1990s, there has been a continuous stream of leakage of Russian technology, technicians, materiel, contracts, and activities in the two critical domains of missile capability and nuclear development.
Iran turned first to North Korea for long-range missile capability, but with Russia’s vast experience and formidable know-how, it was just a matter of time until private or semi-private Russian entities came to be employed to export these technologies to Iran. Indeed, Iran’s development of ever-longer-range missiles took shape thanks to Russian participation in the development of the Shihab-3 missile, which has a range that can reach Israel and the entire Middle East.
The Iranian missile program has developed steadily over the years, and these missiles are not being developed to carry conventional warheads. This is simply not cost-effective. In addition, the fact that Iran was energetically pursuing a missile capability of ever-extending parameters was an indication that it would have something to deliver.
The Russian presence in the Iranian program became so disturbing that the United States decided to make it a high-priority issue. At Israel’s request and also because of American interests, sanctions were placed on Russia to force it to tighten its export controls and to take action to prevent weapons technology leakage.
The Russians engaged the Americans very intensively during those years, with Frank Wisner on the American side, and Yuri Kaptev (head of Rosaviakosmos, the Russian Space Agency) on the Russian side. At certain points the Russians denied their involvement or explained that this was illicit Russian activity by private entrepreneurs and that they would take action against it. At times they would challenge the Americans to “show us the evidence,” forcing the Americans to reveal their sources, which they were reluctant to do since, sometimes, the Russians acted against the sources rather than against those working with the Iranians.
The result is a steady leakage of missile technology from Russia to Iran from some 20 companies, institutes, universities, and engineering firms, probably driven by economic considerations.
An internal Israeli debate took place about Iranian capabilities during the early 1990s within Israeli defense circles. One group, called the “Iranian apologists,” asked why Israel should bother so much with Iran, which is not an Arab country and has a built-in rivalry with the Arab world. Israel had a strategic relationship with Iran in the past and perhaps will pursue those ties in the future. Iran is not an inevitable threat to Israel; it has legitimate defense needs; it is surrounded by nuclear weapons in Pakistan to the south and India and Russia in the north. Iraq to the west had invaded it once, and was certainly pursuing nuclear capabilities. Iran’s orientation, it was argued, would be primarily defensive, and it would confine this capability for deterrence purposes to a parameter that would cover those threats and not beyond.
The other group, which included myself, tended to be more skeptical, saying that we have to wait and see. We fear that Iran may have larger ambitions. The real telltale sign was when Iran acquired the Shihab-3 and the Nodong missiles – long-range missiles that could reach Israel.
The matter is completely different in the nuclear field. Here it is the official Russian Atomic Energy Ministry – the Minatom – a very powerful ministry led by extremely powerful people, that is doing all the nuclear business in Iran as part of official Russian policy.
Under the Clinton administration there were negotiations to try to curb the extent of Russian involvement in these activities. The problem was that the Russians insisted that they were not doing anything improper, that the Bushehr deal was very important to them economically, that Iran was a signatory to the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), and so there was nothing wrong in working with Iran. Therefore, the Russians defied the Americans and continue to be involved in the Bushehr facilities.
What has not really come to light in any significant way is the fact that the Russians had officially and secretly negotiated additional nuclear cooperation agreements with Iran. The reason for secrecy was because the Russians had full knowledge that they were assisting Iran in its military programs, as well. Some of the issues negotiated secretly involved exactly how to deceive the world as to the true purposes of the program, and how to make things appear differently than they really are.
This demonstrates a very complex game between Russia and America and between Russia and Iran. There is no way one could say that the Russians had acted in good faith. The result of years of extensive cooperation between Russia and Iran in the nuclear and missile domains is an Iran that is within a short distance of having a first-generation, nuclear military capability coupled with a delivery capability. The fact that Russia knowingly assisted this development and did so by deceiving others is very troubling.
At the same time that Iran is a signatory to the NPT and enjoys the benefits of membership in the NPT regime and in the International Atomic Energy Agency, Iran violates the NPT on a large scale, and everybody knows it, and nothing happens.
Do We Wait for Reform to Change Iran?
The difficulty with these arguments is that we don’t really know which way regime change is going in Iran. I am not at all confident it is going the right way, but even if it were, when it comes to strategic threats to Israel, the threat remains irrespective of the regime unless the regime changes its orientation completely and becomes overtly friendly with no hostile aspirations. This is not likely to be the case with Iran. Even the moderates, let alone the extremists or the fundamentalists, are extremely problematic on a number of issues. The involvement of Iran in supporting terrorism is more extensive than Iraq, its subversive activities in the Middle East and outside the Middle East are deeper, its position on the Arab-Israeli issue is very harsh, and its use of the Hizballah and the Lebanese theater as a destabilizer is evident. Iran’s attitude toward the West is basically hostile and is certainly not something to rely on. The regime shows no signs of any sharp changes in its policies.
How soon will Iran have nuclear weapons? Given the recent information, this will occur long before the end of the decade. Iran should soon be capable of producing fissile materials sufficient for two bombs a year. Iran is on the verge of completing the Bushehr complex that would produce plutonium, however controlled that may be. They will have about 5,000 centrifuges in operation by the end of the year, enough to steadily produce the fissile materials they need. In a very few years, the Iranians may test a nuclear bomb, or they could follow a North Korean scenario and depart from the NPT.
The same logic the Americans applied to Iraq applies to Iran. Will the Americans carry their policy to its ultimate logical conclusion? Can the U.S. do it alone? Does it have enough support? Does it have the strength? Because if the Iraqi threat is resolved by its being disarmed but Iran is left unattended, we will have done very little for Middle Eastern stability and for nonproliferation.
Dr. Uzi Arad is Director of the Institute of Policy and Strategy (IPS) at Herzliya’s Interdisciplinary Center. This Jerusalem Issue Brief is based on his presentation at the Institute for Contemporary Affairs in Jerusalem on 26 March 2003.
Uzi Arad is Director of the Institute for Policy and Strategy (IPS) and Professor of Government at the Lauder School of Government, Strategy and Diplomacy at Herzliya's Interdisciplinary Center. He is also chairman of the Herzliya Conference of IDC Herzliya. Arad's areas of specialization include foreign and security affairs, intelligence and policy-making. From 1975-1999, Arad served in senior positions with the Mossad, Israel's foreign intelligence service, both in Israel and abroad.

industry_corpus2: Power & Energy


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Centennial Middle is one of 24 schools found in the Provo District of Utah.
Centennial Middle is a regular school, specialising in 7th Grade to 8th Grade. Compared to other schools in Utah, this is a relatively large school since it has an enrolment of 1,054 students.
The average teacher's salary is $58,086, which is higher than the Utah state average of $50,029.
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industry_corpus2: Subject Education


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Cait's Cozy Corner : Personalized iPhone Case + Giveaway!
Personalized iPhone Case + Giveaway!
I'm so excited to share this very cool custom iPhone case! Caseapp is a Swedish company that makes custom iPhone cases! Who doesn't love thing that are custom right? All you do is go into their website and design your iPhone case or Macbook skin by adding a picture, text, clipart and really anything that reflects your own personality and taste.
The website was extremely easy to use and if you can bet, I already had an idea in mind of what I wanted to create. For those of you who have been hanging around my blog for a few months now, you know that two of my favorite things to do are travel and read. I wanted to incorporate both those things into my case so I chose a picture from my honeymoon where I'm zip lining over the trees. It seemed like such a fun photo to display. Next, I chose a quote that went not only with traveling but my love of reading and found the perfect one. I selected the font and the location of how I wanted the text to show up on my case and voila, it was finished within minutes!
Within 2 weeks, my iPhone case was shipped and I've received so many compliments on how neat and unique my case was. The best part is, I'm sharing an awesome giveaway for you to design your own case as well! You'll receive a $40 gift code to start designing your heart away! If you're too anxious like me to wait, you can use a 20% off code to get started right now. Use COZYCORNER20 !
Also, be sure to check out the Tory Burch Giveaway going on my Instagram too! It ends tonight at 8:30pm Eastern time!

industry_corpus2: Computing & Telecommunications


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Dental floss is a wonderful thing… using it every day helps to keep your teeth squeaky clean and your gums healthy!
But you can use dental floss for all kinds of other things. It's so strong, and these tips from the maid service experts at MOLLY MAID are ingenious!
1. 'Un-stick' a photograph: If you have an old photo that is stuck to an album page or another snapshot, get out the dental floss and slide a length of it under the corner of the stuck photo. Work the floss between the two surfaces to separate them without damaging the picture.
2. Broken necklace? Rescue a busted strand by threading the beads onto dental floss for a quick, sturdy fix.
3. Hang a picture: To hang lightweight artwork (that's not in a heavy frame), use dental floss in place of picture wire.
4. String popcorn: For the holidays next winter, string a popcorn garland with dental floss. Just thread the floss through a needle as you would ordinary sewing thread.
5. Need a hair tie? If you don't have an elastic or hairband, use dental floss to hold your hair back before you wash your face.
6. Cut cheesecake: Use unwaxed, unflavored floss to slice any soft cheeses or layer cakes.

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A group of local people have got together to oppose plans to turn the scenic area close to Ballyronan into a halting point for Travellers.
Thomas McElhone insists the 70-acre site of outstanding natural beauty and scientific interest needs to be protected for future generations.
“Up until 20 years ago, Traad was enjoyed by all of its community for its beautiful sandy beach, woodland walks and of course its wildlife,” said Mr McElhone, who like six generations of his family, lives at Traad.
On discovering the council had plans to put Travellers on the site, locals banded together and blocked the entrance leading to the former University of Ulster laboratory buildings.
Mid Ulster District Council is still considering what to do with the site, although locals are hopeful it and the Housing Executive will find an alternative location.
Explaining the background, he continued: “1999 saw the purchase of Traad and it’s surrounding woodland by the then Magherafelt Council - at a greatly reduced price with the understanding that it would be returned to it’s people as a nature park.
“For 20 years, we waited, and yes some of us forgot. But when the threat of losing Traad forever loomed over us at the start of the summer, it galvanised the community and rekindled the love lost for this jewel on the shores of Lough Neagh.
“A public meeting was called and attended by all political parties and over 300 members of the local community attended.
“As chair of the meeting, I could see every family from the area represented in the faces of the crowd that night.
“A group of us got together and formed Shores of Traad Community Group.
Mr McElhone went on to say that they have just received support from Lough Neagh Partnership in an effort to rekindle the traditions that their forefathers took for granted.
Next month they are planning to hold a boat race which they hope to expand in future to include other communities around the Lough shores.
“A race has been organised between two local fishing communities - Traad has the last fishing family still working this shore at one time there was over 40. They will race from Ballyronan to Traad and back. We hope to make this an annual event and encompass all of the Lough fishing communities,” he said.
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industry_corpus2: Travel & Geography


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Baisakhi is here and it is time for celebrations and good food. This colourful summer festival is celebrated in Punjab to mark the harvest time of Rabi (winter) crops.
It is one of the most important Punjabi festivals. Celebrated on the first day of the 'Baisakh, It is a day of thanksgiving by the farming community. On this day, farmers in Punjab harvest crops celebrating and singing melodious folk songs, while thanking God for a good harvest season.
Baisakhi also holds an important day of festivities in Sikhism as it is was on a Baisakhi Day in 1699 that Guru Gobind Singh - the revered Tenth Guru of Sikhs laid the foundation of Khalsa Panth.
When there are celebrations, there ought to be good food. We’ve got a list of delicious Punjabi dishes that make Baisakhi more colourful and vibrant.
A delicious and flavourful gravy made with yoghurt, mixed with a plethora of spices and topped with scrumptious pakoras made using fenugreek and onion pakoras. The curry is tangy and a tad bit spicy in nature and pairs beautifully with some steamed rice or rotis.
No Baisakhi celebration is complete without the inclusion of the delicious Meethe Chawal. Consumed as a savoury or a dessert the rice is loaded with saffron, milk and rich dry fruits. While there are many variations of preparing this, the end result is always delicious.
It’s a Punjabi celebration and no Chole Bhature? How is that possible? Delicious chole bhature and Baisakhi are inseparable. And even though the deep-fried, refined flour bhature isn’t the healthiest thing, it’s totally worth it. Check out this simple and complete recipe to make authentic Chole Bhature easily at home.
A meal is incomplete without something sweet, and on Baisakhi, the classic Gudwali kheer definitely steals the show. Jaggery replaces sugar in this rice and milk kheer, which is also loaded with rich dry fruits.

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When asked the ubiquitous icebreaker question in American conversation, “So, what do you do?” Luke Apker’s answer holds the ultimate in intrigue.
He spells it will a “u,” as they did in olden times, because he’s all about recreating the past. He makes chain maille and helmets right out of the 16th century. Except when he’s making prototypes for cutting-edge modern-day armor to potentially protect the police from absolutely any danger. Apker’s armour spans the centuries.
He’s also restored multi-million dollar Ferraris, including a 1991 250 GTO worth $32 million. And he handcrafted a massive copper and bronze stove hood for George Lucas’s kitchen. As a “Star Wars” fanatic, it was the ultimate opportunity. “I even signed the interior,” he said. Etched in a spot far, far inside, that Lucas will never see, but Apker will always know is in the everyday world of Darth Vader’s maker.
If it involves molding metal, Apker is the man. Get him talking about his work and he’ll easily hold a listening ear through two beers at a cocktail party without a boring sip.
Growing up in Southern California “I was a dorky D&D player,” he said, referring to the Dungeons and Dragons fantasy game he still plays once a week. He did well at Chaminade Prep, still crediting his education there for his math skills that are crucial to his design process. But much to his parents’ dismay, he was not interested in college once he became involved with Society for Creative Anachronism, an international organization that holds reenactments of pre-17th century European battles. Not only was he thrilled to fight as an olden-day knight, he discovered he had a true talent for fashioning the appropriate metal outfits.
“I had no goals. I was just happy to be out of high school,” he said, until he discovered SCA when he as 18 and participated in his first tournament. “It was the end of me doing anything else but that,” he said of the reenactment organization founded at UC Berkeley in 1966. He started an armour apprenticeship at Thornbird Arms, and had a knack for it from the very beginning. He still carries a key chain made of maille that was one of the first pieces he ever made.
He worked at Thornbird until the company closed down. Then is his mid-20s, he made the jump to a different kind of metal work, restoring super-expensive automobiles at Fossil Motorsports, while still making armour for himself and friends to wear in reenactment events. He broke his fingers 16 times, every one at least once, in his reenactment fighting days.
Next he entered the film world, making armour and prop pieces for Global Effects and Rick’s Custom Props before burning out on the pressure of the hectic pace and returning to car restoration, which was what eventually brought him to Sonoma in 2001, where he worked restoring cars at Sears Point Raceway for TSR Enterprises.
Leaving “the pavement of L.A.,” he loved the Valley from the start, settling in the Springs and intending to live here for the rest of his life. He left his car career to work as a sheet metal fabricator, before having the opportunity to return to the armour world in 2011.
Now 52, he is as excited as a fanboy meeting Harrison Ford about Strata Varius, a start-up where for five years he has been making prototypes to eventually be used for sports safety for children and head-to-toe armour for police protection.
The second product line would be amour that completely covers law enforcement officers in plastic armour on every square inch of their body.
“Police would be like knights in shining armour. It would invite chivalry. They would not seem like soldiers. They would be like “Star Wars” storm troopers – but friendly. You would know you can trust them and they would know they are safe.” They would look like superheroes.
Hiking around the Valley, enjoying the outdoors is a favorite pastime, and he has a 45-song repertoire on karaoke night at Old Sonoma Public House. A friend got him interested in the microphone to break through the sadness of a recent divorce.
“Black Sabbath is my favorite, of course,” he said.
He admits to being a “chatterbox” when it comes to talking about armour because he is so excited about what he is doing.
He is a success, and he is most certainly not boring.

industry_corpus2: Film & Entertainment


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Daikin UK offers a range of programmes to help support installers through three stages of business growth.
For companies with one day’s training from Daikin and achieving £20,000 turnover.
For companies with two days’ training and one year’s trading history with Daikin UK, achieving £50,000 turnover and fulfilling quality criteria.
For companies with five days’ training from Daikin and one year’s trading history with Daikin UK, achieving £200,000 turnover and fulfilling quality criteria.

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BrainWaveBank is a big data neuroscience platform that dramatically reduces the cost of directly measuring your brain health, in just a few minutes a day, from the comfort of your home. This transforms the economics and accessibility of early detection of neurological disorders including dementia, traumatic brain injury, and others.
Club Golden Era Club’s mission is to disrupt the UK’s £15 billion elderly care market by providing superior quality care, underpinned by a digital carer marketplace and technology-driven operations. Its approach allows Golden Era Club to operate at 50-70 percent lower margins than traditional care agencies and therefore better remunerate our carers for their hard work.
Psious is a virtual reality (VR) platform for Mental Care. Designed by psychologists for psychologists, Psious brings state of the art VR into real clinical practice through a smartphone and 3D goggles. A complete solution already being used by hundreds of mental care clinicians, research groups, and reputed healthcare institutions.
Clue is the world’s fastest growing female health app. Its mission is to empower people to be in charge of their lives while moving science and health research forward.
MyRecovery provides patients with a mobile application that guides them “step by step” through every aspect of their surgical treatment and recovery. Founded by two surgeons who have been on both sides of the scalpel, MyRecovery comes from their unique experience of being both the patient and the surgeon. Its mission statement is to “transform the patient experience globally”.
ChroniSense develops wearable health monitoring devices for chronically ill patients. The wrist device includes sensors which acquire real-time medical data — such as SpO2, ECG, BP, and pulse and breathe rates. It also detects vital sign trends and changes, and communicate the data to healthcare professionals. The initial indications include COPD, CHF, Asthma and Cardiac Arrhythmia.
With cancer affecting more than one in three of us, the burden of the illness is high. Px HealthCare (Px) has developed OWise, a cancer patient-experience platform, demonstrated to improve the patient-physician relationship. Px applies advanced data-analytics to the anonymised Patient Reported Outcome (PRO), generating unique insights into improving oncology outcomes.
Ctrl Group work internationally with healthcare companies and providers who want to use new technology to improve people’s health. In partnership with Cambridge Cognition it is developing cognitive testing applications on wearable and smart devices. This kit will enable doctors, scientists and patients to better understand and manage day-to-day brain health, empowering people to detect changes in cognitive wellbeing and take action faster.
Sensely’s mobile-first platform provides a virtual nurse that guides patients through the initial triage process. Using advanced machine learning and a clinical hub connection, patients are either directed to a live clinician, a GP appointment schedule, clinical services locator, or access to medical information and advice. All while maintaining communication with clinicians through electronic health record integration.
Parkinson’s treatment app Beats Medical provides exercises – based on daily assessments – to treat the disease symptoms, letting people reclaim their independence.
MEDIKTOR, from Teckel Medical, is a mobile platform that connects users to the most appropriate clinical specialist. The selection of the specialist is based on the on-line preliminary pre-diagnosis performed by MEDIKTOR with the data provided by users. Its AI based algorithms cover the most prevalent pathologies at the Emergency Services.
Nuritas is the first company in the world to use artificial intelligence and DNA analysis to find new disease-beating molecules in foodstuffs. The company has been recognised as one the most innovative startups in the world. A bioinformatics technology company, Nuritas specialises in the discovery of peptides (chains of amino acids) with functional health or therapeutic benefits in nutrition and cosmetics.
DayTwo unlocks the mystery of how our body responds to the food we eat, and provides personalised nutrition recommendations based on each person’s unique gut microbiome, maintaining lower blood sugar levels. The technology is based on a four year ground-breaking research led by Eran Segal and Eran Elinav from the Weizmann Institute of Science.
TalkLife is a peer-to-peer support network for youth mental health. It aims to be a rapid early stage intervention for young people battling depression, self-injurious behaviours and suicidal ideation. TalkLife has over 300,000 members around the globe and in collaboration with MIT, Harvard and Microsoft Research, it’s developing a world first machine learning engine and digital interventions platform to not only understand their plight but potentially intervene ahead of time.
Gecko Biomedical is a privately owned medical device company based in Paris, France. It is dedicated to the rapid development and the commercialisation of polymers, namely in the form of sealants and adhesives, that support tissue healing. Gecko’s polymers are non-toxic, bind to tissues and deliver wound closure within the wet dynamic environments in the body.
PanTher Therapeutics provides technologies for revolutionising the local treatment of pancreatic cancer. By implementing a novel drug-eluting platform technology to change the route of administration, it enhances chemotherapeutic efficacy while improving quality of life. In addition, PanTher’s solution provides the socioeconomic benefit of a more cost-effective management of healthcare.
HealthRhythms aims to make monitoring mental health easy, by gathering and analysing data about behaviours and routines then applying machine deep learning and predictive analytics.
knok offers on-demand in-person appointments at a patient’s home. knok provides top quality, personalised and affordable health care delivered by GPs, paediatricians and psychiatrists, not only improving the satisfaction of patients but also the quality of outcomes. No more waiting at the hospital because the doctor “knoks” on your door.

industry_corpus2: Health & Medicine


text: This supplier markets and distributes home furnishing products such as wallpapers and decorative panels under the name Mirrorflex. The company is based in Concord, Canada. Ontario operates as a subsidiary of Rosedale Decorative Products Ltd.


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Nitin Kumar Reddy popularly known as Nitin is a famous Tollywood actor born on 30th March in 1983 in Hyderabad.
His father Sudhakar Reddy is one of the popular film distributors in Telangana.
He acted in a Malayalam movie titled ‘Ormakalundayirikkanam’ as a child actor in 1995.
He even received the ‘Kerala State Film Award’ as the Best Child Artist for this film.
He started his film career as a hero with the movie ‘Jayam’ directed by Teja in 2002. This did well at box office.
His very next film was ‘Dil’ directed by V.V.Vinayak and produced by Dil Raju in 2003. He gained popularity with this film.
Later he acted in many films.
He even made his Bollywood debut with the film ‘Agyaat’ directed by Ram Gopal Varma in 2009.
His movie ‘Ishq’ released in 2012 was a block buster hit and this was followed by ‘Gunde Jaari Gallanthayyinde’ in 2013. This was also a block buster hit of that year.
Apart from acting, he is a producer.
He was the co- producer for the movie ‘ Chinnadana Nee Kosam’ released in 2014.
He has sung the songs “Lachhamma” and “Ding Ding Ding” songs for the movie “Ishq” and “Gunde Jaari Gallanthayyinde”.
His upcoming film ‘Lie’ directed by Hanu Raghavapudi is all set to hit the silver screens on 11th August 2017.
Lie (Releasing on 11th August 2017).
1. Film Fare Award for the Best Male Debut – South for the movie “Jayam” in 2002.


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The first thing that you need to do is to search and scout for various longboards. Check out the market and list down the brands that are on top. The more products sold may show that these longboards are great, popular and with good quality. You may simply browse the net and get the necessary information about these products.
Next, you have to know what you really want from a longboard. Without enough reason for wanting a longboard may lead to dissatisfaction of a certain product no matter how great it is. Are you looking for a longboard that offers you the best deal when it comes to cruising? Or are just looking for a skate park?
Now, you have to consider the shape, length, width, flex and design of the longboard that you would like to buy. Having the right shape will surely give you a great longboarding experience. Choose the length of the longboard that suits your skill and ability because balancing is very important. The longer the board, the lesser the maneuverability is. When it comes to the width, make sure that your feet sets well. Flex boards are also important to prevent feeling the bumps. And then, choose a design that appeals most to you.
Lastly, why don’t you approach a group of teens or experts using great longboards? You may ask for an advice. You may list down their suggestions. And then, take note of their opinions.
As a part of the buying tip given, we have here some great longboards review. These may serve as your basis in buying a longboard. So check them out and see if your choice is in.
One of the great longboards to consider is the Drop Through Longboard from the Atom. It measures 10.6 x 41.7 inches and 245mm axles. This longboard is ideal for a fast downhill riding. This longboard offers a maximum stability for a smooth carving when you are down hilling. It has a long deck, premium bearings, has a shape at 9.6-inch of leverage every turn, and it eliminates wheel bite. It uses maple wood material.
Next longboard to consider is the 44-inch versatile Super Cruiser Artisan Bamboo Longboard Skateboard from the Quest. This type of longboard is fine for beginners and intermediate users who would go for down hilling and cruising. It has a size that is not too big or too small, gives a smooth ride, eliminates wheel bite and it has flex.
Lastly, we have the Aperture Sidewinder Drop Through Downhill or Cruiser Freeride Complete Longboard at 36 inches from the Sector 9. This longboard is also great for beginners for a better support. It offers a decent and a fast down hilling experience. It is made up of maple wood material and bearing with good quality. It has a deck that offers a smooth carving, better stability and flexibility.
It really takes much time to find great longboards. You must not buy without any reading or research done. It is very important for you to buy what you really want, so that you can enjoy and feel the full satisfaction and experience when cruising or down hilling. So, for you to get the right longboard, you better read, ask, listen and think.

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2015 Massolino Langhe Nebbiolo, Piedmont, IT: This amazing example of Nebbiolo (the grape that has given fame to both Barolo and Barbaresco) out of Piedmont in Italy is incredibly fresh, very complex, and absolutely delicious. It is a bang-up pairing with roasted lamb, filet mignon, and any pasta in a rich sauce. To be perfectly honest this is not actually on our wine list; it was only available through our Cellar Club allocation in January. Join the wine club to get access to rare bottles like this and give yourself the option to enjoy them at home. Learn more.
2015 Pearl and Stone Wine Co. “Resolution Peaks” Red Blend, Columbia Valley, WA: Pearl and Stone is a brand new, small and intimate winery in Snoqualmie. They created this big, rich Cabernet Sauvignon dominant red blend from fruit off the acclaimed Dionysus Vineyard, and they only made about 100 cases of it. I was thrilled to snag one of these limited cases for our wine list. This exceptional wine is one of 500+ wines on our list for under $100, and it pairs fantastically with the robust Porterhouse steak that comes off our grill.
2014 Betz Family Winery, “Père de Famille,” Cabernet Sauvignon, Columbia Valley, WA, 2014: During the winter, I tend to lean towards fuller bodied wines. I like to think they help keep me warm. This Cabernet Sauvignon from one of the most storied wineries in Washington state is exactly that. This wine has deep rooted earth tones paired with stupendous fruit notes. I had a glass with the 40 oz. Rib-eye for dinner the other night and it was a heavenly combination (and no, I didn’t finish the whole steak if you were wondering). We just put this wine on our Sommelier Selections page for $121, and I don’t think it will last long at that price.
Next time you’re in I highly suggest Resolution Peaks Red Blend or the Pere de Famille Cabernet Sauvignon, but if you’re in the mood for something else we certainly aren’t short of suggestions, feel free to ask.


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Also, could we use screen names instead of real names whenever possible when talking about members? I don't remember the real names of some of our members, but I'll remember the screen names.
We need to keep the forums active if your a forum owner then should be keeping it active if not either find someone else or delete that forum. I feel some forums should be delete as inactive , the forums I'm looking after I try to keep active. Unfortuately I've been away for sometime as went overseas. The trend these days is using social media to interact with others such as Facebook than the original BB Forums. I know as i run some groups and a page which is attracting people.


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2016 Nissan Maxima Platinum in Bordeaux Black with Charcoal Ascot Leather Upholstery. PANO SUNROOF, NAVIGATION, REMOTE START, HEATED/COOLED SEATS, ALLOY WHEELS. See more of the Maxima at www.MagnoliaMotorCompany.com. This Maxima is a ONE OWNER with a CLEAN AUTOCHECK HISTORY REPORT that has been completely serviced along with a FRESH OIL CHANGE and has a BRAND NEW SET OF GOODYEAR EAGLE SPORT ALL SEASON TIRES!! This Maxima has also passed our detailed 139-point reconditioning process performed by our dedicated technicians and detail specialists.
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This is a quality certified pre-owned vehicle WITH WARRANTY from Magnolia Motor Company. We are celebrating our 30th year in business as one of Magnolia's preferred pre-owned automobile dealerships. We are a family owned and operated business that has been serving our neighbors in the community and the surrounding areas since 1989. We strive to bring our customers the best hand selected inventory available at a fair price in a slow paced, relaxing, comfortable atmosphere that everyone enjoys.
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text: In order to solve this algebraic expression, we must isolate the variable. A variable is the letter in the problem (for instance, in the equation 2x=10, x is the variable). Because multiplication and division are inverse operations (they cancel each other out), we know we must divide when a number is being multiplied by the variable and multiply when the variable is being divided by a number. In the equation $7r=-7/2$, we must get rid of the 7, which the variable is being multiplied by, in order to solve. Thus, we divide both sides by 7 to find that $r=-1/2$. We plug -1/2 in for r and confirm that our answer is, indeed, correct.

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When you need to show someone how much you love them, ruby-red long stemmed roses will say everything for you. The symbol of true romance, the red rose is beloved by people everywhere. The disarming beauty of the rose with its velvety petals, intense crimson colour, and delicate swirl-like blooms make them the most popular romantic flower in history, and enable you to express love, passion, desire, commitment and... affection without even uttering a word. Our Sally bouquet is a sultry collection of six long-stemmed red roses, painstakingly checked for perfection and delicately complemented with subtle greenery.
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I have been using Ultramon and the trial has expired. Are there any other good apps out there that do the similar things? I just want the taskbar is the main thing.
I don't know of any alternatives but its worth it for me as well.


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Demonstrates a working knowledge of all services and facilities of the hotel, as well as the local area, and effectively assists guests.
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As any suspense reader will tell you, one of the most perfect locations for murder is where the power in America is amassed at all times: Washington, D.C. This is most definitely a setting that delivers a good crime. This time out, fans have a new main character to meet and follow as she does her best to solve the crime of a Supreme Court Justice found dead as a doornail.
Her name is Melissa McGinty. A plus-size girl with brains, panache, and a boyfriend by the name of Mike, she also heads up The Amazon Detective Agency (named this because of all the smart, cool females who make up her staff). Melissa’s love of detecting began at an early age, when she sat with her father (also a detective) and watched the famous Sam Spade and others solve crimes and bring in the bad guys. Because her agency is still in its start-up phase, however, Melissa also had to take a job working as an overnight guard at the Supreme Court, joining their little known police department in order to pay the bills.
One night, she and her partner (a dog named Hergé who not only flunked out of the Navy SEALs dog program but also has a highly active bladder) come across Justice Oliver Wendell Oglethorpe who is stone-cold dead on the floor of the private basketball court inside the grand marble building. An idea creeps into Melissa’s head at the sight of this man: if she can solve a murder of this caliber, then she will become famous and turn her Amazon Detective Agency into a full-time, great-paying business. Trouble is, there are more than a few people (FBI agents by the names of Fu and Romero to name two) who do not want any help from her—especially once the case takes over the headlines and becomes a crime that could reach all the way to the top of the political ladder.
But Melissa was not raised to be ‘put in her place’ and begins her personal investigation into the crime. With the help of her colleagues, like Tesla, an expert hacker, as well as a Tarot card believer who tells Melissa that dangerous things are coming her way, and others, Melissa works to sift through the wealth of suspects. From activists to corporate executives who have a beef with U.S. political players in power, she and her crew do not give up until they uncover the ultimate criminal.
The story is a good one, and the reveal at the end is one that most readers, along with the main character, will not see coming. The only ‘hiccup’ for some who read this tale is the fact that editorial issues do crop up and the flow of the story can get a bit muddled at times. But, not to worry. Whether they be human or canine, the characters are well-done; and the plot, itself, holds the attention until the very end.
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Turbaned gurus, sing-song mantras and bodily contortions . . . the promise of true enlightenment and omphaloskepsis (contemplation of the naval) completes the cliche. But don’t knock yoga till you’ve tried it, and then only with respect.
Yoga means to bind together — variously joining sun and moon, left and right, male and female, and any number of yins and yangs — through ascetic techniques of meditation and exercise. The goal is physical and mental balance.
Indian Hatha’ yoga is best known to Westerners. Double-jointedness isn’t a prerequisite, but the classic lotus position, cross-legged on the floor, soles-up on the inner thigh, either comes naturally or doesn’t.
Then there are more magical/mystical varieties of yoga for which people quit jobs and polite society and retreat to the Himalayas. But not everyone follows a spiritual guide beyond the Beltway; they’d rather take up the discipline at a local ashram or the Y.
Committed practitioners claim yoga leads to intuitive awareness, spiritual harmony, perfect concentration. Others use it to lose weight or quit smoking. Some just like the lift they get from yoga asanas (positions) better than breaking into a sweat with pushups. In any case, it can’t hurt, if done in moderation and with proper guidance.


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I have set my goal- I decided I want BSL hair some day. To help me stay focused and not give up, I wanted to find some modern looking updos. While I love classic updos on many members here, I know I can never wear them, it's just not me. I can't resist modern hair styles. However, i can't find any. I've searched google and LHC but came up with nothing, except for maybe this one http://www.ukhairdressers.com/wedding/lavender.asp.
Updo I'd wear has to look a bit unusual, modern but cute. Oh, of course I would NOT backcomb though. Please help me. Thanks.
Sorry about my accent, though, hehe.
Miss Pumpkin, what a cute style that is! I love the bangs on you--so classic!
What about the French Twist? It is very modern, elegant and very easy to do.
Miss Pumpkin, you look great with that. Almost makes me wish to have bangs.
I like a French twist with claw clip.


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I have a query that fetches both upstream and downstream nodes. But when I change the browser settings with initial display from 300 to 1000 the Neo4j UI crashes or goes page unresponsive.
Could anyone review the query and update me the right query that fetches all upstream nodes and downstream nodes.
Queries can return far more data than can fit into your browser memory. Typically Neo4j Browser limits to a few hundred the number of nodes that can come back to prevent problems from occurring, but they still can if the nodes & relationships are extreme in number.
You should try putting a LIMIT on your query, or returning non-graph data (like just properties instead of the nodes and relationships) to lessen how much your browser has to work with.
Since Neo4j browser has limits in visualizing the graph, what is the Max possible node count that I can see it in Neo4j browser?
Does it have to do with Performance Optimization?
I can't remember off the top of my head but I think it's maybe 300 or so?
This is a limit to how many nodes you can realistically visualize in browser. Putting 1,000 nodes on the canvas wouldn't really be useful, as it would consume a lot of browser memory and mostly make a big visual mess on the screen. The primary consideration is memory your browser has, really.
The limit for your dataset might be lower. For example if each node has a large number of properties on it, already with 100 nodes you might be pulling quite a lot of data.


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WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve revealed Wednesday that its policy makers had substantially upgraded their forecasts for how much the United States economy will grow this year, though they expect unemployment to remain painfully high for some time.
Top Fed officials now expect the output of goods and services to grow by 3.4 percent to 3.9 percent this year, up from the previous forecast, released in November, of 3 percent to 3.6 percent. But their grim outlook for the job market was largely unchanged: 8.8 percent to 9 percent unemployment this year, only one-tenth of a percentage point lower than in the November forecast.
Growth expectations were lifted by an improvement in consumer spending in the fourth quarter, though Fed officials were uncertain how long that would last, according to minutes released on Wednesday of the Fed’s policy meeting in late January.
At the meeting, the Federal Open Market Committee, the Fed’s main policy arm, voted unanimously to continue a plan announced in November to purchase $600 billion in Treasury securities, the second round of a strategy that is intended to push down long-term interest rates and lift share prices. The strategy, known as quantitative easing, has been controversial — critics say it could set the stage for future inflation and asset bubbles — but the Fed has been fairly unified behind it.
The minutes indicated that Fed officials saw a diminishing risk of deflation, a protracted fall in prices of the sort that has afflicted Japan for more than two decades. That fear of deflation was a principal factor behind the decision in August to set the stage for the bond purchases.
Other economic reports issued on Wednesday supported the Fed’s view of an economy starting to gather some steam. The Commerce Department reported that new home construction rose by the largest amount in 20 months, and the Labor Department reported that wholesale prices rose sharply in January, driven up by gasoline and pharmaceuticals. Excluding the volatile food and energy categories, the index rose by the most in more than two years.
The Federal Reserve’s own report on industrial production in January was more mixed. Factory output rose for the fifth straight month, spurred by strong car and struck sales, but utility and mine output fell, leaving the overall level of production lower, the first month-to-month decline in 19 months.
For their part, investors have been bidding up stock prices steadily since late November. In midafternoon trading, the S. & P. 500 index was about 0.6 percent higher for the day and 6.2 percent higher for the year.
The minutes painted a picture of a committee that was not quite certain about how long and painful the recovery would take from the 2007-9 recession — the longest downturn since the Depression.
In recent months, the Fed chairman, Ben S. Bernanke, has been adamant in saying that the Fed was ready and willing to curb inflation — and could even raise interest rates at a moment’s notice if it needed to.
The committee’s unanimous vote in January to consider the $600 billion bond-buying program, which is to continue until the end of June, surprised some observers, because a small but vocal minority on the committee had questioned the need for the program. But the minutes revealed that for now, the committee was unified on continuing the purchases, viewing the risks to doing so as manageable.

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The administrator of your Facebook page – whether yourself or another member of your team - needs to be aware that new changes are coming soon. According to official information, Facebook pages won’t be able to send promotional messages to users unless they are approved for subscription permissions.
Prepare for the changes in advance and learn everything you need to know about the upcoming updates from this post.
Subscription messaging is one of the messaging features developed by Facebook. Mostly, it provides subscribed users with notifications about news and updates published on the particular page.
All kinds of news, including weather, sports, politics, traffic, business and finance, etc.
Personal purposes, such as self-monitoring in terms of fitness, health, etc.
Managing of users’ activity, including calendars, reminders, bills, etc.
Initially, subscription messaging was not created as a promotional tool, however, business pages were actively using them to inform subscribed customers about news related to their services.
Unfortunately, Facebook discourages any messaging that include information about discounts, sales, deals, and all similar announcements.
How is sending subscription messages good for your business?
Facebook is one of the strongest promotional channels today. Millions use it regularly to find products and services. The number of clicks via Facebook and Messenger in particular are ten times larger than the number of clicks made in email. This is a valuable marketing tool that business owners shouldn’t ignore.
What’s more, with Facebook, your audience becomes more targeted and interested in your product. Think about it: when someone subscribes to your page, it means that he or she would like to keep in touch with you and are interested in your business. Subscribed users want to know about the updates you are going to offer.
This type of business-customer relations is the strongest one allowing you to communicate with them on professional, emotional, and intellectual levels. As you know, engaged customers are everything in the world of online business.
How to start using this feature?
Choose Advanced Messaging Features and press Request - After you do so, the app will ask you some questions: type of messages you are going to send (news, personal tracker, managing); additional info about the services your chat bot offers; examples of your messages. The last one is the most confusing.
Your aim is to make your application look like an informational one, not promotional. Considering the fact that a real person will evaluate it, you should be careful when choosing words and phrases.
Many marketers fail to pass the application process since their pages have obvious marketing purposes. The good news is if your first application was denied, you can always make a second one, and a third one and on and on. Fortunately, the number of applications you can send to Facebook is unlimited.
Of course, your business may not be related to most types listed above, however, you can still find a way to qualify.
What if you don’t get approved for the subscription messaging feature?
You won’t be able to send the subscription messages to your customers starting from the 1st of January, 2019. Business pages need permission to send messages to their audience via Messenger and inform them about the service updates, new arrivals, discounts, etc.
It’s extremely beneficial to use Facebook Messenger for your marketing due to convenient interface, push notifications, and incredible level of trust and engagement. Look into the 2019 changes so you won’t get left behind.
Jennifer Pauli graduated from Corvinus School of Management and finished the faculty of Journalism at Corvinus University of Budapest. Currently, she is an editor, business writer, and copywriter, working with EssaySpirit.com and other well-known companies, blogs, and personalities. Follow her on Twitter, G+ and read the personal blog.


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While it's true that Australia, unlike the U.S. and Europe, has not had a long history in the genre of science fiction, Australia in 2017 has a thriving SF/Fantasy genre with names recognised around the world. In 2013 a trilogy by Ben Peek fantasy novel and two sequels were acquired by a major SF publisher in Britain, Tor UK. His first novel in the series, titled Immolation, was published in spring 2014. The trilogy was called "Children" and books two and three were titled Innocence and Incarnation. By the 1950s, just as the SF genre was taking off in dozens of countries in Europe and North America, it took off across Australia in 1952 with the first of many Australian SF conventions.
Today there's James Bradley and Cat Sparks writing SF, with other writers, including Ian Irvine, Alice Robinson. Joanthan Strahan, Peter Carey and dozens of otthers following in George Turner's footsteps.
There is now a new subgenre of SF that's becoming popular in Australia, and it's been dubbed Cli-Fi (for ''climate fiction''. It's not so much as a literary subgenre to compete with other literary genres, but rather a PR tool, a media term, a way for newspapers and websites to signal to readers and book reviewers that climate themes in modern novels deserve a special mention. The cli-fi expression ws created as a way for literary critics and journalists to talk about novels of the Anthropocene.
Cli-fi was not created for novelists. They don't need categories or labels for their works. Even SF novelists don't need the SF label. Genre expressions are just marketing terms, good for selling books. Cli-fi was created for literary critics, book reviewers, book editors, publicity departments, advertising directors. It is a "key word," a media attention-getter, to attract eyeballs (and readers).
SF novelists tell stories. They've been doing this for over 100 years and will continue telling stories for another 500 years.
So Cli-Fi novelists in Australia and overseas have now joined the literary circus. Their stories focus on the possible repercussions of unchecked runaway global warming. It's a good subgenre of SF and will be for the next 500 years, too.

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text: The president of Laligurans Club, Mrs. Sonoko Igarashi and a member, Mrs Yoko Kubori, when visited Nepal this year, we had discussed about a new program. Till now, we had given opportunities to blind students to study, but from now on, we had planned to provide them with a house to stay as well. We went to look for a location to rent the house. That house is still on construction. After the completion, the house will be rented to start ‘Laligurans Sewa Griha’. The second floor of the house had a partition by constructing a wall. The roof is yet to be concrete and the finishing is left. The whole construction will take almost 4 months.


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MUHAMMAD , ZULFIKAR (2017) PROSEDUR PENDAFTARAN TANAH UNTUK MASYARAKAT GOLONGAN EKONOMI MENENGAH KE BAWAH MELALUI PROYEK NASIONAL AGRARIA (PRONA) DI KELURAHAN JATILUHUR KOTA BEKASI TAHUN 2015. Undergraduate thesis, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences.
The city of Bekasi is one of the cities with population growth and rapid development. As the population continues to grow the increased need for shelter also increased. Prona is an abbreviation of the National Agrarian Project, prona is one form of activity legalization of assets and in essence a process of land administration which cover; adjudication, land registration up to issuance certificate / land title certificate and held in mass. Formulation the problem in writing this final task is how the procedure or requirement - requirement to be fulfilled in Prona at Bekasi City Land Office at 2015, and the process of implementing the prona and problems faced in the implementation of Prona at the Land Office of Bekasi City. The method used by the author in this Final Project use Qualitative Descriptive and Analyzing methods. Quantitative Descriptive Method is research methods that describe the data obtained from the research. The exposure of the data in the form of explanatory sentences, explanation of data obtained clearly and usually this explanation does not use numbers. Qualitative data analysis is a collection of data obtained, selected and arranged systematically, and then analyzed to get the data required. Data analysis model is a description of the implementation mechanism of Prona implementation in Bekasi City Land Office especially for Jatiluhur urban village. The process of implementation of Prona located in Jatiluhur Village, already is quite good and smoothly it's just the obstacle in SDA lack of SDA resulting in employees of the Bekasi City Land Office having to work twice folding. As a result the implementation of the registration is somewhat longer, plus often Prona participants whose registration file is incomplete, they must complete first. Nevertheless, Prona's implementation runs smoothly because there are no obstacles other than SDA. The target of PRONA is the weak economic community that has not have a certificate to register themselves to be PRONA for get the certificate. The Prona implementation process that in every Office Land, all fields or sections have their respective duties within PRONA implementation process. But one area is the measurement area plots of land for land certificates as well as registering to the registration map through the existing process on the job. This field has a key role as with the pensertipikatan taanh through PRONA such as adjudication, redistribution and others.

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Brennan and Company CPA, PC of Philadelphia provides consulting services that include (Offer in Compromise) OIC tax representation services. In-order to represent clients before the IRS the practitioner must be actively “practicing”. To be considered “practicing” before the IRS, Circular 230 states that the Practitioner must be one from a group of specifically licensed professionals such as CPA’s and Attorney’s. While a person may represent themselves before the IRS, any practitioner or tax preparer cannot necessarily represent a client in resolving tax disputes with IRS.
Tax Representation Service is a highly specialized consulting service and one that we have offered…successfully for years at Brennan and Company CPA, PC. Our first tax representation case was a 1998 OIC tax representation case which we won. We have since handled other successful tax representation cases.
You may have seen those late night television advertisements where the latest “tax specialist” sits ready to resolve your tax debt for “pennies” on the dollar….”all you have to do is call!” These ads can infer that an OIC tax representation may be easily obtained from the IRS. This is another example of an advertising pitch for when it sounds too good to be true, it is often too good to be true!
The IRS acceptance rate for a negotiated settlement of tax debts is historically lower than 35%.
This is not to say you won’t ever qualify for a negotiated tax settlement. This is not a reason you should avoid a negotiated tax debt settlement. However, the likelihood of obtaining a negotiated settlement of your tax debt is never guaranteed.
Furthermore OIC tax representation mills often require an upfront fee AND a monthly installment agreement to pay off your consulting fee — regardless of your outcome. Brennan and Company has turned away more OIC clients (and the potential for up front retainers) than we have accepted over the years because many clients do not qualify.
When we do accept an OIC or representation case we work the case because a compelling reason exists. We then work according to an agreed upon fee structure with all terms highlighted in a plain language engagement letter. Once retained, we fight to obtain the best possible settlement.
An OIC settlement may be feasible in one case and in another case a manageable installment payment agreement may be the best deal. Other outcomes are possible and other IRS settlement agreements exist.
Many factors can affect case outcomes including the availability of the client records, the amount of the tax debt, the ability to liquidate assets to pay debts and the statute of limitations remaining for IRS collection efforts.
Brennan and Company represented a client in 2003 with a seemingly intractable tax dispute that dragged on for many years. It was determined that the IRS collection statute of limitations had expired. The IRS had no choice but to accept a $0 balance due offer. We saved the client well in excess of $100,000.
This outcome is not typical but it demonstrates that different strategies exist and, with our applied expertise, we may be able to resolve your difficult tax dispute.
We also represent clients during an IRS audit and appeal actions. We can assist in local and state tax collection disputes.


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You wont find a new country, won’t find another shore.
The city will always pursue you.
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The seduction of urban life has always been present in Benjamin Wener’s art practice. In his two most recent solo exhibitions, Show Ponies 2009 and the facebook 2008, Werner wove mythologies of pop stars with contemporary and colonial outlaws, and art world politics to explore social aspects of the celebrity, the criminal and cultural city life. In his new series of works, Suburban Sprawl, Werner continues to indulge this urban fascination though this time he has withdrawn from the daily hustle to find a quieter place to study the cities that continue to seduce him.
Suburban Sprawl is perhaps the most meditative exhibition from this Fortitude Valley based artist. In this series Werner has painted the urban landscape – specifically nocturnal cityscapes from elevated viewpoints. These viewpoints include Mount Coot-tha and Mount Gravatt lookouts as well as Melbourne’s Eureka Tower. Werner has also captured many of these works in the rain to heighten the sensual effect of the city lights.
The works are all painted in oil using a wet-on-wet technique before being coated in varnish. Werner has hidden colours in the undercoats of some of the works, which he delights in coaxing to the surface during the painting process. For example, in Suburban Sprawl #3, View from the suburbs a deep red pushes through the dark sky and suburban hills in the top right and bottom left.
As an adolescent Werner spent many evenings looking out over the city from his local lookout spot. For many Australians who grew up in the suburbs these were sacred spaces. It was the place you could go with your closest friends to talk about your hopes for the future, and the most romantic of places to take a lover. The place you rolled uo to in an old car to look off into the distance and ream about how it could all one day be yours. It was the place that taught you to think, to see, to feel…to be poetic.
There is a touch of romantic noir in Werner’s cities and it is this poetic darkness of the city at night that lends the subject so well to painting. Luscious syrupy blips and slow fireworks of light hum sweet and warm against the cold night air. We know they are moving but we are too far away to tell for sure.
The paintings in Suburban Sprawl are reminiscent of an early scene in the David Lynch’s 2001 film Mulholland Drive. Emerging heavily concussed from a car crash on Mulholland Drive, Dana stands transfixed in front of the night view of Los Angeles. The bright lights of the city at first calm a confused Dana, and the gently guide her down the hill, calling to her like ancient sirens. Images of the night stir in us a seemingly universal feeling of longing and desire and it is these emotions Werner captures in his works.


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A very un-Disney-like Disney animation. And not in a bad way.
"Lilo & Stitch" is unusual for a Disney animated movie in that it actually seems to take place in the real world (not to mention the present day), despite the latter half of the title being a genetic creation from another galaxy. Devoid of almost everything that people come to expect when the name "Walt Disney Pictures" appears on screen - which is not to say we're in "Golgo 13" territory here - this, as did "The Emperor's New Groove," suggests that though the box office takings may go down, the House of Mouse may yet pull another "Beauty and the Beast" on us one day.
The movie's a breath of fresh air not only in its setting - it's set on the Hawaiian island of Kauai - but also in its characters; Lilo is a little girl being brought up by her big sister Nani following their parents' death (offscreen), and the movie's not afraid to indicate that it's tough for both of them. They, along with their social worker Cobra Bubbles and friend David, constitute a rare sighting of proper human beings in Disney cartoons (see also, surprisingly, Lucky Piquel from "Bonkers"), the reward writer-directors Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois get for putting the emphasis on the emotions rather than on the chase element of the plot (Stitch/Experiment 626 was created by a scientist in violation of the laws of his planet; when Stitch escaped, his creator and an "E-arth" expert were sent to bring him back) or on the potential for slapstick - though it's there and it's certainly used, the focus is purely on heart.
The realness of the movie means that "Lilo & Stitch" often feels like a live action movie that just happens to be drawn (at one point Stitch sees a 1950s SF movie on TV, and the movie in question is shown as a genuine film clip). Usually that's a bad thing if the 'toon in question strives to be realistic, but in this case there are so many elements that don't come naturally - seen any koala/dog hybrid-Elvis Presley wannabes on the beach lately? - that it still works. If there's a downside, it's that the scenes of the alien pursuers are for the most part almost a distraction... but even then the human element ups the involvement, with the added bonus of there being no real "bad guys" per se (yes, I said bonus - it's nice to see a Disney movie where there isn't a traditional black-hatted villain, just people doing their jobs).
And if all else fails, take into consideration the fact that it's also often genuinely funny; the fact that it never condescends to its audience; the fact that you actually have real Hawaiians (the voices of Tia Carrere and Jason Scott Lee) as key Hawaiian characters; and the fact that the songs used here actually have a purpose (to add dimension to our heroes - Lilo is a major fan of Elvis and tries to reach Stitch through the King), something many live-action movies often forget. "Lilo & Stitch" would be something worth seeing even if it wasn't a Disney film; seeing that it is... moving forward was always one of Walt's credos. It's encouraging to see that they're actually capable of following his ethos without the help of Pixar.
One major flaw though: in spite of the presence of Elvis, Wynonna and Alan Silvestri, the British release version has well-known song-murderer Gareth Gates slaughtering "Suspicious Minds" over the end credits. Thank heaven someone invented the "mute" button.


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The National Hemophilia Foundation is pleased to announce Ang Li, MD, of the Bloodworks NW/Washington Center for Bleeding Disorders at the University of Washington (UW) in Seattle, WA as an NHF-Shire Clinical Fellow as of January 1, 2019.
Dr. Li graduated medical school at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, TX and received internal medicine residency training at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. He is currently an Acting Instructor in Hematology/Oncology at UW and Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle where he cares for patients with benign and malignant hematologic disorders at the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance. He is also pursuing a Master of Science in Clinical Research degree from the UW Department of Epidemiology.
Dr. Li is planning for a career in non-malignant hematology, with a long-term career goal of becoming an academic hematologist and clinical researcher in the field of coagulation medicine. As an NHF-Shire clinical fellow, Dr. Li will pursue dedicated training in comprehensive clinical care of bleeding disorders at the Washington Center for Bleeding Disorders under the mentorship and guidance of Dr. Rebecca Kruse-Jarres and Dr. David Garcia.
Back in July 2018, Dr. Hanny Al-Samkari of Harvard University/Boston Children’s Hospital and Dr. Michael White of Emory University/Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta were also selected as NHF-Shire Clinical Fellows. View NHF’s announcement of their selection along with their brief bios.
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I was tasked to look to get our storage to work.
In a Dell R720, I have two different brands of drives.
One has a custom IBM firmware and the other has a custom NetApp firmware.
What are the issues with the drives, why do you need firmware and what tools do you have?
In short, my RAID controller is blocking the the use of the drives and I am thinking it's due to the custom firmware on the drives themselves.
I am looking to re-flash the firmware on the drives to see if that will work.
I do not have much for tools.
Thank you for your quick reply ddrecovery.
I presume you are building a new RAID as opposed to recovering data?
Here is a post about the Hitachi NetApp drive.
If you are setting up a new RAID, I would recommend buying 2 new drives. And stay away from a RAID 0 setup unless you have a good backup.
This is something we are using as our lab environment, not production. I have read a bunch of articles that are mentioning the challenge could be regarding the sector size and am going to try to flash a total of 4 drives out of the 16 to see if they can be setup in two RAID1s.
I am looking for the firmware for the two model hard drives is all.
That could be it - thank you for the article. I am unable to view the drives when I run sg_scan -i, but that is a different challenge. Using the megasasctl, I am able to view the drives, storage, etc. I will post an update as soon as I am able to test with a different controller.
Using sg_format, I am able to perform the llf and the drives are reading in the Dell Perc raid controller now.


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For divers, light is akin to a best friend – who wants to paddle around in the dark? Under 60 feet of murky Puget Sound , a strong, light source can be a savior. The UK 1200 Halogen night diving light by Underwater Kinetics might not be a savior, but you’ll definitely call it ‘friend’.
As with most new divers, I stood in the center of the dive shop staring at the variety of lights, BCD’s, fins, snorkels and masks with a growing sense of dread. How in the heck do I begin to outfit myself? When do I buy a knife? Should I? Why? But when my eyes fell on the display case of lights, all apprehension faded. A dependable primary light wasn’t up for negotiation – it is a requirement. After all; I’m a diver in Puget Sound.
I lucked out on the UW Halogen 1200 – a friend bought me one as a gift upon getting my Open Water cert. Trust me – I’ve thanked him a thousand times since. The facts of the light are easy to find: it runs on 8 ‘C’ batteries, has both a high and low beam; weighs in at 2.6 pounds (loaded) and is easily available. It is a highly trusted by many divers and gets mostly favorable consumer comments.
What they don’t tell you is that this light fits easily into your hand. I own the pistol grip (my own personal preference) but I’ve used the lantern grip as well. Both are smooth and compact, yet easy to grab through a 7 mil glove. The base of the pistol handle has an inset where you can attach a wrist layard or, in my case, a retractable coil that I clip to my BCD.
For those who dive in the daytime in clear water, this puppy is going to be overkill for you. The C8’s get heavy after a while and, unless you’re doing a night dive, the illumination it cranks out is going to be too much for you. This is especially noticeable if you’re shore diving – hauling this thing along the beach adds weight you’re not going to need. In this case, look at the 1200’s baby brother, the C4.
In either case, those of us who want to go more green can purchase the dive lights with rechargeable batteries . They cost a bit more, but the guilt-free diving makes it worth it.


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LOS ANGELES (AP) – Immigration courts from Boston to Los Angeles have been experiencing fallout from a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision that has caused some deportation orders to be tossed and cases thrown out, bringing more chaos to a system that was already besieged by ballooning dockets and lengthy backlogs.
Wescley Pereira came to the United States on a tourist visa from Brazil in 2000 and settled in Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, where he has two American-born children. In 2006, Pereira was arrested for operating a vehicle under the influence and given a notice to appear in immigration court, but it didn’t include specifics about his hearing. More than a year later, a mailer with that information was sent to him but got returned as undeliverable, and an immigration judge ordered him deported when he didn’t show up.
The Supreme Court disagreed, saying a notice that doesn’t list the time and place of a hearing isn’t a notice under the law, and that Pereira was building up time in the country toward his application all the while. Without listing time and place, “the Government cannot reasonably expect the noncitizen to appear for his removal proceedings,” Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote in the majority decision.
In a Los Angeles courtroom, immigration judge Lori Bass received so many requests she scheduled up a special hearing to handle them. In Arlington, Virginia, an immigration judge held an impromptu group hearing to address 20 such requests, which accounted for about half that session’s docket, said immigration attorney Parastoo Zahedi.

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Bringing together a number of perspectives on the Japanese housing system, Housing and Social Transition in Japan provides a comprehensive, challenging and theoretically developed account of the dynamic role of the housing system during a period of unprecedented social and economic change in one of the most enigmatic social, political, and economic systems of the modern world.
addresses the Japanese housing system and social change in relation to comparative and theoretical frameworks.
As well as providing challenges and insights for the academic community at large, this book also provides a good introduction to the study of Japan and its housing, economic, social and welfare system generally.
Introduction: does the housing system matter?


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