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It’s been a busy couple of weeks in my real estate world which is usually exciting – I love the buzz that comes with talking to buyers and sellers, putting deals together, seeing all parties happy with a sale and thinking laterally to resolve any issues. There usually are issues! It’s all in an agent’s day… However, the last fortnight has made me think, so let me share a few realities with you.
Earlier this week I was feeling a little flat though and decided to explore why – as busy usually means buzz for me. What I realised was that some of the less desirable events my job can entail had occurred – not once but 6 times in various guises over the last 2 weeks.
I had been asked to appraise 5 properties and had happily done so. An appraisal involves meeting a seller on site to see the property, to write a comparative market report that will be the basis of an appraisal price range, suggested method of sale, current market advice etc., etc., for the seller. After that it’s back to the office to research the market, find comparable sales and write a comprehensive report outlining not only the reports but also advising on the marketing methods and costs, advertising, styling the property, the sales processes and so much more. This can all take quite a while – maybe half a day, to say nothing of the journey to and from the property plus a return visit with the report if requested by the sellers. A chunk out of any day then – and often an out-of-hours chunk, to fit in with the sellers’ availability.
All good – that’s my job.
The disappointments arise when sellers subsequently do not respond to calls or emails, don’t let you know of their decision to delay a sale or to list with another agency – all the while taking on board all your suggestions for sale method, appraisal price range, property improvements to enhance presentation and so on.
Another disappointment this week was a buyer making an offer to purchase a property, confirming they were cash buyers, and promising they were only offering for the property I was selling. I subsequently discovered they had offered for other properties around town. Also, they had not issued any instructions to their solicitor to withdraw their offer – and did not reply to texts, calls or emails for confirmation of their position. Another chunk out of my day – and a chunk out of the seller’s solicitor’s day, preparing a contract for sale, as well as stalling the sales campaign for the property. Active marketing was halted to allow the buyer two weeks to exchange contracts.
All disappointing – and that’s part of my job, too.
Can we work together in trust?
I’m just putting it out there, dear reader – a bit of mutual respect would go a long way. We do all the above for no reward other than hopefully demonstrating that we are knowledgeable, honest and reliable enough to win your trust and to so sell your home.
Respect and trust us back – and watch that buzz happen!


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One NZ man, accused of sharing the livestream Christchurch video while cheerleading the massacre, has been locked up and denied bail. He could face a maximum of 14 years in jail. Free speech campaigners, among whom cryptocurrency supporters feature prominently, are objecting vociferously to being told what to watch, read and think. They see the campaign to criminalize internet users interested in learning more about the shooting from first-hand sources as the thin edge of the wedge. Censorship is a slippery slope.
For as long as the internet has existed, it has been filled with “dangerous things” that governments have sought to outlaw and eradicate. From 3D gun blueprints to encryption itself, and from violent games to message boards that promote open discourse, the list of targets is as long as it is incongruous. As incidents like the Christchurch shooting provoke copycats and violent responses, such as today’s fatal shooting in Utrecht, the only certainty is that government efforts to control the narrative and filter the internet will continue. Meanwhile, those who prefer their information unvarnished and unbowdlerized will seek sanctuary in pro-privacy and anti-censorship platforms that are beyond the reach of the thought police.

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Eugene (Mar 24)--In an email sent to teh lawyer for teh City of Eugene, Deborah Frisch blogged that she was "considering rescinding [her]...email offer to be deposed on April 15."
Miss Debbie's vulgar email went on to demand that a NEW lawyer depose DumDeb on that day.
Frisch's machinations are reminiscent of last November when Frisch, knowing that she'd get pwned in a deposition, tried to evade questioning by City of Eugene's attorney.
Eugene's attorney responded by filing a Motion to Compel Miss Debbie's appearance--then mercifully agreed to withdraw the motion, pending a judge's ruling on Frisch's motion to expand her frivolous lolsuit. Teh judge got around to squashing Debbie's motion as "frivolous and futile" last Wednesday.
City of Eugene pounced quickly. Teh next day, City of Eugene's attorney petitioned teh judge for an extension of discovery until April 16th, revealing teh plan to: a) depose Deb Frisch, then b) pwn her frivolous lawsuit via a Motion of Summary Judgment.
Teh judge granted City of Eugene's (unopposed) petition yesterday.
Frisch still doesn't seem to realize teh obvious truth: at this point, lawyers and judges are TEH BOSS of her. If Debbie won't appear voluntarily at teh April 15th deposition, City of Eugene can move to make that appearance compulsory. If Debbie won't obey a court order to appear, teh court can inflict all sorts of lulzy sanctions on pathetic Debbie's azz.
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The EU plan to pass an internet privacy law enshrining the “right to disappear” online will dramatically affect how companies like Facebook conduct business, and raises questions about freedom of expression on the web.
"Leaving Facebook? It was a Kafkaesque nightmare!" says Sean McTiernan, a 20-something Dublin arts journalist, who tried to quit the social network but found that Facebook really didn't want him to leave.
It's rare enough for a young person to ignore the magnetic forces of Facebook, doubly so for someone working in an industry where social media is becoming paramount. But Mr. McTiernan says he was simply exhausted by all the "oversharing" among his online friends. He knew the break wouldn't be easy (and what would become of his social life?), but he forged ahead to pry himself from his virtual community. "In the end," he says, "I found a program that deleted, one-by-one, every single comment I'd made, every photo I'd uploaded, and every post on my wall."
But even that wasn't enough to convince him that he would vanish. "I revived my profile and left it blank: no pictures, no posts, no friends. It felt safer that way," he says. That way, based on his reasoning, he can make sure he's not on Facebook by maintaining a shadow presence on Facebook.
"Fifteen years ago, there was no such thing as social media"
If the European Union gets its way, people like McTiernan may have an easier time erasing their online selves. The EU wants to give Internet users the right to what the French call le droit à l'oubli – literally, the right to oblivion. Viviane Reding, the EU's justice commissioner, is pushing for tougher privacy safeguards in an effort to give Internet users more control of their personal data that is collected, stored, mined, and could potentially be sold by companies like Facebook, Google, or any of the vast number of sites where users upload photos, provide private details, and, every once in a while, post something embarrassing.
The new rules, which are set to be in place later this year, put the EU in the vanguard of Internet privacy laws and could influence other countries as Internet law becomes an increasingly pressing and controversial arena. What's more, the stronger EU stance on privacy may have profound effects on companies like Facebook, which declined to be interviewed for this article, that have millions of users across Europe.
"While social networking sites and photo-sharing services have brought dramatic changes to how we live, new technologies have also prompted new challenges," said Ms Reding in a February speech. She went on to say it is "now more difficult to detect when our personal data is being collected." She says "people shall have the right – and not only the possibility – to withdraw their consent to data processing. The burden of proof should be on data controllers – those who process your personal data."
Reding's spokesman, Matthew Newman, says the right to be forgotten is simply a modernization of existing laws: "It already exists in the sense that if you live in the EU you have control over your data. But what's missing is that it hasn't taken account of how we use the Internet now. Fifteen years ago, there was no such thing as social media." The legal rejig will also see companies forced to prove they need to collect the data for which they ask and allow users to remove all traces of themselves from sites they join. "If you sign up for Twitter or Facebook or a photo-sharing site," he says, "you agree to share your data, though you probably don't read the terms. It should be very easy for you to delete it, and it should be really deleted."
"My privacy is in conflict with your right to freedom of expression"
With 643 million users worldwide, Facebook has in recent years come under sustained criticism from online privacy advocates with complaints about its deactivating rather than deleting accounts. While Europe's move might be welcome in some quarters, criticism is coming from American technology companies and some advocates who come down on the side of freedom of expression online over the right to privacy. Writing on his blog, Google's privacy counsel described the move as "foggy thinking" and claimed "privacy is the new black in censorship fashion."
"The concern is largely about young people who are prone to publishing embarrassing photographs that come back to haunt them in later years," says Gavin Phillipson, professor of law at Durham University in England. While the problem is common across the world, the typical US response is to encourage more personal responsibility and education of users. In Europe, calls to clip the wings of businesses that deal in personal data are a more common response.
Lilian Edwards, professor of law at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, Scotland, is a noted civil libertarian in online matters but isn't totally critical of the EU move. "I initially found it to be a very attractive idea, but subsequently saw some problems with it," she says. "One problem is technical: on the Internet, information tends to get shared around. But from a legal and ethical point of view, the problem is that my privacy is in conflict with your right to freedom of expression. If I write on my blog 'John was drunk last night,' that's personal information about John, but it's also my right to express myself."
“A right to privacy means something because we live in a society. It is a demand to have privacy from society and still engage in it. To fully function in public life sometimes we need downtime from it.
“By contrast, a right to be forgotten is about extreme withdrawal, and in its worse guise can be an antisocial, nihilist act. If enacted, a right to be forgotten would signify the emasculation of our power to act in the world."
Data retention: Is Europe building Big Brother?


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The imaginary force which acts on the particle performing a circular motion in the direction away from the centre along the radius of the circular path having the same magnitude as that of centripetal force is called as centrifugal force.
It should be noted that the centrifugal force is not real force’ since it does not arise due to either gravitational or electrostatic or nuclear interaction.
Centrifugal force is not real force since it does not arise due to either gravitational or electrostatic or nuclear interaction.
Centrifugal force has no independent existence. It comes to play with the action of the centripetal force.
Hence centripetal force is a pseudo force.
It is an imaginary force. Therefore it is called as a pseudo force.
It is experienced in non – inertial frame of reference.
It is always directed away from the center of the circle along the radius i.e. it is opposite to the centripetal force.
Centrifugal force doesn’t have an independent existence.
When moving car along a horizontal curved road takes a turn, persons in the car experience a force in an outward direction. This force is centrifugal force.
When the horizontal merry go round rotates about the vertical axis the chairs are pulled out due to centrifugal force.
When a stone is whirled in a circle, we feel that stone is pulling our hand because of centrifugal force.
The earth is flattened at the poles and bulged at the equator because the centrifugal force acting on the particles on the equator is maximum.
The drier of washing machine acts on the principle of centrifugal force. Water particles from wet clothes are thrown outward due to centrifugal force acting on them.
When a pilot moves the plane in looping a loop, he does not fall down because his weight is balanced by the centrifugal force acting on it.
A coin kept slightly away from the center of rotating gramophone disc slips off towards the edge of the disc at a particular speed. This is due to centrifugal force acting on the coin.
A bucket full of water is rotated in a vertical circle at a particular speed, so that water does not fall. This is because the weight of the water is balanced by centrifugal force.
The centrifuge is a device which is used for separating heavier particles and light particles and works on the principle of centrifugal force. In centrifuge, the tube containing liquid along with the suspended particles is whirled in a horizontal circle. Dense particles are acted upon by centrifugal force. Hence they get accumulated at the bottom, which is outside while rotating. This is because buoyant force towards the center is greater for the lighter particle.
Centripetal acceleration is also called as radial acceleration. It always acts along the radius towards the center of the circular path. The angle between radius vector and centripetal acceleration is π radian or 180°.
Without centripetal force, circular motion is not possible. If centripetal force vanishes at some instant, then the body ceases to move in the circular path and flies along the tangent at that point to the circular path.
The work done by the centripetal force is zero because the displacement of the particle (tangential) is perpendicular to the direction of the centripetal force (radial) i.e. there is no displacement in the direction of the centripetal force.
Centripetal force is a real force while centrifugal force is pseudo force or imaginary force.
Centrifugal force has no independent existence and it does not arise due to either gravitational or electrostatic or nuclear interaction.
Centripetal force acts in inertial reference frame while the centrifugal force acts in the non-inertial reference frame.
Centripetal force is a radial force, which acts along the radius and acts towards the center of the circular path.
Centrifugal force has the same magnitude as a centripetal force but has opposite direction to it. i.e. centrifugal force acts radially outward.
The torque produced by the centripetal force at the center of the circular path is zero.
The direction of centripetal force does not depend on the sense of rotation of the body.
On the surface of the earth, the centripetal force is maximum at the equator and zero on the poles.


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My kids get it. The old house love. It makes me so happy they understand my passion for this old house.
As we pull back the layers of wallpaper, we're uncovering history. It's like a small glimpse into the personalities of the people who used to live there. I wanted to be an archaeologist when I was a kid. Restoring this house, I feel like one.
Last night, as we peeled back the layers, Danger Girl found old newspapers that had been painted over. Newspapers were sometimes used between the layers of paint or wallpaper to act as insulation. One strip of newspaper contained a vintage ad for Coca Cola!
Leelee said it was like having "history right in our hands!"
Sometime around 1950 (guessing by the wallpaper style), someone's child got a pen and colored on the walls! I guess some things never change. I can just imagine how furious the parent must have been! There are far fewer options if your child colors on the wallpaper than if he or she colors on the painted walls.
We got down to the earliest layer of wallpaper in Leelee's room. It looks to be little cherry blossoms. I'm sure it was beautiful in it's day. I'm trying to get a large enough area exposed and without damage to frame.
Also in her room, someone slammed the door open so hard it made a perfect imprint of the turn of the century door handle right in the plaster walls.
Not all finds in the house are going to be happy discoveries. We knew there was an issue with the casual dining room carpet (aside from it being there in the first place). I suspected water damage. The Boy and I pulled it up to find plywood under flooring which had certainly had some water damage. What we didn't expect to find was the fire damage.
We don't know what's under the plywood. I'm afraid to find out. But, we are not pulling it up until we are prepared to put something else down beyond peel and stick tiled. Oh yes, we're going all out for the first stage :P I guess we have to pull off the water damaged pieces of plywood and we'll find out.
But I'm absolutely terrified to see what's under it. I have this irrational fear someone has buried a body under it. I need help.
Oh!!! I am so incredibly jealous :P. I would love to have a house just like yours! Are you taking photos as you go?


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Late on Saturday we finally got “the big one” as the sports two leading fighters finally met in the ring in a bout to find out who really was the best pound-for-pound fighter of their era and who would end the night as the ruler of the Welterweight division.
In one corner we had Filipino sensation Manny Pacquiao, who entered the bout as the WBO Welterweight champion, the pride of the Philippines and the clear under-dog. In the other corner was WBA/WBC unified champion Floyd Mayweather, an unbeaten American star that was referring to himself as “The Best Ever”.
The fight, billed as the “Fight of the Century”, unfortunately, though predictably, failed to live up to the billing and it looked like two men who were past their primes each putting on a performance that suggested the end was neigh.
The fight started tentatively with Manny beginning very slowly and Mayweather claiming the round with a couple of right hands. The second round was also quiet with Mayweather being forced back at times but doing enough to avoid the assault from the Filipino. It was far from exciting yet it was compelling with a feeling that it could come to life at any time.
The fight did, for a few moments, come alive at the end of round 3 as Pacquiao managed to up the pace and continued to keep the pace up in round 4 as the Filipino took his first clear round. It was a round that showed that Pacquiao could trouble Mayweather and could land his left hand at times. Unfortunately Mayweather managed to stifle the assaults with holding, something that became a real problem in the middle rounds when Mayweather held repeatedly, and although he received warnings, little was really done by Kenny Bayless.
By the end of the fight Mayweather seemed happy to coast, as he typically does in round 12, and whilst it was frustrating it was down to Pacquiao to up the tempo, something he failed to do.
At the final bell both men celebrated though it seemed clear that Mayweather had done more than enough to claim a competitive but clear win, something that was shown on two of the cards that read 116-112, the third card however seemed too wide at 118-112.
Whilst it was billed as something special the fight really never really came close to living up to the expectations. As predicted by many this was more a case of Marvin Hagler Vs Sugar Ray Leonard than Marvin Hagler Vs Tommy Hearns. It had it's moments but on the whole it failed to come alive, that is, however, a testament to Floyd Mayweather Jr (48-0, 26) who appears set to fight once more before retiring and will likely be defending 3 world titles when he returns to the ring. For Manny Pacquiao (57-6-2, 38) the loss will be a set back, but he'll be back and there is no doubt that he'll manage to remain an icon in the Philippines.

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Aluminium Decorative Accessories are a great present for a family member or friend who’s just moved into a new property. Our range of quirky animals and hand painted jugs and bowls would look great on anyone’s fireplace. Our decorative pieces come in a range of materials that are highly durable and sustainable so you won’t have to worry about them getting damaged.
Need more Aluminium Decorative Accessories around the house? Scented candles and colourful tea lights are a significant addition to any living room or bedroom. Candles are a stylish way to add the finishing touches to a home and create some ambience and atmosphere. Looking for something more? Display wall art and photo frames to add some character.

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Improving achievement in the first course in engineering may lay the foundation for more women and minorities to pursue engineering as a major, according to new research by Wake Forest University economics professor Amanda Griffith.
Fires in the African savannah – planned by national park staff to regenerate the preferred grasses of grazers such as wildebeests and zebras – are killing the few foods that endangered black rhinos love to eat.
Expert Available: Why do entrepreneurs fail? They choose the wrong idea.
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Giving wings to flyers’ Diwali holiday plans, Air India on Thursday announced its buy one ticket and take one companion free offer. The offer titled ‘Khushiyon ki Udaan’ can be used for tickets booked between 20-30 October. The travel date is 30th October only, the airline said in a tweet.
The offer is valid only on domestic routes. Taxes and other charges will have to be paid for the free ticket. The accompanied passenger must travel together with paid ticket passenger. Tickets can be booked through Air India City and Airport Booking Offices.
For the first since the merger of Indian Airlines with itself, Air India had reported an operating profit of Rs 105 crore in 2015-16 on the back of lower fuel costs and higher passenger numbers.
It had an operating loss of Rs 2,636 crore in 2014-15. A fall of nearly 31 per cent in fuel costs in the last financial year compared to the year-ago period was a key factor in the airline becoming operationally profitable.

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A simple Action Unit player with a rendered face modeled with Candide-3.
Implementation of recurrence quantification analysis (RQA) measures to quantify the similarity of two fixation sequences (or scanpaths).
MATLAB porting of Scaled Time Delay Embedding Distance to compare scanpaths of varied lengths.


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Please allow about 90 minutes for your initial visit and about 60 minutes for consecutive visits. During your initial visit we will discuss your health history in-depth, design a treatment plan and begin treatment. People are often surprised at how relaxing acupuncture can be. The sensation felt around the needles can be numbness, soreness, heaviness or movement of energy.
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1. Penalty Areas - Lakes, Ponds and Open Drains. Yellow or Red Stakes. See Rule 17.
2. Relief from Trees - Only trees identified with a yellow tree guard provide relief. Complete relief must be taken, plus one club length, lift and drop.
4. No trespassing - The fields to the left of the 8th, 9th and to the right of the 18th are NO PLAY ZONES / Private Property, under no circumstances are members permitted to enter these fields.
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Cherry gelatin is a versatile product that can be mixed up for great jello.
This cherry gelatin is great to have to mix up cake recipes and cookie recipes. This gelatin is always great to have for a jello salad, as a side dish for your lunch or dinner and it makes a simple dessert. Cherry gelatin is a great way to get gelatin into your diet. This is a must have psychological treat for your long term storage needs!
Sugar, gelatin, adipic acid, fumaric acid, sodium citrate, salt, artificial flavor, artifical color (FD & C Blue #1, FD &C Red #40).
Mix 1/2 cup powder with 1/2 cup hot water. Stir until dissolved. Add 1 cup cold water and stir. Pour into molds or container and refrigerate until set. May add fruit or other desired ingredients.

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PhylomeDB is a public database for complete catalogs of gene phylogenies (phylomes). It allows users to interactively explore the evolutionary history of genes through the visualization of phylogenetic trees and multiple sequence alignments. Moreover, phylomeDB provides genome-wide orthology and paralogy predictions which are based on the analysis of the phylogenetic trees. The automated pipeline used to reconstruct trees aims at providing a high-quality phylogenetic analysis of different genomes, including Maximum Likelihood tree inference, alignment trimming and evolutionary model testing.
PhylomeDB includes also a public download section with the complete set of trees, alignments and orthology predictions, as well as a web API that faciliates cross linking trees from external sources. Finally, phylomeDB provides an advanced tree visualization interface based on the ETE toolkit, which integrates tree topologies, taxonomic information, domain mapping and alignment visualization in a single and interactive tree image.
What's new in phylomeDB 4?


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Legendary Football Coach Bobby Bowden has it all.
As the all-time winningest coach in Division I football history, Coach Bowden has statues erected in his honor and national charities and awards named after him. Four generations of fans have heard his message and witnessed his results. He built a successful career, climbed to the top of his field, and has a loving family. It's what we all want.
And yet, Coach Bowden, who, as he puts it, is in the "fourth quarter" of his life, has a message for us all. The success . . . the influence . . . the accolades . . . the wins. . . none of it matters if our lives are not rooted in faith. God trumps our best hand. He always wins. Which is how it should be. That is the wisdom he wants to share. Let him tell you why faith and happiness are inseparable.
No matter your life circumstance, The Wisdom of Faith shows you what really matters—from the perspective of a man who has made the journey. In his New York Times best-selling book, Coach Bowden looks back over eighty years and invites us to look forward with him into the future.


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Dance to "24K Magic" by Bruno Mars and be the first to get a sneak peek at Just Dance 2018. Download now and play for free on selected platforms!
Dance your heart out to "24K Magic" by Bruno Mars, "Side to Side" by Ariana Grande Ft. Nicki Minaj, "Rockabye" by Clean Bandit Ft. Sean Paul & Anne-Marie, and "Chantaje" by Shakira Ft. Maluma. Relive classics like "Daddy Cool", or if K-pop is your thing, get down to "Bubble Pop!" by HyunA!
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Extend your experience with Just Dance Unlimited, the subscription service that gives you access to an ever-growing song list of 300+ tracks, updated with new trending hits every month. Just Dance Unlimited is available for Just Dance 2018, 2017 and 2016 on PS4, Xbox One, Wii U and Nintendo Switch.

industry_corpus2: Film & Entertainment


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Floods, broken pipes, slow leaks create favorable conditions for mold growth. Once materials are drenched, molds can begin to set in within 48 hours. The best way to manage mold is to prevent conditions for its development. When it starts to grow, it would be difficult to manage. But we are here to offer you flood damage restoration in East Nassau before it starts developing. Call us today at 888-610-3382 and receive a FREE quote!
On the whole, anything drenched in water for a long period of time should be thrown away. This includes mattresses, carpet, and drywall. Flooring and walls have to be taken apart to reach and remove areas of saturation. Such areas must be carefully treated with especially formulated cleansing agents and pressure washed. Without professional help, the whole process would be very difficult to do. This is why we’re here. As a leader in the industry, we are proud to offer you emergency flood damage restoration services in East Nassau, NY 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Call us now at 888-610-3382 for more information about how we can help you in times of flood damage situations.
Although flood damage restoration in East Nassau, NY seems a simple process, which any average homeowner can do by himself, there’s more to this than meets the eye. Throwing away wet fabric and furniture won’t be enough, even though this is a beneficial first step. Good thing we have flood damage restoration professionals in East Nassau who have access to modern equipment and tools, which enable them to identify harmful levels of moisture.
Our professionals can tell you the possible places with mold, and they can verify signs of microbial agents in your walls or floor. If their service is requested soon enough, they can help you save precious items during flood damage restoration in East Nassau, including clothing and carpeting, provided the water comes from a clean source.
We have received the highest certification in flood damage restoration in East Nassau. We own the knowledge and expertise to dry your home or your business structure. Our attitude is not to destroy your home but to save whatever items can be salvaged without putting any risk on your health. This allows you to save your money on both restoration and reconstruction of your home.


text: This BG Soprano Saxophone Ligature is made from metal and then finished with rose gold plating, which provides a much softer and focused tone as well as deeper and more flexible sounds. The accessory is capable of producing clear sounds and precise staccato. Intonation is stable throughout all of the saxophones registers and articulation is precise. To achieve maximum vibrations, BG has designed a ligature which has minimum contact however still grips well. The design has enabled quick and easy changes of the reed or instrument so players can focus solely on their musical preparation.


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Ron asked that I send this. It references the same Webex as the last conference call, so I hope it is still valid.
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(5) Review of Cloud Printing Requirements and Model document, as updated,  posted at: ftp://ftp.pwg.org/pub/pwg/cloud/wd/wd-cloudmodel10-20121002.pdf.


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When you want a secure, cloud-based solution for managing, storing and sharing data, Server Hong Kong's Cloud Storage is the right choice for your data back-up. To ensure fault tolerance and load balancing of virtual machines, Hong Kong Data Center utilizes Dell powered enterprise grade iSCSI SAN infrastructure. Without OS re-installation, CPU, RAM and storage can be upgraded upon request. Hong Kong Data Center Cloud Server is a good option for deploying a quick web, email, FTP, ERP or backup solution.
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Search our wide selection of printable sudoku puzzles. Enhance your logic through these sets of sudoku number puzzle games. The objective of the game is to fill the grid, so that every row, column and blocks contains the digits only one time each. The digits to use depends on how many cells are there in a row. We have printable sudoku puzzles in different levels of difficulty, and different sizes of grids that will suit your expertise. Have fun and print one of these great puzzles now.
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Opera re-imagined for changing audiences.
Out of the Box Opera upends the expectation of what opera is and what it can be.
Our vision takes opera out of its traditional settings- literally "out of the box"- and into extraordinary locations: to create exceptional, affordable entertainment for all.
Out of the Box started out as the idea to fill a beautiful space with music in celebration of love on Valentine’s Day. OOTB has grown steadily since 2016 and now features three shows in a season - Diva Cage Match™, the “Fusion Series” where opera is re-mixed with another genre of music, and a spring show showcasing an interesting venue in the Twin Cities, this year’s being “Heroes and Villains” in the A-Mill Artist Lofts.
David is a working stage director, choreographer and fight director with companies including the Metropolitan Opera, Teatro alla Scala, New York City Opera, San Francisco Opera, Glimmerglass Opera, Minnesota Opera, and Mill City Summer Opera. Visit his website.
Jim has been a life-long opera fan and formerly served on the New Projects Committee of the Mill City Summer Opera.
Noah has been an active supporter of the performing arts, serving on the boards of the Mill City Summer Opera, Weisman Art Museum, Children’s Theater and Illusion Theater.
Siena Forest is a soprano in high demand in the Twin Cities, appearing with nearly a dozen organizations this season: Out of the Box Opera, Minnesota Opera, Loft Recital, Skylark Opera, Twin Cities Gay Men’s Chorus, Hill House Players, Mill City Summer Opera, St. Cloud Symphony Orchestra, and the Lakes Area Music Festival. Originally from Massachusetts, Siena moved to Minnesota in 2014 to join Minnesota Opera’s Resident Artist Program after graduating from Indiana University with a Bachelor’s and Master’s in Vocal Performance. Siena joined Out of the Box Opera's board in January 2019, but was there at the start as a performer in their first few events- Opera 101, Love Lost Love Found, and the inaugural Diva Cage Match. She is thrilled to be a part of this powerhouse team exploring the limits of opera, while maintaining its core - thrilling singing and telling a story. Siena lives in Lakeville with her husband, Dr. Luke Williams (the music kind of doctor), and two cats. Visit her website.
Nancy is a classical music enthusiast; her days are often accompanied by Classical MPR, the Choral Stream, and Opera at the Met. After attending Out of the Box Opera’s imaginative and lively performances, she became an avid fan. As a result, she is delighted to join this vibrant group of people who intend to encourage everyone to experience and enjoy the wonder of opera.


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Imagine a large truck releasing a few hundred roosters on our protected National Seashore. They don’t belong there, can’t survive there. Likely they’ll be eaten by coyotes. But, no matter. Survival isn't the intent. The intent is that “sportsmen” follow the truck and blast the birds once released. Sound like fun? Want to sign up? Is this “sporting”?
How, in a protected area on Cape Cod - in violation of its own policies - was a practice such as this permitted? Then, once struck down by the courts, it is allowed to continue for 14 to 17 years so that it might be “phased out” (see “Pheasant hunt phasing out” March 11, Page One.) How could it take 14 to 17 years to “phase out” the delivery of ring-necked pheasants (nothing but glorified roosters raised in captivity just for this purpose)? This slaughter might last until 2024?
What are our National Seashore managers and its advisory commission thinking? What were they thinking when they proposed poisoning “subsidized” predators in its environs? This senseless killing of wildlife by a conservation agency is out of hand.
The writer is the retired chief of the Division of International Conservation for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

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text: This Citrus City Grille chalkboard menu showcases a vintage and classic setting in a white handwritten typeface. The menu includes small plates, beverages, flatboards and martinis. The elegance of the menu board should bring in up=market clientele. Placed on a digital screen , this menu board will be the talk of the town for its aesthetic brilliance.

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Restoring storm- and flood-damaged properties is the cornerstone of our business. Our highly trained professionals use specialized equipment and advanced training to quickly restore your Stillwater property to pre-storm condition. We’re dedicated to responding immediately, which helps to minimize secondary damage.
Why Choose SERVPRO of Stillwater & Guthrie?
A fast response is crucial to flooding and storm damage, because it reduces secondary damage and restoration costs. Storms don’t wait for regular business hours and neither do we. Our technicians will respond immediately, day or night, to help Stillwater business owners and residents.
As a leader in storm and water damage restoration, SERVPRO of Stillwater & Guthrie has the specialized training and expertise to restore your home back to its pre-storm condition. Our restoration process puts an emphasis on scientific drying techniques, progress monitoring and documentation.
We live and work in this community too; we might even be neighbors. As a locally owned and operated business, SERVPRO of Stillwater & Guthrie is close by and ready to respond to storm and disaster events. We are proud to be an active member of the Stillwater community and want to do our part to make our community the best it can be.


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The Carillion collapse earlier this year highlighted the risk taken by public services and big corporates when entrusting a single huge supplier with the bulk of its outsourced work. When the supplier fails to deliver, collapse is like an earthquake with numerous ripples and aftermath effects. Staff are not paid, pension fund deficits, contracts not being fulfilled and which would potentially result in legislative requirements not being met. Ultimately, life can be endangered and safety is compromised.
Carillion had contracts with the NHS (14 Trusts) who had to implement emergency plans.* This was even more relevant with the severe weather conditions during that period and the public health sector struggling with increased level of patients and emergencies. Hospitals are under pressure enough without the added burden of losing their cleaning contractors.
By trusting to smaller companies who can offer flexibility, are robust, leaner and with strategic management and company ethos are by definition, proving to be more efficient and reliable than the giant corporates who, despite their might and multimillion pound turnover, are sometimes more vulnerable and less dynamic due to their size.
So does size matter? Does bigger mean better? Not necessarily when it comes to cleaning companies. What matters is reliability, efficiency, delivery upon promises to keep premises clean with maintained quality monitoring procedures. Equally important is that smaller companies can offer consistent and highly-trained teams who have purpose within the company and are valued members of the team.
The Cleaning Company works in partnership with clients in order to understand their criteria, values and goals whilst also ensuring support which delivers excellence alongside value for money.


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Your path into this world hasn’t been easy or traditional, but that makes you even more precious and special to me. It may seem that most people are more fortunate because they don’t have to wait as long or go through as much heartbreak to meet their loved ones. But maybe we are the lucky ones, because our eyes are completely open. We aren’t wondering if the time is right, or how you’ll fit into our lives. We are so ready to welcome you and know you’ll complete us.
You aren’t a happy accident or a crazy whim. You aren’t a “I guess we’re ready” or an “everyone else is doing it” decision. Your dad and I are choosing you, over and over again, until you are here with us. You are our love and commitment and dreams made manifest. With clear minds and hearts, we’re choosing to bring you into this beautiful, crazy world. Soon I hope we’ll be blessed with the opportunity to actively place you into my body, knowing that we are ready for our lives to change for the better. We’re choosing you.
I saw this blog post shared on Facebook a while back and really enjoyed reading it: Are You Lonely, Mama? It is very easy when you’re infertile to envision this secret, exclusive club that all new moms belong to where they all instantly make friends with each other and spend their days watching their adorable babies grow up. It never really occurred to me that it could be lonely at times. Hard, yes. But lonely, no. I’ve had way too much time to build up parenting in my mind and I’ve really put it on a pedestal. So thank you to the author for bravely sharing that it isn’t always bliss.
But I would urge you to try to see things from my point of view, lonely mamas. When I scroll through Facebook, all I see are babies and happy parents. I see my friends with new lives and priorities, leaving me behind. Every morning, I walk past the middle bedroom in our house — a tiny little room between our bedroom and the guest bedroom. When we moved in two years ago, we started calling it the nursery. I decorated it in my mind. I pictured bringing our sweet baby home to this safe place. Now we call it the spare bedroom and we keep door closed because those thoughts and plans are too painful. Friends have stopped asking when we’re going to have kids. Some friends have stopped reaching out at all.
After more than two years of trying to get pregnant, my husband and I are in infertility limbo. I never imagined we’d be here. The mental and physical toll has been completely exhausting. We’re heartbroken, but we’re surviving. I’m lonely, too — for something I’ve never had. As we head into our first IVF cycle, I hope that someday we look back on this as a season that made us stronger and prepared us to be amazing parents. Like the author, I’m trying not to let this loneliness steal this season from me.
It is very easy from my perspective to feel frustration, jealously, and even anger toward new mamas. I have friends who dealt with infertility before we started trying to have a baby, and I remember thinking they were insane. Every Facebook birth announcement or happy family out to dinner made them rage. But now I know. Infertility is a dark place, and you can only understand once you’re living there. I try to keep those feelings at bay, but I would be lying if I said they never consume me.
So I say to you lonely mamas — I get it. Being a mom is the hardest job. It can be isolating. At times, you miss your old life. Continue to share your feelings about motherhood — the loneliness and the joy. But I hope at the end of the day, you find comfort knowing that you’ve been given the best gift in the world. And you’re so very blessed to be given the opportunity to be a mama.


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My name is Samantha Henricks. I am 18 years old and I have been riding and showing mules since I was able to walk. My mule CR Rachel and I have won multiple buckles and medals in High School Equestrian Team (OHSET), Jackson County 4-H, Mule Shows, and Open Horse Shows. In May of 2013 I won the title of “World Champion Youth 14-17” at Bishop Mule Days on Rachel. I also just competed in Redmond, Oregon at the 2014 OHSET State Meet, where I placed 1st in Hunt Seat Equitation, 2nd in Working Pairs and 5th in Trail.
The uniqueness of riding a mule in a horse-dominated sport has definitely been an experience. Being underestimated and different is what I enjoy the most and what pushes me to succeed. Plus, all the winnings I have had is like icing on the cake. Being that this is my senior year at Grants Pass High School, my four-year career in OHSET and nine years of 4-H is coming to a close. As I leave this chapter of my life behind, the part that will forever stay with me is my passion for riding and showing mules. Thank you to my Mom, my family, and everyone else who has placed a piece in my puzzle along the way.


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"The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge..."
We are Christian, Experienced, and Supportive!
We are a ministry of Oak Park Church in Mobile, Alabama. Heartwood is a church school as defined under Alabama State law.
Our core values are founded in our Statement of Faith.
Homeschooling has changed over the years, but Heartwood has stayed current by listening to our families and using available resources to enhance our programs.
We offer a variety of co-op classes for all ages. Please see the Co-op tab for the available 2018-2019 classes. Classes are determined by enrollment.
The experienced teachers work along side the homeschooling family. Our graduates have entered a variety of fields - engineering, medicine, meteorology, computer technology, air conditioning technology, military, communication, cosmetology, photography, teaching, and more.
Heartwood leaders have either themselves homeschooled or have worked with homeschooling families for a number of years. They can answer many questions!
Heartwood is an approved "Home School Umbrella Provider" for NCAA.
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As we head in to a new year, I must say I am cautiously optimistic about the state of things. One of the trends that I like is the drift away from the winner takes all economy that was considered such a threat not so many years ago. This is most evident in the music industry, which ironically was the poster child for this concern. With the rise of cheap, global, digital communications, the barriers to entry in information related industries become much lower, small enough that even very tiny groups can join in. Artists can now simply bypass the music industry and its concentration on mega-stars and platinum albums. Instead, a musical group can sell far fewer albums but with a higher net profit because in real life, the massive money flow from music sales goes mostly to the industry, not the muscians. This trend will only increase in the future, leading to a world with a far larger set of small to medium fan bases instead of the cult like national popularity that is the current model.
I see the same thing coming in the film industry. With cameras like this an amateur can produce films for a setup cost of under $10,000, including a computer and video editing software. And in today’s America, $10K for a passion is not that much money (just ask avid skiers what they spent on their ski equipment).
And for both of these, the rise of national / global distribution channels ironically helps avoid the “winner take all” structure because it becomes far easier for individuals or small groups to get access to large potential audiences. Note that I don’t expect such people to sell to that entire large audience but such exposure means the small percentage who do like that content can be large enough to sustain the provider. If you need 10K or 20K fans to support yourself, that’s hard, even in big cities. But it’s a lot easier if you’re selecting from the national population instead.
What we will see in the era past the commoditization of goods is the communitization of goods, where small, self selected communities can form around a particular content provider. I think that this will be a very healthy trend for our society.
P.S. Note also that the problem of piracy is much less in such a situation, as the buyers and sellers will have a much stronger relationship than the current anonymous consumer buying product from the generic mega-conglomerate. I would expect lot less piracy when you know it’s taking money out of the pocket of someone you like.


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D-761, Orange Color, Light Weight Cards, Hindu Cards, Designer Multifaith Invitations.
The front of this folding card has the upper fold with rows of kalash symbols printed in gold and kundan work in between them. The lower fold has an ornate border design in gold with kundan work. There is a golden Zari tassel tied to the front for additional beauty and use. The inserts have border design similar to the front in gold and peach. The envelope has golden border design with kundan dots.


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Almost half (46.4%) of HR functions are not sophisticated at all in terms of automating processes and introducing new technologies, according to an audience poll taken during HR magazine’s webinar 'Embracing a future of AI and automation: HR’s role’, held in partnership with Sage Business Cloud People.
Just 2.4% said their functions are very sophisticated and 9.5% reasonably sophisticated. Meanwhile, another poll found 43.8% of respondents feel their organisations are not very prepared for potentially dramatic technology-driven change.
This lack of sophistication and preparation comes despite an overwhelming consensus that technology is having a major impact on the workplace. When asked about the impact of the latest tech revolution on the world of work, 50.8% said they anticipate it will be significant, while 32.3% said it will be hugely significant.
Speaking on the webinar panel were Sage Business Cloud People’s VP Paul Burrin, PwC’s director of artificial intelligence Rob McCargow, SIG’s group HR director Linda Kennedy-McCarthy, and Roffey Park’s head of research and chartered occupational psychologist Julia Wellbelove. They agreed that HR is well placed to help organisations become better prepared.
HR has “remarkable opportunities” to become one of the first areas of the business to deploy technologies like AI and robotics, he said, adding that the function can then “role model how it adopts them” and “build trust in technology among staff”.
For Wellbelove lots of organisations are at the automation stage, but “it takes bravery and strong leadership to open up those challenging conversations across the business” and “take organisations into the future of using other AI systems”.
Kennedy-McCarthy encouraged HR leaders to focus on “what the business should deliver, how technology can help, and then what that will mean for roles in the organisation” – in that order.
“People assume you upgrade the systems and that’s the change, but it’s more of a cultural change,” she added.
The speakers went on to offer a number of tips for HR leaders on how to get the function and organisation ready for the tech revolution.
“There’s so much information online and on social media and [so many] courses out there that there’s a great opportunity for HR to self-teach itself about technology so it can be in a position to challenge the board and hold vendors to account – just get started,” advised McCargow.

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No you cannot connect currently to Apple TV.
The best way to achieve hearing your TV better if you want to utilise a made for iPhone hearing aid is to use the manufacturer's TV streamer, I have been able to achieve great improvements to speech understanding and sound quality for patients of all ages.
Sound quality on modern TV's can be compromised due to how thin they are and the speakers fire down or back and in reality are not much better than laptop speakers.
Without streaming you could try going into the sound menu on your TV, if your issue is clarity increase the treble, switch off any pseudo surround effects and try switching from stereo to mono lots of my patients have reported that doing this will improve clarity.
As an alternative to a streamer you could try a system from Hypersound audio which sends a super directed beam of sound to the person who is sitting in the "sweet-spot" of the speakers and doesn't disturb normally hearing people listening to the TV with the impaired listener. One thing this won't do is allow the sound to travel with you as a streamer would it if you wanted to go to the kitchen to grab a coffee.
Maybe I am missing something, but why couldn't a user make use of the streaming capability of the new "Phonak Direct B" models that can stream voice calls direct to your HA as well as TV sound. They work with both Android and Apple phones.
Let me know if I am not understanding your question correctly, but you could use the Phonak Direct B hearing aids to stream with the Apple TV IF and only if you have the TV connector. The TV connector is also the only way that I know of that you can stream music to both ears. Phone calls stream to the hearing aids, but only to one ear. His answer above is with the use of the BT hearing aids alone, with no extra accessories. With a TV connector device you can absolutely stream to an Apple TV. I hope this answers your question.
Made for iPhone hearing aids cannot currently stream the audio directly from an Apple TV. However; there are a few options if streaming TV through your hearing aids is truly important to you. Two options are a personal loop system connecting to hearing aids with T-coil or a Bluetooth TV connector.
Personal home or cushion loop systems are typically less expensive; however they have to either be installed (for the home loop) or hard wired to where you're sitting (cushion loop).
A Bluetooth system for the TV is also available and are easy to set up and connect to. If your hearing aids themselves are Bluetooth you can stream the TV without having to wear a streamer around your neck. If your hearing aids are not Bluetooth then you will want to talk to your audiologist about a streamer as well as the TV connect.
No hearing aids will work directly with Apple TV. All of the better known hearing aid brands have their own proprietary device for transmitting the signal from the TV. None use Bluetooth for this application. Widex for example has a TV Dex that uses a radio signal similar to that of a cordless telephone. The base attaches to the TV via RCA jacks or Optical Audio Output. The base then transmits to a small remote that you take back to your chair. The small remote transmits to the hearing aids.
Hearing aids can not connect directly to the Apple TV but from the audio source, usually the TV itself. There are 2 ways to accomplish this depending on the aid manufacturer and the model of the hearing aid. The newer “Bluetooth” aids connect directly with a transmitter attached to the TV’s audio source. Non-bluetooth aids can usually stream from a similar transmitter by using an intermediary streaming device that connects the transmitter signal to the hearing aid. Contact your hearing care professional for the exact equipment required for your particular hearing aid.
Streaming from a TV is never direct to the hearing aids at this time. Ask your audiologist for the interface that allows for streaming the TV to the HA.
The Starkey Surflink Media streamer connects with RCA or Optical contacts in the TV. Some newer TVs do not have RCA jacks available. Use of the Optical output can be compromised if you are using HDMI-ARC and a home-theater sound system which effectively cuts off the sound output by the TV. There are several options you should consider. One is to use a home theater receiver with a "zone 2" or second-room audio output to mirror the sound being sent through the receiver. Then turn on "all zone stereo" or something similarly worded to send the sound to the Starkey Surflink Media device. The second option is to purchase an "HDMI audio extractor" which will give you RCA jacks and perhaps an optical jack for getting the sound out of an HDMI cable, without interfering with the HDMI signal. These are in the $50 range and can be found on Amazon. Unfortunately at this time, it's a bit of detective work to find the right solution as TVs and audio receivers advance.
Maybe I am missing something, but why couldn't a user make use of the streaming capability of the new "Phonak Direct B" models that can stream voice calls direct to your HA as well as TV sound..


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Mideast leaders have condemned the attacks, while some Arabs express anger at US policy.
"You have to understand that the bullets that are fired at us, the missiles fired at our homes, and the Apache helicopters that the Israelis use - we know that all these things come from the US, and they are killing Palestinians," says Hani Jubah, a burly street merchant in East Jerusalem.
His stall is around the corner from where some Palestinians celebrated Tuesday's attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. These outbursts have created a public-relations pitfall for the Palestinian cause, but they also highlight what may be the central motivation for the attacks: US policy in the Middle East.
The Middle Eastern origins of the attacks remain a matter of speculation, but US officials have identified Saudi militant Osama bin Laden as their main suspect. Authorities in Boston have identified five Arab men as suspects, and have seized a car at Logan Airport containing Arabic-language flight manuals, according to a report in yesterday's Boston Herald.
At the same time, regional leaders from Palestinian Authority President Yasser Arafat to Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi have condemned the attacks and sympathized with the victims.
Many Muslims and Arabs have been alarmed by Mr. bin Laden's emergence as a suspect. Sheikh Mohammed Sayed Tantawi, the leading cleric of the majority Sunni sect of Islam, yesterday added his voice to a chorus of outrage. "Islam is a religion which rejects violence and bloodletting," he said in a statement reported by the Egyptian state-run news agency.
But analysts of the Middle East say it is likely that bin Laden acted in concert with other groups and perhaps with the acquiescence of one or more governments. If this scenario proves true, they envision a multitiered US retaliation that would target several entities across the region.
If the attacks on New York and Washington are indeed a reaction to US policy in the Middle East, the next phase of the crisis may presage a widening conflict between the West and the adherents of Islam.
Critics of the idea of a "clash of civilizations" are reluctant to concede that such an era is upon us. Nonetheless, says Middle East scholar Rosemary Hollis, "the likelihood has increased over the past 24 hours." Abdel Monem Said, director of Egypt's Al-Ahram Center for Political and Strategic Studies, says the attacks and their aftermath will add "to the existing tension between Islamic countries and the West in general."
Ms. Hollis, of the Royal Institute of International Affairs in London, says she never bought the theory, advanced in the late 1990s by Harvard University political scientist Samuel Huntington, that global conflicts would arise between different cultures. "Now, I think it has elements of a self-fulfilling prophecy," she says.
Secretary of State Colin Powell, British Prime Minister Tony Blair, and other leaders have contributed to the impression that the New York and Washington events constitute "an attack on civilization," as former NATO commander Gen. Wesley Clark told the BBC yesterday.
In this atmosphere it may be difficult for Americans to consider how their foreign policies may have engendered the sort of malice required to kill thousands of civilians in the space of a few hours, but many people in the Middle East are begging them to do so.
"I'm against hurting innocent people and civilians, we all are, but this is a big message to the US to rethink their position in the Middle East and their policy," says Mr. Jubah, the East Jerusalem vendor.
As the world's only superpower, the US is bound to make some people unhappy at least some of the time. But in this region, sentiments long ago surpassed mere resentment. "There is a growing anti-Americanism in the Middle East as a whole," says Edward Djerejian, a former assistant Secretary of State.
The roots of this anger lie in US political manipulations in the region during the 1950s and 1960s, but it has grown to new heights over the past year, which has witnessed escalating violence between Israel, the main American ally in the Middle East, and the Palestinians.
"The US is the main military supplier of Israel, and Israel is using US equipment to quell a civilian uprising," says Murhaf Jouejati, an expert on Syria at the Middle East Institute in Washington.
For many Arabs and Muslims, the combination of US military support for Israel and its reluctance to mediate in the conflict is an insupportable position. They are angry that their own governments seem powerless to buck the American line.
Iraq has also been a source of rising Arab and Muslim anger. While the US demands Iraq's scrupulous adherence to United Nations resolutions - even at the cost of impoverishing what was once one of the region's most prosperous countries - it appears to apply a different standard toward Israel. The Jewish state has long exhibited a combative reluctance to heed UN resolutions.
The US also styles itself as the world's main promoter of democracy and human rights, but some of its closest friends in the Middle East are not democratic and show little regard for human rights.
That is one reason, as Mr. Djerejian observes, "the leaders in the Gulf countries have become increasingly sensitive and concerned about [the anti-US] phenomenon." The US maintains close ties with several family-run Gulf states to protect US access to oil. Apart from Israel, the region is devoid of democratic government.
"The US wants to control the world. Look at the way they control the Gulf and control the oil there," says Aida Abu al-Hawa, a lingerie saleswoman in East Jerusalem. "And this is a democratic state?" she asks, referring to the US. "This is the greatest of the dictator states."
In a poor part of the sprawling Egyp-tian capital, an elderly Cairene exhibited a quiet satisfaction with the turn of events. "The US just finally got a taste of its own medicine," says Mohammed, refusing to give his family name.
Nicole Gaouette and Philip Smucker contributed to this report.

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Publishing on kottke.org is suspended until further notice. The situation in New York and New Jersey is still dire** so posting stupid crap seems frivolous and posting about the Sandy aftermath seems exploitive. Information is not what people need right now; people need flashlights, candles, drinking water, safety, food, access to emergency medical care, a warm place to sleep, etc.
Anyway, we’ll be back in a few days hopefully.
** I say “still dire” because I think the perception among people not in the NY/NJ area is one of “oh, the storm has passed, the flooding is subsiding, and everything is getting back to normal”. But that’s not what I’m hearing. What I’m hearing is that there are large areas that have been without power for 4-5 days, people are running out of food and gas, food and gas deliveries are not happening, etc. Things are getting worse (or certainly have the potential to get worse), not better, especially for those without the resources to care about which cool restaurants are open or how much an iPhone car service is gouging its customers or which Midtown office they’re gonna work on their startup from.
My deepest sympathies go out to Kottke and other bloggers who are enduring the dire situation still ongoing in New York City and the surrounding boroughs. We anxiously await your firsthand reports of the struggle to keep civilization together in the wake of the worst disaster the Internet-centric generation has ever experienced.
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Origins of the Easter Bunny – Procure Inc.
Easter has just passed and as is tradition in the Procure Office, we’re looking at the history of the holiday. We could go back and look at Easter or the Jewish Passover, but we thought of a stranger question to ask: Where did the Easter Bunny come from? When we think Easter Bunny in the U.S., we think of a playful children’s character and the candy industry’s best friend for sales next to Halloween. Is the bunny just a corporate sales mascot or is there some weird way to make it a religious symbol?
The exact origins of the Easter Bunny are complicated, in truth it probably arose from a number of religions and beliefs practiced over centuries. Take what we have here with a grain of salt, because this particular rabbit doesn’t have a clear or concrete origin. We can connect rabbits to numerous periods, religions and fesitivities.
The Pagan Goddess of fertility, Eostre, has been connected to the rabbit and as a possible origin of the name Easter. Eostre herself can be traced back farther, with some connections to the Norse Freyja. Unfortunately, Freyja hasn’t got a connection to rabbits, we we know it came after her time or from other religions. In principal anyway, this is a time period so far back that we can only speculate today.
Rabbits made their way into the Christian churches as well. Today, they can be seen in stained glass and carvings across the world. There is the Three Hares motif in particular, which depicts three hares in a circle, pursuing each other, found in German, France, England, and even the Middle East. This has been related to the idea of the holy trinity and as a symbol of the Virgin Mary.
The rabbit’s involvement came to be akin to Christmas and Santa Claus. It was said to judge the good and the bad in some cultures, much like Santa does in today’s culture. A few hundred years ago, Easter was the major Christian holiday, with there being no mention or concept of Christmas, so this does make sense. As the major holiday, it would be the time for gift giving like small treats and toys.
Unlike the Easter Rabbit, the eggs are a more concrete part of the tradition. From a Christian perspective, the egg could be seen as a symbol of new life. They were used as a symbol of Jesus emerging from the tomb when he was resurrected on Easter. Eating decorated eggs was the standard tradition, just as much as Eggnog or Christmas Dinner is today. This does however beg the question: what makes the egg special?
Egg decoration as a whole can be traced back for a few thousand years. For Christianity and Easter, we can pick it up in Mesopotamia, where eggs were frequently stained red as a symbol of Jesus’s blood. The symbolism of the egg was likely boosted by Lent, which originally forbid eating eggs altogether. To preserve the eggs through lent, they could be hard boiled so they would last and be eaten at the end of lent. It may also have simply been a major part of feasting after, a desired food everyone wanted to return to.
With the Easter Bunny bringing treats, the eggs and egg hunting was an easy tradition to start once they were so thoroughly cemented in the religion. In the late 1800s, chocolate Easter eggs began to become common place. This would play a key roll in the use of artificial eggs to contain snacks and treats for kids at Easter Egg hunts as the importance of real eggs died out.
What we can say at the end of all of this, is that our modern cultural and religious beliefs are in many ways founded on a merging and interaction of numerous cultures. We can trace the ideas that created our modern beliefs back through time, religions, and cultures. We can also get lost along the way, as some traditions can stretch back hundreds and thousands of years, leaving little for us to find today.
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Are you doing the UK’s favourite workout?
CrossFit provides a fun path to achieving your health and fitness goals. Getting fit and healthy shouldn’t be boring or monotonous. It should be fun, varied and done with friends!
Try our 60 minute classes that incorporate high intensity interval training and a variety of movements including complex gymnastics and weightlifting.
CrossFit is described as “constantly varied functional movements performed at high intensity.
The key to CrossFit isn’t that it takes you hours to complete your workout, but to put in maximum effort in the shortest time possible to achieve the biggest improvement.
The “WOD” is the “workout of the day.” Each day a new WOD is posted at Crossfit Beowulf, and it’s part of a complete program designed to improve strength and conditioning. The Beowulf Crossfit program is characterized by three days of work before one day of rest, though athletes may alter this pattern. The WOD can be scaled (adjusted) to provide a suitable challenge for athletes at any level.
I haven’t been active for years, is CrossFit for me?
Yes, absolutely! CrossFit is completely scalable so every workout can be made more or less challenging, depending on your fitness level. This allows complete beginners to train with CrossFit veterans and still get an awesome workout.
To see progression, often the WOD (workout of the day) is timed. The only person you’re working against is yourself. This time will become your benchmark and should reduce each time you perform that same WOD.
I’ve never tried CrossFit before so can I join any of the coached sessions?
CrossFit is made up of many different movements that need to be practiced and performed under the watchful eye of a CrossFit coach to ensure you’ve got the correct technique.
All members new to CrossFit need to attend an CrossFit foundation course or screening first. We have different courses depending on the time scale in which you’d like to complete it.
When is the next Foundations course and how do I get sign up?
Screening £25. This short course, roughly an hour, is designed for already competent athletes. The coach has a list of movements that they will ask the athlete to perform, ticking off the movements one by one to ensure that they are competent enough to then take on a full membership.
Fast Track £75. This is a two hour course to go through all the movements, with an emphasis on the 2 olympic movements. This is for your trained gym goer who is already aware of the majority of the movements required by class.
121 sessions £25 per session, max of 5, £30 for a double up. This is the 121 coached, individual sessions where a coach would take the athlete through all of the movements over a series of classes similar to the format that we currently employ. However the coach should feel free to reduce the number of classes if required, saving time, and the clients money and getting them onto a Crossfit membership sooner. This option is for those who need that extra help but are keen to get started ASAP and/or dont have the flexibility to fit into the group sessions.
Group classes, £80 for 8 classes over 4 weeks. This is the current ‘Onramp’ structure, great for those who want to take things slower, have the support of fellow classmates and have the structure to meet the weekly classes. If they miss classes they will need to catch up with a 121 coach for £25. CrossFit lead to attend the last class to meet the new members and to assist in the transfer over to the Crossfit community.
If you wish to sign up to the course click the link: JOIN HERE and choose ‘CrossFit DD £80.00 covers the 4-week course and you will also be able to visit the gym outside the 2 evening sessions if you wish.
How many coached sessions can I attend each week?
• CrossFit Plus £70 pm entitles you to attend three coached sessions per week as well as full use of the gym and all standard classes.
• CrossFit Unlimited £80pm allows you to attend as many coached sessions per week as you like as well as full use of the gym and all standard classes. As part of your CrossFit Unlimited membership you can also attend Sparta OCR classes, find out more about Sparta HERE.
How much does each membership cost?
CrossFit Plus is £70 per month.
CrossFit Unlimited is £80 per month.
When do coached sessions run?
CrossFit coached sessions run at different times throughout the day, 7 days a week. More information can be found on our class timetable, there are classes on in the morning, at lunchtime, during the evening and on the weekend too.
We also have coaches available in between classes during Open Gym to assist you with movements or workouts.
Can I drop in from another box? If so, how much?
If you are a visiting CrossFitter and would like to drop in we would love to accommodate you. It is £10 a drop in and you can book by calling the club 01462 682952 or letting us know on email the date and time you would like to attend using our timetable.


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Everyday life can be overwhelming for a teen struggling with substance abuse. At First Step, adolescents are treated differently than adults because of developmental issues, differences in values and beliefs, as well as environmental considerations such as peer influence. First Step is dedicated to providing the highest quality professional care to adolescents struggling with alcohol and drug addiction. The program includes individual and family sessions and group therapy.
Youth Outpatient services are offered during the day and in the evening at the Sarasota Outpatient office. Clients must be between the ages of 13 and 18. Parental participation is required.


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Today has been an awesome and productive Saturday. I got up at my normal time and made the husband and I breakfast. We were in dire need of a grocery run, so I was really excited that I got two loaves of Bauducco Panettone to try as part of the Foodbuzz Tastemakers program. Otherwise, breakfast would have been pretty slim pickings. The company sent me a sample of its Hershey's chocolate chips variety and another one with Sun-Maid raisins. It comes boxed up and is circular like a cake. Tim and I both agreed it was somewhere between a cake and a dessert bread. It wasn't sweet enough to be called a cake, but it was too sweet for bread. It also has a slight orange taste, and a delicate, soft textur e. I used the chocolate kind to make Tim a grilled nutella sandwich for breakfast. I'm pretty sure this is not what George Foreman had in mind when he marketed the Lean, Mean, Fat-Reducing Grilling Machine, but it made an ooey-gooey cripsy exterior breakfast for Tim.
I had oatmeal with Splenda, cinnamon, a chopped apple and walnuts. It doesn't look like much, but it was tasty. I was saving my calories for later.
After free yoga at lululemon, I had a doctors appointment, which I chased with lunch at Wing Stop and serious grocery shopping. With visits to Costco and Aldi, my cupboards finally look like someone lives here.
I spent the afternoon intermittently cleaning and shopping for a car online. Turns out that my car is trying to kill me with its non-functioning airbags, so I'm trying to figure out my next move. I'm torn between buying an impractical, cute car I really love and making the grown-up decision to buy a practical, value-driven car.
For now, little man and I are reading a fascinating book that brings together and breaks down a ton of different exercise- and sports-related research. I'll be devouring this read before the night is over. Have a happy Saturday!


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This weekend’s weaker results may be a bit misleading, however. Localytics says that iPhone 7 demand is significant and suggests that its sales would have been stronger had Apple make more supply available. Apple has said that demand was stronger than expected for iPhone 7 Plus, leading to supply shortages. The same holds true for its jet black iPhone 7 model.
Apple’s iPhone 7 went on sale on Friday. While the interest led to some lines outside some Apple stores, many people had instead already preordered their phones.


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This section covers the core tutorials and examples from Play. These are maintained by the core Play team, and so will be based on the latest Play release.
All of the following projects can be downloaded as example projects from the download page.
There are two Play Seeds that are designed expressly for getting started with new Play applications. They contain a hello world controller and view template, filters, and nothing else.
using a minimal giter8 template (roughly like a maven archetype). This is a good choice if you already know Play and want to create a new project immediately.
For people using Play for the first time, there is a starter project which introduces Play with some sample controllers and components.
or you can download it as an example project from the download page.
Play is non-opinionated about database access, and integrates with many object relational layers (ORMs). There is out of the box support for Anorm, Ebean, Slick, and JPA, but many customers use NoSQL or REST layers and there are many examples of Play using other ORMs not mentioned here.
Slick is a Functional Relational Mapping (FRM) library for Scala that makes it easy to work with relational databases. It allows you to work with stored data almost as if you were using Scala collections while at the same time giving you full control over when a database access happens and which data is transferred. You can also use SQL directly. Execution of database actions is done asynchronously, making Slick a perfect fit for your reactive applications based on Play and Akka.
play-isolated-slick: This template uses a multi-module that hides Slick 3.x behind an API layer, and does not use Play-Slick integration. It also contains sbt-flyways and use Slick’s code generator to create the Slick binding from SQL tables.
play-scala-intro: This template uses Play Slick as part of a single Play project.
Computer Database with Play-Slick: This template uses Play Slick. You will need to clone the play-slick project from Github and type project computer-database-sample in SBT to get to the sample project.
This is a example template showing Play with Java Persistence API (JPA), using Hibernate Entity Manager. It is included in the Play project itself.
This is an example template showing Play with Anorm using Play’s Anorm Integration. It also uses Play-Bootstrap for easy template scaffolding.
This is an example template that uses Ebean using Play’s Ebean integration. It also uses Play-Bootstrap for easy template scaffolding.
Compile time dependency injection can be done in Play in a number of different DI frameworks.
There are two examples shown here, but there are other compile time DI frameworks such as Scaldi, which has Play integration built in, and Dagger 2, which is written in Java.
This is an example template showing compile time dependency injection using Macwire.


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Corning Incorporated (GLW) added 0.58% with the finishing price of $34.6 in Thursday Trading Session. The stock price showed -5.36% downward in value from one year high price and revealed 32.52% upward in value from its one year low price. In the recent week Corning Incorporated stock price volatility was noted 0.98% while for the last month volatility was seen at 1.50%. Its Average True Range (ATR) shows a number of 0.48. Return on assets (ROA) results to 3.60%. While Return on investment (ROI) reached to 6.50%.
The 1.45% up picture painted by the trends generated around 20 SMAs. The established market sentiment toward the stock has created a trading environment which can suitably be described as optimistic.
There has been up move seen around 50 SMAs. The stock price is showing 1.39% distance above 50 SMA. On the surface, it seems as the higher the 50-day moving average goes, the more bullish the market is (and the lower it goes, the more bearish). In practice, however, the reverse is true. The 50-day moving average is perceived to be the dividing line between a stock that is technically healthy and one that is not. Furthermore, the percentage of stocks above their 50-day moving average helps determine the overall health of the market. Many market traders also use moving averages to determine profitable entry and exit points into specific securities. Corning Incorporated (GLW) has demonstrated up trend based on recent movement of 200 SMA with 6.95% during the course of recent market activity. This trend reveals recent direction. The current direction of 200 SMA is upward. When the price over the last 200 days is moving with increasing trend, look for buy opportunities and when it shows decreasing trend the price is below the last 200 days, look for sell opportunities.
The current value of the RSI is 56.31. The relative strength index (RSI) readings highlights overbought above 70 and oversold below 30. The stock also has a beta of 1.16. When beta is less/more than 1, it can be interpreted that the stock is theoretically less/more volatile than the market – something traders will surely be keeping an eye on.
In terms of profitability, The Company has a profit margin of 8.60%, gross margin of 39.50% and an operating of 14.00%. The stock price changed -0.03% in the past week. Shares of the company have performed 14.00% over the last three months and moved 26.23% over the last 12- months.

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John Devlin. 27/03/15. GLASGOW. STOCK. Scottish Fire and Rescue Service. fire brigade, fire ,emergency service , 999 , rescue sevice , fire engine , flames.
The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS) has issued a safety appeal after a woman required first aid following a chimney fire at her home in Kelso on Saturday, February, 6. Two crews from Kelso administered first aid to the casualty.
She had suffered some minor burns on the back of her hand whilst trying to move a log from the fire.
Firefighters used a ladder to reach the fire and extinguished it safely.
With over 1000 chimney fires in Scotland each year, Group Manager Steve Gourlay for the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service warns: “With the recent cold and inclement weather, people will be using open fires and their chimneys again. To help keep everyone safe from fire in the home, we would encourage taking necessary steps such as ensuring your chimney is swept regularly, and we would urge all householders to have a working smoke alarm in their home.
“Regular cleaning of a chimney is the best way of ensuring that you prevent a chimney fire in your home. Fires can start accidentally in your chimney as soot and fuel residues slowly build up over time and sometimes these leftovers can catch fire. If this happens, the chimney could send burning soot into your living room or start fires within the roof space or on other floors of the house.
 Ensure that you have a working smoke alarm fitted. This will give you give you the vital early warning if fire does break out.
Join Scotland’s Fight Against Fire and request a home fire safety visit by calling the SFRS freephone number 0800 0731 999 or visit the website at www.firescotland.gov.uk.

industry_corpus2: Safety Management


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There is one fact that many students may not know. It is that there is a facility to view DVDs at our central library! Perhaps general students are also unaware of this fact. In particular, foreign students may be unaware of the overall university facilities. For those students, I will write an introduction to our university's central library.
First of all, the location of our university central library is located on a high hill next to the Natural Science University building. It is a little difficult to get there because of the many stairs, but the library has about 500,000 copies of data and 3,000 different academic journals.
The academic and electronic information room with DVD facilities is on the first floor of the Central Library. These places are designed to supports users' diverse information needs and provide the best academic information service function in this information society: DVD viewing, information searching, terrestrial broadcasting, audio listening, and microfilm readers can be used.
So how can DVDs be used in the academic and electronic information rooms? Data is available not only availible from the electronic information room but also from personal collection data. And, it is also possible to search for the data you want to use on a search PC, request the library assistant to find it, or find it directly in the electronic information library located next to the counter. At first, this method can be a bit clumsy and difficult, but you don't have to worry because you can ask for help from an kind assistant. Once you find the materials you want, you can submit your identification or student identification to the assistant and receive your DVD, headset, and remote control, and sit where you want to sit. There are four DVD seats in total, two single seats and two multi-person seats. Finally, when you finish viewing the data, all you need to do is return the DVD, headset, and remote controller, and receive you identification or student identification that you submitted earlier.
In addition to the facilities, the central library houses a lending room, a social and natural science data room, a humanities science data room, a reference library, a video information room, a community lounge, and a disability reading room. For more information, you can see Kunsan University's main library homepage.