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CAIRO – The Sudanese protest movement on Monday welcomed the “positive steps” taken by the ruling military council, which held talks with opposition leaders over the weekend and released some political prisoners.
The praise came despite a brief incident earlier Monday where activists said soldiers attempted to disperse the ongoing protest sit-in outside the military headquarters in the capital, Khartoum, but eventually backed off.
Last week, Sudan’s military ousted longtime President Omar al-Bashir following four months of street protests against his rule, then appointed a military council that it says will rule for two years or less while elections are organized. Demonstrators fear that the army, dominated by al-Bashir appointees, will cling to power or select one of its own to succeed him.
The Sudanese Professionals Association, which is behind the protests, repeated its key demand at a press conference in Khartoum Monday evening: The military must immediately give power to a transitional civilian government that would rule for four years.
There were no clashes and no one was hurt in the attempted dispersal, but the incident set off concerns that the military could renege on its promises not to use force against the peaceful demonstrators. Previous attempts to break up the sit-in before al-Bashir’s ouster last Thursday killed dozens of people.
The statement said Gen. Hashem Babakr was appointed the joint chief of staff, replacing Gen. Kamal Abdel-Marouf al-Mahi, who was ousted along with Defense Minister Awad Mohammed ibn Ouf a day after al-Bashir’s overthrow.
Since his ouster, al-Bashir – president for nearly 30 years – has been under house arrest in Khartoum. The military said he was removed from power in response to the demands of the people.
A military spokesman said Sunday it will name a civilian prime minister and Cabinet but not a president to help govern the country. The announcement was unlikely to satisfy the protesters. Lt. Gen. Shamseldin Kibashi said in televised remarks that the military had begun to overhaul the security apparatus and wouldn’t break up the demonstrations outside the military headquarters.
Sudan’s uprising began in December as a series of protests against the rising costs of fuel and food, but soon shifted to calls for al-Bashir to step down. Dozens of people were killed in a security crackdown aimed at quashing the protests.
The protests against al-Bashir gained further momentum after Algeria’s President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, in power for 20 years, resigned earlier this month in response to weeks of similar protests.
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text: Gideon Crevoshay is a musician from the hills of the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont. He uses the human voice to explore the countless dimensions of sound, language, and improvisation. Gideon studies traditional and ancient forms of singing from around the world, including the US, Caucasus, and Mediterranean, finding inspiration in the wisdom contained within these traditions and how they can inform present ideas of music-making and community. He performs, records, and tours extensively with many projects including Tenores de Aterúe, Trident Ensemble, Resonanda, OKAPIS, Starry Mountain Singers, Revels, and Briars of North America. Gideon has worked with OneBeat since its inception in 2012, having co-led projects in Turkey and Russia. He also teaches polyphonic singing throughout the US, and with the world music organization, Village Harmony.

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Apple said in a statement that it fixed the problem.
Apple released iOS 10 to the public today, and while every iPhone user must be psyched that they can finally delete the “Stocks” app, the download process temporarily turned some people’s phones into shiny, useless bricks.
A quick search on social media, like the one Gizmodo did, reveals that dozens and dozens of iPhone and iPad users were afflicted. When these users attempted to install the over-the-air update of the latest operating system on Tuesday morning, their devices uselessly locked up.
Affected users were instructed to connect their devices to iTunes to restore the software and complete the update.
Luckily, the problem appears to have been fixed, and folks can now enjoy iOS 10, even though it’s getting mixed reviews. Still, the brief debacle made for a super annoying day for anybody who was out and about, stuck with a useless phone.
Tellingly, in this technology utopia we call the modern age, most people were looking on the bright side: At least the phones didn’t explode.

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TOEFL – IBT score of 80 with no section below 19, or paper-based score of 550 with TWE score of 4.0 or higher.
IELTS – score of at least 6.0, with no band score less than 5.5.

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So much for Knicks interim GM Ed Tapscott being the prohibitive frontrunner to be Ernie Grunfeld’s successor.
However, a Jazz official told The Post Layden could turn down the Knicks’ offer. A Jazz official said Layden met with Utah owner Larry Miller yesterday for lunch and met last night with GM Tim Howells and Dennis Haslam, president of Miller Enterprises. “It looks like Scott is pondering his fate,” a Jazz official said.
Or trying to squeeze more money out of the Jazz, who promoted Layden to VP in 1996. It appears Checketts, who received permission to talk to the Utah executive on his “vacation,” offered Layden a multi-year deal worth close $1.5 million per.
One Utah source said the length was between five-and-seven years. The annual wage is nearly four times what Layden makes now. Layden’s contract calls for him to make roughly $400,000 this season.
If Utah gives Layden a significant bump, Layden, a low-key guy unlike his father, Frank, might stay. His wife, Marcia, hails from Utah and they have four daughters.
The Knicks’ courting of Layden is a dramatic turn of events. Layden told an associate as recently as two weeks ago that he believed the Knicks were going in-house and tabbing Tapscott. What changed? Some believe Checketts felt he had to make a bigger splash.
Checketts is expected back from his so-called vacation by today or tomorrow. A Garden spokesman said the Knicks would have no comment on the GM situation or the Salt Lake powwow. Interim GM Tapscott, who ran the draft, did not return phone calls.
Layden, 41, whose father/former Utah coach Frank grew up in New York, was close to Checketts during the 1980s when the Garden guru was Jazz president. Layden was an assistant coach in 1981, became their chief scout and was named director of player personnel in 1988-89.
One league source said Checketts always had a liking for Layden, who spent part of his childhood in the Buffalo area. Layden’s first coaching job was at Fairleigh Dickinson in Teaneck.
Checketts once harbored hard feelings toward Miller but it is believed Checketts and Miller have patched things up. If anything, Checketts will get his associate, Layden, a big raise, one way or another.

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"Sarasota is a center of innovation and the arts."
The Montessori world descends on Sarasota through this weekend for the 22nd Annual International Montessori Education Conference. The event will bring 400 school leaders from 11 countries to the Hyatt Regency Sarasota.
Tim Seldin, president of the Sarasota-based Montessori Foundation, says the event shows Sarasota’s increasing importance to education philosophy. “And Montessori is becoming an increasingly influential voice in the world of education,” he says.
The Montessori education philosophy, named for founder Maria Montessori, focuses on a child-centered approach and observations of children.
The conference, which launches today and continues through Sunday, will be produced by the foundation and by the International Montessori Council, which also calls Sarasota home. The Foundation relocated to Sarasota from Washington, D.C. in 2002 and the Council serves largely as the membership arm of the organization.
Filmmaker Jan Selby will premiere the documentary Building the Pink Tower at the conference this evening. The film explores the growing influence of Montessori schools, of which there are now more than 5,000 in the United States.
The event will feature keynote speeches by Seldin and Council Executive Director Kathy Leitch, along with workshops on how the Montessori method in teaching problem-solving, leadership and elementary mathematics, along with addressing problems like “Motivating the Unmotivated Child” and administrative issues like creating hospitality within a school.
Seldin, who likes to call Sarasota a “Montessori city in some ways,” says the region provides a perfect venue for the event thanks to cultural amenities and international appeal.
The community serves as home to the Newgate Montessori School Sarasota, a lab school for the foundation, an institution Seldin says has attracted more than 100 families to move to the region.
“Sarasota is a center of innovation and the arts,” Seldin says. That serves the school well, he says, because the Montessori method is also about cutting edge innovation, not with technology but with human education and developing relationships with students and the community.
When positing the theory of evolution, Charles Darwin marveled at the “endless forms” found in the natural world, where plants and animals alike adapt to their surroundings in a dizzying array of varied morphology. At Selby Gardens, the botanically minded artists behind this year’s Orchid Show, aptly titled Endless Forms, find that same wonder within one taxonomical family. Open through November 25, the show celebrates the beauty and diversity of the orchid family through both a gorgeously redesigned Conservatory complete with living sculptures and a curated selection of scientific specimens on display in the Payne Mansion.
In the Conservatory, Selby Gardens’ living plant collection is on stunning display through a series of creative sculptural elements running through the space, each designed to keep the viewer’s mind on the concept of forms. Upon entering, “Van-brellas” tower above on bamboo stilts, the circular wooden hoops with chicken wire mesh housing epiphytic Vanda orchids that dangle like floral chandeliers. Emerging from behind the Van-brellas, the Ribbon arcs from the ground to snake through the canopy of the entire Conservatory like a blossoming rollercoaster track. Made of PVC panels and faux-moss, 180 feet of countless purple Phalaenopsis orchids and pink Guzmania bromeliads guide visitors from end to end of the exhibition.
In between, stop for the perfect picture under the similarly sculpted and tillandsia-adorned decorated Infinity Loop, placed over a quaint bridge and water feature combo. And keep an eye out for the cleverly created “Van-shrooms,” which turn “gobs” of blooming Vanda orchids and their tangling roots into birds-nest mushroom caps atop trunk-like plinths.
And don’t forget the Orchidarium, says Worth, hidden off to the side of the Conservatory and showing off a selection of Selby Gardens’ smaller orchid varieties, which might otherwise get lost in the big displays.
On the other side of campus, completing Endless Forms, Payne Mansion highlights the research side of the botanical equation, showing how scientists collect, study and order their specimens. In one room, see a series of “trifectas”—displays that incorporate herbarium specimens (pressed plants), spirit specimens (plants in liquid preservative) and sketches that include relevant details about the plant and its discovery and harvest. Also see rare botanical books on display and get a glimpse into 19th century botany. On the opposite side of the mansion, find a terrarium and an interactive digital display.
Endless Forms will be on display at Selby Gardens through November 25.
Pictured: "Endless Forms" at the 2018 Orchid Show. Photo by Matthew Holler.
With the imminent arrival of PINC 2018 on December 6, once again promising a day full of passionate speakers covering a broad and varied range of topics, SRQ went behind the scenes with a few of these incoming artists, activists and entrepreneurs for a quick taste of what’s to come. An author, consultant and public speaker, Kathy Bryan is also a survivor of human trafficking. Today she works with medical professionals, law enforcement, nonprofits and more across the country to bring an end to human trafficking.
SRQ: Why did you want to come to Sarasota and spend time with this audience in particular? Greenberg: Not only was I honored to be included, but I was drawn to the celebration of people. Humans and their diverse, intriguing, creative differences are truly our world's most precious resource. PINC celebrates people. I love people. Seems like a terrific match to me, and there honestly isn't one audience I would take a pass on sharing the truths of trafficking with, because everyone needs to know.
What is the biggest myth or misunderstanding about human trafficking that you come across most often? It doesn't happen here. Human trafficking doesn't exist in my community/neighborhood/school, etc. The truth is it occurs everywhere—every country, city and town. The other big myth is that we should be worried about kidnapping. The truth is only 5% of the trafficking in America originates with kidnapping.
Do you believe we are winning the fight against human trafficking? I believe we are making a difference. I believe that we can continue to do better and we can mitigate the number of people it happens to. If we truly want to end it, we have to live in a world that honors people, all people. One in which we live the truth that your freedom ends only when it infringes upon mine.
Pictured: Kathy Bryan. Photo courtesy of PINC Sarasota.
In celebration of seven years serving the Sarasota community fresh, local seafood, Duval’s is thrilled to host a “Floribbean” birthday party dedicated exclusively to their loyal patrons. In addition to their regular menu, Chef Nils Tarantik has dreamed up a delectable menu worth celebrating. Boasting mouth-watering options such as crab fritters with chipotle remoulade, crispy spice rubbed boneless chicken, grilled Caribbean spice rubbed flank steak, and many other decadent choices, the night promises to be one of decadent indulgence.
It’s not a party without drinks and entertainment, and the evening will be jam-packed with plenty of both. Duval’s award-winning bartenders will be serving up handcrafted rum cocktails and the relaxing sounds of steel drums from The Island Boys band will last long into the night. Put on your best island attire and visit Duval’s on November 14th for a celebration to remember!
Crews have begun staging equipment at Lido Beach in preparation for an emergency renourishment project that is scheduled to begin as early as this weekend. The contractor for the City of Sarasota’s short-term project, Coastal Dredging Corp., will spend the next few days laying pipe and bringing in equipment, with the renourishment work to follow. The project will take approximately 90 days to complete. The emergency renourishment is intended to address the critical erosion of Lido Beach. Approximately 185,000 cubic yards of sand from New Pass will be utilized to renourish Lido. The beach will remain open through the duration of the project. Beachgoers are advised to use caution and stay aware of active work zones and any equipment operating in the area. The project cost of $3.9 million is being shared by the City of Sarasota, Sarasota County, the state and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); the City’s funding portion is approximately $600,000.
Dr. Justin Sirianni, a pain management specialist with Coastal Orthopedics, recently earned board certification in both pain management and anesthesiology from The American Board of Anesthesiology (ABA). The ABA works alongside physicians to promote lifelong learning and advance the highest standards in patient care. Board certification is a professional distinction that symbolizes a physician has met the highest standards of practice in a medical specialty. Sirianni joined the staff of Coastal Orthopedics in August 2017. As a pain management physician who specializes in interventional treatments of the neck and spine, he focuses on helping patients restore function and get back to being active.
Long-time Venice resident Michael T. Hartley, CEO of DKE Inc., Comprehensive Wealth Counsel, was awarded the Advanced Certificate in Family Wealth Advising (ACFWA) and honored as a Fellow of the Family Firm Institute at the 2018 FFI Global Conference in London, England. FFI Fellow status signifies that Michael Hartley has completed an advanced program of study as part of the Family Firm Institute’s Global Education Network, presented at FFI annual conferences, published in FFI publications and has been a member of FFI for more than 10 years. The certificates are presented to individuals who have achieved comprehensive professional knowledge and gained significant expertise that can be used as value to family business owners and family wealth clients. This distinction further ensures that the highest standards in professional best practices will be implemented.
We salute JFCS of the Suncoast and USF Sarasota-Manatee for their regional programs supporting veterans in our won backyard. Reach about the initiavites that have made a positive impact at home.

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Nonprofit organizations help elderly people in managing their household tasks.
Nonprofit groups called ‘Villages’ which provide assistance to seniors and enable them to stay in their own homes, are becoming increasingly popular in the US. Each village is made up of of young neighborhood volunteers who help seniors with tasks they cannot handle on their own. For a small annual fee, seniors get access to 24-hour call lines that put them in touch with volunteers who help them with trips to medical checkups, grocery shopping, technical help and regular exercise.
The idea of villages is clicking with elderly people who would rather stay independent rather than live in assisted homes.

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> Does that mean that others can also code and propose 'features'?
The actual source is public domain, and lives in CVS at sarovar.
go right ahead and ignore the rest of this e-mail.
model mimics that of e-TeX quite closely.
is 64bit arithmetic (a partial patch by Giuseppe Bilotta exists).
join the team, please e-mail me or Karl Berry if that is the case.

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Getting ready for Santa Cruz County Open Studio!
It's that time of year again and we are getting ready for Open Studio. Our weekends this year will be Oct. 3 & 4 and Oct. 17 & 18. Some of those crazy parts I listed in our last post found a home with this little guy!


text: Crimson's Laserguard is the best-in-class laser sight for compact and subcompact polymer framed pistols, and features Instinctive Activation technology. It mounts securely to the trigger guard, enhancing your ability to engage threats quickly and accurately. The LG-499 model is a powerful laser sight that will provide two (2) hours of battery life with a single 1/3N Lithium battery and features a quick change battery cover for replacement without removal of the unit. As with all Crimson Trace laser sights, the LG-499 is completely user-adjustable for windage and elevation. This red model is compatible with HK VP9, VP9SK, and VP40 and has a black finish.


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RACKETT make loud and experimental punk-pop. Since forming at the start of 2016, RACKETT have been steadily crafting an adventurous live show which has been described by _The Music_ as ‘outstanding... this outfit is one to watch’.
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I’m heading to Idaho this week for the birth of my new nephew! My twin sister is having her second baby (another boy!) and I’m so excited to go and take pictures and help her out this week.
My husband will be holding down the fort in Utah. I’m going to making a few meals for him before I leave, including a couple on this week’s menu plan! He’s pretty excited about having those meals ready for him.


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Regus, the world’s leading workspace provider, recently opened a new location on the 30th floor of Singha Complex - a state-of-the-art grade A office. The new location adds to Regus’ existing network of 21 locations across Thailand, with just a few steps from Phetchaburi MRT station and Makkasan Station Airport Rail Link (ARL).
Spread over the entire 30th floor of Singha Complex, Regus’ new branch provides 1,134 sq ft of office space including 73 office rooms, 200 workstations and two meeting rooms with unparalleled flexible workspace experience and a commanding view of Asoke Montri Road and Phetchaburi Road in central Bangkok. Also available is a range of ready- to- use office amenities, business-grade Internet and telephony service, as well as a kitchen, cleaning service and round-the- clock receptionists to help make your working experience hassle free and memorable.
In addition, the new Regus offers services that go beyond the traditional workspace, such as a virtual office that provides you with a stunning company mailing address in the central business district ; as well as ‘hot desks’ that allow individuals to jump from office-to-office across Regus’ extensive locations throughout Bangkok. Regus has a global network of offices, co-working and meeting spaces in 3,300 locations across 110 countries around the globe.
Noelle Coak, country head of Thailand/Taiwan/Korea said the launch of Regus’ 21st location at Singha Complex confirms that this area remains an attractive business location for Thais and foreigners. The Asoke – Phetchaburi area is well-recognised amongst driven professionals and digital nomads, who want to excel on their career in a fast-paced city. The new centre is available for employees of startups, small and medium companies as well as large organisations and freelancers.
“This new opening is part of Regus’ commitment to expand into strategic locations across Thailand, and to meet the increasing demand for flexible workspace in the country. Hence, we will innovate and grow continually , and to provide the best flexible and convenient working experience to those looking for more inspiring options when working,” Noelle added.
Tibor Pandi, first left, head of Citi Thailand, recently received the Thailand’s Best Global Bank Award at the Asset Asian Awards 2018 from Asset magazine, one of Asia’s leading financial publications.
This marked the 9th consecutive year Citi Thailand has won the highly respected award, representing the success of Citi Thailand’s efforts and dedicated commitment to provide the best services to its 1 million customers in Thailand in corporate and consumer banking solutions.
Delta Electronics (Thailand) Plc recently joined other electronics companies operating in Thailand and the government and academics sectors at the Electrical and Electronics Institute (EEI)’s 20th anniversary event entitled “Driving Toward Standardisation and Innovation” at Bangpoo Industrial Estate.
Founded in 1998, the EEI offers quality services to ensure international standards and competitiveness in Thailand’s electronics industry.
The EEI event presented a platform for Delta to showcase its EV charging solutions to drive auto electrification in Thailand including the AC Mini Plus EV Charger and DC Wallbox Charger.
Kittisak Ngoenngokngam, Delta’s business director/Southeast Asia , demonstrated how Delta’s EV charging can support emissions-free vehicles.
As a major electronics company of Thailand, Delta proactively supports the government’s Thailand 4.0 policy. Delta’s sustainable growth strategy has guided its transformation to a smart solutions provider of innovative, clean and energy-efficient solutions for a better tomorrow.

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Nov. 5, 2018 6:05 a.m.
A rally planned for today in favour of a Calgary bid for the 2026 Olympics will feature some familiar faces from the last time the city held the Games.
British ski-jumper Michael Edwards — better known as Eddie the Eagle — and 1988 mascots Hidy and Howdy are to be at a downtown convention centre for the event.
Canadian Olympians expected to attend include gold-medal sprinter Donovan Bailey and multi-medal-winning hockey player Cassie Campbell-Pascall.
Ice dancing duo Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir, who won gold at this year’s Winter Olympics, are to make an appearance by video.
The rally comes a week before a plebiscite on whether Calgary should bid for the 2026 Games.
A three-member grassroots group with no advertising money has been trying to push its anti-bid message without the same star power.
“Our group ‘No Calgary Olympics’ has always been focused on asking good questions and wanting Calgarians to have a full conversation about whether hosting the Olympics is the right thing for Calgary now,” said spokeswoman Erin Waite.
The group’s concerns include the cost of playing host, the transparency and ethics of the International Olympic Committee and what it sees as shortcomings in the bid process.
Opposing an Olympic bid isn’t a slight against Calgary, Waite said.
She pointed to Calgary’s new $245-million Central Library, which opened to much fanfare last week.
Last week, the bid seemed all but dead as the federal, provincial and municipal governments wrangled over cost-sharing. But they reached a deal late Tuesday and the bid survived a city council vote on Wednesday.
The bid has an estimated price tag of $5.1 billion. The province has said it would kick in $700 million of that and Ottawa would cover $1.4 billion. The city was asked to contribute $390 million, which includes $20 million for a $200-million insurance policy against cost overruns.
The remainder would be expected to come from ticket sales and other revenues.
Mary Moran, CEO of bid corporation Calgary 2026, has said the Olympics would mean a $4.4-billion investment coming into the city.
University of Alberta professor Stacy Lorenz, who studies the sociology and history of sports, questioned the rosy economic benefit forecasts.
It’s not surprising bid boosters are tugging at heartstrings by invoking past Olympic glory, he said.
“They are going to have to make an argument for civic pride and national identity, because if you look hard at the economics of it, that is not going to convince people to support the bid,” he said.


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Holistic Harmony is a Community Interest Company which seeks to create aspirations and provide support for groups and individuals with innovative and different projects.
Holistic Harmony can provide opportunities for work experience, support with gaining qualifications and confidence as well as mentoring for anyone who is wishing to create a better reality for themselves and their families but may be unsure of how to move forward. By volunteering you can discover strengths and abilities that you didn’t know you had and also gain experience whilst also possibly creating opportunities to get into paid employment.
Improve your CV and get recognition for your volunteering. Choose the award that's right for you.
You sign up for these at www.vinspired.com & choose Holistic Harmony CIC as the approved provider.
Just starting out with your volunteering? Choose the v10 as your goal and get your first steps into volunteering recognised straight away. You'll need to add hours as you go and tell us about the volunteering you did. If you get the taste for it you can then move on to the v50!
Regularly giving up a few hours of your time to help out?
Choose the v50 as your goal. You'll need to add hours as you go, tell us about the volunteering you did and the difference you made. You can also add some colour to your story by uploading photos. Once you've reached 50 hours submit your award for approval.
Keep it up and move on to the v100!
Giving up loads of your time to make the world a better place?
Choose the v100 as your goal. You'll need to add your hours, tell us about the difference you made and what you have learned. You can also add some colour to your story by uploading photos. Once you've reached 100 hours submit your award for approval.
Finished the v100? Don't stop here! Carry on adding your hours and telling us about your experiences. You can download an up to date Personal Volunteering Record whenever and wherever you want!


text: Get inspired by these Food and Beverage business names ideas created by our naming community. Whether you are launching a Food Brand, Beverage Brand, Food Business, Food Distributor or any other similar business, pick a name that resonates with your audience. Start your own naming contest and get a perfect name for your brand or business in 3-5 days or less.

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i recorded that song in january 2010. are you doing a cover?
it is of no great comfort, i know, but it WILL work out and you have me and a billion others to help.
did you move to melbourne? i'm having a blank. If not, you should come live in erko with me!
I did not yet. And unless something entirely miraculous happens I won't for at least 12 months.
How are you with cats? And slightly shut-in nerds who might be starting a work-at-home job soon?
yeah i was just thinking about your cat. My cat HATES other cats but the thing is she is on her last legs and i didn't actually expect her to still be here. Its likely i'll have to make the decision soon though, so i'm torn as to whether that's a concern or not! but yeah, bloody love cats.
it's a non smoking house apart from the fact i smoke spliffs in the lounge room. just so you know ;) oh and the rent is 262.
If you're still looking, then I guess I'm keen.


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Transitioning your code to ASP.NET MVC Core can be difficult, but today, I show you how to take an existing ActionFilter and convert it into a Middleware component.
I know I mentioned how much I love ActionFilters, but with ASP.NET Core, things are a little bit different now.
With the new Middleware in ASP.NET Core, we are injecting functionality into a pipeline. It's a different way to handle requests and responses.
While ActionFilters are specifically meant for MVC, I see Middleware as a site-wide feature similar to Http Modules.
Each Middleware component executes a piece of code and then moves on to the next one. Once each component is done processing the requests, it makes the return trip and executes any remaining code with the responses.
While Middleware can replace HttpModules, but it can also replace ActionFilters.
ActionFilters are like Middleware components. ActionFilters have an OnExecuting (before execution) and an OnExecuted (after execution).
In Middleware, the equivalent to OnExecuting is code before the Next.Invoke() and the equivalent to OnExecuted is code after the Next.Invoke().
So why couldn't we convert ActionFilters into Middleware components?
As an example of how to convert an ActionFilter into a Middleware component, I wrote a quick ActionFilter called EmoticonFilterAttribute.
The action happens in the response, not the request. So we need to use the OnActionExecuted for processing the HTML. When the HTML is returned, we simply want to enhance it with emoticons (or Emoji for you millennials).
Streams, Streams, Streams. It's all about the streams. If you want optimized code, streams are always the better option for performance since it ties nicely into the ASP.NET pipeline.
Notice how we isolated the EmoticonStream into it's own class instead of writing everything into the ActionFilter? Trust me, isolating this into a class makes this extremely easier to port over to a Middleware component.
Even though the Emoticon stream code is lengthy, you only need to focus on the Write method. We loop through our emoticons to see if we have any in our response. If we do, we simply replace the emoticon with an image.
It's a standard ActionFilter that can be applied to an Action or Controller like so.
For a simple test, I modified the Index.cshtml to look like this.
After testing our ActionFilter, we can see it works.
Since we have a working ActionFilter, we can now focus on converting it into a Middleware component.
Middleware components are simple classes. Ours will contain a simple constructor and the Invoke method.
// Adjust the response stream to include our images.
A very simple Middleware class.
For every Middleware class, we always need a way to access the RequestDelegate to know which Middleware component we are calling next (based on the _next.Invoke(context) line). This allows us to write code before and after the .Invoke() (similar to the OnActionExecuting and OnActionExecuted I mentioned above).
Also, remember when I mentioned it's better to have a separate class for our EmoticonStream?
The EmoticonStream class can be reused to latch onto the response and modify the returned HTML as you can see near the bottom of the file.
Once we've modified the HTML, we copy the emoticon response into our buffer and give it back to the Middleware pipeline. This returns it back to the client.
Now that we wrote our Middleware piece, how do we use it?
We add it to our pipeline in our Startup.cs (in bold).
Once you have this in place, you can easily see that nothing has changed in our result.
Today, I showed you how to convert a simple ActionFilter into Middleware components. While this is a simple example, you'll be able to use this to transition your library of ActionFilters into ready-to-use Middleware components.
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fingers; they feel like they are made of motion. I am tickling the steering wheel as I drive.
After Radar finds the nearest BP on his handheld, we decide to wake up Lacey and Ben.
I say, “Hey, guys, we’re about to stop.” No reaction.
Radar turns around and puts a hand on Lacey’s shoulder.
“Lace, time to get up.” Nothing.
singing along. And then I start singing along. I think it is finally my atonal screeching that awakes them.
“MAKE IT STOP!” Ben shouts. We turn down the music.
strategy for checking the fullness of his bladder. “I think I’m okay, actually,” he says.
“As the only boy who has not yet peed inside this car, I call first bathroom,” says Radar.
“You can buy apples,” I tell her.
WORLD’S BEST GRANDMA. I also grab three bottles of Bluefin.
The smell is more or less the same, which is rather disappointing.
us back to the interstate.


text: Terrence Fede did not receive a nickle toward his college education when he played football for Marist College. Neither did any of his teammates or any other player who competed in the Pioneer League to which Marist belongs. Fede, a defensive lineman, is now in position to earn a spot on the Miami Dolphins roster. No Marist football player has ever been drafted by the NFL. Marist is in Poughkeepsie, New York and is in the Division I subdivision. Fede is from Nyack, N.Y. and was not recruited by a big-time school. It’s very unique for a player not having a college scholarship to make the Dolphins’ squad . This is a feel-good story.


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It’s no secret that the Red Sox bullpen has been bad. They need some type of quick fix to save the pen. As promised here’s my list of guys who can help save the bullpen by the end of May.
Huston Street RHP-SDP: I mentioned Street in my article yesterday. He’s currently the closer for the San Diego Padres. He doesn’t appear to be a trade candidate, because they just traded for him, but I’ve heard that they only got him to spin him off to another team, when his value got higher, for more. At this point the Sox may be reluctant to add a pricey closer, but at the same time you look at the problems with the bullpen you have to expand what you call too expensive. He can save the pen by bringing his closer experience along with some leadership. With a win-loss record of 30-21 with 179 saves and a career ERA of 3.09 he’s proven to be a quality arm over the past 8 years.
Jeff Gray RHP-MIN: Gray isn’t a name known by many and perhaps that benefits the Sox. Gray is a reliever for the Twins currently and has played for 5 different teams in his 4 year career. He hasn’t had too many chances to prove himself, but he ended last year strong and has started off this where he left off. The Twins don’t appear to be contenders this year and the asking price for Gray would likely be low and they might be able to get a quick and painless deal done.
Brandon Leauge RHP-SEA: Last year League established himself as an elite closer. Their Mariners were thrilled with his ability to step into the closer role in their time of need, but as a rebuilding team they entertained the idea of trading him this offseason. Hopefully the market for League is still open. It’s highly unlikely they’ll deal their closer within the first two months of the season, but everyone has their price. He’d be very valuable to the Sox, because of his AL East experience and his closer experience as well.
John Lannan LHP-WSH(AAA): Lannan’s situation in Washington is getting worse and worse and he wants out. Yes, Lannan is a starter, but he gives the Red Sox the option to send Bard back to bullpen which would obviously help the pen. Lannan would add a third lefty to the rotation which isn’t a bad thing, but it could lead to some match up problems with right-handed heavy lineups. I like the idea of adding Lannan, but I like the idea of putting Bard back into the pen a lot more.
Juan Carlos Oviedo RHP-MIA: I know the Red Sox don’t want another troubled reliever (Bobby Jenks) but Oviedo was pretty special when he was Leo Nunez. The Marlins considered non-tendering him in the winter, so we know they’ll be willing to part with him. Oviedo can still close games and a deal could be made.
Roberto Hernandez RHP-CLE: He’s a cross between Oviedo and Lannan a troubled starter. Formerly known as Fausto Carmona, Hernandez has had an up and down career. The Sox did make a push for him at the deadline and can rekindle talks at a lower price. He also gives them the option to move Bard back into the pen and he could pitch pretty well in the rotation. If the price is right the Sox can’t pass up this oppertunity.
Junichi Tazawa RHP-BOS: I know he’s already part of the pen, but he hasn’t pitched yet, so he’s still got a clean slate. In 2009 he was able to showcase his ability and he had some pretty good stuff. He was fantastic in his short stay. I saw his start against the Yankees and that’s when I was sold that he was going to be good. Lately he’s been sidelined with injuries, but now he has his chance to establish himself as a big leaguer.
Brandon Duckworth RHP-BOS (AAA): Duckworth is currently a righty pitching for the PawSox. He has some major league experience, and he could end up being a quality reliever in the pen. Key word is could though.
Clayton Mortenson RHP-BOS (AAA): We dealt Marco Scutaro for him so the former starter turned reliever can have an impact on this team. He’s not always dominate, so he might not be a quick fix, but he has potential and I can only hope he’ll live up to it.
This list isn’t really a star-studded list, but that’s not the point of it. These are guys who can be acquired (or called up) and have an impact. There are other guys out there, but I complied this list based off of a little research and my own personal knowledge. Feel free to add names or pick apart this list. If you want, send me a tweet @thebestsoxblog (or at least follow me). Personally I like all of these guys, some more than others, and I’d be thrilled in the Sox got any of the 6 not on the team.
great idea on picking up Lannan, he might cost more than Boston wants to pay though.


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CQ: Can you truly appreciate a work of art if you can’t understand it — such as watching a film in a language you don’t understand, or seeing a painting with symbolism you don’t get, or music which you don’t catch the subtleties? Is art like that wasted on those who do understand it, or should it be reachable by most people to be valuable?
UPDATE: Amazing! After mentioning the memory of someone illustrating the sound of what our solar system might be like, I ran across this Flash animation of the sound of our solar system (link via io9). It’s not the sounds I remember – I think the one I remember had Haley’s comet as well – but it’s still a pretty cool sound and coincidence..
A) What do you want to see more of different in the next 100 episodes of TWS?
B) Is science too pedantic? Do we focus too much on the tried-and-true? Where is the adventurous scientist — or is that not possible?


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WASHINGTON—Ceci Connolly, President and CEO of the Alliance of Community Health Plans (ACHP), and Margaret A. Murray, Chief Executive Officer of the Association for Community Affiliated Plans (ACAP), made the following statements on Texas vs. United States, a lawsuit in which the two associations today submitted a joint amicus curiae brief to highlight the harm its members will suffer if the district court’s decision to strike the entire Affordable Care Act is upheld.
ACHP and ACAP represent not-for-profit, community-based health plans that cover a combined 40 million people in 39 states and the District of Columbia. Together, the associations’ member plans serve about 50 percent of all members in Medicaid managed care. Several member health plans are nationally recognized for high-quality, in-network providers and outstanding health outcomes for their enrollees.
ACHP and ACAP are eager to work with the Administration and both parties in Congress to secure affordable coverage and quality care for all Americans.
The brief, prepared by attorneys at Crowell & Moring, is available in its entirety here.
ACAP represents 64 health plans which collectively provide health coverage to more than 20 million people in 29 states. Safety Net Health Plans serve their members through Medicaid, Medicare, the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), the Marketplace and other publicly-sponsored health programs. For more information, visit www.communityplans.net.

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Everyone knows I love Uber – better than a taxi in almost all respects, and about the same price for rides longer than 10 minutes (and often cheaper than a taxi for even longer rides). I’m equally obsessed with Waze – a crowd sourced community based GPS/traffic/navigation app that navigates you around traffic, alerts you to accidents, and ultimately gets better the more people use it.
If you are like me, you will occasionally find yourself sitting in the back of an Uber loading up Waze to see how long it will take to get to your next meeting or if you’ll catch your flight. And what you often find is that the driver, although well intentioned and very knowledgeable of the city, doesn’t have a full 360 view of ongoing traffic patters and accidents, and can’t pick the best route the way the Waze app can. A true #firstworldproblem :).
So you watch your ETA slowly get later, and you hesitate to give the driver some advise on routes without coming across as this arrogant back-seat-driver.
When I see this happen I usually ask the driver if he or she has heard of Waze — and about 5% of the time they have but they rarely have it available or installed.
So my suggestion: Uber should add a “Waze option” where it’s bundled on the iPhone of the driver, or integrated into the app itself – and give the passenger the option of having the Uber driver just follow the best route as chosen by Waze.
It’s a an easy win for both companies, and gives peace of mind to the passenger.

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Tía Chuck is the feature length directorial debut by filmmakers Angela and Mark Walley following the life and work of the late artist Chuck Ramirez.
"I watched it at home, and I cried. Probably predictably so. But yeah, it's good."
© 2019 Walley Films. All Rights Reserved.


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In 1999 the Centre for Applied Radiation Science and Technology (CARST) was formed, through the MoU between the NUCLEAR INDUSTRY and NWU, quote, “In response to challenges posed by a need to diversify, expand, sustain, and maintain high quality nuclear skills across the breadth of the nation’s research and industrial formations”.
Today CARST is a pioneer in the Applied Radiation Science research and training. The Centre is mandated to carry out research and build capacity for the Nuclear Industry in South Africa (namely NECSA, NNR, iThemba Labs, ESKOM, DST, DMR and DoE). CARST endeavors to achieve this mandate by offering the following Postgraduate Programmes at Honors, Masters and Doctorate levels. The Center has got two pillars, namely Training and Applied Research both in Applied Radiation Science and Technology.
To develop the Centre for Applied Radiation Science and Technology into a national and regional training institution for the Applied Radiation Sciences and to support the development needs of the nuclear and related industries in line with the latest international standards and best practices.
Hoekom moet studente en navorsings hulself met ons affileer?
The Centre for Applied Radiation Science and Technology (CARST)’s Postgraduate Programmes are relevant to the needs of the Nuclear Industry, National needs to develop exceptional skills base, and the graduates themselves as this is a field in which they are easily employed both locally and internationally.
South Africa will be introducing the Nuclear Build Programme in 2017 - 2027. The new Doctor of Philosophy will enhance the capacity of CARST to develop skills for this expanding nuclear industry.
To increase its relevance and contribution to the skills development for SA’s expanding nuclear industry, (with more nuclear power plants in the pipe line), the Centre for Applied Radiation Science and Technology (CARST), has fulfilled obligation now to increase its number of Programmes offered at Post graduate level up to a Doctor of Philosophy Degree.

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"Smile, you will look younger!"
I'm not sure who put them there, but I find it hilarious. Every time I walk by, I end up - well, smiling. However, the "u" in "you" has rubbed off, so it looks like, "Yo dropped your smile!" All you'd need is that one extra comma to completely change the tone of the phrase. "Yo, dropped your smile!" Yes, I'm a nerdy English teacher :). All the self-help books, the new mantras that will change your life, the New Year's Resolutions - and maybe all it really takes to be happy is to be told, "Yo dude, you dropped your smile!" Maybe that'll make you pick it back up again.


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This is an introductory level division to teach football players and cheerleaders the basics of the sport.
This division continues with skill building at a more competitive level, building on the basics learned at the Mascot/Flag level.
The Super Midget division includes intermediate skills and begins preparation for the sport at a high school level.
The Midget division includes more advanced skills and direct preparation for high school sports.
The Varsity division includes the highest level of skills and our programs are feeders to the programs at Gaither, Chamberlain, Steinbrenner, Sickles and Hillsborough IB High Schools, as well as private schools in the area.
In 1998, the Northside Dolphins organization was formed to bring kids in Northwest Hillsborough County from the ages of 4-15 competitive athletic skills. The Dolphins taught these kids the importance of teamwork, as well as the value of individual commitment and the rewards of good sportsmanship and leadership.
IN 2018, THE DOLPHINS BECAME THE NORTH TAMPA TITANS!
The North Tampa Titans belong to the Tampa Bay Youth Football League (TBYFL), established in 1968--and they celebrated 50 years in 2018! The TBYFL continues to be the Tampa Bay area's premier youth sports experience.
Want more info about The North Tampa Titans? Contact us at (813) 803-0673!
Each October, our North Tampa Titans participate in Breast Cancer Awareness month by sporting pink socks, ribbons and gear to support organizations working for a cure.
The NORTH TAMPA TITANS are playing and cheering for a cure!


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We’re excited to announce that we’ll be returning to the Insomnia 64 Gaming Festival this Easter weekend.
We’ll be at the show for the whole weekend so be sure to stop by our stand if coming along.
As usual, we will be bringing along a selection of our products, including our signature Bespoke Arcades range, our budget-friendly GT cabinets and the awesome King-Pin Virtual Pinball Tables.
If interested in coming to see our cabinets at the show, please do let us know as we occasionally have a limited number of guest passes for our clients.
If you’d like to find out more about Insomnia, or others that we’ll be attending throughout the year, be sure to follow our Facebook and Twitter accounts.
Shop at our arcade machines factory store (+44 207 935-9005), go see our cabinets on location or arrange to visit us by appointment.
Any logos and trademarks used are property of their respective owners.

industry_corpus2: Gaming


text: This digital product contains a series of high resolution full-page planetscape encounter maps for an "Swamp Planet" theme including clean, hex, and grid versions. The eight variants can be combined to create one massive 34” x 22” seamless starscape. Combined super high-resolution 600 dpi source file (that can be used as a 68" x 44" starscape) is included.

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Sale CHESAPEAKE ENERGY CORP CHK NGP Energy Capital Management, L.L.C.
Sale VONAGE HOLDINGS CORP VG PEARSON DAVID T.
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Sale Adamis Pharmaceuticals Corp ADMP Daniels Karen K.
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Sale ROSS STORES INC ROST Hartshorn Michael J.

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Exciting! Now it’s time to stop playing around and get some exercise done. Speaking of which, I’m tired of hearing people tell me I’m too skinny to still be losing weight. I’ve got ten pounds left to a 20.4 BMI – which is the middle of normal (18.5-24.9). Plus I’m not ecstatic about my jeans size.
So, quit bugging me about it. I’m not a moron or an anorexic. I’m healthy for once and dammit I’m gonna stay that way.
Sorry for the rant but it really irks me.


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The Raspberry Zinger Energy Balls are perfect to serve for your kids since they look so attractive and taste yummy. It is rich in raspaberry flavor that is combined with coconut and almond nuts. Besides, it also consists of many nutritional value. Thus, you may enjoy this for breakfast to help improving your energy before doing many activities. Also, this can be a perfect lunch for your kids that come very handy and simple to eat. Now, follow the recipe below if you want to try this at home.
In only 30 minutes, you can make around 16 Raspberry Zinger Energy Balls. The ingredients are originally nuts and fruits which are full of fiber and protein. If you never try this recipe before, then you should immediately prepare the ingredients and follow the steps below. It is very easy and quick to do.
1To start this recipe, you need to prepare a food processor and put 100 gr of the coconut into it. Next process the coconut until the texture turns to crumb. If it is done, don’t forget to remove the coconut crumbs and place it on a plate. Then, set this aside for a while.
2Next, add the rest of the coconut to the food proccessor along with other ingredients like raspberries, almons, dates, dried cranberries and almond butter. Then, process the ingredients over high speed until they are all completely combined. After processing, you also need to scrape down the sides to get all of the mixture.
3Prepare a baking sheet and cover with parchment paper on its surface. Then, take a tablespoon of the mixture and shape it into a ball. Next, coat the ball with the coconut crumbs. Make sure all sides are coated evenly. After that, put it on the baking sheet.
4Do the step above for the rest of the mixture until you can make around 16 balls. The, arrange them all on top of the baking sheet. After this, you may put it in the refrigerator to chill for around 2 hours. Finally, you can serve and enjoy the Raspberry Zinger Energy Balls.
After you make your own Raspberry Zinger Energy Balls, you may keep it in a sealed container and don’t forget to put it in the refrigerator so that you can still enjoy this healthy snack anytime you want.


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• Folders offer convenient pockets inside front and back covers.
• Pockets hold up to 100 sheets of letter-size, loose paper.
• Inside front pocket features business card holder.
• Folders are made of sturdy paper stock.
• Offers crystal-clear, non-glare overlays to customize the covers and spine for your letter-size presentations.
• Back-mounted metal rings allow pages to lie flat.
• 2" capacity holds up to 475 sheets.
• Clear pockets on the inside covers offer extra document storage with a 30-sheet capacity for each pocket.
• Design also features a sturdy chipboard core and exposed rivets.
• Binder is made of polypropylene for durability and resilience.


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Spy footage shows Mercedes is just about ready to transform the GLC into a so-called “crossover coupe” and make it fight the BMW X4. By adopting a more inclined roofline to create the illusion of a coupe profile, the GLC will lose some of its practicality as the rear headroom will suffer and the trunk capacity is also bound to decrease.
The standard GLC has 19.4 cubic feet (550 liters) to offer with the rear seats in place and 56.5 cu. ft. (1,600 liters) once you fold down the rear bench which has a 40:20:40-split. These figures are bound to decrease, but that won’t really matter for someone in the market for such a vehicle which is all about status.

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Premium 7-year-old extension, perfect for your navigation needs. Browse the catalog using ajax, multiple filters, price sliders, etc.
It's important to design the store navigation to be flexible and user-friendly for your customers. With the extension, you will provide users with a handy way of browsing your product catalog, which includes using various filters, such as price slider, color, brand and other attributes. Ajax filtering speeds up the search process, attributes' icons in the navigation help to recognize the desired options at first sight and multiple filter selection expands search boundaries. Now you can create relevant filters in the left and vertical menus to give users a possibility to narrow their choices. For example, you can create brand pages or brands lists to offer users an alternative navigation option and help them see only needed products.
Flexible canonical URL modes for category and 'all-products' pages.
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A great number of online shoppers are deeply convinced that a famous brand is one of the most important features of any product. Connect items with manufacturers to improve your revenue and boost customers’ loyalty at the same time.
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Due to the feature-rich extension, you can create unique ‘featured’ brand pages with extra short SEO-friendly URLs like yoursite.com/url-key/adidas.
The option allows pages filtered by certain attributes to be properly indexed and automatically generates SEO-friendly URLs for corresponding attributes. For example, an URL will look like 'category/autumn.html' instead of category.html?season=114.
Easily upgrade pages with filter combination results. Add custom content and necessary meta data to pages with specified filter options which is highly useful for long tail keyword optimization.
With a highly flexible category tree option you can display either the whole category list or any number of its levels. Adjust categories display to your needs and make catalog browsing maximally convenient.
v2.5.0 - Compatibility with the Built-in Magento EE Elastic Search. Display Subcategory images in the category filter. Display Subcategory images in the horizontal bar with the slider available. Display featured options at the top of the filter. CSS 2 LESS refactoring. Added possibility to upload different tooltips per store.
v2.0.0 - Magento 2.2 compatibility introduced. PHP 7.1 compatibility improved.
Added: AJAX: scroll to top. SEO settings (Index, Follow) for the category filter. Advanced Category tree with multi-select and various display options.
Home/CMS page navigation improvements. UI improvement for the Horizontal Navigation filters and top 'Apply' button. 'On Sale' filter works for configurable products now. Fixed AJAX on the Search page. The 'Apply by Button' feature works on Search page now. Fixed an issue with 404 error in case SEO URL route partially coincides with the route for other modules on frontend.


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Charlamagne Tha God's new book "Shook One: Anxiety Playing Tricks on Me" is available for Pre-Order now and is out October 23rd!
To celebrate the release of the book in a similar fashion to his live signing/Q&A for his first book "Black Privilege: Opportunity Comes to Those Who Create It", he went live on Youtube today with Honey German to answer a few questions about the book.
Shoutout to Cash App for helping us bring it all together!
SHOOK ONE details how anxiety has been a driving force in Charlamagne’s life since childhood. For many years, he stressed over what he thought were personal shortcomings: fear of being unpopular in school, potential rejection by women, of being ugly and worst of all, falling into the life of stagnation or crime that caught up so many of his friends and family in his hometown of Moncks Corner, South Carolina.

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Please be clear in your headline. The species is extinct IN THE WILD. There are still Spix's Macaws in private hands, where they are being bred. I believe the Brazilian government also has some birds in a breeding situation. Please fact check more thoroughly. Thanks for listening.
Read it again.Or just read it.The article states exactly that!
The article covers that. Headlines are ment to catch attention as this one did. The article is ment to elaborate as this one did.
NOT Extinct! Extinct = no more, gone forever! The Spix Macaw can be found in captivity, in private collections, and breeding programs throughout the world.

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Ten years ago, Herman founded Sparkling Pools with his father. They sell pool cleaning equipment and provide pool cleaning contracts. The company, based in Soweto, services the wealthy homes in the township and surrounds. Herman was one of the very first pool businesses in the area and has established a name and a market for his business.
The company has a turnover of several hundred thousand a month. Herman hires, trains and manages semi-skilled workers. He teaches them how to build and service pools, and manages their output weekly. He personally inspects all newly-completed pools. He conducts routine checkups on his cleaning staff onsite. He also attends home expos to promote the business.
Things seemed to be going well for the business until Herman realized that his revenue did not seem to match the amount of work the company was doing. After some investigation, he found that year-long cleaning contracts had lapsed without him realizing, and the company was continuing to provide cleaning to several customers for free! With his time filled up with other things, Herman realized he needed help. After some consideration, he brought a part time financial manager on board.
The part time financial manager spent time delving into the books. His findings were that Sparkling Pools needed to up its game from an invoicing and accounts payable perspective. Up until that point, Herman had been manually tracking the start and end of his cleaning contracts. The contracts also worked on a monthly invoicing system: houses were billed after the first of every month for work that had taken place the month before. After a year, the system stopped producing invoices for that household automatically. The result was that there was a lag between output and payment, meaning cash flow was flagging; and of course, in some cases work was being done for free. Herman, as busy as he was, had also been putting together all the quotes himself, meaning that would-be customers would sometimes wait several days before receiving a quote for services.
First off, Sparkling Pool’s part time financial manager started putting new systems in place. A new debit order system was set up, so Herman no longer had to wait for customers to pay monthly bills and chase payment regularly. The part time financial manager also introduced a full-fee upfront incentive: customers who wished to pay for a full year of services upfront got a 10% discount. These two measures very quickly helped boost cash flow.
Herman’s part time financial manager used his knowledge of Herman’s existing financial software to set up basic reminders that kept the system ticking. Two and eight months into the contract, Herman receives a reminder to give the customer a phone call to see if they are happy with the service. Two months before a contract ends, Herman receives another reminder to set up a meeting with the customer, with the aim of retaining them for another year.
The part time financial manager now produces all quotes (instead of Herman) and generates follow-up reminders on quotes that have not been responded to.
In addition, he develops quarterly and annual cash flow forecasts and budgets. He meets with Herman monthly to show him actual income and cash flow in comparison to the planned amounts. He highlights possible danger zones in the upcoming months. He’s investing Sparkling Pool’s extra cash in his own unique portfolio that has been seeing returns of between 17% and 20%.
Since bringing a part time financial manager on board, Sparkling Pools has seen a substantial cash flow increase and looks set to make record profits this year.
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*Please note: the story of Herman is a case study based on a collection of real-life experiences that our team has encountered. In other words, Herman is you!

industry_corpus2: Finance & Economics


text: The COMES educational project aimed at realizing an educational program on “COmplexity Management in Embedded Tera-Systems” (COMES), complexity management being a well known and increasingly important field. While technologies make it possible to create systems of tera-complexity, only if the challenge of designing, simulating, managing such systems are overcome will the systems become actually viable. Besides the intrinsic complexity of envisioned systems, one must consider that in most instances they are devised to interact with the physical world, facing challenges that go from the “modeling” aspects of the phenomena they should deal with to simulation of the physical systems and to identification of optimal information collection and processing, from design and validation of hardware to design and testing of software, etc. In general, such complexity would make a real-world design and implementation actually unfeasible; identifying the approaches that lead to feasibility while at the same time granting accuracy and robustness becomes the main challenge. The basic concept of COMES implied dealing with the “complexity management” problem on two planes – one devised for a wider and more heterogeneous audience, one more specific and in-depth, involving theoretical presentations as well as hands-on practice: this organization was conceived to target both the typical PhD students environment and the wider public of designers and consultants coming from the technical community.


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Thank you to my lovely friend Duchess of Prunes for nominating me to write about my first WordPress post. This will be a nice segue into, you know, actually blogging again! It is good to reflect upon where you began and what inspired you to take the plunge and spend several hours in a day setting up your own personal blog.
Copy-paste, link, pingback (or whatever way you want to) your first post.
State what type of post that was – for example: introduction, story, poem.
Hmm, best described as a rather offbeat, meandering preamble. One can’t help but feel the need to be polite and do some sort of introduction.
So, instead of going into an undistorted description of myself, I dissected my blog title and annotated the words “Hazelnut” and “Pie.” Doing so with drifting details, I thought, would adequately allude to my personality. My long-distance boyfriend, to my surprise, actually loved it. He is quite intelligent and hard to please, so his praise meant a lot to me. Without his prestigious affirmation, I might not have continued.
Explain why that was your first post.
October 10th was a meaningful day on which to commence my blog. A big reason why I decided to start writing here was that I wanted to “work” on myself during my time apart from my boyfriend, to whom I am very attached. I was making a list of how I would get through the year without him, which led to the realization that his being gone allowed me the time and space to write. I had the epiphany that finally, I was not writing essays for professors to critique. I could write for myself, as a leisure activity, and that felt wonderful. October was the proper month for me to begin, because not only is it my favorite, but it is probably the best month for my brain chemistry. The 10th of October was an acknowledgement of our 3 year anniversary, which is technically on October 11th. I guess that I wanted to put a whimsical twist on an otherwise sulky time.
The name Hazelnut Pie was a great idea! It’s uncommon (in a cute way) and I love it! I also like writing when it doesn’t feel obligatory.


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How to replace broken off phone jack?
The troubleshooting page can be found here.
The release date of this device is October 2014. It can be identified by model number TBS-2218-01.
This headset includes a pair of headphones with a detachable microphone. It also comes with an adapter that plugs into an Xbox One controller so you can use it to play over Xbox Live. The adapter has built-in buttons for controlling the sound volume and muting the sound, making it easy to control these functions from the controller.

industry_corpus2: Computing & Telecommunications


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We just recently harvested our carrots although the garden for the most part struggled this year, the carrots did great. Of course I had to make me some carrot butter. You maybe have never had carrots this way but oh this recipe is wonderful! A great Spring time recipe that would be great at part of a Easter dinner, breakfast, brunch or whenever. But also an awesome Fall recipe in fact it is quickly becoming a Thanksgiving favorite around here....heck I say it's great any time of year. We love this Carrot Butter on toast, scones, with rolls, as a fruit dip, or any way you can think of eating it. I personally like it by the spoonful! ;) ENJOY!
Place carrots in large pot of water and boil until the carrots are very, very soft. Drain carrots then add them with all other ingredients to blender and puree until really smooth. Good warm or cold. Refrigerate leftovers.
Wow, I never would have even imagined using carrots to make butter! Does it have a strong carrot flavor?
Whole Food Vegan Momma: It's kind of a sweet vanilla maple flavor maybe with a hint of cooked carrot but just a good hint. ;) It's not anything like Butter though it's more the texture of apple or pumpkin butter. But it's wonderful we love it!
I'm a big fan of pumpkin AND apple butter, so I'll definitely have to try!
I made it with cashews instead of macademia's I thought it was so yummy!


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Entries from Digital Intelligence tagged with "agencies"
The recent in-housing trend is changing the face of digital advertising, as brands shift away from agency; instead bringing their digital advertising operations in-house.
Digital customer engagement company Urban Airship has acquired Accengage, continental Europe’s largest provider of mobile CRM and push notifications.
Shutterstock is launching its first brand marketing campaign in six years and the online asset and image library looks to attract ad agencies, production companies and media organisations to use its content.
Predictive video creation platform Wochit has announced its extended partnership with Getty Images. Wochit now offers Getty Images for commercial purposes, letting marketers legally use Getty’s library of assets to illustrate their stories on their product pages and owned channels, optimised across mediums.
Artefact, Europe’s largest independent data-driven marketing group, listed on the French Euronext Stock Exchange, has entered the UK to offer brand clients a genuine alternative to both the traditional agency networks and more recent entrants to the market.
UK-based WPP has lost its title of most valuable advertising firm in the world, after a share price tumble saw its place slip below rival Omnicom.
WPP-owned global marketing agency Wunderman has acquired commerce experience agency, Gorilla Group.
The creative ad industry once again gathered at the French Riveria for the biggest annual convention and awards. The theme was ‘Digital Transformation’ but corporate accountability was a hot topic amid the unfolding digital data and privacy scandals that rocked the world this year. In case you weren't lucky enough to attend the beaches, yachts and parties, we look back at some of the big themes of Cannes Lions 2018.
The effectiveness of an advert improves when audiences are using a phone/tablet while watching TV, with 75% of viewers more likely to follow up on the ad, according to new research.
Sir Martin Sorrell, the chief executive of the world's biggest advertising company WPP is leaving the company he built up over three decades.
Advertising agency group WPP has seen almost £1.5bn was wiped off its market value of WPP after it admitted 2017 “was not a pretty year”.
The era of client boardroom level influence is over as more and more communications are being handled in-house, according to new research.
While there is increased data usage in the industry, the lack of transparency is still quite high - both the sources and quality of data are misunderstood and mistrusted, with 64% of marketers surveyed saying that they are not fully clear on the origins of their data sources, according to new research.
WPP-owned advertising firm GroupM has rolled out new viewability standards, requiring a display ad to be 100% in view for at least one second, backed by key clients such as Unilever, Campbell Soup Company, Shell, Subway and Volvo Cars.
Global ad giant WPP has seen sees sales fall as "increasing social, political and economic volatility" lead to big consumer brands cut marketing spending.
A large majority (70%) of the world’s biggest brands have changed media agency contracts this year to regain control of their spend, according to new research.
Specialist insurer Hiscox has launched a new UK website – designed and built by Amaze, the leading digital marketing, technology and commerce agency, in partnership with Drupal specialists CTI Digital.
Creative management platform for digital advertising Celtra has received a $15m investment round, led by Unilever Ventures and WPP.
The world-famous Edinburgh Hogmanay Festival, previously voted one of the ‘Top 100 things to do before you die’ by the Discovery Channel, is getting a new brand to celebrate the event’s 25th anniversary.
Snapchat has launched "Snap Publisher", helping advertisers create their own ads for the service from within a normal browser.


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ICC’s ladder rack cable retainer, also known as a cable retaining fence post, can be mounted onto a ladder rack runway system to prevent cables from falling off. Also, it creates a 7.35” tall channel for cable to run through and allows more cable to be run. The cable retaining post is especially helpful at turns or having many cables on the ladder rack runway. The plastic clip-on design makes it easy to install. The cable post comes in a bulk pack with ten pieces to reduce cost per unit and packaging waste.
Works with ladder rack runways.
Creates a 7.35” tall channel to prevent cables from falling off.
Allows more cable to be run.
Designed with curved and smoothed edges.
Made with durable polycarbonate plastic.
Clip-on installation; no tightening bolts and nuts.
Optional mounting screw is available for extra security.

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After six weeks of work in flooded homes, Illinois Baptist Disaster Relief volunteers and partners from other states completed almost 200 jobs. But even more amazing than the amount of work they did in Iroquois County, said Dwayne Doyle, is the care they showed for homeowners.
The multi-week response in Iroquois County was done in partnership with a local IBSA church—Cornerstone Ministries in Watseka. Pastor Jerry Parker and his church opened up their building as a command and housing center for the volunteers, and worked “tirelessly” to serve them meals every evening, Doyle said.
Through the work in Watseka and surrounding communities, four people prayed to receive Christ. “This is truly more important than the number of work requests that were completed, which was amazing,” said Doyle, state director for Disaster Relief and IBSA’s director of men’s ministries and missions.
Also amazing, Doyle continued, is seeing how God works through churches that work together to meet practical needs, and advance the gospel.
John Lindeman is a Disaster Relief supervisor from Williamson Association. He started with the ministry in 2011, he recounted in a recent video interview onsite in Watseka, but didn’t really understand the true value of the work back then.
John’s wife, Francie, is a Disaster Relief chaplain with the Williamson team. She says a lot of times, people in difficult situations just need someone to listen. During the response in Iroquois County, she talked to a young mother whose home the team was working on, and eventually had the opportunity to ask whether she went to church.
Ahead of June’s Southern Baptist Convention in Dallas, SBC President Steve Gaines spoke highly of both candidates in the running to succeed him and encouraged Baptists to unite around a shared mission of reaching people with the gospel.
Becky Gardner, a member of Woodland Baptist Church in Peoria, is the newly elected trustee chair for Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, and is believed to be the first ever female trustee chair for a seminary.
IBSA President Adron Robinson, pastor of Hillcrest Baptist Church in Country Club Hills, was elected to the presidential search committee for the SBC Executive Committee.
The Southwest Airlines pilot who landed her plane April 17 after an engine failed mid-flight is also teacher and children’s ministry worker at her Baptist church in Texas.
A gathering of prominent evangelicals at Wheaton College last week made headlines for what some said it was, and what its organizers said it wasn’t—namely, a summit for leaders who oppose President Donald Trump.
Tim Krumwiede was so moved by his daughter’s recent baptism that he professed faith in Christ and was baptized the very same day. Read his story and two others from April 8, designated as a baptism emphasis Sunday in churches across Illinois.
Easter, of course, is about new beginnings. Those of us who know the risen Savior find in Easter new hope, new life, new power, a new covenant, new perspective, and more. Even for those who don’t yet know Jesus, Easter often means new clothes, new plantings, and new spring projects. But just after Easter a few years ago, it was the idea of beginning a new church in our community that brought my wife, Beth, and I together in prayer with three other couples.
Praying was all we knew to do at first. But soon all kinds of new thoughts and ideas started flowing. We began talking about who in our community didn’t know Christ or didn’t attend church, and why. We talked about the spiritual and physical needs we sensed those people had, and how a new church could help address them. We talked about what events we could host, and where we could meet, and how we could invite people to a new beginning.
Over the next several months, we had lots of new beginnings. We began three new Bible studies in our homes. We began a rental contract with a grade school. We began buying sound equipment, and children’s ministry supplies, and everything we could imagine that a portable church might need. We began developing a constitution, and a logo, and mailers, ads, and door hangers.
In this season of new beginnings, consider how a new church can bring new hope to people who don’t know Christ.
And we began surveying our community for feedback on a name for our community’s new church. Together, we chose the name New Hope.
That first year flew by quickly, and as it did, the Lord gathered about 40 people into our core group. Not surprisingly, we chose Easter Sunday one year later as the launch date for our new church. A hundred and eighty-two people responded to our invitations to come to a new beginning that Easter, and found New Hope, in more ways than one.
Looking back, more than a new church began that Easter. For me, it was the beginning of a firsthand understanding that new churches reach new people in ways that existing churches don’t. We were meeting in schools and homes, and baptizing in swimming pools, and making disciples of people who hadn’t been to church in years. It was the most challenging and most rewarding church experience of my life. And it convinced me forever that church planting is essential to go where lost people live, and to reach people that are “lost in the cracks” between existing churches.
New Hope had only been around a couple of years when the North American Mission Board called and asked if I would bring my communications and management background to help start hundreds of new churches each year. I’m not sure I can think of anything else the Lord could have used to lead me away from that new church, but that did it. We moved our family to Georgia, and spent almost a decade encouraging others to live a life that’s on mission, and to start new churches.
And now here we are in Illinois, and it’s just after Easter, again. There are 10 counties in Illinois that still have no Southern Baptist church, and another 12 that have only one. There are at least 200 places in Illinois that need a new church now—most of them in communities where there’s no evangelical church of any kind.
Easter is still about new beginnings, and in many ways the most-needed new beginnings in our state are the planting of new churches that will reach new people, and bring them new hope. I’m praying that there are still clusters of families out there, willing to start praying after this Easter, about what might be possible by next Easter.