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New Delhi: Final development trials of indigenous beyond visual range air-to-air missile Astra were successfully concluded, moving it a step closer to induction into the Indian Air Force, an official statement said on Friday.
The trials were conducted between September 11 and 14 over the Bay of Bengal off Odisha coast at Chandipur, with the missile being test-fired from a Su-30 fighter aircraft.
A total of seven trials were conducted against Pilotless Target Aircrafts (PTA), and were successful, the statement said.
“All the sub-systems including the indigenous RF Seeker performed accurately, meeting all the mission parameters and objectives. Two missiles were also launched in the combat configuration with the warhead and the targets were neutralised,” the statement said.
“This effort for building a state-of-the-art BVRAAM by Defence Research and Development Organisation, together with Indian Air Force has completed the development phase of the weapon system successfully,” it added.
The project was delayed long over the seeker, which was being developed by DRDO and was finally tested earlier this year for the single-stage solid-propellant missile, which has a 154 kg launch weight and a 15 kg conventional explosive payload.
The statement also said that the Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd played a role in modifying the aircraft for weapon integration, while more than 50 public and private industries have contributed in building the Astra weapon system.
Programme Director S. Venugopal led the launch operations and flight trials along with the teams from multiple organisations.
Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and DRDO Chief S. Christopher congratulated DRDO, IAF, and other defence public sector undertakings and industries for the missile’s successful trials.
Director General, Missiles and Strategic Systems G. Satheesh Reddy, meanwhile, said the technologies developed under the programme will be the building blocks for development of more variants of air-to-air and surface-to-air Missiles.
According to scientists, the technology for this missile is more complicated than that of ballistic Agni missiles, as Astra works on a terminal active radar-seeker and an updated mid-course internal guidance system that helps the missile in locating the target.
The missile, when fired from the aircraft, does not have its target in view. However, once the target is locked, the missile, which has a high energy propellant, has the capability to follow it while the seeker helps keeping the target in focus.
The missile has been designed to be capable of engaging high-speed targets at short range, up to 20 km in tail chase mode and long range, up to 80 km in head-on chase mode as per DRDO.
At sea level it has a range of up to 20 km but could have a range of 44 km from an altitude of 8,000 m and 80 km if launched from an altitude of 15,000 m. Excluding a failure in one test, the missile has efficaciously completed all its tests.

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David Ball, a mixed-media artist known for his painstakingly constructed surrealist worlds, set himself a challenge: to create 20 complete 24”x36” canvases—double the amount of his last body of work—in half the time it usually takes. One may be inclined to think that by choosing to do so, David had trespassed the line dividing challenge from masochism. But it seems the looming threat of failure is preferable to making—in his view—predictable work.
At the time of this interview David has less than a week to go until the show goes up on the walls of 111 Minna Gallery as part of the three person “Harum Scarum” exhibit. He has no choice but to change, adapt, and let go of his formerly perfectionist ways. I spent time documenting and interviewing David to find out about this new body of work and how setting insane deadlines can be a hell of a way to break old habits.
First off, why the name Harum Scarum? What does that name mean to you?
Harum Scarum to me is kind of being all over the place; coming from many different areas at the same time.
The two other artists in the exhibition; Jesse Balmer, Katherine Brannock and I worked with the gallery on coming up with titles for the show, Harum Scarum was chosen. Out of all the names, Harum Scarum stuck out to me because it seemed most relevant. To be “Harum Scarum” is to be frenetic, and life-wise that was how I was feeling at that time. To have to put so much work together in that timeframe, and to work with so many individual pieces making up those works, I knew my studio would be in complete chaos.
It’s evident in how you lay out all the raw collage elements in the studio, you seem to sift through a hundred little cutout pieces trying to find the one that fits.
I don’t make as good a decision choosing elements for the work when I try to keep everything neat and tidy in the studio. It’s really better to just let it become chaotic and reorganize my space when I’m done.
Are there thematic similarities between your work and the other pieces featured in the Harum Scarum show?
I don’t know if all the work in the show will reflect clear thematic similarities but there’s definitely a chimera quality to the creatures we render. There exists a sort of semi-mythic hallucinatory look to the work and a lot of images of creatures or animals in transition.
I think that everybody brings a different approach to it: Jesse is about really good design sensibility and line work, and Katherine’s character hybrids are really refined using Micron pens. So those techniques combined with my mixed media work will produce a very interesting show because it goes through three very different drafting techniques, certainly from an aesthetic standpoint it was a very smart collection for 111 Minna gallery to put together.
Why did you set yourself this challenge of creating more pieces than ever before in half the time? Is that a reaction to your last body of work?
A little of both, I was very perfectionistic about what I was doing before, I’m using all the exact same materials but it’s the amount in which I use them that makes the difference. I insisted on using tons and tons of pencil on the work last year and it just didn’t make any sense, it reminded me of when another artist friend of mine—David Young V—was working with micron pens. Microns do have an interesting quality but there were times where he was attempting to cover huge areas of space and it just wasn’t practical any more; he could have just as easily filled an area in with an ink brush. Eventually that was exactly what he did and almost instantly his productivity went up because he was moving through things faster. David’s experience inspired me and made me think about trying to find new ways to move more efficiently through my process.
In that sense I wanted to challenge myself to work faster and perhaps even put a little more faith in the process and let whatever came out, come out.
I’m already seeing that happen because conceptually even though there was a loose theme already set to this work, I’m seeing some of the pieces intentions changing as it gets developed. I figure if it’s changing, it’s changing because on some basic level it’s probably the more truthful painting for me to make. I’ll just follow it where it goes.
It seems in one way you’re taking the pressure off of yourself but you’re re-applying the pressure somewhere else.
Yes, the key pressure point is that I have to make more work. Usually there’s a lot of self indulgence in the way I work, I’m used to things taking much longer than they probably should and in this case I can’t have any wasted time.
I’m working on many pieces in parallel now and there are new advantages to it, say I go through a pile of material and I pick up a piece; that piece could potentially satisfy any one of twenty pictures in some capacity. If I was only working on one painting at a time, I would need to search for that one right piece in a pile of thousands over and over again. It would revert me back to this chaotic needle in a haystack search for every single collage element.
I also try not to be systematic anymore, initially I was trying to divide my process into a collage phase, a paint phase and etc.—it doesn’t go that way now, in a day I might do glazing on one thing, few more bits of collage on another, drawing on another and just keep it rotating.
I just really try to take the path of least resistance, keep my energy high, and just keep working and rotating.
So you’re throwing away a lot of the rigidity and dogma from your old process, but are you merely trading them for a different set of rules?
The new rules have yet to be created. But yes, eventually they probably will become a rigid set again. Part of the reason this new process came into existence is my natural inclination to create rules. I would become so rigid in my rule creation I had no room left to breathe, my work became too predictable and I just felt like “ok, I have to do something else”. Whenever I start to know where my work is going I tend to want to begin mixing up the process in order to find a way to make all this “fresher” to me. It’s ongoing challenge to try and transform objects and transform the process itself.
Why do you think you tend to put restrictions down around yourself?
I grew up in a very strict, rule driven household and my dad was an art director for Union Carbide. He was a very well-intended but extremely rigid art director.
I remember spending a month and a half on a stipple piece that was about 16” x 20” when I was in high school; it was absurdly precise, there wasn’t a single dot that touched another dot. When my dad saw it, I think he was actually impressed by it, but his comment was “In a month you’re going to look back on this and think it’s a piece of crap”.
I understand that he was used to holding things to an incredibly high standard, he was hiring artists to do illustrations for him at fifty to sixty thousand dollars a pop and he just didn’t know how to shut it off, but there was something in that comment that I just hated, it was too hard to deal with at 16.
So when I got into college I worked incredibly hard. I immersed myself in an analytical rigid style for a while and just kept on setting up more and more complex tasks for myself. It certainly specialized my intelligence in one way but what I began to realize was that it shut down a different intelligence in me as well; it was becoming hard for me to be imaginative, that’s when I got into Surrealism.
How did surrealism help get you out of the creative rut?
Well I figured if you start from chaos there’s absolute forgiveness. I think of it like walking into a messy room; you can always find ways to make the room more organized than when you entered it, in the same sense when I’m working on a messy painting, it’s not an issue of mistakes, because the entire piece is a mistake in the beginning on some level, all you’re doing from that point on is saving what’s best. I just needed to feel like the pieces were going to take me along for a ride, not having a crystal clear idea of a final destination was refreshing.
So are you not fully aware of the intention of a piece until you think it’s ready to hang?
Within reason, perhaps conceptually yes. My primary figures in this body of work got developed pretty quickly, but subtext and intent don’t really show up until the work is done.
It’s kind of an interesting thing because the work essentially starts out hollow—and I don’t mean that in a bad way—for example: an inkblot is completely hollow, it’s nothing more than just what it is, it is hollow of meaning. But stare at it long enough, your subconscious will try to fill it with meaning and soon enough it can trigger an emotion.
Are you trying to grow meaning from arrangements of distinct graphic elements?
I think the best thing to compare it to is artist Brion Gysin’s cut-up word collages; he was one of pioneers of the technique and then William S. Burroughs went on to develop that process further. But basically Gysin was cutting something out with a blade using a large book as a base. After he was finished he realized he had cut through a bunch of pages and started playing around with the remains, he began slapping these various strips of random words together to see what would happen. The result was this sort of surrealist poetry that was at times, incredibly effective.
What happens is your mind starts to make order from the elements as you remove them from the original context and start rearranging them. They seemingly begin to have purpose and they’ll start to evoke metaphor or speak to some larger idea, it disrupts being trite because the ideas that grow out of the process aren’t obvious.
So in essence the process gives you a certain scaffolding to begin your work and your subconscious intent will naturally fill that in.
Yes, because the way I see it, people don’t give enough credit to what lingering thoughts already sit with them. Anyone could embark on the surrealist process and arrive at different work. If you’re actually following it, it’s only going to be characteristics of you that come out so there’s no mysterious secret to the process, the process is just a way to facilitate opening things up. The same concepts occur in shamanistic practices like staring at flame; no individual shaman owns the right to the flame, it’s just that the flame evokes something and the process is used again and again. Just like the reading of tea leaves or the spilling of entrails, they’re all divining methods and the earliest forms of Rorschach.
In a way, even someone viewing a finished piece of yours could unlock lingering thoughts and emotions tucked away in their subconscious.
That’s something I find very curious, I do like the discourse between what people choose to see and what not to see in my work. It seems people who want to see darkness will find all the dark components I use to build the piece, people who don’t want to see darkness will see the primary, lighter theme. So yes, it’s your unconscious, subjective point of view that colors how you read the work. I’ve had people who wanted to see a happy picture so badly they’d never see the negative components that make up the characters, but if you’re inclined to get closer you may find cutouts of a bunch of cattle that died in a famine. Of course on the opposite side, I can make use of very positive elements to construct negative characters too.
Where do you actually find your source materials?
As far as building components: Goodwills, Salvation Army’s, sometimes used bookstores, there’s this place called Scrap in San Francisco, I think it stands for Scrounger’s Center for Recycled Art Parts— something like that. Since I was a kid I’ve been fascinated with junkyards, charity thrift stores, tag sales, and really anything I could find. I was a little pack rat that would keep little precious treasures.
You have a library full of National Geographic magazines at your studio, why that magazine in particular?
For one thing because, none the images are really commercial imagery in the sense of it being photography used to sell merchandise. I try not to really touch that stuff just because, I really feel you’re at risk for copyright problems no matter what you do to transform the image.
I like National Geographic because I like the idea of harvesting imagery from a sense of real life and then reinterpreting it. The magazine is widely read and always has compelling content; everybody seems to have a relationship to it. I also like the idea that someone could be looking at my art with brand new eyes, not even realizing that they might have already seen those elements in a magazine years before.
Do you see yourself as a “remixer” in the vein of turntablists and music producers? You seem to share similar processes for your art.
I have a lot of respect for turntablists, I feel that they’re compatriots in collecting. They accrue their own unique collection of raw material through searching and chance—finding Nat Geos at a thrift store is just like a producer digging through crates at a record store, sometimes you find gold, sometimes you don’t.
What I especially like about our process is it requires you to look beyond the superficial, you need to suspend judgement and see media as resources for art; a crude child’s drawing could be judged as drawn incorrectly from a technical point of view but look at it with different eyes and it could possibly evoke some other image in a beautiful way, then everything has potential to be remade.
By suspending judgement you open yourself up to everything. So I feel that even though people may be able to refine their skills in a particular way the more critical they are, they’ll end up losing more than they gain.
So after you acquire these resources, you begin the process of excavating the magazines page by page like a archeologist.
Yeah in that sense they’re like geology maps that show all the different layers of earth sediment and mineral deposits. Pretty much right off the bat I’m already altering it as I take it out of the page, I’m already determining what I want to keep, what I want to throw away. I’ll make palette or textural decisions, I’ll either see that I obviously need a certain shape that turns a certain way in space or my choices will be driven by color or pattern. Each volume contains valuable elements in different strata and it’s a matter of just digging through the pages and bringing them up for resource. It’s akin to what strip mining would do, my process does that to the magazines, they just slowly fall apart.
I was almost going to draw the analogy that you’re also mining your psyche for content in your artwork but hopefully your mind isn’t going to fall apart in the process.
You get hit by a bus, break your ankle, break up in a relationship, whatever…all that stuff is always coming at you. There are very few constants in my life and I feel like just the discourse between me and my artwork—whatever madness is going on day to day—I can always make use of here on the canvas. There’s something freeing in that.

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The outstanding Thai player, who obtained 100 international caps with his National Team, has entered the symbolic but exclusive circle of players with a Century of Caps. All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.
60	 8   14- 1-09	Amman   	Jordan  	0-0	Asian Cup Qual.
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It is too horrible to think about, so why have I been doing it all day?
All the parents hearing that their child has been killed. All the young people who will never grow up to have the lives they were to lead.
Watch students react to shooting.
Watch gunfire on the campus.
Watch student describe surviving by playing dead.
Is this reporting or sensationalizing a story that does not need “pumping up”?
And don’t get me started on those sick fucks with perfect hair running around trying to get exclusives from shattered students and parents who won’t remember tomorrow what they say today. That’s not news. That’s journalism at the level of Jerry Springer.
It is really terrible what has happened but I try not to watch the sensationalised TV reports – not that it is too bad here in Australia but I am guessing it is full on in the US.
…and this is reason #8723 why I refuse to get my news from them.
I turned on CNN this morning and it was a non-stop feed of them interviewing students, I just had to turn it off.
There is no reason we need 500 24-hour news network channels. I saw some of CNN last night where Anderson Cooper was talking with a kid who apparently got convicted in another shooting. WTF does he have to do with it? They’re digging stuff up so they can have it on the air and it’s disgusting.
I’m staying away from tv for exactly this reason. My love affair with old Katie Couric began to wane when she preyed upon the victims of Columbine. I just can’t do the circus again.
I’m reading this as I’m watching Stone (my hair doesn’t move) Phillips interviewing a man who just lost his daughter.
I don’t know if seeing the images makes people feel like they can make sense of it. I certainly hope not. The incident was senseless. No one should become immune to the images…and that’s what I think the over-exposure does.
I’ve had to turn it off. I can’t take it.
The constant coverage is nauseating, and totally unnecessary. I can’t handle it.
My TV stays off for about three days after any terrible tragedy because of those disgusting vultures. I literally see them as carrion birds, circling their weakened victims.
I’ve been fed up with all this media crap since Oklahoma City.
I should have kept the TV off this afternoon. I was sucked in to CNN. The same interviews and footage over and over..No more for me.
I watched the weather network last night to avoid watching the vultures. It’s gross.
Yeah, I have been wondering about the coverage myself. Newscasts are covering every imaginable angle to this story — really, really reaching in some cases — and you know there are other news events we should be hearing about. It’s sad.
The media is still a pack of bloodthirsty ticks. Shoving microphones and cameras in the face of any grieving student they can find. God help them if they ever tried that to me. There is a time to grieve and the media needs not be a part of that. Not initially.

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- Units of the Army. Numerical strength and Equipment Explained.
- 9th and 29th October and 10th November 1914 Despatches describing the seige of German-held Tsingtau.
4th October 1914 - Press Bureau "Scenes in the British Lines"
"In the presentation of striking contrasts this war is no exception to the rule. Within sight of the spot where these words are being penned the chauffeur of a General Staff motor-car is completing his morning toilet in the open. After washing hands and face in a saucepan minus handle, which he has balanced on an empty petrol-can, he carefully brushes his hair with an old nail-brush, using the window of the car, in which he has slept, as a looking-glass. From the backward sweep he gives to his somewhat long locks, and judging by his well-cut and clean, but dull, brogue shoes, it is clear that he has once been a “knut,” in spite of his oil-stained khaki service jacket and trousers. He is, in fact, an ex-public-school boy who enlisted for the war to do his bit for his country, and a right useful part he is playing.
The resignation with which many of the inhabitants accept whatever happens is a remarkable feature of the situation. They seem in no way perturbed by the incursion of strange officers and men billeted on them, whose presence, even if they appear in the shape of deliverers, must be at least a great inconvenience. At the dinner hour yesterday, in a house which at ordinary times is a second-class café in a small country town, this trait was exhibited to a curious degree. The main entrance of the café opens on to a combined entrance hall and kitchen containing a long zinc-covered table and furnished with a large cooking range.
Whilst the officers billeted in the house were eating lunch and smoking in the salon next door, a continuous stream of orderlies, motor-cyclist dispatch-riders, intelligence agents, telegraph operators, and staff officers were passing through the hall, one soldier servant was frying something at the range, and others were slicing tomatoes and onions at one end of the table. Quite unperturbed, amidst a cloud of flies, the “patron,” his wife, and family were discussing their own duty there with gusto, immersed in their own affairs and also in a shower of grease, for they were eating artichokes, each petal of which was first dipped in a bowl of melted butter and conveyed to the mouth with a flourish.
There was so much noise and smell that it was impossible from inside the house to hear the incessant booming of the guns within half a mile of this bustling scene, palpitating with life, however, was a different picture. In the clearing hospital to which the wounded had been brought from the dressing stations behind the firing line were rows of our wounded men. In here there was no difficulty in discerning the distant roar of artillery, with which the air outside quivered.
“In all the places we passed through we found wounded and many parties of men with bandaged arms and hands. On the 15th (September) we reached a village in which we thought we should get some rest, but we had hardly gone to the field kitchens for our food when shrapnel started bursting near our regiment, which was in close formation. We at once sought cover in some houses. At 6 o’clock our company was ordered to move up to a wood in order to protect our artillery, which was coming into action in a field, the rest of the battalion marching northwards.
“We found great quantities of food, but for fear of poison did not take possession of it until we had got hold of the proprietor of the house and forced him to taste it.

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Many gardeners are becoming interested in growing butterfly gardens. I will be putting together a list at work at the MBGNA gardens, for an exhibit garden about attracting butterflies. Today I’ll write about flowers that the adult butterflies readily come to for nectar. An even more ambitious garden is one that includes plants that the larvae of butterflies need to eat, but that will have to be another blog.
Butterflies are looking for flowers that have lots of nectar and a good landing platform for them to cling to. Small tubular flowers are especially adapted to the butterflies’ probiscus- its’ specially shaped tongue that works like a straw. These tubular flowers cannot be too long or the butterfly cannot reach all the way down to the nectar which is usually at the base of the petals.
So after a quick look at my favorite flower catalog, Select Seeds, I’ve come up with this list of flowers for attracting butterflies.
Other things you will want to consider when you plant your garden is to have a sunny site yet sheltered from the wind. Butterflies get tossed around by a breeze fairly easily. A shallow container of water is good too. Even just a mud puddle is beneficial to them. They need to absorb some minerals from the mud.
If you want an in depth look at butterfly gardens go to the Washington Dept. of Fish and Wildlife Backyard Wildlife Sanctuary web site and click on Butterfly Gardens.
Here is a virtual Valentine’s Day gift to you, a loyal reader of our blog.
We only wish that we could give you these Valentine’s Day Flowers in person!
All too often, when we look around at our landscape in Southern Michigan, what we see is actually not Michigan plants, but alien species of plants from other countries. Any roadside has quack grass, brome grass, Queen Anne’s Lace, chicory, and dandelions growing along it; all weeds and all aliens. Of course not many Native Michigan plants would grow in a spot that is constantly disturbed by snow plows in winter and lawnmowers in summer. Prairie plants, which are Michigan natives, could grow along our roads if they weren’t mowed, and in a very few places they do.
Alien plants colonize disturbed areas very quickly. Their seed usually likes to germinate in freshly disturbed soil such as a roadside. Weedy aliens are not choosy about rich or lean soil. They are considered weeds just because of that and also because they produce so many seeds which are distributed as far and wide as possible. Native plants are usually choosier about soil and habitat, but once established and growing well, they can usually hold their own as long as the soil is not disturbed.
Historically our native prairies thrived in spots in Southern Michigan because those sites were regularly burned. Either started by lightning strikes or intentionally set by Native Americans. So prairie plants are usually deep rooted and have crowns where the growing stems emerge from, safely below the surface of the soil where they’re not killed by fires.
Some species of oak trees are adapted to fire, too. Their bark is thick enough that the living inner cells of the tree are not damaged by the heat of a grass fire sweeping through. So historically in numerous spots in Southern Michigan we had landscapes of widely spaced oak trees with special prairie plants growing in the soil in between the oak trees. These are called oak openings or sometimes referred to as savannas.
When Michigan was first settled, the first places to be farmed were usually these open areas. The settler would naturally be attracted to spots where he didn’t have to go to all the labor of cutting down the trees before he could begin to plow the soil and get a crop in. For this reason many of the oak openings and their special plants were lost. Since the Native American were pushed out, other oak openings were not burned anymore. So in the few openings that weren’t plowed, the shrubs and saplings of the adjacent woods started to grow in the rich soil , shading out the oak opening prairie plants. The edge of the woods slowly crept into the prairie and displaced the prairie plants.
One of the exciting aspects of habitat restoration (and I mean exciting!) is the use of fire to reclaim those prairies. Controlled burns have been used now at least for 20 years to help the prairies that are left, keeping them healthier by burning out the aliens, shrubs and trees that cannot survive the fire and reclaiming their lost edges.
In another blog I will tell you about the places in S. Michigan were these kinds of restoration practices are happening.

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Did you notice the onion domes atop the Taj Mahal? How about the white chocolate gate or recorder columns? This book is full of delightful things to discover, with creative re-creations of various landmarks.
This book is a terrific inspiration for students to notice details, and to construct their own creative models or photos, using elements that fit proportionally to each other.


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A Kansas state senator has switched parties from Republican to Democrat, saying she cannot be complicit in supporting President Donald Trump.
Sen. Barbara Bollier’s switch was dramatic but not entirely surprising. The Mission Hills lawmaker has a long history of bucking Republican leadership, and had endorsed Democrat Laura Kelly for governor. Her district also leans Democratic.
She cited Trump as a factor in her decision, as well as a state Republican party platform change on transgender identity. She has also clashed with Republicans on a number of issues, from Medicaid expansion to gay rights.

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This popular practitioner guide and course text takes the reader step by step through diagnostic decision making in mental health. Acclaimed for both the clarity of his writing and his clinical expertise, James Morrison provides principles and decision trees for evaluating information from multiple sources and constructing a valid, clinically useful working diagnosis. More than 100 vivid vignettes--from the straightforward to the toughest cases--illustrate the practical application of these methods. Essential topics include developing a differential diagnosis and dealing with comorbidity.
*Updated resources and suggested readings.
See also Morrison's DSM-5® Made Easy, which explains DSM-5 diagnoses in clear language, illustrated with vivid case vignettes; The First Interview, Fourth Edition, which presents a framework for conducting thorough, empathic initial evaluations; and The Mental Health Clinician's Workbook, which uses in-depth cases and carefully constructed exercises to build the reader's diagnostic skills.
James Morrison, MD, is Affiliate Professor of Psychiatry at Oregon Health and Science University in Portland. He has extensive experience in both the private and public sectors. With his acclaimed practical books--including DSM-5 Made Easy; Diagnosis Made Easier, Second Edition; The First Interview, Fourth Edition; and When Psychological Problems Mask Medical Disorders, Second Edition--Dr. Morrison has guided hundreds of thousands of mental health professionals and students through the complexities of clinical evaluation and diagnosis.


text: Alberto Fernandez is a former U.S. diplomat who is currently president of the Middle East Broadcasting Networks (MBN), which includes Al-Hurra, and a previous vice president of the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI). He served as U.S. chargé d’affaires in Sudan from 2007 to 2009, as coordinator for strategic counterterrorism communications at the U.S. Department of State from 2012 to 2015, and in senior diplomatic positions in the Middle East and Africa. The views expressed here are not necessarily those of the U.S. government or MBN.


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Chrissy Teigen has made an emotional admission that her and John Legend were ''having trouble'' with fertility and have been through a ''process'' in the last few years.
Chrissy Teigen and John Legend were ''having trouble'' with fertility.
The 'Sports Illustrated' model has made the emotional admission that her and the 'All of Me' hitmaker have been through a ''process'' in the last few years regarding starting a family.
The 29-year-old beauty also admitted she finds it tough being asked about having children all the time.
Speaking on her and Tyra Banks' new daytime talk show FABLife, she said: ''Every single time I sit down for an interview with anybody ... I will say, just being two years into being married, the questions just come from all over.
Meanwhile, Chrissy previously revealed she wants lots of children with the 36-year-old singer.
She shared: ''We want a lot of kids. I would love to have three or four of my own, and then adopt a few. So basically I'll be pregnant the rest of my life.


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"And I will stumble and fall.
I'm still learning to love.
...And I will swallow my pride.
Say something, I'm giving up on you."
Let me say that Tessa has done it again!! This book...it's just...amazing!!
When we first meet Knox Wellington he is tough soldier that's still trying to move on from a broken heart he experienced 11 years prior. While overseas he is front and center when an explosion happens.
"I can feel myself drifting off, and instead of flashes of my life and loved ones running through my mind, I see nothing. I'm alone and I'm going to die this way in this godforsaken country. Shattered. Broken. And completely alone."
Charlotte "Charlie" Davenport is trying to get over a heart break of her own when she learns of a new patient she is about to start helping. As a volunteer, she helps injured soldiers go through rehabilitation. She doesn't want to get involved with a solider, especially one she is trying to help. Her best friend, Lucy, says that maybe what she needs is a fling to help her get over her ex. Charlie surprises herself when she actually considers this.
"I've had a nagging feeling wondering what this new guy will look like. I hate the thought and try to push it away, but I can't stop thinking that a convenient, casual hookup with a hot soldier may just be what I need."
Knox hates the idea of someone being his "babysitter" as he's healing, but he knows that there's no way around it. With his younger brother,Cohen, leaving to go back to school he had no choice but to have help. When he opened his door, he was amazed to see the most beautiful girl with whiskey colored eyes staring back at him.
"...she's the first and last person I want to see right now and I have no idea why I feel this way..."
Between Knox's cockiness and Charlie's stubbornness, their first day did not go very well. Neither did the few days after that. Everything Knox tried to pull on her, she pushed it right back. Love that girl!!! She's a spitfire!! The one thing that was happening was the amount of attraction they were experiencing from each other.
"I start to back out of the bathroom because if I see anymore of his naked skin I'm going to go all Katniss on him and start screaming "I volunteer!" when he decides he needs his back washed."
"I knew right then a there that I was in trouble, because those few moments of her hands on me made me want her more than I've wanted anyone in the longest time."
As they spend more time together, the feelings they have for each other can no longer be denied. I loved the struggle they both had to go through. That sounds bad, but its true. It was beautiful to read the way they slowly moved into more. More than patient/healer. More than friends. More than not so enemies.
"And I swore to myself that I'd never let anyone back in again who could make me feel that way. It's been easy, too. Until now. Until Charlie."
"Why do you always call me sweetheart?"
"I have no idea, sweetheart. I just works."
This is not just a book about love. It's a book about forgiveness in things you never thought you could forgive. It's about moving on with your life when you never thought you could. It's about opening your heart to possibilities that scare the crap out you. It's a story of a "Sweetheart" and a "Rugged Man" and their journey.
I laughed, I got angry, I cried and I swooned. I loved badass Charlie and smartass Knox!! Also, who couldn't love a man that played the guitar and sang to you?! Honestly?!
Tessa is a twenty something book junkie who loves creating books boyfriends as much as she loves reading them. Government worker by day, writer by night, she gets little sleep, but couldn't imagine her life any less hectic. She lives just outside of Dayton, Ohio and has been married to her own book boyfriend for nine years. If she’s not writing or looking through tons of photos of hot men, all in the name of research, then you can probably find her curled up with my Kindle, ignoring the rest of the world. Her other obsessions include red wine, hot men, country music, and all things Stone Sour.

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Just last week I talked glowingly about Lish McBride’s series of books. I decided to take a chance and email her publisher and I was rewarded with an ARC of her new book, Pyromantic! Thank you Morgan Dubin for sending me the book. Five chapters in and I’m already loving it! Review to come closer to the March publication.
It’s been awhile since I did one of these. In fact it’s been 5 months. Oops. I think it’s about time I did another one, don’t you think? I can’t think of a better series to welcome back this column then Necromancer and Firebug series’ by Lish McBride. Really, I can’t believe I have waited this long to write about them. It’s actually two different series but they take place in the same world, just on opposite coasts. Necromancer consists of Hold Me Closer, Necromancer and Necromancing the Stone. Two of the best book titles in history of literature. I decided to read the first book based on the title alone. With a title like Hold Me Closer, Necromancer it had to be good right? Firebug at the moment is the only book in it’s series but the sequel, Pyromantic, another great title, comes out in March of next year. (I hope, I’m pretty sure. It’s released date has been pushed back more then once to my chagrin) They both take place in the underground world of the supernaturals. Sam, our hero in Necromancer is a necromancer. When he is discovered by another Necromancer he brought into a world of werewolves and other supernaturals creatures that he didn’t even know exist but now is in the thick of it. You’ll think about Seattle in a different way after reading this book. Ava, our little firebug from Firebug, is forced to work for the Coterie, a magical mafia. She along with her friends, Lock and Ezra, she must track down creatures of all kinds who are behind in their payments or doing something they are not supposed to.
So why do I like these books so much? For one thing they are hilarious! Like laugh out loud funny you just can’t help yourself. The situations the characters get in are at times so ridiculous and absurd it’s just too funny. They are also very original. Sure, there are a lot of other books that feature werewolves, ghosts, nymphs and other supernatural beings but nothing is like this. I’m not sure how to describe the weirdness of these books but they just work. There is also a realness to them as well. Sam and Ava are both great protagonists. They both find themselves in situations that are out of their control but with the help of their friends and their own gumption they find ways out of them. They both have a little sassiness to them that I love in my characters. The supporting characters are more then just comic relief or filler but true characters in their own right.
Firebug came out two years ago and I have been waiting (mostly) patiently for Pyromantic to come out. Like I said earlier, publication has been pushed back a few times because well life I guess. Lish Mcbride is not just an author but also a bookseller as well. The biggest secret of the publication world is that just because you have a book published doesn’t mean you are set for life. Most authors don’t live off of their writing. They have to have day jobs to make ends meet. Recently Lish started a Patreon page. If you not familiar with Patreon, it’s sort of a crowd sourcing website for creators and artist. You can pledge to give so much money a month to an artist and in return you get exclusive material from them. Lish so far has posted a new short story and read a chapter from Pyromantic. It’s been satisfying so far. It ties me over until her new book comes out and I also can feel good about supporting an author I love. It’s a cool way to support artists and all for that. So before Pyromantic comes out, I suggest you read Hold Me Closer, Necromancer, Necromancing the Stone and Firebug and read her public post on patreon page. You will not be disappointed.
After I finished reading A Dance of Dragons, I decided I needed something quick. So I read three novellas. It has become a trend for YA authors with successful series to write short stories or novellas to supplement the series. Most of them are inconsequential. They may add a little hint of what’s going to happen in the series or they are just fluff. They can write a few stories. Publish them first as an e-book and then later can republish them all as a collection. Obviously both the author and publishers can get a little bit more out of a trilogy (not to mention, a little more cash) and keep readers interested between books.
Authors use them to either bridge the gap between the end of one book to the beginning of another. Sort of a “What I did over the Summer” essay, one does on the first day of school. Other times, authors write a pivotal scene but from another characters perspective. Usually, it’s from the love interest’s perspective but not always. Other times, these novellas give authors a chance to play in the world they’ve created without really messing up the story they are writing. They can do this by writing a story about a supporting character that takes place outside the current story line. Sometimes, the stories are prequels. Giving readers a chance to see the hero or heroine before the series began or give a glimpse of life was before. Whatever the reason for writing the novellas, they are usually fun to read.
The novellas I read came from very different series. The first is The Queen from the Selection series by Kiera Cass. This is actually the third novella from this series and the first that is a prequel, taking place long before the action of the first book, The Selection. First, if you are not familiar with this series. It’s been dubbed as the Bachelor version of the Hunger Games. I think that’s not a very good description because the only thing they have in common is that they both take place in a dystopian society and both plots revolve around a sort of Reality TV show premise. In The Selection, America Singer is one of 35 girls picked to compete in the Selection, and win the heart of Prince Maxon. It’s all taped and televised and other things happen too. The Queen is about the Queen Amberly, Prince Maxon’s mother’s own Selection, that she obviously won since she is now the Queen. It doesn’t add too much to series but it does gives more of a look at King Clarkson, who is sort of the villain in the series. Why he is who he is and also a little sadness for Queen Amberly. She is a good person who truly loves him and he likes her because he knows she will do whatever he says and is easy to manipulate. Not exactly a romance.
The second is Burnt Sugar, a prequel novella of Firebug by Lish Mcbride. You may remember that Firebug was one of my favorite books from last year This short story is about Ava, Lock and Ezra on a job for the Coterie to collect money from a witch who has stopped paying her “protection” payments. Of course, the job goes awry as they run into some unexpected complications. As is, the witch lives in a Gingerbread house, eats kids just like in Hansel and Gretel and they get captured. I love their team dynamic. Lock the responsible leader, Ezra the fox doing what foxes do and Ava, who sort of just likes to wing it. It has the same sense of humor as the book but just a small dose. Just enough for me to pine even more for the next book.
And finally Carnival of Lies is a novella from the Untamed City series by Melissa Marr. The first book, Carnival of Souls (now published as Carnival of Secrets) was published in 2013 and sadly there is no plans at the moment to publish a sequel. I’m not sure if it’s one of those things that the first book didn’t do as well as they’ve hoped so the cancelled the rest of the series or if Melissa Marr is too busy writing other series. She just published another Teen book called Made for You, which was only ok. She is also co-authoring a kids series about Norse Mythology. Whatever the reason, we must be content with Carnival of Lies. A little background: a class of Diamons runs the City. They have killed almost all the witches and those who survived have escaped to the human realm. The city holds a carnival where one can pay for murder or death. Once a generation, a competition that is held. The winners are raised to the ruling class. The Losers are dead. In Carnival of Lies, we follow Aya as she decides to compete and her betrothed Belwas, who enters to try to save her. Honestly, there doesn’t seem to be much of reason for this story. We know why she entered the competition because it was revealed in Carnival of Secrets. She was born a witch and her Diamon parents who were bewitched to believe they are her real parents. If she were to marry Belwas and have children, as she would have too, then she would be revealed for what she is and put to death but if she wins and becomes part of the ruling class, she could live without ever having to marry and have children. Since there is sequel on the horizon, I was really hoping for something more. This really didn’t do much for me.
All three were a nice break from the multitudes of characters, subplots and pages of Game of Thrones and revisit some old characters and series that I really do enjoy. Now back to my regular schedule of novels.


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The Hotel Imperiale , 2 stars in Riccione, is a family run hotel that stands out for its convenient location and directly on the sea. Suitable for families with children, offers free entry to the water park on the beach of Riccione Beach Village and accepts pets of all sizes at no additional cost.
The hotel is located directly on the sea, in a convenient position and just a few minutes walk from Viale Dante. It is close to the bus stops, with which you can reach the Rimini airport, the motorway tollgate and the train station. The hotel is about a 10-minute walk from the Beach Village water park and offers free admission.
All rooms have a balcony (some with sea view), air conditioning and WI-FI at no extra cost, safe, telephone, digital terrestrial TV and bathroom with hairdryer and shower.
FAMILIES: large rooms suitable for families are available.
Garden, terrace, heated pool with hydromassage, free use of bicycles, elevator, reading room and night porter. The hotel organizes theme nights.
PARKING: available free of charge until exhausted, uncovered but inside the structure.
CONVENTIONS: the beach, amusement parks, shuttle service, excursions on request and waterslide. Free access to the sea water park at Riccione Beach Village.
PETS: accepts animals of all sizes at no additional cost.
BREAKFAST: international, buffet with sweet and savory dishes.
LUNCH AND DINNER : typical local cuisine with two choice menus and fish dishes every day, always followed by a buffet of vegetables and desserts. Pasta and desserts are homemade.
VARIATIONS: the menu is suitable for vegetarians and on request the staff prepares meals suitable for vegans and coeliacs.
OTHER: every Sunday the staff organizes an aperitif in the garden. During the summer we organize musical evenings with orchestra and games for adults and children.
In hotel: strollers, swimming pool suitable for children and indoor and outdoor playground area. Pediatrician and babysitting service available on request.
On the beach: baby, mini and junior club with live entertainment service.
The hotel has a heated pool with hydromassage and an oxygenating area with sun beds and beach umbrella at no extra cost. The swimming pool is located in the garden and is ideal for adults and children.
The hotel has agreements with the beaches n.113 and n.117 Alba d'Oro, equipped with entertainment, gym, baby-mini-junior club, sports fields, relaxation area, hot showers, children's playground area and nursery toilet. A swimming pool and two hot tubs are available at the Alba d'Oro establishment.
Prices are per person per day (minimum of 3 days).
STAY TAX: excluded. € 0.70 per person per day for up to 7 days, children up to 14 years old.
ALL INCLUSIVE B: Full Board + Drinks (water and wine with meals) + umbrella and 2 beds at the partner beach (for a minimum stay of 7 days).
Children 0-2 years FREE if in room with two adults for the entire 2019 season!
Special Easter 2019 valid from 18 to 23 April.
- Full board with drinks at meals for a minimum of 2 days: € 150.00 per person, for 2 days.
- Full board with drinks at meals for a minimum of 3 days: € 180.00 per person, for 3 days.
Supplement of € 50.00 per person per day from the 4th day of stay.
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Save and enjoy all the relaxation at our Hotel with swimming pool in Riccione!
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Environmental sustainability is seldom a factor taken into consideration equally to economy and quality when choices are made. When it comes to photography artistic expression, the graphic quality and the economy are taken into consideration but there is rarely focus on the environmental impact of the photographic process.
There are several reasons for this. Firstly, it is not easily accessible to make a sustainable choice. It is neither visible whether a product is harmful to the environment or environmentally friendly. Secondly, it is not normally a part of artistic and photographic culture to consider the sustainability concerning the production.
In order to allow photographers to make more sustainable choices, we have made two small handbooks on sustainable chooses in photography. One is addressing environmental impact and choices regarding products on the market the other one is focusing on options for alternative photographic processes.
The handbook is based on general research as well as professional knowledge. All references are available in the handbook. We hope they can be an inspirations for both artists working with photography as well documentary photographers and commercial photographers.


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European University Association: Should the next Framework budget approach €200 billion?
Some of the biggest European university and research associations have come together to call on the European Union to follow their 10 recommendations for European research: the Coimbra Group, the European Alliance for Social Sciences and Humanities (EASSH), the European Association of Research Managers and Administrators (EARMA), the European University Association (EUA), the League of European Research Universities (LERU), The Guild of European Research-Intensive Universities and The Leiden Group.
A forum within the European Research Area Committee (ERAC) — a committee that advises the Council, the Commission and member states on the governance of the European Research Area —has given an opinion criticising Horizon 2020 for largely failing to improve international participation.


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One person was flown to a Syracuse hospital after a car reportedly hit a telephone pole in Ogdensburg early Sunday morning.
According to the Ogdensburg Professional Firefighters Local 1799 Facebook page, the incident happened around 1:30 a.m. in front of the Ogdensburg McDonalds.
The patient flown to Syracuse had quote "substantial injuries". Another patient was taken to an area hospital.


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Schreiber, C., Pannella, M., Elbaz, D., Béthermin, M., Inami, H., Dickinson, M., et al. (2015). The Herschel view of the dominant mode of galaxy growth from z = 4 to the present day. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 575: A74, pp. 1-29. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201425017.
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Chirag Shah Sep 19, 2012.
Dadar T.T., to Thane (EEH) to Ghodbunder Road to Borivali (WEH) to Dadar T.T. Total Kms 77, total time 5 hours, avg. speed 15 Km/hr.
I would love to build stamina to go long distances on my bike.
Hi Rony you can use the same cycle with fitting with SHIMANO OR TOURNEY GEAR SET these are available in kalbadevi shops.This is only my suggestion, then it is up to you, you wil find comfortable for long distance cycling.
hi rony, thanks for the much needed timely advice. i have decided upon fomas. i did not go alone. i took help from professional cyclist.
hi rony, today i had gone to buy a cycle. i think i will decide in a day or two. i am eager to start as soon as possible.
hi rony i stay very close to five garden. do you cycle alone ? what's your schedule?


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Jones is a brilliant scientist.
Nicolas spends about an hour a day swimming.
Granville has never been to Australia.
Amanda has changed his mind again.
Kristi drank way too much last night.
Kanthan asked the same question to many people.
Visiting Ranjit was a lot of fun.
June really did a nice job.
Uri is never coming back, is he?
Marlena doesn't want to go to Boston with me.
Delbert is one of the nicest guys I've ever met.
Blaine paused to have a cigarette.
Even though Donna eats mostly junk food, he rarely gets sick and his BMI is in the normal range.
Kaj called me last night from Boston.
Tandy didn't show up for work today.
Don't give Siegurd your email address.
Mickey knew it would happen.
Maybe that wasn't the best thing to say to Kyung.
My neighbor's name is Judith.
Joanne is only in town for a few days.
Kristin has two brothers. Neither of them live in Boston.
I gave Everett my old bicycle.
Pitawas parked in front of the building.
Marguerite can't put up with Claudio's behavior anymore.
Panacea was a county sheriff.
Don't forget to tell Lawrence this.
There's nothing we can do to save Martyn.
We haven't questioned Mahmoud yet.
Charley almost always wears dark clothes.
I wish I could do something to help Theodore.
Why did Raif want you here?
I think Mayo is conservative.
Hohn is probably a little tired.
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Free Logic Games For Girls!
Put your gray matter to the test with these logic games! You can tackle riddles, puzzles and tons of other challenges. Prove that there’s no problem you can’t solve!
Patience and concentration are the keys in these free logic games – but don’t get too relaxed! In some girls’ games you can take your time to solve the puzzles, but in others you’ll have to race against the clock to finish them on time. For example, some spot the difference games or breakout-style games will put you under pressure and force you to work on your speed and reflexes, as they have to be completed before the timer runs out. Don’t waste another minute: come and challenge your friends with all these games, and don’t forget that you can always ask for help or tips from the other girls on the site if you get stuck. So, do you think you can beat the high scores in these puzzle games? Let’s get your brain cells moving and let’s see how many answers you can find!

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NEW YORK - James Rebhorn, the prolific character actor whose credits included "Homeland," ''Scent of a Woman" and "My Cousin Vinny," has died. He was 65.
Rebhorn's agent, Dianne Busch, said Sunday that the actor died Friday at his home in South Orange, N.J, after a long battle with skin cancer.
Busch said Rebhorn was diagnosed with melanoma in 1992 but managed to work until the last month.
In five decades of television and film work, Rebhorn amassed more than 100 credits, ranging from a shipping magnate in "The Talented Mr. Ripley" to the prosecutor in the series finale of "Seinfeld," in which he famously sent the group to jail.
The lanky but piercing Rebhorn, raised a Lutheran in Indiana, often played astringent authorities, like the headmaster in "Scent of a Woman" or the Secretary of Defense in "Independence Day."
On "Homeland," he played the father of Claire Danes' CIA officer Carrie Mathison. He also had a recurring role on the USA Network series "White Collar" playing the FBI head of a white-collar crime unit.
Other credits of the Philadelphia-born Rebhorn, who received his masters in acting from Columbia University, include "The Game," ''Real Steel," ''Law & Order," ''Carlito's Way" and "Meet the Parents."
Rebhorn also frequently worked in theater, starring on Broadway in revivals of "Our Town," ''12 Angry Men" and the original 1985 production of "I'm Not Rappaport."
He is survived by his wife, Rebecca Linn, and two daughters.


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Follow I-64 West to Exit 113 turn Right onto North Broadway and continue to West High Street and turn Right on West High Street/Versailles Road crossover South Forbes and prepare to turn Right between Hill Crest Baptist Church and C-Worth Restaurant Equipment. Lexington Trailer & Hitch is back in the corner.
Take I-75 South to Exit 115 (922/Newtown Pike) and stay right off Exit 115. Follow Newtown Pike to New Circle Road make a right onto New Circle Road and follow around to Exit 5A the FIRST Versailles Road Exit toward downtown Lexington. Count EIGHT Stop Lights and prepare to turn Left between Hill Crest Baptist Church and C-Worth Restaurant Equipment. Lexington Trailer & Hitch is back in the corner.
Take I-75 North to Exit 104 toward Lexington/Athens. Turn LEFT onto ATHENS BOONESBORO RD/KY-418 W. ATHENS BOONESBORO RD/KY-418 W becomes RICHMOND RD. RICHMOND RD becomes E MAIN ST/US-25 BR N/US-421 BR N. Turn LEFT onto S BROADWAY/US-27/US-60 BR/US-68. Turn RIGHT onto W HIGH ST/US-60 BR W. Continue to follow US-60 BR W. crossover South Forbes and prepare to turn Right between Hill Crest Baptist Church and C-Worth Restaurant Equipment. Lexington Trailer & Hitch is back in the corner.
Our Business Hours Change in Spring and Fall.
During the Winter Months for Snow Plow Repair we Offer 24 Hour Service 24/7 as long as there is 2" of snow or more!
We are your Snow & Ice Control Solution for Sales, Service & Parts!
"Get Fixed or Get Hitched" Specializing in Trailer Sales, Service, Repair and Hitch Installation.
Lexington Trailer & Hitch, LLC (formally Lexington Hitch & Trailer, Inc. established in 1995) was acquired July 28, 2008 by Brian & Tammy Wiese a local Lexington family. Brian & Tammy wanted to continue to serve the Greater Lexington area with quality products and services that our customers have relied on. Our location and service dates back to 1953 when Oliver Trailers offered specialized trailer service and parts to the Greater Lexington area. The concept in the beginning started as a small local family owned Trailer Repair Shop that provides quality services and products.
Our customers remember the earliest days and count on us to continue this business tradition. Since then our services, facilities and customer base has expanded to better serve our customers from all over the country and Canada. However still today, the original concept of offering quality service and products is our top priority. We have maintained a steady customer base and local family owned operation that continues to strive for excellence to provide each and every customer with quality services and products.
Since July 2008, Lexington Trailer & Hitch has become a dealer for Wells Cargo Trailers, R&R Aluminum Trailers and Sno-Way Snow Plow & Salt Spreaders. We have increased our inventory stock with a large variety of towing accessories, lights, hitches, locks, fenders, tires, wheels, brake assemblies, brake components, idler hubs, brake drums, axles and axle components. In September 2009, Lexington Trailer & Hitch received authorization to manufacturer trailers and provide VIN Numbers with Certificate of Origin.
Lexington Trailer & Hitch, LLC provide services and repairs for all types of trailers. Our trailer services include but not limited to: preventive maintenance service, axles, wiring, lights, axles, bearings, seals wheels, tires and Commercial DOT Inspections. We install Receiver, Gooseneck, and Fifth Wheel Hitches, Base Plates, Transmission Coolers, Brake Controllers, and Electrical Wiring for Most Vehicle Models. We perform custom welding and fabrication services including Aluminum Welding. Our welder is a Certified Boiler Welder and one of the best in the business. Our services also include services for snow plows and salt spreaders. We install, service and snow plows and salt spreaders. We offer 24-hour facility services for snow plow break-downs during snow events of 2" or more. Our snow plow inventory includes complete units and replacement parts for most models (i.e. Meyer, Western, Curtis, Fisher, etc.).
We look forward to working with you and servicing your hitch and trailer needs.We sell and install a full line of snowplows and salt spreaders for your vehicle. Our Sno-Way products include heavy duty snow and ice control equipment including snowplows, snow plow accessories, sand and salt spreaders.
Lexingtontrailerandhitch.com LLC started years ago with the simple concept of taking care of the customer. Today, we continue with this tradition and we want you to be so thrilled with your purchase that you will tell a friend or family member about us. We understand in order for this to happen we have to deliver superior service wrapped around outstanding value. We try to anticipate every question you may have and address it plainly and clearly and with pictures when possible. Should you ever find something on our web site that is not accurate or subject to interpretation please Contact Us with the web page link and your comments.
We get thousands of calls per week. Our product experts are here to assist you and we believe they will help you make your best purchasing decision.
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Formula 1 blues? Get into top gear at our annual race!
Put your driving skills to the test, with this fun evening of go-karting with your peers. You’ll have at least 2 attempts to beat the best lap-times, with each session lasting up to 7 minutes.
All drivers must have a valid driver's licence!
ISPE reserves the right to cancel the event if the minimum number of registrations of 25 pax has not been reached by 4 Sept 2018.


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GARY Slater’s latest book is stuffed with fascinating information about Warrington Wolves.
Comprehensive, The Warrington Wolves Miscellany whirls through a range of topics seemingly faster than Lee Briers breaks club records.
Lee, Wolves’ highest ever points scorer, wrote the foreword for the fourth book penned by 50-year-old Gary, a Warrington-born Daily Telegraph journalist and former deputy sports editor of the Warrington Guardian.
The scrum half’s records are all included, along with players of the decades, trophy successes, biggest attendances, advancements in technology and some favourite quotes among 150 fact-filled sections.
The book, published by The History Press, is available from the club’s Halliwell Jones Stadium shop and Waterstone’s.


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Presently, there are no Clinics in our network offering Fractional Laser Resurfacing in Fresno. However, Plastic Surgery Portal is happy to connect you with leading providers of comparable cosmetic procedures in Fresno, as well as Fractional Laser Resurfacing specialists in nearby cities. Simply contact us via the phone number or online form on this page, and our team of customer service liaisons will help you locate and schedule a free consultation with a top professional in the field. We look forward to speaking with you!
If you're a plastic surgeon who offers Fractional Laser Resurfacing in Fresno and would like to be included in the Plastic Surgery Portal network, contact us here.
Welcome to our Fractional Laser Resurfacing Fresno network. As one of the newest and most advanced forms of skin rejuvenation, Fractional Laser Resurfacing reduces wrinkle and aging lines swiftly and effectively to provide a clearer and smoother result. If you’re interested in finding out more about Fractional Laser Resurfacing in Fresno, call or click on one our representatives on the list above and schedule a free consultation today!


text: At Clickinks, we have great deals on Canon imageRunner ADVANCE C9065 PRO Toner cartridges. We offer our customers bulk order discounts and excellent customer service. All our imageRunner ADVANCE C9065 PRO Toner cartridges below come with a 100% money back guarantee. So whether you're printing for business, the home, or school, we make sure you get supplies you need for a price you'll love exclusively.


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(3) To reduce and eliminate the high rate of illiteracy, school dropouts, unemployment, obesity and the violent crime epidemic in the inner city neighborhoods of Buffalo, New York.
With our STEM Education, employment and entrepreneurship skills training curriculum, these youths will have the opportunity to become an integral part of the community in a positive way. Our violence prevention training component works aggressively with law enforcement and is specially designed to address domestic violence and behavioral problems that continue to plague our inner city neighborhoods and our very existence.
Our board, staff and volunteers have outstanding qualifications with community involvement experience. They are skill specialists who meet with each participant one-on-one to diagnose their strengths and weaknesses. We then devise an intensive program to address their particular needs and to expand their overall skills. We are in high crime and drugs-infested neighborhoods to make a difference in youths' lives. We received out initial funding from Citibank, J.P. Morgan Chase, Verizon and the Josephine Goodyear Foundation.
The funds raised is used for skills specialist trainers to provide training classes in all six components. The program promotes and inspires self-sufficiency through education and non-violent behavior. The program brings new solutions to countless problems that continue to impede success in this community to reduce ongoing community tragedies.
At the conclusion of the 12 month program, 99-101 participants will demonstrate a pre-post test gain of at least 2 or more academic grade levels advancement. Further, our goals is for participants to demonstrate a 38% increase in their moral reasoning abilities, 25% increase in STEM education, 40% reduction in the inner city obesity rate, 35% reduction in domestic and violence behavior, and on for two scheduled entrepreneurship start-ups each year.
There are very few major corporations and foundations in Buffalo, New York. Therefore, in order to be successful, it is imperative that the program obtains support from within as well as outside the city of Buffalo. The program is clearly making a difference, but additional funding is required.


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What movie genre is my favorite?
What is my favorite movie series of all time?
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YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – Standard & Poor’s Global Ratings has increased Mahoning County’s long-term bond rating to AA- from A+ and assigned the county’s 2018 general bonds the SP-1+ rating.
What helped boost the rating was a surplus in the general fund, good financial policies, flexibility in the budget, strong liquidity, strong debt contingent liability position and a strong institutional framework score.
Mahoning County last year recorded its third consecutive operating surplus, with $2.5 million in its general fund, or 3.8% of expenditures, and “balanced results across all governmental funds of $866,000, or 0.5%.” Meanwhile, the 2018 budget assumes a 10% loss in revenue though the operating fund is expected to end the year with another surplus.
On the management front, S&P upgraded the county’s rating to “good” from “standard.” It noted the county’s cash reserve policy, its policy to set the first 60% of revenues from Hollywood Gaming at Mahoning Valley Race Course aside for unassigned general fund use, monthly investment reports and budgetary assumptions that rely on three years of historical data and conservative sales tax revenue projections.
S&P also reported the county has “very strong” budget flexibility, with an available fund balance of $14 million, or 21% of operating expenditures, in fiscal year 2017, an increase from 2015’s $11.2 million, or 12.7%. In addition, the agency noted Mahoning County’s total available cash is 67.2% of its total fund expenditures and 25.3 times its governmental debt service.
The county’s debt and contingent liability profile was also graded as very strong as net direct debt was 22.4% of total fund revenue and overall net debt is 1.6% of market value.
The chief hindrance to the county, Standard & Poor’s found, was a weak regional economy which is “likely to constrain it from further upward rating movement.” The agency found a projected per capita effective buying income of $51,048, while also noting a declining, aging population down 4% to 229,956 since the 2010 census and a stable base of large employers, led by Mercy Health (1,600 employees), the county (1,700), Steward Health Care (1,600) and Youngstown State University (1,200).

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"I was tired of feeling afraid"
What if you could become more self-reliant, learn valuable survival skills, and become the hero your family looks up to... all in 30 days?
Have you always wanted to be more self-reliant and improve your survival skills?
The 30 Day Survival Challenge is a carefully curated set of actionable challenges, delivered once per day, rooted in survival principals.
Each day you’ll receive a challenge that’s broken into 3 distinct levels; basic, intermediate, and advanced. The challenge level you complete each day is 100% up to you.
You’ll be able to complete the basic level challenges each day by simply reading and/or watching a video to become familiar with a survival skill that will help make you more self-reliant. So, no sleeping in an emergency debris shelter (unless you want to of course).
If you’re interested in expanding on knowledge and executing the challenge in real life, the intermediate and advanced versions of each challenge will guide you.
The benefits of learning how to and executing these survival skills will be yours to use now and for the rest of your life. No one can ever take these skills away from you.
At the end of the 30 days, if only one of these survival skills increase your chance for surviving an emergency, wouldn’t that be worth it?
Imaging knowing 30 valuable survival skills that could come in handy one day in our turbulent world wether that’s this week, this year, this decade or beyond.
You’re not going to become more self-reliant simply by reading more random blog posts about survival and with 194,000,000 results for “survival skills” on Google… how do you even know where to start?
The 30 Day Survival Challenge was painstakingly created to walk you through a specific course of survival skills that are most likely to help keep you alive when you need them.
You’re here because you know you want to be able to protect yourself and your loved ones by becoming more self-reliant through improving your survival skills.
That’s what the 30 Day Survival Challenge is designed to do. Present you with daily survival challenges that are both actionable and relevant to today’s world as well as after the end of the world as we know it (TEOTWAWKI).
They’re all designed to help you improve your survival skills, become more self-reliant and be the hero that everyone looks up to now and for years to come.
Each day you’ll receive an email and associated resources on how to best implement the challenge. You’re in control with how deep you go with each challenge. Don’t feel like, or don’t have time to, go out and find a suitable source of water? No problem! Just learn the steps so you know how to in the future.
Just to be clear… reading about and watching a how-to video is a lot different than actually performing that survival skill. The confidence you’ll gain from actually completing each of these survival challenges has the potential to be nothing short of life changing.
But rest assured knowing that you’ll have lifetime access to these challenges in your inbox.
You’ve always wanted to become more self-reliant. Give yourself these 30 days to bring you closer to that goal.
If you have any questions and/or concerns about the 30 Day Survival Challenge please don't hesitate to email me.
Take the 30 Day Survival Challenge for a full 60-days, 100% risk free.
These 30 days are jam packed with actionable survival skill challenges and I want to make sure that you not only get to review all 30 challenges before you fully commit to this – I want to give you an additional 30 days on top of that to complete the challenge and make sure they’re really working for you.
Take the entire 30 day challenge. Review and perform every single challenge and if you don’t think it was worth it, I insist that you get 100% of your money back. I’ll even eat the credit card processing fees.
It’s simple, join the 30 Day Survival Challenge and take it for a test drive. If the perfectly curated actionable survival challenges don’t help you become more self-reliant over the next 60 days, I want you to email me. Simply show me that you completed the majority of the challenges, and I’ll give you 100% of your money back.
This UNBEATABLE guarantee lasts a full 60 days from the day the 30 Day Survival Challenge starts which is enough time to complete the every single challenge twice before you decide if it’s right for you.
Question: When does the 30 Day Survival Challenge Start?
Answer: You will receive your first challenge on Tuesday November 27, 2018.
Question: I've never even gone camping, let alone learned any survival skills. Will this be too hard for me?
Answer: The short answer is "no" but remember that the point of a challenge is to challenge yourself. Each of the 30 survival challenges are broken up into 3 levels of difficulty: basic, intermediate and advanced. The basic level challenges are typically reading about or watching a video on a survival skills. The intermediate and advanced versions of the challenges will include actually doing each challenge. It's 100% up to you what level of each challenge you choose to complete.
Question: I'm already an intermediate/advanced survivalist, will this work for me?
Answer: Yes, even if you're already an intermediate or advanced survivalist, you'll benefit from the 30 Day Survival Challenge. As mentioned, each of the 30 survival challenges are broken up into 3 levels of difficulty: basic, intermediate and advanced. The basic level challenges are typically reading about or watching a video on a survival skills. The intermediate and advanced versions of the challenges will include actually doing each challenge. It's 100% up to you what level of each challenge you choose to complete.
Question: What happens if I fall behind on the challenges?
Answer: You don't need to worry one bit as you have lifetime access to the entire 30 Day Survival Challenge. The challenges are delivered by email and you can print them out and/or save them in your inbox forever.
Question: How is this different than reading out survival skills online?
Answer: When you search Google for "survival skills" 194,000,000 (that's 194 million) results are returned. That's more than anyone could ever read about in their lifetime! Reading about survival skills is great, but reading about the right survival skills in the right order and then actually doing those survival skills is what will benefit you the most. We've carefully crafted both the list of survival skills and the order of the challenges so you can make the most progress in 30 only days.
Newsletter from the Skilled Survival Alliance, and I’m very impressed. Anyone can fill a newsletter with facts about emergency preparedness and survival, but not anyone can do it in a way that is easy to understand and a pleasure to read.
in order to make the lessons sink in. And in addition to great advice for preppers, the newsletter features full color photos and survival gear reviews that list pros and cons so you can make an informed decision.


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The nose is quite pretty with waves of fruits ranging from poached pears to tropical fruits with a touch of peach marmalade, ginger biscuits, and dried apricot with hints of vanilla and cocoa nibs.
The palate certainly echoes the nose delivering a fruit-forward core with waves of brown baking spices, toasted oak, and and subtle pepper accents.
Medium-bodied with a perfect balance of flavors, as well as balanced acidity to ripe fruit.
I've long been a fan of Gautier Cognac as their complex yet subtle fruit and spice notes make for a great aperitif while working equally well as an after dinner drink.
If the great and complex flavors of Gautier Cognac don't win you over then consider that they always give value for money in the category. This lovely VS is made for sipping and priced for cocktails.
Gautier is a great old Cognac house with a history spanning 10 generations. Gautier's cellars are located in a former mill along the River Osme. This location benefits from a natural humidity that aids in the maturation of these great Cognacs in the casks. The Gautier VS offers much more than the typical VS being made with a clever blend of Brandies from Fins Bois and Bons Bois. The Cognac of Fin Bois are delicate and fruity while Bon Bois adds strength and bold earthy notes. Their VS is aged for roughly three years in cask gaining beautiful color and spice accents.
Sip neat as an aperitif or enjoy in cocktails such as the classic Sidecar or simply paired with ginger beer over ice.


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We usually provide meters free of charge to household customers who want them, provided the property is suitable. This is known as ‘optional metering’.
We will meet the cost of installing a meter up to £650.
We may also install a meter at an unmetered property when there is a change of occupier.
When we are notified about a change of occupier at a property that does not have a meter, we may install one. The Water Industry Act 1991 (as amended by the Water Industry Act 1999) enables us to meter a property on a change of occupier.
If you use garden sprinklers or have a swimming pool, you must have a meter. This is because garden sprinklers can use as much water in an hour as a family of four does in two days!
We believe that people who use sprinklers (or any other automatic garden watering device) should pay for the extra water they use. The same applies to swimming pools, because of the amount of water needed to fill or refill them.
In the case of a new supply the Company will provide a suitable meter(s) and at the customer's cost ancillary apparatus for fixing to the supply in a suitable chamber and in a position approved by the company. The customer shall also pay to the company the cost of connecting the pipes of the company.
The meter(s) and apparatus shall belong to, and be maintained by the company and subject to paragraph 4 below, after fixing shall not be removed or be in any way disturbed or interfered with except by an officer of the company.
The company shall maintain the meters in proper working order. The customer shall reimburse the company on demand any costs reasonably incurred by the company in making good any loss of, or damage to, the meter(s) arising from any cause other than fair wear and tear.
The company shall be entitled at their cost to substitute from time to time for the meter(s) installed under paragraph 1 above, such other meter(s) and ancillary apparatus as they may consider desirable.
Readings shall be taken by an authorised officer at such intervals as the company may determine and in periods where no reading is taken, estimated consumption shall be used as a basis of charge.
A code of practice exists on leakage to supplies. Click here for further information.
The customer shall allow authorised officers of the company access to the premises at all reasonable times for the purposes of inspecting reading or exchanging the meter.
The company or any person duly authorised by them may at any time, and shall if so requested in writing by the customer, test the accuracy of any meter which has been installed.
A meter shall be tested in accordance with Regulation 6(2) and (4) of the 1988 Regulations in order to determine whether it falls within the prescribed limits of error (whether or not it is a meter to which those Regulations apply).
The company or any person duly authorised by them may remove the meter from the premises where it is necessary to do so for the purpose of testing.
The Company shall provide the customer with a copy of the results of the test.
Where a test is carried out in accordance with Regulation 6 at the request of the customer, and the meter on being tested falls within the prescribed limits of error, the company may recover from the customer the expenses (maximum charge £70) reasonably incurred by them in carrying out the test.
Where the company fixes charges in relation to any premises by reference to volume, a reading from the meter installed in relation to those premises proved in accordance with this regulation shall be evidence of the volume of water supplied to those premises, unless the meter is proved to register incorrectly.
A reading from a meter may be proved by producing the certificate of a person duly authorised by the undertakers to read the meter and certify the reading.
A meter shall be regarded as registering incorrectly if on being tested it is found to exceed the prescribed limits of error.
Except where it is proved to have begun to register incorrectly on some later date, a meter which is found to exceed the prescribed limits of error shall be deemed to have done so since the last occasion but one on which the company or any person duly authorised by them last read the meter for the purpose of ascertaining the volume of water supplied to the premises in relation to which it is installed.
You are responsible for all charges for water supplied under this agreement. Where water is used by other people, it is your responsibility to make the necessary private arrangements for this service. (A guide to water resale can be obtained from Ofwat at www.ofwat.gov.uk).
We will recommend the best position for the meter to be installed. If you wish the meter to be positioned elsewhere you will have to bear any additional costs. The position of the water meter does not affect your responsibility or joint responsibility to maintain the service pipe to your property.
Once the water services charges in respect of any premises for water supply have become measured charges in accordance with the company's Charges Scheme, they shall remain measured charges irrespective of any change of use of the premises or of the purpose for which the water is used, unless and until the Company at its own discretion determines that the charges payable shall be calculated in another manner.
The Earthing of electrical installations to water service pipes is not recognised as a safe method. Advice should be sought from the electricity board or an approved Electrical Contractor about the suitability of your earthing arrangements, particularly if any pipe repairs, alterations or extensions have been carried out. The company recognises no legal liability (expressly or by implication) where the water service pipe is used as a means of earthing an electrical installation.

industry_corpus2: Water Resources & Marine