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Bigger and better than ever before, the charismatic Polo is designed to meet the challenges of the modern world. Complete with advanced safety features and cutting-edge technology, the Polo has got you covered for whatever lies ahead.
Solutions Personal Contract Plan* representative example subject to 48 month, 10,000 miles per annum for a Polo SE 1.0 5-door with non-metallic paint.
At the end of the agreement there are three options: i) own the vehicle: pay the optional final payment; ii) return the vehicle: subject to fair wear and tear, charges may apply; or iii) replace: part exchange the vehicle.
With Solutions Personal Contract Plan. 18s+. Subject to availability and status. T&Cs apply. Excludes GTI and GTI+. Offer available when ordered by 30/06/19 from participating Retailers. Indemnities may be required. Offers are not available in conjunction with any other offer and may be varied or withdrawn at any time. Accurate at time of publication 01/04/19. Freepost Volkswagen Financial Services.
Figures shown are for comparability purposes; only compare fuel consumption and CO2 figures with other vehicles tested to the same technical procedures. These figures may not reflect real life driving results, which will depend upon a number of factors including the accessories fitted (post-registration), variations in weather, driving styles and vehicle load. There is a new test used for fuel consumption and CO2 figures (known as WLTP). The CO2 figures shown however, are based on a calculation designed to be equivalent to the outgoing (NEDC) test cycle and will be used to calculate vehicle tax on first registration. For more information, please see www.volkswagen.co.uk/owners/wltp or consult your retailer. Data correct at 12/2018. Figures quoted are for a range of configurations and are subject to change due to ongoing approvals/changes. Please consult your retailer for further information. Official fuel consumption figures for the Polo model range in mpg (litres/100km): combined 38.7 (7.3) – 57.6 (4.9). Combined CO2 emissions 97 – 141g/km. Excludes battery, electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles.


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Eighth-grade science teacher Suemarie Simpson is among 214 educators recently selected from across the state to join the New York State Master Teacher program.
Simpson joins the network of more than 900 Master Teachers, who commit to a four-year program of professional development and mentoring.
“It’s a great honor to be recognized by Gov. Andrew Cuomo as a Master STEM Teacher,” Simpson said.
The veteran teacher worked as a scientist for more than 18 years before returning to her alma mater, LeMoyne College, to get her teaching certification. She has been teaching chemistry and eighth-grade science at Herkimer for almost two decades.
“More than 18 years later, I still enjoy the ‘aha’ moment when students make a connection,” Simpson said.
The Master Teacher program was initiated in 2013 in partnership with the SUNY system. Participating educators attend regional cohort meetings at SUNY campuses throughout the state, and receive annual stipends of $15,000 for the duration of their participation.

industry_corpus2: Subject Education


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If you're thinking about a venture regarding Corner Shower in Grayville, IL, there are plenty of reasons to work with Corner Shower Guys. We'll be the best option when you need the most beneficial money saving methods, the finest supplies, and the top rank of client satisfaction. We've got the skills that you need to fulfill all of your goals and objectives. Call 800-540-4530 when you require Corner Showers in Grayville, and we'll work with you to properly carry out your job.

industry_corpus2: Real Estate & Construction


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It's seriously getting harder and harder keeping up with the ProudRad Boys.
I mean SERIOUSLY guys, stop it because our blog is already being monopolized by your rad weddings!
Oh my goodness Leo & Che's wedding is just oooooozing with rebelliousness. From the short bridal gown, to the Paddington-esque flower girl styling with the cute coat and boots (or is that pretty girl a little bride?), to the drool-worthy TippingPointCollective styling, that Gideon Hermosa bouquet, and the cohesiveness of all the pops of red that reminds me of the movie In The Mood for Love. My, my, we wish there would be more weddings like this to go around.
We've never really felt the February season kick-in 'till we saw this wedding.

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Publishing has undergone a massive change in the past few years, the transition from physical books to ebooks and the advent of the popular self published author has transformed the industry.
Publishers are being driven to automation due to the increasing pressures of the online age, from Onix feeds to EDI interconnections the industry is getting better connected and communication has become key.
More and more Authors are taking an active role in the way their book is marketed and foreign rights revenue has become a very important factor in the overall profitability of the book business.
Agreements with Google, Apple and Amazon has brought a large portion of books to handhelds and online readers. the concept of publishing has changed dramatically in the past few years.
Authors are increasingly turning to self publishing, due to the nature of the business they need to build websites with online previews to promote their books themselves, these websites need to imbibe the essence of the book and the style of the author.
The industry is at a very exciting juncture where technology is transforming the way users consume books and publishers sell them, book rights are now sold globally in 100s of languages and reaching an audience in the farthest corners of the earth has suddenly become so much simpler.
Pulse Solutions has worked with industry stalwarts like Publishers Weekly and Combined Book, we have delivered IT solutions for many large publishing houses, authors and literary agencies over the years. We understand the book publishing industry intimately with all its intricate dependencies and specific business needs.
Pulse brings over a decade of experience in this industry to assist publishers, authors, agents and service providers deliver a richer and more functional web and mobile experience to their users.
PubMatch.com is our formost contribution to the publishing industry, this system has become the leading networking portal for publishers, authors, agencies and service providers. This is the only mainstream system that enables online rights transactions for independent authors and publishers. A rights repository that has opened up foreign markets for 1000s of authors.
Our solutions including publishers websites, author web sites, book introduction sites and online secure book previews are being used by millions across the world, we are constantly improving upon our offering for the publishing industry so as to keep pace with the changing industry.

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Hi everyone, i am here again, writing a blog for Iffort after almost a month Yes, I have completed a month at Iffort and it has been a fruitful journey for me.
Apart from having fun, i got to know about a lot of new things that i did not know earlier. Every new task that is given to me is explained in detail and still if i have a doubt, which i always have i am always free to ask.
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KULA GmbH & Co KG has been doing business in the decorative interior finishing sector, both in buildings and on ships, since 1961. On a total area that now measures approx. 20,000 m² we operate one of the largest warehouses for laminates and solid surface materials in Germany and thus maintain a very large selection for our customers. The fact that we can act quickly according to the situation is an essential element of our corporate philosophy as a major partner for craftsmen’s enterprises, shipyards and architects. KULA provides solutions.
We not only see ourselves as a supplier, but also as a competent consultant. What is a material capable of? Which solution is the best one, also with an eye to cost efficiency? For these and similar questions we develop the appropriate answers.
We therefore attach great importance to close cooperation with the departments that have developed at KULA in the course of the company’s history. Our experts for solid surface materials are only one building away from the colleagues in the Laminate, Veneer and Production Departments. The close intermeshing of competencies results in a substantial advantage for our clients and partners. We provide comprehensive consulting and always examine alternatives for a proposed solution in terms of material and production process.
Short channels, quick decisions, personal contact – all of these features are only possible in an owner-managed company of a manageable size. Our team is composed of 30 employees altogether and is thus big enough for projects of practically any dimension while small enough to serve our customers individually, personally as well as on a binding and reliable basis.
Our professed goals are top performance and excellence. We are organized in such a way that architects, building owners, shipyards and craftsman’s enterprises are available to us as competent and efficient partners for the entire production process. From consulting and supply of materials to expert support for international projects in the ship interior finishing segment.


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I discovered that drawable.py already had a put_pil_image very much like the one in Circus, so I changed xss_colorsquares.py to call that one directly; this cut the import list in half, and simplified the rest of the code as well.
Also started on xss_base.py which is a generic xscreensaver base class, and xss_chbg.py which is an instantiation that is a cheap clone of the chbg desktop cycler I use - none of the transitions or fades, just chewing through a list of files. They're both still in flux, though.

industry_corpus2: Computing & Telecommunications


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Ministry Of Corporate Affairs has put stern rules against Significant Beneficial Owners linked to Indian Corporate Companies. They might face stern actions if there are adequate or wrong disclosure about their ownership as such action will be considered fraud under the Companies Act.
A Significant Beneficial Owner is a person whose name is not in the records of a company, but has significant ownership in the company and control the management and daily affairs of the company. The companies too can seek action from the Significant Beneficial Owners in case they do not provide satisfied responses and if companies fail to maintain details on registers of Significant Beneficial Owners, then companies would face actions from MCA.
MCA in a drive to identify Benami transactions and prevent money laundering activities are trying to track all the Significant Beneficial Owners and obtain a declaration from them about their percentage of the ownership in companies.
Corporate companies require to be more transparent about their Significant Beneficial Owners and need to provide elaborate details to the Ministry Of Corporate Affairs. The amendment of this rule by MCA will help the government bring more clarity and accountability in corporate companies and make the shareholding structure crystal clear.
Significant Beneficial Owner needs to declare their shareholdings in a company and if they fail to declare or willfully provide wrong information they would face fines, imprisonment or both under the Companies Act 2013. In situations where a Significant Beneficial Owner does not provide a satisfactory response or does not respond then the company can approach the National Law Tribunal (NCLT) for proper directions.
At a point where Ministry of Corporate affairs is breaking down on shell companies and disqualifying directors who do not follow mandates and trying to tackle illicit funds flow, this initiative will help them track down on funds under dummy directors or individuals.
We provide Financial Insights of all companies in India along with providing financial reports and crucial public documents of any company in India. Visit our blog https://blog.instafinancials.com/ to get the latest updates and news on the Indian Corporate.

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Eagle Island was advertised as an escape to a luxurious lodge on a private, 10-acre back barrier island. I didn’t even know what a back barrier island was, but this region of the Georgia coast was named “one of 75 last great places left in the world” by the Nature Conservancy. I had to go.
He explained that back barrier islands, situated between barrier islands and the coastline, form one more line of defense against storms. The gazillion islands along the Georgia coast are surrounded by marshes, which are a nursery for water and bird life. They change by the minute, by the hour, by the day. The scenery alters with each incoming and outgoing tide. The marshes provide food for wildlife and act as a filter for the entire ecosystem, cleansing with each tide. Marshes are live, complex creatures; it takes work and time to get to know them.
Hill helped us carry our suitcases and food supplies up the oyster shell path to the three-story lodge. We were the only human inhabitants for miles around. As his boat sped away from the dock I felt panic start to rise in my throat. What in the world made me want to come to this isolated hump of dirt in the Atlantic Ocean? I like to leave an escape route available, and now we were alone, with no way off the island. I was cut off from the world as I know it. Obviously, my challenge was to deal with nothing to do and nowhere to go for three days.
The first thing I did was explore my little domain. A rough path had been cut through the primeval forest of palmetto, long leaf pine, hickory and live oaks, with the ubiquitous Spanish Moss stringing to the ground. It is about a 15-minute stroll at low tide with lots of photo ops. At high tide there is not enough dry land to walk very far; even the board walks are suspended in marsh water. Numerous man-made shell mounds are on the island, leading to speculation about how they got there, who brought them, and why.
It turns out my challenge was deciding which chair, lounge or hammock to sink into to read. Is it nicest inside by the fire or on the sunny end of the wrap-around deck? Is the light right for a walk to take some photos? Are the tides right for a spin in the kayak? Maybe I’ll just take a nap.
Gradually, I felt myself reconnecting with nature. There were a massive number of birds on our island, and a nesting pair of eagles. There was the ongoing, complex life of the tidal marshes. There were the ever-present tidal currents, spectacular sunrises and sunsets, crisp nights and warm days. Breezes bent the high tree branches. The long-ago-forgotten, endless starry night sky stirred childhood memories. When the air was still, it was blissfully silent.
I felt my entire body relax and I was as happy as a cat soaking in the warm sunshine, reading my book. The most difficult thing about Eagle Island is letting yourself just “be.” That was my lesson.
Of course, the selling point of these private island getaways is that there is nothing to do! That is why Hill’s islands make a great family vacation or a corporate retreat. People actually end up talking — and listening — to each other. The Georgia marshes are one of the last great places on earth.
Fly into Atlanta and connect on Delta to Brunswick Airport. Someone will pick you up and drive you the 15 minutes to the dock in Darien.
Call Capt. Andy Hill, 912-638-0306, or check www.privateislandsofgeorgia.com for availability. All rates include round-trip boat transportation from Darien to Eagle Island. There is a two-night minimum for all winter packages. July and August require a one-week package. Hill customizes each getaway to clients’ requests. Special discounts are available for those with their own boat. All the islands are only a 10- to 15-minute ride from the Intercoastal Waterway.

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Wait – it’s the author of this article in the Global Times that draws the comparison of an outrageous show for kids at the Summer Palace with Quentin Tarantino’s film. And the analogy is spot-on. This is wild and crazy stuff.
The lotus flowers are in bloom at the Old Summer Palace, a magnificent royal compound destroyed twice by foreigners, in 1860 and 1900.
This catastrophic loss to the world’s cultural heritage occurred more than a century ago, but the ruins loom large as a central symbol of China’s humiliation at the hands of Westerners.
I saw first-hand an example of how this sense of indignity and outrage is kept alive during a stroll on a summer evening, when I stopped and watched the shadow puppet show The Legend of Yuanmingyuan.
….Watching the show, I was confused by what was happening before me. In battle after battle, Chinese soldiers and villagers used martial arts and tricks to defeat the buffoonish French and British invaders.
The foreigners got hatchets in the face, spears in the eye, and bayoneted repeatedly while lying helpless on the ground. Wily Chinese fighters jumped into the air, causing foreign troops to accidentally kill each other… I was wondering if I had stumbled upon China’s answer to Inglourious Basterds, the Quentin Tarantino revenge fantasy in which a group of Jews scalp dozens of Nazis and then kill Hitler.
The delightful show has an obvious intent: to generate in impressionable children as much rage against foreigners as possible.
To the laughter of the children and adults in the audience, the solders mispronounce the names of their own countries, for example, saying they are from the country of “Epilepsy” rather than the near-homonym Great Britain.
During one comical scene, soldiers fight over the loot from the Old Summer Palace, staggering like drunkards with their heavy load. The soldiers, played by real pint-sized actors on stage, are so venal that they reach off the stage into the crowd to find even more things to steal, grabbing at audience member’s mobile phones. One foolish soldier, intent on stealing everything that isn’t screwed down, burns his hands trying to steal one of the stage’s footlights….
One of the most disturbing things about watching this spectacle was seeing little people teaching little people how to hate. At the end of the show, the children in the audience were invited onstage to pose with the actors. To my surprise, it was announced that the performers were not children at all, but adults suffering from dwarfism, with an average age of 22 and an average height of 1.26 meters (4 feet). Their particular form of dwarfism makes them resemble children.
Kudos to the Global Times for running a piece that makes this look like the cheapest, most vulgar and nauseating propaganda. As the writer points out, the park’s Chinese and English web sites have very different copy. The hysteria and anti-foreign sentiments somehow got airburshed out of the English translation.
Hatred, like forgiveness, can be taught, and hanging on to hurt and outrage is the central message of this show.
To be sure, a clear-eyed look at the history surrounding the Old Summer Palace and the collapse of the Qing Dynasty offers many lessons in arrogance, barbarism, and how regimes rise and fall from power. These lessons are valuable today.
But these lessons were far from the caricatures of history I witnessed in this show. Beyond the looting and destruction of the palace by foreigners amid war as the Qing emperor fled, there was little in the way of history. This puppet show, of course, is hardly unique, but instead a very normal example of the methods by which past hurts are nurtured for purposes that have nothing to do with understanding the past and everything to do with fueling nationalism.
The looting of the Summer Palace is one of those third-rail topics that I learned long ago to avoid at all costs. It’s one where I’m tempted to use the “b” word (it rhymes with “train quash”), and this show confirms it’s justified. The looting was a shameful thing. But to carry that much anger in their breasts nearly a century and a half after the fact is bizarre. But it’s not bizarre – it’s cultivated at a young age when kids are at their most impressionable, and it perpetuates the stereotype of victimhood and keeps it fresh and raw. A friend of mine once talked about it to me with tears in her eyes, as if it happened last week. I just listened, knowing there was nothing I could say except that I understand and sympathize.
A great post by one of my favorite bloggers on why Popup Chinese is one of the best ways to study Mandarin. And I agree with him.
The China blog is officially dead, moribund, cadaverous, extinct, buried, bereft of life, defunct and totally-and-utterly-inert. It could even be said to be resting in peace, save for the fact that Will Moss drove a silver stake through its heart before recording this podcast. “We single-handedly made the China blog obsolete,” he joked in our studio after further sawing off its head. But he has a point. Because who reads blogs these days?
Does anyone even remember the China blogs of days past? Back then there were greats like Peking Duck, ImageThief, Sinosplice and Danwei, and you could even indulge in a little China-bashing at Talk Talk China. Then came Sinocism and EastSouthWestNorth, and then the mainstream media blogs from magazines like Time and journalists like Malcolm Moore, Peter Foster and Tom Lasseter. And then the explosion of blogs like the Shanghaiist, China Geeks, China Hearsay, ChinaSmack, ChinaHush and CNReviews, not to mention the more eclectic and academic writings of China Youren, Jottings from the Granite Studio, In the Footsteps of Joseph Rock and The China Beat?
Well… we’re sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but all of these blogs are dead. Or that’s the opinion of the curmugeons in our studio this week: Kaiser Kuo, Will Moss and Jeremy Goldkorn, veteran bloggers in China who’ve seen the ups and downs of social media and are prepared to tell it like it is. So join us this week on Sinica for a dissection of the Chinese blog scene. And then get the hell off our lawn. What is it with kids these days anyway?
Obviously this is something that’s been on my mind as I try to keep my own blog going. Twitter has obliterated what I used to use the blog for, namely sharing links and offering some commentary. And the China blogosphere is so fragmented it’s much harder to be heard above the din.The fact that I’m caught up in my own issues (I’m planning to launch my own small business soon; I’ll keep you posted) hasn’t helped make this blog more productive. But even if I were as productive as in 2003, the site would be in decline. China blogs are too many. and blogging in general is becoming increasingly antique.
I do miss the “golden age,” from 2003-2005, when I could open a thread before bedtime and wake up to 300 comments. But that required full-time posting and, at its peak, the help of three or four other bloggers all putting up copy throughout the day. At least I’m not alone. Danwei, Imagethief, Fool’s Mountain – nearly all the blogs have seen some decline, according to the podcast, even the journalists’ blogs.
My posts are now appearing on a very neat new site. Please be sure to check it out.
Richard McGregor’s book The Party: The Secret World of China’s Communist Rulers, is yet another must-read book on contemporary China and probably the single best book on the CCP you can find.
I can’t say there was anything truly shocking to be found in its pages, but maybe that’s because there’s nothing the CCP can do that would shock me anymore. What McGregor does beautifully is demystify the CCP and its “relevant organs” through a masterful combination of anecdote and analysis that keeps the book taut, even exciting. His now-famous description of the “red phones” that sit atop the desks of 50 or so ueber-elite Chinese executives, and all that the phones represent – secrecy, privilege, control – is a great example of why this book is so entertaining, even when it’s scary.
I love the way McGregor writes.
China under Mao Zedong had much in common with other totalitarian systems. To borrow the oft-used phrase, terror was the system for extended periods of Mao’s rule. In the last three decades, the Communist Party has turned that formula around. Terror is just a side effect these days, used relatively sparingly and, in large part, reluctantly. In modern China, the system runs on seduction rather than suppression. It aims to co-opt, not coerce, the population. But even so, terror remains essential to the system’s survival and is deployed without embarrassment when required….[This resorting to terror] is evidence that behind the Party’s boisterous, boasting exterior lies a regime with a profound appreciation of its limited legitimacy and fragile mandate.
The book is rich in examples and clear-headed analysis of an array of (relatively) recent phenomena – the San Lu cover-up, the institutionalized corruption, SARS, the harassment of lawyers, the hyper-paranoia over public perception of the party. And it is remarkably balanced. McGregor never portrays the Party as evil, though it is certainly something to fear.
I’m not formally reviewing this book because there are many excellent reviews out there and I can’t add much to them. I did want to focus briefly, however, on one chapter that captivated me, titled Tombstone, about a book of that name written by a former Xinhua journalist, and one who was particularly high up, Yang Jisheng. For me, this was by far the most intense chapter in this whole intense book.
One of the most popular fenqing arguments, and one I’ve heard from Western friends as well, is that the estimated 30-40 million Chinese who died in the famine during the Great Leap Forward was a number pulled out of thin air by CCP-hating Westerners, and that the number bears little correlation to the facts. Sometimes I wondered myself; I had read that the estimate of 35 million dead was from Chinese sources, but it wasn’t until I read this chapter that I fully understood where the number came from and how it was arrived at.
On events such as the Great Leap Forward, the Cultural Revolution, the suppression pf the Tibet uprising in 1959, the pro-democracy protests in 1989 and so on, the Party simply announced it verdict after intense deliberations. Party officials are bound by these pronouncements on history, whatever they think as individuals…You either support the decision wholeheartedly or you are out. The Party’s verdict then, in theory, becomes the collective opinion of the entire country and its 1.3 billion people. Chinese who wish to agitate publicly for an alternative view do so at their own risk.
And yet Yang wrote and published Tombstone (in Hong Kong – two volumes, more than 1,000 pages) and he was not punished. Needless to say you won’t find many copies of it for sale in the Mainland, but Yang was never arrested or even harassed. China simply doesn’t do that anymore, McGregor explains. If you aren’t directly threatening today’s CCP with threats,real or perceived, that might undermine its power, you can pretty much say what you want (and I know, there are some egregious exceptions).
The descriptions of what the peasants endured during the GLF, familiar as they are, are still heartbreaking. And forget about the line that it was simply another naturally occurring famine. No, not at all. It was a man-made event, and had it not been for Mao and his ego and his dogma it wouldn’t have happened.
I wrote in the margins of every page in this chapter. It was a scene of mayhem and death and cannibalism the likes of which we can never imagine. I had read about Tombstone last year, but never knew the full story behind it. Its publication highlights the Party’s increasing toleration. But always, of course, within limits.
I meant for this to be a very short post and seem to have wandered all over the place. Bottom line: Buy the book if you want to really understand how the Party manages to keep on going, and how its mind works, complex and secretive, yet almost always predictable.
China has long known something that many in developed countries are only now beginning to grasp, that the Chinese Communist Party and its leaders have never wanted to be the west when they grow up. For the foreseeable future, it looks as though their wish, to bestride the world as a colossus on their own implacable terms, will come true.
That should get each of us thinking. Like it or not, China continues more than ever to shake the world.
If you attended the Peking Duck dinners I used to organize in Beijing you most likely were left with a strong impression of one attendee, Joseph Bosco, the mustachioed professor who wore the big white hat and talked with a debonair Southern accent; the one who could effortlessly spin yarns and entertain, and who always seemed to have an interesting perspective on any issue that arose.
The last time I saw him was nearly a year ago to the day, at my farewell party in Beijing. He was looking frail but in his usual good spirits. I spoke with him on the phone just a few days ago, and I was not surprised to learn tonight that he’s gone.
Joe’s blog used to be one of my favorite reads. He was an old-school liberal and a man of the people. When I contacted him in 2003 and asked if he could do me the huge favor of meeting for one hour a week with a good friend of mine from the countryside to help him improve his English, Joe didn’t hesitate. I can never forget his generosity. He changed that young man’s life and gave him a strong sense of pride and dignity.
Joe was a character; no one I know had so much “personality,” and I mean that in a good way. He wasn’t perfect (who is?), and watching things get worse for him over the past few years was a sad thing. I encouraged him to write some columns for the Global Times, which he did very well, but then his health issues made that impossible.
More than anything else, this blog ushered into my life an entire cast of characters so remarkable and so wonderful I have to consider myself blessed. Some disappointed me, some exceeded my wildest expectations in terms of generosity and kindness. Joseph was at the very top of that list of extraordinary people. I’ve never met anyone like him, and never will again.
Even with his issues, Joe was always one of the good guys. He changed my outlook on the world and he inspired me. I’m sorry he is no longer with us, and I hope that after years of sickness and pain he is finally at peace.
Finally going to NYC for the first time in years. Posts will be few and far between. I’d suggest an open thread, but without our resident trolls comments have been sparse. If anyone wants to guest blog….
On August 6, the 2009 thriller Formosa Betrayed will be seen for the first time in Taiwan, about two weeks after it becomes available here on DVD. You should all see it, and remember that Chiang Kai Shek had nearly as much blood on his hands as Mao, and not very long ago Taiwan was a brutal police state capable of unspeakable crimes against humanity.
I watched the movie last night. It stars Dawson Creek’s James Van Der Beek, and despite its obviously low budget – it lacks the slick veneer of a Hollywood blockbuster, and has none of the dazzling effects of, say Silence of the Lambs – it still sizzles.
Inspired by two actual events, one surrounding the death of Professor Chen Wen-Chen (陳文成) of Carnegie Mellon University in 1981, and the other the 1984 assassination of journalist Henry Liu in California, Formosa Betrayed is the story of FBI Agent Jake Kelly’s (James Van Der Beek) investigation of the murder of Henry Wen (Joseph Forunda), a Taiwanese professor in Chicago. With the help of his partner Tom Braxton (John Heard) and a sharp Chicago police detective (Leslie Hope), Agent Kelly discovers that the murderers have fled to Taipei, capital of the Republic of China.
Agent Kelly is sent overseas to assist the Republic of China government’s search for the killers. Initially guided by an American diplomat (Wendy Crewson) and a KMT official (Tzi Ma), he soon realizes that not only is he an unwelcome guest in a foreign land, but that something more treacherous is happening beneath the surface.
With the help of Ming (Will Tiao), a Taiwanese activist, Agent Kelly discovers the unsettling truth about the island, once described as “Ilha Formosa” (“beautiful island”) by the Portuguese, leading to dangerous and painful consequences. Agent Kelly finds himself on a collision course with the U.S. State Department, the Chinese Mafia, and ultimately the highest levels of the Kuomintang, where this FBI agent discovers how a complex web of politics, identity, and power affects the lives and destinies of all the citizens.
I had to smile when, early on in the film, Agent Kelly checks into a Taiwan hotel and is handed the keys to Room No. 228. It’s a shame that just about no one knows what 228 is, about how on that day, February 28, 1947, an incident took place that would unleash the full savagery of the Chiang Kai Shek regime, resulting in the wanton slaughter of as many as 30,000 innocent Taiwanese citizens. It was a tragedy that makes Tiananmen look trivial. It is shocking that it remains unknown. But to Taiwan’s credit, it is a great weight on the nation’s conscience, and everyone there knows about it. It took decades before the government opened up about it, but now there is an Er Er Ba park and museum with photos of the victims and all the sordid details, and it is a source of shame and grief to this day. This is heartening, though of course it doesn’t excuse or lessen the crimes committed by Chiang’s willing executioners.
Formosa Betrayed is based on an all too true story, and your blood pressure has no choice but to rise as you see how the US State Department in effect allowed the Taiwanese government in 1981 to murder a US citizen critical of its regime, and to then cover it up by murdering its own assassins. Along the way, those trying to help bring the truth to light are murdered, and one of them, in the film’s most disturbing scene, is tortured with a blowtorch.
There is a propaganda element to this movie, which is clearly an advocate for Taiwanese independence. It makes the point that Taiwan has been exploited for centuries, ruled by the Japanese and then by Chiang (at first welcomed as a hero), and that the fate of the island was then put into jeopardy by the US’s recognition of the PRC. Shouldn’t this country, the film shouts at you, be allowed to be independent?
That, of course, is a thorny question and there’s no way for me to discuss it without feeling depressed, because I sadly do not believe it’s going to happen.
But no matter what our viewpoint on that subject, you should know the Taiwan that has somehow been airbrushed from modern memory. You should know with what casualness and cruelty Chiang’s army murdered the people of Taiwan. And you should know that, once again, in the name of “pragmatism” the US in 1981 allowed them to get away with murder. It’s a taut, well-made movie that will leave you furious. Van Der Beek is actually quite excellent as the hero who will not compromise in the name of realpolitik, and the man who fought to make this film possible, Will Tiao, is absolutely superb as the poor fellow who tries to help Agent Kelly find the assassins, and who ends up facing a gleefully sadistic torture crew. He is also the film’s writer and producer.
If you’re in Taiwan, please spread the word that the film is coming and must be seen. If you’re not in Taiwan, rent the DVD and see a side of Taiwan we all want to forget.
Today, Taiwan is simply my favorite country on earth, civilized, urbane, wonderful in just about every way (politics aside). It is so hard to believe that only three decades ago people advocating independence were being shot openly on the streets. You can’t know contemporary Taiwan if you don’t know the Taiwan of the nost-so-distant past.
US and China heading for an ugly trade war?
If you’ve been watching the financial news over the past few months I think you’ve probably picked up on a powerful new message that’s being broadcast by Corporate America: things aren’t going well for US companies in China, who are just about fed up with government restrictions and shenanigans that make it impossible for them to compete with their Chinese counterparts.
This has always been an issue. In the past, however, Corporate America kept its unhappiness to itself and held big media events to show how happy happy happy they are to be doing business in China and how committed they are to the Chinese market and how thrilled they are at the opportunity to pour billions of investment dollars into China’s coffers. American companies simply loved to do this.
Of course, those who listened behind the scenes always knew this love was – how shall we put it? – insincere. The companies were simply fuming at the hurdles and land mines strewn in their path, nonsense that made competing with home-grown Chinese companies next to impossible. The foreign firms built research parks and came up with cool programs for the kids in their neighborhoods, science fairs and contests and tree-planting and other love-ins. They appeared at elaborate press conferences with local officials, and somehow they’d usually get someone from the MII to attend and validate their event. There were photo opportunities, long handshakes, lots of smiles and applause.
But the winds that are blowing now indicate trouble in paradise. More and more stories have emerged in the past few months about growing frustration on the part of Western companies, and increased arrogance on the part of the Chinese officials. This is not entirely surprising. After all, it’s the US that, more than any other party, brought us the economic catastrophe, and the irony has been noted again and again that after being asked by Chinese banks to help them modernize and get organized, it’s now the US banks coming hat in hand to China. This turn of events has given the Chinese a lot to gloat about. So you have two opponents in the corners of the ring, frustrated US companies at wits end over getting nowhere in China, and a haughty, super-charged China feeling stronger and mightier than ever before.
THIS week’s plain-speaking prize goes to Jeff Immelt, the boss of General Electric.
He argued that China is increasingly hostile to foreign multinationals; he also gave warning that his company, the world’s biggest manufacturer, is actively looking for better prospects in other emerging markets. “They don’t all want to be colonised by the Chinese”, he said, going rather further than was prudent. “They want to develop themselves”.
Mr Immelt’s broadside was undoubtedly significant. It reflects a growing mood of disillusionment with China among big Western companies. It came from the mouth of one of China’s biggest boosters, a man who praised the Chinese leadership, only last December, for doing exactly what they say they will.
This is important. Immelt IS (or was?) a breathless “China booster.” For him to suddenly bare his teeth and say what’s on his mind like this tells us – well, it’s no accident that he did this. That same blog post goes on to question Immelt’s stand and points out some Western companies have successfully “cracked the China code” and are making money there. But I think a lot more are struggling there. I can’t prove it, but I certainly know of some very big businesses that are as fed up as GE.
And that brings me to this article, which predicts a total trade war. The author contends we are heading toard an “imminent showdown,” and I don’t doubt it.
A significant part of China’s rapid growth has been driven by its ability to export its goods to countries such as the United States. In turn, the U.S.’s ability to continue to finance its massive $13 trillion federal deficit has been substantially underwritten by China’s ongoing purchase of U.S. Treasury debt.
While each side has gained from this relationship it is charting an unsustainable trajectory that could lead to severe problems. This is particularly troubling because Chimerica tension is rising over China’s currency policy just as many countries — including the U.S. with its high unemployment and China with its property bubble and inflation concerns — appear to be struggling to emerge from the ‘Great Recession’…..
Chinese have been driving a very hard bargain with the rest of the world with their managed currency policy. China has benefitted tremendously from joining the open world economy. However, free trade is not an inalienable sovereign right.
China’s growing economic power comes with the role of being a responsible global actor by playing by the same rules as its trading partners. The U.S. has grown weary of waiting for the Chinese government to come around at a time when it is also economically weakened. In short, the time has come for the renminbi to be revalued upward or U.S. action will occur.
China’s leadership, emboldened for example by the failure of the U.S. to navigate the world away from a near financial collapse and Google’s recent blink, is growing more confident. It is reasonable to assume that China will increasingly flex its economic muscles and may reject the U.S.’s request for a change in its currency policy.
The Chinese government stubbornly detests public pressure from foreign government officials. Yet the Chinese leadership appears to only move when they are forced to do so. And often when they do finally make a change, as with the most recent renminbi move, they barely budge.
At the same time, it is highly unlikely the U.S. will quietly surrender its role as the world’s dominant superpower. And the pressure is growing to take swift, assertive action on the renminbi as calls to “do something” grow louder in the face of a deteriorating domestic economy.
China — similar to Japan in the 1980s — is directly in the U.S.’s economic crosshairs. The inescapable conclusion is that an escalating U.S.-China economic war is not only underestimated in terms of its likelihood, but probable.
Sorry for the long clip, but I think this is an important story. Maybe it’s just another example of pack journalism, with everyone making a lot out of some circumstantial evidence and all of them pointing in the same direction and shouting the same accusation: “China’s pushing the envelope and pretty soon there’s going to be a rupture; something’s got to give.” It will be interesting to see what happens next, after watching the tension build up for so many months. I can'[t make any predictions, except to say that China seems to have the upper hand, fair or not.

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With this 5 letter combination TYNED it is possible to make 78 words containing exactly the same letters. Also look at our partial matches for tyned! We searched a database of 165 000 anagrams for results. All word answers are from the official Scrabble dictionary and they can be used in the game.
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These results are straight out of the Scrabble rules book. Only 5 unique individual letters from 'TYNED' are displayed on the list. Based on your own strategy you have to determine what tiles to use in order to arrive at the best outcome.

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A priestess that guards the Oasis of the Aegina Desert. A Water Dragon that has lived for eons. Her water holds powerful healing properties.
Laias is a perfect healer for mana hungry comps with her s3 and passive.
- Attack is pretty simple, the more attack your Laias has; the stronger her heals will be. Add that up with her UW passive with the stats also listed below and that will be one powerful Laias. She will be squishy with this build, but if you have a good tank and good timing; you won't have to worry about her being squishy simply because she refuses to let your team die.
- Attack speed will of course; raise her ability to quickly auto attack enemies which would be overpowering for use with her UW if you increase Crit as well.
- Crit will increases the chances of you using her UW passive. The more crits, the more heals to the lowest HP ally. Attack speed is a wonderful combination with crit for Laias because of her UW. This combination leads to quick and substantially overwhelming heals for your entire team.
- Crit Damage will further increase your potential to fully utilize Laias's UW. The more damage you do during a crit with her UW, the more significant her heal will be to the lowest HP ally.
Heals max 132,241 HP of all allies, proportional to their lost HP.
The ATK will be boosted for the duration of the skill.
120 Shield is increased by 25%.
Deals 81,981 M.DMG to nearby enemies and knocks them down. All allies, excluding self, recover 2 orbs of mana. Afterwards, for 12 sec, creates a whirlpool that deals 54,622 M.DMG to random enemies and knocks them down for 2 sec.
All allies' M.DEF is increased by 3,732, and M.Crit Hit Resistance is increased by 250.
20 Defense Boost is increased by 10%.
60 Defense Boost is increased by 15%.
120 Defense Boost is increased by 25%.
[Light] Heal rate is increased by 40%.
[Dark] Upon healing, M.Crit Resistance rises by 25%.
[Light] Changes the target to the ally with the highest ATK.
Note: Bubble Shield [Light] is probably best if you run a team with Chase, but considering his HP will always be lower it may not be ideal.
[Light] DMG effect occurs every 3 sec.
[Dark] Heal all allies by 15% of their max HP.
[Light] M.DEF boost is increased by 20%, and M.DEF Resistance is increased by 150.
[Dark] Increases self CC resist by 400.
Notes: Blessing of the Water Dragon [Light] is the best choice for most situations just because it's some added, always-on MDEF. Although, one could spec her towards PvP with Blessing of the Water Dragon [Dark]. Neither of the Bubble Shield perks are very good.
[Light] ATK, DEF, HP +15% / M. Block +200.
[Dark] Recovers 350 Mana of all allies every 3 sec.
Notes: Her T5 Dark is very, very good.
Item introduction: An ankh crafted in the shape of a phoenix. It symbolizes the natural cycle of life. In the ancient days, the nomads of the desert worshipped the blue dragon of the oasis as their protector. In return, she blessed them with rain and gave life to their crops. To show their gratitude, the nomads offered her various treasures, including Lazulia, the gem of water. Although she had no particular interest in material wealth, she accepted their gratitude, and used the treasures to build a temple within the oasis. This ankh is the sacred symbol of the temple, and contains the mighty power of water.
Item introduction: A sample of the ancient scripture, the Book of Chaos, that was swept away. The Book of Chaos is a historic scripture that is passed down to the Priest of Water, and it has records of culture, magic, and various fields. It was sealed in the Golden Shrine along with Laias, but most of the book disappeared while she was sleep. The remaining Papyrus of Flows is a boosting spell of the Festival of the Flow.
Item Introduction: Water essence that the Blue Dragons protect. The essence of an oasis that the Blue Dragons brought to the desert at the beginning of the world. Protecting and defending this is the sacred mission of the Priestess of Water Laias, and it is her favorite thing to do. The Oasis Crustal leads the Priestess of Water who uses the Bubble Shield to the person who most needs her help.
Item Introduction: A scale used to decorate Laias' hair accessory, where she has stored her own healing power in case she runs out of energy. When she woke up in the Shrine of Flow by the earnest prayers of Trovatia tribe, she came to think that young Lilia would not be able to protect the children of desert safely if she falls sleep again like she did 100 years ago. After contemplation, she stored her power in the scale so that she could give it to Lilia if anything happens.
Item Introduction: A blueish, transparent jewel found where the first Water Dragon returned to the embrace of Mana. It is also known as the Hurt Soul of the First Water Dragon, as people think it contains the sorrow and yearning of the dragon toward its late spouse. Tear-like ripples form around the jewel when it is placed in the water. This is how it got its name, Tear of God Dragon.
Her exact age is unknown.
Her birthday is July 9.
She likes swimming and washing her hair.
She dislikes anything that disrupts the world's order.
She hails from the Aegina desert.
As she lived for eons, Laias is the oldest hero in the game.
One of her dialogues when selecting 'Conversation' reveals that by the game's start, she has woken up and everything has changed.
She has a kindhearted personality similar to Frey's and is also a priestess.
As seen by her tail, Laias is actually a dragon taking on a human form.
Story from the game: This beautiful and gentle priestess of water is actually a morphed blue dragon. In the distant past, she was worshiped by certain desert tribes. However, for some unknown reason, she has been sleeping for ages. She can command water to turn lands fertile, and she always used her powers to help her people. Humans, in return, built a golden shrine in her honor under the lake in Oasis. A flow of evil energy in the desert has awakened her from her sleep, and once again, she began using her powers to help those around her.
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If you are looking to specify tiles, you might want to know what will be trending in 2018. Here, the experts from tile specialist BluePrint Ceramics share their predictions for the top styles to look out for in the upcoming months.
Move to one side Metro tiles, there is a new guy in town. Fish scale tiles are blowing up in the tile industry in a big way. The oceanic-inspired tile comes in tantalising shades of turquoise; they breathe life into kitchens, bathrooms, hotels and bars and are inspired by the sparkling movement of the waves of the ocean. If you are looking for a unique look that will create a talking point and add a sense of wonder, fish scales are the tiles for you.
The chevron tile is a versatile option that can be used on both walls & floors. Chevrons are available in a multitude of options, for instance, patterns, colour, whites and wood effect. Colours can be mixed, and patterns can be formed to really show the versatility of the chevron. Finishes can be mixed and matched to make a surface come to life and add a sense of movement and versatility. Chevrons are the perfect choice when adding creativity to a design project, even in a small space or area the impact of the chevron can be the perfect dose of eye-catching drama.
Terrazzo-style floors have never been so popular. It is a brilliant design idea and can transform a space into something quite special. Whether the project is residential or commercial, the terrazzo floor can become the highlight of the room. Terrazzo can be dated back to 16th century Venice. The beautiful traditional look of the floor has now been given a modern twist with unique colour combinations. Terrazzo oozes charisma, character and warmth and becoming an increasingly popular choice amongst interior designers and architects. The traditional look can be implemented in modern projects with ranges on offer bringing the past into the present.
The real benefit of using an encaustic tile is that they can create a totally unique look. These chic tiles often with a Mediterranean feel are sumptuous in colour and offer amazing patterns that allow for a one in a million design. You will find endless combinations and punchy patterns that transform a floor into a work of art. You will find using this style of tile allows for huge room for experiment. The tiles can create a traditional look in modern project that add a charm & character for years to come.
Let’s just think about one thing here; interior trends tend to follow suit from fashion trends on the biggest catwalks of the world. So, with rainbow colours taking Milan fashion week by storm, it is no surprise to see colour in interiors being a key trend of 2018. With so many colours available, from bold and striking to pretty and pastel, the possibilities are truly endless. Colours make an amazing impact to a room and can draw the eye immediately. Colour allows creativity to flow. Colour in block makes a bold vibrant impact whereas combinations of colour create a statement talking point within a room. Colours set the mood and make us feel a certain way and can really express the emotions that a space wants to convey. Bold vivid colours can make everything feel more dramatic and intense where as a pastel colour can have a calming and relaxing effect. It is important to think about the colours you are using as fashions and trends can change quickly however done correctly colour could make a space utterly amazing.
Going back to the 40’s & 50’s, American homes would often be donning a pink bathroom. These bathrooms did not just have a dash of pink; we’re talking pink walls, floors and accessories. Love it or hate it, this candy floss trend is making a comeback, not just in bathrooms, but anywhere from homes to hospitality and retail environments. This playful colour can make a huge impact and, when done correctly, can leave us with the most beautiful and breath-taking results. This is a colour that you will see again and again throughout 2018 so watch this space. The experts at BluePrint keep their eye on the ball when it comes to trends and have a sumptuous offering of all the tile trends that have been mentioned. We are continuously looking for ground-breaking surfaces to meet the vast variety of demands when it comes to project, design and concepts. Designers and architects should be very excited about the collections on offer from BluePrint Ceramics and the endless possibilities we can provide through our innovative products. Our ranges create a massive buzz throughout the industry and gain a huge amount of attention from industry professionals.


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The plane at the centre of the mystery.
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Friday September 8, 2017 – There are damning allegations that Guyanese police may have been involved in the discovery of a mysterious Brazilian plane on an illegal airstrip last month.
Minister of State Joseph Harmon confirmed that the allegations are being investigated.
However, Harmon stayed clear of reports that police were paid money by three men who fled the Beechcraft Kingair plane at North Rupununi.
Demerara Waves Online quoted well-placed sources who claimed that as much as GYD$10 million (US$48,420) might have been involved in the transaction.
Meanwhile, sources in the security sector also told the online publication that eight people, and not three, were on board the plane.
Earlier this week, Acting Police Commissioner David Ramnarine reported that two passports and two identification cards, said to belong to one Brazilian and one Colombian, were retrieved from the plane.
No one has come forward to claim the Beechcraft Kingair plane registered to Brazilian bank Banco Bradesco.
However, a local contractor was arrested and a backhoe seized in connection with the incident last month.
The contractor and others were reportedly interrogated by police about the leveling of the 5,000 foot long area where the plane landed without permission.
The government has expressed deep concern about the number of illegal airstrips across the country and Minister Harmon disclosed that the Guyana Defence Force would soon be equipped with drones to help monitor the country’s air space.
“It also gives you coverage of areas that are inaccessible otherwise,” Harmon added.

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There’s no doubt that Key West is changing with the times, and so much of the 1950s era and Cuban influence is being lost. Ibis Bay Resort is working overtime to maintain the spirit of “old Key West” without sacrificing modern amenities. Set just outside the main hub of Old Town on a picturesque bay, the waterfront hotel is a joint effort by two creative families who have reinvested every penny over the past three years.
From the fish and stone crab caught for the restaurant to the architectural design work, it is very much a family operation. Everything at Ibis Bay has a story behind it, giving the resort something that brings visitors to Key West to begin with: character.
At the lobby entrance, guests are greeted by a parrot with a friendly personality before they visit the reservation desk, constructed from an old wooden ship called “The Last Lady.” The owners dug the sunken vessel out of the bay and thought “we can do something with this!” The second part of the ship serves as the activity desk for jet ski tours, kayaking, bike and scooter rentals and illuminated night paddleboarding – a relaxing new activity that the resort has pioneered.
Guest rooms are lined with hammocks strung up between palm trees, while hammocks along the beach grant serene views of the bay and a glimpse of the sunset. Little ones will love the giant tortoises, which – as the story goes – were barter for past due rent that was “paid in turtles.” Other random items are sprinkled around the property – like boat engines that have been turned into water fountains, a strange bicycle roulette wheel, and an over-sized pink tennis shoe that was part of a benefit to raise money for cancer treatment – one of the many community efforts Ibis Bay participates in.
Three types of room categories are available that are decorated with bright colors, tropical themes and throwbacks to the 1950s. Each room is a little different: Pan American airline posters and local artwork line the walls in some, while others have actual postcards from visitors to the Keys that tell about their journey. One even proclaims, “It took seven days to get here from Fort Lauderdale” – a drive that normally takes four hours.
Beachfront rooms spill out into the sand, and although several water activities take place on the bay, the water is too shallow to swim. The outdoor pool and lounge area offers an opportunity to cool down, and on Wednesday evenings narrated “dive-in” movies under the stars are featured on the big screen.
Adjacent to the pool area is “The Stoned Crab,” a four-star seafood restaurant that serves stone crab year round as well as lobster and other fresh, local fish. Each year a little more is added to the property, like the Key Lime garden and a new shuttle service. When completed, a funky 1963 Toyota Land Cruiser will whisk guests away to Duval Street. Most of the additions to the property are based on visitor feedback, so as the Ibis Bay story continues to evolve, guests can join in the fun and help to write it.
Amber especially appreciates that the resort serves stone crab year-round. What a treat!

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TEHRAN, Iran - Two days before he officially took office, Iran's president-elect touched off an international uproar Friday with disputed comments about its archenemy Israel, engendering a furious rejoinder from the Israeli prime minister that illustrated the wide gap between the two countries.
The president-elect, Hasan Rouhani, attending an annual pro-Palestinian holiday in Iran known as Quds Day, a reference to the Arabic name for Jerusalem, said in comments to state television that "a sore has been sitting on the body of the Islamic world for many years," a reference to the Israeli occupation of Palestinian lands.
Although Rouhani never mentioned Israel in the television clip, nor used the favored Iranian description of Israel as the "Zionist regime," Iranian news agencies appeared to misquote him as saying: the "Zionist regime is a sore which must be removed." Later in the day they posted corrections.
Compared with the anti-Israeli invective often heard from other Iranian leaders, most notably Rouhani's predecessor, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the remarks were mild.
Nevertheless, the initial translation of Rouhani's comments infuriated Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel. He has previously described Rouhani as a "wolf in sheep's clothing" whose June 14 election victory was unlikely to change Iran's policies, particularly regarding what Israel views as an Iranian determination to become a nuclear weapons power.
"Rouhani's true face has been revealed earlier than expected," Netanyahu said in a statement. "Even if they will now rush to deny his remarks, this is what the man thinks and this is the plan of the Iranian regime. These remarks by President Rouhani must rouse the world from the illusion that part of it has been caught up in since the Iranian elections."
When told later that the original translation had been wrong, and that Rouhani had in fact not referred directly to Israel or said anything about removing the "sore," Netanyahu's office was unmoved.
"We stand by what we say," said his spokesman, Mark Regev.

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Some people do not really need monetary help or a reduction on their debt to successfully solve their problems. Sometimes, all they need is an expert advice on how to proceed with their intention to get out of debt.
Debt counseling is an effective debt relief option for people who want to live a debt free life. These are the people who are usually have enough in terms of monetary payments. And while paying off the debt is not a problem, they recognize that there is a deeper problem that has to be addressed – their spending habits.
In truth, your debt is caused by a lot of things – but most of them stem from a lot of bad decisions. Because of this, you should not only concentrate on paying off what you owe. You should also do something about the habits that got you into this debt situation in the first place.
For some people, bad spending is an addiction. Impulsive buying, shopping, and unnecessary spending are sometimes hard to curb because we got so used to it. Especially when you put credit cards in the picture, you will really find it hard to stop spending even if you can no longer afford it. This is why they need all the emotional and motivational support that they can get.
There is an organization known as Debtors Anonymous that acts as a support group – much like Alcoholics Anonymous. If you feel that this is something that you need, you can join this support group to help you through the difficult stages of debt relief. This is a non-profit organization. They charge no fee but they accept donations to help in the administrative costs.
The main benefit that you will get from Debtors Anonymous is help for your compulsive buying habits. They will not promise to cure it – as it all depends on you. However, they will help you control it.
They work in the same way as other support groups. You attend a meeting, listen to people talk about their own problems and when you feel up to it, you can talk about your own spending problems. Oftentimes, opening up and listening to other people with the same problems make your own troubles manageable.
The first 3 months of joining the group, you will be asked to track the money that you spend. Every detail has to be recorded. The debt experts and the other problematic members will support each other throughout the whole process. You will be paired with two members that will serve as your Pressure Relief Group or PRG. You will work closely with them to achieve the ultimate debt freedom. When in doubt, you can call your mentor to get their advice and counsel.
Whether you believe in this form of debt relief or not, the bottom line is to do something about your spending habits. Regardless of the debt relief option that you chose, whether it is bankruptcy, debt consolidation loans or debt settlement, you need the counsel provided by debt counseling. Paying your credit obligations is only one half of the equation to solve your financial problems. You need to make sure that you develop the habits that will help you stay out of debt for the rest of your life.


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The AET AFRICA team would like to extend a word of gratitude to everyone who took the time to attend the Hotspot launch on the 18th of October 2018. From the MEC, funders and all other stakeholders from customers right down to the community at large.
It has been a long and strenuous journey getting to the commercialisation stage, but through hard work, dedication, late nights, sweat and the tears we are finally at a place where the project can confidently be deemeda meticulous success.
We would like to extend a sincere and genuinethank you to all our stakeholders for their unwavering support on this product; starting from the research phase, which was an uphill battle on its own right through to the commercialisation phase. Special thanks to our commercialization funders Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) through Technology Venture Capital (TVC) and seed funders namely The Innovation Hub (THI), Technology Innovation Agency (TIA) through Eastern Cape Development Corporation (ECDC) and Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) through Grassroots innovation program and the Department of Science and Technology (DST). Our launch sponsors such as the Department of Economic Development Environmental Affairs, Ikusasa Green, ELIDZ, ECDC and IDC. Without the support, time, money and resources that you invested in this product there would be nothing to commercialise or launch.
Our research partners for excellent service in research development and innovation support namely East London Industrial Development Zone Science and Technology Park (ELIDZ STP), BASF Chemicals, Chemtree, Rhodes University and Fort Hare University, each one of these institutions played a huge and vital role in making sure that the hotspot gets to see the light of day.
May you extend the same amount of effort and dedication to other innovators, may you continue to stand in support of SMME’s so that our innovators can stay in our province instead of realising their dreams and potential elsewhere.
Last but not least, thank you to everyone who worked tirelessly in ensuring that the launch came together splendidly and became a success, from the AET factory team, the planning team and the Asipikoevents management team. Thank you very much for your hard work. May we see many more successful projects together.
You can now visit our website and get yourself a Hotspot and enjoy the benefits of not having to worry about getting hot water on time when switching your geyser on and off constantly and not forgetting cutting down on your electricity costs.
For more information on hotspot, please visit our website www.aetafrica.co.za and all our social media platforms.

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–Receiving valuable financial advice and guidance that can literally save you thousands of dollars.
– Trusting a professional who is committed, qualified and equipped to deliver what they promise.
– Experiencing a "concierge" level of service when you are in the market to buy a home, refinance your mortgage or make cash flow changes to enhance your lifestyle.
– Implementing a defined financial plan of action in helping you achieve your life goals and dreams.
– Maintaining an ongoing high trust relationship with a team of financial advisor’s who can help you make necessary changes in your debt, cash flow and home equity planning strategies.
Needs Assessment: Clearly defining the clients personal values and financial goals, not just those relating to real estate. Gain a true understanding of what is motivating a client.
Historical Analysis: Creating a home ownership history. Does the client move or refinance often?
Credit Review: During this process, we review the credit report and determine how the clients scores may be improved. Saving significant amounts of money over time.
Plan Development: This step includes developing a strategy that will help achieve the clients goals. In addition, the plan may address becoming debt free, planning for their children’s college education, establishing an emergency savings account, creating more cash flow and financial independence.
Implementation: This point of the process, a client may or may not proceed with a mortgage, depending on what their current needs are. A client may be referred to to other qualified advisor’s such as CPAs, CFPs, Realtors, Attorneys, Insurance Professionals, etc.
– Client’s fluctuating cash flow needs.
– Changing market interest rates and mortgage strategies.
– Income and career alterations.
– Family changes, including children’s and elderly parents financial needs.
– How client’s real estate equity and investments are preforming from both a cash-flow and "internal rate of return" perspective.


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We’re pleased to announce a new helpful feature for those using Timers to record time against Projects and Tasks.
Now when you have a running timer, the Avaza browser tab will display a different color icon, as well as the live updating timer duration.
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LUDLOW -- Friends, relatives and strangers so far have raised over $100,000 to help defray medical expenses for the family of Massachusetts State Police Sgt. Michael Andrews, a Ludlow resident who recently received a hero's welcome after returning home from the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston.
Andrews is a veteran trooper who was recently diagnosed with adenocarcinoma, a cancerous tumor that can occur in several parts of the body, and liver cancer, according to Fred Geiger, a fellow state trooper who started a GoFundMe page for his friend.
As of Wednesday evening, more than $107,000 had been raised by 1,048 people in 20 days, prompting Geiger to thank donors for their support of Andrews and his family.
"Just want to say that never in my mind would I have thought we would have raised this amount of money!" an ebullient Geiger posted on GoFundMe. "It goes to show you that there are a lot of caring people out there in this world."
Donations continue to stream in, even though the page has already almost doubled its $55,000 fundraising goal.
A public Facebook group is also providing regular updates on Andrews, who is unable to work due to his illness, according to Geiger, a longtime colleague and friend who has worked with Andrews at local state police barracks.
The donations will help cover expenses for Andrews' wife, daughter and extended family, Geiger said.
For more information on how to help Sgt. Andrews, go online at www.gofundme.com/sgt-mike-andrews-medical-expenses.

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Hello my friends! You may have noticed posting here lately has been a bit sporadic and it will continue to be so. Nothing bad going on, only super busy at work and home and my free time and brainpower are not linking up very well. Plus I have a bunch of books I am trying to read and I feel as though I am not getting anywhere except closer to their library due dates. So when I do start to manage to post regularly again, I hope I will have lots of books to tell you about.
Today, however, I must tell you the Dashwoods celebrated their Hatch Day on Thursday. They are officially one year old now. It has been a wonderful year with them, learning how to care for them and getting to know them. Bookman and I both marvel nearly every time we see them out in the garden. We look at each other and exclaim in surprise, We have chickens!
Initially Bookman did not want to get chickens. I suggested that maybe sometime we might want to and he did not hesitate to say absolutely not. But I kept working at him and casually mentioning it and then several months later I took a chicken keeping class just to find out about what would be involved. And I spent the spring and early summer talking about it until finally Bookman gave in.
We started building the coop in the fall, got the framing up and then had to call off the work for winter. This time last year as we had baby Dashwoods peeping and growing under a heat lamp in our basement, we were frantically spending out spare hours finishing the building of the coop and run. We did it and the coop and the Dashwoods survived their first year with only a few mishaps along the way.
To celebrate their birthday, they got an extra large purple cabbage. It was so large they haven’t managed to finish it yet despite their best efforts. Of course they have also been busy in the garden especially yesterday when we had a beautiful sunny day and temperatures reached 64F /18 C.
have joined us. I love watching them. I love sitting in the sun in the garden and talking with them and having them talk back. They make us laugh when they come up to the glass deck door and look in. Their voraciousness is both funny and alarming. They get so excited to see us in the morning and after work. And they do not hesitate to scold us when they are mad about something. It has been a fun year of adventures with them and I look forward to what year two will bring.
Yesterday was such a gorgeous day I had to get out and do some garden work even though I had a virtual bike race and rode another three hours afterwards. Spring waits for no one. Earlier in the week Bookman had time to pull the leaf mulch off one flowerbed and I finished the job doing two on Saturday and two more today even though today is not nearly as nice as yesterday.
Spring arrived early here but the warm up has been slow. Yes, we’ve had some especially warm spring days but then temperatures drop back to mostly above freezing but still chilly. This means everything has been slow to start growing. Usually we are cold and then wham! it’s spring and warm and sunny day after day and things start growing and we are running around like crazy to get the mulch off the beds and when we finally do, the tulips are a little sad and bleached looking (they quickly recover). This year, the spring bulbs are just poking up and have not had a chance to grow much or be bleached from lack of sunlight. For once I almost feel on top of things!
The trees are starting to bloom, the grass is greening up, and the garden berry bushes are unfurling a few tiny leaves to test the situation. It’s all very exciting because this time of year, every day the world looks a little different than it did the day before.
All of the seeds we started indoors are doing magnificently. Well, all but the eggplant. Only one seed sprouted and it isn’t looking that strong. There might not be any small orange eggplants this year unless the one sprout manages to pull off a miracle at this point. There’s always next year to try again.
In about two weeks I’ll be able to plant peas and other cool weather vegetables like beets, lettuce and kale. So excited! But still so much work to do to get ready including Dashwood-proofing the garden.
In cycling news, April is 30 Days of Biking. I might not bike outdoors every day, but I mean to be on a bike every day. Monday will see me riding outside for the first time this year as I plan to begin bike commuting to work. I am terrified of the traffic in downtown Minneapolis even though there are many well-defined bike lanes, but I have, I think, worked out a pretty good route that, while it takes me on a less direct way, will, I hope, get me there safer and less stressed out over cars. One of my coworkers will also be biking to work tomorrow. Sadly, we don’t have the same schedule nor do our routes conveniently merge. If they did, it would be a blast to ride in to work together.
Zwift had some April Fools Day fun yesterday by turning everyone’s avatar into bobbleheads. It was hilarious but also made racing more difficult because everyone’s big heads kept getting in the way and I couldn’t see where I was or who was around me. Even the race commentators were having a hard time but it was all in good fun. It’s the surprise of bobblehead avatars that help make Zwift so enjoyable.
In sad cycling news, Mike Hall, one of the world’s best ultra-endurance cyclists was hit by a car and killed a few days ago. He was competing in an inaugural coast-to-coast race in Australia. At the time he was in second place and had tweeted earlier to alert other riders that traffic on Monaro Highway was dangerous and had a tendency to pass fast and much too close for comfort.
If you have seen the documentary Inspired to Ride, you will know who Mike Hall is. He was only 35 and one of those all-around nice people whom everybody loved, kind and generous, and without ego and airs in spite of being a top cyclist. In the world of ultra-cycling, a good many riders also raise money for charities, Mike was no exception. He died at the scene of the accident. The remainder of the race was cancelled. There was a tribute ride for Hall in Sydney on Sunday and someone on Zwift organized a tribute ride yesterday.
Please, if you are a driver, look out for cyclists. Yes, I know, sometimes they can be real asses, but most of us are not like that. Yeah we make stupid moves sometimes, just like you do, but most of us are terrified of you running us over because we are all too aware that in a collision between you in your car and us on our bikes, the car will win every single time. The road belongs to us too and we have just as much right to be there as you do. Please be alert. Please stop talking on your phone. Please stop texting. Please pass with at least a meter of space between you and the cyclist. Please don’t think passing really close and honking your horn is funny. It isn’t. Please don’t cut sharply in front of us to turn right or left. Please remember that between you and the bike, it’s the cyclist’s life on the line, not yours.
That probably doesn’t make you want to hop on a bicycle and go for a ride. But the more people who ride bikes, the better. So get on your bike and ride!
Happy birthday Dashwoods! And what sad news about the biker — I always try to be super careful of bikers, particularly if they don’t have helmets. Even if they are being idiots (which I am sure you are NOT), the relative ability of their bike and my car to do longterm damage is so disproportionate that it still behooves me to be extra careful.
First and foremost, Happy Birthday, Dashwoods!!!!!!!
My uncle Tom was an avid cyclist, who always followed the rules, wore a helmet and reflective clothing. He was struck and killed by a car one night and the woman driving had the gall to say she “thought she’d hit a turkey.” I think about that every time I am driving there is a cyclist ahead of me. I slow down, move to the side if I can, so I can pass with a wide enough berth to avoid hitting them. But it makes me so nervous.
Deb, thanks! Oh, so sorry about your uncle! It breaks my heart that even cyclists who do everything right are still struck and killed.
Thanks. It’s been a few years, but you know? I cannot get over that woman saying she “thought she hit a turkey.” How does anyone mistake a grown man, in bright reflective clothing, on a bike, for a turkey?!? I don’t even know. I can’t wrap my head around it, even after all this time.
Yeah, It’s insulting and shows just how much she wasn’t paying attention. I hope she got some jail time, it doesn’t bring your uncle back, but it’s something.
Sadly, no, she didn’t. Apparently, she was sympathetic enough that the jury called it an accident. Worse, she lives in the same town as my aunt and SHE acts like its an insult if they run into each other. And her family has protested uncle Tom’s ghost bike.
OMG! So wrong in so many ways! I am not generally a violent person but wow, if I were your aunt I’d have a hard time not punching the woman in the face. And they even protested the ghost bike? Grrr!
I know. Aunt Denise takes it with a lot more grace than I would, too. I suppose it would be different if the woman expressed remorse, at the very least. Regret. Some kind of acknowledgement that my aunt, her children and our family have every right to the grief. But no.
Oh deb, hugs to your aunt and all the family. I think I might be joining a bike advocacy group, Gotta do something to make the streets safer for people who aren’t in cars.
Happy Birthday, DAshwoods! we all love the chickens! thanks for sharing them with us–now we don’t need to get chickens of our own . . .
I year old! They’re past being called chicks, and just now passing being called pullets!
Congratulations on one year of the Dashwoods- they have been a lot of fun to read about!
Ian, glad you have enjoyed reading about them!
A salutary reminder that all,road users have responsibility for safety. One thing that puzzles me is that cyclists are advised strongly to wear a helmet but there are few guidelines about lights. You can buy a bike now without any lights attached. So many toms when im driving I see the cyclist far too late for comfort because they are also wearing dark clothing. It’s surprising there isn’t any legislation requiring lighting….
BookerTalk, bikes are sold without lighting but they are all required to have reflectors in the US. In Minnesota, cyclists who ride in the dark are required to have lights both front and back, and more and more cyclists here are also using red rear lights during the day to increase visibility. Some of it is a matter of legislation and some of it a matter of culture and safety. We’ve got both happening here but cyclists are still hit by cars more often than is comfortable to think about.
Happy Hatch Day to the Dashwoods! Thank you for sharing them with us. I’ve enjoyed their escapades. They’ve grown into beautiful hens.
It’s so sad that biking has lost a young rider.
I love this time of year, even if the signs of spring in the city aren’t as exciting as they are in the garden. We walked to the ‘nature park’ near us yesterday and saw ruddy ducks and tree swallows. The swallows weren’t there last week. We reveled in the sunshine and the birds.
Joan, I am glad you have enjoyed the Dashwood escapes! They have been fun to share. It’s nice you have a nature park near you that you can go to. I saw a few robins two weeks ago and the duck arrived last week. The early morning bird chorus has also begun. I hope your swallows arrive soon, then you’ll know spring has come for sure!
A very very Happy Birthday to Dashwoods! How time flies!!!! I hope they enjoyed their Birthday Cabbage. I am quite impressed with your “subtle’ influencing skills on Bookman! I read about Mike Hall as well and it is such a sad heartbreaking news! Sometimes it actually seems, those whom God love, die young! Hang in there!
cirtnecce, they very much enjoyed their birthday cabbage as revealed by the purple packages they deposited all over the garden as a result 🙂 Heh, yeah, sometimes he just needs a little convincing 🙂 Heh, I’m not exactly young anymore, I will definitely be careful out on the roads!
Oh, my. Found myself flashing back to the ancient 70s when our family tried to keep chickens in hopes of saving money on eggs. They were a surly bunch and we were spending more on their upkeep than we saved on eggs. My dad couldn’t bring himself to turn them into dinner, so we took a road trip to Moorpark, parents and children and, of course, chickens, where he drove as close as he could to Egg City (a very large egg farm) and released them to the wilds of the Moorpark hills. One hopes they eventually made their way, Watership Down-like, to a nice, chicken-friendly home, but now that I’m old and jaded, I suspect they didn’t.
Cameron, heh, no chickens don’t really save one much money but they are lots of fun!
Happy Hatch Day! I hope it’s not rude to ask but I wondered if you and Bookman eat the eggs? I know you’re vegan, but I also know these eggs are 100 per cent cruelty free thanks to your good offices, so maybe they are ok to eat?
Enjoy riding outdoors! Thankfully there’s only a few days each year where it is totally impossible here and we cycle everywhere, it’s such a pleasure. I always choose the quietest roads too, no shame in that. As I tell my children, the person who can go fastest has to look out for the slower ones: cyclists look out for pedestrians, drivers look out for cyclists and pedestrians, van drivers look out for everyone. I just wish it were true!
There are lots of interesting studies regarding the utility of helmets – there are even a few which seem to show that wearing them leads drivers to behave more recklessly around cyclists, which is pretty messed up if you ask me.
Good luck with all the reading and working Stephanie, we’ll still be here!
Maggie, oh no, not rude to ask at all! You are right, we are vegan but because they are laying eggs anyway and when they get too old to lay anymore they will not become dinner, and they are well cared for and not kept in tiny cages, and are 100% organic fed, yes, we do sometimes eat their eggs. We are so used to not eating eggs though that they are a weird thing we have now and then and we only seem to eat them scrambled or frittata style and they never get incorporated into anything else. Most of the eggs get fed back to the Dashwoods or shared with friends and neighbors.
No shame in choosing the quiet roads to cycle on! I started bike commuting to work and take a slightly longer route in order to ride on quieter roads. How fun that you cycle everywhere! And great lesson to teach your kids! How weird that drivers might be more reckless when cyclists are wearing helmets. What the heck?

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In the voices of Earth, Air, Fire, Water, and Spirit, our planet cries out for defenders. “If you’re not outraged, you’re not paying attention,” reads a popular bumper sticker. It’s time we transmute the vital energy of our outrage at the failures of leadership into action. But how?
Matthew Fox, a 77-year-old elder, activist and spiritual theologian, Skylar Wilson, a 34-year-old wilderness guide, and Jennifer Listug, a 29-year-old writer and spiritual leader offer a challenge, an opportunity, and a vision for The Order of the Sacred Earth (OSE). OSE is a self-organizing community and movement offering a new and essential context for the many life-affirming movements of these times. Join us for an evening of discussion and inspiration, and find out how you can be involved.


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Believe it or not, many people do not understand equity and the power it provides.
In its purest form, equity is money. With regard to real estate (specifically, your house or other investment property), equity is measured in terms of the value of the property minus what you owe. So, if your home is valued at $100,000, and you owe $40,000 on it, you have $60,000 in equity (actual money that is available to you, under particular circumstances).
Surprisingly, many people have this type of equity and do not take advantage of it. Some people are actually in dire financial straits and fail to realize their problems can be solved very easily, by taking the equity from their home. Remember, your home is a "vault," and the money inside that vault belongs to you. Best of all, you can use that money/ equity for anything you desire, from home improvement to travel expenses to spending money.
Exactly what is a home equity line of credit or HELOC? A home equity line of credit, which lenders and mortgage brokers refer to as a HELOC, is a different kind of home loan. An equity line has different rates and terms from a conventional first mortgage. In a standard home loan, or mortgage, your monthly payments cover both the principal loan and the interest you are charged.
Most mortgage payments include escrow, or taxes and insurance. An equity line of credit payment does not reduce your principal loan amount and does not include escrow. You are borrowing the equity in your house and paying the bank an interest premium on that loan. With a HELOC, you pay only the interest on the loan and, generally, you get the money for less time than you do a standard first mortgage.
The underwriting on these loans is very simple, and in most cases, the loans are very easy to get. At close, you either get one big check, which you can deposit into your savings or checking account or you can get a check book and treat your equity line of credit as another checking account. The payment on equity lines is very enticing. Paying interest only makes for a very low payment. It's important to remember, though, when paying interest only, you are not paying down the principal loan balance.
The Power of Interest-Only Payments So, let's suppose you take an equity line for $50,000 at 4.25% interest. This interest rate is based on the Prime rate, a floating rate that can change but does not fluctuate very often. When this article was first published, the prime rate was 4.25 percent. So, on your $50,000 equity line of credit, your payment is $177.00 each month. This is an incredibly low payment on a loan of this size. This gives you a great deal of power, because you can control a large sum of money for an extremely low monthly payment. It is this low, because you are only paying the interest on the loan.
At the end of the first year, you will have paid the bank over $2,100. You will, however, still owe $50,000. This is because your monthly payment is an interest-only payment. This is where some people can get in trouble with home equity lines of credit. If you use all the equity in your home and never pay down the balance, then decide to sell your house, you won't make anything on the sale, because you'll owe it all to the bank.
It is also important to understand the terms on a home equity line of credit (HELOC). When talking to mortgage professionals about home equity lines of credit, be sure you understand the terms, as lenders vary on what they'll offer. Like conventional mortgages, which have terms of 30 years, 15 years, 10 years, etc., home equity lines also have various terms, but not all lenders offer them. Don't let this confuse you. Just find your trustworthy mortgage broker, and tell him or her exactly what you want.
Unlike mortgage payments, which include complicated yearly amortization of the principal loan amount, interest-only payments are calculated very easily. You can do it in two simple steps. To find out your payment, first learn what rate of interest you'll be charged. If you are using 80 percent or less of the equity available and you have an A credit rating, you'll be able to get the best rate available, which is the prime rate.
Now, let's assume you have $40,000 in equity in your house, but you only need $20,000 (taking less than 100% of the equity is important). You take $20,000 and multiply it by 4.25%, which gives you 850. This is what you'll pay each year to borrow $20,000. Next, divide the 850 by 12 for a monthly, interest-only payment. Your payment for your $20,000 home equity line of credit is $70.83.
This is a very powerful loan. Imagine paying less than 71 dollars for the ability to control $20,000. Some people pay more for cable TV or their monthly cell phone bill. Some people even take the equity in their home and invest it elsewhere. You're probably figuring out how much equity you have right now, and what you can do with that money!
To learn how you can turn your equity into a never-ending money cycle that will fill your bank account year after year, read Winning the Mortgage Game. Whatever you decide, open the cash vault inside your home, and make use of your equity today.


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Niblock Logistics Solutions Ltd was established in 2005 providing Logistics Consultancy to enable companies to fix or improve their supply chain requirements.
The company’s principal consultant, Kevin Niblock, has over 20 years Logistics experience with some of the worlds leading brands.
In 2006, NLS expanded to provide fulfilment for some of its clients as specific needs were required that could not be fulfilled by ordinary Logistics companies.
NLS has accumulated an impressive client list which includes FedEx Supply Chain Services, Hackett Ltd, East Ltd, Pepe Jeans, Specialised Storage Systems, Prestige Distribution, The Recruitment Shop Ltd, Plain English Design and many other customers large and small.
We offer all Logistics Services from our Gatwick distribution centre, well as dedicated vans delivering in London and the South East every day. We also ship into Europe and the rest of the world with our logistics partners.
NLS also provide a logistics service for exhibitions and events all over the world, whether they be large or small.
We are also the proud shirt sponsors of Old Coulsdon Jets Junior football team. Good luck this season to the Green Army.

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Fly the friendly skies. Something special in the air. You are now free to move about the country. As long as you don’t have ear pain.
D. Randall Pinkston, MD, Scott & White Otolaryngologist, discusses the causes of ear pain while flying and offers some tips to avoid it.
Ear injury from a change in pressure is called barotrauma. It’s caused when the ambient barometric pressure changes in relation to the pressure in your middle ear when you fly, explains Dr. Pinkston. “Your eardrum is stretched—either pushed out or sucked in—during flight,” Dr. Pinkston says. That change can cause ear pain and injury.
When you ascend in an airplane, the pressurized cabin should take care of you, Dr. Pinkston says. It’s usually the descent that hurts.
Dr. Pinkston says that all of these together would give you the sensation of hearing loss. You shouldn’t actually lose your hearing permanently from minor barotrauma—you’d just feel like you lost your hearing because your eardrum and middle ear functions would be impaired by the temporary injury and fluid accumulation.
“If you have a cold or seasonal allergies, don’t fly. Your Eustachian tubes will not be able to handle it,” Dr. Pinkston cautions. Try to get your ticket changed to an alternate date when you can enjoy those friendly skies pain free.
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