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THE TEN SPOT | roncesvalles, toronto
- 117 roncesvalles avenue
toronto, ontario
monday: 9:00am – 6:00pm
tuesday: 9:00am – 6:00pm
wednesday: 9:00am – 8:00pm
thursday: 9:00am – 8:00pm
friday: 9:00am – 8:00pm
saturday: 9:00am – 6:00pm
sunday: 9:00am – 6:00pm
manicures + pedicures
laser hair removal
facial spa
eyebrow tinting + threading
people kinda love us
I've been coming to this location for years now, even though I need to drive across the city to get here, doesn't matter, it's worth it...My experiences at this location could not be any more different than the Don Mills location. Melissa is always friendly, professional, quick and the job is done right each and every time.Any bad experience I've had with this franchise was because I didn't make the effort to see Mel at this location. Be sure to call and book your time with her in advance, she's always booked up because she's that good.Front desk staff is always friendly, as well 🙂read more
Jason Sahlani
15:23 08 May 18
So, initially I had a pretty upsetting experience at the ten spot BUT I want to disregard that because the owner, Jennifer Ruppel, is so sweet, empathetic and compassionate. I posted a review about my experience and she called me five minutes later to understand my experience and figure out how their team could improve. I think any business owner who is willing to hear customers and is so obviously invested in the nuanced quality of their experience is particularly amazing and I will definitely be back 🙂read more
Caitlin Pennefather Burns
13:10 30 Jun 18
Always a great time at The Ten Spot! The staff at the Roncie location are lovely. After trying a few waxing locations in the city I found my experience here better than anywhere else. Would recommend their nail services as well!
Holly Dupuis
12:31 28 May 18
I have been going to various Ten Spot locations for waxing for years--the girls at the Roncy location are always friendly and incredibly professional. I recently started laser hair removal on my underarms and Brazilian area and I couldn't be happier with the results--this laser hair removal actually works! I've been to another technician in the past and was less than pleased with the results, but after 3 sessions I have no hair regrowth on my underarms and minimal hair growth after only one session on my Brazilian area. So impressed!!read more
Virginia Fanous
18:18 21 Apr 18
I've only gone to The Ten Spot a few times now but wanted to say that Melissa is a waxing-wizard. She makes you feel completely comfortable, is awesome to chat with and is so speedy. I was a bit nervous about getting my armpits waxed for the first time and she was SO great. Definitely my go to from here on in!read more
Jenna Greeley
20:19 30 May 17
I have been to this location twice and while it's not my #1 choice for a pedicure it's very nice to have it close by and in the neighbourhood. The service and staff is quite good as was the pedicure and I was happy with the results. Good selection of good quality nail colour. They offer a variety of services beyond a mani and a pedi...waxing and other spa type treatments.read more
Kate Ruby
22:20 03 Oct 18
I absolutely love The Ten Spot Roncesvalles, I've been going to this location loyally for 4.5 years. Suzy is my go-to, I adore her. The waxing she does is virtually pain-free and we always have a good laugh and conversation. If I could give more stars, I would for Suzy alone. This location is totally spotless and all the women seems to get alone well with one another.read more
Angela Dorau
01:23 07 Dec 18
Cute salon. Beautician was friendly but quiet. I have nothing bad to say and I would return
Abby Litten
05:04 12 Jan 19
Nice spa day today at the Ten spot very professional service had my eye brows tinted llove them wow! ! I look younger. Relaxing pedicure wonderful experience highly recommend Angie M
Angela Morrison
21:28 26 Apr 19
Always a great time at The Ten Spot! The staff at the Roncie location are lovely. After trying a few waxing locations in the city I found my experience here better than anywhere else. Would recommend their nail services as well!
Holly Dupuis
11:16 12 Mar 19
I am obsessed with the Ten Spot on Roncy! So professional, with exceptional service each and every visit. Not only do the staff make you feel super comfortable (shout-out to Melissa on the lazer!) they also do a fantastic job. 10/10 would recommend for all your aesthetic needs.read more
Sydney Grieve
14:27 27 Jun 19
Great quality products and services. Love treating myself to pedicures and facials here.
Stephanie Fleming
09:36 14 Jul 19
Melissa's been my go-to for all waxing services (she's the only one who keeps my thick brows thick and still looking clean!) All the other ladies have consistently done an amazing job for manicures/pedicures, and overall my experiences here have been top notch. Always greeted with the friendliest service, offered something to drink while I wait, and the facilities are spotless! Can't recommend this location enough.read more
02:12 17 Jul 19
Very friendly staff !! Very attentive!! Definitely deserves 5 starts. I left very happy. And the prices are affordable. Very good 👍
Brenda Correia
00:36 23 Jul 19
Definitely the most friendly staff out of many of the ten spots. I am willing to pay the cost for their pedicures that laaaast. YAAAS LADIES.
Amanda Lima
12:45 20 Jul 19
Every visit here is an excellent one. Wonderful staff and amazingly executed treatments. I always feel welcome and well-cared-for here.
Valerie Linton
17:42 25 Jul 19
The Ten Spot was really accommodating for our bachelorette party and made me feel super special the whole time we were there! All the staff are really kind and made sure we were all comfortable, the facilities are spotless, and they even let's us put on Drag Race to watch while we got our nails done! I'd highly recommend this place for stellar service and perfect nails!read more
Robyn Stalkie
17:45 27 Jul 19
Im not normally one to write review but the exceptional service at this ten spot location deserves it. I have been coming back here for all my waxing and laser needs and I cannot recommend these ladies enough! Nelia is my go to, her attention to detail and positive personality makes it worth every single penny. I enjoy leaving every appointment with a smile on my face.read more
Pauline Peczar
17:21 09 Aug 19
I had Melissa for a waxing and then a facial appointment and it was such a positive experience. She was extremely quick with the waxing appointment (quick = way less painful!) and was so pleasant to chat with during my facial. I've been to a few ten spot locations and I really love the employees at this location. Everyone is very friendly and I highly recommend this location!read more
Katie Harrison
19:18 26 Aug 19
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text: TECHNOLOGY: CLICK [Partner Post] Declutter Your Optometry Practice This Summer By CLICK Staff Wednesday, July 24, 2019 8:57 AM Taking a hard look at which belongings you actually need and discarding the rest will improve your overall efficiency and clear your mind. ODs should prioritize effectiveness and simplicity when optimizing the layout and workflows of their practice. The best way to start the task of decluttering is to take everything in your practice out of drawers, cupboards and desks. However, a big clear-out like that can be something your practice dreads. We want to make sure that's not the case. Let us show how you can declutter your practice's paper goods, inventory, data, and more. Organizing Your Practice to Reduce Stress When going through all the items, be mindful of what you actually use on a daily basis and what you hold onto for potential future use. Keep only what has purpose or inspires creativity and productivity right now. After you decide which office materials are necessary for day-to-day, you can make sure you have a place to store everything. Let's go through the categories of items you might want to tackle in your practice. Paper Take all your papers out of the cabinets and decide what is relevant and necessary for submitting claims, being regulatory or HIPAA compliant, and maintaining patient records. Scan historical records and store the digital copy on a hard drive so that you can recycle the paper. It's easier to search for valuable information digitally. We also recommend you reduce the amount of heavy books you store. Could you access the text online? When was the last time you opened that book? If you're still filing patient data manually, the next step could be switching over to Electronic Health Records so that you have fewer paper products to store and more secure data. Campaigns and Communications Although campaigns aren't tangible material, it's necessary to get rid of marketing strategies that are not working for you and costing you money. Create ROI, patient conversion, website audience, and other success metrics reports. Then, tighten your focus on the campaigns that worked best and get rid of paid ads or channels that are taking up your time. Similar to evaluating campaigns, you should check the return on your patient communications. Is there specific messaging, via email or text or in-person, that seems to perform better than the rest? Focus on those messages. Inventory There's no need to discard pieces you've already paid for, but you should be aware of everything you own and make a plan to use your materials. Launch a product audit to identify every product you have in your stockroom and evaluate which ones you won't repurchase. Organize everything in buckets so that your frequently used supplies and frames are easiest to access, but don't keep any items out of sight. You'll want to be able to see everything you have at one glance. Then, you can take note of the products that aren't purchased as frequently and adjust your ordering habits. Storing your inventory data in a cloud-based practice management system can help you keep a pulse on your stock, identify best-selling frames, and save your energy. People The people working in your practice are some of the most valuable assets you have in your business. However, as a business owner, sometimes you have to make tough decisions about the people that could be holding you back from progressing. Deciding which staff members should be let go is one of the most difficult decisions. Sometimes, certain employees aren't incompetent, but they just don't have the proper training to help you scale your business. Evaluate your staff based on their individual performance and see how their progress and productivity has aligned with the vision you have for your practice. If there are employees who aren't able to take on extra responsibility or aren't willing to learn new skills, they might be holding your practice back from progressing. This is when it might be time to hire consultants or outsource certain roles. One example of a task that could be better outsourced than managed in-house could be claim filing. Instead of burdening your staff with billing responsibilities outside of their expertise, consider outsourcing your claim management to a team. Read our Insurance Revenue Kit for ODs to learn the ins-and-outs of expertly managing your reimbursements, within and outside of your practice.


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Brooklyn Bedding Aurora Review
The Brooklyn Bedding Aurora is one of the coolest mattresses on the market today
Last Updated: August 11, 2020
When you're shopping for a new mattress, comfort is obviously a priority. Of course, "comfort" is a simple word that encompasses many factors. Brooklyn makes an effort to cater to a bunch of those factors with the Aurora mattress, which comes in multiple firmness levels, has a bouncy feel, and works to keep you sleeping cool throughout the night.
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Outline Section For This Review:
- Buying The Aurora Mattress
- Brooklyn Bedding Aurora Price And Coupon Code
- Design And Cooling Features Of The Aurora
- More About The Cooling Cover
- Different Firmness Levels Offered
- Analysis Of Different Sleeping Positions
- Does the Brooklyn Aurora Sleep Cool?
Brooklyn Bedding Aurora Review: Video
The Aurora mattress from Brooklyn Bedding is widely regarded as one of the best cooling mattresses available online. It combines multiple technologies that make for a bed that's cool-to-the-touch and stays cool throughout the night. Here's our video review of the Aurora mattress.
As you'd expect, a video can only house so much information and there is a lot more to know about the Aurora mattress. Keep reading for even more details about this bed.
Buying The Aurora Mattress
The bed-in-a-box industry has some fairly consistent standard policies. In most cases, the company will offer free shipping, a 100-night risk-free trial period, free returns with a full refund, or a 10-year warranty if you keep the mattress.
Brooklyn Bedding's policies are mostly standard. When you buy from Brooklyn, you get free shipping, followed by a 120-night trial period. If you decide the Aurora isn't for you, you can call in that free return and full refund. If you like the bed, though, you get a 10-year warranty to back it up. You can read up on the warranty's fine print on the Brooklyn Bedding website.
Some companies offer white glove delivery as an option, but Brooklyn does not, which isn't uncommon, but perhaps a bit surprising since the Aurora mattress is pretty hefty, as well as quite expensive. The point, though, is that setting up this mattress is probably a two-person job, so you'll want your partner or a friend around to give you a hand.
Brooklyn Aurora shows up in a box, much like any other online mattress that we've reviewed. All you have to do is cart that box inside your house and remove all of the packaging. In a matter of minutes, you will have an entire mattress, which is quite remarkable. This whole bed-in-a-box thing never gets old. They can even fit a king size mattress into a box. Here's a look at that unboxing process.
Once you've unboxed the Aurora mattress you should leave it laying flat; do not lean it up against a wall or the layers will become disjointed. You should also allow it a few hours to take its final shape and off-gas (if necessary). The bed is made in the USA, but sometimes—because it has been wrapped in plastic for several days—there can be some new mattress smells that need to exit the bed. This is completely normal and will happen regardless of which mattress you buy.
Brooklyn Bedding Aurora Price & Coupon Code
If you're shopping for a mattress, you're already expecting to do some moderate-to-heavy spending. If you're set on keeping to the moderate side of that range, the pricing on the Brooklyn Aurora will probably make you wince.
You can check out the breakdown of prices in the table below. We wouldn't consider it expensive for what you're getting, but we've certainly come across cheaper budget mattresses out there.
|Price (MSRP)
|Twin XL
|King / Cal King
Keep in mind that Brooklyn Bedding does run specials during major holidays—you can check BrooklynBedding.com for current offers and discounts. We also should have a coupon on this page to save you a few hundreds bucks on the Aurora mattress.
Design And Cooling Features Of The Aurora
There are two basic types of beds that you'll see out there: hybrid or coil mattresses and entirely foam mattresses. A hybrid bed is made with both coils and foam materials, while an all-foam bed is (surprise!) made with all foam.
The Aurora is a hybrid mattress that incorporates pocketed coils, proprietary foam, and Energex foam. Specifically, the mattress has five layers of different materials.
It starts with a 1.5" top layer of proprietary CopperFlex foam with cooling properties. This layer is for pressure relief and temperature regulation. Next is a 2" layer of a proprietary foam for added comfort, followed by 1" of another proprietary memory-type foam for more cushion and support. Under those foam layers is an 8" layer of individually encased coils, which provide extra support and allow for better airflow. And finally, the mattress is based by a 1" layer of high density foam to improve the bed's durability and to give those coils a good foundation.
More About The Cooling Cover
The cover on the Brooklyn Aurora really plays into the bed's notable temperature regulation. It's a soft, smooth Euro-top cover that incorporates a phase change technology in order to actively cool you down. The company says the bed will cool you down to 88° F, but we can't vouch for that exact number. We will say that this is a decidedly cool-sleeping bed, though. The cover is actually cool to the touch.
This cover is not removable and therefore not machine washable. The Aurora doesn't lose any points for that, though, because very few mattresses have machine washable covers. In many cases, the cover will be removable for the sake of manufacturing ease, but it won't be washable and being able to take it off doesn't hugely benefit the consumer.
To clean the Aurora's cover, you'll have to go the spot-cleaning route. Use warm water with a bit of mild detergent to dab at the stain or spill. Just don't go overboard and let too much water soaks into the mattress.
If you're especially concerned about spills, you can also add a mattress protector. It might change the surface feel of the bed a bit and you may notice that the air doesn't flow quite as well through the added layer, but if that doesn't bother you and the possibility of a stain does, you can check out mattress protectors on Amazon.
Different Firmness Levels Offered
The Brooklyn Aurora comes in three different levels of firmness: Soft, Medium, and Firm. The Medium option is the most popular and we rate it as a medium-soft on our firmness scale. Of course, if that doesn't sound right for you, you can go softer or firmer with the other options.
This mattress has a soft neutral-foam feel, but the coils layer gives it a bit of that bounce that you may be used to. That's not to say that the Aurora feels like an innerspring, because it doesn't. What you're really going to feel are those top layers of foam.
You aren't going to feel stuck in this mattress at all. That's sort of a calling card with memory foam beds, but the memory foam in this mattress isn't enough to create that sink-in, stuck-in-the-mud feeling. For some folks, that's a pro, for others, it's a con—it really just depends on what you prefer.
The Aurora's responsiveness is fast, meaning it's quick to bounce back into shape after being depressed. Quick responsiveness is what allows you to switch positions without effort. It's also what prevents you from leaving a dip or indent behind when you turn over.
Analysis Of Different Sleeping Positions
The Medium option Aurora is not ideal for back sleepers and stomach sleepers. It's a softer mattress, and while the coils do provide some support, this bed is far more focused on pressure relief.
When you sleep on your back or stomach, it's important that your bed keep your heavier areas (hips, trunk, shoulders) from sinking in and putting your back out of alignment. If you are a predominantly back and/or stomach sleeper, you should look into the Firm model of the Aurora mattress.
If you're an especially petite person, you'll likely find the bed more than supportive, regardless of which model you get, but you still might want to look more into the Firm model first. It's just a safer pick for back and stomach sleepers.
The Medium firmness Aurora is a good mattress for side sleepers. As we've said, it's a medium-soft on our firmness scale and it offers good pressure relief. If you want maximum softness, the Soft model is probably the way to go.
Pressure relief is important for side sleepers because the bed needs to accommodate the protrusion of your shoulder and hip. If the mattress has no give in those areas, you can feel all squashed up in your torso area, end up with pins-and-needles in your arm, and wake up sore due to sleeping with a misaligned spine.
Combo sleepers can probably get away with the Brooklyn Aurora in a Medium. We suggest heavier folks go with the Firm option, though. Remember that in all cases—all body types, sleeper types, and firmness options—the Aurora is best suited for people who like a slightly softer feeling bed.
Is The Aurora Mattress Good for Heavier People?
Because this mattress is pretty thick and incorporates coils, it will work for heavier people, but with caveats.
For one, if you're heavier, you must be a strict side sleeper to enjoy this mattress's Medium option. You also have to like a soft feeling bed, because the already softer level of firmness is going to feel even softer the heavier you are.
Ultimately, if you're a heavier person looking to get yourself a Brooklyn Aurora mattress, we suggest you opt first for the Firm version.
Couples Considering This Bed
Edge support and motion isolation are two factors that are especially important for couples to consider. You want both partners to get a good night's sleep. Well rested couples are happier couples, right? Good edge support and motion isolation can help with that.
The Aurora has average edge support, at least for the softer models. You don't get an overwhelming roll-off feeling around the edges of the bed, but we've also felt better. And keep in mind that the heavier you are, the more edge support matters—petite folks won't have any issue with the Aurora's edges because they aren't heavy enough to significantly depress the material. The firmer model will also be better for edge support.
Overall, it's probably safe to use the outside inches of the mattress, but honestly, we found that if you're sharing a softer model you both drift into the middle of the bed throughout the night anyway. So if you and your partner aren't interested in 2 a.m. cuddles, you may want to consider other mattress options.
Motion isolation is also important for couples because it's what prevents your partner from waking up every time you turn over or get up during the night. The Aurora performs decently well in this category—not the best we've ever seen, but we're not complaining either. You should be able to switch positions or make a midnight bathroom run without disturbing your bed buddy.
As you can see in the video above, Matt is able to roll around on the bed without transferring too much motion throughout the rest of the bed. The Energex foam, memory foam, and pocketed coils all tend to do a good job of isolating motion. This ends up being a good bed for light sleepers concerned with motion isolation. Not the best ever, but pretty good.
Does the Brooklyn Aurora Sleep Cool?
Yes, absolutely. This is one of the coolest sleeping beds we've tried—and we've tried a lot. We'd go so far as to say that this mattress might be too cool for some sleepers. If you're someone who likes to sleep cozy or who tends to get uncomfortably chilly at night, the Brooklyn Aurora is only going to exacerbate that problem.
If you overheat at night, have hot flashes, or wake up with your sheets sweat-stuck to your limbs, the Aurora is ideal. The combination of the pocketed coils (which are great for airflow), Copper Gel Energex Foam, and phase-change cover make the Aurora a refuge for hot sleepers.
Brooklyn Bedding Aurora Mattress Review: Verdict
Overall, the Brooklyn Bedding Aurora is a comfortable mattress with some unique qualities. It's available in three firmness options, which gives you some flexibility in terms of finding what fits your body best. And because this is one of the coolest-sleeping beds out there, it's ideal for those who get too hot while they sleep.
How Does The Aurora Mattress Compare?
Purple — In the world of cool-sleeping beds, the Aurora and Purple are top dogs—especially when you look at the New Purple mattresses (2, 3, 4). While Aurora will actively work to cool you down through its foams and cover, Purple is all about circulating airflow. Rather than use foams in the top layers, Purple has a grid of Hyper-Elastic Polymer that has little pockets of air that don't heat up like foams tend to do. Really, the comparison here comes down to an active-cooling bed versus an airflow bed. Do you want a bed that tries to cool you down (Aurora) or one that doesn't itself heat up (Purple).
Casper — This isn't really an apples-to-apples comparison since Casper is a foam mattress and the Aurora is a cooling hybrid bed. Regardless, with Casper you'll have more of a soft foam type feel, while Aurora has more of an innerspring feel. Aurora is the better mattress for heavier individuals because of its support coils, but Casper is the better mattress for college students, guest rooms, RV/Camper, budget shoppers, and so on because it's more affordable. One thing that is interesting with this comparison is that Casper sort of fills the void in terms of firmness that the Aurora doesn't offer. The Soft and Medium models of the Aurora skew softer, and the Firm model, firmer. Casper is right in the middle at about a true medium.
Leesa — Leesa has a similar story to Casper, especially as it compares to Aurora. It's a neutral-foam bed that's a medium on the firmness spectrum. It's not as expensive as the Aurora, but it's also not as supportive either for heavy people. Leesa, does however, offer a coil bed (for more money) that's called Sapira. That's a more apt comparison with Aurora.
TempurPedic — The new TempurPedic TEMPUR mattresses come in both a coil and all-foam version. Either way, though, they have a dense and deep memory foam feel. They offer a good deal of pressure relief—particularly if you get the softer models—but they feel nothing like the Aurora. This decision comes down to whether you want a memory foam bed (TempurPedic) or a coil, cooling bed (Aurora). Despite the fact that the TempurPedic beds have a cooling cover, we would give the edge for hot sleepers to the Aurora.
GhostBed — Similar to Casper and Leesa, GhostBed is a foam mattress that has more of a neutral overall feel, but with a twist. It actually has a layer of latex foam on top, which offers a bit more support than your typical poly foam. If you press on that layer, you can feel that it's responsive and not quite as pressure relieving as other foams. In terms of how it compares to Aurora, however, the story is similar to what you read above—foam bed vs cooling hybrid bed. GhostBed does happen to be quite a bit more affordable than the Aurora. You can check our mattress deals page to see the current deals we've spotted for GhostBed, and other mattresses.
Review team
Dillon Lopez
Combo Sleeper
JD Christison
Combo Sleeper
McKenzie Dillon
Combo Sleeper
Dillon Payne
Combo Sleeper
We were sent this bed from Brooklyn Bedding in order to post a review. They did not pay us, however, to say good or bad things about it. This review was produced completely independently from Brooklyn Bedding (and every other brand).
No, you don't need to flip this bed. In fact, you shouldn't. The layers of the mattress are construction in a specific order, from base to top. You can, however, rotate the bed every six to eight months.
Generally, it takes 30-45 days to really break in a bed. In that time, the mattress will have softened up some. 30-45 days is also about the time it takes for your body to fully adjust to a new sleeping surface.
Sure. Like just about any new mattress, there's a new-mattress smell. Even the natural and organic beds have a fresh-out-of-the-box smell, though it's admittedly less pungent than the usual chemical off-gassing. The Aurora does have an off-gassing period. Their website says 24 hours, but in our (ample) experience with new bed-in-a-box mattresses, it's more like a full two days.
Yes, they do, but you can say a reluctant goodbye to that free shipping. Shipping to Hawaii or Alaska starts at $250 per mattress. Brooklyn also ships to Canada now! But, again, it isn't free. Shipping to Canada starts at $100 per mattress.
It is made in the United States, in Phoenix, Arizona to be specific.
They offer multiple different firmness levels, ranging from Soft to Firm.
Yes. This is an innerspring mattress that features pocketed coils.
Yes. This is one of our favorite cooling mattresses. It even has a cool-to-the-touch cover.


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Purpose as a guide
Imagine going out onto the bay in a sailing boat without a rudder. What would happen? What would happen if you had a rudder, but didn't know where you wanted to go?
Imagine starting to build a house without a plan to share between the builder, electrician, plumber or landscape gardener.
Imagine sitting down in front of a canvas with a whole lot of oil colours spread on a palette, but no idea of what you wanted to paint.
Imagine coming to work with 100 other people, but not knowing the part you play in the accumulation of everyone's effort (and unfortunately that actually happens more often than seems reasonable).
Imagine being given $1 million in funding to do something to make a difference in the world, but having no idea of what you wanted to do.
Imagine the absence of purpose (shared or otherwise) in a thousand different settings and you will immediately understand its power in the human psyche. In the words of the German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche: "When mankind has a why, he can deal with any 'how'".
Purpose as a guide is an excerpt from Fabian Dattner's One World AtLast – a manifesto for the Modern Revolution, page 195.


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Civil Air Patrol celebrates 75th anniversary with open house
Since 1981, Marco Islanders have had guardian angels flying the skies around the shores and south of the island, while keeping an eye out for stranded boaters, downed aircraft and potential human and drug traffickers.
The members of the "Black Sheep Squadron" of the Florida Wing of the Civil Air Patrol this weekend will celebrate the 75th anniversary of the establishment of the CAP. The public is invited to an open house at their operations center at the Marco Island Executive Airport on Saturday, April 30.
The CAP came into existence just one week before the attack on Pearl Harbor that brought the United States into World War II. On May 26, 1948, Congress made them a permanent auxiliary of the U.S. Air Force.
"Our biggest misconception about the CAP is that all our members are aviators. Nothing can be further from the truth," said Major Robert Corriveau, wing commander for the local squadron. "Every individual, whether flying or supporting the mission on the ground is an integral portion of the job we do."
The squadron on Marco Island has just over 60 members, and 12 are skilled aviators. Each mission they fly has three members aboard the aircraft – the pilot in command, mission observer and mission scanner. Those three members are assisted by ground personnel who perform a number of duties.
During the recent BP oil spill, the group flew numerous missions to provide photographic tracking if the spill might have poised a possible effect on the Southwest Florida coastline.
On the weekends, the CAP will fly regular sunset coast patrols to keep an eye out for mariners in distress. They will also fly at least two missions a month to help support Air Force pilots in exercises to detect drug or human trafficking.
At the open house, a light lunch will be available with refreshments as members introduce attendees to what the CAP objectives and goals are. Tours of the facility and the equipment used by members will also be given, as well as information on how to get involved with the CAP.
The open house will be from 11 a.m.-3 p.m on Saturday at the CAP hanger at the Marco Island Executive Airport, off State Road 951.


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James Corden's Carpool Karaoke sessions are famously full of laughs, but there's one that he says is so touching it made him cry.
Called "50 mums, 50 kids and one extra chromosome", the video was made by a group of mothers with children who have Down syndrome.
The mums and kids can be seen lip-syncing and performing "Makaton" to the tune of Christina Perri's 'A Thousand Years'.
Makaton is a language programme that uses signs and symbols as well as speech. It was designed to be used by those with learning or communication difficulties.
The mothers who appear in the video are all part of a Facebook group called "Designer Genes" for parents of children with Down syndrome. They decided to create the fun clip ahead of World Down Syndrome Day on March 21 to celebrate their kids.
Since being published a week ago, the video now has more than 500,000 YouTube views. It even caught the attention of British comedian Corden, the original creator of the Carpool Karaoke phenomenon.
Singer Perri also tweeted her support of the video, which uses her 2011 hit song.
Many parents of children with Down's syndrome also took to social media to share how meaningful the video was to them.


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BEIJING • The People's Bank of China (PBOC) scrapped its market-based mechanism for managing the yuan on Jan 4 and returned to setting the exchange rate based on what suits the authorities the best, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing unidentified people close to the central bank.
An unidentified official from the PBOC in March told economists and bankers that "the primary task is to maintain stability" when they asked the central bank to stop fighting markets and let the yuan's value fall at a closed-door meeting, citing previously undisclosed minutes of the gathering.
The Chinese currency's daily exchange rate is now back under tight government control, though the reversal has not been announced, according to the newspaper.
The PBOC guides the daily direction of the yuan by alternating between setting its value against the dollar and against a basket of currencies, WSJ said, citing people close to the central bank. The central bank's press office did not respond to requests from WSJ for comment.
The yuan will become an official reserve currency this year when it becomes part of the International Monetary Fund's Special Drawing Rights (SDR).
"Our view was already along these lines, so we're not that surprised," said Mr Ken Cheung, a foreign-exchange strategist at Mizuho Bank in Hong Kong.
"Outflows after August were quite a scary hit to financial markets. After the yuan entered SDR, opening up the capital account was no longer a key priority, while yuan stability became a key priority. But we think beginning from March, the fixing has started to follow the mechanism more."
A resurgent greenback is shaking up a strategy that the PBOC pursued over the past three months - a steady rate against the dollar, combined with depreciation against other major currencies. The yuan has now fallen to a three-month low versus the US currency while climbing to an almost four-week high versus a basket of peers.
While there are few signs of the fear that gripped global markets in January, when the yuan sank 1.5 per cent in just a week, investors are watching the currency as a barometer for the health of the world's second-largest economy, Bloomberg reported.
China devalued its currency by the most in two decades last August, ending a de facto peg to the dollar that had been in place since March last year.
At a meeting with senior officials in December, President Xi Jinping called China's regulatory system "immature" and said most officials had not done enough to guide the economy towards more sustainable growth, the WSJ said, citing people who attended the meeting.
To the central bank, there was only one possible interpretation: Step on the brakes, WSJ reported, adding that people close to the PBOC said, the bank guides the daily direction of the currency by alternating between setting the yuan's value against the dollar and a basket of currencies.
The retreat from making the yuan more market-based puts China's central bank in the difficult position of having to battle continuing downward pressure on the currency.
Keeping the currency stable comes at the expense of China's foreign-exchange reserves and restrains the PBOC's ability to protect the economy. China had US$3.22 trillion (S$4.5 trillion) in currency reserves in April, down from nearly US$4 trillion in June 2014.
The US Treasury Department estimates Beijing sold more than US$480 billion in foreign-currency assets from August through March to support the yuan.


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AMHERST, Mass. - Robert Sinclair, a professor of teacher education and curriculum studies at the University of Massachusetts, received the Award of Distinction of the Massachusetts Elementary School Principals'' Association (MESPA), Wed. May 3 at the association''s annual spring conference in Hyannis.
AMHERST, Mass. - The New England region underwent El Nino-like climate changes during the Ice Age, a team of researchers has found. University of Massachusetts geoscientist Julie Brigham-Grette led the research, along with former UMass graduate student Tammy Rittenour (now a doctoral candidate at the University of Nebraska), and environmental scientist Michael Mann, now at the University of Virginia. The findings are detailed in the May 12 issue of Science. The project was funded by the National Science Foundation, National Geographic Society, and the University of Massachusetts.
AMHERST, Mass. - UMass senior and volleyball star Jill Meyers, who was named one of Glamour Magazine''s Top Ten College Women, has helped organize a community project set to take place this weekend
AMHERST, Mass. - The University of Massachusetts has announced the names of three professors and two teaching assistants who will receive 1999-2000 Distinguished Teaching Awards; four professors who will receive Samuel F. Conti Faculty Fellowships Awards; and two faculty members who will receive Distinguished Academic Outreach Awards. In addition, the University has also announced two recipients of the 1999-2000 Outstanding Academic Advisor Award.
AMHERST, Mass. - Michael Doherty, a member of the chemical engineering faculty at the University of Massachusetts, has been appointed a Distinguished Professor by University President William Bulger. The appointment was made following approval by the University''s Board of Trustees at its meeting today in Dartmouth. The honor recognizes Doherty for outstanding academic distinction.
AMHERST, Mass. - Murugappan Muthukumar, professor of polymer science and engineering at the University of Massachusetts, has been appointed to the Wilmer D. Barrett Chair in Polymer Science and Engineering. Muthukumar was appointed by University President William M. Bulger following approval of the Board of Trustees at its meeting today in Dartmouth. The chair, named for a 1934 alumnus, was established in 1992, and was most recently held by Distinguished Professor William MacKnight, who recently retired.
AMHERST, Mass. - University of Massachusetts Chancellor David K. Scott has accepted the recommendation of the Licensing Code of Conduct Review Committee and will order that the campus apply for membership in the Worker Rights Consortium (WRC). Scott has instructed David P. Curley, director of licensing and trademarks, to begin the application process. The decision came following a review of the committee''s recommendations by the Chancellor''s Executive Advisory Council (CEAC) earlier today.
AMHERST, Mass. - Litza J. Melendez, of Amherst, a journalism major who has advised and assisted new students on campus for three years, has been selected student speaker for the 130th Commencement of the University of Massachusetts Sun. May 21 at 10:30 a.m. in Warren P. McGuirk Alumni Stadium.
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- In Old City
- Wat Phra Singh - 8 min walk
- Tha Phae Gate - 19 min walk
- Wat Chedi Luang - 9 min walk
- Chiang Mai Gate - 11 min walk
- Wat Chiang Man - 20 min walk
- Warorot Market - 31 min walk
- Chiang Mai City Arts & Cultural Center - 13 min walk
Getting around
- Chiang Mai Intl. Airport (CNX) - 7 min drive
- Chiang Mai Railway Station - 8 min drive
- Lamphun Pa Sao Station - 21 min drive
- Saraphi Station - 26 min drive
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Key facts
- 4 rooms
- Check-in time 2 PM-9 PM
- Check-out time is 11 AM
Required at check-in
- Cash deposit required for incidental charges
- Government-issued photo ID may be required
- Minimum check-in age is 18
Travelling with others
- No cribs (infant beds)
- Pets not allowed
- Free WiFi in public areas
- Free WiFi in rooms
- No parking
Payment types at the property
- Cash
Other information
- Smoke-free property
At the property
- Coffee/tea in a common area
- Refrigerator in a common area
- 24-hour front desk
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Luggage storage
- Terrace
- English
- Korean
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- Air conditioning
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- Shower only
- Free toiletries
- Hair dryer
- Free WiFi
- Refrigerator
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- Daily housekeeping
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Also known as
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- Mae Ping Home 301 Guesthouse
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This property does not have elevators.
Reservations are required for massage services and can be made by contacting the property before arrival at the number on the booking confirmation.This property only accepts credit cards and cash for all bookings and onsite payments.
Mandatory fees
Cash deposit: THB 500.00 per stay
Optional extras
Credit card charges are subject to an extra charge
Early check-in can be arranged for an extra charge of THB 500 (subject to availability)
Late check-in between 9:00 PM and 3:00 AM can be arranged for an extra charge of THB 500
Parking is available nearby and costs THB 40 per day
We have included all charges provided to us by this property. However, charges can vary, for example, based on length of stay or the unit you book.
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Fingerprint Dive into the research topics where Natalie J Torok is active. These topic labels come from the works of this person. Together they form a unique fingerprint.
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Targeting Shc to reduce inflammation and fibrosis in the aging liver
Torok, N. J. & Cortopassi, G. A.
Project: Research project
The Role of TNF alpha Converting Enzyme in Alcoholic Liver Disease
7/1/14 → 6/30/18
Project: Research project
Phagocytosis and NOX2 in Liver Fibrogenesis
3/20/10 → 6/30/20
Project: Research project
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CHAPTER 7: Galectin-3 Involvement in Fibrotic DiseasesJiang, X., Torok, N. J. & Barchi, J. J., Jan 1 2020, Anti-fibrotic Drug Discovery. Brenneman, J. & Iyer, M. R. (eds.). 73 ed. Royal Society of Chemistry, p. 185-210 26 p. (RSC Drug Discovery Series; vol. 2020-January, no. 73).
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
Leptin/adiponectin ratio correlates with hepatic steatosis but not arterial stiffness in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in Japanese populationMikami, K., Endo, T., Sawada, N., Igarashi, G., Kimura, M., Hasegawa, T., Iino, C., Tomita, H., Sawada, K., Nakaji, S., Matsuzaka, M., Torok, N. J. & Fukuda, S., Feb 2020, In : Cytokine. 126, 154927.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Digoxin improves steatohepatitis with differential involvement of liver cell subsets in mice through inhibition of PKM2 transactivationZhao, P., Han, S. N., Arumugam, S., Yousaf, M. N., Qin, Y., Jiang, J. X., Torok, N. J., Chen, Y., Mankash, M. S., Liu, J., Li, J., Iwakiri, Y. & Ouyang, X., Oct 1 2019, In : American journal of physiology. Gastrointestinal and liver physiology. 317, 4, p. G387-G397
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Macrophage Nourishment in Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis: A Novel Role for Ketone BodiesTorok, N. J., Jan 1 2019, In : Hepatology.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate
Patterns and co-occurrence of risk factors for hepatocellular carcinoma in four Asian American communities: A cross-sectional studyStewart, S. L., Dang, J. H. T., Török, N. J. & Chen, M. S., Jun 1 2019, In : BMJ open. 9, 6, e026409.
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Hundreds of locals celebrate half a century in space with the guy who made it happen: John Glenn.
The Ohio native and former U.S. Senator was honored at Cleveland State University Friday. He was the first American to orbit the Earth when he traveled on Friendship 7 in 1962.
"The important thing is, as we look back and see each and every step along the way, it provides us an insight of what we may be able to do in the future, and that's the important part," said Glenn.
Glenn has become a pioneer for the space program, making great strides with Friendship 7. Then, in 1998, he became the oldest American astronaut to go into space at 77 years old.
"After training and flying with you, you'll always be a hero and mentor to me," said former NASA astronaut Steven Lindsey, "not because of what you've done throughout your amazing career, but because of who you are as a person."
NASA shut down its shuttle program in 2011. Glenn said he hopes the United States will reconsider the program, which has become an important component to the technology industry and national security.
"That's the situation we're in today. We have to send our people over to Russia to be launched to go to our own space station," Glenn said. "Trying to get a new spacecraft, a new booster, so we can have our own transportation back and forth, so America can have its proper place in the space program."
Regardless of the state of the program today, Glenn said he's proud of the past 50 years and anxious for the next 50 that lie ahead.
"It's good to look back and think about where we may go in the future," he said. "Can we make some of those same strides in the future as we have in the past? That's the importance of NASA."


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We are a small friendly club that meets on Friday mornings to play sociable duplicate bridge.
The room we use in Westbury on Trym village hall restricts us to four tables so we limit membership to about 16 and are full at the moment.
We play Howell movements so that every pair plays every other pair and every board in the course of the morning. Unusually we dont have fixed partners but use a rota so that in the course of 15 weeks we all partner each other
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A l'Ombre des Oliviers offers self-catering accommodation located in Vence. It features an outdoor pool, table tennis and free WiFi. The property is 5 miles from the sea and 3.1 miles from Saint-Paul de Vence.
The apartments and the holiday home offer a terrace, a seating area and satellite TV. The kitchen or kitchenette includes a refrigerator and kitchenware. The private bathroom has a bath or shower and a hairdryer. You can enjoy mountain views and pool views. Extras include a barbecue.
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If you are a Star Wars fan, you will think the clip above is hilarious. If you aren't, you'll probably think it is just another stupid YouTube clip (warning: the end is a little gory). There are so many subtle nuissances – again, if you are a Star Wars fan.
Whenever I see a pretty woman, I'm like, "Hold up. I'm Lando Calrissian. I blew up the second Death Star."


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What's the best advice or information you've ever received about writing?
Writing is very 3 dimensional. There are so many different aspects to writing and you can do so much with books, articles, and many other different pieces of writing. A lot of people try to just get the writing done and move on, but when you start reading in between the lines of these different sources you can find so much more information. Everything just becomes a lot more interesting.
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What is the best way to study?
For every person there is a different way to study. If you are a visual learner, then maybe draw out a plan for what you need to learn. Though it can be quite difficult at first, once you find the right way it'll just get easier as you continue to practice these study skills. I, personally love to write things down and my laptop and then write it on a piece of paper. The more I write, the more I'm able to keep the information and actually learn it.
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One of the most important things about picking a topic is simple. Be passionate about what you want to talk about. If you don't have an interest in the topic that you are discussing, then it will reflect through you're writing. When you are connected with the topic, you are able to connect a better with your audience and it's going to feel very organic.
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"Giles: ... In my experience, there are... two types of monster. The first, uh, can be redeemed, or more importantly, wants to be redeemed.
Buffy: And the second type?
Giles: The second is void of humanity, cannot respond to reason... or love."
At the end of the episode we're shown exactly these two types. Debbie (unwisely) demonstrated her love for Pete by saving his life and in other ways. Pete doesn't respond to her attempts to reason with him or to her love; he kills her. Angel is presented in explicit contrast to Pete. He breaks his chains to find Buffy, protects her from Pete, and kneels before her. In those actions he showed both that he responds to love and that he wants to be redeemed.


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One of the most amazing places to see some of Australia's wildlife is Kangaroo Island in South Australia. On a beach full of seals I didn't know where to look. There was so much going on around me. Choosing three photos to tell the story was tough, since I have so many photos of lazy, active and funny seals. I hope these three will bring across what I felt on that beach.
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There are countries like Sweden moving towards cashless economy extremely fast. Which issues do they face? Which issues can any society experience while heading to being cashless? Can we get rid of cash entirely? And how can FinTech help governments in this situation?
A lot of conditions urge the economy and society forward certain changes. One of the key modifications is switching to digital payments only and excluding any cash flows. Sounds a kind of idealistically, but this has already begun.
Here are just a couple of examples how far we are now:
Amazon Go
Amazon has recently launched its Amazon Go and Just Walk Out Shopping. It's a real store in Seattle where you check in, grab whatever you need and just walk out!
No lines, no cashiers, and no cash of course: simply walk in, shop and go. Amazon used AI, computer vision, sensor fusion and Deep Learning algorithms to develop this project. View how it works in Amazon's video presentation:
Cashless Experience of Sweden
Currently, Sweden is the most cashless country. 'No cash accepted' signs are rather common in shops and restaurants. Banknotes and coins account just about 1,7% of GDP. Even churches in Sweden were the earliest adopters of mobile donations. And Central Bank is currently considering to issue their own cryptocurrency.
Of course, there is a number of issues need to be resolved before diving into cashless reality. Here are the most obvious:
- Governments could take control of people's financial life, so it could not only affect privacy aspects but also banks might leave anyone without a dollar literally.
- There is still a high risk of cyber attacks, which also could lead to irreparable damage or even loss of all digital assets.
- For poor people from developing countries being cashless may become a kind of unbearable situation: they spend cents on their food in local stores and even can't afford to buy a mobile device for digital payments.
- It might be harder to adopt the totally new concept for aged people.
- The overall infrastructure is not ready yet for such fast switching, so it's not really possible to get rid of cash at once. Obviously, it will take some time.
Here's what Amanda Billner (Bloomberg, Stockholm) says about Sweden's progress and issues in moving toward cashless society:
Nevertheless, there are also pros of switching to digital economy:
- For governments, switching to the cashless economy would make it easier to fight against tax evasion and drug trafficking.
- Businesses would save a lot on transaction costs, plus benefit if easy payment process led customers to buy more.
- Also, economists suppose that cashless approach would empower central banks with fighting recessions effectively by imposing negative interest rates.
Here's what experts say about a cashless society benefits, risks and issues:
FinTech helps cashless concept go live
FinTech could play the leading role in the process of switching to a cashless society. The core of this concept is the opportunity for different digital payments and other financial services, like insurance, managing digital assets etc.
It's the known fact that FinTech products and services related to digital payments and transfers are the most popular and adopted by users (50% of customers used money transfer and payments in the last 6 months). Insurance-related FinTech products take the 2nd place (24%).
Given all of that, the most forward-looking governments take the necessary steps to grow FinTech sector. A few days ago, on March 22, 2018, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Philip Hammond (UK) spoke at the International FinTech Conference in London. The main points of his speech were:
- Creation of a Cryptoassets Task Force: "The government will also establish a Cryptoassets Task Force consisting of HM Treasury, the Bank of England, and the Financial Conduct Authority to explore further the risks of cryptoassets and the potential benefits of the underlying distributed ledger technology, as well as to assess the future response of the appropriate authorities, including around regulation."
- Launching the new strategy for the FinTech sector. "As part of which, I'm pleased to announce that the FCA and Bank of England will take the first steps towards automating regulatory compliance reducing costs for financial services firms, and removing a key barrier for fintechs as they enter financial services markets. A new code of industry standards will make it easier and cheaper for fintechs to partner with established financial service providers both boosting the ability of banks to offer new services, and helping fintechs to find a ready market for their products."
- Establishing UK-Australia FinTech bridge: its aims to "open up a new important market for UK FinTech firms wanting to expand internationally", and help both countries to coordinate policies and increase regulatory co-operation.
A great deal of changing to a cashless society is not done yet. But the leading countries are moving forward every day, making complying regulations easier, helping FinTech sector to grow and then help them with the new financial system establishment, facing and resolving the arising issues, cooperating with other governments to make this process global.
Yes, we cannot get rid of cash in just one moment. It's necessary to adapt the existing infrastructure for the new conditions. Obviously, there is a strong need for both enhancing privacy, safety, security of new technologies and developing the smooth process of adaptation for the most vulnerable segments of the population.
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All bins are processed at our dedicated state of the art recycling centres which are capable of processing over 2 tonnes of wheelie bin per hour. The bins are shredded, granulated and cleaned via our in-line wash plants to create an extremely high quality recyclate. Bins are colour coded prior to processing to ensure only the highest standard of regrind is obtained.
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Robert Henke
Robert L. Henke, 62, of Edwardsville, died at 9:50 p.m. Friday, Nov. 11, 2011, at Relais Bonne Eau Hospice House in Edwardsville.
Bob retired as a captain with the Madison County Sheriff's Department where he worked for 33 years.
He was born Feb. 21, 1949, in Granite City, and was the son of the late Stephen M. and Esther (Cell) Henke.
He married Ethel N. Zeller on June 18, 1970. Besides his wife, he is survived by a son, Brian Henke and his wife, Tara, of McHenry, Ill., and a daughter, Lisa Henke of Bethalto; two grandchildren, Lucas Henke and Reese Mersinger; and a brother, Stephen Michael Henke and wife, Carol, of Houston, Texas.
Bob was preceded in death by a brother, Ronald Henke; and a sister, Barbara Henke.
He was a veteran of the U.S. Navy serving from 1967-71. Upon his retirement, he went to work for the Illinois Department of Corrections as a parole supervisor. Bob was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church in Edwardsville.
Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Monday, Nov. 14, at Weber & Rodney Funeral Home in Edwardsville, and from 9 to 11 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 15, at Trinity Lutheran Church (Fillmore and Water streets) in Edwardsville. Services will follow at 11 a.m. Tuesday at the church with Pastor Marty Springer and the Rev. John Shank officiating. Interment will follow at Sunset Hill Memorial Estates in Glen Carbon. Memorials may be given to Trinity Lutheran Ministries or Hospice of Southern Illinois. Condolences may be expressed online at Weber & Rodney Funeral Home.


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Attorney General
February 1, 2019
LANSING – Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel today issued a notice of intended action and a cease and desist order to Go Workout Frandor and its owner, Steve Millenbach. Go Workout and Millenbach are alleged of violating the Michigan Consumer Protection Act.
The Michigan Department of Attorney General has received more than 20 complaints against Go Workout Frandor, several of which reference interactions with Millenbach.
Go Workout Frandor is alleged to have violated the state's Consumer Protection Act by:
The Lansing-based, women-only gym allegedly solicited memberships even as eviction proceedings were underway in August 2018. The gym then relocated from the Frandor Shopping Center to a substantially smaller room in a nearby hotel, where customers are expected to share limited equipment and a pool with male and female hotel guests. Millenbach and Go Workout have failed to make refunds to consumers who paid sign-up fees and advanced membership fees with the expectation they would have access to the now-closed Frandor gym.
"We count on companies to uphold their end of the law," Nessel said. "And when they don't, we stand ready to protect Michigan consumers."
Nessel will file a lawsuit to seek equitable relief under the Michigan Consumer Protection Act and financial damages on behalf of affected Michigan consumers unless Go Workout and Millenbach respond to the notice by Feb. 11.


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Fujoshi Rumi (妄想少女オタク系, Mōsō Shōjo Otaku-kei, lit. "Geeky Girl Obsession") is a seinen manga series written and illustrated by manga author Natsumi Konjoh.
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Hate Crime Charges for Alleged Attacker of Delta Employee
Impacting Travel Delta Air Lines Donald Wood March 17, 2017
A man accused of verbally and physically attacking a Delta Air Lines employee because she was Muslim was indicted Thursday on several charges, including hate crimes.
According to KTLA.com, 57-year-old Robin Rhodes was on his way home from a trip to Aruba in January when he arrived at John F. Kennedy Airport and walked into the Delta Sky Lounge as he awaited his connecting flight to Worcester, Massachusetts.
Unprovoked, Rhodes allegedly went to the office of a Muslim employee and began yelling slurs and curses at the woman before kicking her in the leg. Another employee stepped in to allow the woman to avoid any further confrontation, but Rhodes followed her to the main desk and began hurling more slurs at the woman, including threats of deportation.
Queens District Attorney Richard Brown announced that Rhodes was indicted on charges of unlawful imprisonment, aggravated harassment and hate crimes. The report also states the employee sustained pain and redness in her right leg along with fear of physical injury and annoyance.
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The office of Rhodes' attorney, Paul Goldberger, said the firm does not comment on pending litigation. As a result of the indictment, Rhodes was released on $50,000 bond and ordered to return to court in June.
If convicted, he could face up to four years in prison.
Following the incident, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo proposed the new Transportation Worker Protection Act. The proposal would make "any assault against an airport worker a felony, punishable by a maximum of seven years in prison."
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African Transformers in collaboration with the Ashesi Leo Club and the Ahote Sanitation Project embarked on a beach cleaning exercise at the Borla Beach. the cleanup exercise took place on Saturday the 16th of February. The teams gathered some rakes and brooms and picked up the plastic waste at the beach. This initiative was as a way of taking responsibility for the environment and marine life.
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The joke that you loved but no one else did?
A reference to Jesus being "betrayed by the use of a kiss-based messaging system"
The joke that worked but you are not so proud that it had?
Any jokes that rely on lazy stereotypes, especially when MCing – no one should like the feeling of feeding the mob.
The comedians that made you want to be a comedian?
Dave Chappelle, Glenn Wool, Maria Bamford, Stewart Lee, Louis CK, Dara O'Briain
The last thing that made you cry with laughter?
Friend and comedian Phil Wang being accidentally referred to as "Phil Wank" by a nervous introducer. It was the perfect blameless error and so so silly.
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Word Wow is a word game where you make words to dig deeper into the ground. As you dig down, your Worm will follow until you can guide him to the bottom before time runs out. You need to be able to make words quickly to string together bonuses, as well as just to clear the path. Word Wow will sharpen your brain as well as your reflexes.
If you find your Worm to be stuck and you can't come up with any words, you can use a bomb to clear some of the tiles. You have a limited number of bombs, but you can earn more as you make more words. As Worm moves down the board, more letters become available.
Some levels have a hidden gem behind one of the tiles, and if you can find all the gems in all the levels of a world, a bonus level is opened where you can really rack up the points!
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Numerology Readings
Dear Elizabeth,
Back in the early 1990's you provided a full numerology reading for me. When you did this reading you said to me I don't know how you did this when you changed your name, for it is a gazillion to one odds that when you changed your name you didn't change any of your numerology numbers that I was born with. I only added the missing 4,6 and 9 that I was missing in my toolbox. You also told me that when I got to my 60th Birthday that my life would begin to shift and the Wheel of Good Fortune would be upon me. You also said to me that I was a master number of 99 the highest Vibrations and Frequencies that have come to earth.
Well Beloved One, I am here to tell you that all of the things that I have noted above have and are now coming true and into my Time and Space for Eternity. Out of the Love, Honor and Respect that I have for you and the Accurate and Supreme numerology reading that you so LOVINGLY created for me." ….K.H., CO


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Last Friday, Dr. Abdi Samatar, Professor of Geography at the University of Minnesota, gave our annual Taaffe lecture. Samatar gave a dynamic presentation, entitled "Africa's first democrats", on the political geography of Somalia and the democratic character of its first independent state. Samatar's well-attended presentation inaugurates our 2018-2019 series of invited five lectures on the theme of 'Global Africa'.
The second talk in our series will be given by Leo Zulu of the department of geography at Michigan State University on Friday, Nov. 16, at 3:30. His talk is entitled "Prospects for Development in the Context of the UN Sustainable Development Goals and Africa-grown Initiatives." Please come.
The night before his Taaffe lecture, our department hosted a powerful encounter between Dr. Samatar and over sixty people from the Ohio State community, mainly undergraduate students of the Somali diaspora. The room was overfull and buzzing with three hours of focused discussion. Many thanks to Safiyo Muhommud and the Somali Student Association for co-organizing the event with Joel Wainwright. And special thanks to Diane Carducci for her many contributions to our series. More information about the full 2018-2019 series can be found here.
Finally, Jen Rasor in the college office shared this, Dean O'Kelly suggests it can be helpful in explaining geography to friends and family.
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"We have been working with ACP for more than 2 years now. ACP has been a supportive partners and the trainers provided are patient, professional and well prepared. In 2015, we have engaged their training on game development through the IDA road map program. Students fed back that the trainer provided them with many ideas and insights. We would recommend ACP to other schools and look forward to the next engagement in the years to come. "
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"We engaged ACP to teach our secondary two students 'Appmakr' for their IPW curriculum. The trainer is professional in his lesson delivery and also able to engage the students during the training. He is patient with the students and able to answer their queries. The students enjoyed the course and were able to apply the skills learnt in making their own app. "
"It was a pleasant experience to work with ACP for the first time to conduct Mobile Application Developer courses under IDA's ICT Learning Roadmap Training Course. The software is not too difficult to be managed by beginners. It enables students to have a basic understanding of the elements required for making a functional mobile application. The trainer was very patient and firm in discipline with our students. Thus, lessons were quite smooth in flow with progression. Quick recaps were made before and after every lesson. It helps to ensure that our students grasped and assimilated learned knowledge thoroughly. In addition, any coordination and liaison matters were also followed up promptly by ACP's training coordinator. "


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Flexsa is crystalline glucosamine sulfate which can dissolve easily in water. Flexsa helps in rebuilding the cartilage and reversing the progression of osteoarthritis disease.
1. CLINICALLY RECOMMENDED DOSAGE - 1500 mg for Mild to moderate OA
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Hey guys I'm curious to hear about redusers experiences and/or solutions when recording audio directly into RED DSMC2 cameras?
When I owned several DSMC cameras I would attach lavs and shotguns into an A-Box and then the A-Box into the body. The sound quality was pretty good. I've tried this same thing, except with the DSMC2 V-LOCK I/O EXPANDER but the audio wasn't really solid. I've looked at alternative options such as the Off Hollywood OMOD XLR and I'm curious to see if anyone owns one or has tried something else and has experienced a great result?
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Hi, everyone! I hope your weekend has been great so far, mine's been so busy! It was my cousin's wedding weekend, so I've been out of town and celebrating all weekend. I don't know what it is about weddings, but I'm obsessed. I've had my own wedding planned since I was about 5. I'm not psychotic… right? haha I didn't have my phone on me a lot this weekend, but I still managed to snap a few pictures for ya (: Check 'em out!
I'm so disappointed in myself for not snapping a picture of the back of my dress. It's to die for. It's one of those maxi dresses that you can adjust in 100 different ways! I decided to wear mine like a one-shoulder, Grecian kinda look. It's all twisty in the back and really pretty! I've got four or five more weddings to go to this season, so I'll wear it again and get a picture then for ya!
As ya'll can see, I did a very heavy, dramatic makeup look for the wedding day on Saturday. I smoked my eye out a little bit, did some full coverage foundation and concealer, and did a really dramatic deep red lip. If you're wanting to know specifics and brands of some of the makeup you're seeing here, let me know and I'll do a post on it for ya. (:
My lovely date! My boyfriend, Cody. We danced and celebrated the night away with around 200 other guests. It was so much fun! This picture was just taken when we took a break from dancing for just a second. It's super fuzzy and out of focus, so I apologize for that!
Here's the happy bride and groom in their limo! My gorgeous cousin, Kara, had on the most beautiful lace dress. So stunning. And that's Curran. her beaming husband. They're on their way to their honeymoon right now as we speak!
That's what my exciting weekend consisted of! It was so great, but I'm exhausted! I've got some really fun stuff planned for ya'll this week. I'm doing some hair chalking tonight (my first time ever!) and some DIY projects to finish up, so I'll have some tutorials up on all that. I also bought some new drugstore products on Friday and I'll have some reviews on those as well, so be on the lookout for all that this week! If ya'll aren't following me already, go ahead and give me a follow, you don't wanna miss out on the tutorials I've got coming up for ya! I hope you guys had an exciting weekend as well, thanks for hanging out with me today, and I'll talk to ya tomorrow!
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Here are 10 less obvious reasons for seeing a red face when you look in the mirror. Seborrheic dermatitis is a common skin condition that causes a red rash .
Skin rashes are a common sign of an allergic reaction. Hives cause severe itching, swelling and redness to develop shortly after ingesting the supplement.
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Bronze and Golden Accents Giving Modern Kitchen Designs the Wow Factor
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Story and photos by Jesse Muñoz/COC Sports Information Director
College of the Canyons notched a 5-4 victory over visiting Glendale College on Tuesday to get back in the win column and surpass the .500 mark for the second time this season.
The Lady Cougars have won three of the first four conference matches of the season after finishing in sixth place in the Western State Conference (WSC) during the program's inaugural campaign in 2018.
Canyons scored the majority of its points in the singles matches, taking four of the six pairings to open up an early 4-2 lead heading in the afternoon's double play. COC's duo of Nicole Villarta and Marisa Wambolt cruised to an 8-4 double win to seal the team victory.
Una Stanisavljevic, Villarta, Celeste Hernandez, Seleste Sakato all registered wins for COC in singles play.
The Lady Cougars will remain on their home court for a conference match vs. Victor Valley College at 2p.m. Thursday, Feb. 28.
Full match results are listed below:
1. Una Stanisavljevic (COC) defeats Isabella Chacon (GCC) — 7-6, 7-5
2. Marisa Wambolt (COC) lost to Elen Ghazaryan (GCC) — 2-6, 0-6
3. Nicole Villarta (COC) defeats Maria Villegas-Avila (GCC) — 6-0, 6-3
4. Celeste Hernandez (COC) defeats Jennifer Goldsbury (GCC) — 6-0, 6-2
5. Seleste Sakato (COC) defeats Karina Ramirez (GCC) — 6-0, 6-0
6. Calista Lian lost to Marissa Deciga (GCC) —1-6, 0-6
1. Stanisavljevic/Sakato (COC) lost to Chacon/Ghazaryan (GCC) — 5-8
2. Villarta/Wambolt (COC) defeats Gabriella Contratto/Villegas-Avila(GCC) — 8-4
3. Hernandez/Lian lost to Deciga/Isabella Hakopian (GCC) — 5-8
Stay up to date on all this season's action by following the College of the Canyons Athletic department on social media at @COCathletics on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and YouTube.


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More actions possible if Taiwan separatists go further, experts say
Beijing may consider additional actions if Taiwan separatists go further and the United States continues to use Taiwan as a bargaining chip, experts said.
Actions could include Beijing enhancing its military presence around the island, limiting market access or launching investigations against foreign firms that do not recognize China's territorial integrity, they said.
Cross-Straits tension jumped after the US signed the "Taiwan Travel Act" into law in March, encouraging official visits between the US and China's Taiwan at all levels. A month later, the US State Department approved selling submarine technologies to Taiwan to bolster its maritime defense.
On May 10, Taiwan held the first US-Taiwan Defense Business Forum in 16 years. Around 300 delegates, including Taiwan officials and executives from US defense contractors, met to discuss cooperation in shipbuilding, cybersecurity and aerospace industries.
On May 16, 172 members of the US House of Representatives called for Taiwan's inclusion in the 71st World Health Assembly, despite Taiwan not receiving an invitation because doing so would mean WHA recognized the island as a sovereign state. Taiwan's health authorities said they would send a delegation anyway to the assembly, which starts on Monday in Geneva.
"Recently, Taiwan's secession movements are gaining new momentum and confidence due to support from the US. This is not surprising considering how the US has tried to meddle in China's domestic affairs for decades through Taiwan," said Zhu Songling, director of the Cross-Straits Relations Institute at Beijing Union University.
"Given that Taiwan leader Tsai Ing-wen and her party are now explicitly seeking better relations with the US, Beijing needs to be on high alert for US interactions with Taiwan," Zhu said.
Yuan Zheng, director of US foreign relations at the Institute of American Studies under the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, said it is high time that Beijing assert its position on Taiwan so the US and Taiwan separatists stop their subtle yet gradual secession effort.
"China's territorial sovereignty should be the red line and absolutely nonnegotiable," Yuan said. If the US were to persist in poisoning cross-Straits relations, China would be less likely to cooperate with the US on some other issues, he added.
Richard Bush, a senior research fellow at the Brookings Institution, a US think tank, described the Trump administration's Taiwan policy as "conflicting" and "chaotic" in a recent podcast.
Many US officials, especially those from the Defense and State departments, want to strengthen relations with the island in all respects given its strategic value in balancing China's regional influence, he said. Yuan said China also has the right to limit market access or launch investigations against foreign firms that do not recognize China's territorial integrity.
Zhu said such labeling regulations have always been in place but were poorly enforced. "China's being more assertive on these laws has sent a warning to supporters of the Taiwan secession movement," he added.
As a further warning to Taiwan separatists, the People's Liberation Army Air Force has conducted several training drills encircling Taiwan since April 18. The latest confirmed drill took place on May 11.
These routine training drills are necessary to improve the Air Force's combat capabilities, said Yuan.
But the drills are relatively basic and reserved because one of the main goals is to survey the eastern side of Taiwan, where air defense is relatively weak, he said.
If Taiwan separatists were to continue their movement, Yuan said the PLA could increase its presence by flying warplanes near or across the median line in the Taiwan Straits, or even across Taiwan if necessary.
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