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A powerful reminder of the descent into darkness that comes with drug addiction.
Founded by the songwriting team of Paul Barrere and Roger Cole, with the idea that it would be nice to have a company where creation, imagination and quality could be the only guidelines that had to be followed. The magic began when Paul and Roger decided to write some songs together, just to see what would come of the collaboration. Over time they found that their combined styles yielded some interesting music, which inevitably led to their debut album titled "Riding the Nova Train".
After many years of experience in the music industry, both Paul and Roger, have no lack of understanding the amount of responsibility, both financial and time, required to get exposure for a new music project in today's markets. Still wanting the ability to create, promote and share new material without being forced to adhere to mainstream music guidelines set forth by larger labels and distributors, they created Better Daze Records.
In October 2014, Paul Barrere and Roger Cole released the single "Bad Blood" from a 3-track collection called "Who's Right".
Electric or Acoustic guitar music touches a membrane deep inside me that seems to exist for the purpose of resonating this sound alone. I'm sure every lover of great guitar music knows what I am talking about. Ever since I discovered that membrane years ago, I have been on the look for that special sound; be it straightforward rock, blues or folk music. However, in a time when the radio airwaves are flooded with both electronic and synth-based music, it isn't always easy to find. Then one day I heard Paul Barrere and Roger Cole and my membrane resonated – all the more, because this was not only a great guitar-based music, but the musical style seemed to defy classification too.
"Bad Blood" sits somewhere between rock and blues, with a swampy, dirty acoustic-driven rhythm and harmony. Reminding of Steve Miller's "Fly Like An Eagle" era. This fiery and fuzzy track really puts me in the mood of days gone by; too many days gone by!
"Bad Blood" is melodic, clever and organic. Right now these guys are just about as good as rock entertainment gets. If you're sick of the computer-induced quantized music, this is an excellent single that will appeal to a wide range of real music lovers, due to the basic instinctive likability of this guitar-driven arrangement that keeps true to its organic roots and steers away from what I call electronic 'artificial insemination' and other glossy, technological wizardry.
"Bad Blood", which was written as a powerful reminder of the descent into darkness that comes with drug addiction, confirms that Paul Barrere and Roger Cole are about substance more than semblance. And in today's marketplace, that's a mean feet indeed!


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What does a divorce lawyer do? what services does it provide for clients? how much does it cost? and why do you have to use a lawyer to take care of household problems that lead to "divorce"? I am not a legal expert, especially for divorce law, but from a number of oscn court records, I got information that might be useful for those of you who are currently looking for information about this.
Who is Divorce Lawyer?
Divorce lawyers are the same as other lawyers but he focuses more on serving family law issues, which are mostly filled with divorce matters. Examples are: A divorce lawyer must master the divorce law that applies in Indonesia. Especially the divorce law contained in Islamic law that applies to the country concerned because specifically for Muslims the law used to settle divorce matters adopts from the applicable divorce law.

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Loiseau was born in Paris and was brought up there, and at Pontoise, by parents who owned a butchers shop. He served an apprenticeship with a decorator who was a friend of the family. In 1887, when a legacy from his grandmother allowed him to concentrate on painting, he enrolled at the École des arts décoratifs where he studied life-drawing. However, a year later he left the school after an argument
While working as a decorator, Loiseau redecorated the apartment of the landscape painter Fernand Quigon (1854-1941). After he left the École des arts décoratifs, he invited Quignon tutor him in painting. In 1890, he went to Pont-Aven in Brittany for the first time, fraternizing with the artists there, especially Paul Gauguin and Émile Bernard. After experimenting with Pointillism, he adopted his own approach to Post-Impressionism, painting landscapes directly from nature. His technique known as en treillis or cross-hatching gave his works a special quality, now recognized as his speciality.


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Gluten-Free Thrive Banana and Chia Seed Dog Muffins
Muffins are marvelous—especially when they're made just for your dog!
Bananas, and chia seeds, and bananas…oh my! There's a lot of goodness packed into these pooch-perfect muffins. Not only do they contain The Honest Kitchen's Limited Ingredient Chicken Recipe, but these marvelous muffins are bursting with bananas and chia seeds. Chia seeds are a wonderful source of omega-6 fatty acids, which help to promote a healthy coat. Delicious muffins and a bright, shiny coat—that's a win-win situation!
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- 1 cup brown rice flour
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- 2 bananas peeled and mashed
- 1 tablespoon chia seeds
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- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- Preheat the oven to 350°F. Spray or grease muffin pan with olive oil to ensure they don't stick.
- In a small bowl, mash bananas with a fork.
- Add oil, eggs, and vanilla to bananas. Whisk together with a fork.
- In a large bowl, mix together the rice flour, quinoa flour, dehydrated food, chia seeds, baking powder, and baking soda.
- Add the wet mixture to the flour and stir until combined.
- Using an ice cream scoop or a large spoon, fill the muffin cups about ¾ full.
- Bake for 15 to 20 minutes or until tops are golden brown.
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About this book
This book aims to define the etiological factors in dental caries and to guide the clinician towards methods of caries prevention that are evidence based. The coverage includes discussion of the active role of the biofilm and the oral environment and emphasizes the multifactorial etiology of dental caries. The opening chapters describe the early detection and diagnosis of dental caries, highlight the value of caries risk assessment to the patient, and explain the dynamic process of the demineralization–remineralization cycle. Information is presented on the action of fluoride, and the evidence relating to the use and effectiveness of remineralization agents and biomimetic materials is reviewed. Additionally, the effects of antimicrobials such as chlorhexidine and ozone are summarized. Further chapters focus on dietary counseling (with information on sweeteners and probiotics), the effectiveness of sealants in caries prevention, and resin infiltration. The philosophy of prophylaxis and ways to improve patient compliance and achieve proper mechanical plaque removal are discussed. The book is concluded with a chapter discussing preventive actions in representative cases.
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Tamil Canadians react to war's end in Sri Lanka
Tamil Canadians are reacting to the end of a 25-year civil war in Sri Lanka by holding a candlelight vigil outside the U.S. Consulate in Toronto in an effort to get international support for their cause.
A crowd of people from Toronto's large Tamil community has been standing outside the Consulate for days, as the Sri Lankan military continued to close in on the last stronghold of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam.
On Sunday, protesters said now that the rebel group known as the Tamil Tigers have been defeated, international leaders have to set conditions to ensure peace and better treatment for Tamil civilians.
"The Sri Lankan government says they're rescuing civilians but what's happening is that women and children are being put in concentration camps and being raped," alleged 21-year-old Sahab Jesuthasan, one of the main organizers of the protest.
They are demanding that the Sri Lankan government allow the western media into the conflict zone and allow humanitarian aid workers to help the thousands of people who have been injured in the violent clashes.
However, Sinhalese Canadians say their families are the ones who are under constant threat by the Tamil Tigers back home and here in Toronto.
"There are people living here in Toronto who are voiceless," said Mahinda Gunakekera, president of the Sri Lanka United National Association of Canada (SLUNA). "They're afraid to speak their mind because the LTTE will harm their families."
SLUNA has carried out their own protests in the city, though on a much smaller scale. This past week they unfurled a banner over Toronto's Don Valley Parkway condemning the Tamil Tigers.
One Sinhalese woman alleged she was threatened by Tamils during a recent rally.
"After the protest, Tamil people came up to us and they were threatening us," claimed Sashya Karunanayake. "They began to write our licence plate down and we became pretty worried."
Overnight Saturday a fire was lit outside the Buddhist Sinhalese temple in Scarborough. Police say they believe it was arson. SLUNA members say they suspect the blaze may be linked to violence in Sri Lanka, but police have not arrested any suspects.
Youth speak out
Authorities said they are keeping a close eye on political developments overseas and on the protests going on around the city.
Thousands of Tamils rallied in front of the U.S. Consulate on University Avenue throughout the day. Organizers say they will remain there through the evening, holding a candlelight vigil for their friends and families who have died in the war.
Many of those who have attended the rallies over the last few months are students and youth who are speaking on behalf of the adults in their families.
Jesuthasan said youth are the ones who can best get their message across.
"The older community has so much faith in the youth and the youth have to embrace that and do what it takes to get the government to listen to us," he told CTV Toronto.
Nivedha Ramaringham, 16, said she is the one who has insisted on coming to the demonstrations.
"The first thing that comes to our mind is, 'Get up, let's go,'" she said. "It's not like my parents are forcing me or anything."
However, Sri Lanka's consul general told CTV Toronto the message should be about peace and co-existence between the two communities especially when they are living in Canada.
"There's no room for hatred," he said. "Since they live in Canada they should learn from the Canadian spirit.
"This is a multicultural country we should learn from Canada," he added. "Don't bring all these issues and spoil Canada."
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The worlds leading social network, Facebook, will let its millions of UK users play real online casino games, in a trial that might change the face of the entire online gambling industry.
On Tuesday, Facebook and gaming partner Gamesys launched a real money online bingo room for Facebook users over the age of 18 who live in the United Kingdom. Facebook had confirmed that it was to be partnered with Gamesys to allow the online gaming service, and the two companies also announced plans to offer slots online at the social network.
Currently, there are no reported plans to offer gambling in other countries, or with any other partner besided Gamesys, according to a Facebook spokeswoman. She also declined to disclose which portion of the revenues the social network would take for hosting the Gamesys games, but she did acknowledge that the two companies do indeed have a revenue sharing agreement.


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CBC Diversity Committee at Kick-off
Photo Credit: Elizabeth Bluemle
Not only does the article explain the beginnings of the CBC Diversity Committee and the thought-process of the members behind the initiative, it also highlights some of the great things the Committee and its partners have been up to including the CBC Diversity Goodreads list that is constantly expanding, the school visits performed by committee members at the beginning of this month, and the "It's Complicated!" blog series that was just wrapped up last week.
If you're new to the blog or even a constant follower, check out the PW article and then come back and explore all the different offerings of this site with fresh eyes!


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I love the pair of words 'hope & up,' that we got for this week's prompt. Thank you Ronovan.
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The urgent care centers are essential since they assist the patients who have illness or injuries that are not severe. They can offer you their services too to the life-threatening diseases and injuries as you want for the doctor. The urgent care centers hand medical situations, for example, the flu, diarrhea, fever vomiting and many other conditions that are not life-threatening. The following are the benefits of urgent care services.
The patients can walk into the urgent care clinics any time they require treatment. This is very crucial as one can be faced with sudden health issues that need handling immediately. Therefore the hospital has no appointment thus allowing patients to
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When you visit the urgent care centers, you are given medical assistance immediately, and this gives you peace of your mind. This also helps to save a lot of time since you will be treated faster as they deal with the minor issues only. Therefore no significant waiting lines for the patients.
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I tried not to leave too disappointed. The heartbeat was found instantly and came in at a steady 156. After the appointment I scheduled the anatomy scan which will include the gender reveal for July 18th. I do not know if we can wait that long!
I have been feeling the baby move more and more. Just flutters, but they are becoming more noticeable and consistent! Last weekend B did the grocery shopping for me. I sent him with a few requests and coupons. There was a great deal on hummus, so I sent him with the coupon. After he delivered the goods, he told me it had taken him quite a while to locate the hummus at the store (B isn't really a hummus guy). A few days later I was indulging in carrot sticks and hummus when I felt the baby move for the first time. I texted B at work, "Baby either loves or hates hummus, but either way I just felt it move!!"
Pregnancy Highlights:
How Far Along: 16 Weeks
Size of baby: Baby is the size of an avacado
Total Weight Gain/Loss: Lost 8lbs
Maternity Clothes: I'm wearing my normal clothes!
Gender: Can't wait to find out!
Movement: Felt some flutters last week and have feeling them more consistently!
Sleep: Lot's of tossing and turning!
What I miss: sleeping on my tummy, coffee (I've given up all caffeine)
Cravings: Mexican food (especially refried beans), deli sandwiches
Symptons: feeling really good, just more tired than usual
Best Moment this week: feeling baby move!


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Calcium is a chemical element and a mineral that is essential to the proper functioning of the human body.[1] Calcium is particularly important for teeth and bones.[1]
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Search our Article Library for answers to questions you may have about your feet. Dr. Danciger adds articles regularly so that patients can have the latest and most relevant information.
Understanding the different kinds of problems with your feet is the best way to prevent and treat them. Patients make the best decisions when they are fully informed. The Article Library is an excellent learning tool for understanding all kinds of foot conditions, injuries, diseases, and deformities. It's also a great resource for answers to common questions like, "Is toenail fungus contagious?", "Should I be concerned about swollen feet?", or "How can I prevent ingrown toenails?"
Not only can you find valuable information in our patient library, but we also provide excellent information on our blogs every week. By following us on twitter or checking out our facebook page, you can also follow links to interesting foot-related issues and see what others are saying about feet.
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Stephanie Merrill of provincial environment watchdog the Conservation Council of New Brunswick (CCNB) gave a public presentation in Boiestown on Monday, outlining the group's concerns about the effects of the shale gas process on habitat and watersheds.
A common misconception Merrill regularly runs into at her public presentations is that it's only the drilling, often called fracking, that affects the environment. But it's actually the entire process, ranging from exploratory seismic testing involving explosives, to unstable infrastructure and the fracking method itself, that creates a whole host of problems in the natural habitat.
"There are multiple phases to the process that effects the environment," she said.
Merrill began by describing the initial stage of shale gas exploration currently happening in New Brunswick called seismic imaging.
Small test wells called 'shotholes' are initially drilled thirty to fifty meters deep into the ground and dynamite is set off down the hole to create seismic waves. These waves are collected with a geophone device that can pick them up, indicating shale gas is present for drilling. Thumper trucks can also be used in the seismic testing phase. These large trucks have a platform on their underbelly that repeatedly slams into the ground, creating seismic waves that are also collected with geophones to determine where to drill.
"You will know when these trucks are in your neighbourhood," said Merrill. "They're in a convoy of 3 to 5 trucks and the Department of Transportation has just given [shale gas company] Southwestern Energy permission to use public roads."
Describing the seismic experience in Penobsquis, where shale gas exploration and drilling has taken place, Merrill said residents talked of the ground shaking, homes shaking, windows cracking, well water turning brown and at least sixty wells drying up.
Once seismic testing has revealed to companies where to drill, they set up larger drilling infrastructure to perform the fracking process. Fracking is short for fracturing, the pumping of water and chemicals (at a pressure high enough to peel paint off a car) through a pipe deep down into the ground to the shale gas layer of the earth, creating fissures that release the natural gas trapped in it that will flow back up the pipe for collection on the surface.
"It's extremely water-intensive...it takes four million litres of water to frack one well once," said Merrill. "One well can be fracked up to six times."
Merrill said it's understood by CCNB that the plan for the New Brunswick shale gas patch, running in a band across the east, central and southwestern parts of the province, is 480 well pads, or one every five kilometers.
Companies also currently need permission from landowners to access private property in the patch, but not under it.
"The province owns the mineral rights underground and can do with it as they see fit," she said.
If a landowner wants out of a property contract with a company, the current agreement allows for that whereby the company abides by the landowners wishes. However, since there are no formal regulations in place governing that at the moment, it could change.
The CCNB is also very concerned about the chemicals used in the fracking process. According to Merrill, there is no law in the province requiring shale gas companies disclose the recipes they use when mixing materials onsite to create the frack fluid.
"This makes it difficult to pick up chemical measurements for the water samples...and hard to connect the site to damaged well water in the area," said Merrill.
CCNB research found over the life of a shale gas well, this frack fluid can, among other things, come back to the surface full of minerals and chemicals, wreaking havoc on the habitat. Currently in New Brunswick there is no technology available to treat the frack fluid making it safe to return to the environment.
Merrill went on to describe the infrastructure phase of the process where derricks are erected over the site which can be unstable. Surrounding vents release pollution, natural gas flares from the pipe emit hazardous waste and chemical containers stored onsite may leak.
Once a company is done with a well it's abandoned, often leaving behind unstable cement caps in the drill bore, a tailing pond full of toxic frack fluid and rusting storage tanks, to name a few. The landscape becomes scarred and fragmented from the destruction of the wells located sporadically in the countryside. A community is disrupted because it's quality of life is greatly reduced if the ground water or local fresh water is damaged.
"The industry says it's not a problem; there's nothing in the courts about it; their attitude is, 'prove it'", she said, adding, "A lot of people don't come forward, but instead sign a non-disclosure agreement with the companies to get water provided by them."
Merrill stated in New Brunswick there is often no information given to homeowners about the impact on wells when companies are working in the area. The CCNB has learned the RPC lab in Fredericton has been contracted by Southwestern Energy to provide water testing when required.
But if something happens during the fracking process, such as a weak well bore causing methane to migrate into the water well of a homeowner, the burden of proof is on that homeowner because many water wells have naturally-occurring methane.
Of grave concern to the CCNB is the surface water contamination that can occur with shale gas fracking.
"Sixty-four per cent of New Brunswickers get their drinking water from private wells fed by a watershed," said Merrill.
Merrill cited the recent report turned in by the province's energy commission appointed to look into energy options the government can pursue. The CCNB found it reduced targets for renewable sources from ten percent to three, focusing on natural gas for the future, putting watersheds in even more danger.
Although there is some regulatory legislation overseeing the industry in New Brunswick through the Oil and Natural Gas Act, there is a caveat at the end of it which allows the Minister of Natural Resources to have the last say if there is a dispute between a shale gas company and a private water well owner. There is also an Environmental Protection Act in place, but it's seen by the environment lobby as too antiquated and weak to meet the demands placed on it by this new shale gas industry in the province.
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Adam Cole on winning the ROH Title for the second time, joining the Bullet Club, more
Ring of Honor World Heavyweight Champion Adam Cole spoke with The Mirror to promote this weekend's ROH Reach the Sky tour in the UK. During the interview, Cole was asked about joining the Bullet Club at the end of ROH Global Wars PPV in May. Cole said it has been huge for his career. "I think no doubt it's been one of, if not the biggest things I've done in my wrestling career," Cole said. Cole is glad that the live crowds have been very receptive to the group and the night he joined the group, it was the most social media interaction that he has ever had. More than winning the ROH Title or anything else for that matter. "Bullet Club was a huge thing, and it forced me even more so to step my game up, because when I'm surrounded by guys of the calibre of The Young Bucks, of Kenny Omega, Hangman Page, who is really making waves and making a name for himself right now, it's a challenge," Cole said. Cole thinks joining the group puts him in a position to try new things, play off of different characters and just continue to evolve his character. It has also opened the door to work in NJPW.
When asked about being among Austin Aries and Jay Briscoe as wrestlers who have won the ROH World Title twice, Cole said that it was a pretty surreal moment for him as he first won the title when he was 23-years old and didn't enjoy that moment. But he did enjoy the moment when he won the title for the second time. "Then the reality sunk in of this pressure that I had of being the guy who kind of leads the charge in Ring of Honor, Cole said. Cole feels the pressure of being the top guy in the promotion and those who have held the title before him. "I know the position I'm being put in, and it's something that not only am I looking forward to, I know for a fact I'm ready for," Cole said.
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That's right. Mitt Romney, America's most famous representative of the Church of Latter Day Saints no longer belongs to the Mormon faith. His associations with the church were invalidated when a moment ago I took it upon myself to unbaptize him. So, spread the word far and wide, fellow atheists, Mitt Romney is now one of us. He is a man without a faith—regardless of whatever appearances he is going to try to keep in the future.
Now, I know some people may say, "It is not only immoral but impossible to take away someone's conscientious beliefs like that!"
That's what I thought too. Until a couple weeks ago when I read that Mitt Romney decided that the conscience of his staunchly anti-religious atheist father-in-law was a mere irrelevance and posthumously subjected him to a forced baptism. Luckily for Team Atheist, Bill Maher subsequently unbaptized him last weekend (see the video below), so he's back with us now.
And I decided to take it a step further and unbaptized Romney himself. So, from now on atheists, speak only according to the truth. Correct everyone who tells you that Mitt Romney is a Mormon that they are behind the times. And if Mitt Romney objects—well, why should that matter?
Now some might object should not be faulted for disrespecting his father-in-law's conscience because he had only the noblest intentions, even if they were misguided. He was urgently trying to save his father-in-law's soul and get him into heaven. But in fact, I did this for Mitt's own good, too. I am trying to help him get elected to the presidency by taking away his unfortunate, misguided beliefs that alienate him from so much of the public that so rightly judges their political candidates by what faith they have. This can only mean his chances of winning the Presidency can go up. You're Welcome, Governor.
UPDATE: Sorry, I just learned that atheists are even more mistrusted than Mormons as presidential candidates. I'm so sorry, Governor, but what's done is done!
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Donde Quiera Que Estés
|"Donde Quiera Que Estés"
|Single by Selena and the Barrio Boyzz
|from the album Donde Quiera Que Estés
|January 22, 1994
|1993 (New York City)
|4:25 (Spanish version)
4:30 (English version)
|EMI Latin
|The Barrio Boyzz singles chronology
|Selena singles chronology
"Donde Quiera Que Estés" (English: "Wherever You Are") is a duet recorded by American Latin pop quintet the Barrio Boyzz and American Tejano singer Selena. Released on the Barrio Boyzz' album of the same name, "Donde Quiera Que Estés" was written by K. C. Porter, Miguel Flores, Desmond Child, and produced by A.B. Quintanilla III, Domingo Padilla and Bebu Silvetti. The lyrics explore feelings felt after a breakup between first-time lovers who hope that their love will one day return. "Donde Quiera Que Estés" is a dance pop song with influences from hip-hop music.
Before the recording sessions, the Barrio Boyzz and Selena were unaware of each other until EMI Latin acquainted them to record the song. After filming the music video for the song in New York, the Barrio Boyzz and Selena went on a mini-tour throughout Texas and Mexico. The song peaked at number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot Latin Songs chart for six consecutive weeks. It eventually became the sixth most performed Latin song of 1994 in the United States. "Donde Quiera Que Estés" was nominated for Vocal Duo of the Year at the 1994 Tejano Music Awards. The song was a critical success with music journalist favoring its musical composition.
Background and production[edit]
"Donde Quiera Que Estés" was written by American music producers K. C. Porter, Miguel Flores, and Desmond Child for EMI Latin's project.[1] The record company wanted the Barrio Boyzz and Selena to record the tune, the two were unaware of each other and were acquainted to record the song. Selena's sister and drummer of Selena y Los Dinos, Suzette Quintanilla said in a 2002 interview that "[the other company] were like "well who is Selena?" and vice versa "who is the Barrio Boyzz?", we weren't too familiar with them."[1] Selena flew to New York with her mother Marcella Quintanilla to record and film the song with the Barrio Boyzz.[1] The song was produced by Selena's brother–record producer A.B. Quintanilla, American hip-hop producer Domingo Padilla, and Argentine musician and producer Bebu Silvetti.[1] The song was included in the 1993 sophomore album of the same name by the Barrio Boyzz, the album was later certified platinum (Latin field) for shipments of 100,000 units in the United States.[2] According to El Salvador (El Mundo), Jose Behar, then-president of EMI Latin, initially wanted to expand the Barrio Boyzz and Selena's exposure from two different regions of the United States where they were relatively unknown.[3]
On March 31, 1995, Selena was shot and killed by Yolanda Saldívar, her friend and former manager of the singer's Selena Etc. boutiques.[4] At the time of her death, Selena was working on a crossover album that marketed her as an American solo pop artist.[5] The Barrio Boyzz were asked to re-record the song into a bilingual duet with Selena entitled "Wherever You Are".[6] The song was added to the track listing of Dreaming of You (1995), which was later certified 35× platinum (Latin field) for shipments of 3.5 million units in the United States.[7]
Composition and chart history[edit]
"Donde Quiera Que Estés" is a Spanish-language dance pop song with influences of hip-hop music. It is performed in a moderate groove with a tempo of 90 beats per minute.[8] Both the Spanish and English versions are performed in [B minor]] and make use of scat singing, and the musical instruments used in the recording are the piano and drums.[8] The lyrics explore feelings of a couple's ending relationship, though both hope that their love will soon return.[8]
The song was released onto U.S. radios on 22 January 1994 and debuted at number 20 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Latin Songs chart on the week ending 5 February 1994.[9] The song jumped to number six in the second week and to number three on the following week. John Lannert of Billboard called "Donde Quiera Que Estés" a "fast-climbing" song and predicted it—along with Los Fugitivos' song "La Loca"—to have outperform Ana Gabriel's chart topper "Luna" in the following week.[10] The song fell to number four on the week ending 26 February 1994, it reclaimed the third position the following week for two consecutive weeks.[11] On 26 March 1994, "Donde Quiera Que Estés" peaked at number one on the chart and remained atop the chart for six consecutive weeks.[12] This gave the Barrio Boyzz their second consecutive number one song, with their first being "Cerca de Ti" which peaked at number one on the week ending 18 December 1993.[13] "Donde Quiera Que Estés" provided Selena her first number one song in two years, her first number one was "Buenos Amigos" with Alvaro Torres, which peaked at number one on 6 June 1992.[12] "Donde Quiera Que Estés" knocked Gloria Estefan's "Mi Buen Amor", which was logged atop the chart for two consecutive weeks.[12]
In its fourth week at number one, "Donde Quiera Que Estés" scored a "commanding point bulge" and its score at the time didn't seem to be diminishing.[14] In its fifth week, Lannert pointed out that La Mafia's "Vida" song was vastly approaching the number one spot, however, he predicted that the song should remain at number one for one more week before being dethroned.[15]
Critical reception and legacy[edit]
The song was nominated for Vocal Duo of the Year at the 1994 Tejano Music Awards, where the Barrio Boyzz and Selena performed the track.[16] John Lannert of Billboard called "Donde Quiera Que Estés" a "pop/dance monster" during its reign on the top of Latin charts in 1994.[17] After Selena's death, Lannert wrote a retrospective article on the singer for Billboard released on 10 June 1995, he called "Donde Quiera Que Estés" a "pop duet smash".[18] After Selena was inducted into the Billboard Latin Music Hall of Fame on that same issue, Lannert allude the song as being a "rhythmic pop number".[18] On his album review of Dreaming of You, Paul Verna of Billboard called the track a "smash collaboration".[19] Marco Torres wrote in the Houston Press that "Donde Quiera Que Estés" is "probably the best music video of all time". He further wrote that Selena "showcases her pop-princess qualities by teaming up with New York City Latino pop group [the] Barrio Boyzz". Torres also states that "this song about first loves is the perfect balance of harmony, sultry whispers and Selena's ability to turn an otherwise mediocre song into a spectacular hit."[20] The Argus-Press believed that "Donde Quiera Que Estés" and Selena's subsequent single "Amor Prohibido", were added on Dreaming of You to "show how her style grew."[21] Reviewing "Wherever You Are", Howard Cohen and Fernando Gonzalez of The Day, called the track a hip-hop number.[22]
Salsa singers Isidro Infante and La Elite covered the song for the tribute album Familia RMM Recordando a Selena (1996).[23] For the live televised tribute concert Selena ¡VIVE! in April 2005, Aleks Syntek and Fey performed and recorded the song.[24][25] It was later made available for the album of the concert, released on 10 May 2005.[26] Syntek later re-released the song for his compilation album 3 Décadas de Duetos (2012).[27] In March 2010, the music video for "Donde Queira Que Estés" and other Selena music videos formed part of a tribute to mark the fifteenth anniversary of the singer's death. It was broadcast to 42 million homes nationwide on Music Choice On Demand in the United States for a limited time.[28]
Weekly charts[edit]
Year-end charts[edit]
|Certified units/sales
|United States (RIAA)[31]
|Gold (Latin)
sales+streaming figures based on certification alone
- Music video
- Laurice Bell—director
- Jose Behar (EMI Latin)—producer
- Desmond Charles (Tango Productions)—producer
- Donde Quiera Que Estés
- Selena—vocals
- the Barrio Boyzz—vocals, scats
- Joe Ojeda—piano
- Chris Pérez—electric guitar
- Suzette Quintanilla—drums
- A.B. Quintanilla—producer
- Domingo Padilla—producer
- Bebu Silvetti—producer
- K. C. Porter—composer
- Miguel Flores—composer
- Desmond Child—composer
- Lisette Lorenzo—art direction
See also[edit]
- List of songs recorded by Selena
- List of number-one Billboard Hot Latin Tracks of 1994
- List of works published posthumously
- Latin American music in the United States
- ^ a b c d Ones (Compact disc). Selena. EMI Latin. 2002. 724358022100.CS1 maint: others (link)
- ^ Lannert, John; Burr, Ramiro (26 November 1994). "Label Roundup: Current Acts & Activities". Billboard. 106 (48): 66. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
- ^ "Al final, Alvaro Torres y Selena no eran "buenos amigos"". El Salvador (El Mundo) (in Spanish). 30 March 2015. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
- ^ Steenstra 2010, p. 206.
- ^ Strauss, Neil (27 July 1995). "The Pop Life". The New York Times. Retrieved 12 May 2011.
- ^ Dreaming of You (Compact disc). Selena. EMI Latin/EMI Records. 1995. 724354096907 (U.S.).CS1 maint: others (link)
- ^ "American certifications – Selena – Dreaming of You". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 7 December 2011.
- ^ a b c Quintanilla-Perez, Selena; Porter, K. C. (1995). "Dreaming of You sheet music". sheetmusicplus.com. Hal Leonard. HL.306078 (Product Number).
- ^ "Hot Latin Songs > 5 February 1994". Billboard. 106 (6): 31. 5 February 1994. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
- ^ Lannert, John (19 February 1994). "Hot Latin Songs > 19 February 1994". Billboard. 106 (8): 36. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
- ^ "Hot Latin Songs > 5 March 1994". Billboard. 106 (10). 5 March 1994. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
- ^ a b c Lannert, John (26 March 1994). "Latin Notas". Billboard. 106 (13): 111–112. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
- ^ Lannert, John (15 January 1995). "Hot Latin Tracks > 15 January 1994". 105. 106 (2): 112.
- ^ Lannert, John (16 April 1994). "Latin Notas". Billboard. 106 (16): 44. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
- ^ Lannert, John (23 April 1994). "Latin Notas". Billboard. 106 (17): 37, 39. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
- ^ "Tejano Music Awards Past Award Winners". TejanoMusicAwards.com. 23 August 2008. Archived from the original on 15 August 2010. Retrieved 12 July 2011.
- ^ Lannert, John (30 April 1994). "Latin Notas". Billboard. 106 (18): 33. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
- ^ a b Lannert, John (10 June 1995). "A Retrospective". Billboard. 107 (23): 58, 62. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
- ^ Verna, Paul (5 August 1995). "Album Reviews". Billboard. 107 (31): 72. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
- ^ Marco, Torres (18 April 2014). "Selena's Legacy Lives on At Two Local Celebrations". Houston Press. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
- ^ "Selena's CD: Just Call it "HERstory"". The Argus-Press. 27 August 1995. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
- ^ Cohen, Howard; Gonzalez, Fernando (23 July 1995). "Bon Jovi flexes its Teflon muscles a la Manilow". The Day. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
- ^ Familia RMM Recordando a Selena (Compact disc). RMM Records & Video. 1996. 602828201340.
- ^ "Univision's 'Selena ¡Vive!' Breaks Audience Records". Hispanicwire. 11 April 2005. Archived from the original on 21 April 2012. Retrieved 30 May 2012.
- ^ "Selena Viene de Pag". La Opinión (in Spanish). Impremedia LLC. 9 April 2005. Retrieved 26 June 2012.
- ^ Selena ¡VIVE! (Compact disc). EMI Latin. 2005. 724347765902.
- ^ 3 Décadas de Duetos (Digital album). Capitol Records Mexico. 2012. 5099943377022.
- ^ Hamptons.com (1 March 2010). "This Week In Arts". Hamptons.com. Retrieved 13 July 2011.
- ^ "Selena Chart History (Hot Latin Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
- ^ "Latin Music Quarterly". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 110 (48): 104. November 1998. Retrieved 30 May 2012.
- ^ "American single certifications – Selena – Donde Quiera Que Estes". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Single, then click Type, then select Latin, then click SEARCH.
- Steenstra, Sytze (2010). Song and Circumstance: The Work of David Byrne from Talking Heads to the Present. New York: Continuum. ISBN 144111159X.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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Comedy Nite:
Featuring the Mockingbird of Falderal
(The lights dim, the mockingbird takes his seat on a perch in front of the microphone. The crowd is silent.)
Mockingbird: Hey, is this an audience or an oil painting? Y'know, I just flew in here from the desert of Eldritch, and boy, are my wings tired. There was an old guy out there, just wanderin' around and scratching himself like crazy. I stop and ask him why he's scratching, and he says, 'I don't now, maybe it's just Elder-Itch!'" (drum roll. Audience groans and laughs.)
Mockingbird: C'mon, animals, I've seen more life in Ooga Booga! By the way, is anyone from Ooga Booga here tonight? (no response.) Well, I guess all the boys and ghouls from that place are feeling a bit rotten tonight, eh? (drum roll. Audience laughs.)
Mockingbird: Y'know, I was there just last week. That old gravedigger was pushing a coffin into one of his latest graves and muttering to himself that it seemed lighter than he remembered. I suggested that he open it, and he did, and guess what? The body was gone! I asked the old guy how it got out, and he said, "Oh, I guess it just wormed its way out." (drum roll. Audience grimaces and makes noises of disgust.)
Mockingbird: Didn't swallow that one easily, did you? Okay, I'll change the subject. I was talking to this badger and his sister in Falderal the other day. I'd never met the guy before, so I asked him what his sister was named. He says, "She doesn't like her full name, so we call her Jo." I say, "What is Jo short for?" and the badger replies, "I don't know. She's just got little legs, I guess." (Audience laughs)
Mockingbird: Yeah, and he said she was so ugly that he couldn't put a bag over her head for fear that it might be unfair to the bag! (more laughter.)
Mockingbird: And what about that Mathilde? I mean, is that her face or is a troll head stuck in her collar? (a rotten tomato flies through the air and splatters against the lower part of the mockingbird's perch. He snaps his head towards the source of the fruit.)
Mockingbird: All right! Who threw that?
Audience Member: I did! (the mockingbird cranes his neck towards the speaker. It's Rosella! She's sitting at a table with Edgar and Valanice, glaring at the mockingbird tenaciously.)
Mockingbird: What was that for, ya crazy human?
Rosella: Nothing personal, but I say you hold back on the troll jokes! I mean, I actually WAS one for a brief time, and it was not funny, believe me!
Edgar: So was I! So watch it, you bird!
Mockingbird: All right! All right! Geez, princess, what big ears you've got! You humans are so touchy sometimes! But what about that tomato, eh?
Rosella: A tip from my brother. He's an experienced adventurer, and he didn't want to let me out on his discoveries.
Mockingbird: Okay, now with that safely, behind us, let's talk about another place for a change, shall we? (A chorus of yeahs and yesses comes from the crowd.) Y'know, I heard that someone in the Land of the Green Isles raised a filly up to be a racing horse. When he raced her in the evening, she always won but when he raced her in the morning, she always lost. She was a fine horse, but she was a real night mare. (laughter.)
Mockingbird: You know how much the pirates that come to the dock in Llewdor pay for their earrings? (pause.) A buccaneer! (groans and applause.)
Mockingbird: And that minstrel from Tamir? Frankie of Avalon? He's just a few nuts short of a pack, I think. He caught a fish the other day and was trying to drown it! (laughter) And that lute of his…anyone know the difference between that lute and an onion? No one cries when you cut the lute up!
(A large shoe whizzes through the air, over the mockingbird's head, landing on the stage behind him.)
Mockingbird: Not again! Who threw that shoe?
Audience member: I did.
Mockingbird: I just wanted to let you know that the sole is wearing down. Take it to a cobbler. (mild laughter) Well, anyone here tonight from out of town…besides the human with the tomato? (Rosella smirks. A wolf in the back of the room raises a paw.)
Wolf: I just came in from Kolyma. I seemed to be having an identity crisis there, I thought that coming here would help me relax.
Mockingbird: Oh yes, the canine cross-dresser. Nice to meet you. By the way, did anyone hear about the ship carrying a load of brown and red paint that went down by Kolyma? The survivors were marooned! (the audience laughs, but the wolf rolls his eyes and growls.) Anyone else from out of town? (an eagle perched on the back of a nearby chair raises a wing.)
Eagle: I came here from the mountains of Serinia, where once prowled the vicious yeti. Before he was pied off a cliff with great skill by the husband of Valanice over there. (he gestures with a wing towards Valanice and her companions. Valanice smiles and straightens her dress.)
Mockingbird: Nice, very nice. By the way, eagle, do you know why yetis have such large nostrils? (pause) Because they have huge fingers! (noises of disgust, the eagle covers his face with a wing and shakes his head.) Sorry 'bout that, folks. It's snot my fault! (more disgusted noises and laughter.) But seriously folks, it's nice to have so many different people, creatures and mythical beasts here tonight. I've never been so soaked with attention since the moon fell into the pool in the downtown square. I will be ending my show now, please join us again tomorrow night for the "Fairy Tale" skits, featuring Queen Titania and her charming little sister, Malicia, whose fourth birthday should be coming up soon. These two females are superb actresses, as well as experienced magic-workers. Don't miss it. And by the way, don't mind Chicken Petite as you exit, ladies and gentlemen. She's recently been obsessed with these "visions" from the Other World about another apocalyptic happening she calls the Y2K Bug. Don't worry, I'm sure it won't be nearly as bad as the sky falling. Thank you and good night.
(Applause. The mockingbird flaps off his perch and goes backstage. The audience gets up and starts to file out as the lights come on again.)


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Warrnambool retailer Ishka says it has '50-50' chance of staying open
WARRNAMBOOL retail store Ishka could stay open despite store signs that have caught the eye of Victoria's consumer regulator that state it's closing down.
The bohemian homewares, clothing and jewellery store has promoted a "closing-down" sale on bright signs at the Kepler Street shopfront since April.
But an Ishka customer support representative told The Standard the store's closure had a "50-50 status".
"It could close down, it could not," he said.
"The reason behind the closing-down status of the Warrnambool store is we're currently negotiating a leasing contract with the landlord."
The representative said lease negotiations had prompted other "closing-down" sales at separate regional Victorian stores including in Geelong, Shepparton and Bendigo.
"It's basically the same thing, leasing contracts with the landlords," he said.
"If we're able to settle that, the stores will be able to stay open."
A Consumer Affairs Victoria spokeswoman said the regulator was aware of Ishka's advertising and was "monitoring the situation".
"If breaches of the Australian Consumer Law are identified action will be taken," she said.
An Australian Competition and Consumer Commission spokeswoman said while they were unable to comment on specific businesses, retailers were prohibited from making false or misleading claims about sales and discounts.
"This may include claims about sales arising from a store's imminent closure," she said.
"What is likely to mislead or deceive depends on the overall impression created by the conduct or misrepresentation."
The Standard contacted Ishka co-owner Jono Gelfand for comment.
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The Optimist Club of Marshall held its weekly meeting Saturday, May 25
The Optimist Club of Marshall held its weekly meeting at 7 a.m. Saturday, May 25, at Bloomfield's in Marshall.
The meeting was called to order by Vice-President Brenda Thomason. The invocation was given by Paul Collier, followed by the Pledge of Allegiance.
Lyle Barfrede attended the meeting and thanked the club for the scholarship he was awarded.
The program for the meeting was given by Clare Norman. She spoke on the Foster Grandparent Program and the joy of working with children. To be a foster grandparent the age requirement is 55 years old or older. There is a need for foster grandparents, and anyone interested can contact Marilyn Rimmer at Marshall Habilitation Center.
Collier reported he and club members Ann Collier, Judy Bushnell, Jim Johnson, John Boyd and Ken Donnell served soda, popcorn and cotton candy to the children at the Butterfield Carnival.
The club held the Optimist International Foundation drawing Saturday, June 1.
The meeting adjourned with the Optimist Creed.


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Breathe Easy September – the results are in!
14 October 2019
By Hayley Carmichael
We ran a campaign to tackle local air pollution throughout September for NHS trusts across Sussex and in Surrey.
What was involved in Breathe Easy September?
We designed the campaign so that all trusts could take part, whether or not they were actively delivering Care Without Carbon within their organisation.
There were three elements to the campaign with six trusts invited to participate (ESHT, SCFT, Sussex Partnership, SASH, Western Sussex and BSUH):
- #activecommute: the first was a pledge to make a more active commute to work at least one day per week. This could be walking, cycling or taking public transport. The pledge was available to all Trusts in the area, with staff at SCFT, Sussex Partnership and SASH sharing photos to feature in posters to promote the pledge on Trust sites.
- Our new Dare Challenge: the second was a new Dare Challenge called 'Pedal Power' which staff at SCFT, Sussex Partnership and SASH could take part in to encourage more people to use a bicycle for their travel. Staff have eight weeks from the date they started in September to cycle their chosen virtual route. There were three routes to choose from ranging from 100 to 750 miles.
- A focus on cutting idling: lastly we designed a 'No Idling' poster for use across all NHS trust sites to encourage more mindful use of vehicles on NHS sites. Drivers were encouraged to switch off engines when stationary to help minimise air pollution.
We promoted these three elements through internal communications channels at all the Trusts taking part and via social media. In addition we featured regular weekly blogs to support the topic and posters went up around Trust sites as a visual reminder.
At Brighton General Hospital we were also able to hold a joint event with Brighton & Hove City Council, Brighton buses and Love to Ride open to staff at SCFT and Sussex Partnership.
A successful engagement campaign
September is a great month to encourage people to change habits, with that 'back to school' freshness that comes after summer.
During September we had 148 people check out our Twitter profile, and tweets about Breathe Easy September gained over 23,000 impressions (that's how many times they can be seen on Twitter).
Over 750 people visited the website during Breathe Easy September, which was a 21% increase in visitors from the previous month.
We had 52 people make the #activecommute pledge. The Office of National Statistics suggests the average distance people travel to work is 9.3 miles, which means our Darers saved 483 miles per week between them. Over the month this would equate to over 600kg of CO2 which would take 11 trees over 10 years to absorb!
You can still make your pledge to #activecommute and help reduce the carbon footprint from cars even further – just visit www.carewithoutcarbon.org/dares.
If you would like a copy of the No Idling poster for the NHS site you are based at please email email@example.com.


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Porch pirates could go to prison after new bill takes effect later this year
Package thieves, also known as "porch pirates" could face felony charges and serious fines after a new law takes effect later this year.
Package theft is currently only prosecuted as a class C misdemeanor or as a class B misdemeanor, similar to shoplifting, according to the author of the bill, State Rep. Gene Wu of Houston.
House Bill 37 makes it a felony for people to steal mail or packages, including a letter, postal card, package, bag, or other sealed article from a person's premises without the consent of the homeowner. Gov. Greg Abbott recently signed the law, which takes effect Sept. 1
Under the new law, mail theft is considered a class A misdemeanor if a person steals from fewer than 10 addresses; a state-jail felony if a person steals from at 10-30 addresses; and a third-degree felony if a person steals from 30 or more addresses.
REPORT: Houston, other Texas cities rank in top 10 for porch pirates
The law calls for more severe penalties if it is determined a person stole mail with identifying information with the intent to commit fraud. Under this clause, the law makes it a state-jail felony if a person steals from fewer than 10 addresses; a third degree felony to steal from 10-20 addresses; a second degree felony to steal from 20-50 addresses; and a first degree felony to steal from 50 or more addresses, according to a bill analysis.
The law raises an offense if the person found guilty knew or had reason to believe a disabled or elderly individual lived at the address they stole from.
Those convicted under the new law could face jail time of 180 days to life in prison, depending on the severity of the theft. Those convicted under the new law could also face fines of $4,000 to $10,000.
Houston is all-too familiar with porch pirates. The Bayou City was ranked seventh among large metro areas around the country for package thefts during the holidays, according to insurance and FBI data.
"Package theft has been on the rise in recent years due to the increased market share of online shopping and home delivery services," Wu said in a release on the bill's inception. "Despite frequently having clear videos documenting the theft, these acts often go un-investigated, and the offenders go unpunished. I hope that this legislation can encourage prosecutions and deter would be thieves who don't think the police would ever bother."
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Then I have a wonderful wooden bowl my mom gave me for Christmas. I had placed some greenery and mercury acorns in it.
It is as wintery as it is Christmasy (new word).
I laughed the other day as I passed by the table and noticed something odd:
Do you see it? The bowl now holds another mercury item in its collection.
A light bulb.
I cracked up – how did a light bulb get in there? It turns out it is still good. Hubby replaced it with a brighter bulb and did not have a box to place the forlorn bulb in. So he placed it with the acorns cushioned in the greenery, duh?
The Odd Shots is hosted by Katney. Visit her list for silly shots, serious shots and truly odd shots!


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Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association Board Meeting Features Performance by Nashville Hitmaker
The Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association Summer Board Meeting featured a performance by award-winning BMI songwriter Tim James, who has written #1 songs for Lee Brice, Toby Keith and George Strait. James performed his hit tunes and told the stories behind the songs in front of a large group of restaurateurs and executives from across Florida who were gathered in Hawk's Cay, FL for their annual summer board meeting.
SOURCENews TAGS Licensing Business Associations Lee Brice Tim James Toby Keith George Strait


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Los Angeles, CA – August 29, 2016 – American LegalNet, Inc. (ALN) announced today that Blank Rome LLP has purchased its eDockets court-rules-based calendaring and docketing systems software as well as Docket Direct local/federal court feeds and Smart Dockets™ court date calculator app. Blank Rome also bought the eDockets/iManage Document Management System integration and national court rules as part of their subscription.
After acquiring Dickstein Shapiro in February 2016, Blank Rome had several different docketing and calendar applications including two versions of CompuLaw, MA 3000 and CourtAlert. Maintaining many different systems was not sustainable, and merging them together would have been complicated and expensive. Instead Blank Rome decided to buy American LegalNet's software, a comprehensive system which encompassed court rules from all U.S. jurisdictions.
Blank Rome's CIO Larry Liss explained: "We were reorganizing the whole docketing function and wanted to consolidate on one system for docketing and calendaring. After careful review, the firm selected American LegalNet's product suite including eDockets, Docket Direct and Smart Dockets. American LegalNet handles all jurisdictions and will make our firm more efficient. The software also integrated with our Thomson Elite 3E financial system which was a priority."
Karen Jablonski, Senior Director of Attorney and Client Services at Blank Rome remarked: "I spoke with several references from American LegalNet's impressive client list and heard a lot of honest, positive feedback. American LegalNet can service our firm on a national basis, and using eDockets will open up new possibilities for Blank Rome to use its calendaring function in other practice areas. Also, we will make the process much faster – eDockets calendar updates take less than 30 minutes, dramatically faster than the 3 hours our incumbent system requires. eDockets will also increase our attention to risk management so we don't miss critical dates which pleases our clients and our professional liability insurance carriers, too."
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Yet another graduating class has been sent to "go forth and set the world on fire!" On June 8, 2019, our largest graduating class received their high school diplomas during the commencement ceremony at the school. For the ninth consecutive year, every Cristo Rey senior was accepted to college!
2019 graduates plan to enroll at institutions such as Georgetown University, Santa Clara University, University of St. Thomas, Augsburg University, College of Saint Benedict, Saint John's University, St. Olaf College, St. Catherine University and the College of St. Scholastica.


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Der Rheinpark spiegelt in seiner Gestaltung die Gartenarchitektur der 1950er Jahre wider. Die Planungen entstanden für die Kölner Bundesgartenschau 1957. Mit seinen riesigen Spiellandschaften und Wiesen bietet der Park ein familienfreundliches Freizeitangebot.
This is my favourite park in Cologne. A long time ago this park was build for Germanys biggest exhibition for gardening. Even if the park is not as glamorous as it was when the exhibition was ongoing it is still a beautiful place to spent some time outside.
A lot of free space, a direct view to the cologne dome and the city, a beach, a place to go skateboarding...
Hot Spring
"Relaxing bathing in water that's between 33°C and 37°C 2h - 16€ (with sauna 21€) dayticket 35€"
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"The chocolate museum educates about the history of chocolate and displays the production of chocolate from the cacao tree to the finished product. And of course, you can taste the chocolate as well."
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"If you want to have a look over Cologne but also see the Dom, that's the place to be. On the other side of the river, next to Messe Deutz, you won't have to climb the stairs and it costs about the same as walking up the Dom. Closed with heavy rain or wind as you're standing outside. If it's you birthay you get in for free (at least some years ago)!"
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"The Cologne zoo and the aquarium - why not going there wehen staying longer in Cologne?"
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"most famous museum in NRW. Amazing collection of modern and contemporary art."
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Chesapeake Harvest, which has been incubated by the Easton Economic Development Corporation for the last several years, started out focused on preparing Eastern Shore farmers to expand their market reach by training them with best practices and food safety guidelines required for larger markets.
But from the very beginning, Chesapeake Harvest was also eager to help those farmers with marketing and sales strategies to satisfy not only wholesale demands, but develop creative new ways to open up retail and institutional opportunities.
One of those new opportunities has been the development of Chesapeake's online farmers' market. With the leadership of advisory board member Jordan Lloyd, his wife, Alice, Chesapeake Harvest's Elizabeth Beggins, and EEDC director Tracy Ward, the team switched on their website a year ago to test the waters of this entirely new way to bring local food to local family tables.
Last week, the Spy sat down with Jordan at the Bullitt House in Easton to talk about this new program and its future.
This video is approximately three minutes in length. For more information about Chesapeake Harvest and to access their website please go here.


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Cardi B Cancels Concert Due To Plastic Surgery Complications
By Peyton Blakemore
May 21, 2019
Cardi B is going to have to slow down for a while.
According to TMZ, the "Clout" rapper was forced to cancel a Memorial Day Weekend concert in Maryland because of some serious complications from her recent liposuction and breast augmentation surgeries.
Sources told the entertainment news site, things have gotten so bad, Cardi simply cannot perform, which is what her doctors have reportedly been recommending for weeks now. The 26-year-old rapper's surgeons say she needs time to let the swelling go down and for her body to fully recover after her recent surgeries. Doctors are reportedly recommending she rest for a few weeks, especially since she's been doing so much.
As fans know, Cardi has had back-to-back performances and appearances for all of 2019. If she wasn't at the launch of her Vegas residency, she was headlining a music festival, or performing at a venue, or launching her clothing line (where she also performed), or attending/performing at an award show. To say that she's been busy would be an understatement, and sources close to the rapper told TMZ the surgeries are finally catching up to her and her heavy workload proved to be too much, too soon.
Cardi has been very open about going under the knife. Earlier this month, she told the crowd at the Beale Street Music Festival in Memphis that she recently had liposuction. "I have some news for y'all," she teased. "I should have canceled today. I shouldn't really be performing because moving too much is gonna f**k up my lipo. But b*tch, I'm still gonna get my motherf**king money back, let's go!"
Days before that, Cardi admitted to undergoing breast augmentation surgery while chatting with Entertainment Tonight at the 2019 Billboard Music Awards, where she put her incredible abs on display. "I just got my boobs redone. I feel good, but then sometimes I feel like not, you know? [When] your skin is stretched out," she explained.
"Yes, my daughter f**ked me up," Cardi jokingly added, referencing the birth of her nine-month-old daughter Kulture. "She did. She so did."
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Apply at https://ngcareers.com/job/2017-09/tuberculosis-tb-logistics-associate-at-chemonics-international-225/
Tuberculosis (TB) Logistics Associate at Chemonics International
Chemonics International Inc., a leading international development firm based in Washington. We are currently working on a project (Nigeria State2State), an anticipated five-year project funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).State2State is presently accepting expressions of interest from qualified Nigerian nationals for this upcoming project. Chemonics seeks candidates with experience working on USAID or other international donor funded projects in Northeast and Northwest Nigeria to fill the position below:Job Title: Tuberculosis (TB) Logistics AssociateLocation: Abuja, NigeriaScope of WorkThis scope of work (SOW) sets forth the services to be provided by the TB Logistics Associate to SAII Associates Ltd/Gte, an associate company of Chemonics International Inc. in the implementation of the USAID Global Health Supply Chain - Procurement and Supply Management (GHSC-PSM) in Nigeria.BackgroundThe purpose of the USAID Global Health Supply Chain Program-Procurement and Supply Management single award IDIQ contract is to ensure uninterrupted supplies of health commodities to prevent suffering, save lives, and create a brighter future for families around the world. The IDIQ has four task orders that directly support the U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), the President's Malaria Initiative (PMI), and USAID's family planning and reproductive health program. GHSC-PSM provides health commodity procurement services and systems strengthening technical assistance that address all elements of a comprehensive supply chain. All four task orders are implemented in Nigeria.The TB Associate will support the GHSC-PSM Tuberculosis Logistics Team under the overall guidance of the Lab Logistics Director to provide hands-on support to health facilities, States, and Federal Ministry of Health Agencies through their Logistics Management Coordination Units (LMCUs) and at the Central level. In collaboration with the Lab Logistics Manager, Regional Managers, s/he will support Health Facilities, the providing lab services, implementing partners, Global Fund-supported partners and other stakeholders in defined location on supply chain-related activities to enhance data visibility and information sharing.Supervision:The Tuberculosis Logistics Associate will report directly to the TB Logistics Manager.Working Conditions/Duration of AssignmentThis is a long-term position for the life of the contract based in Abuja, Nigeria.Principal Duties and Responsibilities (Essential Functions)Under supervision provides support in the collection of laboratory logistics data using national HIV/AIDS and TB laboratory logistics tools that can inform resupplies, quantification, and funding and procurement decisions.Under supervision provides technical support to the GHSC-PSM cold chain assessment warehousing and distribution activities to support service delivery.In liaison with the supervisor, provides technical support to the Government and partners on product specifications and selection to inform quantification and procurement of laboratory commodities.Under guidance Provides technical assistance to the stakeholders on Integrated Samples Transfer/Referral system to optimize the laboratory equipment harmonization and standardization.Provides technical assistant for the update of the standardized list of laboratory equipment for each level of the national health pyramid.Under mentorship supports the process of post-market validation of HIV rapid test kits and other laboratory products as appropriate, based on the guidance of the national programs and USG team.Timely processing of LMIS reports, and filling of requirements to ensure that health facilities are re-supplied with appropriate commodities.Support training/mentoring of health facility staff in the use and application of the LMIS tools for the collection of HIV and TB logistics dataPerform other duties as assigned.


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1898 – Born on August 15th in Richland, Georgia. American nurse.
– Bessie Lillian Gordy Carter was the mother of the 39th President of the United States, James "Jimmy" Carter.
1920 – She left Richland for a career as a nurse.
– She had dreamed of being a nurse and when she was accepted as a trainee at the Wise Sanitarium, the 22-year-old Miss Gordy moved to Plains.
– Lillian met Earl Carter, who was a successful business man in Plains.
1923 – Married to Earl Carter on September 26th at Plains Baptist Church.
1966 – At the age of 68, Lillian decided to join the Peace Corp.
– She used her nursing skills to help those less fortunate in India.
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The Sococo online office Map allows you to get insight into what's happening organizationally and see who is working with whom on which team. You can even update your availability status to reflect where you are and what you are working on. Maintaining large teams in an extra-large office can be a pain if there is not much visibility on where team members are located. Finding someone named John to get a file, when there are at least two John Does on the same floor can be solved by Sococo's labels and user profiles.
Online offices allow you to quickly gather information about your teammates that is applicable to both work and team building.
In this article, you will see the largest office maps for teams over of 100 people and their room capacities. These are the extra-large office layouts that you can Modify from the Space Settings Tool.
Denim Open 100
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- Two meeting rooms
- 104 office blocks with a maximum capacity of 5 team members each
Hybrid Denim 120
- 73 office blocks
- seven meeting rooms
Denim Team 130
- One large meetig room
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- 8 office blocks with a maximum capacity of 8 team members each
Primo 200
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The Challenges of Generational Wealth Transfer And the Family-Owned Business
In our last blog post, we discussed the top 5 reasons business owners do not have an exit plan. We received follow up questions regarding generational wealth transfer, thus thought we might like to expand on this topic.
We asked CKS' Managing Director of Advisory, David Asmus, to explain the common questions and solutions that can make or break a transaction of this type:
"Generational wealth transfer is a challenge. This is particularly true when a family-owned business is involved. The legal, tax, and technical issues are daunting enough without the additional emotional aspects of transitioning the parent's business to the next generation. Certainly, this challenge poses the question- will such a transition succeed, or be part of the significant majority that fail in these efforts?
We have found many families are reluctant to address the transitional challenge. The fact is, the health and longevity of a business depends on good, solid planning. This will increase the likelihood of a family-owned business surviving and thriving towards lasting value.
CKS approaches the family-owned business transition process by assessing key factors such as, (1) family members assuming control (and under what specific, protective terms for such assumption), (2) no successors in the family (where perhaps a family trust may be appropriate), or (3) selling to a third party outside of family ties. We work with legal and tax advisors for the family to develop a strategic plan and implement that plan towards, a hopefully successful transition.
The transitional planning process is vitally important as such decisions affect not only your business, but also your family, your employees and your customers. It is very wise and prudent to engage the services of experienced, qualified counselors and advisors to assist in business succession planning sooner, rather than later."
These challenges are possible to overcome. There are hundreds of successful business transitions that happen every year to family members. Recently, CKS Securities assisted Greenleaf Paper in a transaction between father, son, and a Private Equity portfolio company. The father retired after 35+ years of running his company, his son became COO of newco, and the CEO of the Private Equity portfolio company remained as CEO. The new company is now thriving and gaining significant market share in the paper converting space.
Speak with your professionals early to determine if this type of transaction is right for your company and your family. It is also possibly a good investment for the company's future to hire an advisor to assist in the preparation of the company. If you would like to learn more about CKS Advisor's services, please click here.
About Dave Asmus
CKS Advisors Managing Director David Asmus brings more than 35 years of professional experience in business transactions counseling to his clients. His experience includes advising buyers, sellers, equity investors, and financial institutions on mergers, acquisitions, succession planning, and related transitional matters. He retired from his legal practice in January 2018.
Prior to joining CKS Advisors, Asmus was a partner in several St. Louis, Missouri law firms where he represented business ownership interests and local, regional and, national banks as well as commercial finance groups regarding a wide range of transactional matters. Over the course of his professional career he handled numerous complex M&A transactions as well as workout, restructuring, and reorganization matters for lenders and business interests.
Education: Asmus received his J.D. from St. Louis University and his B.A. from Saint Ambrose University in Iowa.
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Our first-year cohort has survived their first semester and are diving in to their second, kicking off the spring semester with first-year MFA readings on February 6 and 27th. Second-year nonfiction MFA Caroline Miller interviewed Dana Liebelson, Winona León, Maggie Smith, and Nell Smith about writing, MFA life, and the weird and wonderful parts of living in Wyoming.
Winona León is a writer and artist originally from West Texas. She holds a BA in creative writing from the University of Southern California and comes to Laramie from Los Angeles, where she worked in book publishing and nonprofit development. In her free time, she enjoys drawing and hiking with her corgi, Winston.
Dana Liebelson is a writer and journalist from Bozeman, Montana. She has worked as a staff reporter for Mother Jones and HuffPost, where she was a two-time Livingston Awards finalist for her investigative work on prisons and jails. She previously played bass in a feminist punk band in Washington, D.C.
Maggie Smith is a nonfiction writer from Mississippi. She attended undergrad at the University of Mississippi, where she learned a lot about writing, music, the complexities of the Old and New South, and indie band boys. She has a three-legged cat named after Mississippi writer Barry Hannah, so named because he has a big personality and kind of walks like a drunk.
Nell Smith is a writer and field biologist originally from Maine who has lived in Arizona for the better part of the last decade. She earned a BA from Prescott College, where she double majored in Arts & Letters and Environmental Studies. She writes about the interplay between people and place, unorthodox community, birds, and tall ships.
Caroline Miller: Can I have you each start off by talking a little bit about your writing? What kind of things do you write? What topics are you interested in?
Dana Liebelson: I have a lot of trouble with this question, especially because it's shifting since I entered the MFA program. My fiction is often rooted in the West—I like to write about people who try to leave behind family and places that shaped them and are dragged asunder again. I also write about bad men and false narratives, playing with the idea of who gets to define what is "true." I'm attracted to stories and characters that are strange and unsettling.
Winona León: A lot of my stories take place in Texas and also the West. I'm heavily influenced by my own mixed identity and growing up in a small rural town. I'm interested in that liminal space between desire and responsibility, and how our lives are influenced by the confines of environments, families, and our own ingrained systems of belief.
DL: Nona always has the best answers.
Maggie Smith: My MFA emphasis is in nonfiction, but I write poetry as well. I really began my writing career as a poet, and I think that's visible in the language I find myself using. I write personal essay and memoir, mostly about my own family and the American South and how those two influence and relate to one another. Some themes that also crop up a lot are femininity, sexuality, music, food, and mental illness. But I think at the core, what I'm writing about is home and sense of place and how environment affects those concepts.
Nell Smith: It's always hard to define your writing in a way that feels authentic and encompassing…much of my writing works to integrate ecological themes with personal experience in ways that expand perceptions (both my own and, hopefully, my readers') about the natural world and our place within it. Particularly having moved from the East to the West, I always find myself coming back to themes of adaptation and belonging within a sense of place.
DL: I don't think it's a coincidence that we have so many overlapping areas here!
CM: I'm definitely seeing things that resonate with subjects that folks in my own cohort have been exploring as well. I wonder if something about UW's program draws people who are interested in these themes of place and belonging, or if being here encourages to start writing about them. Which also leads me to my next question—what made you decide to come to the University of Wyoming's MFA program?
DL: I grew up in Montana and moved to D.C. when I was seventeen and then spent almost all of my twenties there. I love D.C., but I was really ready to get off the East Coast. When I applied to MFA programs, my partner and I had just moved to Austin. I actually ended up getting in to Texas State and it would have made sense for us to stay. But when I visited Wyoming, I knew immediately this was the right place for me. It was a combination of the people, the landscape, and watching the Old Town Road music video too many times. I also feel very lucky that my partner was willing to pick up and move to Wyoming.
NS: I didn't really expect to end up in Wyoming! That said, I'm so glad I did. I was drawn to the program because it seemed to support interdisciplinary work, and because it was in a state I could imagine myself being content to live in for two years. When I was accepted, though, I sort of panicked, and it wasn't until I visited and got a sense of the community that I began to feel like it could be a really good fit. Having been here a few months now, that feeling has grown and I feel so lucky to have found a place here.
MS: Wyoming was absolutely my first choice as a program. Brad Watson is a Mississippi native and a good friend of a lot of writing and literature people back home. People spoke highly of him and respected his work. I loved that the program seemed to offer avenues to pursue my interests outside of writing, but also how those might overlap with my writing. Working in radio for Wyoming Public Media or minoring in Environment and Natural Resources are two things that come to mind. In terms of location, I'd never lived anywhere other than Mississippi, and nothing seemed more far away and foreign to me while also seeming so uniquely American. It's funny to me now, because as different as Laramie is, it also reminds me a lot of home.
NS: I second what Maggie said—it wasn't until I visited that I learned about the opportunities to work with Wyoming Public Radio and the Haub School, but those were huge motivations too.
DL: I think the other thing I should add is that there are only four of us in this year's cohort! The amount of one-to-one face time I've had with faculty so far, writers I really admire, has been absolutely incredible.
WL: The second years are pretty awesome too. It's been great knowing that the community here really does exist.
DL: Also, Joy Williams.
CM: Do you think it's been what you've expected, both in terms of Laramie as a place and life as an MFA student? What's been the best or weirdest or most unexpected thing that's happened to you since you moved here?
WL: This is my first time ever experiencing a real winter and that's definitely a huge change from me perpetually perfect sunny beach days back in California. However, snow tires and the opportunities for grants to travel abroad during our long winter and summer breaks make up for the nine long months of winter. Also, I want to learn how to ski!
MS: Well, the first thing that comes to mind is learning how to ride a horse and not being terrible at it.
DL: I feel like my friends back home in Bozeman, Montana, are like, "man…you're really out there. In some ways, Laramie reminds me of Bozeman, but it has a different character too. I feel like best/weird are all lumped together for me. It's some tie between the Game of Thrones fog wall I drove through on the way to the airport, the haunted Virginian Hotel and getting a university grant to go see a crater on an Estonian island.
NS: Honestly there has been more support and sense of community than I had prepared myself for. I'd heard stories of difficult dynamics within MFA programs and it was wonderful to arrive and immediately feel welcomed into this community of smart, talented, and kind people. In terms of good things that have happened here, I spent most of the last few years working as a field biologist and spending most of my time outside so I was glad to find accessible public land. Places like Happy Jack, the Snowy Mountains, Lake Hutton and the prairie east of town helped me start feeling at home.
MS: Speaking more seriously, the best thing has been the people. I was drawn to Wyoming because it seemed like a program for people who were authentic and serious about their work, which was important to me. And everyone is while also managing to be so kind. No one is here on a whim, but no one is here with a "not here to make friends" mentality. There's the perfect balance of being devoted to your work while also being supportive.
DL: Yes! Also we are so good at potlucks.
NS: So many good potlucks!
Come hear first-years Dana Liebelson and Maggie Smith read their work this Thursday, February 6 at 7 PM at Night Heron Books and Coffeehouse, and stay tuned for Part 2 of our Meet the First Years interview!


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The Nannoworks Laboratory is primarily focused on the utilization of microfossils (coccolithophores, foraminifera, dinoflagellates and diatoms) or the biologic components of sediments to understand past (and present) geologic and oceanographic environments and processes. With this objective, the laboratory trains undergraduate and graduate students to do research in the application of these fossils and present their results in local and international conferences, and publish articles in journals.
Research works in the last several years have focused on the use of these microfossils as biostratigraphic tools in refining the Philippine biostratigraphy (Leyte, Tanay, Baguio, Cagayan de Oro, Bukidnon, Batanes, Catanduanes, Ilocos, etc.), and as paleoceanographic and paleoclimate proxies in inland seas, lakes and coastal environments (South China Sea, Subic Bay, Lingayen Gulf, Marinduque Bays, Sulu Sea, Bohol Sea, Sorsogon Bay, Tanguines Lagoon in Camiguin, Western Pacific, etc.). These organisms, such as the benthic foraminifera are also used for environmental monitoring as they are utilized as pollution indicators, bioindicators of coral reef vitality using FORAM index, impact of mine tailings and oil spill, and effect of organic matter loading.
Laboratory Heads: Dr. Alyssa Peleo-Alampay, Dr. Allan Gil Fernando
Adjunct Professors
Dr. Martin G. Wiesner – University of Hamburg
Dr. Leopoldo de Silva – UP NIGS
Graduate Students:
Gretchen P. Callejo
John Warner Carag
Abigael L. Castro
Adrian Raymund C. Fernandez
Jose Dominick S. Guballa
Geleen Rica R. Javellana
Clarence Y. Magtoto
Dorothy Joyce D. Marquez-Ardiente
Jaan Ruy Conrad P. Nogot
Dianne Jules G. Rosario
Kerve M. Supnet
Equipment for Rent:
- Sieves and Mechanical Sieve Shaker
- Binocular Microscope (onsite)
- Grab Sampler – for collecting surface sediments at water depths up to ~50m
- Niskin Bottle – for collecting surface water samples
- NIGS-UPGAA Geology Museum (by appointment)
- Rock Kit (available by order)
Professional Services:
- Age Dating/Biostratigraphy Using Calcareous Nannofossils/Foraminifera
- Petrographic Analysis of Sedimentary Rocks
- Grain Size Analysis and Sediment Microscopy
- SEM and EDX Analysis
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I just wanted to take a moment to formally thank everyone who reads the blog. You encourage me to keep putting out new content and to keep the blog fresh. The blog consistently gets visits from not just the US and UK, but from all over the world and that's really fantastic.
Thanks to you all again and stay tuned!
~ James