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At last, your World Series champion Astros are back
Jose Altuve digging into the box, staring straight back at the pitcher he's about to beat and ripping a sharp single to left field.
George Springer racing in from center, leaping into the air and somehow making a catch that only the best baseball players in the world can make.
Justin Verlander wearing Astros orange inside Minute Maid Park in April, the home team's ace from Games 1 to 162.
The World Series champions are almost back. And you get to say that as many times as you want in 2018 until October returns.
The World Series-winning Astros.
Altuve, Springer, Verlander and Houston's defending champs.
A.J. Hinch's new job is to make this year's team let go of the past by the time the (world champion) Astros take the field against the Texas Rangers on March 29 in Arlington, for opening day of the 2018 season.
But you get to revel in the kingdom a little longer. And with pitchers and catchers reporting Tuesday for the beginning of spring training in West Palm Beach, Fla., the next six weeks are set up to be the most serene time in Astros history.
Sunshine. Green grass and red dirt. Rebirth.
Carlos Correa, Alex Bregman, Dallas Keuchel and Lance McCullers Jr. returning to our daily lives … as world champions.
In 2015, Hinch's first spring in old Kissimmee, Fla., was filled with belief. The 100-loss seasons were buried in the past. A 70-92 record - deemed as a significant improvement by some - was instantly unacceptable. The remade Astros were going to talk about winning, embrace victory and start refusing to lose.
They went 86-76 that season, making the playoffs for the first time in a decade and only stopping when the magic ran out.
In 2016, the Astros talked World Series from the start, then began 17-28 and never came close to the talk.
Last year? Well, we all know how that still-unbelievable dream ended up.
Repeating a tough encore
The best team in baseball at the start. Six All-Stars, 101 wins, Verlander at the last minute and the American League MVP for Altuve when everything was done. Hurricanes Harvey and Maria, and Houston under water. Then the recovery, resiliency and a heartbeat that never stopped.
The Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees and Los Angeles Dodgers fell. The team that general manager Jeff Luhnow built and owner Jim Crane backed did exactly what Hinch first preached in the spring of 2015: They won. And when Game 7 at Dodger Stadium was complete, orange had erased blue and your Astros were world champions for the first time ever since 1962.
Now what do we do?
Pride will be everywhere in the initial days. Your Astros have returned. Your baseball team is back.
But then baseball will be baseball, and I'm sure we'll find something to pick apart and worry about. It just takes one injury to create a hole. And I'm still not sure how Hinch won a World Series with Charlie Morton, McCullers and Verlander as playoff relievers.
The Chicago Cubs went 108 years without winning it all. When they finally did, they started 43-45 the following season and spent the rest of 2017 trying to prove their World Series hangover really had stopped.
Kansas City turned its 2015 AL Division Series comeback against the Astros into a world title and appeared in back-to-back Fall Classics. The Royals haven't made the playoffs since their trophy run, though, and are now stuck between .500 and a rebuild entering the spring.
The last team to repeat in MLB? The Yankees, of course. Those New York teams represented baseball's last dynasty and the modern height of the Evil Empire, which enters 2018 with sluggers Giancarlo Stanton and Aaron Judge in Aaron Boone's daily lineup.
The Red Sox have won the World Series three times since 2004; they fired John Farrell after losing to the Astros in last year's ALDS. The San Francisco Giants, who won three trophies from 2010-14, were co-owners of the worst record in baseball last season.
Relish the moment
The Astros started talking back-to-back as soon as their first one was over. A repeat is clearly possible. The endless season also lasts from February through November, and last year's world champs didn't even have Verlander until Aug. 31. Things change, especially in baseball.
So enjoy this time as much as you can.
Altuve and Correa laughing in the Florida sun. Springer cutting up behind the batting cage. Gerrit Cole sliding behind Verlander, Keuchel and McCullers in the rotation. Hinch figuring out how much freedom he can give this year's team, and when he has to start digging in.
Your world champion Astros, back in our lives again.


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An Italian research team has shown that the delicious gianduja chocolate that combines cocoa and hazelnuts is a precious ally of our heart, as it improves the elasticity of the arteries. The beneficial effect was demonstrated with an experiment conducted on twenty smokers. Milk chocolate does not offer the same benefit.
The gianduja chocolate is a panacea for our arteries thanks to its ability to make them more elastic. An Italian research team led by scholars of the Department of Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties of Sapienza University of Rome, who collaborated with the colleagues of Latina and of the Department of AngioCardioNeurology of the IRCCS NeuroMed of Pozzilli, demonstrated this virtuous property of the delicious chocolate, invented in Piedmont in the Nineteenth century mixing cocoa and hazelnuts.
The scientists, coordinated by Professor Francesco Volpi, director at the Department of Internal Medicine of the Policlinico Umberto I of Rome, came to this conclusion after conducting a single-blind crossover study with twenty smokers. The participants were divided into two randomly selected groups: the first was assigned the consumption of 60 grams of milk chocolate (with a cocoa content of less than 35 percent), the second 60 grams of gianduja spreadable cream. Two hours after the ingestion of the chocolate they were all subjected to specific tests of the arteries, able to evaluate the oxidation state (for example by measuring the levels of vitamin E and the polyphenols), the oxidative stress and the fundamental value of the flow-mediated dilation (FMD). It is a parameter related to the dilation of an artery when it increases the blood flow inside it; it is in practice a measurement of its elasticity.
Analysis of the data showed that those who consumed gianduja showed an improvement in the elasticity of the arteries, thanks to an increase in nitric oxide (NO) – which is the basis of FMD – and the reduction of oxidative stress. This benefit was not observed in the group that had eaten milk chocolate. As hardening of the arteries is one of the most dangerous consequences for those who smoke, catalyzing the risk of developing serious cardiovascular events, the consumption of the gianduja chocolate could be a precious ally. Naturally always under the afvice of your doctor, considering the nutritional values of the product.
The benefits of dark chocolate for heart health have been proven by numerous researches, as well as those offered by dried fruit. Since both foods are present in gianduja chocolate, a protective factor was likely to emerge. Today this has been demonstrated by Italian research, whose details have been published in the scientific journal Internal and Emergency Medicine.

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DONNA — U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials have unveiled the tent facility here that's designed to accommodate asylum-seekers who, upon arriving at the U.S.-Mexico border, are leaving federal facilities at maximum capacity, according to CBP.
A media tour of the "soft-sided" facility yesterday came weeks after CBP officials confirmed it would once again erect the shelter in Donna by the end of April to accommodate the increase in asylum-seekers turning themselves over to U.S. Border Patrol agents around ports of entry.
Carmen Qualia, acting executive agent for the U.S. Border Patrol, said the Donna shelter measures about 40,000 square feet, has the capacity for up to 500 people, and will hold "mostly" families and unaccompanied minors.
CBP officials said the facility will act as an extension of the central processing center in McAllen but not be used for processing migrants; only to house families and children.
They hope this extra capacity will alleviate the overflow at its nine other stations caused by the increase in large groups arriving at the border.
Qualia said the facility is climate controlled and features four pods measuring about 8,000 square feet each that will house the migrants; hundreds of foam mattresses; roughly 14 portable toilets, and 36 shower stations.
Though unlike the central processing center, also known as the Ursula facility, the Donna shelter will not have chain-link fencing. Instead, Qualia said 4-foot-high plastic partitions would be used.
CBP officials said those housed at the temporary facility will be held for anywhere from 48 to 72 hours.
In early April, CBP reported that Border Patrol agents had apprehended 92,607 people along the southwest border in March. More than 60% were made up of families and unaccompanied minors surrendering to agents.
Additionally, the agency reported of the more than 92,000 total apprehensions on the southwest border, 53,077 were families, and another 8,975 were unaccompanied minors, the majority of whom traveled from the Central American countries of El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala.
Through March fiscal year 2018, CBP reported an increase of family apprehensions of more than 370% year over year, and an increase of more than 14,000 (65% year over year) of unaccompanied minors.
CBP said they've also seen an increase in large groups of 100 or more people surrendering at once, with more than 100 instances recorded this year so far. This is an increase from the 13 large groups encountered last fiscal year, and only two groups of 100 or more people in all of fiscal year 2017, according to the website.
At the national level, President Donald Trump has repeatedly stated that the country cannot take anymore people arriving at the U.S.-Mexico border, going so far as to advise Border Patrol agents to tell asylum-seekers that the country is full and to "go back." The agency's move to erect facilities like the ones in El Paso and Donna shows that it has no choice but to take in the more than 1,000 people they say surrender to them on a daily basis in the Rio Grande Valley sector.
In recent weeks, Department of Homeland Security and CBP officials have made their case for an overhaul of long-standing immigration policies that they say have led to this wave of Central American asylum-seekers.
During a trip to the Valley, acting DHS Secretary Kevin McAleenan lauded a report from a panel, the Homeland Security Advisory Council, which concluded that with respect to families and minors in CBP custody, "there is a real crisis at our border."
Among the key recommendations from the panel's report, officially published April 16, was the establishment of "Regional Processing Centers."
"Establish and staff 3 to 4 Regional Processing Centers along the border, scalable and with sufficient capacity to shelter all FMUs apprehended at the border and, among other things, provide safe and sanitary shelter, to include medical screening and care, credible fear examinations, vetting for identity and familial relationship, and evaluations for public health and safety, national security and flight risk," the report stated in part.
Another recommendation from the panel suggests what many DHS officials have been advocating for since February — lawmakers should act immediately to address the increase in families and unaccompanied minors arriving at the U.S.-Mexico border with changes to immigration policies.
During the Border Security Expo in San Antonio at the end of March, then-acting DHS secretary Ronald D. Vitiello said an overhaul of current immigration policies was needed, including changing the Flores settlement agreement to allow for officials to hold families in detention longer.
The Flores settlement is an agreement put in place to protect children taken into custody at the southern border that was established more than 20 years ago as part of a class-action lawsuit first filed in 1985.
The settlement agreement stipulated among other things how long the government can detain immigrants, dictating a 20-day maximum detention period for immigrant families. It was reached between the federal government and child welfare and legal advocates who had demanded government officials address child welfare violations within the immigration detention system
Vitiello then, and McAleenan now, argue that if agents could detain the migrant families for a longer period of time, that would allow for them to get their due process, including taking care of any immigration status-related issues before being released.
The panel suggests a similar solution, with a focus on making the asylum process faster, and a fix to the Flores settlement agreement.
Earlier in the day Thursday, U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Laredo, along with U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, announced the HUMANE Act, a bill designed to combat the ongoing overcapacity issues by "updating existing laws to ensure family unity, while streamlining processing procedures," and also make changes to the Flores settlement, according to a news release.
The HUMANE Act, would also "clarify that the Flores settlement agreement applies to unaccompanied children apprehended at the border," and work to ban U.S. Health and Human Services officials from placing children in removal proceedings with their parents, according to the bill.
In addition, the bill will fund the hiring of more CBP officers; "modernize ports of entry to increase the capacity for CBP to process migrants seeking asylum while also facilitating legitimate trade and travel."
Cuellar added that every person who arrives at the U.S.-Mexico border be treated humanely during immigration processes.
In recent days, Border Patrol officials confirmed that they would begin fingerprinting minors under 14 years old, saying it was necessary to combat concerns about the trafficking and exploitation of children by smugglers. This is an issue they believe will only be exacerbated as the number of families and children arriving at the border increases.
Despite claims of these abuses, CBP and Border Patrol officials have been hard-pressed to provide real examples of these instances of exploitation, stating that most of the investigations into those cases are ongoing.
On Wednesday, the White House asked Congress for $4.5 billion in emergency spending for border security, $3.3 billion to deal with the humanitarian crisis, and another $1.1 billion for border operations. This would be in addition to the $8.6 billion Trump asked for in his budget request in early March.
The tour also comes a day after news that another child has died while in U.S. government custody, making it the fifth such death since December and the third involving a child.
To address the deaths and overall issues facing their agencies, McAleenan said DHS was working to expand medical care, build temporary facilities, improve transportation and use resources across the federal government.
Qualia said the shelter could become operational and begin housing migrants as early as Thursday afternoon, or early Friday morning.


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My good friend and gifted preacher Anthony Brown, will be facilitating "An Introduction to Preaching and Teaching" course at the new North Shore School of Mission. The sessions will be taught by North Shore pastors, although Anthony has invited me to guest instruct on January 29, 2018. Over the 7 to 10 weeks, attendees will have the opportunity to discuss and explore many aspects of preaching and teaching, including the marks of good preaching, issues involved in writing and preaching sermons and much more. No prior theological training is required to participate.
Further information and online registration can be found at https://www.schoolofmission.org/.
Blessings to you all during this Advent Season!


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Michelle Wolf is having a very busy 2018 – in addition to landing a weekly late night series at Netflix, she also just landed the toughest annual political comedy gig there is: the White House Correspondents' Dinner. White House Correspondents' Association president Margaret Talev announced today that Wolf has officially signed on as the featured entertainer for this year's ceremony, which takes place Saturday, April 28th. "I'm delighted to announce 'Nice Lady' Michelle Wolf as our featured entertainer this year," Talev said on the news. "Our dinner honors the First Amendment and strong, independent journalism. Her embrace of these values and her truth-to-power style make her a great friend to the WHCA. Her Pennsylvania roots, stints on Wall Street and in science and self-made, feminist edge make her the right voice now."
WHCD hosts from recent years include Jimmy Kimmel, Conan O'Brien, Joel McHale, Cecily Strong, Larry Wilmore, and Wolf's fellow Daily Show correspondent Hasan Minhaj, who hosted last year's Trump-free WCHD. No word yet on whether this year's ceremony will also be a Trump-free one.


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Atelier Titouan Lamazou is delighted to present Titouan Lamazou's latest publication: Œuvres vagabondes (Éditions Gallimard).
Jean de Loisy – an outstanding figure in contemporary art and president of the Palais de Tokyo – presents the artist's background in the form of an original interview.
Titouan discusses his vagabond path from his early years in the 1960s, up to today and his longtime dream of a floating studio that reconciles his many interests.
Several book signings have been organized in renowned bookshops in France.
To find out more: visit Gallimard to leaf through the book; FNAC, to order it; Facebook, for more information on upcoming book signings.


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Wahlenbergia erinus (L.) Link
This is a synonym of Campanula erinus L.
Other Data
Wahlenbergia erinus (L.) Link appears in other Kew resources:
First published in Handbuch 1: 631 (1829)
Not accepted by
- Lammers, T.G. (2007). World checklist and bibliography of Campanulaceae: 1-675. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [Cited as Campanula erinus.]
Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2020. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
© Copyright 2017 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0


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Raw 4some
Featuring Dolf Dietrich and Hugh Hunter
No crazy four-ways for me lately, but I do love watching (and listening to) a man experiencing the overwhelming sensation of being fucked by a monster cock.
I mean, seriously. You've got to watch this video. With the volume up…
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Mirka and I are so incredibly happy to share that Leo and Lenny were born this evening! #TwinsAgain #Miracle— Roger Federer (@rogerfederer) May 6, 2014
Roger and Mirka met both representing Switzerland in the Sydney Olympics, and married in April 2009. They had their twin girls Myla and Charlene Federer on the 23rd July the same year.
Earlier today Federer pulled out of the Madrid Masters tournament to be with his wife issuing the statement:
I've decided to withdraw from Madrid to be with my wife Mirka during these next few exciting weeks for our family. I apologize to my fans and hope to be back in Madrid next year. I'll be training near my home, and am excited to rejoin the Tour soon!
Federer had recently said he would be willing to miss any tournament, including Roland Garros, to be by his wife's side for the birth.
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Women's and Men's doubles teams.
@AnaIvanovic @rogerfederer You mean for six of them?????— Ivan Ljubicic (@theljubicic) May 6, 2014
@rogerfederer Roger has done it again!!!well done and all the best for the family!!#twins— Tomáš Berdych (@tomasberdych) May 6, 2014
"@rogerfederer: Mirka and I are so incredibly happy to share that Leo and Lenny were born this evening! #TwinsAgain #Miracle" Congrats Rog!!— Milos Raonic (@milosraonic) May 6, 2014
Since @rogerfederer likes the wwe, I'm thinking future tag team champs for his second set of twins. Congrats!— John Isner (@JohnIsner) May 6, 2014
Leo & Lenny! #thefuture #twinsrule
👶👶✌✌⚡⚡🎾🎾🏆🏆🍼🍼— Bob Bryan (@Bryanbros) May 6, 2014
@rogerfederer Felicitaciones, Roger! Please give my best wishes to Mirka. Hope to meet the babies soon!— Juan M. del Potro (@delpotrojuan) May 7, 2014
@rogerfederer congrats to the family!! Great names!!!— Kim Clijsters (@Clijsterskim) May 6, 2014
Congrats to Mirka and @rogerfederer on the new addition to the #family !
#Leo and #Lenny will partner perfectly their older sisters in mixed— Boris Becker (@TheBorisBecker) May 6, 2014
A BIG Congrats to @rogerfederer and Mirka on the birth of twin boys!!! How lucky is that? Two girls, two boys...great news!— Chris Evert (@ChrissieEvert) May 7, 2014
Double congrats to @rogerfederer and Mirka for their new paternity!!👏Twins again👏Omg!!— Feliciano López (@feliciano_lopez) May 6, 2014
Congrats to @rogerfederer on his 2nd set of twins!! This guy has gotta leave some records for the rest of us. #OverAchiever— Bethanie MattekSands (@BMATTEK) May 6, 2014


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Streetstyle situation
Cosmic Editorial, ++++++++ Like it, show it and use it
Commercial Photography sells a product.
Fashion Photography sells a lifestyle.
Editorial Photography sells a story.
Now for those of you interested to learn more, please read on. Just take note that the borders between those different types of photography are fluent and may not be as distinct as I describe them here. Nonetheless, I am sure that this article will help you to easily distinguish between them. First of all let me tell you that Fashion Photography and Commercial are usually summarized in the category of Advertising Photography, while Editorial Photography tends to be a category of its own. The reason being is that both Commercial and Fashion foremost try to sell a certain product, while Editorial Photography is more concerned with a story.
Source: Svenler's Fashion & Commercial Photography Blog
SIA for Interview Magazine
As big fan of Sia, check this cosmic amazing editorial that Sia did for Interview Magazine. Sia wears the Fall 2015 Sam High Runway Boots, Sloane High Runway Boot & Spring 2015 Ready to Wear for Alexander Wang
I love to see this kind of editorials , something different , something out of the bubble , something that you just dont want to be part , just you and your world , hands up for SIA,
Example to Follow
Thanks to Alexander Wang
Darkness by Alexander Wang Pre Fall 2015
Dark, simple and utilitarian shapes is what Alexander Wang show us for his Pre Fall 2015, basic and a mix of textures also showing a new way to combine jackets with dresses, also having small influence of his new project Denim, which you can start to get it in stores next week.
as the fashion is going so fast, can you believe we are talking about Pre fall 2015, this is a quick view of this collection,
Courtesy: Style
Pre-special sale Alexander Wang x H&M
Thanks to H&M Switzerland, I had the chance to touch, feel and see the entire collection of Alexander Wang X H&M, which will be available worldwide Nov. 06
Love the materials, love the blackness and love the sporty feeling, Neoprene is the king of the materials in this collection.
check my impressions
Balenciaga Spring 2015 video
Can this Fashion show be more Cosmic and futuristic, Love the attitude, the darkness, the power , and pieces out of Matrix.
Hands Up Balenciaga
Cosmic Fashion days, Alexander Wang
All is about to have fun!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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The Assam Police has bagged the Special Jury Award for its initiative Smart Protection Unit at the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) Smart Policing Awards.
The award was received by ADGP Harmeet Singh. The ceremony took place on Thursday in Delhi.
The Goa Police Traffic Sentinel Scheme has also received Special Jury Award on homeland security.
The award was presented by Union Minister Vijay Goel in 18 categories to the representatives of the State Police Forces and Central Armed Police Forces
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First Asian Biomagnetism Course held in China
12/08/11 09:00 Filed in: Training
The first Asian Biomagnetism course was successfully conducted in Lufeng, Yunnan and Hongjiang, Hunan in the week of July 12 and July 19, 2011 respectively. The attendants experienced the magic of this alternate medicine method in detecting and curing different diseases including HIV. It will be useful to our workers and patients alike. Biomagnetism was first discovered by Dr. Isaac Goiz of Mexico in 1988 and has been in use for more than 20 years in Americas. Click here for more photos.


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Our average traffic sure did change during the days of the rig move. Before the rig move we averaged 72 vehicles passing through the gate per day. This past week while the rig was relocating to a new pad here on the same lease our average traffic more than double to 152 vehicles! Still not crazy though. Then you get Saturday and Sunday where the traffic dropped to 41. Awesome!
Friday 12/16
It was time to head into Pearsall for provisions. Michael stayed behind and worked the gate. I stopped at both Walmart and HEB for items, forgetting how small both stores are and not being able to find a few things but making due.
I stopped at Cowpokes BBQ restaurant before heading back home. I picked up both brisket and ribs…a pound of each which was more than enough since I ended up freezing some of the brisket and we still have enough in the refrigerator for another meal.
The ranches surrounding us all have high fences…meaning that they have wildlife inside that they don't want to get out. Many breed deer and then hunters pay to come and hunt. I've had several guys come in and tell me that they'd seen huge deer on the ranch kitty corner from us and one day while talking to the company man we watched one meander around over there.
Today as I drove back home I saw a doe all by herself behind the fence of that ranch and then three more on the ranch across the road from that ranch…but still nothing here on our ranch…just cows and quails.
Saturday 12/17
We are finally getting our DVR cleaned up from when we went to Wisconsin last month. Being TV-holics we have a TON of shows that we watch plus we have quite a few movies recorded from when HBO, Cinemax & Starz had free promos. Now with the winter hiatus upon us we are caught up enough that we were finally able to break up the season 3 Game of Thrones DVDs that we purchased while in Wisconsin!
We've had some crazy weather here near Cotulla! Well…I think the whole country has actually. We had a high of 87 today and it was quite humid…crazy frizzy hair day! Couple that with a low of 37ish over night….brrr! And the WIND…it picked up around 9:00 pmish making it that much worse. Thankfully, we didn't have any traffic between 10:30 pm and 6:30 am Sunday morning!
Ok…I know y'all are gonna tell me that 37 isn't cold…but when you have nearly 90 and drop down 50 degrees in a matter of hours….it's flippin' cold…especially with the wind and the humidity of this area…so THERE! :-p
We took advantage of the warm weather and slow traffic and grilled one of the ribeyes that Randy gave us a couple of days ago. He gave us four…but they're so big that 1 feeds us just fine. Michael requested fried potatoes and a salad to accompany the steaks so that's what he got.
Roy, one of the ranch hands here, is here for the weekend to do some hunting with friends and he came by this afternoon to do a little landscaping. He brought a tractor by and smoothed out the ground behind us. Before we arrived there had been a large bush there and it was removed leaving a big messy dirt area. Plus when we got stuck the grader and our truck and coach kinda tore it up a bit.
Michael prepped the area before Roy brought the tractor over, by removing any debris – roots, sticks, wood, etc and made three piles, which Roy then hauled away too. Now we just need a weed-eater so we can whack some of the tall grass and we'll be set! LOL
With the ground leveled out Michael got the rope lights wet up underneath the coach….mouse prevention! With the ground all lumpy and bumpy the lights wouldn't lay flat and he didn't think they'd deter the mice much. But now they're up and lets hope they work as well as they have in the past…although we haven't seen any evidence of mice yet.
Sunday 12/18
We got a call from Shawn on Friday asking if Michael could be his back up plan for a gate that was opening on Sunday. He was trying to find guards for the gate but hadn't had any luck yet. Of course, we said we'd help if needed. Shawn even asked Michael to post on his Facebook Gate Guard group about the need for guards.
Unfortunately, no one was found to take the gate so Michael headed out at 5:50 am Sunday morning to sit at the gate for who knew how long. We packed food to last him a few days and he stopped and got fuel, ice and donuts on his way to the gate.
The gate is about 40 miles from our gate located on a paved highway between Catarina and Artesia Wells and it sounds like there will be a frac starting there on Thursday.
Mid afternoon Shawn brought a guard shack for Michael and another guy who covered the gate from 6 pm to 6 am.
Monday 12/19
Goodness it was cold this morning when we got up at 4:45. The temp was just 29 and with the humidity it was bone chilling. I ended up putting gloves on and keeping them on until close to noon when it warmed up enough that my fingers thawed out. I even wore them inside the house!
Michael worked the same gate again but was done about 1:30 pm when the gate guards that will be staying there showed up. The extra income from working these day gate is nice but now that our gate traffic seems to be picking up we were both pretty pooped after getting less sleep than we're used to.
One of the sales people came in and had a monkey with her! Not a big chimpanzee…but a itty bitty tiny marmoset. She's had him for about 3 years. He wears a tiny diaper and normally has a little sweater in cold weather. It was definitely a highlight of the day.
The UN-highlight of the day was when we realized our satellite wasn't working. Michael went out to check out the dish and found that the cable had been munched on by the cows that visited a little bit earlier. Thankfully, Michael has plenty of cable and just cut off the chewed on portion and added a new end and we were up and running in no time.
Tuesday 12/20
Ahhhh….much better temps this morning! It was 40 at 5:30 which is much more doable and the wind was nearly non-existent which is even better.
Just before 8:00 am I got the first of 130 caliche trucks. They are going down on the new pads that were just built and being prepped to drill. After you get the first round of trucks and their information it's kind of a piece of cake. Today we had 24 different trucks with several of them making 4 or 5 round trips. We'll finish up tomorrow with the remaining loads.
After breakfast Michael went to wash dishes and found that we had no water…again. He did the usual investigating and even checked to make sure that the cows hadn't munched a cable. It seems that the water pump on the 'life line' trailer died. We had the same issue last week and Michael switched out the pump for a new one but it sounds like maybe the cold weather did the new one in.
Michael used parts of two pumps to try to make one good one but it didn't work so he ended up driving over to Carrizo Springs to the Gate Guard Services yard and picked one up from Shawn. Not a big deal since we had packages to pick up there and at the post office too. Once back with the new pump, he got it installed within minutes and we, once again, had water flowing.
After logging in a crane I came back in the house and heard this funny sound…kind of like a crackling. It sounded like it was coming from upstairs so I went to investigate and got no further than the first step when I saw that our hall window was in the process of shattering…hence the crackling sound. Thankfully, we have dual-pane windows.


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|427 Springfield Road, Belfast
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A stunning finished extended semi-detached red brick four-bedroom period home, that offers a prominent elevated position. Beautifully Presented throughout offering 2 separate living rooms and four well-appointed bedrooms with two bathrooms spreading over two upper floor spaces. Gardens both to the rear and front of the property.
Extended fitted modern kitchen with appliances, Upvc double glazed windows / oil fired central heating.
Superbly located area benefiting from the local amenities, leading schools, easy commute to Belfast City Centre
Ground Floor
Entrance Hallway:
Lino flooring, under stairs storage / cloak room.
Living Room 1: 3.28m (10'8) x 3.25m (10'6)
Laminated flooring, large bay windows
Living Room 2: 3.32m (10'9) x 3.25m (10'6)
Laminated flooring, large front windows
Kitchen / Dining Room: 5.08m (16'6) x 2.94m (9'6)
Extended modern fitted kitchen, formica worktops, variety of high- and low-level units. Built in Oven, Microwave, fitted electric hob and extractor.
Three-piece white bathroom suite, Chrome mixer taps & Shower over bath. Part PVC panelled around bath. Chrome towel radiator.
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Bedroom 2: 3.30m (10'8) x 2.94m (9'6)
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Bedroom 3: 2.18m (7'1) x 2.11m (6'9)
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Thu August 19, 2004 - Southeast Edition
On July 22, Thompson Machinery hosted a customer appreciation day and open house in Greenwood, MS. The event is part of the company's yearlong 60th anniversary celebration.
More than 200 principals of numerous Delta-area businesses, agri-businesses and government agencies were in attendance as well as key Thompson staff members, including West region manager Kenny Dill, Memphis, TN, and CEO DeWitt Thompson IV and company President DeWitt Thompson V, both of the Nashville, TN, area.
Thompson serves as the region's exclusive distributor of Caterpillar construction and forestry equipment, Challenger agricultural equipment, Cat truck and marine engines, and Cat power generation equipment. Thompson Machinery offers complete sales, rental and leasing options as well as full field and shop service capabilities.
Thompson's founders started the company in 1944 to serve Middle Tennessee. In 1987, they purchased Taylor Machinery Company Inc. Taylor's dealership network included 17 North Mississippi counties and all of West Tennessee. Soon after, Thompson Machinery purchased the Stribling-Clements Caterpillar dealerships, adding to its territory another 25 counties in Mississippi.
The company, with sales territories in both Tennessee and Mississippi, established Thompson Machinery Commerce Corporation with two divisions: Thompson Machinery and Thompson Power.
The current Greenwood facility opened in 2000 at the Highway 82 location, which the company has occupied since the early 1950s.
"…Our company network allows us to provide the best in equipment offerings, service and customer support," said Greenwood branch manager Hank Williams. "We look forward to our continued relationship with [our customers]."


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Students from Ecole Steffie Woima Elementary School were treated to an unique opportunity to learn about cryogenics and liquid nitrogen, Nov. 14.
TELUS World of Science came to the school on Wednesday to present on cryogenics to all the students in the elementary school.
TELUS World of Science describes the presentation as an exploration of the effects of liquid nitrogen on matter. Students were able to discover how the substance and gases, liquids and solids react together.
The experiment involved students placing balloon animals into liquid nitrogen. The presenter would then remove the balloons, which had shrunk from exposure to the extreme cold, and place them into the hands of the students.
The students then watched as the balloons began to expand again as they breathed on them.
"The students loved this portion of the presentation and the hands on nature of helping with the experiment!" said Cherilyn Michaylow, administrative assistant at Steffie Woima.
Michaylow added the students and teacher all enjoyed the presentation "immensely."


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These little guys were redirected from being put down last week.
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They are now 5 weeks old and starting on solid food. We expect great things for this little mob. Stay tuned for more.
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Good Christmas for Powder
Posted on Tuesday, December 24, 2013 12:43 PM
Congradulation to Powder and her new family.
May you have many happy years together!
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Tragedy strikes again
Posted on Thursday, December 19, 2013 2:07 PM
On Tuesday morning our little Minky became the latest victim of FIP.
I still cannot believe he is gone. For a little guy he has left a big hole in our lives.
May he find peace.
I can only pray we finally find a cure for this assassin disease before it can claim any more lives.
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Farewell Samurah
Posted on Tuesday, November 12, 2013 1:00 PM
Our beautiful little lady had to go from this world yesterday. She had contracted FIP and unforunately there is no treatment for the wet form of this mutation of the Corona virus. Dr Perkins at the Cat Hospital informed me that they have finally isolated the mutation responsible but have not yet come up with a solution. Like the dry form (which is controlable with an imune-inhibiter) we hope that a cure can be found now that the mutation is identifiable.
May she be one of the last to succumb to this disease.
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Crackers goes home
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We wish Crackers and her new family all the joy and love they can stand.
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We wish Pebbles a long and happy life in his new home with Patrick and his family.
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Magnum is going to start a new life with Josh and his 2 kids. We wish them lots of love and wish Josh luck with his new car repair shop in Picayune
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Here is Neo going home with Ashley and her new sister. We wish them love and a long happy life.
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Posted on Tuesday, September 10, 2013 11:08 AM
The new antibiotic is working for Powder! the colic is susiding and she has eaten almost a whole can of food both last night and this morning. So far she has gained 4 ozs! Peaches and Pebbles are pretty much back to their former chunky, happy selves with nothing more than some probiotics. Merc called for an update on their condition but still refuse to answer me about other reports of problems with this batch of syrum. The only thing they will concede is that it is not likely that any virus or disease would strike only those 5 on the same day and in the same way.
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Posted on Wednesday, September 4, 2013 3:11 PM
It is almost impossible to believe this photo is only a week old.
Shortly after my last update Bam Bam passed away to join his brothers Patches and punks.
Bet they are raising hell together on the other side.
Rest well little guys. You will be missed even if your time was short I hope I made it happy and you know you were loved.
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The Federal Communication Commission (FCC) has set the target to provide high-speed Internet access to millions of Americans who have lacked such access previously. As part of its Connect America Fund (CAF), it has been financially encouraging broadband carriers and service providers to provide a certain quality of Internet connection. In July 2018, the FCC issued a DA 18-710 document detailing the requirements that the recipients of CAF funds must comply with. In this post, we cover the basics of the FCC requirements.
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Drove by his high school today. It wasn't the first time. Not even close. I pass by it at lease once a week, but today was different – today it hit me hard. A memory came flooding back to me, and it was completely unexpected. It brought me back to his senior year. It was a cold day in December, and I received a text from a friend letting me know that East Providence High School has been placed on lock down because of a gun scare. I was at work when I received the text, and immediately asked my co-workers to pray. I tried calling Christiano, but couldn't get through. I tried texting, but there was no response. I even tried the school, but to no avail.
Month: February 2014
To Walk Where My Son Has Walked
I grasp at anything; anything that will connect me with my boy – even if only for a moment. To walk where he walked, to touch where he touched, to see what he saw, to feel what he felt. Yesterday, I was privileged to do all of those things. We went ice skating with Christiano's friends, at the Bank Of America City Center Rink. A friend of ours put the event together in honor of Christiano. There were at least forty-two people that came out. I was blessed and a little blown away. It was special just to be there, since that was the first and only rink that Christiano ever skated on. Thankfully, we have his first time captured on video. His experience was pretty messy. He held lots of hands and had quite a few falls, and I got to watch my daughter have almost the same experience. She held lots of hands, but there were no falls for her. My two little guys, on the other hand, had plenty. It was so wonderful to stand with our loved ones where Christiano once stood.
Who Is Controlling Your Perspective?
God has been challenging me to keep my perspective open; to keep my mind, ears and eyes open to the things that He has for me. Having all of my senses open and ready for what God has to say about things is vital for my healing, restoration and growth. Allowing God to control our perspective helps all of us, really. It can help us from getting into an 'I've arrived' rut or from thinking we know it all. Thinking we have all the answers or that we have it all figured out can be a dangerous place, and, sadly, too many of us reside there. I admit – I've visited from time to time; lots of us do, but some never leave. This may be why we rarely hear 'I'm not sure about this,' or 'I may have been wrong about that,' or 'I've gained new perspective on this issue, so let me go back on what I said before.' Instead, we sometimes let our human revelation continue to be our guide.
Every year on Valentine's Day, we lay out four boxes of chocolates. This year, there lay only three. What I would give to love on my eldest son today; to hold him and for him to hold me.
From One Father To Another
Dear God,
I love you and believe in you. I want to do what you created me to do, but I don't know how. I feel like I don't know how to make the right decisions. I don't feel like you hear me when I speak mostly because I can not hear you, see you, or touch you. Sometimes, I don't feel like I can trust you. I gave you total control of Christiano. I prayed over him and released him to your care 10 days before he died. I want to trust you but I just don't know. When people talk about stepping out in faith I get upset or I feel like it doesn't work. I don't want to think or feel this way, but I do. I don't know what you have in store for my family. I want to trust you again. I want to know you more. Lord you are sovereign and you are good. I do not know your plans for me but still in all this darkness and confusion, I must believe your word. And your word says that you know the plans you have for me and they are good, plans to prosper and not harm me. I do not know how losing my son in a tragic car accident could be good, but you do. Your word says our days are numbered; I used to believe that meant that our lives here on earth were short compared to eternity. Now I believe they are literally written in a book when we are conceived like so:
Christiano Tré Barbosa
6,834 days 6 hrs. 11 mins.
At the very moment of conception your life is breathed into us, and at the very moment we accept your son as Lord and savior your breath of life, the real life, is breathed into us. I also want to believe that life really starts when we die and not just physical death but death of our will. As I write this letter to you I feel like you are saying to me right now, that christiano is not my son, but he is yours. That on that night I released him to you, he was yours to do as you please. Lord you know better than I, and you will somehow turn this for good. I don't see it, I don't know how, but you do. I want to have that trust with you again that everything will work out, that everything will be okay, that assurance that you are protecting my family. I desperately long for it! I desperately long for sweet peace! I desperately long for your comfort!
These here are the cries of an earthly father being poured out to his Heavenly Father. My husband is an amazing man with a heart to provide for his family. He wants to keep us safe from harm, healed from sickness, and protected from all pain. He longs to have answers to our questions and a remedy for our suffering. So, he does all he knows to do – he turns to The Lord. For, He knows better than all of us.
When Chris sent this to me, it reminded me of a psalm written by David, who was also a man after God's own heart. I've read many books on grieving since our son passed away, and in almost every one there is a warning not to forget the fathers. I am truly grateful that this hasn't happened to my husband. A few great men have reached out and come alongside him, and that blesses me so much. But, I'm even more grateful that I married a man who is real with his Father God; a man who knows where His true help comes from, and he is faithful to remind me regularly.
He Is Still The Birthday Boy
I brace myself for each new day, especially the significant ones. Holidays, snow days, school vacation days, Sundays, and birthdays. I anticipate all of these days with great despair because each special day that passes reminds me of Christiano's permanent residence and tells me again that he isn't coming back here. On February 6th, Christiano would have been nineteen years old. It still seems surreal that he won't turn another year older; that we won't see his toothy grin while singing the Happy Birthday song; that he won't blow out the candles on his cake; or, that we'll never buy him another birthday gift – ever.


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I have actually remained in Mozambique for work for the previous 2 weeks (for this reason the silence here). Something I rapidly observed, which I likewise said in Cuba a couple of years earlier, is that when you understand one Love language and a bit of another, you essentially understand them all. It's magic!
I went to Cuba right after completing a Spanish class that had actually gotten me through the essentials: the most uncomplicated past, present, and future tenses, a great deal of vocabulary, and basic syntax and grammar guidelines. That grounding got me about thisfar in discussions with Cubans, however that was excellent enough for me. Through my strenuous journey to French efficiency, I have actually concerned anticipate incremental language-learning development, and I can now see and value it more plainly.
While taking a trip in the Cuban countryside, I fulfilled a trio of Italians who took the exact same bus back to Havana with me. We had a good discussion in English, and after that they began talking to each other in Italian. It seemed like my extreme week-long effort to focus on Spanish permitted me to open my ears and let the Italian wash over me– and I heard the Love in it, so to speak. I might comprehend the essence of what they were going over– what to consume for lunch or something like that.
Here in Mozambique, I have actually had a comparable experience with Portuguese. Interestingly enough, I have actually been interacting mainly in French, given that my 2 closest coworkers and partners do not speak the best English. French is our lingua franca It's been excellent practice, and as in Cuba, it– and my rusty-but-still-in-there-somewhere understanding of Spanish– has actually opened the Love in Portuguese. I have actually discovered to turn the sh sounds into s sounds, and with a couple of other acoustic balancings, it's essentially Spanish. And when my Spanish isn't strong enough to comprehend what somebody is stating, my French fills out the spaces.
There's been numerous minutes when I have not required my coworkers to equate for me since I have actually gotten a complete adequate sense of what somebody is stating based entirely on listening for the resemblances in between Portuguese, French, and Spanish. Now I comprehend what my Czech dad suggested when he stated that he might comprehend Polish despite the fact that he never ever discovered it and might not speak a word of it.
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An overview to Lisbon's public transport system.
If you're planning a visit to Lisbon, then you will be very happy to hear that it is a rather compact and easy to get around in type of city. The public transport system is in my opinion uncomplicated and compared to other European cities, actually rather cheap!
In this quick guide, I am going to highlight all the essential information you need to navigate through Lisboa and getting you from A to B in no time at all.
Overview of Lisbon's transport system
Lisbon's transport system covers a large route network across the city and consists of a metro, bus, trams and even a couple of elevator services. I will elaborate on each one in a bit more detail:
Metro Line:
The Metro Lisboa has four different lines which are all colour coded. The red, yellow, green and blue lines cover most of metropolitan Lisbon and generally speaking, you can actually get by, with only using the metro. Especially if you are on holiday and staying centrally.
If travelling to or from the Lisbon airport (Aeroporto) then you simply catch the red line into the city and it will only take around 30 mins to get to the more central zones, in order to connect with any of the other lines if needed.
The metro operates from 06:30 am to 01:00 am every day, including weekends and public holidays.
Check out the metro map below or click on this link – metro map.
Bus services:
The bus service in Lisbon covers a vast route network, so I won't link the network map on here.
But thankfully you can download the very easy to use Carris app onto your phone to help you plan your route when wanting to take any bus in the city.
The app is brilliant as it's also in English and you can enter your destination as well as your current location and it will tell you exactly which bus stop to go to, that is nearest to you, which bus to catch and how long it will take. Easy peasy!
Trams & Elevators (Funiculars):
Unfortunately both trams and elevators have become somewhat of a tourist attraction, often resulting in endless queues of visitors trying to get their spot on the famous Tram 28, for instance. This is much to the dismay and horror of many local Lisboetas (local Lisbonites), who rely on these forms of transport for their daily commute.
Top tip: Take this point into consideration before hopping onto these trams, especially if it's purely seen as a sightseeing mode of transport. There are in fact dedicated tourist sightseeing trams (there's both a red and green one operated by different providers), and they are less crowded too! A much better option. Of course these do come at an additional cost and not included in the normal transport card.
Types of passes and which to buy
This all leads us to the numbers game. With different passes and cards on offer it's now time to crunch the numbers to determine what option will work best based on your travel plans.
Viva Viagem rechargeable card:
The first option you have available would be to buy a rechargeable Viva Viagem card. It's reusable paper card that you can keep topping up at the ticket machines for specified amounts. The card costs only 0.50€ and you can then continuously re-load money onto it, example 3€, 5€, 10€, 15€ etc.
If you use this method then a single journey on the metro would cost you 1,33€ (as of May 2019 when this article was written). By a single journey, I am mean, from the point you tap in through the booths till when you tap out of the booths. In other words, if you are travelling and have to connect to another line, it still counts only as 1 journey. It's only when you exit through the booths that the journey closes.
Day Pass:
The next alternative is to purchase a day pass for 6,40€ that would allow you unlimited travel on the metro, buses, trams and elevators within the Lisbon metropolitan zone for 24 hours.
In other words, you have to take at least 5 journeys within a 24 hour period to really benefit from this price point.
Lisbon Card:
This pass will not only give you free access to the public transport network within the Lisbon zone, but also has other benefits such as free entrances into selected museums and attractions, as well as offering up a host of other discounts.
Cab Hailing Services: Uber, Lisbon (and others)
My final tip regarding public transport options in Lisbon, is not to discount taxis and cab hailing services. Especially if you are two or more travellers travelling together.
Taking an Uber in Lisbon may work out surprisingly cost effective too. You will not only find Uber in Lisbon, but other operators such as Bolt and Kapten are also available in the city.
Go ahead and read my post on my top money saving tips for travelling in Portugal where I also share a list of my discount codes (if you haven't already signed up for these operators).
In a nutshell, because Lisbon is so compact, you may actually find that a journey may work out cheaper if you use a cab hailing service. Especially if you are two or more passengers.
There you have it! Lisbon is compact and quite easy to get around in, and in this quick overview guide, I hope you gained all the info you needed. Getting around should really be the least of your planning stresses.
As always, if you have any other golden tips for me that I may have left off, feel free to share in the comments below as I'd love for others to have access to them too!


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Interview by Nelson Cummiskey
North Springs Sophomore Victoria McQueen was recently featured on American Idol, beginning with an audition that landed a "Golden Ticket to Hollywood" in her first appearance on the show, along with her family, up until her third aired competition tonight.
Her first appearance on the show netted her a viewing party at the Sandy Springs Hudson Grille in Sandy Springs, where many NSHS students, staff and family joined her for a special screening of her first televised appearance.
Although she didn't win, Victoria has already received accolades as the "baby" of American Idol, for her touching story about how she was born on the day the first Episode of American Idol aired. Her first song, Don't You Worry About a Thing," a Stevie Wonder classic, wowed both judges and audiences alike.
Prior to her final appearance on the show, we sat down with Victoria to ask her a few questions about her time on the show and future plans. Here are the top 10 facts you may not know about Victoria McQueen!
- Her father was supportive of her singing, so when he found out that American Idol was coming back on the air, they woke up early and waited in line for a while.
- Victoria sang "Don't You Worry About a Thing" by Stevie Wonder, featured in the movie "Sing"
- Her audition was held in December of 2017 but was aired on TV on March 19, 2018 at 8/7 central.
- She chose American Idol because it was the OG talent show.
- She started singing at a young age, and her parents started to notice her hitting notes. She remembers singing "Fruit Salad" by the Wiggles; it was because of this, her parents noticed that she could sing well.
- Although she prefers R&B, and Pop, she enjoys every kind of music.
- She wants to rule the world and become the next Beyoncé.
- She says it is amazing and cool to be a part of this.
- She will keep doing what she loves and performing for the world to hear.
- Expectations were high and Victoria made it to the third round. Despite the defeat, she retained the same amount of spunk that she had when she started, and vowed to be back and keep on living her dream.


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On January 1, 2019, the Finnish Transport Agency will become the Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency. The Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency will be responsible for the state-owned road and railway network, for the waterways, and for their development, and for land use coordination. The Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency will continue the Finnish Transport Agency's membership in… Read more
At the 46th meeting of the CEDR Executive Board held in Luxembourg, delegates appointed the Action Plan Committee for 2019.
CEDR Research Call 2018 will open by December 14, 2018.
DG HOME has launched a consultation on the 2008 European Critical Infrastructure Protection Directive addressing transport and energy infrastructures. The consultation is open until 11 February 2019.
This conference will present the results of "Call 2015 Freight and Logistics in a Multimodal Context". This programme has funded two research projects which have investigated how NRAs can optimise the multimodal freight network. The conference will take place at the HAN University of Applied Sciences in Arnhem, the Netherlands, on December 12-13, 2018.
The European Commission's DG CONNECT has published a roadmap (24/10/18) on Cooperative, connected and automated mobility (CCAM) for public consultation.
The End of Programme Conference for "Call 2015 Climate Change: From Desk to Road" will take place on November 19-20 in at the LEF Future Center in Utrecht, the Netherlands. A draft conference programme is now available. This conference – the "Climate Change Summit"- will present the results of all projects under Call 2015 Climate Change and review the implementation of Climate Change research over the past 10 years in an effort to develop mitigation and adaptation measures and tools.
The CEDR Governing Board met in Ljubljana to note the 15th anniversary of CEDR and the 30th anniversary of the Western European Road Directors (WERD).
Directorate-General GROW has published a discussion paper on infrastructure maintenance in transport that considers the role the EU could play in improving infrastructure maintenance.
Call 2014 Asset Management and Maintenance aimed to gain better knowledge and guidance on how to manage and maintain all assets of a road network. The End of Programme Report has now been published
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Mon, 29 May 2017
By looking at the life of Zacchaeus in the Bible, we see that Jesus has a plan for everyone.
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After being caught in sin, consequences come. It seems like every time you turn around, there is another consequence. Does it feel like God's plan for you has been ruined forever? In this message, we learn from King David's response to his own failure that God has provided a path to complete restoration.
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The following content is from http://www.acvip.org by IAP Advisory Committee on Vaccines & Immunization Practices.
Original Article – http://acvip.org/parents/columns/hepatitis-a.php
What is hepatitis A?
Hepatitis A is a serious liver disease caused by the hepatitis A virus. Children with the virus often don't have symptoms, but they often pass the disease to others, including their unvaccinated parents or caregivers. These individuals can get very sick. Hepatitis A is a liver disease caused by the hepatitis A virus (HAV). Hepatitis A can affect anyone. Vaccines are available for long-term prevention of HAV infection in persons 1 year of age and older. Good personal hygiene and proper sanitation can also help prevent the spread of hepatitis A.
What are the symptoms of hepatitis A?
Children under 6 years old often have no symptoms.
Older children and adults feel very sick and weak. Symptoms usually appear 2 to 6 weeks after a person gets the virus. The symptoms may include the following:
- Fever
- Loss of appetite (not wanting to eat)
- Tiredness
- Stomach pain
- Vomiting
- Dark urine
- Yellow skin and eyes
Is it serious?
Most people with hepatitis A feel very sick for about 2 months. Some people are sick for up to 6 months. There is no specific treatment for hepatitis A. Some people with hepatitis A get so sick that they need care in the hospital. About 100 people in the U.S. die each year from liver failure caused by hepatitis A.
How does hepatitis A spread?
Hepatitis A virus is found in the stool of a person who has the virus. It spreads when a person puts something in his or her mouth that has the hepatitis A virus on it. Even if the item looks clean, it can still have virus from stool on it that can spread to others. The amount of virus can be so tiny that it cannot be seen with the naked eye. You can get it by touching objects such as doorknobs or diapers or eating food that has the virus on it.
Why should my child get the hepatitis A shot?
The hepatitis A shot:
- Protects your child against hepatitis A, a potentially serious disease
- Protects other people from the disease because children with hepatitis A often don't have symptoms, but they often pass the disease to others, including their unvaccinated parents or caregivers, without anyone knowing they were infected
- Prevents your child from getting sick from hepatitis A as he or she gets older, when the disease is more serious
- Keeps your child from missing school or childcare (and keeps you from missing work to care for your sick child or if you become sick with hepatitis A infection)
Is the hepatitis A shot safe?
The hepatitis A vaccine is very safe, and it is effective at preventing the hepatitis A disease. Vaccines, like any medicine, can have side effects. About half of the people who get the hepatitis A vaccine have no side effects at all. In the other half of people, most report having very mild side effects, like a sore arm from the shot for a day or two.
What are the side effects?
The most common side effects are usually mild and last 1 or 2 days. They include the following:
- Sore arm from the shot
- Headache
- Tiredness
- Fever
- Loss of appetite (not wanting to eat)
How prevalent is it in India?
India, earlier a highly endemic country, is now shifting to intermediate endemicity in some areas in cities and in higher socio-economic strata of community. Seroprevalence studies show susceptibility in 30-40% of adolescents and adults belonging to the high socioeconomic class with regional differences (seropositivity in Kerala being lower than other states). Studies also show a reduction in cord blood seropositivity (indicative of young adult seronegativity) for HAV over the years.
Several outbreaks of hepatitis A in various parts of India have been recorded in the past decade. An increasing contribution of hepatitis A to fulminant hepatic failure (FHF) has also been noted, especially in children. In a study from Pune, 18-50% of pediatric patients admitted for FHF either had hepatitis A alone or along with other hepatitis viruses. According to the academy's passive reporting system of 10 infectious diseases by the pediatricians (www.idsurv.org), a total of 1690 (16%) cases of hepatitis A were reported out of total 10554 cases from December 2010 to till December 10, 2013.
- Hepatitis A and the Vaccine (Shot) to Prevent It: Available from: www.cdc.gov
- IAP Guidebook on Immunization 2013-14. Available from: www.iapindia.org


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Some products you use time and time again, replacing them at regular intervals and this powder foundation was one of them .
I am a Make-up Artist and Designer working in film and television. I am passionate about organic cosmetics and want to show that there are viable, ethical alternatives to mainstream products.
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Some products you use time and time again, replacing them at regular intervals and this powder foundation was one of them .
As I have mentioned (many, many times) before I, like many of you, find the lack of shades at the darker end of the skin tone spectrum in terms of base products incredibly frustrating; it has been a bugbear of mine from the start of my green beauty journey.
This months post from the vault is a product that I adore and still use to this day…
I love rediscovering products; products found loitering at the bottom of my kit bag that haven't been played with for a little while. Once spotted they are given a new lease of life and re-loved. This post is about one of those rediscoveries, a product that once I used a lot but had fallen unintentionally […]
Foundation is one of the products which took me longest to find clean alternatives too when I began to green-up my kit nearly ten years ago. Working in TV and film finding products which looked good on camera, ticked green box and did the job I needed them to do was (and at times, still is) […]
It's been a scorching couple of weeks and protecting your skin from the sun's rays is essential at this time of year but I think there are a lot of misconceptions about sunscreen and how it should actually be used. It's very tempting to just slap on the cream whenever we go on holiday or if […]


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Please click on the following link to access ParentPay, the cashless school payment system used by Lornshill Academy:
This enables parents and carers to pay for school meals, curricular payments, trips etc by electronically paying money onto their child's account.
Accessing ParentPay requires an activation code. All P7 pupils who attended the Transition Day were given a letter containing the code which will enable you to register your child's account. Any parent or carer who does not have this code for whatever reason can obtain one by contacting the school office who will be happy to help.


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- February 12, 2014 - 8:41am172 repliesmaryeJoined:May 26, 2007Need some navigational assistance? Something not making sense? Ask here and we'll try to solve the problem!
- February 6, 2019 - 7:03pmdigitunesJoined:January 31, 20093/25/1972 setlist corrections
I have 2 corrections for 3/25/72
1. I've Seen Them All is in between I'm A Man and Jam - Dick's Picks #30
2. Following the Lovelight was a Casey Jones which ended the show - I was there. They launched into Casey Jones just as the final notes of Lovelight faded.
- January 10, 2019 - 3:43pmwilfredtjonesJoined:June 4, 2007Um, Can these possibly be replanted?
- December 14, 2018 - 3:54amBoneJoined:June 13, 2007My Shows
Still aware that it isn't here and still working on it? It's a shame that the new "crack team" of web designers were so easily outdone by their grandfathers.
- November 27, 2018 - 3:54pmmaryeJoined:May 26, 2007Maybe the Dead Covers Project?Which should be coming around again soonish, but meanwhile, here's the DCP from earlier this year: http://www.dead.net/features/dead-covers-project-2018/dead-covers-project-2018
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Hi Mary, I recently read about a contest or exposition of Grateful Dead covers by other bands. I couldn't find any detail anywhere. Nor can I find the original source. Have you heard anything? Was I just hallucinating?
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- November 26, 2018 - 8:06ammaryeJoined:May 26, 2007I would suggestcontacting the DeadBase folks.
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I am a software engineer experimenting with some data visualization technics. I would love to get a copy of the show database to experiment with. This is not for any commercial purpose and I'm happy to open source any resulting visualizations.
Does anyone know where I might get a copy of the show DB?
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"How come things are so strange around here?"
-edit- marye :-P You can say that again!
- October 29, 2018 - 8:20ammaryeJoined:May 26, 2007reportingboth these things, thanks.
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Do you have a unpleasant, dark and gloomy shower? If you do, why in the world are you not having it beautified? If your answer is that you don't want your bathroom ripped apart for weeks on end, we can help you! We actually have an answer you'll love and it's kind of like hitting the "easy button." Shower remodeling no longer has to be an inconvenient process that takes weeks and weeks to see the light at the end of the tunnel. Not anymore thanks to Bath Planet. We are proud to be trusted leaders in the industry, offering the highest quality products at fair and honest prices! Here at [location], we take the annoyances out of shower remodeling, giving our homeowners beautiful, spa like retreats that are affordable and convenient. Most of our shower transformations are completed in one day!
Here atBath Planet, we want our customers to know that they don't have to "live with the ugly." Not anymore! The beauty of a shower is that it is fast, refreshing and relaxing! Breathing in the warm, humid mist helps breathing passages open up. This helps people who have respiratory problems, including bronchitis, allergies, sinusitis, or asthma. No one wants to get into a shower and stare at mold or cracks on the wall! Bath Planet takes the pain out of shower remodeling and gives homeowners a gorgeous, showstopper shower you'll want to show off to your friends! Trust us, one homeowner says her new shower is her new favorite space in her whole house and that now she looks forward to taking a shower!
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Bath Planetis proud to offer the highest quality products in the industry at an affordable price. We would love to come out and give you a free custom solution plan for your bathroom.


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Interview: Why a Strategic, Wider Vision Is More Important than Numbers
From seeking ways to optimize processes, to helping understand what is happening in the markets, the recommendations and decisions of a financial executive are a key element to staying competitive.
In this interview, Claudia Guzmán, finance director at Baker McKenzie Colombia, shares her experience in the role of a financial executive on topics including cybersecurity, technology, and innovation.
Q: What are you doing in terms of innovation and technology at Baker McKenzie?
A: Some four years ago we implemented the SAP system, a first for a legal firm. What we've been doing since is leverage this system more, and we now have a standardized way of doing things, which makes everything easier.
We are moving toward centralizing services. We already have a service center in Manila, two in Belfast, and another service center will be installed in Latin America to optimize all financial and operational tasks. We are moving toward standard reporting and centralized invoicing. In Peru and Colombia, we already have centralized invoicing.
We have also worked very hard on pricing, because we know it's a huge differentiator and key aspect in this industry when it comes to offering services to clients and also when it comes to legal project management. This not only helps to control profitability, but also for customers to be more in control of their costs.
Systems such as SAP help you to be very orderly and careful with data, because that's what the results depend on. This has helped a lot, because it means the quality is present from the very start of each process, whereas before, you had to carry out a quality control procedure at the end.
Q: Do you think there are risks associated with implementing new technology to a corporate financial department?
A: Risks can come from security and control of information. Things like the cloud, where information can be at risk of being tapped, for me, those would be the main risks of these technologies. That's why we work closely with the security and data control area, and that helps mitigate the risks. Since we are a multinational company, cybersecurity is a crucial topic for us, and we are very careful and robust when it comes to IT and compliance.
Q: What are you doing in terms of cybersecurity?
A: Because we handle very sensitive information, some years ago we adjusted the IT department, making it much more specialized and robust. It's about "bulletproofing" in the best way possible. For example, if we want to hire a new service and that particular company offers cloud services, it must go through very rigorous security filters, because we want to be in control of our servers.
With SAP, we centralized two large servers, one in Germany and one in Latin America, in order to control our data and try to mitigate risks. This way the company aims to have more control over the networks. But the company also invests a lot in training people. We train our employees not only on data protection but also on the dangers of using unknown software, etc. This training has been going on for some three or four years. The idea is to raise awareness in our employees about the risk of "opening the door" from a technological standpoint.
Q: What changes have you seen in the financial executive role?
A: I've worked across several industries and I think it's becoming more important to have a much wider vision to help understand what's happening in the markets and help the company adapt to the market.
The most interesting aspect for a financial executive is going from optimizing processes with what's available, to becoming part of the decision making with regards to the business and where it's headed, understand what's happening with the competition and how to best optimize the financial processes to not lose competitiveness.
The role is becoming more varied and more about becoming a strategic player for the business. That's my experience, I've been in the decision-making process for a good while. Years ago in this company, they realized that a financial executive with a strategic vision, beyond numbers, is crucial for business.
This interview was conducted by Latin Trade for Council of the Americas.


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Defining your Corporate Identity
Corporate Identity is defined by your intentions and not the outcomes. In other words, the product and services you provide do not define your company. Instead, the attributes and characteristics of your company outline your corporate identity. We begin the design process by gaining an understanding of the uniqueness of your company, your employees and your workplace special needs.


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For the last look that we did during Andrea's shoot (you can see the other 2 here + here), we kept it on the streets but we also wanted to capture a little movement because of the amazing vintage palazzo pants that Andrea thrifted.
There's so much color downtown. With all of the renovations that have happened over the last few years, there's a great mix of new and old architecture, especially on Main Street, so it served as the perfect backdrop for her outfit: her pants are vintage, yes, but they're a very modern piece to have right now. Elegant, yet still funky, she paired them with silver accessories and a fun animal print crop top for a look that's slightly bohemian but still very chic.
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Sociolinguistics study helps people understand more about language and its use. Wardhaugh (1992) explains a Sociolinguistics as an "Investigating the relationships between language and society with the goal being a better understanding of the structure of language and of how languages function in communication". It shows that language and society who uses language, they have relationship where it could influence each other (Radford, 2009).
The language used will be different if the speaker is talking to different people for instance different age, social class and background. The relationship between society and language comes to the study of kinship in a family in which it talks about the relationship established in a family through blood, described through the idiom of blood, and relationships through marriage". (Nanda & Warms, 2007).
The differentiation in using language could be happened in this case in which vocabulary used to be a representative of the name of family's members. Particular culture considers about the age where the way to call a person who is older would be different from the younger one.
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In his introduction, the FIDI President Freddy Paxton gave examples of how some businesses had disrupted markets: PayPal had disrupted the banking industry, e-mail had disrupted postal services. He said that the moving industry has a reputation for being conservative, with new technology often being met with reserve and mistrust and its complexity making people feel overwhelmed. "Yet some say Blockchain is opening a new era that will change the way we do business," he said.
Patrick went one stage further in his own introduction. He said he was surprised at the camaraderie between competitors in the moving industry, that this was very rare and a huge opportunity as Blockchain relies on cooperation and is evolving as part of an ecosystem of technologies. This evolution was expanding exponentially. "It is not a linear progression," he said. As an example, Patrick said that in 2000 it cost $17,000 to store 1Tb of data; today it costs $3. "The cost structure is collapsing. That's what's driving the whole thing."
In another example, Patrick illustrated how important the collection of data is and will become. Rolls Royce, he said, can monitor its Trent jet engines while in service, even using video cameras to identify potential faults while in flight. This data has allowed the company to offer airlines service contracts, much cheaper than they can do it themselves, yet returning very high margins to Rolls Royce representing 50% of the company's profitability. They can do it because they have the data. "Guys, it's all about data. How can you use data to provide a service to your clients that they don't have today? It might become your most profitable revenue stream."
Patrick explained that when the 5G network is running there will be an explosion of sensors as it will be cheap to do it. He said that companies are scared about technology growth wondering who is going to 'eat their lunch'. "But we have to think, who else's lunch can we eat? There is enormous opportunity for small, agile companies, to displace big heavyweights that are going to lose their advantage. This is a time to stay on the offensive. Either you are leveraging the technology, or the technology is leveraging you. As business leaders we have to run towards the technology." Patrick encouraged the audience always to think how technology can be made to work for them in their businesses. The key is the data. "You need to ask what data do you have? What data could you get? How can you participate?"
Artificial Intelligence and machine learning
Patrick touched on artificial intelligence and machine learning. He used an example of how Tesla cars have the ability to learn to negotiate roads from each other. Once one car has learned a particularly tricky manoeuvre, they all know how to do it. It sounds a bit like The Borg in Star Trek, but it's here. With systems that are linked to each other it should be possible for every system to learn from every other. "If you can set it up where everyone's on a network and you can take the use cases of individual people and upload them to the cloud where the true intelligence resides, then everybody benefits from things that they never did. That's why it's so powerful. That's why everyone is looking for the data. It's the network effect that makes the growth exponential."
What is Blockchain
Patrick said that the concept of Blockchain is easier than you think. He said to think about an Excel spread sheet but, instead of being on one computer (a node), it's on thousands of different computers simultaneously that all have the latest, most accurate version. That makes it almost impossible to hack because you can't hack just one node because the others would immediately see it's been tampered with. "You would have to successfully attack 51% of all the nodes in the same way at the same time for the hack to work," said Patrick. "Every time a new block of transactions is added to the previous chain of blocks the newest block has a summary of the previous block embedded in it. So it can never be changed. Blockchain is the technology behind Bitcoin and, so far, it has never been hacked. "Believe me, everyone has tried," he said. "Blockchain automates trust."
Blockchain is a process of recording transactions that guarantees trust. There is no need to keep track of the transactions. The contracts execute themselves. Administration is reduced or eliminated. You don't need to trust your partners. If you pay using a crypto currency, you can eliminate the banks completely.
Patrick said that Blockchain involves companies, their competitors, customers and suppliers; the moving industry is perfect for it. "It's unusual to see an industry that's so well suited for it," he said, and encouraged the audience to work together to find ways in which Blockchain can be exploited.
Disruptive innovation
Patrick talked briefly about disruptive innovation. He said that disruptive innovation invalidates existing business markets. "You don't see it coming and suddenly the entire industry is torn apart," he said. He used various examples such as the way in which Apple disrupted the music business or how Uber now is disrupting food delivery.
He said that disruption usually comes from adjacent markets. "Look at your biggest supplier, who else do they sell to? Ask yourself, what do they do poorly? What's not working? Can you do that yourself?"
Disruption tends to come from the sides which is why people get caught off guard. It also tends to cater to the least profitable market sector first. "Ask yourself, what do these people want? What are the new revenue opportunities? A lot of the time when you start something new you don't have much competition because others don't have the courage to try."
In summing up, Patrick said that it's not really about technology, it's about leadership. "Who is going to be the first to try?"
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Researchers Note Postmastectomy Radiation Should be Given to N2/N3 Breast Cancer Patients
A recent study entitled "Postmastectomy Radiation for N2/N3 Breast Cancer: Factors Associated with Low Compliance Rate" was published on the Journal of the American College of Surgeons by Dr. Quyen D. Chu from the Departments of Surgery and Feist-Weiller Cancer Center at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in Shreveport, LA along with colleagues. The research team found that only 65% of women that underwent a mastectomy were receiving the recommended post mastectomy radiation therapy (PMRT). Breast cancer patients should undergo radiation therapy after being submitted to a mastectomy if their tumor has extended to 4 or more close lymph nodes. Previous studies have shown that postmastectomy radiation (PMRT) decreased the risk of breast tumor reappearance and improved survival in patients with tumor stage of N2, with 4 to 9 axillary lymph nodes but no other organs, or N3, with 10 or more axillary lymph nodes, according to AJCC staging system. For the last 15 years, The National Cancer Institute and the American Society of Clinical Oncology have recommended PMRT in addition to chemotherapy for the majority of breast cancer patients that underwent mastectomy and have increased risk of tumor reappearance in the sam