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At the present time, purifiers and treatment units are getting more popular for the homeowners as well as for the industrial customers as compared to ever before. With the increasing technology and new innovations, it is possible to treat the air to use it in the proper way for humans, industries and other useful operations. According to the reports and studies, there is always a big requirement of air treatment because of the increasing population all over the world day by day.
There may be many good reasons to invest in a good air treatment system or unit for your residential or industrial purpose. As you know, you never want to compromise on the health of your family and you never want to provide an environment having contaminated air for the family members at your home. In the same way, there is a big requirement of clean and fresh air at the workplaces so there is a need of air purification and treatment for most of industries. Here are some of the good reasons to invest in the best air treatment units of systems for the homeowners and industrial owners:
Filtering the bacteria, dust particles and germs from the air:
Today, contaminated air is definitely one of the main reasons of increasing health-related risks for the residents and humans on our planet. Because of the availability of bacteria, germs and dust particles in the air, there will be a big possibility of several kinds of health risks and allergy to the residents at your home or industry. These kinds of risks can be very harmful to the patients of asthma so air treatment is definitely a big requirement with the use of right units and systems available in the market for it.
Fresh air for the industrial applications:
There are several Industries where there is a big requirement of fresh and purified air during the manufacturing and production operations of the products. Whether it is dental industry, pharmaceutical industry, food and beverages industry or any other manufacturing industry, the big requirement of air treatment units is there that can be very beneficial for the successful operations with minimum risks.
Controlling the pollution at residential and commercial places:
To save our planet, there is a big requirement of controlling the air pollution in the big cities at homes offices, commercial places and industrial workplaces. There are only a few ways to control the level of pollution and to provide in the purified and fresh air to the people living nearby. In this kind of situation, it is possible to use air treatment units and systems that will be very effective for the control of pollution at the commercial and residential places.
Because of all these reasons, it is very important to find the best equipment for air treatment at the residential, commercial or industrial level. Today, many manufacturers and brands are available in the market to provide equipment and systems for air treatment. You can definitely pick the right one as per your needs and requirements.


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I started off making my soon-to-be new cousin Ashley (she is marrying my cousin Brandon in June and she's awesome!) a cute little clutch. You see, I promised to be a lot more active in helping her with wedding prep, as I know how stressful it can be. Then we found out about Lukas' heart defect and I became less than helpful. And I felt bad. I wanted to do something nice for her to tell her I was sorry, especially considering how often she texts me just to say she is thinking of me and Lukas or comments on my Facebook posts to say she can't wait to meet him. She totally rocks. It was my first attempt at ever creating something of this nature, but it turned out pretty cute despite some its imperfections. I even made her a customized little label with her and Brandon's names and their wedding date. Just so she would always have something to remind her of that magical moment in their lives when she looked inside. I even tried super hard to find some fabric(s) that matched her wedding colors.
I also made Lukas some soft soled crib shoes. They are so tiny and sweet that I just want to eat them up. I can't wait until sweet little newborn feet fill them. The ones in the middle are totally seamless and reversible. I finally figured out how to do it!! So more will be coming his way, I assure you.
|taken on my phone so I apologize for the grainy-ness
|also taken on my phone - sorry guys! (there are also two of each, just hidden under one another)
So now, Tuesday is but a blink away. Its going to be a long appointment, but I am excited to see my sweet boy on ultrasound again. They are doing another growth scan so I am desperately looking forward to seeing how his growth has changed and how big he might be right now, even if it is just an estimate. They are doing another echo too, so I am excited to see that magical little heart fluttering away on the screen and watching it pump so perfectly right now despite its imperfections. I don't really dread these appointment anymore, which I feel is good. Even though I know the appointments are going to be long and the drive downtown in rush hour traffic isn't exactly my idea of a good time, its all for the greater good. Its all part of motions that will eventually land my beautiful boy right in my arms. And I can't wait because its going to be amazing.
So my friends, have a beautiful rest of the day. Hopefully the sun is shining and its warmer in your neck of the woods than it is in mine =) Keep smiling friends and keep on praying for our tiny Lukas!
P.S. - can you believe we are going to be 30 weeks tomorrow?? AHHH!

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by Hannah Dobbs
Kill Normal
2008, 45 min., DVD
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In economically turbulent times, rent and home-ownership have become unaffordable at best and impossible at worst. Thus, people all over the world continue a long tradition of reclaiming this basic human right by squatting. Shelter: A Squatumentary is a documentary film that explores the squatting movement in the East Bay from 2004 to 2007. We follow three examples of the struggle for housing in an unaffordable marketplace such as the San Francisco Bay Area. Hellarity House, Banana House, and Power Machine are stories of squatters who have found the tentative solution to the ongoing housing crisis.
"A warm and wry look at the tough circumstances confronting people who try and squeeze out a space for squatting in today's America." - Chris Carisson, Author of Nowtopia (AK Press)


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Litigation Lawyers in Globe
If you live in , Arizona, and believe that you have suffered some type of legal wrong, you may wish to file a lawsuit against the person who allegedly wronged you.
If you're considering filing a lawsuit, there are numerous things you need to consider, and it is not a decision to be made lightly. You should not file a lawsuit without seeking the advice of a Globe, Arizona civil litigation attorney first.
When you retain a civil litigation lawyer in Globe, Arizona, they'll be able to give you some very useful advice, particularly in devising a strategy that maximizes your chances of winning your lawsuit. You'll probably also wonder how much this lawsuit is going to cost you, especially if you don't win. This largely depends on the attorney's fee structure. If the attorney charges an hourly rate, you will simply have to pay the lawyer for every hour they work. This can add up to a huge amount of money, very quickly. If they charge on a contingency basis, you do not have to pay any attorney's fees unless you win, and payment comes in the form of the percentage of the judgment. However, if you lose, you might still be responsible for costs, such as court fees, which are incurred no matter what happens to the case.
Steps for Filing a Lawsuit in Globe, Arizona
Consultation with your attorney: You should always speak with a Globe, Arizona lawyer who specializes in civil litigation before filing any type of lawsuit in a court in Globe, Arizona. Your lawyer will have crucial information and advise, helping you decide whether or not your chances of success in the lawsuit make it worth your while to proceed.
Drafting a Complaint: Once you have decided to go through with filing a lawsuit in a Globe, Arizona court, you need to draft a complaint, with the help of your lawyer. A complaint is usually the first step in actually filing a lawsuit. The complaint is the plaintiff's first opportunity to lay out the allegations against the defendant. If a complaint doesn't allege facts that add up to a valid lawsuit (that is, even if everything alleged in the complaint is true, the defendant has still not committed a legal wrong that the court can compensate), the case will have to be dismissed. When a case is dismissed for this reason, the court usually gives the plaintiff a chance to re-submit the complaint, with the errors corrected.
Serving The Defendant: Once you, or your lawyer, have drafted a complaint, the defendant must be served with it, so they have notice that they're being sued, and are given time to prepare a defense. Globe, Arizona has specific rules governing how a complaint must be served, for the service to be valid. Personal service (having someone give the documents directly to the defendant) is preferred. However, some courts will also accept service by mail in limited circumstances, or service upon an adult member of the defendant's household.
Await The Response: The defendant has a certain amount of time to respond to your lawsuit, once they confirm that they've been served in Globe, Arizona. The defendant will probably respond with an answer to your complaint. An answer is a document in which the defendant admits or denies the specific factual allegations made by the plaintiff. Typically, the defendant will admit the allegations that are not seriously in dispute (for example, if the lawsuit concerns a car accident, they'll probably admit that an accident did, in fact, take place), but deny the more serious allegations (they'll probably deny that they were responsible for the accident). If the defendant fails to respond within a set period of time, they are in "default," and basically lose the case automatically.
How Can A Globe, Arizona Tort Lawyer Help?
This simple outline is meant to give you a general idea of what goes into filing a lawsuit in Globe, Arizona, but it is by no means a comprehensive guide.
Accordingly, it's always a good idea to speak with a Globe, Arizona litigation attorney if you are contemplating filing a lawsuit against a person or company.


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GARDENA, Calif. — Tireco Inc. is adding a W speed-rated, all-season ultra-high-performance tire, the MS932 XP+, to its Milestar brand.
The MS932 XP+ is M+S rated, comes in 39 performance sizes in 18-, 19-, 20- and 22-inch wheel diameters and is backed by a 40,000-mile limited treadwear warranty, Tireco said.
The new tire "balances a UHP all-season compound with a highly technical tread pattern and an incredible size lineup," Andrew Hoit, Tireco's vice president of sales and marketing, said.
"This line will broaden our consumer reach into additional enthusiast markets, and most importantly it will continue providing more Milestar brand value to our distributors and independent dealers."
The MS932 XP+ features a silica-infused tread compound and an asymmetric tread pattern.
The inner tread pattern includes elements — such as 3D siping — designed to maximize the driving experience during both dry and wet conditions, Tireco said, while the large shoulder blocks on the outer tread help increase cornering stability. Angled siping aids in dispersing water.
Tireco did not disclose pricing information nor identify the line's manufacturer or country of origin.
The MW932 XP+ complements the existing MS932 Sport performance touring tire, which Tireco said is targeted for sedans, sport sedans, crossovers (CUV) and sport coupes.
The Milestar brand now comprises six passenger, six light truck/SUV and three commercial light truck/van lines.


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A Brave man from Ukraine didn't hesitated and risked his life to save a terrified kitten that was stuck under a cargo ship.
Courtesy of Inside Edition
"A tiny kitten was rescued from the freezing waters of a dock in Ukraine after being found hiding on the rudder of a cargo ship. The tiny cat precariously balanced at the rear of the boat in the port of Illichivsk, Ukraine, after falling several feet from the pier above. The kitten's cries were heard by dockworkers up above, one of whom decided to put on a survival suit and dive into the icy waters. After being rescued the kitten was wrapped in the crewman's coat as it was taken off to get dry."


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4 | Oncology Advances While rates of contralateral prophylactic mastectomy (CPM) more than tripled between 2002 and 2012, researchers at Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women's Cancer Center (DF/BWCC) have found no survival benefit among patients choosing CPM over breast conservation. DF/BWCC researchers are conduct- ing ongoing research to examine the primary factors that con- tribute to patients' decisions to undergo CPM. Large-scale Study Reveals Trends in CPM In a study published online earlier this year in the Annals of Sur- gery, DF/BWCC investigators analyzed data from nearly 500,000 women with a diagnosis of unilateral breast cancer (Stage I to Stage III) who had an average follow-up of 8.25 years, from 1998-2012. Of the 496,488 women in the study, 59.6 percent underwent breast-conserving surgery, 33.4 per- cent underwent unilateral mastectomy, and seven percent un- derwent CPM. Overall, the proportion of women choosing CPM increased from 3.9 percent in 2002 to 12.7 percent in 2012. When com- pared with breast-conserving therapy, no significant improve- ment in breast cancer-specific survival or overall survival was found for women undergoing CPM, regardless of hormone re- ceptor status or age. "This study demonstrates a sharp and sustained increase in the number of women choosing CPM," said Mehra Golshan, MD, the lead author of the study, Distinguished Chair in Surgical On- cology at Brigham and Women's Hospital, and Medical Director of International Oncology Programs at DF/BWCC. "As we counsel women on the risks and benefits of this option, it is im- portant that we understand why more women who are at low risk for developing breast cancer in the unaffected breast are selecting CPM." Current Research in Young Women with Breast Cancer A current longitudinal study led by Principal Investigator Ann Partridge, MD, MPH, Director of the Program for Young Women with Breast Cancer and Director of the Adult Survivor- ship Program at DF/BWCC, is helping to investigate treatment decision making, including CPM, and other aspects of care in younger women. In the Young Women's Breast Cancer Study, investigators are following 1,300 women ages 40 and younger with newly-diag- nosed breast cancer from academic and community health care institutions. Participants complete surveys and provide blood samples and tumor tissue after surgery. The women are sur- veyed every six months for the first three years after diagnosis, then yearly thereafter for an additional seven years (for a total follow-up of at least 10 years following diagnosis). Team Investigates Key Factors in Patient Decision Making Amid Growing Rates and Lack of Survival Benefit in Contralateral Prophylactic Mastectomy Researchers are evaluating: • Short and long-term disease and treatment issues; • Tumor biology and the relationship to patient outcomes; • Psychosocial concerns at baseline and in follow-up. In an analysis of data from the Young Women's Breast Cancer Study, Dr. Partridge and researcher Shoshana Rosenberg, ScD, MPH, recently found a substantial increase in the number of women undergoing BRCA testing, with 77 percent of women diagnosed in 2006 opting for BRCA testing compared with 95 percent for those diagnosed in 2013 (JAMA Oncol. 2016 Jun 1;2(6):730-6.). Among all women included in the study, nearly 30 percent indicated that knowledge or concern about genetic risk influenced treatment decisions. Among these patients, 86 percent of BRCA mutation carriers and 51 percent of noncar- riers chose CPM. Ann Partridge, MD, MPH Director, Program for Young Women with Breast Cancer, Director, Adult Survivorship Program, Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women's Cancer Center Researchers at Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women's Cancer Center, led by surgical oncologist Mehra Golshan, MD, have found no survival benefit among patients choosing CPM over breast conservation. Mehra Golshan, MD Dr. Abdul Mohsen and Sultana Al-Tuwaijri Distinguished Chair in Surgical Oncology, Brigham and Women's Hospital; Medical Director, International Oncology Programs, Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women's Cancer Center continued on back cover dfbwcc.org


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Endurance IT Services | 2018 Best Places to Work
Endurance IT Services is a company that takes great pride in their services, but they mostly take pride in their employees. Leadership at Endurance IT Services has this amazing ability to make their employees feel a sense of belonging. They encourage employee feedback and understand that employees often have solutions that excel the business.
Each one of these exceptional leaders takes an active interest in mentoring their employees. On Average, Americans spend a third of their lives at work so why not create an environment that encourages, motivates and lifts moral.
We are excited to say that Inside Business announced Endurance IT Services as one of the "Best Places to Work" in Hampton Roads by Inside Business. Eligibility for this ranking is based on the following requirements:
- Must be a publicly or privately held business, a for-profit
- Not-for-profit business or government entity
- Have a facility in Virginia
- A minimum of 15 full-time or part-time employees working in Virginia
- Must be in business a minimum of one year
Once the requirements are met, an assessment is conducted based on the results of an in-depth employee questionnaire.
"These companies go above and beyond for the employees, providing a working environment that is motivational, benefits that make their lives easier and make time for fun, community involvement and work-life balance," stated Inside Business.
This recognition is a reflection of the culture Endurance IT Services has created internally and is the reason for their success with their customers. The formula is pretty simple; take care of your employees and they will invest themselves in their jobs. Our mission is to connect, value, and giveback.
We apply our mission internally as well as externally. We are proud our employees chose us for this award and are grateful for all the hard they have put in over the years. Endurance IT Services wouldn't be the company that it is today if it weren't to the hard work, creativity, and loyalty of its employees.


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7.2-channel AV reciever with outstanding power and lots of features. Titan
With a high-grade aluminum front panel, multi-point audio calibration and a second HDMI® output, this 7.2-channel receiver features Dolby Atmos® and DTS:X™ object based surround sound decoding along with the latest in 4K Ultra HD video technologies. Share your music throughout the house with MusicCast, an application that delivers wireless multiroom audio.


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Testing new students
When you start teaching a new student, you'll probably want to assess their level of English so that you can plan and deliver the most effective lessons you can. While you can assess the learner's listening and speaking skills through an interview, you might want to use a more formal test or encourage the learner to self-assess so they can set their own goals. In this step, you're going to look at three online tools you can use with new students.
Click on the three tools below (1–3) and find out what each tool does. Then, match it to its description (A–C).
A. A simple version of the European Common Framework of Reference for teachers that learners can use to self-assess their English.
B. A free online test which helps learners to select the best Cambridge English Qualification for them. Even if your learners aren't planning on taking a Cambridge exam, this tool can be a very useful way of finding out a learner's level when you begin teaching them.
C. A quiz that helps learners to self-assess their language skills.
Reflect and share
What other tools might be useful in assessing a learner's level? Share your ideas in the comments.


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Social Dialogue for Sustainable Pensions and Flexible Labour Markets
Governments increasingly encounter opposition to the controversial welfare and labour market reforms that appear necessary for addressing the challenges of demographic ageing. The reasons for such failures reside principally in their impact on acquired rights but also in the top-down and fragmented approach adopted by most governments. Lessons from successful reforms indicate that a broad policy mix is indispensable together with a broad public debate and consensus building with the social partners on the objectives of the reforms and the means to implement them.
Social dialogue seems to be a prerequisite for such reforms and its absence a recipe for failure. The communication will dwell on these issues — notably the reform policies that were negotiated, discussing the role of social dialogue and collective bargaining in the reform process, pointing to the experience of Finland and Spain and reflecting on future perspective in the European Union, particularly in the light of recent constraints encountered in the UK and Denmark.
1. Introduction
The complex issues involved in reforming pension systems to ensure their sustainability and improve coverage in ageing societies seem to be beyond reach in most countries. The search of appropriate and comprehensive solutions runs counter to various major obstacles. Besides the sheer difficulty of forecasting correctly trends (demography, economic cycles, political stability, labour markets) and devising a comprehensive policy mix to soften the impact of these trends, such attempts tend to be delayed or blocked by the short-term horizon of politicians, reluctant to introduce unpopular reforms for fear of their electoral backlash. Moreover, they have to convince stakeholders who stick to the status quo, be they trade unions, who wish to maintain their acquired rights, or businesses who look for savings in a highly competitive world.
Lack of understanding of this broad range of issues involved and the absence of channels to discuss alternatives and acceptable modalities of the reforms have limited their scope when they did not block them altogether. The few countries which have managed to successfully introduce such reforms have invariably done so following a wide public debate and social dialogue on a coherent policy approach. But this is an on-going process that cannot be addressed by a one-off measure, and it requires a supportive institutional framework such as social dialogue. This has become clear over the past two decades of attempted and too often failed or postponed reforms. The latest recent reminders of reform aversion have resulted from governments' top-down approach in France, Sweden and the Netherlands. In the first case, the French government proposed in early 2006 a reform of employment contracts legislation — the so-called 'first job contract' (Contrat première embauche — CPE) — for young people under age 26. This was a desperate attempt — in the wake of the suburban violence that erupted in autumn 2005 — to cope with the high, persistent youth unemployment, particularly among young unskilled workers from ethnic minorities. But it blatantly ignored a law adopted by the same government in 2004 (the Fillion law), which provided for social dialogue prior to any legislation that affects employment. Not surprisingly, the bill was widely and violently criticized by all unions with mass demonstrations that lead to its withdrawal (Le Monde March-April 2006). In Sweden, the traditionally consensual society, where social dialogue is part of the cultural legacy, the new conservative-liberal government encountered vehement opposition from the unions when it tried to unilaterally revamp the unemployment insurance (Le Monde, 16 Oct 2006). In the Netherlands, a consensus on social and employment policy that had prevailed ever since 1982 came to a halt in summer 2004 when the government tried to pass an early retirement reform against the views of the social partners. Union opposition resulted in a major strike — a rare event in the country — and the measure had to be withdrawn. Negotiations were thereafter resumed and agreement achieved a few months later (EIRO-Netherlands 2004).
Much of the official discourse around demographic ageing has focused on strategies to ensure the adequacy and sustainability of pension schemes. The resulting policies, particularly in Europe, emphasise the need to cap social expenditure to rein in, if not reduce, public deficits by limiting the generosity of the welfare state, notably by transferring the risks to pension funds and, increasingly, to the wage earners. They also emphasise the need for businesses to employ and retain older workers and for workers to extend their working lives (and the related social contributions). While these are certainly a necessary part of the reform, if the objective is to ensure the sustainability and adequacy of the social safety net, more attention needs to be given to a set of other policies that tend to produce a more dynamic labour market that encompasses the active population as a whole. This is mainly because the labour market is an essential parameter for coping with the impact of demographic ageing. Indeed, the post-war European welfare-state was based on stable and full-time employment (mainly of the male breadwinner) and the (traditional) family. Both have dramatically changed since 1945 as a result of societal, labour market and economic trends (Sarfati 2002), including:
• the massive and persistent unemployment in many EU countries (even if the EU average now hovers around 8% of the working population, it is still high and affects some groups more than others);
• low employment rates (generally or of particular population groups, notably young and older workers, and women at all age groups);
• the rapid expansion of 'atypical' often precarious jobs;
• the exponential increase in female employment (though mostly in 'atypical' jobs);
• the delayed entry and early exit of the labour market (though the latter has already somewhat improved as a result of policy change on early retirement);
• the breakdown of the family with the increased incidence of divorce and the emergence of single-parent and single-person household (associated with poverty and social exclusion);
• the decline in fertility and the increase of life expectancy (at age 60).
These trends result in the shrinking of the active population, making labour market and welfare reforms urgent, because they add to the 'traditional' social risks that already weigh heavily on public expenditures (sickness, unemployment, disability and death), new social risks, linked to such factors as the mismatch between available jobs and the qualifications and competencies of the workforce; the difficulty in reconciling family responsibilities and work and hence limited employability and career opportunities for women; job precariousness and an increasing incidence of poverty at work and in retirement as well as social exclusion. The conjunction of these risk, weakens the traditional social protection systems, which are ill-prepared to cope with them. It also threatens economic growth and the living standards of the population — both young and old, because of the expected doubling over the forthcoming decades of the dependency ratio of the older inactive population on a shrinking active but partly precarious workforce. This brings to the forth the need to focus more on the economic dependency ratio than on the demographic dependency ratio, that is, the ratio of the payroll of the active population versus the amount of pensions paid. It is the growing balance of the global payroll in this equation that enabled the development of the post-war welfare-state. Hence the priority granted by the OECD, the European Commission and ISSA to the increasing of activity and employment rates across the gender and age groups of the population in any welfare reform policy (OECD 2006, European Commission 2006a,b; Sigg 2002, 2005).
Improving the economic dependency ratio requires a dynamic labour market, which provides conditions and incentives for entry and exit, mobility between jobs, employability, adequate opportunities for the acquisition and upgrading of skills and competencies, suitable conditions of work for people with different needs and capacities, accessible and affordable caring services which facilitate reconciling family and career, taxation, safety nets and family policies that encourage and facilitate employment rather than inactivity. In a nutshell — reconciling the increased flexibility with security against fluctuating incomes and career fluctuation but also implying major cultural and behavioural changes among all stakeholders (Bonoli and Sarfati, 2002; Schmid and Gazier, 2002).
These policies directly affect workers, employers, local authorities, and citizens. In democratic societies, it is only natural that these stakeholders be involved in the formulation of policies that directly impact not only on their daily lives at work and beyond, but also on intra- and inter-generational solidarities.
Parliamentary debates on labour market and welfare reforms have been stormy and lengthy, rarely leading to successful reforms. So it may be timely to turn to another existing channel for such stakeholder involvement because it exists, even if it needs revamping, because it proved successful in a number of countries with different industrial relations characteristics and traditions. This channel consists of social dialogue and collective bargaining. This paper will underline the potential role of these instruments in formulating welfare and labour market reforms linked to demographic ageing. It acknowledges some of the obvious difficulties in developing such an approach but also points to the lessons of successful outcomes of negotiated reforms in various EU countries, particularly in Finland and Spain.
Paper presented at the 5th International Research Conference on Social Security, Warsaw 5-7 March 2007, "Social Security and the Labour Market: A Mismatch?".
Hedva Sarfati: Former ILO Director Industrial Relations and Labour Administration Department, ISSA consultant for labour market and social protection.
Tags: acquired rights, Finland and Spain experiences, flexible labour markets, policy mix, social dialogue, sustainable pensions


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It's make or break it time in Connecticut for major legislation
HARTFORD >> Memorial Day may be summer's unofficial start, but it also marks the final stretch of the legislative session, so this week will make or break several pieces of legislation as lawmakers look to work through the coming weekend.
The General Assembly has until June 7, to pass most legislation. While many, including House Majority Leader Matt Ritter, D-Hartford, have called the deadline arbitrary, what it means is that it basically gets much harder to pass any legislation that can't be placed into a budget implementer as the deadline gets closer.
Part of the difficulty stems from the need for legislators to have to agree on what to debate and discuss if they have to return after June 7.
If the closely divided House doesn't have a budget deal before next Monday, then it's unlikely they will finish approving a budget for fiscal years 2018 and 2019. As the session winds down power starts to shift to the minority party, which is the Republican Party in the House. The Senate, although it is evenly divided between the parties, still has Democratic Lt. Gov. Nancy Wyman to break a tie vote. However, even getting legislation called for debate this year in the Senate has been challenging because of the new power sharing agreement.
The House is split 79-72, so it only takes a handful of members to kill any piece of legislation. That means any of the caucuses can easily kill a proposal by threatening to vote against it.
Essentially, it means Democrats and Republicans will need to work together and deals will need to be made if anything is going to make it through the last week and a half of the legislative session.
So far there haven't been any big breakdowns in communication in the House, but the Senate has, at times, struggled to keep business moving.
In addition to passing a budget for fiscal years 2018 and 2019, lawmakers still have to resolve a $317 million budget deficit in the current fiscal year. The size of the deficit is a slight improvement, according to the nonpartisan Office of Fiscal Analysis.
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March 15, 2007
WASHINGTON -- U.S. Senator Pete Domenici, ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee and a senior member of the Senate Budget Committee, today praised a major commitment to renewable fuel technology included in the FY2008 Senate Budget Resolution.
Domenici and other Budget Committee members today met to put together a resolution that will serve as a blueprint for the federal government's spending priorities for the next fiscal year. Although concerns with funding priorities in several areas prevented Domenici from supporting the resolution, the Senator indicated that he is pleased with its $1.6 billion commitment to the Department of Energy's Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) program, an increase of $440 million over FY2006 and $385 million above the President's budget request.
"The Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy program is a critical program within DOE where our nation's work on next generation fuels is put to the test. Increasing our fuel diversity and fuel efficiency is a top priority for me this year, and as it was in the bipartisan Energy Bill when we passed the first-ever renewable fuel standard. While I disagree with parts of the chairman's mark, and therefore can't support it, I am pleased that it paves the way for a major funding increase for these programs," Domenici said.
One of Domenici's top priorities for the 110th Congress is to work with Chairman Jeff Bingaman to find ways to further development of alternative fuels.
The Senator also praised provisions that support DOE's Fossil Energy Research and Development program, which is of particular importance to small producers and geologists and helps recover more domestic oil and gas. The Senate Budget Resolution rejects the Bush Administration's proposed cut for fossil energy research and development, restoring approximately $25 million to the account.
Domenici did express concern that the budget resolution rejected the President's proposal to permit oil and natural gas leasing in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR). The Senator has long advocated environmentally responsible production of oil and natural gas in ANWR.
"Like many others, I am concerned that we depend on imports for 60 percent of our oil. But it is equally concerning to me that at the same time, we are locking up billions of barrels of American resources while relying on foreign, volatile regions. While I am committed to conserving energy, increasing fuel efficiency, and using home-grown biofuels, I also believe we should be producing more domestic oil and gas, both in the Gulf of Mexico and ANWR. I'm disappointed this resolution does not meet this need," Domenici said.
The Budget Committee approved the resolution Thursday afternoon. It is now ready for debate by the full Senate.


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Student Council
The Student Council committee provides the pupils of Meadow View Farm School with the opportunity to have a voice that is listened to throughout the school community, supporting the development of British Values by actively promoting democratic processes as members are voted for by the pupils. Through weekly student council meetings, pupils are encouraged to take ownership over creating a positive learning environment; underpinned by mutual respect for all, celebrating social identity differences. The student council representatives maintain a substantial amount of responsibility throughout their duties and are trusted to provide a voice for their peers during meetings. This experience enhances pupils' interaction skills, develops their self-worth, self-esteem and confidence.
Below are some of the experiences and achievements gained through the implementation of student council:
• MVFS themed enrichment days – voted for, planned, budgeted and led by student council representatives, i.e 'Disney Day' and 'Build a Den Day'
• The Designing of displays throughout school
• Taking part in the planning for parent open days, i.e The Christmas Carol Service and the Easter Bonnet Parade
• The ownership over creating a portfolio of the work achieved for SMSC and British Values through student council
• Ownership over 'the school dog' – i.e budgeting, pet insurance, the dog's name
• 'Learning Walks' to identify and celebrate outstanding teaching
• Anti-bullying campaigns
School Council Update Autumn 2018/Spring 2019
The Student Council representatives have been really busy so far during the Spring Term. They have been given the responsibility of enhancing sporting opportunities both on, and off site, working closely with Yinka in Class 5- who helps to lead PE.
This responsibility involves promoting sports across school including:
Meadow View Farm School, Leicestershire - Welcome to our new School website!


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So how did four women that all wanted to take on the Atlantic meet? Well perhaps surprisingly three of us met in September 2016 at the start of the new season at ERC, so in fact we'd known each other for less than a year before we agreed to take on the challenge. By training together 6 days a week, spending hours in the boat and days at regattas, it definitely felt like a lifetime by June 2017. Although we mostly spent our time talking about food...or rowing...or rowing whilst talking about food (our coach loved this!), we did at some points have 'normal' conversations and we knew what each of us could bring to the team. We met Laura in 2017 when we visited an open day at the boat-builders- when we heard in January that she was keen to row the Atlantic too we booked a trip up to see her in Essex and the rest was history!
Physiotherapist, NHS,
As a physio living in Devon, sports and adventure have always been a part of my life. I have rowed competitively at university, run marathons, triathlons, scuba dived all over the world, been a horse riding safari tour guide, and interned at the European Space Agency. All these experiences have inspired me to challenge myself, and for the past five years I've set myself one big new challenge per year. I saw a team beat the world record for the fastest female Atlantic crossing and I decided, there and then, that was my new challenge.
Being outdoors a lot I see the effects of plastic on our coastline and in our seas. It's everywhere and the oceans are dying. So what better way to complete a row across the Atlantic than to do it supporting Surfers Against Sewage, who fight to save our oceans and coastlines every day.
Landscape Architect, LDA Design, Exeter
Having grown up in Somerset, we escaped to the sea at every chance we got - spending weeks at a time in our little beach hut in Mudeford. These early summers have stayed with me, giving me the bug for being on and around water.
Although sports have always been important to me, i've previously stuck to the muddier versions of football and rugby (albeit not necessarily drier!). After graduating from the University of Gloucestershire, I settled in Exeter and found rowing - being 6"1 I thought I'd better use my height to my advantage! Luckily my work and family have been very understanding of the constant training and my incessant rowing talk.
When Ros came to me with her idea for rowing the Atlantic I thought 'it's hard enough to do 2000 meters let alone 3000 miles!' I don't think i've changed my mind on that, but i can't wait to see what the challenge will bring!
Scientific Consultant, Met Office, Exeter
I grew up in rural Shropshire, with the nearest beach 2.5 hours away. Nevertheless, the distance to the sea never put me off being a water baby and I made the most of diving into the nearest river or mountain lake at the earliest opportunity. My love affair with the oceans truly started when I studied oceanography in California and Southampton. Since then I have been fascinated with how the oceans and climate interact, which led me to working at the Met Office. After 7 years of studying the ocean, I realise it is one of the least understood environments on earth and needs our protection and respect which is why I am proud to support Surfers Against Sewage and their plastics campaign.
Rowing became my sport of choice at university and I have never looked back. There's something about the total stillness on the river as you watch the sun rise which puts everything else in perspective, a peace that is hard to replicate in other sports.
I am always keen to start new adventures and this will be my biggest yet- I have had a bit of experience at sea since breaking the women's record for rowing the English Channel in a Cornish gig boat alongside 7 other crewmates in 2013. I know that the Atlantic is a bit of an upgrade from the channel but I am excited to embark on it with 3 other fantastic crew members.
Social Media Manager, Freelance, Burnham - on - Crouch
Unlike the rest of the crew, I did not grow up with sports and adventure in my life. It was only when I hit thirty that I had a burning desire to get outside and explore. I wanted to run through forests and up mountains. The only trouble was I couldn't run. With practise 1km turned into 5km, then 10km, then half marathons and marathons. I then completed a non-stop 48 hour adventure race, where I realised I not only loved endurance events but I was also good at them.
That lead me to my next challenge to row 1,800 miles around Great Britain, a challenge that took 56 days and was the best experience of my life!
Rowing across the Atlantic has always been a dream of mine, so when Row For The Ocean asked me to join the team, I said yes instantly.
I am excited to row with an experienced competitive crew who are passionate about spreading an important message about changing the way mankind uses and deposes of plastic. Mother Nature and the ocean is so very precious.
We believe a serious challenge requires a professional support team. We have on board team a of nutritionists, physiologists and physiotherapists to optimise physical and mental performance before and during the race. Our entire journey from now until after the race will also be documented through our social media, keeping everyone informed of our progress whilst at home and at sea.
World Class Sailing Coach
- Team Development and
Performance Coach -
Mark has been a professional sailing coach for over 10 years with a proven track record of success at the highest level. He works in diverse and challenging environments whether they are focused, competitive elite sailors looking for marginal gains or developing a world class cohesive team from scratch.
Mark helps organisations increase their productivity by developing individuals to perform at their optimum level within a positively driven cohesive team environment.
Mark is a very competitive and performance driven individual whose personal approach and core value is simple "it's all about you and your team". Mark utilises his in depth knowledge and experience within double handed yacht races, Olympic preparation, breaking world records and developing high performance teams to identify the key issues to increase productivity and team development.
Exeter Chiefs S&C Coach
- Strength & Conditioning Coach -
James has put together a programme for our land based training and keeps us on track, meeting every few weeks to reassess and tweak the sessions.
Olympic + Atlantic Rower
- Ocean Rowing Advisor -
Guin is providing the team with invaluable ocean rowing and training advise during the project. Having won a Silver Olympic Medal Guin went on to row the North Atlantic in 2015 in the very same boat the team is using!
University of Loughborough
- Sports Psychologist -
Fi is helping with the mental side of the row (this is 90% a psychological challenge, she has a big job to do!)
- ESP Physiotherapist -
Mike will be helping in the lead up to the row to get our bodies balanced and injury free.
- Ocean Rowing Advisor -
Having completed the same row back in 2016 Charlie is providing the team with invaluable knowledge and experience.
- Associate Professor in Nutrition & Metabolism at the University of Bath -
James is our nutritional advisor and will help us get the most out of our meals, without compromising our weight.


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Rocky Mount, here we come!
I am jazzed to announce that my painting, Orlando Rain has been juried into the ...
2017 Juried Art Show
Maria V. Howard Arts Center
60th annual National Multi-Media Juried Art exhibition
This piece is very near and dear to my heart so I am very happy to have a chance to show it at this great venue.
June 9, 2017 Exhibition Opens.
June 21, 2017 Artist Reception & Award Presentation
– award presentations at 6:30pm
6:00-8:00pm at
270 Gay Street,
Rocky Mount, NC 27804.
Free and open to the public.
Live music, wine, appetizers—in partnership with Durham Jazz Renaissance Foundation.
September 10, 2017 Exhibition Closes.
And closer to home....
Spring Light is part of the Durham Art Guild's
2017 Members Showcase
Enjoy some wonderful work from our local talent!
Exhibition dates:
April 8 - June 10, 2017
Receptions: April 21 and June 12
5 pm to 8 pm
120 Morris Street Durham, NC 27701
Sun Trust Gallery Hours:
Monday - Saturday 9am - 9pm Sunday 1-6pm
Free and Open to the Public
Thank you all for your interest and support of my work and I hope to see some of you soon.
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Upon arrival at Sekupang International Ferry Terminal, proceed for Batam City Tour.
• Maha Vihara Duta Maitreya Temple
• Polo Outlet
• Diana Homemade Cake Lapis
• Indonesia Traditional Otak Otak Factory
• Golden Beach : where coverage very wide range of sport activity such as Go Kart, Paintball, Flying Fox, Kayaking, etc. (at own expenses)
• Golden Tourist Shop & Bird Nest Shop
• Lunch will be serve at Golden Prawn 933
• Indonesia Cultural Dance
• Bengkong Dry Market
• Batik Factory Outlet & First Factory Outlet
• Last stop will be at BCS Mall


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Starring alongside Robert De Niro and Chazz Palminteri in A Bronx Tale, Calogero "C" was taught that the saddest thing in life is wasted talent and that Nobody cares.
He also played Pvt. Benitez in Renaissance man. Pvt. Benitez learned Shakespeare from Danny DeVito and recites a powerful rendition of St Crispin Day's Speech.
He also had roles in Sopranos, Crimson Tide, Enemy of the State, In the Shadows, and Dead on Arrival.
Oklahoma City's Pop Culture Con is honored to introduce to you, Lillo Brancato Jr.!!!


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Feast your eyes on this little feast!
With Valentine's Night being just hours away, Brit + Co founder Brit Morin dropped by to show us how to make a few last-minute gifts — including one STUNNING cupcake bouquet!
Which, let's be honest, is the ultimate treat for any occasion, are we right?
MORE: Easy Valentine's Day DIY: Heart Balloon Photo Booth Backdrop
As for the assembly? SO much easier than you think! All you need are cupcakes (strawberry shortcake cupcakes, anyone?), a flower pot, styrofoam and a healthy supply of toothpicks. Easy breezy!
Okay, we won't say it's a cinch for EVERYONE.
Right, John?
And Rach?!
What can we say? It's distracting being so close to the object of your affection!
Watch Brit breeze through putting this beauty together in the video above!


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I recently completed this Tomato (93531) Bernat Alpaca hat. The difference between the pattern and my method is that I used circular needles, so no sewing required. If you want to knit this the same way, remember that there is no need to purl to achieve the stockinette. The pattern is free, but you have to become a Bernat member, which is also free.
This was actually one of the very first projects I picked up when I started circular knitting. As I was just learning, I screwed up the first time and followed the pattern, which is for flat knitting. This meant that the stitches looked awful, almost like the garter stitch, but worse. I also find knitting patterns to be somewhat cryptic, so even on my second go at this hat, I'm not sure I completed it exactly as it was written. I did what looked ok and I would try it on to ensure I had enough rows.
- 1 ball of Bernat Alpaca yarn in 93531 Tomato (100 g/3.5 oz; 110 m/120 yds)
- Circular needle: No. 10 (6 mm), 16 in/41 cm
- 5 dpn: No. 10 (6 mm)
- 1 cable needle
My Steps:
Cast on 73 sts.
Work 1½ ins [4 cm] in (K1. P1) ribbing, RS facing outwards.
Next row: (RS-Inc row). K3. *M1. K2. M1. K3. Rep from * to end of row. 101 sts.
Purl 1 row.
1st row: K5. *Slip next 4 sts onto a cable needle and leave at front of work. K4, then K4 from cable needle – C8F made. K4. Rep from * to end of row.
Knit 7 rows
9th row: K1. *Slip next 4 sts onto a cable needle and leave at back of work. K4, then K4 from cable needle – C8B made. K4. Rep from * to last 4 sts. K4.
Knit 7 rows
Rep 1st to 9th rows once more.
Next row: Knit.
Shape top: 1st row: K1. *K2tog. K3. Rep from * to end of row. 81 sts.
2nd and alt rows: Knit.
3rd row: K1. *K2tog. K2. Rep from * to end of row. 61 sts.
5th row: K1. *K2tog. K1. Rep from * to end of row. 41 sts.
7th row: K1. *K2tog. Rep from * to end of row. 21 sts.
8th row: Knit onto 4dpn (divide equally)
9th row: *K2tog. Rep from * to end of row. K1. 11 sts.
Move all stitches to single DPN. Break yarn, leaving a long end. Thread yarn through eye of a sewing needle. Starting from the last stitch, move all stitches onto sewing needle and pull the yarn tail through. Here is the best example of finishing a hat.


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Planked natural and painted distressed wood shadow-box style plaques feature inspirational "choose happy," "always be kind" and "dream big darling" sentiments and arrive with sawtooth hardware for hanging. For a birthday, or just because ,these plaques have sweet messages that remind people to take on the day! Hang Ii your office, bedroom or Homeroom.


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Doesn't get much edgier than this. XD Gotta love the contrasts between the Edgelord and all those who surround him... wouldn't mind a whole season of this! Awesome intro too.
Edgelord is too edgy xD
LMMFAO i'm weak with laughter it's to funny
Now this is definitely the kind of content I want to watch as my inevitable death slowly creeps towards me. 5 stars!


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Welcome to the 48 Report, a full working database including 48 of our favorite 2019 Draft Prospects. The key, however, is that we focus specifically on their ability to translate as fantasy football players. All players in the database have been/will be scored by 3 writers, and this is their article; explaining their aggregate score, as well as the score of their writer.
All categories are scored on a 1-5 scale; with 5 being the highest score a prospect can receive. The highest aggregate average scores a player can receive is 25. Articles will be posted January-April, all the way up to the draft. Ratings will be adjusted after the combine, based on measurables and after the draft, because as we all know: landing spot matters.
Riley Ridley (6'2", 200) Wide Receiver, Georgia
16 Aggregate Score (3 Star Prospect)
Riley Ridley is one of the most polarizing prospects in this class. There are few who are lukewarm on him, most are hot or cold (yes or no, in or out, up or down). His fans cite his athleticism and his hands while his detractors point to his lack of college production and limited route tree. Ridley has a lot of ability and a lot of potential.
The younger brother of Calvin Ridley, who showed his doubters that he was an NFL caliber receiver last year with the Falcons, Riley will have every chance to prove himself. With what looks to be greater athletic gifts than his brother, combine numbers will be more important for him than for someone like N'Keal Harry or JJ Arcega-Whiteside because of his limited production profile. If he can confirm elite or close to athleticism, he will get plenty of shots to produce.
College Production
How about 69 receptions for 1015 yards and 13 touchdowns? Sounds great right? Wellll. Those are Ridley's career numbers at Georgia. In 14 games through his freshman and sophomore season he only recorded 26 catches. He had a 7% target share his freshman year and an 8.5% target share in his sophomore year. These are not encouraging numbers, but they help explain the lack of production.
As the top receiver last year, he did score 9 times but he only averaged slightly over 3 receptions a game and just 13 yards a catch. Georgia's offense is not terribly sophisticated and is run heavy almost to a fault. All in all, the lack of production does not sink the ship for Ridley, but it is certainly a red flag.
Speed & Acceleration: Aggregate Score: 4 (Personal Score: 4)
Ridley has the speed to succeed in the NFL. Concerns with long speed were brought up with older brother Calvin. Those same concerns are not there currently with Riley. He shows NFL level speed and he should show the same at the combine. He is not a burner, but no concerns here.
Route Running: Aggregate Score: 3 (Personal Score: 2)
Route running is difficult to assess for Ridley in the Georgia offense. He runs a lot of curls and comebacks. He does not show a complex route tree but he is successful and smooth on the routes he does run.
I am concerned that most of his success has come on similar routes especially with a high level quarterback throwing him the ball. The best thing I can say about his route running right now is that his brother is an absolute technician who can help him improve in this area.
While concern remains for now, there is plenty of optimism to be had.
Blocking: Aggregate Score: 2 (Personal Score: 2)
Functional strength is solid and he does a good job of engaging when he wants to but with how good Georgia's running game is between the offensive line and the talent at running back, Ridley didn't need to put a lot of effort into blocking and that shows. He lacks conviction and consistency in this area. Hopefully the team that drafts him can help light a fire under him.
Handwork & Positioning: Aggregate Score: 3.3 (Personal Score: 4)
This is one of Ridley's biggest strengths that I have seen. He attacks the ball well and has great explosiveness at the top of routes. He is also successful at putting the defender where he wants them by moving his eyes and shoulders during his routes.
This is a strength of his game and it will allow him to make wow plays in the NFL. This likely won't be what gets him playing time, but it will allow him more opportunities should he struggle early.
Athleticism: Aggregate Score: 3.6 (Personal Score: 3)
Ridley is a solid athlete no question, but there are a lot of better athletes in this class and with his brother's lackluster combine numbers, I am hesitant to sign off on Ridley being elite. The combine could absolutely change this number, but for now I hold concerns about Ridley's true ability to separate using his physical tools.
Conclusion: Late 2nd Round Target
Pair my concerns about his route running with my concerns about his athleticism and even with the name value, you get a late 2nd or even early 3rd round grade for fantasy purposes. I very likely won't get much Ridley in rookie drafts and that is fine by me.
The combine and landing spot could give allow Ridley to rise my rankings slightly, but there is a long list of wideouts I would rather have than a guy who projects to take time to adjust to the NFL and is still in need of refining and development.


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Better Than: Watching Two and Half Men re-runs with Mom.
Download: QOTSA's version of Tom Waits's "Goin' Out West"
Some bands stay a single cohesive unit for decades. They can come on to a scene and become part of your family for years. You never imagine one band member without the others. Kind of like how you can't rightfully think of Keith not playing back to back with Mick. Still others can just use band members once and destroy, like trading unwanted players off a fantasy football team. Queens of the Stone Age are one of those, except that members come and go freely and amicably. No one suffers. Listeners get to hear what happens when master musicians sit in a room and coalesce. Leader Josh Homme, guitarist Troy Van Leeuwen and drummer Joey Castillo have remained the only permanent players since 2003.
QOTSA opened Monday nights set with "You Think I Ain't Worth a Dollar, But I Feel like a Millionaire," the lead track of 2002's Songs for the Deaf. This was a welcome if wholly expected choice. This was one of former bassist Nick Oliveri's signature songs. In fact, he performs it nightly with his band Mondo Generator. The two new band members, multi-tasker Dean Fertita and bassist Michael Shuman bring a broodingly buoyant sound to an already corrosively tight group.
"Misfit Love" is one of those deceptively bouncy songs off of this year's Era Vulgaris that becomes just this molten piece of rock in a live setting. Each time I have seen this one trotted out live, QOTSA throws in new elements, each time embellishing a riff until it ventures of somewhere unexpected. Tonight, the opening becomes an electric dirge, full of mechanic twitches and an R&B bass run. "Make It Wit Chu," meanwhile is the where babies come from. It's all falsetto, hips, whips and shivers with the one you lust.
Opening the bill was the Arctic Monkeys. Seeing these British boys go from rosy-cheeked, fresh-scrubbed teens to world-weary rock stars in just over a year has been exciting. The first time they came through Houston, they were very regimented and snapped in, with a near robotic delivery. This time around, they showed flourishes of an expansiveness that dare say, brings to mind the likes of Cream. The garage-songs from 2005 are now bruising bust-ups, with a road-tested muscularity. Lead singer Alex Turner has grown into a fine, if not altogether silent, frontman. Now, it's just up to them to keep the hype behind them at arm's length. And maybe stay away from rock operas and the nose candy.
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Personal Bias: I have a man-crush on lead singer Josh Homme that is so intense that it makes mother scared that she will never be a grandmother.
Random Detail: Rock crowds in major, corporate-owned venues don't know how to dance. Someone needs to teach a class or something. Just because a song is long and has power chords, we don't have to re-enact the pit scenes from a Hatebreed video.
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The CEI is structured into 10 territorial inspectorates, two branch offices and headquarters; As of 31 December 2014, there were 551 employees approx. 80% of whom are inspectors.
Praha, České Budějovice, Plzeň, Ústí n/Labem, Liberec, Hradec Králové, Havlíčkův Brod, Brno, Olomouc, Ostrava; branch offices in Zlín and Karlovy Vary.
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Samsung Series 7 NP700G7C-S01US is a 17.3-inch laptop outfitted with a 2.3GHz Intel Core i7 Processor 3610QM, 16 GB SO-DIMM RAM, and 1.5TB 7200 rpm Hard Drive. The laptop highlights a 17.3-inch LED-backlit display with 1920 x 1080 resolution, and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 675M graphics with 2 GB of GDDR5 video memory.
The Samsung NP700G7C-S01US also comes with Blu-ray Disc (BD) combo drive, 2.0-megapixel webcam, 802.11a/b/g/n WiFi, Built-in stereo speakers, HDMI port, and 8-cell battery. The laptop is running on Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit operating system. Needless to say, such a configuration is good enough for our daily use, people are very satisfied with it.
Of course, the Samsung Series 7 NP700G7C-S01US has become a hot selling laptop on Amazon, more and more people are falling in love with it, so I think I'd better share it with you guys today.
As a high-configured 17.3″ laptop, the Samsung Series 7 NP700G7C-S01US could be a perfect desktop replacement, so if you've been tired of your desktop PC, it's right time to replace it with this one. You'll enjoy clearer, more vivid imagery with the 17.3-inch Full HD 1080p display.
With the second-generation Intel Core i7 quad-core processor, you'll get excellent multitasking capabilities whether you're playing immersive 3D games or creating HD video. I believe you guys will be fond of this laptop too.
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- Memory: 16 GB of installed DDR3 RAM
- Storage: 1.5 TB hard drive
- Display: 17.3-inch LED-backlit display with Full HD 1080p resolution
- Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 675M graphics with 2 GB of GDDR5 video memory
- Camera: 2.0-megapixel webcam
- Optical Drive: Blu-ray Disc (BD) combo drive
- Media Reader: Multi-format memory card slot
- Wireless Connectivity: 802.11a/b/g/n WiFi
- Audio: Built-in stereo speakers
- Ports: 2 – USB 2.0, 2 – USB 3.0, 1 – HDMI port
- Battery: 8-cell
- Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
- Dimensions: 16.1 x 11.2 x 2 inches (WxDxH)
- Weight: 8.4 pounds
- Color: Black
- Warranty: 1-year limited warranty on parts and labor
So what do you think about the Samsung Series 7 NP700G7C-S01US 17.3-Inch Laptop?
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Calvin Alexander Ramsey was born in Baltimore, Maryland and grew up in Roxboro, North Carolina. His writing career was established five days before the 9/11 bombings in 2001, Ramsey says he "found his voice."
At age 51, Ramsey launched a career as a playwright that has not only produced significant works and accomplishments, but has also sparked important debate.
His first work, The Green Book, a two-act play about the difficulties African-Americans faced while traveling during the Jim Crow era was based on his research on The Negro Motorist Green Book, a manual directing Blacks to "safe" restaurants, hotel and gas stations.
Ramsey says his work is guided by the African proverb: 'When an old person dies, it's like a library burning down.' Ramsey served for 3 years on the Georgia Council for the Arts Theater Panel. He is also a proud recipient of the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Drum Major for Justice.


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Baku. 16 November. REPORT.AZ/ Chancellor of Germany, chairman of the Christian Democratic Union, Angela Merkel has officially presented the current head of the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs as a candidate for president of Germany.
Report informs citing the RIA Novosti, German Chancellor announced this on November 16.
"I am pleased that we, the three chairmen of the parties, can introduce to you Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier as the common presidential candidate for "grand coalition" and the successor Joachim Gauck.
I believe that Frank-Walter Steinmeier is the right candidate at this time, the candidate, who will receive the support of many German citizens, because people feel that he is the man to whom they can trust", said Merkel.
Steinmeier nominated for the post of President of the Federal Republic of Germany's ruling parties in the coalition - the Christian Democratic Union, the Social Democratic Party of Germany and the Christian Social Union.


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Key indices hit fresh intraday low in morning trade. At 10:30 IST, the barometer index, the S&P BSE Sensex, was down 262.70 points or 0.66% at 39,687.76. The Nifty 50 index was down 73.95 points or 0.62% at 11,891.65. Negative cues from other Asian shares put pressure on domestic bourses.
Among secondary barometers, the BSE Mid-Cap index was down 0.44%. The BSE Small-Cap index was down 0.23%.
The market breadth, indicating the overall health of the market, was negative. On BSE, 857 shares rose and 1001 shares fell. A total of 102 shares were unchanged.
Metal shares bucked negative market trend. Jindal Steel & Power (up 4.63%), Steel Authority of India (up 3.53%), Tata Steel (up 2.64%), Vedanta (up 1.95%), Hindalco Industries (up 1.43%), National Aluminium Company (up 1.41%), JSW Steel (up 1.02%), NMDC (up 1.02%), Hindustan Zinc (up 0.75%) and Hindustan Copper (up 0.71%), edged higher.
FMCG shares declined. Hindustan Unilever (down 0.86%), GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare (down 0.8%), Colgate Palmolive (India) (down 0.72%), Godrej Consumer Products (down 0.58%), Marico (down 0.45%), Tata Global Beverages (down 0.41%), Dabur India (down 0.38%), Nestle India (down 0.27%), Britannia Industries (down 0.17%) and Procter & Gamble Hygiene & Health Care (down 0.16%), edged lower. Bajaj Corp was up 0.09%.
Yes Bank was down 2.73% after credit rating agency Moody's Investors Service has placed Yes Bank's foreign currency issuer rating of Ba1 under review for downgrade. Moody's has also placed the bank's long-term foreign and local currency bank deposit ratings of Ba1, foreign currency senior unsecured MTN program rating of (P)Ba1, and Baseline Credit Assessment (BCA) and adjusted BCA of ba2 under review for downgrade. The announcement was made after market hours yesterday, 11 June 2019.
The review for downgrade takes into account Moody's expectation that the ongoing liquidity pressures on Indian finance companies will negatively impact the credit profile of Yes Bank, given the bank's sizeable exposure to weaker companies in the sector. At the end of March 2019, Yes Bank's exposure to Indian housing finance companies (HFC) and non-bank finance companies (NBFC) represented 6.4% of its total exposure. In addition, Yes Bank had a 7% direct exposure to the commercial and residential real estate sector as of the same date, which is also under pressure, because liquidity conditions have worsened for the real estate sector, just like with the HFCs and NBFCs.
Dewan Housing Finance Corporation (DHFL) was up 4.95% after the company announced that the company had made full payment towards interest payable on secured redeemable non-convertible debentures (NCDs) issued by way of public issue within the cure period of seven working days. The company has made interest payments in lieu of Rs 961 crore as committed to its debenture holders. With this tranche, the company confirms full payment and will seek rating upgrades from agencies, DHFL said. The announcement was made after market hours yesterday, 11 June 2019.
Overseas, Asian stocks declined on Wednesday. China's inflation data showed the producer price index in the country rising 0.6% year-on-year in May. The consumer price index also rose 2.7% year-on-year in the same period.
US stocks declined on Tuesday, snapping a six-day winning streak. President Donald Trump reportedly said he is personally holding up a trade deal with China and that he will not complete the agreement unless Beijing returns to terms negotiated earlier in the year.


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What is claimed to be the largest, fastest and most complex 3D printed unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) has been unveiled at the Dubai Airshow.
CNBC and others report that the claimed world-first jet powered UAV – which can reach speeds of 150 miles per hour – contained over 80 per cent 3D printed structures, weighed 15 kilograms, had a wingspan of 3 metres, and was created in collaboration between Stratasys and the USA's Aurora Flight Sciences.
According to a joint statement from the two companies, a variety of different materials and techniques were used to make the drone, including fused deposition modelling (Stratasys's flagship 3D printing method) for the large, structural parts, a nylon sintered fuel tank, and a metal 3D printed exhaust.
Other previous aerospace applications by Stratasys include partnerships with Airbus to build an A350XWB including over 1000 Ultem parts and ducting for United Launch Alliance's Atlas rocket.
"Because Stratasys is able to produce parts that meet the flame, smoke, and toxicity requirements set by the FAA, ULTEM has become the 3D printing material of choice for many of our aerospace customers for final production applications," said the company's Aerospace & Defense Senior Business Development Manager Scott Sevcik.


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Chesterland, OH
This 4th annual run is always a great morning at the apple orchard. We have a chipped time run that is very challenging going south on Caves Road and down Sherman road. There will be 92 medals handed out. 11 age catagories, male and female, Gold and Silver medals. The mile fun walk is easy and you can walk the orchard instead! There will be a great complimentary pancake and sausage breakfast prepared by the Kiwanis Club of West Geauga. Our Charity for the past 4 years in The Eliminate Project. A Kiwanis International goal of 110 million to end tetanus in the world. call 440-221-0112 for more info if needed. Walks-ups welcome day of race!
Registration begins at 8:30 am. Race begins at 9:30.
Parking is easy and entrance to the farm is off Wilson Mills Rd.
Late entrees may not receive a shirt. Shirts are long sleeved.
There will be some raffle tickets for cool items being sold so bring some $$


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Stake in Israel's Bank Hapoalim to go to 'North America' buyers
The heiress behind Arison Holdings, which has a "controlling" 20% stake in Israel's Bank Hapoalim, has signed an agreement to sell about 49% of Arison's holdings in the bank, the bank said in a statement on Sunday.
According to an Arison Holdings statement attached to the bank's statement, "an investment company and institutional investors from North America" had agreed acquire "approximately 49% of the issued and outstanding share capital of Arison Holdings…which holds the controlling interest [in] Bank Hapoalim Ltd".
The statement noted that the agreement was subject to various approvals and conditions, including due diligence on the part of the undisclosed North American investors, the signing of binding agreements and customary closing conditions.
Tel Aviv-based Bank Hapoalim is Israel's largest bank, and is listed on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange. As reported, Bank Hapoalim last year agreed to sell its Miami private banking business to Safra National Bank of New York, a part of the São Paulo, Brazil-based Safra Group, in the latest of what has been a steady consolidation of its overseas operations. In 2013 it shed a London private banking operation, although it still maintains a London presence through its PAM Global Investments investment arm.
The Times of Israel quoted a text message from Shari Arison, the heiress who heads up Arison Holdings, as saying: "Once the transaction will be completed, we will act together with our new partners, and with the bank's management and employees, to enhance responsible long-term growth, for the benefit of all stakeholders, customers and the Israeli market".
The publication quoted an un-named person familiar with the matter as saying that if and when the deal is completed, Arison will still hold 51% of the controlling stake in Bank Hapoalim.
It also noted that the bank's shares were "at a multi-year high at the moment", making it a good time for Arison to sell.
Arison, who has a reputation as a philanthropist, is said to be both the Middle East and Israel's wealthiest woman, thanks to holdings in Bank Hapoalim, the Carnival cruise line business and other entities that she inherited from her father, Ted Arison.


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Friday, March 27, 2009
Steamed Hard Cooked Eggs
If you've been reading me awhile, you might remember that Santa brought me this fancy, schmancy electronic rice cooker for Christmas, which replaced a very cheapo simple no frills (and not very good) rice cooker I had before.
I admit I was a bit leery about going with one of these types of rice cookers because it was substantially more cost-wise than that cheapo one I had before, but after using it multiple times for rice I have totally fallen in love with it! And the best part is that the one I got is a combination rice cooker, steamer, slow cooker and tofu maker. I've not done the tofu. Yet.
Anyway, when I was flipping through the book that came with it, I saw eggs in the steaming section - well, I had never steamed eggs before! I have always boiled them, and in a very specific way so as not to have that green ring around the yolk. I don't know why that's so important, but it's a goal. (I know what you're thinkin'. Don't even.)
So, I decided I wanted to give my new rice cooker a try at hard cooking some eggs. So easy too, you just put in 1-1/2 cups of water into the steamer bucket and then set the insert tray in there,
...and then stack the eggs in the nice little indentations provided in the insert that makes them stand upright. Isn't that just adorable? (I am so easily entertained these days...)
Close the lid, set it to steam, set the electronic timer, start it and in 23 minutes you have perfectly steamed hard cooked eggs! I still finish them off the same way, in a water bath with a bunch of ice cubes, but look how fantastic they turn out! No green around the edges - great to use for a tuna salad or shrimp salad, yes, but perfect when you're making deviled eggs.
I think this in gonna be my new favorite way to do hard-cooked eggs from now on!
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Management Principles Course
get things done through others—individually, in groups, or in organizations
We're betting that you already have a lot of experience with organizations, teams, and leadership. You've been through schools, in clubs, participated in social or religious groups, competed in sports or games, or taken on full- or part-time jobs. Some of your experience was probably pretty positive, but you were also likely wondering sometimes, "Isn't there a better way to do this?"
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Welcome to the textbook revolution (you will have to read on to learn more about the revolution that you have joined in using this material for your class). We are happy to have you on Carpenter, Bauer, and Erdogan's Principles of Management team! Given that Principles is likely to be one of the first management courses, if not one of the first business courses, that students take, our objective in developing this material was to provide students and instructors with a solid and comprehensive foundation on the fundamentals of management. Each of the 16 chapters is comprehensive but succinct, and action-oriented but not busy (as in busy work). Moreover, the book and supplements have been written in a direct and active style that we hope students and instructors find both readily accessible and relevant.
Delivering on Our Promise
So how are we delivering on these promises? Let's consider the top three ways cited by instructors and students. First, your Principles book is organized around the well-established planning, organizing, leading, and controlling framework (or, simply, P-O-L-C). The first three chapters introduce you to the managerial context, while the remaining 13 chapters are mapped to one of the four P-O-L-C sections. The P-O-L-C structure provides a number of benefits. Each chapter opens with a brief discussion of how the chapter topic fits in P-O-L-C. For instructors, the use of P-O-L-C as an overarching framework helps with the organization of class material, development of the class calendar, and making choices about adding or removing readings and real-life examples. It also provides them with an invaluable reference point at the beginning and conclusion of each class session to share with students "where we've been, and where we're going next." Pedagogically, this is a simple yet powerful tool to aid and promote student learning. For students, the P-O-L-C typology provides them with an enduring framework for processing and organizing just about everything they will learn and experience, during and beyond their classroom-based education, related to the management of organizations.
Second, there are three underlying themes carried through all the chapters. These themes are strategic thinking, entrepreneurial thinking, and active management. Strategy, for instance, is explicitly concerned with the determinants of high performance. Importantly, you will find that we treat performance using the notion of the triple bottom line—the idea that economic performance allows individuals and organizations to perform positively in social and environmental ways as well. The triple bottom line is financial, social, and environmental performance.
The entrepreneurial dimension reflects an underlying and growing trend that shows that students and instructors see themselves as entrepreneurs and active change agents, not just managers. By starting fresh with an entrepreneurial/change management orientation, we provide an exciting perspective on the principles of management.
Finally, starting with the opening chapter, we incorporate an active management perspective to show how leaders and leadership are essential to personal and organizational effectiveness and effective organizational change. Moreover, the concluding section of each chapter is focused on the assessment and development of particular management skills. Students and instructors are active as leaders at an increasingly early age and are sometimes painfully aware of the leadership failings they see in public and private organizations. It is the leader and leadership that bring Principles together.
Third, your author team is bringing a truly interdisciplinary perspective to your Principles course. The book that is the foundation for how you learn about, study, and teach Principles is titled Principles of Management: A Behavioral Approach, and behavioral has very important implications for our emphasis on skills and decision making, coupled with the strategic, entrepreneurial, and leadership orientations. Your authors are award-winning teachers who couple a deep knowledge and experience about the book's conceptual underpinnings with a sincere appreciation for experiential teaching approaches.
Thank You for Joining the Revolution
In adopting Carpenter, Bauer, and Erdogan, you are joining the revolution that is otherwise known as Unnamed Publisher, our partner and publisher. For this we thank you. The people at Unnamed Publisher and your author team share a common vision about the future of management education that is based on powerful but fun and simple-to-use teaching and learning tools. Moreover, Unnamed Publisher gives you—you the student and you the instructor—the power to choose. Our 16 chapters are written using a "modular" format with self-contained sections that can be reorganized, deleted, "added to," and even edited at the sentence level. Using our build-a-book platform, you can easily customize your book to suit your needs and those of your students. An extensive author-prepared instructors' manual and excellent set of PowerPoint slides provide teaching support to instructors. A test item file developed using state-of-the-art assessment techniques supports faculty in evaluating student performance.
Only with Unnamed Publisher learning platforms do you have the power to choose what your Principles book looks like, when and how you access your Principles material, what you use and don't use, when it will be changed, how much you pay for it, and what other study vehicles you leverage. These innovative study vehicles range from book podcasts, flash cards, and peer discussion groups organized in social network formats. Nowhere else on the planet can this combination of user-friendliness, user choice, and leading edge technologies be found for business education and learning.
Thank you for joining the revolution—please spread the word!
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Mason Carpenter
Mason A. Carpenter (Ph.D., 1997, UT Austin) is the M. Keith Weikel Professor of Leadership in UW Madison's Wisconsin School of Business. He is responsible for the MBA and Executive MBA courses in business, corporate, and global strategy, and the curriculum offered through Wisconsin's Strategic Leadership Institute. He is coauthor of Strategic Management: A Dynamic Perspective, second edition, with Dr. Gerry Sanders and published by Prentice Hall. His research concerns corporate governance, top management teams, social networks, and the strategic management of global start-ups, and is published widely in top management and strategy journals. He is Associate Editor of the Academy of Management Review and the Strategic Management Area Editor for Business Expert Press, and serves on a handful of editorial boards. His teaching accomplishments include MBA Professor of the Year, notoriety as one of the two most popular professors in several Business Week MBA program polls, the Larson Excellence in Teaching Award from the School of Business, and, most recently, a Distinguished Teaching Award from the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
Talya Bauer
Talya Bauer (Ph.D., 1994, Purdue University) is the Gerry and Marilyn Cameron Professor of Management at Portland State University. Dr. Bauer is an award-winning teacher who specializes in teaching organizational behavior, management, power and influence, and negotiations, as well as training and development at the graduate and undergraduate level. She conducts research about relationships at work. More specifically, she works in the areas of leadership, selection, and new employee onboarding, which have resulted in dozens of journal publications. She has acted as a consultant for a variety of government, Fortune 1000, and start-up organizations. Dr. Bauer is involved in professional organizations and conferences at the national level, such as serving on the Human Resource Management Executive Committee of the Academy of Management and SIOP Program Chair and member-at-large for SIOP. She is the editor of Journal of Management and is on the editorial boards for the Journal of Applied Psychology and Industrial and Organizational Psychology: Perspectives on Science and Practices, was recognized as one of the most published authors of the 1990s, and is a Fellow of SIOP and APS.
Berrin Erdogan
Berrin Erdogan (Ph.D., 2002, University of Illinois at Chicago) is the Express Employment Professionals Endowed Professor at Portland State University. Dr. Erdogan is an award-winning teacher who teaches management, organizational behavior, and human resources management. Her research interests focus on individual attachment to organizations through fairness, leader-subordinate relations, contextual factors such as organizational culture, and person-organization fit. Her work has been published in journals such as Academy of Management Journal, Journal of Applied Psychology, and Personnel Psychology. She has conducted managerial seminars on the topics of motivation, organizational justice, performance appraisals, and training and development, and has worked as a corporate trainer. She serves on the editorial boards of Journal of Applied Psychology, Journal of Management, Journal of Organizational Behavior, and Personnel Psychology.


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It is your baby's first audition! Congratulations. It's all so very exciting, but also can be overwhelming for parents not yet familiar with the audition process. Especially if you have a small baby. But don't panic! We understand your concerns and your questions and we have the answers. Auditioning process should be fun and enjoyable – these tips will help you make the most out of it.
Meet their needs first
For your little one, audition day is like any day – and so are their needs. Make sure to feed them, to change their diaper and give them their medication if they are teething. If their needs have been met they are less likely to be in discomfort when auditioning.
Think about the nap time
Your child should be well-rested and ready to interact with the casting crew if necessary. If you can't manage to schedule the audition around napping, try getting your baby to sleep beforehand.
What to bring to the audition
Comp Card
First and foremost, you NEED to have hard copies of your kid's headshot, no matter their age. You'll need it to attach to the paperwork upon arriving at the audition, as well as give out to the casting director during the audition. That way the casting team will have a physical reminder of how your baby looks, as well as easily-accessible contact information in case they want to call you back!
You can learn how to take a good headshot by yourself HERE
The usual
As we mentioned earlier, this will be just a regular day for your baby and their needs haven't changed. We would suggest bringing anything you would usually put in your diaper bag - snacks, changing supplies, a bottle, and toys.
Comforting items
New surroundings can be stressful for a baby, so if there's a certain toy or a blanket, or even a song that tends to calm them down - take it with you (if it's a song you can play it on your phone).
How to dress your baby for the audition
Choose something comfortable
While it's tempting to dress your child in fancy clothes, it is more important for them to feel comfortable. They should be able to move freely and feel cozy in their clothing.
Keep it simple
Unless the casting crew has requested you to dress up a certain way, simple will work best. Simple colors and clothes that don't take away the attention from your baby allow the casting crew to imagine your baby in what is planned for the production. Simple clothing will also allow for your baby's personality to shine through.
Have fun!
Yes, auditions can be a bit stressful and overwhelming. But keeping yourself and your baby prepared and ready for the day will be a tremendous help. Don't be discouraged if your baby is not feeling great or is extra fussy on the day of the audition. Remember, there's always next time!APPLY TO AUDITIONS NOW!


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This marbleized design is fascinating to contemplate. Like smoke on the water, the free-form lines seem to float and metamorphise in leisurely mysterious movement. The vinyl wall covering has minimal texture and an organic look.
From the Industrial Interiors collection: The new industrial revolution, where sophistication is raw, and repurposing reigns. Welcome to the new industrial age. This is Industrial Interiors.
- Features: Unpasted - Scrubbable - Strippable
- Match Type: Drop non-reversible
- Pattern Repeat: 25.25"
- Roll Dimensions: Sold as in a minimum of 2 single rolls, which are physically packaged and delivered as 1 large double roll covering approximately 60 square feet (27 inches wide x 27 feet long) of wall area.
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Please note: Burke Decor does not accept wallpaper returns at this time. Why? Wallpaper is produced in batches (similar to tile) and due to dye-lot variations that occur based on when the rolls are produced, we are unable to accept returns. We are more than happy to exchange unopened wallpaper for another pattern or store credit.
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