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Finsa has become aware of the responsibility of using wood as a raw material to transform and develop solutions. Finsa have incorporated many of their strengths into the organisation: flexibility, solidity, emotional proximity, comfort and quality. The company has always moved in the same direction and today, their wide commercial range is present in the daily life of people, as an integral part of the environment that Finsa particularly like. Finsa have never lost sight of their origins and have evolved without ever forgetting the enduring aspect of their activity and raw material. Thanks to this attitude, Finsa has earned the respect of the main markets in which it operates.
Here are the Finsa talents working at The Living Room Coworking:
As an architect Juan Manuel has always tried to expand the setting in which he moves, to try new specialties and to take up challenges. In this way, he develops projects as a technical consultant at Finsa. At the company Juanma is involved in projects from the scale of hotel complexes, shopping malls, large public centres, projects of interior design, restaurants, ephemeral architecture, collective housing projects, new developments, renovations, exclusive villas … a global perspective applied to a local area.


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Aberdeen Lifeboats in night-time search for missing woman
Aberdeen's all-weather and inshore lifeboats both launched at 11.45pm on Thursday 27 July, responding to a request from Police Scotland for assistance in searching for a missing woman thought to have been at Aberdeen beach.
The crews were joined in the search by Coastguard Rescue Teams and the Coastguard rescue helicopter from Inverness.
The lifeboats searched the coastline from the Bay of Nigg to the River Don mouth, with the inshore lifeboat (ILB) searching close inshore and the larger all-weather lifeboat (ALB) searching around 400m offshore.
At 4.00am on Friday 28 July, and with nothing found, the lifeboats were stood down and returned to base
Key facts about the RNLI
The RNLI charity saves lives at sea. Its volunteers provide a 24-hour search and rescue service around the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland coasts. The RNLI operates over 238 lifeboat stations in the UK and Ireland and, in a normal year, more than 240 lifeguard units on beaches around the UK and Channel Islands. The RNLI is independent of Coastguard and government and depends on voluntary donations and legacies to maintain its rescue service. Since the RNLI was founded in 1824, its lifeboat crews and lifeguards have saved over 142,700 lives.
Learn more about the RNLI
For more information please visit the RNLI website or Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. News releases, videos and photos are available on the News Centre.
Contacting the RNLI - public enquiries
Members of the public may contact the RNLI on 0300 300 9990 (UK) or 1800 991802 (Ireland) or by email.

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Army man dies ,9 others injured in Awantipor road accident
An army man was killed and nine others injured after a vehicle they were travelling in met with an accident in Awantipora area of Pulwama district on Monday, reports claimed.
An army official said that a soldier died while nine others were injured in the accident that took place in Awantipora today morning.
Police have registered a case and initiated investigation into the incident.


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- Title
- Alignment-free fingerprint template protection technique based on minutiae neighbourhood information
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- Nazmul, Rumana; Islam, Rafiqul; Chowdhury, Ahsan
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- 2018
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- Text; Conference proceedings
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- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/164086
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- vital:13018
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- With the emergence and extensive deployment of biometric-based user authentication system, ensuring the security of biometric template is becoming a growing concern in the research community. One approach to securing template is to transform the original biometric features into a non-invertible form and to use it for a person's authentication. Registration-based template protection schemes require an accurate alignment of the enrolled and the query images, which is very difficult to achieve. To overcome the alignment issue, registration-free template protection approaches have been proposed that rely on local features such as minutiae details in a fingerprint image. In this paper, we develop an alignment-free fingerprint template protection technique which extracts the rotation and translation invariant features from the neighbouring region of each minutia and then exploits the neighbourhood information to achieve the non-invertible property. Evaluation of the proposed scheme on FVC2002 DB1-B shows that the new method exhibits satisfactory performance in terms of recognition accuracy, computational complexity, and security. © 2018, Springer International Publishing AG.
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- Springer Verlag
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- International Conference on Applications and Techniques in Cyber Security and Intelligence, ATCSI 2017; Ningbo, China; 16th-18th June 2017; published in International Conference on Applications and Techniques in Cyber Security and Intelligence : Applications and Techniques in Cyber Security and Intelligence (Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing series) Vol. 580, p. 256-265
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text: It's stressful to be bullied. But one thing you always need to remember is never let the bully take power over you, they will try to hurt you until you break! Don't give them what they want, give them what they need, a taste of their own medicine. I've been a victim of bullying and it never brought me down because the bully is always lower than you so they're just trying to get you even lower but don't give them what they want because they'll take power and that gets worse! They need a reaction, something they wouldn't expect like a smile. Never let that bully think you're their target. Be the leader, not the follower, show everyone kindness! The point is bullying isn't ok. Something needs to be done and it needs to be solved right. Stop the bullying, and stop it now!!!!


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Five times since last October, Mike Henninger would walk around Hevans Safari, his homemade petting zoo, and find one of his zebras either dead or suffering. Some survived for a few days before succumbing to their injuries and others were dead when he found them—all of them shot by an unknown sniper.
Then in late October, almost an exact year after he found the lifeless body of Tazz (the first of his zebras to be shot), Henninger himself took a bullet.
The zebra murders didn't stop with Henninger getting shot.
This week the slaughter resumed when, on December 8, Henninger found his eight-year-old zebra, Zena, dead in her stable. In total five of his animals have died from gunshot wounds.
The timeline for the homemade petting zoo-turned-shooting range goes thusly:
Tazz the zebra was killed in October 2017, then Dreamy the horse was killed in August 2018, Zoey the Zebra was gunned down in September, followed by Razzle the zebra in October, and finally Zena this week (Zena is still being examined and cause of death has not yet been released). Henninger says he took a bullet in the leg in October.
"Mike was burning some brush on Sunday, October 28, 2018 behind our rural home when he was shot," reads a GoFundMe campaign
for Henninger. "Mike lost a lot of blood but somehow managed to call 911. He was transported by ambulance to Oelwein hospital and then airlifted to Iowa City where he underwent a seven-hour surgery to repair the damage to his leg."
Police have said they're investigating. The GoFundMe states that he received almost 30 stitches as a result and has to routinely do therapy so he can walk. Speaking to ABC affiliate KCGR , Henninger said that he doesn't think that the person behind the deaths of his animals will stop till they're all dead—Hevans Safari at one time had seven zebras but now only has three.
"I don't understand what the point is other than hurting me," he told the outlet.
Henninger says that he thinks he knows who is behind the shooting as there has been a person harassing him nonstop for over a year now. In total he says, there have been almost 3,000 threatening messages. In speaking to Iowa's Fox 28, Henninger said the man "sent videos of shooting a stuffed zebra on a fence and then grilling them on a grill and being real sadistic about it." In a Facebook post, Henninger (who has made the texter's contact "dickhead") shows some of them off.
"Fuck that gay zebra," reads one. "One at a time and very slowly, mathodicly place torcher [sic] make them cry out in pain," reads another.
The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier reports that while no one has been arrested for the latest zebra shootings—the investigation is still ongoing. Last year police arrested a man in connection to the first zebra's death, who plead guilty to harassment. The man served ten days in prison.
Police are not commenting on the investigation but Henninger says that they have one suspect. Henninger isn't letting these deaths stop him from his dream of Hevans Safari being a top-notch petting zoo in rural Iowa and has since shored up the loss of zebras with the acquisition of a camel and two alpacas.
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Purchasing Your Shipping Scales from a Williamsport Company
It's not uncommon for businesses to dedicate a great deal of time shipping out packages. This is often times the mainstay of many businesses, especially those that provide products for consumer use.
However, something that can't be overlooked is the need for extensive shipping scales in order to accurately assess shipping costs of the products that are being sent out. That's why many businesses that rely on packages being sent out on a daily or weekly basis will turn to a Scale Company Williamsport in order to make sure they have the right scales for the job.
If your business is new to shipping packages, or perhaps you are considering starting a business that will rely heavily upon sending packages and boxes to retailers or consumers, the first thing you'll need to do is to consider your need for scale. If you're looking for something that is utilitarian, you'll find a wide variety of different mechanical needle scales that will last you a long time and offer you quality use over their lifetime.
The only downside to mechanical needle shipping scales is that they can often be difficult to read in order to get an exact weight for a particular package. In these instances, many companies will go with a digital scale, which offers easy readouts of the exact weight of any parcel that you're sending out.
Lastly you will want to consider your budget. If you have a smaller budget for shipping scales, you may want to consider mechanical needle scales. As stated earlier there extremely durable and this is going to be a wise purchase. Digital scales will only be slightly more expensive and they're still going to be as durable as mechanical needle scales are.
However, there are a wide range of features that you can have with digital scales. For example, you can have programmable digital scales that will not only give you exact weight measurements of any parcel you're sending out, but they will also estimate and print out labels regarding the exact shipping rates that will be needed for a package.
All this and more can be found at a reputable Scale Company B & M Scale Williamsport. Consider your needs and consider your budget and then it will simply be a matter of choosing the right scale for your business.


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Our schedule is flexible, based on the needs of students. While it includes the subjects taught at TJMS and LCMS, students will also have the opportunity to receive social-emotional support on a regular basis. Our goal is to develop the skills necessary to be successful in a more traditional classroom setting.My planned daily schedule:8:40 breakfast/homeroom/check-in9:00 math10:00 planning time11:00 math12:00 lunch12:30 life skills1:15 planning time2:00 life skills2:45 health/art3:30 check-out3:40 dismissal
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The Eagles will face a familiar foe as they head to Foxborough to take on the Patriots in week 2 of the preseason. There is certainly a lingering feeling between these two as both teams had their season end in February. Here's what to watch tonight:
This game will feature both Starting QBs from the Super Bowl for at least a short period of time. It has been reported by a few New England beat writers that Tom Brady could see extended action and possibly play the entire first half, which will provide some quality snaps for the first and second string of the defense.
Foles, however, will likely see a few series in his first action of 2018 for the first time since being named Super Bowl MVP. Keep on eye on the bottom of the depth chart as the Eagles signed former Penn State QB Christian Hackenberg this past week after seeing too much of Joe Callahan last week.
The starting defensive line looked strong against Pittsburgh a week ago. Expect to see more of the same as New England has lost a few key pieces on the offensive line including Nate Solder.
The Eagles come into the game banged up on the offensive side of the ball with many of the wide receivers and runningbacks nursing injuries. Look for Matt Jones to get a hefty dose of carries tonight and for the Eagles to take a good look at guys who are buried on the depth chart like Kamar Aiken and Shelton Gibson.
Avonte Maddox has been taking reps with the first team all week and will have an opportunity to shine tonight against a prolific offense. It'll be interesting to see where Sidney Jones lines up and how many snaps he takes tonight.
The Eagles specialist will also be under the microscope once again as Jake Elliott did not attempt a field goal last week and Rookie Punter Cameron Johnston tries to solidify his position on the roster.
Tune in to NBC10 at 7:30 pm for the second of four preseason games before the Eagles open the season against the Falcons on Thursday, September 6th. You can also follow the action and join the conversation as we live tweet @BirdsInformer during the game.


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The news media and foreign social networks these days, more than ever, are beating on the the propaganda drum of American threats against Iran, and the ups and downs of ties between the two countries is at the top of their news and analysis.
Releasing inflammatory news that addresses not only the public opinion in Iran, the American people and even the entire world, is also the agenda of American, Arabic and Persian-language media outside the country. From the point of view of the experts, such inflammation is done with different purposes and the motivations of those persons behind inflammation are also diverse.
According to observers, the US is not after war, so the goal of inflaming the general atmosphere of Iranian society by the country is to exert more pressure on the people and the Islamic Republic.
The Persian Gulf littoral states welcome any tensions that undermine Iran and basically accumulate their arsenals with turbulent days in the Middle East with a variety of American weapons.
The Zionist regime also considers Iran as an obstruction against its desires and demand and occupation in the region and is therefore eager for any global conflict with Iran.
What is seen today in reality, however, is to avoid any practical adventure by the parties, which makes the scenario of a psychological war on Iran more intense.
** US psychological war scenarios against Iran
The psychological war scenario is being pursued in organized planning in the news media, which in its first episode on May 6, John Bolton, a member of the B team and White House National Security Advisor, announced the dispatching of the US Abraham Lincoln naval group to the waters of the Persian Gulf.
'The ship has entered the Mediterranean Sea 21 days ago, and Bolton's statement is an amateur use of a worthless event for psychological warfare,' said Spokeswoman of the Supreme National Security Council Keyvan Khosravi, just hours after the announcement, pointing out that Iran is closely monitoring the aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln.
The other episode was screened a week later and on May 12 in Fujairah, the UAE. The news media reported a number of explosions on oil tankers, and foreign media, especially Arab, have declared Iran as the factor behind the explosions in various news propaganda.
A few days later, the Norwegian insurance company claimed that the role of the Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in the explosions.
Iran condemned any tensions in the Persian Gulf region noting it as detrimental for all the countries in the region and thus partially thwarted Iranophobic planning against itself.
In the past few days, the scenario continued by the announcement of the departure of American citizens from Iraq, increased the level of security by the UK or even the secret deployment of its troops, an unprecedented security arrangement around oil facilities and increased security patrols in the Persian Gulf by Arabic states, and has now reached its other episode.
** Implications of psychological war in Middle East
The US knows better than any other state in the world that neither the political doctrine nor the ideological foundations of the Islamic Republic gives anyone the permit to make nuclear weapons and weapons of mass destruction (WMDs). But why do different US presidents emphasize this 'permit' at different junctions, on the one hand, is rooted in their need to persuade domestic public opinion and, on the other hand, to put pressure on Iran.
The CIA and other US intelligence agencies have written and made repetitive pretexts and scenarios for the past half century for all their adventures. This time they are waiting for their new psychological war against Iran to pay off.
More than any other option, the United States has looked at the will of the people of Iran to win the media and economic pressures in the war of the wills. But the experience of years of American adventure has shown that inflammation in the Middle East will spread to other parts of the world.
Energy security in the Strait of Hormuz is undeniable for the world, and with such an atmosphere, any third foreign force and beneficiary will increase the possibility of exacerbation of hostilities.
The consequences of the psychological war will not be limited to Iran, and given the importance of the Islamic Republic in international equilibrium, the mental disorder in Iran will be extended to other parts.
** Iran's reaction to propaganda war
Iran's prudence and measures have been effective against the American propaganda war and its regional and trans-regional allies, and Iran has repeatedly emphasized the maintenance of peace in the light of its own interests.
It is in the shadow of the plan that Hebrew-Arab Iranophobic measures have failed to provide an excuse for the White House businessman.
In each of the scenarios of the past month, Iran has maintained its self-restraint and has used its legal rights based on international relations. According to experts, such movements and positions taken by Iran in foreign-policy chess may not apparently be successful in uniting Europe and other countries of the world, but have caused a number of challenges in formation of the global consensus on Iran.
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Tehran, May 21, IRNA - Developments in Iran-US ties indicate that media saber-rattling by relying on repetitive scenarios as well as the Twitter threats by the White House businessmen before they can be implemented in practice is pouring fuel into the fire of psychological war.


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John G's 1970 Black and Saddle LS6, M22
I was contracted by John G. to locate either a restored or
needing to be restored LS5 or LS6 Chevelle. After looking at
numerous fake cars I came across this real LS6 needing a complete
restoration in Southern California. Though it was priced WAY
over market value, it had a huge collection of paperwork, documents
and affidavits from the original owner with a lengthy story
about its history and I felt I could completely restore the
car and still maintain some equity for the owner. Most of the
parts were still with the car though many of them were not usable.
The body, frame and drivetrain were in remarkable condition
and the long-block had never been opened up. The fact that it
is a black car with a saddle interior and no console makes it
a very rare color combination. The car was purchased new at
Reeder Chevrolet in Knoxville, TN. and the original owner John
O., who is still alive and well, and the selling salesman J.B
(Bud) Henson was also known though unfortunately has since passed
away. However, his wife is still alive. All the previous owners
are also known which only adds to its credence.
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EcoCAR faculty advisors are the true champions for Advanced Vehicle Technology Competitions at each of the 16 universities participating in EcoCAR 3. Without their loyal support and dedication to each and every team, the competition would not be possible.
EcoCAR faculty fulfill the crucial roles of professor, mentor, and colleague. They provide the proper balance between hands-on experience and classroom education. They instill the importance of competition through hard work and commitment to team work. They also put in tremendous effort to establish a successful infrastructure within their university for students to participate in EcoCAR. This includes everything from establishing automotive engineering curricula and EcoCAR-specific courses for their students, securing the necessary facilities, equipment and tools that are needed, working to recruit and retain the necessary faculty and student involvement and providing regular leadership and direction to the team to stay on track.
In addition to the time and effort Faculty Advisors provide to their EcoCAR teams, they still have to fulfill their roles as full time educators. The path to tenure is notoriously rigorous. In addition to teaching, professors must churn out research, publish in preeminent journals, present at national and international conferences, serve on professional committees and advice students at the graduate and undergraduate level.
Students weren't the only ones who reached major milestones at the EcoCAR 3 Year 4 competition. Two professors, Dr. Andrew Nix and Dr. Abdel Mayyas, were both informed that they earned tenure at their respective universities on the first night of the competition.
"Finding out about my promotion to tenure here at competition with my colleagues all around me made it more special," said Nix, faculty advisor for the West Virginia EcoCAR 3 team.
Meeting and getting to work with other smart, motivated professors through EcoCAR 3 was part of what made the program so meaningful. When Nix and Mayyas heard the good news, they had the chance to celebrate not only with peers, but with friends.
"EcoCAR 3 gave me the opportunity to go through a steep learning curve as a junior faculty member," said Mayyas, lead faculty advisor for the Arizona State EcoCAR 3 team. "Though it is very demanding, it gave me the opportunity to interact with faculty and students from other universities, nationally and internationally, as well as a wide range of industry leaders."
Congratulations to Dr. Nix and Dr. Mayyas for reaching this milestone in their careers! Thank you for your unwavering commitment to your teams, the AVTC program, and universities.
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Every member of 49ers' O-line gets free Ugg boots — perfect for arctic Green Bay
We wonder how Tom Brady feels about this one.
Ugg Australia handed out new boots to each member of the San Francisco 49ers offensive line ahead of the team's playoff matchup against the Green Bay Packers. Niners practice squad guard Al Netter posted a photo of his new boots to his Instagram page with the caption, "Thanks to @uggaustralia for hooking the whole Oline up with the killer boots!"
Brady is one of the brand's most visible endorsers, and the Patriots received a similar gift in 2012 after securing a Super Bowl berth.
The 49ers traveled to frigid Green Bay, Wis., for the matchup, where the game time temperature is predicted to be 5 degrees, but feel like negative-15 degrees with the windchill factor. Even if their teeth are chattering the whole game, at least the O-line has cool new boots.


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In this section you can view the fitting instructions for the Silent Gliss Autoglide electric curtain tracks.
This Silent Gliss Autoglide installation guide is the exact same version you will receive as a hard copy when you purchase the electric curtain track.
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How to Push Past the Pain, as the Champions DoNovember 8th, 2010
My son, Stefan, was running in a half marathon in Philadelphia last month when he heard someone coming up behind him, breathing hard.
That day, Ms. Smith seemed to be struggling. Her breathing was labored and she had saliva all over her face. But somehow she kept up, finishing just behind Stefan and coming in fifth with a time of 1:08:39.
And that is one of the secrets of elite athletes, said Mary Wittenberg, president and chief executive of the New York Road Runners, the group that puts on the ING New York City Marathon. They can keep going at a level of effort that seems impossible to maintain.
"Mental tenacity — and the ability to manage and even thrive on and push through pain — is a key segregator between the mortals and immortals in running," Ms. Wittenberg said.
You can see it in the saliva-coated faces of the top runners in the New York marathon, Ms. Wittenberg added.
"We have towels at marathon finish to wipe away the spit on the winners' faces," she said. "Our creative team sometimes has to airbrush it off race photos that we want to use for ad campaigns."
Tom Fleming, who coaches Stefan and me, agrees. A two-time winner of the New York marathon and a distance runner who was ranked fourth in the world, he says there's a reason he was so fast.
"I was given a body that could train every single day." Tom said, "and a mind, a mentality, that believed that if I trained every day — and I could train every day — I'll beat you."
"The mentality was I will do whatever it takes to win," he added. "I was totally willing to have the worst pain. I was totally willing to do whatever it takes to win the race."
But the question is, how do they do it? Can you train yourself to run, cycle, swim or do another sport at the edge of your body's limits, or is that something that a few are born with, part of what makes them elites?
Sports doctors who have looked into the question say that, at the very least, most people could do a lot better if they knew what it took to do their best.
"Absolutely," said Dr. Jeroen Swart, a sports medicine physician, exercise physiologist and champion cross-country mountain biker who works at the Sports Science Institute of South Africa.
"Some think elite athletes have an easy time of it," Dr. Swart said in a telephone interview. Nothing could be further from the truth.
And as athletes improve — getting faster and beating their own records — "it never gets any easier," Dr. Swart said. "You hurt just as much."
But, he added, "Knowing how to accept that allows people to improve their performance."
One trick is to try a course before racing it. In one study, Dr. Swart told trained cyclists to ride as hard as they could over a 40-kilometer course. The more familiar they got with the course, the faster they rode, even though — to their minds — it felt as if they were putting out maximal effort on every attempt.
Then Dr. Swart and his colleagues asked the cyclists to ride the course with all-out effort, but withheld information about how far they'd gone and how far they had to go. Subconsciously, the cyclists held back the most in this attempt, leaving some energy in reserve.
That is why elite runners will examine a course, running it before they race it. That is why Lance Armstrong trained for the grueling Tour de France stage on l'Alpe d'Huez by riding up the mountain over and over again.
"You are learning exactly how to pace yourself," Dr. Swart said.
Another performance trick during competitions is association, the act of concentrating intensely on the very act of running or cycling, or whatever your sport is, said John S. Raglin, a sports psychologist at Indiana University.
In studies of college runners, he found that less accomplished athletes tended to dissociate, to think of something other than their running to distract themselves.
"Sometimes dissociation allows runners to speed up, because they are not attending to their pain and effort," he said. "But what often happens is they hit a sort of physiological wall that forces them to slow down, so they end up racing inefficiently in a sort of oscillating pace." But association, Dr. Raglin says, is difficult, which may be why most don't do it.
Dr. Swart says he sees that in cycling, too.
By GINA KOLATA Published: October 18, 2010
Available: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/19/health/nutrition/19best.html?_r=1&ref=nutrition


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- Break Vitabite chocolate in to small pieces.
- Place a glass bowl on top of saucepan filled with water ensuring that the water does not touch the bowl. Add Vitabite to glass bowl, heat gently, stirring the Vitabite chocolate until melted.
- Take melted Vitabite off heat and dip a small sized blown up balloon (8cm in diameter) into it, covering half the balloon with Vitabite chocolate.
- Dip coated balloon in hundreds & thousands.
- Set on a plate and place in fridge to cool until hardened.
- Pop balloon, remove all of the balloon from Vitabite chocolate cup and enjoy.
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media company headquarters
One Prudential Plaza
8,000 square feet
For more than two decades the top floor of Prudential Plaza sat vacant, full of natural light and incredible potential. The former observation deck was punctuated with what was once the "world's tallest escalator," and Founding Partner Tom Zurowski fondly recalls the adventure of racing to the top as a child. ?We relished the idea of transforming the space into an airy, lofted workplace, and when a media company selected it for their national headquarters, we were excited to see the potential realized.
Despite the obvious asset of incredible views, the terraced floor which had worked well for an observation deck was not well suited to other uses. We opted to completely remove and replace the floor slab and expose the raw concrete ceiling, moving air distribution beneath a new raised floor. The suite entrance is flanked by impactful quotes celebrating the American first amendment right of freedom of the press, etched across a glass divider. The divider masks a ramp from the pantry and entry, while visually connecting the remaining two levels. A subdued, neutral palette and premium finishes contrast with areas of exposed concrete, and arresting views of the city and lake. A round halo of light crowns the executive boardroom and is visible from Millennium Park, adding a new twinkle to Prudential's skyline presence.
Alterations to remove tiered flooring from history as an observation deck and restaurant
New raised floor, with under floor mechanical
Open ceiling
Glass partitions with custom graphics
Custom millwork reception desk
Adjustable height Allsteel workstations
OFS meeting tables?
Andreu World guest seating?
Restoration Hardware soft seating
Refurbished circular conference table recovered from The LA Times
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Our standard shade cloth does not have grommets. It does have a reinforced edge. If you would like grommets please call 888-406-1982 or send us an e-mail to firstname.lastname@example.com and we'd be happy to offer you a custom quote on shade cloth with grommets.
We offer widths of 8', 10', 12', 14', 16', 20', 24', 28', 32', 36', 40', 42', 44', 48', 50', 52', 54' cut to any length. If you do not see the width available on our site please give us a call.
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No plastic coated wire was made for that use. We do suggest wrapping pole connections with duct tape to reduce premature wear.
Our channel is 6.5'. Depending on how elect to build and the size will determine the amount of pieces you will need.
Brandon Youst, Founder of Bootstrap Farmer walks you through an entire build in this30 minute video
Difference crops call for different circumstances. As a general guideline 6" - 8" should suffice.
The best medium depends on your individual growing methods. Some people only care to grow in soil, others prefer the sterile rockwool for indoor hydroponic grows.
About 3-4 microgreen trays / brick. About 2 coco bricks per 7 gallon bag
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Let's start with the first day of my trip April 21, 2013, which, appropriately enough, began with afternoon tea at the Orangery at Kensington Palace. Queen Anne built the Orangery in 1704, which she used to house citrus fruit trees and for entertaining.
My traveling friend and I were both jetlagged (her more than me, much to her disgust I'm sure, I was running on adrenalin since it was my first trip abroad and she had previous world travelling experience). We took the Tube to Kensington Gardens and waited in line in front of the Orangery until they had a seat available. We ended up sitting outside because it was the first seat available, which let us people watch while we sipped warm tea in the slightly chilly spring air.
It was a wonderful tea with beautiful china made for the Historic Royal Palaces (an independent charity that looks after the Tower of London, Hampton Court Palace, the Banqueting House, Kensington Palace and Kew Palace).
The Kensington Palace gift store offered this lovely china for sale, and I almost bought them as my souvenir...but then I found even better ones (but more on that another day).
We each got our own tiered tray with assorted goodies:
There were beautiful gardens:
Each of the rooms in the palace told about William and Mary's reign through imaginative exhibits:


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Thursday, September 19, 2019
How to bulk load 1.6 billion records into AWS RDS Postgres
How could this have happened? The dimension tables all had record counts under 100,000. It turns out that we loaded the dimension tables using simple INSERT statements:
INSERT INTO dim_table (...) VALUES (...) ON CONFLICT DO NOTHING;
The 'ON CONFLICT DO NOTHING' is a cool Postgres feature. It means that we don't have to select before inserting; just do batch inserts and let the database ignore any record that is already there. The problem is that when you have an insert conflict, YOU STILL INCREMENT THE SEQUENCE; which is how we ran out of numbers.
Our fact table had about 1.6 billion records. We looked at changing the data types in place but it seemed to take too long. So we made a new database with a modified version of the star schema that uses 64 bit keys (BIGSERIAL data type) and started migrating the data from the old to the new database. We were able to use pg_dump / pg_restore to migrate the dimension tables. But we ran into a number of problems with the big fact table.
We initially tried to use ETL tools to migrate the facts in hourly and daily tranches. These loads would start out fast. I would walk away optimistically; only to come back a few hours later to discover that the data loads had slowed to a crawl. This was caused by RDS IOPS thottling. Unless you are willing to pay for provisioned IOPS, RDS gives you 3 IOPS per GB per 30 minute period, with a max of 3000 IOPS; and throttles your I/O performance if you do too much I/O. We had provisioned the DB with 100GB, intending to let it automatically grow. But the IOPS thottle means you want to provision 1000GB at the outset to get the 3000 IOPS sustained allowance. (More info on this can be found here under 'I/O Credits and Burst Performance'.)
Then we ran into timeout problems with pg_dump / pg_restore. Long-running jobs were vulnerable to network disconnects. So we had to set up .pgpass files so that we could run pg_dump with nohup (without needing to manually type a password). We ran pg_dump using the directory format for the single fact table. This got us a large compressed tab-delimited file with the 1.6 billion facts. We tried to load this in the new schema using pg_restore, but it would consistently fail after running for a few hours.
So after some intensive web searches, we came up with the following solution:
1. Split the big file into smaller files with a million records each:
gunzip -c 3942.dat.gz | split -l 1000000
This gave us about 1600 files to load: xaa, xab, xac, etc.
2. Use psql to run the following script:
CREATE TEMP TABLE temp_fact AS SELECT * FROM fact_table WITH NO DATA;
\copy temp_fact from 'xaa'
INSERT INTO fact_table SELECT * FROM temp_fact ON CONFLICT DO NOTHING;
TRUNCATE temp_fact;
\copy temp_fact from 'xab'
INSERT INTO fact_table SELECT * FROM temp_fact ON CONFLICT DO NOTHING;
TRUNCATE temp_fact;
3. We dropped foreign key constraints on the fact table before doing the loads, but retained a unique index that was required to detect duplicate records during the inserts. It took 8-12 hours to load all the data files using this approach and maybe another hour to rebuild the foreign key indices once the loads had completed.
Tuesday, September 19, 2017
Gradle 4: Copy War to Directory
I was trying to copy the output of my gradle war project to a Tomcat webapps directory so I can run it in the debugger.
I defined "tomcathome" in gradle.properties. So far so good.
Then after reading a bunch of confusing stuff about how to define gradle tasks, I came up with this:
task deployTomcat (dependsOn: 'war') {
doLast {
mkdir "${tomcathome}/webapps/${project.name}"
copy {
from zipTree(war)
into "${tomcathome}/webapps/${project.name}"
This task got an error:
Execution failed for task ':deployTomcat'.So it doesn't like 'zipTree(war)'. I modified the code to print 'war' and 'war.outputs'. 'war.outputs' is an instance of org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.DefaultTaskOutputs.
> Cannot convert the provided notation to a File or URI: task ':war'.
The following types/formats are supported:
- A String or CharSequence path, for example 'src/main/java' or '/usr/include'.
- A String or CharSequence URI, for example 'file:/usr/include'.
- A File instance.
- A Path instance.
- A URI or URL instance.
So I googled this, found the source on github, found that DefaultTaskOutputs has a 'files' property of type FileCollection, and FileCollection has a property called 'singleFile'. So I added more prints and found that war.outputs.files.singleFile gives me the name of the war file.
So this is the working task:
task deployTomcat (dependsOn: 'war') {Yay.
doLast {
mkdir "${tomcathome}/webapps/${project.name}"
copy {
from zipTree(war.outputs.files.singleFile)
into "${tomcathome}/webapps/${project.name}"
Friday, February 3, 2017
Solution for missing /vagrant file system.
sudo mount -t vboxfs -o uid=500,gid=500 vagrant /vagrantYou get this error:
/sbin/mount.vboxsf: mounting failed with the error: No such deviceAccording to this page, you have to reinstall the VBox guest additions with this command:
cd /opt/VBoxGuestAdditions-*/initHowever, for a generic box, it fails because gcc and the kernel sources are not installed. So when you run into this problem on a Centos 6 box (specifically, a vm based on the bento/centos-6.8 vagrant box), here is the exact sequence of commands that fixes the problem:
sudo ./vboxadd setup
cd /opt/VBoxGuestAdditions-*/initThen rerun the special mount command to mount the /vagrant file system.
sudo yum install gcc make kernel-devel
sudo ./vboxadd setup
Thursday, September 1, 2016
Changing Custom Field Types in Redmine
In Redmine 2.1, these custom fields are 'text' type, which shows up in the Redmine UI as a single line (an HTML input element). In Redmine 3.3, they added a 'Long Text' type which shows up in the UI as a resizable multiline control (an HTML textarea element).
We wanted to convert the 'text' custom fields to 'long text'. So I played with our preproduction instance and reverse engineered the schema: The custom field definitions are in the CUSTOM_FIELDS table:
MySQL> desc custom_fields; +-----------------+--------------+------+-----+---------+----------------+ | Field | Type | Null | Key | Default | Extra | +-----------------+--------------+------+-----+---------+----------------+ | id | int(11) | NO | PRI | NULL | auto_increment | | type | varchar(30) | NO | | | | | name | varchar(30) | NO | | | | | field_format | varchar(30) | NO | | | | | possible_values | mediumtext | YES | | NULL | | | regexp | varchar(255) | YES | | | | | min_length | int(11) | YES | | NULL | | | max_length | int(11) | YES | | NULL | | | is_required | tinyint(1) | NO | | 0 | | | is_for_all | tinyint(1) | NO | | 0 | | | is_filter | tinyint(1) | NO | | 0 | | | position | int(11) | YES | | NULL | | | searchable | tinyint(1) | YES | | 0 | | | default_value | mediumtext | YES | | NULL | | | editable | tinyint(1) | YES | | 1 | | | visible | tinyint(1) | NO | | 1 | | | multiple | tinyint(1) | YES | | 0 | | | format_store | text | YES | | NULL | | | description | text | YES | | NULL | | +-----------------+--------------+------+-----+---------+----------------+ 19 rows in set (0.00 sec)
The field_format value for text fields is 'string'. The field_format value for long text fields is 'text'.
The actual values of the custom fields are stored in the CUSTOM_VALUES table:
MySQL>; desc custom_values; +-----------------+-------------+------+-----+---------+----------------+ | Field | Type | Null | Key | Default | Extra | +-----------------+-------------+------+-----+---------+----------------+ | id | int(11) | NO | PRI | NULL | auto_increment | | customized_type | varchar(30) | NO | MUL | | | | customized_id | int(11) | NO | | 0 | | | custom_field_id | int(11) | NO | MUL | 0 | | | value | mediumtext | YES | | NULL | | +-----------------+-------------+------+-----+---------+----------------+ 5 rows in set (0.01 sec)
The customized_id field is a foreign key to the record in the ISSUES table. The custom_field_id field is a foreign key to the CUSTOM_FIELDS record. The value field stores the custom field value. This query will show you all the custom field values for Issue 2001:
select * from custom_values where customized_id = 2001;
So it turns out that you can change the type of a custom field value by updating the custom_field_id field of the CUSTOM_VALUES record. In our Redmine, we changed the text fields to long text by following this procedure:
- Define a new long text field in the UI.
- Look in the CUSTOM_FIELDS table to get the id of the text field (e.g. id 5) and the new long text field (e.g. id 15).
- Run this update query to change types of all the custom field values:
update CUSTOM_VALUES set custom_field_id = 15 where custom_field_id = 5;
- Delete the custom field definition of the old field (id 5) in the UI.
Monday, June 24, 2013
Why @OntarioTCU should investigate @BitmakerLabs
Almost everyone in Toronto with a twitter account seems to be enraged by this blatant attempt to enforce consumer protection laws. But consider this:
BitmakerLabs claims their 9 week program will turn a non-programmer into a web developer. As someone who writes checks to companies who might hire BitmakerLabs' graduates, I am skeptical, to say the least. Apart from my skepticism, however, I wish BitmakerLabs well; if they are doing good work, they should have no problem registering with MTCU. But it's kind of silly to blame MTCU for doing their job.
Furthermore, compare this program with the Humber College Web Development Program, which is full time for three semesters for $8662 and no HST. Or the Udacity / Georgia Tech / AT&T online Computer Science Masters Degree for $6k which promises to offer a fully accredited masters degree. Your money may be better spent on longer programs that provide more time to internalize the skill set.
The background here is that the traditional model of higher education (low volumes at extremely high costs) is ripe for disruption. So we are going to be seeing a lot of interesting experiments in the next few years; experiments like BitmakerLabs, MOOCs, and a general disaggregation of the teaching, evaluation, and certification functions that have traditionally been provided by colleges and universities. What this means for consumers is that they will have to be a lot more careful until this disruption sorts itself out.
- Interesting background info on rationale and prior enforcement of the Private Career Colleges Act, 2005: Ontario Ombudsman Report.
- The United States has similar laws; e.g. NH Regs for Career Schools
Thursday, March 28, 2013
Dog Yogurt or Why angel invest in Toronto
Friday, August 10, 2012
Influitive and Investing in Toronto Startups
Congratulations to Influitive for closing their $3.75 million round. I joined the Influitive board over a year ago during a convertible debt round; it's been the easiest board seat I've ever held since Mark Organ is such a great CEO. He does all the work and I come to the board meetings and eat sandwiches.
It was also my first investment in a Canadian startup, which has been an interesting experience. If you are an American reader, you may not be aware that Canada is this foreign country on our northern border and, as a foreign country, has a separate currency, banking system, tax regime, and media establishment. Toronto, in particular, is like the New York, Los Angeles, and San Francisco of the country since it is the center for the Canadian financial, media, and technology sectors. So there is a lot going on here, maybe more than in jolly old New England.
Toronto, and Canada in general, is actually a good place to start a company or for established companies to locate R&D and customer-facing business functions. NAFTA has eliminated most cross-border issues and I've found that the talent pool is great, they're in the same time zone, and labor costs are lower than in the US, primarily because employers don't pay for health care. The Canadian government also has a number of refundable R&D tax credits, and Canadian-controlled startups can usually leverage this to get an extra few months of cash at a critical time.


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Pre-election violence in Iraq – – including the beheadings of members of a Shiite family and the murders of three Sunni election candidates – – will not derail the U.S. military plans to withdraw combat forces from the country this year, Pentagon officials said.
The security situation in Iraq remains tense ahead of Sunday's parliamentary vote.
More than 30 people were killed in a triple suicide bombing Wednesday in Baquba and several members of the Iraqi security force were killed Thursday during early voting.
Geoff Morrell, a spokesman for the U.S. Defense Department, says U.S. military plans in Iraq remain on schedule despite the violence and the threats for increased attacks on civilians.
"Neither this attack nor any of the previous attempts to derail the electoral process and to destabilize the government have been or will be successful, nor do we anticipate that it will derail our responsible drawdown of forces in Iraq," Mr. Morrell insists.
The U.S. military has around 96,000 soldiers in Iraq who will stay on duty in the weeks after March 7 elections. By September 1, however, the troop level will be reduced to 50,000.
Iraqis will head to the polls Sunday for the third time since U.S.-led forces overthrew Saddam Hussein in 2003.
The Pentagon announced plans in February to change the name of the mission in Iraq from Operation Iraqi Freedom to Operation New Dawn to reflect a shifting strategy for the U.S. military.
The New Dawn is far from the dawn the U.S. envisioned when in March 2003, when the Bush Administration inaugurated the invasion of Iraq with plans to implant a secular democracy to replace the regime of Saddam Hussein.
Iraq has been transformed into an Islamic republic. Article 2, Section A, of the Iraqi Constitution states: "No law that contradicts the established provisions of Islam may be established."
The U.S. invasion produced another unexpected result: the expulsion of over 600,000 Christians from the country where they were protected by Hussein, and ethnic cleansing which has resulted in the slaughter of 2,000 more Christians.
The cost of the U.S. establishment of an Islamic regime in Iraq is expected to exceed $900 billion by September.
As of February 18, 4,379 US soldiers have been killed in the conflict, and 31,669 have been seriously wounded.


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Representatives from the Youth Network Team of the Church of God traveled overseas in October for a time of training and encouragement with pastors from Asia. This effort is a part of the Spread the Word (STW) initiative. Since 2002, Church of God students and their leaders have given hundreds of thousands of dollars through STW for tools for evangelism in thirty-seven countries and on six continents.
Four team members participated in this trip. While away, they attended a conference for Church of God pastors, where they had the opportunity to network and attend sessions for youth, adults, and children.
Youth Network Team members have previously traveled to various countries in Central America, South America, Africa, Europe, and Asia. Their objectives are to see STW funds in action, to network and learn from leaders in other cultures, to expand their worldview, and to potentially return to these areas with students on future trips.


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Interested In A Online Business? Here's What You Should Know
You can look to magazines, online articles and other news venues for information on how to successfully run your own business. Use resources available to learn more about work from home business, but make sure you educate yourself using quality resources. Read the tips here to learn the genuine article about businesses in the home.
The challenge of a home based business can be rewarding. You should start by finding your own niche. It can be nearly anything, but it's better if you're knowledgeable about the subject. Before placing all your eggs in a single basket, do thorough research. It is also a wise idea to network with other people who have a successful work from home business.
Go to some forums or message boards for home business enterprise owners. Search the internet and you will find a lot of great forums that you can become a part of. There also a variety of blogs that you can consult for more advice.
Give yourself short breaks throughout the day, but avoid getting absorbed into the personal activities that your household offers. Do not start complex improvement projects or start long, personal calls. Rejuvenate and empower yourself with short activities that wake you up, like a brief stint with exercise or quick weeding of your garden.
You are going to need an office and a lot of supplies to get started. An unprofessional working environment will not help you get motivated to work every day.
You should make it a priority to obtain a post office box for routing your business mail to, as opposed to your current address. Don't put your home address on the Internet if you don't have to. You'll be protected from people who might not have proper intentions.
Your website should include a banner page. You can then trade links with other sites you know. Having credible links on your site will improve your search engine rankings.
Spend time in a business forum on the Internet. Talking to others trying to do the same thing as you can be helpful. You can commiserate with people who understand what you're going through.
Starting a checking account for your business will help keep track of your records more easily. All business-related transactions should occur with this account. Once you are organized, you have a convenient way to review your business finances at any time. If you need to place credit card orders for supplies, you should have a separate business account for that as well.
Check the web for ideas on how to start a home based business. Be aware, though, of the many scams dealing with home businesses online. There are many websites that sell guides containing information that is already freely available, or information that is so basic that it is not worth paying for. Some other scams try to fool you into paying to get access to a job list that doesn't really exist or take online classes that are not really helpful. Doing research will keep you from falling victim to something that is not legit.
Select a business name with some type of personal meaning. Regardless of whether you have plans to set up your website yet, you should still buy the domain name immediately. The cost of a domain is typically quite low, and you need to buy it before someone else snatches it up. When you are still trying to decide whether you need a full website, post a page that has all of your business information on it.
You need to work on business promotion at every turn. You should bring up your work from home business during relevant chats with others. Also be sure that you have some business cards on hand in case this situation happens.
Set and adhere to a work schedule. If you do not make a schedule for yourself, you might end up working around the clock. Remember that it is important to include leisure time, and schedule yourself similar to the way a standard company would. You will now still have a decent social life come the weekend.
You have to be honest with yourself when it comes to how successful you believe your home business will be. Do you think that your product is good enough to gather the interest needed? Are you an upstanding person who values honesty?
Let your loved ones know whenever you are working so that they will not interrupt you. If friends or family members constantly pop in and interrupt your work, it is important to let them know that you are busy. If these people continue to insist on spending time with you while you work, have them wait quietly in a separate room until you are on break and ready to have company.
Hopefully, now you feel more informed about what it takes to run your own home business. The same methods used to run any other business apply to running a online business and with some useful tips, success can be yours.


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Layer Magic is a powerful tool that uses hardware acceleration to create overlapping layers and give users full control over their behavior, as well as the entire project. It is designed to give you the power and freedom to create exactly what you want.
It is a well optimized tool, with a feature rich editor (on which we are improving a lot) that allows you to create cool effects on your websites.
Visual Composer compatibility: We have tested Layer Magic and it works well with all the recent versions of Visual Composer, however it should work just fine with older ones as well. If you do find versions that it is not working on please let us know in order to see if we can address it.
On the horizon: Version 1.2 is in the testing phase! We have implemented 'under-the-hood' features that calibrate how your projects are running on the device it is viewed on in order to hit the maximum performance and quality possible for that device. Full control over these optimization options will be available in the editor at a later date, along side a more complex optimizing system.
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You may have been double crossed before, but have you ever been triple crossed?
In Triple Cross, from Winning Moves Games, players aim to have more vertical and diagonal three-in-a-row discs of the same color than his or her opponent. Although billed for ages 6 and up, this game requires enough quick wits and planning ahead to keep older kids (and adults!) entertained for round after round. Only two players are required to play the game.
The honeycomb-like tower has eight rows, in which players slide in their colored discs. Both players receive 12 discs and four blockers. Each row is defined as a continuous line, where the middle disc is slightly elevated higher than the discs on either side of it—which kind of loos like a caret symbol (^). Players take turns pushing in their discs on either side of the tower, but the catch is when another places his or her disc in the same spot, the original disc will slide into the slightly elevated spot. Or, if the row is full, players can even push another disc in to pop out the one on the other side. The disc is given back to the player, and this is also a savage move.
The blocker pieces come in when players want to preserve his or her row, and it can only be placed once per turn and cannot be moved. Since players only have four of these pieces, they must be used veeeeery carefully, but when used right, can really preserve some really insightful moves.
Players continue the game until no discs are left, so each round will only take between 15 to 25 minutes. This head-to-head strategic battle is intense, and I promise that particularly competitive players will get really into it (are you looking at me?). Triple Cross requires a lot of strategy as your opponent is constantly looking to knock your pieces out, all while trying to maintain those coveted three-in-a-rows.


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Pregnancy yoga is a gentle yoga method that strengthens your pregnant body at your ability and pace. The goal is to ease the problems that can arise when your body is constantly changing and you will get tips on what you can do at home. We will work on maintaining flexibility and increasing strength to prepare you for the hard work of giving birth. However, yoga goes deeper than the physical part and we will also do specific mental excercises and breathing excercises which are useful during labour. During the whole course the focus will be to do excercises that are calming and pleasant for you, during pregnancy, labour and after giving birth.
You can start this course when you are at least 12 weeks pregnant and you don't have to have tried yoga before. There will only be few participants to ensure a very personal approach.
Arenze Fischer is a certified yoga and meditation teacher and graduated from Galway Yoga Centre i Irland. She is also a certified pregnancy yoga teacher from midwife and yoga teacher Judy Cameron, postnatal and baby yoga teacher from Uma Dinsmore-Tuli, and took another postnatal yoga teacher training with Maria Allingham. On top of that she is a childrens yoga teacher, certified by Det Lille Yogahus. Arenze has two children of her own, Amalie and Birk. She is also teaching regular children yoga classes at Blå himmel yoga.
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Even Christians are "a chosen people" (1 P 2:9). "We remember brothers and sisters, the circumstances of your being called" declares Paul to the Thessalonians (1 Thes 1:4). Truly I realize that God—as Peter says—"does not show partiality" (Acts 10:34), so what is the point of talking about election? he choices of God do not follow human criteria.


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Business and Trade Facilitation
Currently, the council is doing fine with the establishment of the Trade Corridor. The activities of the council has majored in Business and Trade Fair Facilitation.
NMBC Quarterly Newsletter
This aims to articulate some of the quarterly activities of the Council in print or e-copy which will be available for download from the council's website as a means to educating the public and thereby promoting the council's activities. We can have member's company adverts displayed here.
Fact Finding
This entails facilitating enquiry visits for companies and individuals to Nigeria, the fastest growing economic hub in West Africa. We provide customized services which include Business to Business meetings (B2B) with potential indigenous clients/partners, meetings with professional bodies, individual company visits, company credit checks, market information, travel logistics, Media Public Relations as well as administrative support.
Business Advisory
The council can offer a holistic package including all services to set Malaysian business up in Nigeria. These services include legal advice on which business structure is best for Malaysian companies through our member lawyers; our member Real Estate and Property experts will guide Malaysian business in selecting the right location for their business. The council can offer access to qualified staff through our expert database, and provide in house networking solution and administrative support & training for their operations.
Visa Advisory Services
The Council can provide visa advisory services for member companies to support visa applications at the Malaysian High Commission in Abuja. Visa applicants who request for NMBC support are required to visit the NMBC Corporate HQ for a pre-inspection of their documents according to the checklist before submission at the Malaysian High Commission. Currently, the council rendered this service but only need to be standardized.
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The council can offer bi-annual vocational training in Agribusiness as well as symposium on agric-business export.
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Airport Protocol Services for a smooth and VIP experience at the airport.
Liaison with Regulatory Agencies, specifically, the Nigerian Ports Authority
Registration with NAFDAC, SON and the FIRS.
The NMBC could established partnerships to provide Door to Door (D2D) & Business to Business (B2B) ports operations services. Member companies which experience operational constraints at the ports should also contact the NMBC for support.


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The party seems to rage on with the latest Morning Musume '18 release. "Are you Happy?" puts the 13 girls in behind a glass and steel of the Wanpaku Dome at the Fuefukigawa Fruit Park for a thumping and pulsating dance shot. Other shots put the group around the central support of that same parks Kudamono hiroba (Fruit dome) for more thrusting under the rainbow colored lights. Those rainbow lights seem to be appropriate given that it's now LGBTQ month. In my view, the location seems to take a starring turn for this (and many other promotional videos). Tsunku's refusal to conform to the standard pop song format (verse-chorus repeat as necessary) continues to polarize the community, but most seem to agree that when "Are you Happy?" decides to throw down its beat, a party is bound to erupt. You can buy "Are you Happy? / A gonna", the 65th single from Morning Musume 18, in stores on June 13, 2018.
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NBA DFS: Better Late than Never
- Updated: March 24, 2017
Today, DraftKings has decided to finally give a test run in their NBA DFS contests (or who knows how long it'll last actually) to what they've been doing in just about every other sport other than basketball. They've decided to split one of the larger slates in two with the main slate having the early games, and saving the last two games for the late slate (and celebrating by having a huge prize pool for the first day of this)!
With this big prize pool, there will be a lot of entries, but also it will bring a lot of inexperience to the table on how to handle extremely short slates and how to analyze the games so I've decided to do the best I can to give a couple tips to help ease you guys into the process!
Tip 1: Don't overthink. It's a short slate, the plays are right in front of you — and don't try to get too crazy differentiating when it's not needed. Tying for first with 20 people is a lot better than sitting on the cash line bubble.
Tip 2: Projections, projections, projections. Projections for each player are more important in short two game slates than they are normally as unique lineup construction will be at a premium. A projection for a lineup that has 96% of salary left and may leave some of us at great unease, may be higher than the rest of the lineups following the traditional "use at least 99% of salary" lineup rule. Trust yourself, go with your gut, and everything will fall into place.
Tip 3: This tip is pretty specific for today; understand there will be blowout run, certain starters won't get their full allotment of minutes, but that doesn't just mean go and start their backup. More than likely (and I've personally witnessed this and it's made the difference between 1st and 2nd place for me) when the game decides to blow, the starter's work will be done and in a raw points situation when there aren't a lot of pivots, the backup won't be much of a concern. Very, very, very special cases like in the beginning of the year; the Clippers blew the Blazers out of the water and were up by about 30 at halftime leading Mo Speights to get more run than he should've. This almost led him to prevent me from binking. He didn't. 😉
That's all for today guys, if you have any questions about the article please feel free to contact me on Twitter — see you at the top of the leaderboards!
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After a brilliant debut at the International Tchaikovsky Competition, Lucas Debargue returns to the stage accompanied by two of his conservatory classmates, David and Alexandre Castro-Balbi, who give this new star of French piano the chance to explore the immeasurable terrain of chamber music.
The concert will be preceded by the preview screening of the documentary "Lucas Debargue - Tout à la musique." at 6 p.m. in the auditorium of the Fondation (free entrance with the "Lucas Debargue Trio Recital " ticket).
Lucas Debargue first invokes the maturity and anguish of Schubert's Sonatas nos. 13 and 14, which were completed between 1819 and 1825 by the Viennese composer. Then, he presents the rewards of an unexpected course on his own musical journey: a Trio for strings and piano that he recently composed. Performer, chamber musician, composer. Or how this musician takes pleasure in pushing back the limits of musical categories.


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With a 7 inch inseam, these shorts are the perfect length - long enough to cover 'the danger zone' to ensure no chaffing, and no riding up - yep you heard right, no riding up! These flattering compression shorts also feature a high waistband and a secret pocket for cash or keys.
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We only have one planet and together we can make sure it is there to be enjoyed for future generations.
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- Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng argues that most judges are immune to corruption
- However, he argued that the judiciary should be more independent
- He was adamant that not even the president should be able to interfere in the running of the courts
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Chief justice Mogoeng Mogoeng has said that South Africa's judiciary will never be captured.
He also said that the executive should not be involved in the appointment of judges, nor should it interfere in the operation of the courts.
Mogoeng made the comments in an interview with eNCA.
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In Mogoeng's view, the judiciary was the least corrupt branch of government (as compared to the executive and the legislative branches). He also argued that judges were difficult to corrupt, as they are well-paid and receive salaries even after they retire, according to Business Live.
However, while he praised the judiciary, Mogoeng also acknowledged that many South Africans still did not have adequate access to justice. He explained that this was because many South Africans are unemployed and cannot afford to litigate, among other reasons.
READ ALSO: Why is South Africa's youth not interested in voting this year?
Additionally, Mogoeng called for total independence for the judiciary, saying that the executive should have no role at all in the running of the judicial system.
He said that while courts were largely autonomous, to some degree they still fell under the ministry of justice. As a result, the minister of justice was occasionally involved in judicial matters, thus providing the executive with some influence over the the judiciary.
Mogoeng was adamant that no executive officials - not even the minister of justice or the president - should interfere in the judiciary's work, Briefly.co.za has gathered.
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In Pakistan where quacks and spiritual healers claiming miraculous cures abound, the alternate healthcare sector has remained under a dark cloud. However, the last two years have witnessed an increase in professionals trained to administer alternative medicinal therapies.
Here are three alternative treatments that gained traction in Pakistan in 2014:
1. Hijama. Popularly known as 'cupping therapy', Hijama has roots in Islamic medicine and is believed to be helpful in treating chronic pain. The treatment involves placing suction cups on specific joints to create a vacuum that helps separate the epidermal skin from the tissues underneath. The cups are then removed and small incisions are made on the skin, after which the cups are replaced to draw out the clotted (impure) blood. To avoid risks of contracting blood-borne infections, opt for registered Hijama practitioners who use sterilised equipment.
2. Hydrotherapy. Also known as 'spa therapy', hydrotherapy uses the therapeutic qualities of water. The treatment requires you to climb into a 'hydrobath' (or a convection heating tank) that releases hot bubbles. These relax muscles, reduce swelling in joints and regulate perspiration glands to help the body detoxify. Hydrotherapy, when used in conjunction with allopathic medication and physiotherapy, is believed to be helpful in physical rehabilitation and treating arthritis, fractures, fibromyalgia and sciatica.
3. Reiki. A non-invasive, Japanese healing practice, Reiki (Rei: higher power and ki: life force) is increasingly being used to balance qi – universal energy – that sustains us mentally, spiritually and physically. A typical Reiki session involves the practitioner to use various hand-positions on painful areas; this channels qi and promotes cell regeneration, as well as triggering wellness inducing hormones, thereby reducing stress and relieving pain. Since Reiki is a surface therapy, it has no side-effects; however relying on Reiki alone to treat chronic ailments is never advisable.
N.B.: Consult your physician before opting for any alternative treatments.
– Sadia Kamran
First published in the HEALTH ADVERTISER of The Dawn Weekend Advertiser on December 28, 2014.


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I was really upset with President Bush when he was so forgiving of Scooter Libby. I thought that was a big mistake.
But there is some other coddling going on that I disapprove of as well--the Presidential pardon for the National Thanksgiving turkey!
Why did President Bush pardon the turkey today? Because he always has. And so have all the other presidents dating back to the tradition's origins during the Truman administration. He actually saved the necks of TWO turkeys.
Sure, it's sweet and syrupy and exactly why I DON'T LIKE IT!
These are tough times! We are fighting a diabolical enemy for Pete's sake! Our kids are too thin skinned! We need to toughen up as a nation!
So the turkey HAS to go. Sorry. It's Thanksgiving. That's what we do. We EAT turkeys. We don't forgive them!
We celebrated our Thanksgiving this past weekend and I thank God that no one pardoned our succulent 22 pound bird.
Admit it. You want a President who will buck tradition, get up there and tell the turkey it has seen its last days.
Ok, ok, so maybe a few children will cry and vegetarians will be outraged. But still. It's an idea that really should be gobbled up by our future presidents.
The turkeys names, if you care about things like that, are May and Flower. Get it?? MAYFLOWER??
I liked the Vice President's names better--lunch and dinner.
And now if you'll excuse me, I have a leftover turkey leg just screaming to be put between a couple of slices of bread.
Gobble, gobble!