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COVID-19, counselling and wearing a mask
Lorraine Thurston reflects on her previous work with Facial Palsy UK, and how in her new job wearing a mask has impacted the way she connects with people.
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Varicella Zoster Virus, Herpes Zoster Oticus and Facial Palsy Mnemonic
We created this mnemonic to help generalist clinicians understand the differential signs to look out for when a patient presents with symptoms of Bell's palsy.
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Open letter to the Daily Mail 02/11/2017
Responding to a Daily Mail article dated 26 October 2017 which used unacceptable language to describe a person's experience of Bell's palsy in pregnancy.
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Can a tick bite paralyse your face?
Lyme disease cases are on the rise in the UK with an 3,000 estimated new cases reported each year by the NHS. Commonly mistaken for Bell's palsy, it's important health providers know the symptoms of Lyme disease.
August 1, 2017 || News Categories: General article /
Don't Blink and You'll Miss It
For Facial Palsy Awareness Week, Karen Johnson writes about blinking and why when you lose the ability to blink it has such an impact on your life.
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The Better Medicare Alliance Visits Hallandale Beach Center
The Better Medicare Alliance (BMA), a coalition of experts and organizations that support Medicare Advantage based in Washington, D.C., recently traveled to ChenMed's Hallandale Beach center to learn more about the ChenMed model of care. ChenMed Chief Medical Officer Dr. Gordon Chen and ChenMed South Florida Market President Jason Barker welcomed BMA President Allyson Schwartz, a former U.S. Congresswoman, and BMA Senior Policy Associate Amanda Hurley. They toured our senior medical center and met with ChenMed clinic staff, physicians, and patients.
BMA and ChenMed share a common goal: ensuring seniors have access to high-quality, value-driven health care. As part of its mission, BMA regularly explores innovation in Medicare Advantage, particularly models of care that show promise at bringing seniors better care and better health outcomes. During the visit, we were able to show the BMA team how we honor seniors by providing them with high-quality, concierge-style health care – the type of care usually reserved for CEOs. We also talked with them about how we have replicated this model across our more than 40 senior medical centers.
In particular, we explored with BMA how high-touch care can improve health outcomes for high-cost, high-need patients. By providing care that directly addresses social determinants of health, we can help seniors avoid costly trips to the ER or hospital and help them have more healthy days over the long term. Ultimately, that lowers health care costs. We were even able to introduce the BMA team to some of our patients who shared how Medicare Advantage is working for them.
Dr. Gordon Chen highlighted some data on the better outcomes and lower costs that we have experienced as a result of our unique care coordination efforts, including rates of ER visits that are 33 percent lower than the average among Medicare beneficiaries. One primary reason for these superior results is the high-touch care ChenMed seniors receive. ChenMed doctors average 189 minutes of face time with each patient each year – nine times the national average.
These results and others are included in ChenMed's recent report 'How High-Touch Care Improves Outcomes and Reduces Costs'. Moving forward, ChenMed and the Better Medicare Alliance will continue working together to showcase how Medicare Advantage is improving the health care of seniors across the country.
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Sealing is Believing!
We live in a word dominated by air, dirt and water. When it comes to sealing components on a bicycle, those last two are about all that matters.
A bicycle is a simple mechanical device that consists of numerous moving parts that are all expected to provide a reasonable level of service.
Friction dominates the moving mechanism's world and mechanical designers strive to reduce friction and increase performance. It is reduced in a number of ways:
- By utilizing rolling element bearings (as opposed to bushings)
- By utilizing lubricants to separate surfaces with relative motion in contact
- By utilizing materials and surface finishes that have a lower coefficient of friction relative to each other.
- Sometimes a combination of all 3.
If we look at a typical mountain bike suspension fork, nothing specific, the basics are all the same, we have:
- Upper stanchion tube/crown/steerer assembly
- Lowers
- Bushings (coated in some sort of friction reducing material)
- Seals
- Lubricant
- Damper
- Spring (air or coil)
This is one of the harshest applications for sealing on a mountain bike. Since in most applications, the sealing surface is rotating (as with a bearing) there is not a wedging action of dirt and particles that can compromise the delicate sealing lip and contaminate the lubrication inside.
The newest releases of FOX forks utilize a fox "low friction seal" in my experience these seals are less effective than the older seal. One way they have reduced the sliding friction at the sealing interface is to lower the seal contact pressure. This, in reality, while reducing friction, also reduces the effective sealing pressure of the seal, making them more susceptible to contamination and failure. Fox states specifically that there is no reduction in sealing performance, but through real west coast riding, I have seen an increase of seal failures since the introduction of this technology. I am not necessarily knocking the low friction seals, because they really do seem to reduce the amount of fork friction, what I am suggesting is that forks with these seals need more frequent attention to seal and lower lubrication changes then they had with the older "high" friction seals.
There is always a tradeoff in performance, weight and cost and reliability when it comes to mechanical components.
The biggest enemy of proper lubrication is ingress of dirt and water. Dirt causes abrasive wear on the two sliding surfaces and water causes a breakdown in the lubricant (since is emulsifies, or displaces) and then the surfaces contact and wear each other. Just in case you did not know, that is what lubrication does, it creates a microscopically thin film and separates the two surfaces.
Marketing dominates the cycling world, if you are able to sift through all of the marketing and subjective BS and get to the nuts and bolts, then you my friend are the exception.
Because of my background and education, I take a keen interest when gear does not work properly and or fails (and an even keener interest when it does work properly!)


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The Chelsea and the Yorkshire building societies have agreed to join forces as the aftershocks of the financial crisis continue to reverberate round the sector.
The merger between the two creates an organisation with £35 billion of assets, 178 branches and 2.7 million members.
This will rank as the second largest building society in the UK – and close the gap with sector behemoth Nationwide.
The two building societies will retain their brand names although the enlarged group will be known as the Yorkshire Building Society. It will focus on the traditional building society business of residential mortgages and savings and will be principally retail funded.
Iain Cornish, chief executive of Yorkshire Building Society said: "This merger creates a second major force in the building society sector. Joining with Chelsea offers a great opportunity to build on the strengths of both societies and form a strong, independent mutual organisation.
"The enlarged Society will continue to have one of the strongest capital positions of any major UK bank or building society and a secure funding base."
The Chelsea - the UK's fourth largest building society – yesterday said that the tie-up with its larger rival followed a review of its operations rather than liquidity problems.
However, the move will strengthen Chelsea's capital position by swapping £200 million worth of subordinated notes for £100 million of convertible 15-year notes paying interest of 13.5%. These will be issued by Yorkshire on completion of the deal.
The notes will convert into profit participating deferred shares in Yorkshire if the society's core tier 1 capital ratio falls below 5%.
In the meantime, the deal still requires the approval of the societies' members and the City watchdog. If all goes according to plan the deal will go through by April next year.
The Yorkshire, which has its head office based in Bradford, has two million members, 143 branches and assets of over £20 billion at the end of June.
The Chelsea has around 700,000 members, 35 branches and assets of £14 billion as of 30 June. Back in August, it fell foul of mortgage fraud, losing £41 million on buy-to-let and self-certification loans. This pushed it to a £26 million loss for the first half of 2009.
Both have suffered turbulent times as part of the credit crisis and were consequently downgraded by ratings agencies Fitch and Moody's earlier this year.
Today's potential deal marks further consolidation within the sector.
Nationwide - by far Britain's biggest building society - has stepped in with takeovers of the Cheshire and Derbyshire building societies, and parts of Dunfernline, while Leeds-based Skipton Building Society swallowed up the Scarborough Building Society.
The Chelsea and Catholic have merged, while the Yorkshire rescued its smaller rival in Barnsley. Britannia Building Society, meanwhile, has combined forces with the Co-Operative Bank.


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The summer season arrives at Palmar Logística we want to give you some tips for pets in summer that do not come to remember.
10 Tips for Pets in summer
- Frequently check that our pets have fresh water.
- It is essential that they have a space in the shade available.
- Protect the schedules of the rides, especially in areas of pavement to avoid burns on the legs of your dog.
- Protect from the sun the short-haired races.
- Keep the hair short of your pet in summer to make it fresh.
- Protect your pet from the mosquitoes that cause the canine leishmaniasis
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- Frequent cleaning, external desparatisación control (fleas, ticks).
- Beware of the car, it seems a relevant advice but in summer every year there are deaths from carelessness.
- Light feeding. We recommend a wide range of products from the best brands
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Alton Brown today announced the return of Alton Brown Live! The Edible Inevitable Tour, on the heels of the successful inaugural run to 46 US cities. Over 100,000 tickets were sold for the Food Network star's show, featuring a pinch of comedy, talk show antics, a multimedia lecture, live music (he sings!) and a dash of "extreme" food experimentation (ponchos are provided for those in the first few rows), and of course…puppets.
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If there's any message I would like to impart here, it's that multi-division formats stink.
I like football's Open Division, a chance where the best can play the best. But in sports like basketball, the multi-division format has ruined the playoffs. Except for the occasional matchup, the interest has been sapped altogether, and there is little interest even at the state level. Look at the empty stands at Arco Arena in two weeks.
However, in the absence of a single-class Central Coast Section boys basketball playoff, I've created my own, complete with projected results.
Here's how it would work:
1) League champions only, with one exception. I'll explain below.
2) There are 16 league champions in boys basketball, so there will be a 16-team format.
3) Because two of the leagues are so small, the winners of the Christian-Private Schools Athletic League and Coastal Athletic League will play each other in a play-in game. This opens up a spot for one at-large berth.
4) Each of the three power leagues (the Blossom Valley, Santa Clara Valley and Peninsula) will select its top teams, not necessarily its division champions. In the BVAL, that would be the top three finishers in the Mt. Hamilton Division. The number is three because there are three divisions in the league. In the SCVAL, the top two in the De Anza Division are selected, because the SCVAL has two divisions. In the PAL, because there is not a power structure, the winners of each of the three geographic divisions are selected, but only the PAL tournament champion will be designated as the official league champion.
5) If there are ties for league championships, or for the final spot in a power league, a tiebreaking system would be used based on head-to-head competition against teams in their division, in descending order of finish until there is a winner.
6) The at-large team and the runners-up in the power leagues will be placed together and become the lowest seeds in the tournament, filling seeds Nos. 11-16. League champions get seeds Nos. 1-9, with the play-in winner at No. 10. This also prevents the huge blowout that would occur if the play-in team was forced to play the No. 1 seed in the first round. Instead, the play-in winner winds up playing the No. 8 seed.
Here's the bracket according to my own seeding, which is based partly on the Mercury News rankings heading into the playoffs, and with predicted results.
First round:
No. 1 Archbishop Mitty (WCAL tourney champ) d. No. 16 Pioneer (BVAL No. 3).
No. 8 Aptos (SCCAL tourney champ) d. No. 10 Bridgemont (CPSAL champ and play-in winner over Coastal champ Anchorpoint Christian).
No. 4 Burlingame (PAL tourney champ) d. No. 13 Menlo School (PAL South champ).
No. 11 Archbishop Riordan (at-large and WCAL No. 2) d. No. 5 Palma (TCAL champ).
No. 2 Piedmont Hills (BVAL No. 1) d. No. 15 Gunn (SCVAL No. 2).
No. 9 Woodside Priory (PSAL champ) d. No. 7 Pacific Grove (MTAL champ).
No. 3 Cupertino (SCVAL champ) d. No. 14 Terra Nova (PAL North champ).
No. 12 Oak Grove (BVAL No. 2) d. No. 6 Watsonville (MBL champ).
Archbishop Mitty d. Aptos.
Archbishop Riordan d. Burlingame.
Piedmont Hills d. Woodside Priory.
Oak Grove d. Cupertino.
Archbishop Mitty d. Archbishop Riordan.
Oak Grove d. Piedmont Hills.
Archbishop Mitty d. Oak Grove.
Some notes about the format: Having a single-division format actually would help prevent a WCAL domination rather than adding to it, as is the case with the multi-divisions. In the current format, WCAL teams have less competition in each division and could take three of the five titles this year. With just the WCAL champ, and likely an at-large team, just one upset and the league could be out. Just look at the CCS football Open Division the past two years. It can happen.
Also, look at the projected final. Before the season began, Mitty vs. Oak Grove was the most anticipated matchup of the season. They were Nos. 1 and 2 in the preseason. When they played in December, Oak Grove played Mitty tough, and that was when Oak Grove was without Kelly Kaigler and Mitty was with Drew Gordon. If they played this time, Kaigler would there and Gordon wouldn't. That would mean an even closer matchup and would generate 10 times more excitement than any of the five championships that will be played this weekend.
As much as I would love to return to a single-class playoff, I know it is highly unlikely. However, it would not be impossible to shrink the CCS tournaments from five to three, and still come up with representatives for the state's five divisions.
All you would need to do would be to combine divisions I and II, and divisions III and IV. Keep the small schools as is in Division V.
In the combined tournaments, you can still separate the divisions. For example, have the Division I schools at the top of the bracket (as a cluster of 8, 12 or 16 teams) and place the Division II teams at the bottom. That way, the winners of Division I and Division II will be determined in the semifinals. And the semifinal losers will be the second representatives for their divisions in the NorCal playoffs.
So, in the end, you would have the Division I and Division II champs playing for a large school division title, and the winners of Division III and Division IV playing for the medium title.
So, in this years brackets, you'd have the Oak Grove-Bellarmine winner playing the Mitty–Menlo-Atherton winner for the large school title.
And you'd have the Sacred Heart Cathedral-Archbishop Riordan winner playing the Menlo School-Palma winner for the medium title.
I don't know if it's possible to shrink or do away with the multi-division format, but I ask coaches and administrators to look at the big picture and fix the current abomination of the existing playoff structure.


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That's all that was left of a 2.2 million $$ estate….. That I built. Not my husband.
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It doesn't work that way in most states anymore
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Google latest updates in 2013
Google, owned by Google Inc, is the king of search engine on worldwide, has defined its own criteria to calculate the traffic on websites and the ranking of the keyword. Like all other search engines, Google utilizes an uncommon calculation to produce query items. While Google offers general certainties about its calculation, the specifics are an organization mystery. This assists Google remain focused on other web search tools on the Web and diminishes the possibility of somebody figuring out how to misuse the framework.
Google brought major changes in its algorithm and calculation in the last three years, due to these changes, many of the webmasters hit badly and affected by Google changes. In 2013, the following changes are made by the Google:
Panda #24 — January 22, 2013: 22 Jan, 2013, Google declared its first official update (Google Panda 24) and claimed 1.2% of search queries affected.
Panda #25 — March 14, 2013: Panda 25 update was released on 14th march, 2013. This update emphasizes on the quality of a website's content and gets rid of spammy and low quality web pages. Provide the visitors with valuable and quality stuff to avoid being hit by Panda.
"Phantom" — May 9, 2013: A Google update called" Phantom"9th May, 2013 was announced. In this update there was a number of webmasters who lost their traffic and hit by this update.
Domain Crowding — May 21, 2013: This is another transform that seems, by all accounts, to be attached to hostile to grouping of dominions. It additionally applies to spaces with overwhelming subdomain utilization, such as tumblr.com.
Penguin 2.0 (#4) — May 22, 2013: The precise nature of the progressions were misty, however some confirmation inferred that Penguin 2.0 was all the more finely focused to the page level.
"Payday Loan" Update — June 11, 2013: Google declared a targeted algorithm update to take on niches with notoriously spammy results, specifically mentioning payday loans and porn.
Panda Dance — June 11, 2013: Matt Cutts made an important clarification at SMX Advanced, suggesting that Panda was still updating monthly, but each update rolled out over about 10 days. This was not the "everflux" many people had expected after Panda #25.
Multi-Week Update — June 27, 2013: The nature of the update was unclear, but there was massive rankings volatility during that time period, peaking on June 27th (according to MozCast data).It seems that Google may have been testing some changes that were later rolled back.
Panda Recovery — July 18, 2013: Google confirmed a Panda update, but it was unclear whether this was one of the 10-day rolling updates or something new. The implication was that this was algorithmic and may have "softened" some previous Panda penalties.
Knowledge Graph Expansion — July 19, 2013: Seemingly overnight, queries with Knowledge Graph (KG) entries expanded by more than half (+50.4%) across the MozCast data set, with more than a quarter of all searches showing some kind of KG entry.
Unnamed Update — July 26, 2013: Mozcast followed an extensive Friday spike (105° F), with different sources demonstrating critical movement through the weekend.
In-depth Articles — August 6, 2013: Google included another sort of news come about called "in-depth articles", committed to additional evergreen, long-structure content. At launch, it incorporated connections to three articles, and seemed crosswise over something like 3% of the ventures that Mozcast tracks.
Hummingbird — August 20, 2013: Affirmed on September 26th, Google inferred that the "Hummingbird" overhaul took off in the vicinity of a month prior. Our best speculation binds it to a Mozcast spike on August 20th and numerous reports of flux from August 20-22. Hummingbird has been contrasted with Caffeine, and appears to be a center calculation redesign that may power changes to semantic quest and the Knowledge Graph for months to come.
Penguin 2.1 (#5) — October 4, 2013: A 4-1/2 month later, Google started an alternate Penguin upgrade. Given the 2.1 designation, this was presumably an information upgrade (principally) and not a major change to the Penguin calculation. The generally speaking effect appeared to be direct, in spite of the fact that a few webmasters reported being hit hard.
After all these updates by Google, SEO is still alive, but overall, Google make the search results more relevant and qualitative for its visitors. The main focus of optimization is about the content and its key terms and keywords should talk about the quality and relevant stuff. Writing style of articles, guest blog, and blog posts has been modified now. The following are some ways, which can help you people to make your SEO more reliable and quality.
Avoid focusing on specific anchor text phrases
Gather natural backlinks
Diversify your brand portfolio by building social media pages
Focus On Your Branding, Not Your Ranking
Write proper and high quality news, not only timeless resources.
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Google webmaster is a tool that permits us to tell Google that we don\'t need certain links Reconsideration Request – We ask for that Google rethinks the indexing of the client\'s website Link Building – We will make applicable and quality backlinks just your website will be on page one of Google.


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Police confirm two people have been found dead in a rural area of Surrey, B.C.
A message posted on the Twitter account of the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team says the two unnamed people are victims of homicide.
No other details have been released.
The homicide team says an update is expected later in the day.
Surrey RCMP said they were called to reports of a shooting at around 10 p.m. Monday.
At least five people have died in separate attacks around Metro Vancouver in recent months, and the cases include a double murder in Richmond on April 30, though police have not linked any of the slayings.


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Have you printed your Hormel coupons yet?! These products go on sale quite often and several stores but starting 9/2 they will be priced $1.99 at Walgreens. These make great lunches!
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American heart association journals, Relationship between degree of left ventricular dysfunction, symptom status, and risk of embolic events in patients with atrial.
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My life check – life's simple 7 – american heart, My life check was designed by the american heart association to help you learn the state of your heart and what you can do to live a better life..


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Professor Sir Henry Tizard to Professor Lindemann.
"Dear Churchill,
May I put before you one question. It is not a rhetorical question, and I address it to you because I want to know the answer and you have proved to be the best informed of anyone I know on the subject.
The question is, - is it strategically and economically possible for us to build up armaments stronger than Germany's?
I saying "us" I don't mean this country alone. I take into account all the countries who might be persuaded to co-operate with us to the extent to which they might be persuaded to co-operate. In saying "Germany" I take into account the countries which might be willing or be compelled to co-operate with her.
In saying "possible" I do not mean possible under the muddling of this government, I mean possible assuming we had imposed an efficient organisation, an efficient organisation of industry, and such an increase in the daily output of energy from labour as we might reasonably hope to secure from the trade union leaders.
But when we have taken these things into account, and when we take account of the long lead Germany now has over us and the sources of material and of manufacturing potential now at her command, and when we further take account of her genius for organisation and all the advantages which arbitrary dictatorship over both labour and capital give her, and of the fact that her workmen are now very largely, not merely compelled, but persuaded, to work more intensely and for less reward than ours, I still ask, - is it physically possible for us to make ourselves stronger than Germany? ..."


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MP3: Brothers of End - Why
Considering that Nina Persson, Peter Svensson and Magnus Sveningsson have all had their fun with various sideprojects (A Camp, Paus and Righteous Boy respectively), it's only fair that fellow Cardigans drummer Bengt Lagerberg and keyboardist Lars-Olof Johansson Ståle get in on the game as well. Brothers of End is their new band together with prolific songwriter/sideman Mattias Areskog (Consequences, Friska Viljor, Marit Bergman, etc.) and "Why" is their debut single. It's a beautiful slice of slow-cooked pop, full of lush vocal harmonies, endless shimmering textures and driven by a lazy, laidback jangle. In a word: mellow. These guys can't be hurried, not that I figure you'd have much luck trying. Besides, I'm a big fan of taking it slow and easy.
As much as I love to complain about how much terrible music keeps getting unleashed on the world, 2009 is shaping up to be a great year and I'm really looking forward to hearing more from these guys. Their full-length debut "The end" comes out October 14 via Konjaga/Playground Music.
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Team owner Chip Ganassi believes Scott Dixon is driving as well as he ever has in the Verizon IndyCar Series. That's pretty lofty praise, considering Dixon is a four-time IndyCar Series champion with 44 wins -- third on the all-time victory list.
Ganassi and Dixon announced on Monday that the IndyCar legend will remain with Chip Ganassi Racing after signing a multiyear contract extension. With Dixon's current deal running out at the end of this season, he had been a primary target of a potential McLaren IndyCar Series team.
"This clears a lot of things up," Dixon said. "I respect the teams and people we have spoken to in the past. It's no different than what we have done in the past; it's just blown up from the other teams we have been talking to.
"I've grown a lot as a person over the years. I love racing for its passion and what we've been able to achieve. Not many of us get to do what we love as a career. For me, it's family. Being here this long is a reason why it is. I've always admired Chip for what he has done across many different platforms.
"I love being here. I love the people and I love Chip's passion and what this all means to us."
Dixon, 38, is in his 17th year with Chip Ganassi Racing. He is the longest-tenured driver in the team's history, having started with Ganassi midway through the 2002 CART season.
"When you sign a guy like that (in 2002), to say you had any idea he would perform the way he did, you certainly want that," Ganassi said. "But I sure didn't see it.
"That's the nicest thing about Scott. We've been together and all grown at that time. I don't think anybody could have grown into a better person than Scott Dixon during that time. There are a million monikers that make up the man. But no, nobody had any idea he could do what he has done in the win column."
Dixon takes a 46-point lead over Alexander Rossi into Sunday's ABC Supply 500 at Pocono Raceway. He has three wins and six top-three finishes in 13 races this season. It's already his most victories since 2015.
His best season came in 2008 when he won six races including the Indianapolis 500, had 12 podiums (top-threes) and won the second of his four career IndyCar titles.
Ten years later, Dixon is still winning races and battling for a championship. Against a deep field of competitors, this may be his best season as a driver.
"I would have to say yes," Ganassi agreed. "I think the answer to that is yes and it's because it was a little easier for Scott Dixon to drive to when he had teammates like Dario Franchitti and Dan Wheldon. I don't want to take anything away from Ed Jones, but when you have teammates that are champions in their own right, I think that was a little easier.
"I don't mean that as a slight to Scott, either. It's a little tougher when you don't have a championship teammate.
"The cars have changed. When you see how many different cars he has driven and the changing environments, some of those cars were harder than others to drive. It's not a static condition, and the only variable is Scott Dixon."
There are just four races left to the 2018 season, and with Dixon leading the championship, Ganassi wants to keep the distractions to a minimum. Announcing the contract extension takes away a possible distraction.
According to Ganassi, the two men met at Ganassi's office in Pittsburgh about a month ago to discuss the rumors that Dixon was being courted by other teams. When Ganassi asked him if there were anything to "the noise" as Ganassi called it, Dixon said: "If there is something with these other teams, trust me, you'll be the first to know. We're OK."
Ganassi indicated "the noise" is because Dixon is such a great driver and if he were available, it's only natural he would generate interest from other teams.
"After all, nobody wants a driver that some of the other teams don't want," Ganassi said.
Dixon and his agent, former Formula 1 driver Stefan Johansson, reviewed all of the options and concluded Ganassi's team still offers the driver from New Zealand the best opportunity to win races and championships.
"There were some moderate discussions going on with other teams," Dixon said. "I have a lot history with Chip, and I respect him for what he does and what he has done for me. If there was something rock-solid to talk about, I'm going to him first. Yes, there were many discussions and Stefan and had many more. He and I have had a long relationship as well. Stefan does a good job of filtering through that.
"As Chip said, that's exactly how it went down. We were able to talk through it.
"You would be silly not to look at the landscape. And, I'm not just talking about IndyCar. Things change. It's good to have an understanding, not only for myself, but for Chip to see the way things are moving. There is stigma about age and that flak. You are just doing a little bit of research and looking at what options are out there.
"For me, right now, my focus has been winning with this team and winning at Pocono in 2018. That's this week. Then, it goes on after that.
"We're in the business of winning races and that is what I do.
"I'm excited to get all of this out of the way."
At 38, Dixon is still the best in the business, able to race against such fierce, young competition as 27-year-old Josef Newgarden at Team Penske, 26-year-old Alexander Rossi at Andretti Autosport and impressive newcomer 28-year-old Robert Wickens at Schmidt-Peterson Motorsports.
Dixon may be the most physically fit driver in the paddock and could conceivably race well into his late 40s, if he chooses to.
According to Ganassi, Dixon will be on the IndyCar grid for many more seasons.
"Let's just say this contract will take him there," Ganassi said. "We're about to see if that is true."


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Silver Shaker Wilhelm Wolff
Shaker 3 pieces silver plated, from Germany, hammered and punched finish. This vintage shaker is a unique piece dating from the middle of the century. The essential bar tool in Art Deco finish.
Features of the Wilhelm Wolff Silver Shaker:
Height: approx. 6.7″(17 cm) / Weight: ca 0.47 kg (213 g) / diameter: ca 2.95″ (7.5 cm)
(signs of age and use).
You can get it through Etsy's website:
Don't drink and drive. Enjoy responsibly.


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|Cyclone Oswald heading for Brisbane.
Your pictures: East coast flood disaster
mine being one of them.
And I only just got power back on now, around Tuesday 11am.
Which meant no internet, phone, TV, freezers and hot water for coffee.
As I write this post up, the Brisbane River is hitting it's peak, and while not as bad as 2 years ago, it's still bad enough.
Let's hope this is as bad as it gets.


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Wednesday, July 31, 2019
Joe Gransden Jazz Jam Essay
In the recent course of music, it is evident that changes and development are present. The variety of genres had expanded which led to the arrival of brand new breed of artist that is able to represent various entities and cultures. Moreover one of the genres which are developing is Jazz. For many years, different jazz musicians are present. In the current state of music, it is clear that music is flowing. Due to such realization it is needed as a researcher to see a jazz performer to fully see the development of music as well as the instrumentation of the band. More so, the researcher shall provide details to which different kinds of observation during the performance of Joe Gransden Quartet Jazz Jam. The Joe Gransden Quartet Jazz Jam is a group which is composed of different individuals who are actively performing different types of instrumentations. The most important instrument is the trumpet which is usually utilized in every song of the band. The band is greatly utilizing instruments rather than a vocal instrument. There is a satisfying sound of the base and drums and the cello which highlighted by the shallow sound by different instruments with a lighter sound. More so, the whole set which was played by the band were all complete with different instruments which add drama and emotions with the songs. Definitely the whole band is very great for they are able to present their craft and attain a response from the audience. For the band is jazz, the audience is calm and very appreciative of the music. Due to the excellence o the band, it is inevitable that the audience will be entertained and amused on how individuals could utilize music as a form of emotional and artistic perspective. On the other hand, attending such concert is similar to drinking a cold glass of water. Such kind of band is refreshing to the ears and to the soul. The music of the band and their musicality is unquestionable. Moreover, the excellence of each member in their instruments does not need any improvement. The association of each instrument is in line with each other. Upon this, the researcher sees that the Joe Gransden Quartet Jazz Jam is a unique band which does not present that jazz is a genre which is unlike any other. The presentation is highly classical in the perspective of the researcher. The instruments and the notes are learning to the classical music which is usually done in operas. More so, the instrument was playing a huge role in its own unique way. All the instruments were complementing each other. Therefore, the instruments are all highlighted in their own way. Looking at the perspective of the solo acts, it is slightly evident that each of the musicians has their own flare in providing a different style in playing the instrument. In addition to this, the lead of the band ââ¬âJoe Gransden is an important player in the band. For he leads the whole group towards his visions, he is allowed the most pristine individual in the group. Although most of the musicians in the group is great in their on instruments, it is through the vision and knowledge of Joe Gransden that the group have gone to the levels and acknowledgement of the press and the audience. Moreover, the whole band was a breath of fresh air for the audiences who are interested
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It has been nearly six months since my partner of 16 years passed away. I thought I would not survive this. But I have. However like the old story of wrestling with the angel, I have not come out of this unscathed. I am changed. I have lost 90 pounds having changed my diet and sedentary lifestyle. I have friends and get out and do things. I don't glamorize nor demonize the relationship that has passed away. I see now we were in a rut and really the relationship before he got sick was in a bad way. He had even told me in the hospital that prior to going in he had taken off the rings we had exchanged several months prior and I had not even noticed. Yep. Things were not great. We loved each other but were in a rut and a bad place.
So now I am looking at my radically different life. I went from upper middle class to near poverty level. I live with two roommates. I moved from my four bedroom 2750 sq ft home to a single bedroom. I realize that my job is not going to really be able to financially support me. I am now planning to go to graduate school. I am actually considering law school yet am scared to consider such a move.
Spiritually I am not as angry at God as I was in my last post. However my approach to the Divine is less childlike and naive. I do not see Deity as safe nor like Santa Claus in the least. Deity contains life and death, blessing and curse, light and dark within it.
These six months have changed me, inside and out. I feel more out of control of my destiny, routines, and structures than I ever had. I am nervous to say the least. Yet I do have hope.


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Authentic 50s vintage day dress in black cotton with contrast white trim, unique neckline details and embroidered flower appliques. A cute summer look it will look great paired with red accessories.
•Medium weight black cotton.•Black and white bands of fabric trim the neckline and front skirt pockets.•White flower appliques trim the neckline, adding a feminine touch.•Fitted sleeveless bodice.•Midi length flared A line skirt.•Side metal zipper.
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FIT AND CARENote the shoulder to waist measurement. And measure your waist accordingly, allowing room for comfortable fit and working the side zipper easily. Hand or gentle wash cool water. Hang to dry.
CONDITIONExcellent. No issues detected that affect appearance or wearability.
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…heart, body, muscles, digestive system, brain, and everything else in your body. A great vegetable protein to use in all kinds of dishes. I'm trying to incorporate them more into my diet. I thought I would share the great site I found to guide me through my adventure with chickpeas. I actually like using garbanzo better. So, this site also teaches you how to soak and cook all beans, with or without a pressure cooker. Also gives a great list of herbs and spices to add to specific types of beans! I hope you all find this as useful as I did!
I have some pinto beans and I'm thinking a good veggie soup sounds perfect! Kale, rice noodles, celery, carrots, garbanzo, and pinto beans. Any other ideas?? I'm going to be experimenting over the next few days and I'll share my adventure soon. :)
This site – which is the first time I've heard of The George Mateljan Foundation for the World's Healthiest Foods (so I'll be exploring and hoping for great information) http://www.whfoods.com/genpage.php?tname=foodspice&dbid=58 talks about all the wonderful benefits of garbanzo beans. I'm impressed by what I've read so far – not necessarily about the beans, but about the organization! I'll do some more research on how they conduct their research and share if deemed qualified!
On another note – sleeping is a lot easier on the BePure cleanse. I'm not sure if it my body being more tired than normal, so I'm able to go to sleep before 1am. Maybe it's due to the diet restrictions – no caffeine or alcohol. I'm not an abuser of either of the two – but I do enjoy both. Since these have both been cut out, I'm sleeping a lot better – not necessarily more hours – but earlier to sleep, earlier and easier to wake. Tomorrow I plan on doing hot yoga before I work! Let's see how easy 8am comes around!
Best wishes to all :)


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A high-street favourite retailer of 25 years has been welcomed to The Glades shopping centre.
It is the first Oliver Bonas shop to open in Bromley and Mark Haynes, director of the shopping centre, described it as an excellent coup.
He added: "Adoration for Oliver Bonas has grown profoundly over the last few years due to its high-quality, affordable offer.
"We are delighted that The Glades has been chosen as a location for the business to continue its expansion. The store has great appeal and really enhances the centre's already strong line-up of top brands and independent retailers.
"We're already seeing that it's a big hit with Bromley shoppers who are very excited that it's here.
"We'd like to wish the Oliver Bonas team all the very best for the future."
Oliver Trees, founder and managing director of Oliver Bonas, said: "We are so excited to open our doors in Bromley.
"We have a carefully curated collection of our homeware, gifts and fashion, all designed in-house in our OB Studio, and have a fabulous team in store.
"Since opening, we have been thrilled to receive such a warm welcome from The Glades and our customers."
While you're here:
'Always like that': Residents not always protected from abuse at dementia care home
'We're watching you': Bromley plumber prosecuted for fly-tipping


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And to the realization that it was just 25 years ago today that Suzie and I tied the knot. Where does the time go ??? Married my best friend and the love of my life. Now here we are living our dream and almost half of our married life living in our Motorhome full-time (12 years) in a comfortable space of about 270 square feet. Pretty well together 24/7, this takes a special partner to do this, so glad we found each other.
On our Honeymoon 25 years ago we took our first Caribbean cruise together and loved it, Have taken 2 more since then and are planning on another one this fall if we can decide on a date and itinerary that works for us.
|25 years ago today at our garden wedding
|here we are 25 years later, still going strong
a wedding we attended in New York this summer
|one of my favourite pictures of Suzie
|the second time out in our coach May 2006
Long Point Provincial park
Just before 9 am took a drive to Kettle Point Reservation to fuel our car $1;20 a litre and pick up a pound of fresh Pickerel from the smoke shop. Love the pickerel we can get here, In the freezer for a later date.
|so quiet here now and hardly anyone in this area that we enjoy
|Gerry hard at it and Kara taking her life in her hands
under Gerry!
|a draft beer and glass on wine to toast our 25 years together
|a very tasty house salad
|then we shared some seafood mushroom caps,
very tasty and filling
|what a great meal!
|Suzie's Shrimp and Scallop Chardonay
huge again
|another HUGE meal so tasty
|Beer Margaritas
easy to make just put this altogether, OH so tasty
thanks to Deb for the recipe
|we have enough margaritas to share with friend for Happy Hour
|one of the first was Tucker right on his chair to see Suzie
|then a few more joined us Joe, Nellie, Lorrie?, Ken,
Kim, Paul, and Melinda, Gerry came later after a tour
|Tucker got another treat before everyone went back home
Finish this posting outside, enjoy the quiet evening, read our page turners a bit more then head inside to nibble on the desert we brought home instead of supper.
Glad that you joined us today on a funfilled day of this lifestyle on our Silver anniversary.


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8th Grade Class of 2019 Bingo Fundraiser
Support the 8th graders as they make preparations and plans to graduate! The annual bingo fundraiser is Friday, November 2. Doors open at 6:00 p.m., bingo starts at 7:00 p.m.
There are fantastic prizes throughout the evening.
$5 per ticket ahead of time (8th graders will be selling at dismissal throughout the coming weeks)
$7 per ticket at the door


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Broccoli Apple Salad
This delicious Broccoli Apple Salad is one of the best ways you can enjoy fresh broccoli! It's packed with nutritious ingredients and sure to be a crowd pleaser, everyone will love this lighter dressing!
- 4 cups small diced broccoli florets
- 2 small gala apples , cored and diced
- 1 cup walnuts
- 1 cup matchstick carrots , roughly chopped
- 1/2 cup golden raisins or dried cranberries
- 1/4 cup chopped red onion
- 3/4 cup plain Greek yogurt
- 1/3 cup Hellman's or Best Foods Mayonnaise (full fat)
- 1 1/2 Tbsp apple cider vinegar
- 3 Tbsp honey
- Salt
For the dressing:
- In a medium mixing bowl whisk together Greek yogurt, mayonnaise, vinegar, honey and season with salt to taste (about 1/4 tsp). Chill until ready to use.
For the salad:
- In a salad bowl toss together broccoli, apples, walnuts, carrots, raisins or cranberries and red onion. Pour in dressing and toss until evenly coated.
- Recipe source: inspired by Hellman's and my apple coleslaw and broccoli cauliflower salad


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The Automotive Know-how associate degree program is a sequence of courses designed to arrange students for careers within the automotive service and repair career. The rising demand for security features and comfort, along with the growing production volume of automobiles are the important thing components that can drive this market. Valvoline showed us the efficiency knowledge of one good seal conditioner that swelled most seal materials, however actually diminished swelling of 1 kind that tended to swell excessively from the components found in some other engine oils…These larger-mileage oils also have somewhat larger viscosities.
Induction: The motor is relatively cheap to make, and power electronics for automotive purposes have come down in value considerably over the previous 20 years. Your car insurance coverage company might provide you with a 10% renewal discount, for example. So yes, you can completely say a gasoline-powered automotive has a motor, and you'll say an electric car has an engine, however there isn't any doubt that the latter is bit odd, while the previous is completely regular.
Auto technicians will all the time be in demand regardless of of slumps within the economy as a result of autos will at all times should be maintained. Through the underwriting process, automobile insurance applicants are placed in a bunch primarily based on how much cash and what number of claims the insurance coverage firm believes it may should pay. Then let me WELCOME you to Automotive Technology.
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Business opportunity
An investment program being launched next year for Japanese investors via an initial coin offering (ICO) promises a windfall for the Philippines in terms of real estate, tourism, renewable energy and organic farming developments.
The NOAH Ark Coin (NOAHCOIN) will be introduced in Japan by midyear as an ICO, and will be used both as a funding source and eventual digital currency for a number of projects being developed in the Philippines.
These include a mixed-use resort development in Mindanao that will have an assisted-living facility, residential real estate in Metro Manila, an organic agriculture program for farmers in Mindanao, and renewable energy projects in various locations around the country.
Although the primary focus of the ICO is as an investment opportunity for exclusively Japanese investors, the NOAH Ark Coin infrastructure will provide, as a coincidental benefit, a secure, fast, and virtually cost-free remittance facility for Japan-based OFWs, through Noah's partnerships with the well-known Nippon Pay in Japan and Philippines- based blockchain technology provider SCI, in conjunction with tech developers Ark Systems Technology.
Private investment from Japan has declined sharply since the beginning of the Duterte administration, mirroring the drop in commercial investment, but for different reasons. According to experts, while this may be partly attributed to policy uncertainty, the drop in private investment is due mainly to frustration with the financial environment for ordinary Japanese citizens.
Lacking safe and profitable opportunities to invest, many Japanese simply hold cash at home, so that much of Japan's investment potential is untapped. Experts say that although naturally cautious, Japanese investors are eager to explore investment opportunities, and tend to take a long-term view of potential returns.
The Philippines is highly regarded as perhaps Asia's last greenfield by most Japanese and is perceived as a country having a strong economy but underdeveloped in comparison to other high- return markets like Hong Kong and Singapore, and thus promises solid returns over the long term. Thus any well-designed investment opportunity in the Philippines is enthusiastically received in Japan.
Because similar investment programs have been met with high demand, Noah developed the NOAH Ark Coin plan to tap this financial potential, benefitting the Philippines in an entirely risk-free way, as the ICO will only be offered to Japanese investors. This is in part because of the tremendous opportunity the Japanese market offers, but also because compared to the Philippines and even countries like the US, Japan is comparatively better developed in terms of regulatory and financial sector management of the fast-growing cryptocurrency environment.
Cryptocurrency in any form, despite its enormous potential, is an admittedly risky business, subject to a great deal of investor skepticism, unfortunately much of it deserved due to past cases of poorly designed or managed ICOs, and in a few instances, regrettable cases of outright fraud. To ensure NOAHCOIN's success with cautious Japanese investors and ever tightening regulatory scrutiny of the industry, NOAHCOIN's creators have sought to build security and credibility into their ICO before it is even introduced, beginning with the selection of one or more of the best performing and most secure exchanges, which impose strict technical and financial requirements on prospective new coins.
They say that unlike many other ICOs, whose returns are dependent on the coins' trade value as exchange market securities, NOAHCOIN is classified as a token coin, one whose primary purpose is something more substantial than a simple trade instrument. For example, among the other benefits it will provide to investors, NOAHCOIN can be used to claim special incentives, products, and services within Noah's developments here.
Like other cryptocurrencies, NOAHCOIN will eventually be available to traders from the Philippines and other countries in limited quantities through the cryptocurrency market, but the ICO will only be offered in Japan.
The exchange requires that the ICO-issuing companies be government-licensed. In this case, NOAHCOIN is backed by Nippon Pay's license from the Bank of Japan, and once it is approved, a license as a remittance facility here in the Philippines is issued. This is mainly necessary to provide a properly regulated technical platform to allow the smooth transfer of invested funds from Japan to the Philippines.
Development of the necessary technical infrastructure for NOAHCOIN, which includes the creation of secure digital wallets, the actual creation of the digital coins and integration of the NOAHCOIN distributed ledger, otherwise known as the blockchain, with the Ethereum cryptocurrency platform is ongoing while the final necessary government licenses and regulatory clearances are being secured.
If all goes according to plan, the ICO will be launched by mid-year.
The irony of a whistleblower
The main tipster on the P6.4 billion shabu shipment case has found himself on the other side of the fence.
Chen Julong, also known as Richard Chen and also Richard Tan, is the owner of Hong Fei Logistics that is renting the warehouse on Aster St., Paso De Blas in Valenzuela City where the shabu haul was discovered. He was the one who tipped off to the Bureau of Customs that some volume of illegal drugs might already be in his own warehouse at the said address.
But what he thought was good for the country, the reporting of the suspected illegal cargoes to Philippine authorities, all of a sudden might be proven bad for him, because not only is he now being hunted by the drug triad for helping local authorities confiscate the multi-billion peso shabu shipment, he is now also ironically placed as one of the accused.
It was a big blow to his personal life, his reputation and his career as a businessman. He is the current vice president of a charity-driven Filipino-Chinese association in the country, but after the government included him as one of the accused, he is now reportedly suffering isolation.
Senate transcripts quote Richard Chen as saying that he had no way of knowing what were meticulously concealed inside those containers, relying solely on his managers and the declarations, if not for the classified info relayed to him much later by his manager and authorities in China who were able to squeeze the crucial information from illegal drug operators about to be executed in China.
Fact is, he had managers whom he consistently relied on in his logistics business. Besides, even BOC personnel armed with the necessary tools took up to four hours to open a single cylinder used to conceal the illegal substances. And there were several cylinders.
Is it possible that Chen was wrongly accused?
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LONDON — A court in the United Arab Emirates on Wednesday sentenced a British academic to life in prison on spying charges, prompting a pledge from Prime Minister Theresa May of Britain that the issue would be raised "at the highest level" with the Emirati authorities.
The severity of the verdict stunned British officials, who had been reluctant to discuss the case in public in the hope that the Emirati authorities would settle the matter quietly after a high-level intervention by the British foreign secretary, Jeremy Hunt. British officials had also said that it was not their practice to comment on matters related to espionage.
The academic, Matthew Hedges, a 31-year-old postgraduate student at Durham University in northeastern England, was arrested in Dubai on May 5 as he was planning to fly out. Colleagues said he had been pursuing research for a doctorate on the effects of the so-called Arab Spring of 2011 on Emirati diplomacy.
But the response suggested that the Emirati authorities wanted to show other researchers that some lines of inquiry, which have not been publicly defined, were considered off limits. The Emirates largely sidestepped the pro-democracy protests that seized other Arab countries from North Africa to the Middle East in 2011.
Kristian Coates Ulrichsen, a fellow at Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy in Houston who is familiar with Mr. Hedges' work, said in a telephone interview that the British scholar had been working on the relationships among the Emirates' seven members after the Arab Spring.
The events of that year, Mr. Coates Ulrichsen said, had left the Emirati authorities "extremely concerned" about potential threats, and "they have tried to really close down independent spaces." Mr. Hedges' work could, therefore, "have been construed as crossing a red line," he said.
Members of Mr. Hedges' family said that his sentencing hearing had lasted about five minutes, with his lawyer absent.
It was not clear whether the case was linked to the Emirates' role as a leading ally of Saudi Arabia in the war against Houthi rebels in Yemen. Hamad al-Shamsi, the Emirates' attorney general, has said that Mr. Hedges was accused of "spying for a foreign country, jeopardizing the military, political and economic security of the state."
Mr. Hunt, the British foreign secretary, traveled to Dubai recently for discussions about the case with senior officials including the crown prince, Mohamed bin Zayed al-Nahyan, who is considered the de facto ruler of the Emirates.
"Today's verdict is not what we expect from a friend and trusted partner of the United Kingdom and runs contrary to earlier assurances," Mr. Hunt said, adding that the sentencing would have unspecified repercussions for the relationship between Britain and the Emirates, "which has to be built on trust."
Mr. Hunt also flew to Tehran this week to ask the Iranian authorities to free Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, who has British and Iranian nationality and who has been held on espionage charges since 2016.
The detentions on either side of the Persian Gulf seemed to illustrate the high tension between regional powers backing rival combatants in wars in Yemen and Syria.
Speaking in the British Parliament, Mrs. May said: "We are deeply disappointed and concerned at today's verdict. We are raising it with the Emirati authorities at the highest level."
Britain has a long history of close political, commercial and security ties with the United Arab Emirates, dating to the 19th century, when the seven sheikhdoms that now make up the United Arab Emirates were known as the Trucial States and became a British protectorate. The Emirates, which have been an independent state since 1971, remain a draw for British tourists and business interests.
Crispin Blunt, a lawmaker from Mrs. May's Conservative party and a former head of the parliamentary foreign affairs committee, called the sentencing of Mr. Hedges "wholly inconsistent with the behavior of a nation with whom we have a mutual defense accord."
In the past, there have been regular reports of Britons running afoul of judicial authorities in the conservative Emirates, usually over issues relating to personal morality and the consumption of alcohol.
Daniela Tejada, Mr. Hedges' wife, was in court when the sentence was passed. She said the British authorities had made it clear to the Emirates' leaders that her husband had not been engaged in espionage.
She said the British authorities had handled the case "appallingly from the very beginning."
"The British government must take a stand now for Matthew, one of their citizens," she said, according to news reports from Dubai.
After the sentencing, she said: "I don't know where they are taking him or what will happen now. Our nightmare has gotten even worse."


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Printmaking Innovations: Researching the creative potential of typography, 3D printing and Letterpress
In the discipline of Printmaking, innovation and utility have always fueled the development of new print methods. Only when the prevailing technological advancement has become obsolete have artists overtaken the field and converted the process to their own, creative ends. This presentation considers the intersections of today's cutting edge technology, 3D Printing, with digital typographic design & traditional letterpress printing.
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In this sequel to Withershins, Michelle returns to the past to save her friends.
Michelle is happy to be home after her time-travel adventure. Then, while delving into a family secret, she discovers the terrible fate that befell her friends in the distant past. Desperate save them, she returns to 1846 to try to change history. There she struggles with hardships and racism, and learns more about her First Nations heritage.
"Readers of Withershins will be delighted to find out what happened to the characters they previously met…" – Roseanne Gauthier, Resource Links
"People aged ten to fifteen who prefer a bit of history in their novels will find Spirit Quest quite satisfying…" – Vanessa Urnos, What If? Magazine


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E3 2018: Remedy's New Title 'Control' Revealed
Check out the reveal trailer for Remedy's new title, Control. Control is a third-person shooter letting players play as Jesse Faden, the new director of the secret agency known as Control. Jesse will use supernatural abilities to investigate an otherworldly threat that has invaded NYC. Control is the return of
Deep Down | The Game With The Really Big Dragon!
Well if you were watching Sony's Press conference you probably know what I am already talking about from the title alone. I wasn't able to catch the entire conference, but the minute I tuned in I was greeted by a big fiery dragon. Needles to say I was completely blown away


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Well long time, no see. Take a look here if you'd like to see the full story on what led to such a long hiatus. Here we are in December 2017. My last status update was tracking our August numbers just before our move to Chicago.
We are now settled and getting used to the differences in costs of living (it's so cheap here compared to what we are used to). I am back to work, we are celebrating the birth of our second child, and we just purchased a 2011 Honda Odyssey EL-L. Needless to say, we like to keep things busy and ever-improving.
W2 Income: Operating on reduced income as I was out of work following my incident.
Rideshare: We sold our Mazda6 at the end of November and based on the NY/NJ driver rates, decided it was not worth it to continue driving. I haven't decided if I will continue driving or not since our move to IL. The wear-and-tear on the car along with the time spent really isn't worth it.
Etsy: MrsLiveFree's Etsy shop has been doing well considering we've been preoccupied with other life events. She is still working her way through her cache of vintage jewelry and will begin sourcing some new pieces in the spring.
Other: After driving our 2015 Mazda6 for 8 months, we traded it in for $250 less than we purchased it for. Not stellar, but the total cost of owning the vehicle ended up at $206/mo over that course of time.
I spent the last weekend of August looking for apartments on foot in Chicago. We ended up finding a great place but the deposit along with the travel costs really pushed our spending much higher than I would've liked for August.
We also spent a few days in hotels to avoid our psycho neighbors (MrsLiveFree did not feel safe at home alone).
Financial Review
We are not doing nearly well as I had hoped this month. The hotels and the prepping for relocation have brought on quite a few expenses and have lowered our overall savings rate. More details below.
Brokerage Accounts
Over the hiatus, we were able to transfer all of our Betterment accounts over to Charles Schwab. It took about 4 days to migrate all of our non-401(k) retirement accounts. We are utilizing the Boglehead 3-fund portfolio. This has us invested in SWTSX, SWISX, SWAGX, SCHB, SCHF, SCHZ depending on the account.
Asset Allocation
With the move to Schwab, we have been able to tax coordinate our portfolios which I plan to rebalance on a quarterly basis. I built a quick excel sheet to manage this. With this new method, I no longer need to weight my 401(k) to counter-balance Betterment's International weighting. So happy to have moved our accounts!
Account Organization
As we prepared for the end of 2017, we reduced our cash holdings, maxed out our HSA (although we did use it to pay for expenses in 2017), and separated cash for IRA contributions come tax time.
We have 1/3 of our 6 month emergency fund in 3% CDs, and 2/3 in a high yield savings account with one of our credit unions.
|Portfolio %
|401(k) – Mr
|Roth IRA – Mr
|Roth IRA – Mrs
|SEP IRA – Mrs
Growth since August Report : +23.45%
Mad Lab FI Tracker
According to the Mad Fientist's Lab, our FI date is February 2039* (down from November 2039 in August). That's 21 years 2 months from now. I mentioned in the August review that I imagined there would be a drastic reduction thanks to the reduced rent (15.28%). A 9 month difference is definitely not something to shake a stick at!
*Assumptions: 4% Withdrawal; 6% Growth


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When you start a new home build, whether it's in Ngatea or anywhere in Hauraki, you should spend some time planning type of lighting you will have. It can have an effect on the mood and ambiance of a room. With clever use, you can make gloomy areas seem much more comfortable and inviting. Here are some ways to choose your lighting wisely.
Entrance ambiance
First impressions do matter, so it's important that your entrance way be well lit. You could consider an impressive feature light if the area is large enough, such as a chandelier or look at skylights. Making use of mirrors in an entrance area is a good way to brighten up the area. The lighting here should be fairly strong without being too stark.
Lighting for safety
Areas such as stairs and attics with a risk of falling or bumping your head should be well lit to reduce any accidents. Using down lights on a staircase and light fixtures on the wall will make these areas much safer. You can have light switches at the top and bottom of the stairs to save power and to ensure that the lights are available as needed.
Security lighting on the outside of the home and at all entrances is important for safety from intruders. Having walkways lit up can also reduce accidents outside in the evening. Motion sensors that activate lights both save power and instantly alert you should there be someone outside.
Recessed lighting in your new home build
When you have large areas and you don't want to have light sources all over the place, you can look at using recessed lighting. Recessed lights are very effective without the source being obvious. If you're going for a more contemporary feel, you could also consider track lighting.
Nautral light sources
You can reduce power needs and bring natural light in to your home by making use of well placed windows, glass sliding doors and skylights. Natural lighting can be used to light up areas that might appear gloomy with only artificial lighting. Natural lighting creates a pleasant atmosphere in any room or entrance way.
Use smart lighting
Using lights that make use of motion sensors is a good way of saving power as well as providing light when needed. You could consider light switches which restrict the use of light during specific hours of the day. Choosing solar power for outdoor and garden lighting can save you a lot of money.
At Build7 Hauraki, we can help you to choose the type of lighting for each room, based on your lifestyle and needs. We're professional Ngatea builders, and we have our own team of genuine architects and designers. So, get in touch today to achieve the perfect lighting in your new home build.