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Sotheby's sets new world auction record for any diamond or jewel
In Hong Kong, Sotheby's (NYSE: BID) set a new world auction record for any diamond or jewel when The Pink Star, a 59.60-carat oval fancy vivid pink and internally flawless diamond, sold for $71.2 million. The buyer was Hong Kong jeweler Chow Tai Fook, with the winning telephone bid placed by their Chairman, Dr. Henry Cheng Kar-Shun, who has renamed the stone The CTF Pink Star.
"It is fitting that the owner of the most prestigious jeweler in Greater China should today break the record for the most valuable item ever sold in Asia. As well as the most valuable diamond ever sold at auction. Now appropriately named The CTF Pink Star – said Sotheby's President and CEO Tad Smith. Adding, "And Sotheby's has been honored and thrilled to serve this very discerning client for many years."
The CTF Pink Star joins a number of outstanding stones in the collection of Chow Tai Fook. Including the Aurora Green, a 5.03-carat vivid green diamond acquired in 2016 for $16.8 million. A new auction record for a green diamond, and the Cullinan Heritage. An exceptionally rare 507-carat rough diamond acquired for $35.3 million in 2010. That was cut and polished over three years to create "A Heritage in Bloom", a unique masterpiece of diamond jewelry. The Pink Star has been renamed 'The CTF Pink Star' in memory of the late Dr. Cheng Yu-Tung. Father of the current chairman and founder of Chow Tai Fook. This commemorates the esteemed brand's 88th anniversary.
About Sotheby's
Sotheby's has been uniting collectors with world-class works of art since 1744. They became the first international auction house when it expanded from London to New York (1955), the first to conduct sales in Hong Kong (1973), India (1992) and France (2001), and the first international fine art auction house in China (2012). Today, they present auctions in 10 different salesrooms. Including New York, London, Hong Kong and Paris. And Sotheby's BidNow program allows visitors to view all auctions live online and place bids from anywhere in the world. The auction house offers collectors the resources of Sotheby's Financial Services. The world's only full-service art financing company, as well as the collection advisory services of its subsidiary, Art Agency, Partners. They present private sale opportunities in more than 70 categories. Including S|2, the gallery arm of Sotheby's Global Fine Art Division. Two retail businesses, Sotheby's Diamonds and Sotheby's Wine. The brand has a global network of 80 offices in 40 countries and is the oldest company listed on the New York Stock Exchange (BID).


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If you are encountering issues with framerate lock then please try using this custom library. Download it from here:
And copy it to the game's installation folder.
If you're using GOG GALAXY, you can go to the game's main folder by using:
the Customize icon (next to the Play button) -> Manage Installation -> Show folder.
Or, for standalone installers, the full folder path will be (by default):
C:\GOG Games\F.E.A.R. Platinum Collection
If this issue occurs in expansion packs please also copy the library to folders: FEARXP and FEARXP2.
Original fix by: Methanhydrat

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ColdEX Logistics
|Investment Year
|New Delhi, India
|Cold Chain Logistics
The Company
Coldex Limited is India's largest organized integrated food supply chain and distribution company. Coldex was founded in 1999 in Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh as Swastik Roadlines Private Limited, a dry transport carrier. In 2005, they launched the brand ColdEX, to provide temperature-controlled logistics services to various industries. In 2014, the company further expanded into becoming an integrated temperature-controlled food supply chain and distribution company by acquiring their flagship built-to-suit temperature-controlled warehouse which is leased but dedicated, with a capacity of 3,500 pallets at Kundli (Delhi NCR). They have, since then, expanded their operations to become an integrated temperature-controlled food supply chain and distribution company with an ability to service clients on pan-India basis. The company operates 5 temperature-controlled warehouses located at Kundli I, Navi Mumbai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad and Kundli-II capable of warehousing more than 7,000 pallets and more than 800 reefer trucks for long-haul primary distribution and for last-mile secondary distribution.
Recognising that quality control and supply chain traceability is a matter of focus for producers, suppliers, consumers and the government, Coldex hasinvested in technology and processes throughout their business such as (i) GPS-enabled fleets that provide real-time visibility of location and temperature compliance. (ii) a warehouse management system to track, process and manage inventory, (iii) integration with customers' systems for automated inventory replenishment, (iv) flexible reefer fleet and warehouse designs to allow optimization as per customer's requirements and (v) 24x7 control room staffed with trained customer service agents; which has enabled traceability of products and the conditions under which such products are transported and stored. Coldex has also adopted environmental, social and governance (ESG) safeguards and implemented a comprehensive Environmental and Social Management System (ESMS), conforming to the requirements of the Asian Development Bank.
The company has received various industry accolades, awards and recognitions over the years as well as recognition from customers, including Partner of the Year Award from Burger King (2018); Franchisee India – Supplier of the Year (2017); Collaborative Partner of the Year Award from Yum (2016); ICC Supply Chain and Logistics Excellence Award – Integrated Cold Chain Operator (2016); CII – Scale Supply Chain Award (2016); Logistic Excellence Award - GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare, India (2013) and Best Service Level Certificate Award from Cadbury (2012).


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The Home Lifts offer lavish yet reasonable means of transportation for the multistory houses or bungalows. It is smooth and trouble-free in operation and provides the superb riding comfort. This is an exceptional MRL elevator designed especially for small residential units, to operate between 2 and 20 storeys.
The best thing about this Home Lift is that it does not require two feet pit depth and extra overhead space. Moreover, this one of the finest elevators can operate on one phase power supply eliminating the need of three-phase power supply.
We at pany Elevators being the top home lift manufacturers in pune NCR are committed to our ultimate goal, i.e. to offer best client service to our valued customers all across the country. Hence, we keep ourselves well versed with the inventions and innovations of the elevator industry to evolve ourselves in terms of Technological Advancement and superior client service.


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Sep 10, 2020
From Ciswikidb
- SAD Tunnel clothing
- Closed toe shoes
- Long pants
- Short or long sleeved shirt
- JLab rules for working within 6'
When working within 6 feet of others the following PPE is required:
- N95 respirator without exhalation valve is required, if the N95 has the valve then it must be covered (provided by ESH)
- Disposable gloves, i.e. nitrile exam gloves (provided by ESH)
- Safety glasses or goggles
- Training for working within 6'
MED13 is required because the N95 is a tight fitting respirator.
Johnie Banks (OccMed) will provide MED13.
- MED13 is a questionaire media:Respirator Medical Evaluation Questionnaire.docx
- Fill out the form and return to firstname.lastname@example.com (x7539)
Jennifer Williams (EHS) will provide training and fit testing for the N95.
- Schedule an appointment with Jennifer (firstname.lastname@example.com).
- Working within 6' (non-contact vs. contact)
- From Jennifer => If physical contact is anticipated, then tyvek suit or cloth coveralls is required in addition to the PPE listed above. ESH has tyvek suits has tyvek suits to provide, but if cloth coveralls are desired then those are being purchased through individual Divisions. A hood to cover the hair is not required since the exhalation valve on the respirator is covered, but the tyvek already has a hood integrated into the suit. The hood on the suit can be removed or just not worn by the user.
- From Joe => Generally we will coordinate jobs to be 6' apart. The jobs that are closer then 6' will not be with many people, typically there are a few pairs of people who end up working side-by-side, but not touching one another. Hands would touch the same hardware, but we'd have gloves on and dispose of them. Occasionally, someone's arm or leg might bump into another, but we'll have long sleeved clothing. So, I would say jobs closer than 6' are not contact jobs.
- From Jennifer => I agree that your task would not be considered physical contact, therefore you all will not need to wear tyvek suits or cloth coveralls unless desired.
- CIS work plans
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Tickets for our away match against Hull City on Monday August 6th 2018, 7:45pm kick off are set to go on sale to London Lions Network members, with tickets priced at £27 plus the regular £2 booking fee.
Monies must be paid to you individual London Lions Club Chairman no later than 11pm on Tuesday 17th July.
As always, tickets are sold on a first come, first served basis.
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The type of vacation we typically choose is luxury. For our activities, we like luxury and often stay at the finest hotels, but we are also adventurous and love off the beaten path types of experiences and always seek them out. We aren't bothered by very "local" experiences anywhere and think these are very important to our vacation. We love adventure. We also like a mixture of regular, touristic and organized places. We enjoy hiking and outdoorsy activities. We enjoy museums, markets and other activities geared towards children. We like to maximize each day by seeing as much as possible.
Our children at the time of this itinerary: 6 children- Boy age 14, Girl age 14, Girl age 14, Girl age 10, Boy age 7, & Girl age 2.
Address: At the port in Stavanger, Norway
Phone: +47 51-89-5270
Hours: Daily departures between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.
Website: http://www.rodne.no/en/sightseeing-en/
Admission: Adults: 420 NOK; Children (4-15): 250 NOK; family passes for 6
available at 1050 NOK
Overall Rating:
Description: This public ferry takes passengers through many scenic vistas, through the Lysefjord and near Pulpit Rock. As the boat glides through the steep cliffs the scenery is beautiful.
Our Experience: This cruise is recommended by our family, and everyone enjoyed the experience. From the water, you'll be able to enjoy the beautiful scenery of the Pulpit Rock and Lysefjord. This is a three hour cruise which can get crowded, depending upon the time of year you go, so be sure to get there early for a good viewing seat on the boat's top deck. Our entire family enjoyed the leisurely pace of this tour not to mention the incredible views. The scenery was beautiful and unlike anything we had ever seen before. It was a winner for everyone. Although we would have loved to have tried to hike to Pulpit Rock, rather than see it from the cruise, time did not allow for us to take the hike. This was a great way for us to see Pulpit Rock (though of course seeing it from the water is very different from seeing it from the top!).
Hours: Open around the clock (it is mostly a residential area)
Website: http://www.regionstavanger.com/
Admission: Free
Overall Rating:
Description: Old Stavanger is an historic area and neighborhood that contains almost 200 buildings that were built around the turn of the 18th century, a large number of them small cottages. Although we were told that there were several boutiques that offer hand crafted items, and numerous galleries to browse in as well, we only saw a small handful of shops, so we cannot recommend this area if you are merely looking for serious shopping.
Our Experience: Since we were in the area, we decided to walk around the town of Old Stavanger. This is an older neighborhood with steep streets and quaint older houses and buildings. We were surprised to find that there were no coffee shops in which to grab a beverage and a break, at least none that we noticed. Overall this was a pleasant walk, but it was not rated top for the kids and other stops provided more fun and excitement. This activity may not be ideal for very small children who may get bored easily.
Address: Kjeringholmen , Postboks 748 Sentrum, 4004 Stavanger
Phone: +47 51 93 93 00
Hours: June 1st through August 31st 10am-7pm every day, September 1st
through May 31st 10am-4pm every day, except Sunday 10am-6pm
Website: http://www.norskolje.museum.no/index.asp?iLangId=1
Admission: NOK 50 children, NOK 100 adults
Overall Rating: We did not go into the museum, but highly recommend the unusual playground outside the museum.
Description: The Norwegian Petroleum Museum is a museum dedicated to oil and gas. Visitors can learn how oil and gas are discovered, produced, refined, and how these are used in various industries and areas of life. There are interactive exhibits, multimedia displays, films, interesting items, a unique playground outside, and more.
Our Experience: Our kids (as well as many other kids) really enjoyed the unusual playground that is outside of the building. The playground is constructed from old petroleum drilling equipment and it is a unique one of a kind play area. It is also a hit with the local children too, so we knew we were in the right place. We stayed for 45 minutes and our children would have been glad to extend their play time at this unique playground. Highly recommended by all of the kids in our family!
*This review is the subjective opinion of someone who submitted this itinerary and not the owner of Real Family Trips


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Earlier today I posted about how the Occupy San Jose group had gotten arrested this morning. http://politics.7gen.com/2011/10/occupy-san-jose-arrested-on-friday.html It's not like the arrest was a surprise, they had been warned at least a week ahead of time. The first two videos are local news coverage. After those two videos is a series posted by the OccupySJ team and it is an interesting encapsulation of the protesters and their goals, of police who probably are in agreement with the protesters but have to enforce the law, and news media not quite representing the situation accurately.
And how about some videos from the Occupy San Jose group:-


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Medica 2017
We will be in Medica 2017 in Dusseldorf, waiting for YOU
Tablet and smartwatch for total treatment control
How many times have you had to turn away to adjust a parameter during treatment, removing your attention from the patient? How many times have you had to stretch awkwardly over the couch? Getting up, turning and moving awkwardly during treatment are all poorly...
Everything you need to know about tecar therapy in Italy summed up in six points!
Everything that physiotherapists don't know or pretend not to know. Tecar therapy is a controversial phenomenon in the world of physiotherapy. It is an electromedical device and a method that is both loved and hated at the same time, but which offers important...
Is price your only consideration when making the right choice?! Of course, you base your decision on VALUE FOR MONEY, but are you sure you know all the parameters you should be assessing to make the right choice?! Most of your colleagues find themselves having to...
Do you wear gloves when applying TECAR?
Just think that some people even use their hands as an electrode! Confusion and lack of information about operator safety has caused many physiotherapists and manufacturers to lose sight of common sense. Let's start with the simple things and go back to using common...
FisioDoc: The Best Free App to Organize Your Medical Records
Golden Star presents its new free app for tablet specifically developed for physiotherapists. FisioDoc has a simple and efficient structure that enables the physiotherapist to access all of the data with a simple tap. The operator can catalogue all the necessary...
Treatment of muscular contractures with tecar therapy
What is muscle contracture? Muscle contracture is classed as a muscle injury and is the least serious kind of muscle injury because no fibre damage occurs. It makes it particularly difficult for the muscle to drain away the excess incoming blood flow, which then makes...
Back pain, cervicalgia, cervicobrachialgia
Upper back pain treatment with bipolar profile, lower back pain treatment with Neutro Dinamico handpiece, Cervicalgia treatment with bipolar profile and Neutro Dinamico handpiece, Cervicobrachialgia resistive unipolar treatment.
Tendinitis of the rotator cuff, humeral epicondylitis, carpal tunnel
Capacitive bipolar treatment, combined action with proprioceptive aids, tendinosis of the supraspinatus, treatment with bipolar profile, carpal tunnel and basal thumb arthritis, treatment with bipolar profile.
Sprained knee, Quadriceps tendon and patellar tendon
Treatment with Neutro Dinamico 60°, Dynamic application of force, combined action in synergy with weight-bearing exercises.
Sprained ankle, Achilles tendon
Capacitive and resistive unipolar treatment, treatment with Neutro Dinamico 60° handpiece, fix automatic treatment and proprioceptive exercises.
New energy and relevant treatments for the most problematic tendons
Treatment of the rotator cuff and the long head Shoulder treatments may target the joint (in the event of sprains or distracting injuries) or the myotendinous junction when, for example, the stress caused by a build-up of muscle contractions can generate tendinosis or...
Christmas. A time for presents, snow, cold and cervicalgia
Christmas is coming, bringing with it biting cold, sudden gusts of wind and driving rain. This inclement weather can take uncovered or, worse still, overheated neck muscles by surprise, rekindling dormant chronic pain or leading to the development of new pains, which can ruin the holidays with intense and persistent burning, contraction and stiffness.
What if an animal rather than a human injures its leg?
A small area, with muscles that are difficult to access, and an inability to communicate with the doctor, but the same pain, the same impediment and the same desire to move freely again, without sudden pangs of pain and without having to drag oneself along day after day, finding it difficult to perform the most natural movements.


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PURCHASE, N.Y., Feb. 23, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- #BLUECARD – Continuing its longstanding history of fueling football passion around the world, Pepsi® announced its 2016 global roster of all-star players today. The Pepsi team, uniting thrilling international talent from top clubs, will spark excitement throughout the year with a new integrated global campaign, the Pepsi Blue Card (#BlueCard).
Photo - http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20160218/334910
The Pepsi lineup of superstars includes Argentinian striker Sergio Aguero (Manchester City), Colombian phenom James Rodriguez (Real Madrid), Belgian team captain Vincent Kompany (Manchester City), Chilean leading scorer Alexis Sanchez (Arsenal) and Spanish goalkeeper great David de Gea (Manchester United).
The 2016 global Pepsi football team will be featured in a variety of integrated campaign elements, anchored by a global television commercial released today: https://youtu.be/C-FHnnRYYKc. Bringing to life the Pepsi Blue Card, an unsuspecting pair of delivery drivers get the surprise of a lifetime as a pickup game with members of the Pepsi team breaks out in the most unexpected fashion.
"The Pepsi Blue Card was created to stop boredom in its tracks and unleash unexpected moments of fun," said Carla Hassan, SVP, Global Brand Management, PepsiCo Global Beverage Group. "While the traditional red or yellow card might stop play, the Pepsi Blue Card signals that things are about to get exciting -- which is a perfect kick start to the year for our iconic brand."
The integrated effort includes a complementary app available for free download on the Apple App and Google Play stores beginning February 23, as well as digital and social content, out of home and point of sale rolling out in markets around the world throughout the year.
The 2016 program builds off an exciting win: PepsiCo's flagship brands Pepsi, Lay's and Gatorade have joined forces with the prestigious European club football tournament, the UEFA Champions League, as an official sponsor. The UEFA Champions League Final is the world's most watched annual sporting event. The 2015 final was aired in more than 200 countries, reaching an estimated 400 million viewers, with an anticipated average live match viewership of 180 million.
Player Statements:
Sergio Aguero (Manchester City): "I am excited to be partnering with Pepsi once again, and thrilled to have been selected as a member of the 2016 global team of footballers. I am looking forward to teaming up with Vincent, James, Alexis and David throughout the year to bring fun, unexpected opportunities to football fans around the world."
James Rodriguez (Real Madrid): "I'm proud to be a part of the Pepsi global roster of footballers in 2016. It was a great experience working with the brand last year, and I am looking forward to teaming up with this year's Pepsi team to bring unexpected, exciting opportunities to football fans around the world."
Vincent Kompany (Manchester City): "It's an honor to partner with Pepsi once again. This campaign is all about fun and a little bit of craziness that you can add to a moment. When you take out the Pepsi Blue Card everything changes -- I think we all need that in our days."
Alexis Sanchez (Arsenal): "Pepsi is one of the most recognizable brands associated with our great sport and it's amazing to be a part of their global roster of footballers this year."
David de Gea (Manchester United): "I'm thrilled to join the Pepsi football team for the first time this year. I've always been excited to see what the brand brings to our sport and fans -- on and off the pitch -- and I can't wait to be a part of it."
About PepsiCo
PepsiCo products are enjoyed by consumers one billion times a day in more than 200 countries and territories around the world. PepsiCo generated more than $66 billion in net revenue in 2013, driven by a complementary food and beverage portfolio that includes Frito-Lay, Gatorade, Pepsi-Cola, Quaker and Tropicana. PepsiCo's product portfolio includes a wide range of enjoyable foods and beverages, including 22 brands that generate more than $1 billion each in estimated annual retail sales. At the heart of PepsiCo is Performance with Purpose -- our goal to deliver top-tier financial performance while creating sustainable growth in shareholder value. In practice, Performance with Purpose means providing a wide range of foods and beverages from treats to healthy eats; finding innovative ways to minimize our impact on the environment and reduce our operating costs; providing a safe and inclusive workplace for our employees globally; and respecting, supporting and investing in the local communities where we operate. For more information, visit www.pepsico.com.


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Google Begins Rolling Out Its Latest Algorithm Update – Google Panda 4.2
Google's Gary Illyes has confirmed that Google started rolling out Panda update version 4.2 last weekend, affecting 2–3% of queries.
Google algorithm updates always rouse a storm on the internet community as they directly affect website rankings. The latest such refresh is Google Panda 4.2, which began on 18th July, 2015. However, the rollout is extremely slow and that's the reason people didn't notice it. According to Google, it may take months till the time we are able to notice any significant impact on the website rankings. It might also not affect all the pages of a website in the short run. Google officials were tight-lipped about why the rollout is so slow.


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During his annual year-end news conference on Friday, President Barack Obama said goodbye to a tumultuous year and expressed hope that the growing economy would continue to create new jobs and that his health care program would continue to improve, the Associated Press reports. He said 2014 would be "a breakthrough year for America."
Obama did not dwell on his faltering approval ratings, the AP reports, or the calamitous rollout of his signature health care law or the stack of unfinished domestic plans he leaves behind as he heads for a Christmas holiday in Hawaii.
When asked whether this had been the worst year of his presidency so far, the AP says, he laughed and offered, "That's not how I think about it."
He also suggested that in light of widespread criticism, he may alter the National Security Agency's ability to collect information on Americans
And on the subject of health care, the president acknowledged that "we screwed it up," adding that "I'm going to be making appropriate adjustments once we get through this year," the AP reports. He did not say whether those adjustments would include high-ranking personnel changes.
He does have some reason to celebrate. The government on Friday announced that the economy improved by a solid 4.1 percent annual rate from July through September, the fastest pace since late 2011 and markedly higher than anticipated. The president also applauded a modest bipartisan budget deal that made its way through Congress this week. While it's too soon to declare a new era of bipartisanship, he said, Washington is "not condemned to endless gridlock," the AP reports.
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August is arguably the best month for an outdoor concert in the Finger Lakes region, particularly if the event is situated at a beautiful venue like CMAC. My friend and I agreed that we should attend the Santana show on Saturday, but also catch a lecture, "Seven Candles: Science for a Deeper Spirituality," before the performance. Carlos Santana has always struck me as a spiritual kind of guy, so we figured a visit to Gossamer Wood, a healing retreat center in Canandaigua for the "Seven Candles" presentation would be a good opening act.
We drove into the woods and parked in the driveway of the healing house. Upon entering, our host JD greeted us warmly. Once he got down to business, that was when things started to get a little hippy. Nearly all of the presentation was over my head but there were some cool photos of the Milky Way among other things displayed on the television. I forgot to ask the question: How does our own galaxy take its own selfie? Anyway, here is a fun fact: humans share 50 percent of our DNA with bananas. The lecture was over before we knew it and left us illuminated. We made our cosmic connection when at the end JD told us that he shared the stage with Santana at a peace concert in the former U.S.S.R.
It was a skip and jump over to CMAC. After a wait we got inside the almost sold-out venue; it was the largest crowd I had ever seen under the shell. The show drew a diverse group age-wise and my friend mentioned that he never thought he would see old folks in walkers at a rock concert. Either way, we were positively stoked for the Corazón Tour.
The concert opened with vintage footage of Woodstock displayed on the enormous video panel behind the players. At 67 years old, Carlos Santana walked onstage wearing a black fedora, black vest, white shirt and launched into instrumental "Soul Sacrifice" with a purple guitar. Everything about his band was big; in fact it was double sized by including two percussionists, dual guitars, trumpet and trombone, and two lead vocalists. At one point Carlos Santana mentioned it was the band's deepest desire to give the audience a memorable night, which was what I experienced. The entire show was damn near flawless. The crisp clean sound, the lights, the backing band and the man himself made me feel like I was at the Grammys.
The well-behaved crowd sat mostly in their seats but stood up for hits, "Maria Maria," and "Smooth." Carlos Santana was also a collector of songs as he took a few familiar licks and blended those into his own. It was like playing a game of name that tune: "Paint It Black" led into "Black Magic Woman / Gypsy Queen"; Coltrane's "Blue Train" morphed into "A Place with No Name" which contained elements of America's "A Horse With No Name"; and The Champs' "Tequila" turned into The Temptations' "Get Ready" before coming back around.
The band rocked on for more than an hour before Carlos Santana introduced his son, Salvatore, for a three-song mini-set that created a change of direction as the younger Santana dabbled in hip-hop. Once the normal set list resumed it turned into a percussion feast with "Jingo," a tune he first performed at The Fillmore in 1967. The sweaty, charged up conga solo by percussionist Paoli Mejías proved to be a mind-blowing highlight. The show concluded with a three-song encore that ended with "Ominous." By this time fans were standing several deep at the front of the stage. Carlos Santana crouched down and even let a couple of lucky fans strum his guitar.


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09/06/2017 / Weddings
{Susan & Duncan} Aswanley, Huntly
My first outdoor ceremony of the year! What a completely beautiful and happy day for Susan and Duncan at Aswanley near Huntly. I love getting the chance to shoot at this amazing venue, which looked so elegant with all of the finishing touches and details these guys brought to the day. Smiles and sunshine, here's a few from the day…
Massive thanks to the awesome Donna Murray Photography for second shooting with me on the day X
Dress // Sassi Holford • Ivory Grace, Aberdeen
Shoes // Jenny Packham
Bridesmaids Dresses // Dessy • Happily Ever After, Ellon
Hair // Susie Shand
Make Up // Kay Wiik
Kilts // Georgian Dress Hire, Aberdeen
Florist // Lotus Petal Flowers
Videographer // Love Lock Films
Caterer // Country Flavours of Alford
Band // Callanish


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US network Verizon has become the latest partner for Google's TV Ads platform, carrying the adverts on its pay-TV service FiOS TV. Allowing time for technical bedding and planning, Verizon is expected to start delivering Google TV Ads on FiOS TV in early 2011.
Having lost NBC Universal as a partner in recent weeks, the deal is perceived as carrying significant benefit for Google, which now expects to increase total penetration of TV Ads to around one third of all TV-viewing households in the US.
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Each department is responsible for verifying the accuracy of the charges and credits on the monthly statements. An Open and Closed Filing System should be used by each department in verifying these entries. Managers and stewards are discouraged from keeping separate bookkeeping systems. The maintenance of a separate system is time-consuming, and it often will not agree with the official financial records of the University.
- A copy of all completed CPOs, Invoices, Check Requests, Purchase Requisitions/Purchase Orders, Travel Reimbursements, etc. should be placed in a file named "Open File." These copies contain the charges which have not yet been recorded on the monthly statement.
- When the monthly statement of the General Ledger is received, compare all charges (and credits) on the statement with the copies found in the Open File.
- Place a check mark on the statement of those items which agree with the document in the Open File. Then place the document in a file labeled "Closed File." You may want to indicate on the document the month in which the charge appeared on the monthly statement.
- If the amount of a charge on the monthly statement disagrees with your copy of the document in the Open File, call the other department. If you have any question about a charge on your monthly statement, call the Accounting Office. If nothing is heard from a department, the Accounting Office will assume that the charges are correct.
- As long as a document remains in the Open File, it has not yet been processed and posted to the General Ledger Statement. If sufficient time has elapsed for the document to be processed, the Buying Department should contact the Selling Department. If the Selling Department has processed the document, the Accounting Office should be contacted.
- Review of the Open File becomes crucial at fiscal year end. The documents in the Closed File need not be kept after the final General Ledger Statement for the fiscal year has been received and the charges and credits have been properly posted to the General Ledger.
- The current balance in any account can be obtained by taking the last General Ledger Statement and subtracting or adding the documents in the Open File.


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I had a really great time at Bethel Worship in Lexington last night and I wanted to record some experiences or reflections from it.
First, this song. I'm going to be speaking on grace in a couple weeks and then bam! This song hits me like a brick wall: A quote from "Abba" is: "Grace is the collision on the way back home. With the arms of a Father who won't let go." And then, in case I wasn't getting it, the conviction and the experience of remembering my return to God felt like a fire being set inside my chest: God ran to me. Abba threw his arms around me and I knew his love.
During the pitch for Compassion International, I was listening to this man talk about his family and his encounter with the kids while he was on a mission trip. It was a good story but I wasn't hyper engaged; I was mostly just looking around at all the people there and feeling excited that my sister was going to get to have a night of worship. I looked back at the picture of this man and his beautiful family that was projected on the screen and for a moment there was silence as these words passed through my mind: "I will give this to you too." And I was startled. So I prayed a bit, repented a bit, gave thanks for a bit. Those words felt mostly like comfort though, reassurance. As if I was being reminded of something I already knew.
Mid-way through the worship, I felt prompted to kneel. I have felt this often during corporate worship and I have always ignored it because how weird would that be? But I kept feeling the push, so much so that I was a bit distracted. Then I heard the lyrics, "every chain will break…" and it caught my attention. The super crazy thing I had heard during our church journey was that I was a chainbreaker. Then they start singing about every knee bowing. I told some of my friends and they were like, just sit. That's basically the same thing, but something in me rose against that. "Did you hear sit? Or kneel?" So I knelt. And the words of Luke 16:10 came to me, "If you are faithful in little things, you will be faithful in large ones." Then, as I prayed, I recalled a verse I had been talking to God about earlier that week, Romans 8:31: "What, then, shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?" I had written about this verse in the context of freedom in love, but I had also mentioned my love of the word hupernikao, or "more than conquerors." And it was like an epiphany: be more faithful in these little things, because they are building the habits that will grow faith and bring freedom from fear. We are not only conquerors of death, we bring new life: we resurrect, we reconcile, we restore, we redeem. We don't bind people in chains, we break them.
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Despite all the differences that immediately come to mind when natural and artificial landscapes are compared, we tend to believe that they are or should be similarly whole and entire, that each is best when characterized by unity. The same is true for individual buildings: each should be all-of-a-piece.
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- 31 July, 2010 05:20
Sega's parent company, Sega Sammy Holdings, reported a positive quarter of earnings mostly on account of revenues from its pachinko business. On the video games front (in the Consumer Business unit), sales of Alpha Protocol and Iron Man 2 in North America and Europe disappointed.
Net revenues for the company were at 91.3 billion yen ($1 billion USD), up 51 percent over the 60.5 billion yen earned during the same quarter last year. For the Consumer Business unit, net sales totaled 20.9 billion yen ($241 million USD) with a recorded 636 million yen in operating losses.
Sega said that domestic sales of Alpha Protocol and Iron Man 2 were strong, but that "adverse market conditions" are to blame for slow sales in the U.S. and Europe. In total, Sega sold a little under 3.3 million units worldwide with 1.6 million of those in the U.S., 1.3 million in Europe and 270,000 in Japan.
Meanwhile, Nintendo reported a net loss for the April to June quarter as the strong Japanese yen and weak demand for its products hurt earnings.
The Kyoto-based maker of the Wii game console and the DSi handheld game console said it lost ¥25 billion (US$2.2 billion as of the last day of the period reported) during the quarter, against a ¥42 billion profit a year earlier. Sales fell by a quarter to ¥189 billion.
The sharpest decline was in demand for the Nintendo DS, of which global sales dropped by almost half, to 3.15 million units during the period.
The number of new games launched for the handheld in the quarter dropped by a third in Japan and by a fifth in the Americas, when compared to the year-earlier period, and that led to the weak sales, Nintendo said.
Nintendo left its full-year targets unchanged despite the quarterly loss. The company hopes to realize a profit of ¥200 billion on sales of ¥1.4 trillion. Those targets represent drops of 12 percent and 2 percent on actual results for its fiscal year ending March 31.


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Lake Junaluska is an unincorporated community under the direction of The Lake Junaluska Assembly Board of Trustees of The United Methodist Church. It is home to the Lake Junaluska Conference and Retreat Center, the World Methodist Council, and Intentional Growth Center. People of all denominations are welcome to visit and live in the community. Lake Junaluska had its beginnings in 1908 with the Laymen's Conference of The Methodists Episcopal Church, South, where it was decided that a great Assembly should be built in the Southeast. On June 25, 1913, the first conference takes place on the new Assembly grounds- the Second General Missionary Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. By the end of 1913, thirteen private homes had been built, the large auditorium is finished, and the dam is completed and water is beginning to fill the lake.
Today, there are approximately 850 residential property owners and about half of these are year-round residents. The total area of Lake Junaluska's grounds is about 1,200 acres, with lake itself measuring approximately 200 acres at an elevation of 2,560 feet above sea level. The dam is 900 feet long and 60 feet high at the highest point. Lake Junaluska Assembly Public Works provides a variety of services to the community, including water/sewer service, stormwater management, street maintenance, and garbage collection.
The Lake Junaluska community is blessed with several active resident organizations:
The Presidents of The Junaluskans, LJAPOO, The Associates and the Chair of JACC are members of the LJA Board of Directors. The musically gifted may join The Haywood Community Chorus, sponsored by the Junaluskans, or enjoy the music of The Junaluska Singers. There are also many small fellowship groups, organized by the Junaluskans, that meet in settings unique to each group. Events such as Road Scholar, Vesper Services, concerts, and festivals provide special opportunities for residents and guests.
At Lake Junaluska, you will find two museums: the World Methodist Council Museum, home to the largest collection of artifacts commemorating the earliest beginnings of the Wesleyan movement, as well as the SEJ Heritage Center and Museum, which offers an extensive collection of artifacts on the history of Lake Junaluska and the Southeastern Jurisdiction of the United Methodist Church. Also be sure to stop by Junaluska Gifts & Grounds for a hot cup of coffee or unique gift, connect with a good book at the Lake Junaluska Library in Harrell Center, or visit the Lake Junaluska Golf Course to take in a round on this beautiful 18-hole course. During summer, take a dip in the pool at the Lake Junaluska Aquatic Center, paddle across the lake on a canoe, kayak or paddleboard, or play a game of tennis, mini golf or shuffleboard. The 24-hour Lake Junaluska Fitness Center, a partnership with Agape Senior and Pfeiffer University, offers flexible memberships and a variety of workout equipment for those looking to improve or maintain fitness. If some quiet contemplation or a peaceful connection with nature is sought, Lake Junaluska offers several beautiful venues, such as the Corneille Bryan Native Gardens, Susanna Wesley Gardens, Biblical Garden, Inspiration Point, as well as the Lake Junaluska Walking Trail, Rose Walk, and Memorial Chapel labrynth. Junaluskans are proud of the beauty, history and unique nature of their community.
The Conference & Retreat Center offers Recreational Passes for the pool, boat rentals, and equipment rental for tennis, mini golf and shuffleboard. Recreational Passes may be purchased on a daily or seasonal basis, and discounts are offered for Lake Junaluska property owners.
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The Lake Junaluska Conference and Retreat Center is a year-round facility operated by The Lake Junaluska Assembly Board of Trustees. There are approximately 700 hotel rooms and apartments, varied food service venues, meeting rooms, RV and camping sites, and recreational facilities. The historic Stuart Auditorium seats approximately 2,000 and serves as a wonderful musical and performing arts venue, as well as a meeting space for large conference groups. Each year, the Conference and Retreat Center hosts hundreds of events and groups of varying sizes, denominations, and purposes, as well as leisure travelers from around the world. Many of the events and activities at Lake Junaluska are open to the community and can be seen on the event calendar. Meeting rooms and catering services are also available through the Conference Center.


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Stringing Combos in RTS City of the Shroud – PAX East 2018 Preview
This RTS/Fighting game hybrid proved to be one of the more intriguing games and experiments I saw on the convention floor.
If you've ever found that RTS games are a little too easygoing or leave you feeling disengaged from the proceedings, the fine folks at Abyssal Arts might be the right people to solve that problem. Their solution: City of the Shroud. City of the Shroud is a strategy game that's not content letting you rest on your laurels. Rather than motivate you to action through increased difficulty, it instead makes you more active in your turns. How? It gives you the ability to chain attacks together and make combos to maximize your damage output and give you something flashier to look at. It's the
In so far as what I played, which was on PC, the way to make combos happen would be through obtaining Link Gems, which enabled you to gain access to further combos. Clicking enemy tiles lets you hone in on them, which then prompts you to left click and drag to bring up a radial menu that looks a lot like a D-pad, a fact the game was happy to point out and make fun of. From there, each direction would give you a certain move with the number of movements you need to make to pull it off. For example, the simplest move to execute was a headbutt, which required you to start on the right and drag your cursor in a counterclockwise to the top button.
Any of the moves could ask you to go backward or forward in a similar clockwise or counterclockwise motion so long as the required amount of moves were met. Balancing these weird mouse movements with your AP between about 4 characters proved to be one of the most hectic experiences I've had with a game, especially when each class operates at their own ranges and techniques that I was wholly unfamiliar with. It's a problem I could see being at least partially resolved by implementing traditional fighting game inputs on a controller when City of the Shroud eventually makes its way to consoles. For now, it's an awkward but not entirely insurmountable issue.
That being said, it was also one of the most immersive experiences I've had in a strategy game and it's because for so much of the game, it doesn't feel like one. Instead of giving you a birds eye view that puts immense distance between you and your avatar, City of the Shroud demands that you maintain a watchful eye on each of your units and become so familiar with their movesets that you can tailor the experience to your liking. This includes transforming characters into non-traditional classes, like making your mage a tank instead of a ranged character or healer, a prospect I'm very much here for.
Interestingly, and unknown to me until I was informed at the end of my appointment, the ability to tailor the experience transcends more than just techniques in combat. The story is also being doled out in an episodic format, which on its own is no big news. What is huge is the fact that the games story will be written to take into consideration the outcomes that players come to. The way I pitched it was that if ending A proved more popular than B, A would become canonical and become the baseline for the future episode. Instead, what they plan to do is look at the statistics provided by what choices the audience made and see what the conflict there was and then write that conflict into the story, essentially turning difference of opinions and ideas of its audience into material for the plot.
It's absolutely one of the most experimental approaches to a game story I've ever heard of and while that leaves the nature of what we'll get in the air, the team, buoyed by sci-fi author Moira Katson, is fairly confident in its ability to develop a compelling narrative that fully takes into account the astounding amount of agency and trust being placed on the community.
I'd be lying if I said it won't be incredibly intriguing to see how the first and last episodes (because they have the faintest idea of where they want their story to end) differentiate from the middle of the game and luckily we won't have to wait long. The first episode City of the Shroud should be gracing the screen of a PC near you this summer and I would heavily encourage you to check it out.


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At the time, the building was the first in Philadelphia to use multi-colored terra cotta, in addition to brick and reinforced concrete.
Home to innovators, The Steele Building's first occupant was Horn & Hardart's Baking Company, the first automat in the United States. We restored and reinvented the Steele Building with this cutting-edge legacy in mind, featuring loft-style office space and ground floor restaurant space in the up-and-coming Midtown Village neighborhood of Philadelphia. The Steele Building is currently occupied by The Yard, the first Philadelphia location of the Brooklyn-based coworking company, and local fast casual restaurants Honeygrow and Luke's Lobster.
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Westcon Group Achieves Microsoft Gold Communications Competency in EMEA
19 Feb, 2013, 14:09 GMT
- First Distributor Globally to Achieve Designation for Microsoft® Lync® Based on Rigorous Standards for Unified Communications Competency
BURGESS HILL, England, Feb. 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Westcon Group, a value-added distributor of category-leading unified communications, network infrastructure, data center and security solutions with a global network of specialty resellers, today announced the company is the first value-added distributor (VAD) worldwide to achieve Microsoft's Partner Network Gold Communications competency. This designation is based on the company achieving rigorous standards for revenue, service support, and customer satisfaction throughout Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
By achieving Gold Level in the Communications competency, Westcon has demonstrated its ability to meet stringent technology and customer satisfaction requirements set forth by Microsoft -- providing best-in-class Microsoft Lync®-based solutions to customers.
"Being the first VAD worldwide to achieve Gold Communications certification is a tremendous achievement for our EMEA business -- and testament to Westcon's commitment to Microsoft and its Lync solutions," said Guy Koster, Director of Microsoft Lync Business Practice EMEA, Westcon Convergence. "Microsoft's most recent earnings report showed its Lync business growing at 35%. We look forward to capitalising on this momentum with our customers, our Lync eco-system vendors, and Microsoft to fully exploit resulting opportunities utilising our powerful 'Simplification, Orchestration, Acceleration' messaging and partner enablement programmes."
"Partners with Gold status in the Communications competency have demonstrated the highest, most consistent capability within a targeted business solution area. We are committed to supporting Gold-Level members with the right set of tools, training, and information to empower their partners with leading-edge Microsoft-based solutions and services," said Scott Brown, Senior Director Worldwide Lync Enterprise Voice at Microsoft. "As the first global VAD to achieve Gold Communications certification, Westcon has clearly demonstrated its value -- delivering integrated and customised sales and marketing, pre-and post-sales support, and services to support today's channel demand for Lync."
Westcon has one of the broadest Lync eco-systems in distribution, which now includes: Active Communications, Acme Packet, Advatel, Altigen, AudioCodes, Jabra, Plantronics, Polycom, snom and Sonus. Combined with the Gold Communications competency and broad UC expertise, the distributor is ideally positioned to support partners with complete and successful Lync solutions to grow their business.
To learn more about Westcon's Lync offers please visit www.westcon.com/go/lync. For more information on Westcon, please "Like" our Facebook page or track our LinkedIn page.
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Westcon Group, Inc. is a value added distributor of category-leading unified communications, network infrastructure, data center, and security solutions with a global network of specialty resellers. Westcon's teams create unique programs and provide exceptional support to accelerate the business of its global partners. Strong relationships at every level of the Westcon Group organization enable partners to receive support tailored to their needs. From global logistics and flexible customized financing solutions to pre-sales, technical and engineering assistance, the company works with partners to respond with agility and speed to changing market conditions so they can achieve the fastest time to revenue. Westcon Group's portfolio of market-leading vendors includes: Cisco, Avaya, Brocade, Polycom, Check Point, and Blue Coat. For more information, please visit www.westcongroup.com.
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Death matters are usually not pleasant to be involved with. Unfortunately, there are times in our life when we get caught in such predicaments. Worse still is when we are not even sure of the death of friends or relatives we have lost contact with. Or we could have questions about a known death and not quite sure where to turn to for assistance. When people are faced with such situations, it's natural that they want answers, fast. The good news is they are easy to find if you know where to look.
Nowadays, we can obtain public death records such as obituary, cemeteries, notices, burials, and certificates quite readily. The information available is generally able to give a good account of the deceased. Particulars such as name, age, birth date, spouse, children and surviving family, address, time and place, cause and even honor are standard items returned from a death records search. This makes death records search a handy starting point for Genealogy and Ancestry research, for once where it is not initiated under gloomy circumstances.
The key document in a death records report has to be the Death Certificate. A death certificate is a legal document issued by an authorized government official declaring the time, place and cause of death. Where there is reason to suspect foul play, or in cases of death in absentia or brain-dead patients, the issuance of the document will be less straightforward. Under most jurisdictions, death certificates are considered public domain documents and requests for it can be granted to any member of the public as long as procedures are followed.
Death Notices
Another public database linked to death records is the Social Security Death Index. It is perhaps the most common database to check if someone has already died. However, it does not necessarily mean that someone is still alive if he or she is not listed on the SSDI but for all practical purposes, the odds are good enough. This is because the source database of the SSDI is one of the most constantly updated free public death records databases.
So many sources of death records are found all over the web. Many are even free of charge up to a very good degree of service beyond only which fees are charged. Most of these services are accessible online so it is fast, easy and convenient. And it is also a norm with all creditable fee-based providers to give money-back guarantee. One that is like that is Gov Records.


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Compact Linux board for more power
When we speak about Linux based prototyping boards, the first thing that comes in mind is Raspberry Pi. But as we know, Raspberry Pi isn't best choice when things come down to performance. 700MHz processor and 512MB of RAM may get very limiting factor in some applications. And this is great, because instead of struggling, you should consider other options. One of them may be ODROID-U2. It is small sized platform that features a whopping quad core ARM Cortex-A9 processor running at 1.7GHz. There is 2GB of RAM. It plays 1080p video format without problem through HDMI. It features all necessary peripherals including LAN, USB, Audio jack, micro SD. It can run popular Linux like Android or Ubuntu. The only downside of the board is that it lacks IO pins. And price is twice as big as Raspberry Pi. Continue reading


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The Department of Basic Sciences is responsible for the mathematics, physics and chemistry courses of the various schools of Altınbaş University and the scientific research in these fields.
Mathematics, physics and chemistry are the languages of all sciences. The desire of the human being to understand the nature and the environment is the foundation of basic sciences. Therefore, learning of higher technical knowledge is impossible with the lack of knowledge in them. A profound base of basic sciences raises creative, questioning individuals who come up with original ideas and solutions.
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Sales Pages Mislead on Purpose
I've written before about the structure of the long form sales pages that are used to promote moneymaking products, but I thought I'd spend a bit more time on the subject. There are a lot of good and worthwhile courses and software programs out there that are for sale in the make money online niche, but there are also a lot of moneymaking scams, misleading products and a few products I've seen are bordering on criminal. Most of the good products will use their sales page to show you what their product does and how you might benefit from buying it. For a software product, for instance, sales page mights devote a lot of space, or even a video, to showing you how the software works and what it does.
For the scam products, the sales pages tend to have a slightly different focus. In these cases, you're going to see sales pages that seemingly talk about everything but the product itself. The purpose of such sales pages is to mislead you into thinking about the potential results of your purchase, rather than the very nature of the purchase itself. Sometimes, the distinction is pretty fine, but other times, it's blatant. Read on and I'll give you some examples of how sales pages are often designed to get you thinking about anything but the product itself.
Sales Pages and Manipulation
There are several common tactics that are used on long form sales pages to get you to buy while not paying too much attention to the product itself:
Concentrating on what the product is not – This is a common feature of sales pages in the make money online niche. Instead of telling you what the product does, or what is required to use it, or what skills might be necessary to use the product effectively, the sales pages offers a long list of all of the things that the product does not require. You might be told that you don't need technical skills or that the product doesn't require that you use social media or that you won't need to use search engine optimization to get visitors to your site. The talk is never about what you do need; it's always about what you don't. Usually, such sales pages include in these lists things that are commonly assumed to be essential to the task at hand, and are designed to get you to marvel at the product in question, since it doesn't involve any of those things. In doing so, they've got you amazed at what their product can do, even though they haven't told you a thing about it! You'll notice, by the way, that sites that use this tactic never include a list of what's required or needed. They only list what isn't, which, of course, tells you nothing about the product.
Appeals to greed – This is perhaps the most common tactic to be found on sales pages for products in the make money online niche. Instead of telling you how the product works or what it does, you'll see images that suggest that the product is going to make you rich. Such features on sales pages might be subtle, such as a small photo off to the side showing the creator of the product on a beach, or they might be bold, such as a video showing yachts and expensive sports cars. A now-defunct product called The Rich Jerk came on the market about ten years ago and had a sales page that was covered with photos of yachts, expensive cars, and models in bikinis. It was pretty blatant; the text was supposedly written by the creator of the product and most of the text talked about how the creator is very rich and you, the reader, are not.
The entire point of using this sort of thing on sales pages is to appeal to your sense of greed and get you thinking exclusively about the all of the money you will supposedly have when you buy this product, rather than thinking about the product itself. This sort of tactic isn't often found on sales pages for software programs or training courses anymore, but you'll still see it a lot on the sales pages for anything having to do with multilevel marketing, particularly the more expensive ones, such as MOBE.
Using big and specific dollar amounts – This tactic that's frequently found on sales pages is somewhat subtle, but it's about how the creator of a product will tell you how much money he's making. Sales pages won't tell you that a product made $500,000, because most readers will just assume that the number is something that was simply made up in order to sell the product. So numbers like $500,000 are never used. Instead, the sales pages will list very specific numbers – "Discover the method that earned $512,646.37 in only ten days!" Readers will often assume that round numbers are fabricated, but that numbers that are specific, right down to the penny, are usually taken at face value. Note, too, that these are always presented as numbers, rather than as words. Again, it's all about getting you to think about the money, rather than the product.
Sales Pages Trickery Summary
These sorts of sales pages manipulations are still pretty common in the world of affiliate marketing and if you spend any time trying to work online from home, you're going to see these tactics pretty often. It pays to remember that solid, reputable products will have sales pages that talk about the product itself and the features of the products. The shady sales pages are going to talk about the benefits of the product, money and riches, and what the product is not. These methods are often subtle; they're designed to trick you into thinking you're buying something that is better than it is. Learn to recognize these tactics when you see them.
If you're new to trying to work online from home, a great place to learn more about affiliate marketing and sales pages is Wealthy Affiliate. It's free to join, there's a great members forum where you can learn from others, and there's a terrific set of tutorials that will cover just about every aspect of making money online, featuring lots of instructional videos. If you don't know the first thing about sales pages, Wealthy Affiliate is a great place to learn.


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White paper outlines plan to increase government oversight over banking sector.
US president announces new proposals to expand oversight of financial sector.
Timothy Geithner, the US treasury secretary, members of congress, regulators and representatives from the financial industry and consumer groups also attended the event.
Extending powers
The plans propose a Financial Services Oversight Council, led by the treasury department, to oversee supervision of the financial system.
Obama also called for the establishment of an independent consumer financial products watchdog agency, and for requiring financial firms to hold more capital so they can better survive tough times.
|US finance proposals – key points
Strong oversight of financial firms, with more and better capital reserves – includes a new Financial Services Oversight Council
Stronger regulation of core markets and market infrastructure, including regulation of credit agencies and credit default swaps
Strengthened consumer protection – consumers to have greater transparency, simplicity, fairness, accountability, and access to fair lending law
New government tools to aid financial crises
Higher standards internationally
The plans would impose more transparency and accountability for more exotic financial markets that in recent years expanded far beyond the government's ability to keep track of them.
The government would also be given the power to seize and dismantle large, troubled companies that are not banks, much as the US Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation does at present.
The administration will also urge curbing markets for securitised debt and over-the-counter derivatives, as well as more regulation of money market mutual funds, credit rating agencies and hedge funds.
There are also plans to urge changes in corporate governance that could give shareholders more power to restrain executive compensation.
The US Office of Thrift Supervision – a federal bank regulator and superviser – will be abolished under the reform proposals, US officials also said.
The agency was heavily criticised following the near collapse of insurance AIG, the US insurance giant, which was bailed out by the government for $180bn; the failure of Washington Mutual, the biggest bank to fail in US history; and the collapse of investment banking giant Lehman Brothers last September.
'Cleaning up'
Following the announcement the proposals will be debated in US congress.
Already committees of both the senate and the House of Representatives have scheduled more than a dozen hearings on regulatory reform between now and mid-July.
Republicans in the House, meanwhile, have already offered their own rival plan.
Obama earlier rejected criticism that the proposals meant excessive government interference in the business world, saying he would still see a "relatively light touch".
"[It is] puzzling to hear the standard conservative critique of what we're doing, when essentially every step we're taking involves cleaning up the mess that we found when we arrived here at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue [the White House]," he told the Wall Street Journal on Wednesday.


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|Centromyrmex angolensis
Santschi, 1937
Recorded as being collected from termitaries of Apitermes and Protermes, though the range of prey is probably much wider.
- 1 Identification
- 2 Distribution
- 3 Biology
- 4 Castes
- 5 Nomenclature
- 6 References
- 7 References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
A member of the feae species group. Closely related to Centromyrmex sellaris but worker and queen always with just a single spiniform seta at the inner apex of the metatibia, and always with a narrower head. In addition, the basal dentition of the mandible of angolensis can usually be distinguished from that of sellaris, as discussed under the latter name. (Bolton and Fisher 2008)
Keys including this Species
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Angola (type locality), Cameroun, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Liberia.
Distribution based on AntMaps
Distribution based on AntWeb specimens
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All of the species in the genus appear to be termitophagous and all are superbly adapted to this specialised predatory life style. Observations of some species have found them to be rather helpless when placed in an exposed, open situation. Weber described what happened when he found a worker "just beneath the soil surface under a thin cover of dead leaves". The ant was "completely helpless when exposed to the daylight and writhed about when placed on the ground or in my palm. It made no attempt to run away, curling and uncurling without stinging, though it had a long, stout sting". In other words, it seemed unable to walk when removed from its specialised habitat and placed on a surface where it could not use its specialised legs. If not discovered within a termite nest, individuals are occasionally found in the top soil or the root-mat below the leaf litter layer, where their short, powerful, spiny legs facilitate their movement. (Weber 1949, Bolton and Fisher 2008).
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- angolensis. Centromyrmex constanciae var. angolensis Santschi, 1937d: 216 (w.) ANGOLA. Bolton & Fisher, 2008c: 15 (q.m.). Raised to species: Bolton & Fisher, 2008c: 15.
Unless otherwise noted the text for the remainder of this section is reported from the publication that includes the original description.
Bolton and Fisher (2008) - TL 4.3-6.2, HL 0.76-0.98, HW 0.78-1.00, CI 98-103, ML 0.49-0.70, MI 63-71, SL 0.58-0.74, SI 69-76, PW 0.58-0.82, WL 1.26-1.70 (30 measured).
With characters of the genus and the feae group. Head capsule in full-face view usually appears slightly longer than broad, sometimes about as long as broad, CI 103 or usually less. Mandibles smooth with scattered small punctures. Masticatory margin of mandible with 7–10 small, low indistinct teeth, reduced to mere crenulations or even more or less smooth in the proximal half when worn. Basal angle of mandible rounded, frequently without trace of a basal tooth but sometimes with a vestigial tooth. Dorsum of head with scattered punctures on smooth cuticle; on sides of head the punctures denser than on dorsum, and also with weak striation within the antennal fossae and on the sides, especially anteriorly. Extent of the striate component is variable. Metatibia with only normal setae dorsally but its anterior surface, at the apex and approximately opposite the pectinate spur, with a single, much stouter and sometimes more darkly coloured piniform seta. Petiole node in dorsal view broader than long. Pronotal dorsum, and anterior mesonotum, with widely scattered broad, shallow punctures that may be almost effaced. Pronotum dorsally also usually with variable weak oblique or arched faint disorganised sculpture, almost effaced in some specimens. Colour yellow to light brown.
Bolton and Fisher (2008) - TL 6.0-6.4, HL 0.94-0.96, HW 0.98-1.02, CI 104-106, OI 31-32, ML 0.63-0.65, MI 66-68, SL 0.70-0.74, SI 71-73, PW 0.94-0.96, WL 1.88-1.94 (4 measured). Very similar to the worker but the head averaging slightly broader. The queen will run out successfully in the key to workers. The unique worker character of a single thickly spiniform seta at the anterior apex of metatibia is duplicted in the queen caste.
Type Material
Holotype worker, ANGOLA: Sangévé (A. Monard) (Naturhistorisches Museum, Basel) [examined].
- Bolton, B. and B. L. Fisher. 2008c. Afrotropical ants of the ponerine genera Centromyrmex Mayr, Promyopias Santschi gen. rev. and Feroponera gen. n., with a revised key to genera of African Ponerinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa 1929: 1-37. PDF
- Santschi, F. 1937d. Résultats de la Mission scientifique suisse en Angola (2me voyage) 1932-1933. Fourmis angolaises. Rev. Suisse Zool. 44: 211-250.
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Bolton B., and B. L. Fisher. 2008. Afrotropical ants of the ponerine genera Centromyrmex Mayr, Promyopias Santschi gen. rev. and Feroponera gen. n., with a revised key to genera of African Ponerinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa 1929: 1-37.
- Bolton, B., and B. L. Fisher. "Afrotropical ants of the ponerine genera Centromyrmex Mayr, Promyopias Santschi gen. rev. and Feroponera gen. n., with a revised key to genera of African Ponerinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)." Zootaxa 1929 (2008): 1-37. Abstract
- Santschi F. 1937. Résultats de la Mission scientifique suisse en Angola (2me voyage) 1932-1933. Fourmis angolaises. Revue Suisse de Zoologie. 44: 211-250.


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The seemingly infrastructural deficit in the five states of the southeast geo political zone could be tackled should policy implementers involve the people in the budgeting process.
Stakeholders at a two day experience sharing on participatory governance forum organized by DFID's Partnership to Engage, Reform and Learn (PERL) programme in collaboration with the African Heritage Institution, held at Abakaliki, Ebonyi state, said the zone with its peculiar nature requires the inputs of the masses in her budgetary efforts to overcome the challenges of infrastructure.
The participants said that integrating the people who should be direct beneficiaries of annual budgets will help government ascertain their areas of need and inculcate them in the budgeting process, rather than the current practice, where government determines what they get from the budget.
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I like Christmas romance, and especially this year, it seems like a good inoculation against the unhappiness in the world and the stress of life and the holidays. I picked up Eve Gaddy's The Doctor's Christmas Proposal off NetGalley. I really like Eve's writing and expected to really like this book. And a lot of it I did. But one unfortunately central element kept bothering me and while it was addressed somewhat at the end, not enough for me.
So here's the story (blurb off Amazon):
Betrayed by his ex-fiancée, Dr. Wyatt Gallagher turns to the one woman he can always trust – his best friend, Mia Watson. After moving away, Wyatt has realized he wants more than friendship with the beautiful artist. With that in mind, he convinces Mia to come to Marietta for the Christmas holidays. But wooing Mia is surprisingly difficult — especially given the passionate night they've already shared.
Though Mia Watson has loved Wyatt Gallagher for years, he's always seen her as a friend, never a lover. Except for one unforgettable interlude when comfort turned to passion. Then Wyatt moved back to Montana, leaving Mia with an unexpected consequence of their night together–and soon, heartbreak to follow.
Faced with the fulfillment of her dreams, Mia knows she must reveal the consequences of their night together to Wyatt. But having withheld the truth for so long, will her confession destroy his trust in her, ending their friendship and any hope of a future together?
So obviously there's some cool angsty stuff going on. Also, the setting is Montana, and having lived there for 15 years, I loved reading about it. From that third paragraph, you can guess that Mia got pregnant from Wyatt on their one night stand years before (which for her was not one, and for him–very confusing). More on that below.
The family and secondary characters were fun and interesting and warm. This isn't a book of high drama, it's quieter and more family focused. It's a fairly gentle story in many ways. I liked Wyatt and Mia quite a bit and felt that their emotions and feelings for one another were real and strong.
Now this is going to be a spoiler, so if you don't want to have that, don't read more.
Ready? Okay then.
Mia's main concern is that she never told Wyatt she was pregnant and miscarried and she thinks that lie is going to be unforgivable, plus she can't have children, or so her OB told her at the time. Now she tried to tell him. After their night together and she discovered she was pregnant, she went to tell him, and before she can, he tells her he's leaving town. Then he proceeds to never call her. When she decides she has to tell him, she miscarries. Now he'd had a rough break up with a woman who'd lied to him about being pregnant and he'd asked her to marry him though he didn't love her. You can kind of see where this is all going. Mia fears at the time he'll think she's trying to trap him into marriage, and she loves him and doesn't want that kind of marriage anyhow.
So here's my issue. Sure she didn't tell him. But she miscarried, so there was no baby. I don't see why it's so hideously bad, and that his behavior was far worse. He sleeps with her. Then he moves away without calling her. Then he calls her up out of the blue because he's realized he's in love with her. In the meantime, he's dating other women–though apparently not sleeping with them. The point is, he is a far bigger ass than he ever believes he was and that really really bothers me.
So while I enjoyed the book overall, I was extremely irritated by the hero at the end, largely because he was so self-unaware. He mentions he should have been better, but hardly believes it's anything like the magnitude of her lie. I just can't buy it.