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British markets plunged on Friday, with sterling hitting a 31-year low in its biggest fall on record and UK stock futures pointing to a steep fall at the market open after Britons voted to leave the European Union.
Bonds also sold off sharply, pushing UK government borrowing costs sharply higher, as traders and investors grappled with the market implications of 'Brexit'.
The pound had hit a 2016 high above $1.50 after an earlier opinion poll showed an outcome in favour of 'Remain', but fell nearly 17 cents from that peak as area counts came in and TV stations said the Brexit camp had won the landmark referendum.
The British currency's fall of almost 10 per cent was also historic, marking a decline greater than anything seen since free-floating system of exchange rates was introduced in the early 1970s.
It was even bigger than on 'Black Wednesday' in 1992, when billionaire financier George Soros was instrumental in pushing the pound out of the Exchange Rate Mechanism.
London bankers working through the night said they hadn't seen anything like the volatility sweeping across UK assets.
"It's back to the future, we're back to where we were in 1985," said Nick Parsons, co-head of global currency strategy at NAB.
"We've had a 10 per cent decline in six hours. That's simply extraordinary, and a vote to leave provides an existential crisis for Europe," he said.
Sterling fell as low as $1.3305, its weakest level against the dollar since September 1985. It fell 6 per cent against the euro and 15 per cent against the yen.
The cost of insuring against swings in the sterling/dollar exchange rate jumped to 53.375 per cent, the highest since at least 1998, and stock futures pointed to a fall of 7 per cent at the London open.
Banks are likely to be in the spotlight after the Hong Kong listings of HSBC and Standard Chartered plunged as much as 10 per cent in Asian hours.
"It's extraordinary. 'Shock' probably isn't too strong a word," said John Wraith, Head of UK Rates Strategy, UBS Investment Bank.
The referendum's market impact was global. US Treasury yields fell sharply as investors rushed to the safety of US government debt, while other safe-haven assets like gold and the Japanese yen jumped.
All the major international and British banks in London, including Citi Deutsche Bank, JPMorgan, Goldman Sachs and Barclays had traders either working through the night or on call.
On Citi's foreign exchange desk in London, dealers were only accepting voice orders and only desk heads had the authority to approve trades, according to a source at the bank.
Banks had warned clients about volatile trading conditions around the results which may lead to large gaps in prices. Barclays stopped accepting new "stop loss" orders as of 0600 GMT, an extremely rare move for one of the big six banks that dominate the world's biggest financial market.
Investors are now bracing themselves for possible intervention from central banks or finance ministries to stabalise markets. So far, there has been nothing concrete, market sources said.
The referendum on whether to quit the EU was bitterly contested, and polarized the nation. Financial markets, on edge for weeks over the uncertain outcome, had rallied on the strength of late polls that showed a swing towards staying in, perhaps setting them up for the steep fall.
"Those big money bets in the lead-up to yesterday's vote look to have been rather premature," said Michael Hewson, chief market strategist at CMC Markets.


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Elephant in the Room Productions
Midnight Sun: An Evening of Icelandic Myth and Music
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Tales of the old gods and sublime vocal music come together in Midnight Sun, a celebration of Icelandic culture from ancient vikings through to the modern day.
Odin, Thor, Freya, Loki. These names are legendary, but do you really know their story?
Come hear these ancient tales told with the music of the frozen north. For one night only the stunning Wesley Music Centre will become the land of the Midnight Sun.
Elephant in the Room Productions presents an evening of nordic myths and beautiful music that stretches all the way from the poetry of the ancient vikings to the modern musical stylings of Bjork and Jonsi. Join 8 stunning singers in the sublime acoustics of the Wesley Music Centre as they take you on a musical journey through the story of the world from the birth of Odin through to Ragnarok: The Twilight of the Gods.
Featuring local ACT artists and guest appearances by Sydney-based soprano Karen Fitz-Gibbon and South Australian baritone Jamie Moffatt

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Minor Issue! Photographs side ways are blurry when uploaded to Facebook!
I got a Canon Rebel T5 and when I take photographs on both auto focus and manual focus the pictures turn out great and clear. I upload them to Photoshop they are fine, edit them save. I then upload them to Facebook and they arent as clear and are a tiny blurry! the lines arent as sharp as it looks when I see them on my camera, or on Photoshop or in my photos folder on my laptop. This issue only happens for my vertical pictures, but my horizontal ones look clear,great and fine. When I used light room the horizontal ones never were blurry but they were also shot as a .jpeg. So I don't no if this is a size issue?.jpeg vs raw image isssue? or adobe vs lightroom issue? any thoughts on what it is?


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You have fucked up. You know that you have fucked up. Ideally, you have figured this out before anyone else has but even if you haven't, this guide will still serve as a shovel with which you may cut stairs into the side of the hole of despair in which you find yourself.
First, determine whether or not you can fix your fuckup on your own without intervention, and how long that will take. If the fix is trivial and guaranteed to work, effect it and move on. Should it hint at taking enough time to fix that someone else might reasonably discover your mistake, get on the phone immediately, the conversation should sound something like: "Sorry boss, I hosed A in manner C, effects are Y, I am considering fixes P and Q, if you have something else to suggest please do so now otherwise I have to go clean up my mess". In the unlikely event that you fix your mistake without anyone spotting it, for the sake of honesty you should also tell your immediate superior, and in more or less the same fashion: "I hosed A by doing C, effects were Y. I fixed it with P, and the effect upon our shared goals is D. Apologies for the fuckup, ship's upright again." In all cases you must own your mess and its resolution, lest you develop the reputation for dodging either responsibility or work.
Your response to the unleashing of your immediate superior's rage in both the case where he's discovered that you've fucked up before you have and the case where he's still wrathful after the bleeding's staunched must be identical: eg to stand there, spine erect and accept whatever lashings of tongue or leather he decides to hand out. Under no circumstances may you engage in weepy self-flagellation, a reprehensible and cowardly behavior I've seen trotted out in an effort to bypass the critical phase of punishment.
Resolving your fuckup means your ass is getting whooped, and your having committed the crime disqualifies you on the spot from determining the appropriate degree of whoopin'. Either the universe or your superior officer will determine the appropriate punishment for your work, and you will bear it as best you can.
Weepily declaring that you're a piece of shit and so sorry and stupid &c. &c. is a blatant tactic to coerce the weak-willed into forgiving your crimes because you are obviously so contrite and already feel so bad. Insofar as you attempt to escape your due punishment, you are a coward1. It may have worked on your father, but it will never work on me. If you are not willing to bear the punishment from those to whom you report, you are not worthy to report to them. Moreover, your boss will forever resent you for stealing the yelling at you from him, and you'll forever suffer from not getting yelled at (although at least in America, your reputation in the company will erode further, and you'll simply "fail to thrive", as we say of babies who suckle vigorously but whose stressful home environs forestall secretion of enzymes humans need to digest breast milk. Yes, this means that maturation into any sort of respectable person entails a boatload of punishment either at the hands of the universe or your superiors).
Once you've taken your licks and fixed the problem, the final step in salvaging your reputation is conveying to everyone involved that you know the following things: a) the mistakes you made while fucking up b) what you should have done instead, and c) several classes of fuckup that having made this one has taught you to not make in the future.
It ain't hard: admit your mistakes, work your ass off to correct them, take your licks like a man, and demonstrate to everyone involved that you're a better person for the trials. This may make the difference between "ha ha, remember that one time you shared your passphrase with the world?" and "yeah no, you can't trust him with anything trickier than addition."
- I assume here you want to maintain good relations. If you're a thief or charlatan I have utterly no idea why you'd read this piece. Simply start running, and don't stop until you've found your next victim. [↩]


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Prince Harry of British royalty fame and Ryan Lochte of "90210" cameo fame squared off for a late-night swimming race in a Las Vegas "nightclub pool." Yes, really.
In a video obtained by the New York Daily News, Harry is seen approaching Lochte in a pool that, as you might have guessed, is more like a Jersey Shore club than a lap pool.
An unknown judge attempts to part the crowd so that the two can race and make the fantasy of many a teenage girl come true.
Both parties are used to winning — Harry because he is royalty and all his friends probably let him win all time time, and Lochte because he is a diamond-grill wearing Olympic gold medalist — and the race appears to be way more serious than a race in a nightclub pool should be.
Afterward, the two presumably went on to compete for who could score the most chicks.
See Lochte smoke His Royal Highness in the 10-meter fly:


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2019 Tempranillo
Jacques has worked with Tempranillo for over 25 years in the old world, so he was excited to find a small patch being grown on Kangaroo Island in Amercian River. The excellent fruit comes from a vineyard owned by our friend Michael Lane and we picked just a few tonnes by hand in early April.
Our first vintage of this wine is light crimson in colour and medium bodied with delightful tannins across the palate. In fact, you could easily mistake this for one of its cousins from the northern hemisphere.
Fun to make, we hope its is fun to enjoy with friends over your favourite tapas dishes.
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By Matthew E. Milliken
March 2, 2015
In the first shot of Lifeboat, Alfred Hitchcock's 1944 war drama, we see the smokestack of a freighter framed by an infinite expanse of ocean. The opening credits — actually, all of the credits — appear over this image as melodramatic minor chords from a score composed by Hugo Friedhofer play ominously.
After about a minute, with all (all!) the credits having been shown, the camera pulls back slightly. We see that the smokestack is not just framed by the waves — it is sticking out of them, all that protrudes above the surface of a ship that has been torpedoed. Within seconds, the groaning smokestack submerges, and the frame turns almost entirely white as the turbulent water fizzes and churns.
Hitchcock's camera pans across a carefully curated selection of flotsam. There's a wooden supply crate, which is labeled as having been shipped from New York. A copy of The New Yorker bobs gently, face up, displaying a seemingly timeless image of Eustace Tilley, the magazine's top-hatted, monocled mascot. A bag floats quietly, along with some kind of diploma or certificate (one that perhaps bears a six-pointed Star of David), as does an evidently lifeless sailor who wears an flotation vest bearing the insignia of Nazi Germany.
Eventually, the camera lands on Constance Porter sitting alone in a lifeboat. Tallulah Bankhead's well-to-do journalist could hardly seem more out of place: Draped in a fur coat, Connie calmly smokes a cigarette and grimaces at some imperceptible flaw in her fingernails or her shoe polish or her stocking.
Porter is alone, but she won't be for long. John Kovac (John Hodiak, whose brooding intensity and dark good looks strongly suggest Martin Landau) hails her from the water. Porter eagerly snatches up her camera and films the engineer as he swims toward the boat — pausing along the way to pocket some floating dollar bills — and pulls himself aboard.
Soon, the duo comes across a handful of other survivors: Charles Rittenhouse (Henry Hull), a ship-building magnate; Stanley "Sparks" Garett (Hume Cronyn), radioman on the sunken ship; Gus Smith (William Bendix), another member of the doomed freighter's crew; and Alice MacKenzie (Mary Anderson), a young nurse who was traveling to London to join the war effort.
The survivors are rounded out by four others: George "Joe" Spencer (Canada Lee), the ship's porter, and the only African-American aboard the lifeboat; Mrs. Higgins (Heather Angel), an Englishwoman who is bringing her newborn baby to meet her husband for the first time; the baby (played convincingly by a bundle of clothing); and Willy (Walter Slezak), a German crewman of the submarine that torpedoed the freighter and strafed its lifeboats before sustaining a mortal blow from the guns of its prey.
The survivors' prospects are grim. The lifeboat is carrying minimal food and water, its compass is broken, Gus has a badly wounded leg, and the most experienced sailor on board is Willy, the German whose companions don't consider to be trustworthy. Is he steering them toward sanctuary in Bermuda, or is he navigating the boat to a rendezvous with a Nazi submarine tender and residence in a prison camp?
Lifeboat has a wonderful premise, one that puts the fiber of its characters to the test from the very first moment. Unfortunately, I found this black-and-white movie lacking, for two reasons. One is the technical limitations of the feature: Although the relatively small uncovered lifeboat appears in nearly 99 percent of the movie's running time, I never got a sense of its layout. Also, the boat's weathering of rough waves seemed entirely unconvincing. Worse yet, the scene where the starving group attempts to catch a fish looks as though it were filmed by fifth graders, rather than professional movie-makers.
Worse yet, the characters are more types than people. Two romantic liaisons form among the survivors — the working-class Kovac hooks up with the aristocratic Porter and the lovelorn MacKenzie, who yearns for a married doctor, refocuses her attentions on the mild-mannered, entirely vanilla Garett. But I got little sense of just why these attractions formed, other than because the people were trapped in a boat with each other for days at a time and the writers otherwise didn't have much for the characters to do.
The brassy, sassy Porter comes the closest to seeming like an actual individual, perhaps because the character hews closely to Tallulah Bankhead's actual personality. The friendly rivalry between Rittenhouse the industrialist and Kovac the socialist is also somewhat amusing; they obsessively wager notional money as they play poker with a handmade deck of playing cards.
The movie's most interesting plotline involves Willy. Is he misleading the complement of the lifeboat? Was he a simple crewman, or was he actually the captain of the submarine that sank the freighter and cruelly strafed its survivors? But even this isn't enough to sustain the movie, which was based on a story by the novelist John Steinbeck. (Jo Swerling, who co-wrote the book for the Broadway musical Guys and Dolls and who adapted The Pride of the Yankees for the screen, actually wrote the script for Lifeboat.)
In the end, Lifeboat is an interesting idea for a movie that just doesn't work out. Those other than Hitchcock completists would be better off watching Psycho or Rear Window instead.


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The Eno River Association invites you to enjoy the Eno this spring with our Spring Hike Series, a tradition since 1969. Our spring hikes will showcase the wildflowers that bloom along the Eno, and some will visit a historical site or follow a scenic path along the river. The Eno River is home to a large variety of blooming flowers, including hepatica and trout lily in March, Dutchman's breeches and yellow lady slipper in April, and rhododendron and mountain laurel in May.
These free, guided hikes are open to the public. See directions, highlights and schedule below. Hikes begin at 2:00 pm and are typically 2 hours long.
In the event of cancellations or weather emergencies, please check our website, social media, or contact us at 919-620-9099, option 4 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
Eno River Association Spring Hikes Info
1. Wildflower highlights listed will vary based on the weather and flowering times each year. New hikes and programs will be added to the schedule as soon as details are confirmed. Not all spring hikes lead to a destination with blooming wildflowers.
2. Hikes are free but consider becoming a member of the Eno River Association by making a donation!
3. Hikes start at 2:oo pm and are 1 1/2 – 2 hours unless otherwise listed.
4. Plan to arrive at least 10 minutes early to park, get to the meeting location, and sign in with the hike leaders. Your hike leader will be displaying a white Eno River bandanna.
5. Wear good walking shoes or boots.
6. Recommendations
- Dress for the weather, whatever it is – sun or rain, cold or hot.
- Wear long pants due to some poison ivy on off-trail sections.
- Bring water and trail snacks (you will be out for ~2 hrs+).
- There are some great photo ops, so consider bringing a camera.
- A wildflower guide is also a nice option. Not all hike leaders are wildflower experts, so come prepared to do your own research & make your own discoveries as well. Don't have a field guide? Check one out from your local library or borrow from a friend.
- Most hikes allow for well behaved, leashed dogs unless the hike description indicates "no dogs".
Updates and weather cancellations for the next hike can be heard by calling (919)620-9099 and selecting option 4.
2020 Spring Hikes Schedule
Sunday, March 8, 2020
Eno River State Park Cabelands Wildflowers 1.2 miles 2:00 pm This Sunday hike will be mostly on trail, but be prepared to step off into the woods and the river floodplain as we hunt for mid-March wildflowers. Our guide will also interpret history of this former mill and farm site. Directions: Meet in the Cabelands parking lot, at the end of Howe Street, off of Sparger Road in Durham (4950 Howe Street, Durham NC, 27705)
Sunday, March 15, 2020 – CELEBRATE CREEK WEEK WITH US HIKING ON THE ENO!
Penny's Bend Nature Preserve
Willie Duke's Bluff Wildflowers
2:00 pm (Allow 3 hours for this hike)
This hike is somewhat difficult and will be off trail, with some bushwhacking and one steep climb. This usually requires about three hours. If there have been recent rains, parts of the trail may be muddy. The hike will lead you to a noteworthy natural area called Willie Duke's Bluff where you see outstanding displays of spring wildflowers, including some that are rare and unusual in our area of the Piedmont.
The site boasts a showy display of spring ephemerals, with extensive areas of Dutchman's Breeches (Dicentra cucullaria), along with the rare Eastern False Rue Anemone or Isopyrum (Enemion biternatum) and numerous other wildflowers, including Bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis), and both Southern or Dimpled Troutlily (Erythronium umbilicatum), and its northern, tetraploid counterpart (E. americanum). The shrub layer consists of Spicebush (Lindera benzoin), Pawpaw (Asimina triloba), and Painted Buckeye (Aesculus sylvatica), which will be in various stages of flowering. Wear sturdy shoes and long pants, and bring gloves in case you feel inclined to pull out any invasive Chinese privet seedlings which you might encounter. You will also learn some history and geology along the way.
Directions: Coming from the west, take Duke Street North from I-85 (Exit 176). Turn right on Murray Avenue (sign to the Museum of Life and Science), go until it reaches Roxboro Street, turn left and look for the brown sign to Stagville. [Coming from the east, you can take Roxboro Street directly from I-85.] Turn right here on Old Oxford Road. Go about three miles until Old Oxford crosses the Eno. Immediately after the bridge, turn left on Snowhill Road. Penny's Bend parking lot will be on the left immediately after you turn.
Sunday, March 22, 2020
Flat River Hike 2 miles 2:00PM The destination is a section of alluvial levee forest in the bend of the Flat River. The hike starts and ends along the gravel access roads of the food plot sub-impoundments in the floodplain of the Flat River above Falls Lake. We will walk about a half of a mile before entering the woods. Once in the woods there is no defined trail, but the terrain is relatively flat and the vegetation will be growing in and we will do a bit of bushwhacking. This site is one of the significant natural heritage sites recorded on Corps of Engineers land at Falls Lake. The shrub layer consists of spicebush, pawpaw, and painted buckeye, which will be in various stages of flowering. The forest also boasts one of the more expansive populations of Dutchman's breeches and False Rue-anemone in the region. Wear sturdy shoes and long pants, and bring gloves if you are inclined to pull out any invasive Chinese privet seedlings we are likely to encounter. During the hike we'll talk at length about the bedrock geology, soils and soil chemistry, geomorphology and fluvial processes, and cultural history of the site, which also happens to straddle the Indian Trading Path where it crosses the Flat at a natural ford. Directions: We will meet at the Wildlife Subimpoundment parking lot on Old Oxford Highway on the right before Lake Michie Dam Road. From the intersection of Snowhill Rd and Old Oxford Hwy (Penny's Bend) take Old Oxford north (away from Durham) 4.6 miles and turn right into the parking area. Google Maps: http://goo.gl/maps/wN3Ww
Sunday, March 29, 2020 Penny Bend Nature Preserve 2 Miles
2:00 pm This trail passes through open fields, deep forests, and rocky outcrops in less than two miles. Easy to moderate walking with one short, steep stretch that rewards with a bluff-top view of the river. Penny's Bend is a horseshoe bend in the river formed by diabase rock. The underlying diabase here makes the soil basic, supporting plants unusual to the Piedmont. Spring wildflowers abound, including spectacular displays of Dutchman's Breeches some years. If there have been recent rains, parts of the trail may be muddy and a walking stick is helpful. Link to a map of the trails at Penny's Bend: http://enotrails.com/pennys-bend-area.htm Directions: Coming from the west, take Duke Street North from I-85 (Exit 176). Turn right on Murray Avenue (sign to the Museum of Life and Science), go until it reaches Roxboro Street, turn left and look for the brown sign to Stagville. [Coming from the east, you can take Roxboro Street directly from I-85.] Turn right here on Old Oxford Road. Go about three miles until Old Oxford crosses the Eno. Immediately after the bridge, turn left on Snowhill Road. Penny's Bend parking lot will be on the left immediately after you turn.
Sunday, April 5, 2020
Panther Branch Natural Area Wildflowers 2:00 PM Panther's Branch is the newest natural area on the Eno River, purchased by the Eno River Association in 2016, who also manages it. It is not yet open to the public so this is your chance to explore it. We will seek out wildflowers on the river and its tributary Panther Branch, and the forest upland. There are trails to walk but we will step off trail some to view flowers. Directions will be e-mailed to participants about a week before the hike.
Sunday, April 12, 2020 Confluence Natural Area Spring Wildflowers 2.25 miles 2:00 pm Join us to hike the trails where the East and West Forks come together to form the Eno River. We will see both forks of the river and their junction, visit the historic Shepherd Mill site, and identify flowers in bloom along the way. Terrain is easy to moderate. Directions: From Hillsborough Highway 70 north of town, take Hwy 86 north and turn left on Coleman Loop Road at Major Business Forms. Take the 2nd paved left on Highland Farm Road. Cross the East Fork of the Eno (unmarked) bridge and the driveway is the next left. The address is 4214 Highland Farm Rd, Hillsborough, NC 27278
Sunday, April 19, 2020
Eno River State Park
Pump Station Wildflowers 1.5 miles 2:00 pm This is a hike on a well maintained trail. With luck and the right flowering time, you might see a Ladyslipper orchid! This is an easy hike with a few gentle hills and is known for the beauty of the wildflowers that bloom each spring. Walking sticks are recommended as we will step off trail. Directions: Meet your hike leader at the parking lot at the Northside Christian Church at the corner of Cole Mill and Sparger Roads, Durham. The address is 3901 Cole Mill Road, Durham, NC 27712. You will carpool a short distance to the trail head to begin your hike.
Sunday, April 26, 2020 Wildflowers on the Speedway 2:00PM Where once stock cars thundered around the mile long oval of the historic Occoneechee Speedway, now quiet trails meander through woods, old fields, and along the Eno River. On this hike the trails are easy to gentle grades. We will wander around and see what is blooming and imagine what it was like when Richard Petty and Junior Johnson were tearing around the track. Directions: Meet at the Occoneechee Speedway parking lot at 320 Elizabeth Brady Rd, Hillsborough, NC 27278
Sunday, May 3, 2020 George and Julia Brumley Family Nature Preserve
Northern parking lot: 3620 Old State Hwy 10, Chapel Hill, 27514
2:00PM We will be walking on Stone Creek Bluff Trail, a 1.1 mile loop, exploring the flora. Stone Creek is a tributary of the Eno River and is located on the Brumley Nature Preserve in Orange County, approximately 2 miles southeast of the town of Hillsborough. In the 1990's, a subdivision was planned for a section of the property off of New Hope Church Road but was subsequently protected by the Triangle Land Conservancy. The Brumley Nature Preserve is a model for sustainable land management practices. The preserve benefits the region by connecting people with the land through a variety of recreational and educational opportunities, protecting ecological communities, and safeguarding Raleigh's water supply as part of the Neuse River Basin.
Please pre-register with firstname.lastname@example.com due to the limited size of the group.
Sunday, May 10, 2020
Occoneechee Mountain State Natural Area
Mother's Day Hike 3.0 miles
2:00 pm Explore the highest hill in Orange County on the Occoneechee Mountain Loop and Chestnut Oak Trails. If the blooming cycle is right we may see Rhododendron and Mountain Laurel flowering and a plant community more typically found in the NC mountains. Our hike leader will introduce you to this special mountain habitat right here at home! Blooming of wildflowers can be unpredictable, but we will be sure to see some wonderful plants growing in this unique habitat. We will stop off for a scenic overlook of western Orange County and Hillsborough.
Directions: Take exit #164 from I-85. Turn north toward Hillsborough on Churton Street. Turn left on Mayo Street; go past a small shopping center. Turn left on Orange Grove Road. After less than one mile, turn right on Virginia Cates Drive (gravel) just before Orange Grove passes under the interstate. The parking lot is on the left after the ponds. The address is 620 Virginia Cates Rd, Hillsborough, NC 27278


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NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Knicks stopped their slide with an impressive performance on both sides of the court.
Especially in the third quarter.
Tim Hardaway Jr. scored 25 points, and the Knicks snapped a nine-game losing streak with a 124-101 win over the Charlotte Hornets on Saturday night.
New York had five players in double figures in its highest scoring game of the season. Frank Ntilikina had 15 points, Trey Burke scored 14 and Troy Williams finished with 13.
"I just hate to lose in general," Hardaway said. "I was just trying to stay calm, stay poised if we were in a situation where we were down or it was close in the game."
The Knicks outscored the Hornets 42-17 in the third. Charlotte was just 4 of 23 from the field in the period.
Dwayne Bacon led the Hornets with 15 points, and Dwight Howard finished with 14 points and 13 rebounds.
The Hornets shot 36.7 percent (33 for 90) for the game.
"It seems like they were making lots of shots tonight. There are gonna be nights like that," Howard said. "I didn't think it was going to be that bad, but it was a tough one for us. We are playing pretty good as of late, but tonight we just laid an egg."
Kemba Walker made a 3-pointer to get Charlotte within seven with 7:15 left in the third. But New York closed the quarter with a 32-7 run.
Ntilikina made two foul shots, Hardaway connected from beyond the arc and Isaiah Hicks hit a jumper to give the Knicks a 99-67 lead heading into the fourth. Hicks finished with 12 points on 5-for-5 shooting.
"One of the keys tonight was maybe to wake some players on this team. Maybe wake everybody up," Ntilikina said. "I mean, we were just tired of losing and we showed it tonight."
New York led by as many as 38 at 105-67 with 10:40 remaining.
Frank Kaminsky and Malik Monk each scored 12 points for the Hornets, while Walker and Marvin Williams finished with 10 apiece.
It was the Knicks' first win since a 120-113 victory at Orlando on Feb. 22.
Hornets: Howard is the only Hornet to play in each of the team's 70 games this season, and he has started every one. Howard scored at least 30 points in three of his previous five games.
Knicks: Courtney Lee was away from the team to attend to a personal matter. Lance Thomas replaced him in the starting lineup.
Willy Hernangomez, who was traded from the Knicks to the Hornets on Feb. 7, played against his former team for the first time. He finished with nine points and six rebounds in 13 minutes.
The Knicks have allowed their opponent to score at least 100 points in 16 straight games. They are 2-14 during that stretch. The last time New York held an opponent to less than 100 points was a 99-96 loss to Atlanta on Feb. 4.
Hornets: Visit Philadelphia on Monday.
Knicks: Host Chicago on Monday.


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Barbosa, O. , Ortiz, C. , Torres, R. , Fernandez-Lafuente, R. Effect of the immobilization protocol on the properties of lipase B from Candida antarctica in organic media: Enantiospecifc production of atenolol acetate
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ABSTRACT: In this work, we intend to check the effect of the immobilization protocol on the performance of lipase B from Candida antarctica (CalB) in organic medium. To this purpose, CalB has been immobilized on Eupergit C (EC) under different conditions and on EC partially modified with ethylenediamine (EDA), iminodiacetic acid (IDA) or metal chelate (IDA-Cu2+) and used for kinetic resolution of (R/S) 4-[2-hydroxy-3-[(1-methylethyl)amino]propoxy] benzeneacetamide (rac-atenolol). Enantiomeric resolution of atenolol was carried out by a transesterification reaction using vinyl acetate as acylant agent and an organic solvent as reaction medium. After a preliminary optimization of the reaction to obtain satisfactory yields, toluene was selected as the optimal solvent and the performances of the different CalB biocatalysts were compared. The R enantiomer was preferred in all cases but their performances were substantially different, with high differences in reaction rates, reaction yields in this kinetically controlled synthesis (EC-CalB gave a conversion of 76% while EC-IDA-Cu2+-CalB gave just a 27%), and enantiospecificities (EC-CalB gave an E value of 65 while EC-IDA-Cu2+-CalB gave a value of 13). Replacing toluene with hexane caused a decrease in enzyme activity, reaction yields and enantiospecificity of the reaction. It was remarkable that some preparations were much more sensitive to this solvent change than others. Considering that the activity decreased by less than 10% per reaction cycle, these differences are likely associated with the differences in the enzyme catalytic properties caused by the different immobilization protocols and not by inactivation of immobilized enzyme preparations during the reaction. These results confirmed that use of different immobilization protocols may be a powerful tool for altering enzyme properties when used in organic media.


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The U.S. government designates Iran as the "most active state sponsor of terrorism," which feeds concerns about Iran's growing nuclear program.
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The growth and strengthening of Afghanistan's domestic security forces is seen as key to an eventual U.S. exit, but some analysts caution that progress will remain slow.
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A short summary of each of the G-20 member's objectives for the April summit in London.
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Last December over 100 Swiss banks entered into a tax amnesty deal with the Justice Department to avoid possible prosecution for helping U.S. taxpayers evade taxes using offshore accounts. After a high profile prosecution against Swiss bank Wegelin two years ago, banks are leery of not participating. Wegelin was forced to close its doors after pleading guilty to U.S. tax charges. Earlier this year Credit Suisse paid a $2.6 billion fine for helping Americans hide accounts from the government.
In September, the Justice Department released the terms of the non-prosecution deal to banks. Many of the banks that agreed to participate are now crying foul. On Tuesday, 73 banks wrote a letter to complain about several provisions of the non-prosecution, tax amnesty agreement.
One of the biggest objections is that the provision requiring Swiss banks to cooperate with other countries. The banks said that was never part of the deal.
Banks are also balking because the draft agreement does not provide adequate assurances that they will not be prosecuted even though they may fully cooperate. In a letter obtained by Bloomberg news, lawyers representing the banks wrote, "Our clients are participating in this program to obtain finality as to their own exposure. We understand that the NPA [non prosecution agreement]does not bind the IRS formally, but it is important to our clients' continuing participation through the conclusion of the NPA that we receive some form of assurance that the IRS will forebear from any further action."
According to IFC News, Banque Cantonale de Geneve, Union Bancaire Privee and Deutsche Bank are cooperating with the government's tax amnesty plan. The same news source claims Julius Baer and Pictet & Cie. Group are not eligible for the tax amnesty program as they are already under criminal investigation.
It's not just Swiss banks that are in the IRS' crosshairs. The Justice Department and IRS have also targeted banks in Israel, India, Liechtenstein, Panama, the Cayman Islands, the Bahamas, Germany, Hong Kong and reportedly Bermuda. Experts believe that banks in other countries are also being investigated.
Owning a foreign bank account is legal as long as the account is reported annually to the IRS. American expats living abroad, dual nationals and green card holders must also report their foreign holdings. Penalties for not reporting an account can be devastating. The IRS typically levies civil penalties up to the greater of $100,000 or 50% of the highest account balance per each unreported account. Brokerage accounts, precious metal accounts and certain insurance products can also be subject to these penalties if not reported.
The IRS is running a tax amnesty "streamlined reporting" program for individuals and businesses with unreported foreign accounts. Taxpayers are not eligible if they are contacted by the IRS first or if the IRS first gets their name from a cooperating bank.
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Each of the 1,038 nanosatellites that launched from the Satish Dhawan space port in India was hardly larger than a milk carton, but these small, inexpensive spacecraft, originally designed at Israel's Ben-Gurion University, were the hope of mankind.
Avi Salomon and Havah Tobias stood in Mission Control and watched the monitors as the nanosats reached their initial orbits. The "father" of the project, Professor Dan Blumberg, received a remote feed at Ben-Gurion in Beer-Sheva.
"It's looking very good, Professor." Tobias spoke into her microphone. "I think we will be successful."


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Ian Hayes
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Where were you born?
I was born in Cambridge.
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I have been with my wife Charlene 11 years and we married in 2015.
We have 3 children, Katie 8, Lola 6 and Bobby 4, I also have a son Ryan who is 19.
Do you have any pets?
No, I haven`t got one.
What do you love?
I love Tottenham Hotspur, my family and cars.
What do you hate?
What kind of person are you?
I am quiet at work but normally fun and outgoing.
What brought you to AJW?
I was asked by Darren the Branch Manager at Sawston to join AJW as I have known him since school.
How long have you worked for AJW?
Nearly 3 years.
What does your job involve?
I am a HGV Driver & HIAB operator. I like to make sure the customer deliveries are correct and on time .
My role also includes forklift and warehouse duties as well as helping out answering the phones in the office when they are busy.
Anything else to add?
My favourite snack is a salad cream wrap and I once won the Tarzan man competition on holiday.


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FLIQ BLOGOn movies, data science, business and how it all ties together
Weekly Trailer Report: 5/17
This week in movie trailer activity we see Deadpool 2 dominating ahead of its release, deploying one of the most effective promotional campaigns ever. It is contrasted by Show Dogs and Book Club which are also releasing this week but limping in with very low activity and a lacking trailer presence. We also see positive jumps in activity from the Mamma Mia sequel and The Spy Who Dumped Me as they hit the middle stage of their promotional cycle in anticipation of late summer release dates.read more
Weekly Trailer Report: 5/2
This is a fascinating week in trailer activity, as Infinity War pre-release viewing comes to a close and this should be the last week it's at the top of the chart in general. Three new releases, Bad Samaritan, Overboard, and Tully are sending conflicting signals. And two strong new trailers drop for Kin and Crazy Rich Asians.read more
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25 April, 2018 FLIQTrailersDashboards Avengers: Infinity War is here, release week is finally upon us and it's worth reflecting on a promotional trailer campaign that is almost without precedent. Meanwhile, the Venom trailer landed on Monday with a bang. Following on...read more
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18 April, 2018 FLIQTrailersDashboards Avengers: Infinity War continues to rack up millions of trailer views, the promotional machinery at work here is incredible. New trailers boost The Incredibles 2 and Ocean's 8 to the top of the charts, with The Incredibles 2...read more
Weekly Trailer Report: 4/11
Checking in on movie trailer activity this week we see ongoing dominance from Avengers: Infinity War. Rampage and Truth or Dare are building solid view numbers ahead of their release this week, and A Quiet Place is driving strong views on the heels of a very successful opening, which should translate into strong week two numbers. Finally, there are new trailers kicking off the promotional campaigns by The Meg, Johnny English, and The First Purge.read more
Making Sense of Movie Trailers: Interactive Dashboard
Trailers are fun to watch and a big signal for movie performance. However, if you've ever tried to analyze the data behind those views, it's a challenge, to say the least. So our idea is really simple, "remove all the complexity and put everything you want to know about trailers on one screen".read more
Using Google Search to Predict Black Panther Success
We think about leading indicators for a movies' success a lot and naturally, Search is a big part of that. But the bigger consideration is the overall mix of signals, of which Search is just one.read more
A Deeper Look at Gender Balance in Movies (Extending FiveThirtyEight's Next Bechdel Test)
We were inspired by the FiveThirtyEight feature The Next Bechdel Test wanted to use FLIQ to extend this work. We're going to dramatically increase the scope of this analysis from 50 movies to over 1,900, analyze the trend over time and highlight the data gaps that still exist so that we can more clearly understand the data does and does not tell us about gender balance in movies.read more
What the "Buzz" Tells us About Black Panther
With the release of Black Panther only two days away, the hype train for the movie is at full steam. In analytical terms, what does all this activity tell us about what will happen when the movie opens in theaters on Thursday?read more
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We've just deployed the inaugural release of FLIQ and are super excited, little nervous and can't wait to see what everyone thinks.read more
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Speaking to investors early this morning, Disney CEO Bob Iger announced the pending acquisition of FOX for $66B. The monster merger is set to dramatically reshape the entertainment industry, reflecting a rapidly evolving environment.read more
FLIQ Weekly Forecast: Star Wars (12/15)
We are in the home stretch of 2017 and this weekend we see the release of the latest chapter in the Star Wars saga, which could be the biggest release of the entire year and add to the record-breaking track record of the franchise. The only other new release this week is Ferdinand an animated family title from Fox, which appears to be a problematic and confused release, but does feature an objectively adora-bull titular character.read more
FLIQ Weekly Forecast: Just Getting Started (12/8)
Preceding the upcoming end-of-year blockbuster blitz we have the final "lull" weekend of 2017, which features two new small-budget entrants being released to a national audience. Just Getting Stated is a classic buddy-cop, odd couple, "I'm getting too old for this shit" formulation with Morgan Freeman and Tommy Lee Jones in the featured roles. The Disaster Artist is a James Franco project with a ton of buzz in limited release; it is a movie based on a book written about a movie which is objectively terrible – very meta.read more


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Alopecia areata is an immune disorder that causes hair loss. The immune system attacks healthy tissue that holds the roots of hair called the hair follicle. Damage to this tissue causes hair loss. Alopeica areata may be a brief event or long term, and it may recur.
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Alopecia areata is an autoimmune disease. This means the immune system creates special antibodies that attack healthy tissue. In this case, the antibodies attack hair follicles and cause hair loss. The exact cause for the change in the immune system is not clear. It is most likely a combination of genes and factors in environment.
Alopecia areata is more common in people under 30 years old. Other factors that may increase your chance of alopecia areata include:
Alopecia areata causes sudden, patchy hair loss. Hair loss occurs most often on the scalp, but can happen in beards, eyebrows, or anywhere on the body. Rarely, someone can lose all hair all over their body.
Alopecia areata can also affect the fingernail or toenails. It can cause tiny dents in the nail, discoloration, weakness, and breaking.
Your will be asked about your symptoms and medical history. A physical exam will be done. The doctor will probably be able to make the diagnosis based on the exam.
There are tests that can confirm alopecia areata or rule out other causes of your hair loss. Tests may include:
There is no cure for alopecia areata. Hair will grow back on its own for most people. The hair that grows back will look different at first, but will eventually look like it used to. For some, hair will only fall out once, for others the hair may fall out and regrow over several cycles. The pattern of hair loss and growth is unpredictable and can last for years in some. Rarely, the hair will not grow back. This is more common in those with full body hair loss.
Treatment may help the hair regrow faster. Options include:
Medications to treat alopecia areata may vary depending on your age and include:
Surgical procedures may be an option if medications do not work. Some of these include:
Hair loss can cause social anxiety for some. Cosmetic changes like a wig or hairpiece may help some feel more comfortable. Counseling or support groups may also be helpful.
There are no current guidelines to prevent alopecia areata since the cause is unknown.
American Academy of Dermatology
National Alopecia Areata Foundation
Canadian Dermatology Association
Health Canada
Alopecia areata. American Academy of Dermatology website. Available at: https://www.aad.org/public/diseases/hair-and-scalp-problems/alopecia-areata. Accessed August 17, 2017.
Alopecia areata. EBSCO DynaMed Plus website. Available at:http://www.dynamed.com/topics/dmp~AN~T116937/Alopecia-areata. Updated January 7, 2017. Accessed August 17, 2017.
Alopecia areata. National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases website. Available at: https://www.niams.nih.gov/Health_Info/Alopecia_Areata/default.asp. Updated May 2016. Accessed August 17, 2017.
Rawnsley JD. Hair restoration. Facial Plast Surg Clin North Am. 2008;16(3):289-297.
Types of hair loss. American Hair Loss Association website. Available at: http://americanhairloss.org/types_of_hair_loss/introduction.asp. Accessed August 17, 2017.
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The Wedding of Phil and Alex took place on Saturday 21st May 2016 at St Colan Church and afterwards at The Headland Hotel, Newquay.
It was a special day today……..
1. Because Phil and Alex were getting married and….
2. All 3 of our beautiful girls were out together for the first time!
It was certainly a great spectacle, especially with the London bus (which is not ours)!
But lets not forget the happy couple….
Smiling in Lola despite the rain and unfortunately it was a very rainy day!
Alex and her Dad rode in Lola, while Layla transported the bridesmaids and Lily was in charge of the boys. All 3 vans rendezvoused at St Colan church and waited patiently in the rain for the party to re-emerge from the church.
The newly weds chose to ride in Lola and so it was off to the Headland Hotel to drop them off for their reception. No beach stops today, sadly, as the rain was just too heavy but they did manage to get a couple of photos outside the church as they came out while the rain held off!
After dropping them safely at the Headland Hotel, we did manage to get a few shots of all 3 Campers together. As you can see it really was a grey, wet old day 🙁
But congratulations go to Phil and Alex and also THANKS for getting all 3 of our vans out together!


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|Elections were held for all seats in Parliament as part of a programme to return Nigeria to civilian rule after nine years of military rule. General elections had previously been held in August 1983.
|The previous National Assembly was dissolved in December 1983 following a bloodless military coup. In January 1986, the military ruler, Major-General Ibrahim Babangida, announced that he would hand over power to a democratically-elected government in October 1990. In 1987, he announced a programme for the transfer of power by 1992, two years later than scheduled. This programme included elections for a bicameral federal legislature, which finally took place on 4 July 1992.
The elections were held against a background of economic and financial crisis which had brought a lot of hardship for Nigerians. In mid-May 1992, ethnic and religious violence had erupted in Kaduna, in the north, leaving hundreds of people dead. Only two political parties, the conservative National Republican Convention (NRC) and the progressive left-of-centre Social Democratic Party (SDP) were allowed to contest the elections. Both parties had been crated by the Babangida administration in an attempt to prevent the organisation of political life along tribal lines. Their structures and activities were funded by the State. Their manifestos were also written by the administration. In the election campaign, both parties focused on virtually the same issues, basically promising Nigerians a better life.
Turnout polling day was relatively low (25%) but better than during the December 1991 elections for state governors and legislatures (15%). This low rate was attributed by party officials to antipathy to the "open ballot" system, while others ascribed it to Nigerians' rejection of the political system imposed on them. The SDP won control of both Houses but failed to obtain the two-thirds majority needed to pass laws with constitutional implication or to reverse presidential vetoes. It obtained 52 Senate and 314 House of Representatives seats as against 37 and 275, respectively, for the NRC.
The new legislature was scheduled to be inaugurated on 27 July in Abuja, the country's capital, but the military regime subsequently contended that it would be unconstitutional for it to start sitting before an elected President of the Republic was sworn into office. It was nevertheless formally inaugurated by President Babangida on 5 December.
On 15 December, a civilian Transitional Council was appointed to form a temporary administration until the restoration of full civilian rule, rescheduled for 27 August 1993. Chief Ernest Adegunle Shonekan was elected as its chairman, and assumed the office of acting Prime Minister.
On 12 June 1993, presidential polling took place as planned. But the elections were subsequently annulled by the ruling military junta, the National Defence and Security Council (NDSC).
|Round no 1: Distribution of votes
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|Round no 1: Distribution of seats
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Research-Based Strategies for Teaching Social Studies, Science, and Mathematics to ELs at the Secondary Level: Texas Comprehensive Center Briefing Paper, Number 9 (2012)
This article provides useful research-based information for educators and others seeking to support English learners (ELs) at the secondary level in social studies, science, and mathematics. The article may also prove helpful for those who would like to learn about factors that influence the educational achievement of this significant and growing number of students. Furthermore, the authors provide some general strategies used in English as a Second Language (ESL) programs to demonstrate the distinction between ESL and the content needs of ELs.
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What Can a Mathematics Teacher Do for the English Language Learner? (2009)
Based on a 2006 professional development session for math and ESL specialists, this online interactive document includes teaching strategies for ELLs at various levels, critical components to include when designing math lessons for ELLs, and a list of relevant resources.
Making Consistent Decisions about Accommodations for English Language Learners: Research Summit Proceedings (2008)
In March 2009, researchers and practitioners convened in Austin, Texas, for a research summit on linguistic accommodations in instruction and on assessments for English language learners (ELLs). This online publication describes the proceedings and outcomes of the summit.


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Do you fancy a change at home? Or have you recently moved house? If so, you may be busily flicking through magazines and researching new interior trends. The materials you use in your makeover can make all the difference when it comes to creating a hip, modern space. If you're eager to recreate those trendy Instagram images in your home, here are the best materials for the job.
Granite is a perfect choice for a modern kitchen. It's clean, cool, and it looks luxurious. You can choose from various shades of brown, grey and black. Black is a great option if you're a fan of the monochrome trend, which is massive this season. If you're going for granite worktops, team with pristine white units and stainless steel appliances. Add some oversized vases and houseplants for a simple, stylish look.
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Stainless steel
Stainless steel has been around for a while in various guises. This year, the industrial trend is big business. Think exposed brick, steel girders, and visible radiator pipes. This look works really well in loft-style apartments and older houses. If you're not blessed with original features, you can take shortcuts. Choose brick wallpaper, for example, rather than stripping away plaster. Focus on the details. Hang oversized pendant bulbs from the ceiling or fit stainless steel drawer slides in the kitchen. If you're painting, stick to a simple palette that contains shades of grey, brown, white, and black.
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You may associate wood with older houses and traditional designs. But wood has made a major comeback, and you'll see it in all the interior magazines. Bringing the outside in has been a theme of 2016, and natural materials are all the rage. Wood is a really versatile material. It can be used to create beautiful floors, furniture, and accessories. Stripped wooden floors and doors are staples of traditional interior design. But you can easily update them with modern accents. Bring a floor to life with a printed rug or add a funky door knob to an old door. Use driftwood for candleholders, or fit some oversized wooden shelves.
Marble is an opulent material, which may catapult you back to the days of lavish Roman villas. Marble may have been used for centuries, but it remains a very popular choice. Marble work surfaces create luxurious looking kitchens and classy bathrooms. Team pure white marble with bright red kitchen appliances for a quirky take on minimalist chic. In the bedroom, use a marble shelf and standing lamps to offset a plain wall.
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When you're planning a home makeover, you often think about colours and furniture. But the materials you use also play an important role in the overall aesthetic. If you're looking to modernise your home and create a cool, stylish space, bear these beautiful materials in mind. You can mix and match and experiment with different trends. Use your imagination, dare to be different, and make your home unique. Show off your style and personality, and most importantly, have fun!


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The lovers of Corfu thought the historical Corfu Palace as an old time classic choice. It is located in the centre of Corfu Island, just 5' from the well known Liston and it operates all year round. It was built on 1954 from the famous architect Sakelarios and it is well appreciated from the local people as it is a legend for the Island. It has friends from all over the world who visit it very often. A great lord, who will enchant you with its self-confidence and hospitality, Corfu Palace is simply the absolute host of Corfu!
Impressive and very famous, being built on a rich green environment; Corfu Palace Hotel enjoys the unique view of Garitsa Bay, Old Fortress and the Mainland. It is located 400m away from the centre of the Old Town.
The spacious hotel lounge with the impressive staircase and its well polished marble steps, the 106 elegant and spacious rooms and suites including the VIP floor welcome even the most demanding guest. The hospitable atmosphere, the well-known and eminent kitchen as well as its advanced services are offered within this historic hotel. Open all year round.
Facilities: Swimming pool with sea water in a floral and impressive garden, indoor heated swimming pool with sea water, Spa & Wellness, Beauty Salon, restaurants, bar, snack bar at the pool, lounge, casino, jeweler's, hairdresser.
Wi-Fi: wireless internet available within all the public areas and the accommodation rooms with no extra charge.
Entertainment: from May to October you will find available:
Live music daily Manager's cocktail party once a week BBQ night from June to September (if the weather permits it) with live music and Greek fold dance.
Corfu SPA: the spa within the idyllic facilities of Corfu Palace Hotel is waiting for you. Escape for the daily routine with hot-stone massage, reflexology, hydra massage, hamam (steam room), sauna, spa for feet and hands, body treatments which we guarantee a positive and renewed energy to your body, mind and soul.
Casino: Casino Corfu offers fun in a cosmopolitan environment.
Challenge your luck with the most popular games of the famous casino around the world,
Roulette, Black jack, Stud Poker, Slotmachines, which reserve rich jackpots. In Casino Corfu there is one game for each player.
Distances at a glance: Organized beach: 11km - Mon Repo beach: 1,5 km - City centre: 600mm
Shops/ restaurants: 400m - Port: 1,5 km - Bus station: 500m - Airport: 1,5 km


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Principal Calls Police Way Out of Line
FARGO, N.D. (CN) – Police denied a high school principal food, water and sleep and destroyed evidence after falsely arresting and interrogating him about a school fire, costing him his job, he claims in court.
Thomas Sander sued the City of Dickinson and three of its police officers on Monday in Federal Court.
Sander was principal of Trinity High School when a fire started in a vault in the school's main office area on March 3, 2014.
Over the next three days, police "seized, confined, and subjected [him] to unreasonable force, including coercive, threatening, and intimidating interrogation," Sander says in the civil rights complaint.
He claims the defendants even refused to let him go to the bathroom to coerce him into a false confession, and that they refused to let him speak with an attorney.
Sander says his false confession was forced from him by "severe sleep deprivation and intimidation."
"The sole basis for probable cause that existed for his arrest and subsequent confinement was the coerced false confession that came as the result of unreasonable force and coercion by defendants," he says.
The defendant police detectives are Kylan Klauzer, Jeremy Moser and Terry Oestreich.
Sander claims that shortly after they browbeat him into the false confession, the police department received: "1) a handwritten note from an individual claiming to have started the Trinity Fire; 2) more than one telephone call from an individual who indicated that he was author of the note and the arsonist; and 3) an in-person and unprompted voluntary confession to starting the Trinity Fire from the same individual."
In addition, Sander says, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms investigated and found his confession inconsistent with its findings about how and where the fire started.
Nonetheless, Dickinson police "colluded to prosecute Sander in a crime they knew, or reasonably should have known, he did not commit," and "discouraged the disclosure of, and intentionally disregarded, information regarding the individual who voluntarily confessed to starting the Trinity fire," according to the complaint.
Though police claimed they had informed Sander of his Miranda rights, a Stark County District Judge disagreed and found his confession inadmissible, The Dickinson Press reported on Tuesday.
Sander says he was exonerated of all charges, but his career and reputation were irreparably damaged, and Trinity High School fired him.
He seeks punitive damages on 19 counts, including constitutional violations, false arrest and imprisonment, malicious prosecution, emotional distress, abuse of process, negligence, willful misconduct and deceit.
He is represented by Ryan Shaffer, with Meyer, Shaffer & Stepans, of Missoula, Mont.
Neither Trinity High School nor the Dickinson Police responded to requests for comment.


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"What Is Your First Rule?"
-Ruth Cefola
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What is your First Rule? Let me ask that another way, Who is running your life?
For me, I was my first rule. I always put myself first. Even though I grew up in a Christian home with good Christian parents that took me to church every Sunday and Wednesday, it was still all about me. Throughout my life, I was exposed to the gospel a lot. I heard about it from the pastor, my parents, some of my friends, and just the atmosphere of our home. It was all centered-on Christ, but I wanted it to be centered around me. I tried to cover up my sin, by doing some "good" things. But, as Isaiah 64:6 says, all my "…righteousnesses are as filthy rags…" But if you were to ask me, at that time, where I was going after I died, I would have automatically said heaven, because I thought that I was someone special. That I was the one exception to God's plan of salvation. (Note: "saved," "salvation," and "born again" are Biblical concepts referring to the forgiveness of sins by God and the rescue of a person from the power and penalty of that sin. This is God's requirement for everlasting life.) I was the only one who didn't need to repent. I thought that I would just be accepted the way I was. However, deep down inside, I knew I was bound for hell!
"I lived my life with everything revolving around me."
When God did convict me, I would push Him away. I didn't want Him in that part of my life. I was going to run my own life the way I wanted to, and He wasn't going to interfere! I turned my back on Him and continued to live my life my way.
For a couple years, I stayed in this rebellious state. As for my eternity, I know where I was going, that was for sure, but I kept pushing it away. I didn't want to think about it. But not thinking about something, doesn't make it go away. I knew I was still going to hell. But I still refused to asked for help from God or anyone else.
One night after a Wednesday service, I was convicted about my sinful life. But the only thing I admitted was that Jesus came and died and I was "sorry" He had to. However there was no personal application, no repentance, and definitely no faith. I still didn't want to give up. I had many other false professions as well, but they were all me trying to do it myself. I didn't want any help from God!
My life became very mechanical. I was doing things to check them off my list. Every day, I would open my Bible, read a verse or two and move on to do what I really wanted to do. I would tell others that I was reading my Bible every single day, just so they wouldn't start asking questions.
Finally, on November 20th, 2017, during school, I realized I hadn't done my Bible-time for the day. So I opened my Bible to a random spot, intending to read a few verses and be done with it. But the very first verse that caught my eye was Romans 6:12, which says: "Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof." The words cut me to my core. That verse explained what I had been doing with my life. This truth hit me like a slap in the face. I was letting sin run rampant in my life! I was pushing God away and I was wrong.
"Though I knew what I needed to do, I was still unwilling to give up."
I wanted to find peace, so I left to try to find someone to talk to. I thought I could ask them some questions, and they'd show me scriptures and then, just as before, I could brush it off and move on with my life. I know that doesn't make sense, but that was how my thoughts were at the time.
Ironically I didn't find anyone to talk to so I told myself, "I'll wait until I get home, and then I'll handle it!" But as I was going back, I ran into one of my friends. At that moment, in my heart, I knew God was telling me, you're going to get this settled NOW. She asked me what was wrong, but I just broke down in tears. I told her about my conviction and the verse I found that unmistakably described me. She recommended some things for me to do, but I don't really remember what she said, because I was still shut off to anyone else's help. I wanted to do this myself. Eventually, I called my dad and asked him to come to school and talk to me. While I was waiting in a chair just outside the auditorium, I read the verse over and over again, looking for any kind of loop hole saying that I didn't need to repent. I found nothing but more conviction! But a few verses later, the Bible says "But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you." (Romans 6:17) That verse brought back all my guilt and touched my heart. I knew I was wrong. And I couldn't do anything without God's help, no matter how many time or how hard I tried.
A little while later, my brother came to find me. I told him of the verses I had read and how The Lord was convicting me. We talked for a little while, but I found I still couldn't give up control over myself. At that moment I heard my brother say, "You can't do it on your own! That's why you have to ask for help!" Then it clicked. I pushed back my pride and started to listen. As soon as I did, The Holy Spirit reminded me of a verse I'd memorized many years ago, Matthew 19:26: "…with men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible." Then I remembered another verse; "And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire." (Revelation 20:15) I suddenly became afraid because I knew my name was NOT written in the book of Life. I believed that if I didn't get saved at that very moment, I would never get saved. But again, I felt my flesh rearing it's ugly head. However, with God's help, I began to overcome my flesh and settle this now!
I went into the auditorium and knelt on the ground. I cried out to God and asked him to come into my life and save me. Even though I was the only one there, the auditorium seemed so loud and distracting! It seemed as if the whole world was fighting against me!
My flesh was yelling at me, "You have no right to ask to be saved! You're nothing to Him! He doesn't care about you!"
"My flesh had one thing right: I was nothing but a wretched sinner, completely undeserving of His grace and love. But He wanted to save me anyway!"
When I stood up, I realized that, emotionally, I didn't feel any different. I told my brother what I'd done, and how I felt, or rather what I didn't feel. He reminded me of Jeremiah 17:9. It says: "The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?" I finally understood what he was saying: salvation is not a feeling, not by a long stretch! Feelings come and go! But as Hebrews 13:8 says: "Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever." Getting saved can be emotional, but it is not an emotion based experience. It is agreeing with God about your sinful state and accepting His free gift of salvation.
That afternoon, one of the church office ladies came to talk to me, and I had the first opportunity to tell my true salvation testimony. I quickly told my parents and my close friends, and they rejoiced with me over what God had done. God's Word was suddenly a whole new book. It was like I was seeing things for the first time in my life! It was amazing.
It took me nearly fifteen years to give up, and I wish so much I would've done it sooner. I strongly urge all who are lost, and you know who you are: don't put it off any longer. Get it settled NOW, DON'T WAIT! 2 Corinthians 6:2 says; "…behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation." I thought I ruled my life, but in reality I was ruled by my sin! God needed to rule my life; all I had to do was admit my lost condition and be saved, so I could let Him! It is not all about me; it should be all about God!
So let me ask you…Who runs your life?
What is your first rule?


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Winner announced in our Sports Star of the Month Poll for June
A winner has been announced for our June Sports Star of the Month
A winner has been announced in our Sports Star of the Month Award for June, in association with Downey's Auto Stop.
After a closely fought affair, the Clough-Ballacolla Féile Handball team have topped the poll, having been nominated for their efforts in securing a historic win at the All-Ireland Féile during June.
They saw off competition from Laois goalkeeper Graham Brody, fellow Féile champions The Harps and O'Moore's, along with Sorcha Moloney from Ballyroan Abbeyleix and Districts AC, who claimed an All-Ireland title at the Schools Track and Field finals.
The Clough-Ballacolla boys won the county's first ever One-Wall gold medal at the Féile finals this year.
Thanks to everyone who voted, and keep an eye out for future Sports Star of the Month polls.


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In Between Lockouts Era
Following the '04-'05 NHL Lockout, many star players moved on from their recognizable teams to join new squads. With the exception of one (I'll leave him for last), none of them had any major success wearing a different jersey.
Peter Forsberg
In My Mind: Colorado Avalanche
Remember When? Nashville Predators
With the exception of Lindros, Forsberg (they were traded for each other) is one of my few favourite non-Leafs players of all time! Any time I could get him on my fantasy hockey roster I would. I even had him for both failed comeback attempts with the Avalanche. But before that, man was he awesome! So awesome in fact that the Philadelphia Flyers threw a boat load of money at him to leave Colorado where he had won 2 Stanley Cups and a Hart Trophy to return to the team that drafted him. They even named him team captain, before trading him to Nashville during the next season. He made things right though by retiring as a member of the Avalanche.
Jeremy Roenick
In My Mind: Chicago Blackhawks
Remember When? Los Angeles Kings
JR will always be known as the best player in hockey video game history! As well as a loud mouth flash in the pan American who's only good seasons were while he played for the Blackhawks. He had a decent run in Philadelphia but after the aforementioned Forsberg signing, Roenick was shown the door. Where did he land you ask? Back in Phoenix? San Jose? Well yes, but before that he played for LA where he is best remembered for his dance moves on the ice during a pre-season game in Las Vegas.
John LeClair
In My Mind: Philadelphia Flyers
Remember When? Pittsburgh Penguins
Staying with the USA Hockey/Philadelphia Flyers trend, we land on big John LeClair. A one time 50 goal scorer along side Eric Lindros playing on the infamous "Legion of Doom" line. The only line LeClair is part of these days is the buffet line … am I right?
Keith Tkachuk
In My Mind: Winnipeg Jets
Remember When? Atlanta Thrashers
Tkachuk is also now a big fat former American hockey player. Ironically he played for the original Winnipeg Jets, as well as the franchise which became the new Winnipeg Jets. However much like the Thrashers themselves, his stay in Atlanta was a short one as he returned to the St. Louis Blues the following off season where he became quite fond of cheeseburgers.
Mike Modano
In My Mind: Dallas Stars
Remember When? Detroit Red Wings
Team USA keeps on rolling with one of the best looking guys ever to lace 'em up! I mean look at him! He's a goddam movie star! That's probably why he was cast in the first Mighty Ducks movie!
Chris Chelios
In My Mind: Chicago Blackhawks
Remember When? Atlanta Thrashers
Seriously? Two people are stabbed to death inside your restaurant and you just skip town and play for the Atlanta Thrashers? Didn't you learn anything from Keith Tkachuk?
Brett Hull
In My Mind: St. Louis Blues
Remember When? Phoenix Coyotes
After winning Cups in Dallas (I still say "NO GOAL!") and Detroit, Hull signed a lucrative free agent contract to join the proud franchise with whom his father Bobby Hull carved out a Hall of Fame career … the Phoenix Coyotes! During the preseason Brett was given his familiar #16 which he wore while scoring 86 goals with the Blues, but that wasn't good enough for the fans in Phoenix. They wanted to watch a Hull wear the #9 on the back of his jersey just like they watched Bobby wear all those years ago (in Winnipeg). So the team held a ceremony to un-retire Bobby Hull's number and award it to Brett to officially begin his career with the Coyotes … which lasted all of 5 games and one assist before Hull retired for good. He did manage to briefly reunite with an old St. Louis teammate and fellow Blues' legend who was then coaching the team …
Mark Recchi
In My Mind: Philadelphia Flyers
Remember When? Carolina Hurricanes
I mentioned that only one player enjoyed success "post lockout" after changing teams. Well Mark Recchi on the Carolina Hurricanes does not count. I'm talking about the man his team beat in order to win that Stanley Cup he has hoisted over his head …
Chris Pronger
In My Mind: St. Louis Blues
Remember When? Edmonton Oilers
After the lockout, small market teams like the Edmonton Oilers were supposed to be just as competitive as all of the major market clubs like Detroit, New York and Toronto. And they were … for one season. Yup, the Oilers shocked and delighted Canadian hockey fans by acquiring Chris Pronger from the Blues heading into the '05-'06 season and riding his broad shoulders to the Stanley Cup Finals! Unfortunately for Edmonton hockey fans, they lost in 7 games and Pronger promptly bolted the sub zero temperatures of Alberta for fun in the sun and a Stanley Cup ring in Anaheim. "Why you heff to be mad?"


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IFD Master Workshop – The Art of Color
Wacom Experience Center
Join textile artist Tricia Langman, founder of the successful international textile print design studio Spoogi, for an interactive look into color theory and color psychology. How do color trends emerge? How do you research color using the best process for your brand?
Explore color selection and how to apply color trends to your brand design strategies. Tricia offers practical advice for using color services like Pantone, selecting colors for digital platforms and social media, and using color in the retail space. Learn from case study examples and a walkthrough of the process Tricia's studio used to select their colors for 2020.
Textile artist and designer, Tricia Langman, has over eighteen years of experience designing for prestigious fashion companies worldwide, including Ralph Lauren, Calvin Klein, Halston, Kashiyama, Donna Karan, Nike, Anthropologie, Banana Republic and Target. Her work has been featured at the Met's Costume Institute, and she recently created a limited edition collection for Pendleton Home as part of their guest artist series. Tricia is founder and owner of Spoogi, a successful international print design studio.
This event will take place at the Wacom Experience Center
This workshop is produced and hosted by Inside Fashion Design - www.insidefashiondesign.net


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As events in Ukraine continue to escalate, the country's roughly 60,000-strong Jewish community has been feeling the pressure.
Already suffering from high levels of anti-Semitism and, in many cases, from grinding poverty, the ongoing power vacuum and tensions with Russia have markedly increased the sense of uncertainty on the ground. Perhaps of greatest concern is the potential for the growing nationalist sentiment on both sides to generate a spike in xenophobia, with several anti-Semitic attacks in the past few weeks fueling the debate between Kiev and Moscow about the true nature of the Ukrainian revolution.
It is within that context that the Jewish Federations of North America launched their Ukraine Appeal, says JFNA CEO and President Jerry Silverman, motivated by the "guiding principle of kol Yisrael areivim zeh lazeh - that all Jews are responsible for one another, no matter where they are."
Despite the growing uncertainty, the physical situation on the ground is stable, if tentatively so.
But the conflict has thrown up a number of serious challenges to the continuation of normal life there, including a plummeting economy and rising prices threatening to disrupt regular operations at a time when more people than ever are relying on the Federations' support network.
"Our number one priority is caring for the most vulnerable, those who can't really care for themselves... to ensure that they're not alone in such difficult times," Silvermen says. "When instability hits, when you have you have this type of destabilization of an entire country or region... we have to be prepared to continue our work in in situations that are very, very challenging."
So far, the JFNA's operations are still functioning smoothly, including in the breakaway Crimea region.
"We are a non-political organization, as are our partners, so for the time being we have not seen any disruption of any of our activities in the Crimea or elsewhere," he says.
But although the Jewish community has weathered the storm so far, recent clashes between pro-Russian militias and the Ukrainian military in the Crimea - including the takeover of a Ukrainian naval base in Sevastopol - have indicated that things could still escalate.
Security in particular has become of primary importance, from "providing funds for many more hours of security work at local schools and community centers" on the one hand, to "making sure that our own people on the ground are safe."
"For us it's a matter of not taking chances," he adds.