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Martin Tindall is an advisor at Phoenix Life Sciences, a disruptive healthcare solutions company dedicated to the advancement of restorative medicine.
Phoenix Life Sciences focuses on the endocannabinoid system and the use of phytocannabinoids to support overall physical wellness. Since its founding, Phoenix Life Sciences has quickly distinguished itself as a leader within the healthcare industry. The company takes a forward-thinking and physician-driven approach to alternative treatment options for patients, enabling tangible progress within the medical cannabis industry. Their mission is to create a future where patients repair, restore, and rejuvenate themselves. So many modern medical treatments use synthetic drugs to treat conditions, and often have damaging longterm effects on the human body. Through its revolutionary products, Phoenix Life Sciences seeks to offer a natural and organic alternative, with the ultimate goal of introducing cannabinoid-based medicines to the mainstream pharmaceutical community.
Medical cannabis is currently legal in 29 states, as well as Washington D.C. Some states have even moved to decriminalize the use of the cannabis plant entirely, as more and more political leaders are realizing the therapeutic properties of cannabis. Phoenix Life Sciences may be headquartered in Canada, but the company has a global focus as it works to expand into global markets. As an advisor, Martin Tindall is helping to spearhead this movement.
Martin's Story
After the death of his father from chemotherapy treatment for pancreatic cancer in 2013, Martin Tindall began to seek out solutions for alternative treatments for cancer. Martin found the answer in the application of medical cannabis to treat a variety of illnesses. This industry is growing fast, thanks to changing legislation that finally allows access to cannabinoids from many types of cannabis plants. Unfortunately, as Martin quickly discovered, there was (and is) a chasm that still separates cannabis from mainstream pharmaceutical companies. Martin has since devoted his life's work to bridging that gap and proving the life-saving potential of medical cannabis for patients with certain illnesses.
Phoenix Life Sciences
Through Phoenix Life Sciences, Martin is launching products created from certified organic industrial hemp, which is legal in all fifty states. These products are available in a variety of medical delivery methods (transdermal patches, sublingual oral sprays, thin film dissolving strips, and more). In addition to working with the nation's leading cannabinoid specialists, Martin aims to create a direct connection between the medical cannabis industry and the physicians who can help legitimize this lifesaving product. For this reason, he has met directly with a variety of experts to discern what needs to be done for physicians to confidently prescribe cannabis as medicine.
Since gaining these insights, Martin Tindall has begun to build Phoenix Life Sciences to meet the many qualifying factors that will allow cannabis to enter the mainstream market: current research backing the benefits of medical cannabis, consistent and precise dosing, quality control, and more. He is also utilizing 15+ years of executive experience encompassing business, finance, and management from his position as the Executive Director of Kronos International Investments Limited. Martin brings in his skills and expertise to develop the company in terms of securing investments, earning grant money, forming strategic alliances, and garnering public support. Phoenix Life Sciences is already developing multiple locations in the United States, Canada, Australia, Germany, and parts of the South Pacific. Martin is helping with a project on Vanuatu in the South Pacific where the company's efforts are benefitting economic development, job creation, and export opportunity.
Outside of his job, Martin Tindall is an avid traveler and has a diverse set of hobbies that include scuba diving, snowboarding, golf, atv quad bike racing, architecture, fitness, vehicles, boats, technology, and nutrition. Martin likes to maintain an active lifestyle and he is fortunate that his job allows him to travel all around the world. Born and raised in Australia, Martin Tindall attended the Western Sydney Institute of Higher Education where he studied Accounting and Commercial and Company Law. Focusing his early career on the integration of technology with international trade and finance, Martin has had the opportunity to live and work in the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, and New Zealand. He recently attended a TABOR Conference (an alternative investment conference organizer) in May where he presented Phoenix Life Science's business models.
Martin Tindall is a firm believer in connecting with the people and places he visits. He views cross-cultural competence and international sensitivity as key components for successful business growth, particularly in the area of medical cannabis. Martin loves traveling on his own for the thrill of experiencing new places and cultures, but he also values the chance to cultivate a global business perspective as he collaborates with other professionals in the disruptive healthcare industry.
This blog will share updates about Phoenix Life Sciences, as well as the medical cannabis industry in general as it becomes a driving force in healthcare around the world. Stay tuned!


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Reviews: A 50 is perfect mediocrity, an album neither insulting nor engaging, something that works as little more than background music. Any movement in either direction from 50 obviously corresponds to the album's quality; zero equals an artistic void, 100 a masterpiece. At this point I'm not sure either exists, but to give you an idea of where I'm coming from, here are my favorites:
Arcturus - La Masquerade Infernale
At the Gates - Slaughter of the Soul
Beherit - Drawing Down the Moon
Borknagar - The Olden Domain
Carcass - Necroticism
Carpathian Forest - Black Shining Leather
Darkthrone - first six albums, ignoring Goatlord
Destroyer666 - Phoenix Rising
Dissection - Storm of the Light's Bane
Emperor - Nightside, Anthems
Enslaved - Frost; Eld
Immortal - Battles in the North; At the Heart of Winter
Incantation - Onward to Golgotha; Forsaken Mourning...
In Flames - The Jester Race
Mayhem - Ordo ad Chao
Morbid Angel - Altars; Blessed
Nile - Amongst the Catacombs...; Black Seeds of Vengeance
Satyricon - Nemesis Divina
Spiral Architect - A Sceptic's Universe
Strapping Young Lad - City
Ulver - Bergtatt
Yes, it's the usual list. I'm rather noncontroversial in my tastes, I suppose.


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Wednesday, November 20, 2013
2013 Honda Civic Is America's Best-Selling Compact Sedan
October has been in the rearview mirror for a few weeks now, but sales of the 2013 Honda Civic last month have left us with a pretty interesting discovery: the Civic is now officially the best-selling compact sedan in America, besting some competitors that have long given Honda headaches.
Just last month alone, Honda sold 27,328 units, with the second place vehicle selling almost 4,000 fewer. For the year, that puts the Civic at 280,899 units, with the closest competition rounding out at only 257,184.
We don't have to tell you that the Civic has long been one of our best-sellers and is, in our humble opinion, a tremendous value for everything that it brings to the table. After all, few vehicles priced similarly to the Civic can stand up to it in terms of reliability, efficiency, technology, and safety.
Also, the 2013 Civic was given a bit of a visual upgrade this model year, which is something we've discussed in this space before. That's been well-received by consumers so far, as has everything else about the vehicle, and that likely explains why sales have been so strong in the U.S. thus far.
When it comes to the 2013 Honda Civic, Linda Vista drivers have been very receptive, and we expect things to stay that way for the remainder of the model year. After that point, we're hoping we'll get to brag about the 2014 Honda Civic selling just as well as this one, if not better. For now, though, we'll just enjoy this one. Congrats, Civic!
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In my apartment, the Super Bowl is regarded as the biggest holiday of the year. Not because my roommates and I are particularly keen on football, but because we're particularly keen on Super Bowl snacks. If I were to list my passions, Super Bowl food would be among them—mostly because it's an excuse to eat all the cheese, carbs and red meat I can get my hands on.
One of the first things I did when I became a Real Adult (you know, the kind who no longer lives at home or in a college dorm) was host a Super Bowl party. It was small, but it expanded year after year. My annual Super Bowl party is now in its fourth iteration, and I've gained a deep understanding of what it takes to craft a truly perfect Super Bowl menu. I know which Super Bowl snacks are a must, and which are worth foregoing. I can sense when the menu is skewing too cheese-heavy, too red meat-heavy, too carb-heavy—and I can correct for each of those extremes. I know which dishes to make ahead, which to pop in the oven day of and which to delegate to guests. Because after all, aren't feasts at their most fun when everyone's had a hand in them?
Before we go any further, I think a couple things are worth clarifying: I'm not a professional chef, and I know very little about football. There are a handful of articles you could turn to that surely sourced their Super Bowl menus from people who are experts in either (or maybe even both) of those subjects, but what I am offering you is a novice's way in. Nothing on my Super Bowl menu will be too hard for you to tackle, because it isn't too hard for me to tackle. You won't lose yourself in punny Super Bowl dishes that are based on some kind of niche football joke none of us fair-weather fans understand. You won't find yourself up to your elbows in gourmet ingredients trying to craft some kind of dish that looked really good on Pinterest but is actually really confusing to make.
My Super Bowl menu isn't hard, or overwhelming, or expensive—or too specific in humor. It's really just the product of my weirdly immense passion for yummy food—and my commitment to taking advantage of any opportunity to make that food, and to share it with others.
1. Deviled Eggs
A lot of cooking needs to happen on Super Bowl Sunday—and sometimes, that cooking keeps going until the very last minute. Having no-cook appetizers, like deviled eggs, is a great way to keep your guests from starving while your slow cooker works its magic.
2. Slow-Cooker Taco Queso
My roommate makes this slow-cooker taco queso for every single Super Bowl, and honestly, I'm not sure I could live without it at this point. It's super decadent, which makes it the perfect treat for the most indulgent holiday of the year.
3. A Killer Charcuterie Spread
I mean—does this truly incredible-looking charcuterie spread even require justification? The more you can get on the table that doesn't need to be cooked, the better.
4. Bacon Brown Sugar Sausages
As much as we'd like the day to be about cheese and carbs, we probably need to work some heartier options in there, too. These brown sugar- and bacon-coated sausages should do the trick, right? (And yes, you can make them in your slow cooker.)
5. Super Creamy Mac and Cheese
The Super Bowl is an abject American holiday. And what's an American holiday without macaroni and cheese?
6. Honey Garlic Chicken Wings
Because if you're throwing a Super Bowl party, I'm pretty sure you're obligated to have chicken wings there.
7. A Veggie Tray
Just, you know, trying to keep things vaguely balanced.
8. Chocolate Chip Cookies
Oh yeah, desserts are totally on the menu.
9. Sausage Balls
These sausage balls are my roommate's specialty—and they're gluten-free. Top that.
10. Guacamole
Surprised it took me this long to mention an absolute must: chips and guac.
11. Slow-Cooker BBQ Cocktail Meatballs
Cocktail meatballs offer everything you could want in a Super Bowl party food: They're delicate enough to eat with a toothpick, but hearty enough to keep you super satisfied.
12. Spinach Artichoke Dip
Honestly, if an opportunity to eat spinach artichoke dip presents itself, I'm taking it.
13. Brownies
Because one dessert simply isn't enough.
14. Sliders for a Crowd
Grilling out is way too intense. A) It's still winter, and no one wants to hang out in the cold—not even for a burger. B) You and your guests will probably be thoroughly stuffed from the rest of your feast to down a normal-sized hamburger. The solution? Big-batch sliders.
15. Buffalo Chicken Dip
I don't even like buffalo chicken dip that much, but even I understand it's a Super Bowl must-have.
16. Chili
Super Bowl chili is 100 percent a thing.
17. Themed Jell-O Shots
Or any kind of Jell-O shot, really. (Go Rams.)
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Four previously unreleased songs by the late Elliott Smith have been made available at b-sides website elliottsmithbsides.com.
The songs are 'Let's Turn The Record Over', 'Talking To Mary', 'From A Poisoned Wall' and 'True Love'.
The songs are taken from the From A Basement On A Hill sessions, and more are expected to be uncovered.
In releated news, DiS is to present a tribute night to Elliott Smith on October 17 at the Union Chapel, London. Ticket information and further details are to be announced in the near future.


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Betting firm William Hill saw operating profit drop by 19% in its first quarter thanks in part to a disastrous week in January, in which it lost £14m ($21m, €19.5m) on a series of turn ups for the books.
The company was also forced to pay £20m as a result of the new point of consumption tax (POCT) and more machine games duty, introduced in March 2014.
William Hill's operating profit dropped to £16m in the 13 weeks leading to 31 March.
In the third week of January, the bookmaker said that it lost £14m after a string of surprising results, including Chelsea's 5-0 thrashing of Swansea at the Welsh club's home stadium. It was the worst defeat for the Swan's since their promotion to the Premier League in 2011.
James Henderson, chief executive officer, said: "After a weak January, we saw improved wagering trends over the remainder of the quarter.
"Online wagering grew 20% in February and March and 29% for the Cheltenham festival.
"Looking forward, as the end of the football season draws closer, we have not as yet made up the shortfall arising from the £14m loss in Week three given the relatively weak first quarter sports betting margin."
William Hill shares dropped by 3.55% to 359.10 in early morning trading on the back of the results.


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The Whiskey Hotline: Casa Maestri Tequila Blanco Flask
Posted: February 24, 2017
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With the weather warming up, its hard to beat a crisp, clean, citrusy blanco tequila. Casa Maestri produces many different tequila brands out of their distillery (NOM-1438 for you tequila geeks at home) but this one in particular caught our attention with its added value, a flask! Not just any flask, but a 1.75 liter flask. Not only is the tequila great, but since the flask goes to 11, we mean 1.75, this is not a deal to pass on.
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19 Struggles Of Having An Outgoing Personality But Actually Being Introverted
I think the concepts of 'introversion ve extroversion' are really interesting. I definitely tend to be more introverted. Perhaps this is why I prefer observation, dead things and robots, but I certainly have experienced my fair share of some of the items on this list. Do you identify with any of these?
Like many categorizing systems, the separatist thinking behind them attempts to firmly place us in one container or another. The flaw in these types of systems is that they don't always take into account the middle areas of the spectrum. And any system is just that: a spectrum. I've long stated with unequivocal certainty that I'm introverted. My friends, however, look at me askance, because I'm actually very fun-loving and outgoing when I need to be. So on that introvert/extravert spectrum, I fall somewhere to the introverted side, but exhibit limited extroverted tendencies. Here is an article found online that I have updated to reflect this spectrumized system.
1. You're not anti-social, you're selectively social.
2. At any given point, you have one (maybe two) best friends who are your entire life. You're not a "group of friends" person. You can't keep up with all that.
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New Media and Political Change in Egypt: Causes, Implications and Communication Strategies
Sahar Mohamed Khamis, Assistant Professor of Communication and Affiliate Professor of Women's Studies, University of Maryland
New Media and Political Change in Egypt: Causes, Implications and Communication Strategies
As part of the series on recent developments in Egypt, Sahar Mohamed Khamis, Assistant Professor of Communication and Affiliate Professor of Women's Studies at the University of Maryland, discussed the causes, implications, and role of new communication strategies in the 2011 Egyptian revolution.
On March 30, the Middle East Program hosted a meeting on "New Media and Political Change in Egypt: Causes, Implications and Communication Strategies" with Khamis. Haleh Esfandiari, Director of the Middle East Program at the Woodrow Wilson Center, moderated the event.
Khamis cited a number of factors which contributed to the recent revolution in Egypt. She explained thirty years of living under autocratic rule, widespread corruption, a restrictive emergency law, and a faulty constitution contributed to deep political disillusionment among Egyptian citizens. Steady calls for political reform grew dramatically after the latest parliamentary elections, which Khamis explained were forged. Noting that 40 percent of Egyptians live under the international poverty line, Khamis added that intense economic distress also preceded the uprising. She said that these internal factors combined with the example of a successful popular revolution in Tunisia facilitated the Egyptian revolution of 2011.
Khamis discussed the revolution's implications at the local, regional, and global levels. She mentioned the revolution charged the Egyptian people with a new sense of empowerment, national pride, and determination. She said the significant role of women and of individuals from diverse political, religious, and social groups also fostered solidarity among Egyptian citizens and ushered in an era of social and democratic reform. According to Khamis, echoes of the Tunisian and the Egyptian revolutions across the region have forced Arab rulers to take note of their citizens' demands and implement reforms. Internationally, she claimed, these uprisings have shown that oppression cannot be legitimized by claims of preserving stability or curbing Islamic influence and encouraged the United States to revisit its foreign policy dealings with repressive rulers.
According to Khamis, the introduction of new media such as satellite television channels and the Internet after 1990 transformed monolithic, state-controlled Arab media into an avenue for spreading information and fueling opposition. Paradoxically, she noted, these new channels for expression did not lead to political mobilization until 2011, when young activists created the missing link between the "virtual world" and the "real world" through new media tools such as Facebook, Twitter, blogs, and text messages. These forms of media paved the way for a democratic transition and served as platforms for self-expression, avenues for civic engagement, and displays of citizen journalism. In responding to the activists, the Egyptian government combined suppression of protestors in the streets with suppression of the truth through national, state-controlled media in what Khamis called a "double-suppression strategy." She claimed the government sought to control all communications and isolate the country by cracking down on foreign journalists, cutting off cell phone lines, and blocking the Internet. Ultimately, she said, these attempts backfired.
Khamis concluded that Egypt is moving into a new era of civic engagement featuring greater roles for youth leadership, women's participation, and new media as "mobilizing tools." She advised that the transition to democratization be done swiftly, safely, and conscientiously.
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"I was driving through my hometown, I was just kinda killing time."
On Monday I went home to see my parents, and on the bus ride to New Jersey I couldn't believe just how much the area I had grown up in had changed. I guess it's to be expected, but as I moved on with my life so has everyone else. It sounds downright silly to think otherwise, but I guess I couldn't help but feel nostalgic, wishing certain privately owned stores and parts of town were still there instead of retail chains and McMansions. I'm not sure what exactly Bruce is singing about in this song, but I definitely was pumping this song in my iPod as I drove around.


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Build Extensibility with .NET Framework 4
With the release of .NET Framework 4 and Visual Studio 2010 comes MSBuild 4.0. Among the many great features in this version are new mechanisms to allow you (or your build lab) to extend the default build targets files with your own customizations. While some of this functionality did exist in previous versions, it has been made even easier and more powerful. This article will help you understand the new extensibility mechanisms and how they can be most effectively used. By way of example, we will show how to add entry points to the build system where you could perform source control operations and custom publishing of your outputs.
The Old Way
With versions of the .NET Framework prior to 4.0, the provided targets files included a variety of special targets which could be overridden to allow the running of additional targets. Let's look at the 'Build' target, located in the Microsoft.Common.targets file in your .NET Framework directory. That target declares several other targets as dependencies (i.e. targets which are required to run before it may execute.)
The 'Build' target declares its DependsOnTargets as coming from the $(BuildDependsOn) property group, which includes 'BeforeBuild', 'CoreBuild' and 'AfterBuild'. Thus, when the 'Build' target is invoked, MSBuild will ensure that the 'BeforeBuild', 'CoreBuild' and 'AfterBuild' targets are executed before any tasks are processed within the Build target. MSBuild will also guarantee that they the run in the order specified. If any of them had already run previously (and not skipped), those entries will be skipped. Thus, if 'CoreBuild' had already been executed by the time 'Build' was invoked, then 'BeforeBuild' and 'AfterBuild' would be invoked, in order, prior to executing the first task in 'Build'.
By default, the 'BeforeBuild' and 'AfterBuild' targets are empty. They serve as placeholders for user-defined targets in your own project files. The position of those targets is built into the default Microsoft.Common.targets (and other targets files with similar designs.) In this case, you can override 'BeforeBuild' or 'AfterBuild' in your project file, and when 'Build' is invoked, your version of 'BeforeBuild' or 'AfterBuild' will be invoked according to the rules above, providing your version of those targets is encountered after the original targets when the project file is parsed. This is based on the "last target definition wins" rule for targets in MSBuild – the last target that MSBuild parses with a given name will be the one which gets used during the build.
In our hypothetical source-control and publishing example, we might define our new targets as follows:
If you were to then build your project and specify a target of 'Build', you would see your source control operations occur first. Once the build was completed, you would see your new copying tasks execute.
Note there is a bit of naming confusion in looking at these targets. As you can see above, the 'Build' target doesn't really do anything other than specifyDependsOnTargets and a condition. Its whole purpose is to give you the ability to specify targets to run before and after 'CoreBuild', which does the real work. This works fine as far as it goes, but it suffers from a few drawbacks:
- The build system must have been authored with the extensibility points in place – in the example above, if 'Build' had not been authored to depend on 'BeforeBuild', there would have been no way to extend the system.
- You must implement the extensibility using a level of indirection (like the 'Build'/'CoreBuild' system above) if you intend to support an extensibility point afterthe target to be extended.
- Your own extensions cannot themselves be extended without doing the above.
In MSBuild 4.0, all of these caveats and restrictions have been eliminated.
The New Way: BeforeTargets and AfterTargets
We introduce two new attributes to the Target element in MSBuild. Consider a target 'X' with these attributes:
- BeforeTargets – Specifies a list of targets before which 'X' should run.
- AfterTargets –Specifies a list of targets after which 'X' should run.
These attributes both behave in exactly the opposite fashion from DependsOnTargets, in that another target's execution will trigger this target to execute, rather than this target's execution triggering another target. A simple example will illustrate how this works:
These attributes may not have been named as well as they could have been. Consider reading them as "RunBeforeTargets" and "RunAfterTargets". If you execute the 'Build' target, the 'GetSourceFiles' target will be executed first (that is, 'GetSourceFiles' runs before target 'Build'), and then after 'Build' is finished, the 'CopyOutputsForPublishing' target will execute ('CopyOutputsForPublishing' runs after target 'Build'). This mechanism can be used to extend any targets, including your own extensions. The following, for example, would be valid (and behave as expected):
Here your 'NotifyBuildIsStarting' target will execute, then 'GetSourceFiles', then 'Build', then 'CopyOutputsForPublishing'. Other combinations you might imagine will also work equally well. However, we found that there was a potential for significant confusion about how these three mechanisms interact with each other, so the next section will focus on that.
Details and Best Practices
One of the most frequently confused concepts we found when people were first given a chance to use BeforeTargets and AfterTargets was the issue of dependencies versus extensibility, and specifically how to use these mechanisms to enforce execution order.
When writing targets files, the author is primarily concerned with dependency ordering. That is, certain targets depend on certain other targets to run first. Importantly, the target which is being run must be able to specify that it requires those other dependency targets to be executed first, and that dependency will only be executed if the original target would execute. This strict dependency chain allows entire hierarchies of work to be described and controlled from a single target, and the entire hierarchy is known and understood when it is constructed. DependsOnTargets thus creates a static, design-time build hierarchy which MSBuild will turn into a run-time build order as the targets are executed.
Extensibility, on the other hand, is concerned with inserting new behaviors into an existing hierarchy. When BeforeTargets and AfterTargets are specified, they do not imply any dependency ordering. For instance, if 'GetSourceFiles' specifies a BeforeTargets of 'Build', this does not mean that 'GetSourceFiles' must run in order for 'Build' to run. Instead, it means that at the point where 'Build' would run, execute 'GetSourceFiles' first. The dependency hierarchy which already existed is unaffected, so targets specified by DependsOnTargets will still run if they would have before. Therefore, BeforeTargets and AfterTargetsalter run-time build ordering and do not themselves create or modify the build hierarchy.
Differences to DependsOnTargets
The biggest difference to DependsOnTargets in the behavior of BeforeTargets and AfterTargets is how the condition expression of the original target affects the running of the extension target. If target 'Build' specifies a DependsOnTargets of 'GetSourceFiles', the 'GetSourceFiles' target will not run if the condition of the 'Build' target evaluates to false. However, if you create a target 'GetSourceFiles' with BeforeTargets specifying 'Build', 'GetSourceFiles' will execute even if the condition on 'Build' evaluates as false. In this way, BeforeTargets and AfterTargets provide a way to unconditionally insert your extensions into an existing system. Of course you can still use conditions on the extension target itself to control its execution as necessary.
DependsOnTargets allows you to specify multiple targets, and those will be run in the order specified. So you can use that combined with BeforeTargets to ensure any combination of targets runs in the order specified before the target you are extending. Specifying multiple targets in the BeforeTargets attribute doesn't work the same way though – instead it just means that your target should run before any of the targets you have specified would execute. TheAfterTargets attribute has the same behavior except that your extension target will run after any of the specified targets would run.
BeforeTargets and AfterTargets allow you to specify targets which do not exist. This may be useful if you are creating a set of extension targets which are conveniently packaged in a single file but which may be applied to different kinds of projects with different targets. And, while you may use normal MSBuild expressions, such as property and item expressions to create your list of targets for BeforeTargets and AfterTargets, those expressions are evaluated only once when your project is loaded. This differs from DependsOnTargets which is evaluated at the time the target is run. Therefore you cannot use run-time mechanisms to generate values for these attributes.
Best Practices for Controlling Build Order
Understanding how ordering works between BeforeTargets, AfterTargets and DependsOnTargets is best illustrated by example. Consider the following:
The ordering of 'CleanSourceTree' and 'GetSourceFiles' relative to 'Build' is guaranteed (that is to say both 'CleanSourceTree' and 'GetSourceFiles' will in fact run before 'Build') but there is no guarantee of ordering between 'GetSourceFiles' and 'CleanSourceTree' (and wouldn't it be embarrassing to get your source files then immediately clear them before you build)! If you want to guarantee ordering, use a combination of DependsOnTargets with BeforeTargets. For instance, if you want 'CleanSourceTree' to run before 'GetSourceFiles', and both to run before 'Build', you would do the following:
Looked at another way, 'GetSourceFiles' is your root extension target, and you use BeforeTargets to place it at a run-time location within the execution order of the project you are extending. You then build your own dependency hierarchy using DependsOnTargets.
Why not use BeforeTargets here instead of DependsOnTargets? The reason is that we are expressing a dependency here, not extending the build order. For example, if 'GetSourceFiles' is set up such that it will not execute if the source tree is up to date, then we certainly wouldn't want 'CleanSourceTree' to execute first, because it would delete our sources. With BeforeTargets, 'CleanSourceTree' would execute even if 'GetSourceFiles' skips. But with DependsOnTargets, 'CleanSourceTree' will never run if 'GetSourceFiles' is authored to skip when there is no work to do.
AfterTargets work the same way, so you must use DependsOnTargets to guarantee the run-order of your extension targets relative to each other. For instance, if you have two targets, 'CopyOutputsForPublishing' and 'PackageOutputFiles' which are supposed to run after 'Build', but you want 'CopyOutputsForPublishing' to run before 'PackageOutputFiles', you would use the same mechanism at the last example:
It is perfectly legitimate to specify both BeforeTargets and AfterTargets on the same target, though the effect will likely be the same as just specifyingBeforeTargets unless for some reason your target may skip the first time.
In summary, BeforeTargets and AfterTargets provide a new, powerful way for you to extend existing build systems without directly modifying them. They provide a mechanism independent of the structure of the original project for you to insert your behaviors while retaining the original mechanisms used to guarantee ordering between your extensions.
Cliff Hudson
Visual Studio Platform
MSBuild Developer


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In an area surrounded by mountains, finding a way through or over them has been an important element of the area's history. In the early days of European settlement finding pathways over mountains was an arduous task, until the technology required to build mountain passes and roads became available. There are many mountain passes in the Overberg area, but one of the most well-known is the Tradouw Pass which means "Women's Path" in the language of the indigenous Khoi people who lived in the area for hundreds of years before European settlement.
The Tradouw Pass connects the Overberg region with Barrydale and the Swartland and is considered one of South Africa's most scenic mountain passes. A 17km pass on the R324 road, the pass winds through the Langeberg Mountains, first past the village of Suurbraak if you are approaching the pass from Swellendam or Heidelberg. From the town of Swellendam, the pass is about a half an hour's drive away from the town and easily accessible as a day trip to and from Barrydale if you are staying in the town or surrounds.
The pass was built by pioneering engineer Thomas Bain, who built many other passes in the Western Cape and in South Africa. In 1858, farmers had requested that a pass be built in order to be able to be able to sell their produce easily at Port Beaufort which was the harbour town at the mouth of Breede River - at the time an important area for trade. In 1867, funds were approved and Bain was appointed to build the pass with the help of 300 convicts. The pass was originally named the Southey Pass but locals preferred the current name and it has stuck ever since.
Considered one of the best passes in terms of engineering, the pass has many viewpoints over the Buffeljags River with many rock pools and waterfalls. Interesting things to look out for while going through the pass are some Anglo-Boer War blockhouses and various examples of indigenous flora such as aloes and endemic fynbos species. Although not easily visible from a car, there are also a number of rock paintings in caves in and around the pass which reflect the lives of the early inhabitants of the area after which the pass is named.


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If you love sushi but sometimes struggle to eat using chopsticks then the revelation in this next video is something you're surely going to love.
The video, created by Food Beast, shows you how to eat sushi like a sensei and debunks the age old myth that sushi should be eating using chopsticks.
It's actually perfectly fine and often seen as a more suitable way to eat sushi in Japan using your hands, this allows perfect grip on what you're eating and also a more precise dip into the trusty soy sauce.
As you can see from the video, sushi should be dipped fish first into any condiments and also placed that way on the tongue.
You'll never eat sushi the same way again.


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1. Click Reports on the navigation bar and select Report By Products
2. Use the filters to filter the Stores, Sale Sources etc. It gives you a brief overview of top selling product by value and by quantity.
For example: If you wanted to know the top selling product through Swiggy, then you can select Swiggy in Sale Sources, required store in Stores field (optional, if report required for particular store) and select the date range (if required for a particular date range. By default, system provides the report for previous 1 week) . Click refresh to generate the required report.
3. Report by Products gives the detailed distribution of Products based on Sections in Percentage as well as Amount
Scroll to the bottom to view complete product list with the number of quantities sold. Click on export to download the report for further analysis
NOTE: Click on Qty's to arrange the selling products in number of quantities sold wise (ascending / descending order)


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$649—$799 1—2 bed 6111 Allisonville Rd, Indianapolis IN, 46220
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6111 Allisonville Rd, Allisonville, Indianapolis, 46220
Commute to Downtown Indianapolis
The rent at A/62 Apartments ranges from $649 for a one bedroom to a $799 two bedroom. Apartments in this building are about 17% less expensive than the Allisonville average. This is a pet-friendly apartment.
This apartment is in the Allisonville neighborhood in Indianapolis.
A/62 Apartments has a Walk Score of 45 out of 100. This location is a Car-Dependent neighborhood so most errands require a car.
Formerly Villa Paree. A/62 is located in a quiet residential neighborhood on the northeast side of Indianapolis, Indiana. Enjoy being just minutes from Broad Ripple Village, Glendale's newly renovated mall, the Monon Trail, downtown and I-465. Whether you're looking for shopping, dining, recreation or proximity to work, it's all right here. A/62 is located in one of Indy's most vibrant and established neighborhoods. Recreational opportunities and entertainment are at your doorstep. Let us show you all there is to love about A/62.
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Allisonville, Indianapolis, 46220
Most errands require a car.
A few nearby public transportation options.
Flat as a pancake, excellent bike lanes.
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Villa Paree apartments in Indianapolis, Indiana offer spacious one-, two-, and three-bedroom floorplans. Located in one of Indy's most vibrant and established neighborhoods, recreational opportunities and entertainment are at your doorstep.
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4750 N CENTRAL Avenue, B12
Phoenix, AZ 85012
1 beds | 1 baths | 702 sqft
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Property Description
Spectacular vies from this unit, Super sharp unit on the 12th floor, facing south and east, The Landmark Towers Condominiums is located by the light rail system, West of Central Ave and South of Camelback Rd , views of downtown and south mountain skyline. This unit has a 1 car garage parking space included with it. Close to everything....
Contract Information
Status Change Date: 2020-07-08
List Price: $129,900
Status: Active
Current Price: $129,900
List Date: 2020-07-07
Ownership: Condominium
Location, Tax & Legal
Map Code/Grid: P34
House Number: 4750
Compass: N
Street Name: CENTRAL
St Suffix: Avenue
Unit #: B12
City/Town Code: Phoenix
State/Province: AZ
Zip Code: 85012
Zip4: 1717
Country: USA
County Code: Maricopa
Assessor Number: 155-28-308
Subdivision: LANDMARK TOWERS CONDOMINIUM
Taxes: 818
General Property Description
Dwelling Type: Apartment Style/Flat
Dwelling Styles: Stacked
Exterior Stories: 1
# of Interior Levels: 1
# Bedrooms: 1
# Bathrooms: 1
Approx SQFT: 702
Price/SqFt: 185.04
Horses: N
Builder Name: unknown
Year Built: 1963
Approx Lot SqFt: 649
Approx Lot Acres: 0.015
Pool: Community Only
Elementary School: Montecito Community School
Jr. High School: Osborn Middle School
High School: Central High School
Elem School Dist #: 008 - Osborn Elementary District
High School Dist #: 210 - Phoenix Union High School District
Remarks & Misc
Directions: South on Central Ave to the first High Rise Building on the west side, Drive way is at the sign on right hand side. Park, walk around garage entry on sidewalk to the front lobby, go to lock box room.
Geo Lat: 33.507143
Geo Lon: -112.074393
Legal Info
Township: 2N
Range: 3E
Section: 20
Lot Number: 12B
Association & Fees
HOA Transfer Fee: 400
HOA Fee: 515.56
HOA Paid (Freq): Monthly
HOA Name: Landmark HOA
HOA Telephone: 480-551-4300
HOA Prop Man Co Name: First Service Res
PAD Fee Y/N: N
Cap Imprv/Impact Fee: 1031.00
Cap Impv/Impt Fee$/%: $
Land Lease Fee Y/N: N
Rec Center Fee Y/N: N
Ttl Mthly Fee Equiv: 515.56
Basement Y/N: N
Separate Den/Office
Sep Den/Office Y/N: N
Parking Spaces
Garage Spaces: 1
Total Covered Spaces: 1
Property Features
Special Listing Cond: Lender Owned/REO; Owner Occupancy Req
Add'l Property Use: None
Architecture: Contemporary
Building Style: High Rise
Master Bathroom: Full Bth Master Bdrm
Fireplace: No Fireplace
Flooring: Carpet; Tile
Pool - Private: No Pool
Spa: None
Community Features: Clubhouse/Rec Room; Coin-Op Laundry; Community Laundry; Community Pool; Community Pool Htd; Community Spa; Community Spa Htd; Gated Community; Guarded Entry; Near Bus Stop; Near Light Rail Stop
Dining Area: Eat-in Kitchen
Kitchen Features: Range/Oven Elec; Disposal; Dishwasher
Laundry: None
Other Rooms: Great Room
Features: Vaulted Ceiling(s); Elevator; No Interior Steps
Technology: Cable TV Avail; HighSpd Intrnt Aval
Exterior Features: Covered Patio(s); Balcony/Deck(s)
Parking Features: Community Structure; Gated Parking
Construction: Slump Block; Other (See Remarks)
Const - Finish: Painted
Roofing: Other (See Remarks)
Cooling: Refrigeration
Heating: Electric Heat
Utilities: Oth Elec (See Rmrks)
Water: City Water
Sewer: Sewer - Public
Services: City Services
Fencing: None
Property Description: City Light View(s); Mountain View(s)
Landscaping: None
Possession: Close of Escrow
Unit Style: All on One Level
Association Fee Incl: Exterior Mnt of Unit; Roof Repair; Roof Replacement; Front Yard Maint; Street Maint
Assoc Rules/Info: Prof Managed
Existing 1st Loan: Treat as Free&Clear
New Financing: Cash
Disclosures: Agency Discl Req
Listing Office: American Scene Real Estate
Last Updated: November - 20 - 2020
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i made this card for the Stamptacular Sunday Challenge #61; Life's a Beach! I only have one set of Summer/Beach Stamps here, and all other related stamps are on the way from Guam (US territory), the tropical island i lived for 10 years... i miss that island & weather very much, and of course, a year in Hawaii also... i can make summer/beach/under the water/ocean cards anytime, all year around!!!
Monday, May 31, 2010
Life's a Beach!
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Labels: Any Occasion, Beach, Inkadinkado, Ocean, Summer
Pink with Green & Brown Challenge
I made this card for Simon Says Challenge; Pink (or blue) with Green & Brown challenge. The stamp is from Hero Arts, 2010. I used MS's border punch, for both sides to make a lace strip. I'm attaching the pic. i took at nearby flower shop, a short time before i found this stamp, and i thought i had to get it when i saw it in the stamp store!! :-)
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Labels: Any Occasion, Hero Arts, Hydrangea
What's Cooking??... on Memorial day...
Happy Memorial Day! This card is for What's Cooking Challenge from the Corrosive Challenge, #66. Again, it was at the right timing for me to make & upload this card - cook out and Red, White, Blue!
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Labels: food, Fourth of July, Stampendous
Saturday, May 29, 2010
House mouse RAK to my friend
cuz the little birdie told me that she was under the weather, and i wanted to cheer her up, with this cute funny faces! :-) and she asked me how i did on the sky, the sun peeking out from the clouds. I used Masking technique. I have a Cloud punch, and i punched them out. I used repositional glue, to attach those clouds on the card stock first, and stamped the sun over the punched out clouds. Then i did sponging to apply blue to make the sky. After it was done, i took those clouds off from the card stock. I also used glossy accent on ice cubes & lemons. It doesn't show well on the pic.... i was very happy to find that ribbon, great match to this image!! and it was just a dollar! ;-)
Posted by Eve at 9:59 PM 2 comments:
Labels: Any Occasion, Beach, Fruits, House Mouse, Summer
Stamptacular Sunday challenge #60 - Pearls & Swirls
i have only a couple of hours left to post for this challenge, and i made it! :-) I stamped Swirls on Acetate using Staz On. I handtored the Water designed paper, to make a wave. I just luv to make Summer/Ocean/Beach cards!!!
Posted by Eve at 9:19 PM 1 comment:
Labels: Acetate sheets, Any Occasion, Beach, Inkadinkado, Ocean, Summer
House Mouse challenge #70 - Farewell, Goodbye
Posted by Eve at 7:07 PM 8 comments:
Labels: America, Farewell, House Mouse, patriotic
Thursday, May 20, 2010
Lovely as a Tree Challenge!
This card is for "Challenge #59 for Stamputacular Sunday Challenge", and the theme is "TREE"! And of course, me, missing "PALM TREE" a lot (even i'm now surrounded by so many trees in the mountains...), i had to make this card :-) It's hard to see but all stamped images were heat embossed.
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Labels: Any Occasion, Inkadinkado, Tropical
Monday, May 10, 2010
Birthday cards for Men & an extra!
First card is for Hockey player & fan, and the second card is for an older man. This was the fisrt time i used Jolee's boutique stickers on the card. The skate is a stamp. Inside of the second card, I stamped "Aged to perfection"! The additional card (the 3rd one) is the similar design, made it for another older lady, but it's 3-d on wine glass & wine bottle, and gave a glitter on "happy birthday". I enjoyed coloring wine cards, with watercolor pencils.
Posted by Eve at 9:17 PM 1 comment:
Labels: Birthday, drinks, Fiskars, food, Hockey, Inkadinkado, Masculine, Stampabilities
Mother's day cards
First one is for my mother, and 2nd one is for my godmother. I also put the same white shiney card stock inside, to stamp "happy mother's day" in red, and heat embosssed. Hope everybody had a nice mother's day yesterday! :-)
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Labels: Hero Arts, Lace, Mother's Day, Stampin' Up
Sunday, May 2, 2010
The Play Date Cafe Challenge - PDCC #27
When i saw these colors of this week's challenge, it reminded me of Guam right away... Guam is a tropical paradise & US territory in the Pacific. The island is just gorgeous!! These 3 color combination reminds me of White Sand, blue sky, and blue/emerald green (or this case, light minty green) ocean. Also i remembered i bought this ribbon, the color of blue & green, wanting to use for Ocean/beach themed cards, so here they are! And i didn't use any other colors than those 3 colors !! :-) A bit of explanation on the cards here. I used Vellum on the front, and on underneath CS, i did embossing. And that's why it's a bit fuzzy looking, but toned the white embossing down, to make the color, more "off white".
I luv "color theme challenges" but unfortunately my old digital camera doesn't show the actual colors very well...:-( someday, hopefully i'll be able to buy a better camera... also, i realized these CHALLENGE becomes a big CHALLENGE since i don't have all my stamping supplies here... but i'll do my best :-)
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Former City Councilor – Former Mayor – Former LRTA Executive Director Bob Maguire passed away yesterday. I was very fortunate to get to know Bob a little over the past couple years.
He loved Lowell, his family and his friends. He had a twinkle in his eyes and a big smile and it allowed him to gain friends in age from 7 to 70. He loved talking politics both local and national, Lowell and US history and golf.
Bob was a gentleman who had so many talents, besides politics, he was an avid golfer, earning the nickname Shooter, a published writer , enjoyed Saratoga, his adopted state of Florida, the mountains of New Hampshire, walking at Veterans Park in Dracut and celebrating life with his family and friends. Bob held court at his son Mikes place Maguire's in Dracut where he became family to so many.
Bob was a great resource and sounding board when I ran for School Committee. My condolences to his family and many many friends.
I think Bob would appreciate me sharing these political memories:
1968 – Bob Maguire was elected mayor on the first ballot with 6 votes to 3 for Tom Crowley.
Ed Early, Tom Crowley, Sam Pollard, John Cox, Richard Howe, Bob Maguire, Ellen Sampson, Ray Gilbride, Armand LeMay
1980 – Bob Maguire was elected mayor on the third ballot, defeating Sam Pollard who had received Maguire's vote on the first ballot.
Armand LeMay, Richard Howe, Ed Kennedy, Ray Rourke, Bob Maguire, Brendan Fleming, Sam Pollard, Ray Lord, Tom Casey


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The Me, Myself and Eye game that allows you to explore different settings and learn about living with vision impairment.
For Educators
Find lesson plans and suggested children's activities that link to the Australian Curriculum.
About Me, Myself and Eye
Me, Myself and Eye is an interactive educational resource on childhood vision impairment for Australian children, their families, schools and the community.
Me, Myself and Eye is an online game and educational resource where children can explore different settings, experience different images and learn about the unique tools and equipment that children with a vision impairment use to assist them at home, school and in the community. It was designed to provide children, with and without a vision impairment, their families and educators with information and knowledge in a fun, interactive and accessible way.
Vision impairment is a low incidence disability. Students with vision impairment are often the only student with vision impairment at their school. The impact of vision impairment is often not explicit to other children. For example, children can have a degree of awareness that a child in their local community has vision impairment however, what "vision impairment" actually means is often poorly understood.
Due to the low incidence nature of childhood vision impairment there is a need for families, peers, teachers and other people involved in the child's education and care to access educational resources that promote the inclusion, independence and participation of children with vision impairment in their communities.
This website has been developed by VisAbility and the project was funded by a Commonwealth grant from the Non-Government Centre Support (NGCS) which VisAbility gratefully acknowledges.


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Pyramex V2 Readers Safety Glasses
Have you looked endlessly for a safety glass that is comfortable, stylish, and has the bifocal strength you need? Well, look no further! The Pyramex V2 Reader is a popular bifocal safety glass that is comfortable, stylish, and features a wide range of bifocal strengths. Yes, even the one you need! It also has a variety of lens color options for outdoor and indoor applications and a curved lens design that provides full side protection, eliminating the need for side shields.


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Summer 2012, instead of coming up 1 day of every session; So-Gnar is taking over Woodward at Copper for a whole session! That's right whoever is a part of session #2 will get to hang out with the So-Gnar crew all week including Pat Milbery! If you're looking for a good session to go to, sign up for ours because things are gonna get wild and it's a one-of-a-kind session. You know we're gonna bring a lot of energy so be prepared for the most fun week of the summer. With sponsors such as Red Bull, Never Summer, Coalatree, Pow gloves, and Boardpusher. Thanks Plutonium for hooking it up with the freshest paint on the market!
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With our online application you can convert your PDF into a digital flippingbook with realistic pageflip effect. (Approx. 15 minutes to convert 100 pages)
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Seat Leon X-Perience offers driving fun whichever route you choose
The most beautiful estate car in its class is ready to hit new places.
The new SEAT Leon X-PERIENCE with permanent four-wheel drive and all-road equipment offers driving fun whichever route you choose.
The newest member of the Leon line-up combines emotional design with state-of-the-art technology, as well as optimum usability with surprising versatility. For an exceptionally high level of performance and safety, there are the powerful and efficient TDI and TSI engines with up to 135 kW / 184 PS, latest-generation all-wheel drive and a full array of state-of-the-art assistance systems. The Leon X-PERIENCE will be available from SEAT dealerships as of autumn 2014.
The new Leon X-PERIENCE completes SEAT's highly successful Leon range. Alongside the dynamic two-door Leon SC, the elegant four-door Leon, the versatile Leon ST estate and the high-performance athlete Leon CUPRA, the Leon X-PERIENCE is the perfect companion for an individual, varied and active lifestyle. And, of course, all of this comes with the typical SEAT features of exceptional quality and outstanding value for money.
"The new Leon X-PERIENCE interprets our emotional design language in a whole new way. This functional aesthetic, this elegant robustness and safety shows openness to new ideas. We maintain the youthful spirit with a distinctive feel for the practical things in life," says Jürgen Stackmann, President of SEAT S.A. "The Leon X-PERIENCE is the perfect fit for SEAT. As the next step in our brand strategy, it will expand and consolidate the great success achieved by the Leon."
The Leon X-PERIENCE is based on the Leon ST and shares its emotional design, exceptional dynamics and versatile everyday usability. With its electronically controlled four-wheel drive, its all-road suspension with extra ground clearance, its distinctive off-road look and individual interior, it offers an added dimension of driving fun.
"The new Leon X-PERIENCE is a true all-rounder and a genuine all-road vehicle. With its latest-generation permanent all-wheel drive, it has virtually no limitations and will bring you wherever you want to go – on tarmac or gravel, in sun, rain or snow. The Leon X-PERIENCE guarantees emotional driving fun and the best possible usability. It demonstrates its superior dynamics in every situation, with absolutely no restriction to comfort or variability," says Neil Dalton, Head of Marketing & Product SEAT Ireland. "Plus, the Leon X-PERIENCE offers outstanding safety thanks to its superb traction, excellent brakes and integrated assistance systems, which extend all the way to ACC automatic cruise control with Front Assist and the emergency braking function."
SEAT is the only company in its sector with the full-range capacity to design, develop, manufacture and market cars in Spain. A member of the Volkswagen Group, the multinational has its headquarters in Martorell (Barcelona), exporting more than 80% of its vehicles, and is present in more than 75 countries. In 2013 SEAT achieved a business volume of 6,473 million euros, the highest figure in its history, with worldwide sales of 355,000 units.
SEAT Group employs 13,500 professionals at its three production centres – Barcelona, El Prat de Llobregat and Martorell, where it manufactures the highly successful Ibiza and Leon, amongst other models. Additionally, the company produces the Alhambra in Palmela (Portugal), the Mii in Bratislava (Slovakia) and the Toledo in Mladá Boleslav (Czech Republic).
The Spanish multinational also has a Technical Center, a 'knowledge hub', bringing together more than 900 engineers whose goal is to be the driving force behind innovation for the number one industrial investor in R&D in Spain. In line with its declared commitment to environmental protection, SEAT undertakes and bases its core activity on sustainability, namely reduction of CO2 emissions, energy efficiency, as well as recycling and re-use of resources.


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Innovation's Unexpected Return to States
The laboratories of democracy have reopened after the recession. But they're not delivering the results that most experts have been conditioned to expect from them.
As I was saying in my last Assessments column -- well, all right, that was more than three years ago, and I don't expect you to remember every detail -- so here's what I said: There are times when states seem to be at the center of innovation in American government, and times when they are so immersed in problems of all kinds that most of them seem barely able to keep afloat. There are also times when dysfunction in Washington appears to leave them as mere pawns in a chaotically imbalanced federal system.
A little history might serve to make things clearer.
When the first issue of this magazine was published in 1987, states were in good fiscal shape and more innovative than they had been in years. They were taking the lead in dealing with myriad domestic issues that Washington had failed to address.
Read the May issue of Governing magazine.
President Ronald Reagan hadn't devolved power to the states in the way he had promised to do, but the states didn't seem particularly fazed by that. In 1988, journalist David Osborne came out with his widely publicized book "Laboratories of Democracy," arguing that states had claimed the historic role as innovators that U.S. Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis had once marked out for them.
The era of self-confident state government actually lasted quite a while after that. Despite a pair of moderately severe recessions at the start of the 1990s and the 2000s, states remained the fulcrum of public policy experiment in America for the better part of two decades. While Washington found itself mired in what now seems like proto-gridlock, and did next to nothing across a whole range of policy areas from health care to energy, states were willing to tackle tough problems, or at least try. For example, governors from both parties and every region of the country were experimenting with novel economic development programs and coming up with new ideas for handling their welfare burden. Washington copied the states on welfare; it didn't lead them.
Then came the Great Recession, and the modern era of state confidence seemed to come to an end virtually overnight.
When I wrote about the subject early in 2010, the outlook for states appeared to be bleaker than it had been in decades. Virtually every state government in the country faced fiscal insolvency. Their estimated shortfall was a combined $170 billion in that fiscal year, and $120 billion in the next. Some were up against budget holes equal to a quarter of their general fund; thousands of public workers were being laid off, and many thousands more were being furloughed.
Given that situation, I landed on the states rather hard. "The bottom line," I wrote, "is that it may be unrealistic to consider states major innovators in public policy any time in this decade … the 'laboratories of democracy' will be closed, or at least inactive, for quite a while." I now believe that prediction missed the mark, albeit in a rather peculiar way.
Whatever one may think about the actions that states have taken since the depths of the recession, one has to start by acknowledging that they are, for the most part, solvent. The majority of them have returned to a condition of fiscal stability more quickly than most observers were expecting three years ago. The way they have accomplished this hasn't been pretty. Nevertheless, it has happened.
As states began their budget drafting a couple of months ago for the upcoming fiscal year, a majority faced only modest shortfalls that they could resolve without a great deal of stress or delay. Some lucky ones, such as Florida, Indiana and Iowa, have had the luxury of debating what to do with a significant surplus. Only a few remaining laggards, such as Nevada and Rhode Island, are heading into fiscal 2014 still battling the kind of painful decisions that have confronted them since the recession began.
Indeed, state revenues as a whole are nearly back to where they were in the pre-recession year of 2007. But those simple numbers mask a much larger truth: States simply aren't making budgetary decisions the way they did five years ago. The gradually recovering revenues are being targeted to Medicaid, tax cuts, pension contributions, debt service and relatively few other categories. Social service agencies, public safety and some areas of education have been reduced to levels of state funding that make them qualitatively different enterprises from the ones they were in 2010.
California, as always, is a good choice to trot out as Exhibit A. Earlier this year, Gov. Jerry Brown announced with pride that after years of massive deficits, the state would actually project a modest surplus next year, thanks in large part to the tax increases approved by California voters in November. But the balanced budget was at least as much the product of sustained reductions in traditional state spending programs as it was of tax increases -- an impulse to cut that has been built into California budgeting ever since the recession started. Between 2008 and 2012, California reduced its overall state spending by 16 percent. By 2012, the state was at the lowest level of spending, as a share of the overall state economy, that it had seen since the early 1970s. Even so, Brown's administration began 2012 by whacking another $1 billion from the state budget, mostly in money for schools, the disabled, public libraries and prisons.
One might assume that the sales and property tax increase approved at the polls might result in a substantial restoration of the cuts suffered by the hardest-hit spending categories over the past five years. But no sooner had Brown's Proposition 30 won voter approval in November than the governor began proclaiming that there would be no spending binge aimed at using the added revenues to restore the fiscal priorities of the years prior to the recession. The losers of the austerity years would have to live with most of their losses in the years to come.
No other state deals in numbers as large as California's, but most of them are in roughly the same position as they debate and approve their budgets for fiscal 2014. Schools will recoup some of the cutbacks of the 2008-2012 years. But most other components of the social service state will regain very little ground, if any at all.
It is a revolution that sometimes reveals itself only in very small pieces. But it's a revolution nonetheless. Arizona is spending 10 percent less on classroom education than it did three years ago. South Carolina cut its mental health budget by 39 percent between 2009 and 2012. New Hampshire reduced its higher education budget by 36 percent over a comparable period. All those states are likely to increase spending amounts to some degree this year. But it would be foolishness to suppose that the bulk of the losses will be made good in the short or even the medium term.
We are seeing dramatic change in the scope and commitments of state government. We are seeing change that may well, in many cases, be permanent. But is it a matter of simple social service stinginess, or is it, in some meaningful sense, innovation?
It depends, of course, on how you choose to define "innovation." If you are the breadwinner in a Kansas family who has grown accustomed to receiving a subsidy to help save for college tuition, you may not be inclined to regard its proposed elimination this year as an example of innovation. The education subsidy is a tiny piece of the sweeping social spending cuts that Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback and his legislative supporters have promoted as a way to pay for a plan that will gradually reduce the state income tax until, the governor hopes, the tax can be phased out completely. Brownback's plan will cost the state billions of dollars over the next decade unless, as its supply-side supporters insist, the reduced rates generate so much economic growth that they will pay for themselves in a relatively few years. That remains a highly debatable proposition.
But if you are a Tea Party Republican, or even just a frustrated taxpayer convinced that high rates on income have hurt the middle class and driven away business opportunities, you are likely to see what Kansas has done as something much different -- a grand experiment.
The truth is that promoters of state innovation have tended to view it in a particular way: as a commitment of economic resources to such substantial categories as infrastructure, education and a variety of programs aimed at lifting poor people into the middle class. By that standard, state government since 2011 has been stuck in a stagnant time, one in which social stinginess has been driven not only by national recession but also by a conservative zeal to remake the welfare state into an ever-smaller part of life at the state level.
But there is no denying that the past few years have seen extraordinary events in state government -- massive reductions in the income tax; a rewriting of the labor compact between states and their public workers; a gradual redirection of education funds toward private or quasi-private institutions; an increased willingness of state political leaders to challenge or even repudiate policies handed down from Washington.
Personally, I do not agree with much of what has been done. But the states have been innovating. Some of them have been innovating like mad. The laboratories of democracy are open these days; they just have not been delivering the results that most students of public policy have been conditioned to expect from them.
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From where you are things may seem quiet here at DZ, but the post-In It Together Fest hiatus is over and there are quite a few fun things in the works. Another batch of releases has been confirmed with the hopes of getting most of them out before the end of the year, but there will be more on that in the near future. The Sister Polygon Jamboree has come and gone, Fields Festival flew by in the blink of an eye, and now the next live event on the docket that's sure to be a sweat-soaked good time is coming up September 4 at The Dougout. Boston rockers Krill will be joined by Baltimore's Et Al. in addition to local favorites The Effects and Two Inch Astronaut. Click the flyer below for more details:
DZ alum have been hard at work lately creating a wide variety of new sounds for your listening pleasure. Find a comfy groove in your seat and take a look + listen at some of the cool things that've been coming out recently:
"Old Ways" single by Pool Holograph
"Bread & Silver Water" EP by It Is Rain In My Face.
"Forest Moon" EP by Seabright
Wondering Sound interviews Adam Torres on music sharing and the drudgery of self-promotion in independent music.
"The Wrong Way" music video by Terror Bird
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The first ever In It Together Fest is in the rearview mirror, and I want to give a special thank you for all the love and support we received from everyone who came out, performed, volunteered, hosted and generally made the weekend one to remember - we couldn't have done it without you! There was some great documentation taken at most of the events, so here are some of the primo photos for your enjoyment plus a very special video featuring one very brave conceptual food artist from the Ryan Troy Ford Memorial Performance Arts Collective jumping over a 50 gallon bathtub of delicious homemade ramen noodles on a dirtbike at a skate park under a bridge (yes, you read that right).
The Effects (courtesy of Brazier)
Loud Boyz (courtesy of Andrade)
Loud Boyz (courtesy of Brazier)
ACME (courtesy of Brazier)
Baby Bry Bry (courtesy of Andrade)
Jail Solidarity (courtesy of Brazier)
Jebiotto (courtesy of Bezruchko)
The Public (courtesy of Andrade)
State Lines (courtesy of Brazier)
Meridian (courtesy of Brazier)
BRNDA (courtesy of Andrade)
Mannequin Pussy (courtesy of Sharon)
Hold Tight! (courtesy of Brazier)
Pree (courtesy of Brazier)
Teen Mom (courtesy of Stephanie)
What Moon Things (courtesy of Andrade)
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Saturday – Day 87 from seed, day 45 of bloom…
Yesterday as I was opening the the tent to inspect the plants I noticed a piece of debris on a leaf of the frontmost plant. On closer inspection I realized it was a dried, fully bloomed & detached male flower.
I carefully extracted the pollen factory with a drop of soapy water & a cotton swab. At all outward appearances I couldn't find any signs of male flowers on any of the plants. A few seeds starting on Low-Right (one of the small sativa-like ones), but not much else. If you see one male flower there are others! But where?
Sunday – Day 88 from seed, day 46 of bloom…
Sadly this morning, during the reservoir change, my girlfriend discovered that Top-Right, the second sativa-like plant was spotted with seeds throughout its right side. Though I could find no male flowers on her, or any of the others, I decided to pull her. I theorized, based on the seed disbursal pattern as the plants on the left showed seeding only on 2 clusters (the two nearest Top-Right), that Top-Right was the pollinator. It's really sad because she was the most trichome coated of the group and was just at least 3 weeks out from primetime.
As to the others, best we can hope, based on a close inspection, is that they are fine.
Most of the buds on Top-Left appear nearly mature, a week, two tops to harvest, trichomes are clouding up, there are a few seeds on 2 smaller tops.
Low-Right has obvious seeds forming, not too bad though, she's still 3-4 weeks away from harvest.
Low-Left is plugging away, doing the bees she can with her cramped space, no seeds found on her. 2-3 weeks tops till she's prime.
Top-Mid, consists of 1 main top, 1 smaller top and small lower clusters, 2-3 weeks tops till she's prime.
Top-RIght was my favorite all along, but I had to cull her as she was seeded & a pollinator.


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This is a practical based course where you will learn the theoretical and practical skills of using Kettlebells. Kettlebells are known as one of the most versatile pieces of training apparatus. Being qualified as a Kettlebell instructor will enable you to instruct a wide range of different resistance based exercises with your clients. Kettlebells can be used to improves cardiovascular fitness, strength, power and all over body composition.
Entry Requirement - Level 2 Fitness Instruction
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This high impact course is aimed at fitness instructors and personal trainers that are seeking to up skill and gain greater knowledge and application of Kettlebell training.
Upon completion of this course you will be able to host Kettlebell classes and safely apply Kettlebells to your clients training programmes.
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Patz is pleased to reintroduce the 8000 High Performance Vertical Pit Pump to our line of manure handling equipment.
The 8000 High Performance Vertical Pit Pump is ideal for agitating below-ground liquid manure storage pits and for loading liquid manure spreaders. The vertical pit pump can be permanently installed on a stationary base, or mounted on a 2-point hitch with hydraulics to allow tilting.
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The pump is available in four lengths (measured from top of the pit cover to the pit floor/sump): 6, 8, 10, or 12 feet. The pump's 8-inch pipe offers fast loading for distances up to 350 feet. AR-400 abrasion resisting steel components ensure a long lifespan.
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best laid plans
So Sunday I mentioned that I had plans for the next 6 nights, well I didn't do anything last night and I may stay home tonight. I didn't back out on anyone though. I just decided not to go to the events I thought I might. But for sure I'm going out tomorrow during the day and out Thursday, Friday, Saturday nights and Sunday day. Tomorrow I have to get my car inspected and get the dogs their food and review a vegan restaurant, so I can write my Examiner.com article. Thursday and Saturday night's plans I can't back out of and the weather is supposed to so nice Friday that I will definitely attend Trolley night. So I guess my plans for next 6 nights really starts tonight – and it's 5, not 6. No worries, that's the beauty of doing what I want when I want.


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Is it too late for leaf crafts? Nah, never too late!
This is one of those super easy crafts that I so love. The fact that it helps with fine motor skills, too, is just a happy bonus!
We used:
- Craft foam (construction paper would work just as well)
- Gems (ours came from OrientalTrading.com)
- Glitter glue (courtesy of CraftProjectIdeas.com)
Pretty self-explainatory, but bear with me. I cut out some leaf-y shapes ahead of time, in autumn colors (to go with the season, of course!). Then I scrounged around in the craft supplies to find something to decorate them with and came up the lovely jewels that were just perfect.
Between squeezing on the glitter glue and placing those gems in place, this is a wonderful fine motor activity. I also love that there is no wrong way to do it - it's going to look lovely no matter what unique design you add.


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Question: My question involves an injury that occurred in the state of: Illinois. I was rear ended two days ago and the other driver is assuming full liability. I was restrained but my passenger was not. My passenger sustained neck injuries. My passenger wants to sue my insurance company. I was researching and planning to switch insurance companies before the accident. Is the passenger's claim invalid because he was not restrained? What happens if I switch insurance companies before my passenger files a claim? Can my passenger still sue the old insurance company since I was covered under them at the time of the accident? Should my passenger sue the insurance company of the person that caused the accident? Or will the passenger sue me?
Answer: Given the particulars of your questions, I suggest you reach out to your insurance company or agent to discuss this issue. If you are sued by your passenger, your insurance company will most likely hire you a lawyer to defend you against the claim. Each policy is different and the laws in each state vary somewhat and, thus, the only way to properly answer you question is to have someone review the policy and get all the facts concerning how the collision occurred. This is why I would suggest first reaching out to your insurance company.
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