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Upper Limit Lifestyle's system does not allow us to make manual adjustments to finalized purchases. All orders will be processed and shipped as originally placed.
All customers are responsible for providing an accurate shipping address. To prevent any shipping delays, please double check that the address you provided is correct.
Duties and taxes are determined by the customs agency within the designated country. Although charges are not always incurred, assessment of duties and taxes will be based on the value of the order and the Tax-free threshold, if it exists, for goods imported into the designated country.
Upper Limit Lifestyle is not responsible for unfortunate events such as misplaced, lost or stolen packages, during the time of transit. Under all circumstances USPS is responsible for any of all mail pieces that undergo USPS delivery services. We will do our best to assist all customers regarding missing packages.
All claims will be thoroughly reviewed case by case; claims may take up to 3 weeks to process. Once USPS responds to your claim we will be able to take further proper actions to resolve this mishap. Until then, your kind patience is much appreciated as we work with USPS.
Filing a claim does not guarantee USPS will partially or fully compensate/reimburse you for your lost/stolen package, but we will do our best to assist you through the process.
Orders are shipped to the provided shipping address listed under customer's account.
Upper Limit Lifestyle is not responsible for packages delivered to mistyped or invalid address.
All returning packages due to insufficient address will be sent a verification email. Customers will have 72 hours to respond, failure to reply within 72 hours will automatically result in order cancellation.
Customer's funds will be transferred to store credit.
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Items purchased from Upper Limit Lifestyle may be returned for store credit. All return requests must be submitted within 30 days of purchase. Each supplement must be unopened or damaged. Each item must have the original tags attached and be unworn as well as unwashed. Upper Limit Lifestyle will not issue any refunds on returned products.
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All returns/exchanges must contain the Return Authorization (RA) number, which must be requested within 30 days of receiving your shipment.
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Please allow 1-3 weeks from the time you mail your return/exchange to be processed dependent on the volume of returns at that time.
Store credits are issued with a code that will be emailed to your email address associated with the order.
We are not able to accept returns for Upper Limit Lifestyle products not purchased directly through our website for any reason. We recommend initiating a return with the retailer you purchased them from.
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Exchange rates fluctuate depending on the daily foreign exchange market
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The owners, Brigitte and Daniel, welcome you in a friendly and warm hotel in the heart of the Champagne-Ardenne region. There is a free parking under video surveillance opposite and alongside the hotel, and there are also on-site private garages. The garages are accessible until 23:00. The owners and staff can provide useful tips and information to help you make the most of this famous wine producing region and enjoy its tremendous historical and cultural heritage. The hotel offers 23 renovated and spacious rooms with all modern comforts. They feature contemporary furniture, private toilets, bathrooms with oval bath or shower with body jets, and magnifying mirror. You have a choice of smoking or non smoking rooms on request.

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Sunday, March 29 at 11 a.m.
Palm/Passion Sunday
Dramatic Reading of the Text with Music
Thursday, April 2 at 6:30 pm.
Maundy Thursday
Worship with Communion
(Join us following worship for a meal at Lawrence's Café)
Friday, April 3 at 6:30 p.m.
Good Friday Worship
Meal with Worship and Music
Sunday, April 5 at 11 a.m.
Easter Sunday Worship
Worship with Communion
We will be covering the cross with flowers on Easter morning.
Please help by contributing to the Easter Flower Fund.
Place your contribution (marked "Easter Flowers")
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Little Peeps:
These posts feature the younger players for leagues, club programs and organizations all over town. Parents can send in their child's info along with pictures and 321 SportsCast will post random profiles every week. They are receiving much engagement and interest.
Future Stars:
These posts are for school age league, club programs, prep sports and organizations throughout the county and gives praise to athletes who may not have a spotlight otherwise as well as the names you hear on a regular basis doing big things. Parents and organizations are giving great feedback and interaction. These posts act to build awareness and create community support for 321SportsCast and each of the communities themselves within Brevard County. With these accolades the students feel a sense of pride that encourages continued success on and off the field or court.
Teamwork Makes the Dream Work:
Our team posts feature teams. Focusing on teams and putting a spotlight on athletes working together learning more than athletic accomplishments but the lessons learned on the fields and courts that translate to life.
Did You Know?
These posts feature trivia and fun information about teams, sports and any related sports interest facts.
Coaches Corner:
This category features coaches who work hard to make a difference in the community by effectively teaching skills in sports as well as life's lessons. These posts focus on the important people who build into the lives of young athletes and leave lasting impressions.
Turn Back the Clock:
These posts are a spotlight on important events, achievements and people in Brevard's history related to sports.
These posts honor our military and first responders who also have contributed to Brevard sports currently or in the past.
Posted with content or as a graphic including the information, all these posts provide interesting content designed to engage and interact with the audience. 321SportsCast also includes posted video content for Tips of the Week for recruiting, health, training and sports related skills from Brevard County contributors. BannerTour posts are fun videos to deliver our banner and allow 321 SportsCast to interview a program or business. 321ShoutOut posts are literal shout outs to the community and 321 SportsCast providing additional interaction and engagement.
321SportsCast provides Brevard's most in depth and complete sports coverage. Committed to covering ALL sports in the "321" including the youngest league and Pop Warner athletes, club and Prep sports, local college and semi-pro sports, coaches, athletic directors and sports related businesses with everything in between.
321SportsCast media platform includes:
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Website: www.321sportscast.com
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At 321 SportsCast we believe that supporting these athletes and endeavors promotes self-esteem, positive recognition and creates pride and participation in the community. This belief is consistent with the local community leaders, athletic directors and coaches around the county. Our following includes not only these influencers but the students, athletes and families who live, work and own businesses in Brevard. In addition to posting good content, 321SportsCast provides coverage of live events and programs including sports talk shows, broadcasted games, special event coverage and interviews. This programming is provided in produced videos or live stream. This venue is a platform offering the ability to promote, spotlight and deliver information to the community.
Funded by sponsor advertising dollars and donations, 321SportsCast also offers local businesses an affordable way to reach their target audience as well as participate in a positive community endeavor. The plan is to grow an engaged audience of potential clients/patrons for advertisers while spotlighting youth athletics/programs, students and communities' sports related events countywide. 321SportsCast plans to showcase Brevard sports with our platforms and media events.
This quickly growing platform will offer the reach and engagement that advertisers look for in digital media as well as a much-needed venue for sports coverage and information in Brevard. Some of our post content includes
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Samoa is the land of waterfalls. Wherever you go on the islands of Samoa, you can be sure that an impressive waterfall is waiting for you just around the corner. These are the best 5 waterfalls in Samoa, in particular on the island of Upolu.
Papapapai-Uta Waterfall
As you travel across the island you will see a sign pointing to Papapapai-Uta Waterfall. This Samoan waterfall is only a few steps from the car park and is guaranteed to impress. From a distance, you can view the massive waterfall tumbling over the edge into a pond, that has a smaller waterfall flowing out from it. You can't get to the base to swim in Papapapai-Uta Waterfall, but the view from the top is incredible.
Togitogiga Waterfall
This waterfall in Samoa is made for swimming. Two smaller waterfalls flow into a large deep pond, with plenty of space to swim around and underneath the waterfall. The warm inviting waters make it hard for you to leave. Around Togitogaga waterfall there is a large grassed picnic area so pack your lunch and stay for half the day. Togitogaga waterfall is a short 5-minute walk from the car park.
Togitogaga waterfall is located near the Coastal Walking Track, making it the perfect place to cool down after your hike.
Sopo-aga Falls
This was my 1 waterfall in Samoa. The huge tumbling waterfall flows over the dense jungle edge creating a majestic scene. You could spend hours at the Sopoaga viewpoint, admiring the waterfall and the surrounding setting. Sopoaga Falls is just a few steps from the car park, costing visitors $10WST.
In my opinion, Sopoaga Falls is the best waterfall in Samoa and should be at the top of your bucket list.
Fuipisia Waterfall
Yet another stunning waterfall in the highlands of Samoa. The Fuipisia Waterfall viewpoint takes you to the very top of the waterfall allowing you to view the falls from very close. You can even swim in a rock pool at the top of the waterfall if you wish.
This waterfall is a 5-minute walk from the car park and costs $20WST per adult to visit. This seems overpriced if you ask me, but if you are in the area you might as well check it out. If you are on a budget, skip it and visit the Sopoaga viewpoint instead.
Papase'ea Sliding Rocks
The sliding rocks are found nearby to Apia, and as the name may imply, they are great to use as natural water slides.
The scenery at the sliding rocks isn't what is most impressive, it is the fact that the sliding rocks are a natural playground, loved by all adventure seekers. If water levels are low, ask a local for advice on the best rocks to slide down, and always take care when doing so.
The cost of visiting the sliding rocks is $5WST per adult.
These are the 5 best waterfalls in Samoa. All these Samoan waterfalls are on the island of Upolu, there are many more magnificent waterfalls on the island of Savaii.
Other things to know when visiting waterfalls in Samoa
- As I have mentioned throughout this article, many of the waterfalls cost a small fee to visit. Therefore it is important to carry cash with you when you travel around Samoa in search of waterfalls.
- Don't forget your swimmers, towel and natural sunscreen.
- Always consider your safety when swimming, jumping and sliding down waterfalls in Samoa.
- In addition to visiting the waterfalls in Samoa, make sure you check out To Sua Ocean Trench.
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Planning a trip to Samoa
If you are in the process of planning a trip Samoa and are wondering about visas, flights, accommodation, travel insurance, things to do, budget and more, check out this article. I cover EVERYTHING you need to know when planning a trip to Samoa.
And if you are planning your itinerary, check out this 7 day Samoa itinerary. It takes you to all the best places in Samoa.
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I recommend taking out a travel insurance policy before your trip to Samoa. I recommend world nomads. If you are unsure about travel insurance, read this.
Book accommodation in Samoa
I recommend using booking.com or Airbnb to search for accommodation options in Samoa. Apia is the main part of the island and is where you will find the most accommodation options and restaurants. You will also find resorts in other places around the island.
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Telkom has sent an email to staff detailing the particulars of its voluntary separation packages (VSP) and voluntary early retirement packages (VERP).
In the email, seen by MyBroadband, the company stated packages will be available to all employees of Telkom SA SOC Ltd.
The details follow Telkom announcing on Thursday that it would offer the packages to employees from this week.
"We estimate that Telkom has subsidised the South African mobile industry by about R70 billion since its inception. This subsidy has mainly been a result of regulatory decisions that impacted Telkom disproportionately," stated the email.
"During these regulatory cycles Telkom has sought to safeguard jobs from market and economic pressures. However, the cumulative effect of past regulations continues to impact our business operations."
Telkom stated it must therefore offer voluntary packages to all Telkom – Corporate, Openserve, Consumer and Small Business – employees, as part of a review of its business operating model.
"VSP and VERP packages will be available from Friday, 14 September 2018 at 12:00 until Friday, 21 September 2018 at 12:00," said the email.
The mail stated that the VSP option is available to all Telkom employees who are:
- Younger than 50 years if they are members of the Telkom Retirement Fund.
- Younger than 55 if they are members of the Telkom Pension Fund.
The VERP option is available to Telkom employees who are:
- 50 years and older if they are members of the Telkom Retirement Fund.
- 55 years and older if they are members of the Telkom Pension Fund.
"Employees are under no obligation to apply for a VSP/VERP. The decision to apply for a VSP/VERP is at the sole discretion of each individual employee and it remains the employee's responsibility to fully understand the implications of the package," said Telkom.
"No employee should be encouraged nor coerced under any circumstances to exercise a certain option."
Following the application process, employees will be notified of the outcome on 2 October, with a scheduled exit date of 31 October.
Telkom added that the voluntary separation offers are taxable.


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#8 WBC Manuel Charr (23-1, 13 KO's) has a near hopeless dream of getting a rematch against WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko, who made short work of Charr in stopping him in the 4th round last year in September. Charr has it in his head that all he has to do to get another nice paying bout against Vitali is for him to beat David Haye (26-2, 24 KO's) next month in their fight on June 29th in the Manchester Arena in Manchester, UK.
Charr said to Sky Sports "He's [Vitali] never fought David Haye and Haye has called him out for three years now. Vitali said he wanted to knock him out, shut him up and all this other rubbish, but he never did anything about it. The fight has never happened. I won't let Vitali do the same to me. I want my rematch and to get it I have to knockout David Haye on June 29th."
Gosh, it sounds like a simple-minded dream. How scary. It's worse than a pipedream on Charr's part in hoping he can get past Haye and then get his rematch with Vitali, because for one, Haye is likely going to knock him out, and even if he beats Haye, Vitali isn't going to fight Charr again.
The guy so close to retirement that you can't count on him fighting anyone at this point, especially someone like Charr that he already beat. Vitali is smart enough to know that even his most loyal German fans wouldn't want to see him fight Charr again because it was such a terrible mismatch last time they fought.
Well, I hope Haye doesn't beat Charr too badly next month because I think it might mess him up if he gets knocked out to the point where he doesn't have something or someone to blame his defeat on.
Charr doesn't seem like he's come to terms with his loss to Vitali and is blaming it on the ringside doctor calling a halt to the fight, despite the fact that Charr was covered with blood at the time and looked like a mess from night of the living dead. If the doctor didn't stop, I can only imagine how much blood Charr would have lost in that fight.


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Due to the Accessible Stadia work that has begun at Turf Moor this week, our Fanzone has been re-located, ahead of Saturday's match against Manchester City.
The Fanzone will now be located at the top end of the North East car park, adjacent to the Elite Training Centre.
The Fanzone marquee, food and drink outlets and big screen will all still be available to enjoy - with pre-match content being shown from 10am.
A temporary big screen will be located inside the stadium on matchdays, in the same location, while work is ongoing.
For more information about the accessible stadia work to Turf Moor, please click HERE.


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Founded in 1901, ISS has grown significantly with presence worldwide and remarkable revenues and margins.
We put great effort into understanding our customers' needs. We believe that facilities operational plans, objectives and targets have to be directly driven by customer needs.
By Aleya Harris
Every year, the International Association of Outsourcing Professionals (IAOP) releases a ranking of global outsourcing companies. This year ISS has received a special recognition for being at the very top of that list year-after-year and leading the development of the outsourcing industry.
ISS Group CEO Jeff Gravenhorst said:
"At ISS, outsourcing is another word for partnership. We partner with our customers to create the best workplaces possible – with our skilled and empowered people, best-in-class technology and worldwide reach providing us with a distinct competitive advantage in the global facility services marketplace. We are proud and humbled to be recognized by the IAOP for the value we bring to our customers as well as the impact of our corporate responsibility."
IAOP CEO, Debi Hamill said:
"The Global Outsourcing 100 and World's Best Advisors showcases the dedication, expertise and sheer hard work of the best of the best in the outsourcing industry. I congratulate ISS for being recognized on IAOP's 2019 Best of The Global Outsourcing 100 as they are, year-after-year, among the highest-rated companies in Best of Leaders, Top Customer References, Top Innovation, Top CSR and Multiple Appearances."
In 2018, ISS was designated a Super Star of the Global Outsourcing 100 – recognizing that ISS had consistently ranked in the top for more than 5 years and attained a star in each category: Customer References, Size & Growth, Awards & Certifications, Programs for Innovations, and Programs for Corporate Social Responsibility.
In 2018, ISS's overall score was 7.33 out of 8, compared with the Global Outsourcing 100 list's 2018 average of 4.81.
The Best of The Global Outsourcing 100 recognizes the world's best outsourcing service providers. Results were based upon an evaluation of the scoring results over the entirety of The Global Outsourcing 100 program.
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The International Association of Outsourcing Professionals (IAOP) is the global association that brings together customers, providers, and advisors in a collaborative, knowledge-based environment that promotes professional and organizational development, recognition, certification, and excellence to improve business service models and outcomes. Learn more at: www.iaop.org
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Kate Tulloch-Hammond, IAOP Director of Media & Communications
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Xena bracelet
Available in a myriad of metals, widths and of course, your choice of length, this unique bracelet hollers ingenuity and originality. Unless you choose the quieter version, of course, in which case it will whisper subtlety and class. Tastefully beautiful in sterling silver, original in sterling and copper, dramatic in oxidized sterling – customize to your heart's content.
Tech notes – You will notice in the first pic here that you have three choices of widths – I call the narrowest Xena1, the middle Xena2, the widest Xena3. Pictures illustrate some of your metal choices – sterling silver or copper, oxidized or natural. Oxidation of metal is NOT permanent. The Xena3 Copper which is pictured I have worn for 2 months – the oxidation of the middle layer does show some wear, but because it does not come in contact with skin, it doesn't rub off like it would if it were. (Next to the skin, that is.) The same goes for the natural patination of copper – if you like the look of copper but don't like it discoloring on your skin, get a sterling silver + copper in the middle.
I have not yet done a version in gold fill – look for that next. I would be happy to do this bracelet in karat gold – with a 50% deposit, your choice of metals.
This bracelet comes standard at 8" with a toggle clasp. If this length or this clasp does not work for you, you will need to provide me with contact info so that I can make you the right size. I also have sturdy lobster clasps if you prefer, for no extra charge.
Thank you, and happy shopping!


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Why patient-centredness is central to your consulting
What are we trying to achieve when we consult with our patients, and what do we have to learn? The principal advantage of basing teaching on tasks is that it enables a clear statement about the purposes of the consultation, which can be discussed and negotiated. These tasks can be derived from the needs of patients, the aims of the doctor, the desired outcomes, and the evidence that links them. This approach also recognises that individual doctors use a variety of approaches and skills to achieve the same tasks.
The principal limitation of focusing on tasks is that the feelings of the patient and doctor can be relatively neglected. Patient-centredness is central to consulting, but what exactly does it mean? Cohen-Cole1 described three functions that take place in the medical interview:
lgathering data to understand the patient
lbuilding rapport and responding to patients' emotions
leducation, negotiation and motivation.
More recently Mead and Bower2 reviewed the literature and identified five concepts of patient-centredness.
lA biopsychosocial perspective, expanding the scope of the consultation to include the social and psychological dimensions of health.
lThe 'patient-as-person', understanding the individual's experience of illness.
lSharing power and responsibility in the consultation.
lThe therapeutic alliance, recognising the relationship is not just about management but has therapeutic potential.
lThe doctor-as-person, considering the contribution that the individual doctor makes to the relationship.
Bensing3 suggested the concept of 'patient-centredness' could be clarified by contrasting it to both disease and doctor-centred care. The characteristics of patient-centredness are therefore:
lconcern for the whole person rather than just their disease
lthe patient's involvement in controlling the consultation and setting the agenda
lpatients' expectations and power to make decisions.
Greater attention has also been given to what has been described as 'the neglected second half of the consultation' in which decisions are made about management4. These ideas can be used to work out the key tasks of a consultation (see box above).
In order to make the tasks more easily memorable, and more easily taught, here is a summary version of them:
lUnderstand the problem
lUnderstand the patient
lShare that understanding
lShare decisions and responsibility
lMaintain the relationship
....and do it all within the allocated time!
Points to remember
lEveryone can improve their consultation skills
lNearly all doctors have a range of sophisticated communication skills; sometimes these are not used in the consultation
lPeople need to base new learning on their current understanding, so learners' understanding needs to be sought before teaching occurs
lLearning experiences should match the messages in the teaching
lDifferent people learn in different ways so teaching needs to have different methods, levels of abstraction and sources but the message needs to be consistent.
Tasks of consultation
Task 1 To understand the reasons for the patient's attendance, including:
lThe patient's problem: its nature and history, its aetiology
and its effects.
lThe patient's perspective: their personal and social circumstances; ideas and values about health; their ideas about the problem, its causes and its management; their concerns about the problem and its implications; their expectations for information, involvement, and care.
Task 2 Taking into account the patient's perspective, to achieve a shared understanding:
lAbout the problem
lAbout the evidence and options for management
Task 3 To enable the patient to choose an appropriate action for each problem:
lConsider options and implications
lChoose the most appropriate course of action
Task 4 To enable the patient to manage the problem:
lDiscuss the patient's ability to take appropriate actions
lAgree doctor and patient actions and responsibilities
lAgree targets, monitoring and follow-up
Task 5 To consider other problems:
lNot yet presented
lContinuing problems
lAt-risk factors
Task 6 To use time appropriately:
lIn the consultation
lIn the longer-term
Task 7 To establish or maintain a relationship with the patient that helps to achieve the other tasks
1 Cohen-Cole SA. The medical interview: the three-function approach. St Louis: Mosby Year Book, 1991
2 Mead N, Bower P. Patient-centredness:
a conceptual framework and review
of the empirical literature.
Soc Sci Med 2000;51:1087-110
3 Bensing J. Bridging the gap. The separate worlds of evidence-based medicine and patient-centered medicine.
Patient Educ Couns 2000;39:17-25
4 Elwyn G et al. Shared decision-making
in primary care: the neglected
second half of the consultation.
Br J Gen Pract 1999;49:477-82
Peter Tate is a GP in Abingdon, Oxfordshire, and convenor of the panel of examiners of the RCGP


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By Alexander Bueso
Date: Wednesday 09 Oct 2019
(Sharecast News) - Commodity prices were little changed come Thursday afternoon as traders waited on the result of the 13th round of US-China trade talks scheduled for over the next two days.
Reports earlier indicated that China was indeed interested in a small trade deal if the White House relented on its threat to further increase its tariffs as was scheduled to next happen in under a week's time, despite heightened tensions after the US blacklisted 28 Chinese entities just days before.
Analysts however remained divided on whether an agreement, even a partial one, was yet possible.
Against that backdrop, front month Brent crude oil futures were trading slightly higher even after the US Department of Energy reported a bigger than expected build in commercial US oil inventories, partly on the back of higher domestic production.
As of 1909 BST, Brent futures were 0.31% higher to $58.42 a barrel but off their best levels of the session at $59.35.
In the background, the Bloomberg commodity index was little changed at up by 0.02% to 77.90 while the US dollar spot index was ahead by just 0.01% to 99.1390, with the former having erased early gains as the Greenback retraced morning losses.
According to the US Energy Information Administration, the DoE's statistical arm, over the week ending on 4 October, oil inventories jumped by 2.9m barrels (consensus: 1.5m) to hit 425.6m barrels.
However, analysts said that ongoing refinery maintenance was partly to blame for the stock build and product inventories fell sharply, an indication of still "strong" implied demand.
As an aside, Capital Economics bumped-up its year end 2020 Brent crude oil price forecast from $65 a barrel to $70 on expectations for a cyclical recovery in economic activity globally and improved sentiment on the back of central banks' stimulus.
Other commodities were similarly becalmed, with December copper on COMEX drifting 0.06% lower to $2.5670 a pound, although gains for similarly-dated gold were sticking as Turkish forces began moving into northeastern Syria.
December gold on COMEX was jumping by 0.63% to $1,513.40/oz..
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Why does immersion oil improve resolution
Drenching Lithography is not another idea. It has been depicted in patent reports as ahead of schedule as 1984 and in specialized diaries in 1987. It has just been since 2002 however, that a requirement for its utilization has produced , documentation, and now utilization of this innovation. Drenching Lithography is a stopgap technique for chip (silicon pass on) creation that attempts to break (or develop) the constraints of the present light sources utilized as a part incredible lithography today.
Inundation lithography is basically a method of expanding the refraction list and determination of the interface between the focal point, and the bite the dust's surface, along these lines permitting littler element sizes. Clearly there are a few issues that must be explained for example, tainting and deformity rates. Inundation and RET (Resolution Enhancement Innovations) have significantly expanded the need of EDA (Electronic Plan Aide) apparatuses to help with the advancement of veils.
Foundation-why does immersion oil improve resolution
Lithography has been utilized for several a long time for imprinting onto different sorts of materials (paper, stone, and so forth). Optical lithography is the basic augmentation of printing utilizing light. Light is appeared through a veil to form a picture on a surface. This is effectively appeared by utilizing an overhead projector. A little "veil" is set on the projector and the picture is shaped on an expansive screen. Whenever mama ruler chips the veil is huge; and the picture is little.
The light sparkles through the vast veil, and a focal point, onto the surface of a silicon wafer to shape the transistors and associations (utilizing a layer of oppose) that shape a coordinated circuit. The primary CPU was made utilizing a 10 micron professional , utilizing unmistakable light. As innovation has advanced, the component estimate has proceed to drop. In 2000 feature sizes were 0.25 microns (250nm); such little elements can no longer be finished with visible light. Profound UV light with a wavelength of 193nm is the present standard for chips.
At the point when fabs were deciding how best to move from 250nm to 180nm they remained with a 193nm light source as at the time it was most effortless to work with. There are a few things that point of confinement the component size of a chip. The first is the materials being utilized. The silicon itself must be of sufficient quality to bolster littler components. At 10 microns a silicon wafer can have many deformities that won't hurt operation. At 180nm and underneath, a solitary imperfection can annihilate the chip.
The light source itself must have a sufficiently little wavelength to have the capacity to picture the elements on the chip (normally highlights of λ /4 can be acquired). Third, and maybe most imperative, the procedure must have the capacity to be mass delivered. What can occur in a lab can't generally occur in a fab while turning out a great many gadgets and as yet making a benefit. It is a reality of indus attempt that anything that is made, needs to make income.
The leap forward demonstrates that drenching lithography is propelling much quicker than beforehand suspected and the innovation can possibly downsize far underneath the 45-nm hub. It additionally suggests that the innovation could push out the requirement for 157-nm or extraordinary bright (EUV) advances, as indicated by experts.
In drenching lithography, the space between the projection focal point and the wafer is loaded with a fluid. Submersion innovation could offer better determination improvement and higher numerical gaps (NA) over routine projection lithography.
RIT has assembled its own, model submersion "micro stepper," which has a field size of 2-mm and a NA of 1.25. The 193-nm model instrument has exhibited the capacity to print lines and spaces down to 38-nm in the lab, said Bruce Smith, relate senior member of the College of Engineering and the Intel Professor of Microelectronic Engineering at RIT.
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The Warehouse Bar & Grill, Shrewsbury
Project: The Warehouse Bar & Grill, Shrewsbury
Value: Medium Project
End date: October 2017
Chester-based C&C Catering Equipment Ltd is pleased to share its latest project at Shrewsbury's newest bar and grill, The Warehouse. Serving customers throughout the day and night, the venue required facilities for its food and beverage offerings, and C&C were delighted to be involved.
Following the success of owner Simon's first venture at The Church in Chester, with catering facilities completed by C&C in 2013, The Warehouse Bar & Grill required a finish of an equally high standard across when offering its range of local and national produce, including handcrafted pies and homemade pizzas. Brands on the project included C&C Catering Fabrications, Retigio, Blue Seal, Meiko, Polar refrigeration and IMC bar, across its main kitchen, prep kitchen, and bar area.
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The swoon-worthy results and surprising ease of cooking a whole turkey over a wood-infused fire just might make you rethink your traditional Thanksgiving menu. Two things bring this method together: Butterflying the turkey creates a broad, flat surface that cooks more quickly and evenly. READ MORERecipes
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Posted by Paula Disbrowe on 24th May 2019
Few things make us anticipate dinner more than the sound and aroma of thick, meaty pork sizzling over a charcoal fire. We're especially smitten with porterhouse chops cooked over a wood-enhanced fire because they're more luxurious and forgiving (thanks to their higher fat content) than other varieties. A surprising number of folks are intimidated by grilling pork, fearing the leaner meat will dry out on the grill. That's a shame, because crisp, juicy chops are super easy to prepare—and attention to a few key details (that would be our Chop Tricks) ensure perfect results. Serve these babies alongside a charred green vegetable and grilled toasts, or over a bed of arugula with a squeeze of fresh lemon juice.
Chop Tricks:
-Season enthusiastically, in advance: A generous amount of kosher salt and freshly ground pepper work as a dry brine and coax maximum flavor from the meat (season before lighting your charcoal to allow the meat to come to room temperature before cooking). A light hand with warm, aromatic spices (smoked paprika, coriander, rosemary) enhance the meat's character without obscuring it.
-Prepare your grill for two-zone cooking and build a medium fire: When it comes to thicker chops, higher temperatures can result in an overly browned crust and under-cooked meat. Instead, grill at a moderate temperature and rotate the chops around the fire as needed for even cooking and color. If they're browning too quickly, move them to indirect heat.
-Flip frequently: Forget what you've heard about striving for perfect grill marks and only flipping a cut once. Flipping chops every 2-3 minutes (and closing the grill in between flips) helps the meat cook and brown more evenly.
-Account for carryover cooking: Remember that the meat will continue to cook as it rests, so pull the meat when it's just under your desired doneness.
-Let it rest: As a general rule, you should let meat rest for half of its cooking time to allow the hot juices settle.
Spice-Rubbed Porterhouse Chops
Serves 4
4 porterhouse (bone-in loin) pork chops, about 1-inch thick
Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
1 tablespoon chopped fresh rosemary (or 1 teaspoon dried)
2 teaspoons coriander seeds, lightly crushed
1 tablespoon smoked paprika
1 teaspoon red pepper flakes or crumbled chile pequin
Flaky salt, for serving (optional)
Pat the pork chops dry with paper towels and generously season with salt and pepper. Combine the rosemary, coriander seeds, smoked paprika, and red pepper flakes in a small bowl and then sprinkle the mixture over both sides of the chops and then use your hands coat the meat evenly.
Prepare a charcoal grill for two-zone cooking and build a medium fire, or heat a gas grill to medium-high. Clean grill grates. When the coals are glowing red and covered with a fine gray ash, add soaked wood chips or wood chunks, if desired, and then grill the chops over direct heat, turning as needed for even cooking until both sides are nicely browned and the internal temperature reaches 145°F for medium-rare and 160°F for medium, about 15-17 minutes. Remove chops from heat, cover with foil and let rest for 10 minutes.
Serve the chops as desired, topped with a sprinkle of flaky salt.
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Of course you're in charge of the Easter ham. You are a smoker of meats. You are a griller of the first order. You are a legendary PK Grill & Smoker owner. When the holiday rolls around, that ham is coming your way and you better know what to do with it. [...]
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Colin's Smoked Shoulder
Put meat in a 2 gallon plastic Zip-Loc bag and add:2 cups of Ole Ray's Pork-A-Licious Barbecue Sauce1/3 cup of Morton TenderQuick1/2 cup of Lea & Perrins Wor. Sauce1 tsp Your Favorite Habanero Sauce (to taste)1 tsp crushed garlicSqueeze bag around meat to remove all air then seal bag with zip loc.Place in refrig. for [...]
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This recipe was originally developed for Cabrito (goat) however it is very good with many other types of meet.Ingredients: 2 Racks of Ribs, (Goat, Venison, Lamb, Pork, Elk, Antelope, Etc.) If Elk, double ingredients20 Peppercorns2 Sprigs Thyme1 Stick Cinnamon1Bay Leaf1 Cup Jalapeno JellyPreheat oven to 300 Deg f. In roasting pan, submerge ribs in water. Add [...]
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Ingredients: Babyback RibsWicker's Original Marinade and Baste (or your favorite marinade)Olive OilHoney RubCut babybacks in half and marinate in "Wickers Original Marinade and Baste" overnight. Place glowing coals and hickory or mesquite evenly over bottom PK rack. Put the marinated meat in a grill rack and place on top grill. Shut down every vent halfway or [...]
Grilled Pork Chops With Table Dip Basting Sauce
Ingredients:4 pork shops8-oz can tomato sauce1/2 tbs. each of the following:garlic powderonion powderliquid smokeWorcestershire saucesoy sauceTabasco sauceSprinkle both sides of the chops with lemon pepper. Mix remaining ingredients. Save half for individual table dip servings. Place chops on grill above 25 hot coals. Close lid with vents open. Cook another 10 minutes, baste both sides [...]
Barbequed Ribs
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Uncle Tag's Mesquite Smoked Pork Shoulder
1 fresh pork shoulder (12-14 pounds, well trimmed)Immerse in large pot boiling (simmering) for 20 minutes. (If it can't be covered completely, 20 minutes per side). Place 25-30 briquettes (half charcoal briquettes and half mesquite) on open end of the grill. Light and cook down briquettes to a grey covered ash. Then place shoulder skin [...]
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Dr Hodgkinson Guest Lecturer at 52nd Congress of Swiss Plastic Surgery
Dr Darryl Hodgkinson was an invited guest lecturer and faculty member at the recent 52nd Congress of Swiss Plastic Surgery held in Lausanne, Switzerland. He was honoured to have been one of a handful of speakers brought in from overseas from nations including the United States, France, Brazil & Zimbabwe.
Dr Hodgkinson's talks were very well received. He addressed the Congress on facelifting and on his special techniques for combing complete rejuvenation of the neck with the face for an overall natural result. He was also asked to give a special lecture on how a plastic surgeon came to win the Sydney Hobart yacht race.
Whilst is Switzerland Dr Hodgkinson also visited plastic surgery clinics and day surgery centres in Geneva, Lucerne & Zurich. He was impressed with the standards in Switzerland both of surgery and facilities and the safety that their regulations provide their public. These visits reaffirmed not only the importance of surgical qualifications and experience but of the critical role of government standards and licensing for surgical facilities to ensure not only quality but public safety.
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What are the skills needed by a counselor?
What are the basic skills a good counselor needs to have?
Kevin Mimms
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Here is a list of skills I use every session, and a short explanation of what they are:
- Reflecting: Paraphrasing what clients have said so that they know you understand them
- Validating: Helping clients to know that their point of view is valuable and rational
- Client-centered talk: Maintaining focus on the client in therapy sessions, rather than a therapist talking about themselves
- Attending: Nonverbal or verbal cues that indicate I am listening to a client (i.e., nodding, leaning in, affirmations)
- Reframing: Helping a client to see a problematic behavior or situation in a different way (usually only works well after they feel heard and understood)
The information above is intended as general information... (more)The information above is intended as general information based on minimal information, and does not constitute health care advice. This information does not constitute communication with a counselor/therapist nor does it create a therapist-client relationship nor any of the privileges that relationship may provide. If you are currently feeling suicidal or are in crisis, call 911 or proceed to your local emergency room.
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As part of my role as a teacher in a sixth-form college for gifted students, I have the option of requesting books be bought for the library. I do some EA outreach as part of my job (more details here, I'm "Alex"), but am primarily interested here in books that people feel might provide a nudge in an EA direction to students who haven't otherwise engaged with effective altruism. As well as obtaining recommended books for my own school's library, I am exploring the possibility of donating highly recommended books to the libraries of other very high performing sixth forms, several of which I already have connections with, and several others I could easily make.
The school already has copies of the 80,000 hours career guide, The Life You Can Save, and Superintelligence, though I am still interested in comments (positive or not) on these. The more details you can add about why you've recommended (or not) a book, the better.


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I decided to write this diary for 2 reasons: (1) For my fellow rookies who may be struggling through training /the job/lifestyle and are having 2nd thoughts. Maybe after reading my diary, you realize that you're not alone and you CAN do this. Maybe you just think Holy $@% at least I'm not that guy! Whatever works. (2) For me. My situation is very challenging and disappointing. I need an outlet to vent . Lucky you!
After reading this you may wonder why the hell don't you just find another company/situation? The practical reason is that I went to CDL School in 2005. No one bothered to tell me that with a felony the odds of getting hired were long. I applied to about 80 companies. Companies that would hire me without experience wouldn't consider the felony. Companies that would consider hiring me with a felony wouldn't consider me without experience. I was on both short ends. This has been the only opportunity. The primary reason for not quitting: because quitting just ain't an option.
Today I am on the 6th day of "training" some highlights and some thoughts: Day 0: I get picked up by my trainer. His hometown is about 2 hours away. I'll spend the night in the truck and tomorrow it's open roads under an open sky! We get to the yard where the truck is parked. Shows me the A/C controls. We have A/C! After he leaves I sit in the driver's seat thinking about the adventures that lie ahead. I plan on taking my home time all over the country. I can't wait for tomorrow!
Day1: My trainer tells me that he is terrible at backing but really knows how to massage the ELOG. Great the 1 thing I need emphasis on the other useless. Left the shipper a few blocks back. He's fiddling with his phone, again. Approaching red light, 1 car ahead. I say "car, Car, CAR!" Hard brake, truck's front is about 2 feet away from the car in front.
Day 2: Read a post from a trucker about America the Beautiful. I'm starting to get a glimpse of what he meant. Now it's 2am, light rain, wet road, my trainer is a 'Hammer Down' kind of guy. I'm in the passenger seat. I can't decide if I should feel exhilarated or if I need a diaper. There's the boundary line, the shoulder looks as wide as a postage stamp, the guard rail, & then like a 200ft drop off. The problem is that on those long sweeping curves to the left that feel like they'll never end the drop off is right in front of me! So it's 4 lanes the highway forks in 2. Next thing I know my trainer has decided that he's heading the wrong way. A yoke on the steering wheel to the left and a hard brake. We wind up 30 ft away from where the guard rails come to a point. I look in the mirror & think huh, I've never seen that much of the trailer in the mirror before. So it wasn't a complete 90° jacknife but if the trailer had a logo I could've read it! Let's call it a butterknife.
Day 3: I'm driving! Takes me about 30 minutes to release the death grip I have on the steering wheel. But now I'm grooving. Running a clean line, passing, I'm the rock around which all these lunatic 4-wheelers flow. Car right up on my cab, little guy in the back seat waving at me. I give him 2 toots on the air horn and his smile is as wide as the ocean. I ask my trainer when I'll get the opportunity to back. He's says we don't have time to be messing around.
Day4: My trainer has to be the most careless driver I've ever met. Fuel stop, get something to eat, bring it back to the truck, finish lunch and we're ready to roll. Now you would think that before putting the vehicle in motion would be the right time to set up your playlist. pfft rookies! We're approaching the exit, head down buried in the phone we start drifting. I've got my lines down pat. car, Car, CAR! Hard brake. The car has 4 passengers. My trainer's performance earns us a score of 3 out 4 middle fingers. Up to this point training/teaching has been virtually non existent. I initiate conversations trying to get information, but if it's not about politics, he shows no interest.
Day 5: Well it all almost came to an end today. I'm driving, pull in to a rest area, my trainer has to go, says he'll be driving when he gets back . Come around the back and he tells me to park in 1 of the bus only spots. There's a security guard parked not 50ft away and I can see how this is gonna go down. Sure enough before I set the brakes here he comes, he and my trainer cross paths & my trainer walks right past the pick up truck with the flashing yellow lights. Security guard walks up & doesn't even bother to speak just gives me a look like WTF. I give him a thimbs up pull around to the fuel island. I get out so I can signal my trainer when he comes out. Ah here he comes. I get in the passenger seat, he gets in says "you got to be some kind of ******* to move after I told you to park, I should kick your ass". 1st is this guy dense? How could he not see the security guard walk up to me? 2nd you can talk about my girlfriend, my dog & it rolls off my back. Threaten me & some kind of switch goes off. Before I know it, I've got the seat belt released and my weight pivoted to deliver a right cross. Then I think about the regret and self anger that I would experience afterwards letting this dude steal something from me that I want very much.
A CDL is required to drive any of the following vehicles:
Electronic Logbook
A device which records the amount of time a vehicle has been driven. If the vehicle is not being driven, the operator will manually input whether or not he/she is on duty or not.
The customer who is shipping the freight. This is where the driver will pick up a load and then deliver it to the receiver or consignee.
The Substance Abuse Professional (SAP) is a person who evaluates employees who have violated a DOT drug and alcohol program regulation and makes recommendations concerning education, treatment, follow-up testing, and aftercare.
Local drivers that stay around their area, usually within 100 mile radius of a terminal, picking up and delivering loads.
LTL (Less Than Truckload) carriers for instance will have Linehaul drivers and P&D drivers. The P&D drivers will deliver loads locally from the terminal and pick up loads returning to the terminal. Linehaul drivers will then run truckloads from terminal to terminal.
Day 6: My 1st time driving while trainer takes an extended break. Headed to Seattle. I'm finally getting a preview of what it will be like when training is over. The open road is awesome! I drive over the Continental Divide. I'm going to have to think up a name for this, in the Navy you earn the right to say you're a Shellback when you cross the equator. The TT community has been a great resource. Every question I've posted I've gotten answers that I could immediately apply. This was the first day that every thing seemed to be going right.... then my trainer wakes up. Shift changed, 4 lanes, we're in 2nd from the right. Vehicle ahead, trainer starts passing on the left. For whatever reason the car decides to match speed about a 1/4 of the way forward from trailer's end. I get it, bonehead or jerk but what happens next is inexcusable; my trainer says "watch this" engages turn signal & immediately executes lane change. The car swerves out of the way. As my trainer is laughing I have a few thoughts: I'm glad the space that the car had to evacuate to was clear. If the traffic density was greater that could of got real ugly. My trainer is a scumbag. The Low Bridge Incident: I'm back in the saddle. My trainer decides that we're going to Walmart. We're in town, looks at GPS tells me to take next left. Truck restriction 7 tons. Come up to bridge sign says 13'5", sure doesn't look it! I stop a tractor length before bridge & start to get out. "What are you doing!" "I'm going to verify the clearance" Look of disgust "Stay here, I'll check" Gets out, comes back "looks good to me" I almost did it. I hate confrontation & things have been going so poorly. I ease forward close enough that there can be no question about clearance. I get out hear "son of a *****!" Yep sure enough. About a 6" scalping of the trailer would happen. I wave him over it looks like he's about to blow a fuse! He looks up & gets a funny look. Few words were spoken between us the rest of the day.
If you've read this far, thank you. But everything that you've read is completely irrelevant. Here's why. I could become disillusioned & let 2nd thoughts start creeping in. But what I make an effort to keep in mind is that this job & lifestyle is not the job & lifestyle that I will have in a couple of weeks. I've got 4 mandates from my employer, that's it. (1) be safe (2) be on time (3) adhere to our policies (4) be on time. The rest? My truck my way. My trainer hates to drive at night. I love to drive at night. No traffic, consistent average MPH & the best thing: when I start my shift everyone else is playing rest stop musical chairs! My truck will practically be my home. It's going to be equipped like it. I'm not gonna quit when the reward is so close. Neither should you.
Thank you for NOT following in your trainers footsteps. I'm glad you have the common sense to know that what he's doing is not acceptable. I understand you're in a tough, less than ideal position with your record, and it being a small company however when your done with training I think his behavior needs to be addressed with management. Typically this behavior needs to be addressed immediately but with it being a small company I'm not sure how it would be taken and I'd hate to see this chance you have taken away if it's the "good ol boy" culture. Hang in there.
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Dude, your trainer is dangerous.
You are already a better driver than him...
OMG! This is scary to read! Seriously, I hope you make it through training.
How's training going?
It sounds to me like your 'trainer' is the villain! Hang in there bud and reach for the gold.
Excellent read Villain. Very well written & insightful. Please keep at it & let destiny open many new doors in your immediate future. God bless, good luck & continue to be safer than your trainer.
Wow! Can't believe I didn't read this before now. Awesome points made and an awesome attitude! And maybe I didn't read it until now because now was the time I need it most. As G-Town and some others will attest to, I'm always thinking farther ahead than I need to. And as of late I've begun to worry about the type and quality of trainer i might get. I've got someone in mind, but it will really be up to him if he wants to do that. Otherwise, it will be the luck of the draw for me. But right now, I'm thinking, if I draw bad, it can't possibly be as bad as your trainer - and if I keep the right attitude, I'll most likely survive the ordeal.
Thanks a lot for posting these experiences - even if I was a little late getting here to read 'em.
Safe travels, brother.
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Ford fights back against ruling striking down council-cutting plan
TORONTO - The Ontario government is invoking the rarely used notwithstanding clause so it can proceed with efforts to slash the size of Toronto city council in the middle of a municipal election.
Doug Ford says his Progressive Conservative government will also be appealing an Ontario judge's decision that found the province's move was unconstitutional.
Ford's comments come hours after a judge ruled the province crossed the line when it hurriedly enacted the Better Local Government Act last month without any consultation.
Superior Court Justice Edward Belobaba said the government interfered with the right to freedom of expression for both candidates and voters and called the law unconstitutional.
Bill 5 cut the size of Toronto's city council from 47 seats to 25, aligning them with federal ridings, despite the fact that the campaign for the Oct. 22 municipal election was already underway.
Toronto Mayor John Tory, who kicked off his re-election campaign this on the weekend, welcomed the court decision, saying democracy belongs to everyone and no law should ever fail to take that into account.


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Yes. I admit it. I got a little airy-fairy this week. It was hard to resist. Spring was in the air. The finches were making babies like crazy.
And I had a fistful of goddess charms, with the rose quartz and pink opal crying out to me. So I made a bracelet. It was fun, and chock full of goddess symbolism, what with the silver and the gemstones.
Then I made a necklace. I'm having a lot of fun with the necklaces because I get to use beads I don't ordinarily get to use when I'm doing a wire-wrapped charm bracelet.
And, of course, I needed to make some goddess earrings.
(Yes, they're wearing sunscreen.)
I put them all up at eBay and am hoping the goddess protects me from ebay cranks, PayPal piranhas, and felonious phishers.
I think a little e.e. cummings may be called for, as well.
when god lets my body be
when god lets my body be
From each brave eye shall sprout a tree fruit that dangles therefrom
the purpled world will dance upon
Between my lips which did sing
a rose shall beget the spring
that maidens whom passion wastes
will lay between their little breasts
My strong fingers beneath the snow
Into strenuous birds shall go
my love walking in the grass
their wings will touch with her face
and all the while shall my heart be
With the bulge and nuzzle of the sea
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Community Housing Aotearoa says that insulation is only half the answer in improving rental housing and that you still need to heat the house.
Auckland housing has not been affordable for typical first home buyers since July 2013, according to Interest.co.nz's latest Home Loan Affordability Report.
Certified Builders Association of New Zealand has gone one step further than recent law changes that enhanced consumer protections for building work, by introducing mandatory building guarantees.
The National Government's hands-off approach to the housing crisis over the past seven years has led to New Zealand becoming the most unaffordable place in the world to buy a house, the Green Party said today.
Nationwide residential property values surged ahead in the year to December 2015 at a rate of more than 10% faster than for the same period the previous year.
While there has been a modest improvement in the affordability of housing in most regions, the latest Massey University Home Affordability Report shows Auckland is now 59 per cent less affordable than the rest of the country.
The growth in residential building hit an all-time record of a billion dollars of work consented in a month for the first time ever, Building and Housing Minister Dr Nick Smith noted today in response to Statistics New Zealand building consent data.
The number of new dwellings consented reached a 10-year high in November 2015, Statistics New Zealand said today.
Owner and chairman of Century 21 Australasia, Charles Tarbey, believes the Trans-Tasman property market is returning to what could be defined as 'true real estate'.
In December the sales price of Auckland housing remained stable but there was a significant fall in the number of sales compared to those in November and December 2014.
Central Otago joins Auckland as one of only two regions in the country where average asking prices of homes for sale now exceed $800,000, according to data from Realestate.co.nz, New Zealand's largest website dedicated only to property.
There was good and bad news for first home buyers in November with housing affordability worsening in some regions and improving in others, according to Interest.co.nz's Home Loan Affordability Report.
Data released today by the Real Estate Institute of NZ ("REINZ") shows there were 568 more lifestyle property sales (+34.8%) for the three months ended November 2015 than for the three months ended November 2014.
Data released today by the Real Estate Institute of NZ ("REINZ") shows there were 42 more farm sales (+11.2%) for the three months ended November 2015 than for the three months ended November 2014.
"With the average weekly rent across the Auckland region now in excess of $500 and some interest rates falling below 4.5%, many renters will contemplate becoming buyers and for some it will make much more sense," says Geoff Barnett, National Manager of Century 21 New Zealand.
Lodge Real Estate's managing director Jeremy O'Rourke, today said six (6) houses sold above the million dollar mark in Hamilton during the month of November 2015. This was a record month for sales at this level for 2015.
Any softening of the property auction market in Auckland is likely to be merely a temporary, cautious reaction as new financial restrictions come into play, says Harcourts NZ CEO Chris Kennedy.
"If specific Government and Reserve Bank control measures hadn't been taken, Auckland's latest house prices would've probably been even steeper," says Century 21 New Zealand National Manager Geoff Barnett.
The latest monthly QV House Price Index shows that nationwide residential property values for November have increased 15.0% over the past year which is the fastest rate since February 2006. Values rose 4.0% over the past three months and are now 34.1% above the previous market peak of late 2007.
The number of new dwellings consented rose in Auckland, but decreased in Canterbury, in October 2015 compared with October 2014, Statistics New Zealand said today.
Life became slightly easier for first home buyers in many regions last month thanks to a small drop in the lower quartile selling price and the ongoing slide in mortgage interest rates, according to the Interest.co.nz Home Loan Affordability Report.
The Government today marked the 500th completed home at Hobsonville Point and the launch of a new precinct at the Auckland housing development with a visit by the Prime Minister and Building and Housing Minister Dr Nick Smith.
Ten heritage building owners will benefit from the latest round of Wellington City Council's Built Heritage Incentive fund after their applications were approved today.
The decision by a panel of commissioners appointed by Auckland Council to allow new houses to be built on a disused quarry site in Mount Eden has been welcomed today by Building and Housing Minister Dr Nick Smith.
The phenomenon known as the 'Auckland effect' has infiltrated the Bay of Plenty property for sale market and it has become the second most expensive region to buy a house, according to October's Trade Me Property Price Index.
A Lincoln University expert says new figures are making it clearer investing in more central business district (CBD) office space makes no financial sense for developers.
Property Council is optimistic about Labour's housing reforms announcement made by Housing spokesman Phil Twyford. Property council chief executive Connal Townsend believes the annoucemnet paves the way to lateral thinking about addressing New Zealand's housing problem.
Labour's ground-breaking new policy on reforming planning rules will make housing more affordable, Labour's Housing spokesperson Phil Twyford says.
Building and Housing Minister Dr Nick Smith has rejected data used in a media report published today on the number of homes completed in Auckland under the Housing Accord with Auckland Council, saying the pace of residential construction in Auckland is at a 10-year high and is continuing to grow.
The latest monthly QV House Price Index shows that nationwide residential property values for October have increased 14.0% over the past year which is the fastest rate since March 2006. Values rose 4.7% over the past three months and are now 33.3% above the previous market peak of late 2007.
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So last month, I spent a weekend in New York City.
Before going, I had told my mother that I was going with the girl. Her response:
"You're too naive to go to a big city."
Dear god mom, do you KNOW what I deal with on a daily basis?
Monday, October 19, 2009
3 comments:
- Grumpy, M.D. said...
That's a great Mom quote.
Hey- she cares!
- October 19, 2009 at 8:01 AM
- Dragonfly said...
My mother would say the same thing. There are many reasons why hospital stuff stays confidential....
- October 19, 2009 at 5:27 PM
- ER's Mom said...
Heck, it's a good thing my college years in Boston (hey Mom - BIG CITY) are confidential as well.
We had one guy post a dPurity/dTime chart on his door.
Yes, we were nerds.
- October 19, 2009 at 6:06 PM
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TASTES, COLLECTIONS AND VIDEO TAPES is an exhibition featuring 22 video works by 21 artists, all of them belonging either to the Contemporary Art Collection of the Regional Government of Madrid or other private collections in Madrid specialising in this medium.
Nicolas Bourriaud: "Nowadays, some works are time-specific, just as in the Sixties they began to be site-specific. The world has become a giant hard drive crammed with the images we take with any one of the numerous devices that allow us to record and keep them. Our daily reality is fashioned from these images or, as Derrida would have said, spectres".
The development and promotion of video art has been catapulted by the new
low-cost – and widely distributed – technologies that have helped to publicise it in a much easier way even than going to see exhibitions: namely, at home, on the pc, when we have some time to spare. In the course of a few short years, video has escaped the constraints of the restricted and specialised field of contemporary art to become a universal medium. The internet has provided a dramatic impetus for this creative medium in that it allows works to be viewed immediately, on the spot, in files available online. Is this process – so widespread that it runs the risk of becoming banal – beneficial to video art? Does it improve our understanding of contemporary society? Does it enable us to engage with the artist and his ideas? It is not only a new aesthetic, it is the democratisation of the image.
Until a few years ago, working with video was very costly: a camera was a luxury item for students. Nowadays it is clearly much cheaper and a medium that many artists can take up without having to think twice about it. Meanwhile, making pieces with high production costs, almost on a par with those in the film world, is beginning to be a standard procedure in video art.
Artists look back at what has happened throughout history in order to work forwards. However, in the case of video artists, for the first time we are seeing that they are probably studying the history of film rather than the history of art; that some of them are more interested in film than art, and that their masters come from a different genre - cinematography - which in video creation fuses with art. Julian Rosefeldt explains it as follows: "I prefer working with film in the context of art, because you have so much more freedom".
This exhibition brings together a selection of artists – both national and international – whose works represent a broad spectrum of aesthetic languages and, as a collection of samples, definitively characterise the current evolution of contemporary video art. The works are grouped for display under three thematic headings: "Domestic Landscapes and Other Interiors", "On the Streets of the World", and "Cultural Exchanges".
Domestic Landscapes and Other Interiors
Terry Berkowitz & Pawel Wojtasik, Three Chimneys, 2006, 4'03''
Nuria Carrasco, ¿Quién eres?, 2004, 10'
Cao Guimaraes, Da janela do meu quarto, 2004, 5'
Hans Hemmert, The Handbag, 2002, 43''
Zilla Leutenegger, Nostigels, 2003, 4'
Thiago Rocha Pitta, Herança, 2007, 11'
Hiraki Sawa, 8 Minutes, 2005, 8'49''
Fiona Tan, Rain, 2001, 1'50''
On the Streets of the World
Jennifer Allora & Guillermo Calzadilla, Signs Facing the Sky, 2005, 2'23''
Alex Campoy, Boomerang, 2004, 6'35''
Filipa César, Berlin Zoo Part 02, 2001-2003, 5'37''
Willie Doherty, Control Zone, 1999, 32'2''
Francesco Jodice, Sao Paulo Citytellers, 2006, 48'
Yoshua Okon, Poli IV (Oríllese a la orilla), 1999, 3'
Robin Rhode, The Storyteller, 2006, 13'18''
Cultural Exchanges
Jennifer Allora & Guillermo Calzadilla, Sweat Glands, Sweat Lands, 2006, 2'27''
Isaac Julien, True North, 2004, 14´40"
Kaoru Katayama, Technocharro, 2004, 5'35''
Christian Marclay, Guitar Drag, 2000, 14'
Aernout Mik, Middlemen, 2001, 21'29''
Jill Miller, I am making Art too, 2003, 3'
Julian Rosefeldt, Lonely Planet, 2006. 16'18''
Contemporary Art Collection of the Regional Government of Madrid
Teresa Sapey
Pi Fernandino
Helga de Alvear
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The beginnings of this romance began at an early age. As a kid, he would constantly draw, often winning the "Best Drawer" in school. Inspired by his love of the National Lampoon and Mad Magazine, he would later convince his high school to let him take over the school's newspaper, The Trojan. This would be the star of his talk and a showcase of his mischievousness, sharp wit and passion for editorial design. Using rub-down type, Letraset and photo collaging, he would use it as his playground to be funny. Each issue had a theme while the content and advertisements were completely made up. Some highlights include promoting one issue as being lemon-scented, purposefully misspelling "The Trojan" to "Trogen" and constantly messing with people via the page numbers.
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While in good fun, it was invaluable experience as the skills would follow him throughout his career. In college, he would become a production manager for the Metropolis and later an art director for the Minnesota Monthly. There he would refine his skill and gain an even deeper appreciation for offset lithography. The letterpress revival was occurring and he dedicated some time talking about how he felt about it all. While being appreciative of the medium, there was an inherent comfort in the free form nature of offset. Letterpress to him felt like a straight-jacket and didn't grant him the photographic detail he wanted. "Offset was the way of the future" and it is still the go-to method to printing.Towards the end of his talk Mark jokingly admitted that he wasn't really sure what his point is. However, one point was clear: "Making things with your hands is magical." Whether it's simply nostalgia for an era long passed is debatable but the results are apparent in the present. Perhaps Proxima Nova, as well as his other typefaces, wouldn't have the personality and charm they do without his experience in offset.
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1) When you make a HUGE deal (and in front of my children, too) about how you are no longer working on Saturdays so that you can spend time with said children because you "miss them," perhaps you should actually get out of bed at some point and SPEND TIME WITH THE CHILDREN. It is now 4:45 pm, and he has not been out of bed for longer than it took to make a sandwich and then eat it (in bed) since I got up at 8 am. Update: As of 8:20 pm, still in bed. (If this is simply depression, then he needs to go get his meds adjusted. He was FLYING yesterday morning.) Granted, he's got to be tired. He got home at around 11:15 last night and couldn't get into the boys' room (because I was in there with them, with the doors locked). I heard him in the kitchen for a bit, then he went downstairs, presumably found the love note I left for him and did something, I don't know, I fell asleep when he didn't come pounding on the door. I woke up at around 3 am, when Nanobot #2 woke up having peed the bed, and he was gone, as was his car. He was still gone at 6 am, but was back at 7 am. So, clearly, big long night. Very tiring.
2) I am quite ready for my children to be through their current Ninjago craze.
3) I may have asked a cute boy on a date and been accepted. I sent Schroeder a text Thursday asking for how his custody/visitation is set up because I wanted some real-life examples to help me make sense of the legal gobbledy-gook. He replied with an nice explanation and then a comment about how his situation is different because she doesn't really care to be a mom, and "Oops. Did I just say that out loud?" I replied with a thank-you and "Someday we'll go get a coffee and commiserate over horrible exes. Deal?" And he replied with "Deal" and suddenly I'm feeling like I'm twelve and obsessing over every little thing the cute boy in my class says to me. I'm pretty sure this is all just friend-level stuff, right? But my friend G has seen some of our text exchanges and says he's flirting. But I flirt with people all the time and it has nothing to do with anything, so that's not really a good indication of interest. Right? I really don't get signals or any of that stuff. I am the textbook example of the girl who finds out years later that the boy she liked had a crush on her and even tried to ask her out several times, only to get rejected because SHE HAD NO IDEA WHAT WAS HAPPENING. This is a thing that has happened to me in real life (more than once) because I am clueless.
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Cardio Cycle – Why You Should Include Biking In Your Fitness Regime 1
Developing a fitness regime is a delicate balancing act. You need to balance exercise – your cardio, strength, endurance, flexibility and balance. Diet is also important. While you don't need to buy into all the keto or paleo nonsense, you still need to eat a healthy, balanced diet that's full of fruit, vegetables, grains and lean meats. And don't forget rest days, as these help you to avoid injury, burn out and fatigue. But is there an element that's missing from your regime? Let's take a quick look at cycling, and why jumping on a bike may be the missing element in your exercise plan.
Cycling is a Low Impact Activity
Riding a bike – either a real bicycle or an exercise bike, is a great way to keep fit that's also low impact when compared to running or other forms of cardio. You're less likely to injure yourself while riding. This is great news because an exercise-related injury can leave you out of action for weeks and will undo all that good work that you've put into staying fit.
A Major Muscle Workout
Did you know that riding a bike will work the majority of your muscle groups? If you go to the gym, you'd have to work out on multiple machines just to activate your different muscle groups, but a short bike ride will do the job just as well.Read the rest of this entry →


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Global Handwashing Day by Christine Fischer-Stoess.
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Did you know that October 15 is Global Handwashing Day?(1) That's this Saturday, folks. This does not mean you should wait until Saturday to wash your hands, either. Why is handwashing important? Aside from the obvious reasons about not spreading germs and being polite and not getting sick (need I go on?) handwashing also is, "simple and inexpensive"(1) and can "prevent about 1 out of every 3 episodes of diarrheal illnesses and almost 1 out of 6 episodes of respiratory infection like pneumonia"(1). Read More


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This fountain vase has two tubes for the insertion of the stems and a main chute facilitating watering.
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To develop the ranking for The Top 50 Most Affordable Accredited Marriage and Family Therapy Programs, we started by compiling all the programs that are accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Marriage and Family Therapy Education (COAMFTE) from the American Association of Marriage and Family Therapy web site (AAMFT). Next, using the Institute of Education Sciences' College Navigator, we gathered the average graduate tuition for the 2014-2015 school year. The schools were then ranked by affordability.
- Programs that did not list tuition information on College Navigator were not included in this ranking.
- Programs listed as "Accredited with Stipulations" were included in the ranking. Per the COAMFTE, "A program with deficiencies may be awarded accreditation with stipulations provided they can be corrected within a specified period of time."
- Programs listed as "Program on Probation" were not included in this ranking. Per the COAMFTE, "Programs that fail to clear stipulations in their first year of carrying stipulations will be placed on probation for a period of time not to exceed one year."