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I suppose that climbing Mt. Mucrone is analogous to what it must have been like for the apostles. To follow Jesus was both an adventure that was exciting, and a terrifying prospect; it was very much a pilgrimage full of surprises. They were no doubt excited about John the Baptist pointing them to Jesus, saying that Jesus was the Lamb of God who was more important than he was, so they should follow Him. (John 1:35-37) But every time they thought they had Jesus figured out, he would do something terrifying like calm a raging sea, heal a blind man, teach some difficult lesson, or raise a dead man. The apostles really struggled to figure out what Jesus was all about because He said and did things no one else said or did. His lessons were not always clear to them, especially not the one about dying and rising on the third day.
For three of the apostles Jesus provided an especially surprising experience which involved climbing Mt. Tabor. Everyone knew that God revealed Himself on mountains, so just the thought of climbing a mountain with Jesus must have made them wonder. When this occurred, that they knew Jesus was God is highly doubtful. They had shown all sorts of signs that they really did not get it. In the three synoptic gospels where this event is recorded, Peter had already stated that Jesus was the Messiah, but did not seem to really understand what he had said. Nowhere does it indicate that anyone understood Jesus to be the Son of God at this point in time. Such a thought would have seemed blasphemous.
Nonetheless, Jesus asked Peter, James, and John to accompany Him up the mountain, and once to the top, He transfigured before them. That is, He changed in appearance such that He shone brilliantly with a radiance that they had never experienced before. Moses and Elijah appeared as a cloud covered everything, and all three conversed while the apostles watched in awe, not comprehending what they were witnessing. Then a voice from Heaven was heard who said: "This is my Son. Listen to Him." Suddenly everything went back to normal. Or did it? How could anything seem normal after seeing all of that? Yet as they trudged down the mountain, maybe still in a daze, Jesus asked them not to talk about it with anyone until after He had risen. More confusion! However, the men who went up the mountain were no longer the same, even though they did not yet realize it. Something had begun to shift within them, way beyond their ability to understand at that moment. But one day it would all become crystal clear.
The apostles who ascended that mountain realized later that Jesus was not the only one who transfigured. They saw that while He transfigured physically and externally, they began to transfigure interiorly. Little by little all the experiences they had of Jesus which had terrified or confounded them began to blossom into an interior understanding. They may not have comprehended the very mystery of it all, but they knew with their hearts and with their faith. They did not need to have intellectual understanding of these experiences, but they found that they had an inner peace and an expansion of love. What transfigured were their hearts and souls, way beyond the ability for expression in words or thoughts. And yet they were able to share it in preaching, teaching, and actions after their transfiguration was complete. That is, after Jesus died and rose, they were transformed enough to become His representatives on earth.
Can you imagine what it must have been like to witness the transfiguration of Jesus? What do you think that would be like? If you had been there what would you have done? On the way back down the mountain, would you have comments or questions? Would you even be able to speak? If for a while we can imagine what it was like for the apostles to experience this event, we might begin to understand what the transfiguration was about. As I said earlier, it was not Jesus alone who transfigured. The men who went up that mountain also began to change, and so will each of us if we recognize the transfiguring moments in our own lives.
Think of the moments of joy in your life, such as graduation after long years of study, your own wedding, the baptism of a child, going on a fantastic, long awaited trip, winning a prize, a birthday, getting a promotion, making a new friend, whatever it was that brought great joy, and realize that after the experience you were changed in some way. Every experience of beauty is an opportunity to become more beautiful. Every experience we have of love is an opportunity to become more loving. Jesus offers us transfiguration every time we are forgiven our sins and every time we receive a sacrament. The opportunities are always before us. But I do believe that when He reveals Himself, it is not just about Him, just as it really was not just about Him on Mt. Tabor. It is about us being changed so that we can experience His love all the more and share it all the better as His disciples. That is the key to understanding the event on Mt. Tabor that we celebrate today. It is about us accepting His presence and His great love for us, coming to know Him a bit better, and allowing ourselves to be changed by this experience. That is the way of holiness: becoming more like Jesus by allowing ourselves to be enfolded in Love to become Love.
May we open ourselves to transfiguration! May we invite Jesus into our hearts every opportunity we get, which is every moment of every day! May we have the trust to follow Jesus both up and down the mountains of transfiguration in our lives! May we see His presence in moments of challenge as well as in moments of beauty! May we be enfolded in His love and in His glory! And may we become transfigured into holiness just like the apostles! Let us continue to meet in the radiance of Love, the very heart of Jesus! Peace!
All the photos are mine. The first and second photos were taken on the way up Mt. Mucrone in northwestern Italy. The third photo is of the Gulf of Mexico transformed by the setting sun. It signifies for me a change in perception. Everything transfigured from blues, greens and whites, to reds, yellows and gold.


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'I was crying my heart out in the foetal position' - Mum of baby girl who was snatched from maternity ward 18 years ago
A South African woman has pleaded not guilty to charges that she kidnapped a baby from a hospital nearly 19 years ago and raised the child as her own.
The woman faces charges of kidnapping, fraud and breaking South Africa's child protection laws, the African News Agency reported.
The woman told the court she had adopted the baby after struggling with infertility.
She said she was not aware the child was kidnapped, and the woman who facilitated the adoption told her a young woman had given the child up.
State prosecutors say the woman, now 50, allegedly snatched a three-day-old baby from her sleeping mother's hospital bedside in 1997. The prosecution also says the woman allegedly defrauded authorities when she registered the child as her own daughter in 2003, changing her birth date, the agency reported.
Celeste Nurse, the girl's biological mother, broke down in court as she recalled the day her daughter went missing, the agency reported.
Semi-conscious after a morphine drip, she thought a nurse picked up her crying baby. When she woke up her baby was gone.
"I was crying my heart out in the foetal position," said Morne Nurse, the girl's biological father, recalling the same day.
The Nurse family found their kidnapped daughter last year after their second daughter befriended a girl at school who looked remarkably like her.
After a police investigation and DNA tests, that new friend turned out to be their missing child. The alleged kidnapper was arrested and released on bail last March.
The girl, now 18 and known publicly by her birth name Zephany, uses the name given to her by her alleged kidnapper. A judge ordered that neither the woman nor the girl may be identified.
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By Ralph White
A visit to China today for someone with an interest in holistic matters is a heartening experience. Our image of this country for decades has been that of relentless economic growth, and before that the horrors of the Cultural Revolution in the Sixties with its focus on the destruction of so much of China's ancient heritage both culturally and architecturally.
But today presents a visitor with a completely different experience. If we recall the wise dictum that humanity does not live by bread alone, we have a clue to the current transformation. I am currently here to speak at China's first major holistic conference at a huge hotel and conference center outside Beijing, and it is abundantly clear from the 700 participants that a significant section of the population is engaged in a search for something deeper and more fulfilling than simple consumerism.
The prosperity here is striking to anyone who was last here in the Eighties. Shiny new cars fill the roads, the airports and train stations sparkle, and the ubiquity of mobile digital technology makes the United States seem very Twentieth Century. But this massive increase in wealth over the last twenty-five years has left a significant portion of the country spiritually adrift and suffering from an existential malaise. As we have known in the West for many years, material comfort and an abundance of consumer goods do not bring happiness. Today China is ranked low in in the World Index of Well-Being despite the dynamism of its economy, and depression is widespread and suicide far from uncommon.
That is why I am here at the first Holistic Wellness International Forum, co-hosted by HCN and Bene Wellness Institute, a new center in the heart of Beijing, along with representatives from many other holistic centers in the West like Esalen and Omega Institutes. Many Chinese people are searching for deeper values and a more meaningful life. Some are returning for inspiration to the Taoism and Buddhism that were foundational to Chinese culture for millennia, while others look to the West, to the many holistic and transformational programs and centers that now exist all over North America and Europe. And, judging by the warmth and enthusiasm of the participants at this forum, they are hungry to learn as much as possible about soulful and sustainable ways of living and being in the world.
In his remarkable book, The Souls of China: The Return of Religion after Mao, the Pulitzer prize winning journalist Ian Johnson makes clear this is a society experiencing a resurgence of interest in spirituality. Taoist temples dot the land, unopposed by the government. Buddhist monasteries have many visitors. In fact, a tourist in Beijing is reminded of how central Tibetan Buddhism is to Chinese culture by the huge and beautiful Lama Temple in the middle of the city built by an Eighteenth Century emperor who embraced this spiritual path.
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I have to admit that any speaking engagement at a conference in the United States is now likely to feel a little banal, primarily because of the stunning theatre that accompanies presentations here. When I walked into the vast auditorium, the ambience reminded me of nothing so much as a Pink Floyd concert at Madison Square Garden. The multi-colored sweeping lights, the swelling sound tracks, the ubiquitous cameras, (and the glamorous hostesses in traditional dress who accompany each presenter to the stage) were, to state it mildly, mind-blowing.
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Dr. Shifren currently divides her time among research, teaching and patient care. Her clinical interests include caring for women with infertility, recurrent pregnancy loss, premature ovarian insufficiency and concerns regarding menopause. She is an active member of the Fertility Center, participating in the care of women requiring assisted reproductive technologies, including ovulation induction therapies and IVF. Her research focuses on menopause, including the effects of estrogens, androgens and alternative therapies on menopausal symptoms, mood and sexual function. She has published numerous articles, abstracts and book chapters and has delivered national and international presentations on menopause, hormone therapy, androgens for women and female sexual function.
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Dr. Shifren's research focuses on menopause, including the effects of estrogens, androgens and alternative therapies on menopausal symptoms, mood, and sexual function. Dr. Shifren has served as Principal Investigator and Co-Investigator for several important studies related to the menopause and female sexuality. She has published numerous articles, abstracts, and book chapters and has delivered national and international presentations on menopause, hormone therapy, androgens for women, and female sexual function.
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Shifren JL, Davis SR, Moreau M, et al. Testosterone patch for the treatment of hypoactive sexual desire disorder in naturally menopausal women: results from the Intimate NM1 study. Menopause 2006; 13(5):770-9.
Shifren JL, Schiff I. Menopause. In: Berek JS, editor. Berek & Nova's Gynecology (Fourteenth Edition). Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2007. p. 1323-40.
Shifren JL, Desindes S, McIlwain M, et al. A Randomized, open label, crossover study comparing the effects of transdermal vs. oral estrogen therapy on serum androgens, thyroid hormones, and adrenal hormones in naturally menopausal women. Menopause 2007;14(6):985-94.
Shifren JL, Monz BU, Russo PA, et al. Sexual problems and distress in United States women: prevalence and correlates. Obstet Gynecol 2008;112:970-8.
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Ingredients :
200gm Soba noodles ( 1 pkt 300 gm)
1 cup of fresh strips Kelp -wash & drain
1 pkt of golden needle mushroom–clean and cut off the bottom stem
1 Japanese cucumber -slices
some fresh Organic red romaine lettuce
some fresh Organic raw brocoli sprout
2-4 loving hut organic veggie seaweeds ball
2 tbsp tamari
1 tsp lemon zest
1 tsp orange zest
1 tbsp lemon juice
2 mandarin orange juice
3 slice ginger -shredded
1/3 tsp of nature sea salt ,dash of pepper
1.Cook noodles according to package instruction.Rinse and drain twice to remove excess starch.In hot water add golden needle mushroom cook for 1-2 minutes ,and veggie seaweeds ball until cooked. Set aside.
2.Wash and clean cucumber( cut into slices),lettuce, brocoli sprout,kelp. Set aside
In a small bowl , combine whisk  the dressing .
3.Toss soba noodles, golden needle mushroom ,kelp with dressing.
4.Arrange on a serving platter,then garnish with all raw veggie .
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Simplifying to the extreme, I define postmodern as incredulity toward meta-narratives. – Jean-François Lyotard
The postmodernists' tyranny wears people down by boredom and semi-literate prose. –Christopher Hitchens
Of the millions of children who graduate from school each year, quite a few go to college and university to become professionals in various fields. Of these, some become scientists who discover new things about the universe, some become technologists and inventors, some artists, writers and musicians, and some turn out to be philosophers. Philosophers reflect on a variety of topics. Not all are content with just interpreting, what previous thinkers had said. Some try to think of something altogether new.
In the second half of the twentieth century a number of these thinkers propagated the idea that whatever past generations have been believing in was wrong. The new thesis was that worldviews developed by our predecessors ranged from muddled thinking to being dead wrong. Since the most recent successful worldviews related to religion, art, music, literature, science, and technology, the bases of every one of these had to be shown to be mistaken: grievous errors which the wisdom of the past simply failed to recognize.
So there emerged radically new movements in art, architecture, music, and literature which are reckoned as postmodernist: they came after modernism was acclaimed as the best that had happened in human civilization. The incentive in these instances has generally been the urge to create something entirely different from what past masters had done with great success.
Since we are concerned with philosophy let us consider some elements of postmodern thinking. One can detect at least two incentives for postmodernism in this regard.
The first was the increasing success, incomprehensibility, and hegemony of physics (and science more generally). It became well-nigh impossible for philosophers to penetrate into the esoteric jargon of physics with its psi-functions, double-slit experiment, Schroedinger's cat, tunnel effect, cosmological constant, etc. Faced with this challenge the best that they could do was to erect epistemological frameworks from which the logical basis of modern science would be shown to be untenable, incomplete, mistaken, and inadequate; and that scientific truths are invariably subject to change. Their truths have at best temporary
So anti-science philosophers began to question the notion of objective facts and gloat over the demise of long-held scientific truths: For example, the two-fluid theory of heat gave way to the kinetic theory, the photon erased the wave theory of light, the ether idea was demolished, Newton's gravitation was replaced by Einstein's space-time kinks. Recalling these gave a breath of relief to the deriders of science.
Whether or not they understood why or how changes occur in science's worldviews, these philosophers were happy to know that the knowledge proclaimed by science is, after all, not unshakable. So arose the postmodern philosophers of science whose aim was to dethrone science from its epistemic pedestal. They were quite successful in demonstrating that objective truths are no more than human centered truths; that scientific claims can never be verified, only falsified; that there occur periodic paradigm shifts in scientific theories; and that we can never reach the absolute truth any more than absolute zero on the temperature scale. All these limitations, in addition to the fact that science cannot tell good from bad, right from wrong, or beauty from ugliness. And it has not explained what is consciousness, not created life.
It was annoying for postmodernists to see successful applications of the unreliable knowledge that constitutes science: telephones, televisions, airplanes, computers, and so on. Nevertheless, the proclamation of the limitations of scientific knowledge in sophisticated language brings great satisfaction to those who hold discourse beyond the citadels of technical science as well as to those who are craving for a return of ancient worldviews.
The second provocation for postmodernism is the marginalization of cultures victimized by Western intrusions and European colonialism. Enlightened thinkers recognized this moral flaw and began to see that the presumed superiority of Western culture arose from its military strength and imperialistic arrogance. Moreover, postmodernists realized that if there was Plato's Dialogues in ancient Greece, there were Upanishadic dialogues in ancient India, that Buddha and Confucius were no less significant personages than Abraham and Jesus, that long before Berkeley there was Shankara, and so on. So the idea of the centrality of Judeo-Christianity was gradually removed.
From all this it followed that there was no such thing as absolute truth, absolute morality, higher levels of civilization, or the best form of government. So another running refrain in postmodernism is that everything, yes, everything, is like rest and motion in Einstein's world: only relative. Here they ran into some uncomfortable predicaments: If there is no good and bad, how do we evaluate His Holiness and Hitler, MLK and the KKK, Mandela and Mao, Dictatorship and Democracy, the injunction to love thy number and that to kill the unbeliever? Is the flat-earth fantasy the same as the rotund globe view?
Postmodernism has left us with some thought-provoking terms like deconstruction of texts (Jacques Derrida) which says that in themselves texts carry no meaning: it is all a question of how they are interpreted. It refers to the grand themes of history such as the Enlightenment, Marxism, modernism, as meta-narratives that are not to be trusted. It recommends that books that do not advocate full equality are to be discarded. Yet, they tend to be liberal rather than conservative in the context of social and global issues.
Most of all, postmodernists challenge modern science's claim to truth, some even questioning European Enlightenment as having universal relevance. They argue that science is a socially constructed collection of propositions for the benefit and exploitative purposes of the hegemonic West: this is a helpful image for non-Western cultures that are otherwise at a loss when they confront the arsenal of Western science and technology. It gives equal respect and value to all cultures: in this it is a loud voice of multiculturalism. It shows the emptiness in suppositions that Western Caucasian culture is unique and better than all other cultures. Though similar ethnocentric superstitions have been (still are) prevalent in many other creative cultures (Chinese, Japanese, Indic, Islamic), millions of people in non-Western cultures applaud this postmodern self-appraisal of Western culture.
The devaluation of science and rationality, however cleverly argued, is a great disservice of postmodernism to civilization. However questionable scientific epistemology may be, modern science has been gradually freeing the human mind of a thousand superstitions and untenable worldviews and values. It has revealed to humankind the grandeur and splendor of myriad unrecognized facets of the physical universe, enhanced creature comforts and saved millions from starvation and disease. Given all this, postmodernist anti-science chatter, however stimulating it may be to ivory-tower scholastics, ill-serves the vast majority of humankind by drawing them away from Science. After all it is largely due to science that reason-based empirical knowledge is respected more universally than ever before, many superstitions have become mindsets of the past, and religious bigotry has been mitigated in cultures where science has taken deep roots. So while we may acknowledge some of the insights of postmodern philosophers about relative values, interpreting texts, and multiculturalism we cannot ignore that some of postmodernist anti-science propaganda has not been helpful for humanity.


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Akwa Ibom's finest Trio UNIK BRODAZ are back with a Song I BELIEVE IN AKWA IBOM reaffirming their pride for their Roots. The KR Records Trio employed the professionalism of Blackstar Beat who crossed the "T"s and dotted the "I"s on this production.
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You might remember the Veggie Stir Fry I posted some time ago. It's simple, so flavorful, and very fast! It also happens to be a great meal kit to throw together; if you have it all assembled in the fridge, you can have dinner on the table in about 10-15 minutes!
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'Fugitive' ex-Anglo chief Drumm is all smiles as he enjoys new career in US
Former Anglo Irish Bank chief executive David Drumm, who may face criminal charges over his activities at the failed bank, has started a new career in the United States.
Mr Drumm has recently found a job as a consultant and has been seen working out of the offices of a scaffolding firm in New Jersey.
The firm, Safway Atlantic, has Irish links and is based in the town of Carlstadt, just 20km from New York city.
Our exclusive pictures show Mr Drumm at the offices of the business in recent days.
They show how the former Anglo boss has left the tie and suit of his banking days behind him.
He was seen looking relaxed and upbeat in a shirt and jeans after a morning meeting, before driving away from the premises in a Jeep Laredo.
The Irish Independent has learned that he is not an employee of the company, but has been doing consultancy work.
When contacted, the firm declined to comment.
Mr Drumm, who is facing a bankruptcy trial next month in Boston, left Ireland for the US after stepping down as Anglo chief executive in December 2008.
Since then he has ignored repeated requests from gardai to come home to answer questions.
Two former colleagues, Pat Whelan and Willie McAteer, are facing the possibility of jail terms of up to five years after being convicted this week of providing illegal loans to the so-called Maple 10, in a controversial scheme that was put in place to prop up the bank's share price.
However, they were cleared of giving illegal loans to members of former tycoon Sean Quinn's family.
Former Anglo chairman Sean FitzPatrick was also acquitted of a range of charges against him.
During the trial, Judge Martin Nolan described Mr Drumm as the "author" of the Maple 10 loans for shares transactions.
Barrister Brendan Grehan, representing Mr Whelan, also described Mr Drumm's absence from the trial as being like 'Hamlet' without the prince.
A file on Mr Drumm's involvement was sent to the Director of Public Prosecutions towards the end of 2011 and a decision is expected shortly. Gardai will seek his extradition if the DPP gives the go-ahead.
Safway Atlantic provides scaffolding, hoisting and access solutions to developers and construction sites across New York.
The company is one of the fastest growing scaffolding firms in the US with offices in Chicago, New York and New Jersey.
Former Irish company Atlantic Hoisting was bought by Wisconsin-based scaffolding company Safway Services in 2011.
Set up by brothers John and Michael Breslin, who are originally from Kells, Co Meath, Atlantic was one of the biggest providers of scaffolding and hoisting in New York.
The company has worked on some of the largest projects in the city, including the September 11 Memorial Museum, the Freedom Tower, the Javits Convention Centre on the West Side and the UN building.
The Safway Atlantic office Mr Drumm has been working out of is located in Carlstadt, a small New Jersey town with a population of around 6,000.
The office is situated in one of several industrial estates in the town.
Carlstadt is home to a mixture of blue-collar workers employed locally and middle-class professionals who commute to New York. Mr Drumm had previously been based in Massachusetts and living in the wealthy Boston suburb of Wellesley.
He is understood to have stayed more recently at a number of addresses in New York and New Jersey.
Mr Drumm had also worked for a period as a consultant for Mayo-born developer John McGrail. Mr McGrail's Mayo Group received over €100m in loans from Anglo for projects in the Boston area.
The former bank boss filed for bankruptcy in Massachusetts in 2010 but lawyers for the former Anglo Irish Bank and a court-appointed trustee objected, alleging that Mr Drumm fraudulently tried to hide assets and transferred larges sums of cash to his wife Lorraine.
In papers filed with the bankruptcy court, the 47-year-old listed debts of $14.2m (€10.3m), most of which, some €8.5m, is owed to his former employer. This was money he borrowed to buy shares in the bank. The shares are now worthless.
More than three-and-a-half years after petitioning to be discharged from his debt, Mr Drumm's bankruptcy trial will start on May 21.
Houses owned by Mr Drumm and his wife in Cape Cod, Massachusetts, and in Malahide, Co Dublin, have already been sold for almost €3m and €1.4m respectively, with part of the proceeds going to creditors.
Mr Drumm took over from Mr FitzPatrick as Anglo chief executive in January 2005 and held the position until the end of 2008.
He had previously worked for the bank in the US.
Irish Independent
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Archive for March, 2007
For 4 weeks each year, double-check your calendars – AND your business processes!
From the department of unintended consequences…
It's old news, now, that the US and Canada are shifting daylight savings time, for some good reasons, such as reducing carbon emissions. However, we are also introducing uncertainty into many scheduled, measured, coordinated and logged events for 4 weeks per year for the next few years.
From Verizon Wireless's announcement…
With the passage of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, the United States government has established changes to the duration of Daylight Saving Time (DST). Beginning in 2007, DST will now remain in effect each year between the second (2nd) Sunday of March until the first (1st) Sunday of November (e.g., March 11, 2007 through November 4, 2007).
While this change primarily impacts the United States and Canada, it also impacts any users who interact with or send calendar invitations or who are dependent upon date/time calculations with companies and persons within the United States or Canada.
What struck me about this change was the enormous potential for disrupt this presents for businesses who count on knowing what time it is, here and now, related to there. The old pattern of daylight savings time is embedded in millions of electronic devices. In adjusting to the change here, we considered our routers, servers, desktop computers and cellphones (some with TWO patches), GPS units, and any other devices where we count upon accurate logging of now (electronic transactions, phone calls, instant messages, network logs, security camera time stamps, etc.). I wonder at the potential for serious unintended consequences at hospitals, in manufacturing, in air transport, etc.
Also significant in Verizon Wireless's advisory was the fact that you must patch technology in a cascade sequence – from server to desktop to synchronized mobile device – or you risk introducing even more disrupt.
Yet we don't just have ourselves to worry about. We schedule with other businesses and individuals. They all must get their patches applied, and in the right order, so that our calendar and theirs, on servers, computers and phones, agree.
Three pieces of advice – two tactical and one strategic:
- When creating appointments in the "uncertainty zone", (the two weeks following the second Sunday in March, and the two weeks prior to the first Sunday in November) type the agreed-upon time into the appointment title, and recommend the same for your staff and colleagues – especially those abroad with whom you work. Create an annual recurring reminder so you can remember to do this in October, and next year, as well. That way, if some person or device in the chain slips up, and the 10 am meeting suddenly shifts to 9 or 11 am, you'll have a way to know.
- If you don't already, confirm your appointments by phone the day before.
- Ask your operations, production, security, finance and IT leaders to double-check their processes to ensure that all mission-critical time-keeping hardware, software and firmware has been tested, and if necessary, upgraded or compensated for.
In the following weeks, the unintended short-term costs of this change will become apparent – time will tell.
PhoneSpam and the awesome power of the Do Not Call Registry…
SOMEONE must be profiting from these brute force attacks on our time, and our every communication channel – just don't let it be your company.
Like you, we get E-mail Spam, Fax Spam, Snail-mail Spam, and, yes, Phone Spam. And like you, we tried to fight back – at first. Remember "unsubscribe links" that did??? (There's one to tell your disbelieving grandchildren!)
Then came the fall from innocence: "So wait… when I click on 'unsubscribe', most of the time a spammer is overjoyed because they now know my e-mail is valid, and it will (*sob*) INCREASE my volume of spam???"
Then there was the National Do Not Call Registry, with its promise of quiet phones. We registered in 2003, and for a while, it helped. Lately, though, we've been inundated by waves of pre-recorded, auto-dialing sales pitches thinly disguised as surveys or contests. We have 4 lines here, and sometimes ALL of them will ring at once. It would follow that Phone Spammers now use the registry as a ready-made whom to call list.
It happened again today – all lines ringing – and I snapped.
I answered 2 of the lines (sure enough, from the same company), triggered their recorded messages, pushed the conference button on my phone connecting the two cyber-salesmen – and went for a coffee.
Once I calmed down, I went to the Do Not Call Registry and registered a complaint. I used the Caller ID number to report them, but since they, too, are faked all the time (I'm sorry, Virginia, but it is true…), I really have no idea if the perp will be brought to justice, or if a legitimate company has been framed by some offshore phone spammer.
The business moral of the story – one we practice, ourselves, and drum into all our clients – is to never, never contact a prospect who hasn't explicitly invited marketing or sales contact. That goes double for any automated, mechanical means of contact. If you do, be prepared to become a lightning rod for all the pent-up frustration the spammed hold for their hidden antagonists.
A word to the wise…


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Menozac - Menopause Relief
Proven Benefits:
- Relief From: Anxiety
- Urinary Changes
- Bloating, Appetite Changes
- Hot Flashes, Night Sweats
- Mood Swings & Vaginal Dryness
Every woman, since the dawn of humanity, has gone through menopause. Menopause is a natural event in every woman's life. You're not sick, but you sure don't feel good! Unfortunately, the transition from being a fertile woman to a healthy, happy non-fertile woman has some uncomfortable symptoms.
Menozac provides natural relief from the sypmtoms of menopause. Its botanical formulation contains a blend of natural herbal extracts chosen specifically to help ease your transition. This formula provides effective menopause relief, from the onset, and through the duration of typical menopause.
Don't let yourself suffer with the ill-effects of menopause. The plants used in creating Menozac have a long history of helping to relieve menopausal symptoms and supporting the body's hormonal balance along with other benefits.
Product Description
Menozac is all natural, herbal supplement that reliefs symptoms of menopause.
Soy is one of the main ingredients of Menozac. Soy contains phytoestrogens that act in a similar manner to estrogen in the body. Balancing these hormonal levels may help with many of the symptoms of menopause.
Menozac also contains black cohosh to help with some of the symptoms. The herb has been popular for quite some time in Europe, with a gain in popularity in few recent years in the US.
Another ingredient worth mentioning is Damiana - It is known to relieve stress and anxiety and help people relax. Damiana is especially beneficial to women who are experiencing drastic mood swings and depression during menopause – and for those who are having trouble sleeping at night.
Damiana is also often used in supplements that aim to treat libido dysfunction in men, as many experts say it can be useful as a mild aphrodisiac. Menozac has a recommended dose of Vitamin E in it's formula to act as an antioxidant.
More people are realizing the endless benefits of detoxifying their bodies. Also, many studies suggest that Vitamin E is helpful in easing hot flashes.
1. How do you ship the product?
We ship all USA orders via USPS first class mail with delivery confirmation. International orders are shipped via FedEx with tracking or a local international carrier with tracking. All packages are discreetly shipped with no indication of what product is inside.
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For all medical questions, please consult your physician.
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USA orders are shipped USPS and take 7 to 10 business days. International Orders are shipped via FedEx and take 10 to 21 business days depending on customs clearance.
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You can order our products with the 4 major Credit Cards (Visa, Master Card, American Express and Discover Card).
5. What is your Money Back guarantee?
We take great pride in the superior quality of our products and want you to be pleased with your purchase. We believe in offering the very best value, quality and selection to our customers. You may return any unused and unopened item purchased from us for any reason within Ninety (90) days of your purchase for a refund of the purchase price.
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If you have any medical questions regarding any of our products please consult your physician or doctor for professional advice.
7. What is the recommended dosage for this product?
Once you receive the product you will be able to read the recommended dosage on the product.
90 Day Guarantee
We take great pride in the superior quality of our products and want you to be pleased with your purchase. We believe in offering the very best value, quality and selection to our customers. You may return any unused and unopened item purchased from us for any reason within Ninety (90) days of your purchase date. If you purchased your merchandise through a "Buy Three, Get Three Free" or similar offer, ALL items must be returned in order to receive a refund. If you return a partial amount of merchandise, you will forfeit the free product and receive a refund on the discount price per item based on the total purchase.
Your complete satisfaction is our ultimate goal. You may return any item shipped by Company, keeping the following in mind:
- You should return the item to us within 90 days of your purchase date.
- We do not accept items back that have been opened or used. Opened Items are Non Refundable.
- Shipping and Handling Fees are Non Refundable.
To request a refund you must obtain an RMA (Return Authorization). Requests must be made online and submitted with your order information and explanation of the why you wish to return the product. Please do not call for an RMA. If you return your product without a RMA number you will not be refunded. Shipping and handling charges are non-refundable. For returns via mail, you must carefully package the product, you are responsible for the cost of return shipping, and we must physically receive the return within the 90 day period. Company reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to reject any return that does not comply with these requirements. Once your return has been received, a credit to your card or refund check will be issued and an e-mail confirmation will be sent within 30 days.


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The design at Ace Hotel London hints at a wide range of influences from UK punk to the bold graphic style of the early 20th century Vorticist movement, to the clean Modernism of the Bauhaus. All rooms have vintage furniture, original artwork, Ace video-on-demand and Revo radios with Ace-curated radio stations, some rooms have turntables and a selection of vinyl and acoustic guitars. "Destination" restaurant will be led by David Waddington and Pablo Flack who are restaurateurs behind Bistrotheque and Shrimpy's. Located in Shoreditch neighbourhood, it is a hub for galleries, theatres and fashion, home of the Brick Lane market and a canvas for street artists from around the world. First district where plays were performed in London, banned at that time in the city. Easy access to Moorgate, Finsbury Square and Liverpool Street.
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- Year of most recent renovation : 2004
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Supplier diversity is a business strategy that ensures a diverse supplier base in the procurement of goods and services for any business or organization. It emphasizes the creation of a diverse supply chain that works to secure the inclusion of diverse groups in the procurement plans for government, not-for-profits, and private industry. Research shows that companies that embrace diversity are more profitable than companies that don't:
"On average, supplier diversity programs add $3.6 million to the bottom line for every $1 million in procurement operation costs," writes Lindsay Clark, referencing a 2015 study by The Hackett Group. "The high return on investment is undeniable... A positive ROI that boosts socially conscious reputation should push supplier diversity to the forefront of business strategy."
What Is a Diverse Supplier?
There are approximately 16 categories used to identify diverse businesses. Common examples are Small Business Enterprise (SBE), Minority-Owned Business Enterprise (MBE), and Women's Business Enterprise (WBE). In order for an organization to record and report diverse spend, it is important to ensure its suppliers are certified through third-party certification bodies.
Diversity certification is an important milestone in the life of a supplier because it authenticates that the business is owned, managed, and controlled by a qualifying diverse group. Certification also opens the door for opportunities to contract with the federal government, which has a mandate to increase the number of diverse suppliers within an organization's supply chain.
Entities such as the Women's Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC), the National Minority Supplier Diversity Council (NMSDC), the National Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce (NGLCC), and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Vets First Program focus on assuring that businesses are appropriately categorized by offering third-party certification services recognized nationally. Regional councils and state and local governments also offer certification services.
Why Is Supplier Diversity Important?
A common misconception is that diversity is a quota system or social program designed to benefit selected groups while adding little to no value to the bottom line. The fact is that a competitive advantage exists, as progressive organizations that have already implemented an effective strategy have realized. A Supplier diversity commitment benefits a company because it:
- Promotes innovation through the entrance of new products, services, and solutions
- Provides multiple channels from which to procure goods and services
- Drives competition (on price and service levels) between the company's existing and potential vendors
- Allows a company to take advantage of new opportunities for business expansion with the emergence of new consumer needs based upon shifting demographic realities
- Displays an organization's commitment to doing business, beyond consumerism, in diverse markets
- Showcases the company's interest in and commitment to the economic growth of all communities
Supplier diversity is beneficial to all stakeholders, not just to the companies with programs. First and foremost, supplier diversity programming adds economic value, because it encourages the growth of diverse businesses. Diverse businesses typically encounter barriers that challenge their start-up and sustainability, such as access to capital and networking opportunities, so effective supplier diversity strategies can alleviate these pain points.
As small businesses grow, so will our nation's economy. Because most diverse businesses are small businesses, they aid in the economic recovery and sustainability of their communities. According to a report published by NMSDC, the nearly 12,000 diverse businesses certified by NMSDC as of August 2014 had a total economic impact of more than $400 billion in output. These minority-owned small businesses drove the creation of and/or preservation of more than 2.2 million jobs held by persons who find themselves either directly or indirectly employed by NMSDC-certified MBEs. These same minority suppliers also generated close to $49 billion in tax revenue for the benefit of local, state, and federal governments.
U.S. statistics show a similar economic impact. In December 2014, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) reported 57 consecutive months of new jobs added back to the U.S. workforce after the worst recession in recent U.S. history. SBA Administrator Maria Contreras-Sweet reports that "…this new trajectory is attributable to the success of America's entrepreneurs and the resurgence of our nation's small businesses. About 7 million of the 10.9 million jobs added back were created not by large corporations, but by start-ups and small enterprises."
In addition to driving job creation, supplier diversity is important because it provides products and services to emerging consumer markets. While traditional products and services remain available to consumers, demographic shifts create opportunities for diverse suppliers to meet the needs of emerging and/or shifting populations in the U.S. and across the globe. According to a Department of Commerce study, this growing minority population will account for as much as 70 percent of the total increase in purchasing power from 2000 to 2045.
A joint report from the U.S. Census Bureau and the Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) shows that minority-owned businesses continue to outpace the growth of majority-owned firms. According to the report, the number of MBEs increased 39 percent between 2007 and 2012 (from 5.8 million to 8 million), or more than three times faster than population growth among minorities.
Employment at minority-owned firms increased 33 percent to 7.7 million jobs, while gross receipts were up 53 percent from 2007. In contrast, the number of non-minority firms shrank by five percent between 2007 and 2012. Employment at non-minority firms increased seven percent, or less than one-fourth as fast as in MBEs, and receipts in non-minority firms increased 27 percent, or half as fast as in MBEs. From this information, it is clear that MBEs are a driving force behind economic growth and will be a major segment of the U.S. economy in the 21st century as the transition to a more diverse demographic majority continues.
Supplier Diversity Thought Leadership
Thought leadership in supplier diversity benefits everyone, because it provides a forum for sharing information, resources, tools, methodologies, and experiences to assist in the growth, expansion, and development of the industry. It is also important because it provides information to companies that are attempting to develop effective supplier diversity initiatives. As organizations share their experiences, they enable success within other organizations and, in turn, build a stronger industry and stronger communities with stronger diverse businesses.
As the premier provider of supplier management services and solutions, CVM Solutions is positioned as a thought leader in the industry. We offer resources and solutions that enable supplier diversity success for our clients. Our team is composed of supplier diversity leaders from the corporate, government, nonprofit, and technology sectors. With more than 40 years of combined supplier diversity experience, our solutions are designed to solve real-life supplier diversity challenges that can help our clients achieve their operational objectives.


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15 Questions To Ask At Audi Usa A6 | audi usa a6
Boring because the E-Tron looks and drives aloof like an Audi SUV. Alluring because beneath those accustomed tingles, Audi caked astronomic assets into a committed belvedere that addresses the near- and abiding challenges and possibilities inherent in an EV. An important anniversary because the E-Tron will be one of the aboriginal OEM affluence crossover to claiming the Goliath of the articulation (you apperceive who we're talking about), abutting the Jaguar I-Pace.
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The E-Tron screams Ingolstadt. Lead exoteric artist Stephan Fahr-Becker said, "In the clinics the barter asked us, 'Can we aloof accept a nice-looking electric vehicle?'," so Fahr-Becker gave them what is finer a Q6 with accessible basement for five. The 115.1-inch wheelbase is 4.1 inches best than Q5's and 2.8 inches beneath than the Q7's. At 193 inches long, 65.5 inches high, and 76.3 inches wide, the ambit compress the Q8 by a touch. The Tesla Archetypal X is bristles inches best and a little wider. Vacationing families get 28.5 cubic anxiety of burden spaces abaft the rear seats, 57 cubic anxiety with the seats down.
Singleframe grille? Check. Matrix LED headlights, neutered in the U.S.? Check. Almost trapezoidal contour with heavily angled corners? Check. To banderole EV status, there are flourishes like hashmarks in the corners of the headlights to actor a array allegation bar, and slats in the rear that alter tailpipes. And while European models like the one we collection abrasion Manhattan Grey forth the hem for a two-tone look, U.S. models appear in solid colors.
A accurate berth artful adopted by European villains and CFOs who abrasion $1,000 decree glasses showcases familiar, Mondrian-esque accurateness of band amid lacquer, leather, and satin. Actuality is the Basic Cockpit, there the twin-screen centermost animate for MMI and altitude controls, all apparent afore in the A6, A7, and A8. The accessory selector differs, actuality a beefy toggle at the end of a handrest that channels Audi's acceptable accessory selector. A Ability Meter that reads in allotment replaces the tachometer in the Basic Cockpit, but alike the Predictive Ability Assist is a re-written amend of the clear ability aid from added Audi vehicles.
Audi slathered endless of sound-deadening throughout the body, including abaft the aperture panels, to anticipate allegation for bogus noises in the cabin. Beneath dispatch at artery acceleration one hears a adumbration of the faintest of whines from the two electric motors. The loudest babble comes from air aerobatics over the alfresco mirrors, a affable hasty attenuate abundant to be done abroad by conversation, never apperception the standard, 16-speaker, 705-watt Bang & Olufsen stereo. As for application the basic mirrors, if they're the future, the approaching will booty added than a day of active to get acclimated to.
In archetypal active the electric motors accommodate 360 application and 414 batter anxiety of torque, the above 165-kW rear motor accomplishing about all the work, the 135-kW advanced motor avaricious an oar in milliseconds aback necessary. These are accomplished numbers, that burning torque goosing the E-Tron's 5,500 pounds afterwards drama. In Sport, blame the accelerator pedal accomplished a detent activates Addition mode. Anniversary motor goes into overdrive for up to eight seconds, with achievement accretion to 402 hp and 490 lb-ft. Audi's quoted 5.5-second birr to 60 afar per hour is on Boost, so amount about 6.4 abnormal to ability 60 without. Addition can be accessed afresh by absolution off the pedal for a few seconds, afresh mashing again, but you're absurd do so alfresco of a bankrupt course. Dispatch comes on so bound that alike from a standstill, by the time eight abnormal passes you'll be above any acknowledged U.S. acceleration and closing on the 124-mph top-speed limiter.
Doing the best up the snaking, absurd Jebel Hafeet Mountain Road abreast Abu Dhabi, breadth we catholic to drive the E-Tron, proves this EV can accommodate lumber-free turn-in on command, aided by brake-based torque vectoring. The Q7 contributed its adaptive air suspension, retuned to administer the E-Tron's added 500 pounds. You accept to go all Ablaze Brigade to bulldoze squeals from the 255/50R/20 Goodyear Eagle Sport All-Seasons. Afterwards accidentally activity way too fast into the aftermost aciculate corner, we stomped on the larboard pedal. The E-Tron wears brace of 14.8-inch discs with six-piston calipers in front, distinct calipers in aback anchor 13.8-inch discs, for aloof such an event. The adenoids dove, acceleration disappeared, we fabricated the about-face with affluence of lane to spare.
The E-Tron rides and handles like an Audi crossover, and why not? Audi knows how to accomplish an Audi. A skosh too abundant addition renders the council light, but the archetypal mid-sized Audi SUV client wouldn't accept it any added way.
Fascinating discoveries alive abaft the Aloof Addition Audi façade. The best important actuality ability be this: the E-Tron isn't an electric adaptation of an ICE car. Audi chose to cascade truckloads of money and time into analytic the near- and abiding challenges of an electric agent advised for an admirers that expects OEM standards. So Audi considers the E-Tron a new platform, alike admitting the crossover's based on the MLB Evo architectonics acknowledging the A4, A6, A7, A8, Q5, and Q7. The E-Tron uses altered subframes, and they bolt to a new centermost breadth that's about all battery. This is a one-and-done belvedere to serve the E-Tron and derivatives like the E-Tron Sportback. The E-Tron GT will ride on the J1, a altered belvedere aggregate amid it and its Porsche Taycan sibling. Afterwards that comes the abiding future, the Premium Belvedere Cyberbanking (PPE) co-developed with Porsche.
Audi USA quotes the accessory of annoyance at 0.30, aback our adaptation comes accepted on 20-inch wheels. You can get that annoyance amount bottomward by three-thousandths by allotment the 19-inch aero-optimized auto on low-rolling-resistance tires. An Audi architect told us that abbreviation annoyance by a thousandth of a point extends ambit by about a mile. Europeans can add three afar with the basic ancillary mirrors. In the U.S., redesigned accepted mirrors add 1.5 miles. The vents in the advanced bumpers accord addition 1.5 miles. In total, engineers begin 21.7 afar of ambit through aero optimization.
The 95-kWh LG Chem lithium-ion array is composed of 36 metal shoeboxes, anniversary box apartment 12 beef of 3.5 volts each, anniversary corpuscle in a adjustable aluminum polymer envelope about the admeasurement of a coffee pouch. If a accessory goes bad, an Audi banker can alleviate the 35 bolts that defended the array to the anatomy and alter one of the capsules. The 432 absolute beef are abiding in mainly one layer, with a additional baby bank beneath the rear seats. An aluminum filigree anatomy surrounds the shoeboxes, and that anatomy sits on a honeycomb-filled aluminum abject that provides blow protection. A little added than bristles anxiety wide, one basal deep, and 7.5 anxiety long, the structure's 1,576 pounds accord to abundantly added torsional acerbity and the E-Tron's 49/51 weight distribution.
A thermally conductive gel advance amid the pouches absorbs array heat. The cooling system, which Audi calls the "chiller," runs antifreeze admitting laminated advance on the alfresco basal of the aluminum baseplate, cartoon calefaction out of the conductive gel in the array through the plate. No cooling aqueous enters the array area. In a crash, bold the agent stays upright, the antifreeze avalanche abroad from the array instead of into the battery.
That alarming is one of four altitude ascendancy systems ecology the mechanicals and the passengers, with 295 switches chief breadth to administer algid or warmth. By befitting the array temperature amid about 77 and 95 degrees Fahrenheit, the E-Tron maintains repeatability of performance. Audi said if you appetite to do time 60-mph runs, "You can do that ten times in a row, you're consistently activity to get 5.5 seconds," because the array stays in its optimal operating range.
Until the Taycan and its appear 350-kW charging access backward abutting year, the E-Tron will action the fastest charging on the market. Tesla Superchargers top out at 120 kW. That makes the chiller's better annual managing the calefaction produced by the 150-kW DC fast-charging capability. Aback we asked about array abrasion from again Addition use and charging stress, Audi told us, "We've done a lot of tests on the crumbling of this battery, and you're years, years, years out afore you accept any apparent accident beneath accustomed circumstances. … The car itself will apparently be beat out and gone to recycler afore the array needs to be replaced."
The brake-by-wire arrangement tears bottomward accepted EV walls. The anchor pedal connects to a automated anchor simulator, annihilation added than a agent blame aqueous into a reservoir. A ambassador reads anchor pedal travel, speed, and force, afresh sends a arresting to the motors, which handle any braking accident of 0.3 G or less. Audi expects that to awning 90 percent of braking events.
It's accessible to apprehend the antecedent branch and not acknowledge the leap. EV drivers accept been accomplished to abstain the anchor pedal and those careless abrasion brakes, application benumbed regen or regen paddles instead, in adjustment to get the best activity aback into the battery. In the E-Tron, 90 percent of the time, application the anchor pedal is regen and alone regen. The abrasion brakes aren't used. The calipers actuate in astringent and emergency situations; at the end of pedal travel, a automated valve connects the pedal to the hydraulic system. Because they're so rarely used, the pistons actuate already per day to apple-pie the rotors and anticipate apparent rust.
The cyberbanking brakes aren't grabby; in 200 afar of driving, we alone had to say, "Oops, sorry," once, and that was aback tootling amid beach dunes. We alleged on the abrasion brakes a few times in a brace hundred afar of driving, through testing or arena Aftermost of the Backward Brakers. They accompany the affair seamlessly. Paddles abaft the council caster aeon through three regen levels – freewheeling, minimal, and aerial – if you appetite control. Audi, however, says that active with the anchor pedal is best able because a animal doesn't accept reflexes to beat a arrangement advised to annual for 30 percent of the E-Tron's range.
How did this assignment out on the anchorage of Abu Dhabi? Able-bodied abundant for a accomplished day of active alike admitting about all of it was highways, including a amplitude with a 100-mph acceleration limit. We started with 214 afar of range, and punting it about and to the top of Jebel Hafeet Mountain, we concluded up active 112 afar in total, and acclimated 153 afar of range. On the way back, which was abundant on artery with a burst of beach driving, we acclimated up 195 afar to go 124 miles.
That affectionate of activity cesspool could accord addition pause. But one, the E-Tron isn't fabricated for cannonballing, and the day's active wasn't adumbrative of the planned-for use case. In both cases, the E-Tron had at atomic 60 declared afar of ambit left, affluence abundant to get thee to a charging station. Nevertheless, we allegation to get an EPA rating, which will apparently appear in about amid 200 and 220 miles, and absorb a day on a alloyed American aeon to apperceive how able-bodied the E-Tron manages its power, or not.
Audi wouldn't say how abundant of the 95-kWh accommodation the E-Tron uses, but we heard there's a single-digit absorber on the top and basal ends. What's assertive is that Audi's gone ultra-conservative with array performance, absorption instead on constancy and repeatability, so there's affluence actuality to amuse a risk-averse Audi client accessible to booty a adventitious on an electric car. And abundant abstemiousness is how Audi justifies the eight-year, 100,000-mile array warranty, alert the aegis accustomed the blow of the vehicle. Aback we asked why Audi advised a array arrangement that could aftermost best than the technology, and ability aftermost best than the additional owner's tenure, Audi said it has to booty the continued view. The assurance maintains charter residuals at the end of term, and aback Audi's charter assimilation isn't as aerial as with the added affluence Germans, first, second, and potentially third owners allegation not fear, either.
Audi includes a charging cable in a accommodation beneath the hood. Plugged into a Level 2 240-volt outlet, the E-Tron needs from nine to 12 hours to allegation fully. A Level 3 DC fast 150-kW charger restores 80 percent of ambit in 30 minutes, a abounding allegation takes about 45 minutes. E-Trons don't alpha deliveries until the additional division of abutting year. Not continued afterwards that, by July 2019, Electrify America affairs to accept 500 fast charging stations in 40 states and 17 cities. E-Tron owners will get 1,000 kWh of Electrify America charging free, almost 2,000 afar of driving, that can be acclimated aural four years of purchase.
The dual-charging anchorage on the larboard fender accepts Level 2 AC and Level 3 DC chargers. An another additional anchorage on the appropriate fender is AC-only, but the U.S. doesn't get that advantage in the aboriginal archetypal year. Audi said the additional anchorage could accomplish an actualization during the additional archetypal year.
When we asked about wireless charging, Audi's said, "It's not article we're activity to accompany appropriate abroad on this car." The carmaker is cat-and-mouse for the SAE to advance a standard, preferring not to absorb on a proprietary system.
Price starts at $75,795 for the Premium trim. That makes it the best big-ticket in the range, $7,400 added than the Q8 Premium, but it includes affluence basics that are another in the added SUVs – the Matrix headlights, the B&O stereo, the disciplinarian abetment tech. The Prestige trim starts at $83,790 afore destination, abacus appearance like the Disciplinarian Abetment Package with adaptive cruise, dual-pane windows, head-up display, and ability aperture closers.
We've waited years for a committed affluence alms from a German OEM, and bold it arrives on time, it will be the first. And the chat "dedicated" matters. It looks like two added German makers will aboriginal acquaint electric versions of accepted ICE crossovers, which agency they'll accommodate abortive artifacts like legroom-robbing manual tunnels, which the E-Tron lacks. If we're talking about a 18-carat accomplishment to claiming Tesla, this is breadth we allegation to look.
And yet, in abounding means the E-Tron isn't a adversary to Tesla; It aims to be the another for buyers who appetite an EV afterwards babel and with bequest OEM abetment – the aforementioned affectionate of client who ability be absorbed in the less-understated, hardly abate and cheaper I-Pace, which starts at $70,495 and appearance a 90 kWh battery. The E-Tron's the draw for shoppers who won't accident aggravation for aloof rights, who appetite to display a assertive affectionate of success afterwards continuing out. Based on the sales numbers for mid-sized affluence SUVs, that abeyant client basin runs deep. Forget the R8, the E-Tron ability be the best archetype of Audi's tagline: Actuality is advance through technology, chaste but with absorbing tech underneath.
Back aback he was admiral of Audi of America, Scott Keogh said of the E-Tron, "We actualization the [E-Tron] as a assurance leap…. We've approved to accomplish that bound as baby as possible."
In fact, the new battery-electric crossover isn't a bound at all. It's an Audi.
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Try Our New Dessert Wines for a Sweet Surprise!
By Mark Jacklich
Bentley's Grill Wine Steward Mark Jacklich shares his recommendations and thoughts in his series: Wine Notes with Mark. Enjoy!
This week I will be highlighting three new additions to our dessert menu. They are all from our great state of Oregon and each can enhance your dining experience by complimenting our desserts or acting as dessert on their own.
First up is Del Rio's 2006 Syrah Port.
While sold out at the winery I was able to stash some bottles away for the enjoyment of our patrons. This is truly an unique and sophisticated Syrah Port. Rich with blackberry, dark cherry fruit and a light oak touch.Our port has deep flavors that come forward followed by a lingering Syrah finish. The flavor profile would compliment our Currant Bread Pudding with ease.
Next is Seven of Hearts 2011 Pinot Noir port "Coupe's Cuvee"
Now in the fourth vintage of this unique port-style Pinot noir, this version of Coupe's Cuvée is the deepest and richest yet, but still showing a finesse that is uncharacteristic of Port, but ultimately what makes this a pinot noir first, and a dessert wine second. At 6% residual sugar, it is enough to balance with the acidity, but not so much as to overwhelm the expression of the fruit. The approach to production of this was a traditional port method using brandy distilled from pinot noir.
Lastly, Ancient Cellars Marionberry Dessert Wine
This non-vintage dessert wine boasts our unofficial state berry in a light dryer style. Rich aromas of mixed berry jam and bubble gum radiate from the glass along with the brilliant ruby color. the abundant flavors of marionberry pie leave little doubt of the wines origin. the berry flavors are accented by hints of toasted wood and vanilla from partial barrel aging.
If your in the mood for desert but want something less filling with out sacrificing flavor, here are some good options for you on your next visit in.


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Could Your Pet Catch This Year's Dangerous Flu?
The 2017-2018 flu season is the worst the U.S. has faced in years. To date, more than 50 children have died and states across the country are reporting total fatalities of over 120 people, according to Time. Even worse, the CDC says we're still not in the peak of this flu season.
With a widespread and deadly flu wreaking havoc on humans, should you be worried about your pets? This year's virus has many pet owners asking if their beloved furry companions can get the flu.
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Unfortunately, the answer is yes. Your pet is at risk of the very same illness. Animals can get the flu, and this flu season has already been especially rough on dogs. However, it's important to know the differences between human and pet influenza. Understanding how your pet can contract the flu is crucial in keeping your furry friend safe.
What Is The Pet Flu?
Dogs and cats are particularly susceptible to the flu. Certain strains of the human illness can infect these animals easily – dogs are particularly susceptible to Influenza Type A (H3N8). Both cats and dogs can also be afflicted by the H1N1 variant.
The most notable human flu strain this year is H3N2. However, humans and pets can still get and pass on the H1N1 flu virus, a secondary strain.
How Do You Know If Your Pet Is Affected?
We may be familiar with the symptoms of the flu in humans, but animals react to illness differently. Do you know what the flu looks like in your cat or dog?
Dog Flu Symptoms
Fortunately for pet owners, cases of dog flu are usually mild. However, the illness can last anywhere from 10 to 30 days. A mild case usually runs its course. A severe case needs to be taken seriously; serious symptoms include coughing up blood, difficulty breathing, and ultimately pneumonia.
Look for the following symptoms in your pup:
- Coughing
- Malaise
- Sneezing
- Fever
- Lack of appetite
Cat Flu Symptoms
Most cases of cat flu aren't serious, but it's always wise to have your veterinarian perform an examination. Some cats will remain an influenza carrier long after their symptoms disappear, which can cause big issues for multi-cat households. In rare incidents, cats have developed a lifelong problem with chronic rhinitis after battling the flu.
Be on the lookout for any of these kitty symptoms:
- Runny eyes and nose
- Fever
- Sneezing
- Mouth ulcers
- Loss of voice
- Drooling
- Lack of appetite
How to Protect Your Pet
Many pets are getting the flu this year, so you need to keep a close eye on your furry friends. Catching the signs of illness before the flu worsens is key – and you can also get a vaccine from your vet. Just like the human flu shot, the animal vaccine is not 100 percent effective. Therefore, you'll still need to keep them away from potentially infected dogs and cats.
Remember, even pets that aren't displaying symptoms can still be contagious. Because it's possible for humans, dogs and cats to all get and spread H1N1, you should always utilize proper hygiene techniques. Make sure every person in your household frequently washes their hands and knows how to properly cover their mouth while sneezing and coughing. A single cough can spread the flu to your family and your pets.
How to Treat Your Pet's Flu
Dogs and cats who are exposed to pet influenza have an 80 percent chance of contracting the illness, according to Fortune. Prevention is by far the best, most effective treatment.
If your dog already has the flu, he needs to be isolated from other animals. Rest is also essential. Depending on the severity of the flu strain, your vet may prescribe an antibiotic, cough suppressants, and fluids. Hospitalization may be necessary in severe cases.
Cats with any form of the flu will have a harder time getting a helpful treatment. This is because there are no known antiviral medications that help with the cat flu. So, follow the same steps: isolate your cats from other animals and provide a space where they feel safe resting.
The likelihood of you passing the H1N1 flu virus to your pet, or vice versa, isn't high – but the risk is still present. Steer clear of sick humans, keep your cat or dog hydrated, and practice good sanitation habits, all of which are the best ways to keep everyone in your household safe this flu season.