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Cool Change
The three shots that Sergeant Michael Anders fired at Thomas Helling with his handgun on that climactic night three months earlier were only meant to stop and disarm the attacker. One bullet entered and exited Thomas' right thigh and another went through his left fore arm which was holding the bloody scalpel. The third bullet was aimed at Thomas' left shoulder. As Thomas moved, reeling from the first two shots to his body, the third bullet exploded through his chest, narrowly missing his heart.
Thomas was lucky to have two experienced police officers at his side that night – they saved his life.
Thomas Helling's mother, Constance Helling, was also there. She was a nurse – and that night she was also Thomas' saviour.
"Joanne, darling. I'm your mother," the woman in red caresses Joanne Evans' blonde hair. "One day you will know the truth about me."
"What is the truth?" Joanne calls out, as she sees the woman in red begin to walk away from her.
Joanne tries to unlock her wheelchair's brakes, but they seem to be stuck. "Come back!" Joanne screams out. "What is the truth?"
"One day you will know the truth," Joanne can hear the woman in the distance.
She tries to unlock the wheelchair's brakes again. They unlock this time, but she suddenly finds herself wheeling backwards, starting to roll down the hill. Joanne tries to grab for the brakes again, but they seem to have disappeared. The wheelchair is gaining momentum and speedily rolls backwards down the hill. At the top of the hill Joanne can see the woman in red.
The next thing Joanne remembers is seeing her aunty's face.
"Another bad dream?" Aunty Val asks her.
"I don't have good dreams anymore, Aunty Val," Joanne is relieved to be awake from her nightmare.
"Oh, honey, I wish I could click my fingers and make everything better for you," Valerie Pickering says to her niece, giving her a big hug.
"Me too," Joanne whispers. "Me too."
"Remember you have another physio session this morning," Valerie reminds Joanne. "Your therapist says that you're coming along nicely."
"Defying the odds," Joanne smiles at her aunty.
"I never had any doubt you would be back up walking again."
"Well, I'm not quite walking yet," Joanne says. "Speaking of defying the odds, remember you have another AA meeting tonight."
"I wouldn't miss it for the world." Valerie Pickering gives her niece another big hug.
Thomas Helling was quickly rushed to hospital as soon as the ambulance arrived. He had somehow managed to be kept alive by the trio.
"If he doesn't survive, I'll kill you myself," Constance Helling screamed at Sergeant Michael Anders as she clambered into the back of the ambulance with her son.
"Constance, I'm sorry," Michael Anders tried to explain, "but he was about to attack Kyle. I had to stop him somehow."
"By trying to kill him?" Constance barked back.
"He killed Richard Evans," Constable Kyle Cook retorted. "He's a murderer."
"Hold your tongue! I don't believe he could kill anyone."
"Accept the truth! He killed Richard Evans," Kyle Cook shouted at Constance as the paramedics closed the back doors of the ambulance. He looked up at a solemn faced Michael Anders. "If I wasn't a police officer, I wouldn't have saved him."
"Let's go wash," was all that Michael Anders could reply.
Both men were covered in Thomas Helling's blood from their efforts in trying to save him. Luckily for Kyle Cook it covered up Richard Evans' blood and Sergeant Michael Anders was none the wiser.
Joanne couldn't shake the dream. She couldn't help but wonder who the woman was. She hadn't seen the woman in red since the day she had first encountered her at her father's grave almost three months ago. The woman had promised to tell Joanne the truth, but so far she hadn't been told anything.
Valerie Pickering parks the car in the hospital's car park. She had driven Joanne to her weekly physio session. Her physiotherapist, Doctor Karlsson, was based in Holgate but travelled to Peppercorn Patch once a week to see his patients.
"I'll get the wheelchair," Valerie moves to get out of the car.
"Tell me about my mother," Joanne says unexpectedly.
"Jo, honey, we have to go in for your physio session," Valerie seems uncomfortable.
"I want you to tell me what she was like."
"She was very much like you," Valerie says. "Kind, caring, beautiful. She would have loved you dearly."
"How did she die?"
"Jo, honey." Valerie is still uncomfortable. "I don't think it's the time or place to be discussing this."
"Have I been told the truth? Did she really die?"
"I'm not sure what you mean, honey." Valerie is now confused. "You know the truth."
"She died when she gave birth to me?" Joanne asks.
"Yes, honey. She lost too much blood."
"Are you telling me the truth?" Valerie could now see the tears forming in Joanne's eyes.
Valerie looks deep into Joanne's teary eyes. "Honey, it is the truth. I was holding her hand when she died."
Constable Kyle Cook walks down the hospital hallway. He can see a few people smile at him as he walks past them. A few of them give him the thumbs up. He has become the town hero, and he likes it.
He stops outside Room 301. Outside a colleague sits on an uncomfortable looking plastic chair. "I'll take over from here," Kyle Cook says to the police officer who has been keeping guard.
"Great, I'm dying for a toilet break." Kyle can see the police officer move off in the direction of the restroom.
Kyle enters the hospital room. It is dark apart from a small overhead light.
"Hello friend," he says to a sleeping Thomas Helling. "Still alive and making my life a misery, I see."
Kyle looks over at the machines that are working to keep Thomas alive.
"Strange, it seems we've done this before," Kyle laughs, "except this time you don't have to pull through."
The machines continue to hum along at a constant pace.
"Did you hear? I received a bravery award." Kyle laughs again. "Can you believe it? I was so brave. Trying to rescue Richard Evans from you – the town's crazed lunatic."
Kyle almost expects a response from the sleeping Thomas. He moves closer to him. "This is not in my plan, you know. You're going to ruin everything if you wake up."
There is a click as the sound of the tube connected to the mechanical ventilator is detached.
"You're not about to ruin everything now, my friend."
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I have a small selection of breastfeeding friendly dresses, mixing things up a bit is a must so I don't get totally bored of my selection.
This is a dress I got from ASOS which buttons down mixed with a long skirt from Marks and Spencer's in their January sale. The belt is an old one from Noa Noa which hides the join! And the cardigan (yep I'm wearing it AGAIN so comfy) is Tom's from Topman.
My sandals are by Saltwater. I have wanted a pair for so long and I have to tell you they are really worth the money. I broke them in this weekend over our trip to London (more to come on this soon!) and they didn't hurt once, even whilst walking around the city/tubes etc. In fact they felt like little hugs for my feet. I am now going to save for the Blue ones (if they come back in stock, I bought my tan pair from Toast)
We have had such a busy weekend and whilst we are happy to have spent time with family and friends we are very glad to be home. xoxo
p.s I cant wait for these giant boobs to shrink down a bit - only down side to breastfeeding for me, I'm not used to them!

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I love to look and with the availability of online resources I find myself on hooked on one visually exciting thing or another. It could be looking at old tintype photos from the 1840s, to the folds of clothing painted in Northern Renaissance paintings, to the Rockabilly styles of the 1950s and early 1960s, to a cartoonist I remember looking at as a young child.
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So, anyone who reads here probably also either knows me on Facebook or follows me on Twitter or both, in which case, you know that earlier this week I got a job. (If this is news: hey, I got a job!) It's a permanent gig for after my current clerkship ends (which means that it starts about 9 months from now. Clearly I cannot avoid the academia-like practice of getting jobs months and months before they start), acquired through an elaborate drawn-out process partly described here. (It's Interview #1 job! the one I really really really wanted!) I'm very excited, LDH is excited, all is good.
But the funny thing is that for a long time, I would have said that I would never have taken this job. Partly that's because it's in a part of the country that gets really, really hot, where I said I'd never live. But partly that's because it involves criminal law, and I thought I didn't want to do criminal law. First, it seems like way too many people go to law school because they watched a lot of Law & Order and expect law to be dramatic moments in a courtroom, solving brutal (and yet entertaining) crimes, and I did not want to be that cliche. Second, the stakes in criminal law are REALLY high. I mean, sure, money (at stake in most civil litigation) is pretty important to most people, but in civil litigation no one goes to jail. Third, in case you hadn't noticed, our criminal justice system has a lot of problems. On the one hand, do I really want to help the government exercise its already considerable power to convict people who frequently have been dealt the crappiest of hands and have few legit life options? (see especially the WAR ON DRUGS!!!!) Shouldn't I be one of the people making sure the government can convict only if it can genuinely prove everything beyond a reasonable doubt, keeping the government honest? On the other hand, do I have the stomach to defend someone I know to be guilty? I saw someone write just recently that what they like about being a criminal defense lawyer is that it's very clear - they're not working to serve justice, they're working to serve their client. Can I do that, if I think those things conflict? Obviously that's not always the case. But what about when it is?
(To be clear: I think both prosecutors and defense attorneys perform incredibly important jobs. Without them the adversary system is impossible, etc. etc. They're just not easy jobs, neither of them.)
But you know, the thing is, since graduating and clerking, I've realizing: I find criminal cases way more interesting than civil cases. I mean, yes, the facts are often more dramatic in criminal cases than in civil (although a lot of times they're not: the fact of drug possession is not generally that exciting. The fact of illegal reentry is not generally that exciting. Violence is not, in and of itself, interesting). But it's more that I find criminal procedure really interesting, and the constitutional issues it implicates really interesting. (And civil procedure...not so much.)
So, long story short, I'm pretty sure I've said at some point that I would never work in criminal law. And that I would never live in this part of the world. Yet, here I go. And I'm thrilled. (And also a little terrified. But as LDH said, that's all the more reason to take the job.)
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I was actually lucky enough to get some interviews for positions in other areas of law that also interest me, but are totally different from the job I've taken. So there's just that little nagging part of me that thinks, What if you'd really prefer doing X instead?? The thing is, it's kind of like wanting to be a historian and being equally interested in colonial Quebec and modern South Africa - you can't really do both; ultimately, you have to pick something. But I didn't have offers anywhere else - at least, not yet; and wasn't going hear back before this job needed an answer (which was pretty much right away); and this isn't really an opportunity you pass up. It's really just as well, because it prevented me from agonizing over what would be the best choice. (Presuming I would have even been lucky enough to have to choose.) But setting out a new path often entails a little regret about all the other paths you can't take at the same time.


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Watch Ben Gibbard's Big Screen Debut
The Death Cab frontman gets his David Foster Wallace on
Way, way back in January 2007, we reported that Death Cab for Cutie frontman Ben Gibbard would have an acting role in Brief Interviews With Hideous Men, the David Foster Wallace adaptation from director John Krasinski, aka the guy who plays Jim on "The Office". (Side note: congratulations, Jim!)
After spending what felt like an eternity in festival hell, Brief Interviews is finally out there in theaters. Stereogum has a clip of Gibbard's appearance in the film, in which we get to hear his character talk at great length about his feelings of alienation, sexual and otherwise. Always a party!Â
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Today's Tuesday Tip is more simple than most. Rather than subjecting yourself to the long lines, aggressive shoppers, and potential credit card debt problems, just stay home on Black Friday this year. Enjoy a delicious turkey sandwich and spend the extra time with loved ones instead!
Why Black Friday Isn't Worth It
Black Friday has long been awarded the title of "biggest shopping day of the year." This started as a post-Thanksgiving tradition of using the extra day off to get a head start on holiday shopping. Retailers used this opportunity to entice shoppers into their stores with one-day sales. In recent years, however, the quality of sales has diminished due to a number of factors.
For starters, shoppers are already committed to the day as a shopping holiday. There is less incentive for store owners to lower prices too much because large crowds are already a certainty. Nowadays the same or even better sales take place earlier in the week or after Friday.
For many items, there are simply better times of year to get good deals on them. TVs and winter clothing are generally cheaper in January for example. Other classic Black Friday choices like tools, furniture, or appliances go on sale in the summer or spring. It's easier to keep debt reduction and other financial goals on track if shopping is spread throughout the year.
The final reason shoppers brave the crowds after turkey day is the doorbuster deals. For these types of deals, you have to get to the store very early and then compete with others for limited items. There is a high probability that you won't get the items you're focused on. Plus, these items are almost always outdated or from an inferior brand.
Better Black Friday Activities
Thanksgiving and the day after are about togetherness and connecting or reconnecting with loved ones. Take advantage of the time off and the proximity to family and friends. There are leftovers to eat and better ways to spend your time!
- Try some crafts with kids. If your nieces and nephews or even your own kids are around, grab the glue sticks and get creative! Maybe you can even use the time to create some extra special holiday gifts, which can leave more money available to help with debt relief.
- Enjoy the great outdoors. This might be one of the last days of the year where the weather is suitable for a hike or bike ride. Use it to see a new place or take your relatives to a favorite spot.
- Just keep eating. Those leftovers aren't going to eat themselves! Ok maybe this isn't the greatest idea, but it's better than going out to buy things you probably don't need right now.
No matter how you choose to spend Black Friday, remember that the greatest debt management strategy is to limit spending wherever possible. There are many tempting sales this time of year. Just don't get caught up in the hype and buy more than you can afford!


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This month, exclusively at ELLE.com, Victoria's Secret Angel Lais Ribeiro will take you on a tour of the best-ever dance workouts.
In the first episode, learn five model-worthy cardio moves from Body by Simone's Simone de la Rue that you can blend into one fabulous, heart-pumping dance routine.
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Testing a Phenom II: Better, But Where Are The Business Systems?
Since AMD officially announced the Phenom II a few weeks ago, I've been interested in trying one out and seeing how it would perform on some high-end tasks. As usual, I'm not going to bother reporting results with things like Sysmark or testing games, as there are so many other sites that do that. (For instance, check out ExtremeTech's review here; my earlier post has links to reviews at a number of sites). Instead, I'm mostly going to focus on difficult spreadsheets and how the Phenom II stacks up against AMD's earlier Phenom and Intel's Core2Quad and Core i7 processors.
For this test, I used a reference system AMD sent to PC Magazine based around its "Dragon" platform, with a 3.0 GHZ Phenom II X4 940 processor. I compared with 2.5GHz Phenom X4 9850 I tested last year, along with a Gateway FX running a 2.5GHz Core 2 Quad Q9300, a Falcon Northwest system with a 3.2 GHz Core i7-965, and a Dell Studio XPS with a 2.67 GHz Core i7-965. (For more on these systems, see my post on testing a real Core i7.)
A couple of things to note about the Dragon system I tested. The system had only 2 GB of 1066MHz DDR2 memory, but the spreadsheets I'm testing with fit into that amount of memory. In previous tests, I've tried the spreadsheets on an identical system with 2 and 4 GB of memory and saw no difference. (In a number of other tests, the amount of memory can make a significant difference, but not these.) Also, the system had a high-end ATI Radeon 4870 X2 graphics card, but it makes no difference to Excel. Personally, I would recommend 4GB of memory to anyone who buys that kind of a graphics card, but it doesn't matter here.
Here is a table with the results:
In all cases, lower numbers are better; and the time for the MonteCarlo and Pivot Table examples are in seconds, while the large data table example is in minutes. Here it is as a chart:
As you can see, the Phenom II bested the original Phenom in all cases, which you would expect, given that the new processor is running at a higher clock speed and on a more advanced process (45 nm instead of 65 nm.) For AMD, the good news is that the Phenom II looks quite competitive with the Core 2 Quad (although admittedly it's not compared with the highest-end Core 2 Quad on the market): it completely a very large data table application in approximately the same time, was notably faster on a big pivot table, and notably slower on a good-sized Monte Carlo simulation. (For unknown reasons, the pivot table runs slower on the 2.5GHz Q9300 than on the 2.4 GHz Q6600, while the other tests run faster.)
Since AMD is mostly aiming the Phenom II at the Core 2 Quad, it's good to see it more competitive.
However, the bad news is that even the fastest Phenom II right now seems notably slower than the slowest Core i7, which was faster on all the tests, and especially on the Monte Carlo test (where it was more than twice as fast, probably reflecting the Core i7's 8 threads.)
Why is this an issue? AMD is correctly pointing out that the Phenom II and chip set are lower priced than Core i7 chips, at least on the public price lists, where the Core i7-920 lists for $284 and the Phenom II x4-940 is $225. But when I go to look for actual systems, I don't see that price difference reflected. At Dell for instance, a Studio XPS with a Core i7-920 starts at $899, while the lowest price Phenom II-based XPS 625 is $1,799 (though the Phenom II based system has more memory and dual graphics cards.) At HP, I couldn't find a Core i7 system; and while you can spec a Phenom II system, it requires you to buy a graphics card with at least 768GB of memory, making the starting price about $1200. (These prices are as of this morning; as always, PC prices are subject to change).
AMD points out that iBuyPower and CyberPower both have Dragon based systems that start at under $1000, and of course, enthusiasts can build their own systems. Also, you can upgrade a Phenom-based system to one with a Phenom II as they use the same AMD2+ socket; you can't do that for a Core i7 system. And AMD has been getting attention for how overclockable its chips are (see this YouTube video of how some folks got a system up to 6.5 GHz using liquid nitrogen and liquid helium to cool the chip to below 200 degrees Celsius) Of course in the real world, most people don't overclock their systems, particularly not for business use.
Right now, AMD seems to be positioning Phenom II and the Dragon platform at serious gamers, the kind that buy end-end graphics boards. And that's fine. But given the pricing, it would also make sense for mid-level business users as an alternative to the Core 2 Quad - but only if lower cost, more business-oriented systems were built around it. In other words, Core i7 should keep the crown for high-end business users, but the Phenom II can be a competitive player in the more mainstream markets eventually. But for now, if office applications are your primary application and you need more speed, I'd stick with the $900 Corei7 system.


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A source of arty inspiration
Our Engage Volunteer, Sam, tells us about how our collections have inspired her artwork.
Even before becoming an Engage Volunteer I was inspired by the fantastic collections at the Horniman.
The artefacts in what was the African Worlds Gallery have provided an especially rich source of material for my sketches and sculpture I've produced over the years.
Since becoming an Engage volunteer I can get up really close and personal with the actual objects themselves and I love to share my enthusiasm with the public too!
My work mainly focuses on memory. Do objects have a memory? Do they provoke a memory of your own? Or do they serve as a collective memory for a group of people?
I often combine my own memories of travelling and the experiences I've had into my work and the materials I use.
I have always had a fascination with masks. I have collected and sketched them on my travels around Mexico and Africa. Beautiful, ugly, mysterious and powerful, they hook my imagination and keep drawing me back.
In River Memory Mask the wood itself forms the contours of the map of a face, with the river flowing through it linking the future to the past. The mirrored eye and stones with holes also ward off evil as seen in masks and amulets at the Horniman, like this African Nkisi, this Kurdish charm or this English protective charm. I'm spoilt for choice of inspiration!
The Anthropology blogs are a great way to find out about how the Anthropology Collections are being re-displayed. I can't wait until the work is finished and the new World Gallery opens next year!
Have any of the objects at the Horniman sparked memories for you?
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Technical assistance
UNESCO, because of its expertise in the area of ethics teaching, is also providing technical assistance at the request of Member States or universities, organizations and institutions.
Cooperation with Saudi Arabia
- On the 27th February 2007, a Memorandum of Understanding has been signed between National Guard Health Affairs, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University of Health Sciences in Riyadh and UNESCO.
The focus of the agreement is to develop teaching programs in the area of bioethics. In February 2007 several symposia on ethics teaching have been organised, for example in King Fahd National Guard Hospital in Riyadh and in King Khalid National Guard Hospital in Jeddah where the UNESCO Ethics Education Programme have been discussed.
In King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences (KSAU-HS) in Riyadh, a Curriculum Advisory Committee has been established in order to develop the structure and content of the postgraduate bioethics qualifications in KSAU-HS. The aim is to start a bioethics course in January 2008 for PhD students in the Medical and Health Sciences Research Center. The course will also have some places for students from the region. The course will be developed with the assistance of UNESCO and will be based on the proposal for a core course in bioethics which is currently developed by an ad hoc committee of experts from IBC, COMEST, TWAS and WMA. In November 2007, UNESCO will provide an Ethics Teachers Training Course for the teachers of this course in Riyadh.
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Don Lemon clapped back against Bill O'Reilly on Twitter over accusations that Lemon was refusing to cover allegations that former Obama official Susan Rice wrongly "unmasked" Trump aides.
"False," Lemon tweeted. "I did not refuse to cover the story. But I did cover your sexual harassment allegations. Did you?"
During a segment on Monday, Lemon set out to debunk allegations that for political purposes, President Barack Obama's national security advisor Susan Rice had requested the identification of Americans mentioned in intelligence reports. The "CNN Tonight" anchor referenced a Washington Post column and said there is no evidence to support those claims.
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I'm skipping over some smaller developments and plenty of details. But today, we have the following series of events: Trump officials leak that Rice requested the unmasking of the identities of Trump associates who were in communication with foreigners under surveillance; those reporters publish their stories; then the president himself calls attention to them on his Twitter feed.
Such amazing reporting on unmasking and the crooked scheme against us by @foxandfriends. "Spied on before nomination." The real story.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 3, 2017
"There is no evidence whatsoever that the Trump team was spied on illegally," Lemon told his viewers. "There is no evidence that backs up the president's original claim."
"And on this program tonight," Lemon continued, "we will not insult your intelligence by pretending otherwise, nor will we aid and abet the people who are trying to misinform you, the American people, by creating a diversion."
Next, O'Reilly took to Twitter to call Lemon out on refusing to cover the story.
CNN's Don Lemon refuses to cover Susan Rice story https://t.co/DATs2WMIX2
— Bill O'Reilly (@oreillyfactor) April 4, 2017
Lemon fired back in the best way possible. He brought up allegations of sexual harassment that have been made against O'Reilly and the subsequent pay outs given to the accusers.
The New York Times reports:
For nearly two decades, Bill O'Reilly has been Fox News's top asset, building the No. 1 program in cable news for a network that has pulled in billions of dollars in revenues for its parent company, 21st Century Fox.
Behind the scenes, the company has repeatedly stood by Mr. O'Reilly as he faced a series of allegations of sexual harassment or other inappropriate behavior.
An investigation by The New York Times has found a total of five women who have received payouts from either Mr. O'Reilly or the company in exchange for agreeing to not pursue litigation or speak about their accusations against him. The agreements totaled about $13 million.
Disgusting. Lemon for the win.
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Effective Business Websites
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Search the web and share a link to a small business website that you find effective; then do the same for a website that does not work. Use bullet lists to show why one is effective and the other is not.© BrainMass Inc. brainmass.com October 10, 2019, 6:01 am ad1c9bdddf
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I looked around for you, and I found two landscape businesses that we can use to compare. Let us begin with the one that does not work.
The one site that I found that was NOT effective to me was MJ Hardscape/Landscape of Pasadena, Maryland. The APA citation for this is as follows:
AMJ Hardscape/Landscape. Found February 11, 2013:http://www.amjlandscaping.com/
The first thing that stood out for me about this web site is the use of dark and drab colors. The predominant color is a dark maroon, when in my opinion; it should have been a shade of green or something more representing of a garden. As well, their main photograph that is used to spark the interests of potential clients of a landscape (that they completed) was shot at dusk when it is far too dark to really see the workmanship that went into it. It was ...
Solution Summary
The effective business websites are examined. The expert uses bullet lists to show why one if effective and the other is not.


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Arbaaz Khan is a popular Indian actor, director and film producer, known for his fantastic work in Bollywood. Arbaaz Khan was born as second son into a family with strong ties to the Bollywood film industry; his father Salim Khan is a successful screenwriter. He is the brother of actor and Bollywood heartthrob Salman Khan and actor-producer Sohail Khan. His wife Malaika Arora Khan who is also a very popular actress, VJ and host. Since making his debut in 1996, he has acted in many leading and supporting roles. He ventured into Bollywood film production with the highest grossing film of all time Dabangg through his production house, Arbaaz Khan Productions.
On his association with Indian Property Show, Arbaaz Khan said," I feel much honored and delighted on my association with the Indian Property Show as their Brand Ambassador. The event has grown by leaps and bounds in the last few years and has established itself as the most
distinguished showcase of Indian Properties in the UAE. It has by far fulfilled dreams of many NRIs who wish to own a dream house in their home country. I am proud to have been given this opportunity to help people realize one of their most cherished dreams of owning a home in their home country. Its unique style, innovative approach and excellent marketing efforts has surpassed expectations and I am sure, together we will make it bigger and better and create newer platforms of growth. I am proud to be associated with an event of this caliber and hope to achieve newer heights for the brand".


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Longer Interviews and Materials from Coaches and Teachers
More coming:
Phil Gordon – How Beginners Can (Sometimes) Beat Pros at Poker
Josh Waitzkin (Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu) on Chess and Martial Arts Mastery
Neil Strauss (The Dating Game) on the Creative Process, Confidence, and More
Ed Cooke (Language Learning) on Memory Feats, Learning Languages, and Practical Philosophies
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In my recent post on what the hell I'm going to do with myself now, I articulated probably for the first time the gap between what I enjoy - research/writing - and what I value - teaching - and noted that for someone who wants to write, I haven't done very much of it. And then I was reading a recent post by the Bittersweet Girl, in which she notes, "For essentially my entire academic career, teaching has taken a second place to research/writing/publishing."
I had one of those kind of wow, people sure are different! experiences reading that: teaching has taken a second place to research/writing/publishing. Really? Gosh. How does that work?
This not remotely intended to criticize Bittersweet Girl. Her explanation makes perfect sense:
Originally this was due to my immaturity, back in the days when I idolized my famous professors and dreamt of joining their ranks as an international celebrity academic. They seemed to treat teaching as a minor distraction to the truly important work of their minds, and I followed their lead.
More recently, my focus on R/W/P has been driven by necessity and abject fear. Tenure hangs over my head like a knife and, despite some pretty words about the importance of teaching, everyone knows that tenure at MidState U. is determined by one's publishing record.
She describes the priorities of academia, especially in graduate education, perfectly. Of course research is more important than teaching. Of course research is what gets you jobs, tenure, promotions.
But it was just funny to read her statement because I, and I think many of my colleagues throughout my academic career, have always struggled with the opposite - research takes second place to teaching.
I came to grad school from a small liberal arts college in which we students were the precious special flowers to whose nurture the institution was dedicated, and when I idolized my professors, it was as teachers, because that was how I knew them - I had very little sense of their research activities. So that probably predisposed me to put teaching ahead of research.
When I got to grad school, I and virtually all the other students were funded through teaching assistantships - there were fellowships floating around, but usually for no more than a term or a year at a time. Hence, almost everyone taught. And since teaching so much probably slowed our progress, the more we taught, the longer we took, which meant the more we taught. I'm glad to have had that experience (hell, I'm glad to have had the funding!), but I know that right from the very beginning, it was difficult sometimes to make research our absolute top priority.
After all, things like Ph.D. exams or prospectus defenses only happened (ideally) once, and could even be rescheduled if necessary, but we had to get up and confront a room full of students at a set time, usually four times a week. We were all teaching courses for the first time - and sure, the professor chose the material, wrote the syllabus, and delivered the lectures, but there's still a lot to prep when you're going to spend an hour+ at a time talking to students about that stuff, at least, when you've never done it before and in fact may never have studied the subject in question before. Teaching for the first time is stressful and takes a lot of energy. And when you're grading for someone else, you get that grading done on their schedule, not your own.
Moreover, my grad program, while big (HUGE!) and research-y, actually did a pretty decent job in training us to be teachers. This was probably as much because grad students taught so many students that it was easier to give them some training and help them be competent than to deal with dissatisfied or woefully prepared students, as because of any philosophical inclination, but the result was a cohort of grad students who largely took teaching seriously and tried to do it well. We all taught a lot, and we all talked about it a lot. In fact, among ourselves we probably talked more explicitly about how to teach than how to do research (we discussed research a lot, too, but as a department, we discussed research results, not so much the research process).
This wasn't necessarily because we valued teaching over research, mind you, but just because failures in teaching seemed to have much more immediate consequences than failures in research! Getting your advisor's criticism on a chapter draft could suck, but it was a very different kind of suckage than finding yourself in the middle of a classroom in revolt or coping with a storm of grade challenges, or even watching the seconds tick by agonizingly slowly on a day when no one in class - NO ONE - was willing to say anything.
We were also all very well aware (because the dept told us) that we were not at an Ivy League school, and that since there were far more teaching schools than elite research institutions out there, we'd better be able to teach/talk intelligently about teaching, in order to get a job. So we put a fair amount of energy into the teaching sphere.
(I could even wax all psychological and postulate that an identification with teaching is a pretty natural response to being in grad school - that in a context where you're a student, and thus not a full, independent adult, for so long, and where it often feels like one person - your advisor - holds your very future in their hands - it's not surprising that one's sense of self becomes invested in the one arena in which you actually are an authority figure and over which you do actually have some control. But that would be wild speculation.)
So the point is, my graduate program emphasized teaching in a lot of ways, and I remember it being very early in graduate school when my colleagues and I started commenting to each other on the all-encompassing nature of teaching, and how it was so easy to put everything else aside in favor of teaching prep, because other people depended on our preparation for teaching, whereas the research only mattered to ourselves.
And this certainly didn't change when I started working full-time. The people who hired me as a full-time adjunct didn't care particularly about my research; the ~120 students I taught each semester that year certainly didn't. My two tenure-track positions were both in teaching institutions, and while both had research expectations (though Former College's were much higher than Rural Utopia's), again the constant refrain from faculty was how teaching took up all of one's time, was the thing that couldn't be pushed aside, and how the difficulty was to make time for the research. Because after all, teaching was why we were there.
Now, none of these things are actually incompatible with what the Bittersweet Girl said. It depends on how you define "take second place." What's most important to you - what you prioritize, what you value - does not have to be what takes up most of your day. There can be a difference between practice - the amount of daily grind spent on teaching - and priority - the importance placed on it.
But it was still just interesting to see, in black and white, the idea that teaching takes second place to research, and to realize that I'd probably never have articulated my work life in that way. Research has always taken second place to teaching, because teaching is about other people, and research is just about me. (Don't think that means I'm suggesting I'm some altruistic saint and people who prioritize research are selfish bastards; that's not at all what I mean. It's just easier for me to be accountable to others than it is to be accountable to myself. It's why I'm much better at writing conference papers than articles - if I commit to standing up in front of a group of strangers, damn straight I'm going to write something. If it's just me sitting in my office - eh. I find the short-term consequences of not working on my teaching much more painful than the short-term consequences of not working on my research, and as for the long-term consequences of the latter - well, I'm not very good at thinking in the long term.) What I do, what I spend my time on, becomes what I prioritize, even if it's not actually what I value more.
All this makes me wonder how things might have been different if I had gone to grad school where activities matched priorities - where grad students didn't teach, or at least, not nearly as much. I'm not saying that my grad experience is the only reason I've ended up with this mentality, but I think it's one reason. In any case, Bittersweet Girl's post helped me figure out some more reasons why I haven't actually put my money where my mouth is.


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I find it difficult to believe that anyone's budget is so tight that the cost of a head-and-neck device makes the difference between racing and not, unless your "season" is fewer than 2 races.
I find it difficult to believe that anyone's budget is so tight that the cost of a head-and-neck device makes the difference between racing and not, unless your "season" is fewer than 2 races.
My favorite racing quote: Jan Magnussen, when asked by a reporter how he could be "so brave" on the racetrack, replied, "I've had hospital food; it's not so bad."
. Right now I will be very lucky to be able to afford one race let alone two. I bought mine when I had some extra cash so for me it's a mute point. But if we want our beloved conference to grow we need to keep regulations and rules to a bare minimum in order to keep costs down to make it more attractive than other sanctioning bodies. Hence the attractiveness to others such as ChumpCar, Lemons, (yes I know looks can be deceiving).
Good to know that there is a logical process that goes into deciding whether or not the will of folks who don't truly understand risk should be imposed over the free choice of others deemed too stupid to make decisions for themselves based on how much money you percieve they should spend per season ....
(from the comments made on this subject, you would never guess that I actually really like Steve think a lot of him as a person. Agree to disagree I guess, no offense buddy. I'm always glad that someone I raced against when I started still shows up occasionally! More racing, less chipping. I think that will be my last post on the subject.)
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Oh, Ricky, there is clearly so much about this you don't understand, not least of which is my perspective on how much money someone "should" spend to go racing.
My favorite racing quote: Jan Magnussen, when asked by a reporter how he could be "so brave" on the racetrack, replied, "I've had hospital food; it's not so bad."
BETTER to be fitted for a HANS right in your car. Armadillo carry's them and can fit one in about 40 minutes including installing the parts.
P.S. Now that SIMPSON owns HANS yes there's a 'reguired' recert every 5 years so they can suck another $15 out of you.
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Well said Rick. Issues involving freedom of choice, moral high ground, ignorance, emotions and economics often end up distorting risk analysis exercises. We see it everyday. And as such this issue will not be going away anytime soon. My advice (from the moral high ground of owning a HANS, and caring for my fellow man) is buy one if you don't already have one. That said there are any number of risks that we take at the race track that have a higher chance of going south.
The more important point is that only female jazz singers and NFL running backs can get away with being called Ricky. It just sounds silly when used to describe a pudgy, bald, middle aged white guy who is ever so slightly opinionated ...
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I'm not advocating for or against Conference mandating a HANS type device for drivers. However it's worth noting that a driver was killed in May at a Porsche Club Drivers Skills/HPDE event at Spokane Raceway. From reading the cause of death it's likely he was not wearing a Hans device but I don't know for sure, but these are a classic description of the trauma that the Hans device protects against:
"SPOKANE COUNTY, May 21, 2019 - The Spokane County Medical Examiner has confirmed the identity and cause of death of the man who died at Sacred Heart Medical Center in Spokane, WA on May 14, 2019 as the result of an incident in the 700 block of N. Hayford Rd, in Airway Heights, WA on May 11, 2019
Name: Warren Rex Morgan
Age: 60 years
Cause of Death: Cerebral infarcts due to C1-C2 dislocation with bilateral vertebral artery dissections due to blunt impact - neck hyperextension.
Manner: Accident"
"President of Quincy fruit company killed in auto crash at Spokane County Raceway. QUINCY – The owner and president of Double Diamond Fruit in Quincy died suddenly earlier this month.
Warren R. Morgan, 60, was killed on May 16 in an auto crash at the Spokane County Raceway in Airway Heights."


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Because I can't care for your children unless I care for you.
And so, rewind. There's a parallel story going on, of which I have not spoken much. A companion tune (or perhaps, more accurately, white noise) that has always been there in the background - like tinnitus.
I returned again and again to that derelict plot of land until finally I found him. Having in my mind a mental image of what he might look like after sleeping rough on the streets for a few weeks, upon seeing Enildo emerge from underneath the soggy cardboard boxes where other users were crouched and then walk slowly - cautiously - towards me, I felt distraught. Looking at the face, I somehow recognised the person, but at the same time it wasn't really him. A bit like someone in a dream. Like looking at those before-and-after shots, except that instead of the after, I was looking at the before, again. They say that if you watch Charlie and the Chocolate Factory backwards it's about a crazy man who spends all his money on an elaborate factory until he has to kick everyone out, including his favorite kid who is forced into poverty.


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Comment on July 18th, 2007.
There you go man! jangin there! im stressed too…if that is of any help… xD
I will release all my stress… soon… i hope… adults suck, dude…
see ya this weekend 😉
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Stressing Out Force ready to go! ^^ (only 5 days remain…)
I think we'll have to play some ET, don't you agree? =)
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Hola Ferminho!!
No he encontrado una dirección de correo donde escribirte! :S
Respóndeme al correo y te escribo! 🙂
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Volunteers help out in a variety of areas at MRWC. Each volunteer may select the area where they feel they can contribute the most. There are a number of volunteer positions available.
Patient Transport
Volunteers are needed to relay animals from all points of Alberta. Volunteers pick up and bring animals to the hospital, one of our first aid stations, or to another relayer. Centre staff will phone volunteers in required areas when they are needed.
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UWE visit offices of BEIJING Dong Fang Lin Pin (DFLP)
27 Jul, 2017
In May 2017, David Caine (Director of the International Office), Amanda Lee (Regional Director), Brenda Wang (Senior Regional Development Officer) and other representatives from the University of the West of England visited the offices of BEIJING Dong Fang Lin Pin (DFLP) international Education Technology CO,.LTD. The visit was facilitated through ENJOY UK Consultancy an associate partner of the China Bureau working on education initiatives.
The two parties agreed to promote international training courses in areas such as finance and accountancy as well as Summer courses on English culture. Their aim is to develop a long-term relationship to promote and build Sino-British high cultural and educational exchanges,.
The University of the West of England (UWE) currently enjoys long-term and effective relationships with nearly 11 universities across Beijing and Guangzhou, China.
David Caine said "we are delighted to work with the China Bureau and Enjoy UK Consultancy to consolidate our partnerships in China".
DFLP was founded by Mr Xu Kailin who developed the first training institution in Mainland China to prepare students for the ACCA teaching system. He holds the distinction of being the first developer of the ACCA "Knowledge Point Logic Thinking Map."


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Celebrity endorsements sparse in primaries
Whatever their value, endorsements by political celebrities have proved sparse in the season's most widely watched primaries.
Former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton held to their word and stayed out of the New York City race to replace Mayor Michael Bloomberg -- in which both major parties' prospective candidates face voters Tuesday.
The Clintons, regarded as Democratic superstars, might have a 2016 "Ready for Hillary" presidential run in mind -- or, as they've diplomatically suggested, they just have too many friends among the city hopefuls to oppose any of them.
Not that even star-power endorsements necessarily affect outcomes. The ex-president backed loser Wendy Greuel in the Los Angeles mayoral race last spring.
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo has had clearer incentive to stay neutral. For a leader of the state's Democratic Party to take sides in a primary poses risks. He'll need to govern, for some period, alongside the next mayor, and faces his own re-election race next year.
Bloomberg, with his surprise final-weekend attack on Democratic mayoral front-runner Bill de Blasio as running on race, prompted Cuomo to cautiously issue nice words about de Blasio and his family -- and call the mayor's remarks "clearly out of line." Which still isn't an endorsement.
In Nassau, Cuomo has had cordial relations with GOP County Executive Edward Mangano, who's seeking re-election this year. The governor stayed out of newcomer Adam Haber's Democratic duel with comeback-minded former executive Thomas Suozzi.
Team Cuomo Tuesday will be warily eyeing former Gov. Eliot Spitzer's bid for city comptroller. He's contesting Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer for the nomination, which is widely expected to be tantamount to election. Don't bet on Cuomo to root for Spitzer.
Both Democratic U.S. senators, Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand, took a pass in the mayoral race. And the Rev. Al Sharpton sidestepped a mayoral endorsement, too, drawing his own round of chatter.
Among Republicans, past notables did weigh in. Former Mayor Rudy Giuliani backed his ex-deputy Joe Lhota and ex-Gov. George Pataki supported billionaire businessman John Catsimatidis.
Bloomberg and aides have indicated he prefers Lhota and Democratic Council Speaker Christine Quinn in their primaries. But he never stepped up to announce an endorsement.
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French Taxi Drivers' Uber Protests Turn Violent
Scores of taxi drivers snarled traffic around Paris on Thursday in protest against the expansion of ride-hailing firm Uber and its network of nonprofessional drivers. Caught in the middle of the protests was singer Courtney Love. Photo: Getty Images
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- Tamron SP 60mm f/2 Macro 1:1 Di II Lens (Nikon F)
Tamron SP 60mm f/2 Macro 1:1 Di II Lens (Nikon F)
- For Use With Nikon D-SLR Cameras
- 1:1 Macro
- Fast f/2.0 Lens
- Designed for APC-Sized Sensors
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The Tamron SP 60mm f/2 Macro 1:1 Di II Lens - For Nikon is a medium telephoto macro lens designed for APS-C size digital SLR cameras. It boasts a fast maximum aperture of f/2.0.
- For Use With Nikon D-SLR Cameras
- 1:1 Macro
- Fast f/2.0 Lens
- Designed for APC-Sized Sensors
The SP AF 60mm f/2.0 covers an equivalent angle of view of 93mm when converted to the 35mm format. With a fast maximum aperture, this macro delivers dramatically attractive blurred background effects. The amazing feature of this lens is that it offers 1:1 magnification. The object you're shooting a close-up of is the same size as the image on the digital sensor.
Designed for APS-C Sized Cameras
This lens is designed so the size of the lens' image circle matches that of smaller-size image sensors. In the compact design, it is almost comparable to a lens offering the same angles of view in 35mm film format.
True To Life Macro Capture
This lens offers 1:1 "True" Macro ability for life-size macro capture. Or in other words, the object you're shooting a close-up of - such as an insect or delicate plant life - is the same size as the image on the digital sensor, aka true-to-life capture.
Create Dramatic Effects
With a fast f/2.0 maximum aperture, this macro can help deliver dramatic blurred background effects.
Long Working Distance
The working distance of the lens is 100mm which should help the photographer stand a comfortable distance away from the subject to prevent, for example, scaring away a shy bug he or she is photographing. The long working distance of this 60mm Macro is also designed to prevent capturing the shadow of the lens barrel.
- Front & Rear Lens Caps
- Lens Hood
|Focal Length
|60 mm
|Maximum: f/2
Minimum: f/22
|Camera Mount Type
|Nikon F
|Format Compatibility
|Nikon FX/35mm Film
Nikon DX
|Angle of View
|Minimum Focus Distance
|23 cm
|Maximum Reproduction Ratio
|Diaphragm Blades
|Image Stabilization
|Tripod Collar
|Filter Thread
|55 mm
|Dimensions (DxL)
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|390 g
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All products excluding batteries sold by Orms are covered by a minimum of a one year local warranty, reckoned from the date of purchase, to protect you against manufacturing defects.
Canon IXUS, PowerShot compact cameras are covered by a full 1 Year Warranty
Canon DSLR and Mirrorless cameras are covered by a full 2 Year Warranty.
Canon video cameras including Legria and X-series are covered by a full 1 Year Warranty.
Nikon compacts excluding the Coolpix P900 are covered by a full 1 Year Warranty.
Nikon DSLR's including the CoolPix P900 and are covered by a full 2 Year Warranty.
Panasonic cameras and lenses are covered by a full 2 Year Warranty.
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Sigma and Tamron products are covered by a 3 Year Warranty.
Lexar and Sandisk memory cards are covered by a Limited Lifetime Warranty.
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Please contact our service division straight away on 021 - 469 1962 and notify them of the fault. You may also e-mail them at email@example.com
1. If a product is defective / faulty, ORMS will replace the product within a 10 day period deemed from the date of receiving the product. ORMS will also cover the shipping costs within the borders of South Africa.
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3. Please see our policies under Return Policy and Servicing & Repair Policy for further information
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The Art Fair at Queeny Park-Spring and Fall
Since 1975, the Greater St Louis Art Association (GLSAA) has been holding two art fairs each year, one in the Spring and the other in the Fall. The Art Fairs are held at Queeny Park and features over 130 juried artists from all over the nation displaying art in over a dozen of mediums. With the artists present with their own artwork, the public has the opportunity to purchase one of a kind works of art from the same artist who created them! The Art Fair takes place on Friday evening through Sunday afternoon with the Children's Art Discovery Adventure occurring on Sunday afternoon. Live music, wine tasting sessions and several drawings for a $100 Art Gift Certificate take place throughout the weekend. The dates for the Spring Art Fair vary, whereas the Fall Art Fair is over the Labor Day weekend in September. An admission fee is charged.
The Art Fair at Queeny Park Address and Phone Numbers
The Art Fair at Queeny Park
Greensfelder Recreation Center
550 Weidman Road
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Set amid an authentic 13th-century monastery, NH Collection Grand Hotel Convento di Amalfi presents its visitors with a myriad of opportunities to delight in luxury. With 53 guestrooms and suites brimming with historical splendor amid modern aesthetics, travelers can relish in exquisite views of the Mediterranean Sea from the hotel's breathtaking location, perched upon a cliff with the vibrant Amalfi landscape.
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A sweet potato slip is a sprout grown from a mature sweet potato tuber. Because sweet potatoes are not grown from seeds, you will need to buy sweet potato slips to plant a home crop of sweet potatoes. Some home-based sweet potato farmers follow the complicated process of producing the sweet potato slips themselves, but for a faster solution to planting your own sweet potatoes, slips can be bought online or in person at a feed and seed store.
Determine the type of sweet potato you would like to grow based on your location and climate. The Georgia Jet variety of sweet potato, for example, is ideal for a northern garden while the Beauregard variety can be grown almost anywhere. Sweet potatoes average a 100-day maturity with some varieties reaching maturity more quickly.
Select your planting area prior to buying your chosen variety of sweet potato slips. Knowing how much space you have will help you verify how many slips your garden can accommodate. Sweet potato slips should be planted in loose soil, about 12 inches apart with about 36 inches between rows.
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Real Goods Solar to Raise Approximately $9.25 million
LOUISVILLE, Colo. – May 24, 2013 – Real Goods Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ: RSOL) today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to raise approximately $9.25 million by issuing 3,366,974 shares of Class A common stock at a per share price of $2.75 and warrants to purchase 1,683,488 shares of Class A common stock, with a term of five years from the closing date and an exercise price of $2.75 per share.
The company expects to receive net proceeds of approximately $8.4 million, after paying placement agent fees and estimated offering expenses. The company expects to close the offering no later than June 5, 2013, subject to customary closing conditions and compliance with notification requirements under the NASDAQ Listing Rules.
The securities offered in the private placement have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or applicable state securities laws. Accordingly, the securities may not be offered or sold in the United States except pursuant to an effective registration statement or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and such applicable state securities laws.
This notice is issued pursuant to Rule 135c under the Securities Act and does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy the securities, nor shall there be any sale of the securities in any state in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to the registration or qualification under the securities laws of such state.
About Real Goods Solar and RGS Energy
Real Goods Solar, Inc. (RSOL) is one of the nation's pioneering solar energy companies serving commercial, residential, and utility customers. Beginning with one of the very first photovoltaic panels sold in the U.S. in 1978, the company has installed more than 14,500 solar power systems representing over 100 megawatts of 100% clean renewable energy. Real Goods Solar makes it very convenient for customers to save on their energy bill by providing a comprehensive solar solution, from design, financing, permitting and installation to ongoing monitoring, maintenance and support. As one of the nation's largest and most experienced solar power players, the company has 15 offices across the West and the Northeast. It services the commercial and utility markets through its RGS Energy division. For more information, visit RealGoodsSolar.com or RGSEnergy.com, on Facebook at http://facebook.com/realgoodssolar and on Twitter at http://twitter.com/realgoodssolar.
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This press release includes forward-looking statements relating to matters that are not historical facts. Forward-looking statements may be identified by the use of words such as "expect," "intend," "believe," "will," "should" or comparable terminology or by discussions of strategy. While Real Goods Solar believes its assumptions and expectations underlying forward-looking statements are reasonable, there can be no assurance that actual results will not be materially different. Risks and uncertainties that could cause materially different results include, among others, failure to close the above-reference sale of securities, introduction of new products and services, completion and integration of acquisitions, the possibility of negative economic conditions, and other risks and uncertainties included in Real Goods Solar's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Real Goods Solar assumes no duty to update any forward-looking statements.
Investor Relations:
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