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Place your order by noon on the previous day and you can pick up or we will deliver your meal right to your door the next day
Example: You want to order Chicken Pot Pie for Thursdays Meal. Call, FB message, or email us on Wednesday by noon to place your order. On thursday you can PICK UP your meal at our storefront 174 West St. Port Colborne between 2pm and 3pm or if you live in Port Colborne, Wainfleet, Welland or Fonthill we will DELIVER to you between 3pm and 5pm
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Place your order by phone, email, Facebook
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Cochetopa Hills
The Cochetopa Hills[1] are a ridge of uplands on the Continental Divide in Saguache County, southern Colorado, United States. [2][3]
Geography [ edit ]
The Cochetopa Hills ridge bridges the southern terminus of the Sawatch Range to the northern terminus of the La Garita Mountains of the San Juan Mountains System. The Cochetopa Hills are characterized by rolling terrain with peaks between 11,000 and 12,000 feet (3,400 and 3,700 m) and noteworthy volcanic geology. The Sawatch Range to the northeast and the La Garita Mountains to the south are characterized by higher peaks.
On USGS topographic maps, the area labeled Cochetopa Hills is roughly bounded by 13,269-foot (4,044 m) Antora Peak, the town of Sargents, the drainage of Cochetopa Creek, and the town of Saguache. North Pass on State Highway 114 and the backcountry Cochetopa Pass allow travel on Colorado State Highway 114 from the upper Rio Grande drainage on the east to the upper Gunnison River drainage on the west. [4]
The practice of naming mid-elevation upland areas in central and southern Colorado using the word hills is also illustrated by the naming of the similar uplands the Arkansas Hills, between the upper Arkansas Valley and South Park.
See also [ edit ]
References [ edit ]
- ^ Pronounced /koʊtʃɪˈtoʊpə/ (listen) or sometimes locally /koʊtʃɪˈtoʊp/ (listen).
- ^ Benson, Maxine (1994). 1001 Colorado Place Names. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas. ISBN 0-7006-0632-7.
- ^ Lipman 1,, Peter W.; William C. McIntosh (2008). "Eruptive and noneruptive calderas, northeastern San Juan Mountains, Colorado: Where did the ignimbrites come from?". Geological Society of America Bulletin. 120 (7–8): 771. doi:10.1130/B26330.1. CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)
- ^ Sangres.com: Cochetopa Crossing on CO Highway 114
External links [ edit ]
|Wikimedia Commons has media related to Saguache County, Colorado.
Denver (capital)
Coordinates: 38°11′22″N106°35′14″W / 38.18944°N 106.58722°W / 38.18944; -106.58722

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I have a Sharkoon VS4-S case.
The case comes with a single 120mm fan, I've outfitted it with additional 2x 120mm fans.
Now the case has the following fans:
- 2x 120mm front intake fans
- 1x 120mm back exhaust fan
- 2x 120mm side panel fan slots, empty for now
The side panel fan slots are placed so that the top fan slot is right against my CPU cooler (Arctic Freezer A11, have enough clearance), and the bottom one is right against my GPU (Gigabyte GTX 660 Ti).
My question is this: given I have these two empty slots, what is the optimal fan intake/exhaust configuration?
I guess the top one (CPU chamber) should be intake for additional fresh air and more positive air pressure.
For the bottom (GPU chamber), maybe exhaust? This will take out the hot air out of the case ASAP. Or is another intake for fresh air will be better? But this will make it 4x intake fans vs single exhaust. Is this OK?
Thanks in advance.


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It looks like support for website builder is waning.
Is it being discontinued?
If so, how long before I'm forced to move to gocentral?
Solved! Go to Solution.
@rdominguez Website Builder 7 will be around for awhile. Many users disappointed with the lack of customability in Go Central will keep using Website Builder 7. You can still request it for building new sites.
Thanks for the info.
I once used Website Complete for my websites and Godaddy dropped support and basically screwed me over. How can I trust that Website Builder doesn't do the same thing?
The only truly safe way is to use Wordpress or write your own custom HTML.
On builders that don't have a migration path, the level of effort can usually be minimized by screen scraping and cut/paste... 🙂


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Madrid Gay Tours offers this walking tour to enjoy a day visiting the most cultural areas of Madrid, the Literary Quarter and Paseo del Prado.
During this 2,5 hour tour we will discover two fascinating stages in the history of Spain, the arrival of the Bourbon dynasty which transformed the country and the Spanish Golden Age, a period of flourishing in arts and literature never seen before (Miguel de Cervantes, Diego de Velazquez, Lope de Vega, Murillo, Quevedo, Calderon de la Barca among others).
This tour is divided into two parts. During the first part of the tour we will visit the emblematic "Literary Quarter" where lived the most important Spanish writers in history. After that, we will discover the Prado Boulevard which is a wonderful area full of palaces, gardens, boulevards, museums and monumental fountains.
- Madrid – Puerta del Sol
- Puerta del Sol
- Santa Ana Square
- Literary Quarter
- House of Miguel de Cervantes
- Prado Museum
- Spanish Parliament
- The fountain of Neptune
- Monument to the Fallen for Spain
- Bank of Spain
- Cybele´s Square
- Alcalá Gate
- 2.5 hours approximately
- Official guide
- Transfers from/to accommodation
- Spending money
- Food or Drinks
- Gratuity – optional
- Comfortable clothes and shoes
- Sun Protection
- Sunglasses
- Cap
- Camera
- English
- Spanish
For cancellations you may write an email indicating the reference of your booking and your wish to cancel it to firstname.lastname@example.com
All cancellations may have a charge according to when you tell us your wish to cancel your booking.
This service has these Cancellation Fees,
- Cancellations up to 7 days before the services: No Cancellation Fee.
- Cancellations between 7 and 2 days before the services: Cancellation Fee of 20% of cost of your booking.
- Cancellations within 2 days before the service or No Show: Cancellation Fee of 100% of cost of your booking.
Any banking fees because of returns will be paid by customers.
For changes you may write an email indicating the reference of your booking and your requested changes to firstname.lastname@example.com
We can not guarantee any change until we have provider's confirmation. Some changes may have an additional cost.
Meeting Point
Adult – 14€/pp
Kids (3 – 12 y.o.) – 9€/pp
On Request
Departures Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 16'00h all year round
Departure time during July and August 17'00h
Miguel de Cervantes
Prado Museum
Spanish Parliament
Fountain of Neptune
Alcalá Gate
Fill in this form with your prefered date. We can not guarantee this availability but we will do as much as we can to achieve it.


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The creators of worldwide phenomenon "Stomp" have taken a load off their feet in coming up with "Pandemonium." Instead of pounding the floor in work boots, Luke Cresswell and Steve McNicholas' troupe of 25 (plus local choir at the finale) creates its unique sound through an array of flotsam and jetsam junk reconfigured for music-making. The decibel and energy levels are every bit as high, though the limited visual interest and repetitiveness may underwhelm those already familiar with the "Stomp" formula.
Various devices deliver the vaguely New Age-y, world music-tinged program. You've got your classic makeshift sound machines, like blowing into a bottle or running fingers around a wine glass's rim. Then there's the found-object alchemy of drumming on cello cases or steamer trunks, or adding sand to Arrowhead water containers for instant marimbas.
Bowed saws creating a samisen-flavored string section offer delight in a Japanese woodcutter number.
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More elaborate still are what one might call the "avatar instruments" — plastic cones and tubing turned into trumpets, or the sax-simulating "squonkaphones." "Pandemonium" boasts these innovative substitutes proudly, though their appeal lessens the more often they appear.
The company endeavors to bring patented "Stomp" showmanship to the two-hour concert, with mixed results. Any joyous, proscenium-busting anarchy is necessarily reined in by the instruments, and much of the staging — the identical reappearances of a six-person trumpet corps, for instance — is pedestrian.
When the aural and kinetic qualities mesh, as in a Nino Rota-influenced circus turn fetchingly titled "Dead Clown," the effect is magical. But the effort to create theater out of musical "Pandemonium" too often seems forced.
Cresswell and McNicholas may want to reconsider their not incorporating any familiar standards. The experiment could truly be tested if, instead of a repertoire completely tailored to the odd instrumentation, we experienced a new way of hearing "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" or "Rhapsody in Blue." Holiday classics would sound particularly delightful — different, anyway — essayed on plastic tubing and refurbished traffic cones.


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The Boy Scouts of America, Central New Jersey Council are going to be at the Middlesex County Fair, August sixth through twelfth. They will have lots of scouting information and activities to try. If you are at the fair check them out. If you would like to volunteer they would really appreciate that as well.
You can also support the mission of the Boy Scouts to provide an educational program for boys and young men to build character, to train in the responsibilities of participating citizenship, and to develop personal fitness by donating a car or other vehicle.


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The Rebellion has begun
Keiran Smith
February 28, 2011
The Rebels celebrate their historic victory over the Brumbies in the latest round of Super Rugby action © Getty Images
It took a while. It took a long while. It included a horrible 43-0 mauling at the hands of big brother in their first match and what looked to be another loss coming in Round 2. But after 152 long minutes talisman and captain Stirling Mortlock dived over for the Rebels' first try.
The newly created Super Rugby Australian conference was going to get its first boilover. Or was it? Three minutes later, Brumbies winger Henry Speight scored in the corner to give the Brumbies back the lead, 24-22, with under five minutes to go. Surely it wasn't going to end like this? No, it wasn't. With a little help from referee Jonathan Kaplan the Rebels would get one last chance at redemption and fittingly it would fall to the man, who had come thousands of miles seeking his own form of redemption to take responsibility.
In truth, the penalty was harsh on the Brumbies but the 14,000-strong crowd in the "stockade" certainly didn't care. Their man Danny Cipriani, so often a controversial figure, now had the chance to secure a famous victory and the Englishman made no mistake with his penalty kick. The Super Rugby 'rebellion' had begun.
It may have taken over two hours to score their first Super Rugby try, but the Rebels were good value for their inaugural victory. After a dismal showing in week one against the Waratahs, the second round Rebels were far wiser and combined their blood and thunder approach with more structure in the defensive line. The return of former Wallaby Mark Gerrard to Super Rugby at fullback gave the Rebels more experience and a more effective kicking game.
Although, the Brumbies will be disappointed they could not back up a good first match against the Chiefs. But they never looked as committed, nor desperate enough, to deserve victory in Melbourne. Matt Giteau, however, left with his reputation enhanced after another professional performance in an otherwise tepid Brumbies display.
While a changing of the guard may be happening down south, an established order again played out in Sydney on Saturday. Nearly 34,000 people ventured to Sydney's west to see the latest chapter of the age-old rivalry between the Reds and Waratahs, but disappointingly only one team turned up as the Tahs built on their thrashing of the Rebels in week one with another bonus point rout.
Points may win matches, but defence wins championships and the Waratahs are miles ahead of the other Aussie teams in this area. Tatafu Polota-Nau, especially, resembled a human torpedo at times with some massive hits from the edge of the ruck and his fellow forwards gave little room on the advantage line, stifling the Reds attack.
With only one team moving forwards, Berrick Barnes was always going to win the much-hyped battle of the fly-halves over former apprentice Quade Cooper. To his credit Barnes didn't waste the opportunity to stake his claim for the Wallabies No.10 jersey with a tactically superb display, which left the Reds working their way out of their own 22 for most of the night. Cooper, meanwhile, struggled to have any meaningful impact behind a forward pack that was being smashed to pieces and the Waratahs (and indeed the Force in Round 1) have shown the competition how to blunt the sharpest halves combination in Super Rugby and possibly world rugby.
To compound the result, the Reds will wait anxiously for the diagnosis of James Horwill's ankle injury. It was the same round last season which saw the lock suffer a year ending injury and the Reds and Wallabies will be hoping for better news this time around.
While some performances have been inconsistent, crowd figures certainly have not. On top of the 48,000 combined attendance this weekend, over 64,000 people turned out for the three Australian home games in the opening round. The Rebels vs Waratahs and Reds vs Force matches drew 51,584 people through the gates, the best attendance for two local derbies held in the same round since the Force entered the competition in 2006.
While the Conference format gives the competition more local derbies it could also lead to false impressions as to the strengths (and weaknesses) of the teams. Are the Waratahs really the best team in the competition after their two bonus point victories? Do the Aussie teams have a competitive scrum? In the Sunday papers, Robbie Deans was reported to be happy with the Aussie teams' scrums in the opening rounds but the real assessment will need to wait until the match-ups against the scrum powerhouses in NZ and South Africa.
One man who would be enjoying the early successes of the revamped competition is Australian Rugby CEO John O'Neill, who has accepted a contract extension until 2013 - a year which should prove a gold mine for the game here with the visit of the British & Irish Lions. The inevitable windfall that follows Lions tours also provides O'Neill with an opportune moment to leave the game on a high -certainly an attractive proposition for one of Australian sports most colourful characters.
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When you print an invoice for an order on Veeqo and the total tax figure is not displayed, it could be down to you not calculating tax on your orders or your invoice template isn't set up to display tax.
Calculate tax on your orders in Veeqo
Here is how you enable tax calculations for your eBay and Amazon stores.
For Magento, WooCommerce and Shopify, you need to enable tax calculations directly on your store rather than Veeqo.
Display tax on your invoice template
1. Hover over the Settings gear and select Printing templates from the dropdown
2. Click on Edit template under the Invoices template
3. From the panel on the left, insert a Text field
4. Click on the newly created text field so it's highlighted
5. On the panel on the right, click on Insert data field
6. On the Data selection pop up type "tax" into the search and select total_tax from the results
7. Click on the Insert data field button
8. Save the template by clicking on the floppy disk icon at the top of screen


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Yesterday, I along with a few of my Educolor/POCEdtech colleagues received an email from MJ of Edsurge asking for our opinion about their plans to publish a libguide, basically story with resources, about the most recent shootings and wait for it…black oppression.
I can see this as a topic of great need since they cross published a brilliant medium post by Mandela Schumacher-Hodge describing how her white boss talked about race at work and to her/their credit, perhaps they took it to heart.
We were asked, "Should we really be putting out another libguide? What should we be doing? What needs to be pushed/published/collected?"
My response…
Thank you for reaching out. Considering that Edsurge has been largely absent on conversations centered on race/social justice/oppression, I think that creating another libguide is not only a terrible idea but honestly smells as something created just to pop into a topic than being truly authentic.Here is what you can do instead. Do the work. Have conversations within your organizations and observe where you may have had some biases in your work…directly or inadvertently contributing to to such oppression.Reflect as an organization and decide who you want to be moving forward. Be that.Publish your reflections and hold those that you amplify accountable for their actions or inactions as well.This is where authenticity promotes healthy dialogue and growth.Not an empty libguide that does absolutely nothing for this edtech community.
First of all, if you had to ask these questions, knowing that your organization is not about this work, then maybe you needed to take some time to figure a few things out before trying to get out a piece on this issue.
Instead, Edsurge decided to have what can only be the most record breaking quick discussion on race/oppression possible because you know….deadlines and such.
While doing so, they forgot to go back to the very people that they emailed to check if we were okay with being aligned with their severely deaf work and also taking the advice that I gave them and turning it into a list that they claimed to have created on their journey to having these discussions.
Let me be clear in saying that I applaud any organization willing to put themselves out there because it is necessary, especially in edtech. However, when you do it, you need to make sure that the words that you publish are your own and that when you quote people, especially when it is an issue of race/oppression…especially when every person that you quoted is a member of educolor…you better be sure that you have our permission. (They had none of ours)
A simple email….no different than the one seeking advice to begin with…A simple email
I have never felt more used than I do right now and it saddens me because in a climate where unity and discussion to change these systems that created our current national crisis are needed, there has never been a more tone deaf response than this one.
And what is worse that in light of the conversation that MJ had with a fellow co-opted colleague, it's all done in the name of "what you said resonated"
So that makes this ok, right? Nope
Just as I told her previously, if you are really about that life…about creating change in your organization, then change it. Do the work. Do it with complete and total commitment which means truly facing your truths through time, discussion and effort.
You need to find your own voices…not ours.
And oh by way…privilege is this…co-opting the voices of people of color without consideration of their choice in your doing so.
I pray that on your journey, you will one day figure this out. And as MJ, so elegantly stated in a DM to Shana White…her other two colleagues (two men of color) thought that this was great so they went with it…which was code for, "We had POC approval so deal"
Nope, not today.
You have no idea how sick I feel right now to even have to write this but I will not allow my name and ideas to be used just so that an organization can appear more "woke" than they clearly are.


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Thursday, December 16, 2010
Efo riro. Nigerian Food
Meat/Cut to preference. (prep/boil and fry)
Smoked Fish (Slightly boil with meat to enhance flavor)
Stock Fish (prep and boil to soften)
Diced tomato
Dice onion Onion
Onion powder
Chipotle powder
Black pepper
Chopped garlic
Diced red bell pepper
Habanero or Scotch bonnet
Olive Oil
Palm Oil
Spinach (Cut to preference)
Maggi (Optional/MSG content)
Fry tomato, onion, garlic and peppers in mixture of Olive and or Palm oil
Add tomato sauce and paste or blended peppers,onions and tomato.
Add the meats including fish/stock fish and shrimp
Add onion and chipotle powder, salt, black pepper and or Maggi
Add stock (just a little, maybe half a cup because you're still gonna have to get rid of a lot of fluid...)
Add spinach or your choice of veggie (Add Egusi right here if you're doing Egusi)
Adjust seasoning
Simmer till done/90 fluid evaporation
Feel free to add subtract ingredients as desired....
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Even though the divorce rate has stabilized over the past several years, many marriages will end in divorce. Therefore, creating a prenuptial or postnuptial agreement is one of the smartest steps a couple can take. These agreements can stabilize marriages and help both spouses feel more confident moving forward with the relationship.
Prenuptial Agreements Promote Financial Honesty
One of the biggest risk factors for a divorce is disagreement about money. A common problem is when one spouse tries to hide expenses or money from the other spouse. When a couple decides to have a prenuptial agreement, they will need to have an open and honest conversation about money. The actual agreement itself can even give both sides an extra incentive to be honest about money throughout the marriage. The more honesty and clear communication there is about finances early on in a marriage, the more likely the marriage will last.
Prenuptial Agreements Make Both Spouses More Secure
No one should ever feel compelled to stay in a marriage just because he or she is afraid of what would happen financially in a divorce. A well drafted prenuptial agreement can spell out the property division for both spouses in the event of a divorce. This can help both partners feel secure in ending a relationship that is not working. It can also help reduce the financial costs of a divorce because the property issues will already be settled.
Postnuptial Agreements Help Protect Assets
Even if you skipped getting a prenuptial agreement, in Illinois you and your spouse can enter into a postnuptial agreement. These agreements may be beneficial even if neither spouse has any desire to breakup the marriage.
A postnuptial agreement can be used to protect significant assets acquired after a marriage or to make sure both spouses understand how any assets will be divided if a divorce should be pursued in the future. These agreements work well to help make sure family businesses and other closely held assets are not destroyed by a divorce—something that would not benefit either spouse.
Postnuptial Agreements Can Correct Earlier Mistakes
Under Illinois law, almost all property acquired after the start of the marriage is considered marital property. Even property that is legally excluded from marital property can become marital property by commingling.
A postnuptial agreement can be used to correct earlier mistakes in the commingling of assets. These agreements can help make sure each spouse keeps the property he or she brought into the marriage or any inheritance, even if these assets are commingled during the marriage.
If you are considering a prenuptial or postnuptial agreement, you need to speak with a knowledgeable and experienced DuPage County divorce lawyer. Call Sullivan Taylor, Gumina & Palmer, P.C. today at 630-665-7676 to schedule a consultation.


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Remove DragonBoost ads (Removal Guide) - Free Instructions
Why should you not trust DragonBoost ads?
DragonBoost virus perfectly fits the description of a potentially unwanted program (PUP). This ad-supported PUP (by Alto Cloud Media, Ltd.) often sneaks in the PC system if bundled with other free programs that the majority of computer users tend to download from the Internet. Having this adware[1] program on your computer will only cause you problems because it is genuinely developed to make profits for its developers. While DragonBoost ads might seem useful and interesting to some, we are worried about the safety of links that these ads hide. If you click on sponsored content brought to you by DragonBoost adware, there's a chance to get redirected to suspicious third-party websites[2] that might be trying to convince you to install suspicious software, provide personal details such as your name or email address just to send you email spam[3].
A few examples of annoying DragonBoost ads. You might receive similar ads when infected with DragonBoost adware.
Questions about DragonBoost ads
Besides, this ad-supported software might be trying to spy on your browsing and search activity and send you targeted ads based on collected data. Please remember that information such as search queries can contain personally identifiable information[4] (depends on what kind of information you search online). If you do not want to be bothered by a spyware type program that wants to push annoying sponsored content to you, better remove DragonBoost from PC. For that, we suggest using programs listed below the article. We highly recommend using Reimage Reimage Cleaner for DragonBoost removal, but if you wish, you can try removing it by yourself using instructions provided below the post.
How did I get infected with this adware program?
Adware, browser hijackers and similar ad-supported programs are mostly bundled with popular freeware and this way they can sneak into computer systems unnoticed. Software bundling[5], in general, is a very popular way to convince users install useless free programs without even realizing it. The question is, what makes this software distribution technique so efficient? The problem is that the majority of people do not check information provided in fine print below Standard or Default installation settings. Typically, these settings suggest installing additional third-party applications or browser add-ons that deliver third-party ads. They are presented as beneficial programs that can somehow improve user's browsing experience or provide some exceptional features, meanwhile, they can do nothing useful. To avoid installing PUPs, choose Custom or Advanced settings for software installation, then deselect suggested programs manually.
How can I remove DragonBoost from my system?
It is not so hard to remove DragonBoost virus – you only need to know the right way to do it. Of course, the easiest and fastest way to delete this adware program and forget about annoying ads is to run a system scan with a freshly updated anti-spyware software, but you do not must use it. If you wish, you can use DragonBoost removal guide given below and delete this ad-supported computer program by yourself.
You may remove virus damage with a help of Reimage Reimage Cleaner . SpyHunter 5Combo Cleaner and Malwarebytes are recommended to detect potentially unwanted programs and viruses with all their files and registry entries that are related to them.
To remove DragonBoost ads, follow these steps:
Get rid of DragonBoost from Windows systems
Search your computer system for programs developed by Alto Cloud Media, Ltd., and remove them. You might find a program called DragonBoost as well – delete it without any hesitations.
- Click Start → Control Panel → Programs and Features (if you are Windows XP user, click on Add/Remove Programs).
- If you are Windows 10 / Windows 8 user, then right-click in the lower left corner of the screen. Once Quick Access Menu shows up, select Control Panel and Uninstall a Program.
Uninstall DragonBoost and related programs
Here, look for DragonBoost or any other recently installed suspicious programs.
- Uninstall them and click OK to save these changes.
Remove DragonBoost from Mac OS X system
- If you are using OS X, click Go button at the top left of the screen and select Applications.
- Wait until you see Applications folder and look for DragonBoost or any other suspicious programs on it. Now right click on every of such entries and select Move to Trash.
Erase DragonBoost from Internet Explorer (IE)
Make sure that IE is free of shady add-ons; to check what add-ons were installed on Internet Explorer and delete the ones you do not want to keep, follow these instructions.
Remove dangerous add-ons
Open Internet Explorer, click on the Gear icon (IE menu) on the top right corner of the browser and choose Manage Add-ons.
- You will see a Manage Add-ons window. Here, look for DragonBoost and other suspicious plugins. Disable these entries by clicking Disable:
Change your homepage if it was altered by virus:
Click on the gear icon (menu) on the top right corner of the browser and select Internet Options. Stay in General tab.
- Here, remove malicious URL and enter preferable domain name. Click Apply to save changes.
Reset Internet Explorer
Click on the gear icon (menu) again and select Internet options. Go to Advanced tab.
- Here, select Reset.
- When in the new window, check Delete personal settings and select Reset again to complete DragonBoost removal.
Delete DragonBoost ads from Microsoft Edge
Reset Microsoft Edge settings (Method 1):
- Launch Microsoft Edge app and click More (three dots at the top right corner of the screen).
- Click Settings to open more options.
- Once Settings window shows up, click Choose what to clear button under Clear browsing data option.
- Here, select all what you want to remove and click Clear.
- Now you should right-click on the Start button (Windows logo). Here, select Task Manager.
- When in Processes tab, search for Microsoft Edge.
- Right-click on it and choose Go to details option. If can't see Go to details option, click More details and repeat previous steps.
- When Details tab shows up, find every entry with Microsoft Edge name in it. Right click on each of them and select End Task to end these entries.
Resetting Microsoft Edge browser (Method 2):
If Method 1 failed to help you, you need to use an advanced Edge reset method.
- Note: you need to backup your data before using this method.
- Find this folder on your computer:
- Select every entry which is saved on it and right click with your mouse. Then Delete option.
- Click the Start button (Windows logo) and type in window power in Search my stuff line.
- Right-click the Windows PowerShell entry and choose Run as administrator.
- Once Administrator: Windows PowerShell window shows up, paste this command line after PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> and press Enter:
Get-AppXPackage -AllUsers -Name Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register $($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml -Verbose}
Once these steps are finished, DragonBoost should be removed from your Microsoft Edge browser.
Uninstall DragonBoost from Mozilla Firefox (FF)
Clean your Firefox browser with a help of this tutorial.
Remove dangerous extensions
Open Mozilla Firefox, click on the menu icon (top right corner) and select Add-ons → Extensions.
- Here, select DragonBoost and other questionable plugins. Click Remove to delete these entries.
Reset Mozilla Firefox
Click on the Firefox menu on the top left and click on the question mark. Here, choose Troubleshooting Information.
- Now you will see Reset Firefox to its default state message with Reset Firefox button. Click this button for several times and complete DragonBoost removal.
Eliminate DragonBoost from Google Chrome
Chrome browser might be contaminated with questionable extensions related to DragonBoost adware. Get rid of them using this guide.
Delete malicious plugins
Open Google Chrome, click on the menu icon (top right corner) and select Tools → Extensions.
- Here, select DragonBoost and other malicious plugins and select trash icon to delete these entries.
- Click on menu icon again and choose Settings → Manage Search engines under the Search section.
- When in Search Engines..., remove malicious search sites. You should leave only Google or your preferred domain name.
Reset Google Chrome
Click on menu icon on the top right of your Google Chrome and select Settings.
- Scroll down to the end of the page and click on Reset browser settings.
- Click Reset to confirm this action and complete DragonBoost removal.
Get rid of DragonBoost from Safari
Remove dangerous extensions
Open Safari web browser and click on Safari in menu at the top left of the screen. Once you do this, select Preferences.
- Here, select Extensions and look for DragonBoost or other suspicious entries. Click on the Uninstall button to get rid each of them.
Reset Safari
Open Safari browser and click on Safari in menu section at the top left of the screen. Here, select Reset Safari....
- Now you will see a detailed dialog window filled with reset options. All of those options are usually checked, but you can specify which of them you want to reset. Click the Reset button to complete DragonBoost removal process.
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- ^ How to Tell If A Website Is Dangerous. Gizmo's Freeware. Guides and Tutorials, and User Contributed Articles.
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Teachers are talking about what Arizona's new dyslexia law means for them. In this episode, Sean Ross, Arizona Department of Education's Director of English Language Arts and Humanities, explains how the passing and signing of SB 1318 affects how schools and teachers approach dyslexia screenings and what resources are available. He also shares about his other literacy work and how he can support Arizona's teacher.
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Interview with Linda Formichelli
Linda Formichelli has written for more than 120 magazines since 1997, including Health, USA Weekend, Writer's Digest, Redbook, Woman's Day, Inc., and Alternative Medicine. She's also the co-author of eight books, including The Renegade Writer: A Totally Unconventional Guide to Freelance Writing Success and The Renegade Writer's Query Letters That Rock.
Linda lives in New Hampshire with her writer husband and toddler son, and she teaches a popular e-course called Write for Magazines, which takes the student through the eight steps to writing and sending a winning query letter, from generating a salable idea to doing interviews to finding markets to send the query to. The next session starts July 19, 2010. I spoke with her about the steps she took to develop the course, some of the business decisions she's had to make, and her experience actually teaching the course. —Lisa Gualtieri
Lisa Gualtieri: When and why did you decide to create an online course?
Linda Formichelli: I decided in 2005 to start my e-course Write for Magazines. I'm the co-author of The Renegade Writer: A Totally Unconventional Guide to Freelance Writing Success, and I was getting a lot of questions from readers on how to break into magazine writing. I told my life coach about it, and she encouraged me to write an e-course. I'm glad I did, because I love helping new writers get their big break, and through the course I'm able to really interact with writers through the process of generating an idea, writing a query letter (the sales letter that explains your article idea to an editor), and sending the query out.
LG: How did you create the course, and how did you decide how to offer it?
LF: I wrote up eight long lessons with assignments. My goal was to answer every question writers might have about the process, so I thought about the questions writers asked me often, and also brainstormed questions I predicted future students would have, and then made sure to answer them in the text. I also included sidebars with additional resources.
The lessons are on password-protected web pages I built myself using iWeb. Every Monday morning, I email my students the password and link to the next lesson. Students who opt for the Premium level of the course with email support can email me their assignments and questions. I check and answer emails on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
LG: How much time did it take to develop the course, and how much time do you spend on average every week?
LF: It took me a few weeks to develop the course, but it's a work in progress. Whenever I learn something new or find a better way to do something, I add it to the course.
As for how long I spend every week, it depends on the week. The first week is the most time-intensive, as I have up to 10 students each sending me three ideas to critique, and I like to give thorough critiques. I probably spend half an hour on every assignment critique that week, but I like to read the assignments and then let them settle in my head for at least a few hours before replying, so the half hour doesn't include the amount of time I spend thinking about the students' assignments before I formulate a reply.
In later weeks, I spend less time. For example, in week five the assignment is to complete the interviews you lined up the week before, and not much critiquing is needed for that, just the occasional hand-holding and, "Atta boy/girl!"
LG: What has the response been in terms of the number of people who have looked at the course site or inquired about it, the number who have started, the number who have completed, and the number who have gone on to write magazine articles and get them published?
LF: About 350 students have taken the course so far. I'm not sure how many people have inquired or checked out the e-course page. Most of my students find out about the course through word of mouth. I once took a survey of past students to find out how they found out about the course, and found that my paid ads were pretty much worthless, but that word of mouth was invaluable.
I also don't have an exact count of how many students have landed assignments. Some students write to me when they land assignments, and some don't. However, students of mine have landed articles in magazines such as Cottage Living, Black Health, Woman's Day, E: The Environmental Magazine,Writer's Digest, SELF, NJ Family, Blue Water Sailing, Weight Watchers, Wines & Vines, Spirituality & Health, and Rhode Island Home, Living and Design.
You asked how many students complete the course. I'd say about half of them are very gung-ho and do all the assignments up to the end, including sending out their query letter to the markets they've identified during the course. Another one-quarter are not as motivated, but still most of them complete the assignments on their own time after the course ends. I often hear from these students well after the end of the course to let me know about their successes, and I'm surprised because they didn't turn in all their assignments!
The final one-quarter tend to disappear for various reasons. They got busy at work, or they got sick, and so forth. One thing I do for these students: If they write to me to let me know they're having difficulty keeping up, I put them into my next e-course session for free so they can get all the support they paid for.
I offer a two-week trial period. If the student wants to drop out for any reason during the first two weeks, I offer a full refund. Only two students of 350 have ever asked for the refund, and those students needed to drop out for personal reasons. I think offering the guarantee helps people feel more confident in signing up. They don't have to worry about losing their money if they don't like the course, if they feel overwhelmed, or if something comes up that keeps them from doing the work. And I'm happy to give a refund. I absolutely don't want the students to waste their money! I think that attitude shows and helps writers feel more at ease enrolling.
LG: Do you update the course and, if so, how often?
LF: I probably do a thorough update of the e-course every six months or so, although I do smaller updates whenever I need to, which is easy because I created the course web pages in iWeb. I'm always learning new things, so I try to keep my students up-to-date.
LG: Are you creating, or thinking about creating, other courses?
LF: Through my web site The Renegade Writer, my co-author Diana Burrell and I actually offer several e-courses taught by different writers in topics ranging from food writing to essay writing to generating ideas. Right now we're adding a course called Freelance Editing 101.
I also teach a second course, called Get Unstuck! for Freelancers, which tackles issues with motivation, organization, and time management.
We don't have plans to start any more new e-courses on the site, but we're always open to new courses from extremely successful writers.
LG: What advice do you have for someone who wants to offer their own course in terms of how to go about it and what the benefits are?
LF: The benefits are that you get to work one-on-one with students and feel inspired as you watch them learn and succeed. And of course, I can't forget to mention that e-courses do bring in income!
As for how to get started: For my first session, I offered it for free to students who were willing to beta test the course and give me their feedback. That was very helpful in terms of tweaking the course to fit writers' needs. So I think a beta test is a good idea, and you'll find no shortage of people willing to test out your course for free!
Another tip is to not skimp. Don't just write out one-sentence replies to your students' questions and assignments. Really think and give your students a thorough answer or critique. Also, send your students occasional "checking in" messages, and write to students if you haven't heard from them in a while to make sure they're doing okay.
Finally, you need to set boundaries. When I started, I answered course emails anywhere, anytime. It was very distracting whenever I was working on a writing assignment and a student email popped into my inbox. I felt I needed to answer it right that second. On the advice of my life coach, I set up a separate email address for the e-course, and I check it only on Tuesdays and Thursdays, starting in the morning and up until at least 5 p.m.
LG: Have you received any new writing assignments through your students?
LF: Yes! I've had two students who went on to become editors and give me assignments. That was an unexpected perk!
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Rejecting a job offer? Get ready to pay penalty!!! Would this work!!!
Rejecting an offer!!! Recently happened to go through an interesting article on The Economic Times titled "Rejecting a job offer? Get ready to pay penalty". Well, let's try to decode this. Being in recruitment industry, I am fortunate and equally unfortunate to have faced this situation. Candidates have accepted offers, and dropped at the last moment. The reason why I mentioned that I was fortunate to have faced this was that it helped us to learn and then move ahead. And unfortunate as at times the project had to suffer delays because of last moment dropouts.
Well, coming back to the topic, the ET article talked about penalizing candidates who do not join the company after accepting the offer. Would this work!! What will be the impact of this clause during hiring stage!! Let's take this example; the hiring industry in India has Notice Period ranging from 30, 45, 60 and 90 days. So if a recruiter is hiring a resource with 90 days of NP (Normally 90days would be considered a risk, but again it depends from situation to situation). In my previous post had covered the issue of "Would you hire candidates with 60/ 90 days notice period!! The issue that the ET article talked about is kind of a reality and a common phenomenon, but not regarding the penalty aspect. May be there are a few exceptions. But would this work!!!
Would you sign an offer letter stating that you if you back-out you need to pay X Amount!!
Would a candidate think twice before appearing for an interview knowing that once selected, he/she needs to sign such an agreement!!
Well, one good thing about this so called clause is that the candidates will have to be 100% confident, and then chances of them joining will be higher. And not to forget the project would not suffer loss in revenue if it's a billable resource and also if it's a Sr Management position. But personally I think that this will work for certain key positions in companies. This cannot sustain in all kind of levels of hiring. Companies need to ensure that they pick and choose those key positions which will have a severe financial impact if the candidate drops-out.
Candidates on the other hand need to ask themselves and be confident during accepting an offer. Accepting an offer is a commitment in a way, but may be companies have faced the heat due to frequent drop-outs, hence some of them have resorted to include such clauses in the offer letter.
All new experiments do face issues and have lots of criticism, but it seems to have worked for a few companies. So do you think that such clauses can work in India across levels and industries!! OR do you think that this is just one odd case where it worked. Eagerly looking forward to your views on this.
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Recruiting Best Practices
Normally we always look for Best Practices from the outside world. We mostly try to intake those Best Practices, and convert it into our system. But in this entire process, we end up missing out of the Best Practices that are already inside the organization. What does this mean!! Well, it's not a rocket science, nor do I have any plans to make it more complicated. Best Practices might work for some companies, not all. Any specific reason for this!! Well, let's take a look at some examples and also try to highlight some of the Best Recruiting Practices.
You might have often heard people comparing their previous companies when they join a new organization. We had this facility, our Insurance coverage was higher, we had free transport facility etc etc. Well, there is nothing wrong is comparing, but one also has to see the size of the company, fundamentals, history and values of the company. One can surely take inputs from the employees and try to see if they can accommodate some of the best practices, if not all. Well, this was a brief Gyan about Best Practices. But we are here to talk about Best Recruiting Practices.
First Step : One would normally agree that the first step is always important. Well, in Recruitment language, Job Requirement / Specification / Description is considered as a first step in the hiring process. If the skills is not clear, the recruitment team will end up hiring a wrong resource. And this in turn will create additional cost of re-training the resource, or you might need to hire a new resource. Hence one should always ensure that the first step is right and then proceed.
Apt use of Technology : Technology plays a vital role in recruiting process. Earlier we used to depend on Excel Sheets (Some still prefer Excel Sheets) as database. Management now have the option to use ATS (Applicant Tracking System). These systems have made recruiters life easy. Now one can easily track the status of the candidates that are processed, selected, rejected etc.
Candidate Life Cycle Experience : This is an area that gets ignored by most companies. Candidate Life Cycle Experience is nothing but the experience of a candidate since the day they got the first call for hiring, till the day they join the company. There are numerous stages during this process, where the candidate might decide if they would like to join the company or not. One has to ensure that the Interviews are conducted on time, candidate have been briefed about the job opening in detail, inform the candidate if the interview has been delayed. Also inform if the candidate is reject or on hold. This is one area where most of the candidates have a valid complain that they don't get feedback from the recruitment teams.
Follow-up on Regular Intervals: Once the candidate is selected, the recruitment team needs to follow-up with the candidate till they join. Some companies have a separate team which does a follow-up call. But not all companies have this luxury. So one needs to keep a tab on the number of joinees and ensure that they be in touch with the candidates and keep them charged. (A term used in Recruitment Industry, to ensure that the candidate is interested and charged to join your company )
Proactive Approach : Being proactive at all levels is very important in the recruitment business. Proactive Sourcing is a key factor to ensure that your get the resource on board at right time. Also the recruiter needs to proactively create a back-up ready just in case the candidate drops out. This might seem a very simple process, but it does take a lot of time and effort to re work the entire hiring cycle.
Social and Mobile: This has been the latest entrant in the space of hiring era. Social Networking sites have provided and additional dimension to the recruitment industry. Although the traditional ways of hiring are still active, this new addition is surely providing advantage to both employees and employees. Although in the West, Social and Mobile has a major share in hiring process but in India things are picking up and it is already playing a key role in hiring decisions.
All these factors cannot be worked out overnight. It takes lots of practice and hard work for the recruitment team to ensure that they have "Right Source, Right Time, Right Cost and Right Hire". Hiring is not just filling open position, but filling them by following the right process. Looking forward to your views and about which recruiting practices work for you.
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The struggling Bishopbriggs Relief Road project has been hit with new delays that will push back the opening date into early 2018.
That was the bleak news handed to council chiefs in the latest meeting with Network Rail, which cited a need to relocate utility cables and "ongoing wider works" for the latest snag.
The news has been greeted with fury by Liberal Democrat councillor Gary Pews, who is demanding better communication with residents and "an end to false promises of opening dates which are continually put back".
He says it's been confirmed to him that the latest hitch means the scheme will inevitably be over-budget, and says there's "no way" residents should be expected to foot the bill.
Bishopbriggs Relief Road Phase 4 involves the creation of a new road between the end of Phase 3, at Wester Cleddens Roundabout, and a new roundabout near the Aviva offices on Westerhill Road, as well as a new bridge over the Edinburgh-Glasgow railway line and a new access road for Cadder Yard.
Throughout the project council officers have held regular meetings with Network Rail, and legal agreements are in place.
But the venture has been saddled with additional unforeseen work, following the discovery of trackside utilities that could only be relocated by Network Rail.
Although that has been rectified, further work - including electrification of the railway line – has spelled further delays.
East Dunbartonshire corporate assets convener Councillor Jim Gibbons said the council was "disappointed" by the latest problem.
But he added: "It is, however, essential to ensure that the relief road and the EGIP are delivered safely and that any issues which come to light, such as the need for utility relocation, are dealt with as they arise."
He said council officers reckon the installation of the new bridge over the new railway line mean the road is planned set to open in February 2018.
Councillor Gibbons has also asked for a full report on the project to be brought to the appropriate council committee as soon as possible.
However Councillor Pews says the latest problems confirm his worst fears.
He said: "The news will be met with dismay and anger by local residents, who are sick and tired of the congestion the closure is causing in other roads throughout Bishopbriggs."
He is calling on Network Rail to be more responsive than they appear to him to have been up to now, and to "stop holding the project up any further".
He added: "If the main delay is being caused by a lack of urgency and co-operation from Network Rail, as I suspect is the case, it's time they realised the frustration this is causing in the local area, and I will be writing to their senior management to point that out.''
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We aren't the first to struggle with prayer. The first followers of Jesus needed prayer guidance too. In fact, prayer is the only tutorial they ever requested. And Jesus gave them a prayer. Not a lecture on prayer. Not the doctrine of prayer. He gave them a quotable, repeatable, portable prayer. Couldn't we use the same?
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SYDNEY (Reuters) - Asian markets will be hoping for a bounce on Friday after Wall Street shook off concerns about Federal Reserve policy, while a rise in U.S. yields should keep the dollar underpinned near three-week highs.
After falling sharply on Thursday, the early signs were that stocks in the region might at least be able to stabilize.
The Australian market edged up 0.3 percent while MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan .MIAPJ0000PUS was dead flat.
Investors should find some comfort in Wall Street's ability to bounce with the S&P 500 .SPX closing up 0.6 percent and the Dow .DJI 0.67 percent.
Unfortunately for Japan's Nikkei .N225 it will not be able to share the relief since the country is on holiday on Friday.
The U.S. dollar continued to benefit from Fed Chair Janet Yellen's suggestion that the first increase in interest rates could come in the first half of 2015, which would be earlier than many had expected.
Just the thought of such a prospect was enough to lift two-year Treasury yields to their highest in six months and left them up 8 basis points for the week so far.
Markets will thus be hyper sensitive to comments from a quartet of Fed speakers later on Friday. St. Louis Fed President James Bullard, Dallas Fed President Richard Fisher, Minneapolis Fed President Narayana Kocherlakota and Fed Governor Jeremy Stein are all due to talk. <FED/DIARY>
Clarity may not be forthcoming, however, as each has very different outlooks on policy stretching from the hawkish Fisher to the dovish Kocherlakota.
Against a basket of major currencies, the U.S. dollar was trading at 80.186 .DXY , not far from the high of 80.354, a level not seen since late February.
The euro wallowed at $1.3777, having plumbed a two-week low of $1.3749. It was on track to post a 1.0 percent drop this week.
Not helping the common currency, European Central Bank Executive Board member Sabine Lautenschlaeger said rates will remain low or go even lower for an extended period.
The U.S. dollar was steady on the yen at 102.39 having topped out at 102.69.
Attention in Asia will again be on China's yuan which hit a one-year low on Thursday with the People's Bank of China (PBOC) seemingly content with the decline. The currency has fallen more than 1.2 percent this week, which would be the largest weekly loss since 1992.
Government economists and advisers involved in internal policy discussions told Reuters that the central bank chose to widen the yuan's trading band since it was less risky than other reform options while also offering a way to hedge against further economic slowdown.
A weaker yuan would provide some relief to struggling exporters and the PBOC has the means to steer it lower while avoiding sharp swings.
However, a major drop in the yuan could put pressure on other nations in the region to depreciate their currencies and keep their exports competitive.
Several currencies from the Thai baht to Malaysian ringgit did indeed turn lower on Thursday and dealers will be watching nervously to see if that could be the start of a trend.
In commodity markets, Gold was pinned at $1,330.60 an ounce having shed 3.7 percent for the week so far.
Brent rose 60 cents to settle at $106.45 a barrel on Thursday. U.S. crude for May delivery was 28 cents lower at $98.62 per barrel.
Editing by Shri Navaratnam


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How to Check for Heteroskedasticity by Examining Graphed Residuals
In econometrics, an informal way of checking for heteroskedasticity is with a graphical examination of the residuals. If you want to use graphs for an examination of heteroskedasticity, you first choose an independent variable that's likely to be responsible for the heteroskedasticity. Then you can construct a scatter diagram with the chosen independent variable and the squared residuals from your OLS regression.
The following figure illustrates the typical pattern of the residuals if the error term is homoskedastic.
The next figure exhibits the potential existence of heteroskedasticity with various relationships between the residual variance (squared residuals) and the values of the independent variable X. Each graph represents a specific example, but the possible heteroskedasticity patterns are limitless because the core problem in this case is the changing of the residual variances as the value of the independent variable X changes.
Graphical examinations don't provide evidence of homoskedasticity or heteroskedasticity. They merely suggest independent variables that may be related to the variability of the error term.
You can use the graphical result comparing the squared residuals to an independent variable to set up additional (formal) tests of heteroskedasticity.
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AS we roll midway into January I would never have imagined that my first column for this year would have been on an issue that is of a major concern to me as a Journalist, as well as the Ministry of Youth Development of Sports.
Sportlight was taken aback on Tuesday morning at a press conference at the Ministry of Youth Development and Sports, when the Director of Youth Development and Sports Jim Xavier was asked a question regarding the poor response from the various national sports associations in terms of their nominees submitted for this year sports awards. According to the director, he was disappointed with the response by a number of NSF's that failed to nominate individuals for the awards scheduled for February 13.
In 2014 some of the NSF's that failed to submit nominees received funding from the Ministry of Youth Development and Sports for their respective programmes. The Director said he could not understand why these same associations continued to short-change their athletes at such a major event under the Ministry's banner.
Asked whether the forms presented to the NSF's were a complicated one, Xavier said, "To be quite frank it's not a matter of literacy. They wouldn't pass with that excuse; I think it's a matter of commitment, passion and dedication towards ensuring that they reward the young people for their hard work. Prior to presenting the forms to the NSF's the Ministry held a meeting to evaluate and ensure the NSF's understood the forms but only eight NSF's showed up".
Some of these NSF's have individuals in their line-ups with 20 – 30 years experience and it's a clear indication they cling onto power because they want to be president for life. From my vantage point as someone who has been there in administration, these individuals are simply squeezing the throat of progress in their respective sport and retarding their members in the process.
Based on information available to Sportlight, the St. Lucia Basketball Association had a successful national tournament, alongside the commercial league in 2014, but had no nominations for the awards. Cycling, too had a series of races combined with community events in 2014, sponsored by the St. Lucia National Lottery and nominated only two males. What's wrong with the female aspect of the sport?
It was certainly one of the better years for some of the island's junior golfers participating in their monthly tournament at the Cap Estate Golf Course. Question: has Chris Taylor's departure from the island created a void and no one is capable of going the extra mile to do the paper work. No nominee there either.
Judo has been in the back seat, but was still able to show some slate with one individual. Guess what? I am still trying to find out when and where that tournament was held, at least they tried, compared to others that received funding from government.
What has gone wrong with the executive of the St.Lucia Martial Arts Association? Sportlight must compliment SKIF under the watchful eyes of Ezra Jn Baptiste, Victor Dudley and Oliver Lawrence as in 2014 it held a number of examinations and graduations for its members. SKIF also had an in house award ceremony in December, but with a non functioning central executive no one was nominated for the grand finale. These hard working individuals need to be recognized at the national level too.
Life Saving, this is one of the most important NSF's on island, I have seen the various members work tirelessly. Should their hard work go unnoticed Mr. President?
St. Lucia Moto X Cluborganises what can best be described as one of the most popular sports that attracts large crowds at any given venue. They entertain too from start to finish with some daring moves. Imagine not one junior rider could have made the cut.
Rugby is considered the biggest surprise in the pack and can best be described as one of the emerging sports on island in 2014. They had nominees in 2013, but this time around the leadership failed to nominate someone. What a shame.
Shooting has grown by leaps and bounds despite the embarrassment at the Commonwealth Games. They were still able to nominate one individual. They're trying.
As usual Darts and Dominoes have not made a shift in coming off the blocks. In fact they have a series of false starts to their name so one cannot expect a nominee. That's fair enough.
There is nothing coming out from the Squash Association, despite OECS and the St. Lucia Open championships. Wow!!!
From my vantage point the time has come for those in charge of the various NSF's to realise the sacrifice and the hard work by some of Fair Helen's young men and women. You have accepted the position to serve on the executive and by all indication your aim, objectives and goal is to move and develop the athlete and the sports. Has your dream gone through the window? Jack and Jane deserve the right to wear that jacket with a colourful tie too. They deserve it; the national sports awards belongs to them. It cannot be about you Sir / Madam.
Interestingly, one week ago the President of the SLOC Fortuna Belrose made the comment at the SLOC annual luncheon that she has requested the assistance of the International Olympic Committee to assist its 20 NSF's in the area of governance. Belrose made it abundantly clear, that this area needs to be developed and developed quickly. At the time she was speaking directly to the Presidents and Secretaries present at the SLOC annual luncheon. Not to me for sure, but I simply hope my prayers will be answered finally in that area.
St. Lucia will play host to the Commonwealth Games in 2017. The six sports to be competed are Athletics, Beach Volleyball, Twenty 20 Cricket, Netball, Swimming and Tennis. As far as I am aware cycling is the seventh; and Table Tennis, will be an alternate sport if any of the selected seven sports are unable to participate.
I believe (1) that the Ministry of Youth Development and Sports before giving financial assistance to any of they should ensure that they are in good standing with their international governing body, (2) at the end of November the NSF's must present to the Ministry a complete calendar of events for the coming year; (3) they should have an updated version of their constitution, and (4) submit an audited statement to the Ministry and their international governing body.
To all the NSF's, its time to wake up and make some serious strides, work as a team and not as individuals to make it better for the athletes come 2016. The more the merrier and everybody will be happy. Stop taking the athletes for granted.


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Celtic diary Thursday November 6: Its The Old Trouble Again Dear
Celtic drew 1-1 in motherwell last night, taking their impressive away form this season to another level .
Ryan Christie scored after thirteen minutes, Filip Benkovic had a goal chalked of, presumably because he wasn;t standing up straight when he volleyed into the net, and Leigh Griffiths missed a penalty when he forgot what end of the park he was at and passed it back to the goalkeeper.
There are a number of reasons why the Celtic machine stuttered last night, and a umber of other things that any observer would have spotted, and with just three wins out of eight on the road in the league, its simply not good enough.
Before we dissect the performance, lets consider the fact that the usually vocal away support and their choice of traditional Irish songs might not be as inspiring as was previously thought…
Before I offer my tuppence worth-which some may consider a little over priced at tuppence-lets see what the manager had to say. Thats always a pisser when he's made an arse of it.
"It's good for a manager to see – players will knock and ask about why they are not playing and I need to see a game like that,"
I suppose one does need to make mistakes in order to recognise when one is doing something right.
"When you bring in full international players you'd expect it to be ok,"
"You can't go through a season with 11 players. We have players out injured so yeah it was what we had to do.
"The result doesn't change the fact were comfortable at 1-0 and we have to see it out.
"The last four or five minutes doesn't change that."
The manager made quite a few changes to the starting line up, the only one forced was the introduction of the never alert jozo Simunovic who replaced the injured Dedryck Boyata. Craig Gordon resumed his role on goal which was expected.
In came Olivier Ntcham, Scott Brown, Johnny Hayes and Leigh Griffiths.
None of those are regular full internationalists. Christian Gamboa is, but he plays for Costa Rica, which is more famous for the Jurassic Park movies than football.
It wasn't about the last four or five minutes though, as the malaise set in after half time, when Scott Sinclair came on for Olivier Ntcham, to give the supporters something else to moan about.
Rodgers explained this move…
"Ntcham change was tactical. We needed more – it was as simple as that."
Sinclair was brought on to give us more. If only we knew exactly what it was he brings more of to the table.
The team weren't comfortable. the style of play that had worked so well over the last few weeks had changed, and it was down to the re-introduction of Scott Brown.
Sidieways football returned, which is okay when you're winning, but more importantly when Brown drops back to protect the defenders, there becomes a little bit of confusion in that back line and the old weakness in front of anyone who runs directly at the defence comes back into focus.
Motherwell took a while to spot it, but when they did, they had a couple of chances and a goal to show for it.
With Brown on the pitch the younger midfielders, MacGregor and Christie took his lead and abandoned their own natural game, which is to move the ball forward quickly, in favour of the patient , probing style that allows teams who have worked out how to play against that tactic to claw themselves back into the game.
There were a few disappointing individual performances, but none bad enough to demand that any players should never wear the jersey again.
Then again, Motherwell lost seven goals to "rangers " a few weeks ago. We should not have drawn with them. simple as that.
However, looking at the big picture, all thats needed is to realise that what didn't work earlier in the season isn't going to work now.
The result may have overshadowed yet another piss poor performance by a referee, as the disallowed Benkovic goal seemed perfectly legal to me, and there is an argument that man in the middle Kevin Clancy got more than one other decision wrong during the game, but this cannot be used as an excuse for the result.
And anyway, Kevin Clancy put in a top class performance compared to a couple of others last night, with Andrew Dallas leading the way when he awarded St Johnstone a penalty when one of their players fell over in the box with no contact at all.
Still, Dallas can take heart that at least this time the incident was in the box, which is an improvement of sorts.
Over at Ibrox, Steven MacLean, who has no connection to the new club there, since it was the old one his brother played for sent an Aberdeen player, the dainty Sam Cosgrove, for an early bath after he picked up his second booking when Conor Goldson kicked him in the back of his boot.
To be fair, MacLean sent off Alfredo Morelas as well, presumably because sooner or later someone had to to make it look like the chaps at the SFA were embarrassed by the revelation that one of their referees thinks the Colombian is merely a bit silly sometimes, as opposed to the rest of us who thinks he's a bit of a hothead with no respect for or even understanding of the rules.
Whilst Celtic , Aberdeen and "rangers " were going about their business, Stevie Clarkes Kilmarnock were a little quieter with how they went about theirs, and as a result they have knocked "rangers off their perch at the top of the league…
Of course, with games in hand, the table isn't exactly telling the truth, but if Celtic lose to Kilmarnock on Saturday, as they did earlier in the season at Rugby Park, then both teams will have earned exactly 78 points this year, 2018, which means that they, not Aberdeen or "rangers ", are in fact the serious challengers we've been waiting for.
Despite what you may read in the media.
Last night, if we take a nuetral stance, was an excellent night of football in Scotland. controversy, excitement, and probably even the goal of the season, with Adam Hamill of St Mirren from just inside the opponents half.
BBC Scotland, however, made us wait until the wee small hours before broadcasting their highlights show, which meant that most of us would have missed it. to add insult to injury, the English games were on first, and that, in a nutshell, is why our kids and grandchildren will ask for the colours of Arsenal, Manchester United or whoever else is doing well down there just now.
Alright, we know that our clubs and their representatives undersell our game, but the least they could do is argue that in Scotland our game takes precedence over the English one.
It would be nice if just once, just once, someone in authority in the Scottish game would do something that is in the interests of the game, and not in the interests of their own pockets.
Yesterdays caption competition produced some quality replies again, and if you haven't read all of them, go back and have another look.
After liposuction at a private Russian clinic, staff are overwhelmed by the residue left by former Sevco manager Ally McCoist.


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Wild Game Recipe Wrapped in Tobacco Leaves
Make this deliciously unique recipe using your wild game meat and fresh tobacco leaves.
For more about tobacco in your recipes and this plant's properties, see: Growing Tobacco on a Small Scale.
• 1 pound wild game, cubed (this can also be a vegetarian dish)
• Fresh vegetables cut into small pieces, including fingerling carrots, onions, peppers, garlic, potatoes
• Olive oil or butter, for sautéing and to coat each tobacco leaf
• Fresh whole tobacco leaves
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F
2. In a large bowl, combine meat and vegetables.
3. In a skillet over medium heat, sauté mixture in olive oil 5 to 7 minutes until vegetables begin to brown. Set aside and allow to cool slightly.
4. Spread tobacco leaves on a baking sheet, and coat leaves with butter or oil. Fill tobacco leaves with meat and vegetable mixture. Tuck sides in and wrap leaf around mixture. Do not overstuff; you want to be able to wrap the leaf completely around the mixture.
5. Bake 30 minutes, or until meat is cooked thoroughly, checking periodically.
6. Remove from oven, and cool slightly. Unwrap mixture and serve. The tobacco will leave a delicious flavor behind in the filling!


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Published at Monday, April 22nd, 2019 - 10:58:25 AM. Worksheet. By Natalii Mallet.
Problem solving involves an element of risk. If we want children to learn to solve problems we must create safe environments in which they feel confident taking risks, making mistakes, learning from them, and trying again (Fordham & Anderson, 1992). In a play-based curriculum, each day provides opportunities to learn about reading, writing, and math through real, meaningful situations. For instance, children set the table for snack so each child has one napkin, one straw, and one box of milk. Children string beads to match the pattern on a card or wait their turn because there is room for only four children at the art table. Through these meaningful experiences children begin to understand number, quantity, size, and other mathematical concepts. Early childhood education experts agree that the years from birth to age eight are a critical learning time for children (Bee, 1992; Kostelnik, Soderman, & Whiren, 1993; Willis, 1995). During these years, children have many cognitive, emotional, physical, and social tasks to accomplish (Katz, 1989). While children may have the ability to perform a task, that does not mean that the task is appropriate and should be performed. Educators agree that learning to read, write, and compute are undeniably important skills for children to acquire. The question is how and when they should be learned.
Insert clip art. Again, there are a lot of options for free clip art on TpT. You want to download them and save them to your computer. Then you can open your folder, right click the image and "copy," then paste onto your page. Many clip artists will include both JPG and PNG images. I personally like to use PNG images. These will have a clear background instead of a white box behind them. If you do decide to sell your work, make sure you create a credits page showing which clip artists you used! There are many great examples online, or even in TpT products you own.
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Harry starts school a week on Tuesday. I have blinked, and the long summer holidays have vanished; my rose-tinted plans of tramping the hedgerows looking for wild flowers and quiet picnics in sunny, remote fields have, largely, not happened. (I blame the weather, because otherwise I shall have to blame my own inertia.) I did, however, promise Harry some time ago that he could go to London, because he wanted to go to the Queen's house (after waving busily at her in Stratford earlier in the year) and play with her. This has evolved, after gentle nudging in the direction of the Real, into a fervent desire to go on the 'underground trains' and the London Eye. I have acquiesced, and we are going for a couple of days on Tuesday; John is too busy for an overnighter, so Harry and I are travelling à deux.
This is a first, and I am mildly nervous in case Harry decides to wake at sparrowfart, because Ann Really Does Not Do Sparrowfart – John takes that particular one for the team every time – and I have booked us into a Laterooms Cheapie in Ealing, which has secure parking and is most conveniently adjacent to the Tube, but TripAdvisedly has walls like ricepaper and a habit of completely losing Laterooms reservations. It is awfully likely that, for once in my life, I will be early to breakfast – charged extra at £11. That had better be some stonkingly good coffee.
What with pronounced hypermobility and likely dyspraxia, Harry tires quickly when walking – but pushchairs are simply dreadful things to lug about the underground, plus Harry is most aggravating to convey with one, tending to both moan and groan about being sometimes instructed to stretch his legs and walk for a short distance, or impulsively leaping out without warning and promptly being run over by his own chariot wheels. Consequently, I'm not taking one, and have planned to pop up from Piccadilly tube station like a pair of meercats, and march Harry straight onto the City Sightseeing red buses, which go everywhere we want. A brief scurry off the bus onto the Eye
(do I buy standard £ tickets for a 'flight' slot and risk a horrendous bus-delay/Eye queue and missing our slot? Flexi-timed tickets for ££? Queue jumping tickets for £££? Flexi-timed, queue-jumping tickets for ££££? God, the decisions I am having to make here, people. I don't even particularly want to go on, myself; I've been before and I'm not mad on heights.) and that is likely all the walking I will subject him to on Tuesday – although if anyone has any suggestions for a kid-friendly eatery between the Eye & Ealing, then do pipe up. Harry's ideal evening cuisine, to my great maternal shame, is Pizza Hut, Frankie & Benny's, McDonalds, and fish & chips, although *begins to yammer defensively* the kid does have some fairly rigid textural issues with food that are markedly unhelpful in re: menu expansion.
Wednesday, we can stroll around Trafalgar Square, as we are meeting May (hurrah!) there for coffee on her way to work. If there happens to be a child being rescued by fire crews from a unconscionable distance up Nelson's Column on the news: it will doubtless be mine, as I feel Landseer's lions, which are rightly famous, might be quite popular with my junior contingent – although I'm aware that the lions are suffering structural damage from 140-odd years of tourist abuse, and my inner conservationist is already shifting uneasily from foot to foot.
And that is all I have planned, apart from a trip to New Bond St, as I have a voucher for the Victorinox (Swiss Army Knife) store, that can only be spent there. I am looking to replace John's Leatherman, which I may or may not have been responsible for depositing in the middle of a main road and subjecting to heavy vehicle crushing for a day or so. *Ahem*
I suppose I could take Harry to Hamleys – although they tend to sell broadly the same toys everyone else does, but at a monstrous premium, and I know I'd never winkle him out without a strop. I'd like to go to Westminster Abbey, myself, having never managed to make it past the doors before, but Harry might not be terribly impressed. The Natural History Museum will be heaving, so we'll do that another day when he's older and better emotionally equipped for actual dinosaur dimensions. If he is obliged to mentally process the fact that beasts the size of diplodocus
can't actually fit under his bed in order to scare him – along with the aliens, bears and crocodiles that also seem to regularly inhabit it – well, there could be existential confusion and outsized nightmares later. I don't fancy Tussauds, and Harry certainly wouldn't have a clue. Tower of London is great, but expensive, and I think that's another one for a later day.
Perhaps we would be best advised to simply head to the place with the most toilets per square foot. Harry's needs are predictably unpredictable, and my needs will be predictably tiresome: my period arrived yesterday, to the expected second, near enough – my follicular phase might be days, weeks or frequently months, but my luteal phase kicks 14-day arse – so I will be lugging around a bag full of industrial-spec sanitary items, plus spare underwear for mother AND child.
God help my blushes during the ubiquitous security bag-checks.
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Editor´s Blog: by Jane Nisbet Huseby, Chief Editor, Wine Source Chile
BOOK REVIEW: The Wine Bible by Karen MacNeil, Workman Publishing, New York
For those of you interested in learning some more about wine, but not quite sure where to start, Karen MacNeil´s "The Wine Bible" is a very good place to start. Although the book is quite thick, with a lot of content, don´t be put off. Karen has such a fantastic way of explaining things, and she breaks down wine jargon into everyday-speak , which means that you can happily delve in and out of the book at your leisure. She gives a pretty good overview of the world wine scene, with some great tips on which producers to look out for from key wine regions, and I also love all the maps and labels that she has included so you know what to look out for. Lastly but not least, I love that it´s a paperback, which means it is not too heavy to stuff it in your bag as you jump on that plane on your travel adventures!!
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