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If you are eating lunch in Pittsburgh or Dallas, you might grab a sandwich and a Snapple to go. But should you get transferred to Paris, you will probably eat like the French: multicourse sit-down lunches plus a glass of wine.
But it turns out people are not the only ones who make monkey-see-monkey-do cultural shifts. Monkeys, and apparently several other species, do, too.
In a clever, groundbreaking study published Thursday in the journal Science, researchers showed that when Vervet monkeys roam, they act in when-in-Rome fashion.
Wild Vervet monkeys, trained to eat only pink-dyed or blue-dyed corn and shun the other color, quickly began eating the disliked-color corn when they moved from a pink-preferred setting to a blue-is-best place, and vice versa.
The switch occurred even though both corn colors were equally accessible, side-by-side in open containers. Scientists said the monkeys relinquished their color convictions because they saw the locals eating the hated hue.
The findings addressed a long-contentious question among animal experts: is animal behavior determined only by genes and individual learning, or can animals, like humans, learn socially?
"Culture was thought to be something only humans had," said Carel van Schaik, an evolutionary anthropologist at the University of Zurich who was not involved in the study. "But if you define culture as socially transmitted knowledge, skills and information, it turns out we see some of that in animals. Now this experiment comes along and I must say it really blew me away."
He added: "Imagine you've just learned to eat pink corn and for a while blue corn was really bad, but then you move to an area where it's the opposite and basically you wipe your slate clean. You think, 'Oh, these locals, they must know what's the best thing.' "
Other studies have found similar learning abilities in social animals. In the same issue of Science, researchers reported that by observing others, humpback whales learned to whack the water with their tail fins to attract prey.
But while previous research often relied on anecdotes, observations or animals in captivity, the monkey study documented social learning in wild animals.
"We long believed that cultural transmission was important," said Frans de Waal, a primatologist at Emory University who did not take part in the study. "But I never thought it would be at the scale where the results would be so strong."
The scientists set out pink and blue corn in adjacent Tupperware containers for four groups of wild monkeys in neighboring regions in a South African reserve. A study leader, Erica van de Waal, a researcher at University of St. Andrews in Scotland, said she wanted to use red and blue, shades monkeys are known to see because they are the colors of male Vervet genitalia. But South African grocery stores stocked mostly blue and pink food coloring because people use them for cakes celebrating girl and boy birthdays.
After trying vinegar and chilies to make corn taste bitter, researchers settled on soaking corn in acrid-tasting aloe leaves. Pink corn was "aloe treated" for two groups; blue for the other two. Soon, monkeys in each group consistently rejected the colored corn soaked in aloe leaves.
After several months, researchers stopped treating the corn with aloe, but monkeys continued eating only the color that had never been made bitter. Dominant monkeys never sampled the disliked color; subordinate monkeys might, but only if dominants were hogging the liked color.
Baby monkeys, which received no color training, instantly ate only what their mothers ate, even squatting on the other color, "totally ignoring that there was an edible color under their feet," Dr. van de Waal said.
Most strikingly, when male monkeys migrated from a different-colored region, they ate the local color. The one exception was a blue-is-best male who entered a pink area with no dominant male, took control and continued eating blue corn. But he "might be a stupid male that had too much testosterone and was just not looking at what the others are doing," Dr. van de Waal said.
She said researchers hoped to test if social learning applied to other behaviors, like mating calls and grooming.
Experts said that to survive, species must balance experimentation with conservatism, so it makes sense that monkeys would develop rigid aversions to a once bitter-tasting color, and drop that aversion in another community. Both behaviors have advantages for survival, saving learning time and avoiding deadly risks.
"I don't expect it in bacteria or slugs," Dr. van Schaik said. "But in these long-lived species that are social, you're actually willing to give up what you know, drop that memory like a hot potato, because those in the other place do something else."


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A 19-year-old university student has admitted putting indecent pictures of a girl on the social networking site Snapchat.
Christien Lees-Jones of Fairfield Way, Wesham, and a student at Edge Hill University in Ormskirk, admitted two offences of distributing indecent photographs of the 16-year-old girl, who cannot be named for legal reasons.
He also pleaded guilty to making an indecent photograph of a child – the same victim.
Blackpool Magistrates sent Lees-Jones for sentence at Preston Crown Court.
The Crown alleges that he took photos of the girl and then adapted them into pornographic poses which went online.
The defendant was bailed until February 10.
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Right around here, right about now, many students are finishing up with school. For many that means cramming for finals and desperately trying to shovel just a few more tidbits of knowledge into their heads. Well, traditional Chinese medicine to the rescue!
Did you know that there are acupuncture points that help you retain knowledge? It's true and they are very handy when you are quickly approaching all-full-in-the-noggin status. The Chinese name of these points is Sishencong or Four Alert Spirit. What follows is their super top secret locations and what to do to activate them yourself.
As you might guess from the name, there are four points/locations for the point group. Start by finding your posterior fontanel, aka the soft place of your head found just in front of your flat spot. If you can't feel a soft place (roughly the size of a dime), fold your ears in half the long way, draw an imaginary line from pointy ear tip to pointy ear tip over the top of your head. Where the line passes over the top of your head is where you find the soft spot. Once you've located the soft spot, measure the width of your thumb's knuckle north, south, east and west of the soft spot and you've located the 4 points of Sishencong.
To activate these points gently tap or massage them with your fingertips until the area feels warm and/or tingly. You can also experiment with essential oils exercising caution around any sensitivities you might have.
For those of us who only have to remember taking finals, this technique is good for retaining any kind of knowledge. Try it out!


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A New Orleans, Louisiana high school teacher allegedly forced a student to remove her MACHINE HEAD t-shirt during class because the teacher objected to the anti-war message that was printed on the shirt's back.
The fan, who posts on MACHINE HEAD's official message board, "The Frontlines," under the name "Robyn", wrote in an October 3, 2008 posting, "A couple weeks ago I bought the 'War' t-shirt from the MACHINE HEAD store and I got it in the mail yesterday and I wore it to school today. The shirt that says 'War, Lies, Fear, Change' on the back. [see image below] Well, when I got to school today, my English teacher told me I couldn't wear it and I had to call home to get a different shirt. Well, I had no idea, but [the teacher's] son is in Iraq right now. I mean, I know [the message printed on the back of the shirt] has a lot to do with politics and everything, but it's not like I was talking about it or anything. Because they tell us at school that we're not supposed to talk about religion or politics. But half the kids in that school don't really give a shit or they're just to dumb to know anything. Did they have any right in telling me to take it off?"
The "War! Lies! Fear! Change!" slogan is based on the lyrics to the MACHINE HEAD song "Clenching the Fists of Dissent", which opens the band's latest album, "The Blackening".
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The swearing in ceremony for Andrew Sullivan, who won the South Ward by-election on Friday will not take place today during an extraordinary council meeting, but will instead be conducted an the Ordinary Council meeting on Wednesday March 28 at 6 pm.
Council meetings are held at the North Fremantle Community Hall.
Roel Loopers
Andrew Sullivan won the Fremantle South Ward local government by-election and will return to his seat at Fremantle Council.
Sullivan received 50% of the votes and got 856 votes, while the two other candidates also got 50% of the vote; Marija Vujcic 608 and Chris Williams 248. Nine votes were invalid.
Voter participation was around 44 % so that is fairly good.
Roel Loopers
Look who made it onto the flyer of Andrew Sullivan for the Fremantle South Ward by-election.
It's a young(er) looking Roel-Loopy-Loopers when he received the Australia Day Fremantle Citizen of the Year Award in 2013..
Vote for Andrew. He is the best candidate for the job by many country miles!
Roel Loopers
Ballot papers will be arriving in Fremantle South Ward homes early next week for the local government by-election.
The October 2017 election was declared invalid in South Ward because of a blunder by the Electoral Commission, so we need to vote again.
Andrew Sullivan, who is my preferred candidate, posted his flyer on line, so here it is.
Roel Loopers
The Court of Disputed Returns ruled this morning that the City of Fremantle South Ward Election held on 21 October 2017 was invalid.
This decision was due to one of the unsuccessful ward candidates being declared ineligible to stand in the election.
As a result of the election being declared invalid, Andrew Sullivan is no longer a councillor and the position has been declared vacant.
A new election for the vacant South Ward position will be held on 16 March 2018. It will be funded by the Western Australian Electoral Commission.
The election will again be conducted as a postal election with polling closing at 6.00pm on Friday 16 March 2018.
The roll close date for this election is 5.00pm, Thursday 25 January 2018. Nominations will open on Wednesday 31 January and close at 4.00pm Wednesday 7 February 2018.
Any further enquiries can be made to the Western Australian Electoral Commission.
This is a disgrace and total incompetence of WA Electoral Commission staff, who should have checked the eligibility of all candidates. Sadly Andrew Sullivan has to pay for it now. Humbug!
Roel Loopers
Will the people of South Fremantle have to endure a by-election and will Andrew Sullivan's win be contested?
According to the Fremantle Herald today unsuccessful candidate Marija Vujicic is contemplating a protest because of the supposed in-illegibility of candidate Ben Moodie.
Andrew Sullivan won the South Ward seat with just 57 vote more than Liam Carter, and Vujicic was 138 behind Sullivan, while Moodie received 268 votes.
Moodie's eligibility had been a major discussion on social media during the election campaign, but he Electoral Commission had allowed his nomination, so one has to question why there are no better check ups to see if candidates are eligible.
In an hour we will know the outcome of the High Court decision about Federal politicians with dual citizenships, so there needs to be an inquest into the Electoral Commission and how it is they do not properly check if candidates can legally become politicians in Australia.
A by-election in South Fremantle would be pretty unfair to the candidates as it demands more door knocking and printing material, and it is likely that many voters would not bother to send in new ballot papers.
Roel Loopers
Special Fremantle Council and Council Committee meetings are on this evening after the local government election to elect a Deputy Mayor and chairpersons for the committees.
Present Deputy Mayor Josh Wilson will be challenged by Councillor Andrew Sullivan and that will be a close vote I feel. Both members are popular and very active and outspoken in the Chamber, so it could be decided by just a couple of votes. Not sure if the Mayor has a casting vote when it comes to selecting the Deputy.
The meetings start at 6 pm this evening, so go along and check out how local government ticks.
Roel Loopers
The City of Fremantle is considering putting a basketball court back at South Beach and is asking for public submission until February 9. The court that used to be there made way for more parking bays but at the moment Councillor Andrew Sullivan is looking at the possibility of putting the new court on the grass between the dunes and the toilets at the kiosk part. I am not sure if a (half)basketball court is still in the pipeline as well to be added to the Esplanade Youth Plaza(EYP).
Residents on Marine Parade complain about skateboard noise from the EYP, and the sound of bouncing balls can be very irritating, so any basketball court should have sound protection around it and maybe even a non-concrete, softer-less noisy-surface to pacify nearby residents and business owners.
Unlike East Fremantle, Fremantle has very little in regard to "alfresco gym" work-out equipment near beaches and the river, so COF should consider that as well for South Beach and instead add a half court to the EYP.
Sent your submissions to the Parks&Gardens Department at the City of Fremantle and have your say.
Roel Loopers
P.S. Nice to hear that one of my suggestions to make a percentage of public open space a requirement to receive discretionary additional height for buildings is now being proposed for the Matilda Bay Brewery site in North Fremantle. It is basic common sense to make sure there is sufficient public amenity and community space near high-density residential development.
Among a long list of agenda items Fremantle Council last night debated the pros and cons of having a Wards system in place for the first election of the new supersize-withoutf fries- City of Fremantle after the amalgamation with the Town of East Fremantle.
Councillor Andrew Sullivan held a passionate speech in support of the Wards and how important they are for real local government democracy and input from the community in Council's decision-making process.
Councillor Doug Thompson however warned against waiting for Wards to be implemented as that would mean extending the time a Commissioner will be in charge, saying Commissioners could do a lot of harm and might undo what Council has been trying to achieve for years. He cited Canning and Cockburn as examples.
I am a strong supporter of local government as that it where real grassroots democracy can work if Councillors listen to and respect the opinion of the community, but at the same time I wonder if for example the City Ward electors, especially business owners, feel well represented by Councillors Pemberton and Naber.
It was interesting to hear from CEO Graeme McKenzie that State Government has indicated they might prefer to make the Mayors of the amalgamating councils Commissioners with support from a third party. The many strong opponents of Brad Pettitt could well be up in arms if he was given almost free reign for nine months or so.
Interesting times ahead for Freo!
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Monday, May 14, 2018
Trailblazing Appellate Moms
In honor of Mother's Day, I was thinking about some of the amazing women I know who both practice law and raise kids. I could list several, but as I was considering the trailblazing appellate moms, my thoughts turned to the first two women on the Supreme Court--Sandra Day O'Connor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
Sandra Day O'Connor was born in 1930 in El Paso, Texas. She graduated third in her class from Stanford Law School in 1952 (the same year as William Rehnquist graduated from Stanford). According to the Sandra Day O'Connor Institute:
After graduating from law school, O'Connor busily went about applying to law firms in San Francisco and Los Angeles, but because of the prejudices against women at that time, she could not get a job as a lawyer. She was offered a position as a legal secretary, which did not match her education and training. Instead, she took a position as a deputy county attorney in San Mateo, California, initially offering to work for no salary or office, and where she shared space with a secretary.
During this same time she got married, and she and her husband spent some time overseas. They eventually returned to Arizona, and she eventually took a job in the Arizona Attorney General's office, after taking some time off to raise her three sons. She later served in the state senate, on the Maricopa County Superior Court, and on the Arizona Court of Appeals. It was from the state appellate court that President Reagan picked O'Connor to serve as the first woman on the U.S. Supreme Court. O'Connor served 24 years, retiring to, among other things, spend time with her husband.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg also has an amazing story. Born in 1933 in Brooklyn, she attended Cornell University, graduating in 1954. She was married that year and quickly had her first child. She actually started attending law school when her daughter was barely just one year old. According to a biographical website:
[Ginsburg] encountered a very male-dominated, hostile environment, with only eight other females in her class of more than 500. The women were chided by the law school's dean for taking the places of qualified males. But Ginsburg pressed on and excelled academically, eventually becoming the first female member of the prestigious Harvard Law Review.
Prior to her appointment and confirmation to the Supreme Court, Ginsburg was an accomplished attorney, serving as the first female tenured professor at Columbia and arguing 6 important cases for the ACLU before the U.S. Supreme Court. She served on the D.C. Circuit for over a decade before being nominated and confirmed to the U.S. Supreme Court in 1993. As Jennifer mentioned in a recent post, she is also the subject of a newly released documentary.
Thank you to these trailblazing female appellate attorneys, and a happy belated mother's day to all the moms out there.


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Cartoon Network preps DHX Media's Mega Man
The new video game-based series will debut next month following WildBrain's launch of a YouTube fan hub for the show.
Ken Faier exits DHX to set up own shop
With the purchase of DHX's interactive division, the media conglomerate's former SVP has set up Epic Story Media to develop IPs from the ground up.
Cartoon Network picks ups Mega Man
The 3D animated series, produced by DHX Media and Dentsu Entertainment, will begin production this summer in Vancouver.
DHX and Dentsu Entertainment ink 'Mega' global deal
The companies have partnered to develop, coproduce, distribute and manage a new Mega Man animated series.


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Home / General / The Red Dead Redemption 2 Trailer is Here And It's Glorious
Following weeks of teasers, speculation, and overall excitement, Rockstar Games have finally released the official trailer for Red Dead Redemption 2.
The trailer shows the power of current-gen visuals and the various landscapes you'll be able to traverse in Fall 2017. You also see some non-playable characters and wildlife wandering about.
Check out the trailer below:
As seen in the teaser image released by Rockstar earlier this week, seven characters are seen riding on horseback near the end of the trailer, leading us to think seven individual characters are playable.
The game looks amazing and we expect pre-orders to go through the roof following the release of the trailer.
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Shot in the town of Tokoname, Aichi.
The house had a tiled roof and it was covered with thick tiles. This type of roof became rare. Yet there were many houses with such roof here. Because this small town has been famous for the ceramics production for 800 years.
The tiles were anything more than the ornament of the houses. Yet when I watched the roofs, I felt their senses of existence clearly. They were lined up silently on the roof in a regular manner.


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American Ceramic Society (ACerS)
600 N. Cleveland Ave., Ste. 210
Westerville, OH 43082 US
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E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
Web site: www.ceramics.org
President: Sylvia Johnson
Term of office: 2018-2019
Affiliation: NASA Ames Research Center (retired)
Executive director: Charlie Spahr
Other professional staff (with titles): Susan LaBute, human resources manager and executive assistant; Mark Mecklenborg, director of technical publications and meetings, Laura Vermilya, director of operations, Megan Mahan, director of marketing and membership services.
Overall purpose: To promote ceramics and serve the informational and educational needs of professionals in the ceramics community and related fields as well as the general public.
Composites-related activities: ACerS provides an information exchange among members and others in the materials-related community through its technical meetings, short courses, periodicals and books.
Publications: The Journal of the American Ceramics Society, International Journal of Applied Ceramic Technology, the ACerS Bulletin and annual ceramicSource buyer's guide.
Annual meeting: American Ceramic Society Annual Meeting & Exposition.
Other regular regional or national meetings: International Conference & Expo on Advanced Ceramics and Composites (ICACC).
Division-related specifically to composites: Engineering Ceramics
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Referring to the military presence of the US and some western countries in the Middle East and Afghanistan, Zarif said, "The presence of foreign forces has never brought stability in our region and has historically provided a recruiting ground for extremists."
Speaking at Geneva Conference on Afghanistan, Zarif underlined that there is national, regional and global consensus that there is no military solution in Afghanistan.
The Iranian diplomatic chief called for national reconciliation and inclusive political solution in Afghanistan, owned and led by the Afghan government and people.
Zarif opined that Geneva Conference on Afghanistan along with complimentary Kabul, Tashkent and Moscow formats attest to the same cause.
He warned that the introduction of the ISIL to Afghanistan is a new challenge, and highlighted that the new phenomenon "has led to more bloodshed and introduced dangerous sectarian tendencies".
"More dangerously, it has radicalized the local armed groups in a competition over followers and recruits," he went on to say, emphasizing, as no one gained from introducing and supporting Daesh (the ISIL) and other extremists in Syria and Iraq, no one will gain from introducing them to Afghanistan and Central Asia.
He urged the world that "this horrific trend needs to be arrested before it reaches catastrophic proportions".
He then touched upon the issue of narcotics cultivation in Afghanistan and said, " Terrorism and drug trafficking have always been mutually reinforcing in Afghanistan."
Zarif underlined that a comprehensive strategy is needed in the call for fighting the drug menace in Afghanistan, and added that a program for boosting economic development "in this resource rich country" is a pre-requirement.
"Connectivity is a key, and Iran's sea and rail links including Chabahar are essential for Afghan development," he said about Afghanistan's chances for tapping advantages of Iran's transportation infrastructures for the landlocked country, adding, however, that the US unilateral sanctions have impeded cooperation.
He then attached great significance to the intra-Afghan dialogue, saying, "All of us need to facilitate, by helping to bring the Taliban to the negotiating table with the Government for inclusive and comprehensive talks."
"Domestic and regional inclusion is key to success," Zarif underlined, before re-voicing, once again, Tehran's firm support for Afghanistan.
"Iran is ready to continue to help the people and government of Afghanistan in their quest for peace and cooperate with all with the same objective," he concluded.


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Laura Love
It girl, street-style star and model-of-the-moment, Laura Love is our latest crush. The Los Angeles native—and frequent jet setter—attended a dinner hosted by Michael Kors to celebrate Claiborne Swanson Frank's "Young Hollywood" book, in her hometown. Here she talks silver screen style icons, her go-to packing list and her guilty pleasure.
Q: Who are your Hollywood style icons—past and present?
"Catherine Deneuve, Audrey Hepburn, Grace Kelly and Marion Cotillard."
Q: What are your tips for posing for the perfect red-carpet picture?
"Confidence—and good hair and makeup."
Q: What's your favorite Michael Kors piece that you own and why?
"I love his turtlenecks—he makes the best chunky, ribbed, cashmere ones that I wear on the plane all the time."
Q: Describe Michael Kors in 5 words or less…
"Classic, American, timeless and luxurious."
Q: Sum up your signature style…
"Tomboy transatlantic."
Q: Where is your dream vacation destination and what would you wear there?
"Cape Town, South Africa. On safari. Wearing a full safari look—big hat included."
Q: What are the items you always pack when travelling?
"The basics: turtlenecks, striped T-shirts, a leather jacket, high-waisted white jeans, ballet flats, tennis shoes, a party dress and heels, beauty mask, cleanser, moisturizer and, most importantly, sunblock."
Q: If your life were a movie, what would the title be?
Q: What has been your best Halloween costume, to date?
"Dressed as a character from 'Avatar'."
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Brenda Miller, DDS
Dr. Brenda Miller is a CA licensed dentist whose practice resides in San Bernardino, California. She received her D.D.S. from Universidad Iberoamericana UNIBE, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, in 2005. After receiving her degree in 2005, she moved to California and attended Loma Linda University for the international program. Dr. Miller obtained her California Dental license in 2013.
Dr. Miller is happily married and lives in the Loma Linda area where she is still very active in extracurricular activities in her community. She is an active member of The American Dental Association, California Dental Association, and Tri-county Dental Society. She is also a regular volunteer for mission trips and activities to help the least favorable in various communities.
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So… how about that 2012 Draft?
Astros fans, want to see your team dominate atop the standings again? Then look no further: http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/reversestandings/
Maybe that's tacky, but as bad as this season has been already, I'd feel even worse about it if they somehow put on another huge late surge and play themselves out of the #1 draft spot. Fortunately (or unfortunately, take your pick), they've buried themselves far enough down that it will take a huge late surge to look down on anyone else. The Mariners have lost 16 straight and still lag 10 games back of worst.
So who do you like for 2012? Mock drafts abound, though of course it's much, much too early to consider anything even remotely concrete. It's one of the few things Astros fans have to look forward to these days, however, so it's fun to speculate. The consensus seems to be that there's no consensus – no Bryce Harper or Steven Strasburg this year – but there does seem to be a lot of chatter about Lance McCullers and Mark Appel. Both are exciting prospects, I'll grant, but I'm leery of taking any pitcher #1 overall. Sure, you've got David Price, but you've got a longer list of luminaries such as Brian Bullington, Matt Anderson, Paul Wilson, Kris Benson, Ben McDonald and Brien Taylor. Even Strasburg is still hurt, and who knows if he'll be the same? The Astros are a team sorely lacking in power, so I'd much rather see them go after a Trey Williams or a Victor Roache. Or… I'm really starting to like this Nick Williams kid out of Galveston Ball. We shall see what we shall see…
Our other hope of a bright spot right now is Sunday's looming trade deadline, and is it bad that I'd be most excited to see Bourn, Pence, Myers, Wandy and Barmes all wearing opposing uniforms on August 1? Not that I have anything against any of those guys – Bourn, Pence and Wandy in particular are favorites – but the 2011 Astros are truly, historically bad. Their bad-ness may be the best thing that could happen to this franchise right now, as it's unmasked entirely the need for rebuilding, with no false hope of contention left to hide behind. For a team with this many holes, the fastest way back to contention is to trade every veteran you can for the best prospects that you can, then let the young guys grow up together (see: 1991 Astros, who laid the groundwork for the most successful decade in franchise history).
I'm as eager as anyone for the Astros to get on with the future and blow up the roster now, but I don't expect all five of those guys to be gone by next week. But, y'know – that's okay. With the exception of Barmes, it's important to remember that none of the Astros' key veterans are in line for free agency this winter. So anybody they don't trade now, they could still move for prospects in the off-season. It could be argued that they'll get better value in the heat of a pennant race, but that's not always necessarily the case, so it behooves the club to find the best possible deal. No, they shouldn't set their asking price so high now that they'll be forced to take a lesser deal later, but neither should they trade anybody now just for the sake of offloading them immediately. It's an inexact science, and it's maddening, but the flexibility is ultimately better than having their hand forced by expiring contracts right now. Or it should be. I'll be most upset if the team doesn't look drastically different – and younger – by 2012.


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Just as travel can be fun and exciting, it can also have its challenging, or even downright scary, moments. Being in a new place pushes us out of our comfort zone and makes us face our fears. Tell about a time you had to face your fear when traveling, and what was the result
This is the second prompt where I'm finding that an instance doesn't immediately spring to mind. I know that the ride to the airport in Costa Rica was scary. The route the driver planned to take had to be changed due to rain washing out bridges and causing landslides on the road he was originally going to take. We took a higher route through the mountains. If you've been to Central America you know that riding on the high mountain roads can be a harrowing experience. There are no guard rails, people pass on blind corners, you share the same stretch of small highway with very very large delivery trucks. Add to this rain and fog with a visibility of 10 feet and trucks roaring around the corners missing the edge of your front bumper by 16 inches and you have a recipe for fear. I remember either not being able to see very far at all or being able to see just enough to realize that it wasn't a far stretch of the imagination that we were one small swerve from tumbling all the way down the cliff and coming to a very uncomfortable rest in someone's field. I've flown through some rough turbulence, jumped off of waterfalls and seen a shark swimming towards me but this is one of the few times I've had butterflies in my stomach for hours. Forget rollercoasters and extreme sports. You want some fear, take a small bus in the mountains during rainy season in a Central or South American country and then let me know what you think.
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Federico Bernardeschi seals €40m move to Juventus from Fiorentina
Juventus have signed young Italy winger Federico Bernardeschi from Fiorentina in a €40 million deal.
The 23-year-old Tuscan, who scored 11 league goals for La Viola last season, attended Juve's medical centre on Monday morning and has now committed to the Serie A champions for five years until 2022.
The clubs confirmed the transfer fee, payable over three years, and said Fiorentina would retain 10 percent of any sell-on fee, up to €5 million.
Bernardeschi, who earned the first of his nine Italy caps in March 2016, met Bianconeri fans before and after his medical in Turin.
OFFICIAL: @fbernardeschi is a Bianconero! ⚪⚫ https://t.co/A3Tk4jziG1 #BenvenutoFederico pic.twitter.com/eJBArf2GGw— JuventusFC (@juventusfcen) July 24, 2017
He is now expected to link up with his new teammates in the United States ahead of International Champions Cup meetings with Paris Saint-Germain and Roma.
Bernardeschi told the club's official website: "It's very emotional and I've got to thank everybody because there were a lot of people here to welcome me, making me feel their affection, and I want to thank them.
"I've always said that Gigi [Buffon] is an example, not only for me but for everybody, and he's from the same city as me. He's a World Cup winner and is going to be my captain at club level and in the national team, so I want to say thanks to him."
Bernardeschi has played 72 Serie A games for Fiorentina but a move to bitter rivals Juve -- a path also taken by Roberto Baggio -- would see him go from hero to villain with fans.
Earlier, Fiorentina coach Stefano Pioli had told reporters: "He's made up his mind.
"I've only spoken to him once on the telephone and I can't waste my energy thinking about what could have been. We just have to think about the future."
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Hi, everyone who's reached me via What I Wore Today! Kasmira wrote for me last week, so I wrote for her, this week! And thanks for all of the compliments. I hope I can come up with a few more good outfits to send Kasmira's way.
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Legalization of recreational marijuana in Canada and the United States presents new workplace health and safety challenges for employers and employees. In response to the legalization of recreational use in Canada, a workplace safety course, PDC 402: Cannabis Legalization — Workplace Health and Safety, was developed. We spoke with Joanna Tam from Resource Environmental Associates in Toronto, Canada, one of the instructors who will be presenting this course for the first time at AIHce EXP 2019.
"This legislative change has created understandable interest in the potential impacts on workplace health and safety, and our firm has been providing the course to governmental, private-sector, and military clients," said Tam, who has attended several AIHce events over the course of her career as an industrial hygienist.
AIHA: Cannabis legalization is still pretty new. What are some of the challenges created for workplace health and wellness?
Tam: The primary challenge for employers and occupational health and safety (OHS) professionals is, of course, monitoring the workforce for intoxication or behavioral impairment in workplaces with safety-critical operations. Related to this is the challenge of increasing employee understanding of the pharmacological effects of cannabis in its various forms and by different methods of consumption — e.g., timing and intensity of effects from smoking versus ingestion — and how this might affect safety in the workplace. Also, as you mention, legalization is still pretty new, and we really are at a fairly rudimentary state of research relating to effects of use on workplace safety. So employers and OHS professionals are facing a situation in which the practice experience of the next few years will provide the basis for our longer-term understanding of cannabis as an occupational health and safety issue.
AIHA: What are some steps IH/OH professionals can take to address these challenges, even if they're in a region where cannabis is not currently legalized?
Tam: The starting point is to acquire understanding of the basics — what cannabis is; its various forms; cannabis pharmacology; key legal aspects; what is and isn't known about its health, behavioral, and cognitive effects; and potential implications of increased use for workplace safety. Even in regions where recreational use is not currently legal, it is often legal for medical use, and certainly there is extensive use in all jurisdictions, regardless of legality.
Employers and OHS professionals are facing a situation in which the practice experience of the next few years will provide the basis for our longer-term understanding of cannabis as an occupational health and safety issue. —Joanna Tam, Resource Environmental Associates
AIHA: Who should be taking this PDC 402 course?
Tam: This is really a course that provides essential literacy in many aspects of cannabis — laws, pharmacology and physiology, medical therapeutic uses, cognitive and behavioral aspects, effects on motor vehicle operation, implications for workplace safety. Given the prevalence of cannabis use — legally or otherwise — it should be of interest to every OHS professional.
AIHA: Anything else those interested should know about this PDC 402 course?
Tam: As far as I am aware, there is presently no other training on this subject with an occupational hygiene focus and curriculum anywhere in the world. Considerable research went into developing the content of the course, and it is based on what we consider to be the current most authoritative information on the subject. It is an excellent course for anyone seeking a rapid, curated exposure to a very current issue.
PDC 402: Cannabis Legalization — Workplace Health and Safety will take place on Sunday, May 19. Don't miss your chance to take this unique and important training at AIHce EXP this year
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Mountain biking at Tahoe
Mountain biking at Lake Tahoe
Except for snowing days, every day is a good day for a bike trip around Lake Tahoe. The area boasts dozens of places for mountain biking with nice and smooth trails passing amazing lake views and alpine vistas. Also, Tahoe is the home of two famous IMBA EPIC rides – the Tahoe Rim to Flume Trail, and Armstrong to Strawberry Trail.
South Lake Tahoe is a designated League of American Bicyclists silver-level bicycle friendly community, with good infrastructure, facilities and services for locals and visitors.
When to go
The best times to visit Lake Tahoe are probably spring and summer.
From March to May, the temperatures gradually increase. If you're lucky enough, you can catch sight of a few lingering snowflakes still on the slopes.
Lake Tahoe is crowded during peak summer months (between June and August) with more sunlight hours and warmer weather - perfect cycling conditions. Though you may face large crowds of tourists and, with that popularity, soaring prices (particularly on the weekends), the trails during this period are the best. So if you're planning to take your bike trip in the summer, make sure to book at least three months in advance.
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Skiing, swimming, golfing, biking, shopping, dining…the fun never ends in Lake Tahoe. The area offers the best of everything to make your vacation more than you've ever expected. Experience the hiking trails through the Sierra Nevada Mountains, ski the slopes of Squaw Valley Ski Resort in wintertime, kayak in Emerald Bay, or take the whole family to the bird's-eye view of the lake from the Heavenly Gondola.


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Freshbooks is a cloud-based accounting software that is specifically designed for small businesses and self-employed professionals with hourly rates. It handles most of the busywork associated with charging clients and collecting money using tools that track work time, send invoices, and process credit card payments. It can also use the data associated with these processes to generate reports that give you a better understanding of your company's profits.
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The Apache Cassandra database is the right choice when you need scalability and high availability without compromising performance. Linear scalability and proven fault-tolerance on commodity hardware or cloud infrastructure make it the perfect platform for mission-critical data. Cassandra's support for replicating across multiple datacenters is best-in-class, providing lower latency for your users and the peace of mind of knowing that you can survive regional outages.
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Ad Product & Integrations Specialist
Posted: 6/26/2019
Location: New York, New York
Function: Sales & Business Development
Specialty: Business Development, Sales
Level: Manager (Supervisor)
Duration: Full Time
Salary Description: competitive
The Ad Product and Integrations team owns advertising features and requirements at scale across NBCU's websites, apps, and distributed content. We are subject matter experts for existing ad products and processes, and build stories around emerging ad technology and requirements for integration into our digital footprint. We analyze the needs of the business, and collaborate with brand leads, developers, and other stakeholders to ensure premium quality, ad-supported environments are available for NBCU's viewers.
Core Responsibilities include:
•Develop a deep understanding of the business objectives, impacts, and requirements of NBCU's advertising products
•Communicate with stakeholders to understand needs, advocate for ad features, and provide progress/status reports
•Maintain product roadmaps and implementation strategy while balancing competing priorities
•Author user stories, feature guides, and release plans in conjunction with technical teams
•Collaborate with brand product and tech leads to scope development sprints, track progress, and work through development challenges to deliver a great product on-time
•Anticipate and manage project risks, hurdles and other deliverables
•Prioritize and groom open items to maintain a consistently up-to-date backlog of clearly defined features/stories
•Comprehend impacts of new and existing ad features, in order to smoothly operationalize and evangelize ad products for stakeholders
•Balance several ongoing initiatives, using multitasking and project management skills to maintain momentum
•Drive consistency in ad delivery models across platforms and brands
•Support product functionality and technical inquiries posed by internal stakeholders
•3+ years of experience working in the digital media space, ideally with a premium publisher or ad tech company
•Experience with ad serving technologies including FreeWheel, DFP/Google Ad Manager, and programmatic marketplaces. This ideally would come from working directly on an Ad Ops or Ad Tech team, but adjacent work would be acceptable in certain cases
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•Proven ability to work with developers and engineers
•Strong oral and written communication skills
•Energetic self-starter with a positive attitude who enjoys thinking critically to solve problems
•Strong organizational and leadership skills
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•Interested candidate must submit a resume/CV through www.nbcunicareers.com to be considered
•Must be willing to work in New York, New York
•You like our content and are passionate about our brands.
•You understand that ads have a place on the Internet – but why not make them as beautiful as possible!
•You are interested in building relationships with co-workers and stakeholders to create a collaborative and optimistic workplace
•You are interested in media and advertising industry publications have the ability to translate new trends for stakeholders, helping to keep NBCU Ad Tech at the forefront of digital advertising
At NBCUniversal, we believe in the talent of our people. It's our passion and commitment to excellence that drives NBCU's vast portfolio of brands to succeed. From broadcast and cable networks, news and sports platforms, to film, world-renowned theme parks and a diverse suite of digital properties, we take pride in all that we do and all that we represent. It's what makes us uniquely NBCU. Here you can create the extraordinary. Join us.
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Squash is a wonderful treat in the fall and winter time. I love to use it to create new recipes and flavors as the seasons change.
Frequently, people buy or receive an abundance of squash in the fall and then don't know how to use it! I thought I would devote this post to how to use squash in a variety of ways as well as include recipes that cater to everyone.
Butternut Squash
Color: Deep, yellow-orange flesh is a rich source of beta-carotene.
Texture: Fine grained, non stringy, dense texture is both firm and moist.
Flavor: Rich and nutty, medium sweetness.
Application: It is ideal for soups, risotto, gnocchi and ravioli. It can be used in either sweet or savory dishes. The flavor pairs well with browned butter, sage, curry blends and robust greens such as kale and chard. Complimentary flavors in sweet dishes include walnuts, maple syrup, brown sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg and orange fruit.
Spaghetti Squash
Color: Light yellow to yellow-orange. Tip: Choose the deeper yellow/yellow-orange squash as they have the most flavor
Texture: Dry and extremely stringy.
Flavor: Lightly sweet and nutty.
Application: This makes for a great fiber-rich, gluten-free, low-calorie stand in for wheat and grain-based pasta. It is also great for stuffing with meat, cheese and sauces. One unique way to use spaghetti squash is to make hash browns!
Acorn Squash
Color: Golden flesh.
Texture: Firm, non stringy, moist.
Flavor: A good balance of sweet and nutty.
Application: This is a classic winter squash. It is perfect for cutting in half for two single servings. It tastes great stuffed with savory cornbread, rice and mushroom stuffing or a decadent filling of butter, brown sugar, maple syrup, vanilla, cinnamon and nutmeg.
Do you have a favorite recipe for squash? I would love to hear about it. Please comment below! 🙂


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Memphis Depay smokes cigar and sips Cognac as ex-Manchester United flop relaxes on luxury yacht
Dutch ace was joined by Swansea star Leroy Fer as they lapped up the sunshine in Portofino, Italy
MEMPHIS DEPAY has been spotted smoking a cigar and drinking Cognac on a luxury yacht.
The ex-Manchester United flop was lapping up the sunshine with Swansea ace Leroy Fer in Portofino, Italy.
Depay is making the most of his off-season after an impressive campaign for Ligue 1 side Lyon.
The Dutch star, 24, smoked a huge cigar and sipped from a glass of Cognac as he took in the views from the deck of the yacht.
Despite the blistering sunshine, the 24-year-old covered up with a long sleeved shirt and a pair of white trousers.
He is renowned for his flashy fashion sense, but this time he was not wearing his custom made Rafaello and Co diamond-encrusted sunglasses.
Swansea star Fer shared the experience with his 95,100 followers on Instagram.
He posted a video of himself enjoying a cooked breakfast on the yacht, which consisted of boiled eggs and toast.
MI-FLAM Marouane Fellaini and Memphis Depay 'still keen on AC Milan' despite possibility of no European football
The group then enjoyed a buffet of meats, vegetables, nuts and fruits for lunch.
It was reported earlier this month that Depay is close to completing a switch to Serie A side AC Milan.
The Italian giants are keen to land the winger and it is understood that he has agreed a five-year deal.
Depay, who left Manchester United in January 2017, scored 22 goals and made 16 assists last season.


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You feel it, and you can see it coming: the proposal you've been waiting for. It's engagement season, after all—one of the most popular times of the year to get engaged (because what could compete with an engagement ring under the tree or getting down on one knee on New Year's Eve?). So if you're still yet a bride-to-be and sense a proposal on its way, engagement season might just be when you get to say YES! to the person of your dreams. Are you ready?
When that celebratory moment comes, you can ensure a perfect manicure and a good hair day with a little engagement season beauty prep. Think about it—you'll be snapping selfies and taking photos that will last a lifetime. Besides, it's never too early to jump-start a bridal beauty routine if you ask us.
All set to say yes and snap that first ring selfie? Look your best when your S.O. pops the question with our ultimate beauty checklist.
Hands, especially your left one, will be on display 24/7 after you say "yes."
Get in the habit of moisturizing day and night to keep dry, cracked skin at bay. We recommend Aveeno Skin Relief Hand Cream and using Aquaphor Healing Ointment on cuticles overnight and carrying a small tube of your favorite hand lotion in your bag during the day. Take your skin-saving regimen up a notch to ensure gorgeous hands by avoiding harsh soaps, using lukewarm water and patting dry. Of course, you'll follow that up with a lipid-replenishing hand lotion like Avene XeraCalm Cream. You get the idea here: lotion those hands obsessively.
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We're not suggesting full hair and makeup 24/7, but definitely mindful of your hair to avoid a bad hair day disaster. If you air dry your hair, try a frizz-taming product like Bumble & Bumble Styling Creme to make those strands look better than ever. Little things like this, or adding a cute hair accessory atop a messy bun and making a hair color appointment during the holiday season can make all the difference (remember, pictures last longer than a bad hair day).
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In a pure and perfect world, we would be able to wake up, open our closets, and select among a variety of shirts, pants, skirts, and dresses. In reality, 90 percent of our button-up shirts are wrinkled at all times and if we haven't planned accordingly and broke out the iron the night before, there's zero chance of us prepping our wrinkled shirt before our coffee is ready and still getting to work in time.
Never fear–there is a 2-second trick for de-wrinkling your button-up shirt that requires little to no effort on your part. And it certainly doesn't involve fumbling with an iron, ironing board, and cup of water at the crack of dawn. Got a towel rack a few inches away from your shower curtain? Perfect. Simply hang up your shirt on a wooden hanger and hang it on the rack or position it as close to your shower as possible. Turn on the hot water and let it run for a minute or two so that your bathroom fills up with steam. Next, adjust your faucet to warm and shower the way you normally would, leaving your shirt adjacent to the shower.
When you finish your morning cleansing and beauty routine, you'll be pleasantly surprised to see that the wrinkles on your shirt have more or less vanished and without so much as a few seconds of work on your behalf.
If, for some reason, a few stubborn wrinkles have rejected your brilliant plan, try smoothing them out by passing over them once or twice with your straightening iron. Talk about killing two birds with one stone.
For more style tips, check out The 2-second trick for making any shoes more comfortable and 2 Things you should never buy at Forever 21, according to people who work there.


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The Blue Bulls have released an official statement on the issue of Heyneke Meyer and the Bok coaching job.
At a meeting called by SARU, on Tuesday, 24 January 2012, with the Blue Bulls Company's Board of Directors, SARU informed the Blue Bulls Board of their intention to offer Heyneke Meyer the position of National Coach.
The Blue Bulls Board reiterated its position that Meyer is under contract with the Blue Bulls Company and had appointed Meyer as Executive Rugby, only after an undertaking and commitment by Meyer to lead Blue Bulls rugby over the next four years.
It is the Blue Bulls Board's position that it would not be in the Blue Bulls interest to release Meyer after many resources and commitments have been made in order to enable Meyer to fulfill his mandate.
Should Meyer however decide to accept the position of National Coach, he needs to inform the Blue Bulls Board of his decision to abdicate his responsibilities and commitments to the Blue Bulls.
Although the Blue Bulls Board would be disappointed with such a decision by Meyer, the Board has faith in the coaching structures under the leadership of Frans Ludeke in taking the Bulls into the future.
Following the Bulls statement, SA Rugby now also released a statement:
The South African Rugby Union (SARU) confirmed on Wednesday that discussions had been held with Heyneke Meyer regarding his possible appointment as Springbok coach – as disclosed in a media release issued today by Blue Bulls Company (Pty) Ltd. No appointment has yet been made.
The Executive Council (Exco) of SARU will be provided with a report back on those discussions at their meeting in Cape Town on Thursday. The Exco is constitutionally responsible for the appointment of the Springbok coach. Their recommendation has to be ratified by a General Meeting of SARU.
A Special General Meeting will take place in Cape Town on Friday at which the decision of the Exco will be tabled for ratification.
The outcome of those processes will be communicated at a media briefing at 14h00 on Friday, as previously advised.


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Back again for 2018, some Fonterra farmers are opening their gates so New Zealanders have the opportunity to go on farm, learn about how Fonterra farmers care for our environment and what happens on a dairy farm.
Bryce and Lee-Ann are passionate dairy farmers. After growing up on farms in Taranaki, having their own farm was always a dream, so they're especially proud of their 190-hectare piece of paradise. Home to their family, including 500 cows, they've invested a lot in their farming infrastructure – including looking after the three local waterways: the Ngatoro-iti, the Ngatoro-nui and the Ngatoro.
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Obviously I think every wine I talk about is special in some way – it's a One Pallet pre-requisite. But this may just take the cake.
It started out life as a white but is now a golden yellow. It was aged for a mandatory six years in barrel under a veil of yeast cells and will continue to mature gracefully for at least another 20 in the bottle. It is nutty in every sense of the word and could only come from one place: France's Jura, lying 100km east of Burgundy on the mountain slopes of the French-Swiss border.
The picture below is a barrel of Savagnin aging 'sous-voile' (under the veil) in the process of slowly becoming a Vin Jaune. The 'veil' of white yeast cells resting on top of the wine protects it from oxidation and bacteria that can turn the wine to vinegar. This yeast layer is alive and interacts with the atmosphere. If a low pressure system passes over the region, the yeast get agitated, the barrel goes cloudy and any plans of bottling go on hold.
Each barrel is tasted just two or three times a year and any that lack that rich, nutty complexity Vin Jaune is so prized for are racked, bottled and sold as a Savignan blanc.
Just last week I finished a bottle of the Dugois Vin Jaune 2004 I'd opened a month back. It was fascinating to watch the wine improve over the first two weeks and stay at its peak for another fortnight. On first taste it's a little dry and the acidity stands out from everything else. I imagine this is the wine's reaction to finally being exposed to oxygen. It comes out swinging. But given a little time to relax – in the fridge with the cork popped back – the harder edges disappear and the wine becomes a thing of beauty. Fragrant, soft and rounded on the palate with some dry tannins on the finish.
But if you're not nuts like me and you don't have a few weeks to watch the unveiling, a single decant will reveal this gorgeous wine in all its glory, either next week or in 20 years time.


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A House committee today approved legislation adding an additional burden to women seeking to terminate an abortion by medication in the first eight to 10 weeks of pregnancy — being informed of an unproven contention that the two-pill procedure can be "reversed."
The committee ignored sharp testimony by two fourth-year med students on the dearth of science on the contention that women can not take the second pill in the two-pill medication abortion and "reverse" the abortion by taking a hormone pill. The students
SB 341 by Sen. Missy Irvin has passed the Senate and now goes to the House floor. Believe it or not, with
"Notice to Patients Having Medication Abortions That Use Mifepristone: Mifepristone, also known as RU-486 or Mifeprex, alone is not always effective in ending a pregnancy. It may be possible to reverse its intended effect if the second pill or tablet has not been taken or administered. If you change your mind and wish to try to continue the pregnancy, you can locate immediate help by searching the term "abortion pill reversal" on the internet."
Nothing is reversed, the med students helpfully pointed out in describing the inaccuracy of practicing medicine by Google. It didn't deter a do-pass vote. Watch it if you dare, beginning at 10:06.


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Under existing law, owners of residential property in San Mateo may charge any rent they wish for their property. Under existing law, a landlord may, upon proper notice, remove a tenant without giving any reason. This measure would amend the city's charter to enact new laws to limit the amount of rent a landlord may charge and to prohibit removal of a tenant without just cause, as defined by the measure.
The proposed measure would set base rents for each rental unit and would limit subsequent rent increases. For tenancies beginning on or before September 21, 2015, the base rent would be the rent charged on that date. The base rent for tenancies commenced after that date would be the rent charged upon initial occupancy. The measure would authorize the landlord to increase rents once annually by an amount equal to the increase in the Consumer Price Index, except that rents may be increased at least 1% and no more than 4% regardless of the change in the Index. The measure would authorize the landlord to bank annual increases that are not imposed and to impose them in subsequent years, provided no annual increase may exceed 8%.
The measure would allow landlords to petition for increases larger than the authorized annual increase when necessary to ensure the landlord receives a fair and resaonable rate of return. The measure would also authorize tenants to petition for rent decreases when the landlord fails to maintain the premises in a habitable condition, decreases the housing services provided, or charges rent in excess of that permitted under the measure.
The measure would estalbish a Rental Housing Commission to be appointed by the City Council. The commission would appoint hearing officers to conduct rent adjustment hearings, conduct hearings on rent adjustments, and adopt regulations to implement the measure's rent regulation provisions. The commission would be authorized to establish and impose a fee on landlords to cover the costs of administering the rent regulation program.
The proposed measure would require a landlord to have just cause to remove a tenant. Just cause would be limited to: failure to pay rent, breach of lease, nuisance, criminal activity, failure to grant reasonable access, necessary repairs, owner move-in, withdrawal of the unit from the rental market, and demolition. Landlords would be required to pay relocation assistance under certain circumstances.
The rent regulations would apply to multi-family rental units with an initial certificate of occupancy issued before February 1, 1995. They would not apply to single family homes, condominiums, owner-occupied duplexes or secondary dwelling units, hotels, hospitals, certain nonprofits, dormitories, or governmental facilities. The just cause for removal provisions would apply to the same type of units subject to the rent regulations with initial certificates of occupancy based on any date up to the effective date of the measure.
This measure is placed on the ballot by a petition signed by more than 7,119 or 15% of San Mateo voters as required by law.


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15 Cat Cakes, Cupcakes and Toppers to make you smile!
I love the new animal theme we now have going for our Monday Facebook posts. We decided as we are called 'Party Animal' we should give you all chance to share your Animal Cakes! This week we started with Cats, Kittens and all things feline and you guys showed us some incredible Cat Cakes you've been creating!
So here's some of our favourites…. we want to post them all but you guys have been so busy with making kitties we couldn't fit them all on.
1. Grumpy Cat: Cake by The Clever Little Cupcake Company – Ok so how cute is this little guy? I love the simplicity of this cake and no matter how grumpy, Grumpy Cat is he still makes everyone smile!
2. Basil the Cat: Cake by Marie's Bakehouse – Marie's daughter requested a cake of their pet cat so that is what she got!! A lovely edible Basil! I really loved the texture Marie has used in this one.
3. Cat Cupcakes: by Bun Direction – These two little kitties look like they've been up to no good! Hand made edible toppers on Cupcakes.. Puuuurfect!
4. Felix the Cat Cake Topper: by Burgh Cakes – We've named him Felix… a wonderful hand modelled cake topper!
5. Playful Cat-Cakes: Cupcakes by Jo Takes The Cake – Every single Cat on these Cat-Cakes have their own personality and the little Black Cats definitely found the Cat Nip! Brilliant!
6. Cheshire Cat: Cake by Fancy Cakes by Linda – Alice and Wonderland inspired and a Cheshire Cat with a grin as big as the world! The modelling and design of this cake is out of this world!
7. Posh Cat Knows Best: by Cowan Cakes – I love the character of this furry feline… she knows what she wants and she won't take anything less! Posh Cat knows best.
8. Kwazzi Kitten: Cake by Sarah Janes Cake World – Octonaughts fun for everyone with this awesome completely edible cake… Kwazzi Cat jumping in with a big Cat share today!
9. Cat Basket Kitty: Cake by Mikki's Scrumptios Cakery – The puuuuuurfect addition to our Cat Cakes is this gorgeous kitty creation!
10. Serious Cattitude: Cake by K's Cakes – That's one hell of a guilty look right there! Love the design of this cake, a great use of the board too!
11. Room on the Broom: Cake by Let's Eat Cake – I love the little ginger cat in this cake… incredibly detailed and just like the book with that wide eyed expression.
12. Snug & Smug: Cake by No More Tiers (York) – I love this little content kitty, he just looks so comfortable…oh what it is to snooze all day! The cat prints really finished this cake off nicely!
13. Bagpuss: Cake by Julie Cains Cakes – I think you all agree that this 15 Cat Cake Shares would not be complete with the most adorable Bagpuss! Julie has managed to capture the exact texture!! Very impressive!
14. Curiosity Cats: Cat Cakes by She Who Bakes – Oh they are so lovely, there's a few sneaky foxes in there too! Can't help but notice FMM Block Upper Tappits on here… my favourite lettering of all time! Cat-tastic Cuppies!
15. Clever Cat: Cake by Sandra's Cakes – Cat + Books = Clever Cat! Although this ones doing more napping than reading. Love the design and colours used on this cake.
Soooo I'm smiling, are you?
A great selection of cakes shared today…. pop over to our Facebook page on Monday & SHARE your animal cakes and you may well be featured in our next blog! Thanks to everyone who shared your wonderful cakes.
Don't forget, we have a huge selection of cake decorating products and sugarcraft equipment available at the very best prices on our website too!
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I was looking to review a foreign language film and I found this Italian film: Bread & Tulips (Pane e tulipani). I did not realize how old this movie was until I saw the cell phones that they were using! Oh, and don't worry, the movie comes with subtitles on Netflix.
A bored housewife, Rosalba (Licia Maglietta) is on a trip in Greece with her family and gets left behind by their tourist bus. She decides to wait for her family to come and fetch her but in turn they get stood up by her! Thinking that she would back go to a quiet house, she hitchhikes a ride back home and get her alone time before her family arrives. And now you can see a pattern: she ditches that idea too and lands in Venice!
As she looks for a place to stay she meets Fernando (Bruno Ganz) at a restaurant and becomes a guest at his house. She meets her neighbor, Grazia (Marina Massironi) a fun massage therapist who becomes her best friend in town. The film picks up some pace when her husband sends Constantino (Giuseppe Battiston) to look her.
The movie is filled with a series of random fun events and is great for the eyes as it's set in Venice. If it hadn't been for that, I would have found it just long and boring. It's not a story that you haven't heard of before, so don't watch the movie expecting something surprising.
A good pick for the die hard romantics, the ones who are head over heels in love with Venice and those who love some soothing Italian music. Others, it's not for you.
My rating: 2.5/5 (I had to deduct 0.5 for the length)
Credits: Google Images


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Technical Engineering Manager
***This is a permanent position***
We have a unique opportunity for a Head of Engineering to join a leader in the design and manufacture of electro-mechanical products at their site near Farnham.
Reporting to the Managing Director, you will responsible for developing and maintaining a competent Engineering infrastructure and capability. You will be required to resource, manage and monitor the Engineering Department to perform design analysis and development activities on engineering projects and ensure projects are achieved in a timely manner, to budget and of the required quality.
As Engineering Manager you'll be responsible for the following;
- Lead all value engineering activities for existing products and co-ordinate the activity of industrialisation of designs
- Lead the development of new products for design, closely following the Marketing brief and delivering new products regularly
- Contributing to the Management of the Company both directly and indirectly by seeking opportunities to manage risk, ensure a healthy and safe environment, increase sales and improve profit.
- To develop, maintain and support business plans and budgets
- To manage and develop the Engineering process and work procedures in accordance with the company business management team
- Lead NPD/ NPI projects from the front
- Manage applications engineering - key link between the customer & engineering.
To apply for this role you must have the following experience:
- Managing/leading an engineering department within a manufacturing company
- Technical background in electro-mechanical products
- NPI/ NPD project leadership experience
- Experience of working in a regulated industry engineering environment would be an advantage but is not essential
This position would provide a basic salary of £60,000-£70,000 depending on experience level, plus a competitive benefits package.
If you would be interested in this opportunity or would like more information then please apply with a copy of your latest CV.
To find out more about Huxley Engineering, please visit www.huxleyengineering.com
Huxley Engineering, a trading division of SThree Partnership LLP is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy | Registered office | 1st Floor, 75 King William Street, London, EC4N 7BE, United Kingdom | Partnership Number | OC387148 England and Wales


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It is that time of year when my generation of once young Egyptians remember how they touched heaven and knew the meaning of freedom.
|When Mubarak's posters were torn up in Mahallah on 25 January 2011
In the 1950s and 1960s, generations in our age lived the rise and decline of the so-called Nasserite dream that started with suppressing freedoms and ended by with a military defeat that whole the Middle East is paying its price right now.
Now we are the generation that once got stroke by a dream and ended up to live a nightmare reality because of older generations if you think about it.
I am not an ageist, heavens forbid but it is the reality of what happened.
We simply screwed because of old generation leading the scene when it comes to the political scene in Egypt whether the military or politicians or the liberals or Islamists or leftists or media figures or businessmen or religious men or artists.
We were naïve and trusted those figures. We were naïve and also trusted the world that hailed the Egyptian youth and their bravery in a PR move nothing more and nothing less.
We trusted the Gulf countries when it was working since day one against the revolution to ensure that this "disease" won't transfer to them.
Most of those who were killed in our revolution in all its stages up till now have been youth.
I am just reading that a group of detained Egyptian political activists including young political activists like Shady El-Ghazly Harb who participated in the 25 January revolution since day one have started a hunger strike to protest their pre-trial detention.
It is sad to see that the margin of freedom of expression especially in the media became lower than on 24 January 2011 currently, even online one must be careful. I will not even speak about the freedom of media and expression we enjoyed briefly after 11 February 2011.
It is enough what my ex-editor who is a veteran journalist once told me "You are a lucky generation, you practice true journalism and have got freedom of expression I have not seen in 30 years of working in Egypt".
It was a brief moment.
Many of my friends and colleagues are leaving the country because it won't get any better as they say.
They are more desperate than ever and I can't blame them.
|The 8-year challenge by Cartoonist Doaa Al-Adl
On the right, the 25 January revolution in 2011 and the left the 25
January revolution in 2019
It was like opening Pandora's box to revolt against decades-long corrupted dictatorships, it brought ISIS and refugees crisis that led to the rise of the right wing and the revival of modern Nazism.
But you know in Pandora box, there was hope. There is hope. I am trying to hold to any hope whatever it is wherever it is now. The French revolution was more disastrous than ours and it took decades to become the mother of all revolutions.
Now I am following that growing uprising in Sudan and I feel nostalgic as well hopeful that the Sudanese will succeed in what we fail in.
I also feel heavy each year because it seems #Jan25 is fading away.
I will stop here.
May God bless the soul of all those died for the sake of better Egypt, you are in a better place.
May God have mercy on our souls.


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Marijuana use augmented among parents who smoke cigarettes, as well as among non-smoking parents. Marijuana use was nearly four times more common among cigarette smokers compared with non-smokers. Until now, little had been known about current trends in the use of marijuana among parents with children in the home, the occurrence of exposure to both tobacco and cannabis, and which populations might be at greatest risk.
While use of either cigarettes or marijuana in homes with children has declined, there was a rise in the percent of homes with both. Therefore, the growth in marijuana use may be compromising progress in curbing exposure to secondhand smoke.
Marijuana use was also more predominant among men who also smoked compared to women (10 percent versus 6 percent) and among younger parents with children in the home (11 percent) compared with those 50 and older (4 percent). The strength of the association between current marijuana use and cigarette smoking was significant and similar for all income levels.
The results of the study support the public health gains in dropping overall child secondhand tobacco smoke but raise other public health anxieties about child exposure to secondhand marijuana smoke and especially high risk for joint exposures in certain subpopulations.
Noteworthy is that there remains a lack of info on the location of smoking, whether it occurs in the house or in the proximity of children. Unlike cigarettes, smoking marijuana outdoors and in a range of public areas is illegal in most places. Consequently, there is motive to believe that marijuana use is even more likely to occur in the home than cigarette smoking given their differences in legal status.