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PORAM upset with gov allowing more tax-free CPO exports
KUALA LUMPUR: The government will increase the duty-free quota for crude palm oil (CPO) exports by another two million tonnes, a move which is widely frowned upon by palm oil downstream players.
Downstream players have been hoping for the government to heed their call to scrap the quota as they said it lowered the industry's competitiveness and reduced national revenue.
"It would be a sad day for the refining industry when the government is giving priority to other countries for the supply of CPO to subsidise their refining industry when we ourselves have invested billions of ringgit to build our refining and manufacturing sector," said Palm Oil Refiners Association of Malaysia (Poram) chief executive officer Mohammad Jaaffar Ahmad.
The plight of the refiners and others in the local downstream palm oil industry was felt more following neighbouring Indonesia's review of its export tax structure last year to boost its own refining industry.
"Instead the government must immediately focus on addressing the issue of our uncompetitiveness against the Indonesian export duty structure, which is still undecided for more than 10 months now," he said in a statement late yesterday.
Mohammad Jaaffar said Poram has appealed to the government to re-consider its decision on allowing more exports of tax-free CPO.
The move was made following a recent Cabinet decision. Plantation Industries and Commodities Minister Tan Sri Bernard Dompok could not be reached for comments but a ministry official confirmed the decision was made.
Mohammad Jaffar said the ministry had assured, during the Palm Oil Lab in May, that it would propose for the suspension of CPO duty-free quota to the Cabinet.
"We are therefore very disillusioned with the announcement that the CPO duty-free quota has now been increased rather than suspended. It also gave us 'a false promise' that the government is sensitive to the well-being of the palm oil industry."
Poram, in response to newsreports stating the government allowing up to 5.5 million tonnes of tax-free CPO yesterday, said: "Such a move will further aggrieve the ailing refining industry, in terms of the availability of CPO and also the utilisation capacity rate to less than 60 per cent, rendering the refining industry totally uncompetitive."
By allowing exports of another two million tonnes of duty-free CPO, the total allocated quota is raised to 5.5 million tonnes, or almost 30 per cent of total CPO production in Malaysia.
Mohammad Jaffar said the move would also mean a opportunity loss of uncollected tax. Last year, he estimated the government forego the opportunity to collect RM2.45 billion from the export of 3.47 million tonnes of CPO.
Kim Loong earmarks RM10m for R&D
PETALING JAYA: KIM Loong Resources Bhd, a small plantation group, has allocated RM10 million for research and development to further drive its downstream activities.
Executive chairman Gooi Seong Lim said the group is hopeful of generating a new income stream from its tocotrienol health supplement brand called E-life Gold. It is scheduled to be launched at the end of the year.
"We're in the process of fine-tuning our vitamin E extraction plant to suit commercial needs," he told reporters after the company's annual general meeting here yesterday. "We hope to supply tocotrienols for health supplement and pharmaceutical markets by the end of this year," Gooi said.
Kim Loong's vitamin E extracting plant, which is attached to its Kota Tinggi palm oil mill in Johor, is able to produce 3,000kg of palm tocotrienols a year. Also present was Dr Gee Ping Tou, a scientist attached to Kim Loong's unit Palm Nutraceuticals Sdn Bhd.
He explained that vitamin E is made up of a family of four tocopherols and four tocotrienols.
Palm oil extracts, which contain tocotrienols, are far more potent than regular fish oil and evening primrose health supplements currently sold at pharmacy shelves that are only fortified with tocopherols extracted from softoils like soya, canola and sunflower.
"We need to educate the public on the superior nutritional benefits of palm tocotrienols over cheap tocopherol health supplements," Gee said.
So far, preliminary scientific studies by the Malaysian Palm Oil Board suggest that tocotrienols can reduce bad cholesterol, kill cancer cells and slow down aging.
Tocopherols, however, do not possess these beneficial characteristics. In fact, recent studies seemed to show alpha tocopherol, a particular sibling in the vitamin E, is negating the cancer-fighting benefits of its tocotrienol siblings.
Following this development, Kim Loong have, in the last couple of years, redesign and rebuilt its vitamin E plant to extract more of the "good" cancer fighting tocotrienol sibling called delta tocotrienol and sift out the "bad" interfering sibling called alpha tocopherol.
To a question on Kim Loong's core plantation business, Gooi said the group which has fully planted its 13,000ha oil palm estates, is open to to expand its landbank. "While we have about RM90 million in cash, good land is hard to come by. Price have gone sky high," he said. "We're willing to invest in Indonesia but we need to find a good local partner to make it work."
Refiners cry foul
KUALA LUMPUR: MALAYSIA is losing investments in the palm oil refining industry to neighbouring Indonesia, as it has yet come up with a policy to create a level playing field.
The industry has been suffering since October 2011 because of the duty structure which Indonesia has put in place to boost downstream activities by lowering export taxes for processed palm oil products.
Refiners are crying foul, saying the playing field is no longer fair. "Just because of this export duty structure which will affect our downstream activities in Malaysia, does it mean we should just hand it over to Indonesia after having built up the market for the past 40 years?"
Indonesia's move has pressed crude palm oil (CPO) prices down, an unfavourable move when the world's top two producers should cooperate, said refiners in Malaysia.
The Palm Oil Refiners Association of Malaysia (Poram) lamented that the broad supply chain in the RM80 billion industry will also be affected.
"We are not against the export of CPO but it should no longer be subsidised overseas," Poram chief executive officer Mohammad Jaaffar Ahmad said in an interview.
In Indonesia, all CPO exports have to be taxed (15 per cent) to protect and expand their downstream capacity and collect revenue.
"But we have excess capacity and strong justification to keep CPO for our own downstream industries. Every tonne export of CPO will mean loss of market potential for a tonne of processed oils," Mohammad Jaaffar said.
Unlike Indonesia, the Malaysian economy has also suffered with the loss of RM7.8 billion over the past seven years through the subsidised export duty on CPO.
"But this cannot continue, especially with Indonesia's export duty structure in place," he noted.
Malaysia has several options to look at, including matching the full tax structure of Indonesia, improve the Malaysian CPO export duty structure and create a level playing field on feedstock prices.
Mohammad Jaaffar said a nagging fear is if Indonesia goes a step further and lands a "second assault" by lifting the duty on processed palm oil too, placing Malaysia in a worse scenario.
The industry has already put forth some recommendations to the government to enhance the competitiveness of the palm oil downstream industry in Malaysia.
A refiner, who did not want to be quoted, said the delay in the government's decision to come up with a new policy, had been costly for the past 10 months. Many refiners here are losing money, in sharp contrast to the Indonesian refiners who are enjoying up to 6 per cent profit margin.
"Unlike the large plantation companies, independent refiners are expected to close down their operations in Malaysia or relocate to Indonesia, and be another competitor to the Malaysian players."
A market analyst recently pointed out that big Malaysian players are looking to invest in Indonesia to take advantage of the high margin for refiners. Malaysia's second biggest refiner Mewah Group, for instance, has discontinued its plans in Sabah while Kuala Lumpur Kepong Bhd has decided to build three refineries in Indonesia.
Singapore stock exchange-listed Mewah Group is one of the largest palm oil processors in the world with its current total daily refining capacity of 8,000 tonnes a day or 2.8 million tonnes annually.
Refiners in Malaysia feel the CPO price, above RM3,000 a tonne, is likely the main reason for the government to delay its decision to change the policy.
Take a leaf out of the Indonesian experience, they suggested, referring to Indonesia's latest moves which were based on its industry's recommendations.
"Worst still, Malaysia is turning the clock back from selling more olein value-added products to just a CPO exporter, prompting our overseas markets to continually seek more discounts."
Malaysia, they said, attracted foreign investments in the refining process in the last 25 years because of the availability of CPO and palm kernel oil. Since slipping to become the world's second biggest palm oil producer in 2007, Malaysia's oil palm plantation spans across five million hectares.
Last year, Poram members only processed at around 50 per cent capacity which gave rise to losses of US$30 to US$40 a tonne. "That kind of losses are too big and difficult to manage, unlike the US$10 in the past which we can still mitigate with hedging."
One market analysis projected refiners in Malaysia will bleed more losses in the second half of the year when new refining capacities come onstream in Indonesia.
MPOB statistics showed that in May/June imports of crude palm oil remained high at 40,000 tonnes (May) and 24,000 tonnes (June), while imports of processed palm oil continue to rise from 88,000 tonnes (May) and 112,000 tonnes (June).
"As a refinery industry, what we are saying is that it does not make sense to import processed palm oil when we should be exporting more processed palm oil and import more CPO into the country. It does not augur well for the industry."
Indonesia produces palm olein at US$70 cheaper than that of Malaysia, which have prompted refiners in Malaysia to import the refined palm products to the tune of 100,000 tonnes a month, rather than face negative margins in converting CPO into olein.
Apart from providing feedstock for the food industry, packing plants, oleochemicals and animal feeds, the industry also provides employment and other spin-off ancillary services such as transportation, trading houses, bulking installations and financing.
The heart-healthy palm oil
The stark reality is that the United Kingdom forest acareage remains at only 12 per cent of the country's land mass.
In contrast, another important fact that often goes unnoticed is that more than half of Malaysia's land mass is covered by forest reserves and national parks.
Malaysia's oil palm companies have long been practising ethical business. In 2006, oil palm planters made a commendable effort by establishing the Malaysian Palm Oil Wildlife Conservation Fund (MPOCWF) to participate in the conservation of wildlife biodiversity in Malaysia. The RM20-million MPOCWF is also part-financed by taxpayers.
Some of MPOCWF initiatives include undertaking a survey of the orang utan population in Sabah. The survey, carried out by the Sabah Wildlife Department, the French non-governmental organisation Hutan and Borneo Conservation Trust, mapped out many of their dwelling sites.
Over in Sarawak, the MPOCWF works with Sarawak Forestry Corp to keep tabs on wildlife habitats that share common boundaries with oil palm plantations.
With the western media frequently implicating oil palm planting as the main cause of deforestation and climate change, one might be inclined to think that the average British shuns any food item containing palm oil.
But that is not true. Many British nationals who have previously resided in Malaysia are familiar with the practice of good agriculture here.
Datuk Leslie Davidson had lived in Malaysia as a young planter from the 1940s to 1960s. At the pinnacle of his career, Davidson was a former chairman of Unilever's plantation arm.
His passion for the plantation industry never waned and this was reflected in the latest edition of his book, titled East of Kinabalu.
Until today, he continues to keep abreast of developments in the global oil palm industry as "we can't live without palm oil".
In a recent interview with the New Sunday Times, the 81-year-old Scotsman shed light on the views of the average Briton on palm oil that is present in our food like cooking oil, margarine, cookies, cakes, biscuits, chocolate and candies.
During his many decades in Malaysia, Davidson consumed palm oil every day in many dishes, including salad dressings and curry chicken. "Now that I've come back here to the UK, it is heartening to note that cookies and cakes are baked in palm fats but I still find it difficult to locate red palm oil on supermarket shelves," he said in an interview from Sussex, the UK.
He said Sainsbury's, Asda, Tesco and William Morrison were the only few local stores that sold Carotino red palm oil which he put in his porridge every morning for its cardio-vascular benefits. ">It says on the label that "it is ethically sourced from environmentally sustainable plantations".
"Since nearly all oil palm plantations are sustainable, the label is fairly meaningless," Davidson said. "If there is one lobby that is more important to the average consumer than the environmental lobby, it is the health lobby."
Davidson said the British media tended to spin emotion-stirring tales linking palm oil to the destruction of orang utan habitats but the fact remained that palm oil was the world's most sustainable vegetable oil, yielding four tonnes from 1ha, whereas rivals like soya bean and rape seed take up six to 10 times more land.
He is glad that many European food manufacturers have incorporated heart-healthy palm bakery fats in their range of ready-to serve meals.
He also notes that the United States government has legislated against artificial trans fat from consumers' diet as more medical studies prove this deadly fat causes heart attacks and stroke.
Artificial trans fat is produced when soft oils like soya bean, canola and sunflower are partially-hydrogenated to make bakery fats.
Health books like The Palm Oil Miracle written by Dr Bruce Fife highlighted the dangers of artificial trans fat and that consumers are better off eating food cooked in palm oil and margarine.
Although this book is sold at major health food stores in the UK, Davidson lamented that many consumers there would be better at making informed choices if there were more public awareness on the health benefits of palm oil. "What I would like to see is not just the book but red palm oil itself on shelves of more supermarkets and major health food chains. So far, it is almost non-existent."
Davidson's point of view is an eye-opener. Often, oil palm planters in Malaysia get so worked up responding to attacks from environmental activists that they forget that the average consumer is more moved to buy red palm oil or a tub of palm margarine if it proves to be heart healthy.


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Applying for a Weill Cornell Cardiology Fellowship
The Weill Cornell cardiology fellowship program is based at the Weill Cornell Campus of New York-Presbyterian Hospital. Clinical care is the focus of the first two years, while the third and fourth years involve a more intensive, mentored experience in a particular clinical subspecialty or in basic research. The cardiology fellowship program at Weill Cornell is considered one of the top cardiology fellowship programs in the country.
The New York-Presbyterian Hospital is ranked third in the nation for cardiology and heart surgery and provides a broad range of cardiologic problems for fellows to assess. Seven fellows are accepted into the cardiology fellowship program every year. Compensation for fellows is based on the official New York-Presbyterian Hospital Graduate Staff Salary Scale.
The following documents should be submitted by cardiology fellowship applicants through ERAS:
- Completed ERAS application
- Personal Statement
- Letters of recommendation from three faculty members. One of these letters should come from your program director or from the service chief under whom you have last served
- Photo is optional
- Providing USMLE scores is voluntary
International Applicants should have substantial research experiences, outstanding letters of recommendation from their clinical and/or research supervisors in the United States and valid ECFMG certification. Only J-1 visas are sponsored. H1-B visas are not eligible. Getting into the Cornell cardiology fellowship program is extremely competitive. Use the personal statement to your advantage to improve your chances of being accepted. The essay length is above 1,000 words.
Questions to address in your personal statement and the way you need to answer them are below:
Your personal values. The statement of purpose should include your reasons for undertaking graduate work and an explanation of your academic interests, including their relation to your undergraduate study and professional goals.
Your qualifications. "What are the necessary qualifications for the cardiology fellowship do you have?". This question can be interpreted in the way of asking you to feature the necessary skills and knowledge that make you not only eligible for the course but also the best one. As your GPA and other test scores can be found in the documents you submit try to mention the facts that can't be found in them, such can be episodes from your biography that show your professionalism. You can put an accomplishment or contribution you have made to your field or community.
Your goals for the future. "How the fellowship fits in and how it will contribute to your professional goals exactly?". This can be a particular job position you want to occupy or any kind of activity taking part in which demands this degree. You can also express your values in this bock and describe how you plan to apply the knowledge or contribute to the society.
Writing the Weill Cornell Cardiology Fellowship Personal Statement
Applying for a Weill Cornell cardiology fellowship as well as Texas cardiology program will have you competing against many other applicants. A good percentage of them will be among the best qualified in the field. Be realistic in your expectations. That being said, fellowship committees look at more than academic performance. The personal statement is an opportunity to generate interest in the fellowship selection committee. If there is enough interest you will be invited to interview. Here are some tips for writing a cardiology fellowship personal statement that can generate interest:
- Be interesting. This is easier said than done. However if you can manage to be interesting and relevant you will get somebody's attention.
- Tell what you have to offer the program. In all too many cases, applicants list what they hope to gain but fail to say specifically what they have to offer in return.
- Be direct and to the point. If you are using long sentences just as filler or as a way to sound intelligent, it will be quickly spotted
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There's something brilliant, but also insidious, about services like Amazon Prime, where you don't have to reach for your credit card to pay. Spending is painless.
Credit cards have separated us from our cash. Services like Amazon Prime, iTunes and others have separated us from our cards. And once we can pay more easily with our smartphones, consumers will experience yet another degree of separation. All of this means that consumers need to work a bit harder to "feel" what they're spending — and keep track of it. Behavioral scientists will tell you what you intuitively know: Willpower alone will take you only so far, and restrictive budgets eventually fail. But this is the time of year when many people try to get a grip on their spending.
"Look for structural solutions or things that change your environment so you don't need to be constantly vigilant," said Stephen Wendel, a behavioral social scientist at HelloWallet, which helps employers provide financial guidance to their workers. "My favorite technology is the automatic transfer, so you don't see the money in your account."
There are some new financial apps that try to acknowledge our innate weaknesses as humans, most of whom despise deprivation and keeping tabs on every last dollar spent.
I spent the last week testing several cash management tools, including the newest apps targeting younger generations as well as improvements made by established services like Mint.com that still dominate the market.
A note of caution: To use most of these apps and services, which promise bank-level security, you need to be comfortable entrusting them with the passwords to your financial accounts. To analyze your spending, they need to collect and then ferry data about your income and transactional history into their programs; many rely on established players like Yodlee and Intuit for that plumbing and do not have the ability to move your money. I've also listed a couple of more traditional, and more labor-intensive, options.
LEVEL MONEY Less than three months old, this app is intentionally simple: You can't create fancy charts that categorize every last dollar, nor does it wag a virtual finger to alert you when you've spent too much on restaurants in the last month. Instead, it acts as a spending meter or a gas gauge: On the first of each month, it fills up with your estimated income based on your previous history; from that, the app automatically subtracts your recurring bills and a saving rate. (It suggests 7 percent). The app is available for iPhone and is coming soon for Android.
The money remaining is what you can spend, and the app breaks that down on a daily, weekly and monthly basis. The app is connected to all of your credit, debit and banking accounts, so it knows every time you make a transaction and adjusts the money meter accordingly. If you had a day of heavy spending, it will show that you have less to spend for the remainder of the month. "What we wanted wasn't a budget, but the digital equivalent of opening up your wallet and seeing how much you have left," said Jake Fuentes, 27, Level's co-founder and chief executive.
The idea, Mr. Fuentes said, is to focus on decisions in the here and now. It's that simple — and probably far too simple for many people. The app is geared to people 18 to 35 who are most likely to have less complex financial lives.
You can't add in your cash transactions and the app won't work as well for people with inconsistent income and expenses, but the company is working on adding features that will address those issues.
BILLGUARD This app started life as a security service that scanned users' credit and debit charges for potentially erroneous or unauthorized transactions — a service Target shoppers can surely appreciate now. But last summer, it added a spending analytics tool and personalized savings alerts. The spending feature gives you a snapshot of your monthly spending, though you need be a heavy credit and debit card user for the numbers to have meaning. Every time you swipe a card, the transaction is automatically categorized. It did a relatively good job with the two cards I connected.
The analytics are informative, but one-dimensional. You can compare spending across all accounts with the previous month. You can compare spending across all accounts with the prior month, but the app doesn't provide insights into spending relative to income. Those features and customizable alerts will be added in coming months. "It will be looking out for you almost like the perfect accountant in the background, letting you live your life and when you go beyond a certain threshold it will let you know," said Yaron Samid, founder and chief executive. The company is also working on letting users add cash transactions, alerts when users are close to incurring an overdraft fee, and other analytics.
The app, which is available for the iPhone and will serve Android in February, also searches the Web for coupons that you are most likely to use based on your past spending. The app works for two linked accounts, but there's a one-time charge of $9.99 for up to 10 accounts. Yodlee handles account aggregation.
MINT For several years now, I have had an on-again, off-again relationship with Mint.com, the automated money-tracking service introduced in 2007 and acquired in 2009 by Intuit for $170 million. If you want to get a better sense of where your money is going, keep tabs on your net worth and chart it all with pie and bar charts for different time periods, then Mint is still the most comprehensive tool on the market. LearnVest, which offers a human financial planner if you want one, has a similarly robust free tool, which I've reviewed in the past.
Mint's budgeting tool sets up a starter budget for you — based on up to three months' spending history — across various categories from groceries to mobile phones. You can add to the list and customize to your heart's content. If you spend more than you've allotted, you can set it up to receive an email or a text message. LearnVest has its own budgeting tool, which also provides some guideposts: You should spend no more than half of your income on essentials and no more than 30 percent on lifestyle expenses.
Mint users, estimated at two million by the company, can now track their spending, income and net worth via the mobile app, but people will inevitably find something that doesn't quite work for them. The app requires maintenance because its categorization is not flawless. It still irks me that Mint refuses to learn that the target-date mutual fund in my 401(k) is not Target, the retailer. The app is available for Android and Apple.
YOU NEED A BUDGET This budgeting program requires you to enter or import everything manually, though much of that can be done by syncing the program with its app. If you are reluctant to hand over passwords to your financial accounts, this could be a good option. You can give it a test run for 34 days. After that, it will cost $60 for the program.
The idea behind its method: Give every dollar a job. The program does seem geared for dedicated, disciplined self-starters who don't mind spending a chunk of time each week going over their spending. Tim Maurer, a financial planner in Hunt Valley, Md., makes time for it, and feels he's better connected to his family's spending patterns as a result. "I do still use Mint occasionally, just to act as a one-stop dashboard of all my financial accounts, but it's really only casual use," Mr. Maurer said. "Y.N.A.B. I use religiously, going through our household's weekly spending every Saturday morning. I load all my transactions and review my balances through the software on my laptop — and then my wife and I reference the Y.N.A.B. iPhone app throughout the week." The program and its apps are available for Apple and Android.
MVELOPES This program tries to modernize your parents' or grandparents' envelope system, where you allocate money to various envelopes for different categories, like food. The idea is that when there's no money left, you either stop spending in that category or pull money from another envelope. The tool, which is available for Android and iPhone, automatically connects to your accounts with its own technology, though you have the option of entering transactions manually. While I found the envelope concept alluring, I didn't find the service at all intuitive and could not connect a Citibank account to the system. Creating up to 25 envelopes and adding four accounts is free, and includes a free phone session with a money coach (the service sells these sessions, too, but they aren't necessarily with financial planners or accountants). Unlimited service costs $9.95 monthly.
OTHER APPS AND SERVICES Dozens of other apps will help you track your money, from Spendee ($1.99 on an iPhone; it is coming to Android soon) to Bdgt ($1.99), both of which have been featured by the Apple app store. But they are really just electronic notebooks, requiring manual entry, that make tracking your spending easy to categorize.
If you just want to raise your consciousness for a few weeks or months, you might try something like Spendee, which is easy to use and pleasing to look at, and can back up data to iCloud and export it if you wish.
Even Jim Bruene, founder of the NetBanker blog who tracks innovations in personal finance technology, can appreciate old-school methods for a period of time. "Diligently hand-entering every expense for a month or two can be eye-opening, at least for the more short-term scenario where you are trying to get a handle on what's happening with all your cash," he said.
But that'll require some willpower.


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Public Domain Photography – Trash in bed River / Water Pollution
Free Images – Polluted river bed with garbage / Trash River & natural environment pollution
The main picture was taken with a Canon brand camera, model Canon EOS 500D on Friday 13th July 2012 by the Emilian Robert Vicol photographer.
As basic settings, an exposure time of 1/50 (20ms ) was used with aperture f/4.5 and the ISO Speed of the camera was 100. Actual focal length of the lens was 18/1 (18mm) with 18-270mm lens model (range).
The actual file size is 8.24 MBytes, resolution is 4752px on the horizontal and 3168px on the vertically and the original (or modified) file name is River-Bed-Garbage_Water-Pollution__IMG_9329.jpg (media type is image/jpeg).
The photo original orientation was portret with an X Resolution DPI equal to 72/1 and Y-Resolution DPI equal to 72/1.
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Project 2 – Old Photograph
September 2018: This project ended up as a large lino print which I exhibited at the Arts Depot in North London this summer. I spent a lot of time on the details and how to make marks in lino and I researched wood engravings. It really paid off as I think the image has lots of interest and different marks.
The original photograph that I worked on was a video still from Denis Mitchell's film shot in the north of England and showed a typical street of terraced houses, black roofs, chimneys belching smoke and a dreadful dreary townscape that my grandparents had to live with. This is how I remember our trips back up north during my childhood
April 20th: I am going to deconstruct my lino print and combine various media to make a new kind of image. In this one I am blending lino print and photographic consctuction.
I am lo oking at artists who use different media or mark making in one print: I like this one:
This is a difficult project because it means I have to put myself into the image and that is not easy as I don't draw very well, I can work from photos. Anyway I have done a drawing, two lino prints and a drypoint so far.
Project Brief
Search through some of your old photographs and source an image that you
can use for a linocut print. Find an image that shows a place or time in your
life that is important to you.
April 2017: I have a composiite photo for this project – me standing against a view of the dark satanic mills of the north. I was born in Huddersfield, a town that has a history of the industrial revolution, it's in my genes! and my blood, the darkness, the difficulties and also the beautiful moors and the wildlife, the trees and the windblown fields.
I was born in Yorkshire, I remember the dark repetitive streets, terraced houses smoke black. Smoke in the air, iron Victorian railings. I am though very proud of my roots, Yorkshire is a very special place where all my family come from for three generations.
I remember the town as having the general colour of grey and black, coal colours. Coolers, tall waisted cylinders visible on the horizon from my granny's dining room window in her little brick house in Central Avenue, with its nasty little garden and smoke blackened plants. Heavy stone walls with stone gateways leading to fields and sheep and farms, rolling moors where we would go walking on our rare visits north.
The documentary Morning in the Streets is a classic that evokes where I come from, even tho it was filmed in Lancashire.
My print will be a lino print but not in one colour – I will be doing four colours: white, pale grey, medium grey and black, with a registration base on cardboard.
I have drawn the image onto ieasy cut lino, unfortunately the marker pen I use transfers to the paper, which is a nuisance, I need to try a different pen.
Next is the black print. I like the print so far, it has atmosphere and I like the smoke and white windows. Not sure how I will resolve the figure.
This is a test print. I will see what I need to change and how to work on the figure, also try to mix the tones better from light to dark.
I did a second try today but there are problems with this one too. The greys are still too dark, however I will finish this one with a final print of black tomorrow on the fence and the roofs and chimneys.
I watched a programme about Paula Rego and her deeply intense psychological paintings about her inner life. She says we all have an inner story I want to get in touch with mine so that I can bring some personality into my images; some depth, some emotions, something about my childhood.
The final print is not good, you can see where the drawing has gone wrong, the figure doesn't work. I'll have to have another go and be more careful. I also need to do a painting of the shapes and tones of the roof tops and also the figure.
Well in spite of all the errors, the image definitely has a sense of place and reminds me of the place I was trying to evoke, so it's not all bad. I need to work much slower and do more test prints before editioning. I started with ten images and ended up with only one.
I should have done a painting first to work out the tones. This painting is a start but there is a long way to go yet. Also, what do I do about the figure?
I wanted to make the sky white but then the smoke would not be a contrast or stand out which is important.


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Thinking About Dental Implants? 3 Health Issues You Should Discuss with Your Dentist
It used to be that dentures were the only way to replace missing teeth. Today, dental implants have replaced dentures as the preferred way to replace teeth. If you've suffered premature tooth loss, you may be considering dental implants. Before you make your decision, it's important to note that there are some health concerns that you might need to take care of. Here are some issues that you might need to discuss with your dentist.
Smoking is a major concern when it comes to dental implants. In fact, if you smoke, you might not be an acceptable candidate for the procedure. Your dentist will most likely recommend that you quit smoking before you have the dental implant surgery. Failure to quit smoking before the surgery can lead to the following complications.
Delayed Healing Time
When you smoke, your body doesn't heal as quickly as it should after surgeries. As a result, you may experience a delayed healing time following the procedure. Unfortunately, a delayed healing time can actually lead to another complication; post-operative infection.
Post-Operative Infection
If your implants don't heal on time, the wound remains open for too long. This can lead to a serious post-operative infection. In addition, cigarette smoke can enter the wound site and cause an infection. You can prevent infection by participating in a smoking-cessation program before your dental surgery.
Bone Loss
Dental diseases like periodontitis, a severe gum disease, is a common cause of premature tooth loss in adults. It can also cause bone loss in the jaw. Significant bone loss can make it difficult for the dental implant to properly attach to your jaw bone.
If you have suffered from bone loss, your dentist may be able to perform a bone graft prior to installing the dental implants. With a bone graft, synthetic bone material, or bone shavings from your own body, will be implanted into your jaw bone. Once new bone begins to develop, your dentist will perform the dental implant procedure.
Type II Diabetes
Type II diabetes is a debilitating disease that makes it difficult to fight infections. If you have type II diabetes, your dentist will want to ensure that it's under controlled before the surgery is performed. Your dentist may want to discuss your condition with your primary care physician before proceeding with your dental treatment.
If you're considering dental implants as a way to replace your missing teeth, you should discuss potential health issues with your dentist, one like Dr. Andres Maeso.


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Custom, under-bed rail kit provides uninhibited use of your truck bed once hitch is removed and features Reese's easy and secure Power Puck mounting system. Works with Elite Series and Signature Series fifth-wheel and gooseneck hitches.
2002 - 2005 Dodge Ram Pickup 1500 - 6-1/2 Foot Bed
2006 - 2008 Dodge Ram Pickup 1500 - 6-1/2 Foot Bed - excluding Mega Cab
2006 - 2008 Dodge Ram Pickup 1500 - 6-1/2 Foot Bed - Mega Cab
2002 - 2008 Dodge Ram Pickup 1500 - 8 Foot Bed
2003 - 2013 Dodge Ram Pickup 2500 - 6-1/2 Foot Bed
2006 - 2009 Dodge Ram Pickup 2500 - 6-1/2 Foot Bed - excluding Mega Cab
2006 - 2009 Dodge Ram Pickup 2500 - 6-1/2 Foot Bed - Mega Cab
2003 - 2013 Dodge Ram Pickup 2500 - 8 Foot Bed
2003 - 2012 Dodge Ram Pickup 3500 - 6-1/2 Foot Bed
2006 - 2009 Dodge Ram Pickup 3500 - 6-1/2 Foot Bed - excluding Mega Cab
2006 - 2009 Dodge Ram Pickup 3500 - 6-1/2 Foot Bed - Mega Cab
2003 - 2012 Dodge Ram Pickup 3500 - 8 Foot Bed
2010 - 2013 Ram 2500 6-1/2 Foot Bed
2010 - 2012 Ram 3500 6-1/2 Foot Bed
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Today on this 2009 Dodge Ram 3500 Series Mega Cab we will be installing the signature series rail kit part number 30074. The first thing we want to do in preparation to installing our cross members under the bed is to remove our spare tire and get it out of the way so we have some more working room. The cross members we are going to be installing are going to be sitting in between the two hat channels right above the exhaust and over top of the gas tank as well. On standard models you can follow the directions to fit the cross members in from underneath the bed and just manipulate them into position. However on this mega cab model the spacing is not there for us to do that so what I am going to do is loosen up the bed and slide the cross members in from the outside of the frame directly across over the top. 00:48
There are four bolts per side that are holding the bed to the frame rail. We are going to remove the two rear most bolts and just simply loosen the two forward ones so that the bed does not shift on us. With the bed loosened up we can slide our cross members into place. I am going to run the bolts in and out of the weld nuts in the side before we go ahead and do that just to make sure that they are cleaned out to make it easier to get the bolts in place. What I have done is put a block of wood here over one of the hat channels that is going to help hold the bed up while I slide my cross members through. When sliding the cross members into place we want to make sure that we have the welded plate facing towards the bottom that is going to be making contact with the frame. Next we can loosely install our frame brackets to the cross members. We are going to be using the 5/ 8 by 1- 1/ 2 inch bolts along with a lock washer and flat washer. 01:40
At this time we need to determine if we are going to be using the clamp on application for our side brackets or if we are going to be using the drilled holes where it mounts directly to the frame. For this installation we are going to be using the clamps so we need to put our clamps into place. The forward clamp that we are going to be using has the square holes in it and you see we have got one at the top and two holes at the bottom. The 1500 series will be using the top hole. The 2500 and 3500 series will use the bottom hole. That is going to align from the inside of the frame with the holes here and the bracket. Attaching to those we are going to be using the long carriage bolts and tube spacers as well. We are going to go above and below the frame. For this forward bracket we are going to be using the zinc colored tube spacers. For the rear clamp we are going to be using this one here. That is going to be attaching to this hole and it is going to go diagonally and attach to these holes as well. We are going to be using the bottom set of holes for our application. For this one we are going to be using the same carriage bolts but we are going to be using the gold colored tube spacers. At this position we are going to need to put a spacer in. This is going to need to go in between the frame bracket and the frame itself. We are going to install those now. Make sure when installing the brackets and carriage bolts that we flush against the frame. Make sure we are not pinching the wiring harnesses or the brake lines. 03:11
At the top of the bracket you will notice that it has got round holes opposed to the square holes for the carriage bolt so at this location you are going to need to add a one by two inch block. We do not want to forget to put the spacer at this location in between the frame and the bracket. We want to attach those carriage bolts to the brackets using the conical tooth washer and hex nut. Then we just want to repeat that procedure for the passenger side as well. With both frame brackets on each side we can go ahead and start tightening the bolts down so we do want to make sure that the frame brackets are sitting square evenly on both sides. With the brackets tightened down we are next going to go ahead and use the pointed bolt that is provided with the installation kit and mark out our holes that are going to need to be drilled for our puck system. Before we do that we want to remove the spacers in between the bed and the frame and also put the bed bolts back in. To mark the holes in the bed take the pointed bolt and run it into the threads in the cross members here. When we tighten that down the pointed end will make it dimple inside the bed. Note that the upper driver side hole is right above the gas tank so we will not be able to get our pointed bolt in there. Once we get the other three marked out we will take some measurements and that will tell us where to drill the hole for that location. 04:48
Now that we have used the pointed bolt we can go back inside the bed here and find the dimples that we made. On this particular vehicle they are kind of hard to see because we do have a spray in bed liner but they are sitting on the inside of this corrugation. To make sure you are finding the correct one they will be 13 inches apart. We will find the one on the driver side as well and measure out 13 inches. With those located we want to remove the bolts that are holding the frame brackets to the cross members. Just slide the cross members out of the way a little bit so when we drill our holes through the bed we do not hit the cross members and the scar those up. With the holes cut we want to take our cross members and slide them back into position both into the frame brackets and hand tighten them. We will come back inside the bed here and install our pucks. The pucks are going to sit into the cross members. The bottom will fit right in the groove in the cross member. We want to make sure we put our trim ring over top of the puck before we it. Take our button headed screw along with the lock washer and that through the hole in the puck down and thread it into the cross member and tighten those down. Continue that for all four of them and come back through and start the torquing process. Start torquing with these pucks first. Go back under the bed to first torque the cross members to the frame brackets and finally torque the frame brackets to the frame. You may notice that when you go to torque the cross members to the frame brackets that you have some interference from the overhang on the bed itself. If that is the case you may need to cut out a section to give you enough clearance to get to the bolt heads to torque them down. You can possibly move the pucks and lift the bed back up out of your way. With all of the bolts torqued down our installation is completed. Make sure that if you removed any wiring harnesses from the frame rail that you tie those back up into place and if you removed any brake lines, the same thing there. Also make sure to put the spare tire back up into position. That will conclude the installation of the signature series rail kit part number 30074.
Average Customer Rating: 4.8 out of 5 stars (9 Customer Reviews)Custom, under-bed rail kit provides uninhibited use of your truck bed once hitch is removed and features Reese's easy and secure Power Puck mounting system. Works with Elite Series and Signature Series fifth-wheel and gooseneck hitches.
Installed in about 2 hours, works without adapter feet on my 2007 signature series 24k hitch. Did not install and remove rails to drill, just went slow with hole saw with rails installed. Foreward drivers side could not mark with punch sue to fuel tank so had to measure off other three. Fit around air bags and extra springs. Have used it once sonce install and seems solid. 426713
Great product. Fit my truck with no pro blems! 553967
The hitch mount is great on its own merits. Easy to install and easy to use when switching out accessories. The service that etrailer has been phenomenal. I ordered the item with a deadline that it had to be delivered. They said they had it in stock but they were incorrect. They kept me in the loop and even expedited the shipping. Best price and customer service! 495547
My experience was A++++++ from having Anna answer my questions regarding the Reese hitch to the follow up email form George to verify that my order came on time and I was happy. Great service ! I would definitely recommend and purchase from them again ! 448348
Great product! I installed this myself in a few hours. Directions were clear, measured multiple times to ensure everything was square before drilling holes in the bed of the truck. Used cutting oil which was available in the plumbing section of local home improvement store when drilling the holes and helped a lot. Make sure you use the proper hole saw for cutting metal of course! I did slightly under-size the holes if I remember correctly. I believe the directions called for a 2 1/2" hole and I went 2 1/4"... given the spacing I'd re-evaluate and maybe look at 2 1/8" but regardless of the size hole being drilled, the install has been rock-solid. I've put about 1,500 miles on since the install and all is well. 277617
Great company to deal with...fast delei vey 199800
This is the second truck using the Signature Series Fifth wheel hitch. Had a Ram 05 2500 SLT, now installing on Ram 2012 Big Horn 3500 (not dually). both beds are long box. First time on the 05 took less the 4 hrs. Pretty simple, directions were good. This time not so smooth. Don't have the MEGA Cab but after wasting too much time trying to insert the rails(which I did on the first truck), just decided to follow the MEGA option and raise the truck bed. Also needed to remove the fender well cover on Driver side to access the area. Once I did this went pretty smooth. One ground lug had to be relocated which fell right in the middle of the plate on driver's side. Exhaust is always in the way for what you are about to do. Good idea to run all bolts into rails to clean out threads before install, especially the pointed locator bolt supplied. Also removed the spare tire and heat shield. Just do it, you will be thankful for the extra space. 80580
this is the only way to go this is the third one I have installed, and alos etrailer has the best price. 68342
This is an excellent product, all parts were correct. The install was challenging but was accomplished in the freezing cold of my driveway and it was the first fifth wheel hitch I ever installed thanks to the etrailer videos and instructions from the manufacturer's website. 27276
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Hey all,
First, forgive my ignorance--I'm a novice. My site's domain has been registered with GoDaddy for a long time. The site itself was built (hosted?) on a free Tumblr. I want to move the site to Wordpress and rebuild it completely.
What's the recommendation in terms of domain/hosting for this move? Do I need to transfer everything to Wordpress (domain & hosting)? Can the domain stay with GoDaddy and I just sign up for a Wordpress plan for hosting?
And, nuts and bolts, what do I need to do for the actual url to start showing up on the Wordpress build and no longer on Tumblr?
Thanks so much in advance,
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Here's the *basic* process...
=> Get hosting -- you can try Managed WordPress which comes with WordPress all setup and ready to go. You'll also have a temporary URL to use while working on the new site until you get it ready to launch. Being GoDaddy is your registrar nothing to do with that yet.
=> You can import posts from a Tumblr blog. Install Tumblr Importer and follow the instructions.
=> Then, install the theme you want to use and any plugins, tweak and customize.
=> When you are ready to launch, you change your domain's DNS nameservers back to GoDaddy and change the WordPress install to your dot com in your WordPress dashboard at Settings > General: WordPress Address and Site Address fields.


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We're planning on treating the blog here kind of like a changelog so you'll be able to see what we're doing as we continue to add features and fix stuff we find along the way.
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the inspiration for today's image is random's recent 'nature is sexy link' . also, I just can't come up with anything clever or muster up the energy to go on a rant since I STAYED UP WAY TOO LATE only to see the cavs lose by 1 point! I was so hoping we'd get one more game played here - do you know how much money was being poured into cleveland during this whole circus? MILLIONS -- cha-ching!!!!
(wow just noticed today's post makes #100 since the mouse was born...isn't that some kind of landmark? off to eat some cheese to celebrate this momentous event!)
picture: judith's garden man, connecticut june, 2007
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The Situation's Best Moments From Week Two of Dancing With the Stars
How did Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino do on his first "real" performance on Dancing With the Stars? We rounded up all of the best parts for you (because nobody should have to sit through two whole hours of celebrity dancing!)
Last week, he was told that he "had the guns but not the ammunition." This week wasn't too much better. Here's why:
- The Situation wants to "dance to something new" and luckily, was assigned the quick-step.
- Bad news: The Situation doesn't like Brian Steltzer Orchestra.
- The Situation "will dance to club, dance to pop, dance to hip hop" but "doesn't even know what that genre that is."
- The Situation really messed up the timing of that inaugural dance whistle.
- Bruno could tell that The Situation "is actually a very very nice guy" because he could tell he "wanted it so badly."
- Carrie Ann appreciates the lack of a fist bump but feels The Situation needs to "bust out an iPod" to learn some kind of musicality."
- We learned that The Situation wears a size 11 shoe as Carrie Ann suggests that he has pigeon toes.
- The Situation scored an 18 (out of 30.)
- The Situation's friends at the Jersey Shore were impressed with his dance last week.
- In the end, The Situation "Just really wants to nail one."
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And ruddy good job we did too.
Opening for NME hyped duo 2:54 we caught a hot and very young five piece called Jack Rabbit. Now, if we're honest that's not the strongest name in the world but that's easily forgotten about when watching in the flesh. Astounding for only eight gigs old (in the full band incarnation) they played tightly and easily overcame the glitch that meant the first third of their opener had to go off vocal-less.
Frontlady Olivia-Roseli Neller is clearly the focal point for this group, her very strong, distinctive vocal and charismatic performance leading the way for the crisp, shoegaze influenced indie rock. But, as we saw thanks to the glitch, even when the vocals are taken out of the equation there's still a spark and widescreen sensibility that ensures the bands creative success either way.
Whilst at this stage in their musical endeavour it's impossible to lump too much praise on the group, what's certain is that we'll be hearing a lot more from them. They've an EP recorded, which contains many of the highlights from their short live set including the cinematic 'Atlas' that you can grab a listen to on their Facebook page.
Now, let's see an image of the group in action:
(that was taken from their Tumblr I've resized it badly)
The next Jack Rabbit gig is at The Harley in Sheffield on May 22nd. You really should go as it's a fantastic little venue, and there's something in Jack Rabbit that you could really love


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It's always a sad day when your compact powder cracks after you drop it on the floor, or your lipstick melts or breaks in your purse. While your makeup won't be as perfect as when you first bought it, it's definitely possible to make it usable again.
Method 1 of 2:
Repairing Cracked Powders
1Cover your compact powder with plastic wrap. Gather all of the pieces of your cracked compact powder and put them in the pan. Place plastic wrap over the compact powder so that the pan's edges are completely covered.[1]
2Crush the powder into tiny pieces inside the compact. Use a spoon or your fingers to crush up the powder so that it becomes very loose. The plastic wrap will allow you to crush up the powder without getting your fingers dirty or making a mess.[2]
3Add a few drops of rubbing alcohol to the powder. Remove the plastic wrap and fill a dropper or spoon with rubbing alcohol. Drop a few drops into the compact powder — you want to aim for creating a paste-like texture. How many drops you add will largely depend on the size of your compact, so start with 2 or 3 and go from there.[3]
- If you oversaturate your powder, don't worry — it will just take longer to dry out.
4Smooth out the paste using a spoon. After you've created a paste with the powder and rubbing alcohol, flatten it out using a spoon so that the top is nice and smooth. Try to make sure that the paste reaches all of the edges of the compact and that there aren't any air bubbles.[4]
5Let the powder dry for 24 hours. Once your powder is smooth, wipe off any residue around the edges of the compact. Let the powder dry for 24 hours or overnight. Once it's dry, it's ready to be used again![5]
- This method works well for cracked eyeshadows, blushes, bronzers, highlighters, and broken powders.
6Remove a broken compact mirror with an acetone-soaked paper towel. If your compact's mirror shattered when the powder cracked, it's best to remove the mirror entirely. Make sure there's no glass in the powder and then cover the powder up with plastic wrap or a cloth. Dampen a paper towel or cloth with acetone and start to loosen the glue keeping the mirror attached to the compact, scraping the glass pieces off with a sharper tool. Use acetone to remove any extra residue.[6]
- If you'd like to find another mirror to replace the broken one, visit a craft store or go online.
- Protect your fingers from getting cut by glass by wearing gloves, if desired.
Method 2 of 2:
Restoring Broken Lipstick
1Melt the ends of your lipstick if it broke in half. If your lipstick broke in half, reattach it by melting the pieces back together. Make the ends of the lipstick pieces smooth using a cotton swab, and then use a lighter to soften the base. Right after the base of the lipstick is slightly melted, soften the end of the piece that broke off. Stick the pieces together carefully, using the lighter to slightly melt the edges where they connect so that you can smooth them out using a cotton swab.[7]
- Twist your lipstick until it's fully extended before starting to repair the lipstick to make the process easier.
2Scoop out the bottom of your lipstick if it broke at the base. If your lipstick happened to break off right where it's attached to the base, fixing it is super easy. Use a toothpick, bobby pin, or other tiny tool to remove the lipstick stuck in the bottom of the base. Now take the top part of the lipstick that broke off and place it back in the base.[8]
3Purchase a reusable lipstick mold if your lipstick melts frequently. If you live somewhere hot or your lipstick keeps melting, consider buying a reusable lipstick mold. The best place to find these is online, and they cost roughly $15.[9]
4Transfer your lipstick to a container if it can't be fixed. If your lipstick is cracked into pieces or simply can't be restored, melt it down. Place the lipstick pieces in a large spoon and melt them using a lighter. Once it's all melted, transfer it to a tiny container or palette before putting it into the freezer to stiffen. Now you can use your finger to apply the lipstick, or use a lip brush.[10]Advertisement
Community Q&A
QuestionWhy not just buy new ones?Cecilia FloresTop AnswererMakeup can be extremely expensive. $30 - $70 for a foundation alone, and $30 - $80 or more for an eye shadow palette. If something breaks and it's expensive, we try to fix it the best we can.
QuestionWhat can I do to fix broken eye shadow?Community AnswerEye shadow works the same way since it is a powder. Mix some rubbing alcohol into the eye shadow, smooth out the paste, and let it dry for 24 hours. Then clean the top layer off with a wipe.
QuestionCan I fix it with nail polish remover?Buggylu25Top AnswererIt is not recommended to use nail polish remover. The acetone in nail polish remover can irritate the skin.
QuestionCan I fix it with olive oil?Community AnswerNo, that will make it greasy! Instead, put a few drops of rubbing alcohol into the broken pigment and smush it into place. Next, place a paper towel over the pigment and then put something weighted on top of the paper towel (which should be on top of the broken makeup). Leave it for 24 hours.
QuestionCan I fix powder using hydrogen peroxide?Community AnswerIt most likely won't work as well, if at all. Rubbing alcohol will work, and it's a disinfectant.
QuestionCan I fix eye liner?Community AnswerOf course you can! If you are talking about liquid eye liner, you can use a concealer with the shade of your choice along with a angled brush and clean up your wing to make it sharper.
QuestionIn the UK I can't find rubbing alcohol anywhere, do you know what product I can use here instead please?Community AnswerLook for surgical spirits in the UK. Or, you might find that hand sanitiser works the same as rubbing alcohol or if try some disinfectant wipes.
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To fix broken powder makeup, start by placing the pieces of powder in the pan and covering the compact with plastic wrap so you don't get your fingers dirty. Then, use your fingers to crush the powder into tiny pieces. Next, add a few drops of rubbing alcohol until you've got a paste-like texture. Once you're happy with the texture, flatten out the paste with a spoon. Finally, let the powder dry for 24 hours. For tips on how to repair broken lipstick, keep reading!
- ↑ https://www.today.com/style/fix-broken-powder-makeup-1-ingredient-t112707
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- ↑ http://www.frendsbeauty.com/blog/entry/beauty-emergency-how-to-fix-a-broken-makeup-palette
- ↑ http://www.goodhousekeeping.com/beauty/makeup/a33591/how-to-fix-broken-lipstick/
- ↑ https://www.allure.com/story/how-to-fix-broken-lipstick
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With 1200 acres of open fields, rolling hills and thick forest, Camp
Stearns is an ideal spot for a small overnight campout or a major event
of several thousand people. Bordering several lakes and bisected by the
meandering Clearwater River, it's also a great area to launch a
canoe. If you're planning a trip here, you'll want to keep your
eyes peeled for wildlife including Sand Hill Cranes, Whitetail Deer,
beavers and wild turkeys. Also keep your ears open for nightly
hoots of the owl!
In 1936, EJ Stearns funded the purchase and development of the original
Camp Stearns on Lake Sylvia. In 1966, 930 acres of land was purchased
from the estate of George C. Crosby, to form Camp Heritage a few miles
to the north of Lake Sylvia. In 1984 the Lake Sylvia location was sold
and the resources were invested in Camp Heritage. Shortly after,
the property was renamed Camp Stearns to continue to honor the original
generosity of the Stearns Family.
3303 County Road 44
South Haven, MN 55382
Clearwater River, High Ropes Course, Event Fields, Lake Caroline,
Little Otter Lake, Inspiration Point, Tonkawa Lodge, Foust Pavillion
Overnight camping, district events and camporees, Order of the Arrow
events, trainings, Super Events (2000+ participants), community events
is an orienteering course using hand-held GPS units.
Find the perfect spot at camp for that Kodak moment.
Check out these nearby ski hills while you're at our camps.
A unique winter sport that anyone can play.
Head out to camp for some classic winter fun.
Try your hand at this timeless challenge
Opt out!! Outside that is with tent camping.
Start and stop a fire the right way.
Map and compass is a key skill if you plan to do any backpacking
Day or night, our nature trails make your hike even more exciting.
Our mind challenging and heart pounding elements give you a chance to test your ability to conquer fear and build self-confidence.
Fishing is a great way to connect with nature, relieve some stress, learn how our ancestors used to acquire food, and more!
Bouldering provides challenging horizontal routes for climbers that like the unique challenge of going sideways instead of up and down.
Take up a bow and fire a few arrows toward the bullseye
We have climbing structures at four locations, providing physical and mental challenges to Scouts of all ages
Crafty things to do at our camps
Get yourself a camp souvenir or pick up something you may have forgotten at home.
Our camps are the the perfect setting for cross country skiing.
Tossing around a flying disc isn't just for picnics or lazy days at the beach.
Indoors or outdoors, camp can be the environment to try something new.
Our Low Ropes courses consist of real and imaginary challenges
Use one of our knot/lashing kits to learn the basics of this Scouting skill.
Hiking at camp is a fantastic way to enjoy the environment.
Our sled chutes are designed for the impossible to predict Minnesota weather
Get ready for your High Adventure trip by visiting one of our camps.
A sport that almost everyone has played at least once, now play it with your new camp friends.
Snowshoeing is an age-old activity essential to travelling in deep snow.
The familiar old trail that you've hiked dozens of times is suddenly new.
Boating can enrich an experience at camp whether it's just something you do for an hour or if it is the center of your outing.
Can you toss a frisbee? If the answer is yes than you can try out
this cool activity.
Spend time together and build learning skills.
Get a chance to see some
pretty cool animals in the wild
There sure are a lot of stars in the sky!
We can provide you with the canoes, a trailer to haul them, life jackets and paddles.
Can you hit the clay pigeon?
A toasty campfire is often the focus of any campout.
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Specialty program designed to teach the skills of ice fishing.
Scouts earn Search and Rescue merit badge through exciting scenarios like missing campers and mock plane crashes.
Specialty program designed to expose you to outdoor winter sports.
Introductory level program designed to teach cold weather skills, work on advancement and sleep indoors.
Intermediate level program designed to advance your winter skills while sleeping outdoors
Advanced level program designed to test and hone your winter skills. Will you survive two nights outdoors?
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Hovhannes Gabuzyan Wins the 7th Annual Washington International
GM Hovhannes Gabuzyan (ARM) won the Masters section of the 7th Annual Washington International by a full point. The Masters section, with 71 total players, included 22 GMS and 15 IMs. Gabuzyan moved into sole first place after winning his first four games. After that, no one could catch him, and he finished with a final score of 7.5 out of 9, earning the first place prize of $4500. Gabuzyan's most interesting game was his second round win over GM Gil Popilski. You don't often see a player sacrifice a queen twice in one game and win!
Despite there being five players in the running for norms going into the last round, only Nico Checa earned a norm. He actually didn't need to score any points going into the last round to earn the GM norm but still drew his last game. He also went over 2500 during the tournament, leaving him just one norm short of the GM title. Nico showed signs of being in good form from the start when he won the blitz event by a full point ahead of seven GMs. One of his best games was his win against the top seeded player in the tournament, GM Sam Sevian.
The tournament ran from August 11th – 15th in Rockville, MD just outside of Washington, DC with a total of 142 players competing in the Masters, Experts, and Contenders sections. The Experts section (under 2201 US Chess) ended with a five-way tie at 6.5/9.0 between Akshay Indusekar, Noah Thomforde-Toates, Richard Tan, David Siamon, and Daniel Pomerantz, while the Contenders section (Under 1800 US Chess) ended in a three-way tie between Barzin Badiee, Duane Smith, and Ariel Joshi.
The tournament was organized by the Maryland Chess Association, and the Chief Arbiter was Michael Regan.


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Our Admission Application Process requires that you fill in the following forms:
Age Clusters:
Kindergarten: 2 - 6 Years
Prep School: Key Stage 1 -- 6 - 7 Years
Key Stage 2 -- 8- 11 Years
Senior School: Key Stage 3 -- 12-14 Years
Key Stage 4 -- 15 - 16 Years
A Level: Key Stage 5 -- 17 - 18 Years
Our academic year begins in September and entry is preferred at this time. However, students may be accepted at any time in the year. Admissions procedure requires for a parent to fill an Admissions Application Form and attach supporting documents with regard to the child's background. The student is then invited to Rusinga schools for formal or informal assessments.
Admission in to Kindergarten is based on informal assessment and interviews.
Admission in to Key Stages 1, 2, 3 and 4 requires students to sit for examinations in Mathematics and English to determine their entry level. Admission in to A Level studies is based on performance in IGCSE examinations or its equivalent. A minimum of grade C passes in Mathematics and English Language as well as in subjects of choice is required. KCSE students are usually admitted in the January Term and enter Year 12 in Term Two and will take both AS and A2 examinations in May/June at the end of year 13.
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30 Hilarious Fails That Show Why You Should Hire Someone Who Knows What They're Doing
Whether it's installing a security gate that's actually "secure" or using the appropriate font on a sign to avoid spelling out something embarrassing these 30 hilarious design fails serve as a poignant reminder that hiring someone that knows what they're doing for a job is pretty damn important.
1. What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas.
2. Mistakes were made.
3. The escalator with a dead end.
4. The slide of pain.
5. Cycle path to nowhere.
6. Pure evil.
8. Setting unrealistic body standards for men.
9. Can you help? No you can't.
10. "Make the other hand look manly."
11. Forever alone.
12. Please, don't do that in the pool.
13. Too much to handle.
14. Unfortunate balloon placement.
15. No problem if your arms are 7-feet long.
16. Robot baby is set on destruction.
17. Just to be sure.
18. Not quite what they were going for.
19. Mirrors on the ceiling in a public toilet.
20. This amazing piece of translation.
21. Should've gone to Specsavers.
22. Strict instructions.
23. This kitten sock.
24. Which one!?
25. Music can be deadly?
26. Would you know what accident to do?
27. Experts in security.
28. Walking down the stairs in style.
29. This elephant slide.
30. Finally, a fire blaster.
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Sleeping is very important and everyone should know it by now. After all, without sleep, we can't really function properly and we won't be able to do the things that we need to do. However, just how important is sleep really, with regards to your overall health? Also, how much sleep do you really need?
A person that sleeps at least 6-7 hours a day is more likely to be healthier than someone who sleeps less than that. Lack of quality sleep can actually make you more prone to developing illnesses and conditions. Having said that, here are some health benefits that you will experience if you can get the right amount of quality sleep daily.
Stress Relief
Sleeping will help your body relax, that's just a fact. If you are sleep deprived, your body will start to panic and produce more stress hormones and raise your blood pressure. This puts you at high risk of heart problems or stroke.
Getting a good quality sleep is very important and some tips that I can share are the following:
- Learn relaxation techniques such as meditation.
- Start a "just before sleeping ritual" and stick with it. This can be anything like reading a book, taking a shower or anything really.
- Get rid of distractions in your bedroom. The bedroom is a place for sleeping and sleeping only. Take the TV to another room, get rid of electronic devices and anything that can distract you before sleeping. It will help you relax more and just focus on falling asleep.
- Invest in a good quality mattress or bed. If you are considering getting a new mattress, you're very lucky as there are countless of cheap but high quality mattresses out there that you can order online. Some examples are Dynasty Mattress, Saatva, Bear, Leesa and many more. I personally use a dynasty mattress and I can highly recommend it. Here is a dynasty mattress review to help you decide if it is also good for you: http://www.mattressreviewshq.net/dynasty-mattress. Remember to read reviews of mattresses if you are buying online because it is a very big purchase and you don't want to be stuck with a mattress that will not help you sleep better.
Dietary benefits
It may seem absurd that sleeping has anything to do with losing or controlling your weight. However, it does have an effect on your ability to gain or lose weight. Lack of sleep can disrupt the balance of hormones in your body that directly affects your appetite. If you don't get at least around 7 hours of sleep daily, you will tend to gain more weight and become obese or overweight.
If you sleep a good amount the night before, you will find yourself more able to focus and complete your tasks more efficiently. A good amount of sleep helps the body refresh itself and in turn, you will have more energy.
Health benefits
Sleeping will allow your body to rest and this will have great health benefits. For one, when you are sleeping, the body repairs itself from all the stress and damage done from your day. Also, sleep will help you minimize the risk of having depression. Serotonin is a chemical in your body that correlates to depression. If you lack serotonin, the chances of being depressed is heightened.


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PUBLICATIONS (Please see the links below to review my publications)
- Tuel, J, & Reynolds, A.N. "Gridlock and Key: Exploring Redistricting and its Reform in Virginia." Virginia Issues and Answers, Feb 15, 2012.Virginia Issues & Answers
- Ashley Nicole Reynolds, So You Think A Woman Can't Carry Out a Suicide Bombing? Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Gender Profiling: Legal Discrimination For National Security, 13 Wm. & Mary J. Women & L. 667 (2007). Journal of Women and the Law
- Reynolds Marshall, A.N, Verdillio, A, Adkins, K. Effectiveness of Collective Impact Initiatives from the Partner/Network Perspective, Annual Research Conference of the Association of Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action, Chicago, IL; November 2015
- Reynolds Marshall, A. N., Attaining For-Profit Commitment in Voluntary Networks; Annual Research Conference of the Association of Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action, Denver, Co.; November 2014.
- Jones, M., Peterson, H., Reynolds, A. N., Smith-Walter. A., Narrative Policy Framework and Internal Firearm Narratives; Annual Research Conference of the Association for Public Policy Analysis & Management, Washington, D.C. November 2013


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Stage 2 meaningful use raises the bar, expert warns docs to get ready
Dan Prevost of Arcadia Solutions discusses the impact of the enhanced requirements of stage 2 meaningful use.
Dan Prevost, consultant at Arcadia Solutions, recently helped complete a report highlighting some prominent aspects of the proposed stage 2 meaningful use rules. The report points out some of the tricky regulations that could trip up physicians, as well as things providers will need to think about to ensure compliance.
We spoke with Prevost immediately after the finalized rules were published. He gave his thoughts on getting physician buy-in when implementing an electronic health record system that complies with the meaningful use rules; achieving objectives for patient engagement; and how the rules are encouraging vendors to build better products for physicians.
Let us know what you think about the story; email Ed Burns, News Writer or contact @EdBurnsTT on Twitter.


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Los Razos Array
The history of Los Razos is similar to many Mexicans crossing the border to a better life and future opportunities in the US. Before they were musicians all of the Razos band members had various jobs, from mechanics to field workers some had to wash dishes and work as gardeners as many Mexicans who immigrate to the United States. Los Razos are composed of five Mexicans from Michoacan and Sinaloa. Sacramento and Reynaldo who are the band leaders have struggled to keep the group together.


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If the utilities are not included through the apartment complex, you will be notified by your housing coordinator and/or travel recruiter, and you will be responsible for turning them on under your name. We will reimburse you, up to $100.00 per month, for your gas, electric, water and/or trash removal (please see our Reimbursement Guidelines PDF for more details).
CoreMedical Group is not responsible for cable, phone and internet.
Co-pays will be assessed for any costs, which is requested beyond our standard housing choices.
If you require additional amenities, such as housewares, we may be able to include a housewares package. Please speak with your travel nursing or allied recruiter for more details.
If you choose to bring your pet to an assignment, you will be responsible for any pet deposits (refundable and non-refundable) and/or pet rents. Most apartment complexes have strict breed restrictions and/or weight limits which will limit our housing options. Your recruiter can let you know if your pet is on our restricted breed list. Please be sure to advise your recruiter as to the breed and weight of your pet so that our housing coordinators can try to accommodate you and your pet.
CoreMedical Group can not guarantee or be held responsible for the condition and/or location of housing if you choose to bring your pet.
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Naturally Clear Facial Toner
Temporarily Out of Stock
Our Naturally Clear Facial Toner was specially formulated with acne prone skin in mind. We have used Organic Raw Apple Cider Vinegar which helps to balance out your skins PH and naturally antibacterial and antiseptic essential oils to promote healing.
We have included a 4 oz bottle in our Naturally Clear Sets, and you can purchase an 8 oz bottle separately for $7.50.
To Use: Shake Well. Apply morning and night to freshly washed face using a small amount on a cotton ball. Avoid eyes. May also be used to freshen skin mid-day.
Ingredients: filtered natural spring water, organic raw apple cider vinegar, kosher vegetable glycerin, essential oils of lavender, tea tree and rosemary
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About us
Welcome to the website of the Trade & Invest Office of the Brussels-Capital Region in India
Our mission is to support Brussels-based companies looking at doing business in South India (Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Andra Pradesh) and Indian companies wishing to source products and services or looking at establishing operations in Brussels.
In Belgium, foreign trade and investments are a regional matter
Belgium is composed of 3 Regions (the Flemish Region, the Walloon Region and the Brussels-Capital Region) and each of them exercises its full powers and competencies in the area of international trade. That is why each Region has its own agency, responsible for the support of export activities and the attraction of foreign investments:
- The Brussels-Capital Region : Brussels Invest & Export
- Wallonia: AWEX (Wallonia export and foreign investments agency)
- Flanders: FIT (Flanders Investment & Trade)
The Regions have an extended network of economic and commercial attachés, based all over the world and working in close cooperation with the Belgian diplomatic missions.
In certain places, the economic and commercial attaché represents two or three regions. Our office in Chennai represents the Brussels-Capital Region for trade and invest matters and the Walloon region for trade matters only.