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We are proud to be the premier self-catering option for Bath rugby fans. Enjoy one of our four star luxury apartments or cottages for short break stays and celebrate the club that's 150 years in the making.
Formed in 1865, Bath is one of the oldest rugby unions. Managing Director, Tarquin McDonald, said of the 2015/16 season that marked 150 years:
"Located in the heart of the World Heritage City of Bath, we are a club steeped in vibrant history and heritage. Our supporters have been central to the Club's existence and we would like to thank you all for your continued support. We look forward to you joining us for what promises to be a unique year in this great Club's history."
Fixtures – 2017/18 Season
Subject to change based on television scheduling. View the premiership table.
Home Games
2pm, 9 September 2017
Bath Rugby VS Saracens
3pm, 23 September 2017
Bath Rugby VS Newcastle Falcons
3pm, 7 October 2017
Bath Rugby VS Worcester Warriors
3pm, 29 October 2017
Bath Rugby VS Gloucester Rugby
12.15pm, 25 November 2017
Bath Rugby VS Harlequins
TBC, 30 December 2017
Bath Rugby VS Wasps
TBC, 10 February 2018
Bath Rugby VS Northampton Saints
TBC, 24 February 2018
Bath Rugby VS Sale Sharks
TBC, 24 March 2018
Bath Rugby VS Exeter Chiefs
TBC, 7 April 2018
Bath Rugby VS Leicester Tigers
at Twickenham
TBC, 5 May 2018
Bath Rugby VS London Irish
Away Games
3pm, 3 September 2017
Leicester Tigers VS Bath Rugby
7.45pm, 15 September 2017
Northampton Saints VS Bath Rugby
3pm, 1 October 2017
Wasps VS Bath Rugby
3pm, 19 November 2017
London Irish VS Bath Rugby
2pm, 2 December 2017
Exeter Chiefs VS Bath Rugby
TBC, 23 December 2017
Sale Sharks VS Bath Rugby
TBC, 6 January 2018
Worcester Warriors VS Bath Rugby
TBC, 17 February 2018
Newcastle Falcons VS Bath Rugby
TBC, 3 March 2018
Harlequins VS Bath Rugby
TBC, 14 April 2018
Saracens VS Bath Rugby
TBC, 28 April 2018
Gloucester Rugby VS Bath Rugby
Results – 2016/17 Season
Bath totalled 59 game points, finishing 5th overall in the Aviva Premiership table. Wasps were the overall winners, topping the table with 84 points.
You can read more, including match reports, on the Bath Rugby website.
Results – 2015/16 Season
Bath totalled 48 game points, finishing 9th overall in the Aviva Premiership table. Saracens were the overall winners, topping the table with 80 points.
You can read more, including match reports, on the Bath Rugby website.


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Event Dates
The inaugural Cambridge Risk and Uncertainty Conference (RUC) will take place June 12th-14th, 2017 in Cambridge, UK and we are now accepting abstract submissions. The theme of this year will be evidence-based uncertainty analysis.
We welcome diverse submissions dealing with evidence-based risk and uncertainty communication across risk domains, including health, safety, security, the environment and climate change. The research must have clear policy-implications for improving evidence-based risk and uncertainty analysis.
The RUC will be hosted by Churchill College, University of Cambridge, UK, between June 12th and 14th of 2017. For attendees and speakers, there is a conference fee of £100, which includes a formal dinner (further details to follow).
Keynote speakers include:
- Professor Nicholas Pidgeon, MBE, School of Psychology and Director of the Understanding Risk Research Group, Cardiff University, UK.
- Professor Elke Weber, Gerhard R. Andlinger Professor, Department of Psychology, Woodrow Wilson School of Public Affairs, Princeton University
- Dr. Hubert Deluyker, Chief Scientific Adviser, European Food and Safety Authority (EFSA), Italy.
- Dr. Andy Hart, Lead Scientist on Risk Analysis, Fera Science Limited, UK.
A special issue has been arranged in the Journal of Risk Research to accommodate the conference proceedings, we will only accept the highest quality submissions. The deadline for abstract submissions is February 28th, 2017 and the deadline for full paper submissions is September 1st, 2017.
Chairs of the Conference Committee:
- Dr. Sander van der Linden, Cambridge University, email@example.com
- Prof. Ragnar Löfstedt, King's College, London, email@example.com
For registration and further information, please visit: http://www.cambridgeruc.org.

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Bubble Watch: A Sad Fate for "Happy Endings?" + CBS + More 'Beauty and the Beast' vs. 'Carrie Diaries' + "Nashville'
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Bubble Watch: 'The Neighbors' Hangs On + 'Last Man Standing' & 'Malibu Country' Upgraded; What About 'The Good Wife?'
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CW: "'The Carrie Diaries' Has No Lead In" & Other Nonsense
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Last night's (9/17) CMA Music Festival television special was a showcase of country's hottest talent. Unfortunately, the ratings were a little cooler than last year, but landed almost on par with the 2010 installment. Hosted by Luke Bryan and Kimberly Perry, the 2012 show averaged 6.2 million viewers, sliding ABC into third place among the major networks, according to preliminary data from Zap2It.
The country extravaganza was stacked against mega hit The Voice, which led into the series premiere of the much-hyped drama Revolution. These programs secured the night for NBC with an average of 12.8 million viewers.
In the 8 PM/ET hour CMA Music Festival drew 6.6 million, dropped to 6.1 million at 9 PM, and then to 5.96 million at 10 PM.
TV ratings aren't the only indicator of a successful broadcast, next week's Soundscan report could reflect a post-show glow.
In 2011, the festival special aired Aug. 14, a month earlier and on a Sunday night. That drew an average audience of 7 million viewers. It came in second place most of the night, and moved into first place during the final hour.
In 2010 the show lunged into third place on Wed., Sept. 1 with about 6 million viewers.
The 2009 installment on Mon., Aug. 31 won the night with 7.8 million viewers, but ran against repeats across the board.
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If an incomplete blacklist is used as a security mechanism, then the software may allow unintended values to pass into the application logic.
The table(s) below shows the weaknesses and high level categories that are related to this weakness. These relationships are defined as ChildOf, ParentOf, MemberOf and give insight to similar items that may exist at higher and lower levels of abstraction. In addition, relationships such as PeerOf and CanAlsoBe are defined to show similar weaknesses that the user may want to explore.
Relevant to the view "Research Concepts" (CWE-1000)
Relevant to the view "Development Concepts" (CWE-699)
The different Modes of Introduction provide information about how and when this weakness may be introduced. The Phase identifies a point in the software life cycle at which introduction may occur, while the Note provides a typical scenario related to introduction during the given phase.
The listings below show possible areas for which the given weakness could appear. These may be for specific named Languages, Operating Systems, Architectures, Paradigms, Technologies, or a class of such platforms. The platform is listed along with how frequently the given weakness appears for that instance.
Class: Language-Independent (Undetermined Prevalence)
The table below specifies different individual consequences associated with the weakness. The Scope identifies the application security area that is violated, while the Impact describes the negative technical impact that arises if an adversary succeeds in exploiting this weakness. The Likelihood provides information about how likely the specific consequence is expected to be seen relative to the other consequences in the list. For example, there may be high likelihood that a weakness will be exploited to achieve a certain impact, but a low likelihood that it will be exploited to achieve a different impact.
Example 1
The following code attempts to stop XSS attacks by removing all occurences of "script" in an input string.
(bad code)
Example Language: Java
public String removeScriptTags(String input, String mask) {
return input.replaceAll("script", mask);}
Because the code only checks for the lower-case "script" string, it can be easily defeated with upper-case script tags.
This MemberOf Relationships table shows additional CWE Categories and Views that reference this weakness as a member. This information is often useful in understanding where a weakness fits within the context of external information sources.
An incomplete blacklist frequently produces resultant weaknesses.
Some incomplete blacklist issues might arise from multiple interpretation errors, e.g. a blacklist for dangerous shell metacharacters might not include a metacharacter that only has meaning in one particular shell, not all of them; or a blacklist for XSS manipulations might ignore an unusual construct that's supported by one web browser, but not others.
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Expanding your business to another country can help you open up new markets and develop country-specific products, but doing business in foreign markets is not easy. When you do business overseas, you will need to consider a mix of business and cultural mandates of each country, and also ensure you obey both local and international laws.
Study the Market
Many American companies have been disappointed to find that their product that is a great success in the U.S. is not successful in other markets. Before you invest money, do market research to determine if your product is a good fit. APTech/PRIMIR has several studies and research papers including: World Wide Market for Print studies and its country-specific studies, The United States Trade Representative office has also published research.
Know the Culture
Although it is generally accepted that the increase in travel and technology has led to a blurring of some distinctions of culture, there are still clearly definable differences in culture between different countries and ethnic groups. Cultural differences arise in many areas, such as food, customs, language and entertainment. It is important to understand that culture impacts the ways in which people work and behave and learning some basics of the language and business traditions can be beneficial.
Choose the Right Strategic Partner
Know your goals for strategic business relationships and conduct serious interviewing before choosing an international partner. Effective relationships are critical in setting the framework for hiring or entering into contracts. Be sure, prospective partners speak the local language and reside, or know intimately, the region and country in which you seek to market products.
Exporting and Tariffs
An export tariff is a tax placed on a good that is exported from a country. Governments use tariffs to create economic barriers to trade. Tariffs raise the overall prices of goods, limiting their production and sale. An export tariff specifically increases the cost to sell domestic goods overseas.
In order for you to find out the tariffs in the country you are looking to export to, you need to go to Schedule B- Classification of Domestic and Foreign Commodities Exported from the United States. A Schedule B number is a 10-digit number used in the United States to classify physical goods for export to another country. The Schedule B is based on the international Harmonized System (HS) of 6-digit commodity classification codes. Schedule B numbers are required to be reported in the Automated Export System (AES) when shipments are valued over $2,500 or the item requires a license.
Follow this link to determine your Schedule B number and the tariff in the specific country you are interested in.
The World Trade Organization (WTO) also has some excellent information on tariffs for specific countries.
Get Legal Help
International law is highly complex, and laws regarding trade, taxes, currency conversion and contracts vary from market to market. Certain types of distributorship arrangements may be hard to set up in a particular country. Ensure that you are following all of the necessary regulations for imports and exports. You may also need help, to navigate local filing and paperwork requirements. Make sure you fill out the correct paperwork if you are filing for a patent, trade mark or copyright protection.
For more information, visit The Patent Cooperation Treaty and the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
Additional Resources:
U.S Commercial Services Offers a range of services to U.S. companies seeking to export their products. Industry and country market research reports prepared in overseas markets are helpful to get an assessment of domestic market conditions and an understanding of the business climate for entering a particular market.
Export-Import Bank of the United States Is the official export credit agency of the United States. Ex-Im Bank's mission is to assist in financing the export of U.S. goods and services to international markets.
Information from the World Bank Group Here you can find research and data on specific countries.
The U.S. Small Business AdministrationThe mission of SBA's Office of International Trade is to enhance the ability of small businesses to compete in the global marketplace; facilitate access to capital to support international trade; ensure that the interests of small business are considered and reflected in trade negotiations.
Export.gov Helps U.S. businesses participate in the global marketplace with information on trade events, tariffs and export counseling assistance.


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Does Brussels Matter?
We here at FH Brussels spend a lot of time answering – and occassionally asking – this question. Those familiar with our work may well be tired of us banging on about how 80% of the legislation in Europe is made here, how the EU represents the biggest consumer market in the world, etc. So today, I thought I would let you hear it from someone else – the Financial Times. Please enjoy the following article by Tobias Buck.
Standard bearer – How the European Union exports its laws.
By TOBIAS BUCK
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10 July 2007
Financial Times
London Ed1
Page 13
(c) 2007 The Financial Times Limited. All rights reserved
In late March, a delegation of California government officials arrived in Brussels on a most unusual mission. Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger had sent them to meet their counterparts at the European Commission and explore whether his state could join one of Europe's most ambitious and controversial projects: the emissions trading scheme.
Both sides emerged from the talks feeling optimistic that a deal was possible to link the European Union regime with a state that itself counts among the biggest emitters of carbon dioxide in the world. "We hope that California will be able in the near future to be the first non-European region that would join the emissions trading system," a Commission official said.
California's eagerness to bypass the federal government in Washington and participate in a regime developed by lawmakers and governments more than 9,000km away may seem startling. But the US state is far from alone in following Brussels' regulatory and legislative lead: on issues such as product safety, financial regulation, antitrust, transport, telecommunications and myriad other policy areas, the EU is leaving an indelible mark on nations outside the bloc.
Sometimes voluntarily, sometimes through gritted teeth and sometimes without even knowing, countries around the world are importing the EU's rules. It is a trend that has sparked concerns among foreign business leaders and that irritates US policymakers. But whether they like it or not, rice farmers in India, mobile phone users in Bahrain, makers of cigarette lighters in China, chemicals producers in the US, accountants in Japan and software companies in California have all found that their commercial lives are shaped by decisions taken in the EU capital.
"Brussels has become the global pace-setter for regulation," says David Vogel, a professor of business and public policy at the University of California, Berkeley. Prof Vogel points out that even the US – the world's most powerful nation and the biggest economy – is finding it increasingly hard to escape the clutches of the Brussels regulatory machine: "The relative impact of EU regulation on US public policy and US business has been dramatically enhanced. Even if a country does not adopt the (European) standards, the firms that export to the EU do. And since most firms do export to the EU, they have adopted the EU's more stringent standards."
The EU's emergence as a global rulemaker has been driven by a number of factors, but none more important than the sheer size and regulatory sophistication of the Union's home market. The rapid expansion of the economic bloc to 27 nations with a total of more than 480m largely affluent consumers has turned the Union into the world's biggest and most lucrative import market. At the same time, the drive to create a borderless pan-European market for goods, services, capital and labour has triggered a hugely ambitious programme of regulatory and legislative convergence among national regimes.
This exercise has left the Union with a body of law running to almost 95,000 pages – a set of rules and regulations that covers virtually all aspects of economic life and that is constantly expanded and updated. Compared with other jurisdictions, the EU's rules tend to be stricter, especially where product safety, consumer protection and environmental and health requirements are concerned. Companies that produce their goods to the EU's standards can therefore assume that their products can be marketed everywhere else as well.
As Henrik Selin and Stacy VanDeveer, two US-based academics, point out in a recent paper that examines the global impact of three recent EU laws on chemicals, electronic waste and hazardous substances: "The EU is increasingly replacing the United States as the defacto setter of globalproduct standards and the centre of much global regulatory standard setting is shifting from Washington DC to Brussels."
Japan, for example, has copied a whole batch of EU environmental laws. South-east Asian nations such as Malaysia and Indonesia have followed Brussels' approach on cosmetics regulation. All around the world, chemical groups are implementing the Union's so-called Reach regulation, which forces companies from BASF in Germany to Dow Chemical in the US to register some 30,000 substances with a new EU agency in Helsinki.
Immediate EU neighbours such as Switzerland and Norway as well as countries in eastern Europe, the Balkans and North Africa are committed to keeping their regulatory regimes as close as possible to the EU approach to ease trade. Countries hoping to join the 27 must in any case incorporate the Union's rules and regulations down to the very last line.
This situation has not come about by accident. The Commission, the EU's executive body, states openly that it wants other countries to follow EU rules and its officials are working hard to put that vision into practice. The Union has established "regulatory dialogues" with a host of countries, most importantly China, to help them improve their domestic regulatory framework – and often to urge them to copy the EU approach.
A Commission policy paper released in February boasted that "frequently the world looks to Europe and adopts the standards that are set here". The document went on to say that the integration of Europe's economies had "spurred the development of rules and standards in areas such as product safety, the environment, securities and corporate governance which inspire global standard setting". It even advocated stronger measures to promote the global use of EU norms, for example through bilateral deals and lobbying in international organisations.
In some cases, however, the EU has to do little more than sit back and watch as other nations voluntarily copy it. This has happened, for example, with the EU's blacklist of airlines that are banned from European airspace. Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and South Korea have copied and enacted the flight bans themselves, while countries including South Africa and Kuwait use the list without putting it into national law. Commission officials also point to a recent law on mobile phone roaming rates and a proposal on solvency ratios for the insurance industry as examples that are closely followed – and may soon be copied – by non-EU countries.
For a country such as Japan the importing of foreign laws is nothing unusual, says Franz Waldenberger, an economics professor at the Japan Centre of Munich'sLudwig-Maximilians University. "Ever since Japan opened itself to the west, there has been a long tradition of turning to western laws for inspiration. There is barely a Japanese law that has not taken a western law as a model. But the key factor is having the highest standard. Global companies develop products for the global market and that means they have to follow the highest standard – which today tends to be European."
The second way in which the EU has stamped its authority on other jurisdictions is through influencing the decisions of international standard-setting organisations and global regulatory bodies such as the International Maritime Organisation or Unece, the Geneva-based branch of the United Nations that deals with economic co-operation.
Carmakers around the world – with the exception of the US – follow Unece's technical standards. But these in turn are based on EU norms drafted and agreed in Brussels. This means European automotive groups such as Volkswagen or Renault can export their vehicles to Japan, India or China without having to remodel their cars or seek the approval of foreign safety authorities. Their US rivals, meanwhile, are often forced to invest in additional tests and costly tweaks to their models before they can be shipped abroad.
Perhaps the most famous example of an EU standard conquering the world is in the market for mobile telephones. The GSM standard was enshrined in a 1987 EU law, then rapidly spread across the economic bloc and today forms the platform used by more than 2bn mobile phone customers around the world (though, again, the US is largely an exception).
Not least thanks to Europe's first-mover advantage, companies such as Finland's Nokia, Ericsson of Sweden and Britain's Vodafone emerged as some of the biggest players in a vast and expanding market.
Officials in Brussels say the EU will in future be in even better shape to dominate globalstandard-setting. Though it tends to act in unison, the EU after all wields not one but up to 27 votes in bodies such as the IMO. This enabled the Union to persuade the maritime grouping to ban single-hull tanker ships from international waters earlier than many non-European countries wanted.
Indeed, the EU's emergence as a global rulemaker has not been without controversy – and the US in particular has followed the Union's growing regulatory clout with concern. Washington and Brussels have clashed at the World Trade Organisation over the EU's strict limits on genetically modified crops, not least because the US biotechnology industry fears that Europeans' aversion to GM foods will spread to other nations.
Even if Brazilian or Indian farmers do not share Europe's hostility to the new varieties, they must think twice before planting GM rice or maize: if they fall foul of the Union's strict GM laws, they face being shut out from the world's most lucrative market. As Berkeley's Prof Vogel says: "In the long run it seems there will be a more permissive approach to GMOs. But in the short term there are many countries which are reluctant to use GM crops because of their fear of losing access to the EU market."
C. Boyden Gray, the US ambassador to the EU, says Washington's concerns about the Union's moves reflect the fact that they often hurt businesses outside the 27 member states: "I think there is now recognition (in the US) that the EU is being aggressive about exporting their approach – which tends to favour their own native companies. I think the US is concerned about it because frequently it imposes higher costs across the board."
He adds: "What many in the US think is happening is that EU policymakers tolerate a higher level of regulation and then worry that they are putting themselves at a competitive disadvantage. So they seek to export their regulations abroad so that every multinational is subject to the same level (of regulation)."
To EU officials, this may seem a less than charitable interpretation. But even they admit that the drive to export EU rules is motivated to a large degree by the desire to help European companies. As the February Commission paper argued, being the maker rather than the follower ofglobal rules "works to the advantage of those already geared up to meet these standards".
Companies outside the bloc, meanwhile, are waking up to challenges posed by the EU's growing clout. Groups such as Microsoft – which has been fined close toEuros 780m (Dollars 1.1bn, Pounds 528m) by the European Commission for breaking EU antitrust laws – now employ large teams of lawyers and lobbyists to attempt to ensure that their views are heard in the Brussels corridors of power. Others use their national governments or trade associations to seek to influence the outcome of the EU regulatory process.
They all know that Brussels is slowly but steadily emerging as the regulatory capital of the world. As much as some loathe it, it is a trend that business leaders and policymakers from Tokyo to Washington feel they cannot afford to ignore.


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OG's Show Choir – Opus One – was treated to a Master Class taught by Tony Award-winner Christian Hoff who played Tommy DeVito in the Broadway production of "Jersey Boys." Mr. Hoff spent 1 -1/2 hours with the OG singers, working on vocal and dance parts in preparation for their up-coming performances of "Jersey Boys."
Mr. Hoff has a distinguished career as a leading man on Broadway (Jesus Christ Superstar, Tommy, Geroge M, and Tommy), in Film (Star Trek IV etc.) and in numerous television shows.
His insights and suggestions were a big help to the students, who were thrilled to learn from the man who won the Tony Award for the same show they are performing.


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Over 58,000 patient safety incidents in Irish hospitals in 2017 – Calleary
There were almost 160 incidents every day last year.
Deputy Calleary commented, "The data we have received is alarming and could potentially harm public confidence in our hospital system. What is also worrying is the fact that there was a significant increase in incidents last year – up from 49,152 in 2016. That's a jump of over 9,000.
"I recognise that this may not mean there were more such incidents, it could be a situation whereby more cases have simply been reported in 2017.
"Despite this, the significant regional variations are a concern. The Saolta Hospital Group (which includes Galway, Mayo, Sligo and Letterkenny hospitals) experienced a 44% increase, while the South/South West Hospital Group saw an increase of less than 5%.
"At 15,262, the Ireland East Hospital Group reported the most incidents, but given the fact that it is the largest with 11 hospitals in the group, this is hardly surprising. The Children's Hospital Group reported 1,006 incidents.
"Fianna Fáil also sought information on how many incidents had resulted in disciplinary action being taken but the HSE does not record such information. I would suggest they should. It is important for public confidence in our hospitals that people know that action is taken and that there are consequences."


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How To Use Olive Oil To Get Rid Of Stubborn Stretch Marks
No one wants to suddenly discover stretch marks on their body. They look unappealing and can stop you from wearing your favorite clothes at times. If you have stretch marks and are looking for an ideal treatment option for it, OLIVE OIL is your best bet. Read on to know how you can use this oil by itself or with other ingredients for stretch marks!
Both men and women can develop stretch marks, with women being more prone to it during puberty and pregnancy. Any drastic change in weight, be it gaining some or losing some, can cause these ugly marks. This is because the skin stretches beyond its capacity damaging the connective tissue. In the initial stages, stretch marks are pinkish in color, but as they progress, they become white or close to your skin color.
Those ugly marks won't fade away quickly. The skin needs the right combination of nutrients that will restore the elasticity and natural glow as well. What better ingredient to achieve this than olive oil. Here is why this resourceful oil should be used to get rid of stretch marks.
Why Olive Oil For Stretch Marks?
This natural oil happens to be a rich source of essential nutrients which are paramount for healthy skin. Let's look at these beneficial nutrients –
- Olive oil, with its rich content of vitamin E, acts as an emollient and skin conditioning agent (1).
- It contains squalene and triglycerol which hydrate the skin and take away the dryness and dullness (1).
- Olives are also a rich source of antioxidants. The phenolic compounds present in it are responsible for this. The free radical damage is reversed by these antioxidants to restore the skin's health (2).
- Olive oil contains wound healing and anti-inflammatory compounds that can accelerate the healing process of the stretch marks (1, 3).
- Additionally, olive oil exerts anti-ageing effects on the skin by maintaining optimal function of the fibroblast cells (3).
With this wide range of benefits for the skin, this oil is not only good for simple stretch marks but also an excellent solution for pregnancy stretch marks.
Before we delve into the various remedies that include olive oil, we want to clear some myths regarding the usage of this oil.
Facts And Myths About Effects Of Olive Oil On Stretch Marks
- Most stretch marks appear beneath the uppermost surface of the skin. Application of olive oil is thoroughly external. It is important to understand that applying olive oil regularly lightens the scars of stretch marks effectively, if not removing the same from within.
- Regular use of olive oil can reduce the stretch mark lines from your skin giving you more confidence about the health of your skin.
- Olive oil also works as a lubricant by supplying enough natural oils to the skin. So, when the skin expands post weight loss/gain or pregnancy, it helps skin to expand more easily. The skin's resistance capacity increases which help it to withstand the 'extra stretch' without any side-effects.
- Olive oil is both a remedy and a preventive solution for stretch marks.
Now that the facts have been stated let us talk about the olive oil remedies for stretch marks.
How To Use Olive Oil To Get Rid Of Stubborn Stretch Marks
- Massage Olive Oil
- Olive Oil And Coffee Grounds
- Olive Oil And Coconut Oil
- Turmeric And Olive Oil
- Aloe Vera And Olive Oil
- Brown Sugar And Olive Oil Scrub
Home Remedies For Stretch Marks Using Olive Oil
1. Massage Olive Oil
You Will Need
Extra virgin olive oil
What You Have To Do
- Take some oil in a small bowl and lightly warm it up.
- Apply on the affected skin and massage well in circular motions.
- Leave it on for a couple of hours.
How Often You Should Do This
Repeat this every day for best results.
Why This Works
Olive oil for stretch marks during pregnancy is one the best solutions you can ever find. The warmth of the oil and the massage would help in speeding up the blood circulation over the area to a large extent.
2. Olive Oil And Coffee Grounds For Stretch Marks
You Will Need
- 1/2 cup coffee grounds
- 2-3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
What You Have To Do
- Mix the oil with the coffee to get a paste-like consistency.
- Gently scrub the affected area with this. Use upward circular motions.
- Scrub for a few minutes and then rinse it off with warm water.
How Often You Should Do This
Use this scrub 2-3 times a week.
Why This Works
Coffee grounds exfoliate the skin to remove the accumulated dead skin cells and additional dirt and grime. It increases circulation in the capillaries under the skin and inhibits the accumulation of fat under the skin (4).
3. Olive Oil And Coconut Oil For Stretch Marks
You Will Need
- Extra virgin olive oil
- Virgin coconut oil
What You Have To Do
- Mix equal quantities of both the oils and massage the skin affected by stretch marks.
- Leave it on overnight.
How Often You Should Do This
Do this every night, before going to bed.
Why This Works
Coconut oil is also another wonderful skin conditioning and hydrating agent like olive oil. It also contains antioxidants and anti-inflammatory compounds (5).
4. Turmeric And Olive Oil For Stretch Marks
You Will Need
- 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
- 1/2 teaspoon turmeric powder
What You Have To Do
- Add the turmeric to the oil and mix well.
- Apply this on the scars and leave it on for as long as possible.
How Often You Should Do This
Do this once every day.
Why This Works
Turmeric is a spice that not only adds flavor and color to the food, but it also offers many benefits when applied topically. It contains antioxidants and healing compounds that can improve the texture of the stretch marks affected skin. It also brightens up the skin's complexion (6, 7).
5. Aloe Vera And Olive Oil For Stretch Marks
You Will Need
- 1 tablespoon aloe vera gel
- 1 teaspoon extra virgin olive oil
What You Have To Do
- Make a blend with the ingredients and apply on the stretch marks.
- Massage until the gel is absorbed into the skin.
- Leave this on overnight.
How Often You Should Do This
This should be done every day.
Why This Works
Aloe vera promotes normal growth of cells and reduces scars and blemishes like stretch marks. This is because it increases collagen synthesis and breaks down the scars (8).
6. Brown Sugar And Olive Oil Scrub For Stretch Marks
You Will Need
- 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 2-3 vitamin E capsules
What You Have To Do
- Carefully prick the vitamin E capsules and empty the contents (vitamin E oil) into the bowl containing the brown sugar.
- To this, add the olive oil and mix well.
- Scrub the affected skin with this for 3-4 minutes.
- Rinse the scrub off with tepid water.
- Pat dry and apply a moisturizer.
How Often You Should Do This
This body scrub can be used twice a week.
Why This Works
Brown sugar is an excellent skin exfoliant. By exfoliating, the top dull layer of skin is removed to reveal the smooth and glowing skin present below. This also makes it easier for the skin to absorb the nutrients from the oils and lighten the stretch marks (9).
Known for its many utilities, olive oil happens to be one of the best remedies for stretch marks. Eliminating these lines from your skin is not possible overnight, but you would surely find the difference within a few weeks when you use these remedies regularly. You would get a better outcome if you start applying the oil from an early stage when the stretch marks have just started to appear. They are most easy to get rid of when treated in the initial stages.
Now, the market contains different varieties of olive oil – just regular olive oil, virgin, extra virgin, cooking, massage, etc. It is important to know which oil will work best for your stretch marks. Let us clear all your doubts below!
What Kind Of Olive Oil Is Best For Stretch Marks?
The extra virgin variety of olive oil also called as EVOO, is the best type to be used for topical application. This oil will is darker than the regular olive oil and is not chemically treated. This means that all the antioxidants and anti-inflammatory compounds in the oil aren't destroyed, and can be used for treating skin ailments.
There we have it! The different ways in which you can incorporate olive oil into your skincare routine to get rid of stretch marks. Hope you liked reading this article.
Have you tried olive oil already? Don't forget to leave a comment below about your experience.
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Qutub Minar: Qutub Minar is an excellent example of Afghan Architecture . The Minar is 72.5mts high victory tower, the construction of which began in the final year of twelth century by Qutubuddin Aibak and was later completed by his successor. It has been given World Heritage Site status.
Bahai Temple: Situated atop the Kalkaji Hill. Its is also known as "The Lotus Temple" due to its distinctive lotus shaped design in Marble. It was built in 1987 by the followers of Bahai faith. The temple signifies the purity and equality of all religions.
Gandhi Smiriti: Gandhi Smriti: The Memorial consists of :
- Visual Aspects to perpetuate the memory of Mahatma Gandhi and the noble ideals he represented
- Educative Aspects to focus concentrated attention on certain values of life that made Gandhi a Mahatma
- Service Aspects to introduce activities in order to subserve certain felt needs.
On display in the Museum are photographs, sculptures, paintings, frescos, inscriptions on rocks and relics pertaining to the years Mahatma Gandhi spent here. The meagre personal effects of Gandhiji too are carefully preserved.
Red Fort: Built by Shahjahan, the builder of Taj Mahal in Agra, The construction lasted from 1639 to 1648 (Monday Closed) Old Fort: Monday Only.
Rajghat: The simple square platform of black marble marks the place where the father of the Nation, Mahatama Gandhi was cremated.
Humayuns Tomb: Built by Humayuns widow, Queen Haji Begum in the 16th centuary, it is supposed to be the prototype of the Taj Mahal at Agra.


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We all have our own way of making the sale, but the basic principles remain the same.
Communication, trust, knowledge and asking great questions are all key elements in making the sale. When successful CEO's were asked what was the one skill you need for success, they all said sales skills. So learning the in's and out's of sales is extremely valuable.
"If you are not taking care of your customer, your competitor will." ~ Bob Hooey
When we polled 44 successful local business owners on what their secrets were for successful selling, they gave us their top 7 tips:
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Be likable – smile, listen, build rapport, body language, dress, eye contact, handshake, approachable, well groomed
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Proven Results – customers will vouch for you, written testimonials, references and case studies
Follow Up – stick to your timetable, be responsive on action items, deliver on your promises, write personal notes, under promise and over-deliver
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Since God's love is the bedrock from which we build our foundation, we need to look at what is true about God's love. We need to stare into the darkness that begins to grow in our hearts and search out what is true versus and what we've believed that is not true. It's one of the hardest things we can do, because seriously, we believe what we believe because we've already weighed it and reckoned it as true.
We may add faulty rock to our foundation when we incorrectly weigh the ingredients. Perhaps a lie has been justified because we were wronged and we overcompensated for a thought we wanted to believe, to somehow ease the pain we've suffered.
If, for example, in high school, my boyfriend cheated on me, I may overcompensate in the part of my heart that was broken, by assessing the 'fact' that all guys cheat and reckoning it to be true, thus easing my own burden of heartache. I might justify his betrayal by asserting that it had nothing to do with me, or our relationship, it's just something guys do. Or I might hide behind the 'fact' that all young women go through this. By doing this, I'm laying foundation in my heart that sets me up for future heartbreak and faulty baselines for relationships that have nothing to do with this guy.
The truth is, all guys don't cheat. So, I've lowered my expectations and may now settle for the kind of guys that do, because I allowed myself to believe this lie in order to protect my heart.
Does this make sense?
It's normal to discover a protective mode early in life, and in it we set boundaries that are based on lies. As we continue to experience life in an imperfect world, we add to our foundation based on how we interpret what we've experienced, no matter how faulty that interpretation is.
So how do we discover what is true? Some might say that what is true for me is not necessarily true for you. That's like me insisting that as time goes on, the world becomes blurrier. The world is a place of concise lines and beautiful detail – for everyone that doesn't need glasses. Since I wear glasses to see that precision, it's a fallacy for me to assert that now the world is blurry for everyone. To remedy this situation, I simply put on my glasses.
When it comes to matters of the heart, we see through distortion. The lens we need to see truth is God's Word. When we read the Bible daily, whether we understand it all or not, our everyday life begins to clarify, just like my world comes into focus when I put on my glasses. Then, and only then, can we build on a secure foundation, a foundation of Truth.
"Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me." ~ John 14:6 (KJV)


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"You know, this was a very serious tragic time in America, we almost lost a democracy and our constitutional government. And the good time was that our government worked as the Constitution wanted it to work. It was a strong senate, a strong Congress that was carrying out its constitutional oversight function, that exposed the criminal activities of the president, but not only exposed them but informed the public who were the ultimate sovereigns. So here a president resigned on the exposure of this based on the separation of powers, without bloodshed, it wasn't a revolution, and a new president comes in without bloodshed. The government worked at the time."
Samuel Dash, chief counsel of the Senate Watergate committee (1973),
reflecting on its outcome in a PBS News Hour Interview, 2001
Every new calendar date
Brings new dirt to investigate.
All this scandal and trash
Makes me long for Sam Dash
And the way he pursued Watergate.
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One-fourth of the core MDiv program is dedicated to Greek and Hebrew studies. MDiv students who pursue a New Testament or Old Testament concentration can gain over 40 credit hours of language study. Visit the Master of Divinity page to explore the 5 different concentrations available within the Master of Divinity.
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Ram Babu
Ganga (as Tamanna)
Rana Babu
As for the film, Cameraman Ganga Tho Rambabu is another story of corrupt Indian politics brought to its knees by a single man, in this case Pawan Kalyan's Rambabu. When Rambabu is spotted defusing a potential riot he becomes something of a folk hero in Andhra Pradesh, and Cameraman Ganga (Tamannah), a newswoman eager to climb the corporate ladder, decides to take advantage of his new celebrity by bringing him on as an investigative reporter of sorts at her TV station. There is tension, suspense, a love triangle, murder, and numerous fights and songs, and it all adds up to what seems to be an above average masala film, and a return to form for director Puri Jagannadh.
Original titleCameraman Ganga Tho Rambabu
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We do remote control trading for your coins while they stay securely in your own exchange account
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How we do it
Where my funds are
Where we are
What our clients and members say
Why you will do much better using us
What are our results
What is our strategy & philosophy
What exchanges do you support
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You and I both know Bitcoin and cryptocurrency are volatile. When Bitcoin was $20,000 it lost half its value in 5 days. We sold our clients' bitcoin at $18,000 and just held USDT in their own exchanges.
In the 5 months before that, Bitcoin went from $1,800 to $20,000 for over 11X ROI. While we didn't buy that dip at $1,800, when we saw that Bitcoin was relentlessly bullish at $3,000, we urged our clients to buy more now. They stayed in the market until $18,000 with us.
When everybody was bullish because CBOE and CME announced launching Bitcoin futures, we knew futures would put massive downward pressure on all of crypto so we exited at $18,000.
When everybody was falsely accusing Tether USDT of being a scam, we stayed in the market to make profit for our clients.
What you get by becoming a client is insightful, executive crypto-money management. You get 24h customer support. You get full explanations of what we are doing and why. You even get private opportunities to buy into crypto projects before they become public or ICO.
You get all the benefits of having a 24h fund manager while keeping all your funds in your own exchange account.
Where My Funds Are Kept
Until we get to know each other, you keep all your funds in your own exchange account. In fact, you can just continue to keep your funds in your own account if you prefer.
We can remote control trade for you 24h a day within your own exchange accounts.
We do not need your username or password. All high end exchanges issue what's called an API. APIs allow for remote control trading while blocking all withdrawals.
We have a Grand Cayman Islands based hedge fund. Once you establish a client relationship with us, you can make direct deposits into that fund for long term management.
The main reason our long term clients choose to deposit funds in our Grand Cayman hedge fund account is because we offer lower commissions rates for longer term deposits.
How Do Your Commissions Work?
We use the "high watermark" method. Every monday, when you have profit above your last ending balance, we send you an invoice for 30% of that profit. If you don't have any profit, we won't bill you until you do. Essentially, we work for free until you make money first.
Most hedge funds charge you a monthly management fee of 2% or 3%. We don't.
The only other time we charge you anything is when you open your account. We charge 7-14.888% of your total funds to be managed to set-up your account. That includes analysing your current portfolio of holdings.
We have to invoice you because we cannot make withdrawals from your account.
How We Do It
The crypto market is brand new. Wall street traders have sophisticated software and bots they can buy off the shelf. We develop our own software to automate and manage your funds.
So we can buy, sell, analyse, and manage your portfolio much more efficiently than you may be able to.
The trading is physically done by using an API programming language key that your exchange provides for remote control trading. You can find this key in your profile page under settings.
Using this API key, our custom developed software and bots, analysis by our 19+ crypto analysts and advisors, and our sleepless experience, we remote control trade for you 24h a day.
How do you know what's going to happen before it happens?
Truth is, nobody knows what's going to happen. So a better question is, "how do you keep out-performing most everybody else?"
While nobody knows what will happen, most people don't even have a clue about what CAN happen. In other words, there's a massive difference between not knowing what WILL happen versus not even being aware of what CAN happen.
If you know what CAN possibly happen, you can set up aggressive yet safe strike strategies if this or that happens. We set up exhaustive if-then strategies.
The real question is, "how do you know what might happen in the future?"
That's the truly hard part. We have private and personal relationships with big VCs in San Francisco, fund managers in Wall Street, economists in universities, and legislators in office. They pick our brain. We pick theirs.
Sharing insights within our network of leaders and applying those insights to protect and grow your crypto holdings is about the best we can do. We let Bitcoin do the rest.
Where We Are
We have offices in SF, NYC, London, Barcelona, Dubai, Singapore, Hong Kong, Tokyo and Seoul. Our analysts and advisors are all over world. You know most of them. They are some of the most influential people in Social Media including Twitter and Youtube. We work and communicate 24h a day with each of them. Our main office is in Yeouido, Seoul, Korea. Yeouido is a tiny little island in the middle of massive Seoul. This island is the financial district of Seoul. It's Asia's Wall Street. Seoul has 9.87 million people. New York City has 8.5 million people. Long time clients and investors are welcome to visit any time.
What Our Clients and Members Say
There's an old Korean saying, "If my cousin buys a house, I get a stomach ache." It basically means that it never feels good to see someone you know become successful. Our clients and members are very vocal about how much success they've had with us. Regular people have become millionaires working with us. And they tell the world. So, the rest of the world gets a stomach ache. They hate. But the only thing that matters is what our clients say.
I'm not saying our clients are always happy. Working with us is not magically going to make your account balance go up every single week. There will be times when you and we together feel the drain of the bear seasons and sell downs.
What I am saying however is that clients who've been with us for a few months are very vocal about their profits. And they give the rest of the world a stomach ache. This is what they've said:
Why You Will Do Much Better Using Us
Can we all agree that experience is a plus? Bitcoin-Fund-Manager.com Executive Traders have been trading Bitcoin since it was $8. We've had a few minutes of experience. We've seen hacks, government regulations, banks, G20 committees, senators, and Wall Street leaders attack Bitcoin. We've seen the Bitcoin and cryptocurrency trading volume move from the USA to China to Japan and to Korea, each with totally different trading styles.
Through all this, we've seen how, how much, and how fast the market reacts. We've seen how much the price of Bitcoin, Ethereum, Ripple, Litecoin, and all your favorite altcoins gets impacted. Not sleeping and watching the news together with the TA charts 24h a day for years gives you something like a 6th sense.
We've been around the block-chain. Use us to your advantage. Hire us and keep a small chuck of your crypto under your own management. Then compare the difference in a few weeks.
You will do much better with us than without us.
What Are Our Results
We publish our trades. We make our trades public. You can find up to date trade records on our blog at
. When some of our trades need to be explained, we post videos of our trades on our Youtube channel:
subscribe to it. We occasionally share secrets on Youtube that we don't share anywhere else.
Here's a short list of our performance as featured in your Youtube channel:
One of our more recent wins include an 1100% return on $CNN coin. That's 11x. You'll find the details of that trade in both of the links above.
What Is Our Strategy and Philosophy
It's obvious that the digital revolution is changing the world. It's obvious that cryptocurrency is changing the financial world. If you're in crypto, you picked the winning horse. So the only question is how much will you win?
Whether you're a regular person or a high net worth individual, you want to have a meaningful experience in this crypto revolution. So we focus on coins that have the highest likelihood of giving you much more ROI than just holding Bitcoin or the other large caps like ETH, XRP, LTC, etc.
We pick, after exhaustive research and due diligence, coins that should be in the top 20 market cap list but are greatly undervalued. One of them is $QKC. Quarkchain is currently ranked 300 in market cap. It should be in the top 20. Another was $CNN. We already realized 11x or 1100% profit from $CNN coin. There are about a dozen other coins that are greatly undervalued. These are the coins we buy and sell for our clients to catch bottoms and sell sudden parabolic tops.
Good trading outperforms just holding by miles.
But yes. We do also trade large caps. You have to have a strategic mix in your portfolio and know how to bounce between all of them for maximum profit.
If I had to sum up our philosophy and style, we aggressively go out and win for you while minimizing every kind of risk. There's two ways to minimize risk. You can either relentlessly keep asking questions and find answers that mitigate risk or you can pull out of the game and stay home. Guess which method we use to make low risk high return trades for you.
What Exchanges Do We Trade For You?
We can remote control trade for you on several exchanges. They are, Binance, Huobi.pro, Bittrex, Bitfinex, Poloniex, Kraken, Coinbase Pro, and a few other smaller exchanges. At the time of this writing, we recommend Huobi.pro and Binance the most. They have the most bullish coins and the most volume. Huobi has an advantage over Binance in that when a Huobi coin gets listed on Binance, the price instantly jumps 300-500%. So catching coins on Huobi before they get listed up on Binance is a smart move.
If you are a USA citizen and you cannot use Huobi.pro, Binance also has an advantage over Huobi. Binance gets more volume and has BNB coin. BNB coin, when traded well, can yield some of crypto's highest ROIs.
Depending on your goals and time line, we can advise which exchange would suit you best. Contact us.
What Is An API?
An API is a side door to your account. APIs are used by 3rd party software to remote control your account. Without an API, you'd only be able to manage your account by login in. With an API, a human doesn't have to use your login or password to make adjustments to your account.
Every major crypto exchange has an API system that lets 3rd party software like our bots and our own custom developed software trade for you 24h a day via remote control.
One of the best parts of an API is that you can block withdrawals so you give only trading access to us. That's security.
Can I Withdraw or Deposit While You Manage My Account?
Yes. But.
Yes. It's your money. It's your account. You can withdraw or deposit any time.
But, there are a couple issues to know. If you withdraw or deposit funds without telling us, you break our accounting system and bots. Our system monitors your balance and holdings. If there's a sudden change in balance without our system knowing why, it can't compute. And your account cannot be traded.
So all we ask is that you let us know if you're going to withdraw or deposit.
Also, if you deposit funds above your initial starting balance, just pay the initial fee again. Every time you deposit funds, it takes our analysts and engineers time and energy to set up your account.
If you withdraw funds, you can simply deposit the same amount back into your account without paying any additional fees. You only pay a one time initial fee if you give us more funds to manage.
But in all cases, we do need to know if you're making a deposit or withdrawal.
How Much Will I Make In a Few Months?
Ask us again in a few months after you become a client. We should be able to give you a very accurate answer.


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Just another batch of memes here. Also, can I just take a moment to say how much I'm loving this drama so far? That's all. You can catch all my Cinderella and Four Knights related posts here. Don't be a stranger, be a friend!
|This meme I made specifically today, because I showed up at work with my shirt inside out and all my co-workers laughed at me (only because we're close enough for them to laugh at me rather than pity me, but still...)


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ServiceMaster Announces IPO of Common Stock
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — ServiceMaster Global Holdings, parent company of Terminix International, on July 1 announced the closing of its previously announced initial public offering of common stock at $17 a share. The shares began trading June 26 on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol SERV.
The underwriters for the initial public offering have exercised in full their option to purchase from the company an additional 5,385,000 shares of common stock. As a result, the company sold a total of 41,285,000 shares of common stock in the initial public offering.
The company will use the net proceeds of the offering (i) to redeem (a) $210 million of the outstanding principal of the 8 percent senior notes due 2020 issued by its subsidiary, The ServiceMaster Company ("SvM"), at a redemption price equal to 108 percent of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued interest and (b) $262.5 million of the outstanding principal of SvM's 7 percent senior notes due 2020 at a redemption price equal to 107 percent of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued interest; (ii) to repay borrowings under SvM's existing term loan facility; and (iii) to pay consulting agreement termination fees.
The offering was made through an underwriting group led by J.P. Morgan Securities, Credit Suisse Securities (USA), Goldman, Sachs & Co. and Morgan Stanley & Co., which acted as joint book-running managers and as representatives of the underwriters for the offering. Additional book-running managers are BofA Merrill Lynch, Jefferies, Natixis Securities Americas and RBC Capital Markets. Robert W. Baird & Co., Piper Jaffray & Co. and Samuel A. Ramirez & Company acted as co-managers for the offering.
Comment Opportunity Extended on EPA's Complex Water Rule
Washington, D.C. — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency extended the 90-day public comment period for an additional 91 days, until Oct. 20, 2014, for the proposed rule expanding the definition of "waters of the U.S." under the Clean Water Act (CWA).
This rule would significantly impact how homeowners and professionals treat property near any water by subjecting man-made water bodies, rights-of-way, golf course ponds, ditches and flood plains to CWA regulation. The public comment period originally ended July 21.
RISE (Responsible Industry for a Sound Environment) released a press release in support of the decision to extend the public comment period.
"The proposed rule is complex and includes many broad definitions of important terms defining what a 'water of the U.S.' would be under CWA jurisdiction. The extended comment period gives us the time to provide research and science to form meaningful and fully developed comments," said Aaron Hobbs, RISE president. "The rule would cause many negative consequences for homeowners and professionals and we are making sure we account for all of these concerns.
"Pesticide and fertilizer applications provide many benefits, including protecting our communities from vector-borne diseases, controlling the growth of noxious weeds and invasive species, and controlling harmful pests on public and private property. Under the proposed rule, these important applications could be jeopardized by costly permits," said Hobbs.
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Jessica Spak has joined the J.T. Eaton Pest Control Division as the Southeastern regional manager for Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, Alabama and Mississippi. Spak's industry career has focused on both rodent control products and insecticides both global and domestic.
A.R.E., a truck cap and tonneau cover manufacturer, has realigned its fleet and commercial sales division. The team will now be led by Jose Reyna as national fleet and commercial sales manager; Norm Brown will serve as fleet and commercial sales representative; and Scott West as commercial fleet coordinator. Anna Maher continues as commercial fleet customer service representative.
Charlie Kane joined Pestguard Commercial Services as wood-destroying organisms (WDO) inspector. Kane has experience with termites and various wood-destroying organisms; he will assist in offering free WDO inspections to homeowners and real estate firms in Florida's Sarasota and Manatee communities.
Shawn Cantor has joined Marathon Data Systems as chief revenue officer. As CRO, Cantor will lead all Marathon's sales efforts, including ongoing new business sales, go to market planning and execution, as well as strategic initiatives.
Allgood Pest Solutions, Dublin, Ga., made a number of corporate promotions, including:
Phillip Carey, who has been with Shamrock Pest Control for five years, has been promoted to service manager of the Houston branch. Lewis Kohler has been promoted to service manager for Shamrock's main branch in Dallas.
Truly Nolen announced James Hegler as the owner/operator of the company's first independently owned and operated franchise in Tallahassee, Fla. Hegler brings a decade of experience in the local construction industry.
Central Life Sciences, of Schaumburg, Ill., hired Tony Schultz as brand manager, Farm and Ranch, and promoted Nancy Stratinsky to business manager, Specialty Agriculture.
In his new role, Schultz will manage all brand and new product development initiatives for the Starbar and Pre-Strike product lines across current channels.
Stratinsky will manage all brand and new product initiatives for the Diacon and Centynal product lines, while developing annual brand plans and ensuring successful implementation of tactics and strategies.
Yvan Hernandez joined Massey Communications as account services coordinator, responsible for strategizing and implementing digital communications services for the agency and its clients.
Wegner Receives Tom Evans Award at GCPCA Banquet
CLEVELAND, Ohio — Dr. Gerry Wegner, technical director, Varment Guard Environmental Services, thought he was the featured speaker at the Greater Cleveland Pest Control Association (GCPCA) Annual Awards Banquet and little more. But when his wife, Debbie, walked through the door and sat down to have dinner with his Varment Guard colleagues he thought: "What is she doing here?"
An hour later he got his answer. Wegner, a 30+ year veteran of the pest management industry, was presented the Tom Evans Award, the GCPCA's highest honor, by Rich Kozlovich, who was sitting in as master of ceremonies for the event since GCPCA President Molly Patton was ill.
In presenting the award to one of the most humble and hard-working men in the pest management industry, Kozlovich said, "Some people have done things year after year after year and we have failed to appreciate it. This year's recipient, Dr. Gerry Wegner, is that kind of person."
Not only has the Ohio State University graduate and Copesan Technical Committee member generously shared his expertise with the industry whenever asked, but in his spare time he has created dozens of "bug clocks" featuring mounted insect specimens that he has donated for various fund-raising purposes to Purdue University, Pi Chi Omega, the Ohio Pest Management Association Scholarship Fund, and other worthy organizations.
Not surprisingly, in accepting the award, Wegner deflected the credit for his personal and financial contributions to others, stating "it is your generosity as an industry that has made all of this possible."
In all, 30 individuals have been recognized with the Tom Evans Award, named after the longtime president of Southern Mill Creek Products, which was acquired by Univar in 2010.
Kozlovich said the annual banquet "truly celebrates the industry" and the Tom Evans Award ceremony recognizes "individuals or groups who have made sacrifices of their time and energy and talent for the good of the pest control industry."
Scott Steckel, a member of the NPMA Board of Directors, updated attendees on the latest developments at the Washington, D.C.-based association, pointing out that Executive Vice President Bob Rosenberg "has done a great job uniting the association membership" and leading the organization. "If you've been disenfranchised (from the association in the past) this is the time to get back in the game," he urged. "Your vote counts; your input matters. It's a new day and it's a bright day."
Kozlovich agreed: "I've beaten on NPMA over the years, but I have been really impressed by the direction they're going."
Lonnie Alonso, president, Columbus Pest Control, added it is critical PMPs stay involved in their state and national associations, particularly when it comes to regulatory matters. "Every day we don't represent ourselves," he warned, "someone else is going to represent the opposition."
Alonso also pointed out that working on regulatory issues isn't for the faint-hearted, requiring tenacity and perseverance. "Nothing is quick and nothing is simple," he said, pointing to the Ohio Pest Management Association's (OPMA) longtime effort to secure an emergency exemption from EPA for the use of propoxur to control beg bugs. The OPMA's most recent request was recently denied in a March 14 letter from James Jones, assistant administrator, U.S. EPA.
"The EPA continues to expedite new pesticide product applications for bed bug control and to support pest management professionals and other members of the public who fight bed bugs on a daily basis," Jones wrote. "Since initiating this expedited process, the EPA has registered numerous new products for bed bug control that reportedly have very good control in the field. Some of these are combination products … and others have new modes of action. The EPA has made safety findings for all of these newly registered products so that they can be used without posing unreasonable adverse effects to the residents. If the State of Ohio still wishes to pursue a request for an emergency exemption to use propoxur, please submit updated information to address the identified risks of propoxur and the availability and adequacy of alternative methods of controlling bed bugs."
Alonso said the OPMA has been pursuing this issue, working with OPARR, for more than four years and has no plans to jettison the effort now, saying the association will "continue to take the next steps" with EPA.
One of the most moving moments of the evening occurred when William L. "Bill" Kirchner, whose wife of 58 years recently passed away, spoke to attendees about what the GCPCA has meant to him and his family.
"This is really a tough time for me," he said, "but when I look out at your faces I see people I love. Pest control is a great industry," a sentiment echoed by Lonnie Alonso, who reinforced the priceless nature of personal relationships.
When faced with a challenging regulatory or business decision, Alonso said Kirchner was one of the first people he always confided in. "I really learned a lot from Bill and I always valued his friendship and counsel. Over the years, we've accomplished a whole lot together (as an association)."
Added Kirchner's daughter, Barbara, who grew up attending pest control meetings and social events with her parents, "We wanted to thank you for all of your love and support. This organization was a great love of hers." — Dan Moreland
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New Termiticide Launched in Canada
GUELPH, Ontario — Syngenta Canada announced the registration of Altriset Termiticide for the Canadian PMP market; sales began in April. Although they exist in limited numbers, areas of southern Ontario, greater Toronto and pockets on the west coast do have termites. Toronto's milder climate, Lake Ontario border and underground infrastructure that remains frost free, produces an ideal habitat for termites.
"Although the market is small, there is a huge need for new chemistry here," said Robert Percy, director of operations for Gardex Chemicals, Syngenta's Canadian distribution partner. "We can't keep using the same active ingredients for 20 years, especially when there are great alternatives being used elsewhere." Prior to the availability of Altriset, PMPs were limited to permethrin-based products; some commonly used termiticides in the U.S., based on fipronil or imidacloprid, have not been registered.
"Having a non-repellent termiticide that provides superior control, will finally help in colony elimination," said Richard Murphy, owner of Aetna Pest Control in Toronto. Murphy was a key member of the Termiticide Support Group working toward new active ingredients being registered in Canada. The group was started by the Canada Pest Management Regulatory Agency in 2007, with members from the Canadian Pest Management Association, the National Pest Management Association support staff and interested PMPs.
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Legion Pest Management, Murrieta, Calif., owned and operated by U.S. Marine Veteran David Poplin (right) was certified by the Department of Veterans Affairs in January as a veteran-owned business. Poplin has been in the pest industry for more than 20 years and founded Legion Pest Management in June 2013. Legion hired a disabled veteran as its operations manager in August 2013, and has a mission to create opportunities for other veterans as well.
Pestmaster, Reno, Nev., announced its newest franchise owners, Jay and Laura Rodriguez of Miami. This is the fourth franchise in Florida and the first in south Florida. Pestmaster Miami-Dade held its grand opening in April. Pestmaster Franchise Network focuses on pest management with "Environ-Mentality." That is, the greenest pest management possible, for clients and the environment, the firm says.
For the third year in a row, A-Active Termite and Pest Control (above), servicing Hampton Roads Va., and Northeastern North Carolina, was named to Virginia Business Magazine's Best Places to Work list. The company ranked #22 in the Small Employer category and was honored in February. The award recognizes businesses in Virginia whose leadership and employees have reported on superior competency in core areas such as leadership, training, pay and benefits, and overall engagement.
McGrath Pest Control, Houston, Texas, is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year. Doug McGrath was a high school teacher who decided he wanted to change careers and start a business through which he could help people in Houston. He bought a 1-gallon hand tank, put it in the back of his Oldsmobile, and started McGrath Pest Control. In 2010, he retired and his son, Scott McGrath, took over as owner. He has added some new ideas and grown the business by about 40 percent in sales each year since. In 2015, Scott said he expects sales to exceed $1 million. The company also has been an Angie's List super service award winner for seven straight years.
Bug Doctor Termite and Pest Control/Bird Doctor Nationwide was featured as the cover story in the January/February 2014 issue of Business Fleet Magazine. The article, "N.Y. to Nationwide – How to Manage a Growing Fleet," focuses on how the firm oversees its expanding number of vehicles for its divisions. Bug Doctor is a New Jersey-based $5.3 million company.


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Saturday morning was a glorious morning for a runway show. The MSFW Hub was a hive of activity and the weekend started with a bang as Target took to the runway on Day 8. I can see where my next pay check is going…So many pretty outfits bursting with colours for spring.
Gorgeous hats, bags and sky scraping heels to match.
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A while ago, some collegues and I noticed that two prominent books on Language Evolution -Christiansen & Kirby's Language Evolution and Fitch's Evolution of Language – both included a picture of an acacia tree in the sunset on their covers. On closer analysis, it turned out that they were the same tree:
Thus began the Acacia Tree Hypothesis of Language Evolution.
Following this up, I was thinking about Dediu & Ladd's discovery that linguistic tone is has certain genetic correlates. Here's the map of languages with linguistic tone:
However, I suspected the devious influence of acacia trees and so I found some information on their geographic distribution:
As I suspected, countries in which the acacia tree Acacia nilotica grows are significantly more likely to have tonal languages:
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(Chi-squared with Yates' continuity correction = 47.1, df = 1, p < 0.0001, data from Crop Protection Consortium and the World Atlas of Language Structures).
The plot thickens …
Dediu, D., & Ladd, D. R. (2007). Linguistic tone is related to the population frequency of the adaptive haplogroups of two brain size genes, Microcephalin and ASPM. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 104, 10944–10949.
Fitch, W. T. 2010 The evolution of language. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
Christiansen, M. and Kirby, S. (2003). Language Evolution. Oxford University Press.
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I definitely won't be able to put these kid-size chairs to use for at least another year, but I just couldn't help myself when I saw them on clearance at Target.com.
They were less than $50 after shipping for the pair. I've always imagined that the front room/office would also serve as a play area for Jack someday, so I'm stoked to have already scored a stylish spot for him (and a friend) to sit.
I rarely show photos of this side of the room because it's still very much a work in progress. Those cube shelving units have seen better days and need badly to be replaced. I'd like to switch out the one at the far end of the room for a big armoire to store shipping materials for my shop and some other items that just don't have a good home in this room with no closet (bolts of fabric, camera tripod, etc.). As for the area across from the sofa, I'm dying to ditch the giant TV and bring in some sort of toy storage/activity table combo. Maybe a low, long table with a few cubbies underneath? I'm not sure yet. And maybe we'll mount a small flat screen tv on the wall for the occasional kid movie (or workout video–that baby weight's not gonna lose itself!).
The whole room is a mess right now. Just keepin' it real, folks. I've got some serious cleaning and organizing to do, one nap at a time.
If you love my chairs you can snag a pair of your own here. It looks like they're sold out of the white, but espresso and pink are still available. I usually think Target furniture is sort of overpriced and underwhelming, but these were an exception. They were even pretty easy to put together and seem quite sturdy.


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Congratulations to Will Mabbitt, as his new book Embassy of the Dead is published today!
Welcome to the Embassy of the Dead. Leave your life at the door. (Thanks.)
When Jake opens a strange box containing a severed finger, he accidentally summons a grim reaper to drag him to the Eternal Void (yep, it's as fatal as it sounds) and now he's running for his life! But luckily Jake isn't alone – he can see and speak to ghosts.
Jake and his deadly gang (well dead, at least) – Stiffkey the undertaker, hockey stick-wielding, Cora, and Zorro the ghost fox – have one mission: find the Embassy of the Dead and seek protection. But the Embassy has troubles of its own and may not be the safe haven Jake is hoping for . . .
Embassy of the Dead is the perfect spine-tingling tale for fans of Mabel Jones and A Place Called Perfect.
You can get your own copy of Embassy of the Dead here . . .
. . . and stay up to date with Will's writing adventures on Twitter @gomabbitt


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Animal control officer files suit against East Hampton, police chief
EAST HAMPTON -- The animal control officer has filed a lawsuit in Middlesex Superior Court against the town, contending that a town employee had violated privacy policies and made libelous claims against him in emails and other communications when he was seeking the position of assistant animal control officer for the town two years ago.
Michael Olzacki, who currently serves as the town's animal control officer, is suing East Hampton for more that $15,000, alleging that his reputation has been wrongly compromised because of the alleged privacy breaches.
Olzacki's attorney, Kenneth Barber, filed the suit Oct. 20 in Middlesex Superior Court.
The East Hampton Town Council met for a brief executive session before its regular meeting Tuesday to discuss the matter. Melissa Engel, town council chairwoman, did not elaborate on the meeting and offered only a brief statement.
"We took no action," she said. "We're waiting for due process to take its course."
Olzacki was made aware of the alleged privacy violations after filing Freedom of Information requests with the town after he received a letter back in 2009 from Matthew Reimondo, the town's police chief, informing him that he was rejected for the position of assistant animal control officer.
Olzacki requested emails, texts and phone records sent by Reimondo and Ruth Plummer, town parks and recreation director, between September 2008 and November 2010.
Animal control officers are under the supervision of the police, and the position requires a background check. The suit alleges Reimondo passed on the sensitive information obtained during Olzacki's background investigation.
Among the emails turned over to Olzacki were a number containing Olzacki's personal information sent to individuals who allegedly were not authorized to have the information, as they had no part in the town's hiring process. Reimondo is alleged to have relayed private information regarding Olzacki to his wife, as well as Plummer, town librarian Sue Berescik and another individual, Renee Ghent, according to the suit.
The suit also alleges that Reimondo divulged personal information about Olzacki while speaking publicly at a town meeting last October.
Olzacki claimed in the suit that he has been approached by others in town and questioned about his "political associations, ability, integrity, work history and level of integrity," according to the suit.
Olzacki also claimed that his reputation has been questioned during town meetings, in newspaper articles and in opinions responding to articles appearing in newspapers. His children have also been question about him by other children at school, and he had to defend the allegations made against him during interviews for other jobs, he said in the suit.
Olzacki was subsequently hired by East Haddam as its animal control officer, and became East Hampton's animal control officer when the East Hampton town council voted to regionalize its animal control department with East Haddam's earlier this year.
Barber could not be reached for comment. Reimondo could not be reached for comment Tuesday evening.


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Dr. Abraham Verghese speaks to capacity crowd in finale of ILS Spring Lecture Series featuring Caroline Kennedy
Dr. Verghese's appearance, which was in conversation with KQED's Michael Krasny, was the final presentation in Dominican's Institute for Leadership Studies' 2011 Spring Lecture Series. This year the series, a cooperative effort with Book Passage, featured an impressive list of guest lecturers that included Caroline Kennedy, Suze Orman, Ted Danson (in conversation with Peter Coyote) and Jodi Picoult.
Kennedy, daughter of the 35th President of the United States, addressed a near capacity crowd of 820 in Angelico Hall on April 13. She engaged the audience with stories about her family and friends and their love of poetry. She even poked fun at her age.
"My youngest son (John) is going off to college," Kennedy said, as the crowd laughed with her. "I know. I wish it was a place like this (Dominican University)."
Kennedy was inspired to write her new poetry book, "She Walks In Beauty: A Woman's Journey Through Poems," after turning 50.
Dr. Verghese closed the curtain on the ILS 2011 Spring Lecture Series in front of a standing-room only audience. He and Krasny discussed Cutting for Stone, the 2011 One Book One Marin selection and Dr. Verghese's first novel. The New York Times' bestselling author, known for his caring of AIDS patients, continues to emphasize the importance of bedside medicine and physical examination in a time in medicine when the use of advanced technology frequently results in the patient in the bed having less attention than the patient data in the computer.
In "Cutting For Stone," Dr. Verghese writes about the saga of twin brothers, Marion and Shiva Stone, born of a tragic union between a beautiful Indian nun and a brash British surgeon at a mission hospital in Addis Ababa. Orphaned by their mother's death and their father's disappearance, bound together by a preternatural connection and a shared fascination with medicine, the twins come of age as Ethiopia hovers on the brink of revolution. Moving from Addis Ababa to New York City and back again, Cutting for Stone is an unforgettable story of love and betrayal, medicine and ordinary miracles—and two brothers whose fates are forever intertwined.
Dr. Verghese was accompanied on stage by Krasny, host of KQED's award-winning Forum, a news and public affairs program that concentrates on the arts, culture, health, business, and technology. Forum is one of KQED's most-popular shows and the nation's most-listened-to locally produced public radio talk show.
Since 1970, Krasny has been a professor of English at San Francisco State University and has taught at Stanford University and University of California, San Francisco.
The lectures series at Dominican is a longtime partnership between Dominican's ILS and Book Passage, which identifies and facilitates guest lecturers. Book Passage has served the Bay Area for more than 30 years, providing the community with an array of author events, writing and language classes, and highly-respected, annual conferences. Book Passage has two stores, one in Corte Madera and a second in the San Francisco Ferry Building.
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text: Have you seen this internet meme, the one about time passing when playing with your children…?It says something along the lines: "You are playing with your child for 16 hours, then you check the time and it`s been only 15 minutes". I`m afraid too often I feel the same, but then that`s what parents have to do, entertain the little ones hoping they`ll grow fast to learn to manage their own spare time. Same about playground excursions…. Some people like it. Some don`t. Most don`t think a lot of it, but the struggle is real-you go there with your child and hope for the best, because ultimately, it`s terribly boring for a grown up person to watch a herd of little humans climb up and down the slide, or swing back and forth, in hope they won`t hurt themselves…. I`m no other, that`s why I usually take my camera with me when taking the girls to a playground. This way I stay focused and have something to look at when we`re done. Photographing children while on a playground can be and usually is fun! Even when I attempt a more serious portrait shot there, the place`s setting provides lots of interesting frames and backgrounds, so there is no way for the pictures to turn up boring . PLus, there`s usually that pure joy in their eyes-and that`s just priceless.


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Fra: Richard Bentley Til: H.C. Andersen
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London. New Burlington Street. Dec. 12, 1856.
My dear Friend,
I cannot express to you the pleasure of a letter from you gave me. It is now so long ago. I am also glad to find that your health has enabled you to give the world another production from your pen. It will give me great pleasure to publish this new work, for which I beg to propose the following terms for your acceptance. I suppose the work will extend to 2 vols like in size to the Two Baronesses, and in that case I would place at your disposal £75 for the first edition of 750 copies; and a proportionate sum according to the number which may be printed of any subsequent edition of the Work by me.
I shall advertize it among my numerous announcements for the new year. And now let me say how delighted we shall all be to see you again in Old England, where in feeling if not quite in the matter of language you had become an Englishman. I shall see Mr. Dickens in a day or two; and I know how gratified he will feel at your intended visit to him. Since you were among us I have become a grandfatl1er, my eldest son having married and his wife presented me with a grandson, whom I hope to introduce to you. And when you come l trust you will be able to find time to spend a few days with me.
I shall now look forward to the pleasure of seeing you here as a settled affair, and you will be received by all your friends with the cordiality your good heart so justly merits.
Believe me to remain, Yours always,
Richard Bentley.