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'Studying at Abbey College Cambridge has given me the opportunity to meet people from various cultures. It's special because it is hard to meet so many people from different countries together. Teachers gave personal tuition and offered valuable feedback on my homework assignments.
My favourite memory is punting on the River Cam with friends after exams had finished. In the future my dream is to become a Critical Psychologist, and I hope to meet the conditions of my first choice university (UCL).'
Chae Won Lee has gone to read Psychology at University College London.
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Getting a "Qloo"
In between books, movies, television, and music, there's a whole lot of pop culture out there to consume these days – and there's a lot to literally consume as well, with an abundance of restaurants offering every kind of cuisine. Luckily, today's technology allows us to keep track of it all, and to get recommendations based on our tastes. For example, Netflix recommends movies based on those you've already watched and Pandora streams music based on other bands you like, while sites like Yelp can pull up the restaurants that suit your palette.
It's likely that your tastes in these various categories overlap to some degree. So wouldn't it be nice if there were a service that ties them together and makes recommendations based on your overall preferences?
Now there is. It's called Qloo (a clever spelling for "clue"). It considers your leanings in the categories of music, film, television, dining, nightlife, fashion, books, and travel, and makes recommendations in all categories "from the people whose taste most closely matches yours."
It's a great idea, but perhaps currently missing an essential category. If a site like Qloo knows your taste and interests, it could also recommend courses you might like to take; everything from small not-for-credit classes and presentations in topics like cooking and Pilates, to larger training programs or Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) – and even colleges and universities with degree programs that fit your interests.
Here's an example: say you recently watched the movie "Eat, Pray, Love" on Netflix and ate at a vegetarian restaurant. A site like Qloo might then suggest a list of local yoga classes and vegetarian cooking classes, an upcoming event where a speaker is giving a presentation on women traveling solo, or even the Bachelor of Arts in Maharishi Vedic Science program offered by Maharishi University of Management.
Technology is making learning an even easier possibility – and a reality – for many people hoping to pursue a college degree. Let's take it a step further by making education programs, and online tools of all kinds, part of the newest generations of lifestyle services and apps. Anything that makes education generally more accessible and appealing to people is certainly a good thing in my book.
Written By: Lorelei Plotczyk
Lorelei is a regular contributor to the Ashford University blog.

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Gymnastics Gala and Track & Field Gold Medal Finals
Live BMX Gold Medal Finals
BEIJING � August 19, 2008 � NBC's primetime coverage of the Beijing Olympics Wednesday begins at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT and features live coverage of Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh in the women's beach volleyball gold medal final. The USA's May-Treanor and Walsh will defend their Athens gold medal against China's Tian Jiang and Wang Jie in front of what should be a raucous home crowd. The Gymnastics Gala showcases the stars of women's and men's gymnastics of the Beijing Games as they perform their routines one last time, this time set to popular music. In track & field, the men's 200m gold medal final features USA's Shawn Crawford who looks to defend his 200m gold medal from Athens, but the "World's Fastest Man" Usain "Lightning" Bolt of Jamaica stands in his way. Also, USA's Wallace Spearmon and Walter Dix look to win gold in the event as well. In the women's 400m hurdles, Tiffany Ross-Williams and Sheena Tosta represent the USA in the finals. Also, live in primetime is the BMX gold medal finals, in it's Olympic debut.
Wednesday's coverage continues with the following:
Live in daytime is the men's volleyball quarterfinal. Also, women's platform diving competition.
Live in latenight is the women's volleyball semifinal. Also, track & field women's hammer throw gold medal final and women's platform diving semifinal.
Men's basketball hits USA Network with all four live quarterfinal games including Team USA's "Redeem Team." Also on USA, live canoeing, women's swimming marathon open water swimming and men's water polo quarterfinals. Live in softball on MSNBC is the bronze medal game, decided by the team's who lost in the semifinals earlier that day in Beijing. Also, men's volleyball quarterfinals live and USA takes on Japan in baseball.
NBC and NBC HD
10:00 a.m. � 1:00 p.m. all time zones
Men's Volleyball � Quarterfinal (LIVE)
Women's Diving � Platform Competition
8:00 p.m. � Midnight ET/PT
Track & Field � Gold Medal Finals
Men's 200m
Women's 400m Hurdles
Gymnastics - Gala
Women's Beach Volleyball � Gold Medal Match (LIVE)
Cycling � BMX Gold Medal Finals (LIVE)
12:35 a.m. � 2:00 a.m.ET/PT
Women's Volleyball � Semifinal (LIVE)
Women's Track & Field - Hammer Throw Gold Medal Final
Women's Diving � Platform Semifinal
CNBC and CNBC HD
Midnight � 2:00 a.m.ET
Softball � Semifinal
5:00 p.m. � 8:00 p.m.ET
Boxing � 51kg, 75kg Quarterfinals
USA and USA HD
2:00 a.m. � Noon ET
Men's Basketball � Four Quarterfinals (LIVE)
Men's Beach Volleyball - Semifinal
Canoeing � Semifinals (LIVE)
Women's Swimming � Marathon
Men's Water Polo - Quarterfinals
5:00 a.m. � 5:00 p.m.ET
Softball � Bronze Medal Game (LIVE)
Men's Volleyball - Quarterfinals (LIVE)
Baseball � USA vs. Japan
Women's Field Hockey - Semifinal
Wrestling � Freestyle 66kg, 74kg Gold Medal Finals
Table Tennis
Men's Handball - Quarterfinal
6:00 p.m. � 8:00 p.m.ET/PT
Synchronized Swimming � Duet Gold Medal Final
Gymnastics on Oxygen
2:00 a.m. � 6:00 a.m.ET
Men's Basketball - Quarterfinal
Track & Field � Gold Medal Finals
Men's Diving- Springboard Competition
8:00 a.m. � 10:00 a.m.ET
Men's Beach Volleyball � Semifinal
Gymnastics � Individual Event Gold Medal Finals
Midnight � 1:00 a.m.ET
24-hour MSNBC & CNBC HD Simulcasts and Coverage
2:30 a.m. � 2:30 p.m.ET
Men's Quarterfinals Round
2:30 a.m. � 4:15 a.m. Game #1 (LIVE)
4:45 a.m. � 6:30 a.m. Game #2 (LIVE)
6:30 a.m. � 8:00 a.m. Game #1 or #2 re-air
8:00 a.m. � 9:45 a.m. Game #3 (LIVE)
10:15 a.m. � 12:00 p.m. Game #4 (LIVE)
12:00 p.m. � 1:45 p.m. USA Game Re-air
1:45 p.m. � 2:30 p.m. Game of the Day � 2nd half re-air
6:00 a.m. � 6:00 p.m.ET
"The Semifinals Encore"
6:00 a.m. � 7:30 a.m. Women's Match #1
7:30 a.m. � 9:00 a.m. Women's Match #2
9:00 a.m. � 10:30 a.m. Men's Match #1
10:30 a.m. � 12:00 p.m. Men's Match #2
12:00 p.m. � 6:00 p.m. Match Re-airs
NBCOlympics.com - LIVE STREAMING BROADBAND COVERAGE:
Men's Field Hockey
Women's Field Hockey � Semifinals
Sailing � Competition & Gold Medal Finals
Men's Taekwondo � 58kg Gold Medal Finals, 68kg Competition
Women's Taekwondo � 49kg Gold Medal Finals, 51kg Competition
Men's Modern Pentathlon � Shooting, Fencing
Men's Basketball
Canoeing � Flatwater Semifinals
Men's Handball
Women's Handball
Softball � Bronze Medal Game
Swimming � Marathon Gold Medal Final
Men's & Women's Table Tennis � Singles Competition
Men's Wrestling � Freestyle 66kg, 74kg Gold Medal Finals
Freestyle 84kg, 96kg,120kg Competition
Water Polo
The 200m sprint could be a wide-open classic. Americans swept the medals four years ago in Athens, led by Shawn Crawford, who's back at the fore of another strong USA group that includes Florida State standout Walter Dix and former Arkansas Razorback Wallace Spearmon. But the favorite is Jamaican sensation Usain "Lightning" Bolt, who will attempting to complete a 100m-200m gold medal sweep.
Olympic Trials champion Tiffany Ross-Williams, who came up through the same Miami (Liberty City) track club as Bershawn "Batman" Jackson and is the mother of a young daughter, leads the way for the USA Team in the 400m hurdles.
Defending Olympic champions Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh could confirm their status as "Queens of the Beach" in the gold medal final where they take on China.
Think of it as the roller derby of bikes. BMX racing is one of the new events at the Olympics � an all-out, full-contact, eight-man race through a twisting course with plenty of jumps. Though the event is wildly unpredictable in nature, the American men have unmatched depth, featuring 2007 world champion Kyle Bennett, world medalist Mike Day, and 2007 USA champion Donny Robinson. On the women's side, Jill Kintner, who returned to BMX racing when it was added to the Olympic program, was the top American finisher at the 2007 World Championships and is a medal contender.
In the gymnastics Champions Gala, see the men's and women's stars of the Beijing gymnastics competition one last time as they perform routines set to their favorite music.
The USA Men's Volleyball Team finished fourth at last year's World Cup and is looking to climb to the medal podium in Beijing. Now it's time for the elimination round: the quarterfinals are today live.
Sydney Olympic champion Laura Wilkinson begins her pursuit of another Olympic medal in women's platform qualifying.
Live in volleyball, a place in the gold medal match is at stake in the women's semifinals. Team USA, led by veteran Logan Tom, could be aiming to advance to the final for the first time since 1984.
It's a basketball fan's dream: eight teams matched up in four live quarterfinal games featuring NBA stars with the winners guaranteed a chance to play for a medal � a critical step for LeBron, Kobe and the "Redeem Team" as they try to win Olympic gold for the first time in eight years.
Marathon swimming events make their debut in Beijing with a taxing 10km (6.2 mile) race. The women's competition features one of these Olympics most compelling stories: South Africa's Natalie du Toit, whose leg was amputated following an accident, is the first athlete to qualify for the Olympics and Paralympics.
In one final key matchup before the medal round, the USA Baseball Team faces gold medal contender Japan.
Iowa's Doug Schwab and Missouri's Ben Askren, each making their Olympic debut in Beijing, hope to compete for medals in freestyle wrestling.
Style, grace and athleticism combine in synchronized swimming's Duet Final.
Now that the medals have all been awarded, get one more look back at all the drama of the gymnastics competition.
Boxing's quarterfinal round continues in two weight classes. American flyweight (51kg) Rau'shee Warren, who competed as a 17-year-old in Athens, is back for his second Olympics and is one of Team USA's top boxing hopes.
In a semifinal showdown, The USA Softball Team � led by three of the world's best pitchers in Cat Osterman, Jennie Finch and Monica Abbott � looks to advance to the gold medal game for the fourth consecutive-and what may be the last-time.


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Seth Godin Says Goodbye To The Office
ah, the traditional mad men style office. Sex . Smokes. Whiskey.
Seth Godin, who is not in the picture above, questions why we have offices at all any more. He lists seven excuses often used to explain why we go to offices, including "3. The boss needs to keep tabs on my productivity" and "7. I need someplace to go."
He then demolishes these arguments with seven answers, including "3. The boss can easily keep tabs on productivity digitally" (mine does) and "7. So go someplace. But it doesn't have to be to your office."
He concludes "What's missing is #7... someplace to go. Once someone figures that part out, the office is dead."
But we've been there, done that....
TreeHugger has been looking at alternatives to the traditional office for years, for all of the reasons that Seth suggests. And while the home office is the obvious alternative, there are others. But first, the reasons:
Working From Home Makes More Sense Than Ever
In these difficult times a lot of people are working from home, whether they want to or not. A lot of others would like to, but employers have not been crazy about it, even though it can cut overhead as well as your company's carbon footprint.
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10 Reasons to Telecommute
Mauricio Alejo in Wired
One of the reasons is that it can actually save lives.
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Calculating How Telecommuters Make a Difference
Jaymi even provides us with a calculator to figure out the energy savings.
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Alternatives to the Home Office: Consider Co-working
For some, the home environment just isn't conducive to productivity or they just need a bit of time away and the wifi coffee shop doesn't cut it. An answer: Co-working
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Co-Working: The Perfect Compromise?
"People who operate within co-working spaces often refer to their way of work as a "movement." Although co-working spaces have significant differences in both service and culture, co-working as a whole is generally defined by four major values: collaboration, openness, community and sustainability. Essentially, co-working spaces encourage their members to share as many of their ideas with each other as possible and to not feel they're in competition with their co-working colleagues."
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Alternatives to the Home Office: Office Sheds
The backyard-shed-as-home-office idea is catching on in North America, but it is nothing compared to what is going on in the UK. There, they are being promoted as turnkey solutions that reduce commuting, save money for companies, and are being offered as fully outfitted workspaces, the cubicle of the 21st century.
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The Home Office Shed Goes Big Business
It isn't just a garden shed, it is a "full service system for employers to lease home offices for their employees to reduce costs, attract and retain staff, reduce CO2 emissions, increase productivity and adapt to change."
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Flexa Studio: A Modern Off-The-Rack Green Garden Office
Dan Gregory of House Plans shows us their new Flexa Studio, designed by Casper Mork-Ulnes, the creative director of Modern Cabana.
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Doing it Yourself? Tips For Building a Green Garden Office
Garden offices are a well-established industry in the UK; Shedworking has some tips from Lynn Fotheringham of British garden office builderInsideOut Buildings for making them green. They are points that could apply to any kind of building; some of them cost a little more, but when you are building something small, the incremental cost is not that huge.
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Watching the race to presidency unfold over this spring has definitely been a whirlwind, with a lot of 'is this really happening?' moments. Last summer, prior to the Paris Climate talks, the issue of climate change was already set as a major issue for the elections. President Obama's climate change legacy will be determined by the actions the next president will take, especially after the Supreme Court's decision to suspend the rules for carbon emissions outlined in the Clean Power Plan.
It's obvious that the next US president will have to lead and work with global leaders on issues concerning environmental policy. And yet, sadly, climate change as an issue hasn't really appeared at the debates.
For scientists and engineers, the attitude of the next president towards investment in renewable energy will influence the funding of projects across academia and industry. No matter how you look at it, the presidential stance on climate change will greatly impact our futures.
So, how do the remaining candidates stack up? If the election was based solely on the issue of climate change, I believe your vote should be for the democrats, and really, for Bernie Sanders. The following is a breakdown of not only beliefs about IF climate change is real…but IF SO, what can we do about it?
In general, the republican candidates either deny climate change completely, or claim it is simply not occurring today. None of the candidates have much to say about the issue –except for the most enigmatic candidate –so here's a brief breakdown.
Ted Cruz claims that climate change is simply, "on hold" and supports his claim with supposed satellite data showing that there "has not been significant global warming for the past 18 years." John Kasich seems confused about the issue, as during one GOP debate he admitted that humans contribute to climate change…but then quickly retracted saying actually "we don't know how much humans actually contribute."
Okay, and the candidate that is scarily becoming the favorite…Donald Trump. On the positive note, Drumpf "believes there's weather." But denies climate change as a "total, very expensive hoax!" through his twitter. Furthermore, he once stated "global warming was created by and for the Chinese." That was a few years ago, and Trump has retracted saying OK maybe the Chinese didn't invent it…but it certainly is "just a very, very expensive form of tax." Perhaps that's a sign of progress.
The Democrats:
Both democratic candidates not only recognize climate change, but acknowledge it as one of the most pressing issues. Their approaches in how to take on climate change are similar, but how committed are the candidates, and will they be able to realistically achieve their goals?
Bernie Sanders: Bernie is pretty straight to the point with his climate change policies. He advocates to block fossil fuel industries from lobbying and making campaign contributions to remove their influence on decision making. Bernie has vowed to ban fracking, Arctic oil drilling, offshore drilling, exports of natural gas and oil, and pipeline projects such as the Keystone XL (an issue Clinton has changed her position on). Like Clinton, he has vowed to make investments into solar energy and alternative energy projects. Sanders also extends his commitment to become a leader in facing climate change internationally through partnerships with China, Russia, India and addressing climate change as not only an environmental issue, but as an issue of global national security.


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Maker Feature: Granny Abell
Isn't it great to come home after a long day and find a beautiful handwritten note of encouragement or thanks in your mailbox? It's amazing what a simple letter can do for a friend or family member. This is exactly what Granny Abell Cards captures in her business, the personal side of letter writing. Her unique cards present an opportunity to make someone's day with a special note. We're happy to carry her products at Collectiv and to have her share with us on the blog today!
1) What makes your company unique?
My goal creating Granny Abell Cards was to encourage people to take a personal moment to stay connected with loved ones by writing a handwritten letter
2) How did you start making?
During college, my friends and I were penpals and would experiment with different papers, mediums, and styles. My grandmother gave me an embroidery book, 2001 Cross Stitch Designs by Carol Field Dahistrom and my mother gave me a 1968 Elna Lotus sewing machine. So I decided to combine embroidery, sewing, and postcards together. There was a lot of trial and error when I experimented with acrylic paint and watercolor, packaging paper was too thin, and I noticed grocery bags had a good consistent thickness. Voila!
Through the years, my grocery bag collection has grown from my own shopping to my friends, family, and neighbors making their contributions. When receiving donations, I feel a great sense of community supporting my work.
3) What inspires you as a maker?
The shop is very botanic and landscape inspired because I really enjoy, love, and admire plants and their natural surroundings. I use embroidery, calligraphy, watercolor, and sketching to explore my creativity within a 4"x6" frame.
4) What are two things you'd like customers to know about you?
-I'm a huge plant nerd and I study plants by hiking local forest preserves, visiting the Chicago Botanic Garden, and practicing apartment gardening with 25+ plant babies.
- When I'm not gardening or crafting, I'm out at the comic shop, trying a new brewery, or hanging out with my rabbit, Marty.
5) What's a new project you're excited about?
I'm starting to add new items including custom order pieces, home decor, and pocket books. The home decor section was inspired by clients not wanting to send their cards. With home decor, they are able to keep a framed piece in their home for years to come. The pocket books are inspired by my own list making and I hope people enjoy the small books you can keep in your purse/pocket for groceries.
I'm super excited to add the section expansions and can't wait to share!
6) What's on your playlist as you're creating?
I listen to a LOT of podcasts including comedy (Bill Burr and Anna Farris), true crime (MFM, True Crime Garage), science (Radiolab and Science Friday), and interviews (id10t, Girlboss, and unladylike) most of which is inspiring for the growth of my business. But if I'm not listening to podcasts, snuggling on the couch and binge watching is super relaxing.
7) Let's keep it local, what Chicago restaurant do you think everyone must try?
I recently tried Three Legged Tacos as a pop up shop at Alarmist Brewery, both of which you should try. Three Legged Tacos does popups, catering, and has a food truck featuring the tastiest of flavored tacos. And I can't even tell you how much I love Alarmist Brewing & Taproom. Their flavors are perfected and there is always something new to try, Big Muff and Pantless are my faves.
Follow Granny Abell on Facebook and Instagram to stay up-to-date with the latest!
Homer Hubbell
5/22/2018 07:00:30 am
Very inspiring and beautiful!
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[I realise I've only updated y'all on Part I of my 5-day Berlin birthday extravaganza. I promise to finish that story soon! Life got in the way, as per usual. I also went out and drank loads basically every night this week, which took away from writing time. And now, for some unknown reason, I am ill. It wasn't me.]
Today I had the most amazing revelation: We are exactly 2 weeks away from December. Hallelujah!
Now don't get the wrong idea, I'm not a crazy Christmas buff or anything. That's not why I'm excited. The REAL reason I love December is because it is Kahlua month. Haven't you heard??
Actually, you probably haven't, because I made it up. But starting on December 1st, I put Kahlua in my coffee every morning for the entire month of December. (And usually on New Years Day as well, unless I'm horrifically hungover like last year.) This is a tradition that began my senior year of college, in a fit of house-cleaning and excitement during exam week. And has since continued, because I figured why the fuck not?
In addition, I now have the BEST new mug from which to consume warm alcoholic beverages, thanks to my amazing wifey:
So my brain was pretty Kahlua focused for the greater part of the morning. But fortunately for me, one drinking thought begets another, and I ALSO realised today that it's wintertime and it's damn cold outside and OMG HOT TODDY SEASON IS OFFICIALLY UPON US.
I actually can't believe it took me this long to adequately prepare. I had thought of this a few weeks ago, at which point I procured lemons and honey, and then I completely forgot again.
So today, in my fit of genius, plus the fact that I have a monster head cold and hot toddies cure EVERYTHING, I bought this:
P.S. You are all welcome at mine for hot toddies anytime. They warm the soul and cure all ills (I actually believe this, I have hot toddy'd my way out of many a head cold in my day). XO


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One thought on "Bottle Caps"
hi i have four bottle caps or beer caps i don't know if they might be worth something.
The cap has a name rolling rock*2,old coors brewing, and a cap that a axe in it with green and yellow please help me. i really want to know if they are worth anything


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state budget
State looks to diversify economy, rely on 'volatile' oil and gas revenue less
This week, Intel announced it would hire 300 more employees. Those new hires would bring the number of employees at its massive Rio Rancho plant to around 1,500, well below the peak of nearly 7,000 employees, decades ago. Economic Development Department Secretary Alicia J. Keyes called it "good news" as the state tries to diversify its economy. Diversifying the economy has been a rallying cry for years, as the state has increasingly been reliant on oil and gas money to balance the state budget. If the most recent Legislative Finance Committee hearing last week is any indication, those efforts are still a work in progress.


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Apple appears to be getting ready to add more sophisticated augmented reality features to the next iPhone, based on the comments of a component supplier on Thursday. On its earnings call, Finisar said it expects one company to account for millions of units of a specialized laser. While it didn't mention Apple by name, Loup Ventures said Friday it believes Apple is that unnamed customer.
Why it matters: Apple already added its ARKit to the next version of the iPhone operating system; Adding AR capabilities to the iPhone could help distinguish it in the increasingly competitive smartphone market. Loup also said that based on Finisar's comments it expects the next iPhone to be announced in September and ship in October.


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Last week was an extremely active macroeconomically – the BoE increased its interest rate for the first time in a decade, the NFP came in significantly under expectations and the EU saw a drop of its GDP from the previous period and came in under expectations 2.3%.
Monday – 6/11
Today Governor Kuroda has already delivered his speech, noting that signs of economic growth are plentiful – pointing towards his expectation that Japan's inflation target of 2% soon. This saw the JPY slipping slightly – because even though Kuroda's overarching message was positive, his speech was received as dovish by markets. Otherwise Monday is poised to be a quiet day.
Tuesday – 7/11
More on the safe-haven, no interest hike front – tomorrow, Tuesday, at 03.30 GMT the RBA will announce its rate decision – or lack thereof. At the moment analysts and markets are expecting it to hold, that may pull the AUD down slightly, like it did JPY today.
So its seems that this week has a theme – since CAD (another safe-haven) might be affected by BoC Governor's speech on Tuesday. The BoC has also been dovish recently so much like its Japanese and Australian counterparts – markets will keep an ear to the ground for anything hinting towards a future rate hike.
Wednesday – 8/11
The EU non-monetary meeting is slated for 08.00 on Wednesday and although it won't deal with monetary policy, there might be statements made hinting towards a change in their recent dovish approach.
NZD traders will be looking out for the RBNZ Interest Rate Decision at 20.00 GMT.
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Thursday – 9/11
It seems that even markets need to rest – and Thursday is the day, since no significant economic events are scheduled. Which is appropriate considering its National Ample Time day.
Friday – 10/11
Another relatively quiet day with the only news being the RBA Monetary Policy Statement report, which reveals whether the risk/reward ratio of a rate hike is appropriate, or if monetary policy should remain loose.


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Den Tandt: Liberals' secret isn't Teflon — it's strategy
Even before the Harper government gave its tacit, much-hedged, timorously voiced approval for the Northern Gateway pipeline project, it was clear that debates about energy and resource extraction would define the 2015 federal election. This has been years in the making.
But here's what's truly odd: Given the long lead time, you'd think all three major federal parties would have thought their positions through, quite carefully. Yet both the Conservatives and New Democrats have made big strategic miscalculations on the resource file, the net effect of which has been to greatly reinforce the Liberals' position.
More surprising still, the Tories and Dippers continue to compound these mistakes, even as the result — a solidifying Liberal lead in the polls — becomes more clear. Justin Trudeau's success is being driven, not by his celebrity or winning smile or even his ground game, but by his opponents' mistakes.
Let's begin first with principles. It's a foregone conclusion now that the Harper government has bungled its single most important economic task, that of securing U.S. and Pacific market access for Canadian crude oil. This was the linchpin of the great extractivist imperative, first articulated in the 2012 budget. It's now 2014 and we're no closer to a safe, permanent remedy for the Alberta bitumen bubble. It's ironic: For years the Harper Tories have been accused by their detractors of being lackeys of Big Oil. As lackeys, they've been less than efficient.
TransCanada's proposed Keystone XL pipeline, according to all logic, local and State Department environmental reviews, should have been green-lighted months ago. Geopolitics – first the Ukraine crisis, now the catastrophic implosion of the unitary state of Iraq – offers an increasingly unassailable argument in favour of shoring up North American energy security. Yet the project is in purgatory, because of a "climatist" checkmate weighing on the Democratic party from within its own ranks.
Granted, U.S. President Barack Obama has been inept here. It's fair to blame him for letting this decision rot on the vine, while the anti-oilsands lobby gathered strength. But rule one of Canada-U.S. relations has long been that the Canadian side, led by the prime minister, must employ skill and guile in ensuring this country's interests are served, rather than seeking to move the White House by blunt pressure.
Very simply: In order to counter the protectionist and frankly jingoistic anti-Keystone pressure being applied to the Obama administration by billionaire Democrat Tom Steyer, among others, the Harper government would have to have imposed carbon-emission restrictions on Canada's oil and gas sector, either solo or in partnership with the Obama administration. The government would have to have enthusiastically embraced sustainable development, and then trumpeted that shift. Former federal minister and soon-to-be Progressive Conservative Alberta Premier Jim Prentice has long recommended a similar posture. Former prime minister Brian Mulroney pointedly did the same in April. Instead, the Tories have played spit-ball politics.
Tom Mulcair's New Democrats, for their part, are locked into an anti-Keystone dialectic that only reinforces the party's traditional weaknesses. Campaigning in the current by-election campaign in Trinity-Spadina in Toronto, NDP candidate Joe Cressy has had great fun skewering Liberal candidate Adam Vaughan, well-known as an environmentalist, with the Liberal party's backing of Keystone XL. Apparently forgotten, just as it was in last November's by-election race in Toronto Centre, which the NDP lost, is the message this sends the rest of the country.
"Climate change, it's one of the defining issues of our time," Cressy told the CBC recently. Um, OK. But since the NDP advocates shipping bitumen east, its policy is climate-neutral, relative to those of the Liberal and Tories, just as Keystone itself has been found to be climate-neutral by the State Department, and for the same basic reason. Changing the means of shipment does not mean less fuel gets burnt. The NDP's rhetoric is structurally weak. It can, however, persuade swing voters the Orange team has it in for business and doesn't understand the most basic rules of economics. Perhaps that's why Mulcair's party is languishing in the teens in popular support, despite Mulcair's strong performances in the House of Commons.
All of which leads us back to the Liberals: They oppose the Northern Gateway project, because it lacks local community support and because its proposed route envisions sending hundreds of oil tankers down the narrow and pristine Douglas Channel, in B.C. But they support Keystone, because it has passed every local environmental and national governmental hurdle, and because of its strategic importance to Canada's economy.
On a symbolic level, that bifurcation bridges the gap between Tories and New Democrats. It makes the Liberals look like grownups, and the other two parties implicitly like ideological outriders. And it places the Grits squarely in the sweet spot of Canadian politics, which is the pragmatic centre, heading into the 2015 election. Under such circumstances, is it any wonder Trudeau continues to hold his lead, despite pratfalls and weeks of bad press over the abortion debate? Well, no. Not really. It's not Teflon, keeping the Liberals whole. It's strategy.


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Here's a photograph that's got a lot of us stumped, so we are turning it over to your collective knowledge. The photograph is labeled on the back "Presidents of UNC" and that it was once part of the UNC News Bureau, but there is no other identifying information. A bit of investigation, however, leads me […]
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Haywood County, Sunburst, Gathering Wood
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From a print in the North Carolina Collection Photographic Archives (P1-44-S95-H76; 84-55). Caption on back of index image reads: "Children gathering wood at Sunburst, NC about 1910."


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By Somrita Ghosh
New Delhi, July 19 (IANS) Ponty Chadha, Sheena Bora, Jiah Khan, Sunanda Pushkar, Rizwanur Rahman and Neeraj Grover — the connecting factor for each of these high-profile personalities is the unsolved mystery behind their deaths.
Shantanu Guha Ray, a journalist for nearly three decades, brings to surface the lives of these six people — and three others — and the stories behind their murders in his new book "Found Dead" (Westland/Rs 299/265 Pages).
An experienced journalist, Guha Ray mentions the "C Umbrella" concept that the media thrives on — crime, cinema and cricket, which never fail to attract fabulous TRP ratings.
What works in favour of the book is the selection of stories — nine sub-judice cases which shook the nation because of the nature of the crimes.
For instance, the Jiah Khan case, which revolved around an actress with a not-so-successful career and her alleged boyfriend who was then struggling to find his feet in Bollywood, or the Sheena Bora case which raised eyebrows of many over the fact that a mother was allegedly involved in the murder of her own daughter.
Guha Ray says that he did extensive research before sitting down to write. "In order to tell the stories, I have had to delve into their lives, interview several friends, members of their respective families, police personnel, lawyers, doctors, forensic experts, media persons and even anonymous sources," he writes in the book.
The book cuts short the long episodes broadcast on news channels or carried in newspapers and chronologically presents incidents in each of these cases in a crisp manner. The twists and turns of events manage to grip the reader and maintain suspense, making it an absolute page-turner.
"Every single case in this book manifests our innermost fears — if this could happen to them, then however much we may claim to be part of the so-called great urban Indian phenomenon and feel secure in possessing the capabilities of recognising the signs of an imminent danger, several of us unfortunately still remain vulnerable," he writes in the book.
Why only these nine cases? Guha Ray says that most are centred on the need to appropriate — love, passion, material acquisitions and money.
"The dramatis personae may belong to a different class, the crimes committed may be better executed and large amounts of money is obviously spent in hiring the best legal help, but the emotions of hate, fear, horror and loss remain common to the kernel of a crime," he maintains.
An important case that went missing from the book is Aarushi Talwar's murder and Guha Ray says this is because he thinks that the entire evidence got lost and the media was split into two groups: The ones that believed the parents and the others that didn't.
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- Title: Red Hood and the Outlaws #13
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- Artist: Timothy Green II
The Outlaws' outer space adventure comes to a close as Kory and her older sister lead a battle against The Blight with the help of the crew of the Starfire and their human friends.
The choice to make Roy Harper the sole narrator for this issue works well as it seems to be the easiest character for Scott Lobdell to write (Roy seems to share his jaded but humorous view of the world). The issue certainly delivers plenty of action and we get a glimpse of how powerful the New 52 version of Starfire can be when she looses control and truly lets loose.
Although I enjoyed the final two issues of the arc I'm happy to see it come to and end and return Starfire, Arsenal and Red Hood back to Earth where they belong. Next week should begin "The Death of the Family" crossovers and we should, hopeful, see a confrotation between Jason Todd and the Joker looming before too long. Red Hood and the Outlaws #14 also promises an appearance by Superman. Worth a look.


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The Photographers Guide to Attracting Birds
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-Students and pilots: improve your understanding of radio instrument navigation at the comfort of your own mobile device.
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-Test mode - generates phantom aircraft around the navaids. Your goal is to find the correct aircraft position.
-Drag and drop the aircraft and nav fix around the screen.
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Andhra Pradesh PSC Recruitment 2017 Hostel Welfare officer posts :- Andhra Pradesh Public service commission (APPSC) invites application for the position of 100 Hostel Welfare officer vacancies. Apply online before 30th January 2017.
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Age Limit:- The age of the candidate should have attained the age of 18 years and should not be more than 42 years of age. The age of the applicant should be as on 1st July 2016. However, the upper age limit is relaxable in the accordance with the orders issued by the government of Andhra Pradesh from time to time.
Qualification:- Candidates should have Graduation with B.Ed. or equivalent of any university of India established or incorporated or under a Central Act or a state act or an institution recognized to the university grants commission.
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Another fellow wedding blogger (and, ick, girl, I give ourselves that title in the least worst of ways) astutely critiqued a recent "article" on The Knot. I say "article" in quotation marks instead of article just the word because I'm pretty sure The Knot comes up with its drivel by lifting the worst out of a pre-teen's diary. I just can't with this balderdash.
Luckily, we don't have to because Wedding Bullshit, a.k.a. the most accurately named blog ever, does it for us. Click the link right o'er here to read and enjoy: it's an engagement. not a chronic, debilitating illness..


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Here we are again, Daisy, Holly, Snowflake and Mr Brambles.
Hey! Guess wot? There was no rain here today! Up and down the coast there were showers but on our patch, wind and some sun shine!
That made it great for our morning walk along the beach. Snowflake even got into the mood and started to dig a hole!
|My Hole!
|His Hole!
|This belongs to us!
You know, I reckon that Mr Brambles has got a good chance of becoming an 'Honorary Dog'. Well lets face it, he digs holes like a dog, sniffs Snowflake's tail like a dog, has a wee with one back leg in the air, just like a dog and he chases us as well, just like a dog!
On top of that, he can be a real 'Bozo' when he puts his mind to it, just for a laugh!
It wasn't long before we all headed for home with both of the ferrets trying to set a trap for Holly and I but we heard them planning so we just ran off!
|We'll jump out at the top of the stairs!
As normal, we got a little Chicken Stock drizzled over our meal and after OTL had stirred it all up, there was a little at the bottom of the bowl being soaked up by the biscuits!
Well, lunch time came and we woofed OTL to take us out, even though he was watching the F1 Practise One and off we went for another run down on the Sea Wall.
We didn't notice it first of all but he is still playing with the Infrared Thingy and took some seriously strange photos!
|Sheerness with Infrared!
You know what? We even stood still so he could take our picture, a real pose!
|This is our 'Cool' look!
TM is off tomorrow, so we will have OTL to ourselves tomorrow to bully him if we want to do anything but we will need to check on the weather before telling him we want to go to the forest!
There on the other paw, he may have another bash at the decorating thing! I think he is regretting starting the scraping 'cos he has to remove a layer of paint that is covered with a rubber glue!
Poor OTL!
Hey! What about Archie Babe? I wonder if he got Chicken to eat at the vets or was it Doggy Scoff? Let's hope it all went well and he managed to come out with 'Flying Colours' and an 'All Clear'!
Claws Crossed Archie Babe!
See you tomorrow!
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AISC 2018 NASCC: The Steel Conference
April 11-13, 2018
Baltimore Convention Center, Baltimore, Maryland USA Booth 805
Cleveland City Forge is proud to support the The American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) with our 14th consecutive appearance at the North American Steel Construction Conference (NASCC). AISC hosts this annual event to support those industries that specialize in structural steel design and construction. This annual conference provides engineers, fabricators, detailers and erectors the ability to interact on industry trends within the construction of metal buildings and bridges.
Some of the previous AISC Events:
AISC 2017 NASCC: The Steel Conference (Mar 2017 – San Antonio, Texas USA)
AISC 2016 NASCC: The Steel Conference (Apr 2016 – Orlando, Florida USA)
AISC 2015 NASCC: The Steel Conference (Mar 2015 – Nashville, Tennessee USA)
AISC 2014 NASCC: The Steel Conference (Mar 2014 – Toronto, Ontario Canada)


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Singapore Telecommunications (SingTel) posted a 14 percent increase in net profit during the quarter ending June 30 thanks mainly to its mobile phone businesses, the company said Thursday.
SigTel, which boasts regional associates in Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, the Philippines and Thailand, said its mobile phone subscriptions grew to 71.1 million as of the end of June, up 36 percent from 52 million at the same time last year. SingTel increased subscribers by a record high for the company of 6.3 million [M] during the quarter, the first of its fiscal year.
SingTel's net profit rose to S$796 million (AU$624 million), from S$700 million last year. Revenue increased 6 percent to S$3.21 billion, it said.
The company was pleased with sales growth in its international businesses, particularly mobile phone service, said Lee Hsien Yang, SingTel's president and chief executive officer (CEO), in a statement. Overseas investments contributed three-fourths of the quarter's revenue, he said.
SingTel holds stakes in Pacific Bangladesh Telecom, India's Bharti Tele-Ventures, the Philippines' Globe Telecom, Indonesia's PT Telekomunikasi Selular and Thailand's Advanced Info Service.
SingTel Optus, in Australia, reported its net profit rose 2 percent to A$516 million (US$393 million as of June 30) on revenue of A$1.74 billion, which was up nearly 5 percent from the same time last year.


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The Texas Distance Destival will be streamed LIVE on MileSplit
*Update - 2/04/17
Luis Grijalva had a stellar cross country season in 2016. He earned a California state title and an All-American finish at Foot Locker Nationals. On top of that, he finished in 13:58 over the 3mile course at Woodbridge in September. Grijalva isn't just a good XC runner. He ran 4:10 or faster in the 1600m five times last outdoor track season, and his 3200m PR is 8:59. As another runner who likes to push the pace, he's a good add to the Texas Distance Festival.
*Update - 1/28/17
Three more Foot Locker Finalists have been added to the Elite 5K. North Carolina State Champion Connor Lane will be making the trip to Texas. After a runner-up finish to Sam Worley at the South Regional, Lane went on to finish 8th at Nationals.
Leading two more big in-state adds to this event is Daniel Viegra. After qualifying for both NXN and Foot Locker, Viegra would DNF at NXN but bounce back to finish 22nd at Foot Locker Nationals. Viegra is already off to a strong start in 2017 with a 5+ second PR in the mile, running 4:12 at the Arkansas HS Invite.
Also throwing his hat in the ring will be freshman phenom Graydon Morris. He holds the fastest frosh XC time of 2016(14:58) and was the only freshman to qualify for Foot Locker Nationals. Morris finished 34th at Nationals, and the only underclassman to beat him was fellow Texas breakout star Alex Maier, who will also be competing at the Distance Festival.
*Update - 1/25/17
Joining this already stacked lineup is California state champion Cooper Teare. He holds a 14:38 5K PR from the 2016 Stanford Invitational, and broke 14 minutes over the Woodbridge 3 mile course. Teare has 4:06 mile speed and an 8:51 3200m PR on the track.
*Original Article - 1/24/17
Cross country may be over, but Southlake Carroll is making sure we don't forget about the 5K yet. The Texas Distance Festival has grown into a perfect opportunity for the Texas elite to showcase their talents. Over the past few years, it has been a proving ground for Austen Dalquist, Carter Blunt(2015 NBNO 2 Mile Champion), and Reed Brown(2016 Foot Locker National Champion).
This year the event is rising to a new level. Noah Affolder and Seth Hirsch have been confirmed for the elite 5K. Affolder is coming off of a stellar XC season which includes a 6th place finish at Foot Locker Nationals and winning the Great Edinburgh International Challenge in Scotland.
Hirsch has four straight All-American finishes over the past two years at the cross country national championships. He ended his 2016 cross country campaign with a 4-3-4 record at NXN, Foot Locker, and Great Edinburgh.
Obviously the elite 5K will see the return of defending champion Reed Brown. Since his last appearance at this event, Brown's resume has needed some additions.
- Mile: 4:04
- 3200m: 8:50 (Texas State Meet Record)
- NXN: 6th
- Foot Locker: 1st
The other significant development since the 2016 Texas Distance Festival has been the rise of the boys distance runners in the Lone Star State. Through the cross county post-season, they definitively proved that Texas has the best group of individual elite boys distance runners in the country. Also set to compete in the elite 5K are Alex Maier (5th @ NXN and Foot Locker) and Daniel Bernal (10th NXN).
The average 5K PR of these athletes is 14:44. We need to take cross country times with a grain of salt...but that's the whole point of this race anyway. One of my 2017 bold predictions was that there would be a sub-14 5K, and I am pumped to watch these guys duke it out on March 18th.
MileSplit will be streaming the event live, and make sure to stay tuned because we will be revealing more big names as they commit!
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This collection is made up of datasets created by researchers in the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences at the University of Melbourne. Datasets include archival materials (documents and physical objects), collections of artefats, and datasets relating to research in history and literature. These datasets have been collated as parts of the work of HASS researchers at the University of Melbourne, frequently as part of ARC funded projects. For more information on specific datasets within this allocation please contact Dr Fiona Tweedie.
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After the Leadville Boom Days parade, we went over the to football field to participate in the kid's games. Sydney's age group had the sack race. We talked strategy as the boys went with the same event to see where to maximize. Then it was the girl's turn. Sydney took off fast but was outgunned and off the podium. She got a ribbon. She didn't think much of the slogan on it.
Then a 3-legged race, where the girls paired up to compete.
Sydney, this could be your high school football field. The view does not suck.
Sydney, did you go Paleo?


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November 2018
Adult Book Club
Join us as we explore books of all kinds—contemporary fiction, special interests, current and past affairs, fun trends, memoirs, etc. The purpose of the Adult Book Club is to offer readers a fresh approach to the traditional book club. The last Thursday of each month @ 6 pm @ Fort Bragg Branch Library.Find out more »


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Doesn't it seem like summer is slipping away too soon? We enjoyed our days and nights with the crisp warm weather, the unusual rains and occasional thunderstorms.
I hope you enjoyed the season too, that you learned new things, saw new places or new perspectives, or grew with challenges in greater ways.
But most of all, that you made time FOR TIME–with your loved ones, with your children, or with those who you may not have as close this time next year.
Yesterday, the awesome folks at MindValley published my piece on Making Room for Magic on their FinerMinds Blog.
Mindvalley invests in pushing humanity forward. They develop knowledge products, media platforms, community events and movements that help people in the areas of personal growth, entrepreneurship, lifestyle applications, and continuous education.
I'm honored to be able to share my writings there with a greater audience, and hope you will take time to read the other helpful articles on their site. Thanks for reading!


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The high quality mold is the core business of Sositar .we have 10 special mold designers, who have rich experience in plastic properties and mold structure. And they will take each case seriously ,before designing start, our designer will run Mold Flow Analysis and attend a technical meet for each mold with tool shop and injection Dept. to avoid potential manufacture problem and trouble shoot. all of this is the strong guarantee of our high quality and short lead time
We provide a wide range of services to help clients with all of the front-end work that goes into a product before actual production begins. Some of those services include preliminary design, material selection, pricing, mold design, evaluation and procurement, CAD/CAM, surface modeling, and communication with the customer's engineering department. For each part we manufacture we will do the DFM study and mold flow analysis which will improve and support the mold structure design. We bring you a combination of the best resources available; high technology equipment, quality workmanship, and program management and product development techniques that are flexible enough to meet the needs of your special requirements that can assist the molder or worker and save time and cost
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Here Is a Collection of Hilarious Comic Books. Some Are a Littled Twisted. But All Are Guaranteed to Make You Laugh Out Loud!
Everybody enjoys a good laugh. Humor is an integral part of our society. We even have a TV network completely devoted to Comedy. Humor can be used in a variety of ways for any number of reasons. Most public speakers like to open with a couple of jokes, not only to put their audience at ease, but because they understand that sharing a laugh is a form of social bonding that unites us all.
Of course it is only natural that Comedy goes hand in hand with another major part of our culture: Comic Books. That's right. The very first Comic Book that was ever published – Famous Funnies – was actually a collection of humorous comic strips taken from the Sunday papers. Many different genres of comic books have arisen since then, but funny comic books have remained a staple of the comic book racks. All of the major publishers have a line of humorous comic book titles to offer you, and some smaller companies are entirely devoted to producing funny comics.
There is a wide range of humorous comic books to choose from. There are social and political satire comics, there are comics filled with wry, subtle hilarity and there are plenty of comic books that use over the top absurdity. There are comic books that feature slapstick-style, physical humor. There are comic books that parody Movies and TV Shows, and there are even comic books that parody other comic books. Whatever your tastes in Humor and Comedy, there is a funny comic book suited to you.
Here at White Dragon Comics, our aim is to lighten up your world with laughter. Whether you're a chuckler, or a belly-laugher, we have oodles of hilarious comic books for you to choose from, some at discounted prices. Our prompt, friendly service is sure to put a grin on your face and our low shipping rates will keep you smiling. So order up a load of laughs and get some funny comic books today.
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Mahiki, set over two floors, is the ultimate destination for the cocktail lover. A riotous colourfully illustrated menu features classic and new innovations, cocktails for one or cocktails to share. A host of tropical creations designed to tempt and delight served in an elaborate Tiki style setting. Hand-made 'Princess' chairs, colourful Hawaiian cushions, hand-carved tiki figures, intimate green rush affect banquettes and jetsam and flotsam hang, all amplifying the illusion of having arrived at some distant port of pleasure. Licensed till 3am – Monday to Saturday.
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Whether you are working on a new hotel project or if you are interested in giving a boost to the experience that is given away by the hotel to the customers, one of the vital and most important things that you can do is to pay attention to the furniture that is used. Using unique furniture is a good move to make. In order to assure that you are heading in the right directions with the choice of furniture that you, you have to be extra careful because it should better the comfort, the safety, the aesthetical appeal, the ambience and what not of the hotel interior that you are working on. If you are in the process of buying the best furniture for your hotel, here are some of the best things that you need to know:
Shop in the Right Stores
One of the most important things that you have to do is to shop at the right store. No matter how hard you look for the best furniture, if you don't look into the right place, it will just waste your time and effort. Therefore, the first thing that you have to do is to find the best place for the furniture. If you are interested in getting high quality furniture of the finest design for your hotel, the best thing that you can do is to check out the best Adelaide furniture stores.
To Create a Comfortable and a State of the Art Lounge
One of the most significant places in any hotel is the lounge. You have to make sure that you provide all that is needed in order to create a state of the art lounge because that is the most common place through which the customers will be getting impressions about the hotel. Therefore, in order to make things a lot better, the best thing that you can do is to select state of the art and unique lounge furniture.
The Quality of the Furniture
The furniture that you will be investing on should last long. It can only last long when if they are of the finest quality. Purchasing the needed furniture from a highly reputed equipment store will make sure that you gain furniture of the finest quality for the best price.
Stick to a Theme
The theme that you use for the hotel is of major importance. Therefore, when you are choosing the furniture, you have to make sure that it sticks to a certain theme because if not, creating the finest ambience in the hotel can be tough to do. For more information, please click here.


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The benefits of a multi-use bench
I was talking to Bill Nunn, one of our rock-star painting consultants, and my eyes rested on his elegant (and elegantly beat-up) bench. He always has it with him, so I asked him to tell me about it.
Twenty-plus years ago, he set out to design the ultimate painter's bench. It had to be light, so he chose pine. It needed to be the right height to stand on for high brush work and, of course, to sit on for breaks. It had to be easy to move, so he gave it a handle. Then it had to be easy to haul through countless doorways while he worked. That called for curved stretchers so he could comfortably tuck it under his arm.
Bill designed not only the ultimate painter's bench but also a great platform for many other home improvement jobs. And with the right wood or finish, it would be just as fitting as a high-end boot bench or a stool for the man cave. Here's how to build your own.
Bill's Bench in Action
Bill's bench is light and easy to carry. It serves him as a handy painting table and scaffold when he needs to paint high areas. And, yes, he sits on it too!
Step 1: Buy the materials
Buy yourself a 6-ft. 1×12 and an 8-ft. 1×6. Pine will cost you about $15. Choose any wood species you like, but select the flattest 1×12 you can find. While you're at the home center, pick up a small box of 2-in. finish screws and a No. 1 square-head screw bit. Oh, and make sure you still have a quarter in your pocket when you get home (more on that later).
Figure A: Painter's Bench
Overall bench dimensions: 36" x 15" x 12"
You can download a pdf of Figure A in "Additional Information" below.
Figure B: Cutting Diagram
Cut all the parts from an 8-ft. 1×6 and a 6-ft. 1×12.
You can download a pdf of Figure B in "Additional Information" below.
Step 2: Make all final cuts on a table saw
Photo 1: Cut accurate angles
Use your table saw's miter gauge when you cut all the parts to final length. Screw a 1×2 to your miter gauge so you can clamp on a stop block for identical cuts. Cut parallel 5-degree bevels on the top and bottom of the legs.
Figure B shows you how to lay out the parts. Cut all the parts to rough length (1/2 in. overlong) first. You can use a circular saw for that. Then rip the parts to final width by crosscutting on the table saw with the miter gauge, including the 5-degree bevels at both ends of the legs (Photo 1). (You could make all the cuts with a circular saw, but you'll get much better results with a table saw.)
Step 3: Scribe, cut and smooth the curves
Photo 2: Mark perfect curves
Mark the starting and stopping points of the stretcher curves, then scribe them using the 1/4-in.-thick scribing slat. Use the same trick to mark the curve on the legs.
Photo 3: Gang-cut the curves
Clamp together the stretchers and legs and cut the curves with a jigsaw. This trick will give you identical matching parts and keep you from having to mark curves more than once.
Photo 4: Gang-sand the curves
Belt-sand the curved parts to eliminate saw marks and smooth out the curves. A belt sander works best, but an orbital sander will do the job too.
Notice in Figure B that there's a 1/4-in.- wide slat. That's for scribing the curves on one leg and one stretcher. When you rip the slat, choose wood that doesn't have any knots or it'll snap when you're bending it. Either get a helper to help you make the scribes or use clamps and nails (Photo 2). It's simple: Just mark your starting and stopping points, bend the slat and make your scribes. Clamp both boards together and make the cuts with a jigsaw (Photo 3). Then clamp both boards together again and smooth out the curves with a belt sander (Photo 4).
Step 4: Round off corners
Photo 5: Round off sharp corners
Use a quarter to outline the outside corners, then cut and sand all of them.
Here's the part about the quarter. Use it to mark all the outside corners for rounding (Photo 5). Also trace around the quarter to mark the ends of the handholds. Then use a 1-gallon paint can to draw the front and back of the handhold. Soften all the edges with 100-grit sandpaper, and if you wish, sand all the parts for finish before assembly.
Step 5: Assemble the bench
Photo 6: Assemble the bench
First attach the stretchers to the legs. Then screw the bench seat to the legs and stretchers, and finally, center and screw the feet to the legs.
Make all your connections with 2-in. finish screws for a rock-solid bench. A bonus is that the small heads are inconspicuous. Predrill 1/8-in. pilot holes, especially if you're building with hardwood. Screw the stretchers to the legs first and then center and fasten the bench seat to both the legs and the stretchers. Lastly, flip the bench upside down and screw the feet to the bottom of the legs (Photo 6). Finish your masterpiece any way you wish. Or go au naturel—the bench, not you!
Additional Information
Required Tools for this Project
Have the necessary tools for this DIY project lined up before you start—you'll save time and frustration.
- Belt sander
- Drill bit set
- Drill/driver - cordless
- Jigsaw
- Square-head screw bit
- Table saw
- Tape measure
Required Materials for this Project
Avoid last-minute shopping trips by having all your materials ready ahead of time. Here's a list.
- 1x12
- 1x6
- Finish screws


text: Sara Report post Posted June 7, 2010 I think this might be the first time I ever stated a new topic, so if I did something wrong, please let me know. I just wanted to express what a wonderful time I had, again, at the fan convention. Everyone was so nice, the decorations were beautiful, the entertanment was fantastic, Reno was adorable and Gerry is the most gracious and generous of men. I have to say that what I will remember most is the time I spent at the Shade Tree. I hope we raised tons of money for them. What Marlene does is inspiring and I can't wait to go back again next year. Well done everyone! Sara Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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Valeria Downey, is our Associate Youth Minister. This is Val's 5th year in this position.
A graduate of St. Michael's School, and a St. Michael's Youth Ministry member in high school - Valeria has been involved with youth minsitry for close to twenty years now . She has been a regular fixture as a chaperone on our trips and events.
Valeria works at Summer Medical Group in Berkely Heights as an Administrator in the Imagining Department.
Valeria also works for the Archdiocesan Youth & Young Adult Ministry Office as the Archdiocesan Grammar School Volleyball League Coordinator - overseeing the league that has 20 girls grammar school teams in it.
Valeria resides in Cranford and is married to one of our chaperones—Kevin. They have a dog named "Chance".


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Welcome to the London Uyghur Ensemble's website !
Uyghur language
Uyghur ( ئۇيغۇرچە / Uyƣurqə / Уйғурчә , or / Uyƣur tili / Уйғур тили ) is a spoken by the Uyghur people in Xinjiang (also called East Turkestan or Uyghurstan), formerly also "Sinkiang" and "Chinese Turkestan," a Central Asian region administered by China. In English, the name of the ethnicity and its language is spelled variously as Uyghur, Uighur, Uygur and Uigur. Many English speakers pronounce it as "wEEger" IPA: [ˈwi.ɡɚ]) but the pronunciation "ooygOOr" IPA: [uj.ˈɡur]) is closer to native [ʔʊɪ'ʁʊː].
The Uyghur language belongs to the southeastern branch of the Turkic language family, which is grouped by some linguists among the Altaic languages.
Geographic distribution
Uyghur is spoken by 8.5 million (2004) in China, mostly in the far western Xinjiang Autonomous Region. Uyghur is also spoken by 300,000 in Kazakhstan, and there are Uyghur-speaking communities in Afghanistan, Australia, Albania, Belgium, Canada, Germany, Ireland, Indonesia, Japan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Norway, Finland, France, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Sweden, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Turkey, United Kingdom, USA, South Africa, South Korea, and Uzbekistan.
Like the Uzbek language, the Uyghur language is descended from Chagatay Turki common to Central Asian regions under the Chagatay and Timurid dyansties between 13 and 19th centuries, in turn descended from the Gokturk language. The Chagatay Turkic language in turn owed its origin in the Turkic dialects of the Qarluks and the Karakhanid state, centered around Kashgar.
Contrary to some official histories, the Idikut states of Qumul (Hami) and Turpan, which would be properly labeled "Uyghur" during the Karakhanid and Mongol Yuan periods, spoke a dialect closer to Yugur than to Qarluk-Karakhanid. However these oases came under Chagatay and Timurid rule later in the 14th century, and slowly adopted the common language of the Muslim state when their own Buddhist culture eventually died out.
Whereas colloquial Chagatay Turkic in Uzbekistan came under heavy modification by absorbing a Tajik Language substrate and a Tatar or Kazakh superstrate, the local variants in what is today Xinjiang came into contact with substratal local languages in Khotan, Qumul (Hami), Turpan and Gulja (Ili), notably the Indo-European substrates of Khotan and Turpan, and the distinctive Turkic language in Hami and Turpan closer to Yugur than Chagatay Turkic. Kashgar, being an important political and religious center of the Xinjiang. Chagatayid states, gave rise to a Kashgarlik variety of the language with great currency in inter-oasis trade. However, since the 19th century Jadid Movement in Xinjiang, the Ili variety, one developed rather recently by Uyghur migrants from all oases since as late as 17th century, became the basis for modern standard Uyghur. This owed much to the strategic location of Ili being an entrepot between Xinjiang and Soviet, Uzbek and Afghan Central Asia, to the relative modern outlook of the Ililik intelligentsia, and to the homogeneous nature of the Ililik dialect as combining features from dialects of all Uyghur oases.
Official status
The Uyghurs are one of the 56 official nationalities in China, and Uyghur is an official language of Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region.
The dialects of Uyghur identified by the Ethnologue are Central Uyghur, Hotan (Hetian), and Lop (Luobu). There are two main languages in Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region: Uyghur and. Chinese is not used widely in southern Xinjiang. About 80 newspapers magazines are available in Uighur; five TV channels and ten publishers serve as the Uighur media. All of the information and news provided has to be permitted by governmental offices.
Syllable structure can be CV, CVC, or CVCC. However, Uyghur phonology tends to simplify phonemic consonant clusters by means of elision and epenthesis. Uyghur is not a tonal language. Like other Turkic languages, Uyghur has vowel harmony.
Furthermore, it distinguishes short and long vowels that respond differently to certain phonological processes, but vowel length distinctions are not indicated in the official orthographies, nor is the difference between front and back /ɯ/ which plays a phonological role. Of particular note is the Uyghur-specific feature of "vowel reduction" (or "vowel raising") in which unrounded non-high vowels in initial open syllables followed by /ɯ/ or /i/ are changed to [e] and unrounded vowels in other non-final open syllables are changed to [ɪ]; e.g. |al-Iŋ| → /eliŋ/ (cf. Turkisalın) ´take!´, |ata-lAr-Im-Iz| → /atilirimiz/ (cf. Turkish atalarımız) ´our fathers´-not etilirimiz in Uyghur because the second syllable has an underlying /a/, not /ɯ/: ata ´father´; cf. |at-Im-Iz| → /etimiz/ (cf. Turkish atımız) ´our horse´).
Another phonological Uyghur feature, which is rare among Turkic languages, is that the language is "non-rhotic", similar to many English dialects of Southern England and New England. Syllable-final /r/ is "dropped" more correctly speaking, it is assimilated to the preceding vowel and lengthens it; e.g., Uyghurlar [ʔʊɪ'ʁʊːlaː] ´Uyghurs´. Many speakers occasionally do sound syllable-final /r/, for instance when they enunciate very carefully, such as in recitation or song or when wanting to teach non-Uyghurs "good" Uyghur, and in so doing they often overcompensate by inserting an [r] after a long vowels where there is no phonemic /r/.
Uyghur has Subject Object Verb word order, postpositions, genitives, adjectives, numerals, relatives before noun heads, and initial question words. There are prefixes and suffixes. Word order distinguishes subjects and indirect objects, topic and comment. There are eight noun cases marked by suffixes. Verb suffixes mark person, number, 2nd person marks plural and three levels of respect. Types of verbs include passive, reflexive, reciprocal and causative.
Uyghur vocabulary is basically from Turkic stock; however, like Uzbek, it has taken on a large quantity of loan words from Persian. Many internationalisms entered the Uyghur language from Russian, and there are some more recent loans from Chinese.
Writing system
The language traditionally used the Arabic script since the 10th century. The Chinese government introduced a Roman script closely resembling the Soviet Uniform Turkic Alphabetin 1969, but the Arabic script was reintroduced in 1983, with additional diacritics to distinguish Uyghur vowels. Cyrillic script has been used and is in parts still being used to write Uyghur in areas previously dominated by Russians, and another Roman script, based on Turkish orthography, is used in Turkey and on the internet.
The following table is a comparison of the present Arabic alphabet (Kona Yezik, Kona Yeziq "Old Writing"), the Latin (Yengi Yezik, Yeŋi Yeziq "New Writing") alphabet used from 1969 to 1987, the Cyrillic script currently used in the former Soviet Union, corresponding modern Turkish spellings and the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). The table is arranged according to the order of the present alphabet.
The Uyghur Cyrillic alphabet has two additional letters, which are a combination of two sounds. Here they are with the Arabic and Latin equivalents.
ULY: Between November 2000 and July 2001, five conferences were held at Xinjiang University in Urumchi to introduce a unified Latin-Script Uyghur alphabet (Uyghur Latin Yéziqi -- ULY).
The ULY project was covered by the official XUAR media and on the internet to inform the public of the effort. The media, in particular, was very careful not to send the wrong signal of an incipient writing reform. Nevertheless, even today some people still hesitate to use the term ULY since they fear its potential association with an attempt to reform the common script. Others think it is important to have one-to-one correspondence (or a norm) between Latin-Script Uyghur and Arabic-Script Uyghur.
Note that the characters in the above tables will not be displayed correctly by your browser unless Unicode fonts are installed on your computer.
Source: http://www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uyghur_language
See also: http://www.wiki/Languages_of_China
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London Uyghur Ensemble (LUE). All rights reserved.


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A former Chief of Staff under the Rawlings administration, Nana Ato Dadzie, is calling for a truce between Martin Amidu, the NDC party and President J.E.A Mills (government).
Nana Ato Dadzie told Citi News in an interview that "the leadership of the NDC must as a matter of urgency call a truce between Mr. Martin Amidu and the so called or perceived harassers."
The former Chief of Staff's comments come on the back of the recent barrage of press statements and comments from Mr. Amidu about the government and some perceived persons whom, according to him, are seeking the downfall of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC).
Nana Ato Dadzie said: "He (Mr. Amidu) has been a senior government member and I hope that this matter would be brought to an end. I have had some 17 minutes chat with him and I think that he's an NDC member true to the core and the party leadership must really call a truce to bring this matter to a closure."
"I think the NDC owes it to itself and its members, particularly in the face of the year that we're in an election year, to try and resolve this matter, put it behind them and look to the bigger battle ahead," he advised.**


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Clarify and understand the potential issues (or 'effectiveness issues') you may have in establishing the relative effectiveness of a medicine (for a definition of effectiveness issues see here).
This section explains the main relevant terminology and then takes you through a series of considerations, questions and examples relevant to the population or patient group, intervention, comparator, and outcome (PICO framework).
- Consider the questions for your medicine of interest.
- Explore and identify the effectiveness issues, which may be addressed using real-world evidence (RWE).
When you have clarified the issues, go to Step 2: Find RWE options.
How does effectiveness differ from efficacy?
See the GetReal glossary for definitions of efficacy and effectiveness from the High Level Pharmaceutical Forum. The definitions in the box below have been developed to highlight the differences between key aspects of efficacy and effectiveness in the population, intervention, comparator and outcomes (PICO).
Box. Definitions of efficacy, relative efficacy and relative effectiveness
|Efficacy – The change in a key clinical measure compared to placebo in a cohort of well-defined patients under a standardised care protocol.
Relative efficacy – The change in a key clinical measure compared to a standard alternative in a cohort of well-defined patients under a standardised care protocol.
Relative effectiveness – The change in a variety of endpoints of interest to patients and providers compared to the usual care provided in the population of patients identified as eligible for treatment by clinicians under the normal care provided by the healthcare system, subject to free and variable clinician and patient behaviour.
What is the efficacy-effectiveness gap?
The observed discrepancy between the effects of a health intervention in routine clinical practice (effectiveness) compared with the effects demonstrated in randomised controlled trials (efficacy) is increasingly known as the efficacy‑effectiveness gap (adapted from Eichler et al 2011).
For the GetReal narrative review on the background and conceptualisation of the efficacy‑effectiveness gap, see here.
What are the drivers of effectiveness?
The concept of 'drivers of effectiveness' has been developed to help understand the difference between efficacy and effectiveness and the efficacy-effectiveness gap. Drivers of effectiveness are contextual factors that interact with the medicine's pharmacological effect in the real world; if they not properly accounted for, they may have an impact on the effect of the medicine reported in trial. For more information, see here.
Clarify and understand the issues
The differences between efficacy and effectiveness for each aspect of the PICO and the reasons for these differences are described in more detail on the subsequent pages. These pages also take you through a serious of planning questions to anticipate any effectiveness issues that may arise when undergoing health technology assessment (HTA) and specific methods to explore these issues. The questions may be helpful for pharmaceutical companies to consider when developing a medicine's development plan, for HTA organisations when giving scientific advice or at the HTA scoping process, or for patients to understand what considerations should be made when developing an evidence development plan.
While the questions are presented separately for each aspect of the PICO framework, each aspect is interconnected. Consider all of the aspects and note how these may be relevant to your medicine of interest. Use this when considering different options to address the issues (in step 2).
Select an aspect of the PICO framework below:
|Explore issues related to POPULATION
|Explore issues related to INTERVENTION
|Explore issues related to COMPARATOR
|Explore issues related to OUTCOME
Note: In addition to the methods and questions related to each aspect of the PICO, there are some general methods that should be used to explore what issues may be relevant for a particular medicine. See the box below.
Box. General methods to explore potential effectiveness issues
· Explore patient perspectives (read more)
· Use scientific advice processes (read more)
· Examine existing health technology assessment reports (read more)
· Understand care pathways (read more)


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Assisted Digital
The Assisted Digital team are responsible ensuring that there are appropriate forms of support for people who are unable, for whatever reason, to access or use digital services.
Digital Engagement
The digital engagement team are responsible for improving the way citizens can interact with government online through collaboration, conversation and consultation. This includes freeing up information and facilitating the use of new platforms and tools, such as third party communities and sites, to inform citizens and listen to their views as well as introducing digital tools into the day to day working of government.
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GOV.UK is the single domain for government making it simpler, clearer and faster to access government information and services.
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The Single Government Domain team are responsible for designing, developing and testing a single domain for government as recommended by the Martha Lane Fox report.
ID Assurance
The ID Assurance team are working on accrediting and approving third party identity to facilitate digital transactions between citizens and government.
The Innovation team delivers fast, agile solutions to user and business needs in partnership with SMEs. The team helps departments ask a different question to focus on maximising user benefit, minimising cost, maximising success, and minimising time to delivery.


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macospo is a high-level management and consulting agency. "macospo" means marketing, consulting and sport and describes our broad field of activity in one word.
With our long-time experience and our vast know-how in national and international sports we offer comprehensive and reliable services to our clients. Strategic thinking and strong management skills are the basis for creating excellent opportunities in sports and its immediate surroundings for you.
We provide professional services for athletes and clubs that want to develop themselves, as well as for sponsors, business organizations and agencies that are seeking to use the sports industry as a highly regarded business platform. Furthermore our services are available for organizing committees and confederations.
Our highly qualified, multilingual team and a grown national and international network make it possible for us to achieve something extraordinary for our clients.
Since 2007 macospo is based in Berlin, Germany. In 2009 macospo openned up a representation in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.


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It's time to pump up those tires and oil those bike chains because another Denver Cruisers Ride season is upon us! For nearly a decade, patrons have participated in one of Denver's most entertaining and unique past times, and with five new themes in 2015, this year looks to be one of the most exciting years yet. For those unfamiliar with the event, this weekly bicycle ride spans from May to September and attracts over two-thousand people each week. Each week, a theme is scheduled where patrons can dress up to add to the excitement. Past years have seen themes such as "Bubble Wrap, Duct Tape & Cardboard" and "Pirates, Sea Men & Mermaids". Needless to say, things tend to get a little wild during the Denver Cruisers Ride. Although a costume is not required to attend this free event, it is highly encouraged.
The most important goal of this celebration is to be safe and, most importantly, HAVE FUN! Denver Cruisers Ride organizers have even established 10 commandments to ensure understanding and safety of attendees. CLICK HERE to see these commandments. In addition, to make this past time fun and accessible to all people in the Denver Metro Area, organizers provide multiple starting locations with scenic routes and the same ending point for all to congregate. Lastly, what celebration wouldn't be complete without an afterparty?! Each week, after the Denver Cruisers ride a local bar is selected as the spot for an eye opening takeover party. The Denver Cruisers ride is definitely a sight to see, and the best part, everyone is welcome to join! See below for ride schedule and themes -or- visit the visit the Denver Cruisers Ride website for more info!
2015 Denver Cruisers Ride Schedule & Themes (Click to enlarge)


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Gluten-Free Reindeer Treats
This recipe is all about instant gratification! Well, almost instant!
These clusters of deliciousness are quicker and easier than most of the recipes on my blog, so I consider that as instant as I can get. If you forget to make something to take to a holiday function, to a work party, to a friend's birthday, to your own birthday, or any other occasion that warrants snacking, these are the treats for you
Don't worry, I've got your back.
What I love about these snack clusters are their slight sweetness and their vague identity. They have cereal in them, so they could be breakfast. There are also pretzels and popcorn, so that = snack, right?
Fruit and peanut butter is a classic lunch combination.
Chocolate and vanilla together is a classic dessert combo.
So, you've really got all your meals covered for the day with this recipe (minus dinner, but who has time for that?)!
All joking aside, though, these snack clusters are a delicious and slightly healthy way to indulge around the holidays. This is a wonderful recipe to share, give as gifts, or munch on while you do festive activities inside or out!
Change up your dry ingredients for fun times. As I was making these, I started to have a spiritual awakening thinking about all the fun things I could dredge in the peanut butter base.
Here's a short list of what I thought of in those 5 minutes:
I hope I've inspired you to run with your wildest cluster-making dreams!
There are more holiday-themed recipes on the way, so stick around! ;)
Gluten-Free Reindeer Treats
Yield: Approx. 20 clusters
Free from: Gluten
Adapted from: Macrobiotic Rice Crispy Treats from The Hip Chick's Guide to Macrobiotics by Jessica Porter
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This is my very first food blog! I post revised conventional recipes of foods that I hold near and dear to my heart. My cooking here is all gluten-free and cruelty-free, but full of flavor and comfort.
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On October 14, Brian Krebs reported on Krebs on Security that several banks identified a pattern of credit and debit card fraudulent activity suggesting that several Staples, Inc. office supply stores in Pennsylvania, New York, and New Jersey experienced a data breach.
The banks were alerted when fraudulent charges surfaced at other (non-Staples) businesses. Generally, that means point-of-sale systems at Staples were breached with card-stealing malware that was used to obtain card information. That card information subsequently was used to make purchases at other stores.
On Tuesday, Staples issued a statement that it is investigating "a potential issue" with its customers' credit card data. Security experts believe, but it has not yet been confirmed, that the malware used in this attack is similar to the "BlackPOS" software hackers employed to steal card information from Target, Home Depot, and Dairy Queen customers. If it is the same malware, then all Staples customers who used cards during the time the malware was infecting Staples' POS system can expect that their card numbers were harvested by the hackers for resale on the black market.
Staples has not yet informed the public as to the extent of the breach. It would be prudent for Staples to move quickly regarding notification to the victims of the breach. Otherwise, Staples can expect increased fines and sweeping investigations.


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Dufur, Oregon
Friend Ghost Town
The short-lived railroad town in central Oregon has been abandoned since the 1930s.
The town of Friend in Wasco County, Oregon, was located at the end of the Great Southern Railroad, a 41-mile line that connected The Dalles to Dufur. The railroad started in 1904 and completely ceased operation in 1936. There is very little left of the physical tracks today—or the town that stood as its terminus.
When the railroad line was abandoned, the town of Friend soon followed. Today it is a ghost town, consisting of an empty schoolhouse, a cemetery, the old general store and post office, and a concrete building in a field whose purpose is unknown.
Some believe this mystery building was the skeleton of a bank that was deserted after the railroad went out of business. It now stands in the empty field like a tombstone. There are a few other mementos surrounding the abandoned town, like a nameless, tilted barn and a rusted tractor. These scattered signs of life create a creepy feeling that people should be there, but they aren't.
The schoolhouse has the quirky relic of two separate outhouse bathrooms marked "Ladies" and "Gents." Though in disrepair, it is still open to the public and was recently the site for an indie rock festival. Interestingly, this one-room schoolhouse closely resembles a church, with long rows of windows and a steeple-like entrance.
The post office, which was in operation until 1979, was built on the homestead of George J. Friend, after whom the town was named. He was one of many homesteaders who worked as farmers and loggers in the community. The old cemetery is full of tombstones of the residents who lived and died during the town's short peak.
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